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THE t" BLACK Car''-Nor THAT CAT EUr
ANOTHER CArg--Mr. Evans, correspondent of
the Boston Post aud Baltimore Eqsene. says he
got his copy Of the Messsgs TO telegraph North
from Mr.. Oyerton, correspondent Of the Gin
eiR natl E,Slairer-that Is TO say, it was sub-let
10 him by Mr.. %. The folio " ing correspon-
dsnce Is submitted by Mr.. T.. to show that he
was not the original :. black cat % ..s-.-.
WASHINGTON. Dec. =. Is67.-Edifors -Ctaeip-
maid Epguir>r can furnish Message by tel
eGraph Tor to-morrow's paper IL you will take
it. Length al least I0U,U words. Advise me
forthwith. OvRRrox.
WASHINGTON, Dec ., Iss5.-- Editors ciacia.
aoh Esqairsr Please answer immediately,
so all delays may be avoided. OyERrOS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 1867 .--Editors Ct,sein-
NAT Enquirer: believe sent the only opy
West OyERToN.
Edttors CineiaEdii Eaqgtre sent the Mes
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Mr.. CAEEY Introduced in the House to day.
bill (Which was referred to the Committee
or the Judiciary )eRacting that the provisions
OF thet'aet fixingt he compensation efthe baiiihs
and eriers Of the courts of the District of Co.
1unba-" approved Eeor aary -, 1857, be and
they are hereby extended so as TO apply 10 the
bailifs and criers OF the Sc veral courts OF the
United States. ,tsEEs t-tl+ T.
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DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC LANDs.-Commis-
sioner Wilson, OF the General I.snd OGiee, las
received returns showing disposal ut la.sis
acres Of the public lands during the month of
November las Z, at the local Office at Nepras ka
City, Nebraska. The greater portion OF the
iend was located with agricultural college
scrip. and the remainder taken under home
ead law, sold tor cash, and located with null
tary W errants. 'a
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THE INDIAN PEACE COMMISSION met to-day
at the Capitol in the Senate Committee Room
on Indian Affairs. A subcommittee consist,
e. ng OF Senator Henderson, General sherman
and Commissioner Taylor was appointed to
prepare report OF operations of the Commits.
sion. All the members were present; General
Harney having arrived this morning.
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HOME OFFIGE- 500 NINTH STREET,
WASHINGTON DC
, 1867-10-04

recording my views in a daily newspaper
and not in a Medical Journal. This alie-
CATION would be very just if there were
any Medical Journal in this island, but as
there is none I had no alternative ; / I'M
folded my views where I thought they
would be most available, and in spite of
the petty and miserable opposition they
have met, they will hold their ground.
I will conclude by a short reference to
the article in The Lancet, inserted above,
an article which for feebleness of intel
lect. and puerility of expression, has pro-
badly few parallels but | will do the
Editor the justice TO say that the compo-
sition is not his own, and that the ques-
tons involved therein have been feisted
upon him by "a silly and incompetent
hand. | dismiss, as not worthy of notice,
the charge made against me for publishing
in De Cordoua's Cleaner, instead Of the
Medical Journals of Europe. But there
are two other charges which [ will not
dismiss, on account of the Ignorance and
stupidity which they ~display-some of
these are of so ludicrous o nature, that
even grave and sedatc men will be forced
TO laugh at them. | find the following
queries put to me, amongst others, and
these / will answer Seriatsm.
elias Castor Oil never been given as o
purgativc in Yellow Feverq"
(To be continued).
(FrOm the jamaica "Gleaner''l.
, 1867-10-04

fer any further remarks; yet we believe
that the Danish army here is as true and
faithful as that in the Mother-country
consequently, what merit is due to the ar
my in the Mother-conntry should not be
grudged the army in the colonies.
Under the head of the "West India and
Pacific Mails, in the Times of September
is, for this year, which paper has been
kindly lent us by a gentleman here, WE
notice the following passage, which is
worthy Of the consideration Of the planters
in this place.
Here it is:
"There was also q Bill introduced for
granting a bounty in money to Coolie i'm
migrants in lieu of a return passage to
India. It was read three times, and pass
ed into law at the same sitting. A num-
Der of the Coolies have signifed their in
tention of accepting the bounty; so
much the better for the planter, their SER
vices will be retained in the colony"
, 1867-10-04
YELLOW FEVER TREATMENT.
From the Lancet, August 81, 1867.

