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The New York herald., 1869-12-07
C0LORFD ORPHAN ASYLUM.
Annual Meeting.

Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting for the election OF managers
OF the Colored Orphan Asylum was held yesterday
Of twelve O'Clock at the house Of Mrs. Landon, No.
East Fourteenth street. The various reports from
the heads Of the departments connected with the
asylum were read. The managers and trustees In
their report FOR the past year. say the educational
advantages presented In this institution are good
and the children show fair progress. As in other
institutions there is great diversity OF attainment
often the consequence Of early surroundings. and
the observer cannot judge fairly OF the
progress OF any class without some know
ledge OF the previous influences that nave
moulded the mind as well as the character. Those
who enter the institution as mere infants and are
trained under the eyes Of judcious nurse ea silly
accept instruction and soon pass credltably into
the higher classes, while those who enter at ten
eleven, ignorant OF its simplest rudments rarely
leave the primary department.. While the managers
recognize field or useulnes5 beyond their present
limit, they question, under existing circumstances,
the prudence OF any more extended effort The late
aid received from the Legislature may only be
applied for building purposes or direct or permanent
improvements upon the house, 80 that the avail
able income for the expenses OF the family
solicit continuance OF past patronage,
believing that tins charge must commend Itself to
the public, both in the helplessness OF the class
protects and IN the Judtclous economy which per.
vades every department.
The teacherS report was next read, from which
1t appears that seventy children have been admitted
to the schools OF the Institution during the past
year, including ten from the nursery-thrty nine OF
whom did not know the alphabet. Number OF chill
dren taught during the year, 295. Number OF scho-
ars ut present receiving instruction, 234 The re-
ports or the treasurer, superintendent and physi-
clan were also read, and with those which had pre-
ceded them, unananimously adopted.
The treasurer's books show the receipts OF the
past year TO have been $J96O2; the disbursements,
s56,6S4 and the balance In hand $2,9ls.
The meeting then proceeded TO elect officers and
managers for the ensuing year, when the following
ladies' were elected as managers and trustees:-ars
Augustus 1aber, Mrs. william III. Onderdonk, Miss
Sarah J. Murray and Mrs. Charles Landon.
several ladies' were also appointed to net on tho
various committees, and after prolonged discus
son among those present rs to the best means OF
urthering the interests Of the inmates of the nstu
ton and upon some questions concerning Its gen
efai management, The meeting adjourned.
Inc following interesting general statistics show
the WORK accomplished by this valuable institu-
tion:-Children admitted since the opening OF the
institution, June g. 1885, 1,c3S, number per last re-
port, December 1865, 27I since adwitted, boys so
girls N-71.
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Balance on hand October /, 1859. s33, 164
The amount required IN addition 10 the balance on
hand October /, 1869, for payment OF outstanding
debts and current expenses Ia s6JO00.
FOURTH MILITARY DISTRICT.
This district has been commanded by Brevet MAJOR
General Ames since March II , 1869, and comprises
the State OF mississippi. The sixteenth infantry
regiment ID the only military organization on duty
there.
The employment OF troops beyond the ordinary
routine OF duty has been confined to expeditions Tor
the purpose OF arresting lawlejs characters guilty OF
murder or other serious offences. supported by
public opinion O lew men, IN defiance VI the law,
commit murders and 0utrages, and cIvil officers are
unequal to the task OF bringing them TO justice.
Guaroed and protected by their neighbors their
arrest becomes very difcuit and the assistance Of
troops Is demanded. Ihe parties injured or their
friends rarely undertake to aid the civil or military
authorities, and If so, hestatingy and secretly.
The cases are not numerous where violence has
been offered the regularly constituted authorities,
and In those instances the acts were committed gen.
orally BY individuals who, nevertheless, were
secreted and shielded by the people.
one OF the most deliberate and cold. blooded oases
Of the Kind ws the murder In the streets Of Jackson
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27
The Pulpit vs.. Woman Suffrage.

