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Smyrna times., 1866-08-01
Carpenters & Builders

Cah be supplied with Frame Work for Building pur-
poses; Flooring Boards worked to order; Boards
paned 10 any thickness from 3-S OF an inch 10 inches
and IRON TO 24 inches IN width Boards tongued
from three inches to twelve inches in width. All
klhus OF Circular. Scroll, and Jig Saving. Also
Spokcs turned III from one inch to three inches
Wood turning al short notice.
Smyrna times., 1866-08-01
Pratt & Evans
NEW
Machine Shop & Iron Foundry.

The subscribers having associated themselves un.
der the above named firm, give notice that they have
fitted up the building Market ST., Smyrna, Del
opposite the Methodist Church, and placed therein
a new hrsI-class Engine, together with the necessa.
ry Machinery, and are prepared to manufacture
and repair ALL KINDS OF
Smyrna times., 1866-08-01

They have ever had the pleasure of exhibiting to their
Lady customers ClOakIngs. Silks of all Patterns
Reps P0pns' DE lanes, CalicOes &c, just cheap,
as fashionable and durable be bOdght IN the
city at retail.
GENTLEMEN'S GOODS. The most desirable
Piece Goods OF Cloths, Cassimeres and Veslngs that
could be desired from which 10 select Summer Suit
at reduced prices.
As TO GROCERIES, QUEENSWARE &c, and
all articles iOurd IN large store, they have such
large stock it would be useless to attempt to enume
rate; all the BEST freshest, incest and cheapest.
Remember, they are selling at Reduced Prices,
and want everybody to call right away.
Call at Spruance & Megears'. Corner--all know
where it is. noy22
Smyrna times., 1866-08-01
BY L. II. SOUTHARD.

This is a collection of New Music, and not merely
New Collection Of Old Music. The pieces it con-
tans are as vari,us in character as the occasions
they are designed to supply, and will be found to
possess unusual excellence. The established reputa.
tlon of MI. .Southard will attract to this new volume
the special attention of those with whom really good
music is desirable acquisition.
Copies will be sent by mall postpaid, on receipt
of price. Price, $3.50 copy, 81 $50 a dozen.
OLIVER DlTSON & CO.. Publishers, No. 277
Washington Street, Boston. jsn3
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lie employs none but practical and skillfu work.
men. Having fitted up his establishment Zone Of the
largest in the Stale without regard to expense he has
greater facilities for doing work than any shop below
Wilmington
2TGIve him call. WIN WORDEN
~ B-ShlP Plank and Fitch furnished 10 order.
my9, &c.
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goo a MONTH.-AGENrs wanted for
n y sE eafirtiy nsw drticles. just out. Address o.
I. CAREY, Blddelord. Maine MYI6 '66 Iy
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NEW CHURCH MUSIC.
EG[N @a[NLhIaINAc

EllN CGERGLNG9
METRICAL Tunes, CHANTS, SENTENCES, QUARTErs,
MoTETS and ANTHEMS, designed for the nse of
Congregations, Chors, advanced Singing Schools,
and Musical Societies.
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n Q OTIC e!

Notice is hereby given that my wife, Ann Viney,
has left my bed and board without Just cause or pro-
vocation, and all persons are forbid harborinr or
trusting her on my account, as will pay no debts
of her contracting. jy25 ELIJAH WHEY.
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ER ON w d IL II

In all ITS branches done order, such as Turning,
Flanlng' Drilling, Fitting, &c All kinds of Agricul.
tural Machinery repaired. Mill Machinery made to
order repaired.
All kinds of Castings On hand of tie best
Material.
Smyrna times., 1866-08-01

FARMERS AND HOUSEKEEPERS-sh re-.
collect that hundreds OF dollars worth tf GRAIN Pro-
VISIONS &c, are annually destroyed by Rats. Mice,
Ants, and other insects and yermin-a of which can
be prevented by few dollars worth OF "CoSrAR's"
Rat Roach, Ant. &c. EXtermnaIOr, bought and used
freely.
&J See "COsTAR's" advertisement above.
9IT Sold in Smyrna. Del, by James p. Hohecker
Main Street and all Druggists and Dealers. 3,2S.6m
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VALUABLE
500 ACRES OF LAND

