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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-10-16

directed the Assistant Commissioner of the
bureau for this district to close his office on
the first of November. .er'larI 1851 b.
APPOINTMENT OF A SUPERVISOR.
WASHINGTON, Oct 15-Thomas r. Laird
was to-day appointed supervision of Internal
and West Virginia. This Is the third super
visor yet appointed.
THE CAMILLA RIOT
Gen: Sibley has forwarded to Gen. Howard
several additional affidavits confrmatory of
the hrst report of Mai Howard of the Camilla
disturbances. The affidavits are those of freed
people excepting one from an ex-volunteer Of
ficer of U. S. Army. saaa4
3D. ARRIVAL OF GEN. HANCOCK Fae s
Major Gen. Hancock arrived TODAY. His
health is much improved, though he still suf-
fers from wounds received in the late war He
called on the President and Seer etary of war.
and was at his own headquarters several hours
this morning. as
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.
Customs receipts Oct. LIST to the 10th, inclu-
sive-$5, 2690O6, wy ~ - 1920
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Brighton WI arlKet.

a.-. '-t p -E .-sae. BRIGHTON, Oct 10.
Atmarketfor thecurrent week: Cattle, 2402; Sheep
Cattle 1905; Eastern do 1877; Working Oxen and
Northern Cattle 49, Cattle lett from last week.
$50. 81
PRIcEs.-Beet Cattle-Extra S13 rs a 10 so; frst
quality SIP 80 a. S13 90; second quality S11 80 q
Sl2 25; third quality SO so a 81 90 W 100 lbs he
Prices of Hides, Tallow and STANDARDIZATION Hides
10 q 10te; Country do 10 a 10tc p ib. Brighton
Tallow 90 9tc; Country do y q SC " fb. Lamb
Skins SIC a. 81 90 each; Sheep Skins SIC a 81 90
each; Calf Skins 20 a 22c " h. EE
Remarks-The supply OF Beeves from the West
was not quite so large as that of last week. The
quality was mostly of an ordinary grade. There was
There were but few Cattle sold high 1910 ~ fb.
The trade has not been very active The beef trade
for the last few Gays has been dull butchers bought
sparingly at the opening Most of the Maine Cattle
were Working Oxen and small Stores The trade
for Working Oxen has been dull; prices for common
grades of Cattle are lower.
Stores-Prices, yearings $40 "a 80; two-year olds,
$50 a 40; three-year olds, S45 a 90 " head. Many
of the small Cattle that in fair condition are
sold to slaughter ---- ~ JltEE
Working Oxen-The demand has not been very
active. We quote sales at $780, S1S5, $165, $3.50,
$500, 1910, S2S5, s2lo a S175 y pair. Most of the
Working Oxen come from Maine. ..sl
Mich Cows-Extra $500 no; ordinary $45 &c 80 %
he d. Store Cows $35 % $50 " head. Prices of
Mich Cows depend great deal upon the fancy OF
the purchaser. ~ 0f-a'A -.
Sheep and Lambs-There was large supply for
the week, and good demand for them. We quote
sales of 206 at &c u Ill., SO at So 90 at 81 So 60
So 80, 100 at So 65 and 220 at 81 90 a 80 y head.
Swine-Store igs,prices, wholesale a 10c % ID
retail 10 q 12c y ib: Tat Hogs-GoOO at market;
prices 104 a 10ic Pf a -
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DoVptesfic Markets

