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The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06
The schooner Hud and Frank.
DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FEB. TERM 1869.


The following is an abstract OF Judge FOX
opinion in this cause. 1t is shown that TINS
vessel was formerly the British brig Emma,
built in Nova Scotia and wrecked on Dela-
ware Breakwater Light in the fall OF lS60--
taken to New York and there condemned.
ii. j. Hewitt Of Rockland, advanced for her
owners money to pay off cerrain lier claims,
and he afterwards carried her to Rockland,
In TINS State, where she was sold at auction,
and bought in by Hewitt, as he says as agent
Tor his brother-in-law, one Simons. The
vessel was repaired under the direction of
hewitt at an expense OF six or seven thou
sand dollars, but her form or dimensions were
not changed by the repairs. Hewitt applied
to the customs omcers at Rockland to have
her measured, Dut they refused. She was
soon afterwards taken across the bay to Cas-
tine, by HeWltt, oimons, ana otner master
carpenters, anu app,icatlon was inaue 10 the
customs oflcers al that port ior her measure
ment and enrolment, sue DehnS represented
as new vessel Dullt at hochianu tnat seasoh'
One L. ). Fuller represented hlnisei as OWL
er OF one-fourth, and Slmons claimed 70 pe
owner OF the remainder. Inc eviu4nce
wholly fails to satisfy the court tnat runer
interests were any other than nomlnai, IN OF.
der to have the vessel enrolled at tnat port
where he belonged, he claiming TO De tne
sNs.e
in New York. The interior OF the vessel vas
painted and SO disguised as to deceive the
ofncer VINO measured her, and when the GER
tihcate OF the master builder that she was
built IN hockland That season supported by
the overt oatn OF oimons 10 tne same enect.
Sne was enroned at Castlne, as the schooner
"Hud and FRANK, IN hockiand 10 1901,
and under this enrolment she was sailing al
the time OF the seizare.
Inc z3tn sec. OF the act OF 1850, cnap; zol
enacts tnat II any certincate Oh enrolmen'
snali De knowingly ana irauduiently OBTAIN
ed, or used Tor any vessel not entttied 10 I'M
benefit thereof, such vessel shall be held Z
forfeiture. This vessel was not entitled to b'
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06

VESSELS WITHOUT BowsPRrrs. - Persons
connected with the mercantile marine will be
interested in the success OF an experiment in
the construction of sea-going vessels without
bowsprits, which is having trial on the Pa
cific coast. 1t is claimed that the ponderous
bowsprit is useless, and should be abolished,
as it eadangers the safety of the vessel. A
brig constructed especially for the Society
Islands trade has just made voyage from San
francisco to Tahiti and back, beating all the
"fast crabs in the line by long odds. Her
foremast is stepped thirty-eight feet abaft the
kIightheads, and she carries a iibboom, which
in bad weather can be speedily run inboard,
thus avoiding the immense strain on che ves-
sell occasioned by the heavy timbers of bow
spirit A very large saving of expense in con-
struction is gained by rejecting the bowsprit.
In the case of the vessel referred to, which is
of one hundred and seventy-five tons register
the saving was nine hundred dollars.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06

GENTLE REBUKE.-The pews of the Cen
tire Church at New Haven, Conf, of which
the Rev. George Leon Walker, late of State
Street Church in this city, is pastor, rented
for the year for $4,000. On Sunday, April 25
Mr.. Walker took occasion to express, in de-
clded terms, his regret at the result. The
prices paid, he said, could not but be regarded
as extravagant, and the gross amount received
was larger than the exigencies of the church
demanded. If the debt of the church was al
legged as an excuse, the speaker thought that
IN church embracing SO much wealth, many
OF whose members were individually able to
pay it without embarrassment, and who unit
edly conld expunge it at once without a twinge,
the debt could not but be considered as in a
measure disgrace. The speaker took occa-
sion to say further, that he approved of an
abatement from the assessment on the pews
which had been recommended and which was
under consideration.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06

