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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-06-15
The Constitutional Amendment.
VOICE OF THE REPUBLICAN PRESS OF MANI
tFrom the Kennebec journal. june 81

tFrom the Kennebec journal, juno 81
These resolves certainly do not contain all
that the most earnest and devoted portion of
the Republican party desire-they come far
short OF what the Republicans must and will
seek to attain in the future 1t is especially to
be regretted that impartial suffrage is left out
"a proposition so just of ITSELF SO tar i'm all
its bearings and tendencies, SO in accord with
all the noble instincts Of loyal and liberty-lov-
ing hearts. But majority, looking at the
present position OF affairs, considering what is
at this time attainable, perhaps somewhat in
huenced by the mistaken notion that suffrage
belongs exclusively to the States, have decid
ed against the expedIency of inserting the
fundamentally correct idea that the right OF
the ballot is the logical product of citizenship.
The Average sense of the Republicans in Con-
gress, having decided what Is now attainable,
they should not hesitate to act. They may be
sure the people will sustain them. The people
are practical. They do not ask their represen-
tatives tc lose present opportunities, but to
make hay while the sun shines, to strike while
the iron is hot, and when one plank is well
bolted and secured be ready to strike for an
other. Tae Republican party is no stand-stil
organization. 1t does not believe in snails
and mud-turtles, but in continued activity and
progress. 1t is radical to "prove all things
1t is conservative to "hold fast to that which
is good." 1t is not possible for this Congress
to accomplish everything. 1t is not possible
for the Republican party to achieve all its
work in single year. 1t is enlisted for life,
and it is yet only in its early prime. 1t has
many years of national service ere its career
closes; Humanity is its heart, and Liberty
the life current Of its being. 1t can never
surrender its Office until impartial liberty to
white and black shall be thoroughly incarnat-
ed in the institutions of this country
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FROM WASHINGTON.
ASSAULT ON REPRESENTA-
TIVE GRINNELL.
Order ReJ0tive to Public
MO3aieS.
NEW POSTAL REGULATIONS.

zs WASHINGTON, June IA.
According to the new postal law just approx
ed by the President, pre- paid and free letters
are to he forwarded at the request of the party
addressed from one post office to another,
without additional postage being charged, and
returned dead letters are to be restored to the
writers free of postage.
To-day's Chronicle contains Minister Mot
ley's letter to the Austrian Government, dated
May 9th, in regard to sending Austrian troops
to Mexico, and Count Mendorf7s reply. The
substance of the correspondence has already
been published.
To-day, Immediately after adjournment,
while Mr.. Grinnell was on the way from the
Capitol, on the east side of the building, to
take street car, he was overtaken by Mr..
Rosseau, who, putting his hand on Mr.. G.'s
shoulder, said something about an expected
apology for offensive remarks, and thereupon
assaulted Mr.. G. with small rattan cane,
which was broken. Mr.. Grinnell made but
little il any resistance. The only visible
mark of injury sustained by Mr.. G.. is "a
scratch on the right cheek caused by the iron
ferrule of the cane. f
Three army officers have been sent to West
Point to examine the physical condition OF
the cadets. ~
Disbursing officers of the Ordnance Depart
ment have been ordered to deposit all public
monies with Assistant Treasurers and special
Government repositories. a 49,.
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NEW YORK, June IA.
A suit to test the constitutionality of the
Excise law was brought before the Court Of
Common Pleas to-day by G. W. Holt, against
jackson S. Schulz. The plaintiff claimed the
right to sell spirituous liquors under the old
license, and his counsel argued at length that
the law was unconstitutional
The Caulkers' Association still refuse to
work more than eight hours.
l.. Nj. Montgomery and A. FL. Canedo, said
to be ex-rebel officers of the rebel army, and
claiming to act as agents of Santa Anna, pur-
chased the steamer Agnes for $1OO,0OOin gold,
to be paid by Santa Anna upon the delivery
OF the vessel at st. Thomas. w. Taylor &
Co., of Philadelphia, delivered the steamer ac-
cording to the terms of the contract, but the
purchase was repudiated by Santa Anna
The owners of the vessel returned to th:s
country and gave the purchaa0~eTon one month
to fulfil the the tA..-1s ur the contract They
faana- 90 SO and were sent to Ludlow Street
jail, in default of $4,000.
Quarantine reports state three new cases of
cholera, but no deaths since last report. All
quiet at Seguin's Point.
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Portland Society Of Natural History.

