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ANOTHER SENsArIoN FOR i, ,NrAuARx-sx
FLrrHrNa Aoaoss ON sWtsas. 1.-The boltiest
aud most most scientific feat yet performed at Nis
agara is promised before the season CLOSES. by,
adarin3 fellow, who proposes to GROSS the, sius
4vsF without the, enploymsas2 of)any suck
safeguard q, an "gndershst" velosip,de, and!t
10 fact, he will evan disp,nse With til rope.
Tits new miracle, WHO, We presume, will clsita
thedistiipps ssipa Of tn, ,."C,a,aiaa Sinbad,,,4
designs s taking an i@iisl flight 3aot5ss the
ohasrn on on wings; aadas, wild as saoh4 au al.
tempt would saa,n, ", anstats dsn a positive
fact that tha apasr'ta, is. now sing o,ussraa.f
'ted Ia shis oityl fssrthat parp,ss. .baiWss atst
not yet iaform ID N ih IS ors, eof practioss the
new Profess9rIhss been niparsainy forcohoern.r
log hoopsiaoipleofIhis ayius appassaadoss; !,
but II would Nlpso5,bly he advisable foK him %
tskea snail filter over the Dund,s lndarsR
before doing Niagara. - Hamtas1s Oas.),
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reputation Il an idi indivisa,i, however rpure m aud
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mics will Believe and his friends never hslr hssarr;
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seeds IS The thistle, apd ara dss ~ work 81 ,nis.
q chief which ths husband a,esp must lss loas
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bOr Dakota Territory will soon be kuooking
at the doors of the Union. Villages 1a are said
to be springids up thore rapidly SMorrte' thain,
5000 persons have smigratea to the Tsrritoiry5'' i5'
this summer The present population .
reckonod at 10000, and 47,Oo0 acres <o,f Land =
have lately been taken up under the Home me-
stead aud presumption laws BY actual settlefj'
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GW It is estimated that each ofths pra-si
'prietors Of the White Sulphur Syringe, Vsye
realize $50, goo as his share Of the profits VI
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G1- Grant desired to .hav 3 I. Cabinet
meeting last week, but couldn't because bic
official family arc scattered to tho four sinas
Of heaven. They are all off oa pleasure ex.
ioarsiou, now, except Rawins, who, poor poor fsl.
low, has lgone to his last accoant and, likss
"The boy"who'" "stood on the burning : Sdeok, 81
he deserves credit for dying az his post. ."oi Ii
Is said tfatev one las his mission ii thiis
world. IL is probable thak our peripsattsstisSI isIa
President aud his Cabinet have Recognized
their'mssion tobe, to show hcw little care, ar y
atteutou or brains it Cakes to conduct thisS =
,dloveruulsnt, the concern going dowtdnY hill,s
beeiug able to- run itself -: :.Asridian" Ms.
Gazette 80 ila ,4aff noga baspgb S3f3NgI
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-21

The Committee appointed at the meeting on
Saturday Sept. 18th to report what action is
necessary to secure proper representation
from Portland of the various interests of our
city at the Oswego railroad convention on the
9Th of October next, recommend that, in addi-
ton to delegation to be appointed by the
city government, and another delegation by
the Board OF Trade of Portland that a commit
tee of citizens interested in the growth and
prosperity of the city should be appointed
from the citizens at large, chosen at a public
meeting Saturday evening, Sept 18th, and
that call for said meeting signed by the citi-
zens generally, be published in the city pa
pers.
The Grand Trunk Railway Company have
offered to issue excursion tickets from Port
land to Prescott opposite Ogdensburg and re-
turn at one fare, with similar terms on the
Rome, WATERFORD and ogdensburg railroad
extending to Oswego, so that excursion tick
cts will allow parties to stop at the Mountains,
at Montreal and other places on the route
with the opportunity of spending such time as
they desire on the way, and for examining the
facilities for business at Ogdensburg, Oswego
and other places on Lake Ontario.
The through trains will connect at Ogdens-
burg so that the parties who desire it can go
through from Portland to Oswego without de-
tention.
The Committee cannot omit to express their
deep conviction of the Importance to the city
of Portland and to the whole State Of Maine
of the projected line of railway by the most d.
rect route from Chicago to Portland.
JOHN A. Poor, JOHN NEAL,
WIN. WILLIS, II. W. RICHARDSON
n. G. RICE, Fl. j. LIBBEY,
EZRA CARTER.
PORTLAND, Sept. Goth, 1869.
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-21