"There's where Panl and differp said a
woman who had learned to think for herself
when they wanted to quote her down with a
passage from Paul; passage continually mis-
understood and misrepresented.
"To my mind" says Mr.. Rev. John Cham
bers of Philadelphia, in capital discourse up
on the corruptions of the day, and the alarm
ing public tendencies, "to my mind, therefore,
as look over the state of things, the signs of
the times are appalling. Deliah is at the home
of Liberty with the voice of an enchantress,
asking this mighty Samson to sleep upon her
knees that she may shave off his seven locks
Now she is speaking DANGEROUSLY for "univer,
sal suffrage" and woman, lovingly glorious
woman, is orgettiny the position into which
God has placed her; and is STOPPING down
from that platform of female glory and beauty
and excelency to maingle aoith the drunken
cropd and the filth Of the streets about the polls
on election day. What pitioble, sorrnacfaL
sight, to see the louliest of Godscreation on EARTH
the american aconaan, shouldering and elbooing
10Th the roughs Of your city, the fragments of
their bonnets and the borders Of their caps being
stre,on about the ,odlks in their drunken riots"
As If women Woulo pe oplSeu 10 vote Win
drunken rowdies at the polls on election day!
As if no contrivancc could be hit upon for col
lecting their votes elsewhere!
suppose we should apply this to the delicate
and rehned and sensitive among naen-to the
poets' and hterati and clergymen of our day;
ana urge them to keep away from the polls,
lest the drunken rowdies there coneregated,
should tear off their coat-tail. tramnle on the
toes-of their Japanned boots, or pluck away
their breast pins and watch guards-how
would they relish this advise? But why waste
words with people, who, whatever else thew
may be, in the pulpit or out, are eternally chat
tering about what they wholly misunderstood
JOHN NEAL.
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27

THE Lewiston Journal tells an amusing sto-
ry of the adventures of the City Marshal of
that place, who followed sleigh out into the
country, on Friday ,suspecting that something
was concealed under the robes. The man in
the sleigh didn't seem disposed to stop any
where. The deno,teaent was as follows:
At last the road came to an end at the Cath
Ollie Burying Ground, where, by an odd incon-
gruity, a funeral procession was just winding
its way among the graves. The Marshal with
drew to a respectful distance, and the process
sion passed by. Returning to the entrance of
the burial place he found the cheerful counte-
nance of his victim, who as cheerfully asked
him "what he was after" II was trying to
find the end of this road" laconically replied
the Marshal. Suspicious of that officials bus
mess, the suspected liquor dealer averred he
had nothing contraband in his sleigh, and vesy
willingly turned back his sleigh-robes to prove
his affirmation. Not to be caught by such
dodge, the Marshal intimated he would take a
little walk into the cemetery. Following
foot track some little distance, he fell upon a
demijohn and keg of liquor, which he took
possession of, and both parties drove home
again. 1t was mystery how that liquor
came thereof cOurse"
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27

"YELLow-CovERED LIrERATURE."-Aco con-
ceited young fop who holds responsible posi-
ton in business establishment where young
ladies are employed, and who, withal, affects
to be misogynist, took it upon himself one
day to discourse to the ladies on the frivolity
of their conduct, and especially their incapac-
ity to enjoy or appreciate the better class of
literature. averring that they occupy their leis-
ure time with "yellow-covered novels" The
next morning one of the "girls" came to him
with genuine yellow-covered volume in her
hand, that looked as if G. P. r. James, Emer-
son Bennett, or Sylvanus Cobb might have
claimed its paternity. She remarked that it
was true, as he had alleged, that she did some
times amuse herself by reading yellow covered
books, and that that which she held in her
hand was the one which she read oftenest and
with the most pleasure. She begged him to
take it and read it himself, for perchancA he
might have taste for such reading that was
as yet undeveloped. Taking it contemptuous.
ly on the tips of his fingers and examining it
hastily, he found it was printed in characters
with which he was unfamiliar,--in short, that
it was sail Greek" to him. 1t was German
edition of Fouque's Undine! Exeunt, several
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27
COMMERCIAL.
RECEIPTS BY RAILROADS AND STEAMERS, JAN. 2o

