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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-06-22

SAILS OF GOVERNMENT GOLD AND PUR-
CHASE OF BONDs.-It is announced that after
the close OF the present fiscal year June 3O) and
until further notice, instead Of weekly pur-
chases Of bonds and sales of gold, the Secretary
Of the Treasury will purchase $l.OOO,O00 OF
bonds in alternate weeks, commencing on
Thursday, the first Of July, and will sell
Sl,OOO,0OO Of gold in alternate weeks, comn,enc.
ing on Thursday, Julys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-06-22

The oYFICIRs OF THE ARMY AND NAVY
who served in the Department OF the Gulf
during the rebellion will hold reunion and
banquet at the Stetson House, Long Branch,
on the sth of July, the anniversary Of the cap.
ture Of Port Hudson. The reunion will con-
tinue until the evening Of the OH, and it is ex-
pected that Gems. Sherman, Butler, Banks,
Candy, Weitzel, and other prominent army and
navy officers will be present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-06-22

JAY COOKE q 90.
General Southern Agents Hssional Life Inssrssce
% 3-0 Company Of the D. D. 4.
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AN AFTERNOON AND MOONLIGHT En-
"A CURSIUH
TO MOUNT yRRN0N
WILL BE GIVEN
BY TIE TEACHERS
DUNBARTON sTkEEr Z. SUNDAY
SCHOOL, OF GEORGETOWN.
ON WEDNESDAY,, JUNE 23, 1863.
The steamer AkROW will leave -
The foot Of !th street at AZ D. N
resehIns Mount Vernon al GA. Re
turning, will reaC 7th street by II D. H., where
cars will te in readiness 10 convey the passengers
home.
A Brass Band has been engaged for the occasion
kefresbments will also he provided on board
Tickets ,(including admission TO the grounds ,
10 lie bad At Backford's Jewelry Store, Bridge
rtreet, Georgetown, or Of the teachers. jel9 3tF
~ q y E.
The steame Arrow will make regular afternoon
trips TO MOUNT VERNON, com -
mencing Monday ,2ist June. weather -
permitting, leaving her wharf, foot
of 9Th street. ~ a. m: arriving at Washington
op return about o'clock.
Tickets for sale on the boat
JAMES SYKES,
lelslm IChronl General eu perintendent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-06-22

VISITORS TO THE PRReID8NT.-There was a
very large crowd Of visitors at the Executive
Mansion this morning; but the President being
busily engaged in disposing Of oficlal business
which had accumulated during his absence,
granted but few interviews. Among those ad.
mitted were Senator Fenton. Representatives
winans. Edwards, and Bingham; Hon. Alvin
p Hoyey, our Minister to Peru; 5. A. Hurlbut,
our Minister to the United States Of Colombia;
a fam
The Portland daily press., 1869-02-09
INSURANCE..
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
Continental InS. Co.,

Of the city of New York on the first day of Jsnu-
ary 1869, made to the Secretary of the State of
Name, pursuant to the Statute of said State.
NAME AND LOCATION.
The name Of this Company is the Continental In
surance Company, Incorporated IN 1852, and To-
Gated at No l02 Broadway, in the city of New
York. rr,-.a s
CAPITAL. ,r .s
The capital Ct said Company actually paid m ooo %
1869, 1866, ,s54 10
Total amount If capital and surplus, S2O66,s54 10
ASSETS.
Amount OF cash in st Nicholas
National Bank, N Y, 1861 IL
Amount of cash In office 1259 50
Amount loans ON State Stocks
and Bonds of United States,
and constitutions incorpora-
ted by the State of N. York,
payable demand. (The
market value of Securities
pledged exceeding 1892, ,a5O 0O)271, 800 90
-- $S79, 9,139 So
Amount loans on Bonds and rosaa
The Portland daily press., 1869-02-09
es's'ss $500 per Gasnasns, In adra.ce
Letter from Virginia.

