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Wheat versus Gold.

Gold dug from the bowels OF the earth gave
California tremendous start in growth and
population few years ago, and scarcely any
thing else was thought of. Flour brought fab
ulous prices, but lgold from the placers could
pay for it. Twelve years ago the gold prod
uct in that State amounted to S4OOOO,OCO,
and the wheat crop was of very little account.
In comparison with the gold prodnct it was
hardly worthy OF notice; at least most people
thought SO. In 1868, the product in Califor-
mia is estimated at about $25, 100000. The
year previous produced nearly the same
amount. The wheat crop of 1868 is estima-
ted TO amount to the same sum.
The acreage sown is fixed at 2,5OOOOO,
against 100000 in 1865, and yet the growth
of grain in that country is in its infancy
We hardly dare to guess the amount that
will be grown there at no distant day. No
doubt the product will be enormous and
throw gold digging for into the shade. 1t has
been truely said the grain wealth of Califor-
MIA will yet far exceed the gold dreams of her
most enthusiastic citizens, for the golden
kernels of wheat possess value far in ex-
| cess of her auclferous sands.
The truth is, agriculture, and not gold dig
ging, lies at the foundation of the wealth and
prosperity of any country; and according to
the present aspect of affairs in the Golden
State and its neighbor, Oregon, it is the prod
uct of the farms that is to add wealth to
those States and sustain rapidly increasing
population. Where the soil and climate are
favorable to agriculture, the cultivation of the
earth will take the lead even if gold lies bur-
led in the mountain sides, in gulches or in
the bed of streams. A few years ago flour
was dollar n 2ound in some sections of
California, and now she sends large quanti-
ties across the Atlantic to Europe, and even
from it. ...
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September is gone-she came and went
this year in most unlovely guise-and the
mellow, serene October, the sweetest, if not
the brightest, month of all the year is upon
us. Nature now arrays herself in the full
splendor of her ripened loveliness. The for
ests flush and glow with ten thousand varied
hues. The fields yet wear living green the
few flowers which linger are gorgeous with
vivid intensity of coloring unknown to the
earlier year. The bounteous, piled up har-
vests are gathered in amid feasting and jolli-
ty; and the husbandman, with the cheerful
consciousness of work we'll done, begins to
look forward to his annual period of rest.
The mornings now are fresh and cool, with
sparkle in the air that exhilerates like
draught of champagne wine. As the day ad-
vances purple haze creeps over the sky, an
impalpable, half ETHEREAL veil, softening. not
dimming the splendor of the day, and invest
ing the landscape with tender and dreamy
charm which no other season gives. Through
this half spritualized medium the gold and
crimson of the forests and the silver of the
streams gleam with tempered spendor; and
.eThe blue mountains, shapes which seem
like wrecks Of chidhood's sunny dream,'
lie dim and far-removed in an atmos phere OF
peace and rest and love. The summers ring
ing sounds are hushed, and such a silence
broods everywhere as if nature paused in
reverent stiffness to mediate on the COM
pleted miracle of the year. ..-
Then how gently the long sunny afternoon
fades into the twilight. The dim haze melts
away; the mountains, which were the color
of purple damson, grow clear and blue; the
sun, wrapping himself in fold on fold of gor-
geous cloud, sinks away into his western bed,
and the stars shine out with mellow, gold
en- radiance, utterly unlike the sharp vitre-
Gus brilliancy they will wear when winter
comes. And the moon.-It surely must have
been the October moon which Ben Jonson
apostrophized as "Queen and huntress chaste
and fair' In summer the moon is languish-
ing; in winter her light chills; and in the
spring she is apt to be chary of her beams.
| tits only at this season, when sweeping low
| through the South, that she gives us long
| succession of soft and brilliant nights hore
beautiful than any that tropical CHIMES c'h
| boast.
Indescribably sweet and tender tne
charm of these mellow autumn days. Their
nensive beauty wins its way to the heart as
tho glowing life of summer and the wooing
sweetness OF spring never do. A spirit OF
reverie is abroad in the air, and it weaves over
the mind soft and dreamy spell. The "mel-
ancholy days" have not yet come; they lie lat
| er on. 1t is true the leaves are changing anu
falling, but it is with ripeness, not with decay
and the sight is no more saddenhg tnah Is
that of the gathered grain. Happy tnose
who have leisure now to spend much time
out of doors, in the fields and woods. To
those shut up in cities the real charm of the
season is lost, for get they it in but infnites-
sinai quantities; and like the "purr' with
which Dick Swiveller treated the marchion-
| ess, "it can't be tasted in sips" One must
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-10-17
The Pacific Railroad Approaches Co,.-
pIetiOn.