The undersigned offer at Private Sale their tw,
valuable and Beautifully Located Farms in Ken
County, Delaware, containing together about
The Portland daily press., 1866-03-16
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

co A mysterious cattle disease has appeared
in Grundy county, Ill. The animals are furious
when first attacked, but gradually become
more and more torpid till they die. Rusty oat
straw is believed to produce the disease.
p EB-At latest accounts the Mormons were
excited over the municipal election which was
shortly to take place in Great Salt Lake City,
Daniel Fl. Wells is the candidate for Mayor on
the part of the saints; but the "Gentiles" pro-
pose to set up an opposition ticket 5.-
G. A. 81. Tho poem entitled SPRING
GREETINGS has some graceful lines, but its
meaning is too vague to be unprecedented by Or
binary readers. 'lat
1t is difficult to help laughing at the
terror ofthe Canadians over the Fenian matter.
Secretary McCulloch received telegraphic
dispatch from the Canadian Minister of Finance
requesting that their authorities be allowed to
station officers along the railroads on the
American side of the border, to examine bag
gage and freight destined for Canada. The
Secretary in reply sent the following dispatch
to the collector of customs on the border =
ALLOW the Canadian authorities to place Off
GERS at railway points on our side, to examine
baggage and freight destined for Canada. It is
understood we have similar privileges in Cam
ada. ~ - s3s 30. '+ ..t i.a - osi54 .a-
The business of the New York agency
for the great Paris Exposition, is reported in a
most satisfactory condition. Mechanical ap-
plications win be received for few days lon
ger. The commissioner of agriculture has
sent out over 600 circulars to agricultural So
with viau fo n firIl ranrasantatiop of
our agricultural productions, stock, soils, fer
tilizers, Sc. Sixtyor ninety days yet remain
for agricultural applications. "a,
The Portland daily press., 1866-03-16
Mr.. Pixies Resolution on III. r,,,.,,.,.


The telegraph announced yesterday morn
ing that Mr.. Pike, of Maine, had offered res
olution in the House Of Representatives. in
structing the Secretary of the Navy to send an
adequate naval force to the fishing grounds tn
protect our citizens in their rights. The res
olution, which has since come to hand reads
rs follows:
Whereas, The governors of the several Brit
ish Provinces have publicly warned our fish
ing fleets off the fishing grounds adjacent to
their coasts, and have thus indicated desire
to renew the unreasonable claims made by
them prior to the negotiation of the Reciproe-
1ty Treaty, and to annoy our peaceable COM
merce; therefore, ri q
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy
be requested to send naval force to the fish
ing grounds to protect our citizens in the en-
loyment OF their rights as recognized by the
Treaty of 1888.
Mr.. Pike desired the action of the House
upon his resolution. Mr.. Banks, of Massacbu-
sets, objected, but was quite willing that the
resolution should be referred to the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs Several other men,
bers objected 10 immediate action, and Mr.
Pike withdrew the resolution, refusing to al
low it to be committed. He will move it
again, at the earliest opportunity, and hopes
to get 1t through but it will meet with serious
opposition. ..is-. ... ..-..- ...f
The Portland daily press., 1866-03-16
STATE oFNMAINE e.
BY THE GovERNoR.
p r o q l. A Nj A II I o n e.

