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Admiral Davis and Minister Washburne.
PORTLAND, Feb. 18th, 1859.

ADMIRAL Davis and Mtnister WashburMe.
PORTLAND, Feb. 18th, 1859.
To the Editor Of the Press:
notice in your morning edition an extract
from letter from Rio Janeiro, in which Ad-
miral Davis, commanding the squadron on
chat station, charges that the Hon. Charles
Washburne, late Minister to Paraguay, was
an accomplice in plot to overthrow Lopez,
the Dictator of Paraguay.
In the first place it does not look probable
that Mr.. Washburpe would plot with few
soldiers of fortune against even such despot-
ism as Paraguay, and especially so when he
was accredited as United States Minister to
that country. And, again, it is not probable
that he would risk the lives of his family, if he
would his own, in such Quixotic attempt
In the next place there isno proof beyond that
manipulated by Lopez, who is one of the worst
desperadoes on the face of the globe, that such
pilot existed. In then place Mr., Wash
burne has always been accused of being more
than partial to the Paraguayan government,
and there is no doubt that he used all his in
fuence to bring about mediation between the
allies and Paraguay, and thereby Paraa uay
would have gained an advantage.
The true state OF the matter is undoubtedly
that Mr.. washburne was cognizant of the
butcheries and barbarities of Lopez, and be-
coming disguised with such state of affairs,
which of course he could not remedy, he pro-
posed returning to the United States, and Lo.
peg, fearing the disclosures he would make,
trumpet up this accusation in order to place
him in position where anything he (Mr. W.
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Municipal Election !
1 e 6 o.
Republican Ward Caucuses

The Republican Voters OF this city. and all others
syrnpathizing with them in the general purpos
Republican party, are notified AMI requested to as
senhle Ia caucus, at their respective Ward Rooms,
on
for The purpose of nominating candidate to be
supported for MAYOR, at the Spring Election 10 be
holden On the FIRST MONDAY of MARCH next.
Also to make choice OF Ward ONCE s. to be sup
ported in each Ward respectively, consisting of One
Alderman. Three C0uncilm' N, Warden
81 Clerk, aud Two COnstables.
Also to select two persons in each ward to sef''
the City Committee during the coming year.
AT the meeting of the Republican City oon.ni'''ee
at which the above call was issued, = les-
on ion was adopted by very oe'i''e 'o's.
y soJ,,d Tho ~ hereby recommended to the
n In ,liso vat RI in th several wards in the CITY,
ia ward ,u US assembled, To- anopt the following
m in t1e selection OF candidate for Mayor viz:
THO cboI,e TO be determined by ballot the person
receiving majority OF all the Votes cast in the sew
arai Ward Ca Icuses to be declared the nominee of
The parry. The Chairman and Secretary of eac b
ward caucas to certify the vote oil their respe tive
wards 10 he Republican City Committee, within
twenty.'our hours thereafter who shall ediately
ascertain and declare the result and if anv pei son
shall ppear to have been nominated shall notify
such person Of bis nomination and request his ac-
ceptauce thereof.
Ward will meet In Ward Room in Lincoln Hall.
Ward will meet in Ward Room near Locust st.
war; VIII meet In Ward Room in City Building.
WarJ W IL meet in Ward Room In Market Hall.
Ward will meet In Ward Room corner So. ing and
Slutaa streets.
Ward will meet in Ward Room on Spring st. near
sac.
Waed will meet in Ward Room ON Bracket street
between Pine and Spring SITS.
BY Order OF Republican City Comm.
M. A. BLANCHARD, Chairman.
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A ROGUE AMONG TIE SKATERs-A match
between two female" skaters, Miss Nellie
Dean and Miss Ada Godbout, came off at the
rink in Buffalo on Saturday the 9th, and was
witnessed by a very large number of persons.
At the close of the match, Mr.. Hervey, the
manager, troubled with an attack Of con-
science, came forward and confessed gross
imposition. He said that he had much desir-
ed to oblige the public By introducing fema.e
skaters; but, being unable to procure but one
of that gender, he had dressed up gentle
man, called him Ada Godbcut, and passed
him off to his patrons as woman. The an
noupcement was received with cheers and
Kisses. Soon after, an officer appeared from
Rochester to arrest Ada fer trifing with the
affections of a maiden in r. But he kindly
permitted the gentle masculine to remain and
finish his "match," and then marched him off
to stand the brunt of indignation bottled up in
Rochester against him, for f,oling with one of
their girls.
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FEBRUARY TEsd-eoDDARD, J PRESIDING.
MoNDAY.-Edward Clement & ais. v. Almira Sat-
ford. Account annexed for lumber. Defence-Lum-
ber not delivered Opened and suspended tor furth-
er testimony.
Putnam. Shep.ey & Strout.
No. 10s-Henry W. Ripley v. VIM. f Mosely & al.
Evidence out. The argument in the morning.
Sweat. Davis & Drammond.
No. 177-,Neil McCafferty v. Michael Mclaughlin
q ux. SANDER, charging larceny and robbery.
williams. Ingraham.
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NEW ADVERTISER EMS.
The Medicine for
WHOOPLNG COUGH.

