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The Portland daily press., 1869-07-03

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FORTRESS MONROE, July 2.-French cor
vette Curieaux, from Martinique, is in quaran-
tine, with eighteen cases Of vomito on board.
She buried three men at sea day before yester-
day, two yesterday, and three to-day. The
captain, first officer and engineer are dead and
the assistant surgeon is dying. Until medical
aid can be procured she will be attended by
DIR. Cooper, the quarantine surgeon. She will
take in provisions and coal as soon as possible
and proceed North.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT A BARBAcuE.
RICHMOND, July "A barbecue given to the
Walker colored men took place to-day on
Vauxhall Island, adjoining this city. About 8
o'clock the chain bridge leading to the island
was SO crowded that it gave way, carrying
down about sixty persons. Col. James r.
Branch, prominent broker and conservative
candidate for the Senate, was instantly killed
also policeman Kirkham, who was on duty and
striving to prevent the crowd from rushing on
the bridge Seven colored men were fatally
wounded.
The Portland daily press., 1869-07-03
state of Maine.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.,
Augusta, June 25, 1862
NJ Office is hereby given that Petition for the
IN Pavdon OF CHARLES GILMAN, q convict in the
State Prison, under sentence for the crime ofBpap "
is now pending before the Governor and Council,
and hearing thereon will be granted in the Coun-
Gil Chamber at Augusta, ON Friday the 9th day of
July next, at four O'Clock p M
Attest: FRANKLIN M. DREW
june june2s&july6 Secretary Of State.
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yiousy stated to the extreme low rates Of freight
There will doubtless be lull of short Duration in
the market but after the anniversary celebration Is
over, and business begins to improve there are in-
cetlons tnat t9e boot and shoe market will become
animated and that large sales will be effected during
tne remainder OF the season. Yetmanufacturersa are
not anxious to increase their stock of goods in adj
vance nor are they desirous Of accepting orders to
ps n,iea later IN the season at price named now
which might differ materially from the market nr;ce
a. ume Of delivery for sole leather is high. and
threatening an advance daily and there is feeling
tnat upper leather will also command higher price
they are watching the signs in the marked The
goods sold last week, and to this time were mostly
mems neavy boots, shoes and brogans yet there
good sales tor this time of year. Of mems calf boots
and shoes and ladies' misses and cbiIdren's boots,
fer New York and the Southern trade. Prices re-
main M urn and look upward. We make but two quo
tations higher than our last Rubber goods nave
risen perceptbly Of late; the material commands
very high price, and companies nave comDned 70
raise the. price Of manufacture six per cent, and
they prefer to hold goods even at that price. The
shipments of the past week foot up to 1861 cases,
against 034 cases last week. and against cases
in the corresponding week OF 1868. The shipments
since January 1st amount to 568 Oil cases. against
405 79S same period OF l00S-Shoe and Leather
Rannrfer.
The Portland daily press., 1869-07-03
Rowing Regatta

ROWlmS ReS6tt6
To take place in the Front Harbor,
Boats will come into line off Union wharf at 81
o'clock A. M Start precisely at o'clock.
There will b. THREE RACES, as follows
FIRST RACE.
For Six Dared Boats in the State, distance two
miles. First prize, hundred and fifty dollars
second prize, seventy-fye dollars.
SECOND RACE.
For Working Boats, pulled from the gunwale dis
tance two miles, First prize, thirty dollars; second
prize, twenty dollars.
THIRD RACE.
For Single Scun Wherries, in the State, distance
two miles. First przs seventy five dollars; second
prize, fifty dollars; third prize, twenty-five dollars
GEO. p. WESCOTT, Committee on
e. A. SAWYER, Regetta.
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To Let.
S25.OO per Day!

