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II "a Great BZessSssg.''

From Rev. L. F. WARD, Avon, Lorraine Co., o.
Msssrs srRoEa 8 ARMSTRONG, Druggists, Cleve-
Gentlemen II gives me great pleasure to state
that my wife has derived great benefit from the use
OF Goes Dyspepsia Cure. She has been for q num-
per years greatly troubled with Dyspepsia accom-
panied with violent paroxysms of constipation which
80 prostrated her that she was all the while, Tor
months unable to do anything She took at your in
stance, Eoes Dyspepsia Cure, and has derived
GREAT BENEFIT FROM TT, and is now com
paratively well. She regards this medicine as q
Jan %, 1868. L,F. WARD.
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Al whe have committed an excess OF any KIND
whether it be the solitary vice OF youth or the sting
ng febuke OF misplaced confidence IN rn9turer years.
SEEK FOR An ANTIDoTE IN sEASoN. -,
The Pains and Aches, and Lassitude and Nervous
-Rrnafrafian that nsy follow Impure COTTON,
are the Barometer to the whole system.
Do not wait for the contamination that is sure to fol-
low; do not wait for Unsightly Ulcers. for
Disabled Limbs, for Loss CT Beauty
md III ~<for,
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Notice of Foreclosure.

WHEREAS, James A. Kicker, by mortgage dat
mortgaged to me the following described real estate
situate near Woodford's Corner, in Westbrook, IN
the County of Cumberland, and bounded as follows,
to wit: westerly by High street, northerly by land
ofChandler Rsckef. or contemplated street east
erly by land Of said Racket and southerly by land
of George X. Kimba and Others being the same des-
cribed in the deeds of said Rackef to- said Kicker
one dated May IS, 1857 and recorded in Cumberland
Registry ofDeeds, book 351, page $685. and the other
dated July % 1867, and recorded in said Registry
book 35i, page ASS, to which records reference IS
made; ana whereas, the condition Of said mortgage
has been broken, hereby give notice that by reason
thereof clama foreclosu e of said mortgage.
June 2S, 1860. SAMUEL r. HOPKINS,
w3w 26 N tfsfk M
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GRAND TRUNK RAIL WAY
w issslm OF CANADA.
Alteration of Trains.
sTr.F5ER ARRANaEsfENT.

Ez5au On and after Monday, June 2ist,
@XXX Trains will run as follows:
Express Train TOR Danville Junction, Gorham and
Island Pond, connecting with train for Quebec and
Montreal at ITO A M.
Express Train for Gorham, at Ito P NJ
N0TE-This Train will only stop at Danvil1e juno
ton, South Paris, Bethel, and Gorham.
Mail Train (stopping at all statons) for Island
Pond connecting with night mail train for Quebec,
Montreal and the West, at 1.S5 NJ.
Passenger Train stopping at all stations) for Cor
ham at $50 NJ.
Passenger trains viii arrive as follows:
From Montreal, Quebec GOrham and Lewiston, at
SLOAN.
From Gorham and Bangor at210P
From Montreal, Quebec and Gorham, at $40 NJ.
From 9orham and South Paris, 52oP.M.
- Sleeping Cars on all night Trains.
a che Company are not responsible Tor baxxars 10
any amount exceeding $50 In value land that persor-
s unless notice Is given, and paid tor al the rate
one passenger for every $500 additional value.
ra ~ G. y BRXDGES, AaHagiMG D8ssicr.
q, BAILEY, Local Superintendent.
Portland, June IS 1863. dif
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aa FALL RITER LINE,
Or New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
ington, and all the principal points
West, South and Southwest,