A GOLD NUGGET WEIGHING Two Hum
DRIED PoUNDs.-A correspondent of the New
York Herald, writing from Melbourne, Aus
tralia, under date OF March 1st, says:
There is no doubt as to what has been the
most important and interesting event of the
past month. Everybody has heard of the
great "Welcome" nugget, and models of it
have been the centre of attraction in interna-
tional expositions. But a greater than the
Welcome" nugget has now turned up and
has been duly christened the welcome
Stranger The story of its discovery is ex-
tremely interesting. Two men had been
working for long time in claim at Dunolly
where year or so ago they had found a couple
of nuggets weighing respectively 108 and 81
ounces. They had again, however, get "dead
broke the storekeepers had refused them
any further credit, and they were feeling very
badly indeed, when one of them in following
the claim by working round the roots of tree
struck something hard with his pick immedi-
ately below the surface He had no idea,
miner-like, he grumbled out. "Confound it,
wish it was a nugget and had broken the
pick" The nugget, when it was unearthed
was found to weigh 210 pounds troy, and on
smelling, it yielded 2.26S ounces and ten PEN
nyweights of pure gold. 1t was scarcely COW
cred by the earth, and was less than couple
of inches below the surface. Dunolly, the
ground on which this golden monster has
been found, is very old digging, but has new
or been regarded as first class field. Every
now and then big nugget has been found but
whatever gold has been obtained has been dis
covered in pockets. The "Welcome Stranger
is the largest nugget on record in Australian
mining annals, and, in fact, is believed to be
the largest mass Of gold ever discovered. The
largest nuggets previously found in Australia
were as follows:-The "Weleome nugget,
found at Ballarat at a depth OF 1SO feet and
weighing 1874 pounds nine ounces; the Blanche
Barkly, found at depth of thirteen feet, at
Kingower, and weighing 145 pounds three
ounces; a nugget at Canadian gully, Ballarat,
weighing 134 pounds eleven ounces, at a
depth of sixty feet; the Lady Hotham, weigh
ing ninety-eight pounds.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06

CANADA RRTALIATEs.- I'm the House OF Com
mons, at Ottawa, Monday, Mr.. Savery moved
for the return of the licenses issued to Ameri-
can fishermen during the last year. de held
that the treaty relative to the three miles limit
applied to headlands and not to bays, and that
while not adonting a prohibitory policy, such
q license fee should be imposed as would be
some equivalent for the privilege of allowing
eral members from the maritime provinces
spoke in support of the motion, stating that a
firmer policy should be adopted towards the
States to meet the exactions and restrictions
imposed on Canadian trade. Mr.. Anglin, from
Nova Scotia advocated the total exclusion of
foreign fishermen from the fishing grounds.
He said in many cases, owing to the encroach-
ment of American fishermen, Nova Scotians
had been driven off their own fishing coasts
The motion was adopted
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06

A HINT AT TELEGRAPHIc REFoRM.-One of
the signs of the times is the general movement
throughout the West in favor of cheap tele-
graphing A new company is forming in Mich
igan styled the Peoples Line" to cover all
routes in the States now traversed by the
Western Union Company. 1t will reduce the
cost of telegraphing to postal prices, twenty
cents for anything less than 900 miles, and
a contract for a telegraph postal law at prices
five cents less than the Hubbard bid. The
same movement is in operation in Indiana. on
slightly different plan; and in Missouri a
company is forming to oppose the Western
Union in the Southwest
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06
Adventures of Two Country ssen,e.,
an the AstOr Home
They get into Moueable Room.-The Room
Runs AUdu With Them

