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The Portland daily press., 1867-08-16
CUMB B ERLAND COUNTY
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Second Senatorial District Convention.

The Union Republican voters of Cumberland Coun-
ty are requested to send Delegates to Convention,
to be holden in Portland, In the SONS OF TEN PER
ANCE HALL, on THURSDAY, august 22nd, 1867,
nominating candidates for Judge of Probate Regis
Ter of Probate, Register Of Deels, County Commits
sioner, County Treasurer, and four Senator'S; and
also to select a County Committee for the ensuing
year.
Each city and town will be entitled to two dele
gates, and an additional degate for every 70 votes
cast for Joshua L. Chamberlain at the Gubernaoria1
election in 1866, and fraction of 40 votes will be
titled to an additional delegate. sI l- r"'ia .
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The Count Committee win be in session at the
Hall on the day of the Convention, al o'clock A.
M. 't
The Charmen of the several Town Committees are
requested to forward the names of their delegates to
the Chairman of the County Committee as soon as
chosen.
Per Order of the County Committee
... J. ilEl JAMES F. MILLER, Chairman.
Portland, Aug. 3, 1867. d&wtd
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mainly animal magnetism, or a morbid copai-
ton of the nerves." He is, withal, rather con.
servatve in politics, and has misgiving as to
the working of universal suffrage among the
nanrnaa
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Bishops College School
Lennoxvilie, Canada East.

AennOxville, Canada East.
DECTOR.--Rev. r. ii. Walker, nj. A., late
RScholar OF Wadham College, Oxford and for nine
years Professor OF Mathematics at the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst.
SUB-RECToR---Rev. w. Richmond, M. A, Trini-
ty College, Dublin. @ f0 .it ~
There are four assistant Masters, three of whom
are Graduates, who devote their whole time to the
work of the School. The object of the hoo Is to
impart liberal and gentlcmanly education on the
public School system. l-t iI. t
Boarders taken by the Rector, and at the SCHOOL,
house, and other licensed houses. Testimonials re-
quired from every boy admitted
eB-Tnition fee, $65 per annum. 7ffs
For prospectus, &C., apply to Rev. the Rector,
Bishops College, F ...r aug6d2w
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-16

CHARLES Summer has written All
historical paper for the September A'n n
entitled "Prophetic voices about America
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NORWAY, MAINE.
CHARLES D. gARROws, A B., Principal.


Assistant Teachers of acknowledged ability and
experience will be secured.
TUITIoN-Common English, $500
Higher English, 600
Languages, 6OO
The Classical Department affords Students wish
ing to fit for College every facility for thorough
conrse i'm those studies. llHVl ~ i0 91l3
~ A Teachers Glass will be ormed especially adapt
ed to the needs of Students desiring to teach during
the ensuing winter, or for a longer period.
French and German Glasses will be formed each
term.
There will be a Piano in the Music Room of the
Institution for the Of those taking lessons In that
branch !ie1f 45 tfetDls lsof..1.. .e,,5 q, est fi...
q Ample provision for board has been made for
large number of Students -. f.iis7 q 81
DsR- Board, including everything, aoood, lights,
aDdshing, &C., three dollars per aoeek. ..a az
Rooms on reasonable terms ior students wishing to
board themselves. pa ~ -i1 - u 't3,3 e'lit t1
The Bakery and Market render it easy for Stu
dents at long distance from home to board them
selves, ii they wish. .d. a.ru -
Application should be made in person or by letter
to the Principal to Rev. N. Gunnison, to -. A.. Dem
ison, Esq, or to Freeland Howe, Esq, at Norway.
July 17-eodSw
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-16

THE MAINE STATE PRESS, is published at the
same place every Thursday morning at 81 year,
Invariably in advance.
RATES OF ADvERTIsING.-one inch of space, in
length oil column, constitutes square
$3.50 per square daily first week rs cents per
week afier three Insertions less, $100; continue
ing every other day after first week, so cents.
Halt square, three insertions or less, 70 Genus ono
week, 81 90; so cents per week alter. 40 m .uo,.
Under head of s1AMUsEMENTs,.S ~ w per squafo
per week: three Insertions or less, $1.50.
SPEu Al NOTICES. .25 per square Tor the hrst IN.
serton and 25 cents per square for each subsequent
Insertion. -
Advertisements inserted in the "MAINE STATE
PRESS (which has large circulation in every par
OF the Sate for 81 90 per square for first insertions
aud 80 cents per square tor each subsequent insr-
ti0n. ea -
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-16
Youmg Ladies' Seminary.