DoDD's NERvINE and Invgo a'or gives agreea-
Die and almost instant relief the spafms Of Whoop
ing Cough. This Is compliant thu all children are
expected 10 have; and when comes strange 10 saw
they arc left 20 fight 1t through they can 1T
tie or potllng being done to break its Intensity or
help the sufferers along. And when IL Is reflected
that very many OF the diseases OF older and adult
Whoopng Cough, this neglect would be utterly uu.
accountable but tor the fact that chlldrens dieasas
like many OF the weaknesses OF women, are consider.
ed so much a after Ofcourse that people have he.
come st fcally uneoncerned about them. Let them
cough 1t through, as we did, SEEMS gene ~ to be
diseae, and Dodds NerviHe and fnvgorator treats ii
with COMPLETE sUcCE s. Mothers. JRY IT, and
save YOUR little the worst agony this Distress
ing affection. sure and beneiicent medicine.
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ArrFMprEn M11RnER-We learn

ATTEMPTED NUMBERING learn from the
Lawrence American that a convict 10 the
House of Correction in that city, named Thos.
J. Llewellyn, who was sentenced in May,
1862, for two years, for an assault upon police
officer in Lynn, made murderous attack on a
fellow prisoner in the workshop. gu Tuesday
last, with shoe knife. The prisoners
were all at work making Shoes The assaulted
man, David Hodgdon, young man of "a, had
stepped to the vicinity of the seat of Llewelyn
to wet his leather in pail of water, and was
STOPPING over, when the latter jumped
over the seat OF another prisoner up
on HOdgdon, and then drove the shoe knife
iuto his back, near the centre, made another
cut under the right shoulder blade, and gave a
slight cut in the arm. The knife, though very
sharp, was square at the. end and instead OF
going straight into the body, which would
have caused certain death, glanced upward
into the flesh. The would-be murderer was
at once seized and secured after a desperate
struggle, when he confessed that his purpose
was to kill Hodgdon and one or two
others. The knife was broken off at The hilt,
but the wounded man is moi considered da n
gerously hurt.
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THE MUNICIPAL ELEcrIoN.-The recon-
mendations of the Republican City Commit
tee, in their call for Ward caucuses to nomi-
nate candidate for Mayor, have, we believe,
been endorsed in advance by the people. The
suggestions heretofore made in these columns
to the same effect have met with dissent from
no quarter entitled to consideration. The old
system of electing delegates to a nominating
convention is to be abolished, ii the suggestion
Of the committee is favorably received, and
the people will vote directly for a candidate.
This method of making nomination is SO free
from any sort of complication, so poorly calcu-
lated to forward the interests of any clique or
ring, and SO fatal to any unpopular "slate"
made up in advance, that it must commend it.
salt to the judgment and secure the Hearty as
sent of all iair-minded men. Let US, at least,
have fair trial of this reform movement, and
then, if in the course of time it is found that
abuses creep in, let the details be so modified
as to obviate them. Meanwhile opposition to
the movement can come, it would seem, only
from individuals who have in view some
scheme Of personal ambieion which is likely
to be thwarted thereby.
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HOW a Decline is Produced

