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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-01-01

To Let.
Two Tenements OH Green St., and once corner of
Il Salem and Bracket SITS.
Inquire of j. c. WO0DMAN, Jr, l44& Exchange
st. Or n. NJ. WoODMAN, 28 Oak st. dc3ldtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-01-01

Wanted!
A YOUNG GENTLEMAN with the highest Gre
"A dentials wishes to obtain situation as Book
Keeper, or General Clerk in some mercantile house
m ms city, Address Box 1868, Portland P. o.
October 81. dit
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-11-06

I % We would call the attention of traders to the
large sale of staple goods by c. S. Barlow. Esq, on
Wednesday next.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-11-06

EVENING SALEs.-Adams & Wilder, and MH
Barlow, give notice in the auction columns of several
evening sales. This will be considered by the Eounp-
sters a sure sign that Christmas is not far off
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-11-06

HAwAIIANs ABRoAD.-Frank Leslie's veek
October 9th. contains an engraving of the
Thomas L.. Gulick, who is pastor of the 4
chapel in New York. The paper says Of him /
his present field Of labor be has active emnoJ
for all the missionary tendencies of his famil1
has made himself a jealous friend of the door Z
among whom his life is cast"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-11-06

4. RESOLVED, That laws, enforcing contracts te
service by penal enactment, tend to injustice, and
are contrary to the spirit of the age.
8. Resolved, That We do approve of the appro-
priation of governmental funds to the assistance OF
Pacific Islanders who come here free of contract, as
permanent settlers.
6. Resolved, That in consideration of the high
tariffs OF our commercial neighbor the United states,
1t is ~expedient for us to devise some means for pro-
tecting our own industrial interests in like manner.
Z, That an executive committee of FIVE be appoint
ed by the chair, to prepare q petition to the next
Legislative Assembly, in the Hawaiian and English
languages, embodying these resolutions, and urging
upon that body the consideration of the principles
therein enumerated the said committee to cause the
same to be circulated for signatures throughout the
Islands.
Jnr. Hhiiney read the following letter from Chinese
merchants of Honolulu, which was received with
applause, and ordered to be published with the pro-
ceedings of the meeting:
To the Citizens Of Honolulu, IN Public Meeting assembled:
We, THE UNDERSIGNED, natives of China now resi-
dent in Honolulu, feeling with You the great need of
labor in the Hawaiian Islands, desire to express our
sympathy with those of you who are opposed to the
coolie contract system. We heartily oppose the
introduction of coolies here under that system.
Some of the Chinese coolies are very bad men and
criminals We know our countrymen better than
any one else and we believe that n much better
class of men for plantation and other kinds of work
can be procured from China by some arrangement
for the encouragement of free immigration and the
payment OF wages.
YoUNG SHEoNG. CHuLAN & BROTHER.
v AFoNG & ACHucK. ALEE & Co.
assoc & AcHONG. AHANA.
LAM Vat. ONCHoNG.
AMAU. Lo Nook.
ATHoNY. CHUNG Cuo.
AVA. All Hon.
ACHoNG. ACHUNG.
AHOo. All KIM.
Lo Look. AsEUNG.
IAT CHoNG. CHEZ FAI.
TONG KAI. All Kong.
The meeting then adjourned, sine die. 1
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-11-06

BENEFITS OwN-gave in this week for v.
typos" ESQ its publisher told as.l As 80
pnnters can be engaged, we are assured that
again appear, to do battle in the cause Of free
and other equally deserving interests.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-11-06

IHANKs.-We are indebted to Captains Full
Bennett, Of the Comef and .1fyrroy. FIR sb;,
and files OF papers. Also to captains in the "
heet for their reports and various informatio
nished. -
Is 1T TRuEeCaptain Soule, of the Am
bark Parse, stated before he sailed that he
return Immediately to this port with Chinese.
haps the Government paper can, and win. enI
the public as to the truth of this statement.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-11-06

The US. public debt statement shows tbj
debt. principal and interest, including cd
ouc al anu not presented for payment. $z.6d
$50 %. Amount in treasury. coin. SIoR osa ]
currency, s 5.590.0 OBJ. Total debt. less anna
treasury, $2.468, 1876 or IL. Decrease past !
S5.461,42s 49,; decrease since March LIST. 81
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-11-06

