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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-04-13

A FAizEzuL D,G.-A isriher. ahD llser
% the edge u town. esms 70 d,v er too
ego TO sell horse. asd a..ow, his dog n
follow him. Alter he had ei-pcsed Of H.
horse. he took each on threw i ON ths
ground. telling .be trg 20 wa,rh "a. and
~eat ~ ~ si,erc 70 olher businsss The
absorbed fs<m er iorgo, al shout both tnr
sad sack AID wended NJ. Va, home slrns.
Next fsy he missed The oog..srd wanted
the sack. and his fursrtsulness a. once
ferrsd i'ssl' upon him tie immedlaieI,
retsrnsd 70 town ana in The ssfnr SPOT he
found ne ssrk. ard the dog fsiihsulI,
gusrding Il sr'ely Lafayette Courier.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-04-13

or Cse night isst week. ssys re Rock
port Umgirs, spunky moiher. living ons
gnsse Il om tAat pisce, scrs cot beech
\. gac,r ii.ick - msu's thumb, On the
nsck n youag Gen'I-mAn ~ho hsd mses
: cssParsging remurk sbpUl her daughter
a. shs sii+ued. Two neighbor women he'd
The oiFvr ar While the enr,sed mother sit
o.. The is,ner Of H. lady sivcd BY. an
cateiiy AHaersed 'hr interesting perform
bncs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-04-13

or a Circihna'i newspaper 80 iAsi
ChIesgo Nv cpliribuies stout a. aans
travelling shlsses % Ihe oyUntsy :, arg a'
New lork." This is probsb'r rur
When nan gsis % ~ uii-f N Chicago
be iads 4 healthy travel = uns. ~ Csicset
Times.
Waen man gets 10 be ilisf ia Ch'cses
he has ~ ussel. Nsne but sxpsnences
ri.irrss-- veterans rss se@- al c.m8eti
.ron with the cirizrus 81 Chleago OF Incian'
pcLs llesali
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-04-13

IL A fellos with young girl ihs' hs
hsd passed off - his ~iie. hes viei'misfd
the citizens 81 Bisrssf.le. Po~ey county. or
81 SIC. 600 BY pIsyise of The common
dodge oi high respeeisbili'y and eres'
wearh. ne drcamped with his gains.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-04-13

L. Over one hundred acres Of ihe
land On the point Opposite this city,
on the Kentucky shore, WAS carried
into the river b. the late taood. .-[New
Albany Ledger AZ 't
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-04-13

IL The Vincsnnes Snn szys the
late cold snap has injured the pros
pects for peach crop in thai -
cality- M Hw rrHAA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-04-13

Il A literary man. on retiring
into private life said his connection
with tile press had thawed and rcsolv-
cti ITSELF into AnIrr.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-04-13

)" "A false friend i like : shadow
On dial--it appears IN clear ,Sezih-
ler but vanisl,es as sOon ~ il was
!cloudy. ....-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-04-13

o-s- A negro minister has been arrested
In Rochester, charged with seducing one
black and three white women.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-04-13

" Congressman John Mcrrieset
4 aid 10 bc ike Daniel Webster, Be;
cause he u an tx Founder.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-04-13

T At ladies' soilee in Gotham.
they had nothing for rvireshment bat
tongne sandwiches. and nothing -
sip but gossip. s auta
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-04-13
Dee. I'd, 1S0l--ly

600 - $500 per Month can be
2AU made BY every body, in ap easy
aai . honorable business, which needs 70
sgsvsing snd can be done At home, requir-
ine about one hours time per day. l. .
new business, consequently there will be no
compGstlij8 dkslAst those first engaging IN
H.. Full psslleulsrs sent 70 sny address on
reeelps % any esnss BY.
FYtts n ~sa XVI M l. r. WALKER.
Nay ~ '66-1y Louisville, w.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-04-13

D 1t takes f.sy yesrs 70 grow :
crop Of humber in Maine. Boards
twenty inches wids have been raised
in iorty-thrse years ~~tvtn
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-04-13

az Joha Dssiels. pssaissst eisises ef
Dearborn county. died lsstwssksf essschs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-04-13