A STRANGE BUSINESS MASSES BY Con-
TRAcT.-Two Frenchmcn, Dousset, a mer-
chant, and Vidal, an interdicted priest, have
recently been tried on a singular charge. 1t
is known that in Catholic communities large
number of persons cause masses to be said for
deceased relatives and friends; they apply to
the Church, and pay when giving the order.
The sums thus paid ara called honoraria for
intention of masses.
In Paris the orders annually given number
several hundred thousand. The officiating
priests can hardly suffice to al! them, and
portion of the masses are accordingly said by
provincial clergy. :.
booksellers having fequent dealings with the
country clergy; they place in their hands the
| orders and the remuneration; the booksellers
| transmit these to provincial priests, who send
| ip return signed contracts by which they bind
] themselves to say the masses ordered. Are the
masses always said or not? This it is difficult
piled for masses entertain any doubts, how
ever as to the good faith of the priests.
Dousset sought to profit by this lack of
means of obtaining information; he opened an
agency, and offered, through the medium of
business like circulars, to act as an agent be-
tween the persons wishing masses to be said,
or between those holding orders and country
priests.
The circulars were effective, for they bore
with them recommendations signed by differ
ent priests, whose existence, however, the ac-
cused vainly sought to establish Afterwards
Business was brisk, though no books were
kept, and few blotters, carelessly and irregu-
larly kept, were all the police discovered in re-
| pect of accounts Dousset was, as we have
| said, well recommended. He obtained from
| impecunious priests, who were perhaps ignor-
| ant of the nature of his dealings and without
distrust, contracts for the saying of Masses
| These he was to use with view to obtaining
masses for the signers to say.
| In all these contracts blanks were left to re-
COVE the names of the dead for whose souls
| they were to secure repose; in some the lum-
Der of masses were set forth, in others rot
Among Dousset's papers were found 76l signed
contracts, representing ,A1 masses, with the
dates and names in blank. and 1872 wholly
blank contracts signed by priests. Provided
| with these contracts, Dousset obtained from
the clergy and from the booksellers orders, and
honorarid in exchange for the documents He
| also obtained remuneration from priests by
thGr- willingness to ask for books, as # for
themselves, against their own contracts They
then forwarded the books to Dousset on his
| promise to give them credit therefor This &C.
compllshed, one feature of the swiadle was
| perpetrated. He never transmitted Co the Gu
rates who signed the contracts eithe. honoraria
or orders for masses
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-21
Letter from New Hampshire.

DEERFIELD, N. H., Sept. 10, 1861
THE LOST OPPORTUNITY.
To the Editor Of the Press:
Fifty years ago this was one of the leading
towns in the State, in point of wealth, in
telligence and population. Although its wa
ter power is somewhat limited, its soil is pro-
ductive and its scenery unsurpassed. 1t was
settled by a hardy, industrious, intelligent
class of men, who, availing themselves of the
natural resources of the town, accumulated
property quite rapidly. If the early men of
this town had adopted liberal policy in re-
lation to public improvements, instead of
putting every surplus dollar at usury they
had invested in manufacturing, railroads and
Other means of providing profitable employ
ment for the rising generation, the real estate
would have rated as four times It's present
value. But the picayune policy has driven
enterprise abroad, and prevented railroads
from passing through it, in consequence of
which real estate is constantly diminishing
in value, the farms are neglected, the boys
are rushing to the cities, and the girls are
following, and the homestead in many in
stances is left to go to decay, and weeds and
bushes have taken possession of the soil. A
year ago there was proposition to extend
the Portland and Rochester railroad to Man.
chester, through Deerfeld. This was their
opportunity. 1t would have given them rail
road communication with all creation, in
creased the value of their farms, introduced
manufacturing into the town, given employ
ment to the young men, and saved them the
necessity of seeking it elsewhere. But many
old togies couldn't see it. 1t would cut up
their farms, frighten their cattle and horses.
and disturb their quiet SUMMERS. The two
thirds vote to loan the credit of the town
could not be obtained, and new routes are
now proposed and pushed forward. This will
ever be looked upon as the lost opportunity.
MANUFACTURING.
There are aifew enterprising men lett in
the town, among the most active of whom is
Hon. Joseph Dearborn, Of the firm of Dear
born and Philbrick, shoe manufacturers
They are giving employment to a large num-
Der OF men and women, and little shops are
found on almost every farm. where many an
honest penny is earned easier than it could
be on the farm Mr.. Dearborn is making ar
rangements to improve the water to its ut
most capacity
a GOOD PLACE TO GO FROM
Thfs is evidently considered an excellent
place to go from, as it has sent out as many
distinguished men as any place of it's size in
New England. The Buffers, Cilleys, Wiltons,
Tiltons, Marstons, Dearborns, Jennesses,
Jameses and Browns, were among the early
settlers of this town whose descendants rank
among the most distinguished statesmen,
soldiers and financiers of the country. C.
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-21

