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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-28
Religious Intelligence,

The cod South" Boston, is to be torn
down. ------ .-4
We regret to learn that Rev. A. f. Ben
son, of the Baptist church OF Buckfeld, is
quite sick with typhoid fever.
= Eight Methodist Camp meetings have
been in progress within q circuit of twenty
miles around Washington this week
= Rev. DR.. Todd, of Pittsfeld, was offered
$4,000 in gold year to remain in California,
but he declined.
- I. L. Cuyler, comparing Bishop Simpson
with Punshon, says GO With an average Metho-
dist audience, the Bishop would call out ten
Amens' to Punshon's one,''
AN exchange suggests that Rev. Mr. Muir
rays text for his sermon when he gets back
from the Adirondacks this year should be-
"Who hath believed our report?"
Rev. J. E. O. Sawyer of Boothbay church,
Providence, r. l., formerly Of Maine, was one
of the preachers at the camp meeting at Mar
tha's Vineyard, recently.
The Baptist Church in Norridgewock vii
lage is without pastor. Rev. Mr.. Nugent,
who for several years was pastor of this church,
left last spring, for the Aroostook County.
= The Burmese consider it a virtue to save
life, even that of the meanest creature. At a
yearly feast, in April, they go into the market
and buy the fish and the animals, which are
there for sale, doomed 10 tie table, and set
them free. at....
- A movement is on foot among the TECHS
of Bohemia to petition the Roman Catholic
Council to review and reverse the decree of the
Council of Constance against John Huss,
which was pronounced four hundred and fifty
years ago. ~ 81
- An old man in religious meeting gave
expression to his joy by shouting, glory, and
Amen! and continued it until it began to in
terrupt the services. On which the preacher
said: "Guard stop that old mans noise The
person addressed went to him and spoke few
words in low tone and the shouting man at
once became quiet. On being asked, " What
did you say to that old man that quoted him
so he promptly" replied: " I asked him for a
dollar for foreign missions and it touched the
spot Instantly"
An Irish paper reports that a Romsh
priest in the South Of Ireland, after the pas
sage of the Irish Church Bill, thus improved
the occasion to his flock: The Protestants
are now down, and we are up. They are de-
graded and we are exalted. You must there
fore give more than you used to do, to main
tain our digniied position. Ye who heretofore
paid me shilling, must henceforth pay me
g. Sd. The former fees of 5s. will be raised to
los. Ye whose dues were 1Os., must from this
Time forward, contribute H., and so on in pro-
portion to our income"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-28
BR1NDRETH'S PILLS.
To The Public.

Brandreths Pills have been known and used by
your grandfathers ana grandmothers. They al
ways safe, and sure to do you good. They purely
vegetable, and diminish tho de III principle; some
think they increase the principle Of lie But In TAX
ing out bad humors from the blood, they do make
the body lighter, and thus seem to add energy
Many families have used them Tor upwards OF forty
years, Ell.
They are the best medicine tor Colds, for all Bill
ious Affections, TOR Fullness about the Head or
Heart, and in all CutaneOus and Contagious Dis
eases they are unrlvalled, In all cases in which
purgatve is indicated, edicne vet known can be
compared to them. Two hundred physicians have
testified that Brandreths Pills superior to all
other purgatives whatever.
Sold by all Druggists.
iv 07-pOdEeow1mSN
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have been completed, or nineteen miles and
n-tenths brought to an actnal sub-grade.
The whole distance to Burnham is SO miles
This is making excellent progress.
The Belfast Age, says that on Thursday af-
ternoon, a son, aged IA, Off. @. A. Davidson,
of Belfast, threw his pitchfork to the ground
before jumping from load of hay. The hand
lie stuck in the ground, and the boy fell direct
ly upon the tines, which penetrated his abdo-
men, 1t is thought he will recover, although
the wounds are very severe. ssssssa .sSs
YORK COUNTY.
THE "Waverleys" of Limerick and "Rivals'
of SacO played match game of Base Ball on
the grounds of the latter ON the afternoon of
the oath. The "Wavereys'' were defeated, 62
to 8. Time consumed three hours.
On the afternoon of the 18th the "Rvals"
played match game with the Dirigo's of Bid
deford, on the grounds Of the former. An ac-
cident happening to one of the Dirigos, the
game was called, the score standing 20 for the
Rivals to 16 for the Dirigos.
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A special meeting of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen was held at noon yesterday.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
Permission was granted to. Lorenzo d. Lib
by to remove a wooden building on Congress
street.
Petitions of Misses Owen and Ayers, to erect
woodefl building on the corner of Fore and
Cross streets; and of Joseph G. Dodge to erect
one on Paris street, were severally referred.
Thevote Of Aug 9th, by which the Portland
Railroad Company were allowed permission to
lay double track on Congress street, from
Preble to India, was reconsidered and amend
ed, substituting Pearl street for India, and
granting leave to lay track down Pearl street
to Middle. ~ - FIT -
Orders passed-Granting permission to re-
move a tree in front of Capt. William p. Bak-
er's house on Danforth street; giving notice
that suitable outfall for the High street sew
er will be laid out from Commercial street to-
wards the channel >'&'i .'-a
A communication was received FROM the
City Engineer recommending the widening of
Commercial street from Franklin to India Re
ferred to Committee on New Streets.
An ordinance allowing the cars to be unload
ed into stores on. the northwesterly side of
Commercial street after 4 o'clock in the after
noon at all seasons OF the year, was passed to
be enacted. ~
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-28

