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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-06

A FORMIDABLE WEAPON OF WARFARE
One of the most curious pieces of mechanism
we have ever seen has arrived in Omaha, in
the shape of what is called the Seating Bat
terry Gun. 1t has been received by Captain
Clifton Comfy, Chief Ordnance officer Of the
department of the Platte, and is now at the
Government Corral. To be properly appre-
clated 1T must be seen at work, firing from 150
to 700 shots minute. 1t may be Justly term
ed a machine gun, for, by an automatic me-
chanlca agency it can be made to load and
hre 1nce SANITY, the cartridges being supplied
by feed-box or hopper. A Thousand or more
shots may be discharged without intermission.
Ii is worked by crank aud has six steel bar
rels, improved rifle bore, with carrier and
lock cylinder securely fastened to its main
shaft which are rotated continuously and 81
simultaneously by means of the crank. The
cartridges are fed into cavities of the carriers
from feed cases, are driven endwise into the
barrels by the lock pistons, then exploded,
and the empty cases drawn without any pause
in the operation, each barrel being fred at the
lowest point OF revolution. The gun has no
trigger, and can be loaded aud fired only when
the barrels, inner breech and locks are revolv-
ing. Each barrel has its appropriate lock re-
volying with the inner breech and barrels: the
locking mechanism loading and firing the gun
by infringement on spiral cam surfaces when
the gun Is rotating. This is the only tirearm
Yet invented in which the breech and locks all
revOlve. The Calling battery terms one of a
new class OF firearms, as it has no recoil to de-
stroy the accuracy of its aim. This renders
the gun particularly valuable for guarding
bridges, fords, rOadways, passes &c, as once
sighted, they can be fired equally well night or
day.-Omahd Herald.
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. Mr.. CoMMIssIoNER TAYLOR has every reason
to ieictate the government AID the country
upon the results that have followed from the
labors of the special Commissioners appointed
by Congress to negotiate with the Indians
As in all unequal contests, the weaker party
has gone to the wall The Indians consent TO
give up territory already belonging TO them in
exchange for other territory which also be-
longs to them. We do not say this lightly. but
because it is fact perfectly well established by
all the testimony in the case However it is a
fortunate thinq that the savages were induced
to make an amieabe settlement. The Kiowas.
the Camanches, Apaches and Arapahoes are
now disposed of, ana there is now doubt that
the Sioux OF the North will cause as little
trouble as the Southern tribes. 1t may be a
necessity-it may be right, but all the reason-
ing in the W Jrld cannot make it appear that
the Indians have been treated according to
those principles of right that are held binding
IN adjusting ordinary human relations. The
Cheyennes, for instance, have been treated
worse than the English treated the Seapovs
when they blew the insurgents from The
mouths of their cannons Tor attempting TO
have been driven from one reservation" TO an
other, and have uniformly been overrun, Mum
dered and massacred in all. The Chiyincton
massacre Of 1864 had the women, children and
Old men of this tribe for its victims. 1t is no
wonder that the chiefs of this tribe entered
with great reluctance into the late negotiations
at Medicine Lodge Greek, and that their sim
certify is questioned. If the whites keen the
sspulations of the new treaty in good faith it
VIII be the first time they have ever da,aA.-
The bad cnnd"ot-of the whites in respect TO
Indian treaties was well characterized by Sa-
tanta, chief of the Kiowas, in his speech before
the Commissioners He said: "We make few
contracts and we remember them well. The
whites make so many that they are liable to
forget them The white chief seems not able
govern his braves" These are dsagreeable
statements, but they are facts-facts too of
which we should have stern reminders if we
were dealing with powerful and civilized ma
tons. -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-06

IHE Argus says We feel hurt" at General
Grants vigorous retrenchment. and that we
complain that he has discharged number of
paymasters. If our neighbor had deliberately
proposed to make statement which should be
the widest possible divergence from truth it
could have done nothing more openly, grossly
and palpabiy false. In the first place we have
said not one word about the discharge of pay
masters. Is the Argus SO stupid as to suppose
that the force in the Paymaster-GeneraPs of
flee employed in auditing the claims for addi-
tional bounty is composed of 0aymdsters? In
the second place We have not complained or
" felt hurt at" at the retrenchment measures of
Gen. Grant, but have taken occasion two or
three times within the last week to express
our entire appreciation and hearty approval of
his course. .'i
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-06
NON RESGD Emf TaXES no
In the Town Of Baldwin, i'm Ibe Comfy OF
Cumbe rIand, for the Year 1860,