NUIsfEFEk v. H., feD j, 1850
To the Editor Of the Press;
There is nothing of note to communicate
mere except the new military appointments
by General Stoneman. The son-in1aw of
the late Mr.. Bolts has been appointed At
torney for the Commonwealth for Culneper
County, and his son, Mr.. Brinley Bolts. has
also been appointed Clerk of the County
Court of Culpeper. The officers removed were
disqualified under the fourteenth amend
ment to the constitution. A large number
OF appointments have been made all over
the State.
Inc Conservative Committee of nine
nave gwen up all hopes of getting Congress
W inoony the proposed constitution for this
STATE Their arguments before the recon-
strnction committee were ably answered BY
Messrs. Wells, present Governor of the State
and Charles Whittlesy, Esq, Of the State
Journal and Republican candidate for Com
gress from this (7th) district. Our party is
well organized and ready for the coming con-
test at the polls, which we hope win take
place in May next.
I cannot urge too strongly the propriety
lin view of the pecuniary benefits accruing
thereto) of energetic Northern capitalists,
mechanics and laboring men coming to this
State.
The superiority Of the climate over that Of
the North, added to the fine resources fun
developedl of the land, makes it in my opin-
ion lar preferable section for energetic, Eve
men to come to. This section, especially, is
very desirable, being only about IS miles from
Washington, D. c., and Alexandra. Beau
tifully located between the Rappahannock
and Rapidan Rivers, and only 40 miles from
Fredericksburg, Va, and 105 miles fro. \ Rich
mond.
/ hope the time is not far distant when
this part of our Union shall "blossom like the
the rose" which 1 have no doubt it will do
under the benign influences of Gen. Grants
A ONE-ARMED YANKEE.
The Portland daily press., 1869-02-09

The COMING MAN IN SPAN.-The tri-
umph of the party favoring monarchy in
the late election of members of the the Con-
stituent Assembly or Cortes of Spain is sup
posed to insure the accession to the throne OF
Isabella of the Duke of Montpensier. he is
the fifth son of the late Louis Philippe, King
of France, and was born July 31st, 1924. The
following is a bref biographical sketch:
He received his education in the College
Henri w., and in 1912, after special exam
ination, Joined the Sd Regiment OF Artillery,
where he took part in the expedition against
Biskara and distinguished himself in the
campaign of Ziban. In the latter he was
slightly wounded near the left eye, and In re-
ward received the Cross of the Legion Of
Honor and the epdulette of a chef d'escddron.
After accompanying his father to England,
he returned, in 1845, to Algeria, and again
distinguished himself 10 az expedition against
the Kabyls. a3s; ~ as -ftb
In October, 1s46, French diplomacy brought
about marriage between the Duke of Mont
pensier and the Princess Maria Louisa Fer
dinandina of Spain, the only sister Of Queen
Isabella IL, simultaneously with marriage
between the Queen and her cousin. These
spanish marriages" had been the subject of
long diplomatic intrigues and when it became
known that Louis Philippe had succeeded in
carrying odt his plans the iveliest dissatis-
faction was felt at the English Court, for in
diplomatic circles it was regarded as certain
that the marriage of Queen Isabella would
remain without issue, and that her slssei
would be her successor. In lS4S, the 1uAeii
with all the other members OF the noyat a.
family, was banished from France. ne ~
first remained for a time in Engianu non,
there went To Holland and finally estaDilsneu
his residence at Seville, In SPAN. Ale 2ueen
confarred upon him the title OF lniante OF
Spain. and on October ~, loSs, appointed
Si,s, Gantain- General of the Spanish army.
Mo.r;thstanding Nlu these high positions the
n',trs lent aloof from Spanish politics.
The surprise was, therefore, all the more
| General: and when in August, 1858, the Duke
and the Duchess of Montpensier were order
ed to leave the country, the government
claimed to have proof that the Duke OF Mont
pensier was conspiring with some prominent
General against the throne of Queen Isabella.
The government did not deem 1t necessary TO
justify its procedure, and the whole subject
is still involved in mystery. The DUKE re-
| NAMED In Portugal to watch the progress Oh
| events in Spain. The general cry OF the span
| ish nation. no more Bourbon, seemed to ex-
| clude him from the throne, as well as 1o IHo
| family of the ex-Queen. His expedition ncad;z ,d
Spain at the time of the insurrection bst o. the he
bis offer of service for putting down. down. and his
renresented to be reactionist P;,,,s P,o;s, Sc ordar
hasty retreat in consequence Of ari.v rt and % to
seemed to increase his u1Pe ,Pe throne improb-
make , n1s u.s. tsndi smddeniy affairs have taken an
aGle. able ,nrn nrs The whole Provincial Govern
otnsI aa tean declared in his favor, and the Con-
MEM ie;.lsnt w Assembly is supposed to be certain
/ to elect him.
The Portland daily press., 1869-02-09

Amount of unincumbered real
estate owned by the Company
No 102 Broadway, and No /
Pine st, NY,
Amount of unincumbered real
estate owned by the Company
corner Court and Montague
SITS, Brooklyn,
Amount OF Interest actually due
and unpaid,
Amount of Premiums due and
uncollected on policies issued,
Amount OF Rents accrued,
The Portland daily press., 1869-02-09

The greatest amount insured in any one risk is
$1,000. - -
The company have no general rule as to the
amount allowed to be insured in any CITY, town, vii
iage or block 1t being the intention Of the company
to distribute its risks in such manner as not to lose
more than $4,000 by single fire.
certified copy of the Charter or Act of Incorpo-
ration, accompanied previous statement.
The Portland daily press., 1869-02-09
REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE /!
arm i'm Standish for Sale.