A SMALL up stairs rent of five rooms for man
k1and wife, pleasantly situated, and within few
steps OF City Hall and Post Ofi:e. Enquire as lls
Exchange Street. june3O-MWF2w
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Agents Wanted; male and female; Local and
Travelling. Business new, light and honorable :.
Steady employment the year round. No capital
required. Address REEVES & CO., No. IS Nassau
street, New York. 26wlysu
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-28
Vice President Colfax on Religions De-
nominations

Vice President Colfax was present
at the dedication of the new Building
of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation in New York. In his address
he said:
But [ have never regarded the di-
vision ofthe Christian world into diff
ferent denominations as necessarily
an evil in its results Surely there
are more professors of religion salts
fed with their creed and their church
government than if there was but one
denomination upon the earth And,
rightly administered, tremendously
controlled and overruIed, there may
be power in this apparent diversity.
These various denominations may
be compared to an army, with its
differing and yet accordant divisions.
There must be the infantry, which,
after long marches, moves in serried
phalanx of the foe There must be
the cavalry, with it's brilliant dash.
There must be the artillery, which
shakes the earth with it's thunderous
volleys. There must be the sappers
and miners attacking and overcoming
every natural obstacle in its progress.
There must be tie medical crops,
which often wounds to save, and the
commissaries, who sustain exhausted
nature with their food. While on
river and lake, and seaboard alike,
the navy, whose homo is on the wa
ter strengthens by monitor, and iron
clad, and trigate. and gunboat, their
comrades, whose home is on the land
Each in its sphere of duty, seems va
RANT or even discordant. Bat, list
et,ing 10 the orders of the great Cap
tain over them all, out of this appar-
ent diversity come compact unity
and resist less force So have | re-
garded the various denominations of
the world If, beyond all that d.
vines or distinguishes them, they can
look upward and hear the words,
they obey the injuuctions of the Cap
tain of our salvation, what uncon-
querable power may be found in all
these departments of this voluntarily
enrolled army, keeping step to the
celestial music that fails upon their
listening ears.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-28

Letters from Pembjna dated the
95b sav the revolutionary council
held nj Forf Garry had resolved to
resist liz force oil etfar,s tbat the
l,avsrr, 9,ant ~ FL d.[n,i,- s',F oar
ada mav MI III -. a..1r,.o.e @v-
aont;vo corrroI IL +ba R4a 6,ver
country On arriyine, ~ fb;s deois-
lem NV irrraed,atels- arresr... abeot
fav ia Al. prominent man Is MA
settlement wbo favored oonnter-rar-
oi1+i,n h. facor II f,ano3a ineln.,i...
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-28
Christianity a Source Of Wealth.

Christianity autually adds to the
lcsalth of community more than it
deducts BY the expense incident to
it's maintenance. In this respect it
gives more than it takes. It not on
" increases the security of possession
which is always one of the essential
conditions of individual wealth, but
it so eIevates men in the scale o. be-
ing as to generate a productive and
thrifty system Of industry. While ii
is religion to save the soul, it il al
so q religion to place the rights of
property on a safe foundation, and at
the same time convert men into a
community Of active, ardent and en-
terprising laborers. For this reason
Christian nations are richer and
stronger than the pagan nations of
the earth. Any nation will grow
rich faster with the gospel than it
possibly can without it It will cor
struet more railroads, build more
cities, cultivate more land, erect more
factories, supply moro merchants,
employ greater amount Of skilled
labor, accumulate more wealth for
permanent improvements q word
more effectuaIiy do all those things
upon which the thrift Of people de-
ponds. Is then the support Of this
gospel to be deemed an act ofgrudg-
ing charity, doled out to a greedy
beggar? Do people lose money
when they pay it for that which
makes them richer than they other
wise would be? Is not that safe
business which returns more than it
costs? The millions of dollars ex-
pended in this country for Christian
institutions are wisely spent. No
money can be put to o better use
The return, in enhanced value and
increased production, is much great
er than the outIay.-Ths Independ-
ent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-28
Winnie Ream

