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The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-12-01

l of n Fruc amaton issued by the President oi
the United stttcr, |, the Acting Guyernor of the
state Of hsvaia. do herehy appoint
Thursday, the 18th day Of November,
A. D. 1869,
As day Of public THANKSGIVING AND
rRalSE.
loot ing tack upon the events Il the year, we
cannot f,il TO be reminded e Il q Supr,mo Rulcrs
great mrrces as well As IT the ms futab ,upss CT
His ways; and whilst We, ~ IN duty hound.
should be thankful tor the open haudejnoss Of
hountul and never falling Providence 1T us
humbly a. knowledge that there has boon given to
rs. by the death ol two of our state officers.
cause # great aud expressing grief
How can this Proclaim ttlun, asking the people
to give thanks fpr the blessings which ilrN hav.
received, b. uttered unless at the same time, W.
attest our gratitude 10 Gud Ef liz having cen
ht to spare We ftm the seyths Il Ills drtHa
servant
The harve.ts which we seek from the sccd and
the rock have bccu good. 1ic 4 soits aud %.
uases have ticldcd rs buuntifaiy a. We coIld rsa-
suurbly expect.
our mincia al resources have continued To sustain
their high character. aud the tolls # the hus-
ban Imam have been reluied
Whilst the earthquake and The food and the
tempest have been visited upon cur beVhbuIs Ia
other States and upn tie people Il adjacent
cuunttip., We have been lflriuu.lS thit ldpl from
such grave mi-trttuups.
1t sauuld excite the mutual rfaiulatiOns uf us
all that the blessings which have btiHllcn ia.
nation, aud which a.e 80 gracefully irflo1 by
President NTaut, have come upon Vut CduuttN and
it, institutions.
These. then are profound r,asons Tor thankful
ness and the earnest ArlIn9Wlpdg mput ~ the
presence ot Almighty God; aud they lend us
irTepres-ible incentives Tor heartily ayardlng 10
the sentiments s,t firth W. the r. e.idcnts rfpc,l.-
nation. And, aetuated by these go t,asons, !
d. cuiuin II upon al citizens 10 attest tlcir sens.
Of dependence upon the great Crentur by riyint
IN the day above designated, Ia tie cliuIth and
a la tItz IL al 4 ~ e tsIfl
and Of their sincerity ~ such professions as Be-.
come collective part of q ciNil cation ard q
people whose mis- iuu Il Is 10 conserve ,ho lI hott
anI beet interests Of humanity.
-. la witness whereof have hcrnuuto sat
t,s / NY hand, and caused 10 hc affixed tht
"''' Grrgt seal Of tie state of Nevada. n,n.
s-y-f at Carson City this .utb day q 'cirbei.
A. u. 1862. JAMES :. StINGENLANp.
Acting Governor uf Nevada.
By the Acting Gov ruuri
G. y. NurrwAEE. secretary # State. "a
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-03

A LONDON STREET Walking fast
er, overturned wretched little creature,
who, ,clutching at the rags of pair OF trousers
with one OF its claws, and at its ragged hair
with the other, pattered with bare feet over
the muddy stones. l stopped to raise and
suceor this poor weeping wretch, and fifty
IKE u, put oil both sexes, were about me 10 a
moment, begging, tutnbling, fighting, clamor-
ing, yelling, shivering in their nak9dness and
hunger. The piece Of moEey had put into
the claw OF the Id had overturned. WAS
clawed out of it, and was again ciawed out of
that woltish gripe. and again out OF that. and
soon had no notion in what part of the or
scene scufie in the mud, Of rags and legs and
arms and dirt the money might be. In rais-
ing the child, l had Drawn it aside out Of the
main thoroughfare, and this took place among
some wooden boardings and barriers and
ruins of demolished buildings, hard by Tem-
pie Bar. Unexpectedly from among them
emerged a genuine police constable, before
whom the dreadful brood dispersed in vari-
Gus directions, he making feints and darts in
this direction and that, and catching nothing
When all were frightened away. he took of
his hat, pulled out a handkerchief from 1t,
wiped his heated brow, and restored the
handkerchief and hat to their plsces, with
the air of man who had discharged a
great moral drty-as indeed be had, in
doing what was set down for him
l looked at him, and l looked
about at the disorderly traces in
the mud, and 1 thought of the drops of
rain and the footprints OF an extinct crea-
ture, hoary ages upon ages old, that geolo-
gists have identified on the face OF clIf;
and this speculation came over me: If this
mud could petrify at this moment, and could
lie concealed here for ten thousand years,
wonder whether the race of men then to be
nj IN nro I.o Il
or any marks, by the utmost force OF the hu-
man intellect, unassisted by tradition, deduce
such an as oundmg inference as the polished
state of society that bore with the public
savagery of neglected children in the streets
OF its capital city, and was proud Of its pow
er BY sea and land and never used its power
to seize and save them.--Charles Dickens.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-03