"A PORTION (5Ox46 feet) of the Church lot on the
-. corner OF Congress and Pearlsts,
AAppy 70 DR.. GEO. +. FRENCH, 241 Congress st.
The Portland daily press., 1869-02-09

senator Summers Speech ON an, s.a...a
Question.

tuesday Morning, February 9, 1859.
The Portland daily press., 1869-02-09
Two Houses fol

.w Two Houses for Sale.
zach 22x30, one and a half stories high; conven-
IL vsnient for one family. Enquire of
SAMUEL WARREN,
fe2dfaas Knightville, Cape Elizabeth.
The Portland daily press., 1869-02-09
Valuable Howse LOtfo9 Sale.

OITUATED on the corner OF Henry and Deering
~ Sts., s0x100 feet. Enquire of
jal2tf r. W. GAGE, No Gait Block
The Portland daily press., 1869-02-09
! For iNnZe <aa. Tonaa

d. The three story Brick House. with Stable
#i attached, No. 81 High street, containing 13
- - sse ooms with evely MODERN IMPROVEMENT.
This property is in perfect order, and located on the
best part OF High street, possession given by the 1st
Or GEO. R. DAVIS 8 CO., Real Estate Brokers.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-08-03
Addison County Railroad, southern
Route.


The surveying party consisting Of l..
Il. Roys, VIM. DeVere, Robert Steele,
Frank Fields, Il. W. Howe, and Anthony
Carr, were out last week making a sur
vey of the Southern route for the Addi-
son Railroad, finishing their labors, on
Wednesday last, about IL o'clock A. NJ.
This route commences about twenty rods
north Of Whiting Station, runs across two
swamps within two miles of the depot tax
ing westerly course strikes the north
and south road about three fourths of q
mile north Of Whiting village, thence
westerly, crossing the Whiting and shore
ham stage road about half mile south
east of Mr.. Hitchcock s,continuing nearly
west, it crosses Lemon Fair about half a
mile above the bridge, passing through
Richvillc one hundred rods south of Mr..
Rich's store, thence bearing south wester-
ly, passes Shoreham village about two
miles south of it,not far south of the farm
House belonging to the Jones estate, thence
passing west through the gap south of the
road, then southcrly, south of Mr.. Hay
wards, then bearing west to the lake,
striking it near the same point with the
Fairhaven Il Lake Shore Railroad, at
Larrabee's Point, twenty rods south Of
the hotel. There are two bridges on the
route, one crossing Lemon Fair, 720 feet
long; the other crossing the lake at Lar
rabee's Point POO feet long. The en-
tire length of the road to the lake is
twelve and three-fourths miles.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-08-03

of oaks, might be seen the roofs Of houses
but yesterday occupied by prosperous
planters, now filed by the waters. Near
er, above and below, on to the south and
eastward, the zigzag track Of the river
was marked by the rush of oaks and cot
tonwoods that had stood for years. Side
by side with these, in wild confusion, float
ed houses and dead cattle"
When the food subsidized, houses were
found turned over or swung across the
streets, fences swept away, boxes, furniture
and small houses scattered about the
streets, and everything in confusion, while
the Shiny mud brought in by the food
covered the walls and floors of the dwell
lngs and stores. The damage to the town
is at least 100000, while the injury to
crops and the country is estimated at
millions. The overflow has never been
equaled in the Colorado within the history
Of Texas. 1t will be as much as the in
habitants can do to save food for the COM
ING year.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-08-03
NUSPeUITUIIy hUUTIIIIItU'
CHARLES REED, !
H. HENRY POWERS. 'o"'
The Flood in Texas