About twelve years ago the Reams
lived at Leaven the father of
Winnie being the landlord Of the
Shawnee House. Afterward the
family removed to Wyandotte, aud
Ream, ST., kept the Eldridge House.
On the journey to Wyaudotte Miss
Ream drove the COW, and went with
her shapely feet bare to save her
shoes. She worked about the hotel
at washing dishes, and WIS remark
able for nothing save her being an
uncommonly pretty, plump, little
girl, with very bright eyes. IF she
had artistic tastes or aspirations,
none of the boarders of the ''Shaw-
nee" or the "Eldridge" ever found II
out. They ate the hash which Vim
MES fair hands served up, and never
dreamed that the same hands would
ever mold statues at the Capitol. 1t
would be long story to tell how
Miss Raam. once of the Shawnee"
and "Eldridge" hotels, got to the
Capitol and got into the statuary
line Of business. 1t is enough to
know that she did both. Neither do
we wish to discuss the merits of Miss
Ream's statues, or to decide whether
her Eve" is model of beauty, or
whether, as Den Piatt solemnlv az
firms, 1t is "slabsided" The moral
Of this veracious chronicle is, that
this Kansas girl has worked her
way from the kitchen to the Capitol,
and from directing the wandering
steps Of the family COW. has taken to
| leading sat her own sweet wiz the
hearts Of Congressman and State
legislators. Whether this has been
done by her genius or the gIances Of
her bright eyes, Kansas IS equally
interested, and to Kansas belongs
the glory. Had Miss Ream's father
kept other taverns than Kansas tav-
erns, and spread before his guests
other viands than Kansas hash, his
daughter might never have had a
studio or an order. The pluck and
indominltable disposition to "git ~
and git" which Miss Winnie Ream
has displayed, are the results of a
Kansas education. She is now in
Paris and receives there, as in Wash
ington, the homage of the great
All the criticisms, and many Of them
have been by no means clearly, have
not deferred be. from carrying out
her purpose. She set out . make
statues and sell them, and she has
succeeded. Let Leavenworta and
Wyandotte, the "Eldridge and the
SHAW nee" arise and sing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-28
Butler and Greeley.

General Butler has long reply to
Mr. Greeley's article calling on him
80 take prominent action 10 the re-
movat OF the disabilities Of the late
rebels Butler saws:
1.-THE Southern leaders who mised
their communities and brought war,
with all its attendant evils, apon the
country, should be punished as ex-
anplas TO deter others in like cases
lot offending | think that had an
example been made on some halt
dozen Of the leading traitors of the
South specially those who educated
at he Military School of the United
States, and trusted with commands
in cur armies, resigned their trust
~ take command in the armies of
the rebellion, and those who, being
intrusted with places in Congress or
ia the Cabinet, used their places to
hatch treason. ferment insarrection
and maintain rebellion to DESTROY
their Goverrment. ought to have
been signaily punished and it that
tti4Ailri tltGhfG udit bCEfi . " dAQC0 " uitu
every other Government in like cases
has melted out, III this day all those
matters ID the rebel States which
now disturb the public peace would
have teen settled, and quiet, com
mercial prosperity, agricultural in
dustry, immigration OF labor and
capital 4 a reviViieation Of every
henehs enterprise would have fill
ed tho Southern country, and every
insurgent State woaId have long ere
this beeL readmitted into the Union
All that remains now for statesmen
70 do is TO see that every safeguard
is given 70 loyal and true men at the
south white and black, who stood
by their country in the darkest hour
OF its history, and that protection Of
person and property and equality Of
political rights shall be assured
Therefore, in any action may take
in Congress or elsewhere, shall
have this end only in view
General Batter wishes not only the
adoption but tide enforcement of the
Fifteenth Amendment, and viii use
all his efforts for the passage Of laws
TO secure the latter. This be will not
10 Tor political purposes, but for the
substantial benefit of tho South
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-28
Speaker Of the Next Assembly.