Pure blood makes US well, bad blood makes US
sick. Vafors from poorly digested ooi in the blood
are condensed upon the various organs and serve
make them grow or repair their waste. Organs
made with greater or lesser pr portion of such
materials cannot be sound, II the bad condition of
blood continues but for a Jew days or weeks the
body will be out OF sorts; and ii 1t continues the
whole of The body will IL time be renewed with I'M.
perfect blood, and The health bad; IL is In decline
popularity called consumption.
Now Brandreth's Pills penetrate the whole mass
OF blood, causing the expulsion OF impurities; the
body feels relieved from a single dose-vhat then
may be expected from twenty? BY continuing
their use the whole of the blood in time become,
purified, and the body reconstructed from GOOD M a.
'er'al, me decline stopped, and new lease OF life
secured.
rrInc'pa' once, Brandreth House, New York.
V-sold by all Druggists
fe4 eod&eow1msS
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ScHLoTTERBEcK's BAY SHAMPooNG LIQUID
This preparation, for cleansing the scalp, Grad
icating dandruff, &c. is unsurpassed 1t opens
the pores of the scalp, gives the natural juices
free circulation through the hair, which is
thereby strengthened and prevented from fall
ing out. Price so cents per bottle. feb10d2w
IT is said that Calisaya Bark has a peculiar
effect upon the liver, and guards the system
against diseases by exposure and irregular
diet 1t is conceded that the great success of
the wonderful Plantation Bitters, which, pre-
vious to our late unhappy difficulties, was
found in most Southern homes, was owing to
the extract of Calisaya Bark which it con-
taiped as one of the principal ingredients. In
confirmation of this we have heard one of our
distinguished physicians re mark, that when
ever he felt unwell from ordinary dietetic or
atmospheric causes, he invariably relieved
himself by Plantation Btters. We speak adj
visedly when we say that we know it to be the
best and most popular medicine in the world.
MAGNOLIA WATER. Superior to the best
imported German Cologne, and sold at half
be price. feb13eod1w&w
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TIVE MrrRpFR OF GEN. McCoNNELL.-The
verdict of the coroner's jury in case of the
murdered Gen. Mcconnell, at Jack sonville,
Ill.,. charges the deed upon man named Will
liam A. Rot inson, who has been arrested
Robinson was hotel clerk at the Mansion
House there, and was detected by having in
bis possession an unpaid note known to have
been stolc2 from the body of Gen. Mcconnell.
Robinson was the signer of the missing note,
and he was seen to go into the house within
nve minutes of The time the crime must have
been committed, by two persons-one the
milkman, who identifies him, and by another
person. The book of interest-tables was OPEN
ed to the page of the denomination OF his note.
The pencil mark was at the point on the col
umn of figures corresponding with the note
A scrap of paper, with figures made by Gen.
Mcconnell, corresponding to calculations with
that interest-column and that note, was found
ON his table, The arrested man makes con-
Trajectory statements to account for himself
The correspondent of a. New York paper gives
the following:
The deceased was sitting in his room, facing
both and the only doors by which the room
COuiu nave ucCh CuIcf0u ne was iOuuu VI
the floor, lying on his face, Immediately in
front OF his lair He could not have risen or
lett his char; vet the fiend must have 'ap-
preached him toward his face. The deceased
must have seen him, and he was not frighten.
ed. The fend came into his room, ap-
preached him, speaking to him, aud quieting
his apprehensions, sat down by him and talked
with him about business The deceased turn
ed toward his nterest-tables beside him, and
was running up column OF figures. The
mark of a pencil is found damned into the
page, and the pencil, with broken point, was
on the floor near by. just at this opportune
moment the fend rose up, and stood by his
left side and a little to his rear. The face of
the deceased was turned toward his own right
shoulder, looking at his interest-tables. The
deadly weapon was drawn, and the blow was
struck that tell behind the right ear. The
General fell forward and the second bow fell
upon the back of the head. He dropped TO
the floor, ind the assassin, 10 make assurance
dOuby sure. struck the blows upon the left
side of the head while the lifeiess corpse was
PROSTATE; then, taking the instrument of his
malice with him, be retreated FROM the room,
across the yard to the street, and away He
could not have been more than twenty min
utes in doing all this. No one saw him enter;
no one saw him depart. The milkman says
that he saw man go out of the gate, but is
not able to identify who it was. The person
of the deceased had not b en- robbed. His
watch and money were there; but a note, late
ly due, and known to have been unpaid, is
found to be missing, and its maker is now
known to have been in his room the morning
of the murder.
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COM n e RIIAL.
RECEIPTS BY RA1LnoA,s AND STEAMERS, FEB IS

