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The Portland daily press., 1869-04-28
E. NJ. PATTEN q co., AuctiOneerr
OFFICE IA EXCHANGE STREET.
Brick Dwelling and Land No. 3
BOyd Street.

ON Friday, April 3Oth at 1-2 past l2, on the prem
" ises. the two stpred French roof brick dwelling
with the land The house new. thoroughly built
nnished throughout piped for gas and arranged tor
one or two families. Open for examination daily
from two to three M. Terms 1-3 cash--remainder
on term Of years. ap27dtd
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Notice of -Appe0ls.


United States Internal Revenue,
First Collection District of Maine
Assessors Office, 50 Exchange Street, Portland,
April 10, 1862
NOTICE is hereby given that, at the office of the
IN Assessor of said District, in Portland in the
County of Cumberland. on Tuesday, the 4th day Of
May, A. d. 1862 at nine of the clock in the fore
noon: Appeals will be received and determined by
me, the undersigned, relative to any erroneous or
excessive valuations, assessm or enumeratio s.,
by the Assessor OF said District, or by the Asss-
tant Assessor Of any division assessment dist
within said First Collection District returned in the
annual list for the year 1869.
Inc law prescribing the duty of Assessors in rela
ton to Appea provides that aall Appeals to the
Assessor shall be made in writing, and lhall speci-
fy the particular cause. matter or thing respecting
which decision is requested, and shall state the
ground or principle of error complained Of
The 9th Section of the Act of Congress-, approyed
July 13, 1866, amending what is known as the Inter-
nal Revenue Law, requires each Postmaster to whom
this notice is sent TO post the same in his Office
NATH'L G.. MARSHALL
Assessor First District of Maine.
Anr 22-oodie VT MavA
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PENNsYLvANIA,

DEATH OF A RECTOR.
PHILADELPHIA, April 27.-Rev. George A.
Durborow, for % years Rector of the Church
of Redemption, of this city, died this morning.
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new ORLEANS, April -Freights-We have still
noimprovement to notice in the condition oi thn
market nor any change in quotations. We quote -
Gotton ~ by steam to Liverpool 716d to New York 1c
new York $6 P hid; Molasses, Pork and Beef to do
81 i1 ID; Flour to Northern ports 60 q CSC P Dbl.
6y sai the rates e:-Cotton to Liverpool e-32 to
bale; Tobacco to Liverpool 39s, and to London sS. .4
Sss; to Bremen rs Cd " hhd Corn to Liverpool Sd
pusn.; TO Northern ports 10 q lie % bush.
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Wednesday Morning, April 28, 1869
WASHINGTON.
NO APPOINTMENTS.

NO APPOINTMENTS.
WASHINGTON, April 27.-No appointments
were made to-day in the Departments.
CONTEMPLATED REMOVALS.
1t is said that large number of clerks will
pe removed the last day of the month.
VISITORS
The ante-room of the Executive Mansion
continues daily crowded visitors.
MRS. GRANTS RECEPTION.
Mrs Grants reception to-day was attended
by many ladies and gentlemen, both strangers
and citizens
BROKERS TAX
The subject of the tax on brokers' sales ia
still under consideration at the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue. A decision will soon be made.
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HENRY d. COOKE, vice-President.
EMERSON w. PEET, Secretary and Actuary.
This Company offers the following advan-
tages:
1t is national Company, chartered by spe-
cial act of Congress, 1868.
1t has paid-up capital of 81 100000.
1t offers low rates of premium.
1t furnishes larger Insurance than other
companies for the same money.
1t is definitesand certain in its terms.
1t is home company in every locality.
Its policies are exempt from attachment.
There are no unnecessary restrictions in
the policies.
Every policy is non-forfeitable.
Policies may be taken which pay to the in
sured their full amount, and return all the
premiums, so that the insurance costs only
the interest on the annual payments.
Policies may be taken that will pay to the
insured, after certain number of years, dur
ing life, an annual income of one-tenth the
amount named in the policy.
No extra rate is charged for risks u pom abe
lives of females.
1t insures. not to pay dividends to policy
holders, but at so low cost that dividends
will be impossible.
Circulars, Pamphlets and full particulars
given on application 10 the Branch Office of
the Company, or to
W. z. CHASpIEE. nsu OF the Board OF Directors
Merchants Exchange, State St., Boston.
General Agents for New England.
j. p. TUCKER, MANAGER,
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Foreign Markets.

