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The Portland daily press., 1869-09-13

HARVARD AvENGED.-Our frigate Sabine
was at Cherbourg on the 18th of August, and
was invited to take part in the games of the
emperor's fete day. Lieutenant Commander
Bartlett, Notwithstanding he had but two
days notice, determined to compete in a race,
for which the French tsrs had been training
for months. When the hour OF contest ar
rived, many of the French crews were found
to consist OF sixteen men who bad no heavier
boat than our boys had. la the race the Sa-
bnes were in the rear for the first nve hum
dred yards, then overhauled their eleven ad-
versaries, one by one, gaining the buoy, at the
distance of a mile, eight lengths ahead, ana
The nr;ze was 200 francs and q silver medal.
OF course the cable gave us no hint of all this,
tbonSb il somehow got hold of a very ridicu-
Ions fable of a mutiny by these same brave
tars of the frigate Sabine.
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-13
DAILY PRESS.
PORTLAND
Monday Morning, September l3, 1862
State Election. Monday, Sept. 13.
Nepub1ican Nominations.
FOR GOVERNOR
JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN,
OF BRUNSWICK.
For Senators.

For Senators.
| Androscoggin. DANIEL HOLLAND.
| Aroostook. ook.............GEORGE CARY.
Cumberland. ...........M.D d. L. LANE.
CHAS E. GIBBS. vs.
HENRY CARVILL.
THOMAS REED.
Franklin. ...,..........EDwIN r. FRENCH.
Hancock recommendations A. BUCK.
HIRAM S. BARTLETT.
Kennebec. ..........T THOMAS s. LANG.
JOSHUA GRAY,
GEUKjE T.. MiN0T.
Knox. ox.....,............GEO. w. KIMBALL. JR.
lincoln ............. BENJAMIN ID. METCALF.
Oxford ...... WILLIAM W. BOLSTER.
THOMAS P. CLEAVES.
Penobscot. ot..............THoMAS r. KINGSBURY.
CHARLES BUFFAM.
TIMOTHY FULLER
Piscataquis uis..........JOHN &. MAYO.
Sasa1ahoc. ..........."J. z. MORSE.
Somerset t.............LUTHER II. WEBB.
STEPHEN ID. LINDSEY.
Waldo. Ii. CUSHING.
LORENZO GARCELON.
Washington. ...........F. LORING TALBOT.
PUTNAM ROLFE.
York. ................SAMUELH HANSON.
JOSEPH c. ROBERTS.
JOHN b. NEALLEY.
For County Comnsissioncr.
Androscoggin.. .......WM. d. ROAK.
Aroostook. ALBERT A. BURLEiGH.
Cumberland ......... WILLIAM b SKILLIN.
Franklin. n..............SAMUEL CAKES.
Hancock. JAMES w. BLAISDEL.
Kennebec.. MARK ROLLINS, JR.
Knox. x.................. JAMES NEWHALL.
Lincoln. ..............D DAVID ca HAMBERLAIN.
Oxford. WILLIAM CHASE.
Penobscot. ............F. A. REED.
Pscataquis. .......... &C. a. PACKARD,
Sagadahoc. ........... EBENEZER COLBY.
Somerset. ALBERT N. GREENWOOD.
Waldo. o................ CHARLES Fl. WEBB.
Washington. AARON HOBART.
York.. ......ALFRED HULL.
For Comfy Treasurer.
Androscoggln. .....ALCANDER F. MERRILL.
Aroostook. ............C. T. .TENNEY.
Cumberland. d...........THOMAS PENNELL,
Franklin. ............I. w. MERRILL.
Hancock. ............C. w. TILDEN.
Kennebec,. .ALANSON STARKS,
Knox. ...CHAS. A. DAVIS.
Lincoln ...BENJAMIN f. GIBBS.
Oxford. ................ .HORATIO AUSTIN.
Penobscot. ot.............H. j. NICKERSON.
Piscataquis. .........N. KINDS.
Sagadahoc. .......... HENRY NJ. BOVEY,
Somerset. JOHN NJ WOOD.
Waldo. GEORGE MCDONALD
Washington. .......IGNATIUS SARGENT.
YORK. JOHN HALL.
Clerk of Courts.
Androscoggn. .,.... DANIEL P. ATWOOD.
Cumberland. ......... DANIEL W. FESSENDEN.
Oxford. d................ WILLIAM K. KIMBAL.
For sheri6s,
Androscoggin. DANIEL H. TEAGUE.
ArOostook. .......... DANIEL RANDALL.
Hancock. ............A. B. SPURLING.
Somerset .SUMNERT. WILLIAMS.
For County Attorneys.
Androscoggin. .......A. M. PULSIFER.
franklin. n.............PHILIP Fl. STUBBS.
Kennhbec. ............F. Z. WEBB,
Register OF Deeds.
Franklin. n..............JOTHAMS S. GOULD.
For Representative to the Legislature,
Oxford. HENRY L. RAY YMOND.
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-13
FOR SALE,

