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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-11-11
SPOKEN.

July 10, lat n, Ion SO E, ship d Thurston, from
Rangoon Tor Falmouth, f
July 26. lat N. lon 80 E, ship Sarah Newman,
from Bassein Tor Falmouth L.
sept 81 lat 20 n, lon % W, ship Free Trade, from
New York tor San Francisco.
Sept 2e, lat ~ ie, Ion 80 29, baIQue Nabob, from
New York tor Batavia.
Sert 2s. lat SO n, lon 25 90, ship John N Cushing
from Bassein tor England
Oct 8, lat S6 AZ, Ion Is Is, ship Kate Dayeuport
from Cardiff tor Rio Janeiro.
Oct 20 no lat, &c, ship st Joseph, OF Bath, from
Shields Oct tor New York
Oct %. lat AZ, Ion w, barque Monitor Larrabee
from London tor Boston
Nov I. Sc oil Hatteras rs miles, barque Undine
Mitchell, from Cienfuegos tor Boston, and was sup.
piled with provisions.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-14
An Act of pespotism.

OF the Infamous order of Gen. Meade,
consigning to most cruel imprisonment
four citizens of Alabama, hitherto pub
lished, the Springfield (IlL) Register
speaks as follows:
One Of the most audaeious acts of
villainy that has occurred since the war,
was an order issued by General Meade,
few days since, consigning four men to
the Dry Tortugas for participation in a
personal difficulty in his military district.
No one was severely injured, nor was
any great harm done, but this unbridled
despot, from desire to punish men for
their political views, dares to defy all
considerations of liberty, and commits
an act of despotism so atrocious that the
whole civilized world will blush at the
cowardice of people who tolerate such
vilainy, or who allow such villains to
live. We warn these scoundrels that in
the future they will be held to a strict
accountability, that Haynau, Of Austria,
the prosecutor of women, was spurned
from the soil Of every free government
on earth, and that they, surrounded by
the usurpations that seventy years of
liberty have created, are subjecting them
selves by these atrocities to certain de-
afruction
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-14
A Beautiful Passage.

The following is from the Reveries
of Bachelor" by Ike Marvel:
A poor man without some sort of re-
ligion is, at least, poor reprobate, the
football of destiny, with no tie linking
him to infnity, aud the wondrous etern-
ity; and is even worse, fame without
a heat, rainbow without color, flower
without perfume. A man may, in some
sort, tie his hopes and honors to this
weak, shifting ground tackle, to his bust
ness, or the world; but the woman with
out the anchor called faith, is drift and
wreck A man may clumsily continue
a sort of moral responsibility, out of re-
lation to mankind; but woman in her
comparatively isolated sphere, where
affection and not motive is the control
ling motive, can find no basis in any
other system or right action but that of
faith. A man may craze his brain, or his
thoughts, to truthfulness, in such poor
harborsge as fame and reputation may
stretch before him. but woman-where
can she put her hopes, in storms, if not
in heaven And the sweet truthfulness
that abiding love-thst enduring hope
mellowing every page and scene of life,
tightening them with pleasant radiance,
when the worlds storms break like an
army with cannon2 Who can bestow its
all but holy soul, tied to what is stronger
than an army with cannonp Who has
enjoyed the love of Christian mother
but will echo the thought with energy,
and hallow it with tear ?"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-14
Charity.

