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The New York herald., 1869-02-22
WEST INDIES.

St. Thomas ON the Annexation Question
Seizure of n Suspicious kteamer-A seuian
War steamer mt Curacon-Reportcd suc-
cess Of the Rebels In Huyti-Heaith and
Trade Of st. Thomas.
ST. THOMAS. Feb. IL, 1869.
The question OF annexation engrosses public at
tenton and hopes entertained that the treaty OF
transfer win soon be ratified at Washington, 80 that
the Fourth OF July be celebrated az st. Thomas
as well as In washington.
The Spanish steamer Telegrafo formerly the Red
Gauntlet lately engaged In the service between this
port and Porto Rico has been sold to some parties
In Hayt, and has assumed the dag Of that country.
While ostensibly loading coal for Aux Caves the
local authorities had their suspicious aroused ana
instituted q search. which, not proving altogether
satisfactory, has caused the steamer TO be seized
A good feeling exists between the HaytIen govern
menr and the Danish authorities which the latter
have no desire to interrupt. The last purchasers are
known to be anti-Salnavists, ana 1t is presumed
that the vessel was to be used in favor Of the rebels
The owner has protested but she Is still kept under
the guns of Fort Christian. recent rumor states
that the steamer has been released under heavy
security that she shall take no munitions Of war
on board.
The North German war steamer Victoria, Captain
Kinderlng, touched at Curacao on the 7th, and some
trouble arose by one Of the crew having murdered
man OF the port The visit Of this vessel has given
rise to report that the North German Confederation
wishes to purchase the island OF Curacao.
The news from Venezuela Is void OF interest," and
the presidential elections had not yet commenced
Monagas still remains in oflce.
At the moment OF the Mississippis sailing report
was current that the rebels In Hayti had gained
considerable successes but no particulars could be
obtained.
The health Of the island OF ST. Thomas remains
excellent; the hospitals empty. The only suffer
ers arc the doctors, who complain sacly. Business
remains dull and the only activity Is among the COM
mission and shipping houses.
The harbor Is full OF seeking vessels and therc are
no freights oering and the unsettled state Of Cuba
has prevented the shipment OF sugar.
the brigantne George Captain Crossley, touched
here en- route from the island Of Saba to New York,
with cargo Of sulphur ore, from the mines Of Mr.
Arrowsmitn, who has lately opened out large mining
operations on that island.
The New York herald., 1869-02-22
spCSEIsG.
Pigeon sI,oo,iuu.


Tnors have been but few contests during she past
week, and the poor pigeons. unconscious Of their
approaching annlhilauon, have been allowed few
ours longer to live. IL |. n remarkable fact that
amateurs IRE particularly fond OF selecting the
taness pigeons for their display. sucn course IL
entirely Unfair, as Il IA unsportsmaniixc, because
every bird should have its lawful chance Of escape.
ioung lovers OF The gun, therefore, should never
nnaHihe lhat slaughter ID amusement or an evidence
or good shooting
: very novel. though seemingly impossible match,
~ ahnVuhcea " take place nj Chcago between TIE lst
am VIZ sih OF May next the match is for stake
" .lOvo, Mr. x. NJ. Patcnln, OF Atlaista, Ill, un-
M uMsItAAss 70 produce man WHO viii XIII 900 brus IN
ten hours AMI forty I've plinu,ee using mrzzle-
loalng gun, load nls gun use no cartridges, no
cor caps, and SHOOT at angle birds on the wing,
tMeht, -yhe yards r3c. from tnr,e ground traps
paceu hNe Jar.s apart commencing at the right
Ial tncn shoot rom the centre trap tnen rom the
lsit tfhp then suuOt at the next bird from the
sanc tftp before shooting from tie centre, and 80
repeat "a regular ros"ea irom rggi 10 lett. and let
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All korls.