4 Schooner COLUMBIAN, 81 tons, old
xii tonnage, well found in sails, rigging
MrK and gronnd tackle-can be bought at
lAk4kA- bargain il applied for soon, at No. 6
Commercial Wharf
Sep2 dit JORDAN e. BLAKE.
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-13

CHARLES READE on THE OXFORD AND HAR-
YARD RAoE.-Mr. Smalley, London corres-
pondent of the New York Tribune, has receiv-
ed the following note from Charles Raade, the
novelist, giving his impressions Of tho boat
race. 1t will be read with great interest by
American readers:
1t could hardly be believed in the United
States to what an extent /, an Oxford man,
sympathize with your gallant fellows But I
send you my observations.
The Harvard boat goes down little by the
head. As she faced the tide, coming to start,
the water nearly ran over her.
The crew were not in high condition gener-
ally. have long seen this with regret. But
it is point on which they were touchy, and
! could not approach IL without offense
Proofs: boil on Loring's meek, tloodless lips,
that sprightliness that results from high con-
dition. They were, however, hard in muscle
harder than the Oxford crew. Yet Sim
mons had diarrhea on the day and for 4S hours
previously.
In the race Oxford did not wait for them as
they sometimes do for Cambridge, but pulled
all they knew from the first. A little above
Hammersmith Bridge they were distressed,
but got second wind afterward.
Their beautiful finish, as shown in practice,
disappeared In the race, and little remained Of
their form but their true time, the quick ad-
vance of the arm, and the keen catch at first
of the stroke, which have won them the day
so often. Harvard pulled the handsomer
stroke of the two. N. BIN praeticing, Just
the reverse.
Inc rlu.culous theory of the London press 10
answered by this, that Harvard kept tine same
form in practice ard in the struggle. Oxford
did not.
These remarks are at your service. think
you may rely upon their accuracy. As to the
dip forward of boat, my opinion was shared to
the full by distinguished oarsman, with
whom l compared notes, with the craft and
her behavior in sight.
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-13

"A writer in the American Entomologist
argues that bugs experience no pam when
transfxed by pins, and endorses baggage $
theory of the ''divine average" of pleasure
and pain in the universe, illustrating it by the
remark that ''the pain a chicken feels in hav-
ing its neck twisted is not so great as the
pleasure q man feels in eating the chicken
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-13

FIFTY SEVEN YEARS AGO, when Thurlow
weed was printer in the office of the Herk-
inner American, a little German boy used to
come every day to the Office to borrow paper
for his evenings reading. The boy carried
notes from and to young lady who soon af-
ter became Weeds wife. The little boys
name was Francis Spinner, and he is now
Treasurer of the United States.
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-13

LOUIS NAPOLEON told an American friend
after the close of the Italian war, when his
son had just recovered from dangerous ILL
ness, that he should have restored republican
institutions to France if the Priace Impsrial
had died, but under the circumstances his pa
ternal feeling forbade him to do so. Anybody
but Bonaparte might be expected to take
broader view of things than this.
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-13