Samuel Miller, the richest man in Virginia,
died at his home near Lynchburg, on Satur-
day. He was the architect OF his cwn fortune,
man of remarkable comprehension Of COM
mercial affairs, and though living in seclusion
on his farm, operated in all the great centres OF
trade. The war greatly impaired his estate
yet as it is, his wealth is estimated at three
millions of dollars. 1t is not known how this
has been disposed of in his will, but $4,000 in
securities was left as an endowment for a ie-
male orphan asylum in Lynchburg, and $780,
600 as fund for Chair of Agriculture at the
University of Virginia at Charlottesville.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-03
ernss $500 pei, amman, In adranee.


A BOSTON GENTLEMAN bought a turkey
recently in which he found the Collowin.
verses inclosed in note:
This Turkey, you see, Is as fat as butter,
You mly hunt the world over you'll and M hnt..-
And for this 1 will be plain, S's'ei-
win YOU address L. NJ. Fletcher, Madison, Maine.
The turkey proved to be so very superior
that the young folks of the family returned
the following reply to the above address:
Your turkey. cooked on Tuesday last,
Gave US very fine repast.
Perhaps we liza ed 1t all the better
From finding in it your kind letter.
All that waS LETT upon .he platter
Two hungry lovers ate forsupp- r.
Who came through mud fro Boston city
To taste the subject OF your dtty.
If you should ever kill another,
Send 1t the same way as IT'S 0rother,
And we'll engage with cranberry "sass'
To eatit all at koxbury, Mass.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-03
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dissolution of Copartnership!
OF -
DRs. FOSTER & WEEKS.

TIE partnership heretofore existing between
4 Drs. 7. A. Foster and S III. Weeks Is This da,
dissolved BY mutual consent Those having re-
ceived medical services by DIR. Foster will settle
witn MN and those having received medical ser
Dr. Weeks has removed to the United State Ho.
tel, entrance on Congress st. Dr. Foster remains al
the old stand, No Brown st. apr2dlw*
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-03
Established June 30, 1862.

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every day, SUNDAY excertedl at No. / Printers
Exchange, Exchange Street, Portland.
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THE MAINE STATE PRESS, is published ct the
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paid In advance $500 year.
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Insertion and 25 cents per square for each subse-
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PREss" (which has large circulation In every part
OF STATED for $l00 per square for first insertion
and 50 cents per square ior each subsequent inser
ton.
az Address all communications to publishers of
the Press"
JOSEPH W. AKERS
ls Travelling Agent for the PRESS, Daily andweekly,
ana rs authorized to appoint local Agents. receive
inscriptions and to settle bills.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-03
Property AbrOa d.

Il LII persons claiming property abroad should
"A caH on, or address the undersigned, who has
claims in Europe for the last 10 years. No charge
for Information or examination OF documents
L. K. BANNING,
65 Exchange st., Portland, Me-
H-Wills searched and copies procured. RarSdin
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-03
Mrs. G. ID. IMkesbak2.u

WILL give her attention to a few scholars on the
w Piano Forte Cabinet Organ, and Meodeon.
Refsrences-Prof. w. K. Eminger, o. ganist at
State street Church.
orders may be LETT at Paine's Music Store.
Residence corner OF Newbury st., and Fremont
Place. 80 Ds mrS1d2w*t tt
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-03
" O TT r..

Carpet Beating Done at short Notice
WE, the undersigned are prepared to take al
w Carpets and free them from dust. al reasona.
BILE rates; and also guarantee TO give COOL salts
faction. All persons desirous OF having their car
nets beat can leave their orders at G. G. Tolm ans
nnder Lancaster Hall, 20 Market Square, wher
'"'' VIM. W. RUBY,
apr2d1m d. =. Ruby.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-03
Billiard Tables for Sale.

