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Mower County transcript., 1869-12-16

ervations as rapidly as can be done and
giving them absolute protection there. As
soon as they are fitted for it they should be
induced to take their lands in severally or to
set up territorially for their own protec-
ton. For full details on this subject I
call your special attention to the reports
of the Secretary of the Interior and the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The re-
port of the Secretary of War shows the
expenditures of the War Department for
the year ending the 30th of June, 1869, to
be $50, 644, ,O42, of which $23,882, $40 was
disbursea in the payment of debts con-
tracted during the war, and is not charge
able to current army expenses. Tho esti-
mate of S34, ,531, ,O31 for the expenses of
the army for the next fiscal year is
as low as it is believed can
be relied on. The estimates Of bureau
officers have been carefully scrutinized
wherever it has been deemed practicable.
If, however, the condition of the country
should be such by the next fiscal year as to
admit of q greater centration of troops,
the appropriation asked for will not be ex-
pended. The appropriation estimated for
river and harbor improvements and fOrtifi-
cations are submitted seperately. What.
ever amount Congress may deem proper to
"PPAOPAAhlc luz tACoO RAA PocS's "AAA ~ "a
pended. The recommendation of the Gener-
al of the Army that appropriations be made
for the forts at Boston, Portland, New
York, Philadelshia, New Orleans and San
Francisco, il for no other, is concurred in.
also Coll special attention to the recon-
n}endation OF the General commanding
the military division Of the Pacific for the
sale Of the Seal Islands of st. Paul and St.
George, Alaska Territory and suggest that
it either be complied with, or that
legislation be had for the protec.
ton of the seal fisheries, from
which revenue should be derived.
The report Of the Secretary of War con-
tains synopsis of the heads of bureaus, of
of military divisions and of
the districts of Virginia, Mississippi and
Texas. The report of tho General of the
Army in full, and the recommendations
therein contained, have been we'll consid-
cred and are submitted for your action. +,
however, call special attention to the re-
Of the Chief Of Ordnance for |
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connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
through the Isthmus OF Darien is one In
which commerce is greatly intereSted. In
structions have been given to our Minister
to the Republic of the United States of
Colombia to endeavor to obtain authority
for survey by this government in order to
determine the practicability of such an un-
dertaking, and u charter for the right of
way to build by private enterprise such a
able. In order to comply with the agreement
of the United States as to mixed COM
mission ut Lima for the adjustment of
claims, it became necessary to send COM
| missioner and secretary to Lima in August
last No appropriation having been made
by Congress for this purpose, it is now
asked that one be made covering the past
and future expenses of the commission.
The good Offices Of the United States to
bring abouta peace between Spain and the
South American republics, with which she
is at war, having been accepted by Spain,
Peru and Chill, congress has been invi-
ted to be held in Washington during the
present winter.
A grant has been given to Europeans of
an exclusive right OF transit owe:
the territory OF Nicaragua to
which Costa Rica has given its assent,
which it, is alleged conflicts with vested
rights of citizens of the United States
The department of state has now this sub
jcct under consideration. The minister Of
Peru having maze representations that
there was Il state Of war between Peru and
Spain, and that Spain was constructing in
and near New York thirty gunboats, which
might be used by Spain in sucha way as to
relieve the naval fo,cc at Cuba, so rs to op-
crate against Perm, orders were given to
prevent their departure. No further steps
having been taken by the representative OF
the Peruvian government to prevent the
departure of these vessels, and I not feeling
authorized to detain the property of
nation with which we are at peace on
mere Executive order, the matter has been
referred to the courts to decide.
The conduct of the war between the
allies and the republic OF Paraguay has
made the intercourse with that country 80
difficult that it has been advisable to with
draw our representative from there.
Towards the close of the last administra-
ton convention was signed at London for
the settlement of all outstanding claims be-
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Botanical Gardens at Peredinaia are well
worth seeing, as they are stocked with the
finest; exotic and indigenous plants and
trees to be found in any collection in the
East. From Randy to Nenera ELLA, the
sanitarium Of Ceylon, the road is carried
to height of 6,O00 feet above the sea-
The town Is built ON the mountain plateau
ard the loftiest ranges in the vicinity give
growth to the superb rhododendron, viii ch
rises to the height of fifty or sixty feet, and
is covered with profusion of bright Grim
son flowers.