reals for No. II. "a y 70
LONDON, April 27-Forenoon.- n.-ConsoIs esa "a 90,
for money and account 20 " ~
American securities-United States 5'2O,s s0s !.
Erie shares 22a; Illinois Central shares ssa. VA
LIVERPOOL, April 27-Forenoon.-Cotton ouiet
Mldgling upands I'D; sales 1000 bales Wheat IS Al
for No. 2 Red Western 70 "
LONDON, April 27-Evening-Consols closed at 9ss
tor money and 93s for account. ~ - =
Stocks firm steady; Erie shares 22t: Illinois Seniraa
shares 9ss Atlantic g. Great Western shares PSI
LIVERPOOL, April 27-Evening.-Co closed
l2a @a23; saIes have been 5000 bales Corn 2es I'd
for new. fA Noo VI
~ LONDON, April 27-Evening- -Linseed Oil e31
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uxzwEv, Is a speedy and certain
MVZVSTRzE remedy for Coughs, Colds,
AkSNn8 GH&NN1A HOGrseneSS, Sore Throat,
MA&%5 4 .-SU&fl n Br0achitis, Cdtdrrh, IN
t f2stAXkSlEtkS1 fuenzG, Whooping Cough,
Asthma, and the U0riOus
WSJLyMSNNS&H affections Of the Lungs
DyRSQmf and Chest.
W- The wtentIon o
those afflicted with colds, coughs and with any dis
Of the lungs. is directed to this valuable reme-
dy. The season OF the year has already come when
on account of the sudden changes in the weather,
colds and coughs are easily taken, and if neglected
may lead TO disease OF the lungs. What is needed
under such circumstances is reliable remedy
speedy in aording relief and effectual in arresting
further progress of the disease.
ES To arrest the existing irritation Of the air pas
sages and the lungs, speedily and efectuaily, the
seat and cause OF cough, is an important step gained
towards reief and cure in the first stages of the dis
ease. MAsrA's PULMorIc BALsAM possesses this
important power and while it promptly and etectu-
ally arrests all existing irritation and rapidly relieves
cough, trenders the lungs further relief by promot-
ing tree discharge OF the accumulated mucus in the
air passages, imparting healthy action and vigor
to the chest at the same tif1e.
Those suffering with cough and the first stages
of lung disease, will therefore find in this valuable
preparation speedy and decided relief. Even those
whose condition is beyond recovery, will de-
rive from its great benefit as well as comfort
For the class OF diseases it is designed to relieve the
general commentator it has received has proved its
great efficacy beyond question. For the past ten
years thousands have been speedily and effectualy
cured by its timely while suffering from severe
lung disease! 1t is prepared from vegetable basams
and the medicinal properties of roots AMI herbs,
with no minerals nor poisonous acids, simple and
safe in the materials used it can be taken at any
time.
EY-Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medi-
cines throught the United States.
w. w. WHIPPLE & CO., Portland
Dec 2Z-d&w6m General Agents for Maine.
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FftHE following Ordinances, relating to licensing
dogs for one year, will be enforced on and after
the 1st day OF May, 1S69:-
mo Dog shall be permitted to go at large or loose,
IN any street. lane, alley, court Travelled way,
owner or keeper of such dog or the head Of the fam
ny, or the keeper of the house, store, shop Office
other place where such dog is kept or harbored shall
have paid to the City Marshal two dollars for IL
cense for such dog to go at large"
EVERY license SO granted shall be numbered, and
the person named therein shall cause the same num-
per TO be egiby printed or engraved on collar to
be kept about the neck of the dog intended to be IL
censed, and no such dog shall be considered as IL
censed unless the requistion contained in this sec
ti0n be complied with"
ut shall be the duty of the City Marshal to
all dogs to be destroyed which shall be found at
large, within the city, without collar"
ap2l d5t JOHN SWEET, City Marshal.
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Imported PercherOp Stallion
ssCONOUEROR.''