THE Misses Symonds announce the opening of
their Fall Session. at No. 43 Danforth Street, on
Thursday, Sept 10th. On account OF the change in
place there will be change in the general ar
Iangement of the school and in the tuition. very
few boarding pupils will be received.
For fur lhcr particulars and for catalogue address
the principals Box 2059 apply at their residence,
No. 43 Danforth Street, after September 1st. 2
August g. eodtillsep19 .fl 'iaI fla t5u- d
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MISCELLANEOUS.
WESTBROOK SEMINARY
Female Collegiate Institute.

THE Fall Term OF this institution will commence
4 "Wednesday, August 2ist, and continue twelve
week.
eRThe Winter Term will commence Wednesday,
Dec. 4th.
au15d1w G.. M.STEvENS, secretary.u
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THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS is published
every day, SUNDAY excepted,l at No. Printers
Exchange, Exchange Street, Portland.
N. A. FOSTER, PROPRIETOR.
TRRMs:-Eight Dollars a year in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-16

The prevalence of large quantity of inferior and
dangerous oils in the market, at cheap price
many of which are little better than Naptha ITSELF
and the existence of false reports in regard to the
PORTLAND KEROSENE OIL, render it matter
of justice to ourselves, as well as safety
to consumers, that some notice should be
taken Of these facts. Therefore, we again
present an advertisement, and would call
attention to the high st @ndard OF our Oil, the
fire test of which is 135 degrees of Fahrenheit, and
often reaches considerably higher; also. we would
say that are determined to maintain its long es
tablished reputation. A
Portland Kerosene Oil Company.
PORTLAND, Me, Aug 4th, 1867 1al1
s7 aug14d1y.
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d Eas a5u CARD taa ','''
To the Public and the Trade.
81 Il u ---7 oil is -isdlsz Ie
Paper Collars the Issue T.

NN account of the attempted monopoly in the sale
~ of Paper Collars in this city and State and shat
scustom Gro ana tho trade generally may purchase
goots ID EST A DAPTED to their own wants,
and OF the best quaitty, have, with the advice of
our manufacturers, and the Now York " Paper
Collar Misunderstanding ssOrlnuio,.,,, con-
cluded to put tue Nanpareil Linen Surface and
Nonpareil Marseies Collars into the market flor the
preseptl at the Wholesale price, sd13' il.staitsi
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-06
The Loss of Local Sovereignty.

The New York Economist, commercial
paper which has been regarded as an expo
nent of the manufacturing and financial in
.terests Of the country, has the following in
reference to the loss which the people sus-
tanned in parting with state sovereignty
at the command of the Washington usur-
patton
The next thing in order should be a
federal constitutional convention. There
is abundant work for such a gathering in
uHdolng the centralizing legislation Of the
last three years. The state has usurred the
rights Of the towns and counties, and equal
ly has congress usurped the rights OF the
state governments, until at last it cannot be
said that any locality, properly speaking.
governs itself or has any effective control
over its interests Each locality or section
is governed by all others combined, its own
voice being as one against fifty, while for
this sacrifice Of self government it has the
poor compensation of being able to exert an
appreciable influence in the government OF
other localities or sections. In all this
there Is no se'fgoyernment. 1t is the sur
render OF self government for an outside
control, exercised in ignorance of the inter-
ests TO be regulated and protected. We
cannot but hope that the sagacity which in
the state convention is seeking to carry US
back to the true idea of self government
will, ere long, demand the application of a
like remedy for the evils Of federal central
ization." ...,.-'... ~
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A Chapter from the Working of the
Present Financial System.