In accordance with the uniform usagein this
Stats, to set apart at this seasoned the year, a
secular day for the acknowledgment before God
of our unworthiness as people, l do, with the
advice of the Executive Council, appoint
THURSDAY, THE TWELFTH OF APRII. NEXT,
to be observed as day of Public Humiliation,
Fasting and Prayer. AEAS{'
I earnestly request the citizens of Maine on
that day, in the manner and spirit of our Pill
grim Fathers, to bow themselves before the
Throne OF Grace and invoke the Divine forgive
ness of our manifold transgressions. ~
Never was the obligation greater nor the pro-
priety more manifest, that we should acknOwl-
edge the power of God and the infir1nity OF
man. Let us, while imploring fOI yourselves
His pardon and the publication of our own
hearts, ask for our rulers, that he will grant
them His guidance in the administration OF
affairs, inspiring all their acts with the spirit Of
Him who taught that whatsoever We would
that men should do unto you, do We even so to
them, = and for our country that in the time to
come, as in the past, He will youchsafe His
blessing and protection. t. go go
Given at the Council Chamber in Aus nsta.
this thirteenth day of March, in tbg year IoI
our Lord one thousand eight nae9reG~ ana
sixty-six, and of the Indei, OF the
United States of Amer;aa the nnetieth. sI.i.
sl1'-~ AK II SAMUEL CONY. /.
By His Excellepoy the Governor :Ak '''-
- EpHpAr1 FLINT, Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press., 1866-03-16
DIED.

In this city, March 10, after long and distressing
Sickness Mrs Philena d, wife OF Caleb Kilgore Esq,
aged "a years months. ---.-r f~Fs
"a Funeral on Sunday afternoon. at 1! o'clock,
from her late residence, No IS Melbourne street.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend Feu
In this city, March 10, Samuel Packard, only
son of Hezekiah Packard, aged "a years months.
4 "a Funeral on Sunday afternoon. at o'clock,
at his fathers residence, No 400 Congress street.
In Cape Elizabeth, March IA. Mrs Sophrona M
Woodbury., aged 20 years. .L.4.Tr -
In Kennebunkport. March 10, Mr. Eben Gould,
aged 81 years months; 14th, Mr. William Smith, 2a
aged IS ears. g a.O 10
In Kennebunk. March Il, M,s Martha Curtis, Wild
ow of the late Dea John Curtis, aged 81 years. "a /
In Brunswick, March 10, Geo Skolfeld, Esq aged
IS years months-a well known and successful ship
builder. III i-fsi s..-.5 Il ,-.-.-.,f
In Richmond, March 9, Mrs Abby, widow of the
late John D Parks, aged 70 years. %
In Saco, March Z, Mrs Mary B, wife Of Eben
Fletcher aged % years.
In Saco, March 10, John Riley, aged % years.
The Portland daily press., 1866-03-16

GS~ Among the items in the fertilization bill
passed by the House on Tuesday are the fol-
lowing For Fort Scammell, Portland, $685.
uoo' for Fort George, on Hog Island Ledge,
roreland, $4,000; for Fort Constitution, Ports
n rnoa.n' $4,000 for Fort Winthrop, Boston,
S0o,ooo' 1or Fort Warren, $4,000; for the sea-
wan OF Great Brewster Island, Boston Harbor,
S7o,Ooo; for sea-walls on Deer and LovelPs Is
lands, Boston Harbor, $4,000; for fort at the
entrance OF New Bedford Harbor, $4,000; for
construction of permanent platforms for mod
ern cannon of large calibres in existing fort;fi-
cations of important harbors 100000.
The Portland daily press., 1866-03-16
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ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

& EBThe Bangor Times will not yet say the
President has deserved the criticism he has
received from the Republican press but admits
" there is no doubt he provoked it" The 1aaes
even goes further, and admits cautiously, that
the Presidents ed of February harangue"was
most unfortunate speech. The truth is,
the President is either right or wrong. he
has made his issue with Congress, and Appealed
to the people, and that writer OF speaker, VINO
at this time Of day tries to say yes ana no.
either does not comprehend or knowingly neg
-iects his duty.
ES The henneDec 1oa'H@ conP,a,ns 'nes
the means OF communication A' oy '"en
Augusta and every other place - inc ? 'a'e OK
cepting Hallowell and o" nc are now Tue
worst that could pc .eu we oa.n''so "
Portland, Ban' uuvioru' =, n0~is'on anu
return ~. sao u Even DAHL Dasn' our sis'e,
c'3' Sy 'o' i.ou Gan W siSi'eu
80 : - nan 'ile 'i'seief ~isnes ~
- '0 Sa'nc u"s Do''on oSu .ioe NC '.Si-
. s.e '1'tn''' man "1sAo1s 0oi'' un''ns
''i.ee uays',,aff isI2u a
(, VA !ne taenne':s'sNN sE says ''o n"'0
The Portland daily press., 1866-03-16
U. 8. DISTRICT COURT.

