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The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28

Republican Meeting At Lancaster Hall.
There was rousing meeting last evening at
Lancaster Hall. The object of the meeting
was to secure as large delegation as possible
to attend the great meeting in Boston to-day.
Lewis B. Smith, Esq, was chosen to preside.
Major Benson gave an interesting account of
what has already been done. Five hundred
dollars have been sent from Boston to pay
part of the expenses of the excursion. Two
thousand tickets have also been sent by the
Republican Committee of Boston admitting
the bearers to collation. in Faneuil Hall in
the evening after the procession has finished
marching. The best terms possible have been
made with the railroad. N. A. Foster, Esq,
made some remarks, and said there would, un-
doubleday, be the grandest display ever wit.
messed in New England. He urged the Re
publcans to 60 in large numbers, foi most
glorious time is promised. Major Walker was
then called for, and addressed the meeting in a
humorous manner. He called upon all pres
emit who intended to give Boston a bumper to-
night to arise. A large number rose, and the
prospect is that a large delegation will be in
Boston to-day M. A. Blanchard, Esq, also
addressed the meeting, and urged all to go and
join in this great demonstration which, no
doubt, will be the grandest seen for the last
quarter of century in this country. The
Boston Republicans have opened their hands
and their hearts, and he urged the Republic
cans Of Portland to meet them in the same
spirit Of patriotism and generosity. He made
an eloquent appeal to all present to join in this
grand demonstration.
The chairman remarked that arrangements
have been made to get the earliest returns of
the elections next Tuesday, especially from
Connecticut and New York. The returns will
probably be received in City Hall.
The Portland Band was present with its ever
welcome music. L.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28

Grant had as good chance to sell himself
to the enemy as could be desired. If he would
only have spelled negro with two "g's, shat
symbolic act which is typical of the union of
the individual with the Ku-Kluxian element
r. of the American prople-he might have had
. the Democratic nomination for the Presidency
and-been defeated. 1t is little more than a
year ago that the New York World, hoping
that the great captain might forego his preju-
dices in favor of single "g," was writing eulo-
gies of Grant more elaborate and more glowing
than it has ever written of Seymour. 1t is a
little more than year ago that the following
appeared in the columns of the paper that now
declares that Seymour and Blair are not per-
fectly sin accordance with the sympathies of
the great masses of the people:"
But though General Grant has had control
of the War Department for only short time,
rs has been there long enough for the people
to discover what his acceptance temporarily of
IT MEANT THE REFORM OF CORRUP
TON AND ABUSES. 1T MEANT WHAT
GEN. GRANTS ACTS ALWAYS MEAN
A SINCERE DESIRE TO SERVE HIS
COUNTRY Argts, dug. %, 1867.
GEN. GRANT WILL SAVE MILLIONS
UPON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE
TAX PAY ERS IN EXPENSES. - Argus
Aug. 26, 1867.
About the same time in the Washington
County Democratic Convention, George
Walker, one OF the most prominent Democrat
ic politicians in Eastern Maine introduced a
resolution, which was adopted, favoring the
nomination of Grant for the Presidency. In
the columns of the Machias Union, bitter Cop
perhead, there appeared at this time the fol-
lowing editorial remarks:
The loyal heart of the Nation is inclined to-
ward Grant. He is beyond doubt an honest,
tpeH meaning man. He Is in no sense politic-
ian, is free from political corruption and stands
to-day the Representative of the Conservative
political element of the Country.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28
An Appeal non 1Lssisisi,a.
IN hRPc0A IKOA ASuDH8u8s
THhKR HUNDRED UNION MEN MURDERED.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct 19, 1858