On these invigorating heights the invalid
coming from the plains below, can, if not
too far gone, recruit his health and strength
and enjoy himself with as much zest Us if
he were in q temperate, instead of tropical
region. I shall never forget the pleasurable
senation I experienced in finding myself in
climate where blankets were q necessity,
to wake up in the morning and discover the
hoar frost on the ground, and thin ice on
the water; but, especially, once more
to SEQ European fruits and flowers
around me- This sort of thing could
only be fully appreciated by one who, like
myself, had been broiling for years on the
arid plains of the Deccan. 1t was a change
from the bowling wilderness to an elysinm,
aud was more than ever inclined to think
witt, the Mussulman, that Ceylon must
verify have been the original Garden OF
Eden. Such II pleasan dream could not
last long. Duty demanded my presence in
the dank and unhealthy jungles of the low
country; and Ncuera ELLA henceforth to
me would be inaccessible except as resort
for sickness, on medical certificate, and
with the august permission OF leave of alb
sence from headquarters.
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to authorize the treasury to redeem its own
paper at fixed price whenever presented; !;
to withhold from circulation all such cur
rency redeemed until sold again for gold; ;
the vast resources of the nation, both de-
veloped and undeveloped, ought to make
our credit the best on earth, with less
burden of taxation than tho citizen has en-
dr1red for six years past, the entire public
debt could be paid in ten years. But it isnot
desirable that people should not be taxed to
pay it in that time; year by year, the ability
to pay increases in q rapid ratio, but the
burden Of interest ought to be reduced as
rapidly as CAN be done without the viola
ton OF contract. The public debt is rep
resented Ill great part by bonds having gtrom
i've to ten and tI'.l ten to forty years to
run, bearing interest ct the rate Of six per
cent. and five pei cent. respectively. It is
optional with the Government to
pay their bonds at any period at
tor the expiration of the least time
mentioned upon their face. The time has
expired when q great part of them may be
taken, and the time is rapidlyapproaching
wilton all may BE. 1t is believed that all
which are now due may bo replaced by
bonds bearing a rate Of interest not OK.
as rapidly as the remainder become due
they may be replaced in some way.
TO accomplish this it may become neces-
sary tc authorize interest to be paid at
either Of tho three or four money centers
Of Europe, OF by the Assistant Treasurer
of the United States, at the option
of the holder of tho bond. l
suggest this subject for the consideration
of Congress; also, simultaneously with this,
tue Iropricty TT redcclning our currency,
rs before suggested, at it's market value, ut
the time low goes into effect increasing
tho rate ut which the currency will be
bought and sold, from day to day, or week
to week, Mt the same rate Of interest as the
government pays upon its bonds.
The subject oftarFf and internal taxation
will necessarily receive your attention.
The revenues Of the country are
greater than the requirements, and
mny with safety be reduced, but as the
funding of the debt in q four or q four and a
half per cent. would reduce the annual
current expense largely; thus after fund
ing and j1lstifying q greater reduction of
taxation than would be now expedient,
suggest postponemcnt Of this question
untll the next meeting Of Congress when
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tween Great Britain and the United States,
which failed to receive the advice and con-
sent of the Senate to it's ratification. The
time and the circumstances attending
the negotiation Of the treaty were
favorable to Its acceptance by the
people Of the United States, and its pro-
visions were wholly inadequate for tho set
tlement Of the grave wrongs that had been
sustained by this government. as well as by
its citizens ~ The injuries resulting to the
United States by reason Of the course
adopted by Great Britain during our late
civil war, in increased rates of insurance, in
tho dlmlnution Of exports and imports, and
other distractions to domestic industry
and production, in its effect upon the for
e;gn commerce of the country, in the de-
crease and transfer to Great Britain of our
commercial marine, in the prolongation OF
the war and increased cost both in treasure
treasure, and in lives, of its suppression,
could not be adjusted and satisfied as ordi-
| nary commercial claims, which continually
arise between commercial nations, and yet
| tho convention treated them simply as such
ordinary claims, from which they differ
more widely in the gravity of their charac.
ter than in the magnitude Of their amount.
Great, even, as is that difference, not word
WAS found in the treaty, and not an infer
cnce could be drrwn from it, to remove the
sense OF the unfriendliness Of the course Of
Great Britain in our struggle for existence,
which had universally impressed itself
upon the people Of this country. Believing
| that the convention thus misconceived in
its scope and made quite liberal in its pro-
visions would not have produced the hear
ty and cordial settlement of pending ques-
tions which alone is consistent with the
relations which desire to have establish
ed between the United States and Great
Britain, regarded the action Of the Sem
ate in the rejection Of the treaty to have
been wisely taken in the interest Ofpeace,
and q necessary step in the direction
Of a perfect and cordial friendship between
the two countries. A sensitive people, con-
scious Of their power, are more ut ease un-
der great wrong wholly unatoned than
ties neither their ideas of justice nor theil
sustained. The rejection of the treaty was
followed by o state of public feeling on
both sides, which I thought not
favorable to an immediate at
tempt at renewed negotiation.