CoLoRED ALDERMlS AND BARBRR.-The
New York Tribune learns that cOlOred gen.
tleman at Saratoga is Washington Alder
man. The Tribune pathetioally adds When
o when, shall New York have an Aide. .San
who makes his living thus honorably and hon.
estly?"
The Portland daily press., 1869-09-13

ASSASSINATION OF A REVENUE OFTICBa.-
The recent beld assassination OF Revenue Of
ficer j. j. Brooks in Philadelphia /, described
in the Bulletin of that city. Mr.. Brooks st
the time was IN liquor store, engaged in con-
versation with the son of the proprietor. Two
men entered the store and, after brief con-
versatIon, one of them drew a revolver, and
aiming it at Mr.. Brooks, pulled the trigger,
the ball passing in under Mr.. Brooks's right
shoulder-blade and lodging somew where in his
chest. The assassins Immediately ran out of
the store and jumped into a cab, the driver OF
on a full jump. Up Front street they went to
Callowhill, and along CallowhiD to st. John,
and up that street. On CallOwhill street de-
teetives Franklin and Tyron were standing,
and noticing the immoderate speed Of the ami
mails, called to the driver to pull up. They
did not at that time know of the occurrence
The driver slackened little and turned into
ST. John street. Noticing an immence crowd
coming out of Front street, detective Tyron
Immediately turned and followed after the
cab, while Franklin ran down Callowhill
street to Front, and down that thoroughfare to
the store, where he found Mr.. Brooks lying in
a critical situation. Obtaining assista nee -hs
conveyed the wounded man 40 hts residence,
where Dbvsicians were called in. Fears are
entertained Ghat he will die, as hemorrhages
have already set in. Mr.. Brooks did not know
either of the men who assassinated him, but
there is scarcely any doubt that they are in
some way or other connected with the Illicit
whiskey dealers, to whom Mr.. Brooks has
caused considerable trouble during the past
few years.
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Americans In Paris,

List OF Americans registered at the Banking
Office OF Messrs, James w. Tack Co., and
Rue Scribe. Paris FURNISHED by Smith, Ran
dolph Co., Pniladelphia), for the week ending
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Hesrn, New York;
Thomas II. Wood, Philadelphia; Rev. Thomas
F. Fales and wife. walthaIn. Mass; Mr.. and
Mrs. f. Lawrence, New York; Mr.. and Mrs.
James II. Stebbins, New York; Mr. and Mrs. 8:
j. Macy New York; the Misses Macy; Mr.. and
Mrs. S. Dewey, San Francisco; p s. Kintner,
New York; Ii. p. Tappan, New York; Leon
Level, Berlin; Mrs. w. Il. Hatch, Miss II. M.
Hatch, Brooklyn; Mrs George Downing. New
York; Miss O. e. Daniel, Miss Minnie Daniell,
Boston; Frank H. Daniels, Brooklyni Mr.. and
Mrs. Matt. Ellis. New York; lewis 4. Barney
New York; James Wilcox. New York; Mrs.
Kenzey, New York; s. q; Vlckersopi Thomss
w. Lane. Boston; Levi Stockwell New YorE;
S. d. MACPHERSON: New York; Mrs. Juliet Grid.
ley, Illinois; q. d. Maquay, Florence; George
w. Dix. New York; Joseph Mattison and
family, L G. Strong, Troy, New York; J. g. A.
Warren. San Franclsco; Or. Theo. +. Buck,
Springfield; Mass w l. BrtidgefSTd, Ho!. louis,
Emo, W. p. Emo, New YORK; Mrs. W. IL. Smith,
Miss s. B. L. Smith, New York; Mr. and MIS-.
Henry A. Hurlbut, New York; Mrs. w. w.
Murphy, Frankfort-on- Main; Edwin Lamson
and family, Boston; Parke Goodwin, New York
Miss Minnie Goodwin.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-09
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Proposed Suffrage Amendment to
the COnstitution-The Senate
in Session All Night-NO
Vote Yet Reached.
Affairs in the West-Indian
Feuds-Tennessee Le-
gislation.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The OmcIaI NosIcc.

