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The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-03-04
TIE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMEAT'
WILL THEY BE RATIFIED!

Ills necessary to the ratification of
the constitutional amendments proposed
bT Congress, that three fourih5 of all
tie States of the Union concur therein.
The question of such concurrence is
matter Of mach moment, and vs. pre-
nose TO investigate the matter by such
l:gbts as are presented to Us. There
~. thirty seven States, all told, tinc!u
dang Virginia, Mississippi and Texas.
-. yet reconsiructed), and it follows as
. necessity that twenty eight of the
States shonid affirm the proposed
amendments, before they can he fneor-
rorated into the Federal Constitution
VS. can figure mp 'wentrs:. States
which NAV he Counted as in Its favor,
20 wit: Maine. New Hampshire. Yer
r,ant, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
C.rnec,irut, New York, penhsyi
a;a. Ohio. Indiana, Illinois
Michigan, Wisconsin, iowa, Mia,
aeso,a, Yves, yirginis, Tennessee.
North Carolina, South Carolina, Flori-
ia, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, ham
s,s. Nebraska and Nevada. Ga the
e,Ier side, there are New Jersey, Della
ware, Maryland, Kentucky. Georgia,
Louisiana, California and Oregon
r'yat States that may be regarded as
very certain not to ra:ify. II is within
the range of probabilities that Virginia.
Mississippi aud Texas may accept the
ratification OF these amendments as
condition precedent to re-admssion to
Congressional representation and
should two of them do so, they,
taken with the twenty six States
tia. we have enumerated, would
furnish the required three fourihs. II
nav be that even such refractory States
"A Georgia and Louisiana vii! give their
consent 10 the amendments upon the
principle that it ID but fair that the
No-tbern States which have upheld the
Reconstruction Measures of Congress
whereby impartial suffrage is compelled
IA the South, should accept for them
selves the terms which they were viii
ing TO impose upon the Southern States
Yte doctrine of State Rights as urged
aud upheld by the Secsssionists was
practical denial of the superiority OF
tae National sovereignty; aud the adop
ton and ratification of these amend
nen:ss-e uotning beyond logical con
eius:on of a long drawn contest between
III. ,~o sorereignties, Federal and
State. Tie sooner this suffrage ques-
ton IS Na,ienalizej, the sooner Will
that uuiso-miiy aud perfec'ness OF de
sipa, so much needed in our govern
mental structure, be completed We
-oyfai!y anticipate the day when citi-
zen of any one State shall be privileged
20 enjoy ali the rights of the citizens q
each and ali the other States; and
when the law making power OF this
Republic shall be looked up to and re-
epec,ed as tie proper repository OF all
questions bearing upcn the National
welfare aud rejecting the rights OF the
citizen.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-03-04
AFTERNOON SESSION.

Mr.. Hastings in the Char
Assembly Biii-An At 70 incorporate
Shermantown.
Passed.
Assembly Bill-An AT re Incorporate
Hamilton.
Passed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-20
FOR SALE

FGNHE Stock of Ship Chandlery in Store No 100
i Commercial Street, together with the fixtures
and the good will OF the same, is offered for sale on
account OF the i-health OF the present proprietor
For particulars, apply to
o. M. MARRETT,
novl5ed2w No. 129 Commercial st,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-20
DAILY PRESS.
SATURDAY Morning, November 20, 1869.
The Annexation or g.
FORTLAND.

N
The proposition TO make Capaa, -
the United States is said to find more aod y,
more favor among the people of the Domin-
ion. Nova Scotia is nearly unanimous, it il
believed in desiring annexation, and Upper
Canada is not far behind. Union would OBJ
viousy be for the benefit of both countries
and the causes which have so long prevented
even serious discussion Of 1t are losing
strength.
Foremost among these causes is the nation
al pride of Great Britain. The people of the
United States have no wish to deprive Eng
land by force, or agains: her will, of any pos
session; but the British people themselves
have changed their colonial policy of late
years and are now willing to let all the col
onies govern themselves Dependence on
the British crown is scarcely more than a
form; and leading statesmen in Parliament
declare that the form ought to be surrendered
whenever colony asks for it. This course Is
as wise as 1t is generous; and if the whole
Brush nation is not ready to adopt 1t now, 1t
will soon be so.
Next to British pride is the obstacle of our
own commercial policy. Those who profit by
excluding cheap Canadian goods now, under
the form OF high tariff, will profit by keeping
Canada out of the Union. The admission OF
an important community OF producers to the
UEion is long practical step towards free
trade, and will naturally be opposed by those
who think that nations are always bent on
running themselves by Improbable traffic, if
they ever get chance; and that all that Is
needed is the exemption of traffic from re-
strictions, to lead us to trade away our ma
tional wealth for nothing. But this kind of
political economy is dying out; and the people
begin TO see the advantages ofa good market
in which to exchange our grain and manu-
factures for the lumber, coal and other cheap
and excellent products of Canada.
On the whole the tendency to look to union
with us as the true destiny Of Canada is grow
ing rapidly in both countries. 1t is impossi-
BILE to predict how long it will take to work
out this destiny; but the prospect is far from
disagreeable, and the public mind will well
come every step towards the inevitable result
as bringing us nearer to substantial step In
the progress Of the United States and of civ
Misunderstanding Post.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-20
Russian Exploring Expedi.'~a.