- -
In fulfilment of their intimations, if not of
their pledges, the members of this flourishing
institution are now giving free lectures upon
different branches of Natural History.
Flourishing, we say, though the association
is tar behind others of our country, with no
higher claims upon the liberal and long-sight-
cd among our merchant princes and wealthy
citizens. ,
The lecture OIL Wednesday afternoon, of on
ly half an hour in length, by Mr.. Edward L.
Morse, on the lower forms of animal life.
sponges, corals, and sea anemones, though ele.
mentary in characteS was both comprehensive
and exhaustive, and exceedingly satisfactory.
Indeed, we do not well see how any body could
have embodied more of the facts needed to
pepularize the study of Natural History as
proposed, within the little time occupied, than
we were treated to by Mr.. Morse.
The lecture itself, though unwrltten and
spontaneous, was compact, clear and lumin-
Gus without parade or pretension, ard it vas
evident enough, by the countenances about us
chat the whole was not only understood but
enjoyed. Much of it indeed was both new
and startling. + SA "f
The next lecture viii be upon the Jelly Fish
es; and we are justified in saying that even
our naturalists are likely to find much that
will be new to them; while others may have
department of Gods great labratory and
cabinet opened for their inspection, and of
course for their amazement and thankfulness
in way they have not been accustomed to.
Bear in mind that these lectures are free;
that the lecturers are volunteers, who work for
nothing and find themselves; that the colored
diagrams used for illustrations are of gigan-
tic size and uncommon beauty; and that our
people have now what they have always want
ed, the beginning of great system of house
hold instruction and self training, fairly initi-
ated for the youth of Portland.
: But we want more room. Such lectures
ought not to be given to so small number as
the Natural History rooms can accommodate.
We want place for whole families-not mere
ly for the representative of class or of a
neishborhood. What then shall be done?
.st- ~ T. NJ
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DEATH OF A SoLDIER.-Mr. John G.. Ell
liot, late of the LIST Maine Regiment of Caval-
ry, died to-day at the residence of Mr. Leader
Dam. No. 60 Drackett street. He was young
man of good principles and enlisted on the
quota OF Maine during dark hour of the
war and served well the country. He was
wounded at Ream's Station, Va, Aug. 25th,
1854, and was taken prisoner by the rebels
who held the field, after laying in ravine
some thirty-six hours. He lay in rebel hospi-
tails at Gouldsbore and High Point ten
months, at the first Of which he suffered am
putation of his right leg above the knee. He
returned home about year ago, since which
time he has rot been able to labor. He died
OF disease contracted in the line of duty. BY
the unusual kindness of his benefactor he was
taken into his own house about six weeks AGO.
receiving every care and attention from the
family and friends, and he died after much
suffering, this morning. After strife comes
rest. And so another has gone to the grave
in his prime, the victim of treason and rebel
lion.-l Star, 14th.
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PERsoNAL.-Gen. j. S. Alexander, Capt
Melancthon Smith and Engineer j. w. King,
the Board of Commissioners appointed to ex-
anime the site for Fresh Water Basin, arriv-
ed in town on the noon train yesterday and
took rooms at the United States Hotel As
telegram had been received stating that they
wore not on board of the morning train, no one
of the Committee appointed by the City Coun4
Gil to receive them, was present when the
train arrived. 3s6 l.HrR
This morning. at halfpast nine o'clock, ac-
companied by the Committee on the part OF
the City Government and the Committee from
the Board of Trade, the members of the Com
mission will embark ON board steamer Tyro,
which has been placed at their command by
Capt. Inman, and will inspect the harbor and
the approach to the place offered for basin
for iron clads. .cailclf7
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The CHURCH MAGAZINE for June, 1856,
No. 2, Vol 3: 80 cents year in ADVANCE
This clever little unpretending publication
ought to be enlarged; and with a large sub
scription, such as it deserves, might be en-
larged with little or no additional cost to the
subscribers. N t
Among the flashy, extravagant and gener-
ally short-lived periodicals of the hour, this
little household pamphlet comes like the letter
of a friend, sure to be welcome, and sure to
plead gently with all who read it in the spirit
of christian fellowship
1t is published at st. John, N. q; edited by
Mr.. William Wright and the clergymen of the
diocese. 1t seems to have a wide circulation,
not only through the diocese, but to be find
ing its way into Canada, Nova Scotia, and the
United States. jim. {
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rFrom the Rel,ast Aoe June7l