Iaccordingly so instructed the Minister q
the United States to Great Britain, and
found that my views in this regard were
shared by Her Majesty's ministers. Hope
that the time may soon arrive when the
two governments can approach the solu
ton of this momentous question with ar
assurance OF what is due to the rights, dig
nifty and honor of each, and with the de-
termination not only to remove the cause.
of complaint in the past, but to lay tn,
foundation of q broad principle Of public
law which will prevent future differences
and tend to q firm ant
continued peace and friendship
This is now the only grave question which
the United States have with any foreign ma
tion.
The question of treaty for reciprocit,
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THE CROPS.

Not only from what We sec in extensive rounds
among the farmers, but a. we learn from numerous
exchanges, we think our haryests ot food crops, eN-
cept, perhaps. corn. will be abundant, notWti-
standing the prevailing (rouih.
PorArQEs-ths great crop Of Maine next TO hay
are excellent in quality and fair in yield, and The
cool season will greatly retarj if not entirely Pre-
vent, ilc rot. Nll kinds of grain, which last year
was very light in the kernel, are now full and
heavy This crop is >ate. Corn i'll Majl' as m
MANY other paris of the country, will he below the
average from present appearances yet IN the ;t'-
~tnce Of lmilnolv tro>t> and With warm N'rtem-
hor the ycll may still hc fair.
A, 10 fruits, especially the apple which Is the
great fruit production Of MAinc.-in Waldo and,
we think, a OVER life state. the crops Will he un-
usually light that everything in the fruit line
should be sayedupb by canning, or otherwise. 10 meet
this scarcy One great object offnt-bcSidcN i'a-
inc mNuly-i~ lis Great medicinal advantages III
an0riil4 to the y stem pleasant and highly useful
acd a~ we showed some weeks ago. And very
useful substitute for fruit, both in lis luxurious
and medicinal effects. may be found in the pickle
tribe OF thm@-. cucumhers, tomatoes. cabbage,
oniou4 &C.. Which fortunately are abundant this
year; 80 that \ good ~uWy OF these Iaid in Will
render ho hack ol fruit l.~ a yllamity.
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uNSPUKEN THOUGHTS.

You have roal the poets musings,
And have laid tic book aside,
Thinking that YOU know the soiInlin@s
OF the spirits mighty tide;
That you've found the secret chamber
Whore the pleasant memories thron@.
Or the darkened shadows gathering
Almost hush the voice of song.
But those pleasant, charming pictures
Were but bubbles Oh the stream,
Where reflected rays Of sunlight
For moment chanced to CLEAN;
They We're echoes of the voice,
That within the spirit seek
\ainly for some written laugHa@e,
INTO other hearts to speak.
You have only seen the shadows
Seen the glowing sunshine fade.
When The stillng hand Of sorrow
l. upon the hcaltstringa laid,
@, the poverty OF language
When the soul is full of thought
When upon each wave Of feeling
littcl memories are brought
Deep beneath the sparkling bubble
sweeps the current of the soul,
OF its Wild and rushing surgcs,
Murmurin@ waves have never told
Half itS wild. tumiilllouS beaim@s
Necr is heard by those we love.
For the language of the spirit
Is not ~poken--savc above.
Q, those clear and holy voices
That within the spirit sing.
We would break the chains that biz then
Bid them 90 with NieWleSS wing
But in vain their golden pinons
Beat against these bars Of clay:
Earth can only catch their ~hjSper.
Till hi. prison falls away.