THREE HUNDRED UNION MEN MURDERED.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 1e. 1883
TO the Editor Of the Press:
send you to-day few clippings" from our
daily papers, so that you may see now the
Rebel Democracy" treat Union men in Lou.
isiana The intelligent men OF the North have
the remedy in their own hands, if they will
but use it: It's to vote the only true national
ticket-Grant and Colfax. This and this only
will save the whole country from ruin and
complete anarchy.
There is no freedom of speech in this city,
and less still in the country parishes. The
four years war has been lost to these people,
Eight years Of Grant and Colfax may do them
some good. Whoever now votes for Seymour
and Blair or encourages their election, favors
the prosecution of all Union men here. We
have now the records of over three hundred
Union men in this State who have been muir
dered in cold blood, as were Col. Henry Pope
and Valentine Chase. Are the men of the
North going to vote SO as to continue these out
RACES? No one can deny the truth of this
Names and dates are given. Many have been
murdered without shadow Of excuse. The
Ku-Klux-Klan is no myth, but made up of
real bona fde rebels. They hate all Union men
and the negro, who, in all the qualities that go
to make decent man and patriot. is vastly
their superior. The true Rebel though, for
bullying, staggering, shooting in-the-back, has
no equal; the sooner the ground is rid of them
the sooner we shall have peace. The greatest
misfortune that could befal this country would
be the election of Seymour and Blair. The
| Rebel element, if possible, would become more
and more intolerant, and so defiant to all
Union men as to make it perfect He'll to
those who are in favor of the old government
The Democratic party here embrace all the
blatant Rebels, who are as much sworn enc
mics to the government as they were in 1860.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28
THE NASHUA AND ROCHESTER, RAILROAD

THE NASHUA AND ROCHESTER, RAILROAD
The Nashua & Rochester, N. H., Railroad
Company has issued prospectus from which
we make the following extracts that will prove
interesting to Portland readers:
Books are now opened for subscriptions to
the capital stock of this road. 1t is to connect
at Nashua with the Worcester & Nashua, and
at Rochester with the Portland & Rochester
railroads, and when the connection is made it
will furnish an unbrOken line of railroad COM
munication between the cities of Portland and
New York, connecting at Worcester with the
various routes thence to New York and the
West, and at Portland with all the eastern
routes centering in that city.
The amount of New York and Western
business upon these extensive lines, already
very great, will be vastly increased when, as
will undoubtedly be the case at no distant
day, British steamers discharge their passen-
gers and freight at Halifax, and transit is
sought BY rail to New York and other points
west of Boston. All this business must be
done over the Portland, Rochester B Nashua
route. A thread applied 10 the map stretching
from Portland to New York falls almost d.
rectly upon this line in its whole extent from
Rochester to Nashua. No contemplated route
can compete with it in respect to the direct.
ness of its course or the facility of its grades.
And there is now no practical avenue by rail
for the vast amount of travel and transpOrta-
ton between New York and other points west
Of Boston on the one hand, and the State of
Maine and the British Provinces on the other,
except by the circuitous, interrupted and in.
convenient routes across the city of Boston, or
bv the Stony Brook and Lowell & Lawrence
roads.
1t is thus seen that that the Nashua &
Rochester railroad from its position holds the
key of communication between the great rail-
road lines centering at Worcester on the one
hand and at Portland on the other.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28
blood.

1t is pleasant enough, maybe, for hehocraF
ic editors snug and safe in their sanctu"s' W
speak of telegraphic and epistolary accounts VI
tho slaupbter of Southern Radicals and mig
GERS" wberewith the papers have been filled
since the 4th of July, as "fabrications." The
amusemeo OF is rather a sorry one for the VIC
tins A man with his body perforated with
bullets-a hole through his head or his heart
Is mainly in poor condition to receive hu-
morous impressions, and so are his wife and
children.
Whoever doubts the truth of the reports
from the South is fool Boxes containing
dead bodies sent North by express are about as
good evidence as anyone can require even
he is doubtful on the subject after reading the
sulphurous articles in Southern Rebel papers.
Are the murders of Smith and Kirman In
Texas, Kinds in Arkansas, Pope in Louisiana,
and Randolph in South Carolina fabricatOns?
TT an. Lincoln is vet alive and Booth is still
strutting on the stage. Is Camilla fable, and
that last awful slaug liter in Louisiana? Then
all Federal officials are liars and their Rebel
foes are in league with them to deceive the
people.
1t is just as certain as that there was one day
in June a battle at Bunker Hill that the two
crimes of being black and of advocating the
election of Grant cost the Union men of the
South at the very lowest estimate possible
= TWENTY-FIVE LIVES every one of these
October days.
How is this,-shall we decide that it is so
much more a crime to be Republican than to
be Rebel that it shall be regarded as an es-
tablished principle that Rebel may shoot a
Republican at sight?- so much more crime
20 be black than to have served under Lee that
the Confederate may slaughter all the blacks
he can catch within range of his rifle? If they
do not answer these questions in the afirma-
tive, how does it happen then among the thou
1 sands of Copperhesd papers and Copperhead
orators in the country not one has get had q
,oord of euen the naildest reprooch for these
butchers?
To the Democratic press of Maine we put
these questions, and demand frank and mar
ly answer before that last solemn trial at the
polls next Tuesday: Do you doubt that blood
flows in every Southern town in expiration
solely of the offence Of holding Radical senti-
ments? Do you doubt that it is only at the
risk of life that Republican meeting can be
held in most portions of the South? Do you
approve this sort of thing? If not why in
high Heavens name don't you cease your ac-
: cursed groveling, toadying, cowardly, apollo
getic whining about the wrongs and sufferings
of these Rebel murderers, and take up the
cudgels for the men who are killed instead of
for their assassins?
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28