p FEBRUARY TERM.-wARE, j., PRESIDING.
W. Yesterday hearing was had on the petition
OF Mr.. Major Pickett & ais, owners of brig
William Fl. Parks, for remission of the for
ieiture OF said brig, incurred for being engaged
in smuggling. .- -.
The circumstances Of the case were, that in
February, 1884, five cases of cigars were taken
out of said brig at HarpsweIl, and put on board
fishing schooner named E. A. Williams, and
then brought to Portland and disposed Of
The fishing schooner was seized and forfeited.
The brig was also seized ON her first arrival
after the act of smuggling became known to
the officers, and was forfeited to the United
States. ....-~,-r
Some of the owners of the brig now come
forward and petition the Secretary Of the
Treasury for remission of the forfeiture, on
the ground that they were entirely ignorant Of
any smuggling being done by said vessel. The
hearing on the petition was had, and evidence
taken. M. M. Butler appeared for the petit
TONERS, and g. F. Talbot for Government.
The Portland daily press., 1866-03-16

A COMPLAINT. = The bell on Portland
Light was not rung on Wednesday night for
two hours and a hall during the fog The
apparatus is evidently out of ORDER as the
hands on the tug boat lying between Bangs
Island Point and Cape Cottage, could not
hear the bell, and sent man ashore to ring
q. a.a ana y ~ ...'f "a'HH
The Portland daily press., 1866-03-16

CANADIAN HoRsEs.-We noticed. yester-
day a drove of thirteen fine looking young
horses passing through the streets. They
were purchased in the vicinity of Montreal.
but are not the French breed. They were 60
ing to Northwood New Hampshire, and the
owner was taking them to that place from
Portland. ON the hoof in preference to taking
them by the cars. I 1I2 NUCD
The Portland daily press., 1866-03-16

VALUABLE AND CoNvENIENT.-"Brown
Bronchial Troches " are widely known as an
admirable remedy for Bronchitis, Hoarseness,
Coughs, and other troubles of the Throat
and Lungs. They are of great value for the
purposes for which they are designed, while
they are usually and pleasantly efficacious, thew
contain no hurtful ingredients, but NAV at all
times be used with perfect safety.-lBoston
Recorder. aoJfvo,v
The Portland daily press., 1866-03-16
GA Physiological View of Marriage:

~ Physiological View of Marriage:
Containing nearly 800 pages, and 1870 fine Plates
and Engravings of the Anatomy OF the Human Or
gans in state of Health and Disease, with Trea-
tce on Early Errors, its Deplorable Consequences
upon the Mind and Body, with the Authors Plan Of
Treatment the only rational and successful mode of
cure, shown by the report OF cases treated. A
truthful adviser to the married. and those contem
plating marriage who entertain doubts at their phys
zeal condition. Sent free of postage to any address,
receipt 25 cents, in stamps postal currency,
by addressing DR.. LA CROIX, No. 81 Maiden Lane,
Albany, NY. na i'f' nal'a1no7 RI 9f'2 Cd
The author may be consulted upon any of the dis
eases upon which his book treats either personally
by mail and medicine sent to any part Of the world
Oct 6-s d&w6m -, e..a.,- -,,1-..+,S
The Portland daily press., 1866-03-16
MARRIED.