3 The plan which is now upon the point OF
being adopted, has undergone the most rigid
scrutiny by the ablest statesmen of the coun-
try, who have acted with an eye single to the
future good and glory of the Republic. The
object has, apparently, been to approximate
as near what was demanded by the advanced
Union sentiment as possible, and yet not go
so far as to create division of the Union
party of the country. The question has, so to
speak, been divided; that which all true Union
men from Maine to Tennessee will heartily
ratify, is presented in the form of these amend
ments; the rest, including impartial suffrage,
awaits further Congressional action, either in
the shape of constitutional amendments or of
public law; and awaits also fuller concur
renee OF the minds of loyal men as to the
justice and necessity of granting the freedmen
iull enfranchisement. All will come in due
time. We look upon impartial suffrage as be-
ing as sure ultimately OF being adopted as
one of the principles of our reconstructed
Union, as that the late rebellious States will
be again represented in Congress.
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the Fantastics-Fourth of July.

We understand that arrangements are max
ing to bring out the fantasies, on the morn
ing Of the Fourth. These funny fellows,
whenever they have put themselves to the
work, have added largely to the hilarity ard
display of the day, by their broad humor and
gotesque caricatures of the fashions and fol-
lies of the times. The whole affair, we are
told, is in the hands of persons capable Of
making the most of so good an opportunity to
get up show, which when paraded,w will make
the huge jaws of the universal public ache
with laughter. 1t is several years since this
troupe of grotesques favored our city with a
parade; and when we consider how many fol-
lies, fashions and vices have since prevailed,
which well deserve the hand of the satirist to
stake them off,. the public can easily be sat
isfied that this display, in competent hands,
will be great success, and add vastly to the
gaiety and life of the glorious Fourth. Look
cut, therefore, among the other good things of
the day, for one of the best fantastice turn
outs ever seen in New England. Facetious
chaps are planning it, and Col. Pluck and all
his compeers will sink into utter obscurity, be-
fore the wit, brilliancy, pomp and circum-
stance Of these gay boys.
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VARIETIES.

1t is stated that the New Bedford citizens
who suffered by the depredations OF the Shen-
andoah, are especially jubilant in view of the
recent Fenian raid into Canada.
y. Billings describes love as a state OF mind
where Judgment yields to fancy, and fancy to
nonsense.
= Maior-General Rosecrans, of Ohio, has
taken up his permanent residence at San Die
60, California.
= The section of politics, legislation and
finance in the French Academy has been sup
pressed, and its members have been distributed
among tho other sections.
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From the Lewiston journal, june 1871