TIE Selma, Alabsma. Tinrs publishes us
following ruer from Gensral sherman VI
reply 10 a cor fcdersie Clergyman. asking 20
have his horse restored 70 him. The Times
ssys: III II isu very good specimen q he
e,rric humor cf that eminent raider, snd
will iou btiers provoke s,aile irc1 mans q
Who wss himself occasionally
/. csrel,s in q sesrch for title. where hsrres, !,
beehives, Or vegetables we're concerned:'
ArLAATA, Gs., Sept 10. 1854
Rev. --, Confederate ARM:
DEAR SiR-YOur letter Of September ia
i received. sPproach question inyolv-
linz the ,ille Of horse With great dsfiidence
lios ,he laws Of war--thal mysterious Dc
u which we t-lk 90 much bnI know p lit
ltle, are remarkably silent on the horse.
HE is a besst 50 tempting 70 the soldier. =
him Of xid cavalry, the isncy artillery O.
the pa sient ia fsn,ry, tha, find more dith
Gully in recovering woFthisss, sPavine'
beast ,han il paying miliion " gree
lbacks," 10 | fear must reduce your cisin
to one of finance, snd refer You 70 "
great Board o. Claims 10 Washington. Ths
may reach ycur case w NE lime you
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-04-13

The udsysiQned respec, q
.ll - fully informs the public M
that hs has now, and will constantly keep
o. hand, or manufacture 70 order, all the
iasess sud most fashionable varieties Of Fur
nisuss, such g Wsrdsobes, Bureaus, Bed
stssas. Tables, Loungee. and large assert
neat = ehaiss, Of the best styles. He re.
spsssiully invites those desiring anything in
his lloe. q eall and examine his stock he
fore puschssing elsewhere. ss he is conf
deaf 10 can please them. - his shop on ihs
corner et Newton and Portevsville streets.
JACOB ALLIES.
Dse. IA. 1s01-lv
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YunlssnsD svEav sAruRDAy, At JASPER
Dvpers counry, iHpIAHA,By
OLE II MT DO "A N E.
oFFICE-On w EST MAIN SrREEr.

TERM6--STNtClLI tN nUv ~ VT :
siaRls Subscription, for fifty Nos, " %
Fer cir months, W
W h~ sArss o. ADvERTIsIEe.
~ square Of 10 lines Or less, ] week. 81 9
Bash subsequent insertion, 20 e's
Loaass advertise ments. at same rate
A Traction over even square or squares
csuntsd 90 . square. These are .he terms
for transient sdvertisement; . reasonable
deduction wIll Be made 70 regular advertise
msnts.
Notices OF appointment Of administrators
ga iegsI nosIcss Of like character 70 b
paid IL advance.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-03-06
The Late Vetoes,

Only synopsis of the Presidents veto mes
sages was received at this Office Monday night,
by telegraph. The messages are published at
length in some of the Boston papers, and we
would cheerfully transfer them to our columns
did we believe the readers of the Prees would
appreciate such an act. OF course they are
made up of the old story to which President
johnson has become familiar, and those who
have read one of his fvetoes on anylsubject in
volving the question of equal rights, know
pretty well the tone and mode of argument ex.
hibited in his last efforts. The fact that consid
erably more than two-thirds of both Houses
failed to be influenced by the arguments. Of
the President, affords pretty conclusive evil
dence that he did not succeed in making his
case any palmer than the sun at noon-day, to
say the least To meet the objection of unconsti-
tutionality urged by the President against the
Reconstruction bill. we need only quote pas
sage from Senator Reverdy johnson OF Mary
land, on the finai passage OF the OH ofei 'iie
veto; Mr. johnson being one OF lne Z resioeh.
political friends, and confessedly one o}he
oblast constitutional lawyers OF the Democrat
10 school now on the stage OF action. His re-
y, ,orks are reported as follows: taf esT hos
M. Johnson said that, while doing as he most
s;,,cerely did full justice to the conscientious
,nrnose of the President, he could rot but re-
gret that he had feit hlmseh compelled to send
this message to Congress. There were many
propositions in law contained in that MESA ge
which could not be maintained. There were
many errors OF Judgment in it which, upon ex-
animation, would be apparent The result to
which he had been compelled TO come in the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-03-06