NEW YORK, Oct. is -Flour-sales - 700 bbIs
State and Western irregular for unsettled low grades
of Western and 10 a zoe lower; all other kinds with
ont ohange; superfine State 50 a. 90; extra Is
a so; round hoop Ohio z 20 a 10 CO.,. superine
White Wheat extra so "a 10 10; southern dull and
declinng sales 400 bills; extra so q 10 so; Cator
ma heayy and declining; sales 1000 sacks at 90 90
10 70, Wheat without change, closing with little
more frmuess; sales sc, 900 bush; Spring No. 8 at
5o Sd o.; No. 2 at 60 "a &C; No. and 2 Mixed
at 20; No. at IS q 49, Corn about l.: lower,
ed Western 10 a 153 for unsound and 16 S0 / II
for sound. Oats a e lower; sales &c. 900 bush
new Western 73t "a 74@c. Beef heavy and more ac,
tive; sales $50 bliss new extra mess 10 30 Ia % 10
Pork heavy and lower; sales 1900 bbs mess 81 81 01
go co. closing with sellers at % so cash. Lard onief
and heavy; sales $50 ierces at III az 195c Bniter
steady. Cotton opened heavy and lower and eli sed
rather more steady: sales $500 bales; Middling m
lands Is a. isle. Rice dull. Sugar firm: sales 1iO
lee in request, Moasses quiet. Naval Stores firm
Oils dull. Petroleum quiet Freights to Liverpool
firiner; Cotton per steamer GIG "a ld Corn 74d Del
steamer and Wheat Sd.
e BUFFALO, N. Y. Oct. IA -Freights-Wheat Ice
Corn 13c, Oats SC to New York. Flour dull and un
changed. Wheat quiet and steady; sales 5000 bush
No. 2 Chicago at 80; $4,000 bush. No. milwaukee,
club at 81 a 81; 1900 bush. No. 2 Milwaukee a
16, Corn dull and lower; sales % 0OO bush No.
Western at 06k. Oats in fair demand sales IL, 00
bush Western at 64c So 900 bush. do at e3lc G0,00
bush do 10 arrive, at 63 a. $50, closing weak Ry
firm at 1 as a. AZ. Barley held at % for Canada
sales $500 bush two-rowed Canada at 20 Pea
| @312 Clover so. Mess Pork firm at 81 80 fo
heavy. Lard 2O3 "a pic. Highwines nominal at 81
| Whiskey 10 in b nd
CHICAGO, Oct. 15-Exchange On New York at IL
gu p1yn IA and par selling. Flour easy; White Mich
20 ~ ~: Wheat steady att SO Tor No. and 3
I9 9, NJ since Change 36t. Corn dull at de
cdine o o1 " &c; No. nominal at 90 a 91c No.
~ q Sotc oa e active at decline OF q &c; sale
no; az 81 T. o14ci ed 49c. Rye active at 2
- tor mo; ana Barley active at advanc
OF Z !g &c; sales No. at e5 a 96; rejected Z
ssfa q. sb MES r0 p1m dull but steady at DR.
and nominal at 49, q 1sac. W6iskey auief and mn
changed Beet Cattle active and firm at 50 "a 6 81
active; common to choice smooth Is co son o[
Freights-Wheat to Buffalo Sc; Oats to oswego lie
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EOR. SALE.

GUNS, Pistols Powder, Shot, and all kinds of
" Cartridges tor Rifles and Pistols, wholesale and
retail. W. ID. ROBINSON,
Ocl5eod3m 40 Exchange st.
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1O3 per cent. and Accrued Interest,
in Currency.

The Bonds are of $1,000 each, with semi-annua
gold coupons attached PAYABLE in July and January.
~ The Company reserve the right to advance
the price at any time; but all orders actually in
transitu at the time any such advance will be fill
ed at present price At this time they pay more than
per cent upon the investment, and have, from Ma
tional and State lars, guarantees superior to any
other corporate securities Ro'c offered.
we receive all classes of Government Bonds, at
their full market rates. in exchange for the Central
Paifc Railroad Bonds, thus enabling the holders
realize from 10 10 per cent. profit and keep
the principal ofther inyes meuts equally secure.
Orders and inquiries will receive prompt attention
Info nation, Descriptive Pamphlets, etc. giving
tul account OF the Organization, Progress Business
and Prospects of the Enterprise furnished on app-
cation. Bonds sent by return Express at our cost
subscriptions Received oy n"nS NM"
Rnukers. Agents for the loan, and by
| RREWsTER. SWEET % CO.,
| SPECIAL AGENTS,
| 10 State street, Boston.
| r1-An descriptions OF Governments securi
rio. Bought, sold or Exchanged, at our OF
flee and by Mail and Telegraph, at Market
Rates.
| nS- Accounts OF Banks, Bankers, aud
others received and favorable arrangements made Tor
desirable accounts.
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NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has
~ been daily appointed and taken upon herself
tine trust OF administrators of the estate of
THOMAS E. KNIGHT, late of Cape Elizabeth
in the County of Cumberland, deceased, and given
bonds as the law directs. All persons having de.
mans upon the estate of said deceased, required
| to exh bit the same; and all persons indebted to
| said estate are called upon to make payment to
| DORCAS r. KNIGHT. Adm'x.
| Cape Elizabeth, Sept. 18th, 1868.
| sep30 1aw3w' .t.@
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For Havana

-ot.4 The Brig G. II. KENNEDY, Staples
IN master. will have quick dispatch. Fol-
r,1~EISM massage only enquire of
LE-lLiAA- L. HAMBLIN & CO.,
1870 Union Wharf.
Oc1nher Is. 1868. dat
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a. THE GREAT
Pacific Railroad

receiving the aid and supervision of the Govern
ment, and carried forward By the extraordinary
sources and energy of the powerful Corporations
whom 1t was entrusted-s rapidly approaching COM
pletion, and il is safe to say that New York and
San Francisco will be connected by rail
by the .#'
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One Hundred Millions,

And the remainder is being pushed forward with
unparalleled vigor. The ..as.-. .u.
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FOURTH OF JULY NEXT.