In eonversing with German, yesterday.
on the financial question, he remarked that
the inequality ard Injustice Of the bond sys-
TEN the Radicals arc for upholding, are
too glaridg to he submitted to in silence
Said he, 1 have 4 neighhor whose sole
property consists Of one hundred Thousand
dollars in fvetventies, on which he re-
''ceives annually six thousand dollars in
gold, and which he can sell to the brokers
for about eight thousand dollars liz green
backs. He pays no State, city or county
taxes. am worth twenty thousand dol
''lars, on which pay State, city and coun-
''ty tax; and which does not yield me clear
-four per cent. His children and mine
go to the same public school. | pay tax
les to school his children, and he pays
none. | pay taxes to school the children
of my poor neighbors, and be pays zone.
And this is a Republican government -
We are acquainted with these two German
citizens, and know the statement above to
be correct, to the letter. Is it any wonder
that the people are everywhere, with
nnanmIty almost unparalleled, demanding
that these 6vc-twenties shall be paid with
Government money. so as not only to re
lievc labor, and property and business Of
greyious taxation, but also. bring upon the
tax duplicate a large amount OF property
now exempt from taxation, and thereby
equalizing the burthen. y Cincinnati En-
Qul-eT
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-06
A Sharp Trick.

A correspondent of the Chattanoos a
Union describing sharp trick practiced by
an Atlanta merchant says:
81 heard of a good thing perpetrated by
one of them, which was related by him to
New York drummer The merchant
aforesaid is in the ready made clothing
business, and he told the gentleman from
New York, that wherSa customer comes in,
after letting him try on several coats he
would say to him that he had a coat which
he had given gentleman to take home the
night before, but he was not satisfied with
it and returned it. Perhaps it mag fit his
customer. Now you know says he, all
men are more or less dishonest so put
pocket book in one of the coat pockets,
which OILY cost me thirty or forty cents
Now when the man tries The coat, he puts
his hands in the pockets and feels this
pocket book, and he buys the Goa. at ONCE
for considerable advance on the usual
price and he never comes back to see
about it. -
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Who. is President2

Things have come to such pass in this
country that leave must be asked of the
General-in Chief of the army as to wheth-
or the Constitution in certain cases shall be
obeyed or not. Thus we find the President
submitting to and discussing with General
GRANT whether such and such a subordi
nate, who has plainly went lcyordtEe OK
IRENE laws passed by the present radical
Congress, should he dismissed, transferred
or censured And so we have already ar
rived at that stage OF government when
the civil power is subordinate to and con-
trolled by the military power. The Presi-
dent requests Gen SIcKLEs to obey the
mandates Of the United States Cour, at
Wilmington. Gen. SIcKLEs replies that
if he does, the people will think that the
military power is subject to The court, and
he therefore begs leave to decline until he
can hear from the Secretary Of Warl
President JOHNSON has now the task be-
fore him of asserting and maintaining the
right Of the civil arm Of the government
over the usurnations of Congress and the
military commanders. TIE President must
interfere and save the nation from being
governed by class of men who are hot re-
sronsible directly to the people for their
actions, good or bad. Even though he is
threatened with impeachment, he should
save this fair land Of ours from the farce
of i COINS through mock elections ia the
h0n,hern States to pcrpetuate upon us the
incubus of certain set of men who are
bound to rule or ruin and whose only
principle is to plumber like eomorants and
live life Of ease and luxury while the work
ing-men pay the expenses of the
Government and the huge debt put upon
the country by fana,icism.
If the President wishes the respect Of
the people, be must show that he is
President in fact as we'll as in name, and
pay no more attention and hold no more
discussions subordinates, who have
grown great in heir own estimation by
having power given them by q Congress
WHICH seeks TO rervcrt the Constitution of
the county to the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of a cor
rupt party. He should surround himself
in the Cabinet with men who are willing to
be "a help to him in the execution of the
plain laws of the land, instead of those who
are weak. knced and who are seeking more
for popularity and Presidential honors than
they arc for the right If he really desires
to do right, he must bestir himself. and
show himself second JACKSON ere it be
too late. s5f.
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be- We publish in another column
Translated for and copied from the Miwau-
kee News) an address recently issued to the
Germans of Wisconsin on The subject Of
social and religious freedom The address
may be considered half and half affair, in
which nothing of real practical importance
is advised in regard to the question at
issue. IF the people Of the State, whether
German or not, wish the repeal of and non
enactment Of sumptuary and religious laws,
they must say SO in manner not to be
mistaken by tie radical fanatical leaders
they must come under the protecting aegis
Of the party which has never made Puri
tanical laws its shibbole.h to catch the votes
of one class of people in order to do in
justice to another class. The address is
written in calm and diguifed spirit !; but as
the radicals will do as they please whenever
strong enongh to discard the German ele-
ment in their party, and as the writers of
the address offer but faint opposition to its
continued supremacy, We do not see how
anything practical is to be gained by the
means proposed. 49,. a.-sE u
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-06
THE EVENING OF THE YEAR.

