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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-20

But deduct l5 per cent.
allowed for paying into
U. S. Treasury without
expense of collecting
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-20

ample and successful experience Of 9TH
er States and adopt more liberal policy
on this subject.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-20

from
49,. sl53,9 % sI53,965 25
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-20

of the community, are manifestations .
the spirit of the rebellion still hngei
ing in our midst. From present indica
tions, however, it is to be hsped tha
we will be troubled less with them \
the future.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-20

Amount still dHe the
State. e.--.........--...-
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SOLDIERS, CEMETERY.

The Annual Report of G. l.. Cranmer,
Esq, representative of this State in the
Board of Trustees of the Antietam Ma
tional Cemetery, is herewith presented,
from which may be seen the progress Of
the work on the Cemetery, and the
transactions of the Board during the
wear.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-20

According to the annual report of The
Auditor, the receipts and disbursement
of the public revenue for the fiscal yeaf
ending September 80, 1863, appear TO
have been as follows:
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-20

100000 rs
IU.OOO 90
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09
Apain and Cuba.

Civil war seems actually to have commenced
in Spain. Encounters are reported between
the Republican insurgents and the troops of
the government. The sword has been drawn,
blood spilled, and the end no mortal eye can
foresee." Al! this is likely to be favorable to
Cuba. Spain needs all her troops at home
and it is reported that the reinforcementss said
TO- have been recently ordered to Cuba are not
tobe sent. Iften plaques are needed to make
Spain willing to let an oppressed people go,
we may rejoice that she can learn justice even
at that price. Iii to be hoped that the rep
reservations of Gen. Sickles thus emphasized
will at length prevail. Meanwhile the war
In Cuba is being carried on with barbarity
almost without parallel in this age. I'M
armed women are shot while sitting at their
windows by the Spanish volunteers and pris-
oners butchered in cold blood The Captain
General does not possess the power even if he
has the will to stop these excuses. 1t is sim
ply a, repetition Of the barbarities that have
always 81 attended a conflict between Spain and
her colonies. How long we should stand by
and see these things is question for our
statesmen. 1t, is evident that war carried
on with this spirit ear but prove great
drawback on the future of Cuba. The war
by which the Dominican Republic gained in
dependence, in its progress destroyed capital
IN every shape, thus paralyzing labor and en-
tferprlze ever since. Well may we ask what
right Spain has TO make Cuba's struggle for
independence an excuse for destroying as far
as possible all that can make independence
valuable ii'7 "i- 1 : 'ff III1.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09
Tho News.

1t is said that an agent of the Rothschilds
propositions to our Government to take any
amount of the national debt at four per cent
Capt. Hall of Arctic fame had reception
Thursday evening at the Cooper Institute by
the members of the Geographical society and
large number of their friends Capt Hall gave
a long and interesting statement of his expert
ence in the Arctic region.
The COrOners inquest into circumstances
concerning the death of Michael Dumphy of
Boston, has resulted in charging Mrs Dunn
ply and Daniel Harrington with poisoning de-
ceased with laudanum, the wife and child of
Harrington also died suddenly, and suspicion
exists that they were also poisoned by these
parties. -. ~. l-.I. , III ....n.- y.
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Boston Correspondence.
r5 ..-~ +oz OCTOBER z, 1869.

FAIRY SCENES. 81 %. ...-.sf .......
The Fair grows more and more attractive, on
the principle that blessings brighten as they
take their flight" Saturday drops the curtain.
The wealth here gathered is estimated at a
round million. Quite moderate figures. Vir-
gil would again exclaim, Hue ndique gdza,
were he to look in upon the luxurious SPLEEN
dor OF Faneuil Hall Or the glitter of the Rotun-
da by gas light. Two bands give evening con-
certs, the programmes of which are unfinished
the day before. One stands on the platform
where Webster, Choate and Everett have so
often stood in other days, and the other in the
new gallery under the Dome of Quincy Hall.
A view from either Of these outlooks is
worth dollar-that is If you can spare it. The
Fair itself is fine and the fairy crowds still
more entertaining, as might be shown by jot-
ting down in few rapid strokes the features,
gait and conversation of the innunerable peo-
pie that pass you. But we forbear. In pre-
vlous letter the more prominent objects were
briefly sketched, and now we crave the briefest
notice Of few less pretentious, though not
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09


