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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-05-12


sell the valuable lot of land on the southeast
erly side of Congress, between State and Dow
streets. 1t is one of the most desirable vacant
lots now in the market.
MANIA social being, seeking endowment
and comfort. These you can readily find. as
hundreds will readily testify who have tested
the mechanical power of Reddy's tape. His
goods and workmanship on the same are second
to none in New England. His coats are exc
cuted by first class jourueyman tailor, who
also enjoys the mechanical powers of making
garments to fit
Goats, pants and vests cut with despatch;
also boys suits. NJ. II. REDDy
myl2eod3t 10Y Federal street
DRs. LYON & STEARNs, Medical Reformers of
the Oswego Infrmary, New York, will COM
mence a course of lectures this evening at Me-
chanics' Hall. First lecture free. Subject
Health, how lost and how regained." They
will teach the audience how to cure feyers.
dysentery, to remove worms, how to prevent
badness and restore the hair, how to restore
eyes dimmed by age, how to overcome the
habit of using tobacco, &c. They also exhibit
to the audience several monster tape worms
recently taken by them at Portsmouth. Nash
ua, Waltham, Milford, and other places: also n
lizard taken from the human stomach. A oen.
eral attendance is respectfully solicited
HAS Nature an antidote for acquired diseas-
es? The Plantation Bitters, prepared by DR..
Drake, Of New York, have no doubt benefited
and cured more persons of Dyspepsia, Nervous
ness, Sour Stomach, Loss of Appetite, Sink
ing Weakness, General Debility and Mental
Despondency, than any other article in exis-
tence. They are composed of the purest roots
and herbs, carefully prepared, to be taken as a
tonic and gentle stimulant. They are adapted
to any age or condition of life, and are extern |
svely popular with mothers and persons of Sc
dentary habits.
MAGNOLIA WATER.-A delightful toilet arti- |
cle-superior to Cologne ana at half the |
price, may 2eodS5w2w
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" WALTER b. CHAPLIN,
&" W. Il. ROBINSON.


Such was the trial of safes in Providence the 22d
ult More might be sail, but this is enough. The
public will not be deceived by such a shallow sJbter-
tuge. 1t is only necessary that add tho inv alton
to fair trial which Valentine & Butler declined be-
cause it was fair, and which now renew, and ask
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NOTL G E.
A GENTS, Male and Female Wa1ted in every
Atown in the State, with oaPtal OF 800 to sell
an article that will pay to dollars profit per DAY
to good salcsmen
tg-Appiy in pers II By letter, enclosing stamp.
t.
DANA a. KNIGHT,
Wholesale Drugsists, 15J Middle ST.,
may 1-d1w PORTLAND.
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MAINE DELEGATES TO CHICAGO Hon.
Lewis p. Barker aud Gems. Plaisted and
Beal passed through this city Yesterday on
their way TO Chicago. The full Maine deega-
ton to Chicago is as follows;
At Large-Samuel f. Spring of Portland,
Thos. A ID. Fcssenden OF Auburn, Harris NJ.
Plaisted of Bangor, Eugene Hale OF ELS
worth.
Alternates-Wm NJ. Macarthur Of Lining
ton, A. C. Hewey Of Bath, Isaac T. Ho6son of
Wiscasset, Eben Woodbury. Of Houlton,
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Close Of the Musical Festioal--the Creation an.
the MesSiah-GrO1Oth Of Boston Req. NJ
Tyng, Jr.-the king Of PAM
Boston. Nav II, 1868
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First District George f. Shepley of Port
land. Mark FWenworth of Kittery. Alernates
D. n. Banks of Bddeford, Neal Dow of Port
land.
Second District. Luther Curtis of New Shar-
on, Geo i. Deal of Norway. Alternates-A.
L. Hersey of Oxford, Andrew 4. Tuck OF
Pennington.
Third District. Stephen D. Lindsay of Nor
rdgewock, Wales Hubbard of Wiscasset. Al
ternates-Sullivan Lothrop of st. Adams, Ed
win Flye of Newcastle.
Fourth District. Lewis Barker of Stetson,
G. fl. B. Woodbury. of Dover. Alternates =
Samuel Ii. Blake of Bangor, Ezra C. Brett of
Oldtown.