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Henceforth, my life-whose life 4? not mine
| sold out last week, and gave bill Of sale
for it, Somehow, q price has been set upon
my head, and have agreed to it, The rem
nant Of my DAYS on earth has been footed up
My sands have been put into the scale, and
have got the weighers certificate
If Il 90 abroad there are two more places tc
call at, besides the passport office.
| may not travel unfettered below certain
parallels Of latitude. | never regarded those
maoinalv lines much, since | was i bo5
at school, and have often crossed them back
and forth. without anybody's leave
once thought should like some time ''to
take the wings of morning and the Barcar
myself in the illimitablc woods where rolls
the Oregon now the written consent Of
that brace of underwriters must first be OBJ
tanned.
am tied up like q horse to Il curbstonc
with a weight at my head that must first bt
lifted before a start The freedom of the seas
is exchanged for the range Of 4 yard, WALLED
in-with the caution no exit except through
the office
The winter attractions Of Cuba, and ''thc
summer voyage of Hayes among the ice
bergs," are not t. lte thought of without al
extra premium
OF all the restraints which this fertile in
vcntion Of a high civilization have imposed
upon rowing spirits of moderate means, this i
among the sorest.
The bands of Hymcn are strong, but they
are not fastened like ball and chain arount
the ankles, nor thrust like an umbrella be
tween the legs when you attempt locomotion
There is no refuge for the victim Of q Life
Policy but suicide and suicide is forfeiture
and then you don't get shilling.
Thus far we had wound our thread upon
the reel OF facts, Ga faggot Of them) at tho
close of sultry day. when the thermometer
is eighty degrees, and the blood at vcxatiol
point.
We had yet one sable drop more hanging
upon the pen nib--uncertain what to do will
it-whether to place it carefully back in the
inkstand for future service, ''bill inside" o1
to use ii as 4 kind of button on the foil, whicl
we now do, filling the small space yet remain
ing, and we wish il were larger, with mos
sincere apologies to our Life Insurance friends
for the liberty taken with their useful anl
honorable occupation, in attempting to force
a feeble smile at their expense.
But a smile is a smile, feeble or not, and
smiles arc rare and precious, these hot an(
dull summer days. Smiles facial, of course
'.Smilcs' liquid, such as are born in tumbler.
and have their residence inside not outside
the lips, are under Major Jones's ban. an,
therefore not to be dreamed of, much les:
longcd for, by any Life Insurance official.
Commercial Bulletin
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A modern Claude Duval has lust made his

A modern Claude Duval has Just made his
escape from the city prison in New York In
the first place, he tore his blanket into shreds.
which he plaited into rope. The next thing
was to reach the aperture in the cell About
nine feet is the height of the CELL and this aper-
ture is near the ceiling. Wrenching from iss
place on the opposite wall a board extending
the width of the cell, he .jammed it between
the walls under the aperture. Here was Il
platform upon which to stand. Fastening one
end of the rope to the bedstead, the great and
chief obstacle was to get out of the aperture.
which is a slit or portfolio twenty eight inches
long, the length being parallel with the cell
ing and six inches wide 1t is cut into the
solid granite block so as to allow no enlarge
ment without difficult, prolonged and skilled
appliances OF the masonic art But at last
so say the prison guardians-h got his body
through this aperture. The rest was easy.
Ills rope was strong and trusty. His nerves
We're strong, and stiffness and caution in de
scent were all that were required to breathe
the air of freedom again. Lowering himself
to the female prison, which at this end Con-
meets with the lower part of the male prison.
he thence climbed up the outer wall of the
prison, an affair of climbing by the way much
easier said than done, and then again fasten-
ing the rope let himself down outside the
wall into Elm street
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-09-09
NATURAL SCIENCE.

CHEMISTRY Last week the difference b"tWeon
organic and inorganic elements was shown; tht
former being those which compose all those beings
which hnvc distinct orgAne,; tho mouth, stomach
lungs. &c. Of The animal; root, trunk, lcAye" A..
of the vegetable and embracing every object in tlr
entire animal and vegetable kingdoms the NOR
@:lnic clements being those which form the tn'ir"
mineral kingdom.
the 60 simple elements. only about toil--,';ti-
bon, oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogrn--:lre organl"
ones, Behold how Wond. rllll OF All the count
ctablc kingdoms. from man down TO the hulnhlrei
bush or simplest moss. those four simple things
cunrn.c them all: only some Slight traces oil few
of the other element, being found in hcm.--tn'i
thcsc more a> foreign bodies than natural coi>ittl-
ent> rhU-, certain proportions of those four e'-
mcnt, form btY,in little more Of some and less Of
Others form flesh; other slight difference produce
gretir. or horn. or hair: and nil tho different grains
ana roots, and all the various parts OF Tie number
less plants of creation. chiefly al come from lit!l'
different combining OF those four substances: just
a> housewife would fake four kinds otmH;,l com
bincd in coual proportions. they would make one
Kind ot bread: little different proportion of the
same meals Giving another kind oi hlC t. and 50 on
till You @c not only a> many kinds of bread rs
th,le are >lrrir> and varieties i'll the whole Ncg,-
table and animal kingdoms. bat many also H~
there drv different parts TO each III these. by such
simple means are produced such Grand and W0n-
lrpu~ results IN the workshop ol Cod
fa-huu--il- uHttHr and usc~ next week.