Many OF the newspapers ID the
State are bringing out candidates for
the speakership Enthusiastically
While several good men have been
named 10 connection with the posi-
ton, and their meEitorious qualities
enlarged upon, one essential qaalifi-
cation seems TO be quite too much
overlooked The speaker Of the
Assembly aho.Id be good presiding
officer Every one who has had any
perienee IN legislative bodies knows
that the legitimate business Of the
session is often unnecessarily pro-
tracted by having . free and easy,
- llic.enl presiding officer The
ie1g il Q. 81 legislative session is de-
rendsit nearly oue-ihird, on the
apLnee~ and exectiye abilities OF the
Spea 2et no MISTER how many po-
Iiiicai speeches candidate for the
-peakership has made, how much
.ime aod money h. has devoted To
tine cause ot right. or how learned III
the law h may be. il he haze not
the quaiilseS of 0romptaesS and readi-
ness 10 parliamentary rule, be ought
not 10 aspire to th8 position al re-
siding officer, a0r should any one
seek 10 make hin such There have
Tot been wanting examples ia our
State legislatures t. past years, where
weeks 9f time haze deem squandered
il .rjviI0us debate rreIegant TO the
question az issuc. because Of the IN
decision and mi tasen good nature
ct he person oceupyn- the chair.
Tie question who shall b lhe
speaker of the Assem- riv, IS one Of
the first Importance. The sessions
Of our Legislature aro inexcusably
long at best q presiding officer Is
needed who IS familiar with parla-
mentary law, and who has the indie
peudence aud the resolution 10 en-
force rules At the proper time, and
keep the business OF legislation In
motion. The qualification for pre-
siding well over a deliberative body.
but few possess. The notable Nose
Strong, with ali his faults and polit-
lea. sins, has probably never had
superior if an equal, in this State
for prompt and energetic dispatch OF
business, while occupying the chair
-BelQt journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-28
SEXES Ekz s,--VOL. p, NO. 80
Hope for Inebriates.
From the Philadelphia lay

We arr glad to chronicle the fact
that temperance men are beginning to
indicate change in their opinions
and policy with referenceto the treat
ment of inebriates. At the meeting
Of the Temperance blessing held
at Concert Hall, on Saturday night,
Judge Allison presiding, the report
recommended the establishment oil
homes for the treatment Of intemper-
ana, a. . disease and denounced
the common practice Of dealing With
drunkards as offenders and criminals.
We regard this az Hopeful sign Of
the times. The principle that intem-
peranee is a disease, and should be
treated in institutions provided for
the purpose, was recognized by our
Legislature in 1866, by granting a
charter to the Citizens Association
of Pennsylvania, for the purpose OF
establishing just such institutions as
the blessing" recommends.
The Sanatarium. at Media, is the
first fruit of this effort 1t was open
ed in small way for the reception
OF the inebriates in June, 1867, since
which time 104 have voluntarily
placed themselves under its care. OF
this number forty have returned to
society, ard are successfully engaged
in business. Twensy-seven have
been much improved aineteen have
not been heard from, ard only eleven
have proved to be irreclaimable.
Let the people encourage this work
by their sympathy aud means, and
let the state and city recognize it in
q similar way, and an era will com
mence which will be marked BY this
new philosophy. and will deal with
the drunkard in the spirit Of charity
and good viii, which is essential to
his recovery.
Erring man cannot be restored BY
disgusting reproaches. Diseased
men cannot be cured by law, or By
force. The Christian aud humaniZ-
ing methods which have characterize
ed the organization and conduct Of
the Sanitarium at Media, and marked
it as a success, must become the pop
ular means Of reaching and restoring
the large class of our citizens who
ale addicted to alcoholic and opium
excess. Public opinion should not
regard it as more disreputable fer
drunkard to go to an institution to
be cured OF this disorder, than it il
to go to the seashore, springs and
mountains, for the cure Of scrofula,
rheumatism or dyspepsia. When
our civilization shall have advanced
thusfar, and orr Christianity becomes
more thoroughly practiced and less
technical and rigid, there will be hope
for much thorough reform.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-28