More than two-thirds of the Through Line and
Branches between the Missouri River and the Pa
eihc Ocean are constructed. at cost OF nearly
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WASHINGTON.
THE rREEpmEN's BUREAU
APPOINTMENT OF A SUPERVISOR.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15-General Howard has
directed the Assistant Commissioner of the
Bureau for this district to close his office on
the first of November. .e1r7fa-r- ~. =
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-12
A Oheerful Faea

Carry the radiance of your soul in
your face. Let the world have the
benefit of it. Let your cheerfulness
be felt for good wherever you are,
and let your smiles be scattered like
sunbeams, son the just a. we'll as the
unjust" Such a disposition will
yield you rich reward, for its hap
py effects will come hone TO you
and brighten your moments OF
thought.
Cheerfulness makes the mind clear,
gives tone to thought, adds grace and
beauty to the cOuntenance. Joubert
says: "When you give, give with joy
and smiling"
Smiles are little things, cheap srti-
cles, to be fraueht with SO many
blessings both 10 the giVer and the
receiver, pleasant little ripples to
watch as we stand on tue shore of
every day life. They are our higher,
better natures responses to the emo
tions of the soul.
Let the children have the benefit
of them; those little ones who need
the sunshine of the heart to educate
them, and would find level for their
buoyant natures in the cheerful, low
ing faces of those who lead them.
Let them not be kept from the
middle aged, who need the encour-
agement they bring.
Give your smiles also to tue aged
They came to them like the quiet
rain of summer, making fresh and
yerdant the long, weary path of life.
They look for them from You who
are rejoicing in the fulness of life.
"Be gentle and indulgent to all
Lore the true, the beautiful, the just,
the hOly.,'
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-12
A Critic OutWitted.

Hiram Powers, the famous sculp-
tor, will visit his native land the COM
ing summer, it is stated, and spend
some months with his relatives in
Cincinnati. He is a native of that
city, and lived there for many years,
having first shown his genius by ma
king some excellent wax figures for
Dorfeuirs Museum, a well known
place of amusement in the West at
that time. Among other figures he
made one of Alexander Drake, a
popular comedian in that section
thirty years ago. Some of Power s
friends were so much pleased with
his work that they invited the Queen
City journalists to look at it=aiaang
them one ,otorious fur his .iIyper-
criticism, and believed to he some
what Of o pre;ender withal. The
particular critic came in the evening,
when the museum was dimly. lighted,
and took his position before the glass
case. After gazing at the figure
very intentlY for i've minutes, he
said tn Powers, who Was at his ell
bow; "There are some very good
points about this, Hiram; but it has
some extraordinary defects. The
nose is too long entirely, and the
mouth has queer twist. One arm
as longer than the other. The posi-
tion, too, is unnatural. No man
could stand in that way if he tried.
1t would he utterly impossible. |
aon't see, Hiram, how you could
have made such blunder." Pow.
ers laughed, and inquired of the fig
ure: What do you think OF that,
Drake Z" The figure immediately
stepped out Of the case, and bursting
into loud laugh, said, Il think the
position pretty natural, myself y
The critic did net hear the last of
tie iest to his dying day, and never
afterwards spoke to the facetious
sculptor.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-12
Despolling the "Big Ship"

The long series of trials and tribu-
latiOns which the much to be- CON-
miserated owners of the Great East
ern have been called upon to bear,
have been duly reeounted in these
columns. But the misfOrlunes OF the
"hig ship" it would seem, are to
end only in its final annihilatiOn.-
Our latest foreign exchanges have an
account of the disposal by auction of
the steamers furniture and fittings,
under hill Of sale held hy lading
firm in Liverpool and heavy credi-
tor of the company. AS to the fu-
ture destiny of the Great Eastern, ii
is not difficult to foretell, Atpresent
she lies nearly high aud dry in the
Sloyne, useless hulk fit only for
hsrnaeles. Her owners are without
funds 10 fit her for sea, her value as
a gift is on a par with that OF the
celebrated "white elephant" aud her
inevitable fate must be her speedy
damoiition, tor her materials and en-
gines.--iScientihc 1naerican.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-12
Lecture on the Arctic Regions.


