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The Portland daily press., 1868-11-20

College boys are naturally good" boys. As
general rule, in fact, they are, in the United
States, the best boys collected into the fold of
numerous cherishing mothers from the district
schools and academies. 1t is unfortunate,
however, that there is a tradition almost uni
versally prevalent that they must be rowdies.
They do not as a general rule venture to con-
tradict the popular impression. They are in
subordinate, rude and noisy, much given to
boyish pranks, to midnight howlings, to the
blowing of tin horns and to the robbing of hen
roosts.
The boys are the victims of certain traditions
the influence of which isfelt to a greater or
less extent in all academic institutions in the
country. 1t is the common law" of UNIVERSE
ties that an antagOnism shall exist between the
faculty and the undergraduates, that students
cooperating with the college authorities shall
be dubbed faculty dogs" and universally con-
temned, that a student vindIcates, his manli-
ness by cutting" recitations and prayers,
makes himself hero by stealing a turkey and
that students going in body to any entertain
ment are bound to make disturbance
These are facts. The boys have good many
friends, and We desire to be counted among
them, but if they chose to behave themselves
we should be prouder to acknowledge it. they
have hal an undue amount of liberation for
their hazngs, their limitation" rites, their
midnight hords and their raids upon the prop
erty of citizens, and at last they have come to
believe that a code of manners and of morals
differing from that of the common people"
properly governs their conduct. They have
even enlisted degree of public sympathy for
their capriccios, and when they annually turn
Worcester into a pandemonium and rebel, as
at Williams, the other day, against the author
tiles, grave journalists tickle their vanity by
writing them down as "waggish fellows" who
are determined to enjoy life.
All this liberation is nonsense. There is not
word to be said in extenuation of the law
lessness of the young men whose opportunities
for knowing the rules of elementary ethics are
better than those of Others who are held to
strict observance of them. The purpose of
university education is to make gentlemen and
scholars and not cultivated roughs who put Oh
comical airs of offended dignity when their IN
manliness is rebuked.
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-20
Oar French claims

MIR. EDIToR,-On further consideration
hnd that I must add one word more. 1 was
mistaken as to the amount of losses in this
district. Instead of eight hundred thousand
dollars it was only six hundred thousand, re-
ported by the committee of merchants and
shipowners chosen TO investigate the subject
Tin 1900, if RENE mber rightly. But wrote
from recollection only, having lost all my pa
Psrs and my correspondence on the subject
for thirty-five years, by the fire of 1866 Of
course, therefore, the total amount of claims
for this district, with simple interest added
would be only about taco millions instead of
three.
To show the prohigate and wicked temper
OF the men who for so long a time succeeded
in battling The sufferers, let me mention sim
gle fact just here. They took the ground that
the claims of the sufferers had been bought
up by Spectators, and that therefore thew
ought not to be paid, however honest in them
selves, since payment must go into the hands
of strangers who had specula.ed on the neces-
stiles of their countrymen. Was there ever
more shameless plea? The allegation was
not true-Mr. Peter G. Brooks of Boston be-
ing the only person l ever heard OF who had
bought In: But if it were true, what then?
IT the claims had become worthless-or near
~ so-whJse fault was itP Is a debtor, who
by bis bad faith and pitiless delay, has driven
his unhappy creditor to sell out for anything
be can get, to take advantage of his own
wrong, and refuse to pay anybody? i'm.
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-20

OCTOBER TERM-TAPLEY, j., PRESIDING
THURsDAY.-The oase of Charles Webb " Henry
Rowe, reported yesterday was given to the iurv
who returned verdict for defendant Plaintiff files
exceptions.
Deane & Verrill. Carleton-Vinton
No. 10S1-Phebe j. Cook, libeant, " Lewis 7
Cook. Libel for divorce; cause desertion. Divorce
decreed and custody of child given to the mother
until further order of Court. J.H. Williams for
libellant; no appearance for ibellee.
No. 249-William H. Smith g. wife " George Rob
inson Action for damages for collision in the pub
lie highway in the town of Windham, April 27. 1899
when plaintiffs were riding towards Portland in a
buggy wagon and defendant going in contrary d-
rection with four team, with four wheels load
ed with logs. The accident occurred at a narrow
place in the road, elevated by dumping and tbo
fence was drawn in so as to make railing Tho
road at the point of collision was 20 feet wide The
defendants OK wagon from end to end of axletree
was nine feet in width, within a barley corn and
plaintiffs wagon five feet, five and half incbes
both wagons requiring fourteen and half feet The
travelled part OF the road was somewhat to the riobt
side, which plaintiff took, that plaintiff saws if
impossible for him to pass without collision nc tho
uendant did not turn out from the centre of travel
The collision occurred with the hind wheel ot +h -
wagon and the forward wheel of the buoov p.L
plaintiffs were thrown out violently and iniured a.,
woman being under medical treatment for COW
time. This is the case the plaintiffs nresent =.
After the testimony fol the plaintiffs wasout Tho do
iehuan0 moved non-sult on the ground that
plaintiffs own negligence contributed to the in,uru
He drove by on trot and caused collision whom he
should have Stacked his pace and walked The Court
overruled the motion on the ground that nlaint,e
had right to infer that defendant would have tu,n-
ed ont some and given him few inches more of tbe
road Mr.. Gage will open the defence this mornno
Cobb-Miller. Strout & Gage
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-20