THE TEMPERANCE MovEMENT.-S. Allen, q
correspondent of lions Herald, writes as fol-
lows:
The cause eff Temperance in Maine is, at
present, a little mixed up. Prohibition is the
settled policy of the Estate; but our stringent
Liquor Law is not generally enforced with
much thoroughness. The remedy for this de-
feet is thought by some to be State constab-
ulary. -t-
This is the issue now before the people.
The dominant party has expressly committed
itself to the faithful enforcement of the Pro-
hibitory Law, but is not committed to State
constabulary
A temperance party has therefore been Or
ganized and candidate nominated for Gov
ernor. Mr.. Hichborn, the nominee, is an out
spoken Temperance man, Universalist in re-
ligion, and strenuous opponent of capital
punishment r-.-
The action of the recent Temperance Con-
vention was against the protest of some of
its older and wiser members, and against the
Judgment of large proportion of the Temper
ance men of the State. The movement is evil
IDENTIFY premature, and cannot fail to divide
and weaken our Temperance force. Some of
our most earnest Temperance men doubt the
policy of committing the cause of Temperance
to the keeping of any political party.
The history of the cause in Maine affords not
much encouragement for moving in that di-
rection. Political leaders can seldom be trust
ed, and the nOSiest advocates of moral reform
are sometimes the first to sell out for the
loaves and fishes of Office. The movement is
neutrality-suspicious. at the present time.
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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 Tor 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
titled 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
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Political NOtey.

SENATOR HENDRICKS, of Indiana, is stump
ing the State of California for the Democrats.
HARVEY JEWELL speaker of the Massachu-
sets House of Representatives, is candidate
for the Republican nomination for Governor.
ADvIcEs from Wyoming say that among
the Democratic nominees to the Legislature
are three ex-rebel soldiers.
THE New York State Temperance oonrn,'
tee have appealed to the kepuono"n o,"'0
Committee to unite on temperance ''ohe''
rur lewiston Journal earnestly protests
..;,,st tho nomination of HichbOrn ticket in
Androseoggin County, declaring that the Re-
nubIican nominees are all thorough temper
ance men.
THE DECEASED negro rule" has forced the
Charleston Ne,os to admit that ''In 1869 the
twelve cotton States will show more true pros
perity than any other section of the world"
What then?
THE Examiner is the only daily paper that
supports the Democratic ticket of San Fran
cisco! The Alta, Bulletin, Times, Chronicle,
were all against it, and now we have the Her.
aid and the Call (both,, Democratic) in opposi-
ton!
SPEAKING of John Mitchell's arrest of Gen.
Dix, the Toledo Blade says it is time Congress
put stop to this persecution of loyal men by
such ex-rebels as 'that infamous scab of hui
mainly, John Mitchell" who would have been
hung if he had met his deserts, like other reb-
els whose necks were spared by q very ques-
tionable sentiment of mercy"
"CAN leopard change his spots?" queries
the punster. Eyes, he answers himself 'sif
he don't like one place he can 80 to another
1t is pretty much so with TIE so-called Dem
ocratic party to-day; for in almost every State
the party has different p !atform. So that il
Democrat don't like the platform of one
State, all he has to do is to cross the border
into another. You pay your money and take
your choice.
The term of the following Senators expire
in 1871, and according to law the vacancies
will have to be supplied this year in States
where only biennial sessions of the Legislature
are held: H. V. NJ. Miller, Georgia; Richard
Yates, Illinois; James W. Grimes, Iowa; Ed
mund G. Ross Kansas; Thomas c. McCreery
Kentucky; William Pitt Fessenden, Maine
Henry Wilson, Massachusetts; Jacob M. How
ard, Michigan; Daniel s. Norton, Minnesota;
John NJ. Thayer, Nebraska; Aaron H. Cragin,
New Hampshire; Alexander G. Cattell, New
Jersey; George II. Williams, Oregon; Henry
B. Anthony, Rhode Island; Joseph S. Fowler
Tennessee; Waitnan I. Wiley, West Virgin.
ia-total 49,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-28