The rails have been laid across the two
great mountain ranges of the continent-the
Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada
and are being rapidly pushed onward along
the Intervening valleys. Many persons i'm
agined, when the Pacific Railroad was pro-
Jected, that it would halt at the mountain
barriers. The result has been that the Cor
poratlons entrusted with its construction
have redoubled their energies as the work
went on. Twelve hundred miles of the route
between Omaha and Sacramento are made by
the locomotive, and the gap of about FIVE
hundred miles between the Eastern and
Western portions will be further reduced by
25O miles before January. Verify, this is
marvellous progress, and the Overland Rail-
road is no longer thing Of hope and conjec-
ture-it Is almost an assured success.
The Central Pacific Railroad COMPANY
who have in hand the Pacific half of the line,
have built more than 200 miles since the first
of July last, and have 100 miles graded in ad-
vance of their track. The growing conf
dence of the community in this Road is
shown by the demand for the First Mortgage
Gold Bonds issued thereupon, which were two
years ago offered at 95, are now selling at 1O3
and interest, in currency, and may 60 higher
shortly. There is, we are informed, proba-
biity that the remainder of the Loan will be
disposed of within a short time. Capitalists
and others interested in such matters can
learn the particulars and foundation of the
Bonds by reference to the advertisement of
the Financial Agents, Messrs. FISK and
HATCH, of New York City, elsewhere in this
issue.
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Administrators Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given, that by virtue of a Lii
IN cense from the Probate Court for the county OF
Cumberland, shall sell at Public Au tion, at the
Post once IN Yarmouth, on The 18th day of Novem-
Der next. at two O'Clock 2. M, so much of the Real
Estate OF Otis B. Pratt, late OF said Yarmouth, de-
ceased, as Will produce the sum of three hundred
and three dollars for the payment of his just debts,
and expenses OF administration. Said estate consists
OF said Post Oice, about five acres OF the home stead
OF said deceased and one eleventh part of ten acres
of land in common and undivided with others in
said Yarmouth.
Dated this tn day OF October, A, D. 1865
w3w42* THOMAS PRATT AdministI ator
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'e''ms $500 per a,ans.na, in odranee.

have lcng draught to appreciate the au-
tumn's "diviner air" Then too it must be
seized on the instant, for like many another
OF liie's best joys, it is extremely feeting. But
II Is sinsularly pure and satisfactory pleas
ure' and we would advise every one to whom
'he thing is possible not to miss it. Leave
work and trade and politics, and for single
a"s, at least, get out where you can be face
70 iace with nature; and tell us If in her
rlpened matron sweetness she wears not a
eilarIn more dear to the soul than the pride
OF summer or the flush of sprip,
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HOOP SKIRTS
10 AND CORSETSI eI-
The Best and Cheapest Assortment in the City
AT A.NDERSON ai
Hoop SEf2t and Corset Store,
oct2 3a3 CONGRESS ST. dino
VENTILATION.