THE following list OF Taxes real estate of non
Il resident owners in the town OF BA LDVIN Cor
the year 1866, in bills committed to JOSES m Mil
LIkEN, Collector ofsa town on the 25th ,Iav of An
gust 1866 has been returned by hmto me as remainin
unpaid on the Path day of August 1867 by his GER
tincate OF that date and now remains unpaid and
notice Is hereby given, that said taxes and inter-
est anu charges are not paid into the Treasury ofthe
SAID town within eighteen months from the dale Of
the commitment of said bills, so much Of the real
estate taxed as will be sufficient to pay the amonnt
due therefor, including interest aud charges will
without further notice be sold at public auction az
the store OF ID. I. Richardson, in said town an
Saturday the twenty ninth day OF February 1sGs
at ten O'Clock A. NJ. '
To whom taxed and description OF Tax
property. Value me
Parker A. Jenness aud Stephen Il.
Knapp % acres Sfand $500 90 80 so
with the buildings thereon tor s .rlar. d ....
merely taxed to Joseph Tyler
e sne Be ssn 1s homes ne cad $40 20 90
,s ass frs4 5ssT s'ssp A' 100
SSa act 81 81 on la "a fa ,S East 1900
Ne Gsnse M east ,0o 49,. ,, $50 60 Z 20
60 a 20 la 4 lara Range East q 90
East, OK, oo =, "a
ELEAZER FLINT, JR.. W = W
P,,1.. Treasurer OF Baldwin.
"in' november z, 1867. noy6-w3w45
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AN ORDER FROM WASHINGTON.
From THE SU RGEON-GENERAL
OF THE UNITED STATES Arm

FL From THE URGEON-GENERAL
OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY,
CONCERNING HOFF'S MALT EXTRACT, r
the well known beverage OF health, which has shown,
as it has officially stated, ncalcnlable in
iuence on the condition of the sick soldiers suffering
from suppurations, debility, asthma, during the
last European wars.
we have to-day the satisfaction of citing new dis
nhcion c Inferred upon HoFF MALT EXTRACT
py tne Snrgeon-General of the United States Army
Gose atIenuon was attracted 10 it probably by the
N t1i report made to the New York Academy of
i,eIcine, ana who wrote to MIR. Hoff that he might
S sena some OF his MALT EXTRACT to Lieutenant
ooIolel Nlafies sutherland, Assistant Medis al Pur-
veyor OF the United States Army at Washington for
trial in the military hospitals. e 49, ~ %
inns TACT, in conjunction with the encomiums of
our first class physicians, speaks so we'll fr Hoffs
Malt Extract, Beverage OF Health, that furthur
praise on our part would be superuous, its ncredi-
BILE success in short space of time being the best
proof of its great value.
Sold everywhere, Persons wishing agencies might
apply to Hoff's Malt Extract Depot 542 Broadway,
NJ vs. 8Efa1 t4 neeI NH 80 -
w. FL PHILLIPS & CO., Portland, sole agents for
Maine. Sold by Druggists ami Grocers. '''~
November1 dot H1a +ae M
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IMPORTANT TO EXPRESS COMPANIES. The
following important case has recently been de-
cided in New York: ~
Susan l.. Williams recovered S1918 from
Dodd's Express Company for loss of trunk
containing valuable clothing, jewelry, etc. The
case has been on trial before the Supreme
Court, Judge Gilbert on the bench, and is con-
sldered one of the most vital Importance 10
companies. a.--s--'
The trunk was lost or stolen while III trahsi'
from Jersey City to Brooklyn. me uelen ,'i,
ants admitted the receipt and loss OF ,he u IL
but claimed that it was received uiue eh;i+n ~
cial contract limiting their responsIu.t'S ~
one hundred dollars That in any event my ~
could not be held responsible 1oT tne i ni,aoI
md other iewelry On the back OF tne check
80 in, the trunk by the messenger was
SrinrcI agreement by which the party receiv-
mo II AGREED that the company should not De
liable for any jewelry, nor for baggage exceed
mo one hundred dollars in value, unless the
value was stated and extra price paid therefor.
The Court held that the mere giving and
taking of check in the hurry of railroad tray
el. was no evidence of an assent to a contract
on the biilor's part, limiting the carriers liza
bilty, and that as to the jewelry the only
question was, whether it was reasonable
amount for lady in the position and circum-
stances of the plaintiff to carry on visit The
verdict was as above stated.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-06