For New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, W ASH
ington, and all the principal points
saf West, South and South West
Via Taunton, Fall River and Newport.
Cabin, $500; Deck $500. Baggage checked
through and transferred in N Y free Of charge.
New York trains leave the Old Colony and New
port Railway Depot, corner OF South and Kneeland
streets daily, Sundays excepted follows: at
the regular Steamboat Train, which leaves Boston
at $50 P NJ, connecting at Newport with the
new and magnificent steamers PRovIDEEcE Capt.
These steamers are the fastest and most reliable
boats the Sound built expressly tor speed safety
and comfort This line connects with all the South
ern Boats and Railroad Lines from New York going
West and South, and convenient to the California
Steamers.
s'To shippers Of Frcighi., this Line, with
its new and extensive depht accommodations inBos-
tom and large pier in New York, Exclusively for the
business OF the Line is supplied with facilities tor
freight and passenger business which cannot bo
passed. Freight always taken at low rates and for
New York Express Train leaves Boston at i.sO P
M; goods arrive in New York next morning about 6
A NJ. Freight leaving New York reaches Boston on
the following day at 9.45 A M.
For tickets, berths and staterooms, apply at the
company's Office at No Old State House, corner OF
Washington and State streets and at Old Colony and
Newport Railroad Depot, corner Of South and Knee
land streets, Boston. Ell
.sss SUNDAY NIGHT LINE.
Cars leave every Sunday Evening, at $50 r. M +,
The ONCE, Old State House, will be open every
Sunday afternoon from to O'Clock, and at the De-
pot, from to 10 A N, and from to ESQ p M, Tor
sale OF tickets and staterUoms. .t.s s.t 80
ed) from Pier IS Worth River, loot Of Murray
st, at 500 p N.
GEO. SHIvERIcK, Passenger and Freight Agent.
JAMES FISK, Jk., N.
Managing Director Narragansett Steamship Co.
May 15-d1yr ~ .-7 -l s-t
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Amongst the many Testimonials in
our possession, we have only
Re room for the following:

,.u New HAVEN, CT., Oct IT, 1866.
M3ssrs G. G. CLARK & Co, -
Gentlemen IL feel it is a duty and pleasura IN
give you the benefit OF my experience in the use of
Goes Cough Balsam. From taking heavy cold. /
was taken down with an attack of CONGESTION
OF the lungs, and continued to fail, under the best
medical care, until was given up, by competent
medical authority, to die There seemed nothing but
strahgulation and death before me. was told
that further medical attendance and medicine was
useless. and was resigned 10 death, when friend,
VINO nad pesn greatly benefited by using the Bal
with the doctor and medicine. thoug t it helred
me, and continued taking the medicine, and con-
tinued to improve until my cough stopped, and nv
lungs healed and got we'll / used ten bottles. re-
main, gents, with great respect,
Your ob't serv't, JOHN WELLS
2o9 Washington ST. New Haven, CT. Z
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Valuable Real Estate al Auction,


pURsUANT folicense from the Judge Of Pro,,...
the undersigned Will offer at PUBLIC AucTIn.Ss'
previously disposed OF at private sael az ne
lac nesoenee Of WfLEAm and RICHARD M.
wEg5, N Casco. on Wednesday, the sixth dav Of
Tcsooer next At ten O'clock 81 al the interest be-
,1nkins ~ me estate OF the said William and ri M
lowing SesepbeS Or seeyeray consisting ofthe fol-
~, tne h0Messedd OF said VIM and I, NJ xx.hh -
Weop' Mills, carriage Mun,vdcto-,, ts vyvs -
e9piea oY r. M. ~ebb including WIZ Y, .oin ~
machinery Hopse and Lot at Webs e & 1.orer ana
~ ~ ne ROBINS House FL ~ acres Of land nnown
an m IKE ssy LSt acres diG Hpov a.
hpnrdsm Edsodrds lot, Twenty acres Of The " the
nay sot Twenty acres Of the Hay Meodo,o II ia
lMelve acres known as the James Winsiosr 1,cs
W acIes Aoa1taia sot owned in common with j.
iU2ngng 10 the estate of NJ Webb exclnslve w. !.
Ho,sss ana lot at Webbs Mills known as the adams
mouse ana Barn AM lot known as the Tosenb
IN place Also one-half Of the Prince Strcpnt
-o 10 owned In common with William Duran'
a $50 the following parcel of Land beIoncino 70 ar
t aee o. VIM Webb exclusively living west .S t ti
sown road Leading from Webbs Mills to Ta the
SAMUEL s. BROWN. eHe
ia fG7 aaE& Aum z Of the Estate of RI M. Webb
go. s{.,, JOHN WEBB, w. "eDp'
wsbh,. ntu,. Executor of the WIN o. W., xU.,,
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Norfolk and Baltimore Steamshi !, Line.