Special Despatch 10 The BOentno To- graph
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The folio wing is copy
Of the notification which will be issued TO
General Grant after the declaration OF the
vote of the Electoral College tomorrow,
and which viii serve as the certificate of his
election as President OF the United States.
1t is in the handwriting of Mr.. C. C..
Simpson, of Illinois, one of the clerks in
the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, and
is written on a sheet OF parchment nine and
One-half by thirteen inches. In the lett hand
corner at the bottom is the seal of the Senate
stamped in the parchment. The same gentle
man wrote the notifications Of Abraham Lincoln
and of Andrew Johnson, and also the summo ons
which was served on the latter when he was
impeached.
Be IL known, that the Senate and House of
Representatives OF the United States OF A meriea
being assem- bled at the Capitol, In the city of
Washington, on the second Wednesday, being
the 10th day OF February, in the year of our Lord
written President of the Senate did, in presence
of the said Senate and House of ofRepresentat
open all the certificates and count all the
votes of the electors for President and Vice.
President, by which 1t appears that Ulysses 8.
Grant was duly elected, agreeably TO the Con-
stitution, President of the United States for
four years, commencing on the 4th day OF
March, 1859.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal Of the Senate this 10Th
day OF February, 1869. -,
President OF the Senate.
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| RST EDITIO N
H u m O H.
|hn Dates to Jan. aee.
Q Burlingame Missi0n-The
Eastern QuestiOn-New Par
ties in Spain.