SEHUREs.-The deputy State Constables
yesterday seized about forty gallons of liquors
in'shop No. 243 Fore street, supposed to belong
to D. A. Meehan; also about five gallons in the
shop of John Fl. Burke, corner of Summer
and Canal streets; a small quantity in the shop
of Patrick Gormley on India street, and a
small quantity in the shop of David Crowley
on Commercial near India street. They also
visited the shop of F. III. Reed, near Crowley's,
but the liquor was spilled by Reed before the
officers could get hold of it, gsaE
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THE DAILY AND MAINE STATE
PRESS s-.

May be obtained at the Periodical Depots of Fes-
sender Bros, Marquis, Robinson, Colesworthy and
Chisholm Bros, at Boston Depot and the train of
At Biddeftrd, OF Plllsbury Bros.
AtSacO OF j s. Locke At
AT Brunswick, of W. r. Fields,
At Waterville, OF j. S. Carter srst. d
At Gorham of News Agent
AT Bath OF j. o. Sh.w II 81 ..
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Sensible Comments by N 'iVeieran OBJ
serycr.3 Ha

The more closely the workings of the re-
construction policy of Congress are scrutinized
the less force do the objections against that
policy;appear to have. Ex-Gov Seymour of
New York talks loosely about the Wholesale
dsfranchisement OF whites. He estimates
the number at six hundred thousand Many
people who have never investi gated the sub
ject believe this, and do not understand that
the number of whites excluded from the polls
is so comparatively trivial that at the recent
elections in Louisiana, Alabama, Virginia
and Georgia. more of the people of those
States were en9bled TO vote than at any pre-
vious period in their history. On this subject
we earnestly commend to our readers atten-
ton the following extract from the letter of
Veteran Observer to the New York Times:
For the fiIst time in its his @ory, the people
of Virginia have voted; and in all time past it
has been governed by the few at the expense
of the many How completely this is true,
| will low show by few practical examples.
The following tables shows the vote of sever
al counties in Virginia; the whole vote on
President, in 1860, and the vote on thesCon-
Vnntion in 1867.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-06

The HoosAc Tunnel DISASTER Several
Intellectual attempts have been made to re-
cover the bodies of the men lost in the recent
accident at the central shaft at the Hoosac
Tunnel, and on Friday the North Adams fire
engine was employed to force down air, after
which Thomas Mallory descended to the waite +
and found it 4S feet deep. 1t will be impossi-
BILE to do anything effectually toward recover
ing the bodies until proper machinery is erect
ed and the water pumped out
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-06
Totals in nine counties. 1913

The total population of these counties was
103,321, and at the usual ratio of voters would
have given 1850 votes. Here, then tits appa-
parent that prio TO the Reconstruction Act,
Tess than hat the people coted aader the ldlcs of
Virginia. All the residue were DISTINGUISHED.
Now, ei2hty-five per cent. have voted, and for
the first time since its existence Virginia has
attempted to become a State governed by the
consent of the governed. Now, L don't ask
or what party these people have voted, nor
how many of them are white or black;
L see a plain palpable fact, that the
Reconstruction Act is working to
deliver the people of Virginia from the Cav
Republican Government and every American
idea of popular rights. Is that an act which
the American people are likely to overturn?
Is it possible that any party in this country
will place itself squarely on the ground of re-
pealing that act? There are several persons
named for the Presidency, including General
and out Copperheads, but who is committed to-
United States the most thoroughly committed
enforce it is Gen. Grant. There is not the
slightest probability that there will be a Con-
gress favorable to any change for many years
What an idle folly it is, then, for the rebels of
the South and the COpperheads Of the North
TO expect any such thing? or to obstruct the
restoration of the Union? Surely-and now
quichly-the work of reconstruction will go
on, and the Republican Party will finish what
they began by the restoration OF unity har-
mony and prosperity to this great Republic
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-06