"Files of Jamaica papers have lately
reached us, which contain extraordinary
statements respecting "a most important
discovery in the treatment of yellow
fever This discovery is stated to have
been made by Alexander Fiddes, ESQ
F. r. G. S. Edin.,' and consists in the
following:-A 'fulldose of castor oil at the
beginning of the disease;' the external
application of iced sheets around the body
when the skin is hot and dry, or with an
occasional vapour-bath when the skin is
dry without being very hot : and the Sin
ternal administration of sulphurous acid
.-....not given in its pure form, but
combined with IN alkaline base, such as
bisulphate of Soda Now, we take ex-
ception in the gravest manner TO the
method which has been adopted to make
this ''new plan of treatment" known to
the profession and the public-viz.,
through the columns of the Cleaner and
DeCordoUa's advertising Sheet. This is an
unprofessional mode of proceeding. It is
difficult to suppose that Mr.. Fiddes was
cognisant of the manner in which his
great discovery was to dc blazoned
forth; and if he were not, we can only
regret that his injudicious friends have
done him a serious, though probably un-
intentional, injury by that kind of "good
natu," which has been somewhat coarsely
but forcibly characterised by Sheridan
as coming from "a FRIEND But there is an
other aspect in which the announcement
referred to is open to objection. Is it a
discovery9 Has castor oil never been
given as a purgative in yellow fever2
Have not sheets wet with water, either
iced or of the natural temperature, been
applied around the bodies of yellow fever
patients for years past9 Has %sulphurous
acid never been proposed and used as q
remedy for that diseased And did not
DR.. Polli more than a year ago suggest
the use of the sulphites in yellow fever2
Nay, DR.. Gayleard, in the very Cleaner
in which Mr.. Fiddes' discovery appears,
states that three years ago he used the
sulphites in the treatment of yellow fever.
But have not the sulphites been tried by
medical officers at Newcastle, by sur
geons in Rio Janeiro. and in the public
hospitals of Jamaica9 We believe there
can be but one answer to these questions,
and that must be in the affirmative, and,
moreover, that the use of these remedies
was abandoned in consequence of their
ill-success. Such being the facts, some
, 1867-10-04

perceive at u glance lHaC the EuitoI Vi
The Lancet has permitted himself to be
cajoled and hoodwinked, and that he has
thereby put a statement before his read
ers, which is neither calculated to raise
the character of his journal nor to pro-
mote the interest of Medical Science. In
this enlightened age most men know
that Medical Science is still in its infancy,
and that it is desirable TO remove it from
that uncertain path which it has been so
long doomed to follow. Most men are
aware that in many diseases lhose of the
zymotic class particularly medical treat
ment is utterly worthless, and that the
recovery of the patient when that occurs
is due more 10 the conservative or preser-
yative power of nature, than to any agent
selected from the materaa medScG. Such
being the case, it is childish for the Edi-
tor of The Lancet or for any body else,
to throw cold water on any rational at
tempt to cure or stop the progress of
Yellow Fever, seeing that this disease
for some hundreds of years has put me-
tality in genuine Yellow Fever, has pro-
badly never been under 80 to 40 per cent,
and frequently much higher, in fact in
some epidemics, the death rate has gone
up to so and so per cent, and I have rea-
son TO believe that recently in Kingston,
the rate of mortality has been still higher
"a frightful fatality certainly, which
would probably not be increased, but
might be decreased, by eschewing the
drugs heretofore in use, and leaving the
patient entirely in the hands of nature.
In the severe epidemic Of Yellow Fever
which prevailed in Kingston in the year
1853, facts Of this kind were torcibly
brought TO my attention, and on that oc-
casion I all but abandoned the use of me-
dicine and trusted my patients almost ex-
clusively to ~.hydropathic remedies. But
at that time the potency Of suIphurous
acid as an antiseptic had not been d.
vuIged, and it was several years thereafter
that Professor Polli of Milan, and other
scientific enquirers Showed by a series of
elaborate experiments the power Of this
agent in arresting fermentation in the
blood Of animal bodies, and pointed out
the propriety of administering it in all
diseases of a Zymotic character.
On my return to Jamaica in May last,
after a short absence in Europe, | found
Yellow Fever prevailing in Kingston and
its neighbourhood, and rejecting on the
distressing results of former medical prac-
tice in the management of this disease,
the thought occurred to me that the sui
phurous acid was the true therapeutic
agent to be employed in its treatment.
I therefore lost no time in, carrying this
view into practical effect, and was re-
warded with an amount Of success which
had never experienced before. Indeed,
IN all the cases attended in private prac-
tice, and in those | had the opportunity
of Witnessing in certain governmental
establishments, I had ample reason to be
satisfied with the use of the Sulphurous
Acid, as a curative agent in Yellow Fever.
Under this conviction, derived from ex-
perience, the best of tie achers, took the
liberty of placing my views on the nature
and appropriate treatment of Yellow Fe-
yer before the world, through the medium
NJ {hn Krnrcf0n Ill.,. t.,t . 49,
, 1867-10-04
Ans@ttelse.