GRAND TRUNK RArLwAY-s0O bbls -four cara
corn, 25I bbls 81 bags and 80 casks starch "a bns
Deans, Zs3 cans milk, IS cars lumber. do bark 1e0
snooks2 cars sugar boxes, do ship knees, 81 dead
nogI rolls leather, car feed. PIG pkgs sundrie,
tor Portland and Boston for shipment East, in bond
car oats, 176 bales fax 17s do tow, 800 bbs. -four
Io bags wheat 256 boxes figs 200 tubs lard 1872 bbls
PORK, l05 bbls. beans, 100 bbls. potash.
MAINE CENTRAL RAILRoAD-17s3 sides leather 9
pdls. skins, cars boards, ~ beams yarn, bbis.
Deans les pkgs. sundries for Portland and Boston.
PORTLAND, SACO g. PORTSMOUTH RAILROAD
car marble, do boxes and heads, 2 do wool, IO8
green hides, do bagging horse, 8 cases matches,
40 sets carriage Wheels lot cherry boards 26 boxes
bbls. and pkgs. mdse.
PORTLAND q ROCHESTER RAILRoAD-1225s ugar
boxes, 2456 pairs heads, car wood do shocks 40
bdls hoops, empty bills, cases clothing.
STE AMER FosEsT CITY, FROM Bosroy-.Jan. 25.
10 bdls shovels, casks OIL II pkgs dive stuffs Of
bags peanuts IS do dried apples 10 cases boots and
shoes, bbs. liquors, SO dead hogs, 80 bbs pork 20
kegs soda Is hhds sugar, chests tea and 100 pkgs
mdse. to order; for Canada, 120 empty bbs.. 17b
boxes extract IA cases boots and shoes. 100 pkgs 10
order 81 bales WOOL 20 kegs mai s, 10 bales rags, 2s
boxes mdse, 81 rolls leather, 120 pkgs mdse to or
der.
STEAMER MONTREAL. FROM BosToN-Jan. 2e,-
springs, 40 boxes tin, 80 bdls. and bars iron, 80
bdls. shovels, piano forte, 40 rolls felis IS bbls
composition. 60 kegs saeratus 10 bbls rice, 80 pigs
tin and lead, so boxes fruit, 15 sheets IRON hhds
crockery 10 erces lard 80 kegs Soda 10 coils cord
age 20 hhds. sugar. 20 bags rags, 48 dead hogs 10
radiators, 104 pkgs mdse. to order for the Canadas
12O empty bbls, ~ cases tubes 100 bales oakum 20
cases boots, "a wheels 200 hides 100 bars IRON 10
bags WOOL Is do paper stock, 10 pkgs mdse to order
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27

DEATH OF A PRINTER.-The intelligence has
come to us of the death of VIM. B. Starbird,
who died in Portland on Saturday. Mr.. Star
bird left this Office in May last on account of
failing health, having been employed in the
Office for about five years. He was an intelli-
gent printer, and brought to the case mind
keen to perceive and well stored with useful
knowledge. As many other printers have
done he labored beyond his strength; and long
after that fatal scourge of our climate, con-
sumption, had claimed him as its victim, he
entertained the strongest hope of recovery, and
this hope buoyed him up almost to his dying
day. Those who were associated with' him
here will never forget his quaint characters
tics. He seemed to live within himself, entire
ly uninfiusneed by any outside circumstance
or event. His sweetest moments were passed
in the conpanionship of books. Silent minis
tiers were they to sooth and comfort mind
for which the world had lost most of its charms
Of a retiring nature, he always sought seclu-
sion, and when others were gay and happy he
was silent and meditative. He welded a
ready pen, and some rare lines of his have
found their way into these columns. In for
mer years he was regular contributor to the
Portland Transcript, where his writings found
place beside those of Florence Percy, with
whom he had formed lifelong attachment
-Keanebec Journal.
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27