- MAYORS OFFICE,
teS-" City of Providence July 29, 1868.
LUTHER ROBINSON, ESQ.,, -.sr,. y D.sts',-. .sst b
Dear Sir: have no hesitation in saying that your
system OF ventilation is the best that has ialen
der my observation. 1t has been successfully ap-
piled to our High School Building, the Dexter Asy
lum, and the rooms of the Common Council and AL
dermen. Yours trul I .l-..s- a--it olr
! THos. A. DOYLE, Mayor.
City Hall, Dover, ". a.
Hon. j. w. WEIGH, Chairman OF Building Com
mittee, wrote April IL, 1868: /" We opened hall
for the first time to the publ last Monday evening,
when it was filled to overfowing, 1000 persons being
present. nearly all OF whom remained quietly "A
hours their faces beaming with ing thai
good fresh air was abundantly supplied invig-
oratlng agent The universal exclamation from those
IN ne galleries was, How pure the air is! How
d1erent from that in the old hall =
Inc Boston Schooi Committee say, on p. 81 of their
Report, 1s63:-The ccess of these Veptilators has
been comp:ete and entirely satisfactory, and CAN
-:-.-. FAIRBANKS SCALE MANUFACToRY,
st. Johnsbury, Vt, June 4, 1867
We are familiar with the results ACCOMPLISHED by
the Ventilators sold by Mr.. Robinson, and have no
hesitation in recommending the same. Thee O! them
are on our High School House, one on the North
Church, and one on our Office
E. & T. FAIRBANKS & co.
For perfect Ventilation apply to the u S VEN
TlLATION CO., 46 Congress Street, Boston.
Oct5-deOd1m 7' +t."
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Dissolution of fCoportnershap


Dissolution of COp0rtnership
i style OF LEACH, PARKER s. CO. is this day
dissolved by mutual consent. The business will be
settled by Leach & Parker.
Portland, Sept. 30, 1868.
SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP.
CONvERs LEACH, HORACE B. PARKER
~ and EDWARD ROBINSON, all of Portland,
Cumberland county. have this Both day of Septem-
ber A. D. 1868, TO med limited partnership, in
cordance with the provisions of the Statutes of
Maine, and have executed certificate thereof fol-
lOws:-The name of the firm is Leach & Parker.
The special partner is Edward Robinson of said
Portland, and the gene al partners are COnvers o.
Leach and Horace B. Parker, likewise of said Port
land.
The business to be transacted is the Dry Goods
business at said Portland and the amount of cap-
tai contributed by said Robinson is twelve thousand
($12 O0O) dollars Said partnership commences this
cease the twenty day Of September A. D. 1873
(Signed CONVERS o. LEACH.
HORACE B. PARKER.
[Stamp] EDWARD ROBINSON.
STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, IS:
October 1, A. D. 1868
Personally appeared Convers o. Leach, Horace B.
Parker and Edward Robinson, and made oath to the
truth of the above certificate and acknowledged the
same as their tree act. Before me,
(Signed) WILLIAM L. PUTNAM,
[Stampl Justice OF the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE.
Registry of Deeds, received Oct. l. 1e6s at h. 80
m. p. M, and recorded in Book 1852, page &c.,
tsigned] EBEN LEACH, Register.
Oc8eod6w
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COMPREHENSIVE NOTICES.
Dissolution of Copartnership.

TNHE copartnership heretofore existing between
i Smith & Clark, is dissolved this day by mutual
consent. SMITH 81 CLARK
Portland, Oct. II, 1s6s oct15d3t
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Licensed Plumbers.

TTNHE undersigned have been licensed by the Port
j land Water Co, to do Water Plumbing under the
guaranty OF the Co We. are now prepared to re-
all kinds upon the most reasonable terms. Persons
wishing to obtain water cannot be too early in ap-
plying, as no services can be put in during the win
ter.
CHARLES PEARCE IL CO..
8 Union Street.
August 26th, 1868. au27d3m
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.-- FOR vICE-PRESIDENT,
SCHUYLER COLFAX.
OF INDIANA.

For Electors.
AT LARaE-GEORGE L. BEAL.
SAMUEL P. STRICKLAND.
1st DIsTRIcT-ESREFF H. BANKS,
I'd DisTRIcT-AMOS NOURSE.
Sd DIsTRIcT-DENNlS L. MILL IKEN.
4th DIsrRIcT-HENRY o. PERRY.
9th DIsTRICT-EBENEZER KNOWLT0N.
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same place every Thursday morning at $3.50 wear;
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SPECIAL NOTICES, $1.25 per square for the frst
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and 80 cents per square ior each subsequent nser
ton.
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A SUM of Money which the owner can have by
"A proving property and paying charges, Call at
NO 13 Paris st. between II and or and 6.
Get 14-dtf ?. L.,4 ,4'af ?
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Found.
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COp0rt7sership Notice.
Copar:nership Notice.

fI'HE undersigned have this day formed a copart-
Il nership under the firm name of =.
-g9 BUTLER Dc NEWHALL.
tor the purpose of doing General Commission and
Flour Business in the City of Portland =
ONCE, S9a Commercial Street, up Stairs,
Z i' PORTLAND, ME,
RALPH BUTLER,
.i H. G. NEWHAfL, &
Portland, October 1, 1868. oct1-d3w
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WANTED
Wanted.

