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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-28

"Charle, my DEAR" said loving mother to a
hopeful son, just budded into brooches, Charlie,
my dear, come here and get some candy" II
guess I won't mind it now, MOTHER" replied
Charlie; " I've got in some tobacco i.r
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Notice.
THE Joint Standing Committee on tho Judiciary
u to which was referred the Petition OF s. IL
SPRING. and others for general insovent law will
hear all parties interested in the subject matter of
said petition at the room of the Judiciary Coumittee
in the State House, on Tuesday, Feb. 9th, at o'clock
P. M. ."Ir
c.. l.. WELD.
Chairman on the part of the Senate,
G. +. SHEPLEY,
Chairman on the part of the House
Argus, Star, Bangor Wing, and Times copy
Jan. ~ d6tis
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

A VALUABLE MEDIcINE.-Dr. Poland's White
Pine Compound, advertised in our columns, is sue
cessul attempt to combine and apply the medicinal
virtues OF the White Pine Bark 1t has been thorough
ly tested by people in this city and vicinity and the
proprietor has testimonials TO its value from persons
well knows to our citizens We recommend its trial
in all those cases of disease to which it is adapted. 1t
Is for sale by all our Druggists. q
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-11
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS-Judge Peirce-
y smeS Moere s In b case the VIE T
sues for support upon the ground OF deserton on the
tat several inmates the house caused an estrange,
m%snt % between Mr. Moore and his wife, and, as % the
mates treated her made her home unbearable.
Of these evils and he repeatedly promised that he
would see to it, but was never attended 70, and the
husband VII not SUPPORT NJ, her she will become
But the Court said that the question was, whether
her friends, her husband, or the almshouse would
The matter Is not yet concluded.
COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS-Allison, p ].
The Commonwealth, ex rel. John w. Thackra.-In
this case the reatoE was charged with having iraudn-
Thomas W Subers testlned that he was employed as
Company of Colorado that the company was indebted
to him for MS services part Of this was
another for fifty shares: the relator, Mr.. Tnackra
these made & as Sess was ON
the eve of returning to the plains MT. Thac1Ia sug
keeping; Mr. Subers lett the certificates with him.
be eegh Se retuTned dn and onna tSat
T6ackra, Of the Directors Of this company, also
Which he feay had not, gone to the office Of this
m % he sister 4 %e
vored to get them back, but MT Thack would not
examination that subers was Indebted to Thackara,
Court declined admit this, and upon the evidence
decided 10 remand she relator for trial upon charge
oflarceny as bailee. White for reator. Chambers for
the prosecution.
The Commonwealth eX rel DR.. William Clark VS.
Sheriff. This "a charge of false pretenses brought
by DR.; Henry Rittenhouse. DR.. Rttenhouse testified
that DR.. Clark came TO him and spoke,of the Key
| stone Gold Mining Company of Colorado. He said
! that he had heard from friend. in whom he had
the greatest confidence, that this very lucra-
tive scheme and that he himself had invested $1,000
and that he knew the land upon which the Company
was based to be very valuable. Upon these represen
tations he, DIR. Rtenhouse, paid $1,000 for share.
AT the close of report had not been shown
the land was not valuable. wherein these represen-
tations false.
.DfsTRfCT CoURT-Judge sharswood, d,-Benah s.
Huntvs. James p. Bruner, An action to recover for
work and labOr done. On trial.
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bate on the subject of Mr.. Dsraels compro-
mise amendments to the original Derby Reform
bill.
Mr.. Gladstone, ex.Chancellor of the Ex-
cheQuer, delivered powerful speech against
the amendments and in opposition to the
Government policy.
The debate is very animated aud the House
excited. A division is expected to take place
tonight. The issue of the division is doubtful.
If the Derby Cabinet is defeated, the Premier
will certainly dissolve the Parliament and
appeal to the people by general election.
THE DIvlsIoN-CLosING SPEECHES OF GLADSTONE
AND BRIGHT-RBPLY OF THE CHANCELLOR OF
THE ExCHEQUER-THE Observation-Disclosures
MAJORITY sGXTY-sIX.
LONDON, May 1910 A.M.-During the close
of the debate in the House of Commons on the
the Disraeli compromise reform amendments,
Mr.. Gladstone said the Government bill was a
shallow, transparent, and dlssimulating pre-
tense OF q measure tor the extension of the
franchise, and he despaired OF its ever being
made good or beneficial one by amendment in
the House.
Mr.. John Bright delivered a speech, IN which
he declared that the Derby bill was the most
unjust and offensive measure ever submitted to
the Commons of England.
MIR. ROebuCk and Mr.. Disraeli defended the
Government bill and plan.
The debate closed after the speech of the
Chancellor of the EXchequer. Strangers were
then excluded from the house, and the division
taken. When the doors were opened it was
declared that the vote was for the Government
Majority for Government, sc. The announce.
ment of the result was received with loud
and protracted cheering from the ministerial
benches.
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TwAN.-The mantle of Artemus has fallen,
etc. At least so say our contemporaries, who
got into that habit at the demise of Tyrone
Power, and have kept in it ever since. But
the mantle of the Celtic comedian had an un-
pleasant tendency to slip from the shoulders
of its recipients before it had fairly got the
hang of their figures. Thus, we remember it,
on its futtering away from the form of Collins
TO another, whose name we have forgotten,
whence it glided to Brougham. Mark Twain is
a successful lecture actor-a cross between
Hackett and Josh Silsbee-in fact, Western
'Yank." His name, to indicate his elocution-
ary quality, should be Twang. But his twang
is jolly, and genial in its resonance. His open
ing hit, made by ingenious repetition of a
thrice-told tale, recalls Doestick's first produc-
tion Originally private letter to friend)
descriptive of trip to Niagara and marvel
lously multiplied glass of ale. We were able
to hear only portion of the lecture, but
heard enough to make US thankful that the
fate which has taken away Artemus has left
us Twain. "May his tribe Increase
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RIVACY OF THE DEAD