F'itth District. Ignatus Sargent of Machias,
and VIM p Hartman OF Belfast. Altern-
ates-Charles 3. Paine of Eastport and John
e. Rust of Belfast.
Hon. Samuel e. Spring does not attend, and
his alternate, Hon. VIM NJ. Macarthur takes
his place. Ample accommodations for the
Maine delegation have been secured at the
Sherman House, Chicago. Among the citi-
zens of this State who will attend the conven-
tion are ex Cove rnor Cony, toby Candor,'
correspondent of the Boston journal, Capta;n
Knight Of the Star and VIM. p. Whitehouse,
Esq, of Augusta, correspondent of the Press.
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The following correspondent ce explains itself.
We congratulate the public on the promised
repetition of the entertainment in which Miss
Peters has won such general favor:
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Imposition upon the Public.

The object of this exhibition was, Of course, to
make it appear, if possible that safes bought OF Va
entine & Butler superior to the Steam Safe. Toac-
compllsh tits purpose they exhibited JlEss sample
They fixed up a safe, for the trial. which was such a
one as could not, on account of the mpracdeable
nature OF its filing, be put into use, ami LETT the pub
lie to infer that 1t was like those they make sela
cheat which the public will know how 10 APPRECIATE.
The fact to the real character OF this bOgus sam
pie they admilted privately. and give proof OF IT,
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Fatal Admissions

The undersigned hereby certify, that at the time
of the trial of safes lin Providence, April p 1861
and subsequently, we heard members OF the firm
Valentine & Butler state, that the safe furnished by
them was not constructed like those they had made
hitherto 10 sell to customers; that they dill not pro-
pose to build safes like that for sac in brel that
it made expressly tor The trial, and moreover,
that the Steam safe great improvement
the usual plan oil constructing safes and That it could
easily burn up any Valentine q Butler sale they
had ever sold burn up any other safe any other
make i'll the country. the safes being of equal size
and thickness ofwall, or words to that effect
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PORTLAND, May s, 1868.
Mrs PETERS We, the undersig ned, desire TO
convey 10 you some recognition of your un xesried ex
ertions in the series of highly successful entertain
ments Of the present week IN behalf of the Female
Orphan Asylum, and more particularly, as we are
well aware of the exhaustive demands upon yolr
time from other clres. We theref re tender YOU
complimentary benefit, to take place any ev ming
you may name at City tall. and we would suggesf q
repe tion thlt occasion of the Esprit of '76''
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May IA. off Hatteras, barque Lorena from Cuba
for New York
May II, off Cape Maze, brig Nellie Mitchell, from
Savannah TOR AspinwalI.
May 20 of Montauk, brig Marshall Dutch, from
Cuba for Portland.
No date lat 81 80, lon rs O5, sch H b Lowell, o.
Biddetord, from Philadelphia tor Matanzas.
No date, Ion 26 81. three days Of equator, barque
video, 40 days out.
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about 500 acres are equally productive, and
could not be purchased for 800 an acre.

about 800 acres are equally productive, and
could not be purchased for 800 an acre.
WATER POWER.
At Madison Bridge there is an immense
water power comparatively unoccupled. 1t is
capable of carrying machinery to any extent
there being fall OFFS feet, with the water of
the Kennebec flowing over it. At No. Arson
the Carrabasset river empties into the Ken
nebec, where there is fall of about forty feet
in about half mile, with water in album
dance. There are also several other water priv
ileges in this town of less magnitude.
RECONSTRUCTION.
Some four or five years ago the village of
North Arson suffered almost as much in pro-
portion to its business, by fire, as Portland,
since which several elegant brick buildings
have been erected in the burnt district The
Carrobasset Hall, built by Joel Gray, Esq, of
Boston, is one of the best buildings in the
town. 1t is fifty feet by ninety, with two
large stores on the first floor, with hall and
ante-rooms on the second floor and band
room over it, There are several small manu-
factories in this village and the boot and shoe
manufacture is carried on quite extensively
by Mr. S. Bunker, who ranks among the most
enterprising business men in the place. There
are two churches and two hotels, the princi-
pal of which is The Somerset Hotel, kept by
Messrs. Brown and Hilton, who understand
their business and give general satisfaction to
the travelling public The Somerset railroad
will pass through the most fertile section of
the upper Kennebec, and past the most i'm
portant privileges. This railroad will be put
under contract the present season, and some
! are quite confident that it will be COM
pleted to Norridgewock, the distance
! of eleven miles, before the snow falls.