watch bearing the well-known trade
mark OF z. S. Bartlett, WaItham
Mass. On the imitation watch Bart
lett is marked BARLEY, Watdham, IN
dlcating clearly purpose to deceive,
and Is sold by the bogus dealers, with
the private marks, and everything,
except that "Waltham" is spelled
Wa}dham The uninitiated would
hardly detect the substitution of the
letter I'd" fer ST In this fraud, and
yet there Is no such city or town in
Massachusetts, as Waldham, and OF
course the rogues know, it but their
dapes do not.
We examined the store Of G. Il.
Collins q Co, wishing to see the
styles of watches they 50 freely adj
vertise, and found that those of the
highest grade were marked as "Wald-
ham watches With these watches
he offers to give guarantee for one
year but we have been assured that
the very best of those articles will
not keep correct time, nor average
moro than six months TO run at all.
The displayed advertisements are
niied with high-soanding praises of
the oroldes, and newspaper comments
OF genuine goods are cut out and in
serted rs commentators Of these
swlndles, which are never designed
to be praised. they are advertised
as fall jewe'ed, adjusted to heat and
cold, TO differences Of climate and
temperature, and warranted, and at
the same time olfered for $25 each.
Now, we have the assurance of q
practical matchmaker and loweler.
that 10 merely adjust the works Of u
watch would Of Itself cost S35-ten
uollars more than the total cost of
these oroide swindles OF course,
under these circHm stances there mus.
De q swiadle somewhere, and some
body mass be swindled.
IL Is perhaps useless tor US to warn
the infatuated who are looking for
fortunes in street cutters or in oroide
lottery shops, aud neverfnding them;
but 10 the honestly ignorant and un-
suspecting into whose hands this ar
ticle may fall, we would suggest that
they pay no heed whatever to the
flaming advertisements OF the
"oroldes and that they purchase
genuine goods from genuine dealers
who viii give written guarantee Of
every article, and pay fair prices for
the same for IN the end that is the
cheapest which is best.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-28

REPUTATION DEAD. The follow
ing resolution, introduced by Mr.,
Garfield In the House, 90 The 10Th,
was passed with but one dissenting
v0te
RESOLVED, That the pTopos ition, direct OF
indirect, to repadlate any portion Of tie debt
OF The United States, is unworthy Of the honor
and good name Of The nation; and that the
House, without distinction Of party, hereby
sets lis seal Of condemnation on any and all
sIch proportions.
The member who immortaiized
himself by voting nay was Mr.
Thomas L. Jones, democrat. from
Tennessee, who will henceforth en-
Joy the distinction of being the only
man in the House Of Representatives
ia favor Of Repatriation. Eldridge, d
Wisconsin, only escaped being tbs
second by q timely withdrawal o
MS vote.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-28

aea~Josh Billings philosophers
thus
a nu milk cow is step mother tn
every mans baby.
Whenever kan find q real hand
sum woman engaged in the wimmin's
rights bissiness. then | am going tu
take my bat under my arm aud jine
the possession.
Piety is like beans, it seems to do
best on a poor sile.
Most men 90 through life as rivers
go tn the sea-by following the lay
Nv the ground.
How many people there IL whose
souls hang in them ike the pith to .
goose-quil.
In his "Hints to Boarding House
Keepers" Billings says:
Be keerful how you soke your
nakrel-too much sokeing takes the
wear out ov them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-28

SALT FOR THE THRoAT.-An ex-
change says "Tn these days when
diseases OF the throat prevail, and
particularly dry backing cough,
which is not only distressing to our
selves but to those with whom We
are brought into business contact,
those thus afflicted may be benefited
by trying the following remedy =
Last fall NC were induced to try
what virtue there was in common
salt. We commenced by using ii
three times u day-moyning, noon
and night, We dissolved large
teaspoonfuI Of common salt in about
half tumblerfal of cold water, and
with this we gargled the throat most
eifectually, just before meal time
The result has been that during the
winter we were not only free from
the usual coughs and colds to which
as far as our memory extends, we
have always been subject, but the
dry hacking cough has entirely dis
appeared. We attribute it entirely
TO the salt gargle, and do most cor
daily recommend it to those of our
readers who are subject to diseases
Of the throat"