We'are indebted to Gen. George Thorn for
the following notes on the freshet of the 9Th of
October, 1869, in the Kennebec river. at Hall
lowell, Me-: siE1 SO. % -as. ,...
The river commenced rising very rapidly on
the nghtof MondaW,the 4th of October, and
reached its greatest height about 9 o'clock on
the evening of the 9th, having risen 10 feet 6
inches since Q o'clock on the afternoon of the
preceding day-that is, in thirty-one hours
being at the rate of six inches per hour. t.,.f
On the morning of October 9th, twelve hours
after the time of its maximum height, it had
ia'ien ieet 7inches; in twenty-four hours af-
ter, . ieet7 inches; and on Thursday morning,
tmrty'slx hours after the time of its greatest
height, it had fallen II feet inches. boina ~
the rate of 4 1-6 inches per hour
This freshet was of about the same beio1,+ ..
mat of 1855 and 2 feet 8 inches lower tbon
that Of May 22d, 1882, and feet inch lowor
.han that of March 26tb, 1926, which last was
Increased pea at Hallowell by Gam" of ice near
'-io"n island, above Gardiner.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09
City Liquor Agency.

All persons who may have occasion to use
liquors of any kind for medicinal or mechani-
cal purposes, are informed that the City Agen-
cy is supplied with articles of excellent quail
ty, selected expressly for these purposes. No
liquors will be sold at the Agency except those
purchased of the State Agent, and they can be
relied on as pure and of standard proof, as GER
tilted in the certificates OF analysis from the
State Assayer. The price list has been revised
and only sufficient profit will be charged to
meet current expenses. We think this mode
of conducting the agency cannot fail to receive
public approval. Per Order
% COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR AGENCY.
June II, 1869. dtfsn -st r2-
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less.worthy Of mention. The Treadle attach.
ment which Frank Trip puts to sewing ma.
chimes for a small sum- is one of the evident
precursors of the millennium; second to none, if
we except the Fire Annihilator-the only an
initiation theory, by the way, which we can
adopt. This merciful appendage o5viates the
toe and heel motion with all the spinal and
uterine diseases which sewing girls necessarily
suffer from, and with thirty movements of the
foot accomplishes what $50 are usually required
to do, turning work to play, and removing the
has introduced or at least aggravated. Luther
Thayer of Brighton shows culinary cabinet
which combines moulding board, -four sitter.
egg beater, spice drawers, and everything else
a housekeeper needs in small compass. Mr..
Wakefield, whose name is given to flourish
ing town, to whose prosperity he has greatly
contributed, displays fine selection of his rat
tan ware, chairs, settees and baskets, as we'll
as mating of the same fibre, more economi-
cal and durable than wool or other fabrics in
common use. Henceforth we shall not be de-
pendent Oh the Chinese imported ware, dingy
in color and grotesque in shape. The esti-
mated receipts of the Fair are $15, 600.
ll VARIOUS ITEMS.
A Maiden gentleman has recently obtained
righteous verdict in one of our courts, which
establishes precedent interesting to railroad
travellers. Having purchased ticket and
stopped over, a new payment was demanded
and properly refused. He was arrested and
placed in jail-this without warrant--and
s,~1 A. loo1r
drunken criminals. He receives upwards of a
thousand dollars, and deserves the thanks of
the public for the pluck he has shown. There
are few railroad officials, but few we believe,
who abuse the authority they have, in enforc-
ing meaenr4,. -,iAo irrational and illegal.
Anna Dickinson opens the Fraternity course
next Tuesday with her lecture on "Whited
Sepalchres," in which she will present an
intensely interesting picture of Mormon life.
James Redpath starts Union course with the
novel plan of two speakers, forensically match
ed, the same evening. Whatever he attempts
he is bound to make a success. James Camp
bell, publisher of the genealogical Journal
a periodical which is winning its way in spite
OF its Iaw-b breaking name, strs up tumult by
putting his imprint to ''Polygamy versus Mon
ogamy,' serious plea for plurality of wives
written by an Evangelical Pastor of the highest
repute in this vicinity. What next? We
commend the author to the tender mercies Of
Anna Dickinson or Gail Hamilton. ..azI
a PERSONAL. e
Mr.. Wolcott of the Crawford House, passed
through this city yesterday, having taken this
as the only available route from the mountains
to Boston. He reports immense damage from
the flood throughout the mountain district.
CAsco
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09