Dry measures are about to be abolished, and
Weight is to take their place. Henceforth
corn, grain, &c. are to be bought and sold by
the pound, and Prices Current will report the
prices per 100 lbs. This will secure to every
purchaser true and uniform amount of nu-
tritious substance in the breadstufls purchased
Hitherto the bushel measure has not always
been correct criterion on account of the DIFF
ference in the weight of the same species of
cereals The GENITAL system was first recon-
mended by the Albany Board of Trade. Since
then, it has been approved and adopted by
similar Boards in all the large grain marts of
the country, ST. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee,
Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Rochester, New
York, Philadelphia and, we believe, Boston.
By common understanding the Genital system
went into operation in all those places on the
1st day of March inst. The Rural Ne,c York
er makes the subject plain by the following:
For time there may be some confusion in
the quotation OF prices, but people will very
soon become accustomed to the new method.
ing prices per bushel, and at the same rate per
Genital. Such tables are not always accessible,
and we therefore give a rule by which buyers
and sellers can make their own calculations.
The standard weight of Wheat per bushel is
go lbs; Corn and Rye, So lbs.; Barley, 4Sl lbs.
Oats, ~ lbs. The price per bushel being Civ
en-, to find the price per central multiply the
price per bushel by 100 and divide by the num-
ber of pounds in the bushel For instance =
price per per Genital iF-15O 1OO : 10000 60
$3.50, which is the price per central. Again /:
The price per GENITAL being given, to find the
price per bushel multiply the price per GENITAL
by the number of pounds in the bushel and
divide by 100. Example: At $3.50 per cen
tai, what is the price per bushel of GO lbs. p
2.5O 60 15,00O- 100 Sl.50, the price per
bushel. ID
Vegetables ought to be sold by weight, as
well as grain. A bushel OF corn is leveled by
strickle; but bushel of potatoes, apples,
beets or carrots, is heaped up to five pecks.
TpAXV
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-03-06
self Hsgf then e The naY5Y naturally presents it


The bill to provide for the redemption of
the compound-interest notes outstanding,
passed the two houses of Congress as follows
Be it enacted, &C. That for the purpose of
redeemlng and retiring any compound-interest
ury is hereby authorized and directed to issue
temporary loan certificates in the manner pre-
scribed by section four of the act entitled "An
act to authorize the issue of United States
notes and for the redemption or funding there
OF, and for funding the floating debt of theUni-
ted States" approved February %, 1862, bear
ing interest at a rate not exceeding three per
cent. per annum, principal and interest paya-
bic in lawful money on demand and said GER
tificates OF temporary loan may constitute and
be held by any national bank holding or own
ing the same as part of the reserve provided
for in sections thirty-one and thirty-two of the
act entitled AN act to provide national cur
rency secured by a pledge of United States
bonds, and to provide for the circulation and
redemption thereof" approved June 8, 1864:
Pr0oided, That not less than two-fitths of the
entire reserve of such bank shall consist of
lawful money of the United States: And pro-
Uided further, That the amount of such tenn
porary certificates, at any time outstanding,
shall not exceed $5O,000,000.
This settlement of the matter is not the
worst which might have happened. These
tnICC pei SCut' SCltiuCdtcS VIII Ttr!dCc Htty
millions of compounds now held by the banks,
at lower rate of interest than than we have
been paying which is step in the right d-
rection. The remaining fifty millions matuI-
ing this year will have to be paid out of the
funds in the Treasury, reported on the 1st
inst. at 81 millions in coin and 45 millions in
currency. This of course will be contrac-
ton of the currency to the extent of so mil
lions, since it is well understood that the COM
pounds are not in circulation. 1t must be
borne in mind, however, that the Secretary OF
the Treasury IS already authorized, not direct
ed, to withdraw 4S millions year. II then
the contraction arising from the payment OF
the compounds proves too rapid for the busi-
ness of the country, it is IN the power of the
Secretary to suspend the process of con-
traction by calling in and destroying the legal
tenders, and thus limit the whole operation to
these so millions. The prospect of with
drawal of so millions ayear from circulation
ought not, under the circumstances, to occa-
sion any serious alarm. .r.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-03-06