A situation as Bookkeeper. general Clerk
"A "A sai;essman, by young man thoroughly compe-
week, q. W. L., Box 1865 Portland Post Office,
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Found !

( IN Middle Street. a PORTEMONNAIE, which
~ the owner can have by proving property and
paying for this advertisement.
20 j. II. HERRICK,
OctI4d3t" 121 Commercial Stl eat
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LOST AND FOUND.

NJ #a5 Lost!
a Pass Book containing package of Script, and
AAaccounts of Farrar & Adams. The finder will
be rewarded by leaving it at 1S Portland St. ocl5d3t*
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-07-09
4 DiabGliCai Crime.

One Of the BLACKLIST crimes on record
was committed recently in Western Can
ada, and thus described in the Goderich
Star Of the 18th
It is our painful duty this week to re-
cord one of the most foul, iendish and
Inhuman murders ever committed. Last
Sunday about = p. M. Mr. Thomas Geo
by,accompanie by his wife, went to pay a
visit to his tather-iu-law, bIr Malady, of
TuckersIuith. On arriving there they
found Mr. Malady's naked body lying at
the bedroom door, shot IN the head, the
shot having penetrated an inch in front
OF the iui, ear. beside him was found
"a bis igeaa alout % inches n length. and
an inch and half in diameter, covered
with blood and hair also an old gun,
loaded, the stock broken and barrel bent
At lis tcgtlay the corpse Of his wife, her
ta pointing toward the E)0or, her head
almost cut IN two across the ears, and
lying partly under the bed, her throat
cut .en4Jhwise, and some eight buck shot
in her left cheek \ handkerchief which
r0ue and used to strange her The wal
curtains and bed We're ali despatched
with brains and human gore An alarm
v d. SUN 1lNtil- ana III. tOltiutH DGlllg
notified proceeded to hold an inquest.
This house IS situated about mile from
Egmonlyille, sufficient distance from
the road to prevent any noise being heard
1t has two rooms IN front and a bedroom
and kitchen. An examination revealed
the fact that the murderers had entered
by cellar window, and thence by trap
door to the body of the house. The
egress was BY the kitchen door, \ box
in the room which was known to contain
money, was rifed. being broke open
with an axe. Marks Of bloody bare feet
were found all over the floor. The muir
dersrs were track d to the woods, where
they put on their boots. Two men-a
son and Mr. Donovan, brother of Ma
laday's son-iu-law-haYe been arrested on
suspicion, different circumstances point
Ing them out as the probable fonds, In
the clothes Of one Of them has been found
shot corresponding to that with which
tie aJEiaL was shot.
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TIE TERRIBLE HAIL STORM.
Loss rive Hnndrea Thousand Dollars

