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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-16

Great % National R0SGsOay
a across the Continent.
Their line will extend from Sacramento, Cal
| iiornia, across the Sierra Nevadas to the Cali
| fornia State line, travsrsing the richest ana
| most pOpni0us section OF California
and thence through the great mining re-
gions OF t..e Territories, to the vicinity
of Salt Lake City.
1t orms the sole Western link of the
only route TO the Pacific which is adopted by
Congress aud aided by the issue OF
United States BONDS. tt a.a.iol.
Their road is already completed, equipped
and running for 50 miles from Sacramento to
within II miles Of the summit OF me Sierras,
and large amountof work OF Gradlng, Tunnel
ling, &C., beyond that point has been accom-
| plished. ~ 70.
The First Mortgage Bonds of this
Company afford unusual Inducements OF Sale
| ty and Profit to investors, 1or the following
| among other reasons, viz
First. 1he rales OF interest is Six per cent iss
Gold, payable semi annually in the City of New
Second. The Principal is payable i'm Gold at
maturity. ii ~ ....
Third Tine COST of the Bonds, NInesy-Five per
ccsit and accrued interest, is Zen pcr cent. less
than that of cheapest s+ per cent. cold Bear
ing Bonds OF the government.
boafl The Unitca: States Government pro-
vides neariy half the amount necessary 40
Dulislj lac euslfc road, slksa hO0ES MAINLY
TO a small percentage Oh f,c future AZ aii; 4;
for Repayment. f
FIFTH. owing TO this liberal provision, mpanat
with EXTENSIVE GRANTS OF PUBLIC
LANDS, by which the Government fosters this
great national enterprise, it's success is RENTER
cd certain, and iis financial stability is
altogether independent of the gen
cics which attend ordinary fkaiirsaa eM-
tcrpriscs. 4 .tt a5
Sixth. The Security of its FIRST MORTGAGE
BONDS is Therefore AMPLE, and their character
for safety and reliability is equallcd only by that
of the obligations of the GOVERNMENT ITSELF.
Seee1,M. The net earnings OF the completed por-
ton are already largely ia excess of the
interest obligations which the company
T. will incur twice the distance, and are
steadily increasing, rendering the UninterrupS-
ed payment Of ikc Interest absolutely
Eighth. At the present rate of Gold they pay
ly - per cent. per annum, on the amount in
vested.
The Bonds are issued in denominations OF 81 .000
with semi-annual Gold Coupons attached. payable In
New York, and offered for the present at 80 per
cent and accrued lnterestQn currency rom Janu-
airy 1st /
Orders may be forwarded to us Direct OF through
the principal Banks and Bankers in all parts of the
country.
Remittances may be made in drafts on New York,
or in Legal Tender Notes, National Bank Notes, or
other funds current in this CITY, and the Bonds will
lie forwarded to any ADDRESS by Express, free OF
charge. Inquiries for further particulars, by mail
or otherwise, will receive punctual attention.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-16

For Sale. -- -
fI'IIE fine lot of Land on Spring, neal High street
L known as the Boyd lot, containing about 10, 900
feet also about 100000 Brick and 200 perch Of Stone
Said lot will be sold with without the material.
For further particulars enquire of JOHN G. Toll
FORD, or CHARLES SAGER. mchlldtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-16
FOR SALEy

o. Desirable square Brick House. on
@,;, Spring street, between High and Park streets
sAA..A-wlth modern improvements, heated through.
out by stean-piped for gas with gas fixtures good
stable-a6undance of hard and soft water in the
house, with about 10000 feet of land IND
INQUIRE OF JOHN G. PROCTOR.
mar23-dtf 49, a-tl .A7 - - /
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-16
$1,000

~ WILL buy a new, well finished story and
E4...I halt house and lot. The house is very pleas
antly situated Cove street, containing seven
roonls and will be sold at the extremely low figure
above named.
Lots for sale at prices from cent to Sc per foot.
Inquire of HEWITT 81 BUTLER,
Apl 1ctf Real Estate AGENTS, 2l9d Congress st,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-16