CON QUEROR.'
q This celebrated Stallion will stand for
LOf\ the season of 1869, at the stable of the
: ~ subscriber on NORTH STREET, NEAR
-s4-Zl THE P. s. & p. DEPOT, IN SACO, ME-.
He is years old, stands II hands high, and weighs
be the best horse of his kind ever imported kind to
ride drive; will work In all harness. was in port
ed at great expense by the Massachusetts Society for
Promoting Agriculture and was purchased by his
STsss II OT sas % an
Notwithstanding his size, he has uotted a single
mile in four minutes twelve miles an hour, and
walked five miles an hour This latter feat is be-
leved be unprecedented in horse of his size, and
is very valuable feature in draft horse, and one
that he impsrts to his progeny in a marked degree
Terms, $50 for the season; to be paid at the
time of service. AS it is desirable to leave only
perfect class OF stock from this horse, he win serve
only such mares as are sound. All mares sent from
distance will be furnished good pasturing at 81 25
per week, and will be received at the depot boat
and taken to the stables free OF charge. While ev-
cry attention will be given to their safety the sub
scriber viii not guarantee against theft or accident.
will pay the following prices for the two best
at the Maine State Agricultural Society's Fair In
''''' s-''' ~ D''' ''N' HORACE WooDMAN.
Statement Of Thomas Motley, Esq, First Vice Pres
ident Massachusetts, Society for Promoting Agri-
culture.
of the veterinary surgeons OF the Royal French
College, and sent to this country by Messrs. John
MunFoe & Co., of Paris, under express orders from
the Trustees of the Massachusetts Society for Pro-
noting Agriculture" and arrived by steamer from
Havre, in New York, in July, 1864, and arrived at
my stables July 5, 1864. He was considered one of
the finest horses to be had.
THOMAS MOTLEY 1st Vice President
Mass. Society for Promoting Agriculture.
Will also stand at my stables, the celebrated HAM
MOUNTAIN boy"
grandson of "Rysdyk's Hambetonian." He 10
hands high, Of fine figure and action, and weighs
1850 pounds. Terms $50.
Also the splendid bay Stallion
"sAUNTRRERJ,
Sired by '.Ned Davis" (he by "Hiram Drewnl who
trotted his mile In 2.37-dam 'sSea Foam who made
her mile in 235 "Saunterer' is five wears old q
good sePper and kind in harness. weighs $50 pounds
and stands n5teen and quarter hands high.
GB This stock has been selected with special ref
orence to the improvement OF the breed OF pleasure
and draft herses and the terms fservce have been
fixed at a price which is within the reach OF every
man who desires to raise good colt
For further particulars address.
HORACE woODMAN,
ap21eodsm Saco, Maine.
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X. TX. HUNT,

NJ 316 Congress Street, will, on Thursday even
~ ing, feo ~ at O'Clock, sell at Auction a large
consignment of Staple and Fancy Goods.
Auction sales every evening. Goods will be sold
during the day in lots to suit purchasers at
prices Cash advanced on ali descriptions OF goods
Consignments not limited.
february IL, 1868. diff
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WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

3 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
4 SAN FRANCISCO, April M-The Democratic
convention met at Vancouver April 22d, and
nominated Governor Moore as delegate to Con-
gress.
CREW OF VESSEL MURDERED.
1t is ascertained beyond doubt that the
crew of the bark John Bright which was
wrecked in Mootka Sound, were murdered by
the Indians Several decapitated bodies Of
white men have been found in the vicinity, and
1t is deemed necessary that the government
should send gunboat there to protect the
whites
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-28

Horses, Carriages, &c, at Auction
EVERY SATURDAY, at II O'Clock A. NJ, ON ne
~ market lot, Market street, 1 shall sell Horses
Carriages, Harnesses, &c.
Apl 20. +. o. BAILEY. Auctioneer.
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AUCTION SALES.
House and Land on Franklin st,
at Auction.

ON Friday, April 30, at o'clock p M shall sell
Othe one and nalf story wooden house, 81 Frank
lin st said house eOntains rooms good cellar, els
tern and water. The house built In the most
thorough and workmanlke manner Lot 80 by 70
vite the attention of parties wishing TO purchase
real estate. Terms at sale.
ap26td F. o. BAILEY, Auct.
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Edward L. O. Adams,

Corner of Exchange and Middle Streets
Portland, Me-,
FOR CUMBERLAND AND YORK COUNTIES
NoYember Is. 1863. d6m
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oFFICE RS,

OFFIC RSs
CLARENCE H. CLARK, President.
JAY COOKE, Chairman Finance and Executive
Committees
HENRY d. COOKE, Vice-President
EMERSON W. PEET, Secretary and Actuary.
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Dog OaUners t0Ee Notice !!

Apr 22-ood& W.T. Maya
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-07
A Remarkable Case.

