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CITY AFFAIRS,

special meeting of the City Council was
held last evening" ~
In Board Of Mayor and Aldermen the Gem
nittee on Streets reported in favor of wideninc
and Strengthening York street, and an order
for that purpose was passed. Also, in favor of
strengthening and widening Federal street from
Franklin to India streets, and an order was
passed for that purpose. u
The same Committee reported in favor of
continuing Federal street from India to Mount
fort street, and an order was passed for that
purpose. -'ti ~ h'if HaE
A memorial from large number of tax pay-
ers requesting the City Council to pursue a lib
eral policy in laying out, widening and straight
ening streets in the burnt district, and pledging
so doing. tl.i ~ Gyl g,7g1I =
The memorial is signed by 217 firms and in
'dividuals, among whom are some of our heayi-
est men-such, as S. E. Spring, I. G. Hersey.
Woodman, True & Co., Deering, Milliken &
Co, Davis, Baxter & Co, Tyler, Lamb & Co,
81, Libby & Co, Henry Fox, Andrew Spring,
Davis, Fletcher & Co, and others ', -
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Picnic FROM SACcARAPpA.-We learn,
that the Sabbath Schools ofSaccarappa intend
to make an excursion to Peake's Island, on
Wednesday, 10Th inst, and that the proceeds,
if any, will be devoted to the funds to rebuild
the Methodist church in that village, destroyed
by fire last year. Further particuIarsj will be,
given hereafter. '' ~ ~ ''-- JG
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The 7. w. B. s. School, of Cape Elizabeth,
will have their annual picnic, at Pleasant
Cove, on Thursday next The Barge Comfort
will leave Cape Elizabeth Bridge at half past
eight A. NJ, and return at five, P. NJ All who
will, are invited to 60. Adults, 80 cents; child
rem, 15 cents lac q Afy'tai .sos tlllui .a
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CItu .LiQatOa. Aneaacsf.

The attention of Jnv;llids, and all others who have
occasion to use any kind OF liquors for medicinal
ut the Agency. ffr} - 80. '''i'
u Included in this stock arc Old Hennessy Copnac
French and Cherry Brandy; Superior Old Port, Old
Madeira, Sherry Sicily, SIalaga and various Domcs-
dc wines; Line Old Holland Gin; Old Janaicn. st.
tfa Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskey; best London
These articles arc all received from fhc State Com
missioner, Of standard proof and havc ali been
asslycd by tho State Ass;lycr and certified to be
pure.4 X IisauUal tffTff1 , 1@1"-r-N ~
INC subscriber feels confident that the superior
quality Of these goods cannot f TO give entire sos-
cton, and thcy offered rs low rs they can poss-
bly, be Afforded. ~ li1fTF 2 = - 7 70
For the present. the Agency is kept at No. 1ss Fore
Street. Entrance in the rear from Central Wharf
-- LORENZO HAMBTIN. '5I
Aug. i. dim CITY lipor a gent .r
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ARREST OF A PORTLAND THIEF. Lieut..
Smith and officer Austin of the Harbor Police
arrested one Henry Brown last night on the
charge of stealing some thirty shawls at Port
land during the confagration in that city on
the 4th of July. The shawls were recovered,
and Brown was locked up to await the arri-
val of an officer from Portland, who VIII take
him to that city for trialABoston journal
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ROBERTS AND SWEENEY CIRCLE F. B.-An
members Of this Circle are requested to attend
the regular meeting this Wednesday evening,
at Mechanics Hall. A punctual attendance is
requested as business of importance will come
before the Circle. f1 tsrl Per Order 81
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soTariG Contention yat Japan.

" -. SAN FRANCISCO, Aag IA.
The brig Jennie brings Japan news of June
goth. HTa9 ,s8,fB ftssS ri 1rggxfV
A tariff convention was held at Jeddo, June
18th, in which Americas 81 Japan, England,
import and export tariff was adopted, which
was considered very important to commercial
interests. The new tariff was to 60 into effect
at Kanaghwa on July LIST, and at Nagasali and
Hakodadi on the 1st of August. H.rg In
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.s5arz5 PORTLAND WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 15 1866
PORTLAND AND VICINITY.
THE COURTS.
SUPREME JUDICIAL. co1ypT.


- SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT. 3
CRIMINAL TERM.-wALroS, j., PRESIDING.
{ TuEspAy.-Amos Goodalo, convicted of an indie
cent assault on female. was fined $50.
aohn Welch, Michael Hurley, James Griffin and
dahn Murraywer tried for larceny of silvor watch
from the dwelling house of Nathaniel Hawkes.. in
Wostbrook Tho prisoners wero defended by Mr..
Carleton. The jury could not agree upon verdict.
standing seven for conviction and five for acouital
John Mari, convicted Of larceny of cooking
stove, was sentenced TO three months in the County
jail. 'At'.-s .ff-sA Fl'--'S : ~ : =
George H. Cutters, ofcwindham, was tried on an
Indictment charging him with assault and battery up-
on John Lindsey, at Windham. on the 10th of July
Lindsey had his skull fractured by stones thrown by
the prisoner. and is yet under the caro- of surgeon
McssIs- W. G. Chadboun and irwin W. Parker ap-
pearcd for the prisoner. The assault arose from rc-
tnsa Of Lindsey to pay Buffers the amount due him
for work. 81 = f4N4E3s MI tt
After the testimony was all out, the prisoner re-
ractcd his Plea of not guilty, and pleaded giltyto
assanlt The co,trt imposed fine Of s5o which the
prisoners friends Immediately paid for him.
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r rLARcENX.-A man named Burns was dis
covered yesterday, by officer Gerts, while en-
deayoring to sell an iron door cap that he had
taken from the ruins Of the store nf Byron
Greenough, Esq, for whom he had been at
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The PARK.--It will be seen by the proceed
ings of the City Council last evening, that the
Park is a fixed fact, SO far as it can be before
purchases are matured. The square bounded
by Congress, PEARL Federal and Franklin
streets is the site agreed upon. We learn
that all the proprietors, have been seen and
their terms for the land fixed save one, who re-
fuses to sell at any price. Bnt it is to be hoped
that this refusal to sell for Park will be re-
considered and that he will join with the 9TH
ers in giving up the land for the purpose
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The behring's Bridge Mission Sabbath
School will make their annual picnic excur-
sion to Saco River on Thursday, August 10th.
All friends of the school are cordially invited
to be present Cars leave the Y. & c. depot
at IA past Z A. M. '-'nt n'
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2 ACCIDENT ON THE RAILROAD TRAcK.-As
DR.. Buzzell was crossing the railroad track on
Commercial street, in his carriage yesterday
afternoon, just above our Office, a train struck
his carriage smashing it into splinters. The
Doctor was thrown from the carriage by the
conclusion, but fortunately received no serious
injury. The horse was not injured but took
himself off at rapid rate after the conclusion
had released him from the vehicle. ii Do
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8 DELEGATES AT LARaE.--At meeting of the
Union Republican delegates from this city to
the County Convention, yesterday afternoon,
Hon. Samuel E. Spring, Capt Jacob Mcclellan
j and Gen. George +. Shepley, were elected as
\ the delegates at large from this CITY, ...-- go"
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New York Items.

New YORK, Aug. H.
Steamer New York from Bremen, has ar
- An injunction has been granted against the
NATIONAL Express and Transportation Compa-
ny, by the Supreme Court upon application Of
stock khelders in this city, who are dissatisfied.
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Two distilleries in jersey city, one in this
Guy, two in Brooklyn and one at Green Point
were seized yesterday by the internal revenue
0mcers for violation of the internal revenue
law. n a a. q Cd fs'E asa
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THE LATEST NEWS,
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.
Wednesday Morning, August 10, 1866
FOREIGN NEWS
BY TmE ATLANTIC TEIEGRAPH
Probable fRenesca1 of the War.