% We have again the report via England
DIR. Livingstone has again been heard from. A
sionary from Zanzibar states that letters have
received there from DIR. Livingstone, dated Febr
last He was then at Lake Arquiqua, in good he
but short Of provisions.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-11-06

9 Connecticut is famous for its novelties. AM
the most recent, we learn from the New Ioul
Star, that the fat men of that civ. we;gh;n, |
pounds and over, are about organizing n
About twenty names are already registered, ar|
meeting was expected to be held at the CourthousI
Monday, October 4th, at the close of the town nj
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-11-06

MErEoRIc.-The 18th or 18th of November is the
anniversary Of the meteoric displays. which for the
past few years have been so brilliant. Captains and
those at sea have usually the best opportunity to OBJ
serve them, and we hope from some one to receive a
report. They are most brilliant from midnight till
daybreak. On Thursday night several bright meteors
were observed during the evening.
AMPurAroS-The Hawaiian who had his feet
frozen, while in the Arctic, on board the whaling
bark Norman, had both feet taken off above the
ancle, on Wednesday last, at the Queens Hospital.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-11-06

PUNCH BowL-for November, made its appear
on Monday last. Its articles touching ON the
question show q just appreciation Of the sub;ec,
we their perusal. As the writer's 70
Punch Botrl differ with the Ministers, the Cd
says the articles are I" heightened - though 81
ical." Time will tell.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-07-22
CONTRADICTION.
LIFE ILLUSTRATIoNS.-No.
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS

EXAMINATI0N OF TEACHERS.
The present mode of examining teachers
is not we'll calculated to elicit what thew
know. Six or eight questions on six or
eight branches of Knowledge will not bring
out the latent knowledge of any mind.
Without any desire to uuderrate the abil-
ity of County Superintendents TO examine.
we wish merely in this article to show that
teachers are often marked too low. Perhaps
forty teachers are examined in one day, and
if each gets six questions, it will require two
hundred and forty questions to be asked and
proposed by Superintendent, while six
questions will not give margin enough to ar
rive at any tolerable decision as to the mer-
its of each candidate.
We will illustrate by calling up the spir-
its of Socrates, Virgil, Bacon, Newton, Vol
taire, Webster, Adams and Benton, as a
class Of teachers, and by holding an exami-
nation. Such class ought to know good
deal. but our questions will not elicit that
knowledge. We will proceed =
Mr.. Socrates, please state in what city
Homer, the poet, was born2 Answer
cannot tell.
Mr.. Virgil. which is the highest city in
the world 2 Answer declare | don't
know.
MIR. Bacon. where is the Blewfeld river
and mud lake2 Answer am not able to
say.
Mr.. Newton, How many Popes have there
been, and who was the 41st ? Answer
cannot answer.
Mr.. Voltaire, on what day and in what
month was the battle Of Arbela fought o.
Answer am not able to answer that ques-
ton.
Mr.. Webster, whether is Lake Erie or
Massachusetts the larger2 Answer-I am
not positive which.
Mr.. Adams. on what day was the Pirate
Kidd executed2 2 Answer could not say.
Mr. Benton-How many rivers are there
in the United States AnSwer-I do not
know.
Here is an intelligent class, yet if they
were living we have not the least doubt
that they would give the answers indicated.
Well. how are they to be marked in this ex-
amination2 Why very poor. or No 5,
which is the same. What! eight of the
most learned men that ever lived be marked
rery poor Yes. Why Because they did
not answer single question. Neither could
Benjamin Franklin answer to-day one fourth
of the questions in common school geogra-
ply. PHIDIAs.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-07-22

THE Public Ledger is an independent pa
Per and has the largest circulation Of any
newspaper published in Philadelphia. To
show its estimate of the character of Asa
PACKER We publish the following extract
from an article which appeared in its col
umns on the day after the nomination o!
that gentleman
"Asa Packer, through his entire career, has
been widely known earnest thorough
going, consistent Democrat, of the old school
He has been a member OF the Pennsylvania
Legislature, his term in that body ending in
lS43, and member of the House of Repre-
sentatives in Congress for the Thirteenth Dis
trict from 1883 to 1857. at the Democratic
National Convention, held in 1868, in New
York, he received the entire vote of Pennsyl-
! vania as candidate for the Presidency for four
teen ballots, and was only Withdrawn in favor
OF General W. S. Hancock. The nomination
of Judge Packer as candidate for Governor OF
Pennsylvania is a becoming compliment to =
life spent i'll honest industry, and tc n charac
ter OF blameless purity and unspotted integrity
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-07-22
The Democratic County Ticket.