A few evenings since two rustics. who had
made their first visit to the metropolis, and
had very naturally put up at the Astor House
where examining the hotel in surprise and de-
light. They went up stairs and down stairs
looking into the breakfast and dining rooms,
the parlors, the office, the saloon and the bar
ber shop, aud had many words of commenda-
tion for each. AT last, wandering along the
corridors, one OF them espied the elevator the
doors OF which were open. Look here, Joe,"
said he to his friend, this is nice little
room, but there's no bed in it. Iwonder what
it's tOr?"
Joe's curiosity was aroused. So he stepped
into the elevator and he and his compaion sat
down on one of the cushioned seats. Ibis
is nice," remarked Joe, "but don't see ex-
actly what's it's for. Do you, PHILIP"
While they were trying to find out what
the nice little room was intended for, they
saw TO their astonishment and terror that 1t
was going up.
"Hallop cried Joe, what the devil does
this mean? It's runnin' away, Phil. Whoa,
whoa, whoaw
Stop her, stop her, screamed Bill, endeav-
oring to climb out at the top. damn
the internal thing, it's going to blow up. Get
out Joe, you'll be killed." And they both be-
gan to climb up the side, but were unable to
escape.
OOUtOuUu Jue LUCK, LOlS Is wooden Dal-
loon we've got into, Bill. It's going right up
through the roof, sure. When it gets on top
of the house, let's break out and jump for our
lives. Let's watch now for our chance, old
boy, or we're goners."
Still the elevator ascended, and the two
pumpkins sat still with pale faces and COM
pressed lips as if they were approaching the
rapids of Niagara in an open boat. They evil
IDENTIFY anticipated death struggle, and were
| prepared for it. In few seconds the eleva-
tor stopped. They were about to step out,
when down it went TO the new astonshment
and terror of the bucolic pair. They then gave
themselves up for lost, and when the elevator
| reached the first floor, and they were asked
by one of the servants if they wished to 60
up again, they stepped into the corridor as
| though they had walkod out of their graves.
"What the devil is this thing?" inquired
| Joe.
Its the helevator," replied the serving
man, who, being English, had aspirations, o.
| course.
Well, thought there must be some kind
of hell about it, Is it trap to frighten stran
| gers, or an internal machine, or one of them
Id velocipedes I've heard tell OFF"
The servant endeavored to explain what an
elevator is; but he failed a. completely as IL
G. had at the poultry show.-Cor. Cincinnati
Times.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06
A Misrepresentation corrected.

The following communication, dated Kszar
Falls, May LIST, 1869, and signed by Albert
Cole, Pastor of the Congregational Church at
Cornish, John Moulton. Moses s. Moulton,
Daniel d. Ridlon, Thomas Moulton and Jor-
dan Stacy I'd, all substantial and trustworthy
citizens of Kezar Falls, explains itself:
The communication which appeared in the
Portland Advertiser few weeks since, from
Kezar Falls correspondent, wholly misrep.
resents the character of the Rev. Mr. Kins-
man Atkinson, and does great injustice to the
Methodist Episcopal Church, to Mr.. Atkinson
and to his numerous friends. Mr. Atkinson
was appointed to Kezar Falls station by the
Maine Conference, of which he bas been a
worthy member for more than twelve years,
for the three years 1866, 81 and '68 in success
sion, at the special and united request of the
church and many citizens. During this time
he has given them entire and increasing salts
faction, and was never more highly esteemed
by the people than now; and if it were practi-
cable for the Maine Conference to reappoint
him here another year, it would be the unani-
nous request of all concerned in the support
of the gospel in this place.
Mr.. Atkinson is an upright and worthy man,
an exemplary citizen, an able minister and a
Christian gentleman.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06

DoN'T KNOW TUE NUMBER OF HIS WIVES.
The Utah Reporter, Gentle paper, pub
lished full abstract of the profane and OBJ
scene harangue which Brigham Young re-
Gently delivered at Salt Lake. 1t is of such a
character that it is hardly conceivable that
''the prophet could have delivered it in the
presence of thousands of women and chill
dren. Among the things that will bear re-
petition is the following little bit of domestic
history:
Now they talk about plurality of wives,
and say it is such a bad thing, and some of
them want our women to vote, and vote it
DOWN. And some of them have said to me
How many wives have you got? Why breth-
ren, couldn't really say. l never troubled
myself to think about it. I've got a good
many women one place or another; guess
I've got dozen or fifteen that l take care of
and support. And some day 1 aoM take the
trouble to count them all up so can tell the
world Just how many I've got have one
wife aud many women. And l take care of
them and their children.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06