Y. NJ. G A.-At the last State Convention
held in Bath it was voted that the next one
should be held in Bangor at the First Baptist
Church, Harlow street, on the Goth and 21st of
this month. l. is hoped that all members and
friends of the association, whether delegates
or not, will be present, and all those intending
to attend are desired to notify Mr.. G. d. Lakin,
the President of the Bangor Association be-
fore the 1t4h.
This is the fourth State Convention and the
topics introduced for discussion relate to the
best methods to be employed to carrying the
cities of Maine for Christi" show to reach
and convert Romanists;' show to awaken
and perpetuate feeling of responsibility
among church members ''the best method
of conducting open air meetings prayer
meetings, and Sabbath schools" and an hour
will be devoted to the "Question Drawer"
A pastor and one lay delegate are expected
from every Evangelical church in the State.
The session promises to be of unusual interest.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09
Town Fairs.


Town fairs are fast becoming an established
institution. They meet want that will be
more and more felt as our population increas-
es IN density and wealth. In the larger county
and State exhibitions the exhibition must be
more select, and articles of merely local inter
est can find no place. Individuals are last in
the crowd and merit often remains unnoticed
and therefore unrewarded. There is great
deal in these larger exhibitions that is fictitious
and dece ptive. In a town fair individuals have
better chance to get their merits recognized
and articles of local interest can have their Just
deserts 1t kindles livelier interest because
it is brought home to the people and thus be-
comes to some extent personal matter. The
honorable emulation it awakens can but prove
powerful stimulus to intelligence and enter
prise in farming. So far as concerns the quail
ity of the articles displayed, the larger exhi-
billions must of course take the precedence
Their true province is to bring togethera choice
selection of articles from larger area and they
are needed for that purpose. But for real SUBJ
stantial benefit to the masses, the town fairs
are not second to those of the county The
former are to the latter what the town school is
to the college. Il y .- ti G- rel.}e-.I, 81. r,.
These town fairs have deeper interest even
In political point of view. The township is
the unit of our political system and the sym
metry and balance of the whole can only be
preserved by keeping up the autonomy and
dignity Of the township. 1t is to this that one
of the most philosophical of foreign writers on
our affairs, M. d. Tocqueville largely attrib-
utes the durability of our institutions. In the
solar system if the centripetal forces grow too
strong for the centrifugal, the planets are pre-
cipitated upon the sun. II the reverse, they
60 careering through space with nothing to
regulate their motions. 1t is only when these
opposing forces are balanced that the harmony
of the system is preserved This illustrates the
law of our political life. Consolidation is as
fatal to it as anarchy. 1t is only by keeping
up lively play between the central and local
forces that the harmony and perpe tuity of the
system can be preserved. " 9'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09
-EZZiS' Iron Bitters.

Will enrich the blood and prevent It from beeom-
ing watery and weak, giving heal by complexion,
restore the appetite invgorate the system and are
all persons requiring safe and valuable tonic to
Impart tone and strength to the SYSTEM not given by
bit'ers merely stimulant in their effects; which, al
though they may tonic vegetable properties
cannot give the strength to the blood which the
IRON BITTERs will give
Prepared by WIN. ELLIS, Chemist For sale in
Portland by Crosman s. Co.. 305 Congress street.
lie 2l-d6m SIN
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09


TRAvELERs INSURANCE CoMrANY.-This
Company has paid during its five years of sue.
cessful accident business over II 900 claims ont
of 100000 policies issued, or one in every four
teen. The success and stability of the Tray
eler in this branch of insurance, is due to the
great ability with which it has been managed
and the intelligence shown in adjusting its
rates, ensuring financial soundness and prompt
ness and liberality in the payment of all
claims. .-l '-
In its life department the Traveller has been
equally successful. Insuring ON the low rate
cash plan, giving definite contract and moro
desirable form of policy, its plan has become
very popular Having handsome surplus
over capital and reinsurance fund in both de-
partments, the Travellers offer inducements
equal to the Oldest companies in the country,
to those who desire life insurance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09