writer in the Saturday Review describes
the manner in which a hero's life is picked to
pieces so soon as he is in his grave. Newspa-
pers hunt down characters" at the clubs,
evening parties, ETC., and regale their readers
on the length of one hero's hair, and the
whiteness of another hero's teeth. But such
impertinences are blamed and discountenanced
by educated men and women. Our writer
adds:-
"As soon, however. as a hero dies he loses his
claim TO the protection of good manners
Naked the literary giant comes into the world,
and max ed he goes out OF It, he leaves behind,
for the inspection of the world at large, his
character and his clothes, his manners and con-
versation, the cut of his coat and the color of
his hair, his acquaintances, his amours, and the
exact shade OF his theological opinions. All
that he has had or enjoyed in life becomes the
PSpeFg o the nSfPes oe soe
study the minuti@ of his appetite, or his per-
sonal habits.
always busy over the private affairs OF their
predecessors, the slaves of the lamp OF the gene
ration before. Not to know the chronological
order OF Lord Byron's intrigues the secret mis-
tory of Mr.. Shelley's marriages, or the authentic
details Of Mr.. Coleridge's opium eating, is q
sort Of blot upon ones literary cultivation:
home at MIR. FoX's dinner table as at his own.
For the slave OF the lamp, when he Is buried,
ShOAC 10 hO lnOIo pIlNdCS LnO iliOiO oCSAuuStA
has been his life. the greater the crowd which
tocks to him when he Is dead, and inquisitlve
bographers think no more of taking up their
permanent quarters among his papers than the
active tourist does of picnicking at the Pyra-
mlds or on the site Of the Veil.
AN eminent Lord Chancellor is said TO have
once told the late Lord Campbell that his
Lives of the Chancellors' had succeeded In
adding an additional terror to death. IL may
perhaps reasonably be doubted whether contem'
porary lame Is an adequate compensation foI
the prospect of having ones life and letters sub
lected to the curious scrutiny of posterity
| The two greatest poets that the world has ever
known are singular in being an exception tC
| the lot OF their fraternity. Nobody knows any
| thing about Shakespeare. and Homer-lf there
ever was Homer-may, at all events, lay claim
| TO the proud distinction OF having successfully
battied the erudite efforts OF biographers. But
with few exceptions, most great writers have
been 80 dug over and explored that any privacy
| which they may have desired during their live
is utterly lost and sacrificed at their deoease."
| There is some consolation, however, tn,
writer continues, to be found in the fact tina
the dead whose privacy we overhaul 80 un
ceremoniOusly have usually died in profound
ignorance Of the publicity that was TO be con
feTTsd upon them'
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H u R H.
BY THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
II H Il H T. A q H
Reform Agitation in Parliament.
Etc., ETC., EtC., Etc" ETC., Etc.
THE PEACE CONGRESS.