HoRTLAND TURNvEREN.-We would not
have any of our readers suppose for moment
that the members of Portland Turpverein
would seriously object to their purchasing one
or more tickets to the exhibition next Tuesday
evening, before the evening arrives. Plenty
of opportunities are offered to secure tickets at
any time, with the understanding that the
same style Of audience and the same good or
der and decorum will be preserved as on for
mer occasions. The omission of the trapeze
exercises, although one of the principal fea-
lures of gymnastic exhibition, and one that
is successfully handled by this association, will
undoubtedly give great satisfaction to those
who are unable to witness performances re-
quiring so much daring and intrepidity. But
the trapeze will not be neglected entirely, but
advantage will be taken of every new act and
studied with as much determination as ever in
order to excel in these exercises.
We hear it limited that the benefit OF this ex-
hibition is to accrue to the performers, who
have worked hard and at considerable personal
expense to keep this institution in creditable
condition. If so, our citizens must come for
ward with will, and show by the crowd of
upturned faces that will greet them on next
Tuesday evening as they make their introduce
ton, that the Portland people justly appreciate
home talent.
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27
SPECIAL NOTICES.

AN ELEGANT TURNoUr.-We saw at the
factory of Mr.. c. P. Kimball, yesterday, the
most elegant single sleigh il was ever our good
rtune to examine. We think it even excels
in beauty the famous sleigh Mr.. K. exhibited
at the State Fair. 1t is Mr.. KS patent cor
rugated pattern, painted imperial green top
and dasher, running work fire white richly
striped with gold and carmine, trimmed with
brown silk velvet, and is rich and elegant in
the extreme. This sleigh was built by Mr.. K.
expressly for DR.. o. Fitzgerald, OF Dexter, Me.
The Doctor is well known in all the eastern
part OF Maine as one of the best looking men
in the State, and we feel very sure he will
have by all odds, the finest TURF out in the
Pine Tree State.-Portland Press, Jan. 6.
To this beautiful sleigh that cost four hun
bred dollars, the Doctor has hitched one OF
the most splendid horses in the country, with
gold mounted harness to match, making the
team cost in round numbers nearly two
thousand dollars. But the Doctors wonderful
success fully warrants the outlay. He is one
of the most skillful men in the country, and
is daily performing miraculous cures of the
most terrible diseases that no man can &C.
count for. All afflicted will do we'll to consult
him at Merchants Exchange, Dexter, Maine.
ja14 sNlm
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27
AttcOcE'S Porous PIaSferS
ACCUMULATE ELECTRICITY,

ACCUMULATE ELECTRICITY,
'no circulation of the blood becomes equal
lieu upon tne part where applied causing pain and
morbid action to cease
Was there ever published stronger ev;dence than
this?
Certificate from Il. r. Sterling. ESQ.
For two years, have been a g'eat sufferer from,
neuralgia in the head, and found only temnorsrv
relief from all tn various remedies that have tried
until applied one OF "Allc0rks Porous Plasters
l cut it into three strips, placing under each
shoulder blade and the other over the small of NV
back, and for the past three months 1 have ha1
scarcely twinge of the old pain. advise all who
suffer from nervous dis asses to lose no time in max.
ing trial of the wonderful plaster.
A. f. STERI ING, Secy Singer Mig Co.
New YorS, June 8, 1868.
Principal Office, Brandreth House, New York.
V-Sold by all Druggists
at
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27
Prepared and Sold only by
JEREMIAH BUXTON, JR.,
Also Proprietor of the Great German Cough Remedy
YARMOUTH, ME.
Price $1.00. aug1OS &wtfsN
DIR. Tobias Venetian Horse Lini.
ment.