Russia appears to be na-scuiarly aeuve In
scientific EXPLORATIONS. In the course OF the
past summer number of learned men have
been laborins IN the service of the Geographi-
ical Society of st. Petersburg. TschubiLski
is now travelling through the southwestern
portions of the empire in chronological and s. a.
tistical explorations; Kusnezow is making re-
searches over the Letti and Lithuanians in the
northwest; Barkowski is on the upper Volga,
gathering information respecting the produc-
tion of corn and commerce, and Taratschkow,
with the same object, is journeying through
the basin of the Okla.
The Moscow Society of Naturalists has also
fitted out number Of expeditions. Krone
berg has gone to the shores of the White Sea;
Ullanin and Poggenpohl are in the Black Sea |;
Sanger on the shores of the Baltic, Tedtsch-
enko in Turkistan, and Meschajew exploring
the Bielosero white Sea- Besides these,
other members have been actively employed
in the exploration of the Lettonian country.
Russia is also intending to open up a new
commercial route to Western China. For this
purpose the Russian consul in Kuldscha, Paw
linon, has undertaken journey into those
Chinese provinces in which the Mohamme-
dams are in insurrection against the Pekin
government, especially into Se-Chuen.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-20
Administrators Sale.

DURSUANT to licence from the Judge of Pro-
PUBLIC AUCTION, on the premises, on SATURDAY
the 9th day Of NOVEMBER, 1869, at 10 o'clock A NJ.
the late ROBERT DUNNING, situated in FREEpORT,
about one mile from BUNGURNUC LANDING SO
called. This lot contains large quantity of excel
lent hard wood standing within one halt mile of the
landing where it may be shipped to any market.
Terms Cash. JOHN A. DUNNING, Admir-.
Freeport, Oct. 20, 1862 w3ws42
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-20
Real Estate at Auction.

heaI Estate aC AuctlO0.
SHALL sell at public auction on Wednesday,
Dec. I, at 10 o'clock, A. M, at my dwelling
house, in Freeport, the following described Real
Estate, viz
All my right. title and interest in the following
described real estate, being the which set
Oft to me as my share of the estate of Reuben sta
OF land containing thirtytwo and onequarter acres
bounded by land of Rufus Stoddard and by CascO
barn and out buildings standing on the land occu-
pied by my late father.
JEREMIAH STAPLES,
ANSEL LORING, Auctioneer.
Freeport, Nov. 9, 1869. w3w'45
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-20
Notice.

Notice.
1.-THE Alfred street Methodist Episcopal Society of
i Biddef0rd will make application to the next
Legislature OF Maine Tor authority repair, remodel
or rebuild their Church, said Alfred street, and
for that purpose, 10 sell and dispose the present
Church building, or to assess the pews thereof and
to do all things necessary for the finishing
nishing such church building upon the site of the
present church, as the Parish or Society shall de-
termine.
Biddeford Nov 49, 1862
LEONARD ANDREWS,
DANIEL POND,
HORACE FORD,
JAMES ANDREWS,
WILLIAM X. FOGG,
GEO. w. HATCH,
SlLAS P. ADAMS,
ROBERT ADAMS,
STEPHEN LOCKE,
nol6tf Trustees of said Society.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-20

CATASTROPHE IN MEXICo.-A catastrophe
happened ON the 9th within the Jesus Maria
Silver Mine, in the State of Guanajunto. In
a narrow passage of the mine, at the precise
moment number of miners were passing by,
a large rock, weighing over 25 900 lbs., and
numerous smaller rocks, became detached
from the roof, and in their fall killed seven of
the miners, and badly wounded seven more
At first it was reported that hearty every one
OF the miners in the mine, some 1S0 in num-
Der, had been killed, and quickly at least 1000
men, women and children, all in deep distress,
assembled near the entrance of the mine,
and with difficulty were prevented from going
within. When the greatly reduced proper
tions of the disaster became known, most of
the crowd returned to their homes.
In Campeche, too, there has been q great
catastrophe, but caused in this instance by in
undation. Unusual rains fell almost continu-
ously in the place and vicinity for several
days, so that on the 26th all the small streams
had been changed into rapid torrents. The
streets were literally flooded, number of res
licences were swept away, and for nearly "a
hours the city was partly submerged. The
losses in properties are great, and, unfortu-
nately, those in lives are also considerable
Thirteen drowned bodies have been found, and
it is feared that they do not by far represent
the persons lost by the inundation. Among
the victims are embraced the wife and two
children of Chelo Munoz, an sx.Imperial col
onel, and at present prominent leader among
the revolted Indians OF Yuctan.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-20