Steamships of this Line sail from end
u Baltimore. Sieamships:- 'tf
George Appold," Capt. Solomon Ho,ces. -t
"IYilliam Kennedy" Capt. J. q. Parker, Jr. ~.
"AcCzeiian," CAPT. Frank N. Hotces. rs
Freight forwarded from NORFOLK to Petersburg and
Richmond, by river or rail and by the IA. Tenn.
Air Line to all points in Virg,nio, Tennessee Ata-
bama and Georgia; and over the Sea6oa,d and Roa-
noke r. r TO ali points in North and South Carolina
by the Bait. Ohio r. r. to Washington and ali
places Vest s.
Through rates given to South and West. ~
Fine Passenger acco odati0ns. s.l ~
y Fare including Berth ana Meals $1,000; time to
Norfolk, As hours. 10 Baltimore Go hours, sH'
For further Information apply to - ~ sF
z. SAMPSON, Agent, SOD
may4d3m 53 Central Wharf, Boston.
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III. N. p. Iass. Comply.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Directors Of the
IN Maine Mutual Fire Insurance Company, have
made an Assessment upon the covenants OF the Sec
ond Class OF said Company. Each member is re-
quested to pay his proportion thereof to me- at Cor
ham, within thirty days from this dete. 90
DANIEL @. EMERY, Collector.
GOrham. June IA 1862 ie16w3w24
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DOdd's
Nervine
.ii.''' Z :. Did It.

New London, Conn, April 26, 1862
Remembered Frend-I thought Ii well to wait an
other week before writing, to see IL continued to
improve, as have been doing for some time under
the treatment OF the new medicine, and am happy
70 tell you that am getting betfer-eyen faster
than when you were here. / commenced the use OF
poDD's NERvIsE withoutany body advising me TO
II. When began with Il could only walk from
pain in the head and has lasted over three years-
All the medicine have heretofore taken has failed
to give me relef. am now able to 20 up and down
stairs, and dali ' improving. consider The NeR-
VINE the best medicine have ever found, and shall
continue Its use, tor am confident of entire retov-
cry. 1 nave taken only three bottles and would not
be without 1t on any account
Jel3dswt Very truly, Mrs. L s. MUTE.
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P0RTLAkD&R OCHESTERR.R
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT,

1aasssl On and after Monday, May Sd, 1860,
42&SE trains VIII run follows:
assenger train leave Portlan daily rs undays ex-
A. NJ, 200 and 0.15 r. A.
Leave Alfred Tor Portland q 7.s0 An, and p NJ.
Through freight trains with passenger ear attach
Cd leave Portland atl2.i5 A NJ.
Stages connect as follows:
At Gotham for South Windham. Winiham Hin
and North Windham, West Iiorhain Siandi-h. sleen
nalls Baldwin, Denmark. sebag8, Bridgfon, Lowell
hiram, broNnneld, fryebare. Conway, nartlefi
ison and Eaton n, daily
Al Buxton Center, for Vast Huxfon, Benny Eakl L.
sonth Lamlng zion, I1mingsn, aallv.
At Center WafcrborouEh f1r lInarfok Nawasfa
farsonsaold and Ossipec, da'ls
Al Alfred Tor sprlngsals and sanford Corner.
...na. 80. Sko, W. WOODBURY., sur.
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-sBy OHMAHHy AGBSKHcECEs
Young men troubled with emissions In sleep-a
complaint generally the result of bad habit in
youth, treated scientifically and perfect cure war
ranted or no charge made. =
Hardly q day passes but we are consulted by one on
more young men with the above disease. some Of
whom are Is weak and emaciated as though they had
the consumption and by their friends are supposed to
have 1t. ALI auoh cases yield to the proper and only
correct course OF treatment, and In short time are
made to rejoice In perfect health
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Hard Colds and co,tans

Yield at once to steady.use Of this great remedy
y VIII succeed in giving relief when all other RENE
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White PiQete and Brilliant
At Less than Cost,
ap2stf = si.ss Al 800 Congresss

A LII KINDS OF BOOK AND JOB PRINTING
A neatly and cheaply done at this office.
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Mills and Wafcr-Power DOR Sale.