The following touching acknowledge
ment for substantial aid by kind friends,
the ladies of Springfield, Illinois, we find
in the Register of that places
CANTON, MISS april n, 1868.
Mrs. -, Springfield, Illinois,
My DEAR MADAM: | am in receipt OF
your favor of the 18th instant, and of the
box shipped by express to my care for
the benefit of the Episcopal clergy. On
the day after to morrow the diocesan
convention meets at this place, at which
time / will turn over to our good bishop
the box and its contents.
| must express to you my great gratifi-
cation at this evidence of kindness to our
suffering clergy. My satisfaction is hight
ened since the offering comes from citi'
zens of Northern State, whose people,
in common with the majority in that sec
ton, had feared were too much embit-
tered by false views concerning US, made
for party purposes, and too much per-
verted by short-sighted legislation even
to- entertain sympathy for ourafflictions.
1t shows the scope and magnanimity of
Christian charity, which, undisturbed
amid the clamor of politics and party
hate, quietly diffuses the dews of benev-
olence and brotherly love over the
afflicted in all countries, and among all
parties. Your gifts will bring
gladness to many hearts; the clergy,
and, indeed, our whole people, are in
great destitution-greate than you can
understand, or could understand unless
you witnessed it. Those who pass through
our country on railroads get no definite
picture of the actual condition of our peo-
pie. But our heroic clergy have bravely
fought the good fight amid the distresses
of impoverished parishioners, and unfal.
tering in their faith among the pinched
and careworn faces around their own
6reside. Where all was joy and bright
ness, bleakness and ruin prevails. Our
clergy, with the wolf of hunger at their
doors, preach Christ and Him crucifed,
in the face of want; asd the cry of sal
vation comes up from amid poverty aud
desolation, with the same joyous accent
of the olden time.
Your gift excites profoundest emotions
of gratitude toward the giver, and toward
the Giver of all good, who gave the will
and the power to help US.
Sincerely YOURS etc, -.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-14
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE THURSDAY EVENING" MAY IA. 1863
Sound.

Gov. English, Of Connecticut, in his
inaugural address, delivered May 9th,
discusses with great ability the questions
Of the day, from which we make the fol-
lowing extract:
"Is Congress or the Constitution su
preme2 And the question involves the
issue whether our constitutional govern
ment is failure; for il Congress is su-
preme, the Constitution is useless-and
il Congress can stiae the judiciary, and
strike down the Executive, il Is supreme.
And the same power that keeps the South
under the bayonet now, may rule the
North in the same manner when II will.
By the same reasoning which justified
Congress in its overthrow Of the execu-
tive department to-day, the suppression
Of any State Government may be COM
pletely justified tomorrow. In fact, il
Congress is supreme, a revolution has
been accomplished, and we no longer live
under the government we have sworn to
support This is the ordeal through
which the country is passing. 1t is not
the part Of wisdom to hide its difficulties
or it's dangers. They demand the solemn
consideration of every American citizen,
for with them at last the decision will
rest If this matchess Constitution OF
ours, based upon the right of the people
to govern themselves in their own way,
through their State organizations, and
secured from the abuse of centralized
power by the separate and independent
action Of its great coordinate depart
ments, is to be abandoned, it can only be
because the people for whom it was pro-
vided, and upon whom its benefits have
been showered, so desire. The people OF
Connecticut, trained from their early
days to regard no government as lawful
which is imposed upon people without
their consent, have watched with Jealousy
the assumption of extraordinary power
by Congress, and especially the indica-
tien of desire to control them in the
regulation of their right Of suffrage and
citizenship, and have unmistakably de-
clared their dissatisfaction with that revo.
lutionary policy which requires the over
throw of the Constitution for its success.
Nor do permit myself to doubt the signs
of a rising sentiment throughout the
country which will save the American
people the charter of their liberties, and
vindicate their own capacity Of self-gov-
ernment. turn gladly from a subject,
the seriousness of which has compelled
me to address you thus at length, but
which is attended with painful impress
sions, to those matters which are peculiar
m our local povernmeutn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-14
A Male I" Modiste. T"
The Allentown (Pa.) DeaOerat of q
ate date saws:

The Allentown (Pa.) DesAoerat Of q
late date says;
Many Of our ladies will remember being
called upon at their residences, last fall,
by lady" agent going around and sell
ing ladies' " corsets," and fitting them
at q remarkably low price. Recently, in
en- interior town in this State, the same
woman" by the cheapuess Of her stock,
and a decided and nnwarranted par
tiality shown a beautiful lady customer,
aroused suspicion, and, on the lady
being arrested, she was found TO be q
young man in disguise-htting and sell
ing just for the fun Of the thing. He
says he has passed through Eaton, Allen
town, Reading. Potisville, and many
other towns, ftting corsets to several
thousand young ladies'.
The Columbia PA Herald says the
same party has been fitting" tAs
ladies' Of that town. And, later. be sp-
peared in Cairo, III, and came near
being fitted with q coat Of tar and
feathers Let the lsdies beware Of the
corsetftter in disgnise-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-14
A. Hsaa on snakes and Mo.auItoe..