PORTLAND & ROCHESTER, RAILROAD cars
heads,2 do boxes, 1 do slaves, 8 do mdse, "a bdls
spokes, 2cases'clothng, 40 c4us milk, sundry pkes.
STEAMER MONTREAL, FROM BOSTON, Feb. A.
100 Dbls pork, 05 sugar. 0s casks mills, % tubs
lard, 20 bales oakum, Sc bids sugar, 20 boxes tin A
lis window weights, rs pkgs mdse to order For
Canada. and ~ countrv-50 cases SHOES, IS coils
cord ige 80 plates ron II pcs axle 100 bblS four IS
bdls leather 500 hide. so bags bark, II pcs MARBLE
ITO bars lron rs bags WOOL ITO pkgs Nose to cider.
GRAND TRUNK RAILwAY-710 bbls -four, 2 cars
corn, 70 bbls wheat ears piles, % do lumbe do
leather, POI do paper. bbls beans. bags spools
su1phate ore, do ship knees, 210 dresse hogs,
II bds WOOL 43 pkgs sundries In bono for Shipment
east-c2O0 hbls aour 5 cars wbea 5 do potash, do
beef, do extracts 8 10 pork, do hams, do hops,
do butter, co pkgs suudres.
MAINE CENTRAL RAILRoAD-10 bbls -four. / car
potltoes 800 bush do, car ards 10 bbls beans u
5dls tanned skins 2so sides LEATHER 80 bags barley,
290 pkgs sundries.
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The SToRM-The snow storm which com
menced on Sunday afternoon continued, with
slight intermission, until yesterday noon,
when it changed into pouring rain which
came down the rest of the day in manner
that would have done credit to one of our
heaviest April showers indefinitely prolonged.
Pedestrianism was q fearful undertaking. Rub
Der boots were in demand, aud we have no
doubt the second Noah, up by the canal, con.
graduated himself on his foresight tn having
built his ark. 1t was the toughest day yet out
of doors. The wind was high and blew from
the N. E. and E.
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OUTRAGEOUS AssAULT.-Oa Saturday last
man entered the clothing store of William A.
Duran on Foie street. foot of Exchange, and
asked to look at some coats. A r,ety were
shown to him but none suited him and he left
the establishment. Yesterday morning early,
as the clerk was building the fire in the stove,
the same man went in and asked to look at
coats again. He selected one, ami after trying
it on himself asked the clerk to try it on. As
the clerks back was turned towards him, in
order to show the fit of the garment behind,
the man struck him on the head with revolt
er. The clerk grappled with him and got
away the pistol but the man recovered it and
told the clerk if he did not keep quiet he would
kill hiu. The clerk however, ran out of the
store shouting murder" and the man after
him, vending his way up Milk street, followed
BY parties crying "stop him." He ran into
Halls on Milk street and threw the revolver
iuto barrel of barley, but was arrested by the
police and taken TO the lookup. He is a
stranger and his motive no doubt was to in
timidate the clerk and rob the store.
The. man passed Friday night in the watch
house drunk aud mas since given his name as
ALBERT Glaspy. He belongs in Yarmouth and
has recently returned from Boston where he
works at trade. The revolver was found TO
loaded with ball and capped.
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ANOTHER BURGLARY.-The store of G. C.
Winslow, on Temple street, was entered Sat-
urday night and the goods pretty well ran
sacked, and some money taken, but only a
small amount. A shed was climbed in the
rear of the store, a pane of glass broken in the
window and the fastening slipped back.
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Important Certificate.
speedy Cure of WhOoping Cough
j. W. PgcKErr. Eso. Brookl,n v


i am not in the habit of taking advertised mcd-
cncs nor OF certifying to their curative Effects when
tney come under my observations bnt 4 feel con-
strained to make an exception N favor OF DODp's
NEhVINE and lnvit orator, medicine have used
u my iamiiy Tor some time past My little daughter
mad been uttering from seyere whoooing cough Ior
several weeks, ana was so much bio en- OF lest at
night that-b, excessive coughing aud loss OF slop-
her constitution and general health setmtd 10 be
giving awav Various n modest palilat YES we've
recommended bv In ima's IeiRhbois bui hoihins
WINS I, led ot attenttJn was cal ed BY Nh, AZ
ci an NOT nov in practice TO Dodd's n rye. This We
N ocuTed and commeucei using az Once-wlth an ef-
lei immediate and surprising. As the cOnvuIslona
were hardest at nigh, We began b. living me Ne.
vine on her going 10 ted Tie first So rdmin,sfsr
cd made its imp sssoni the eoug- bseam- les re
ouent and very much less severe. sre soon ~ -
accus toned sleep, rapidly revived IN Team -
vigJr, aud In a lew days was A. we'll ~ ever w.
was len VI the whoopsng cough was tlefet oor - -
IIoube Vf course Cannot hut Gu. DIR re.td.
NeIvinc and lntis0r tor an invauaOic f,.n,aIv -
his If .tfessng nalady. 4 nav aId fhst L. ~.
since eclmmendsd u 10 several iauuiiy lTisras ~
Ike eteum-iane,s, ana have found % IA every 80
q be eqasily successful II need olly a. u ~
to come into u-iVersl demand.
For sale By all Druggist. re. OBs D,i.sr. H.
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B5- First Page Io-Ddy-The Atmosphere
aud Plants; The Massachusetts Fisheries;
Robert Dale Owen on the Constitutional
Amendment; Varieties.
Fourth Poge-Mr. Poggelthorpe, by Henry
Ward Beecher; DeQuincoy's Old Age; Food
and It's PreparatiOu
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P. L. Lit will be seen by reference to our