| We have withheld any extended notice of
the nominees of the Democratic County
Convention until the Democratic State Con-
vention should announce our candidates for
Governor and Supreme Judge. Now that
the Convention has placed before the people
that statesman, phiantbropist, and, what is
more in these days of corruption. that honest
man, ASA PACKER, and given to Cambria
county the candidate for the Supreme Bench
in the person of her honored son, Hon. Cyrus
L. PERsHING, We shall give brief glance at
the County nominations.
No convention ever had greater number
Of competant and reliable democrats from
among whom to choose its standard bearers,
and while all the candidates dominated are
eminently qualified fo= their respective po-
sitions, it is net too much tc say that others
Of equally strong claims upon the democra-
cy, and equally competent. were postponed
by the convention.
Capt. JOIN PoRTER was re nominated
fo- Assembly by acelamatian-a fitting COM
plimeut to one who went to Harrisburg poor
and returned poor. but with hands un-
stained by plunder."
For Register and Recorder GEORGE. ".
He was candidate three years ago. but his
claims were postponed to those of JANEs
GBIFFIN, Esq, the present upright and eff
fcient incumbent, and he turned in and la
bored actively for his competitor and the
whole ticket. His present nomination over
democrats who, ike himself, are honest
and competent, is sufficient proof of his in
tegrity and ability. Indeed. his high quail
! i6cations are admitted by all.
Capt. WILLIAM LINTON, the nominee for
Treasurer, like Capt. PORTER, served his
country in the "tented field" Honest,
manly and generous, LIE is q faYorite with
the true-hearted democracy.
The convention, with many candidates
before it of eminent fitness, selected JAMES
f. NEAsoN, of c Garfield township, for the
position of County Commissioner. Mr..
NeasOn has never held or sought an Office,
but his election will certainly put "the right
man In the right place" A thrifty ana
industrious farmer, he will be watchful
guardian of the interests and the money of
the people.
JOHN BLOCH. our candidate for Poor Di-
rector, is an honest. intelligent mechanic,
who did not seek the Office, but who will
fill it with energy and integrity. he is a
German by birth. ard his nomination is q
fitting compliment to the unfaltering Ger
man democracy.
! ANTHONY ANNA, our candidate f Audi.
tor is an intelligent gentleman and good
accountant, and will make splendid officer
Such is the ticket. Every man from
Governor down to Auditor is worthy the sup
port of every democrat. Therefore let the
watch word of the democracy be. ''The tick
ct, the whole ticket, and nothing bnt the
| ticket.o
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-07-22