ENok SALE-Eight good Billiard Tables-thres
-, neaIis new. Can be seen at Mechanics dali.
thsr particulars inquire at ~ ',s.
aisdtf 81 COMMERCIAL sThRRT.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-03

We invite the attention of both City and
Country readers to the following list Of Port
land BUSINESS HOUSES, which are among
the most reliable establishments in the City.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-03
watches, JeweIry, sc

j. AMBROSE MERRILL. No. 1ss Middle Street.
J.w &H. H. McDUFFEE,cor. Middle & Union SITS
c. W. wlNGATE, Nos. lit and 1ls Middle Street.
EDWARD C. SWEET, n Middle St, Fox Block.
#. F. HILL, No. 81 Federal Street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-30
The Progress Of British Reform.

IL was the opinion Of many that the Irish
Church BILL introduced and passed into law by
Mr.. Gladstone, although, in itself considered a
just and necessary reform measure, would not
have the intended effect of conciliating and
pacifying the Irish people. The march of
events has proved that such opinion was well
founded. Mr.. Gladstone had scarcely got
over the toll and anxiety Of his Irish Church
bill when he found ii necessary to grid himself
for task still more onerous. The land
tenure system of Ireland is to be Mr.. Glad
stones next work We have faith in Mr.
Gladstone to the extent of saying that if life
and health are granted him he will carry
through for Ireland Land Tenure bill which,
while it will be just to all, will remove all
occasion of dsaffection with the imperial gov
eminent That Ireland has suffered we
admit; but that the present government of
Great Britain has resolutely set itself to the
removal Of all grievances no honest and well
informed man will deny. In the matter
of religion all has been done that
can be done In the matter OF tenant
right all has been promised that can be
promised, and what is promised will be per-
formed Mr.. Gladstone has been the best
friend that Ireland has ever had. lie has
devoted specially to Ireland one entire session;
he promises to devote another yet Ireland is
dissatisfied, and Mr. Gladstone, because he
will not open, or dare not open, the prison
doors and allow every Fenian to escape the
ends of justice, is the best abused man in the
Queens dominions If any man had ever
just cause to complain Of ingrattude the
present Prime Minister Of Great Britain Is that
man. The present state Of things in Ireland
gives us reason to believe that the next session
of Parliament will be stormy
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-30
valley

THR DANUBIAN PERSONALITIES. The gene
raj course of events in the Danubian Princi-
palites for many years has been series OF
revolutions and disturbances The prevailing
feeling seems to be discomfort, not only among
themselves, as proved by the late murder Of
Prince Michel, but also towards the govern
ments to which they are respectively attached.
The recent visit Of Prince Charles of Roumania
to various European Courts has also doubtless
something to do with this question, and il wa
can credit reports Prussia and Russia espe-
cially are not disinterested lockers on. The
territory is rich not only as one of the great
granaries from which Europe draws her sup
plies, but also in mineral wealth. Moreover,
the mouth of the Danube is an important
point, and therefore not likely to be reln-
pushed without struggle. The people are
brave and warke, but not sufficiently powerful
or united to shake off the foreign yoke and
declare their own independence. The late
outbreaks, however, have brought about
crisis, and we are informed that Austria and
Turkey have arrived at an understanding to
mutually suppress all attempts at instruction.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-30

finally Mr.. George II. Pendleton has be-
CO me railroad president. Are railroad presi-
1encies and analogous places recognized as
invalid retreats for crippled politicians
retirements for party leaders and agitators
more or less defunct? Are they the party
pigeon holes? 1t would seem so. Here is
Pendeton thrust into one. Mcclellan, his
sometime associate on Presidential ticket,
was long since slowed into berth of the same
sort. General Joe Johnston, distinguished
for his efforts in the same cause that Pendle-
ton has illuminated with his eloquenoe, was
laid aside in the same way, and so have
been Beauregard, Forrest aud some other
Southern heroes. We are glad that the
abilities Of men much above the average are
utilized for society in this practical way, and
we are sure that thus the men we refer to are
likely to be turned to much better account
than in any other way. But is there any Of
the jeff Davis strategy in til 1t is thought
by all men who take long headed views of
things that the railroad interest is to control
to great degree our political future. Are the
great men Of the sore headed party now
posted with view to that future, just as JEFF
Davis, when Secretary of War, posted our
army with view to the revolt
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-30
MIR. S0yvnrd i'm NIexicO.