By the arrival of the steamship America az
Nv YcE< yesterday we, have European advices
January 26.
The Formation OF New Parties.
oDa the London NeiOs, Jan. %.
The Spanish newspapers stsbe the result of
d elections, so far rs has been ascertalned,.
"a there can be no doubt that the country has,
! the time at least, decided In iavor OF
bnarchY, The telegraph gave the returns as
8own on Observation-Disclosures, 223; Re
*bIicane, 76; Absolutsts, 15; doubtful, 10.
hus one great point Is settled:-5pan ls TO
I've king, liberal and constitutional, but still
hereditacy monarch. All that remains now is
ind the man.. On this point we confess
@nch indifference. MonJpensier or an
bIan prince will probably make an
Hually good king of Span. whoever he
bay be he will have 10 magnify Prlm, and
errano, aud Topete, and all the great people,
hd promote and decorate everybody. We are
lore concerned with the character OF the
pvernment. The Assembly, which will shortly
)me together, will have to give Spain not only
sovereign put institutions. Will these main
>in the principles which have been euunc ated
D the Provisional Government fthey do IN
bite of the apathy of the less advanced Dopu-
kton and the hostility OF priests and devout
tdies, the doom of religious intolerance has
)een sealed, and Spain Will no longer be
ICandaloasly distinguished from the rest
f Europe. But frmer and more
guidance Will DG ItuulISu uIhSI LuB
lew constitution than under the Provisional
Government. After the first shock of the revo-
ton the ecclesiastical and retrograde party
|n Spain was cowed, and feared to make auy
Resistance to those who widlded absolute power.
The suppression Of converts and the secularlza-
hon OF their property were submitted 10 in
Hence by those who had seen with dismay the
Overthrow Of an ancient and vene1ated throne.
IN an Assembly the discontented party always
lakes courage. The legitimist or ultramontane
member has right to speak. His position is
becure, his character representatives. sacred,
be finds others who think with him, and party
& not long In forming. We must expect an ex-
heme right as well as an extreme left In the new
Cortes. The Republicans are already avowed !;
bat of the monarehical majority we know not
bow many may cherish an aotipathy to the new
There is enough Catholic intolerance in the
mass Of the people to give such party CON,
Influence of the new leaders. These will need
skill and courage as well as
ability TO maintain the constitu-
tional course they have proposed to themselves,
and to defend civil and religious liberty against
lite inveterate enemies, and, perhaps, over
jealous friends.
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Mr. Drake thought Mr.. Edmunds' view of the
object of the Fourteenth Constitutional
one, and made an argument TO show that IL
wasso.
view as Mr., Edmunds OF the scope of the Four-
teenth Amendment. 49,
member of the joint committee which had re.
ported that amendment, and this was the nrst
time he had heard the claim made that IL was
designed TO confer or that II did confer the
It7'1O A NJ. Mr. Sumner moved so adjourn.
MessTs, Cragin and stewart opposed the mO-
Lion, and the latter called for the yeas and nays,
which were ordered. The motion was lost
Mr.. Cragfn was surprised at the position
taken by the Senators from MASSACHUSETTS, anu
Vermont {Messrs sumner ana a Ednnnas nnrteentb ~
Amendment to the Constitution, because ne
remembered that at the time that amenu.msnC am m Isl
was passed IL was distinctly stated by more
than one Senator, and contradlcted Dy none,
that it did not confer the right to vote upon
anybody, and he protested against the lntIo-
duction OF this view at this time, because he
believed that the debate would be continued
on this ground for the purpose OF defeating tue
present amendment a.,
Mr. Yates explained his position upon Ghe
suffrage question, and contrasted IL WIN INA tniU
of the Democratic party, much to the diSau
vantage of the latter.
Mr.. Morrill, (Vt urged the irlenus 90, %, ;, , Inc
further debate, as they would probably nave
future opportunities to be eloquent In the
Mr.. Hendricks made brief defense of III ,
Democratic party from the attack OF his COL
league (Mr. Morton) and the Senator from
Illinois (Mr. Yates), which he thought unpro-
voked by anything that had beeo said by the
Democratic Senator's
In the course OF the debate Mr.. Norton said
that If this amendment was adopted " would
be adopted not by the will OF the people but by
the will of a party. and by the operation OF
party machinery.
elected by the Republican party.
Mr.. Norton. was, sir.
Mr.. Yates. Then permit me to say that think
the party made mistake. CLaughter.l
Mr.. Norton said he felt greatly compl1mented
by the remarks of the Senator rom Illinois,
and went on to tell at length the reason why.
The question was then taken on the amend
ment OF Mr.. Drake, which was rejected.
Mr. Howard offered again his substitute Tor
the report OF the committee, in these words:-
"Citfzeps Of the United States OF African de,
scent shall have the same right to vote and
hold office as other citizens electors OF the most
numerous branch of the Legislature"
Mr.. Doolittle made an argument TO snow the
mental and physical lnferiority of the negro.
and the inconsistency of the Republican party
In seeking to give him the ballot while denying
1t to the Chinaman.
The amendment was then rejected-ayes 10,
nays 35. - ,
The question was then on the amendment OF
Mr.. Warner, which was pending at ii 80 A. NJ,
when the Senate adjourned Till IL O'CLOCK.
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90 exprels good wishes for the health and heppness
of your Mtiesty, the Empress, The Prince Imperai,
%monF sSe mDnseTs gsea at PeRS % none con,r bu,od
more 70 promote that policy than the enlighte9ec
wns great consolation 20 us all in that dstant land
70 % XeTS gsIs snS @
that the same sense OF justice that appreciated ana
them they are carried forward into more enduring
TO- msf
The mIssIon is novel one Il is the first that has
ever been sent by China TO the nations OF the West
IL Is The expression Of sincere desire on her part TO
lions as You submit your dS esons 10 the
judgment OF mank Ind, aud to avail harself OF the
pbiTsioS: " OF nterpstionsi law. rhs desire was
hs W b q sesT eom o. sns
policy estsblBhtd and maintained by the representa-
mediate rel reaIens with the great men OF the empire
IT Pekin. That policy was the substitutlon OF tatr
diplomatic scion for the caprice OF interest ana the
The Emperor was pleased to make most
gracious reply. MIR. Buringame then made a
sign to Mr.. Brown, his secretary, aud the latter
advanced holding perfumed case of yellow
satin tied with ribbon of the same color, ami
which had figures of the dragon with i've claws,
the imperial arms OF China, worked into the
texture. From this receptacle the tunctionary
proceeded TO draw ont the credentials OF the
embassy, document nearly SIX feet In leug,h h.
1t was written on thick yellow paper, with a
wide edging of embematlc dragons. ..
The text was in double column-one Chinese
and the other Mantchou-the characters in both
running from right to left. In the middle was
the imperial seal, square OF about four inches,
slgnifying 1.-THE imperial jewel" in ancient, that
is, Mantchou lettering. This curious m manuscript
of the Celestial Empire was handed over to the
Marquis de la Valette.
After the audience the ambassadors had the
honor of beng received by the Emoress. sur
rounded by the ladies' of her household. Court
carriages conveyed the Eastern ENJOYS to and
from the palace with all the ceremonial em-
ployed on such occasions.
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FROM OMAHA.
SkirmIshiug betw cen the Indians on the
PIains-The Special Election.