PORTLAND AND OGDENsBURG r. Rim our
statement of the contract having been award
ed for the bridges to be constructed on the P.
& o. r. R., between the Forest City Park and
the foot of Sebago Lake, we should have said
the contract for the masonry, the woodwork
not having been contracted for. The ground
will be broken Immediately, and work on the
road commenced at once. 1t is expected that
within the next two or three weeks contracts
will be made to build tho road from the Pond
to Fryeburg. sa-.t5
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The PARADE OF THE KNoHrs TEsfprAR-

The PARADE OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR-
The Templars had a splendid day yesterday for
their parade. The sky during their march was
cloudless and a brisk breeze tempered the heat.
while the streets, through which the process
sion was to pass, were well watered by order
of the Mayor. Large crowds of people lined
the route, and the spectacle was quite snowy
aud imposing. There was slight change in
the original programme, Deering street not
being included in the line of march: otherwise
the course taken was rs published in yester-
days paper.
Tents were struck at IL IL o'clock ON the
island, and Camp Dodge became thing OF the
past, and by LIZ o'clock p. NJ, the Templars
were on board the Ella, bound for Portland
Upon reaching Union Wharf the column was
formed in the following order:
Platoon of Police under command of Deputy Mar
shall Perry.
Portland Band.
Grand Commander, Chas. Ii. Mcclellan.
st. Alban Commandery, No. s, of Portland.
Portland Commandery, No. 2, of Portland.
(Ihese two Communicates forming the escort)
fast Grand Commanders and distinguished visitors
in carriages.
Mechanics Band of Biddeford.
Maine Commandery, No. 1, OF Biddeford.
ohdu"iu CohuduueTy, NO. 4, OF Blddef0ru.
Dunlap Commandery, No. 8, of Bath.
Lewiston Commandery, No. 6, OF Lewiston.
Trinity Commandery, No. Z, of Augusta.
SkOwhegan Band.
Claremont Commandery, No. 0, of Rockand.
De MOlay Commandery, No. 10, of Skowhegan.
st. Bernard Commandery, No. II, OF Eastport.
The streets were lined with crowds of peo-
pie, many also accompanying the Templars
over the entire route. The procession was a
very striking and imposing Que, and after the
programme had been gone through with, the
Knights were escorted to the depots, whence
they left for heme.
Thus ends the first annual encampment in
this State, and, judging from the opinion of the
Order, we doubt not it has not only been the
means of perfecting them in their drill, but
has also cemented many old friendships and
created many new ones.
The st. Alban Commandery visited Bidde-
ford as the guests of Bradford Commandery
and were gloriously entertained there by the
Bradfords. They returned to the city in the
10 p, M. express, and were met at the depot by
Portland Commandery, accompanied by the
Portland Band, who escorted the St. Alban
| to Masonic Hall.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-28

THE PopHAM celebration takes place to-day
The colony at Popham was sent out under the
charter of 1906. The New England charter,
so called, dated Nov. 8, 1920 and given before
the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth,
Mass, affrms that Sir Ferdinando Gorges and
his associates shave taken actual possession Of
the continent in our name and to our USE ="
(James the 1st) and shave settled already some
OF our people (EnglishD in places agreeable
to their desires in those parts" To ascertain
the time when, and the exact locality of "those
parts are now the principal objects of in
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-28
EVENING SERVICES.