rtsatAA-s q -FaH7i . 7.-Lsf-~ f-fT
LONDON, Tuesday noon, Aug. IA.
The Prussian Government has informed the
Emperor of France that his demand for the ex-
tension of the frontier of his empire to the
banks Of the river Rhine cannot be complied
with, and that the Prussian territory there sit
uated will never be ceded to France.
PARIS, noon, Aug. Ia.
The Moniteur thismorning argues that the
course of Napoleon in the recent Regulations
has been yielded entirely by his erdeavors to
preserve the peace of his own empire and of all
Europe.
II off5zF silsa LONDON, Evening, Aug. Ia.
Advices hrve been received from The Cont
nent indicating probable renewal Of the war
between the Prussians and Bavarians upon
the territory of the latter power and great fears
are entertained of such an event. .ee
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APPOINTMENT. - Allen Haines, Esq. has
been appointed Inspector of Internal Revenue
for the LIST District, in place of VIM M. Rust,
ESQ.,, resigned. nasu 9vEd 1v nqi3 e9d1
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MUNICIPAL coURT.

Yis JUDGE KfSGsEuEY, PRESIDING. So
TuEsDAY.-Edwin Stackpolc, William Larrabee
and John Stevens, ior larceny of boat the property
Of Charles g. Ham, were committed to jail, in default
bail in the sum Of $50 cach for their appearance at
ihe November fern of the S. j. Court.
Henry j. McGlnclly. OH search and seizure pro-
cess, raid S22.2G. fine and costs. "a
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ji r. W. COBB has rebuilt his bakery, No. 70
Willow street, and is ready to wait upon the
public as usual. See advertisement in anoth-
er column ,r
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Nominntion far Con,r.s.

! It., D., CLEVELAND, Aug. IA.
Hon. Ralph I. Bpckland was nominated
for Congress to-day by the Republi cans Of the
9TH DISTRICT Resolutions were passed sns.
tanning Congress-. - 'RS' r''''" 'u'-
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Death of am Editor.

rr BATH, Me-, Aug a. =
James NJ LINCOLN, editor of the Bath Senti-
mel and Times, died in Pennington this after
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Established June 23, 1862. Vol. 8.

THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS is publ,sbed
every day, Sunday excepted,l at No. 1 Printers
Exchange; commercial Street. Portland, by N. A.
TERMS .-Eipht DolIo, % ,....
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B4KE ERY REB UILTf
w. G. COBB

TAKES this means to thank his customers for their
liberal patronage before our great calamity Also
toint5rm them, together with all his friends and the
public. that he has rcbnlt on the old spot, =
NO. IL WILLOW STREET.
I where he means to serve them with as good
Bread, Cakes Pastry, CRACKERS, &C.. &C.,
81 1-s ,AuG a5I8J;as ever. y ~ yfBfTT
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Z NeLOdeOn MuaastfuctO3y

ris-- c1n be found at the - -
Corner of WflmOf and Lincoln Streets,
until Sept. 1st, when it will be removed TO his new
building, on Chestnut street. opposite the willis
School House, now nearly completed. All orders
promptly attcnded To. aug15eod2w&w
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Valuable House and Land at Auc-

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ON THURSDAY. August 2$, at o'clock p. M,
NJ on the premises, we Shall sell House No. 81 York
street. 1t is two and half story house, with stores
under It, There are ten finished rooms, abundance
o. hard and soft water, force pump OF sufficient
repair. in an excellent neghborhood. and very de-
sirabc property. A stable aud wood shed attached.
le "a HENRY BAILEY 81 CO.. Auctionccrs. -
aug15dtd Oficc 17G Fore street n
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Halt square. three insertions or less, 20 cents; one
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Under head of ''AaIUsEMENTs, $500 per square
per week: three insertions or less. $1.50.
Advertisements inserted in the "MAINE STATE
PRESS" (which has large circulation in every par
Of the State for $100 per square for first Insertion
and 80 cents per square for each subsequent inser
ton.
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TERMs:-Eight Dollars a year in advance.

The MAINE STATE PRESS, is published at the
same place every Thursday morning at $500 year,
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GAg
Poetry.
For the Spectator
He's gone to my Mother.