A CORRESPONDENT Of the New York
Tribgle, writing from Southold, Suffolk
county, n. Y, says: "The S0uthold poor
house, notwithstanding its inferior looks
is ambitious Of Decomingan insane asylum
and IN fact, makes prctensiOns that way
already. Though established as a refuge
for the INDECENT and vagrant Of the town
ship, there are more lunatics sheltered
there than poor folk. | had heard that Il
man who had showed strange aversion
for clothing had been tenant Of the
house for nine years, and that the treat.
ment ne received there was reprchensbly
neglectful II was reported that he was
kept in an outbuilding through the severe
winter, unattended and unclcthed thai
he was left in this distressful situation
year in and year ont, never seeing anyone
save the keeper, and him only at meal
hours. ! was met by the keeper, Il kindly
looking man whose cheek was scanned by
wrinkles and brown with toll, to whom !
introduced myself ! said I've heard
you have an inmate here who for nine
years has been considerable trouble to
YOU, owing TO his strange mania.
Yes, said the keeper, I've got a man ere
who don't keer much for clothing OF any
sort, but he makes me no trouble. He's
harmless. Wouldn't you like to look At
him. / accepted the invitation, and was
conducted to what appeared an eXagger-
ated pig-pen A high fence with little
hut inside, at one corner Of the yard,
was the home Of this idiot 4
strong odor Of filth was perceived
on entering. The keeper advanced TO a
door which opened into the hut, and there,
on bed Of straw which was stained, and
broken into fine bits, sat most hldeously
repulsive creature on his launches. From
ms mouth dribbled sickeniag saliva
Ills beard was NANCY and afforded a re-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-07
Personal and Literary.

A son of Charles Dickens has arrived
in Oregon.
Rev. W. II. Milburn, the blind preach
er, has returned from Europe.
Thomas II. Selby, Mayor.elect of San
Francisco, was once in the employ of A
/ T. Stewart
Colonel Ryan, the Cuban leader
horsewhipped Ralph j. Norma, (who be
! trayed the New Bedford Cuban expcdi.
tom in New York, the other day.
The first piano-forte imported into
this country from Europe is owned by Mr.
c. NJ Loomis, of New Haven, and bears
the date of 1856
Mrs Margaret Forney, Mother of J.
W. Forney, of the Philadelphia Press and
the Washington Chronicle, died at Ian
caster, Pa, on the 18th of September, in
the nth year of her age
The Fat Contributor desires it to be
distinctly understood that he has made up
his mind to retire from private life, and
says that no one had better sling a nomina-
ton of Constable at his head.
"A man in Green county, n. Y, is
strangely deformed. He is without ears,
and never had any. He gathers sounds
through the medium of his mouth and can
hear anything said to him in an ordinary
conversation. Equally as strange, his hair is
black, with white spots nearly as large as
the palm of a mans hand interspersed
through it. He is about As years of age,
and the happy possessor of thirteen living
children. His occupation is that of a
chairmakC
The late W, r. Stearns, a prominent
lawyer of Springfield, Mass, left curious
directions, written week before his death,
in regard to his burial The body was to
be clothed in linen, then wrapped in a
sheet, paper collar with black ribbon
cape around the neck, and laid in coffin
made Of plain boards, without paint, stain,
OIL or varnish but covered with cheap
black cloth, with black handles, and no
silver-headed nails. A cheap plate and
some flowers were to rest upon the top.
He wished to avoid all unnecessary ex-
pense, for he says in his manuscript that
any funds remaining would be needed by
the living, and the good clothes had better
be for them
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-07
Incidents and Accidents.