Our latest correspondence from the city OF
Mexico indicates that the preparations for
the reception of the venerable Sage of Au-
burn were Of a most elaborate character.
The Juarez government evidently have not
forgotten Mr.. Stewards course during the
dark days of the republic, when imperialism
threatened to obliterate the free institutions OF
Mexico II was well for tho Juarez govern
ment that Mr.. Seward occupied the position OF
Secretary Of State at the time he did. This
country at the time had its own difficulty to
settle A great civil war was raging. Men
and means were wanted at home, and few could
be spared outside of tho republic, no matter
how the sympathies of the American people
we're enlisted in the troubles Of their neigh
bors Louis Napoleon, seeing this, took adyan-
tage of the situation, and, with the aid OF
French bayonets, he attempted to place an
Austrian archduke Ia the halls Of the Monte
zumas and establish an empire on the ruins
Of the Mexican republic. He calculated that
the United States could not send an army to
aid the Mexicans against European encroach-
ments but he did not properly estimate
the influence which tho willy Seward could
exercise with his pen and tongue.
Seward knew this, aud set to work
to drive the French from Mexico without It
costing the United States either men or
money. This was big undertaking but
Seward essaved tho taak, He commenced. aud
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-30
Mutiny Among the Demonstration Stem.
house.

1t is reported from Salt Lake City that
mutiny in the Mormon camp has become SO
rampant that the convocation of the elders
have felt it necessary to make examples of
number of dangerous heretics by excommuni
cation, and that Mr.. Stenhouse, editor and pro-
the communicated. If this news is true it
is very significant; for Stenhouse's paper has
heretofore been the Moniteur, the official organ,
of Brigham Young. If there is to be, how
ever, general break up of Mormondom in
Utah, we have no fears Of Stenhouse. He is
smart Industrious, enterprising man, and will
be able to save himself from the wreck. Some
eight or ten years ago he was reporter on
the New YORK HERALD but he wanted to be
a Mormon, and so he set ont for the Promised
Land Of Utah, with wife and five young
children, saying he would get there if he
had to take the little ones in hand cart.
And he did get there, though he was
compelled, with his wife, to wheel three OF
his children, of six weeks, two and four
years old, eight hundred miles over the
idiHS anu hoChy MouHSaiHs III HaHu CART
Thus safely landed in the Mormon Zion, Stem
house lost no time in setting up newspaper,
and from that day to this he has prospered
like green bay tree. He has made fortune,
and has increased his household to nine wives
and a whole flock of children. His eldest
daughter is one of the wives of Joseph Young,
Brigham's eldest son. Stenhouse has made a
trip to New York on business every year or
two, and he always calls to report progress at
the HERALD Office. On his latest call last
summer he was full of the Pacific Railroad
and its advantages to ''the Saints and has
always been great admirer of the executive
abilities and sagacity of president Young"
Barring his polygamy, which is Brighams,
Stenhouse is a good man, and has those quail
ties which would stamp him as man of infu-
ence and gentleman anywhere. In this view
we are inclined to the opinion that he has not
been accommodated, or that, if he has been,
Brigham Young has upset or will reverse the
judgment Of the elders Hepworth Dixon, in
his late work entitled ''New America" speaks
of the editor and elder Stenhouse as one of the
most intelligent and useful men in Salt Lake
valley.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-30
Canadian COnsOlidation-Our Northwestern