TIME new block the eastern side of Cross street
l. suitable for Stores, Offices or Mechanics Shops
Will be sold separate ii desired. For particulars in
qure of 5al lt45t u7.f.hHDr j. e. PROCTOR.
April "A. DIFF ~. -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-16
New Brick Uo,,sc fo,. S.Ie

f1,..f Three Story Brick House. French root re-
HtJ; plete with every modern Improvement and
4.sssss on one Of The best streets in Che city.
HaquiTe "a WA. h. FERRIS.
\, feai Estate Agent, under Lancaster Hall
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-16
For Sale.

A DESIRABLE and valuable brick House for sale
"A on State street. Possession on short notice.
Enquire of .j.j b. JOHN c. PROCTER
May 4. 3wd Vi ilJr..-.....a,. Il ..t4. s.iif H.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-16
FOR S ALE.

-. e. Al - 4 - 4 =
Er;; village, finished throughout, convenient fol
-assAltw two families, and has been built about two
For particulars inquire at the store of
s.-.-f .. ,.r a. V. Sc X. N. COLE.
Possession given 1st of May. April 20. tt
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E'Or' $S,GOOyv
PRICE $4,000 !!

A TWO and half story house on 6reea Street,
IN containing fifteen rooms arranged Tor two lam
lilies. Lot 50 by 1876 teet A good stable which will
accommodate seventeen horses; carriage house,
&c. viii be sold at the above bargain. A tine To-
cation ior Livery Stable. Apply 10
t1t b. e GEO. r. DAVIS & CO.,
Dealers in Zeal Estate, No. Morton Block.
May H. div
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-16

For Sale.
EOUR BLACK WALNUT COUNTER SHOW
Il CASES, o Is feet long, very nice ones by
Yarmouth. May Z dif
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for Sole

r5NHE lot on the northerly side of Deering Street
i adjoining the residence of Gen j. d. Fessen-
den. Said lot is sixty-two feet front, hundred
feet in depth, and bounded on the East side by a
street fifty ct in width, making it corner lot and
very desirable Apply to
j. G. Proctor,
Nav 20. dtf Re Estato GENT Middle 81
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-16

House and Lot in Ferry Village for
sale. 4t T-.oIq +
4 TWO story house on FIR MT Street, third house
IA from Sawyer Street. Said house contains six
and in tip top repair. Lot font line SO feet; rear
line "a feet; depth 14i feet. This property is finely
situated for a boarding house. Apply to = .1
f, L. o. BAILEY, ~.
April %. diff = 81 i3.li t7. 169 Fore Street.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-16
Valuable Hotel Property for Sale

VdIsEstUIe hUteI properly IOf EaIe.
fnHE Oxford House, pleasantly situated in the viii
lage OF Fryeburg, oxford county, haine is OF
fered for sale az bargain, II applied for soon.
The House is large, in good repair with furniture
and fixtures throughout, together with all necessary
ontbuildings. - = Y s.* fFl
For full particulars inquire OF 'i al
~ Z i.f t..i q HuRATIO BOOTHBY,
it- -'t -4-3 Proprietor
Or Hanson & Dow, 54t Union st.
Rryeburg, Sept. 20, 1868. i iH' diff
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-16

8 There cometh glad tidings of joy to all, 7s,. i
To young and to old, to great and to small; 1Tl
The beauty which once was so precious and rare,
Is free for all, and all may be fair. .fasd
I'D alff4 BY THE USE OF biBa9 on
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-13