How TO PURCHASE CLOTHES WRINGER.-
In purchasing a Clothes Wringer, we prefer
one with cog-wheels, as they greatly relieve
the rubber rolls from the strain that would
otherwise occur, and add much to the dura-
bility Of the machine.
The next point is to see that the cog-wheels
are so arranged as not to fly apart when large
article is passing between the rollers. 1t mat
tiers not whether the cog-wheels areon one end
or both ends of the shaft; if the large article
disconnects them they are entirely useless
This is very important, for, the larger the arti-
Gle, the greater the strain; therefore, if the cog
wheels separate so as to disconnect, they are of
no service when most needed We have taken
some pains to examine the various yringers,
and much prefer the "Universap as lately
improved, because it has long and strong gears
(Rowell's Patent Double Gear, and is the on
ly wringer with ''patent stop for preventing
the cog-wheels from separating so far as to
lose their power.-[New England Farmer.
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-21

ranean end of the canal, is not regular built
wall; but blocks of stone have been dropped
overheard from lighters and lie just as they
happened to fall 1t is found that the mud Of
the Nile sits through this breakwater. And
not only SO, rect is forming at the end of the
breakwater which will close up the harbor
unless the dredging machines are kept in con-
slant use.
Had NJ. Lesseps comprehended all the diff.
fculties of keeping oren the canal, as we'll as
making it, we doubt if he would have under
taken the enterprise. "
Should the health of Napoleon permit Eu-
genie to make her contemplated tour to the
East there will be great celebration in No.
vember on the canal, at Ismail, perhaps, and
we shall know whether even a small steamer
can go from one sea to the other, through NJ
Lesseps' ditch in the canal. Till then YOU,
correspondent who has seen both ends of the
canal, will doubt. LIS.
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-21

The American Ship Owners Association T. .
decided to ask Congress so to modify tho No.;
CATION laws as to permit the registry of fore;an
built vessels that become the property of Gift
Gems OF the United States. The Boston Com.
"erc'al Bulletin strongly commends this meas.
ure' and calls the statute that forbids the a.
mission OF foreign tonnage Owned INV Ar,ri-
cans to participation in the rights 81 I'm fican
vessels ian antediluvian relic" Fo-nerly
movement of this kind would have zen siren
uously opposed by shipowners, b. under the
present circumstances wo are inclined to be-
lieve with the Bulletin that it you'd be benef-
cal to the commercial interests of the country.
The special Congressional committee, Mr.
Lynch chairman, Isgins' its examinations of
the causes which have led to the decline of
American shipping NEXT month Unless Con-
sress, upoa che recommendation of this COM
mittee. vii allow a drawback upon material
enterisg into the construction of vessels or
adopt such other method of relief as the COM
mittee may find to be more effcacious, the
prayer of the Ship Owners Association ought
10 be granted
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-21