A correspondent of the Galveston Neus
writing from La Grange, Fayette countJ
gives an account of the recent disastrous
flood on the Colorado river, by which the
town of La Grange and the surrounding
country were completely submerged. The
writer says
Great crowds Of women and children
stood at the waters edge, and saw their
homes filled by the flood, and many of
them swept away or turned over where
they stood; while the crash of furniture
and smashing of doors and windows told
of the ruin that was going on within.
Men rushed back and forth on horseback
or atoot seeking their families or asking
for assistance to tie house already swim
ming, or claiming help from the idle look
ers-on to move their furniture from those
not yet inundated. Wagons loaded with
furniture ratified to and from, some to the
high ground with their confused mass of
household wares, and others to take off
the remaining stores. Before three o.
clock the public square was a sheet OF
water. Store doors were thrown open
and merchants and clerks strove to save
their goods by piling them in their Sec
Ond stories and on the counters while
every man and every thing available was
put into requisition to save the women
and children from the torrent which was
now rushing over three-fourths of the
town. A boat was made of the boards
Of houses and filed with strong oarsmen,
who went through the streets and yards
searching for those who needed help.
There was no party distinction; friend
and foe were allied together to meet the
common enemy.
Saturday came, and found the little
town deluged, for on the square and in
every store stood four or five feet of wa
ter. 1t was wholly deserted, and all the
inhabitants had fled to the high grounds
and hills in the northern and northeast
ern suburbs. Quantities of provisions
were destroyed in the stores-such as SUI
gar, -four and cofee-the essentials that
were in barrels and too heavy to be lifted
on counters or the upper floors. Al
Chalk Bluffs, four miles above, on the
river bank, the scene was terrible. FoI
fifteen milessa far as the eye could reach
to the north, west and south, the country
was unbroken sheet Of water. Here and
there, in the distance among the clumpl
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-08-03

The AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
proposed by the committee appointed by
the Council Of Censors to enquire into the
expediency of so amending the Consti-
tuition as to prohibit the creation of pri-
vate corporations by special enactments
is as follows
SEC. Corporations may be formed under gen.
eral laws. They shall not be created nor their
powers increased diminished by special acts ex-
cept for municipal purposes. All such laws may
be altered or repealed The legislature shall not
authorize tho consolidation of railroad companies
owning parallel or competing lines of roads.
SEC. 2. Dues from corporations shall be So
cured by such individual liability of the corpora
tors and other means as may be prescribed by law.
SEC. 3. The term corporation, as used in this
article, shall be construed to include all associa-
tOns and joint stock companies having any of the
privileges powers Of corporations not possessed
by partnerships or individuals Corporations shall
have the right to sue and may be sued in all courts
by their corporate names
HENRY LANE, for the Committee.
After the little thought we have been
able to bestow upon the subject, we fail
to see the need of this proposed amend
ment. 1t is already competent for the
Legislature to make such general laws as
may be necessary for the formation of
corporations under them. If we have
not such laws already, let us elect men,
bers to the General Assembly at our next
election, who shall be able to frame them
with proper limitations of power to the
bodies corporate. Special legislation has
been INDUCED in by our Legislature, to
an unwarranted extent, but that is not
sufficient reason why we should preclude
the possibility of such legislation, by pro-
visions in our organic law. We admit
that it is usually unnecessary, and worse
than that but entire prohibition might
work a hardship to some citizen, Or body
of citizens. Besides it is desirable that
we think the matter over carefully, before
opening the food-gate too widely for the
formation Of corporations.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-08-03
y L A ID T II Isl

AsrArIo CHOLERA IN CHINA. ALMOST svRpv
CASE CURED WITH PAIN KmfER
Dear Sirs ought to have acknowledged long
ago tue box OF Pain Killer you had the goodness
to send us last year. Its coming was most nroyI
DENTAL. believe hundreds Of lives were saved.
under God, by 1t. We resortcd at once TO the
Pain Killer, using as directed for cholera. list
was kept OF all to whom the Pain Killer was Civ
en-, and our native assistants assure us that eight
out OF every ten to whom 1t was prescribed recoy.
cred, 1t has, too, been very useful in various
other diseases. 1t has proved an incalculabe bles
sing to mullitudes OF poor people throughout all
TINS region. Our native preachers are never will.
ling to go out on their excursions without sun
ply OF Pain Killer. 1t gives them favor in the
eyes OIL tue people, and access to families and To-
calities by whom otherwise they would be indif-
ierentll received. Believe me- dear sirs, grateful
ly and faithfully yours.
J. NJ. JOHNSON, Missionary in China
From Rev. r. Telford, Missionary In China
now visiting his home in Washington, PennsyI.
vania.
Dear Sirs: During a residence OF some ten
years as a missionary In Siam and China. found
your Pain Killer most valuable remedy for that
fearful scourgc, the cholera. In administering the
medicine found it most effectual TO give a tea
spoonful OF Pain Killer in a gill of hot water
s"eetened with sugar then after about fifteen
minutes, begin to give table spoonful Of tbs
same mixture every half hour until relief was OBJ
tanned, Apply hot applications to the extreni-
ties, Battle the stomach with the Pain Killer
clear, and rub the limbs briskly. OF those who
had the cholera, and took the medicine faithfully
in the way stated above, eight out Of ten recov-
cred. Truly yours, r. TELFORD.
II attacked with diarrhoa dysenterv. or er.mp
cholic, don't delay the use OF the Pain Killer
Be,cdre Of all limitations
The rain Killer is sold by all druggists.
PERRY DAVIS 4. SON. Proprjetors
Iowa No. "a High Street, Providence, r.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-08-03