INSCRIBED TO MISS MAGGIE A. LAMBERT.
Ny mind does but wing its way to mother,
When | think of my departed brother,
Who gave up himself in the prime of life,
A sacrifice in his country strife.
But weep not he's gone to his mother.
But should sigh? she's gone beyond the tomb,
10 that bright City where still there's room
For him, who has followed her footsteps bright
Io that celestial dome, which knows no night
Mourn not then he's but gone to his mother
AT my home, dear mother, thy voice miss,
put can envy your eternal bliss?
Nay mother, nay, thy form but haunts me STILL
And brothers too-but. twas my Masters will.
why lament? he has gone to his mother.
How oft my mind recalls to fathers home.
VI that absent form whose dwelling is the tomb
Z, Pardon if would from death recover
That noble, true and gallant brother.
Why recover? he's gone to his mother.
His soul with angels wings has scared on high.
I, from earthly tolls to heavenly sky,
10 meet the soul that onward passed before.
10 realms of love that lives for ever more.
Oh! joy he is at home with his mother.
L, Is 1t not vain to weep for living dead?
Then only yearn for their pathway to tread:
ana live In life that We may find in death.
"A mothers crown with an angels wreath.
Then hope in death to meet brother.
February, 1866 w. A.
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For the Spectator.l

The Augusta public at least will remember
that at the late term Of our Circuit Superitf
Court, in November last, two Yankee Dutch
worthless, (the class referred to by Mr.. John
Lewis In his examination before the Reconstruc-
ton Committee, were tried and condemned to
the penltentiary, but on second trial granted
by Judge Thompson, were acquitted. Here the
error was certainly on mercy's, not ON Justices
side, as subsequent facts prove
10 be understood, | refer to j. Augustus
Fischer, charged with having stolen horse of
Capt. Hottie, of Mt. Solon, and j. Kuhn with
having bought lot of goods under false pre-
tences of Z. Scheffer of the Virginia Hotel,
In evidence that they were not the immacu-
late and much persecuted worthless, that o
stranger listening to their council might have
believed, the following circumstance fully at
were foand together between Harrisonburg and
Sparta, and in some unaccountable way, they
came into possession of horse and buggy of d
young man by name of Martin, said to be from
Lexington or it's vicinity. He was found by
them somewhere between the point at which
they got the buggy lying in the road insensible
from intoxication, as they say, but the public
are unable to make up an opinion on the sub.
ject, and Martin does nothing to aid them in
doing so, as will presently appear. Fischer and
Kuhn instead of stopping in the town OF Har-
buggy if lost as they alleged, drove through
and are found that night near the village of Mt
Solon, in possession of the horse and buggy
A young man from Harrisonburg got on their
track and overhauled them and, armed with writ.
ten authority by Justice Of Augusta, sent them
to Harrisonburg to have the matter investiga-
ted. The Commonwealth Attorney there
made the attempt, sent for MalIin a half dozen
times to appear against them, but it was calling
for spirits from the vastly deep, he did not come,
and unacquainted as he Or any one else was with
their past history, they were discharged. Kuhn
who is represented by his cousin Fischer to
have two wives already was making serious eff
forts in the village of Dayton to add number
three to his list, but was seriously thwarted as
it is said by the husband of the woman he was
making love to, and fight ensued which re-
suited in Kuhn receiving bullet in each leg,
which ought to have been in the head Or heart
as the world would have been rid of a great
scamp, When the community hoped that they
were rid Of both these individuals, we regret to
learn that Fischer is about to settle at Center
vile. The community might find better man,
SNOOKS,
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[For the Spectator
The Gambler.

BY j. c. R.
Who sits up from twelve to one1
w hose heart IS as hard as any stone?
Who leaves his dear wife all alone?
The gambler.
Who wounds, yea breaks the mothers heart? !?
Who from the evil will not part?
Who causes the tear of sorrow to start?
The gambler.
Who brings poverty to his door?
Who cries for help but is answered no7
Who suffers on earth the curse Of wo?
The gambler
Who causes his sister grief and pain?
Who says from gaming, can't refrain?
Who seeks ruin they are sure to gain?
The gambler.
Who boasts of uaa6elefin God?
Who fears not vengeance's fearful rod?
Who tramples on Jesus precious blood
The gambler
Who. without reform, from heaven will go?
Who will sink into the pit below?
And live forever in eternal wo?
The gambler.
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AIeC0,adri0 Advertisements.
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No 25 King ST. bet n Water 81 Union sts.
ALEX NDRIA VIRGINIA.