New England used to be vigorously shaken
by earthquakes century and more ago.
Wednesday was the anniversary of one of the
"most fearful" according to the old annalists.
1t occurred in 1865.
Jas. Ashbury, owner of the yacht Cambria,
which defeated the Sappho in England last
summer, has sent a note to the New York
Yacht Club challenging all America to yacht
race for the Queens cup, won by the yacht
America in 1851.
A Farmers Convention will be held at Man.
chester, n H., on December goth and 30th.-
Many of the ablest agriculturists in New Eng.
land have been invited and will probably be
present, including DR.. Geo. Loring of Salem,
Hon. Simon Brown of Concord, and Mr..
Charles L. Flint of Boston, Secretary of the
Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, Col
Thomas s. Lang of Vassalboro, Maine, and
Mr.. Tucker of Vermont, known as a success
full stock breeder. ,sr
Mr.. Gladstone tells his friends that he is not
inclined to enter upon the duties of premier
and form his cabinet before Christmas.
The Queen of England has written letter
to King Ferdinand of Portugal, pressing him
to accept the Spanish crown.
The announcement of the seizure at Cincin-
natl of $4,000 worth of English books sup
posed to have been Struggled through from
Canada will probably by followed by the news
of seizures at other leading western cities.
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-20

LIE PUBLIC LANDs.-Thicker than autumn
leaves come the reports of heads of povern.
ment bureaus to their departments. Tber
usually present little that is of intense inter.
est to the general reader. From the very w.
luminous rsport of the Commissioner of the
Laud Office we make the following extracts.
The total area of the public domain. inclnd-
Ing Alaska may be stated in round numbers
At 1900, 100000; total disposed of 100000 600.
leaving undisposed of 400 100000 acres
Ine annual earnings of the American peo-
pc are estimated at $7,500OO00OO, and their
eomMesilc trade at nearly $6,000,OO0,00O a wear.
1ne lano grants of the general government
N aia OF education form the theme of am arti
eie, Illustrating the Importance of nonniar in.
teImgence IN community.
Inc ul1ereot grants of Congress in aid of
pubic SCHOOLS, OF seminarias and colIaoes oo
peoallarY agricultural colleges, are ansir,oJ
and statistics showing the extension oId TO- a.
yelopment OF educational establishments Of
the country from the commencement Of oU or
national existence are given. By the censns
Of 1860 it is shown that in that year onr who'll
number OF educational establishments was
1l3006, with las, 742 teachers, giving instruc-
ton to 5417 $50 pupils, their annual income
being S33,990,482. In the absence of later gen
eral statistics, the latest reports of educational
movements in some of our young Western
cues are cited as illustrations of educational
progress curing the current decade.
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-20
MRS. LINCOLN .
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENs1o

REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.
The report of the Hon. c. G. Cox, Commits
sloner of Pensions, gives the following statis-
tics of the work of his department:
The number of original invalid pensions ad-
mitted during the year was 1926, at an annual
aggregate rate of $685. I'll 20.
Increase of pensions allowed, 1854 at an an
nual aggregate rate of $3.50, 487 %.
The average rate of original pensions grant
ed is S67 81 IL, or 81 So IL less than the pre-.
ceding year.
OF the original applications by widows, or.
phans and other dependent relatives, 1920
were granted, at an annual aggregate rate OF
81 ,910. 202 20.
Increase of pensions under this class, q. O53
at an annual aggregate rate of 81, 725, $3.50.
Whole number OF invalid pensioners borne
upon the rolls on the Both day of June-1S6
74782 who were paid in the aggregate at the
rate of $6,828,025 &c.
Total number of widows, orphans and other
dependent relatives in this class, 92,243, who
were paid in the aggregate at the rate of $12,-
065 068 "a.
The total number OF both classes was 1877
OPS, total annual rate of $18893,O94 20.
Original invalid pensions allowed, 1876, at
was increased 80 at the total annual rate of
1894.
Widows, minors, &c., admitted, PIG, at the
aggregate rate of $26102. Increased r. at the
total annual rate of $4,000.
Total number of Navy Invalid Pensioners
on the rolls at the close of the fiscal year was
1175, at an annual rate of 1914 1888 70, and of
widows, minors, &C., 1443, at $685., 256, making
total of 2618 at 1881 O99 70.
The total amount actually paid to Invalid
Pensioners during the year ending June 80
1868, was 1917 $40, and to widows, &c, $155,04
81.
The total amount of Navy Pensions paid
Was $352,2S3 q.
Prior to the date of the last annual report of
this office the sole surviving soldier Of the
Revolution pensoned under the general laws
had died. Of the two soldiers pensioned by
special acts of Congress Unen upon the rolls,
John Gray of Ohio and Daniel f. Bakema OF
New York, Nancy Serena, widow of Joseph
Serena, OF Pennsylvania, still survives, the
only representative on the rolls Of that class of
Revolutionary widows, married prior to the
close of the war. Of those married prior to
Jan. l, 1894, there are So surviving. Of those
married prior to Jan.1 1800 45, and of those
married since the latter date, 787-making a
total of 1885, Revolutionary widows upon the
rolls, less by 100 than the number returned the
previous year.
There are now upon the rolls 1893 widows
and orphans of soldiers who served in wars
subsequent to the Revolution, and prior to
1S61-an increase of 551 since the last report
The total pensioners of all classes June 80,
1868 was 169,643, paid at the aggregate rate of
$19, 224, 1885.
Pensions granted during the year, 28,921-
The number dropped from the rolls, IA 1872
Number of increase during the yea ,32O29.-
The amount actually paid far pensions, includ-
SO, an excess of 81, 391 025. 50 the previous
wear
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-20

MUNICIPAL WAR DEBTs.-The Commission
ers appointed by the Governor in the act of
ipal war debts, have issued circular to the
municipal officers of the several cities and
towns in the State, informing them that in or
der to establish their claims under the act they
will be required to furnish the commission
with abstracts from the records, showing the
time when, and the authority whereby money
was raised or bonds issued for the payment of
bounties to soldiers; the abstracts should also
contain the names of men furnished for the
military or naval service of the United States,
under the call of the President of July 2, 1862,
and all subsequent calls, specifying which if
practicable, with the term of service of each
man, and the amount paid to EACH Receipts
and all other vouchers pertaining to the pay
ment OF soldiers bounties will also be required,
but it no written vouchers are obtainable,
verbal testimony will be admitted The mu-
nicipal authorities will be notified when to
present their claims. and by having them
properly prepared and presenting them at the
specified time, they will avoid vexatious delays
and incur less expense
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-20
Spanish Executions-A Suggestion for
the Lexisla lure.

the Le2isla lure.
sc. K" who evidently "knows thing or
two" and is neither shocked" nor Surprised"
that we objected to the strangling of Harris,
writes from Brunswick thus: "Your idea
about substituting the guillotine for the usual
American process of hanging by the neck,
land that superstitiously on Friday as an 'un-
lucky day') has led me to a different sugges-
ton of the probable superiority of the garrote,
the operation of which have witnessed in
Spain, to either of the other modes of capital
execution. The process, with my views upon
it, could hardly communicate in prose in any
shorter way than have given it in an unpub-
lished rhyming effusion, threw into the form
of lecture on spanish characteristics, In
oidents and Scenes"
And here is the rhyme:
Another of pastimes at which people play,
And where women and men, if not dogs ''havs
their day."
Is when the law seizes man by the throat,
And may realize to HIM the tull term oarrote
In lieu of The ancient suspension by neck
With drop and swing at the hangman's rough
Inc body suspended betwixt heaven and earth,
For stupidity's gaze. or rude ribaldry's mirth-
platform is built, quite as cozy and nice d.
AS for Orator Bunkum, and Chairman or Vice,
AT Peoples Convention of ms or of outs,
Where parties are pledg'd and "resolved" are all
doubts.
chair, as for shaving, is placed on the stand,
And the convict then seated at word of command:
After briet priestly offices, rendered a ew,
The face by white veil is concealed from the view.
And instead OF the fixing of knot and of moose,
To the neck is attached iron collar and screws;
With one or two turns, apply mace in trice.
death-squeeze is given, as by grip of a vice;
No struggle is seen as the spirit departs
And garrotrng seems truly refinement on arts
Or old execution, with neck on stretch,
AS sanctioned by law, or performed by ".Jack
Ketch;"
While humanity's self might exult thus to alter,
To quiet repose, the death throe of the halter
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-20
"a Standard Remedy"