IL took days 10 create this earth, ac-
cording 10 the almanac; but in what part
Of that time snakes and Miss Skeeters
we're created is unknown even TO Horace
Greeley. But ] propose to make gram
matical s. A. on the subject, Of which
the following is some:
Whore Miss Skeeters and snakes come
from, or what their usefulness consists
in, is not recorded In "Hoyle's Games"
But Of one thing am pretty certain,
and that is, that them fellers has often
caused me to say things that regular
member Of the church in good standing
would not say
What Miss Skeeters and snakes land
cat ftes by nite) was maid for, do not
G, neither has it entered into the mind Of
man to conceive; Miss Skeeters is suck
ers; as suckers they are suckcess
They perform in every suckus without a
tito rope. and often put people in tight
place.
So can snakes
They are nice ornament for little 7
party. They're always round. So is a
hoop-(snake). One Of them gave a
feller the hoop,in cough, and another
gave feller or 2 the coffin, from which
he never come up any more.
There is things in this world as are
particularly amusing and ornamental;
they are Miss Skeeters, Snakes and Cat
Fites. All 3 generally occur by mite.
They are very cheerful companions (
The question naturally arises-why a
was these things maid2 OF course one
of them was maid, or else 2 of them
wouldn't have happened
An idle brain is the DEVILS work.
shop" said some old sage after drinking
his sage 7. Ergo, originated in an idle
brain | But that brain couldn't have
staid idle long after they were hatched
out Not much.
Miss Skeeters a-noise everybody.
They are peculiar to warm climates, but
do not drink. So is snakes. Snakes
and Miss Skeeters is not often adopted
as pets in private families They are
not pleasant to have about, either,
although people of the male persuasion
have been known to give snake exhibit
tions in their boots, before now-for their
own benefit principally. The cause of
these snake exhibitions is Is cents a
drink
What we shall do with Miss Skeeters
is not settled by the impeachment trial.
They are not good raw, and they have
been considered sufficient luxury to be
put on the bill of fare at the City Hotel.
Now abideth these 3-Miss Skeeters,
Snakes, Cat Fites; but the meanest of
these is-its hard to tell.
IL o clock at night will test the matter
with all rejecting Americans.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-14
Dizzy and His Cups.

London Cor. of New York Tlmes.I
have already told you that when Mr..
Disraeli made his concluding speech on
the Irish Church debate he was excited.
The real facts may now be mentioned,
for the Premier seems resolved to make
the occasion historical instead of suffer
ing it to be forgotten. When he began
his speech he was very much exhausted,
and after a time he turned to friend
who sat beside him on the Treasury
Bench, and asked for glass of weak
brandy and water. Finding, it is to be
presumed, the benefit Of this mild Pota-
ton, he had it repeated, and before he had
finished he drank three glasses of the mix
ture. His speech, at the beginning, prom
ised to be one Of the finest ever delivered
in the House Of Commons, and members of
all parties were warmed to enthusiasm, in
spite of themselves, by it. 1t soon, how
ever, began to be almost incoherent, and
moved BY compassion for the Minister,
the House cried, "Divide, divide" Mr.
Disraeli took the hint, but before he sat
down, he, in the most confused and ex-
cited manner, made his now celebrated
charge that his rival opposite, Mr.. Glad
stone, had made formal alliance with
the Ritualists and the Pspal party for the
overthrow Of the English Institutions.
The House was somewhat disturbed by
the scene, but as Mr.. Disraelis drinking
had all been done under their own eyes,
and the Circumstance Of his being in i'll
health was BY this time generally known,
there was no disposition TO treat what was
really misfortune as an ofense. II was
exactly the Incident connected with Pres
ideni Johnson's installation repeated in
the House Of Commons
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-14

The Dangers of Benzine.

