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TO THE ELECTORS
or THE "
CITY OF PORTLAND.

NOTICE is hereby given, that in pursuance OF
~ warrants from the Mayor and Aldermen of the
City OF Portland, the Inhabitants thereof qualified
by law to vote tor State and County officers will
meet in their respective Ward Rooms, or usual
places OF meeting, ON
Monday, the 18Th tIny of September
instant,
At 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
then and there to give in their votes for Governor
Tor four senators and four Representatives in the
Legislature eff this State; Tor County Treasurer
County Commissioner, Clerk of the Courts for the
County OF Cumberland. Also upon the question =:
Shall the Constitution be ended as proposed by
Resolve OF the Legislature, providing for an amelid-
trent OF the Constitution authorizing the IegisIa-
ture to divide towns into voting districts.
The polls on such day OF election to remain omen
until tour o'clock in the afternoon, when they shall
be closed.
The Aldermen of said city will be in open session
at Office OF Chief Engineer of Fire Department in
City Building, from nne O'Clock in the forenoon IN
til one o'clock in the each of the three
secular days next preceding said day of election,
and from three to five O'Clock in the afternoon on
the last OF said three secular days. for the
Of receiving evidence of the qualifications OF voters
whose names have not been entered on the list of
qualified voters. in and for the seven al Wards and
tor correcting said lists. es
GEO. C. HOPKINS, City Clerk.
sept7-td
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FOR B A N GORi

THREE TRIPS PER WEEK,
Steamer CITY OF RICHMOND
ERS William L. Dennison, Master, viii
NnAe4&;AY leave Railroad Wharf foot OF State ST.
.zzlazzsSssevery MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and
FRiDAY Evening at 10 o'clock or on the arrival
ofExpress Train from Boston, for Bangor, touch
ing at intermediate landings on Penobscot Bay and
River.
returning, will leave Bangor, every MONDAY
WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY, morning at 6 O'Clock
touching at intermediate landings arriving in Port
iand same afternoon at about half past four.
Russ q STURDIVANT
General Agents, 179 Commercial st.
Portland April 8, 1o6O. dtt
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a Eclectic Medical Tsa1lrsnarg,
40 THE LADIES',
DE-. HUGHES particularly invites all Ladies', vyho
need medical adviser, to call at his rooms No. ii
Prenie street, which they vii find arranged for their
especial accommodation.
Dr. HI Electic RenoVating Medicines are unriysl-
led in efficacy and superior virtue in regulating sii
Eemale rreguarities. Their action is specific and
certain of producing relief In a short time.
LADIES will find it invaluable in all cases Of OBJ
suuctons after all other remedies have been tried In
the least injurious to the health and may be tsksp
with perfect safety at all times.
by addressing si n DR. HIJGHES 1888
sn1. l8SEd65N. 10. IA Pxeble Street PortIaya
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Poetry.
The Farmers.


OF all purfuis by man invented
The farmer is the best contented;
HIS profits good, his calling high
And on his labors all rely.
BY him are all mechanics fed
OF him the merchant seeks his bread'
His hands gives meat TO everything,
Fen from the beggar to the king
Milk and honey, corn and wheat,
Are by his la5Ors made completej
Our clothes from him must nIsI aiiso
To deck the top or dress the Wise'
Then we BY vote may justly state,
THAT FARMERS rank among the great;
More Independent they, than all
That dwell upon this earthly ball.
All hail We farmcrsl young and old,
Push on your plows with courage bold;
Your wealth arises from your sod,
Your independence f.om your God.
II, then, the plow support the nation,
And men of rank in every station
Let kings to farmers make a bow,
Ana every man procure a pillow.
Rural Home.
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AGENTS WANTED FOR THE BEST BOOK OF
TIE PERIOD!
Women of NeaU YO2sZe i:

Or, t.ie Underworld Of sEe Ssrea. Civ.
The most startling revelation of modern times
New York Society Unmeskcl. "The Aristocrocv ,,
women OF Pleasure" "NIarr'ed Women. ;" and an
Price So. " Inv
,Addrass at once, The New York Book Co. t45
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Houses for Sale :

pest investment in real estate that has bae,
viii be rented if not sold this week, sui''-
GEO. +. FOSTER.
August 80. eodtf e"se's'
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FIRST Cabin to Paris. S145. gold.
BY Thursday and Saturday Steamers,
First Cabin $50, gold Storage $780,. currency.
A steamer of this line leaves Liverpool for Boston
every Tuesday, bringing freight and passengers Gi-
rect.
Steerage tickets from Liverpool or Queenstown
and all parts OF Europe, at lowest rates.
Through Bills OF Ladng given tor Aelfast, GLASGOW
Havre, Antwerp and other ports on the Continent;
and for Mediterranean ports.
For freight and cabin passage apply at the eompa-
nys office, 103 State st. JAMES ALEXANDER,
Agent.
For Storage passage apply to LAWRENCE s.
RYAN, 10 Broad ST., Boston. no2Oeod 1y
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Two First Glass Houses for Sale,

TINE two New First-cIass DweIy;rv. nm
the corner OF Pine and Thomas streets are now
ready Tor the market. They are elegantly and dura
ANY party desiring to purchase a desirable resi-
oeace IN the best portion of the city is asked to call
my10H FRED JOHNSON On the nrem;eos
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yYYA NTED-ALL OUT OF EMPLOYMENT TO
w Canvass for new RELIGIOUS Work. of rare
merit pecnliarly adapted to tee young, but equally
en'ertainingsnd instructive to all, and Invaluable
to every Car stiAn family; unequaled in elegance
and chfappess being ensbeitShed NTH ooer 800 en-
grociags Experienced Agents and others, wanting
work that Will sell at sight, should secure choice
ofterrit0ry ct once For PARTICULARS, terms &c
address -. GAR 3ETT &Co.,
epi-4Wff Ehiia iphia, Pa.
40 600 READERS AND SPEAKERS
I0sNOO wanted, to buy the first edition Of
"sVO hoiee Selections, no. 30 containing
one hundred Of The la est good things for recitation
defamation on, school reading. &C., in poetry and
prose. Send 80 cents for single sample to
Z. g AEsHEEE 81 Co..
sepi-3Wf Philadelphia, pa.
Wanted, Agents
I AIDES or Gentlemen, to sell the great Ameri-
~ can Household Book, Abbofs Elves of
me Presidents of1he United ~iafes,'' com
piete in one volume. and spleGddly illustrated with
over forty engravings. This is, without Doubt the
best book for canvassers ever published in this
country. Exclusive territory and liberal terms 10
Agents. JO3H EgANE&EEssON,
sen4-2W&wSW No.2 Il m Street Portland Me.
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STEAMERS.
For Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The Steamship CARLOTTA, will
fdS leave Galrs Wharf, EvExY "A t.
IN& UxDAY, nj r. W, Tor Hal
Ukkkxsz.3 iiax direct, making close conpections
with the Nova Scotia RIA lway Co., for Windsor
Truro, New Glasgow and Pictou, N =.
every Tuesday at 4 p. M,
T TaD Pn p, sage with S Stati Room $500
i"ne'S q 20 Trnro Nv Nv S 2, 500
tou, VS.. M
Meals Extra. ''oo
Atlantic Wharf or N"o
,o JOHN PoRTEoUs, Agent.
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CUNARD LINE.

THE BRITISH g. NORTH
IsS5 AMERICAN ROY AL MAIL STEAM
4<tsHSHiPs HIPS between NEW YORK and
RUSSIA, Wedy Aug. IL. CUBA. wedy, Sept i.
PALMYRA, Thurs g p. TARIFA, Thursday" 3.
JAVA, Wednesday" 1S CHINA, wsdy, S.
SCOTIA, Wedy, %. RUSSIA, Wedy, Is.
MALTA, Thursday" &c. SIBERIA, Thurs Is.
RATES OF PASSAGE
By the Wednesday steamers, not carrying emigrants
s sics5 Ga cabin .sisS gold
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Great Reduction