ing institution intended to reach both -,
and poor with its advantages its free s,i ~ ~
arships being offered as prizes to be- ,'o.' ~
peted for by all the students. No secto.;-
bigotIy limits its benefceRt influence -
single religious denomination, but tbo,. /.
every creed find a welcome to its halls
On the 23l of November, 1866. n a l.
ner given to Mr.. Packer at Bethlehem o' 1
public acknoW le1gment of his princaIv -
at which many of the most eminent me- 9';
the State were present, Col. John W. F,r-
paid the following eloquent tribute to ~
guest of the day Here is a character -
career for youth and manhood To stulr
Here is Lesson to the one to move on M.
path Of improvement, and a stimulapt t7,I
other never to despair IN the darkest boD,-,
disaster and misfortune. We pick ont A..
Packer as the miner picks out a piece Of -,
to show the value Of the precious acr-s.
from which it is taken we pick him ont It, !.
show what can be won by personal bons,,.
industry. and kindness to men; bv cour..,
in the midst of bad luck by con6aenca :
the midst OF gloomy prophecy; by modet,
in prosperity, and by pTiBcelY geDero,it,
when fortune comes with both hands fpH !.
realize a Just AMBITION Among his irr,.
mer. the president Of the Camden and AMI.
Railroad. bore high testimony to the epsrgy
ana ability with which Mr.. Packer hal %
ried out his great mining and railroad snta.
prises, and acknowledged that al,5o1rb
Pennsylvania is only his adopted State fsv
of her sons have done more 10 develop h,,
mineral resources.
Mr.. Packer enjoys to the fullest extent The
confidence Of the community in which Ia
lives. This it has shown by electiug him :,
public Office whenever he could be induced
TO accept it, He served his neighbors serersr
years in the General Assembly Of the Sts.s
his services there ending with the year ls4,
He was then elected Judge of the c0uug
court, which position he held five years. al
hence he is Familiarity known as Judge Pack,
er. More recently he has represented l,
district for two consecutive terms in the
Congress of the United States. ami his friena
insisted on presenting his name TO the at
National Convention of the Democratic pa,
ty, as a candidate for the first Office in u.
gift Of the American people.
Mr.. Packers whole career exemplifes q.
truth that in the United States there is %
distinction tu which any young man m;
not aspire, and with energy, diligence. int.
ligence, ard virtue, attain. When he SET
out from Mystic, Connecticut, to make tie
Journey TO Pennsylvania on foot, it is 11t
probable that his entire worldly possess9a;
amounted to twenty dollars. These posses.
sions now are estimated at twenty million,
all Of which has been Accumulated, 50 fara
known, without wronging a single iuiiyil
ual. On the contrary. the wealth which L
has gathered is but tithe of that which h
has been the means of creating in the Lehia
valley.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-07-22

The last Holiday sburg Standard speaks
of the Democratic candidates in this county
as gentlemen of worth and character and
great personal popularity" and pays the fol-
lowing high but none the less deserved trib-
ute to the character of our nominee for As
sembly, Capt. John Porter:
The re-nominGtion OF Mr.. Porter for As
sembly was a merted compliment to as honest
a legislator as ever occupied a seat in our legis-
latiYe halls. 1t will be fortunate day for the
tax payers of the State when they are once
more represented by a majority of just such men
as he at Harrisburg. May his tribe increase!"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-07-22
General uancock,s letter.

The following is the full text Of General
Hancock's letter Withholding permission to
use his name in connection with the nomi-
nation for Governor of Pennsylvania, and
which was read before the recent Democratic
State Convention
SAINT paw, May 2lst, 1869.
DEAR i had the pleasure To receive
your favor of May lst last, just before leaving
Washington for the west Ny occupation and
duties prevented me from promptly replying to
your communication: and such is TO be regret
ted, for ! was as well prepared to express to
you my views then as now-and by having
promptly written l would have avoided the ap-
pa rance of hesitation.
Nv views on the subject, concerning which
you have addressed ME, have never changed,
ard 1 nave freely expressed them to ali persons
+ who have in any form communicated with me
to that end. / averse to Obtrudpg myself
on the public, and have therefore avoided
writing anything for publication, although l
have authorized my correspondents to make
any other proper use OF my sentiments. write
to you with the same Limitation as to the pur-
pose to which my letter may be applied, and
for the same reasons.
feel highly hoDored by the preference shown
me in old Northumb erland, as expressed. in
your letter; but tbstandng the high hon
or which you propose to confer by casting your
inf huence for me in the nominating convention
for Governor, now close at hand, / must state,
and without reservation, that under existing
circumstances / canno. permit the use of my
name in that convention. ere ! in civil life,
no distinction would be more agreeable to me
than TO be Governor of PeHusylvanis. I have.
however, follow ed the profession of arms since
boyhood and now that / have acquired con
siderable rank, do not wish to abandon it ami
enter upon life for which ! am much less
nv nd
Ia declining to permit the use of my name I
have considered that no injury would result to
the State, for there are numbers of distinguished
men, knowing its interests far better than my
self, whom the people would be pleased to hon
or, and who could render more efficient service
to the people of Pennsylvania ia than myself.
am truly your Obedient servant.
WINFIELD ScoTT HANcoCK.-
To Messrs G. II. G nndy. VIM. Mitchell, Chas.
Meade, VIM. H. Hutter, James Veal, L. II.
Merrymsn, B B. Welsh and z. Hagerman,
Bethlehem, Pa.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-07-22
Mississippi and Texas.