UNDER 2Sde September 1867 har Gou-
vernementet beskikket Overkrigscommis-
sair, Hospitalsforstander og M~enagebesty-
rer w. Simmelkjer til Overformynder paa
st. Croix istedetfor den under 22de dennes
we'd OGDEN afgaaede Kj6bmand og Planter
J. de Pontavice.
, 1867-10-04

PIaHE ordinary meeting of the Colonial
a. Council for Monday the 18th instant
has been postponed until Monday the 14th,
10 o'clock at noon, there being no matters
on the order of the day.
Colonial Council, st. Croix 3Oth Sep
TENDER 1867.
HEILBUTH,
Chairman.
HINDER to-day's date L have trans
W ferred to Mr.. KNUD PETERSEN
the assets and liabilities of my bust
ness, which he will continue. A con-
tinuation of the kind patronage of the
public is solicited.
Christiansted, st. Croix 3Oth Sep
TENDER 1867.
]. BALZER.
NET bekjendtgjores herved at Refs
" huset og de til samme h0rende
Comforter efter den 2Sde depnes vii
vere fyttet til Eiendommen Nr. l4B
Strandgade her i Byen.
Frederiksteds Thinghuus den glide
September 1867.
G. Sarauw.
TT is hereby made known that after
the 2Sth inst. the Courthouse and
the Offices connected with the same
will be moved to the property No. Ii
B. "Strand Gade" in this town.
Frederiksteds Courthouse Septbr.
21st 1867.
C. sarauw.
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Terms Eight Dollars per- annun,, IN, adyoace.