The amendment to the national Const itu-
ton, adopted Friday, by the United States
Senate, by more than the requisite two-thirds
vote, will speedily receive the sanction of the
House of Representatives, and be presented to
the States for their ratification. 1t will con-
stitute the platform upon which the South
must plant itself before being admitted to
either branch of Congress. 1t is the ultima
tum of the Union party-of the loyal men
who stood by the Government during the war
to the armed traitors who labored for five
years tor the destruction Of the nation. And
the terms are so lenient that the rebellious
portions of the Union, if in any degree inclin-
ed to return to loyalty, will cheeriully accept
them, as an indication of their future spirit,
and purposes.
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PoUaHKEEPsIE, N. Y, June IA.
Three car loads of Fenians and roughs got
into fight on the Hudson River Railroad last
night, and one of their number was thrown
from car window while the train was in mo-
tion. At Tivoli the roughs entered hotel
and helped themselves freely, paying for moth
ing. AtRhi1ebeck one of the party was put
off the train and injured in terrible manner,
his entrails hanging out. When the train
passed through this station nearly all the
roushs were asleep and quiet prevailed.
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to reportat some adjourned meeting. Addres-
ses were made explanatory of the nature and
objects of this and like Associations through
out the country = for mutual benefit, to AID
soldiers and sailors in securing their rights, to
secure the equalization of bounties, and to as
sist soldiers and sailors in obtaining employ
ment or aid those that are needy.
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seeata Anna's address to the Mericams.

NEW YORK, June H.
Gen. santa Anna has published an address
to the people OF Mexico, in which he declares
never. in any manner, compromised himself
with the Empire of Maximillian. He saws he
belongs entirely to the Mexican Republic, and
expects all the Mexicans to unite and drive
the usurpers from their soil, to which cause he
offers his own services. A monarchy in Mex
leo he declares an impossibility, and the re-
storation of the Republic is the height of his
ambition. r
Mexican correspondence says the Imperial
government will not be abandoned without
fierce struogle-the French element in the ar
my being SO small that its withdrawal will not
leave the Republicans any better off than
they were before.
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GooD TEMPLAR's LEvEE.-Our temper
ance friends will remember the Levee of the
Atlantic Lodge, to be held this evening in the
vestry of the Bethel Church. The price of
tickets is only twenty-five cents, including
chowder and coffee. Ample preparations have
been made by the committee for the entertain
ment of all who may visit them.
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LIQUOR CAsEs.-Last Monday a hearing
was had, in the United States Circuit Court
in Boston, on motion of Attorney General
Reed TO dismiss from that court all the liquor
cases, amounting to over seven hundred, which
had been brought before it by writ of habeas
corpus. Thursday morning Judge Clifford
granted the motion, and rendered his decision
that the United States Court had no jurisdic-
ton over them. This returns them to the de-
cisiOns of the Superior Court Of that State.
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READ carefully the remarks on Hygiene Wine in
another column june15eOdtE
FOUND AT LAsT-It has long been disidernt.pa
among ladies' to discover some method of elevat,po
and lowering at pleasure, the long sweeping skirts in
which fashion compes the sex to array themselva. =
Pins are ill-ookng, and liable to tear the dras.
hooks aud bands and all similar inventions bovs
been found inconvenient to manage But famirira
ingenuity has at last triumphed over the dieculies
of this problem. Mrs. Pencils "Patent Skirt Lin
er" advertised in another column is the very thing
which has been sought for and every lady who sees
IL is certain 10 give 1t her hearty approval 1t is very
simple IN construction, is easily attached to any dress
and so quickly adjusted, that the wearer may at a
moments notice, lift her delicate drapery out of the
dust OF the street. and let 1t fall again on entering
house, in far less time than the maid viii consume
answering her ring at the door-ben. Go and see It
for yourselves ladies; and You will be sure to pro-
nounce it, as we do ':just the thing"
TIMBER AND COTTON LANDs.-Attention is called
to the advertisement of j. c. Proctor offering for sale
several valuable parcels of timber lands also several
cotton plantations in North and South Carolina yir
glna, Georgia and Alabama. From the description in
detail of these lands consider them worthy attep-
ton opportunity for profitable Investment that
rarely occurs; and they offered upon such fhvor
able terms, to bring the purchase within the means
Of active and energetic men. Ia ia, -.-lssta
Mr.. Proctor has also for sale some valuable timber
lands. saw mills, flour mills, planning machines SC
in Canada situated on the st. Lawrence River and
ELIGIBLE to good markets. 1iI .f -slessA
PALMER's HORSE RAKE-The attention Of farm
ers is invited to Pamei's Horse Rake which was in
troduced into this State last year. and which has re-
ceived the appreciation of every person who has used
it. 1t is neat compact and easily worked-In fact it
is just the article the boys to aud Is not liable
to get out of order. Avast saving can be made by
farmers using this article. Two boys can, easily,
with its use, unload and stow ton Of hay in less
than ten minutes. While examining one Of these ar
ticles the other day, informed by friend that
he with the assistance Of two Others unloadcd and
slowed 2.5OO lbs. of hay in seven minutes Messrs.
Kendall Whitney, Old City Hail, are the agents tor
the sale of them in this State.
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SERIOUS ACCIDENT.-Mr e. Russell, of
Temple, Me-, about 12 o'clock last evening,
jumped out of third story window of the
Commercial House, ON Fore street, injuring
him so severely that his recovery is considered
doubtful. He was probably laboring under a
temporary alteration of mind.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-06-15