A I Rock City Falls n. r.. miles from sarafoea
"a and Balstcn. Good Saw-mii, Plnner, Cislsr-
min, Wagon shop Black snlta shop aud large buld-
ing lot al ior $3.50 or divided 10 suit. 7
AisQi very desirable unimprovsd waferpowsr
JUS above me- and below tive extensive pspnr-mflln
stream ample and durable. The KayaaerosseFnsl
which supplies 80 many other mills Blood's scyfhe
and Tool works and the factories aud mills at Balls
ton. 4
$500 for first privilege. rsservlng surplus water
and one side Tor second power. Terms accoDmo-
dating.
Rcek CITY Fails. Saratoga Co.. NY.
ie12-dIaw&Wfms
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Soreness of the Throat. Chest and
Lssngs!

= Do not delay procuring and Immediately taking
Goes Cough Balsam. when troubled with any of the
above named difficulties They are all premonitory
symptoms OF Consumption, and II not arrested wifi
shadows from which none can ever return.
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Ayers Cathartic Pills,
For all the purposes of Laxative
Medicine. .ts.s sHtstlE

@1 VIC P1bo1o@ u - AmAsAso
q Perhaps no one medi-
" cine Is 50 universally re-
N quired by everybody as
4+1 cathaftic, nor was ever
Unwz<K any before so universal
Nz ~ adopted into use, in
u. eyerycountry and among
- S. all classes, as this mild
~ 81 yHlW@T# but efficient purgafiye
~ PHI. The obvious rea-
49, son Is, that il Is amore re-
<@1<--ssS liable and far more edec-
tual remedy than any
other. Those who have
tried II, know that It cured them; those who have
and all know that what It does once Il does always
that 1t never Calls through any fault or neglected.
its congestion: We have thousands upon thou
following complaints, but such cures are known In
every neighborh0od, and we need not publish them,
70 Soa u al
they may be taken with safety by anybody. Their
sugar coating preserves them ever fresh and makes
them pleasant to take, while being purely vegetable
They operate by their powerful influence On the
internal vscera to purify the blood and stimulate it
into healthy remove the distractions Of the
stomach, bowels, liver, and other organs of the
body, restoring their irregular action to health and
by correcting, wherever they exist, such derange-
nn ~ a diSe sss nrss a Gfg OF II as
the box, for the following complaints, which these
PtLLs rapidly cure - ss. = X s.s4
ness, IsnrIcr and Loss 81 An5etit ssl tbev
should be taken moderately to stimulate the stom.
ach and restore its healthy tone and action.
toms, Bilious Headache, Sick Headac1he
Jaundice or Green Sickness, Bilious
Collie and billions Fevern, they should be ju.
action or remove the distractions which cause IL
For Dysentery or Diarrh0ea, but one mild
dose is generally required.
For Rheumatism, GOut, Gravel, PaIpi-
fafiOm of the IIRArt. Pain IN tho sta
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The Appetite for Tobacco
W DESTROYED. II
Leave OF Chewing and smoking she Pois-
onous Weed, Tobacco.
OrtOn's Preparation.
a@s KsTABLIsHKD 1850.