The people in this section are in earnest in re-
| gard to this road and are subscribing literally
to the stock. Mr.. G. A Fletcher, has been
| elected Treasurer of the road. Mr.. w. H
Brown, who is one of the Directors, has from
| the commencement taken an active interest in
this enterprise and has contr. bnted very much
| to its present success. Fears were entertained
a few days ago that the immense quantity Of
lnmber cut the past winter would be unaval-
| able, but since the recent rains the logs have
commenced running finely and the prospects
| are good for clean drive. Co
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The Rdin--Death of Centenaridn- Estate
and Building-Sch00ls IN auburn, &c.,-Nert
Meeting Of A. E. Association.
LEWISTON, May %, 1868.
To the Editor Of the Press:
The day of the great burning, when the
earth is to be purified by fire, cannot be near
at hand. unless way is discovered of using
rivers for backlogs and brooks for kindlipg
wood. We are submerged; roads have become
nothing but istreaks of mud; for the first time
the Androscoggin emulates Niagara; the wa
ter goes grandly over the new stone dam; ev-
cry man has private fish pond in his cellar, a
luxury which tends to loosen the foundations
OF the house. Truly, it is Il season of extrava-
gance-on the part of Apollos, mean, or old
Aquarius.
On Tuesday John Packard died in Durham
Had he lived until next August he would
have been one hundred and one years DID,
He was native, 1 think, of what is now Port
and, and re tanned to the last years of his life,
a very vivid recollection of events in the histo-
ry of your city, which occurred when he was
young. He enjoyed perfect health all through
life; he smoked his pipe in peace, and got
around without difficulty until three or four
years ago, when his lower limbs failed him.
His memory was equally remarkable. With
in a short time 1 have heard him speak of a
fishing voyage he made to the Gulf of the St.
Lawrence when a boy. He could give the de-
tails, describing clearly the different points the
vessel touched at. The mackerel which they
caught were exceedingly fat and delicious
Even then he said he could see them cooking
and smell them all the way across the gulf of
eighty years. But, as usual, nearly all the
events of the last forty years had gone from
his mind.
During the last two months real estate has
rapidly changed hands in this city and Au-
burn. Never was there more building of
stores and houses, ON either side of the river,
than at this time; while hear of many others
who talk of building the present season.
There is need enough of all this, surely
The village school district, Auburn, with
$50 scholars, has at last voted to adopt the
grade system of schools, and to raise $500 in
addition to the sum which the district raises
jointly with the town for school purposes. For
such purposes the town raises only 80 cents
per inhabtant; Lewiston 81 so. The actual
wealth of Auburn, to each inhabitant, is about
$500; of Lewiston about $500. 1t is high time
that Auburn did something more than she has
done OF late for public schools. Lewiston is
pushing ahead bravely.
The next meeting of the Androscoggin Edu-
catonal Association is to be held in Auburn
Hall, Auburn, the second Friday in June,
commencing in the evening and continuing
through Saturday. understand that lectures
will be delivered by Warren johnson, Super
intendent of Common Schools, and by Prof
Atkinson of the Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology, and by others perhaps.
Put the Portland and Ogdensburg railroad
through. BARLOW.
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Political KOfpE

The Pendleton and Hancock wings of the
Democratic party in this State are bitterly
hostile. AT the caucus in Belfast to elect del
egates to the State Convention two tickets
were run, one headed by W. II. Simpson o.
the journal, the other by w. II. Mcclellan
Nearly three hundred votes were thrown but
mac, who swears by Hancock, came out
ahead
Inc democrats of Massachusetts are as puz-
zled 10 nnd a candidate fol- Governor as their
national convention will be for a candidate for
President. The Boston Journal thinks there
may De some truth in the rumor that thew
have been tamperlng with a DISTINGUISHED Ie-
gal gentleman of Republican anteoedonts
who has been told that he can have tbair nom,
nation for Governor, and his owl. STAFF .;o1.o.
il he will desert the party which has bonorod
him in the past.