Now dark and dry is piled the wheat,
The wine press feels no stained feet,
The white moon shrinks her sickle clear,
And the voices of the air repeat,
This is the evening of the year,
Why have / missed while men have found ?
Men smile that corn and wine abound,
And children eat the ripened ear
gaze at them from barren ground
1t is the eveningof the year.
0 it seems but yesterday,
A child in fresh green fields lay,
And dreamt of thee when skies were clear
But withered leaves bestrew my way;
1t is the evening of the year. u
O, face that l have never seen,
Somewhere on earth with saddened mien
Thou waitest full of sober cheer;
Come where the reaper's foot hath been,
1t is the evening Of the year.
Come to me, my love, my fate,
Ere all be cold and desolate
Come have sought thee far and near;
Come lest l withcr while | wait; .,.,.
1t is the evening of the year.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-06
The Dangers of Life on the Frontier.
From the Des Moines tIowa) Register, Au-


From the Des Moines (Iowa) Register, Au-
gust oath.
On Thursday evening last, Mr.. Tristram
Warren visited our Office, on his way home
from Nebraska to Wisconsin and related
the following facts, which are corroborated
fully by evidence received by US since bis
visit About three years since Mr.. WAR
rem removed with his family from Wiscon-
sin TO Nebraska Territory, and settled in
the Platt bottom, about thirty miles east
from Fort Kearney. By hard labor he had
succeeded in erecting buildings, getting
piece Of land into cultivation, and was be
ginning to realize the comforts of a frontier
home, when, on the 25th of July last, his
neiehborhood was visited by band OF In
dams, his premises robbed of about twenty
five head of horses and cattle-all he had
his house was stripped Of every valuable
except feather bed, his wife murdered,
and one of his children severely wounded.
The band of Indians FIRST made their ap-
pearance from the north side Of the Platte,
attacked the ranches of John and Peter
Campbell, which were located about three
hundred yards from each other, and about
half mile from the house Of Dir. Warren.
From the house Of Peter Campbell they
took his daughter, seventeen years OF age,
with them as prisoner, and riied the
building of clothing and everything else OF
value which was portable. They then pro
ceeded to the house Of John Campbell,
where they seized another daughter OF Pc
ter, aged nineteen years, girl twelve years
old, and two boys aged four and SIX years.
They took with them as prisoners all these
children. and 800 in currency, and forty.
two English sovereigns which they found
in the house. The youngest girl escaped
and ran to the residence OF Mr.. Warren
Mr.. w. was absent at a mill about hVe
miles distance, and his wife Immediately
sent one of her little girls with Miss Camp
bell to arouse the neighborhood. While
these children were gone, the Indians made
their appearance. Mrs Warren barred the
door, but the redskins obtained an entrance
by coming down the chimney. AS they
made their entrance into the room she
opened the door and attempted to escape,
bearing babe in her arms, but a savage
who had been stationed at the door shot her
! in the breast, killing her instantly, and the
blood nearly covered the babe at her breast.
The Oldest son, lad of about eight years
of age, was shot and severely wounded in
the thigh, but by lying still he escaped
farther injury. As soon as the Indians
had robbed the house and taken their de-
parture, the wounded boy crawled to where
the babe lay, found it was uniniured, and
bore it to where three other children had
been concealed, The anguish of the father
on returning and finding his wife murdered,
Eone of his Children MANNED, and home and
premises robbed of the earnings ofyears, nc
tongue can describe. Gathering his moth
Eerless family together, he succeeded by the
aid of neighbors, in getting team, and by
the kindly contributions of inhabitants
along the route, reached this city on his re-
turn to his old home in Wisconsin. -
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-06

ELECTIONS. -Electons will shortly be
held in the following states, viz: Califor-
MIA, September =; Vermont, September 8 !;
Maine, September Q; Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Iowa, October s. OF these elections
those Which excite the most attention and
interest are the contests for the governor
ship Of California and Ohio, and the choice
ola efjustice Of the supreme court, in
place Of Judge George W. Woodward, in
Pennsylvania.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-06

