The Portland daily press., 1867-01-31


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Sealed Proposals-City of Portland
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Religious Notices.
=, UNION PRAYER MEETINGS will be held at the
NesLry Oh tne high Street Church, Wednesday,
Thursday and Saturday evenings at O'clock -
THE COURTS. af ual
e. SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
JANUARY TERM.-BARRows, J, PRESIDING.
WEDNEsDAY.-Jndge Barrows, in very lucid and
impartial charge, occupying about two hours, gave
the Coagan will case to the Jury, who retired about
eleven o'clock. At the opening Of the Court in the
afternoon the jury in and rendered the verdict,
finding "that the paper offered by said appellant
and for the last will and testament of said William
Coagan, deceased, was signed, witnessed published
and declared by him as his last will and testament
And that afterwards he did not revoke said will, by
Intentionally cancelling annulling tearing and des
troying the same, prior to his decease.' i
The case has occupied week in its trial, and has
been very ably managed by Mr.. j. F. Pickering of
Boston, and Mr. N. Webb, Jr., tor the appellant ;and
by Judge Woodbury. Davis and Mr.. H. p. Deane, for
the contestants. 1t will 60 up to the tul Court on
exceptions
No. 4ss.-Frank H. Merrill " George W. Smith,
Trespass on the Plaintiff was one of the Unit
ed States regulars at Fort Preble and defendant was
one of the Ieutenants stationed at said fort Plain
tiff alleges that while he, or his wife, was building
dwelling house outside the fort Mrs NJ being engag-
ed as laundress in the fort in tor the usual ra-
TONS and it is alleged that defendant said in the pres
ence Of many persons, that he mcanng plaintiff
1o,ro
Der enough from Government to build house,
The language was made of on the I'd day of Feb
ruary, 1865 The damages were laid at $1,000 For
the defense it was admitted that Merris character
was good and above reproach but was alleged that
the report against him was made by other persons
and that defendant did not make use of the language
attributed to him. The case was managed by A.
Merrill, ESQ., for plaintiff and G. F. Talbot, Esq., for
defendant After the closing argument by Mr.. Mer-
ri Court adjourned to nine o'clock Thursday morn
''- lA'' ''AA MUNICIPAL COURT
ifsn I45 JUDGE KINGsBURY PRESIDING, l5dq
WEDNESDAY. - Michael Howley, charged with
keeping drinking house and tipping shop, was or
dered to recognize in the of $780, with sureties
for his appearance at the March term of theSupreme
Judicial Court. He furnished the sureties and was
uAecudLStu. l. W. IaTkeE 1OT 0eI60ee. lH'ift4I
In this case the question upon the ownership of
the stock Patrick Pluket, the principal witness for
the defense, testified that he was sole owner of the
stock aud that he hired the premises, and that he
had owned the place since December 21st, or few
days after the last time Howley was brought up on
search and seizure warrant; and it was intimated
That the sale was made to protect Howley from the
penalties Of search and seizure. But no longer ago
chan last Friday in assault and battery case in
stituted by Howley against person. Plunket tes-
tilted that he was Howley's clerk AS there was, un-
doubleday, perjury in the other the Judge
remanded Punket into the custody of an officer until
ne could make up his mind what disposition to make
of the case. -'-' i'i' +-'s jf'A
Thomas Murphy, for assault and battery on Will
liam Baldwin, was fined one cent and costs
PORTLAND LEGISLATIVE CLUB.-We do not
know how many of our young men are mem
bers of this club but it is perfectly safe to say
not SO many as ought to be- The art of public
speaking is in all Republics an almost indis-
pensible qualification for the full exercise Of
the privileges and rights of citizens School
destinations are of the nature of acting-reci-
tatIons of other mems words, with an attempt
to counterfeit the feeling which should prompt
their Inference. That accomplishment is OF
very little use to man among men. What a
an American citizen needs is the faculty OF
thinking on his legs, and of clothing his
thought readily in plain, ineligible words
He need not aim, he ought not to aim at elo-
quence. That is a rare gift. But the ability
to express satisfactorily an opinion, or to state
afact clearly, is an requirement within the
reach of almost every young man who thinks
at all or knows anything. li1l-'-' -da-i4
While this practice of the art of exempora.
neous speaking is the great advantage to be
| gained in such an association as this, there
are others not to be overlooked. The amount
of positive knowledge obtained by the study Of
a question upon which one effects to speak is
something. The habit of careful investigation
into hich one who expects to be subjected to
the criticism of an opponent, is led, are valua,
BILE. The knowledge of parliamentary rules
is also useful in itself. Parliamentary practice
is also useful in developing the qualities Of
promptness and self possession The subject
is by no means exhausted, but we have said
enough for the present-except that it should
be added that the rules of the club arc strictly
parliamentary and are administered under the
eye of practised parliamentaran. as.4a
PIcTUREs.-Brown has recently finished two
paintings for Edmund Phinney, ESQ.,, repre-
sentiDg Mr.. Phinney's old homestead in Tur-
ner, and a neighboring view OF Bear Noun
tain, in Hartford. These pictures are of large
size, and painted with careful accuracy of de-
tail 1t is not easy to depict common scenery,
that is, scenery which may be called common
place, though pleasant, in such manner as to
make charming works of art, and still retain
accuracy in fact; but Mr.. Brown has evidently
succeeded in doing so. The great Juniper tree
in front of the house is very finely and careful
ly rendered. Mr.. Phinney may congratulate
himself as the possessor of two very handsome
pictures as well as the desired representations
of his early surroundings. Brown has also in
hand some pictures Of the same kind for Gov
Washburn, and has commenced beautiful
marine view, which, we understand, goes away
to exhibition. ttiiA aA5i bis t52ift
PORTLAND GLASS CoMPANY.--The Annual
meeting of this corporation was held yester-
day afternoon, and the following Board of Di-
rectors was chosen: John B. Brown, George
Brock, Rensselaer, Cram, Charles E. Jose, Jo-
seph Walker. .,t
TWAS voted to increase the capital stock
$4,000; making the whole capital $150,OOO.