One Box Warranted to destroy the appetite
for Tobacco In any person without injury to the
Health. H 1t fails - i'm any case the
money will be Refuu ded. Average time ia
ken to alay all desire or "hankering" or Tobac-
co, Five Days s7sHe s
~ $4,000 boxes have been sold. Every
box has been warranted to Cure, or the
Money Refunded! sf
sOne Thousand Dollars will be paid
for amy case which this Preparation has
failed TO cure.
Recommendations.
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;. NEW YORK. BOSTON.
Abernethy e. Co. Whitten Burdeft A
Collins, Plummer & Co. Young.
Carhart, Whtford & Co. Miner, Beal & Co. b
James Wilde, Jr. & Co. G. W. Freeland, Beard &
Devlin a. Co. Co. I :
Brokaw Bros. CINCINNATI
BROOKS Bros: Lockwood Bros. & Co. y
a Co. .fE "a. Albany n "
A. Raymond. Davis Graft a Wison. al
Kludskof Bros. q Co. PITTSBURGH. pa
Kirkland, Babcock q Stein Bros.
Bronson. TROY n "
PHILADELPHIA. CIV. s. Quackenbush 8
Wanamaker Brown. Co. 5'JJIST n I :
Cans, Wilgus Co. Dorr e. Stone
Fries, Malseod q Haw- PROVIDENCE, r. /.
kms. james III. Read q Co.
brookneld q Eek. PORTLAND, NE.
Aprn E-eod5mo Chadbourne q Kendall.
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Ia Comsunsptioss,l

many care worn sufferer has found relief and to-day
feJoices that her life has been made easy and pro-
longed by the use of Goes Cough Balsam.
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The following are few selected from the multi
tude Of Recommendations In cur possession.
From W. P. Head, ESQ.,, Bangor, Maine.
Bangor, Maine, ApriJ 14sh 1868,
hereby certify, that / have used Tobacco for
thirty years past and for the last fifteen years have
used two pounds per month. have made attempts
at time, but always continued to banker for It till
L used Grton's Preparation, which has completely
cured me of the appetite for Tobacco. would rec
ommend all who affected with this terrible habit
to try the Preparation which will surely cure II the
directions are followed, W.. p. HEALD. q
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Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Siclc head
ache. Sourssess or Acidity of
Stomach, Rising of Food;
Fy0tWfencu, L0ssitHde.
We0Tf2zeSS.

Finally terminating in DEATH are as surely cured
by this potent remedy, as the patient takes it. Al
verdict of the masses? Hear what Lester Sexton, Of
Milwaukee, says:
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CJergymen.
Druggists.


Will also be found invaluable in all cases oil Diar-
rh9a, Dysentery, Collie, Summer Complaints, Girl
stomach. ff.e 80. t7T1 III III, 80 - =
Sold by Druggists in city or country everywhere
at VI per bottle, or by application to
1000 THE G. G. CLARK co.,
Sole Proprietors, New Haven, Ct.
MwE~es aug 5-d1aw&weow
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Mrs. Belcher's Wonderful Cure.
THIS remedy for female weaknesses, made from
i an Indian recipe is entirely vegetable and cures
Uithout supporters. Manufactured and sold by Mrs.
Linus Belcher, Randolph, Mass. General Agents
Geo. O. Goodwin g. Co, Boston, Mass. Demas Barnes
& Co, 81 Park Row, New York.
EE II. 81. Hay General Agent for Maine.
"a For sale by druggists everywhere.
we0
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Omce, ~ Federal Block,
salem Lead COMPANY.

Salem Lead Company,
Manufacturers Of WHITE LEAD, By new and I'M
proved machinery, whereby they are turning ont an
article which for purity, brfiiancy and body, d I'M
quallsd i'm this country, and win be warranted
perfectly PURE. They have, also. Leads Of lopcr
grades. They manufacture, also, LEAD PIPE. Tseir
prices viii be warranted as low a. hose Of other
FRANCIS Blown. Tfeas'r,
odace, Post 0fice Building, Salem, 1iassL
apr7 2aw3mc
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Whoo1,i,,g Coasoh.