A NEW MODIFICATION of the franchise is agi-
tated by Mr., M. c. Mengis, who has started a
paper in Boston called the "New Era" which
advocates extending the franchise to all young
men between the ages of eighteen and twenty.
one. The movement seems to be of sensa-
tional nature at present, but is not wholly ir-
rational. Mr.. Mengis contends that as young
men of eighteen are required to perform mill
tary service and in Massachusetts, to pay poll
tax they ought to enjoy some of the privileges
Of citizenship. He looks upon the female suf-
frage movement as antagonistic to his own pet
reform, which is certainly grave mistake to
begin with. But the Revolution" falls into
the same error in opposing negro suffrage. 1t
ID not unfrequently the case that reformers
present the most striking examples of bigotry
and illiberality.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28

James A. Milikin, Esq, of Cheryfeld has
been appointed by the Governor, a Commits
sioner under the act eqalizing town debts
An excellent appointment
1t is rumored since the Western Massachu-
sets Railroad refused to take hold of the idle
Boston steamers, Ontario and Erie that another
railroad corporation proposes to do so.
II is stated that the Presidency of Harvard
College has been offered to Rev. DIR. Andrew
P. Peabody, the college preacher, and he is
considering whether to accept it.
Emerson delivered lecture in Boston Mon
day night in which he gave most interesting
account of the "Brook Farm, where with
Parker, Curtis, Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller,
and many others who have since become dis
tinguished, he attempted to carry into practice
the views OF Fourier and the French social
lists.
The friendly Usage Indians are starving on
their reservation in Indian Territory.
The Executive Committee of the Young
Mems Christian Association of the United
States and the British Provinces, pursuant to
resolution adopted at the recent Information
al Convention, has issued circular to the va
Af"SS ~AsS0Si"eAo3 AS4uOSeiAS Guo s6COQU
Sabbath in November be set apart as a day of
prayer for the blessing of the Almighty to rest
upon their work.
Advices from Washington are to the effect
that the government will not approve of the
arrangements for the adjustment of the Ala
bama claims made by Reverdy johnson and
the English minister.
Mayor Bowen of Washington has appointed
Mrs. Jane Boyd, a widow lady, to the office of
commissioner of the first ward, and she be-
comes the first female Office holder in Wash.
ington.
A call has been issued by Gov. Marshall. Of
Minnesota, Gov. Merrill, of Iowa, Gov Fair
child, of Wisconsin, and Gov. Fletcher, of Mis-
souri,, for Convention to assemble at Prairie
du Chen, on the 10th of November, for the
purpose of maturing measures to impress upon
Congress the necessity of making immediate
and sufficient appropriation to secure the i'm
prove ment of the navigation of Fox and Wis
consin rivers, and connecting the. Mi ssissippi
river with Lake Michigan.
1t has been more than four months since
Gen. Rosecrans was confirmed Minister to
Mexico and he has not started for that coun-
try yet. Ministers to.tMexico never do 20
there.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28