THE REVIVAL OF Observation-Disclosures
SHIPMENTS OF GRAIN AND LUMBER. The
movement of grain to the great produce
markets has already begun On grand scale,
and the receipts at our lake ports this year
bid fair to exceed those of any former year.
A Buffalo dispatch Of the Goth says ''the
receipts at the lake ports of Chicago, Mil
waukee, Toledo, Detroit and Cleveland,
for the first four days of this week were
59,G46 barrels of -four aud 2,040, 534 bush
els of grain of all kinds. The receipts of
grain for the week at these ports will be be
tween 3, 200, 600 and 8, 500, coo bushels, and
about 100, 900 barrels Of -four" The Chi
cago Journal says the receipts Of grain in
that city on Monday, by railroad and canal
AMOUNT to 646,333 bushels, the heaviest
receipts in one day. thus far this year. 1t
also states that their had arrived at that
port since Saturday, one hundred and fifty
vessels loaded with lumber, carrying an
aggregate of about fifteen million feet. r.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-06
Essa Onto Frogs.

Respectfully dedicated to our horned frog
"Benvolio. in writing for yu an anal
asis of the frog, | must confess tn at Ihave
copied the whole thing, "rertatis at Id,
eroting," from the works of a celebrated
French writer, on natural history ov the
10th sentry. -
The frog is, in the first case, tadpole,
all boldly and tail, without coming to q
head.
He travels in pond holes bi the side oy
the turnpike, and accelerated by the &C
tivity ov his tail, which wiggles with I'M
common limberness and vivacity. By and
by, pretty soon, before long, in few days,
his tail is no more, and leggs begin tc
emerge from the south end Of the animal,
and from the north end, at the same time,
may be seen a disposition to head out:
In this cautious way the frog Is built,
and then for the first time in his life, be-
gins to get his head above water.
His success is now certain, and soon, in
about five days more, he may be seen sit
ting down on himself bi the side oV the
pond hole, and looking at the dinner bas-
kets ov the children on their way to the
district school hous. @'al'....
As the children cum more nearer, with
a club or chunk OF a brIckbat In his hand
to swott him with, he rares up on his be-
hind leggs and enters the water, he'd fust,
without opening the door.
Thus the frog does Dizziness for spell
of time, until he gets to be 81, and then
his life is more ramifcd.
Frogs have 2 naturs, ground and water,
and are as free from sin as an oyster. l.a.
Their behind leggs are used for refresh
ments, but the rest OF him wont pay toi
eating.
The bull-frog is the boss of the mudpud
die, and has log tn sit on, over on the
other side of the puddle, and talks tn the
rest ov the frogs away down in his throat
so that yu cant understand more than hall
what he sez he is generally cross and
lazy old devil, all over warts. 4 ao
This is all that is worth knowing now
about the frog, except that they ketch
fize during Iii time, and winter on moth
ing, by freezing up solid.-Josh Billings
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A young ma in Portland, Maine
recently committed suicide by shooting
himself the night before the one set for his
wedding. He left letter stating that he
could not muster up the courage necessary
to assuming the responsibilities of mar
ried man, SO hAquietly shot himself. Ev-
cry one TO his taste, but we believe we
should prefer matrimony, Notwithstanding
waterfalls.
The Portland (Me. Argus tells the fol-
lowing story "a gay old boy of sixty odd
years recently married in this city bloom
ing maiden not yet out of her teens, and
on Saturday night last the young woman
presented to her lord and master four chill
dren at one fell sYoop-two boys and two
girls; The argus learns that it has been
decided not to drown any of them.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-06

FAMINE.-The correspondent of an Eng
lish paper, gathers up the result of the
terrible famine which visited three places
in the British East India possessions dur
ing the past year 1866 He states that no
less than one million and q halt of people
died of starvation and disease.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-06

ANOTHER RADICAL HEAD OFF. --Gen.
SIcKLEs, the radical King of North and
South Carolina has been removed, and Gen.
CANDY appointed in his place.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-06

THICK AS LEAVES IN VALAMBRosIA."
The Radical papers are hosting the
names of the" martyrs whom the Presi
dent is making by turning out of office. -
STANTON, SHERIDAN, SICKLEs and How
ARD have each their admirers, who claim
that each of these worthless is the mar
tyr" Happy RAIDS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-06

eG The tide of immigration from Eu
rope continues without abatement. Nearly
8, 000 immigrants arrived at New York on
the 18th ult