The studio Of Mr. Vital Dubray, at rassy. near
Paris was recently visited by the Emperor and SUITE
for the purpose OF viewing the statue TO be erected
a q monument 70 King Joseph.
The curious old church OF IT. Nicholas des Champs,
situated in the Huc st. Martin, Paris IA to bc re-
stored during the present year. In 1li9 IL was al
ready existence, and IN 1l76 became parochia IL
was rebuilt IN is@0 and enlarged IN 1915. Tie beau
tlul southern entrance dates from 1910.
At recent salc In PARIS o small Golfer IN OAK,
about o foot square and three inches HI IN ori,.-
monted with medaiiions aud earrings OF anilnas.
round cach or whlcn WAS raised hand with a GER
man inscription, steel clasps and lock chased In the
siyIe OF the fourteenth century, sold for g4O
Probably at Tue time OF It's manufacture the artist
ali NOT get one dollar FOR his work. Sucn Il pl o.
gress.
The Louvre. in Paris has lately acquired a mag
niaceDt piCtu by hipelrJ. Tie subject ii = Ie
descent fsvm the Cross and contains SIX figures
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to right, until he and his gatherers can gaEher 500
birds within eighty yards boundary. and measure
from the centre trap Should his man fail to accom-
psh the feat IN the time specified he has made an
other wager OF $500 that he himseil VIII DO II IN
eleven hours and lftecn minutea-thirty minutes
extra. Moreover, he states that he VIII now wager
tie sum OF $500 10 $1,000 that II his man lals TO ac-
complsh 1t in eleven hours and fifteen minutes he
Will accomplish IL in twelve hours the shooting all
to be done III one day. In case he faiIs To perform
the feat he undertakes to MAKE second trial ON the
same TERMS
The pigeon match between James WalhnR and
David Hendricks, which came or NJ BRISTOL, on the
Camden and Amboy Railroad, last week, was " on
By Waliinp no Killed Six birds Hendricks four.
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VIRGINIA.
Fatal Result Of nm Old Feud-A Man Killed.
Bloody ARRAY Between Two Negroes.

WINCHESTER, Feb 10, lseo
Two white men named william T. Burwell and
Lewis Wood had altercation near Milwood, Clarke
county, on the 18th inst. Both were shot, Burwei
being killed. Wood h In JAIL though it 10 feared he
cannot recover. The cause Of the quarrel old
feud.
On the 18th colored man servant at Harford's
Hotel Berryvile, the county seat Of the county,
assanlted another negro with pistoi. Patterson,
the one assaulted secured the pistol before second
shot; but Higgins shorty after procured double bar
relied shot gun and discharged both barrels at Pat
tefson One charge took eject In his lead and face,
destroying bo ia eyes and Otherwise injuring him 90
tast be cannot recover. Higgins IL now In jaIl.
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MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
Married.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thursday February
Is, at Calvary chapel, by the Rev. W. ID. Walker ID
D., THOMAS CRITcHLEY ~ REBEccA MORRISON
daughter OF William Morrison, Esq all OF this city,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BanKsvile, Conn. on
Thursday February IT, at the residence OF the BRIDES
parents, by the Rev. Isaac G. clifford, ALFRED P.
daughter Of william B. Finch, Esq. No cards
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remarkable for the effects OF light ana shade The
most cOnsnicuOus features ara the head OF an old
man and the wonderful reflections from red mantle
on the side OF the CORPSE
The New York herald., 1869-02-22

Things fn Observation-Disclosures City Of Law
rencc-Ihe beginning, Rise and Growth
Of Its aIanuiactIres-Sfatistic OF the Cot.
ton Mills.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-15