Pint bottles at 81 for the cure oflameness, scratch
ss. wind gals, sprains, bruises. splints, cuts collie
slipping stiie over heating sore throat nail in the
loot, &C. 1t is warranted cheaper and better than
any other article ever offered to the public Tbous-
ands OF ANNA Is have been cured of the collie and
over heali by the LIN ment; and hundreds that
were crippled and lame have been restored ~ tha;r
1oi mer vigor; 1t is used by the first borseman
am !f Inc Orders are constantly
supplies OF this invaluable article, over zoo test
i ,aa nave neen received. Remem en- one dol
ias ,Iu oue 10 time may save the lite of your horse.
out the United States Depot 10 PARK place, N Y.
Dec 2S-eod&oowlmsN jal5t3f
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27
SPECIAL NOTICES
THE ST. LOUIS FAMILY FLOUR co

THE ST. LOUIS FAMILY FLOUR co
At % Commercial St., may be found the best
Family Flour. We have tried this flour and
find it of most excellent quality. This Com
pany are determined to keep the different
grades and to sell at retail for wholesale prices
thereby giving the purchaser an advantage
which is not easily obtained at other establish
ments. We can assure our readers that this
-four is exactly what it is represented to be-
A penny saved is worth quite as much as
penney earned, and here is chance to fully
realize the truth of that ancient maxim.
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27
Simmons.

OBsEoUIEs. - The funeral of Mr.. Thomas
Worcester, a past member of the Portland
Light Infantry, took place yesterday afternoon
at his late residence on Clark Street. The
Portland Light Infantry, with the Portland
Band attended in full uniform. Mr.. Wor-
cester was an employee of the P. s. & P.
Railroad Co., and had been connected with
the construction department of that road for
nearly quarter of a century. Mr.. Worces-
ter was an old and interested member of the
Light Infantry Association, and was the Or
DERBY sergeant of the company under Capt
Horace Forbes Superintendent Chase and
as many of the conductors and employees of
the company as could be spared from their
duties, to the number of over fifty, appeared
in the procession. The escort proceeded as
far as behring's Bridge, when the remains
were carried to Evergreen Cemetery. A dep
utation of the employees and the military
acted as pail bearers. Mr.. Worcester was a
very worthy man, and much respected by the
community
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27

PUGET SOUND-Ar at Port Townsend "a ,,..
ships Revere, Mcintyre San Francisco: Mar Ginx
er Miller do; barques Anglo Saxon, AcSIev' and
Oak Hill, Ford do. AoAiey' anu
SAN FRANCISCO-Cld 9Th inst. brig II w Lucas.
Anderson. Port Ludlow 'i's -"''
AT 2,th INST. ship Akbar, Crocker, Manila.
rah, Pensacola. 81" Wv
o AT k lava 18th inst, sch Frank Walter COrson
NEW ORLEANS-CId 18Th, ship d W Chapman.
Miller, Boston; 10th. Jane sh. tnew) Brown. Lly-
erpool; barGue Tejuca, Howell, New YORK.
CID 18th, barques Joshua loring, LUrlng, Boston;
18th, Mary q Louisa, Davis, do.
In port 20tn barque II Kennedy, Tor Providence
SAVANNAH-Sd 2tst. scbs Moses b Bramhall
Stros New York; 7 u Wilder. Heather Proyi-
dentH Louisa, Neyens, Philadelphia; orioe, Stahl,
Cd Sist, sch Addie Blaisden Garfield, Barbados.
2si, scbs Redngton, Xix, and Bedabedec Hix, Sa
sATILLA MILLs-sld nth, sch Ella Fish, wiev.
Duxbury.
OHARLEsToN-Cld 22d, sch Mary Haskell
Barbour, Boston.
NokFoLK-Ar POD, sch VIM Flint. Post. from
Rockport ~ ~
BALTIMORE-Ar 2Ith. brig Showers. French
Demarara; sch Fannie blake. Packard, Darien.
Cld I'D sens Y CARR, LrOnk st Andrews Mr..
Vapor, Bogari, Providence Wi
Sid "a. bIlg Harriet, tor Mayaguez.
PHILADELPhlA-Cld 2sd, sch Marcus Hunter
Orr, Sagua. hunter,
NEW YORK-Ar 23d. brig Clarabel, Tracev ,,o,,.
Paiermo sch Koret, Croker, Newport. "oui
AT 2ath, sch Helen ID Hoyt, John, Rockland.
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27