A GREEK NAVAL coar.srr7ror, oossr.so.
1t Is stated i'm q journal of Trieste in letter
from Athens, that the Greek Parliament has
voted to increase the national marine to the
extent of 1000 sailors, and that the Govern
ment intends to send to the United States in
few weeks from now several officers of the
fleet, and mechanicians, for the purpose of
purchasing number of vessels of war. 1t Is
expected that these Commissioners will leave
at the same time that Gen. Callergis, lately
nominated Greek Minister to Washington,
sets off for his post The Greeks are looking
more and more to our country for sympathy
and material aid, as our position must natu-
rally lead us to take moral and less selfish
view of the settlement of the Oriental ques-
finn
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-03-06
American Implements aud Carriages.

There is, perhaps, no respect in which the new
world has gone farther beyond the old than in
diminishing the weight of carriages and imple-
ments The American hoe Is thin plate OF
steel, which a child could WELD, instead OF the
heavy European iron hoe which It requires two
or three times the amount Of m muscular Sns power
to lift, and which, nevertheless, does not cut
the soil so easily and well. In scythes, pitch
forks. and other implements, we nnd the same
snhsttution of a superior material and a dim
nut;on of weight; thus greatly lightning the
iahors of the farm, and increasing their eff
cheney.
Greatest improvement is to be remarked
iImprovement which our carriage-makers have
been slow to initiate. The employment of the
very best materials enables the American car
riage makers to turn out vehicle so light that
it is very easy ia draw, and yet strong enough
to carrya good load and bear the toughest
roads. Indeed it dances so lightly over the
roads and yields so easily to any inequality that
it scarcely feels stones and holes which would
make a heavily-built carriage strain and creak.
The Americans have Calculated" how to re-
lieve their horses as much as possible, and they
have succeeded so efectualy that, with Their
light carriages, they will get much more M work
out of horse amt carriage than If the latter
were heavily built, besides driving with 9ui muon
more pleasure all the time.-Monfreos """ess
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-03-06

THE MAINE STATE PRESS, is published at the
same place every Thursday morning at S2'Ooa year,
Invariably in advance.
RATES OF ADvERTIsTNG.-One men " spdce,i IN
l-neth OF column, constitutes a square.
S1.50 per square daily first week 20 cents per
elk after: three insertions, or less, SlOO; continu
4 ~ every other day after first week, 90 cents.
Halt square, three insertions or less IS cents; one
week, Sl.OO; so cents per week after.
Under head of ''AMUsEMENTS,'' 50, 90 per son re
per week. three insertions or less, $1.5O
SPECIAL NOTICES, 125 per square for the first il,
insertion.
Advertisements inserted in the s'MAISE STATE
PRESS" which has large circulation in every par
and 80 cents per square for each subsequent inser
ton. ~
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-03-06

VIZ government Bonds are Exempt from
Taxation, so with Money invested i'm n
Life POlicy!. HH i
If you have $50. 500 81 1000 to spare, or to in
vest, tnere Is nowhere you place it so securely
OF SO adv antageously as with this Great Co. Govt
Bonds may be lost, stolen destroyed by fire, as
many have been. Life Policy If DESTROYED stolen.
OF lost may be restored, and in case will there be
any loss of the money paid. For the POOR MAN it
Is the best SAVINGS BANK; for the RICH it is the
safest Investment, yielding more than any other
at our Office. ~ - .ii 1''l7- 80 y
DO NOT until II No oil
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-03-06

SPRING STYLES.