THE ANNEXATION QUESTION IN CANADA
-"Carleton" Of the Boston Journal, has
recently been in the "New Dominion. -
and while there he made some inquiries
into the feeling Of the people, touching
annexation to the United States
SIS your place advancing?" was one
question put to a gentleman at Suspension
Bridge.
"No, sir; we are at a standstill," was
the frank reply, and then came the reason
"Our people are leaving. We have a
corrupt government. The Dominion does
not work well. We are advocating indie.
pendence which is the first step towards
annexation. Dissatisfaction at the pres.
ent state of affairs was visible at Montre.
al, but here dissatisfaction becomes open
opposition. Trade is dead. There is nc
manufacturing. Wages are low. Through
all the towns there is the same story
Not only the thinking and reading part
of the community, but all others see that
Canada, under the present state of affairs
is going from bad to worse. They see nc
help for it short of equality with the
States-membership with the family"
| am confident, from what | have seen
and heard, that the question of annexation
will soon be the most prominent one in
Canadian politics,
FoREIGN.-Don Carlos has unexpected.
y withdrawn from the contest in Spain
but his adherents still continue trouble.
some, though beaten at La Mancha, and
though many were seeking pardon. From
Cuba, Spanish defeats at Remedies and
Sagua are reported, with unusual losses
and it is said that Gen. Quesada has cut
off the garrisons of Nuevitas and Puerto
Princip. a bill for the abolition of the
death penalty has failed in England, and
the agrarian outrages are the subject Of
Parliamentary discussion. Humboldt's
centenary was nationally celebrated in
Berlin. The finance and commerce Of
Japan are disordered and paralyzed by
war Messages between the President Of
the United States and the Emperor OF
Franco have passed through the French
Gable.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-08-03
Death OF Ex-Secretary Toucey

Hon. Isaac Toucey, Ex-Secretary of the
Navy died at his home in Hartford, Con-
necticut,o on Friday. Since his retirement
from the Cabinet in 1861, on the Access
sion Of President Lincoln, he has scarcely
been named in connection with public
affairs, except with bitter denunciation.
Mr.. Toucey was native of Connecti-
cut. He was born in Newtown, Hartford
county, on the 9th of November, 1893,
and was consequently II years of age at
the time of his death. He received
thorough common-school education, studied
wand commenced the practice in Hart
ford at the age of %. He entered into
politics with the law, and united with the
Democratic Party when it first became
ascendant in his State. In 1922 he was
appointed State Attorney this position
he continued to hold until 1885, when he
was elected to Congress, where he repre-
scented his State until 1889. In 1916
he was nominated for Governor by the
Democrats of Connecticut, and was easily
elected. At this time the Wilmot Proviso
became an issue in the Democratic Party,
and Mr.. Toucey took sides with the Hun
kers. He served as Governor but one
term. In 1913, he was made Attorney
General of the United States by Mr.
Polk but held the position only until
heaccession of General Taylor. In 1850
was elected to the Senate of Connecticut,
and the year following was again sent ia
Congress, this time as Senator. Here
he remained until 1857. And when Mr.
Buchanan became President, he was onc'
more made Cabinet officer, being ap
pointed Secretary of the Navy. His act
while in this position during the storm.
time which followed Mr.. Lincoln's elee
tion to the Presidency laid him open t.
the charge of sympathy, if not ooopera
ton, with those who were plotting for tn
overthrow of the Government Many o
the most patriotic officers of the navy ha'
been placed on the retired list and wheI
the General Government had determine,
on vigorous measures, the principal yes
sells were found to have been dispatches
on long cruises to distant seas.