A WoMAN TRIES TO BLOW HER
SELF UP WITH A CANNON BALL
One of the most whimsical and un.
heard of means of "shuff1ing off this
mortal COIL" occurred in this city on
Wednesday. A woman living in the
lower part of the city, named Meyer
who, from ill treatment of her hus-
band, had become disgusted with life,
attempted to make way with herself
in the following unique manner: She
took a six FOUNDER cannon ball,
which her husband had brought from
Vicksburg as a relic, and which had
been lying on the mantel piece for
wears, and having o rather indistinct
conception of the terrible effects of
the projectile, and the manner of
using it, at length hit upon an idea.
She went to Edwards grocery and
purchased fifty cents worth of pow
der, returned home, and procuring a
breakfast plate she placed it on the
floor. She then poured the punpow-
der upon the plate, and put the can
non ball on the top of the powder
Having thus got her artillery into
position and everything in readiness,
she then set down over the loaded
plate, and with burning taper in
one hand fred the powder. The ef-
feet Of the exploding powder burned
and blackened the woman's lower ex-
tremities, while the ball which she
vainly expected would end her mis-
cries did not stir from its position.
The unfortunate victim of this insane
attempt ct selt-destruction is lying
in q precarious condition from the
effect of her foolhardy attempt upon
her ox1 lu&
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-13

Thurman waxeth childish, and
groweth heavy on antiquities. At
Waverly he informed the delighted
denizens that in that classic village
he first opened the food gates of po-
litical oratory; at Jackson, Democrats
we're enraptured to learn that there,
the corruscations Of his legal lore
first burst upon an astonished and
admiring world: at Portsmouth he
found an aged veteran, for whom,
while yet tender urchin, Thurman
acted as retriever, and carried the
game while on hunting excursions;
at Logan resides an ancient Medicus,
who, in early days dosed the great
man with squills snd vermifuge;
while at Lancaster the Judge was
overioyed to discover the identical,
antiqnated negress who officiated at
his s'bornin," and first diapered his
delicate form. Great is humbug, and
Thurman is its prophet.-Portsmo~fh
Tribune.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-13

A free and easy conversation with
Gen. Sheridan on his Presidential
prospects, is reported to have elected
the following reply: &
81 expect to live and die in the
army. Ihave no aspirations for civil
position. I believe l can discharge
the executive duties of my present
position, as 1 have succeeded in the
command of both infantry and cav
airy forces, finding new exigencies
ever tapping new energies commen-
surate with new fields of labor with
in the army; but l love army life too
well to seek its exchange for new
and untried labors in civil life"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-13

A funny story is going the rounds
in Paris. A lady in the first society
was recently obliged to dismiss her
cook on account of an excess OF
sweethearts, in the shape of poliece-
men and private soldiers, too often
repeated. After choosing as sue
cessor to this criminal a. very pretty
girl. the lady, explaining why the
first was sent away, enjoined it on the
second not to do like wise. She ad-
mited that she shouldn't. can en-
dure great DEAL" said the lady,
but soldiers about the kitchen l won't
endure" After week or eight days,
the lady came one morning into the
kitchen, opened cupboard, and dis
covered youthful military charac-
ter 80, ma'amr' cried the girl,
frightened, 81 give you my word i
never saw that soldier before in all
my life-he must have been one of
the old ones LETT over by the other
girlw
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-13
Dantotk tkStfffrsuaiaa.
,face. corner of Main and sandusky streets.
Fer tae Jefferso nian.
The Sidewalks.