The New York World says that the depart
ure of Mr.. Motley for England without instruo-
tions, is triumph of Secretary Fish over the
minister and over Mr. Sumner, who wished to
give him instructions.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06

BoANERGEs IN BATTLE In an interview
with N. Y. Herald correspondent Gen Burn
side spoke in very high terms of the First
Rhode island, which, he said, was made up Of
the best material he ever saw in any army.
While tnat regiment was hard at work on
the perilous edge of the battle "Gov. Sprague;
though he fought like a lion, was like a scared
lion, racing out at tremendous speed on a
horse of fire, then as suddenly wheeling round
and racing back to get drink; then racing
out to another point and racing back just as
fast to get another drink" until finally. afteI
his last drink on the field, when things began
to look blue, he slipped off to Centreville and
| got there in advance of the regiment, which
was the rear guard of the retreating army.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06

Thursday Morning: May 6, 1869.
Letter from New York.
PORTLAND.


Moving Day Spring and the Parks-M,.sic
and Lager in Gothan-Ins and Outs-Ths
Legislature Spiritual Photography.
NEW YORK, May l. 1869
To the Editor of the Press:
Ieis a curious fact, which somehow astrono-
mers and meteorologists have failed to men
ton, that the sun crosses the line in this lati-
tude on the first of May. Every respectable
almanac should have opposite this day-"Look
out for storms" for we have them out of doors
and in. 1t is doubtful if the memory of the
oldest inhabitant runs back to the time when
it did not rain on moving day. This year, as
you are probably well aware by this time, gives
no exception to the rule, and the misery and
discomforts of the surging mass OF housekeep-
ers turned into the streets until they can be-
come ensconced in their new quarters, can
more readily be imagined than described. For
tunately possess plentiful share of that phi
Josophy which enables me to bear the ills Of
others with equanimity, and have gazed
most stoieally upon the doleful plight of my
neighbers. Could you, Mr.. Editor, restrain a
smile at seeing all the household possessions of
your next-door neighbor, including wife and
babies, trundled off before your eyes? And
wouldn't yon envy the domestic quiet and
comfort of the new home for the next week?
l always admired the worthy Frenchman who
s'did not like bis friends when they were sick
but adored them when they got WELL" I like
my friends and visit them after they are moved
and settled
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06
B6lli0rd Tables for Sale.

EOR SALE-Eight good Billiard Tables-three
a nearly new. Can be seen at Mechanics Hall.
VIII be sold very low ii applied for soon. For FUR
ther particulars inquire at
a16dtf 81 COMMERCIAL STRERT,
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06

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ms AND OUTS.


Ipresume that the change of administration
has produced the same effect on a smaller
scale with you as with US. Here there is a
great crowd of patriots struggling for the hon
or of serving their country in the Custom
House or Post Ofice-with all the intrigues,
anxieties and Heaven Knows what beside, that
accompany such scramble. The rule seems
to be not to make the changes hastily, and so
the present holders Of places breathe their
troubled life while lenger.
Those of us not interested in these matters
find enough to study and talk about with di-
vers things of the shoulder, in the doings OF
the Legislature at Albany. 1t some times
looks as though old Diogenes would need an
improved lantern, were he in the land of the
living and pursuing his Investigations in that
city. We are all thankful that it does no
worse-that it has not devoted Broadway and
the best of the city to street railroads for the
benefit Of the Ring-that it does promise to cut
down the tax levies just little-and does not
give us over, bound hand and foot, to the rail-
way corporations which are striving for the
mastery.
When these matters grow stale, and we
cease to feel even languid interest in railroad
accidents, and the details of the suicidal ma
mia which is now SO prevalent, we can always
come back to
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06
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., 1869-05-06
THE MUMLFR TRIAL