Great Re02EctiOu
OF Through Tickecs to all parts Of the West
Fares only $40, go 10 Ihicazo-ars, class
"S'SO to milwaukee, being SO less
w. ssEy Than py any other Route, IRON Maine
sS--H'4s % all Points West, all rail- rto The
0HAND TRUNK RAILWAY
Tickets AT Lsuezs Els.ss
70 ;Dsi, rev York Central buffalo and Dstroit.
site Preble mloh apply At Grand Trunk OG5ce opRo.
-se' Market Square, Portland.
. Ii. SuACKEL, General Agent sS"
WIN. FLOWERS, Eastern AQsnt.
mia, China and Japan. ~" sui Oahisr
Mar 22-wGm & dtiant.
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U1sGoA 70 eh0 r GSsf0s
Every Intelligent and thinking person must know
Chat remedies handed out for general should have
their ecacy established by well tested experience in
the hands of regularly educated physician, whose
preparatory studea fl him for all the duties he must
ulhl; yet the country is flooded with poor nostrums
snd cure-als, purfs hg to be the best in the world
which are not oeiy seless, but always injurious.
The unfortunate ktva lie PARTICULAR in selecting
Bile fact that many syphltic patients are made rrs-
cradle with ruiasd constitutions by maltreatment
from inexperienced physicians in general practice for
dhers that The study and management OF these come
daints should engrOss the whole time of those who
would be competent and successful in their treat.
ment and cure. The inexperienced general pract-
TONER, having neither opportunity tiIae to maxi
himself acquainted with their pathology, commonly
pursues system of treatment in most cases max
Ing an indscriminse OF that sntiqusted and dan.
gsrous vsspon, the Mercury,
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For Sale OR to REM

IL .. 70 State Street, an elegant and commodiou.
sion given October LIST. For terms sc. anniv :,
JOHN @. PROCTOR,
au27-f 93 Exchange Street.
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In all the recent works on the eye, the subject of
accommodation, or the fitting of glasses, receives
the largest share of attention. Considering its ex-
tensive application it is regarded as the most valua-
BILE result derived from the recent advances in oph-
thaImie SCIENCE
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Why Accuracy is Required.
Mathematical Formula.

Ii therefore we have normal eye able to see dis
tincty from four inches AZ its near point p to in
finite distance ("), its far point r, we have
1 1
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r o R = q LIE
A Gorham Village, Cottage House with two
"A story Ell, containing eleven rooms with out
buildings and stable; large garden with fine fruit
House newly painted; wood furnace and cistern.
Enquire 247 Cumberland ST., or E. j. JACKSON,S.
may6dtf Gorbam Mo
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Farm and Store for Sale,

Farm and Store at Uarreeseke /
A<GN-A Landing, in Freeport. One of the
@ Iflt12g&A best Farms in town, containing
s IIf&fISL about fifty acres; cut 35 tons OF hay
e6@s4lxs3zZ1- last year. Good chance for sea
dressing as the river is navigable to the Build
Ings hrst rate. Two story Store nearly new, good
location for trade. Large two story house. suitable
LOT two families; nice stable and other bnlldlnss'
This place is only 3-4ths OF a mile from hennebec
Depot. A good bargain can be had
Enquire OF DANIEL CURTIS, on the premises
Lancaster Hall, je7-TT&s&W2t tiamu
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DEAFNEss, GATARRry
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Should the eye be myope, having its far point at
eight inches (s) and its near point at four AZ, we
should find
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HOTELS.
.UniOn House.
PEAKS ISLAND.

Visitors to the Fair wishing to avoid the
crowd and tumult of the city, enjoy pleasant voy-
age and good nights rest should take passage the
steamer GAZELLE, which leaves Custom House
Wharf at 6 10 o'clock p. M. for Peaks Island, and
stop at the Union House, where you will ii d all the
comforts of home and return to the city nVigorated
and refreshed at O'Clock in the morning.
sep1-d1w VIM. II. JON ES, PROPRIETOR
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Have Os2ESs1ea

al wins have committed an ezcesn OF any klna'
~ !. he the sotafy vice Of ynpth. tha sting
Nc Iepuke OF misplaced confidence In maturer years
SEEK FOR AN ANTIDoTE IN SEASON.
Tho Pains and Aches, and Lassitude and Nervous
Erostration that may follow Impure Cotton,
are the Barometer to the whole system,
DO not wait for the contamination that is sure TO p.
low; do not wait for Unsightly Ulcers, for
DissbleG Limbs, for Loss % Beauty
ND earns MI
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REAL ESTATE.
Third Parish Lot for Sale.
For Sale or Rent

TUE commodious brick Store, known as the .Sto,er
L Store, situated at the Lower Village In Yar
mouth. Also neat tenement in a Dwelling Honse
near said store. oSo
Inquire of FERDINAND INGRAHAM
F. Sep 1-d&w1m Yarmom,,
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If however we test the eye by lens of high power,
the whole range is then brought within the limits of
few inches, and is readily obtained by the equiva-
lent formula:
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-14