THB LUXEMBOURG QUESTION SETTLED AND PEACE
SECURED BY GUARANTEE-PRUssIA TO BvACU-
ATB THE FORTRESS AND THE WORKS TO BE
RAzRD-THE TERRITORY OF THE GRAND DUCHY
NEUTRALIzED UNDER RULE OF HOLLAND, ETC.
LONDON, May 9.-The representatives of the
great powers commissioned to the Peace Con-
gTess in this city reassembed in session this
afternoon, after the adjournment which took
place on Tuesday and continued over Wednes
day. The second meeting has proved a success
with reference to the difficult and important
subject which the plenipotentiaries have been
called upon to treat as between France and
Prussia, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and
Holland.
ETbe question is settled in favor of peace
By the recorded minutes of the Congress-
Luxembourg remains under the rule of the
King of Holland. The rehabilitation of the
territory OF the Grand Duchy will be guaranteed
by the great powers of Europe. The fortress of
Luxembourg will be evacuated by the Prussan
troops, and raZed to the ground. No troops
will be retained within the territory of Luxein-
bourg except force which may be necessary
TO maintain order and preserve the peace.
The pressure which was eXerted on the pleni
potenhar1es III the Congress by the defiant attI-
tude which the opposing powers-France and
Prussia-malntalned towards each other, COM
bined with the knowledge which the member
had OF the great war preparations which were
being carried on on the Continent, led to a very
speedy acton on the part OF the Conference re-
presentatives.
There now remain, merely, the official and
executive details of the proceedings to be set
tied, which will be done in due form and
speedily. The treaty of settlement, which will
OF course be properly named and Untitled, will
be signed on Friday or Saturday next.
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
OFFICE OF THE EVENING TELEGRAPH,
4


There was very little disposition to operate
in Stocks this morning, but prices were without
any material change. Government bonds were
firmly held. l0-40s sold at 99E, no change;
1919 was bid for July, 1866, $685. 1Ost for 1862
6-2Os; lllt for 6s of 1881, and l05i@los for
June and August 7'3Os. City loans were in fair
demand. The new issue sold at l02@l024, an
advance of B. and old do. at 96& no change.
Railroad shares were dull. Reading sold at
6lB962, slight advance; and Camden and AM
boy at l3O8, no change; 52s was bid for Pennsyl-
vania; 2S for Little Schuylkill; 81 tor Norris
town; 81 for MInehill; 33 for North Peunsylva-
mia; 57g tor Lehigh Valley; 20 for Elmira com-
mon; IL for Catawlssa common; " for CataWissa
preferred; 55 for Philadelphia and Baltimore;
28 for Philadelphia and Erie; and A! for North
ern Central.
City Passenger Railroad shares were un.
changed. Thirteenth and Fifteenth sold at l9b;
and Hestonville at l2b@lS; ~ was Did for
Spruce and Pine; and 66 for West Philadelphia.
Bank shares were firmly held at full prices.
Girard sold at So, and western at SS 54 was bid
for Commercial; "a for Northern Lbertiesi 3lg
for Mechanics; ITO for Tradesmen's; Al for Con-
soidation; 81 for Commonwealth; 65 tor Corn
| Exchange; and 6O9 for Union,
In Canal shares there was very little doing
! change. 81 was bld TOR Schuylkill Navigation
! common; 523 for Lehigh Navigation; l53 for
susquehanna Canal; and 56 fol- Delaware
| Division.
| Tnere Is no ulakerldl cuange 10 nouce In tue
| Money Market. The range tor call loans Is to
| per cent, and for prime Endorsed paper 6A@7
| per cent.
Quotations of GOld-lO4 A. NJ, 1865; IL A. NJ
| 1868; IL NJ, ,l36s; p. NJ, 1864, decline OF II
| on the closing price last evening.
The New York Tribune this morning says:-
money, thongh still in good supply, Is more
active, and less is said of cheap rates. On call
| the rates are sac, with good deal at on ordi'
nary colaterals. Commercial bills sell at 690
| "A for first and 500 for second grade.
| "As the year wears on, and the compound
| notes mature and are replaced by gOld-bearing
bonds, money cannot be expected to be much
cheaper, but the reverse. The present rates
are as low as can be reAsonaOly exPEtedi and
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The French Post Office.