INsURANcE.-We would refer our readers to
the advertisement Of the Independent Insur-
ance Company, OF which Mr.. Sterling Dow is
agent. That company was chartered in March,
1867, and in one year it added to its assets the
sum of 100000. 1t will be seen by the adver-
tisement that the directors are some OF the
most reliable men in Boston.
Mr.. Dow, who is agent for the company in
this State, will furnish all applicants with full
details of the business of the company.
Mr.. Dow is also agent for several other fire
and life insurance companies. His office is at
the corner of Fore and Exchange streets, over
the International Telegraph Office.
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27

LIST OF PATENTS issued to Maine invento s
and bearing date of January Goth, reported for
the Press by William H. Clifford, Solicitor of
American and Foreign Patents, 3O1 IL Con-
gress Street, Portland, Me-:
j. Ashworth, Lewiston. assignor to self and
X. I. Rey nolds, same place, Joining Belts.
J. E. Hobbs. North Berwick, Gas Meter.
c. Smith, Hermon, Car Heater.
P. S. Foster, Richmond, Bench Plane.
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27

SENATOR SPRAGUE, an Augusta correspon-
dent gravely informs an admring world,
caught nice mess of trout while "roughing
it" in the backwoods of Maine last week Mrs.
Sprague "braved the boreal regions with re-
markable fortitude," and was much enter
tanned by the narratives of one of the choppers
in the camp who had had much experience in
Iaor-buptino
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27

GENEROUS DoNATIoN.-Apart from the con-
cert which was so kindly given on Monday
evening in aid of Mr.. Wheelock, quite a
number of the musicians and music
dealers of the city headed by William Paine,
have subscribed the sum of $72, 80 for the same
object. We trust that with the addition
OF the sum cleared by the concert Mr..
Wheelock will be sufficiently able to return
again to the kind friends who have given such
strong proof of the affection they have for
h
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27
CUMRFR1AND RAR Assomr

CUMBERLAND BAR AssocIATIoN-Th The an
nual meeting of the Cumberland Bar Asso-
citation for the election of officers, took place
at the Library Room, City Building, at
o'clock P. NJ, yesterday. The following gen.
tlemen were elected for the ensuing year.
President, Judge Howard. Vice. President,
Nathan Webb. Secretary AMI Treasurer,
Jos. w. Symonds. General Committee, Jas.
McCobb, Edw. II. Daveis, Phinehas Barnes,
Geo. F. Shepley. The annual supper will
probably come off next week, the committee
of which were chosen in July last, and are
Messrs. G. P. Mattocks, B. D. VerrilI, and
Thomas B. Reed.
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27

: "A man called at a Danbury, (Ct.,) farm
house last week after dark, and asked for
something to eat, and when the tender-hearted
farmer offered him bed for the night, he re-
spectfully declined his offer, stating that he
had not occupied bed for twenty five years,
but had mostly slept in barns and hay mows,
and large portion of the time on the ground.
"A French aeronaut is in New York with
big balloon, in which he proposes to cross the
Atlantic.
Belle Boyd "drew her dagger" on a stage
manager in Texas the other day.
The Portland daily press., 1869-01-27

VELocIPEDEs.-It will be seen by reference
to our advertisement column that the veloci-
pede is destined to play an important part in
locomotion in Portland before long. Messrs.
G. P. Kimball & Larkin are prepared to build
all styles of velocipedes, and have opened a
large hall in their carriage factory on Preble
street, where they are prepared to give in
structions in the use of these new vehicles to
all who may desire to learn at moderate price,
To all who order velocipede no charge will be
made for instruction. Several persons have
already subscribed to the class or have ordered
velocipede, and when spring arrives we shall
expect to see our streets filled with the new
invention putting carriages and horsecars COM
pletely in the shade.