The Finest Boots.
Shoes and Slippers, for Ladies, Gentlemen and Chill
dren's wear are to be found at
BUTLER & REEDS, No. IL Market SQUARE.
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-14

1t is Senator Carpenter of Wisconsin, if we
are not mistaken, who believes that there is
really but one telegraph company in the
United States, and that there will soon be
but one railroad. 1t is General Butler who
proposes shortly to wrestle with the subject of
railroad monOpolies, as he has with many an
other knotty theme. With these two eminent
gentlemen and hundreds of Others warmly en-
listed to check railroad encroachment, with
the North american Reriew and numberess
otner periodicals watching with all the eyes OF
Argus 1--WE do not for once, refer to our
morning contemporary every moment Of
what are presumed to be the most souless of
corporations, with Camden and Amboy" and
"Erie" rising involuntarily to everybody's lips
waen any enlargement of their chartered
rights or addition to their franchises is suc-
gested-with all these agencies employed to
hold back the Railroad from grasping the
scepter OF empire which it is supposed King
Cotton has lost in this country, we are not so
gravely apprehensive as many are in regard
to the aggressiveness and increasing power of
railway corporations.
So far as our Maine roads are concerned it
is evident that whatever reasons there NAV be
for consolidation will be urged upon the Legis-
lature this winter. 1t is evident, too, from
what is known of the meeting of railroad
men in this city, Friday and Saturday, that
the consolidation scheme under consideration
IS much more comprehensive than any which
has before occupied public attention. There
Is no doubt that all reasonable requirements
or the railroads will be favorably considered
py the Legislature, while at the same time the
State and its people will be protected by plac-
ing all necessary and proper restrictions upon
the powerful corporation that will result
; fr ON consolidation.
Nor is it likely that there will be any seri-
o1s opposition to the general law proposed
1or enabling Maine roads to consolidate, if it
IL Of such character as to quiet misgivings
as to the responsibility and tyranny of
great moneyed associations. There is a
strong tendency in modern legislation to pro-
vide for the formation of corporate bodies
without special acts granting charters. In
some States, or one at least, where railroad
companies are permitted to organize and op-
ate under certain general rules, upon compli-
ance with uniform conditions and subject to
restrictions universally applicable, it has been
found that much lobbying, 'log-rolling" and
corruption have been avoided. We do not
see why the general law for the purpose III
dicated above might not be attended with
like good results.
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-14

Consumption.
The three Remedies, "SCHENCK'S PUIMONJC
and every form of Consumption The peculiar ac.
uon OF this medicine ripens the ulcers in the lungs
promotes the discharge OF the corrupt matter by ex
pectoratlon purifes the blood and thus cures con-
.'SCHENCK'S SEA-WEED Tonic. :" for tbe cnre
OF dyspepsia or Indigestion, and all diseases arising
from debility This tonic invigorates the digestive
organs, supplies the place Of the gastric juice when
that is deficient, and then enables the patient to
digest the most nutritious food 1t is a sovere;on
remedy for all cases of indigestion.
'SCH ENCk'S MANDRAKE PILLS." one of the
oss yaaao,e medicines I'm ever discovered being
useful properties ascrbed to that mineral. witbont
producing any OF its injurious effects.
TO these three medicines DR.. II. H. Schenck. of
tntaaeipha, owes ms unrivalled success in the
nc syrup ripens the morbid matter DISCHARGES II
ana purlhes the blood. The Mandrake pills ac{
upon the liver, remove all obstructions therefrom.
give the organ healthy tone, and cure Liver Com
plaint, which is of the most prominent auses Of
Consumption. The Sea-Wee Tonic invjporates ,ba
powers of the stomach, and by strenetheninv the
digestion and bringingi it to a normal and healthy
condition improves the quality of the blood ~
which means the formation of ulcers or tubercies n
the lungs becomes impossible. The combined action
OF these medicines, as thus explained, will cure
every case OF consumption, il the remedies are used
IN time, and the use of them is perseyered in sut
hclently to bring the case to favorable Termination
Dr. Schenck's Almanac containing a full treafisa
on the various forms of disease, bis mode of treat
ment, and general directions how to use his med
icine, can be had gratis sent by mail by address
ing his Principal Office, No. Is North Sixth street
Philadelphia, Pa.
Price of the Pulmonic Syrup and Seaweed Tonic
each ST 30 per bottle, or 81 90 a half dozen Man,
drake Pills, 25 cents per box.
q. G. GOODWIN q CO., 3s Hanover st, Boston.
Wholesale agents. For sale by all druggists.
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-14