Three children, aged 7, 8 and years,
respectively, were burned to death in a
tenement house in Cincinnati, few nights
ago.
"A man went few days ago to the top
of the State House steeple in Philadelphia
to enjoy the view, and died there Of palpi-
tation of the heart
The dwelling of a Mrs Mack at
Lowell, Mass, was slightly damaged by
fire few mornings ago, and her son, aged
three years, smothered to death.
Near indianapolis, Ind, a few days
ago, a man, while intoxicated, fell into a
small creek, and with his face in water
only three inches deep, was drowned.
Mrs. Eyira c. Huffman recently OBJ
tanned $4,000 damages from the Hannibal
& st. Joseph Railroad Company, at Ma
con, Mo, for injuries received about three
years ago.
On a recent Sunday, at Philadelphia,
while funeral was being held, the floor
of the room gave way, precipitating the
corpse and all the people in the room to
the cellar
A knite-swallowing Snowman, near
the State Fair Grounds, at Toledo, while
attempting to conceal a long knife in his
throat and mouth, was so severely IN
jured internally that it was feared he
would die,
"A man met with a shocking death at
Lenoirs Station, Tenn, few days since.
He was blasting rock out of a wei, and,
having set fire to the fuse, did not make
his escape soon enough. He was so badly
mutilated that he died in few hours.
A colorcd boy in South Carolina, ten
or twelve years old, killed his cousin, six
years old, and threw her body into pond.
He took off his own clothes to do his
deed Of murder, that no tell.tale blood
stains might be found on his garments.
Another victim Of kerosene explosion
was a lady at Hannibal, Mo, the other
night. She was kindling fire with the
oil, when the can exploded, and her body
was literally roasted, She held her child
in her arms at The time, and its life was
despaired Of
AT South Bend, Ind, few DAYS ago.
a baker set a pan Of boiling water on the
floor, when his little boy, not two years
old, running about the shop while the
father was busy in another part Of it, fell
into the Scalding water and was so badly
burned that he died the next day
"A three year old son of Charles Lit.,e,
Of Mcriden, Conn, the other day started
fire in ms fathers wood.hou3e, and after
seeing i wei under headway went to his
mother and said: Mamma Is dot nice
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-07
Foreign GOsSip.

-Nictoria's statue has arrived in Mon
treal. 1t is IA feet high and weighs two
tons.
"A soldier in the British Red river
country lately swan fourteen miles down
the river without a rest.
A Hungarian giantess, who was lately
married, charged an admission fee TO the
church when she was married. The house
was filled.
Owing to frequent accidents, the
French government has prohibited the
exhibition of persons entering the cages
of wild animals.
No dispatches in cipher were allowed
to be sent from Paris to any part of the
world during the panic which the danger.
Gus illness of the Emperor created.
"A frightful case of the immolation Of
a human being in one Of those Spanish
bull fights patronized by the crown has
occurred at Juaraz, in the Gard. On a
recent Sunday one of the bulls tossed a
man, killed him in an instant, and ran
about the circus with his entrails twisted
about the horns. Nobody thought of
stopping the performance, which went on
for three hours aitcrward.
Some Irish statistics are interesting
The acres under cultivation have increased
by $4,000 during the past year, and the
amount of live stock which has been
steadily diminishing u late years, now
shows a reaction. Emigration shows an
increase of only 1868 persons, the total
number for the past year being 1886,
There are $1,000 inhabited houses IN Ire
land with only one room, and in these live
more than half million persons.
Father Hyacinthe of Paris whose
apostacy from the Catholic Church was re-
Gently announced by ocean telegraph, was
born at Orleans, France, in 1921 was or.
dained a priest in 1889, and became Pro.
fessor Of Theology at the Seminary of
Nantes. Afterward be entered the order
Of Carmeltes, and preached at Lyons,
Bordeaux, and PerigneauX, in the south
Of France, finally coming, in 1864 to
Paris, where he has ever since been IA
nous for his eloquence.
NJ Liobpeich has written to the French
Academy about a new anasthetic dis
covered By himself He calls II chloral II
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-07
Religious and Educational.

Burlington, N. j., has a new high
school for colored children.
The Catholic church at Ashland,
Ohio, was burned on recent Sunday night
by an incendiary. 1t was valued at $S5,
600.
The Jeloih Messenger says there are in
the United States $50 synagogues, of which
thirteen have been established during the
Jewish year 1929, just closed,
The Universalists of the United States
have 1872 societies and jSS ministers, con
nected with 50 associations. The Unita-
rians, nearly all Of whom are believers in
Universalist theology, have 3l5 societies
and 1913 ministers,
Rev. Peter Cartwright having been n
presiding Elder in the Methodist Church
for fifty years, q Jubilee was held at Lin
coin, Illinois, by the Metbodists Septem-
Der "a to commemorate it, at which large
donations were made for the benefit OF the
aged minister
The Second Adventists, at their recent
camp -meeting at Springfield, Mass re-
ported an income for the Eastern branch
of $4,000 During the year they have
printed 100000 pages Of books and tracts.
They have half dozen missions among
the freedmen, and eighteen colorcd preach
ers. 1t was estimated that 5000 Advent
lists were present from all parts Of the
country