Hearing of a lecture that was to be
delivered on Alaska and the North
ern Regions, we dispatched our re
porter in order to give the public the
benefit of the lecturers wisdom. We
regret that we have only room for q
brief report:
The North Pole has never been
seen; it is not certain whether the
bears climb it.
Those who go there are protected
from the cold,. although they 60 in
bear skins.
No negroes there-all white bear
skins.
DR. Hayes, Yankee, was there In
search of notion.
You can see haze when the North.
ern lights are visible
There is no corn raised in the
Northern regions, yet when the Es
qnimauX have breakfast it is an Il =
dian meal
The principal amusement is old
sledge, though sometimes they have
u new one.
The annexation OF Alaska TO the
United States will not probably in
crease the poll tax.
When the prodigal son went into q
far country, he probably stopped at
Alaska.
The people there don't care for
their turn of spring. When the riv-
er begins to run they say its snow
matter.
The territory is. well defended
against cavalry. There is a shiver
de freeze all around it.
1t is good place for orators
Even the Shales spout.
Horses are not very numerous,
though there are some very fine bays
on the coast.
Education is very general. The
whales go in schools.
The hunters do not always stop to-
read their letters when they open the
seals.
At this point 1.-THE point referred
to is the punctuation point at the
ending of the preceding chapter, our
reporter took his leave; to speak
more exactly, he took several OF his
leaves containing his notes Of the
lecture.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-12
CAMPAIGN SONG.

The following song and chorus, set TO MI
sic by Geo. +. Root, ana were sung at ths
announcement Of the nomination of General
Grant, and called out loud applause:
Well rally again to the standard we bore
Der battle fields crimson and CORY,
Shouting .haiI to the chief who in free
dom's fierce war,
Hath covered the banner with glory.
CHORUS.
Then rally again, then rally again,
With the soldier, and sailor, and hummer
And wen fight it out here, on the old Union
line,
No odds if it takes us all summer.
Who breasted the conflicts herce rattle,
And they'll find US still there, who were
true to them then,
And bade them .God speed" in the battle.
CHoRUs.-Then rally again, &c.
Well rally again, and ''that flag of the free
Shall stay where our heroes have placed il
And ne'er shall they govern, on land or on
sea,
Whose treason hath spurned aud dis
sraced il.
CHoRUs.-Then rally again, &c.
Wen rally again, and our motto shall be,
Whates er the nation that bore US,
God bless that old banner, 'tbe flag of the
fres,"
And all who would die with it Ger us.
CHoRUs.-Then rally again, &c.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-12
Go to (hurch.

There is nothing which helps TO es-
tablish a mans character and stsnd-
ing in society more than q steady at
tendance at church, and a proper re-
gard for the first day of the week
Every head Of family should go to
church as an example. Lounging in
the streets and bar rooms on the Sab
bath Is abominable and deserves CEN
sure, because it lays the foundation
of habits which ruin both soul aud
body. Many man can date the
commencement Of his dissipations,
which made HIM burden to himself
and friends, an object of pity in the
sight of enemies, to his Sunday de-
hatchery. Idleness is the mother OF
druukenness--Sabbath is generally
an idle day therefore if it we're Ioi
properly kept, it were better struck
out of existence.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-12
Sing Away Your Grief.

Henry Ward Beecher gives the
following excellent advice:
We can sing away our cares easier
than we can reason them away. The
birds are the earliest to sing in the
morning; the birds are more without
care than anything else l know Of
Sing in the evening. Singing is the
last thing the robins do. When they
have done their daily work when
they have flown their last flight, and
picked up their last morsel of food,
and cleansed their bills on a napkin
of bough, then on a top twig, they
sing one song of praise. know they
sleep sweeter for it. They dream
music for sometimes in the night the,
break forth IN singing, and stop sud
denly after the irst note, startled by
their own voice. O, that We might
sing evening and morning. aud let
song touch song all the way through
AS / was returning from the country
The other evening, hetween six and
seven O'Clock, bearing basket OF
flowers, | met a man that WIS ap-
parently the tender of a-mason. He
looked brick and mortar all over!
He had worked the entire day, and
he had the appearance of "a man that
would not be afraid of work. He
was walking on with lightstep, and
singing to himself as he passed down
the street, though he had been work
ing the whole day and nearly the
whole week. Were it not that my
good thoughts came too late, / should
have given him large allotment Of
my flowers. If he had not been out
of sight when the idea occurred to
me, l should hailed him and said
"Haye you worked all day 2" "Of
course | have" he would have said.
"AIe you singing2" "Of course l
am" "Then take these flowers home
and give them to your wife, and tell
her what blessing she has in you"
o, that we could put songs under
our burdens o, that we could ex-
tract the sense of sorrow by song!
Then these things would not poison
so much. Sing in the house. Teach
your children to sing. When troub
les come, go to them with songs. :
When grieis arise, sing them down.
Lift the voice OF praise against cares.
Praise God by singing that will lift
you above trials of every sort. At
tempt it. They sing in heaven ; and
among Gods people upon earth, song
is the appropriate language of Chris
tiau feeling.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-12