The number of post Offices in France, which
in 1871 was only l4l9, is now not far short of
5000. The sale of postage stamps has risen from
4,446, ,766 francs in lS49 to 60695, 548 francs, a
sixth of the latter sum being contributed by
Paris alone. About eight times as many arti-
1865 the figures were-3ll ,O95, 900 ordinary let
ters, 3,722,000 registered packets, LOG, 100000
francs, 275, ,499, l20 journals, printed papers and
patterns, and 4l24, sos money orders Thirty
thousand employees conduct the service; 43, 900
letter-boxes are daily filled and emptied many
times, and every year the mails travel q, 730. 900
kilometres by rail, and 81, 100000 on the high
ways. When the new lines are open the total
journeys will not be far short of l00 900, 900 of
kilometres.
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CONDITION OF THE CITY.

THE RECENT RIoT-MoRE TROUBLE EXPECTED.
WASHINGTON, May 1O.-From Richmond to-
day learn that the disturbance of yesterday is
the subject of deep and earnest discussion
among all classes there. Those having the in
teIest and welfare of the community at heart
are grateful that riot and bloodshed,
races, was averted. The whites generally regret
the occurrence though they feel absolVed from
any blame by non-partcipation in it, the whole
being mainly attributable 10 the negroes, who,
under the influence OF incendlary politicians,
are not TO be controlled The torbearance OF
the police in not using their firearms is COM
mendable.
The effective manner in which the military
dispersed the mob, under the order of General
Schofeld eXasperated the negroes to such a
degree that they now vow vengeance against
the l1th United States Infantry, who on some
future occasion are to be roughly dealt with.
It is feared that the expected arrival of Mr..
Davis in Richmond will be the signal for a riot,
which will exceed in atrocity any of tue pre-
vious riots in the South. 1t has lately been
manifest that the negroes have been for some
time seeking the difficulty that eliminated yes
terday.
The following additional intelligence has Just
been received from Richmond, Va.:-This even
ing at the African church, there was large
and demonstrative meeting OF negroes, ostensI-
bly, to ratify convention held last month, but
in reality to listen to demagogues. Coniscaton
was, as usual, greeted with the loudest demon
stratinns OF approval, and one of the Boston
orators could have had his policy conveniently
carried out when he told his colOred hearers,
after protecting the life of Judge Underwood, to
hold high carnival. Alter his departure the
negroes, if agreeably disposed might be apt to
hold such kind of carnival as would result in
pIllRge and massacre.
The negroes still feel very excited over the
events of last evening. Quite a number OF
them have been discharged from employment
in the hotels and restaurants of the city, who
were engaged in the disturbance. TIE white
citizens are feeling nervous at the consequences
likely to flow from the triumph OF the negroes
over the law and the police.
Judge Underwood, Hunnicutt, and all those
white men who have been insidiousy exciting
the negroes to insurrection, are clearly respon-
sible tor the proceedings OF yesterday.-N Y,
Herald
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Philadelphia Trade Report.

SATURDAY, May 1.-THE demand for Flour is en-
tTely from the home consumers, who purchase only
enough to supply their most pressing wants. The
receipts and stocks continue flight and holders, par
ucularly OF good family grades, firm In their
views Sales of 800 barrels including superhne, ,Tat
Sg5OdlO, extras at slT5O9ll25, Northwestern extra
family at sl8@l475, Pennsylvania and Ohio extra
family at sl3D5, California at S6509l7 and st. Louis
at S7@l75O. Rye Flour s held at 80. Nothing doing
in Corn Meal.
absence Of supplies restricts operations. Sales of
500 bushels Pennsylvania red at S33l. Rye ranges
from $1'7O@I75 for Southern, Western, Pennsyl-
vania and Canada, Corn-There was considerable
Offering to-day, aud prices declined &c. u bushel.
Sales Of 10000 bushels yellow at S29 including 1000
bushels secret terms Oats remain without
change. Sales OF 5000 bushels Pennsylvania at SOC.
The last sale of No. Quercitron Bark was at S2 q
ton
Whisky-Prices are nominally unchanged.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-11