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SKIES Al Will.

The o,urui.,I Enun, y. rp,,,tlN lnl],Ii ri t},. t
towing III i'F""h TO producing lhf S"A"N "l oar 40
nestle animal, III ill. 1t il It matter in which .l
n,I,. farmer. md st,.l ,,i... .,r. interested ,, i
;., H.,
i ioI l" "l'" 'a'i' we 'fa'l'cfi"' II 10 or "n'-
umns =
Many ,lanS have been silgr,. ted. and p..rh,u.
some OF them have not received the attention lf,.,
merit. Some phy y;ioIogl-ts have supposed tll,ll one
oyory ,,ro,i,,rr u,l,s .,nl tbr ,,.r ii.m.lr ,nn,
,a,Isih theory i th, of II 'rbur, pro,.s.,,, i,
ihr Ar1druy Of Geneva. liz nh.nrvuJ M, ,h''
queen bee LAYS female cnr. Al thr tirst ,nI m njn
cet> afterwards, that viii hens ih. jrsi lIL r.r"
give Gpnulc The last male products: that yoiIlIy
bulls Who meet the female ut the ir, SIGN, n b.1i
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THE FOE IN THE HOUSEHOLD.

1.,,. foe in tlo household of which we treat this
t,l ba, ta do only with stern. solemn facts: the
,noI, ,,eople Of bo,h sexes. OF all ace, and condi-
,-.o. t,g IL. characters
Nr.,,rtN rrhi>f. a hard Int u-tful word en-
Il.y,lto ,>nr,., Great class OF facts: is AN Ita-
, >,,l ,ur.nino o-,ol. la3 3--,f.ia. mir: bad air.
ul .tp.i.- ., their e:lti~e to that class OF severe
i.. oni, ,l.noat,,,. ,i,,;,.r~ which arise from
.rlllfI.. l.l ar c.prrisv air that contains some
,,,,,. iI,i,,, .DaI,.,. co2r~ from the decay OF
i,IL ...I .,i,,.. Substances. particularly thr
r..,,.-
Fn lsrl. in th, Grey dawn OF medical history
,..r 1hc l.rstian Erl-it Wa@ noticed that around
uln.,Ly places. lil, those of Rome--aroumd stag
tnt pou,lS ami lakes aud along sluggish rivers. ut
Hn.. -r..nu~ ot thc Wear " hen water wa loW and
.,.t. t.,,n-,l ,t.,at.,l,c~ t> yra.~ wood &c., were
i.tl a~ion-ccrtain destructive dis
i,t,,,.Iil.l: sometimes the plague sweeping of
fourth, ,f tllc urolc sometimes the cholera
h l- th,,ttucti,c; then wasting trycrS answering 10
trId1- and G.,c EN- our vplll, aud typhoidi-ycr~
b nui. .y.l, country. from, it, earliest settlement
,o 1In lr...,n hour tin. same class of facts have
u..u touni Va rth ~:Jr-r, any tfratiou. Hence no
tpf Ina ~oir4r. is better established. perhaps, tiun
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1t is not what we earn, but what we save.
that makes us rich 1t is not what we eat,
but what we digest, tl.at makes us strong.
1t is not what we read, but what we remcm
Der, that makes us learned. All this is very
simple, hut il is worth remembering.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-09-09

Lemon PIE Take three large, juicy lemons,
CRATE the yellow rnd into a pan; roll the lemons
iilii soft; squeeze ont the Juice into cup. then
TAKE l'li Il cup of butter, and two cups OF sugar,
ana inlN them into Il cream: take four eggs, beat
lhrn well, and add to the crcamcd sugar pour all
IN the pan with the yellow grated rimdS mix
thoroughly; lastly stir in the lemon Juice: bake
with an under crust and You win have one of lu,
ho.t lemon Iinr eNor. eaten.
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"My dear what shall we name Bub 2'
''Why, husband, ] have settled on the
name of Pcter.n
"Oh, DON'T" he replied ;; l never liked
Peter, for he denied his mastern
"Well, then" replied the wife, i" what
name do you like?'
II should like the name Of Joseph
''Oh, not that replied she; - | can't
bear Joseph for he denied his mistress"