Senator Wilson is at home on a flying visit
Not a word of disappointment on the result
at the Chicago Convention is uttered by him
On the contrary he endorses the nominees and
tne platform heartily and speaks in special
appreciation of the selection of Mr.. Colfax
as man OF irreproachable character, and
possessing more than any man of the day, the
reSpec' Oh the young men of the northwest.
Cen Mcclellan having declined a public re.
cepuon at New York, the Common Council
has ordered complimentary lette[ to he an.
crossed and sent te him. 1t appears from This
that Belmont has ordered the "young Nano.
leon" home.
A Washington dispatch says that an unsnc-
cessful effort has been made to bring the mem.
bers of the African Methodist Conferences in.
to the Chase third party movement The
ground taken by the Chase emissares is that
the Chicago platform is virtual abandon
ment of the colored men.
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WILL THE VOTE BE TAKEN ON TUESDAY,
The public attention has been so diverted from
impeachment by the Chicago Convention,
that the Tuesday on which it was voted to
take the verdict of the Senate on ten articles
of impeachment is already at hand without
many speculations in regard to the probable
course of events. One dispatch from Wash
ingtOn says that Mr.. Stevens is in favor of in
definitely poStponing the vote on the articles
now before the Senate, intending to prepare
three new articles and demand a new trial. If
his new articles are rejected by his associates
of the board of managers, he willsubmit them
to the House. No reason is disclosed why tho
vote on the impending articles should not be
taken on the day fixed and thus clear the decks
for the new action if there is to be one. The
managers were extremely active last week in
investigating the circumstances attending the
first vote. If there is any foundation for the
rumors upon which they have instituted their
Investigations, it will be discovered by Tues
day and may very properly be made the
ground of postponement of the final vote
until the Senate is purged OF the corrupt men
who have thwarted the peoples will. If, on
the other hand, they find no grounds for pro-
ceedings against any member of that body, it
will crafty the whole country exceedingly il
there can be an end of the trial at once.
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ASSASSINATION OF A MAINE MAN IN MIS-
soURI.-Ward L. Lewis, Esq, formerly a res
ident of Pittston and member of the Ken
rebec bar, was murdered at Elwood, Missouri,
on the eighth inst, by gang of ruffians who
were hostile to him on account of his pur-
chasing and fencing a lot of land that was
sold for taxes. The Gardiner Home Journal
publishes the following letter from his daugh-
ter which explains the manner of his death
ELwooD, May II, 1868.
DEAR UNcLE,-I am under the painful ne
cessity of informing you that my father died
at eight O'Clock, Friday, the eighth, having
been shot through the right lung by parties
engaged in cutting down his fence. He heard
the dog barking and went out to see what the
trouble was; he heard three shots fired, but
saw no one and supposng that they had fed,
he walked on, when two men rose up from be-
hind tree and shot him and beat him over
the head with their revolvers. He finally
after much trouble found his way home and
called to me to let him in quickly. did So
He told me to be brave, that he was shot
through the right lung, had had hard fight
and probably would not live long. That he
wanted me to know who did it, he recognized
one of the parties and described the other.
helped him to his room where he could neither
lie nor sit and sent for doctor, (ths was
about two o'clock, bright, clear moonlight
nlght) VINO came but could not relieve him.
He lived until about eight O'Clock the next
night. He died peacefully and calmly-with-
ont struggle. He was perfectly conscious as
long as he could speak; said death had no ter
rors for him; that he would like to live for his
childrens sake. He blessed us all said he
had no hard feelings against any one and that
we could do what we thought best to avenge
his death.
There must have been ten or twelve engaged
from the amount of fence that was sawed
down. We have arrested five besides the par
ty recognized.
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AN INDEPENDENT LINE.-It is an old say
ing that outsiders see most of the game
perhaps because they have chance to look
into the hands of both players At any rate
the following article. on RAILROAD Schemes in
Portland" from the Brunswick Telegraph, is
timely and suggestive:
Just now, the Portland people are indulg-
ing in sharp discussion over two Railroad
schemes, viz: the Portland and Rutland and
the Portland and Ogdensburg. We suppose
that Portland people generally un1ersta nd
that the Rutland proposition is neither more
nor less than Boston proposition-a tolera-
bly, well designed plan to head off Portland
connection with the West OF course. Boston
would oppose this. We should do so if citi-
zen OF Boston. The Portland men who advo-
cate the Rutland scheme, doubtless under
stands eChere the puppet wire puller holds his
court. If we were dancing to the same tune,
wa know we should keep our eye on the baton
of the leader.