NEW YORK CITY TO BE FLANKED-LoeA OUT!
lFrom the Albany Evening Jour,-s, Sept. ISL
What with the Fisk guer;aras seeking to COB
| BILE up connecting RAILROADS., and the struggles
| bet competing lips for Western connec-
| tions it would naturally be supposed that
| there are ALREADY quite, as many railroad
schemes as give 'e bo OF successful consum-
from time tn tine talked about, is now meet
;, No. ,u;tb ser,us consideration. Portland. Ne
- Sso"nh;n~ 3ut for through route to the Pa.
n :; has a magnificent harbor, and ;ts
oino', fe imbued with a spirit of determined
putar Else. Not content with its Grand
TX connection, it seeks shorter route.
Ateady it has in process of construction lines
trough New Hampshire and Vermont, which
promise to add largely to its business. Og-
4Mensburg is one of its objective points, within
Dew york State, and Oswego is another
VII tneSe points are sought to be reached by
nsmoern rom whence it is proposed to reach
Gsweg1 6y the shortest route, and thence on,
throuSh chicago, to the Pacific
A convention will be held in Osuooo ~, Tho
9th of October. TO consider the ro"ta IN ~ III
cuss plans for the construction of tba ,-o.;a,'
roads comprising the chain The eli "a;ouS
ed by the officers of the Maine Can't, SELL
New Hampshire Central, the Rutland o .i9
" Woodstock, the Rensselaer, and Sarato"a s tha
0 ume; Watertown and Ogdensburg, the Lake
roa Sario shore Railroad and several Other
Cbina' .ne Presidents of the Boards of Trade of
k Gn,eas9 ana Oswego, the MAYORS of MiIwan-
men. ei"i influential GENTLE
Ills IL Is thought that this route will secure "tbe
of Ch;na ,nS oI,k OF the most valuable trade
" " Onina ana Japan with the American and
European markets" That it is too far no anu
to secure the American trade seems certa;n
Ii may make lively competition for the Emro.
pean trade, however.
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-21

4" WV AUstr " ute ITeS6
American newspapers generally seem to be
under the impression that canal has been
dug through the isthmus of Suez, SO that a
snip drawing twenty five feet of water can
pass from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea
In the opinion of these papers the success of
this gigantic enterprise is assured; and some
OF them are calling on Americans to wake I'D
and cut a canal through the isthmus of Darien.
else Europe will secure monopolv of the
trade with China.
When the exact facts are ascertained if will
appear that it will be long time before load
ed steamers will be able to pass from one sea
to the other, and that it is doubtful if the ca
nal, when completed, can be kept open for the
passage of large steamers. The Suez end of
the canal is not completed and comparatively
small boats 60 through via an old canal.
Any one who has crossed that desert or who
iS acquainted with the action of sand when
operated on by current or the swash made
w steamer, can understand how difficult it
VIII De TO keep open a ditch made through
n'iis ana plains Of nothing but sand, for that
Is what the canal is now.
Inc oreeak water at Port Said, the Mediter-
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-21

In the United States most people answer
unhesitatingly, "no"; in Spain, if we may
believe the latest accounts, nearly everybody
says "yes." A few weeks will show which
party is right. The time has at length come
when something must be done, since the sus-
ceptibility of the Cuban question for being
put off is fast disappearing. The appearance
of Gen. Sickles at Madrid with his sugges-
tions to Serrano's regency that the United
States government looks with disfavor upon
the conflict between Spain and her colony
has precipitated the issue. Reinforcements
OF ships and men are sent off post haste to
Cuba; Gen. Prim goes to take counsel with
Napoleon; special ambassador is sent from
England to France who has some function to
perform relating to the same business; the
warlike spirit of the Spaniards is aroused,
and the journals are as "red hot" as South
ern campaign daily at election time; the
British press gravely discuss the relations be-
tween Spain and the United States, and
evince far more anxiety about the matter than
is expressed here. Moreover, Spain has con-
cluded, in order that Cancellation NAV 90
hand in hand with repression, to grant at
this eleventh hour political equality and free
dom of religious opinion and worship to Cuba.
All these things show that in a few weeks
our government must decide what it will do
touching Cuba. Spain is putting forth a SUI
preme effort to maintain the integrity of her
provincial domains. Now, if ever, risking
war which in that event is almost inevitable,
the United States must stand between the
Spaniard and his intended victim. Nothing
but the most vague and unsatisfactory con-
lectures are vouchsaled concerning the pur-
poses of the administration. There are
known to be two opinions both in the Cabi-
net and outside that body, among influential
friends of the administration, as to what it is
fitting to do. Both parties agree in their
sympathies. 1t is thought on the one hand
that any formal encouragement of the insur-
recticn, like recognition Of belligerency,
would seriously prejudice our cause against
England. With persons who regard the Ala
bama claims as the paramount issue of our
foreign relations this consideration is con-
elusive against any intermeddling with Cuban
affairs. All the members of the Cabinet are
now in Washington and it is said that the
President will return on Thursday of this
week. The Cuban question will press upon
their attention from the moment of their
meeting, and we shall soon know what the
policy of the government in the present inn
portant crisis is to be.
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-21
SPECIAL NOTICES
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 Asen-
cy is supplied with articles of excellent quail
ty, selected expressly tor these purposes. 10
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, 1862 dtfsn
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-21
MARRIED.