do mean to ignore the fact which all tn,
gentlemen from the frontiers testify TO. tb,L
there is collision. That is so undoubteJl,y -
Are We ignorant of the fact that we are spre,l
ing our population now right in contact with
these Indians? And are we ignorant OF the
fact that there is an utter disregard Of the
rights of these Indians under the treaty stipu
lations you have made with them? Is the 9
any Indian reservation in Kansas or Nebrask
er anywhe re else that is not absolutely invad-
ed to-day, and the rights of the Indians set
lslde se as IT there were no treaty stipulations?
Everybody that knows anything about Indian
,rs aniirs KNOWS that is true everywhere. You
~ iiaAe treaties with the Indians; you put them
,.,a't ~ au'ance oil your populations and the mo
nient' your settlers advance and come in con
sacs WIN them they take possession bodily,
anu tnen comes collision, and then the slvage
SHOW tnelf character, and then treaties are
made to push him farther away.
Bur, sir, IN all this country which ia eover,d
by the order of General Sherman, there are
treaty stipulations which secure that land OF
the Indians-if there is any such thing as az
curing it; and il We go upon the theory that
they are Independent nations and make treat
les with them, those treaties are to be obse1v-
ed. They are entitled to that country by
treaty stipulations, and tho orders Of General
sherman supersedes those treaty stipulations
in every instance. If they were independent
nations in the sense in which our theory as
signs il, of course it would cause a war. Thoy
have right to go to war and show cause to
the civilized nations of the earth.
will not vote dollar TO prosecute a war
against these Indians on my present informa-
tion and belief on the subject. [ do not be-
neve IL necessary. Whatever is necessary for
delence against the madness and extreme say
a?eness OF these tribes in their infuriated con
ultion, growing out, as the evidence is before
'i, us, OF our own aggressions, of course am viii
ling TO vote. If General Sherman and tho
war Department. say that they have not suf-
heient force for the protection of the frontiers
let them say it, and shall be very glad TO vote
the means, both men and money, to enable
them to defend the frontiers and the people Of
the frontiers ag inst the savage bands. But
sir, am not willing, while the record stands
as say it does, to authorize a war Of extermi-
nation, a war for the scalps of these people. /
do not believe in it, Let US perform our trea.
ty stipulations; let us do our whole duty to
these Indians; and then it will be time enough
for US to talk about determination.
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Dividends paid in 1896, so per cent.
Dividends being paid in 1867, 60 per cent.
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Its policies are all non-forfeiting, as 1t always al
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aS- The subscriber Is now preparedt to give prompt
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Parties throughout the State desiring to act as
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Notice.

CHAREHOLDERS of the Portland Dry LOCK
y Company, will please call at the Treasurers Of
fec, No lii Commercial street, and receive their div
idends
Portland. june "a, 1867. As je2Sd3w
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senator Morrill, ON the Indian DiGicultlcs.
In recent debate in the Senate, Mr.. Upton
of Nebraska expressed himself in favor of a
law making it a high crime for any military
officer to cross the Missouri for the next twelve
months and Offering premium for Indian
seals." In the course of the subsequent dis
cussion other Western members INDUCED in
variations of the same enlightened sentiment.
Mr.. Morrill, of this State, very properly rebuk-
ed the discreditable uttefances of the frontier
statesmen, in the following terms:
am not satisfied, from the opportunity
have had for examination into Indian affairs,
that the wrong is all on one side, and that the
injuries are all on one side; and when say SO,
do not think compliment the savages mucn,
either. There is a state of feeling ana senti-
ment on the frontiers which renders u lmpos-
the sayapes. This is not new subject to the
Senate. we have had for little over two
wears. / believe, an investigation by one of the
| most important committees of the Senate into
this very subject of Iudian difficulties. They
have been on the spot; they have taken testi-
mony; they have gone at large and examined
personally; and they reported to the Senate
last year; and what was the result of it? Why
sir, ih every instance they have told the Sem
ate and the country that we are the savages; /;
tnae eiiS 1SSrtsSlOnS nave Deen IN every IN
stance on our side; that the Indian wars on
the frontier were the result of our own indis-
cretions and absolute aggressions on the rights
OF the Indians That is the record here in a
| very elaborate report, covering some four or
| five hundred pages, with the full testimony as
| taken OF officers on the frontier, Indian agents,
| and those who had the best means of knowing
| everything in regard to it.
no more believe in the necessity of this In
| dian war than believe in the necessity at this
| moment of war with Mexico; not a bit of it.
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No. 355 Congress street
NEAR HEAD OF GREEN STREET.

DIANo FORTES. Melodeons, Organs, Guitars
eertinas, Accordeons Tamborines, Flutes, Flagco,
let's Plcalos, Claronets Violin Bows, Music Stools
Books, Violin and Guitar Strings, Stereoscopes and
Views, Umbrellas, Canes Clocks, Bird Cages, Look
ing Gle sses, Albums Stationery, Pens Ink, Rocking
Hcrsec Pictures and Frames, Fancy Baskets, Chill
drens Carriages and great variety OF other articles
Old Pianos Taken in Exchange for New.
t5r- Pianos and MeIodeons tuned and to rent.
pril .--ff f. sfF ~ j j.
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Notice to Land Holders,

MIR O'DUROCHER, Builder. is prepared to take
lEl contracts for building either by JOB or by
DAY WORK. Can furnish First Glass workmen
and material cf all description.
Residence AMERICAN HOUSE.
india Street, Portland.
August 18th, 1865 aug20dtf
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G. o o p e R AG e.