We are not prepared to advocate the build
ing of either the Rutland or Ogdensburg lines
not even prepared to say that the building Vi
either line would be an act of the highest wis
dom on the part of Portland. But we are pre-
pared to say, that if Portland builds line, il
must be the Ogdensburg route-the iadepend-
ent line stretching toward the far West. AT
White River junction with the Rutland road,
she would stand by no means an equal show
with Boston Tor business, Tor II IS hard TO en-
tce travel and freight from beaten paths
At Rouses Point, with an independent line
to Portland, the city would stand an excellent
chance for business with Boston, perhaps
would present superior claims to heavy bust
ness from the West, if she offered good steam
er facilities for transport to Europe.
We know the whole history of the
organization of the Boston lines, in
GLIDING the Vermont Central and Ogdeps-
burg Railroads to secure western business,
having travelled by stage and wagon, over
both routes in 1876, to be present at the or
ganization of the board of Directors for the
Ogdensbnrg company, and we know how vital
to the interests of Boston was then regarded
the construction of both roads. The Ogdens-
burg was designed to head off New York, and
was the favorite of the two. If it was impor-
tant 10 Boston to build that road, it is much
more important to her now to arrest any
scheme calculated to draw off her traffic
We go for that plan which builds up Portland
for what builds up Portland builds up the
State.
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DOMESTIC PORTS.

PUGET SOUND-Sld fin Port Discovery goth nit
ship Revere, Mcintyre. San Francisco.
Sid i'm Port Gamble 30th ult, barque Camden
Robinson, Honolulu.
SAN FRANCISCO-Sld 21st inst shin Mary
Bangs, Bangs, Liverpool.
Sid LIST inst, ship William Wilcox, johnson, tor
Bakers Island. -
GALvESToN-Cld 10th, barque Elsinore. Clark
Bremen. ~
GEORGETOWN, Scar 10th, sch Chloe, Hatch
Fall River. ' ~
Ar 18th, schs Nevada, Doughty. Baltimore; 18TH
Woodbury., Woodbury.. do.
=, CID 9Th; sehs Fish, Teel, Boston Sea Breese,
Coombs, Kennebunk.
Ar 18th, schs NJ NJ Pote Abbott. Philadelphia;
18th, VIM Butman Smart, Bangor.
WASHlNGTON-Sld goth, sch Northern Light
Buckminster, New York.
BALTIMORE-Ar 21st, big E II Kennedy. Geyer,
Natnzas.
Cid 21st, brig Fanny Butler, Bartlett Porto Rico
sch Geo Adams, Baker, Portland
PHILADELPHIA-Cld 2lst, brig y CARY, Bry-
ant Havana; sch Boston, Smith, Rockport.
Ar 2lst brigs Isaac Carver, Shute' Matanzasi n
Showers, French, Cardeilas
CID 21st schs E Willard, Ryerson, Portland
Broadfield Crowell do; V Wellington, Chapman,
Boston; Honest Abe, Conary, Lynn.
NEW YORK-Ar 21st, sChs Coy Coney Parker,
Augusta: Mead, Mckellum, Lubec; Alma Odlin,
Franss, Westport; Mary Rowland, Fuller New
Providence; Armenia, Cole, Philadelphia Tor Bos-
ton; Charlie q Willie, Thomas Elizabethport for
Newburyport; Avon, Park. do Tor Bangor; Messen.
ger Dean, do for Taunto /; Ellen Merrman Hutch
TOR ng Sing.
Ar I'D brig Charlotte, Stupell, Cardenas
Cld zzu, Darque Deslah, Gilkey. MatanZas: brigs
u lnginae, Gray, Port au Prince; Annie Gardiner,
GARDINER, Demerara Neponset, Tracey, Gibara I;
L NJ Merrill Eaton. Cientuegos Pedro, Dickson
Cardenas; sCbs A Farnsworth, Sawyer, Barbados
l. II Gibson, Ring, Nuevtas; k M Brookings, Doug
lass, jacksonville; c Thomas, Crockett, Philade-