Projects of public improvements
which depend on general volunta-
Try movement of public spirit. hang
fire in this village. But there are
Improvements much needed, which
are provided for by law, requiring
the property owners to make such
improvements at their own expense,
and which can be brought about by
enforcing those requirements. One
of the most palpable of these needs,
is the Improvement of the sidewalks
on the principal streets. The gen.
eral condition of the sidewalks is
such as to make walking a reasona-
BILE distance crippling exercise
Brick pavements are allowed to re-
main many years after they have be-
come so rough and full of holes by
the decay of the bricks, the washing
out of the sand (i there ever was
any sand J, or the sinking down into
the soft mud in the Spring, that the
walker has at his peril to look out
where he rests his foot at every step.
Rapid walking on such irregularities
bruises and lanes his feet and ankles,
makes large feet for the ladies, and
would make good defence to the
second section of the ordinance on
inebriation, for person can barely
walk without an unsteadiness of gait
hat bears an appearance of slight in
toxication. There is q large amo unit
of property in this village which is
worth from 800 TO 5000 per front
foot, and is drawing rent in proper
ton; still is fronted by walks which
have stood in this deplorable condi-
ton for, perhaps, one half genera
ton.
Another great obstruction is caus-
ed by the liberties that lot owners
take with the grade. Each one makes
his own front walk independent of
the rest, in hight and slope. This
does not necessarially follow because
each lot owner makes his own pave
ment. If he will not make it to con-
form to the grade and regulations
established, the village can do it and
collect the cost from Kim. 1t seems
to US that the village should have
some system to govern the manner
of constructing sidewalks and cross
cutters if it has no such rules, it Is
time it had them.
Much of the pavement on Main
street needs thorough reconstruc-
ton. This is self-evident to any one
who had much walking to do last
Spring about the time the frost was
coming out of the ground. The pro-
of property leaves the
owners no excuse for neglecting their
duty. Iflabor and material are high,
their rents are higher. AS to i'm
provement of the walks, very little
of this work has been done during
the last five years. At first the de-
preston of business and soon after
the price of labor and material, was
the excuse. In the meantime the
price of property has been very pro-
ductive and has paid a fund that
should now be called on to push the
work of improvement vigorously.
The very efficient Council OF this
village have done much good in their
projected work when completed, for
the welfare of the town. Let them
weary not in the good work our ef-
ficient Marshal could find some old
resolutions in relation to sidewalks,
in the big book that are still in force.
.z-lr- ..-G N. I.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-13

The New York Sun explains the
extraordinary conduct of the Presi-
dent on the ground that he courts
impeachment.
But what could induce the Presi-
dent to court impeachment? The an
swer Is. the profits of political mar
trydom. Nobody knows better than
Andrew johnson, how profitable such
martyrdom is. 1t was the primary
cause of his elevation to the Presi-
dency, and it is not strange that he
should still have faith in its potency.
Mr.. johnson is ambitious to bo elect
ed President. He occupied, as he
often says, every office, from Village
Alderman to President, but the lat
ter position he attained by accident
NOT by the choice of the people.
He cannot say his countrymen gave
him the highest office ih their gift, but
he would like to saw it and therefore
he is ambitious for an election. I'm
fortunately for his aspirations, how
ever, there is not, at the present time,
the shadow of chance for his elec-
ton. The Northern States are unit
in opposition to him, and the South
ern States would be powerless mi
nority, even if they were allowed to
vote. In order to attain his object
the President must do something de-
cisive that will create reaction against
the Radicals and lead to his own pop
ularity. He remembers that his Un-
ionism in the early part Of the war
causes him to be prosecuted and al
most martyrized by the people of his
State, and that it was this persecu-
ton which led to his nomination for
Vice President. Now, it has proba-
bly, occurred to him that, if he were
to be politically sacrificed on the
guillotine of Radicallsm, the act
would place him before the people in
the character of a martyr, with all
the accruing profits and benefits. He
probably takes this view of the mat
ter: There Is nothing to lose. If
Congress were to take up the i'm
parchment subject at the next ses-
sion, the consummation would be de-
layed by the President until nearly
the end of his term. His party, in
the election campaign, could go be-
fore the people with the lamentation
that the Radicals were overturning
the Government endangering the
peace of the country, and making
havoc of national interests generally. !
This cry would have q tendency to
alarm nervous voters, and to rally the |
whole Conservative strength in sup
port of the political martyr. Itwould
be potent enough to destroy the
small Radical majorities in close
States like New York and Pensylva- !
MIA, and thus give fair chance for
the election of Mr.. Johnson by the
vote of those close States together
with the Southern vote. There is con-
siderable doubt about the success of
such y plan, but desperate institu-
tions require desperate measures,
and there is reason to believe that
the President has determined to court
impeachment as q dernier resort to
attain the crowning object of his am
bition--an election to the Presiden-
cy.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-13

It has been discovered that some
of the farmers in the vicinity OF
Manassas, and other Virginia battle
fields, have reaped large pecuniary
harvest recently, by digging up and
selling to the bone dust manure fac
tories the remains of Union soldiers
buried on their farms. A skull, hip
bone, part of the vertebral column,
femur and tibia, were taken from q
wagon which had been loaded at Bull
Run by them, and which was on its
way to Alexandria, and brought to
Washington.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-13
The Atlanta Monument.