A special meeting Of the City Council was
held last evening.
m BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN
An order Was passed instrueting the Street
commissioner to remove at once all obstruc-
ions now remaining in. or upon the passage
way leading from Fore to Franklin street, near
the southerly end OF Chatham street.
An order passed to pay Increase Pote $780,
90 Tor land taken in the extension of Federal
street, and which was enormously awarded to
Jeanette G. Daniels and repeating and revok-
ing the order passed to pay the sum to the said
Jeanette. w ''AS S''-
A communication was received from John
Carr, Esq, City Clerk of Toronto acknowledg-
ing Inc receipt of handsomely bound COPY Of
the mayors address and the City Auditors re.
An order passed instructing the committee
on street lamps to place lamp post in front of
the Episcopal cathedral on State street pro-
vided they consider the same expedient
Petitlon OF i; Y; Gould & ais for sidewalk
on Oeering and high streets, and cross walks in
Deerng street was referred to the Sidewalk
committee. ->
A communication was received from the
School COMMITTEE, reinquishing to the CITY
Council the rooms in the Sixth Ward room
building, recently used for primary school
The report of the committee on LAYING ont
new streets,upon the petition of Charles Rich
ardson, asking for damages caused by the re-
laying out of Pearl street, between Commercial
and Fore streets taking the strip of land ly.
| ing on the south west side of the street. he
longing to him"-that petitioner have leave to
| withdraw-came up,ths Common Council bav.
ing voted to recommit the report. This Board
! voted to insist
| HYDRANTs.
This was lhe special subject for which the
| meeting of the City Council was called
An order was passed in the Board of Mayor
and Alderman, providing for the purchase O
IL additional Lowry by drants for use on Con
| gress street. This order was sent down and a
joint meeting of both Boards was held at which
the subject was discussed at length by the
Mayor, Aldermen Deerng and Gould. and
Councilmen Burgess, Jose, Mari, Dow, Nc
Carthy and Harmon; after which the two
Boards separated.
The Common Council then took the order
from table, laid there at the last meeting, pro
viding TOR the purchase of 30 Lowry hydrants!
Mcclellan post hydrants, j. B. Johnson
hydrants and Boston Machine Co., post by
| drants, and passed it in concurrence.
They then took up the order passed thi
evening in the other Board for the purchase O
10 additional Lowry hydrants for Congress
street, and amended it by inserting that tn,
| Mayor be requested to have it done by ex
| change with the Boston Machine Co. with nv
drants now on hand, if practicable.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur
red in the amendment and thus the vexeG
question was settled, for the present.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28

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It completely eradicates all of the above symptoms
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who had become discouraged with using Snufs and
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by all druggists, and is warranted to any case
ofCatarrh not complicated with other disease. JOHN
F. HENRY successor to Demas Bsrnes.& Co.. q
Park Row, New York, Sole Agent.
Persons sending 50 and history of their case to
DR.. A. s. KENNEDY, Auburn, New York, will re-
ceive his personal attention, and the Remedy, ex-
pressy adapted to their condition, will be sent by
return mail, postage paid. oc13-sNd&w6w
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28

The remark is not unfrequently made that
it is Just as we'll thar impeachment failed"
and that Johnson's fright at his narrow escape
has produced all the good effect that would
have followed his conviction. Perhaps not;
ask the Union men Of the Sonth who can on
ly make public declarations of the faith that
is in them at the risk of their lives The thou
sands of murdered Radicsls who have expia-
ted.the crime of loyalty with their blood would
ifthey had still the power to speak, differ
from our Conservative friends ON this point
Ben. Wade would have made it something
more than an afternoons amusement to shoot
"a brace of nj ggers"
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28
Andy 10 HOratIO.

= The Philadelphia Press says that the follow
ind interesting dispatch recently passed over
the wires from an ex-Aldeman to an ex-Gov-
ernor:
4r0 - WHITE HOUSE, Oct. "a, 1868.
DEAREST HoBATIo:-This minute l learn
from the Hon. Mr.. Pomeroy's invaluable jour-
nal, the only reliable Democratic organ in the
city of New York, that you have actually COM
menced to Saving around the circle" Good
That is the best card played yet! Swing early
Swing fastl Swing often! Swing without
ceasing! Stop swinging, now and then, and
hand out copies of the old Constitution, the
amendments omitted! Carry two flags, and
swing them as you go-the Stars and Bars in
your right hand, and the Stars and Stripes in
your leftl
This vii show that Confederates and Feds,
like the lion and the lamb, is lying down to-
gether, and that little child are leading them.
Was you ever an alderman? If so, in every
place you swing to mention that fact Be
modest, but don't stand on dignity. Dignity's
of no account. Pile it thick on the niger, but
deal gently with our erring Southern brethren.
Don't hurt their pheelings. Treason is odious
enough as it is, and it would do no good to be
trying to make il odiouser. Say nothing agin
the Kuxluxers, but pitch into the bondholders.
Give the latter jesse. Dearest Rash, once
more, swing early, swing fast, swing often,
swing without ceasing!
Your swinging brother,
ANDREW THE FIRST.
Notd Bene.-Blair is swinging round the
tother side of the circle. Perhaps you'll meet.
II 50, give Frank my respects.
WARRINGTON CITY, d. c., Oct. 20, 1868.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28
Attention. Ward Seven.