Manufacturers and wholesale and retail dealers
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let, Hungarian grass, SC Peruvian guano, Bar
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Mexican guano, Goes super-phosphate, ground
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and seeds which are better Of foreign growth we
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Time.

"a million of money for one inch Of time,
said England proud Queen Elizabeth, while
filled with remorse in her dying moments but
all the wealth of the world could not purchase
single hour.
Young woman, are you improving your gold
en- hours so as to save yourself from vain regrets
by and by, when the fatal archer lets fly the ar
row of death and cuts short your dream OF Life !?
You have heart sympathies to cultivate, mind
to educate, powers to make active for good, and
influences to WELD for the right and the true
How much of your time is absorbed by lofty
aims and noble strivings?
Young man, can you afford to waste an hoar
in idleness and frivolity? Can you afford to
neglect your opportunities of storing your mind
with useful information, of making solid acquire
ments, and preparing yourself thoroughly for
those high efforts that win success in the great
undertakings of life? You have great deal to
do, before you attain to your majority. in order
to meet the just expectations of society. You
have to do with a fast age, to share in opera
tions moving with lightning speed, and you
must be capable of quick decisions and brisk
movements, for time and tide will not wait for
you. Every hour not needed for repose and re-
creation, should be filed up with benefits to
yourself and Others Act upon this hint, and
you will bless us for dropping it. Here is an
old saying and true one which you will do
well to fix in your memory: "Who hnoacs mo-
thing in his thirtieth year, IS nothing in his for
tieth has nothing in his fftieth, learns nothing,
IS nothing, and comes to nothing"
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GFOr the SPECTATOR

The many incidents of cool daring that occurr.
ed during the war, not only In the army, but
in every neighborhood in the South, deserve to
be placed on record. There is living ON the
southsde Of Buffalo, in Amherst county, neaf
Folly Copper-mines, plain farmer, Daniel
W. Jennings He had three sons in our army
who discharged most faithfully their duty, and
were at Appomattox c. H. at the sirrender-
Last Spring, when Sheridan's Dutch minions
were ravaging all the country from Charlottes-
vile to within sight of Lynchburg, it 80 hap
pened that most OF the men OF the neighbOr-
hood in which he lived were away, and many of
the women and children had collected at Mr.
Jenning' for protection. Anticipating visit
from some of these marauding Dutchmen, he
collected what arms he had, and loaded aad
capped them afresh, and it presently happened
that it was timely precaution for in most
unusual direction across his fields, he spied sew
eral men riding at rapid speed towards his
house. He discovered In moment that four
of them wore the hated blue coats, and seizing
a six-shocter, he gave evidence of his intention
to give them warm reception. The number
of females present plead with him not to risk
his life and court for them, in the event of his
fall, outrage and violence, but he firmly babe
them be still, and as the vandals approached,
he stepped from the door towards them, and in
moment the command to halt was uttered by
the big surly looking Dutchman who command
ed the party Not noticing the command, old
Jennings firmly advanced towards them, and as
he grasped his pistol, said, 'how dare you order
me to halt you scoundrel, on my own premises,
| command you at once to throw down your
arms" and at the same time turning to his lit
tie son. said, ''tell the guard to come on at once
and arrest these williams" Of course he was
invoking imaginary aid, but in moment the
Yankee guns were handed to him, and like
parcel of covering spaniels they dismounted
and surrendered, four of them all armed to the
teeth, to d. w. Jennings, much to the relief of
those neighbors they had captured and robbed
of their watches, &c. He sent them over that
evening to party of Mosby' men in the vcin-
ity who found them safe quarters in Lynchburg.