Oar lady readers should be informed
that the liquid called benzine, which
they use so freely for removing grease
and stains from clothing, ia very dan
gerous article. 1t is one Of the sub
stances distilled from petroleum, and is
highly volatile, inhammable, and, when
the vapor is mixed with air, is explosive.
We have frequently observed phial of
this fluid standing in close proximity to
a lamp or gas fame, and the odor per-
vadlng the rooms. A very small guam
tity is capable of doing irreparable mis-
chief The contents of q four ounce
phial, if overturned or evaporized, would
render the air Of common room ex-
plosive, and whole family might be Sc
riously burned or lose their lives from it.
1t should never be used in the vicinity OF
fame, and it is important to remember
that, through the medium of the escap-
ing vapor, when the phial is uncorked,
fame will leap to it through space of
several feet Benzine is often sold un-
der various fanciful names; and, there
fore, any article procured from the drug
gists for removing oil or grease from ia
brics should be handled with the utmost
care.-Erchdnge.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-14
An American masonic Lodge older than
our Government.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Enquirer writes from Marietta, Ohio:
Marietta is noted for its modern an
tiquities as well as for its ancient The
Masonic Lodge here was originally char
tered February 20, l776, and is conse-
ouently older than the Declaration Of In
dependence or the Government Of the
United States. It is believed the 6rst
lodge constituted in this country
after the lodges ceased 10 recognize the
Jurisdiction Of the Grand Lodge Of Eng
land. Il travelled with the patriot army
during the revolutionary war, and was
frequently visited BY Washington and
other eminent Masons. The lodge was
re-opened in Marietta, June 29, 1870,
where il has since remained. It's title is
American Union Lodge, No. !" The
American Union Chapter Of X A. NJ
No. 2" was organized in Marietta IN
lTs2. Hon. Lewis Cass was member
Of both these Lodges. and attended them
regularly in his earlier years Colonel
Augustus Stcne, bou 10 his eighiy-eighth
year, vas made q Mason here, and - no
doubt The Oldest member Of the order In
the State.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-14

Radicalism thinks lhatiDpeachmentis is
a feather in It's cap. RadisslisE thibks
that negro suffrage is feather 10 its cap.
Rsdicalism thinks that the Freedmen's
Bareau is feather in its cap. Radical
ism fhinks that there are more feathers
in iis cap than in peaeoeks tall
L0uisrills Journal
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-14

| MARCH, 1868 Now READY, THE FOL-
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-14

Mosquito MEETINGS and CanOPfes-
vITHITE AND PINK LACE MOSQUITO
w Netfinrs and fixtures, edauted % any
rfyis Of bedstead. Also. Schooley's Cclcorated
Patent wardrobe Bathing Apparaius.
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tings and Mats OF al kinds, Just received at
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Only SO Hours and 55 Minutes TO New
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st. Louis.
'OubIe Daily Trains Continued.

DOTH TRAINS MAKING DIRECT
ID Through Connections TO all Eastern Cities.
an advantage offered by no other route from
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-11
CLERKS AND Statesmen.

A MAN OF EXPERIENCE IN THE WHOLESALE
IA liquor business aud large acquaintance In the New Eng
land States would be pleased to act travelling salesman for
some New YORK house. Address Howard, Herald ohice
A GENTLEMAN HAVING TEN YEARS EXPERIENCE
~ IN the ribbon manufacturing business wishes situation
designer in factory importing house !;
speaks English, French German Address r., box l32
Herald Odce
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-05-12
FROM WASHINGTON.

The Talk about Impeachment-Fseling OF
the Presidents Friends Hoao Senator's
Wives Talk and act about N-A Bill
for the admission of AU the Southern,
States to be Rushed Through To-day.
WASHINGTON, May ILL., o'clock.-The
Presidents friends seemed apprehensive
this morning, but were in better spirits OF
noon.
The brother-in-law of Senator Fowler, of
Tennessee, is reported to have said that
conviction is certain.
Senator Wilson'S wife is reported to have
expressed to her gossips her doubts about
conviction. Offsetting this, society-talk re-
ports the wife of Senator Wade as bearing
herself haughtily in view of the certainty
of new honors in store for her husband.
Several newspaper men of known con-
viction proclivities report conversations
pointing to an acquittal, but there are grave
suspicious of these being but decoys for
bets, upon which they are to get commits
sion.
The Senate went into executive session at
1917 o'clock, after having, on motion of Mr..
Sherman, made arrangements to prevent
demonstration tomorrow when the result is
announced.
In the House, the regular call for bills
and resolutions is progressing.
The Reconstruction Committee has pre-
pared an omnibus bill admitting oil the
States on the basis of the Arkansas bill.
II is the intention to introduce it this after
noon, and push it through at once.