In TINS city, Sept &C. at the residence Of the bride
d hsdef; oy ley; q W. Hayes, OF ST. Lukes Cattle
MIL Ina Gso d. Soarae, OF Auburndae, Mass and
~ In Saco. Sept. 10, by Rev. G. j. CLARK sidne,
mex ,S Of Buxton, and Miss Jane Sawyer, Of Saeo'
In kenne6unkport, Sept. 10, by w Il. Moodv Fer
Austin W Bradley and Miss Huhamah Lane. y TSl'
IN farls. Sept, II, stephen A. Parsons, OF Paris
and Leonora II. Thomas, of Oxford " "'''
In Gardiner, Sept To- VIM. T. GriswoIJ of Ei,L
burg, and Mary Isabel Bran, OF c. - = ''h
In Gardner. Sept. le, John II. Edgeomb, of LIS
bon, and Louisa Adams, OF Bowdoinham 80
In Biddeford. Sept. Z, James NJ Hastings and NJ,
Althea S. Brocklcbank.
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-21
An Important Contribution to the Stowe.
Byron C0nlr0versy.

nyIOn COutrOvcfsy.
The London Times of the 7th inst prints
remarkable letter from Lord Lindsay, giving a
full account, written in 1918, by Lady Byron
herself, of her relations to her husband 1t is
taken by Lord Lindsay from Lady Anne Bar
nard's manuscripts. From private family me-
moirs left by Lady Anne Barnard, who died in
1925, we learn that Lady Byron expressed to
ton. She represented Byron as heartless,
assembling and cruel, sometimes initiating in
sanity, at others feigning repentance Of his err
rors, only to laugh in the face of his wife when
she forgave him with tears, and to tell her il
was philosophical experiment ON ms
part. The famous carriage scene is thr" tod
by Lady Anne from Lady Byron's ACCOUNT:
They had not been an hour in ae carriage
which conveyed them from the 1nurch, wnen,
breaking into malignant sp@r, On! what
dspe you have been to suu Of uaHr sense
could form the wild JSpe. of reforming me
MANY are the tears you will have to shed ere
that plan is ACCOMPLISHED. 1t is enough for me
that you are Of any other man
ven might ave charms, ETC." 1, who listened,
was astc1shed. Chow could you go ON after
this nj dear?" said I. "Why did you not re-
turx to your father! Because had not a
sSnception he was in earnest; because 1 reck-
oned it bad jest, and told him so; that my
opinions of him were very different from his
Of himself otherwise he would not find me by
HE side. He laughed it over when he saw me
appe.s burt, and forgot what had passed till
Iorced to-amember it,"
ln the iette, Of Lady Byron, written in 1918,
while accusing hl.- of intense and thorough
egousm' Oh simuiatng insanity, and of utter
Observation-Disclosures, she yet .acs: eft ia not
necessary to speak i'll of his hea,t +, oonara1.
1t Is sufficient that to me it was hare and i'm.
penetrable; that my own must have beeh,rok-
en- before his could have been touched, !.
would rather represent this as my misfortune
than as his guilt; but, surely, that misfortune
is not to be made my crime" Again she saws
st is not my duty to give way to hopeless and
wholly unrequited affection; but, SO long as
live, my chief struggle will probably be not to
remember him too kindly. do not seek the
sympathy of the world, but wish to be known
by those whose opinion is valuable, and whose
kindness is dear to me-" Lord Lindsay, in con-
clusion, considers that either Mrs. Stowe must
have entirely misunderstood Lady Byron, and
been thus led into error and misstatement, OF
we must conclude that, under the pressure Of
hfelong and secret sorrow, Lady Byron's
mind mad become clouded with an ballucina.
ZION IN respect OF the particular point in ques-
ton.