The Grant and Colfax West End Guards
will meet at their headquarters, in uniform, at
O'Clock, Wednesday morning. for the purpose
of going to Boston. The Continental Band
will report at the same time and place. All
DESTROYS Of participating in this last grand
charge on the enemy's works, will be furnished
with complete uniform if they are on hand
in time. No boys need apply. Ward Seven
Republicans are expected to sustain their high
reputation for numbers, martial appearance
and discipline while on parade.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28
Ward Three.

The Tanners Club of Ward will assemble
at their headquarters at 9 o'clock this WED
nesday) morning, prepared to take the 10 o'clk
train for Boston.
Those having uniforms who are unable to
accompany the Club will leave them at Ward
headquarters at or before that time.
1t is important that every man be on hand
at the time specified.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28

SuRGERY.-In South Hope, on Saturday, DR.
Lamb, of this city, removed a cancer from the
edge of the left eye of Miss s. B. Payson, with
which Miss P. had been severely afflicted for
more than three years, and which had grown
quite rapidly for the last five or six months.
Thelsight was restored, and there is no danger
Of the cancer again returning.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28

The Episcopal prayer-book is to be revised
by special committee of the church, and new
edition published before the next general con.
Vention, in 1871. The Rev. DR.. Haight will be
sae future custodian OF the stereotype plates
Karl g. Weber killed himself in Chicago,
1a;. monday ON the novel ground that his wife
W. ",.neu 70 get divorce from him, and he wish
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28
The Boston Traveller saws.

"Mention is made of resident of waltbam
who has travelled, between that town and Bos-
ton, ON the Fitchburg Railroad, $4,000 miles.
The writer of this paragraph, a resident of
Concord, travelled 100000 miles ON the same
road; 1t was done in about eleven years and a
We know an Express messenger on the Eas-
tern Railroad who has ridden $50, 900 miles in
the past eleven years.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28
Cumberland County Temperance Associ-
alton.

Inc november session of this society will be
held at West Falmouth, on Thursday Nov &
1858. Arrangements are in progress to make
this one of the most interesting meetings of
the Association ever held in the county; and
it is earnestly hoped that every town in the
county will be represented by earnest friends
OF the cause. Now is the time to strike for
temperance and the enforcement of the Pro-
nlotory law, and to show to the world that
Name still stands by her proud record of Pro.
hibition. y,
Inc following earnest speakers have been
invited and are expected to be nresent. Ror
j. E. G. Sawyer and 81. A. shorey of Bath !
A. Bragdon, Kockland, Capt F. s. Deane of
Winterport.
The latch strings of the friends in West Fa,-
mouth will be found on the outside, as usual
on such occasions.
By order of the Executive Committee,
d. F. SMALL, Sec'y.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28

The great trial of strength between the two
political parties is at hand. Where is Eben f
Pillsbury? Where is Charles A. Shaw? Where
is Doctor Garcelon? Why do they not ascend
the rostrum and promise their followers victo-
ry? What has become of the Democratic party
OF Maine, Where are the victories you prom
iSed us9''
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28

THE estimate of Philadelphia paper that
the cowardly abandonment of their candidates
on the eve of battle by some of the most infiu-
entail of the Democratic journals will cause
half a mil ion voters to give their ballots to the
Republican candidates, who would otherwise
have voted for Seymour, is not at all extrava-
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28

COLBY UNIvBRsrrT.-The catalogue of Col
by University formerly Waterville College)
shows that the institution is in a furnishing
condition. The number of students is 81: Sen
Tors, II; Juniors,9 9; Sophomore, IT; Freshmen,
Is. We notice some judicious changes in the
course of study, among which the introduce
ton of elective studies is especially to be COM
mended
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28

LIST OF PATENTS issued to Maine inventors
and bearing date of Oct. 2sth, reported for the
Press by VIM. H. Clifford, Esq, Solicitor o.
American and Foreign Patents, 3O1 IL Con.
gress street:
R. Moody, Monmouth, hold back.
e. A. Sawyer, Portland, dish rack.
G. w. Cahoon, Portland, steam generators
T. =. Coffin, Harrington, hammer.
j. 81. Hassam, Mount Vernon, apple corer.