Read what the editor of the Cincinnati Time
says of ALIENS LUNG BALsAM:
A REMAKABLE CgRE.-Mr. Samuel Lewis, one
the old Pioneers OF Cincinnati, was very long, ap-
larently in the last stages of Consumption, and
given up by physicians, when some kind friend re-
commended him to use ALIENS LUNG BALsAM.
He did so. and Immediately comm enced recovering
and is now able to attend to business He SAYS: SIN
truth, may say it has saved my lite. Mr.. Lewis is
well known in Cincinnati, and the fullest confidence
may be placed in his statements 1t is DUE therefore,
to the community, especially those suffering under
this terrible malady that the fullest publicity be
given to such marvellous cures that other sufferers
may avail themselves of the remedy With pleasure,
therefore, we refer to this cure
From our knowledge # the merits OF tLis excel
lent balsam, and what We hear of its merits, we
think it should be at once used by all persons suffer-
ing from cough, or any pulmonary complaint. We
hear that many far advanced in consumption have
been cured by its use. dc14Iaw
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-14

EVERY business man should subscribe TO
Peterson's Counterfeit Detector aud National
Bank Note List, price S1.5O year. 1t con-
tains descriptions of all new counterfeits, al
tered National bank notes, rates of discount in
all the principal cities, and official list of the
National banks, wholesale prices current, IL
nanclal news and items, complete stock table,
list OF all the broken banks, etc. Ihere Is
more counterfeit money in circulation now
than ever before, which makes Peterson's De-
tector an bsolute requisite for the desk of eve
ry one who receives or pays out money. Terms
of subscription to Petersons' Detector, correct,
ed by Drexel & Co., bankers, is, for the month
ly issue, $3.50 a year; semi-monthly, So 90 @
year. Subscriptions may commence with any
month. Terms, cash in advance. Canyassers
wanted in every town; large wages can be
made Send for circular and catalogue Of
their popular books. Address T. B. Peters III
& Brothers, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Upon the fourth page of last Saturdays pa
per was an article upon the Amenities of the
Law in which several cases were mentioned
in which amusing questions had arisen, es-
pecially the suppositious one upon the will of
Sir John Straddling devising all his black and
white horses; quaere, did his pied horses pass
under this devise? A parallel to this imasin-
ary cause is now pending before our Supreme
Court 10 this State. johnson sold out his
fsh-market to Caswell and gave bond not to
engage again in selling fish within the limits
OF Biddeford. Subsequently he hired and
opened saloon in Biddeford where he sold
oysters. Thereupon Caswell brought this
suit upon the bond, alleging the sale of oys-
ters to be breach of its condition; and this
the defendant denies, thus raising the question
whether or not oysters are fish. The plaintiff
sass they are always so considered; are called
shell fish, j. e. fish having SHE'LL are includ-
cd within the right of piscary; and cites
Moulton v. Libby, 81 Me. 472 and chap 40 of
the Rev. Stats. where the taking and sale of
clans and oysters is regulated under the cap.
ton of Fish and Fisheries, and other author
tiles. The defendant replies that though the
oyster is shell-fish it is not a fish and that
word alone does not describe it; that the
word shellfsh is single word, and name of
the animal, and that shell is not to be taken
simply as an adjective. He appeals to the
dictionaries, and says fish lives in the wa
ter, and an oyster in the mud or earth: that
the definition of fish is ''the lowest class of
vertebrated animals" New Am. Cyclop. VII
69l,) and that the oyster has no more back
bone than an average politician. He further
says that the parties used the word in the
bond as it is usually understood, not meaning
: to be technical, and that nobody uses the
word fish in ordinary conversation to indicate
:. oysters. As proof of this he calls attention
TO the fact that, after purchasing defendants
STOCK, plaintiff put up large sign bearing the
words, :"Fish and Oysters;" thus admitting
That people would not understand that he
sold the bivalve if he simply employed the
word fish,. When the Judges, after due con-
slderation and investigation of the subject
and the animals in their various forms of
preparation, come to conclusion we will
communicate to our readers.