The ways OF Grant are not easily compre-
hended. He pledged himself. as several tel
egraph dispatches from Washington assured
the country. to leading citizens Of the above
named States, that elections should be held
therein in the early part OF September. be-
fore the cotton picking season would COM
mence. This was right and proper, If he had
only adhered to 1t, for Il is we'll known that
when the work of securing the cotton crop
has once commenced it will not permit of
any interruption until it has been completed.
A planter who has large cotton crop to Sc
cure cannot afford to run the risk Of the
negroes attending political gatherings, and
thereby perhaps lose the one-half of it. A
single day, just at that particular time. is of
vast importance to him and his interests.
This promise was made by the President be-
fore the Virginia election took place. The
result of that election disappointed and
alarmed the Cabinet, as we'll as the radical
leaders generally. II would not do to per-
NIT Mississippi and Texas to repeat the les
son of Virginia, as they were certain to do,
before the elections would come off in Penn
sylvania and Ohio in October. It's political
effect on those States was both appreheuded
and feared. Boutwell,, therefore, snnfing
the political breeze from afar, induced Grant
and his Cabinet to postpone the elections in
those two States until the 30th day of No
vember-the most ineonvenent time in the
whole year for holding it. No other reason
for the sudden change can be assigned than
the one we have mentioned, aud it cannot
be defended on any principle of honesty or
decent regard for the convenience an inter
ests Of those two unreconstructed States.
If Grant and his Cabinet suppose .hat the
result of the election in Pennsylvania would
have been materially affected by the action
of the people of Mississippi and Texas, they
are laboring under a fatal delusion. This
will be made perfectly clear and manifest to
their short-sighted visions in October, and
then they can prepare themselves for the
response to the verdict of the Old keystone
which will be given by these two Southern
States on the 3oth day of November Penn
sylvania has stern duty to perform to her
self and to the country, and she means to do
it efectually. as Boutwell, & Co. will learn
IN sorrow and in shame
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-07-22

f W. Hughes, Esq. of Schuylkill coun-
ty, from the Committee on Resolutions in
the Democratic State Convention, submitted
the following, which were adopted without
dissenting voice:
The Democracy of Pennsylvania, in conven-
ton met, do unanimously declare
l. That the federal government is limited in
power to the grants contained in the Constitu-
ton; that the exercise OF doubtful constitutional
powers Is dangerous TO the stability of the gov
eminent and the safety of the people, and the
Democratic party will never consent that the
State of Pennsylvania shall surrender her great
right of local self government.
=. That the attempted ratification Of the pro-
posed fife enth amendment to the Federol Con-
stitutOn by the radical members of the last
Legislature, and their refusal to submit the
same TO a vote of the people, was a deliberate
breach Of their official duty and an outrage
upon every citizen or the State, and the IesUlu-
ton making such ratification should be prompt
II repealed and the amendment submitted TO
the people at the polls for acceptance or rejec-
ton.
;. That the Democratic party of Pennsylva-
Lila is opposed TO conierring upon the negro tn e
right to vote, and We DO emphatically deny that
there Is any right or power in Congress or else
where to impose negro suffrage upon the people
of this State in opposition to their will.
4. That reform IN the administration of the
federal and State governments, and in the man
agemeRt of their financial affairs is imperative
ly demanded.
D. That the movements now being made for
the ameloration of the condition of the labor
ing man has our most cordial cooperation.
6. That the legislation of the late republican
Congress, "outside of the Constitution" ;" the
disregard of the majority therein of the will of
the people and the sanctity of the ballot box,
in the exclusion from their seats in Congress
ofrepresentatives clearly elected the establish
ment of military governments in States in the
Union and the overthrow OF all civil govern
ments therein, are acts of tyranny and usurpa-
ton that tend directly TO the destruction Of ali
republican government and the creation of the
worst forms OF despousm-
Z. That our soldiers and sailors who carried
the flag of our country to victory must be CRATE
fully remembered, and all the guarantees given
in their favor must be faithfully carried into
execution.
g. Equal rigtts and protection for natural
lied and native born citizens at home and
abroad: the assertion of American nationality
which shall command the respec. of foreign
powers and furnish an example and encourage
ment TO people struggling for national integri-
ty constitutional liberty and Individual rights
g. That the present internal revenue aud
taxing system OF the general government is
grossly unjust. and means ought at once be
adopted to cause modification thereof.