HARNESSES made and repaired by j, Nc
Aleney, at his old stand under the U. s. Ho-
tel Particular and personal attenti IN paid to
repairing, on which discount of fifteen per
cent will be made for cash, on delivery. All
orders promptly attended to and warranted to
give perfect satifaction. Nov. 6. eod1w
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THE New HorEL.-Mr. Edit,

THE New HoTEL.-Mr. Editor:-I am
prompted to give expression to a few words by
the article in the Press in reference to the
naming OF the new hotel, and only to say
what has long been in my own mind and the
mind of Others in this matter. We are aware
that Mr.. Brown is not dependent on outside
information in this matter, yet it would meet
with as much approval in the general mind to
hear the name of"Olcutt House" as any name
we know of. 1t would be new and appropri-
ate, in memory of his beloved son, James o.
cult Brown; who was in all respects model
Of manly principles, and was held in high es-
TEEN by all as a worthy and honorable fellow
citiznn III
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-06

THE trial OF one of the men engaged in de-
stroying the printing materials aud other
property OF the Portsmouth states and Union,
during the war, commenced before the Sn-
preme Court OF New Hampshire on Monday,
as we learn from the Portsmouth throhicie' 1t
Is thought that the case viii result IKE tne
similar one of the Bangor Democrat III TINS
State, in a disagreement Of The jury.
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Portland and Vicinity.
New Advertisements this Day.

AUCTION COLUMN.
Real Estate--F. o. Bailey
Funiture-E. NJ Patten & Co. A
Furniture, &c.-F. o. Bailey
NEW ADVERTISEMENT COLUMN.
House for Sale--W. III, Jerris.
Winter Arrangement, P. & r. Railroad
Coal--Randall, McA lister & Co
City of Portland. $#kN 4*
House for Sale-W. IT. Jerris fA
Coarse Salt Waldron & True
For Eastport and Calais.
Store to Lett. Churchill & Go.
Boarders Wanted.
Clerk Wanted-Andrew Hobson.
Non Resident Take .-Eleazer Flint, Jr.
Sheriff's Sale-Ge0. w. Parker 90
Sheriff's Sale E n. Perry
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2. L. L, means, simply, license A. L. d.
means hcenfe to health and long life, but
rigid prohibition of everything that tends to
destroy the one or shorten the other; they are
the symbolic letters of that great Pain-Kiler,
for external or internal use, American Life
Drops. Sold by Crosman & Co. D.
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Long Sought For ! a.1e
Come at Last !!
Mains Elder Berry Wine.

: We take pleasure in announcing that the above
named article may be found ior sale by all city
Druggists and first class Country Grocers.
As a MEDICINE Mains Wine is Invaluable, being
among the best ifnpt the BEST remedy for colds and
pulmonary complaints manufactured from the pure
Juice of the berry, and unadulterated by any impure
Ingredient, we can heartily recommended it to the
sick as MEDICINE. saf
"ro the days OF the aged 1t ad,ieth length,
To the mighty 1t addeth strength" II =
Ills balm Tor the sick, Joy for the we'll
Druggists and Groeers buy and sell
MAINS, ELDERRERRY WINR.s
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Bachelors Hair Dye.

This splendid Hair Dye is the best in the world.
The only true and perfect Dye Harmless, Reliable,
Instantaneous. No disappointment. No ridiculous
tnts. Natural Black or Brown. Remedies the in
effects of Bad Dyes. Inyisorates the hair, leaving
liam A. Bachelor. All others are mere limitations
and should be avoided. Sold by all Druggists and
PerIumers. Factory 81 Barclay street, New York
Beware Ofa t,Oumserfeir. e HGg
November 10. 1866 dfysn
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-06

THE discontinuance of the New York and
Hayre Steamship Line is reported in a special
olspatch to the Boston Journal AT meeting
VI 'he Company it was voted to sell the steam
me dispatch announcing the fact says
no. 'ne Atlantic and Baltic of the Bremen
,'no arc an 'he American steamships now ply
ING 10 european ports. This is evidently a
mistake Inc Ontario of the Boston and Liy-
erpool line made her first trip some weeks ago
and the Il RE is soon to follow. The conditior
of the American marine is bad enough without
any exaegeration.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-06