THE subscriber having taken the Cooper's Sbo,
Il formerly occupied by Mr. vs. Philbrook at ths
foot OF Plum between Fore and Commercial Streets.
is prepared to carry on The business in eli its
WILLIAM ID. STROUT.
Portland, June 26, 1867. dim
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nNE-HALF part in common Of the large and
~ beautiful lot on the northwesterly side Of Con-
gress street, little TO the of Carlton street.
whereon those large elm trees are standing, and
known as the rree lot" having front OF ls4 feet
on Congress street, and deph OF 267 feet. 1t will
be sold In whole rart to suit purchasers. plan
Of same may be seen at office OF Assignee
Also the large and elegant brick house and lot On
Bramhall fronting on the Promenade, finished and
complete in nearly every particular, with gas water
wo ks, bathing room and all modern improvements
On the same 1T is very convenient and new brick
barn, complete in all respects. The whole premi ses
present the most attractive and desirable residence
offered for sale in the city.
Also several small lots of land on Munjoy Hill
fronting on Monument street. and several in real
and adjoining. plan of same may be seen at Eaid
office N.-t ~ lIinaA : Hl fu
Also one quarter part in common of the two sto
ry brick house and lot, No. 8 Oak street, now oeci,-
pied by Win. S. Broughton.
Also three pews in High Street Church, pleasant
ly located and furnished,
For further particulars apply to
SEWALL y. CHASE, or gtla
HENRY p. DEANE, Assignee.
Ia No. Clapp's Block, Congress Street.
Portland, July 8, 1867. jy9-is odti
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BridgtOsl Academy.
MILIIN ER ".

6W MRS Colby
NTOULD say to her patrons and tie public gen.
w orally, that she continues 10 do business at her
dwelling house,
NO. 4 Cotton Street.
where can be found all the la.e STYLES of
BOnnetS, Ribbons, Eyoacers, dc.
y. B.-But few steps from Free Street. @
May T. dt 5ia 10 tfI
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City of Portland.

WHEREAS, the City Council. on the Ist tlay Of
w July, A. d. 1867, ordered the Committee on
Laying out New Streets to consider the expediency
Of widening Fore Street, between Bank and Cross
Streets - et -s e- q ss.i
Notice is hereby given to all parties interested,
that the Joint Standing COMMITTEES of the City Coun-
ell laying out new streets, will meet to hear the
parties and view the proposed way on the twenty
second day of July 1861 at four O'Clock in the alter
noon, at the corner of Cross and Fore Streets and
will then and there proceed to deter mine and aiudge
whether the public convenience requires said street
or way to be laid out and wilened.
Given under our hands on this twelfth day OF July
A. d. 1867.
.61l AUG. E. STEVENS.
s,4l AMBROSE GIDDINGS, Committee
CHAS. M. RICE. on
E.7.s JOS. BRADFORD, I Laying Out
. ELIAS CHASE, New Streets
w. P. FILES,
July 49,. div
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For Lease.

THE valuable lot OF land corner OF Middle and
Il Plumb Streets, Ior term OF years. Enauire
OF c. MITCHELL IL SON.
Aug. 20, 1ss6-dtf 17s Fore Street.
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DAILY PRESS.
PORTLAND.
Thursday Morning, July Is, 1857.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.
i
FOR GOVERNOR,
JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN
OF BRUNSWICK.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.
The Maine state Press,

published this morning contains the text Of
tne deciaratory Reconstruction Act passed by
Congress with other important proceedings in
both Houses; the important evidence in the
oufra't triai; letters from our Paris and Ban
gor correspondents; interesting intelligence
respecting the execution OF MACMILLAN and
the arrest of Santa Anna; Dominion Affairs.
Religious Intelligence; together with great
variety of domestic and foreign news, market
reports, shipping news &C., Sc.