A CORRESPONDENT of the London Globe,
who has been interviewing M. Raspail, the
French irreconcilable of whom so much has
been lately said, states that he is possessed of
fortune Of 100000 francs, gained by the sale
of quack medicine. He lives in a mean and
ugly village near Paris, but his residence 10 q
fine chateau, standing in beautiful park filed
with magnificent trees. He is seventy-five
years old, and he says that he has spent four
teen years in prison for political offences, ten
in exile, has been deceived hundreds of
times, and poisoned seven. He lives in great
seclusion, and has very few visitors, being in
constant dread of police spies and Jewsuits.
His mother, pious woman, designed him for
the church, and had vision in which she
saw him standing at the altar with a
mitre on his head and a pastoral staff in his
hand but after studying for some years in an
ecclesiastical seminary, he went to his bishop
and said, "My Lord, cannot stay; 1 do not
believe word of what / am required to
teach" Neither do l." replied the prelate,
with sigh; shut go in peace" This is one OF
KaspalPs own stories, and one may believe as
much as he pleases Of it. The great grief OF
the old man now is that the Dominican
monks have established a monastery ana
school in his village, and from morn 70 nlgnt
he hears their bells summoning the holy men
and tb a;r ,,,p;le IN prayerS.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-20
Guardians Sale.

DURSUANT to a license from the Judge of Pro-
1 bate tor Cumberland County, shall sell at pub
lie auction tuness previously dspsoed OF at private
salel, on the premises Saturday, Nov 90 1862 at
II o'clock A. M, the homestead tarm of Ebenezer
Hutchinson, late of Cape Elizabeth, deceased Said
farm Is situated in said Cape Elizabeth, about IL
leading
the Atlantic House, and consists OF thirty acres of
land, about one-half under good cultivation, and
the other half comprising desirable wood lot On
said farm is two-story house, nearly new, a good
barn, and shed connecting the buildings. Terms
liberal. For further information enquire of
WILLIAM B. HIGGINS,
Guardian of minor children.
Cape Elizabeth, Oct. II, 1869.
ct l4-1aWTh SWtillsale. 81.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-20

SINGIJLAR ExPEDIENT OF LANDLADY.
4 Iandlady residing in Water street, whose
table accommodations were not sufficiently
known to the public, and who had noticed
ders, lately adopted the novel expedient of
placing fifty cent stamp in the mornings
deposit of hash, which stamp was to become
the property OF the fortunate individual who
should find it in his mess, provided only that
he should eat all that was dealt out to him.
She claims that her boarders are much better
satisfied than formerly they were, and eat far
less beef at dinner. She intends to pursue
the same course with her hsh-balls, as soon as
her establishment feels fully reimbursed for its
immediate outlay. This is conception which
probably has never before entered the min d
of any landlady, and there seems no doubt as
to its utter success.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-20
House and Lot for Sale.

Situated in Yarmouth, upper vii
A<GN-N lage, on the road leading from
7 mn Yarmouth corner to Portlond, two
81 - story house with an ell, woodhouse
943z24an and stable, all in good repair, nine
finished rooms beside the atics, hard ard soft water
b. ought into the cook-room by means of pumps
Within three minutes walk OF the Depot on the
Grand Trunk r. r., and one half mile from Var
mouth junction on the Portland and Kennebec r..
X. A good place for homeopathic Physician, or
any gentleman who would like to keep horse and
carriage.
For further particulars inquire of
g. P THOMPSON, M. D., on the premises.
oc27eod&w1m
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-20
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-20
The present state of the Byron controversy