NThe testimony of all who have used 1t for this ter
rible disease during the last ten years. is that it in
variably relieves and curesit.
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~ e LAWRENCE, MASS. E =
OHEvIOTs, for Spring and Summer Wear,
BANNOCKBURNs for autumn and winter,
have been copied from the best Scotch styles, and
manufactured from the imported Wool, which alone
can give the proper effect to them. NIL
AT first it was thought by the parties who con-
tracted for the goods, that they would sell better
without the distinctive mark Of the Washington
Mills; but It has been found that in general appear
anee and durability they are quite equal to their
foreign prototypes; therefore the largest consumers
have requested that the regular Washington Mills
ticket should be attached to every pece and in or.
der that purchasers may be protected from the pos
sibify of having interior goods sold to them In gar
ments under the name Of the Washington Mills
Chevots, the following named parties hereby adver-
se to the trade and public generally, that they have
given the preference to these goods, and win have
them constantly in stock, And No Inferior
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From John Morrill,, Bangor, Maine.
March, 3fst, 1868,
This Is to certify that used Tobacco for eighteen
years; have tried many times to break of, but have
suffered SO much from dizziness in my head, and q
gnawing In my stomach that I have soon given up
the trial. A short time since, friend induced me
to try urton's Preparation, tSold by you) have
least banker after Tobacco, either to smoke chew
alter begun to use the Preparation
JOHN MORRILL,.
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"a Be0are of Counterfeits and all articles pur-
porting to be ke this, Of the otherCise
The great popularity Of Ortons Preparation has in
duced unpr acipted persons to attempt painting up
ON the public counterJeit and inferior articles. Pur
chGsers sciU please order directly from the propre
tor, or his duly authorized agents.
The price OF Ortons Preparation is 50 per box, or
three boxes Tor S. sent by mail to any part OF the
country, securely sealed, with postage paid, on re
registered lettr Money sent as above directed al
my risk. Agents w aated. Address, @. b. Cor
LON, Proprietor 0rton's Preparation, box 174s.
Portlal d, Maine, or ALONZO BARNARD, Bangor,
Maine, Agent for Eastern Maine. 26w1w
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ESCAPE OF Prisoners FROM DINwID-
DIE JA1L.-The Jailor Badly Beaton.-
Two negro men-Robert Jefferson and
William Jefferson-confned in the iail
of Dinwiddie county, made their escape
on Sunday evening, by overpowering
the jailor, Mr.. Benjamin Lee, and have
not since been recaptured. They were
in custody awaiting trial for cattle steal
ing-having been arrested in this city
some weeks ago for stealing an OK from
a citizen OF the county, which they
brought here and sold.
When the iailor opened the door of
their cell, on Sunday afternoon to feed
and water them, they made sudden
and preconcerted attack upon him.
overcoming his resistance and beating
him 50 badly, that, we understand, his
life is considered in danger. His con
dition yesterday morning was regarded
as quite critical
Every effort has been and will be
made to capture these desperadoes, and
bring them to notwithstanding In
dex.
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The NEW SECRETARY OF WAR

As General Sherman accepted the pos
sltion only temporarily, General VIM.
M. Belknap, Of Iowa, has been appoint
ed Secretary Of War, accepts and will
arrive in Washington in a few days to
relieve General Sherman.
General Belknap is graduate of
Princeton College, New Jersey. He
served in the army from the first to the
last day Of the late war, He command
ed one of the divisions of the Fifteenth
Army Corps in General Sherman's last
two campaigns with great credit to
himself and to the entire satisfaction of
his superior officer. He is about thir-
ty-eight years of age, is in excellent
health and is lawyer by profession.-
! He has already been telegraphed and
will reach Washington in few days,
when General Sherman will formally
resign his position as Secretary of War.
and Major General Belknap will enter
upon the duties of the office.
The appointment of General Belk
nap gives great satisfaction to the army
officers, it is said, by whom he is vel
known and highly appreciated. Hi
old army comrades are celebrating the
appointment in very enthusiastic
manner. General Belknap was held il
view by the President as Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue in case OF the de-
clination of the present occupant, Mr.
Delano. The acceptance of the position
by Mr.. Delano led the President to the
appointment of Gen. Belknap to The
Internal Revenue collectorship of thu
Keokuk district, Iowa. General Belk
nap is, without question, the neares
approach in efficiency and general meri
to his predecessor, General Rawlins, tina
the President could have selected.