WHAT s'INDEPEDENCE" MEANS IN CANADA.
The Portland Daily Press pays considerable
attention to Canadian affairs, and the other
day ventured an explanation of the "inde-
ry:-"It is quite generally understood, both in
Canada and the United States, that 'indepen-
dence' is merely word used to lead such as
are wavering, by easy steps, from their allegi-
ance to the British Crown to another and
more agreeable allegiance to the sovereign
people of the great Continental Republic of the
future" Exactly. That is the meaning of
the independence talk, and only the most
perversely blind people refuse to understand it
so.-Ioronto Globe
This may be regarded as conclusive, coming
as it does from one of the ablest papers in the
Dominion and one that is friendly neither to
annexation nor to INDEPENDENCE
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-28

The Harvard boys ought to invite their Eng
fish victors to another race to be rowed on
smooth waters and without coxswain. The
race of yesterday, when all the concessions
came from the American side, is but an imper-
feet test of the relative powers of the two
crews. During the race itself, as will be seen
by the Geographic report it was the Ameri-
cans that cheerfully made room for their an
tagonists, yielding in the final struggle as al
WAYS before .--- -
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Physicians and CIergymen.
-EIlis' Iron BitteTs.

Will enrich the blood and prevent it from becom
ing watery and weak, giving healthy complexion
restore the appetite invgorate the system and ar,
vary palatable. These btters are recommended Il
impart tone and strength to the system mot given h,
bltters merely stimuant in their effects; which, al
though they may possess tonic vegetable properties
G G 1--WE the strength to the blood which the
IRON BIrTERs will give.
Prepared by WIN. ELLIS, Chemist. For sale in
r9r'.ahd by Crosman & Co., 3o5 Congress street.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-28

Jefferson Davis was in Glasgow on the 10th
of August.
A Masonic Lodge for women has been found
ed in Italy.
Mr., Longfellow.visited Edinburgh August 7,
staying over Sunday. On the next day he left
for Stirling and the North.
The United States Consulate at Altoona has
been abolished and its duties transferred to the
Consulate at Hamburg.
The ravages of the vine disease in Portugal
have been very great, although much good has
been done by the--use of sulphur.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-28

PoLIcE.-If people think the city quiet in
the way of sensation items they are .pretty
much right" At the police station last even
ing the ONLY case was that of countryman
who had come to town, with his horse and
wagon, to see the parade of the Templars, got
drop too much in and was finally picked up
by the police in state of blssful unc onscious-
ness and carefully put away for safe keeping.
1t was very plain drunk.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-28

SIR JOHN YOUNG, Governor General of Can
ada, has felt it necessary to explain that when
he talked in his famous Quebec speech of the
possibility that the Canadians might wish
to change their allegiance he meant
that they might wish some new form of alli-
ance" with England. The Canadians don't
exactly feel satisfied with this explanation,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-28

FIRE.-The alarm of fire from Box Do, at II Az
yesterday, was caused by fire being discovered
in the barn of G. F. Williams, Pine street 1t
was only few days ago that Mr.. Williams
shed was burnt, and the fire was attributed to
incendiaries, but yesterday, when the fire was
discovered in the barn, the stable boy was
found in the barn in fit, as it appeared. Soon
afterwards it was found that the boys fit, we
are told, was crazy one, and the supposition
now is that while in like condition of mind
he must have set the other fire. The flames
were extinguished with few pailfulls of water.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-28
state News.