and discuss whether or not it is possible or
conceivable that spirits can or will depict
themselves upon the photographers plate
The trial of Mumler, arrested on the charge
of swindling people By pretending to photo
graph the spirits of their deceased friends has
developed mass of curious testimony, but
will not go far to change the opinions of be-
levers or sceptics. 1t has been shown that
the effects produced by Mumler can be pro-
duced mechanically, but to go further, and
prove that his pictures were so taken, is rather
beyond the power of tho prosecution.
It strikes me as curious scene-with some
thing Of the medieval in it-tnis balancing of
evidence for and against new faith, or of
some of its alleged manifestations-before
Police Magistrate in the 10Th Century, and
that Magistrate Justice Dowling-who has
seen enough of human crimes and weakness
in his long career, and who is not popularity
supposed to have much faith in things not
cognizable by the senses. Perhaps within
the gloomy Egyptian walls of the Tombs will
be found the material of great historical pic
ture, whether belonging to the history of hu-
man error, or of human progress, each will
say for himself. After being SO generous to
my readers as that, they will allow me to say
that believe Mumler to be a humbug, though
1 doubt not this trial will only increase his
business. PoNCHo.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06

A WATCH FREE-Given gratis to every live
"A man who will act as agent in a new, light and
honorable bushes, paying $50 day. No gift enter
prise no humbug. No money wanted in advance
purg, Pa. apr6d&w1m
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06
THE PARKS.


I have spoken of one of the delights of
spring, but with quite other feelings than those
which the sunny April days, with their buds
and tender leaves, have brought Long since
the grass was green in the parks, and May
comes in decked something as we read in the
old English poetry. I wrote above "the
parks Intentionally, though most of our Wis
itors think of but one-Central Park. Not to
mention smaller ones, there is also a grand
park being laid out and already opened to the
public in Brooklyn, known as Prospect Park
Its name implies one Of its charms, affording a
view, as it does, not only OF that city and of
its neighbor, but also of the bay for many a
mile and far away adown Long Island. The
natural advantages are, perhaps, superior to
those of its New York sister, and generous
rivalry is springing up between them, Cen
trail Park, however, has not only the attrac-
tions of nature cultivated and adorned, but
those of art as we'll, for more attention is
given to elegant bridges and stone work there,
while statuary promises to be abundant A
beautiful group in bronze, by Ward, entitled
"aThe Indian Hunter has just been set up
and colossal statue of Columbus, presented
by one of our art-loving merchants, is sool
to be added. The admirers of Henry Ward
Beecher are raising funds to erect a portrait
statue of that gentleman, who seems to fare
better than some re formers, since ne gets both
bread and stone in this life. But / cannot
pretend to enumerate 1.-THE of the improve
ments and additions to this p1ide of the me-
tropolis. Then, too, at last we are to have
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY,
| for which o charter has been obtained, funds
collected and place assigned by the Park
| Commissioners. Great as is the mania for
getting rich, having fast horses, and sustain
ing Opera Bouffes and other French fashions,
| you see that some, at least, are not unmindful
of the higher needs of great city. In one re-
spect it seems to me that New York is fast be
coming the most cultivated portion of the
country-that is in music Not only are there
some ofthe Misrepresentation Of great works
| given here, but the love of musie seems to be
| taking deep root. Is is attributable very
largely to the German element which consti
tutes such proportion of our population
You hear in German families the choice works
of the great masters, and if you stray into a
"Bier Garten,' however humble, you will be
regaled by airs from the opera-from Mendel
sohn as well as from Strauss and host o
other German composers-but I do not re
call that ever heard any of that trashy and
flashy music which SO much delights an Amer
lean crowd. Of course the Lager is out o
question in a Maine Law land, but if you ccult
in any way sustain series of summer gar
den concerts you would be doing an admirabl
thing for your charming city. 1 must add tina
in those have visited from the Central Parl
Garden, which is the finest, down to the hum
blest have never seen drunkenness Or dis
turbance of any kind.