The present state of the Byron controversy
seems to be this: The story told by Mrs. Stowe,
as Lady Byron's account of the separation, is
admitted to be no new one, but to have been
in existence at least forty-five years, and very
likely ever since the separation. DR.. Lush
ington, who could settle this point decisively,
and who is in good health and intellectual
vigor for man of his years, will not say
whether at the time she consulted him in
1916, Lady Byron did or did not make the
specific charge now brought forward. Of
course, the inference in many minds Is that
she did, and that if she had not, DIR. Lushing-
ton would say so. The letters published in
the Quarterly Review are strong against Lady
Byron's story, but one of them is not dated,
and there is some suspicion thrown on the
other dates; while it is possible to believe
Lady Byron's account, even if these letters
are genuine and correctly dated. Much curl
osity is felt all over the world to see Mrs.
Stoves further statement, but the general
verdict is against her thus far. At the same
time Byron's general reputation has suffered
by the light thrown upon his character and
conduct, while the true character of Lady By
ron, though still misrepresented, stands high
er than ever before. There are plenty of un-
settled questions still pending, and the con-
troversy is likely to continue through a good
part of the coming year.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-20
watches, JeMeIry, &c.

j. AMBROSE MERRILL, No. 139, Middle street.
J.w, q Il. H. MCDUFFEE, cor Middle g. Union SITS.
EDWARD C.SwETT. II Middle street, Fox Block.
F. r. HILL, NO. 81, Federal street.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-20
Farm and Store for Sale.

A Farm and Store at Harreeseke /
ASxSN-4 Landing, in Freeport One of the
0Ttff best Farms in town, containing
gA1 ~ about fifty acres; cut 35 tons OF hay
dressing the river is navigabe to the iarm Build
ings first rate. Two story Store nearly new, good
location for trade. Large two story house. suitable
tor two families; nice stable and other buildings.
This place is only 3-4ths OF mile from Kennebec
Depot. A good bargain can be had.
Enquire of DANIEL CURTIS, on the premises
or of w. H. JERRIS, Real Estate Agent,
Cahoon Block, next East of City Hall.
je7-TT&S& wet tiamtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-20

"A dry genius who has occasion to visit
town daily from one of the "rural districts"
recently passed farm house near which the
occupant had been butchering something less
than dozen very small pigs, the result OIL the
days labor being hung up on long poie
facing the street. Our genius deliberately
stopped his team, and asked the farmer what
he was doing9 "Butchering!' was the quick
reply. sob, says the driver, 81 thought you
were dipping candlesr' and he fastened his
horses into a trot-to make up for lost time.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-15
Decree OF General De ROdas.

SUPERIOR political GOVERNMENT OF THEl
PROVINCE or CUBA, HAVANA July Z, 1862 J
The custody and guardianship OF the coasts OF this
island, OF the keys adjacent and the apper-
tanning to the territory being OF the greatest import
ance in order to suppress the insurgent bands that
have hitherto maintained themselves by outside
sstance; and determined as am TO give vigorous
impulse TO the pursuit of them, and with view OF
settling the doubts entertained by cruisers to
the proper Interpretation OF the DEGREES promulgated
by this superior political government under date Of
November 9, 1868, February Is and &c, and March
"a last, / have decided to ampify and unite the
aforesaid orders and substitute for them the follow
ing which, by virtue OF the authority vested in me
by the nation, decree:-
ARTICLE l. All ports situated between Cayo Bahia
de Cadlz and Point Maysi the north side with the
exception OF Sagua la Grande Caibarien, Nuevitas,
Gibara, Baracoa Guantanamo Santiago de Cuba,
ManzanLo, Santa Cruz. ZaZa, Trinidad and Glen
fuegOs where there are custom houses, Will con-
tnue closed to the import ana export trade both by
foreign and coastlng vessels. Those who may at
tempt the entry or any closed ports or TO open
municaton with their coasts will be pursued, and
being captured are to be tried as vloators OF the
law.
ART. 2. Vessels carrying gunpowder. arms and
warlike stores VIII likewise be judged IN accordance
with the law.
ART. 8. The transportation of individuals in the
service OF the lnsurrecton Is by far more serious
than that OF contraband OF war; ana will be deemed
act OF decided hostility and the vessel and crew
regarded as enemies to the State.
Art. .. ShOuid TIE individuals referred 10 IN the
foregoing article come armed this will be regarded de
cO proof OF their Intentions, and they Will be re-
garded as pirates. as will also be case with the
crew OF the vessel.
ART s. In accordance with the law, vessels cap.
tured under unknown flag, whether armed or
unarmed, VIII also be regarded as pirates.
ART In free adjacent to those OF this island
the cruisers Will limit themselves in their treatment
OF denounced vessels, those who themselves
suspicious to the rights given in the treaties
Spain and the United States IN 1875, Great Britain in
1885, and with other nations subsequently, and IT, in
the exercise OF these rights, they should encounter
vessels recognized enemies OF the integrity Of
the territory they will carry them into port for legal
investigation and Judgment accordingly.
CABALLERO DE EQDAS.