A PERFECT HoRsE-"In weight she might
have turned, when well conditioned, nine
hundred and fifty pounds. In color she
was dark chestnut, with velv5ty depth
and soft look about the hair indescribably
rich and elegant. Many time have heard
ladies dispute the shade and hue of her
plush-like coat as they ran their white Jewell
ed fingers through her silken hair. Her body
was round in the barrel, and perfectly sym
metrical. She was wide in the launches, with
out projection of the hip-bones, upon which the
shorter ribs seemed to lap. High in the with
ers as she was, the line OF her back and neck
perfectly curved, while her deep, eblique
shoulders and long thick forearm ridgy and
swelling sinews, suggested the perfection of
stride and power. Her knees across the pan
were wide, the canon-bone below them short
and thin the pasterns long and sloping; her
hoofs round, dark, shiny, and well set on.-
Her name was shade darker than her coat,
fine and thin, as thorough-bred's always is
whose blood is without taint or cross. Her
ear was thin, sharply pointed, delicately
curved, nearly black around the borders, and
as tremulous as the leaves of an aspen. Her
neck rose from the withers to the head in
perfect curvature, hard, devoid of fat, and
well cut up under the chops. Her nostriIs
were full, very full, and thin almost az parch-
ment The eyes, from which tears might fall
or fire fash, were well brought out, soft as
gazelle's, almost human In their intelligence,
while over the small bony head, over neck
and shoulders, yea, over the whole body and
clean down to the hoofs, the veins stood out
as if the skin were but tissue-paper against
which the warm blood pressed, and which it
might at any moment burst asunder. "a
perfect animal" said to myself, as lay
looking her over,-"an animal which might
have been born from the wind and the sun
shine, so cheerful and so swift she seems an
animal which man would present as choic-
est gift to the woman be loved, and yet one
which that woman, wife or lady-love,. would
give him to ride when honor and life depend
Murray, in Atlantic Monthly for april
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When the Chinese have had long spell
of wet weather, and they have prayed vainly
for relief, they put their gods out in the rain
to see how they like it.
A British writer says the comic journals
make US more melancholy than che most dis
NAL sermons.
Andrew johnson, it 10 said, viii stump"
the South for recreationl 1t will be anything
but recreation for the South If he is listened to
and followed.
"A work printed by William Caxton, the
first English printer, entitled "Ars morisndi,
that is to save the craft for to deye," has been
discovered in the Bodleian library at Oxford.
The Pope is said to entertain the intention
of conferring on the Prince Imperial of
France the title of Roman Patrice, which was
once destined for the emperor himself, and
which was last borne by Charlemagne.
On his death-bed distinguished humor-
ist requested that no one might be invited to
his funeral, because" sighed the dying wag,
its civility can never repay"
"A Nashville druggist has invented rat
paint made Of preparation Of phosphorous.
You first catch rat and paint him. After
dark he looks like ball Of fire, and going
among his fellow rats, they become frightened
and vacate the premises, the phosphoresoent
rat following of course and hurrying up the
rear.
Speaking of travelling experiences Rev.
Mr.. Mayo says: 'Thers is no people on earth
so Christian-like on the road as ours; and II
the male nuisance of tobacco and the female
yexation of loud talking we're q little toned
down, they would be angelic.
Strawberries are fifty cents q basket in
the New Orleans market, and apples ak for
q dollar.
The winter wheat of Central Illinois il ia
said, never looked better at this time Of the
year than now.
Fish may be kept alive for ten days by
pouring little brandy into their stomschs
and filling their mouths with brandy-sOaked
crumbs. This Supplies them, so that they can
be packed in straw, and after being placed IN
fresh water again for an hour or two they De-
come as lively as ever
Henry Ward Beesher has taken the plat
form in favor Of free trade.
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How FRr1oHr CAn THsvEs orrRArr.-

How FREIGHT CAR THIEVES OPERATE
The New York Central freight-car thieves have
been carrying ON operations for more than a
wear They used to enter the cars at Utica BY
means of the ladders leading down to the side
of the doors. The doors are not locked. hut
are sealed with some kind of leaden sub-
stance. This the burglars would tear off with
nippers Carried for the purpose. Once in
the cars, business was Immediately commenc-
ed. IT the goods were not of desirable
kind, they would jump off and get on the next
freight train. The goods were generally Sc
iected before station was reached. As the
train Stacked, the thieves would throw the
goods, previously stuffed into bags fom the
ears and then jump of, and under cover OF
darkness obtain tenn again and put them in q
safe place. One night the rascals did not
make their selection until the tunnel was
reached. Here they threw their bags out,
and then came into Syracuse and warmed
themselves and returned for the goods. On
one occasion they hid large quantities Of goods
in the woods near Oneida, and then made two
trims to that place to secure them. Large
quantities Of goods have been thrown away be-
cause the thieves were ignorant Of their value.
The amount of the depredations will reach
100000.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-15
SENATOR spRAeUn's CRoAKnes.-senatol