GRAMMATICAL GYMNAsTICs.-Mr. Beecher, in
his new story, accomplishes the hitherto un-
paralleled feat in syntax of using a personal
pronoun in the opening paragraph of Chapter
ILL.,, while the antecedent remains in the
middle of Chapter ii. Thus:-"Rachel Lis
comb, daughter of Deacon Liscomb, looked at
him one day as they walked home from meet
ing, with look he never got over" No clue
to the person who was looked at is given short
of the preceding chapter as aforesaid Mr..
Beecher's rhetoric is equally slovenly. His
most partial admirer cannot claim any majesty
or sublimity for the figure he thus expresses,
SIS the soul confused Why not when the
divine spirit rolling clear across the aerial
ocean breaks upon the hearts shore with all
the mystery of heaven ~ The picture pre-
sented is the spirit of love going through the
process of reaching chosen heart, not by the
old pagan mode of arrOw-shooting, but by the
modern plan of rolling, finally breaking by
concussiOn on the shore of the viscus aimed
at. We doubt if even Sir Boyle Roche could
have accomplished a greater mixture of meta
phor in the same number of lines. We re-
gret to add that the first instalment of the
story shows that Mr.. Beecher has not sue
ceeded in overcoming his old habit in the pull
pit, so charmingly noted in the Ledqer adver-
tisements- habit of keeping back his best
things SO the public must hope and keep on
buying the paper in the frmness of faith.
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RICHMOND.
THE TRIAL oF JEFF. DAVIS.
4AAAA AAAAAD VI VIA go ~~'
CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE TO PRBsIDE-THE PRISONER

CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE TO PRBsTDB-THE PRISONER
TO BIZ SENT TO RICHMOND To-DAY-No DEMON
sTRATIoN BY THE PEOPLE TO BIZ ALLOWED.
RICHMOND, May l0.-It seems impossible to
ascertain positively whether Davis will be tried
or not To-day, in conversation, Judge Under
wood said that If the trial did not take place 1t
would be because the attorneys on one side or
the other we're not ready to proceed; that tue
Court was ready, and the Chief Justice would
preside. On the other hand, Mr.. Chandler, the
District Attorney, expresses doubts as to whether
the trial will take place.
1t is asserted by one party that the Execu-
tive Department does not desire Davis TO be
tried at ALL while 1t is anxious that he shall be
released tiom military custody and the respon-
sibility for his further detention or his admission
to bail shall be thrown upon the Judiciary.
As the programme is now arranged the coun-
sci Tor the Government will not resist the dis
charge OF the prisoner from military custody, who
will in that event, be &C once arrested upon II
bench.warrant under the Norfolk indictment;
which being done, and Government counsel
protesting themselves not ready for trial. they
will not resist the application on behalf OF the
prisoner for admission to ball-authority for
which Is found i'll the act OF September "a, 1883.
But tonight MIR. Chandler proceeds to Washing
ton to NEE, Attorney General Stanbery and Mr.,
Evarts, where tomorrow they will have Il fur
ther consultation with the Government, and
the three will in any event reach rhis city on
Sunday evening with course OF procedure
finally marked out.
The declaration of Judge Underwood that
Judge Chase will preside, makesit probable that
if the latter is not here on Monday, as now
seems likely to be the case, the whole matter
may be postponed until his arrival.
The statement that the Grand Jury have in
dicted the proprietors of certain newspapers in
this city is utterly without foundation. No
steps to that end have or will be taken. To-day
the Grand Jury, after consultation with General
Schoheld, refused to indiCt the street-caT con-
ductor for the election OF the negro Scott on
Friday last.
Davis will be brought up by special boat to-
morrow, the purpose to bring him by regular
boat having been abandoned. Rooms tor his
reception are being prepared at the Spots.
wood.
General Schodcld and Mayor Mayo have re-
quested the various newspapers to notify the
people not 10 assemble on the streets upon the
arrival OF Mr.. Davis, us no demonstration of any
kind nor any crowd will be allowed.
General SChoheld has just received despatch
from the fort to have carriages at Rockets to
morrow evening for General Burton and JefTer
son Davis and wife. Davis will occupy the same
room at the Spottswood that he did when be
first came here as President OF the Confederacy
! There is a Iumor IN circulation that he will
arrive to night but it is apparently unlounded
~ Y Times.
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THE REFORM AGITATION.

CONDUCT OF THE CABINET TOWARDS THE LEAGUERs
IN HYDE PARK-THE HOME SECRETARY TEN
DERs HIS RESIGNATION, ETC.
LONDON, May 9.-In the House of Lords this
evening, Earl Derby, in reply to a question and
remarks of Earl Cowper with reference to the
Reform Leaguers' outdoor meeting held in
Hyde Park on Monday, the 7th instant, said
that he, as head of the Cabinet, took upon him
self fully the responsibility attaching to the
course pursued by the Government on the occa-
sion. Sir Robert WalpOle, he said, had ten
dered his resignation of the Office of Home
Secretary.
A debate ensued on the subject Of the Hyde
Park demonstration OF the reformers, in the
course of which Earl Russell and Earl Grey
Censured the course and conduct of the Gov.
eminent in severe terms.