2. L. Lit will be seen by reference to our
amusement column that the Infantry announce
their programme for the 22d. Those who have
perused the article published on the first page
OF our issue last Friday morning in regard to
Upton's Tactics will no doubt be curious to
witness the exhibition drill. The drill will be
very thorough and complete we should Judge
from the printed programme, and we especial
ly advise all military men to attend. The We
locipedes will attract much attention and the
promenade concert will be sure to please the
ladies' We shall refer to this exhibition again.
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A GREAT MORAL SPEcTAcLE.-The execu.
ton of Whalan drew together crowd of five
thousand people. They were not admitted to
the Jail yard where the haugin, took place,
but made the best O such opportunities of OBJ
servation as were afforded by posts, walls and
windows. They were remarkably jolly, evil
IDENTIFY enjoying the occasion hughly, and
amused themselves with snowbaling "a light
snow was falling at the time) and with bets as
to whether the prisoner would prove game"
to the last, or whether he would Sunk" at
sight of the moose and drop. The whole scene
was fine illustration of the wholesome mora,
influence of the gaIlows, and OF the manner in
which that instrument fosters respect for hui
man life and strikes terror into evil doers.
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PUBLIC LBRARY.-Tbe reading room of the
Public Library is now very pleasant, and
even elegant apartment. A long table runs
the centre of the room settees sufficient to ac-
commodate goodly number of readers are ar
ranged about the sides, and the walls are
adorned with number of costly paintings,
some the gifts of the artists themselves, and
others valuable as the work OF artists who at
tanned considerable local celebrity in days
gonelby. Busts OF celebrated men also add to
the general air of refinement.
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DIED..

In Mechanic Falls. Feb. o, Mr.. Charles Hanscom,
aged e. years.
In Leeds, Feb. l2, Mr.. Abram Wheeler, aged IS
years.
In Bowdoinham, Feb. 4, Miss Margaret M. Decker,
aged 81 years.
In Bowdoinham, Feb. I, Mrs. Rebecca Jack, aged
70 years months.
In liatn, Feb. Q, Howard D., son OF H. P. wippin.
aged Is years months.
In Newcastle, N. H.. Feb. g. Mr.. William LocNe.
aged - years -ior many years In the he U s. naval
the engagement with the Guerriere ~
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BuRaLARr-The provision store OF Pencil
Brothers in the Row was gone through" by
burglars, for the second time this winter, on
Sunday night An entrance was effected by
breaking out large pane of glass in the large
window on Free street, at the rear of the store,
and about thirty dollars worth Of poultry and
canned fruit taken. No money was obtained.
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ANOTHER CASE OF DRowNING.-Sunday at.
ternoon young man by the name of James
Fitzgerald; who was employed on board the
mud-dredge Tacony, at the Dry Dock, came in
town with shipmate., They passed the time,
till about ten o'clock in the evening, roaming
about town and at that time they went over to
a Mr.. Dennis Anderson's at Cape Elizabeth.
After remaining there some time Fitzgerald
started for the vessel, leaving his sbipmaie be
hind at Anderson's' shortly after he left his
shipmate took his departure for the vessel
Arriving at the wharf he found the plank gone
which connected the wharf ard vessel. He
procured second one and went on board
where he found Fitzgerald had not arrived
The captain OF the Tacony, who was a brother
in-law of Fitzgerald, was very much worried
at bis not returning and concluded, from the
first plank being gone, Fitzgerald must have
tumbled overheard. So much was he disturb
ed that he was up and 1own the rest of the
night with his lantern looking for him. Yes
terday morning the crew of the vessel and the
people Of the vicinity hunting with grapplipg
irons discovered his body. Coroner Hall en-
panelled a jury who ave as a verdict that the
said James FITZGERALD came to his death by
accidental Drowning. Captain Grossly of the
TacoDy says the deceased was very likely fell
low. He was from New York, was Is years Of
age and unmarried.