SENATOR SPRAGUE's CRoAKNGs.-Senato
Sprague is very mournful over the rapidly de-
caying condition of the country. He sees
only depreciation on every side. The morals
and industry Of the people are at swift ebb
tide and ruin stares US in the face; but the
Senator comforts us with the assurance that
he himself is prosperous in all his undertake
ings. We are happy to know that the Sena-
tor is not alone in the enjoyment of peace
and plenty. We are assured, by good author
ity, that the returns of gains and profits dur
ing the past year, 1858, for internal revenue
assessment are - to 15 per cent. larger in the
Boston Districts than they were in 1857, and
the same report comes from the rural dis
tricts; and most gratifying feature in this
considerable increase of the national revenue
is that it is found in the returns of the mid
ding classes. As general thing, we are in
formed, that the wealthy capitalists do not re-
turn incomes for 1868, materially increased,
compared with 1867. The annual or income
lists are numerically larger; a greater number
of persons return taxable incomes in 1865
that is, the number whose avocations have
yielded profit over and above the exempt"
amount of $1,000 is increased, considerably
so. This fact proves that prosperity has ad
vanced, not gone backward with the great in
dustrial mass of the people-and the strength
of the nation lies in the prosperity of that
class. Senator Sprague has, as he says, ac-
cumulated wealth. Very well let him enjoy
his good fortune without boastful vanity
The industrial classes have also prospered in
an humble way. Let the nation rejoice and
be glad.-Bost0n Journal.
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WHO BECOME INsANEq Reports of /

WHO BECOME INSANE? Reports of lu-
matte asylums are sometimes instructive read
ing. For instance, the popular notion that
the lite of the farmer is most conducive to
mental stability is dispelled by the statistics
of lunatic asylums in general. In the Mich
igan asylum the farming class preponderates
over all other classes; and, taking the asy-
lums of the country together, it appears that
mora than one-iourth of all the lunatics of
the country are farmers and merchants.
With the farmer the cause unquestionably is
too much work, too little recreation, and ha-
bitual violation of the laws of health-too
frequently the laws of cleanliness. Speaking
Of the farmers wife, writer says: Her
scant ablutions are performed in haste; she
has little time to spend on her person, aud
none in (which to read. Night hnds ner
weary with much doing She goes TO her
bed tired out, to be kept awake half the night,
perhaps, by fretfll babe. From January to
December her only recreation is going to
cbuIch-it may be twice month. Is there
anv wonder she becomes an inmate of lu-
nafic asyIum? This is not only the case
with the wives of small farmers, but those
who have added acre to acre vet grudge
money spent for household labor. Pittsbur0h
Goyn5nerciQt.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-15

The NEW RECoNsTRUCTIoN ACT.-The new
reconstruction act is given below except the
third and fourth sections in which the same
provision is made for reorganization in Missis-
sippi and Texas as is made for Virginia in the
first and second ssetious:
SECTION l. The President of the United
States, at such time as he may deem best for
the public interest, may submit the constitu-
ton which was framed by the convention
which met in Richmond, Virginia, on Tues
day, the Sd day of December, 1867, to the regis
tered voters of said State, registered at the
date of said submission, for ratification Or re-
lection, and may also submit to separate vote
such provisions of said constitution as he may
deem best. Such vote to be taken either upon
each Of the said provisions alone, or in connec-
ton with the other portions of said constitu-
ton, as the President may direct. 81.
SECTION 2. AT the same election, the voters
OF said State mayvot for and elect members
of the general assembly of said State and all
the officers of said State provided for by the
said constitution, and members of Congress
and the officer commanding the District of
Virginia shall cause the lists Of registered vot-
ers OF said State to be revised, enlarged and
corrected prior to such election, according to
law, and for that purpose may appoint such
registers as he may deem necessary, and sad
elections shall be held and returns thereof
made in the manner provided by the acts OF
Congress commonly called the reconstruction
acts"
SECTION g. If either of said constitutions
shall be ratified at such elections, tAe legisla-
ture of the State SO ratifying, elected as pro-
vided in this act, shall assemble at the capitols
Of said States on the fourth Tuesday after the
official promulgation of such ratification by the
military officer commanding in said State.
SECTION 8. Before the States of Virginia,
Mississippi and Texas shall be admitted to
representation in Congress, their several legis-
latures, which may be hereafter lawfully or
gaDized, shall ratify the fifteenth article, which
has been proposed by Congress to the several
States as an amendment to the Constitution Of
the United States.
SEcTIoN7 The proceedings in any Of the
said States shall not be deemed final or
operate as q complete restoration thereof until
their action respectively shall be approved by
Congress.
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MINISTER DIcKENs.-The New York Mail,
speaking of the suggestion of the English
Lord at a late banquet that Dickens would
make an admirable minister to the United
States, says:
We have honored literature as no other ma
ton has, by giving important places abroad to
such writers as Irving, Hawthorne, Marsh,
Motley, Bigelow, Bancroft and a score of les
ser lights If England desires to initiate our
example, she could not make better begin
ming than by sending Dickens to the country
where he has the largest constituency of ad-
mirers. II any one could heal our old sores
and bring about q cordial good feeling between
the two countries it would be Dickens
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-15

The historian Frouds says the Scotch have
taught the English what no one Of them would
believe to be possible-that member of Par
lament can be elected without bribery.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-15
BdLLi07'd Tables f02. Sale.