MATERNAL lNGENUIFY.-A French
paper relates the following amusing
anecdOte. 1t seems that gentleman
from Paris paid visit to a country
dame, in whose parloF he saw q
portrait of lovely woman Of, say,
five and twenty. Upon the entrance
Of the lady, her visitor naturally asked
her if the picture was family por-
trait, and was told that it represented
her deceased daughter. "Has it been
long since you lost her p asked the
gentleman. "Alas, sir" replied the
lady, "She died just after her birth,
and have had the portrait painted
to represent her as she would appear
il she had lived until now."
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AGRoF AklMALs.-The average age O

AGRO AEIMALs.-The average age OF
cats is fifteen years squirrels and
hares, seven to eight years; bear
twenty years, u wolf, twenty !;
"a fox, fourteen to sixteen; lions
are long lived, the one known by the
name of POmpey lived to the age of
seventy elephants have been known,
it is asserted, to live to the great age
of four hundred years. When Alexan
der the Great had conquered Porus.
king of India, he took gres, eie-
phant and named hum AJAX, dedIcat-
ed hil to the sun, and let him 60
with the inscription alexander,
the son of Jupiter, dedicated Ajax to
to the sum-" The elephant wss found
three hundred aud nifty years after.
Pigs have been known to live to the
age of twenty, and the rhinoseeros to
twenty horse has been known to
live to the age Of sixty two, but aver
age twenty five to thirty; camels
Sometimes live to the age of one hun
dred stags are very long-lived |;
sheep seldom exceed the age of ten !;
cows live agout fifteen years. Cuv-
ier considers it probable that whales
sometimes live one thousand years !;
the dolphin and porpoise attain the
age, OF thirty; an eagle died at Vien-
ma at the age ofone hundred swans
have been known ta live three hum
area Years. Mr. Marleton has the
skeleton of a swan that attained the
age of two hundred years. Pelioans
are lppg-lived, q tortoise has been
known to live Que hundred and seven
Years.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-12

A CONNUBIAL CONFAB.-A man
and his wife we're sitting at break
fast the other day; the husband was
trying to read the paper while MS
wife was lecturing him on his dissi-
pated hours. He suddenly looked
up from his paper, and said "Here's
a perfectly correct sentiment. A
writer in this paper says, 'the best
capital to begin life with, is a capi-
tai wife, "That's very true, dear, -
replied the wife, smiling, in order
that her remarks should elicit CON-
pliment shut where can you always
get them 2" "In the deaf and dumb
asylum, of course"
AS sympathetic novelists say "we
will not farther invade this scene OF
quiet domestic felicity"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-12

At school examination a young
tyro in defamation, who had been
told by the teacher that he must ges.
ticulate according to the sense, in
commencing piece with "The COM
ct lifts its fiery tall lifted the tail
of his coat to a horizontal position,
causing roars of laughter.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-12

Professor Campbell, the talented
blind music teacher affirmed to Us a
year or more ago that of fifty or six
ty persons born blind with whom he
conversed in succession GA the sub
iect, all hut two or three were chill
dren or descendants of the marriage
ot cOusins.-BostoR Irareller.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-12

An Eastern prince put up a notice
81 will give this piece of land to any
one who is really oontented.
When an applicant appeared, he
asked him: care you contented p
Il am," was the reply.
"Then what do you want with my
land 2"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-12

The RAT NUISANCE. - Catching
rats is often difficult, as old rats are
proverbially cunning. Laying around
poison is dangerous not alone, but
Objectionable, for the reason that ratS
may die at inaccessible spots and
contaminate the atmosphere with the
we'll known detestable odor.. A bet
ter plan has been adopted by one oi
our correspondents, by which he
takes advantage of the cunning hab
its of the rats. He covers the fool
uear the rat hole with thin layer Ql
moist caustic patashi when tho rats
walk on this IT makes their feet sore
these they lick with their tongues; il
makes their mouths sore, and the re-
suit is that they shun this locality
not alone, hut they appear to tell al
the neighboring rats about it, and
eventually the house is abandoned by
them, Notwithstanding the neighbor
hood may be teeming with rats
PHILADELPHIA Ledger