| sAVsfs a :.
The Sun Antonio Elcl3ress gives the
| following particulars OF the late disas-
| trous hail storm:
Cur city is a perfect wreck every
| house IN it has received some damage
! many are in complete ruins, with nothing
| but fragments Of walls standing. The
/ hail stones penetrated the best roofs GO
| ing through tile roofs like cannon balls.
All the windows facing to the north have
been smashed in, even window shutters
and doors are broken down. The appear
ance of the city could not have been worse
under severe bombardment. Trees are
stripped of their leaves and branches,
which lie piled up in yards and streets.
The sides OF houses exposed to the hail
have the appearance of having withstood
a thousand charges Of grape and canister
The roofing Of the entire city is perfora-
ted like a sieve. The hail stones were Of
irregular shapes of all sizes, as if mass
Of ice had broken above our devoted
head, and driven by a tornado to the
earth. One hailstone was found weigh
ing five pounds, while great many
Us large as man S fist were picked up.
Many OF the families whose houses
were beaten down took shelter under
meath the beds and tables and thus es-
capped bodily harm. We have only heard
OF one death, a negro boy several had
limbs broken and were severely bruised,
While the whole population was brighten
ed almost TO death.
The damage IS Of every character and
$500, COO will not cover it all; roofs were
universally destroyed and windows brok-
en- IN, furniture was entirely domolish
ed IN some houses, and in many stores
the dam age was great. The Mengea
House was greatly damaged, the Kleo
per hotel is almost wreck, the convent
buildings are terribly cut up Ali the
blinds and window-glass on the northern
side are destroyed. French's building
suffered greatly, and in fact, all buildings
having windows on the north. Gen Ma
sons residence vas unr00fed and his
family exposed to the inclement storm.
But the most distressing picture Of all |
are the habitants of the poor people their |
houses battered in, their household de- |
stroyed, and their little gardens ssattened
out TO the ground, and have the appear
ance Of having passed through chopping |
mill AL the fruit crop is destroyed.
The storm resembled a terrible battle |
the lightning flashing in fearful vividness |
the thunder crashing like a thousand can !
non and the hail falling ike shot, so |
fearful was the noise that no one could |
hear unless they screamed in each others
ears. Never in the history of this place
never in the memory Of the oldest inhabi-
tant, was just such storm experienced. |
Nelearn that the hail storm common
ced eight miles this side Of New Braun
fels, rcachedsonly a short distance below
our city, and extended from to
% miles in Notwithstanding everything
over a region 20miles from north to south
and, 10 to 80 miles from east to west.
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THE TRIBUNE.
The Liederkranz at Home.

a late New York letter to the Cleve
land Herald, alluding to the return O
the Llederkranz Society from the Chica
S3ngerfest, speaks as follows about thai-
home and habits;
The New York 'Liederkranz' is com
posed OF about SO members. ladies anC
gentlemen, mostly Germans. They owr
2 line house In Fourth street. near Broad
way: Here they hold their rehearsals,
seml-weekly, throughout the winter and
spring, their concerts, and sometimes
their balls. Lpon the first floor is spa
clous hall, adopted to the service of al
most any OF the muses.. The favored sis
ter OF the nine being Music; but Paint
ing Is represented by the pictures and
persons that adorn the hall, and Poetry
by the quotations from Goethe and Schil-
Ter that are visible on the walls. In the
center of the floor is the conductor S
stand, upon low platform a grand piano
stands near. Over the doors, at the
south end of the room, is light gallery,
where the ladies congegate ike flock Of
doves upon their perch, and listen to the
male choruses at rehearsals For there
are three kinds of rehearsal-men' s cho-
rus, women's chorus, and full rehearsals.
New York is full of t-of-the-way
places, which the initiated know how to
find; and the supper room Of the Lied
erkranz" is one of them. There is abso-
lutely, nothing here to remind you that
you are in New \ ofk. AL is OF Germany
German. Even the cooking is German;
and the very bee glasses are Of the gener-
GUS Bavarian pattern, with spacious holds
leaden covers that have little catch for
your thumb to raise them withal 1t
seems Munich rather than Gotham You
eschew English speech, inspired by the
occasion, and commit yourself solely to
the German gutturals.
The words, rusty from disease, crate
little at first IN your mouth; but at last,
Modified by many tdgers, they flow freely
and you become as much German as any
of them, and ready to swear that the
'Llederkrnnz' is the only choral society
In the world, and that it will be an utter
waste OF time for any other body of sing
ers to compete with it at future 'Seng-
erfestS."
But where are the ladies meanwhile?
Such as have not been escorted home
upon the conclusion Of the rehearsal are
chatting with the gentlemen IN the par
Tors, or reading In the library room For
the "Liederkranz" is a social club as well
as musical association. 1t has a varied
attractiveness and charm, that range
from ten-plns up to high art and firta-
ton. Your correspondent must however
confess, as the veraclous chronlcler Of
New York life, which he claims to be,
that the lady singers Of the ''Ljeder-
kTanz are not types OF female loneliness.
Musical ladies are not apt to be hand
Some-On the Drincnle Snun0se of 4
fair division OF attractions. Ii art and
beauty were united in the same person
too frequently, these fortunate ones would
carry off all the admiration And as
German ladies' at the prettiest, are not
eminent in beauty, it may be supposed
that German singing ladies are not quite
like the Helen of Troy,
-'whose celestial charms