EOR SALE-Eight good Billiard Tables-thres
y nearly new. Can be seen at Mechanics Hall
VIII De seld very low 1t applied for soon. For fur.
ther particulars inquire at
a1sdu q COMMERCIAL STRERT,
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-15

A MOTHER AND FoUR CHLDREN MURDER
ED.-A horrible murder occurred on Wednes-
day morning in Oakdale township, ten miles
from st. Paul, MINI. A farmer named James
B. Grey, well known in that section, in q 1T Of
insanity killed his wife and four children, the
latter consisting Of two boys, aged eighteen
and eight, and two girls, aged i've and three
years. The murderer was about forty years
old, a large and powerfully built man, and has
many relatives in the neighborhood. He has
lately been suffering from deafness, and grew
insane over it, The deed was committed about
daylight. The neighbors heard Mrs. Grey
scream, and going to the house found the wife
and four children cut to pieces with an axe,
and the murderer endeavoring to hang him
self He was arrested and lodged In the st.
Paul jail, where it required three or four men
to hold him. In answer to inquiries he would
only reply, Il killed them all with an axe. oh,
hang mep' The wife was murdered frst, be-
ing cut in the head aud stabbed several times.
The children were then murdered and placed
in row on the floor, their throats so badly cut
as to nearly sever the heads from the body.
The murderer had evidently chopped their
heads with an axe, mutilating them 30 as to
render recognition almost impossible. The
prisoner, at intervals of the paroxysms of ma
niacal fury, made a statement detailing the
particulars Of the murder. He says his motive
was that he feared he was coming to poverty
and the family would be left destitute, and SO
thought It would be better to send them to
Heaven at once. The prisoner tried to beat
his brains out several times by jumping
against the sides of his cell.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-15
Dissolution OF Copartnership.
Copartnership Notice.

WE the undersigned have this day formed a
w partnership under the firm name of
@. w. & .. G.. DAVIS,
and have taken the store recently occupied by Mer
rill and Davis. and will continue the business in
Boots, Shoes. and Rubbers, in all liz branches,
g. w. DAVIS,
s. G. DAVIS.
Portland, April 8, 1869. apr6-d1w
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-15
Watches, JeweIry, &c.

j. AMBROSE MERRILL, No. 13s Middle Street.
j. W. g. H. H. McDUFFEE cor. Middle & Union SITS
G. w. WlNGATE, Nos. III and 1l9 Middle Street.
EDWARD 9. SWEET, II Middle St., Fox Block.
+. f. HILL, No. 81 Federal Street.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-15
Dissolution of C0p0stnerski2,

TIME firm of YEATON g HALE was dissolved
Il on the ist inst by the death of the junior mem
Der. The business of the firm will be settled by the
senior member, who will continue the business at
the old stand.
.-..s JOHN YEATON.
April 8, 1869. ap5dtf
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-15

Teas, COfees, Sugars, Spices, sc.
HOhATIO BooTHBY, Is Market Square.
DEFINING, DUFFETT & co, 16O 8 25s Congress st.
VIM. L. WILSON g. CO., No. So Federal Street.
Tobacco and Cigars.
SARGENT & HOW, No. 146 Exchange Street.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-15
THE DAILY PRESS
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

We invite the attention of both City and
Country readers to the following list of PORT
land BUSINESS HOUSES, which are among
the most reliable establishments in the City.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-15

Stoves, Furnaces & Kitchen Goods.
LEIGHTON q BUCKLEY, 81 Federal Street.
O. b. LlTTLEFIELD No. Washington street.
G. Y. TOLMAN, 90 Market Sqr, under LancasterHall
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Agricultural Implements & Seeds.
SAWYER 8 wooDFoRD, No. 11s Exchange St.