The new short dresses tor spring wear
made in two colors-the dress Of one, the petit
coat and sac paletot of another. A black
dress with purple petticoat and paletot is a
good combination, also black and dark bright
blue. A green poplin dress and black silk un-
derskirt and paletot is q good style or fine
thibet dress with jacket and petticoat as the
contrasting color. Care should be taken not
to make the upper dress too short Six inches
is sufficient difference between the length of
the upper skirt and the lower, measuring, of
course, from the point of the dents, if it is cut
in the usual way. The handsomest short
painting below, but they are less fresh and
spring-like in their appearance than the con-
trasting styles mentioned above.
SPRING BoNNETs.
This is a very important question. All fem
ininedom are anxious to know what new sur
prises the milliners are preparing for them, and
whether they will have to sacrifice their last
new chiqnon. Their milliners, on the contra
ry, are as anxiously inquiring hoWthey can
invent a small bonnet which will be piquant,
which will not interfere with the hair and
which enterprising young ladies and economi-
cal persons cannot make for themselves. The
results of their labors are not as yet very clear
ly defined. "Opening day" is still too far off
but the indications are all in favor of return
to the complex bonnet, the regular orthodox
combination of crown, brim and cape which
preceded the saucy little "saucers" worn du-
ring the last nine months.
Among the advanced styles that we have
seen, the "Levigne" is the most decided novel;
ty. The brim turns up in front like the rim Of
a turban, with this difference, that it ascends
instead Of lying fiat to the crown, and forms a
tiara over the forehead. A narrow cape at the
back surmounts the chignon and forms a comb.
This is quite new and rather distipgue, but it
can be becoming to very few women. Other
styles in fancy straw approach more nearly to
the bonnets of several years The brim is mar
row, but somewhat pointed and elevated in
front, the cape small and surmounts the CHG
non. The crown is the most important part of
the bonnet, and fits to the top Of the head in
stead of at the back, leaving the cape and
er than indispensable parts Of the main struc-
ture-Boston Post.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-03-06

THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS is published
every day, SUNDAY excepted,l at No. Printers
EXCHANGE. Commercial Strect, Portland.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-03-06
INSURANCE.
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
i... OF THE
Commerce Insurance Comp'y,
OF Albany, N. ", Dec. 81, 1866.

Unadjusted Losses. S11 ,775 90
A. VAN ALLEN, President
r. M. HAMILTON, Secretary.
H.. STATE OF NEW YORK ....t
CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY S.. .rt.y sf
.'..Y ALBANY, Feb. p, 1861.
Personally appeared before me Adam Van Allen,
above named Company, and made oath that the fore
going statement made by them is true to the best Of
their knowledge and belief and that tLey have con-
ceaed no material facts ~ N7-l1'-7-'' -
pg A. P. STEVENS, Notary. Public.
1T JOS. HI. WEBSTER, Agent,
feb27-dow .tllT No. 10 South Street.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-03-06

JoHN STUART MILL, as speaker, Is thus de-
.cr;hsd bv the London correspondent OF the
Nation: 1l sA @
! ,,.,,,, o,nearance, on the other hand, de-
Mr. MN ssnything, from the value of his
tracts, word ~ He looks SO slight and frail, his
spokei; = so feeble and requires so much atten-
t,ov, vo,oe and his manner is so nervousy rapid,
that that one feels at first alarmed lest he should
snddenly break down. The impression is
heightened-at least in the House of Com
mons-by an odd habit of complete stopping
for intervals of a moment or two, and putting
his hand before his face to collect his thoughts.
After listening for a time to the e9;mpiefey
finished and connected sentences which come
in q steaJv stream from his lips between these
intsrrnntions. we gradually recover confidence,
hnt n ;s an exhibition never quite comforta'
BILE or satisfactory.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-03-06
w. ID. LITTLE & Co.
No 20 Commercial st, near the Old
Custom House.

Non Forfeiting, Endowment, Ten Year,
and all other Forms of Policies are is.
sued by this Company, ON more favor
able advantages than by any other.
This Co. issued during the last 12 months, 49, 343
Poicies being 900 more than issued by any other
$5,S42,Sl2 Receipts for INTEREST 81 900. while
ifs lqssfs being only $772000 showing the receipts
losses. ~ ITS
~ Be careful not to coafound the name Of this
Co. aoith Others similar. 80 ,sI u y. - -. ''
feb16 diff =
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M "a It OoIEh, T hUFhIE IOf'
TERMS Eight Dollars year in advance