In Yarmouth, March IA, by Rev Geo A Putnam,
Charles w Mitchell and NJ IS Frances j Bennett
both of Y. III Dsisi.rt-ts.I 5rs BalfIe1T
In Wilton, March G. Porter H Latham, Of Lewis
ton, and Betsey Littlefeld Of Wilton. 40
In Lisbon. March 1, Geo Jaques and Miss Cora
A Hill. .f,t re sytl.t d. f..ta- y sa -4sa.t
In North Haven, Feb 10, Henry Stone and Della F
Whaling.
In Ellsworth, March II, VIM H Blaisdell and Mary
e Goddard, both of Franklin. asrsG
In Columbia. March 8, Stephen E Phillips and
Emeline Smith. a r,
The Portland daily press., 1866-03-16
OTITINE.

Up OTITINE. ."t +at -
This excellent Remedy is an nllible cure for Deaf
ness, Discharge from the Ear, and Noises in the
Head. iag -la4 BE-. .la.s Iae.s.: ''- -
This aoondeuaa Vegetable Extract has been the
means of restoring thousands to their hearing, who,
after trying everything and everybody had given up
hoping ever to hear ain. % D'@4Es n Sx~
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
perry,s Moth ana Freckle Lesfon.

Chloasma, or Mothpatch, talso called Liverspot,)
and Lentigo, or Freckes, are often very annoying,
particularly to ladies hight complexon forthe dis
colored spots show more plainly on the face OF .
blonde than of brunette; but they greatly mar the
beauty of ether and any preparation tnat will Ell
fectuIy remove them ,citout inurng the texture or
colorQf the Asia, is certainly desderatum. Dr.. b.
ality, has discovered remedy for these discoora-
TONS, which is at once prompt infallible, and harm
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Prepared only by B. c. PERRY Dermatologist,
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MOTH AND FREcKLE LOTION.
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The Portland daily press., 1866-03-16

LETTERS OF LIFE. By L. H Sigourney One vol.
limo. New YORK: u. Appleton and Company
T g name of Mrs Sigourney has been household
word in nearly every American home for SO many
years. that is quite superfuous characterize her
writings. The present work, preparedby her in the
last years Of is in the nature of autobiog
raphy. 1t consist, of fourteen letters, wri ten in
simple and easy style and presenting many pleasant
pictures of the New England life Ct hall century
ago. Her account OF her early home and of the COM
paniens, teachers, amusements and household em-
ployments of grlhood is particularly interesting
and reveals degree Of playful vivacity and humor
which not discernible in the greater portion other
writings. We quote single extract in illus ration Of
this From her extreme goodnature and the facility
she possessed for rhyming upon almost any topic,
she constantly pestered with applications 10 fur
nsh poetry for all sorts of purposes. For time she
kept list of the queerest OF these applications and
it extends several pages Of the book Two para
graphs are all have space for: ,gsi ks
a sEpitaphs for man and two children, with warn
ing that only two hundred and fifty letters must be
allowed in the whole, the monument was not large
enough to contain more. A piece to copy in the al
bum OF lady OF whom had never heard, requested
by gentleman to be sent Saturday af err
noon, because then he is more at leisure to attend
to it, To punctuate manuscript volume Of three
hundred pages, the author having always had q dis
like to the business OF punctuation, 1indng that 1t
brings on a pain in the back of the neck so 2
can album from clerk in store, given him by
another clerk in another store, to be written in for
young lady, OF whose name he was not quite certain,
and the most he Knew about her was, that she was
very rich H. The owner of a canary-bird which
had been accidently starved to death, wishes some
elegiac verses. stranger whose son died at the
age Of nine months, weighing just thirteen pounds.
would be glad of some poetry to be framed, glazed,
and hung over the chimney piece to keep the other
children from forgett ng hm' Solicitations from the
far est, that would write out Icing ny sketch
~ 4f
tive circumstances were related one of whom Was q
iourneyman tailor and the name of the other isis
ter Babcock,' as tar as the CHR graphy could be
translated. father requesting elegiac lines On
young child supplying, the only suggestion for the
tuneful muse, that he was unfortunately drowned in
a barrel OF swine's foo >"
This very pleasant book will be found at Bailey and
Noyes. u 7'a9-le s.si '''.- 5..'i'a't A.
The Portland daily press., 1866-03-16