Such an article is CDR Tobias Venetian Lini-
ment." 1t has stood betor- the public for 21 years.
and has never failed giving satisfaction in single
instance. Every drop of this valuable compound is
mixed by DR. Tobias himself, therefore can always be
relied upon. 1t is warranted superior to any other
for the cure of Chronic Rheumatism, Toothache,
Headache, Sore Throat, Vomiting, Frosted Feet,
Mumps, Crodp Burns Cuts, Sea Sickness. Insect
Stings, Sprans, Cholera, Cholic, Spasms Dysentery
Bruises, Colds, Coughs, Old Sores, Swellings, Pain
in the Limbs, Back and Chest. There is no medicine
in the ''World" that stands more ON its own merits
than the "Venetian Imminent" Thousands of GER
tfcates be at the Doctors Office attesting
to its rare virtues. The great sale for DR.. Tobias
Venetian Liniment, has induced several unprinei-
pied persons to counterfeit this Valuable Remedy;
purchasers cannot be too careful to see that CDR
Tobias Venetian Lnm ent" is stamped the glass,
done up in yellow paper and signed "SI. Tobias, "
All others dangerous counterfeits, and although
they may resemble the Venetian Liniment in color
and smell, beware of them. Sold by all Druggists
and Storeheepers throughout the United States.-
Price so cts and 81 per bottle Depot 10 Park Place.
New York. oc2Seod&eowfm
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-20

The Liberals have not thus far maue sum
gains in the English Parliamentary eieo,ions
as was expected, and'the Tory Journals nave
already begun TO crow Perhaps they are not
out of the woods, but they think they are,
since thew have a ministry that has evinced
nnrnose and a power to hold office against
ANYTHING but very large opposition majority.
If present appearances are not changed by
elections held subsequently-an the English
elections from variety of causes may be ex-
tended over an indefinite period-Disraeli will
be able to hold on for some time yet and per-
haps adhere to his State and Church policy
with success zs 81.
How it happens that the Liberals who conn
IDENTITY expected to increase their majority up
to anywhere from 100 to 120 have lost as many
boroughs as they have gained does not yet APP
pear 1t may be that the voters VINO were en-
franchised by the reform bill of last year have
not vet been brought to realize the value of
the newly acquired power and the necessity
Tor exercising it. 1t may be, too, that the
To les. like our American Tories who are call
ed Democrats, have corrupted and Dough the
ignorant citizens who have not yet been cleo
tors long enough 10 learn independence and
Integrity. The repeated exercise of the fran
chise win correct all that Nothing like bal
lot-box for an educator, and the unsatisfactory
English equivalent for that useful little Won
der worker-for they have no ballot box in
Britain yet-may do something in the course
OF time to purify the ''rotten boroughs."
Much interest was felt on this side of the
Atlantic in the political fate of particular ndi.
viduals Much regret would be felt here, as in
England, at the defeat Of John Stuart Mill
were it not that the fexibility of the British
election system permits another constituency
TO return the candidate rejected at Westmin-
ister Late dispatches contain assurances on
this point that make it certain that the House
of Commons is not to lose the services of the
greatest OF modern speculative philosophers
Nothing is yet heard OF Thomas Hughes who
London constituencies and offered himself to
the obscene borough of Lorme. All good
Americans will pray that /" Tom Brown" is
elected. But if Mill and Hughes are both de.
feated it is some consolation to Americans to
know that Roebuck, Russell and Trollope 90
with them.
Later dispatches contain the untrustworthy
intelligence that on Wednesday Disraeli visit
ed the Queen and placed his resignation in
her hands, on the ground that the election re-
turns show minority support for the present
ministry. II that consideration has weight
with the Premier he ought to have resigned
months ago.
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-20
An ExpIa nation Of Mtnistef Sohhsons