The camp meeting at East Livermore will
commence on Monday of next week. We
learn that Messrs. Freeman Andrews & Co. of
Lewiston, have contracted to feed the multi
tude.
President Cheney of Bates College, few
days since received word from a gentleman,
saying that in view of the fact that Bates Col
lege is open to young women on the same
terms as young men, the President might
draw one him for one thousand (perhaps fit
teen hundred) dollars to add to the funds of
the college. u.
Professors Stanley and Stanton of Bates
College, have recently received and declined
invitations to accept Professorships in col
lege out Of the State at larger salaries than
they are receiving there. The ground of their
declination is their deep interest in the vel
fare of Bates.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-28

BRIEF JorTINGs.-A new passenger car has
been placed on the Portland & Rochester Rail-
road.-A detention of the early morning train
of about half an hour ON the p. & x. r. r.
took place yesterday morning. 1t was owing
to some trouble with the engine, which was
discovered about two miles out of Gorham,
when it was remedied.-Ihe gross receipts of
the Catholic Fair amount to about $4,000
The leaves are beginning to fall, sure sign of
the last days of summer.-The grade of Con-
gress street, from India to Franklin street, is
being raised.-Hits lawfully jolly, you know.
The bloody Yankees 'ad the h'impudence to
think the Awards would whip the H'oxfords
you know.-Fine day yesterday Thermomie-
ter 75o. l
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-28

AMERICAN MISSIONARY AssoeIATIoN-By
reference to our Sabbath notices, it win be seen
that the above society will meet in State Street
Church tomorrow afternoon at o'clock P. M.
The five colored children, who will sing sever
al songs on the occasion, are particularly inter-
esting and bright, and are remarkable instanc-
es of the fact that color is no bar to intellectu-
al and moral ability. su-ies.isi 90 20.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-28

The Bangor Whig asks eff it is true that a
few Democrats who are frightened at the dr.
gus mendacity are about to start another pa
paper IN Portland to experiment upon the
proposition as to how near paper can ap-
proach the truth and still be Democratic?
We are surprised that the Wing should seem
to credit such a rumor.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-28

A public meeting of the Good Templars was
held on Thursday evening in the Congrega-
tional Church, at Cumberland Centre. The
house was filed to repletion and the exercises
were prolonged to a late hour. Our Cumber-
land friends always furnish the best of music
for public occasions, and esteem it alike duty
and privilege to grace the meetings with their
presence and attendance In these respects
the place is pattern for all other towns, al
though no village in the land has less personal
need of such gatherings, since it is remarkably
free from the vice OF intemperance.
E. Fl. Starbird, Esq, than whom there is no
more loyal and faithful friend of temperance
in the State, presided. Among the speakers
were Rev. Messrs E. P. Thwing, of West
brook, and Benjamin Freeman, of Bowdoin-
ham, Hon. Mr.. Tallman and Major Shorey of
Bath, j. II. Greeley, ESQ.,, of Augusta, Messrs.
j. w. Munger, T. G. Rich, F. N. Dow, and E.
r. Staples of Portland, and Mr.. G. A, Stack
pole, of Gorham. The clergymen and one or
two more confined their remarks to the moral
aspects Of the question, while others viewed the
subject in its political relations. The utmost
harmony prevailed notwithstanding there was
some sharp talk about the action of the Repub-
lican party, portion of which was somewhat
loose and disjointed, while the facts in some
respects were rather imaginary than real
Mr.. Hichborn was highly complimented and
SO was Gov. Chamberlain, while our friend
Mr.. Rich, of Portland, gave this most excel
lent advice, which seemed to meet with a full
response-that it was bad every way to i'm
peach aDybodys motives. We advise public
speakers to be true to their convictions, and
equally true to facts. There is nothing gained
to any good cause by the slightest perversion.
The friends of temperance are not divided
they see eye to eye: and whatever slight diver
sion Of political action there may be at the
coming election, they will ere long be found
shoulder to shoulder in the march to victory
over intemperance in all its forms.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-28

THE Belfast Journal, staunch Democratic.
refuses to desert "the good old ship of Democ.
cy at the bidding of the argus. 1t dissents
from the combination plan most unequivocal-
ly and pitches into" Fessenden and Cham
berlain with infinite relish. 1t proposes to go
down with the ship.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-28

So it is the Argus that furnishes brains
to the Democracy of Mainep' This is news
That correspondents of papers published out
OF the State give us, but it is credible We
nave long supposed that the brain power of
democracy was derived from some fountain
that was long since dry.