BUST OF LINcoLN.-A plaster cast of a
bust of Lincoln, from Akers' studio, is now
on exhibition in the City Building The bust
is of the heroic size. OF its higher artistic
merits, we do not assume to speak, but its
likeness to the quaint and kindly features,
which next to Washington's, have become
familiar to all Americans, is unmistakeable.
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ResuH of the Oregon Election IN DOUBT
Precautions Against the Feniasss at VSct0-
ria and YancOuUer,s Island!

500 - SAN FRANCISCO, June r.
Arrived, steamer Sierra Nevada, from Co
lumbia River, $2S6,000 in treasure. The re-
suit of the Oregon election is in doubt; both
parties claim the State by about 600 majority.
Returns of elections in Washington Terrific
ry show large Democratic gains. The entire
Democratic tickets in nine counties are elect
ed, and it is believed to be so in four Others
The 18th regiment of Infantry, stationed at
Vancouver, has been ordered to Arizona i'm
mediately.
Victoria and Vancouver's Island dispatches
say the Fenian news from Canada created
much excitement. Two men-ofwar and two
gunboats received orders to cruise off the har-
Dor. Admiral Denman had arrived at Esvue-
mault on the frigate Sutlej.
New Zelaand adyices state that four of the
the murderers of the missionaries at Valknre
have been condemned to death. Sixteen of
the murderers of the crew of the Kate have
been condemned to death as the principals,
and nine as accessories.
terrible gale and flood visited Auckland
on the list of April, which sunk nine vessels
in the harbor. Damage done 100000.
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Political.

CONCORD, N. H., June Ia, 10.45 P. M.
The Republican caucus has just nominated
Hon. j. w. Patterson for United States Sena-
tor, on the fourth ballot, by vote of 124 out
of 205.
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PORTLAND AND VICINITY.


New Advertisements To-day
Palmer's Horse Pitchfork-Kendall g. Whitney.
Fancy GOods-Merrill & Small
Fire WOrks-W. ID. Robinson.
Cotton Lands-John c. Proctor. Gill
$1300-House.
Hygienic Wine.
Merchant Tailor-M. II. Reddy
annual Meeting-Portland Rolling Mill.
Wanted-COat Makers.
Wanted-Salesman.
forto hlco Moasses-H. I. Robinson. j
L0st-Breast Pin.
Steamers for Sale Gross & Sturdivant.
Board Wanted, - - : =,
Pensions lncreased-Harmon & Sawyer.
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The Turf.

NEW YORK, June IA.
George Wilkes beat Lady Thorn, both to
wagon, at the Union Course this afternoon.
Mile heats, best three in five. for one thousand
dollars in three straight heats. Time, 227,
225, 2.25 3D. The time of the second heat is
equal to any on record
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Row.-We learn that quite row occurred
at the P. S. & P. Depot yesterday afternoon,
in which officer Davis got roughly handled
One of the participants was arrested and
lodged in the watch-house @
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Receipts of Grain.

BUFFALO, N. Y, June IA.
The Express figures up the receipts of gain
at that place yesterday and to-day at 2,6O9,-
252 bushels. The largest amount ever receiy-
ed at one time in any port in the world.