Canadian COnsolidation-Our Northwestern
Frontier.
Tia ~T.;-s nf tho New nouiuiuu appear to
be looming into importance, both at home and
abroad. Our kilograms from Ottawa inform
us that the Cabinet has been reconstructed
after slight ministerial crisis, matter Of
very great interest to the provincial politicians
and placemen, but in reality of slight conse-
quence to any one else. Quebec, New Bruins
wick and Nova Scotia have all got plenty Of
places. There is premier and ministers and
secretaries as usual, and with all the old fami-
liar names. Canada is not very productive In
the matter Of statesmen Earl Granville Colo
NAL Secretary, has forwarded despatch from
Downing street, London, to the Canadians. The
Earl wants the colonists to look to the north
west and confederate British Columbia with
the territory of the Dominion. The de-
spatch of Earl Granville would be OF con-
sequence for the consideration of the United
States government, were it not for the facts
that the people of British Columbia do not
wish to be confederated that the Canadians
do not possess the official talent requisite to
insure such q consummation, and that the
position assumed many years since by the late
Lieutenant General Scott on the subject Of the
San Juan Island possession and the navigation
Of the Haro channel will always render such
movement Objectionable to the American
people living under our flag. Earl Granville
looks to the establishment of "British line Of
communication between the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans, and the founding Of what he
terms ''San Francisco OF British North
America" Of which, perhaps, in our anticipa-
ton, Prince Arthur may become the king, and
that at day not very far distant. This matter
requires very serious and early attention on
this side the line.
BY the Atlantic cable we learn that most
estimabe lady philanthropist is about to set
sail from England with ship load OF female
emigrants for Canada. Here is just the casual
fortunate point of naturalization Of Earl Gran
ville's North American diplomacy; for Prcsi-
dent Grant has merely to give the wink to
some of the gallant Irish veterans In New York
and "of they go" to Canada, annex the whole
territory, marry every one of the emigrants,
and bring the whole lot, politically and with
his EARN around her waist, after the fashion
Of Rory O'More, into the Union before his
lordship has had time to receive the executive
reply OF Premier Mcdonald, unless he trans
mits it by the cable, and even on "that line" an
Irishman running for wife may be too quick
and full of electricity for him. Canada is in
danger again.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-30
The Steamboat Calamity on tho M,ssis-
sippi.

The Mississippi river has added another TO
the innumerable horrors which from time to
time it has been the terrible scene. The late
disaster-the burning of the steamer Stone
wall on Thursday-was perhaps the most fatal
in results, as well as the most horrible in its
details, which has been recorded for many q
day Out Of two hundred and fifty people on
board that unfortunate boat only about thirty
eight are positively known to be saved The
rest met an awful DEATH either by fire or
drowning. There appears to be no doubt
about the cause OF the confagration. Some
deck passengers were playing cards, and the
candle communicated with the hay which
formed large part of the cargo, and in an
incredibly short space Of time the whole boat
was in flames, and the terrified passengers
were rushing for safety into the turbid stream
to escape death in one shape only to meet it in
another but less cruel one. Any chances of
escape by the ordinary means Of boats aud
life preservers there were none, for there was
but one small boat on board. and, as far as we
know there were no life preservers at all.
With the recklessness which prevails on the
Mississippi steamboats,, the most reckless
mode of travel of all the loose and dangerous
systems for which this country is proyerbial,
the safety Of human life was the last thing
thought Of When we consider that the steam
coat was only two hundred yards from the
shore, and was beached in six feet of water at
the time when the direst scenes OF the tragedy
occurred, we can readily imagine how the
presence of any appliances for safety might
have mitigated the extent Of the calamity. But
there were none. Travel on the Mississippi is
the same to-day that it was twenty years ago
trap for the unfortunate traveller, for whom
the chances Of life and death are dependent
upon rough, ill-disciplined crowd of deck
hands and corps of Indifferent officers with
out one drop Of the milk of human kindness
in their composition.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-30
Tho Paraguayan Mission and General
McNImhOn.

There seems at present better disposition
in Washington with regard to our recent Min
lister at Paraguay than we had to notice some
time since. General Mcmahon was recalled at
time when it was rule with the admins
tration to consider that every man who had been
appointed by President johnson must neces-
sarily be corrupt. He was recalled also by
that indelicate Secretary of State whose
prime view Of our foreign policy was that we
should sustain any and every position taken by
any member of the Washbnrne family. As a
member of the Washburne family had distin-
guished himself for his atrabiious hostility to
Lopez, therefore any minister who ventured
not to quarrel with Lopez, and to fnd in him
ruler no worse than many others, was not to
be tolerated for moment. The country is not
prepared to accept the Washburne policy
and if President Grant insists upon his anti
Johnson rule of selection he will in this case
apply it to a gentleman of pure life and high
character, and to soldier who has rendered
distinguished service that ought to be remem-
bered as part of the history OF the achieve
ments. Of General Sedgwick, of whose staff
General Mcmahon was an esteemed member.