Several weeks ago the members of
the Loyal League in Atlanta, Ga,
q movement for a monu-
ment to be erected in Atlanta to the
memory Of Abraham Lincoln. They
sent circulars to all portions of the
State, and this is the response receiv-
ed from one journal-the Chronicle
and Sentinel-published in Augusta,
Ca:
"We suggest to the patriotic Un-
ionists, Brown, Dunning, Markham,
Farrow & Company, that the materi-
al for the monument which it is pro-
posed to erect to the memory Of our
late lamented,' can be found in great
abundance upon all the battlefields
of the late war. Let them send out
and gather the bones of the brave
and patriotic Southerners who fell by
the bullets of Linoln's hirclings while
fighting for their country's rights,
and which lie bleaching upon the
hills and valleys of every Southern
State. Let them collect the crimson
gore Of their noble hearts which
stained the fields and Redeemed the
grass of thousand farms In Virgin
ia, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tenncs-
see. .-
Let the monumental pile, formed
of the bones and cemented by tho
blood Of fallen patriots, be raised un-
til its peak shall kiss the skies, a fit-
ting monument of Southern devotion
to the memory Of him who will pass
into history as the greatest and most
wicked murderer of this or any other
age. .. n
II these Atlanta patriots wish
pretty inscription for their 'gor-
geous pile,' let us suggest the follow
ing:
"FoRMED OF THE BONES
cRMRNTKD BY THE BLOOD
GLORIOUS PATRIOTS
JPao fell BY hireiing bullets uhrie fsAt,as for
their counfrys :auss,
THIS MONUMENT Is ERECTED
TO THE MEMORY
OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS,
WHO
RECOGNIZES IN HIM
THE BLOODY MURDERER
OF THEIR
HUSBANDS AND FATHERS
AND TIE
FANATICAL DESTROYER
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-13
Honest Democracy.


The Pontiac (Mich.,) Jefsrsosiar
is one of the most honest democratic
papers we know. It avows its true
principles, without fear and without
concealment. Its picture Of the
Democratic party is one every read.
er will recognize as true. 1t says:
"The first great error Of Democ-
racy and the cause of its subsequent
weakness and defeat, was an endorse
ment of the war through its political
leaders. This endorsement left the
Democracy nothing to stand upon.
1t swept away its whole capital, and
left the Revolution dead letter. 1t
took away all distinctions between
Democracy and mongrelism, and left
the former, through its presses and
speakers, finding fault like a queru-
lous old woman with the manner on
ly in which villanies were accom-.
plished. For six years Democracy
has felt humiliated and ashamed of
itself, because forced into a wrong
position. 1t has been a hypocrite
and liar all through the war. The
was is Black Republican property"
1t is seldom we find so much truth
Democracy in a Democrat
ic organ. AS the Je6ersonian says, it
is too much given to hypocrisy and
lying-to appealing to prejudice and
ignoring principle. But the Jeferso-
man gets off some more pure Demo
cratic sentiments. 1t says:
"What is Seen" Sherman but q
an invader of private rights
and a cotton thief? If the Demo
Gratis are mean enough to put in nom
nation any pup for President who
ever wore shoulder-straps during the
abolition crusade. we hope he will be
defeated, and will do all in our pow
er to accomplish that end"
This is especially commended to
our soldiers. 1t reveals multitude
of the real thoughts towards them,
Iurking in the Democratic heart. and
seen only in the practices of Ohio,
Democrats in crowding every soldier
off their tickets. The "Boys in
Blue" appear to have soured on the
Democratic Zion, and the Jefersoni-
ON sbowa what Ohio Democrats would
call them if they did not want their
votes,