OMAHA, Neb., Feb 9.-MOntana dispatches
give the particulars of fight between war par
ties of the Peid Orelles.aad BlOods near Fort
shaw, on Sun river, in which six were killed
and four were wounded of the latter, the
Lusedes losing all their stock. A detachment
of troops was sent in pursuit, but the Indians
escaped.
The Omaha special election yesterday, autho
rizing the payment OF ten per cent interest on
bonds already issued to purchase depot grounds
for the Union Pacific and Eastern connections,
and ALTO further issue of fifty thousand dollars
for the same purpose, was carried by large
majority. The work on the great bridge is
RAPIDLY going Onward.
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| am sure do MIR. Wells no injustice when !
complain OF his palpaOle negligence in omit
ting to appeal to such sources of information as
/ have indicated, aud attempting to deduce
general laws by which TO guide our legislation
from the lame and impotent array OF facts he
has digested We pay him salary which he
deems adequate. HIS travelling expenses are
at the cost of the Treasury, and he is sur-
rounded by com petent clerical force, and that
he should have rested all his theories upon an
array OF facts so meagre and 30 easily disproVed
is 70 say the least not credtable to his industry
or judgment.
have not been able to ascertain the number
OF depositors in all the institutions to which ]
am referring for each year, but have them from
the Saving Fund Society of Philadelphia, and
the savings banks of New Hampshire, Masse.
chusetts, and Rhode Island.
On the LIST day of January, 1860, there were
tWenty'one thousand two hundred and sixty
five depositoTs In the institution at Philadel-
phia, and on the lst of January, 1861, there
were but twelve thousand six hundred and
siXty.two; and the total amount of deposits
mad gone down from 81 O83, ,45O to 50, ,26l, ,646 or
little more than one.half. In Massachu ietts,
as an official statement before me shows, the
number OF depositors has fallen of in but two
years from 1884 TO 1868, inclusive.
In 1865 the total decrease was one hundred
and twenty-eight, an almost iucalculably small
fraction of one per cent, but in the year 1861,
In consequence of the want of employment in
1860, the numbe fell of five thousand and ten,
or two and oue-sixth per cent, and the deposits
remaining at the close OF the year were reduced
S26S, 1J1,
The number of dapositors in the sayiugs-
banks of Rhode Island has receded in bat one
wear from 1856 TO 1868 inclusive, which was 10
1861 when they fell OFT tiVe hundred aud ninety
eight, notwil hstanding which the aggregate
deposit increased S S'l9 l19 33.
The extreme force of the depression whlch;
as the result of our adhesion to free trade ana
an exportable metallic currency, overlook tne tse
country in 1857, and terminated only WITH sss
issue OF the currency known as grsernSviee rS ieeI
and the passage OF the protective tarlI vi % "a
seems to have fallen upon New Ha'np'D
early as 1858. H. orn,her OF
deposltors in savings banks OF o 'nn and Iaes. in
decreased In but two years, lSoS lSoooators att feh OF
the latter year the mum OF St.SsfsndiHc SsPGSdi which
tSs nearly one per s2 but 1868 the
depositors fell off seven per 0snti re "a danes;,s
hundred and twentythree' anu 'ne oepSs'a
were reduced $l69,S2T4o:
">' loOnbgpsa on Sfeeta PGgs'l