( OTIT1NE.-This wonderful vegetable extract
has been the means of restoring thousands to
their hearing, who, after trying everything and
everybody, have given up never to hear again.
Sold at Crosman & Co.'s.
The Portland daily press., 1866-03-16
M. Z. A.-Ninth Lecture.

This lecture was given last evening at City
Hall, before very large audience, by Rev. A.
A. Wlletts, of Brooklyn, N. Y. His subject
was domestic Happiness" and he treated
in his own peculiar style "t-
The lecturer is pleasant speaker, and at
times energetic. Although there was nothing
very original in his lecture, yet he so grouped
together common and well understood truths.
and his Illustrations were so apt and his man
ner so well adapted to his subject, that he
gained the close attention of the audience, and
occasionally put them in the best of good hu-
NOR. His pictures of happy homes were ex-
ceedingly pleasing, and those OF unhappy ones
dark and repulsive. He proved by regular
chain of good reasoning that happy and well
ordered homes never fail to make nations
great and prosperous. And it is the little and
not the great things that make domestic cir
cles happy. The duties of husbands and
wives were admirably pointed out, and their
importance Illustrated in clear snd forcible
manner. t.,ctsr Ir.
The bachelors came in for share of the
lecturers sharp yet pleasant sarcasm, and re-
lated many anecdotes illustrating their posi-.
ton in the society of the world. The speaker
was so pleasant in his wit, and SO kind in his
manner, that these unfortunate gentlemen re-
ceived his remarks in philosophic spirit
= The tenth and last lecture will be given by
John B. Cough, Wednesday evening, April
llth. sT9 M uCta95CgEUrn1
The Portland Band, led by Chandler, played
half an hour previous to the lecture, to the
great delight of the audience. T9f1.tt
The Portland daily press., 1866-03-16
ChiLhZnins Cam Re Cured

ChiIbJ0i1as Can Be Cured!
USE CHARLES LINIMENT. Folloso the D,rec
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Plain and Col0red Stamping

All Stationery bought at this store viii be stamped
plain free of charge. Negro gEsgA
Stamping done in Red, Blue, Purple, Brown,
Black &C., at twenty-five cents per qure, or Pack
age extra. eELGa9 n 1iaI -Et lEE
s.ab MOnOgrams Cut to Order.
Wedding and Visiting Cards Engraved or Printed
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A large assortment of --' %
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February "a 1866 ' sN1m IN
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In the opinion of some, the Lecturers style
would have been improved had flower now
and then been seen, springing up amid ms
"granite" and asilex," and other terriD'e
names and substances, (which, however ne
abundantly explains and simpliiies') where
with to have gratiiiel the senses; anu little
more of the poetic and imaginative, for adorn--
ment: and a spice of humor, just to relax our
muscles a grain, so that our teeth, long fully
set among acarbon" and "gravel," might have
opportunity to relax a ittle.------=-------------
But, as has been often said, "a mans style
is himself" We must let every one be his
own judge in the matter, only as we may be
allowed 10 exchange a useful hint, now and
then, for the benefit of all concerned So we
leave "Longiellow," smiling in garden OF
tulips; 1Holmes," disse ting chickens car
case at the Autocrat's breakfast table; Jack
Downing" with his hat under his arm, talk.
ing discreetly in the presence of the Seine
raj" and our "Nea" and willis" one with a
gold-headed whip, and the other, gravely
good, among the tombs, with fresh epitaph
in his hands; all good and excellent, each in
his own way, and in company with our lee
turer, with his mineralogic hammers and pick
axe, matter-of-fact style, we drop the subject
.-.'.... .t Yours, m F I. w.