"THE Devil is fool" according to we'll
knewn American philosopher, and every days
experience i'll the world iustifies the PROPOSE
ton. The satanic logic OF the the Democratic
papers is also idiotic. The New York World.
in the course of long and elaborate editorial,
says:
When the negroes are at full liberty, and
within the reach of good treatment by an aver
age ride OF single day on railroad, it is an
affront to common sense TO pretend that the
success of the Republican policy is necessary
for their protection If they oppressed at
the South, they are free to go elsewhere. The
fact that they prefer TO stay is a proof that
they are reasonably well treated; and it is bet
ter that they should pay one railroad fare to
escape from oppression, if oppression should
ever come, than that every Northern laborer
should be taxed ten times as much wear after
year to protect them from imaginary future
wrongs.
All the good people OF this State who are at
tackled, and their lives and property endanger-
ed and destroyed by murderers thieves and
burglars, can get out of the State in the course
OF one or. two days. Instead Of this however,
they have shut the criminals up in the State
prison and the county jas. The cases are
precisely parallel. Most Of the Southern
whites have been traitors. Even now it is on.
~ military authority that keeps their hand.
from the threats of the loyal blacks Yet tn,
World says there would be no hardship to tn,
blacks in surrenderng the Southern States t,
the whites, because if the negroes didn't fanoy
being re-enslaved they could leave.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-06

SICKNESS does not impair the activity of
Thad Stevens's brain. Besides the long, and,
for stern statesman" rather gushing letter,
with which he has favored the public, it is
said that he has prepared several bills which
are to be presented upon the assembling OF
Congress on the 21st inst. These bills en-
brace wide range of topics. One provides
for universal suffrage; another defines the sta
tus of executive and judicial officers pending
their trial on articles of impeachment, while a
third relates to confscation
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EVE II HTHZTG
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For sale by W. f. Phillips & Co., Portland, Me.
July IS. eod&w1ysn -. - ~
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Is the only infalbe Hair Preparation for
RESTORING GRAY HAIR TO IT'S ORIGINAL
COLOR AND PROMOTING ITS GROWTH.
III Ss The cheapest preparation eUer
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, s0sW last longer and accomplish
more than three bottles Of ann
other preparation.
4Eour remover is not dye; it will not stain the
VIII Keep ihe hair from falling ont.
LustIOus and silken 'S''
Our Ireatses on the Hair sent Tree by mail.
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THE GREAT PEDESTRIAN TRIP.-A dispatch
from Hartford states that Weston was to COM
mence his second trial of 100 miles in "a hours
yesterday at IL o'clock M, leaving Hartford at
that time.
Another dispatch states that he was not TO
commence his trip from Hartford until o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Probably our late tele-
graphic dispatches may give some account of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-06

HARPER's BAZAAR. = The third number of
this beautiful repository of fashion has been
received at the periodical depot of Messrs.
Fessenden, Brothers, Lancaster Hall. 1t is
one of the most popular things with the ladies
that has been GOT I'm ---.----..---
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AMERICAN HOUS

I j WHITEHEAD, So Paris G Wells, Gorham NH
y Goodwiil, Boston q E Buck, do
Goodall & l, LlncasterD M Macphil, Quebec p
$ d Hutchinson, Paris d G Chase, Boston
Mason. Berlin Falls A A Mitchell Canton
G j Green, GoIham NH fllIsf IVA y = G'77-.. +.
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Bro. LORD of the Mirror should keep better
posted on elections In his issue yesterday he
stated "in West Virginia the Democrats have
majority" 1t was announced last week that
the full returns of that election did not vary
much from those of last year, and that the Re-
publican majority would be as large now as it
was then.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-06

GEN. HOWARD believes that the negro pop
ulation of the South is larger than it was in
1860. Certain localities in the South show a
decrease of the eolored population, for there
has been movement among them within the
last two years. In the Carolinas and Georgia
there has been marked removal toward the
seaooard, While on the other hand there must
be very considerable increase of the negro
population in Texas by reason of The emgra-
ton to that State. There are no reliable sta
tlstics on the question, but General Howard IS
quite confident Of the accuracy of his opinion.