Is there any fatality about the name of john
son or its cognates? With the three Rebel
Generals. the Vice-Presidential nominee on
the ticket with Douglas, afterwards Rebel,
Andrew and Reverdy, all of some variation of
that name, it would almost seem so. But
then, there is "Rare Ben" of pleasant memory,
the learned aud benevolent old bear Sam"
one or two distinguished Union generals, the
stout old soldier that "killed Tecumseh" and
numbers of estimable gentlemen in the circle
OF the personal acquaintance of almost every
body, to contradict the theory. The widest
generalization, therefore, that can be made is
that The johnson, Or tombstone or Jonson that
enters the told of the Democratic party rs
lost. Our minister to e ngland is a strlKlhg
example, We may say "a warming, TO all III
like manner offending He seemed pleasant
gentleman enonch-and tractable. He voted
for the reconstruction laws and gave good din
ners and though his vision was obscured by
hurt gained in practicing with pistol prepar.
atory to fighting duel, it did not iniure his
social or political standing. So the good ma
tured Republicans OF the Senate, Sumner and
all, voted to confirm Democratic Johnsons
nomination Of another Democratic johnson
70 De munster 10 England Immediately upon
his arrival the innate depravity of the man
anneared tn the aston;sbmont and cbaorin of
~ -, -, - mn,
Tue sooa people OF TWO newspapers. Inc
New York Post explains how all this happen
ed in manner that needs the authority of
nothing less than that sober, discreet and eau
tious journal TO give any SORT OF PROBABILITY
to the story The Post saws.
A curious story comes IN ns from WoSb;nc.
ton in referencs 10 tha conrSe Of NJ Parar5,,
Johnson II Is re,otad H. NJ Tohnso rei ~,
ceived when he et ts In%U e. EoaIond
hesdes his General ;nStrnot;nnss rror,, +ha So
retary Of State sneciaI and nr;vata ;nstrnc.
tions tono az poe;d, any is aasortaa tto,
these nrivata orders nrascr;bad 70 tbe Minisiar
the Observation-Disclosures cpnrse he hos Iursnad in
Enoond t,t h. w. 4o1d he t has p,;d
nav %s conrt to the Tor;eSy M, 70 tnr w
frc tha .4o no ,ost " .a thna
nersons Who ike Roebncl Tord Wharucliffe
and T,ird had been the most "onsnicmnns
friends Of fba rebaIs Trom 1871 to 1877. and to
have a. little as nossihIa ~ do with The Tih.
| erals Who vvara tbe Iriands of tba Tn;on cause
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-20
PORTLAND and Vicinity
New Advertisement. .hi. Day.
ENTERTAINMENT COLUMN.

ENTERTAINMENT COLUMN.
City Hall-Petroleum V. Nasty,
Congress St. Meth. Church-Leyee and Festival
City Hahn. L. A. Lecture.
AUCTION COLUMN.
Wooden DwelliDg-E. M. Patten & Co.
Cloaks-E. NJ. Patten & Co.
Beds, Bedding, Gee. M. Patten G. Co.
NEW ADVERTISEMENT COLUMN.
Early Rose Potatoes-Kendall g. Whitney
Patents-Hayden, Mcclellan & Co.
Sweet Apples-Thomes & Berry Bros
Situation Wanted by an Accountant
Stray Cow.
Administrators Notice-Wm. K. Morris.
British and North American Steamships,
North Yarmouth Academy James M. Bates.
Freedom Notice-Lorenzo d. Townsend.
The Ferreograph-Davis
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-20

DIR. lLsLEY's NEW SToRY.-By reference to
our column of business notices it will be seen
that DR.. Ilsley is to furnish the Lewiston
Journal with serial story founded upon facts
that occurred in this vicinity. The well
known popularity of the Doctor as the au-
thor of many pleasing stories is an assurance
that his latest will be among the best of his
productions
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-20

If any lady is in want of an elegant cloak,
we would advise her to just drop in to E. E.
Titles Cloak Rooms, corner Congress and
Brown streets, and there see for herself gar
ments of every pattern and color, and so cheap
that she will thank US for this bit of advice.
We would not forget to say to those in want
of shawls also, that we there saw some of the
most elegant Paisley shawls (both long and
square) ever seen in Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-20

Mr.. DOYLE, the well known clerk at the
American House, Boston, is one OF the great
favorites with the travelling public. His well
known face at the Office is only an ntimation
of the thorough comfort and uniform courtesy
which meets the guest throughout its extern
sve manifestations. %
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-20
Municipal COurs.

JUDUE
THURsDAY.-Stae by William M. Wiswell COM
plainant, v. Alexander Haskell The facts are that
wiswell complained of Haskell for an assault upon
him as follows: Wiswell lost some sash and accused
Haskell of stealing them. Haskell gave him reason
to suppose that he had carried them away and they
might be found on his (Haskel's) premises, Accord
ingly Wswell repaired to the latters barn and
searched. Haskell asked him if he had been upon
the upper loft, and Wiswell said he had. Haskell
asked him what business he had up thereP He then
suggested that the sash might be down in the manure
cellar. Wiswell refused to go down, and finally
Haskell made him leave, and WiswelI says he was
struck and pushed.
The evidence did not sustain the charge and Has
ken was discharged Both parties pleaded their own
naSa