....a:s.~.. 49,, says: "A Democrat is re-
puu ,a anu IL may as well Ike known first az
) The official count of tho return, of ,,o =,
Vermont election gives F. I. Wa.hhre '"''
Governor, 20, 1853 majority In total of 40 900
votes, and John A. Page, for Treasurer, % 9 9a1
in total of AZ, 1916. ... q Ell.
80 THE N. Y. Herald iavors the election of An.
,dy johnson as U. S. Senator from Tennessee
This looks as though !Andy's chances were
good, as the Herald always favors the winning
man. when it can find out seasonably who he
10 to be.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09
M A n III OOD II!
1S4th Edition.

A MEDICAL Essay on the Cause and Cure
of Premature Decline in Man, the treatment
of NERVOUS and PHYSICAL Debility. SC
the result of 20 years successful practice. o.. =
"TheIe is no member OF Society BY whom this
book will not be found useful whether sueb nerso,
holds the relation Of Parent, Precepter or cIerS
man. "-Med'rai Times and Gazette '. '''s'
Curtis on Manhood should be in the hands of
Manhood by DR. Curtis, Is one of the few
books which can ay claim to the character OF being
o,i. .ty profess onal: The moral and medical pre-
cep's IN 1t render it invaluable. lancet.
n. manhood The experience and reputation OF
Snrtis IN the treatment OF the diseases set forth
III tns little phamphlet Is the patients gusrtntec,
ana well deserves tor the work it3 immense eireu-
iation. DAILY Times.
Sent by mail on receipt Of so cents. Ad-
dress the Author, DIR. CURTIS, IA Chapman
Street, Boston, Mass. oc9eod&wly
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09
Notice to Builders.

i the lot of the .Casco Engine House," Congess
ST. for the city OF Portland, will be received at me
Mayors Office, until Tuesday, the 18th inst, at
o'clock M
The successful bidder will be required to furnish
bonds in reasonable sum for the faithful execu
ton OF the contract and TO secure the city against
lien claims.
The right to reject any and all tenders not deemed
for the interest Of the city 10 reserved.
The Plans and Specifications may be seen at the
Office of +. Ii. FASSkTT, 81 Middle st, Casco
Bank Block.
Portland. Oct q, 1862 oc9i12
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09

REPORT says that Hon. W. E. Chandler, OF
New Hampshire, will be rendered the office of
Assistant Secretary ofthe Treasury, vice Rich
arason, when the latter's resignation takes eff
feet Mr.. Chandler, it is believed, will not te
ihchneo 10 accept, but may yield to the solicit
ta1lon OF secretary Boutwell,, who much de-
sires his services.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09

THE BEST CLOTHES WRINGER.-Be very par
ticular about getting the GUnivcrsar' with i'm
proved wheels This is the only one we
recommend, and our endorsement of this is
without mental reservation or notification
Ui.iuersalist d&Sw1w.
A CERTAIN CURE for Cholera, Dysentery
Diarrhea, &c. USE MAsoNs CHOLERA MIX
TURE. 1t gives instant- elief. 1t is a certain
cure. Price 80 cents. Prepared only by Ed
ward Mason, Apothecary, Portland. ea
7e aug17d1aw8w
FITZGERALD opened his new store, on the
corner of Congress and Myrtle streets, last
evening. We understand it was merely an ex-
pertinent to ascertain how effectually his gas
lights burned. AL we have to say is that he
must be hard to please if he is not more than
satisfied; in fact, we think the effect was grand.
On enquiry he informed US he would open to-
day, Saturday.
AND when Abraham and the people beheld
the wonderful cures which were produced by
this drink, Abraham said, "My children must
not suffer; give me thy drink to drink, and ]
will give it a NAME"
And 50 Abraham drank, and said there was
nothing like it, even in Ssngamon county
that it was bitter to the lips, but good for the
stomach; and because there were bitter times
in fighting the masters of the plantations, il
shall be forevermore called PLANTATION BIT.
TIERS; and so it has been. ...
And the wonderful work which it has per
formed is witnessed at this day in every town
parish, village and hamlet throughout all the
world.
And he said, 'Let it be proclaimed through.
out the length and breadth of the land, from
the valleys and mountainous, that all who
suffer from fevers, dyspepsia, weakness, loss Of
appetite, nervous headache, and mental de-
spondency, will find relief through the PLAN
TATIoN BTTTERs. They add tone to the stom-
ach, and brilliancy to the mind, of which I, o
people, am living example," s.es
MAGNOLIA WATER-Superior to the best
imported German Cologne, and sold at hall
the price. Oct. eod&w1w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09

JAMES KITcHIN, one of the parties cbaro-
ed with burning the Baptist Church in South
China, has just made confession that he
was the incendiary. In his confession he as
serts that he was hired by Kingsbury while
under the influence of liquor to do the deed.
Kingsbury has been arrested for being acceso-
ry before the fact
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09
MARRIED..

In this city, Oct. q. by Geo. W. Reed, ESQ, Geo.
W. GRAHAM and Miss Lizzie Palmer, both of PORT
land. h. - - - - =
F. Powers. - y Z j Y I - - -
In Bluehill, Oct. 8, Sewall A. Wood and Mrs. Sa-
rab A Joy. both OF Ellsworth. -
ton, and Arvlla $. Murch, OF Ellsworth, ~.
= In Belfast, Sept. q. VIM A. Jones and Mary E.
HartsnOrn. IVY lFT ~ $500 -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09

At the South Kennebec Agricultural Fair
neld at Gardiner, the sweepstake purse was
won by Col. Lakeman in three straight heats.
beating the Stallion Gen. McLellan-time
2.36, 2.3s, 239.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09

The first hour was occupied by Professor
Mason in giving music lesson. There were
but few present at the opening of the session,
but on the arrival of the train from Portland
the hall was filled.
After the close of the music lesson, the repre-
sentatives of the several town school commit
tees adjourned to the room below, for the pur-
pose OF forming teachers associations. In the
nan, Prof Cruttenden gave his last lesson in
arithmetic. He did not confine himself very
closely to his theme, but made its points the
occasion and the illustration of some pleasant
and judicious moral observations. Prof. c. has
exerted himself very much to make the ses-
SONS OF the Institute pleasant as we'll as prof
,taoie, and much of the enjoyment of its mem
cupled the closing hour with SINGING lesson
to the little ones
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09

q owned BY the builders, Alex Mcneil. Of New Or
leans. and Capt j H Kelleran who is to command.
q Co, ship of 100 tons, named the Loreito Fish,
owned by re builders Capt John Watts, twho is to
command her, and others
Also. from the ward Of Wa,tar Mann q, 70 tbrce
masted schr of 400 tons, named Albert j Butler.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09

BE BEAUTIFUL.-If you desire beauty you
should use Hagan's Magnolia Balm.
1t gives soft, refined, satin-like texture to
the Complexion, removes roughness, Redress,
Blotches, Sunburn, Tan, ETC., and adds tinge
OF Pearly Bloom to the planest features. It
brings the Bloom of Youth to the fading cheek
and changes the rustic Country Girl into a
Fashionable City Belle. ,E D.. 5rs+. ILL.,.
In the use of the Magnolia Balm lies the
true secret of Beauty. No lady need COM
plain of her Complexion who will invest TX
cents in this delightful article f5-
LYONS KATHAIRoN is the Best Hair Dress.
lng.i 'e'f f+3i NF W Oct 9-eodS5w1m
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09

THE pupils of Messrs Gee s. Harnden are
assured that they will be taught all the fash
ionable dances now popular in New York and
Boston, together with the rules of good breed
ing. We are assured that their school will be
very popular. t....,.--,
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sPkC;tl NOri.Es.
Hair Work.
Goods Marked Down for the Fall Trade
Hair SWITCHES Lower than they have ever
been sold in this city.

sell all long Hair and long and short Hair
Switches, ~
All kinds Of Bands, Braids, Switches, Curls, &C.,
All goods warranted j. p. SMITH,
100 Exchange Street, opposite Cogia Hassans.
September q. dew 80 -r -ef