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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-11

The California residents Of New York will
give banquet to the California pioneers, who
recently arrived there, at Delmonico's on
Wednesday night of next week.
Steamer s. L. FELTON, belonging to the Will
mipqton and Baltimore Railroad Company,
struck a rock in Delaware River near Chester
and sunk, No further particulars have been
received.
The Paris Journal has the following account
Of a formidable riot among the miners employ
ed by the Compagnie du Chemin-de-fer dor
leans in the department of Aveyron on Thurs
day. The rioters attempted to drown the
chief engineer of the company in a neighbor-
ing river, but were frustrated by the efforts Of
the Project and the troops under his command.
The Vice Project and several other persons
were wounded during the melee. During the
night OF the 9TH. the miners fired the general
store house and other buildings of the company
in that neighborhood and by the next morning
the riot had assumed alarming proportions.
On the morning of the 9th the miners in large
force attacked the FORCES of the Company, but
the military, which had in the meanwhile ar
rived on the ground, charged upon them and at
Sut SAME tlIuc ustu luetT urearmS. len OF The
rioters were killed outright and many others
wounded. The mob then dispersed. Meas
ures have been taken by the authorities to
guard against any new outbreak.
The disgIaoeiul personal controversy between
Mr.. Bowen, the Mayor of Washington and
Mr.. Boswell, city tax collector, is ended it is
hoped, as truce has been patched up between
the Mayor and the Collector. The latter has
made speech, in which he withdrew all he
said against the Mayor, and proclaimed him
self as the friend of the latter. But the inves-
tigation of the charges preferred in ,the Board
of Aldermen is still in progress, and the testi-
mony shows most discredtable state of af-
fairs. The Corporation Attorney was put on
| the stand and testified that for the sum of six
| hundred dollars, part of which he took as fee
| and part Of which he turned over to q ward
club, he induced the Mayor to order the pay
ment of bill which he had previously refused
to pay because it was unjust. In view of this
disgraceful fact, evolved during the progress
Of this investigation, the movement for a petit
ton to Congress asking change in the form
of The municipal government is gaining
strength among the best men of all parties.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-11
New is Tia Time

To repair the inro1ds made upon the lhysic al
strength by the heated term which has closed with
September. The vitality that has been oonng
through the pores In the form OF perspiratOn, for
the last three months requires 10 be replaced, as
a preparatfve to the cold season which makes
such disastrous havoc with relaxed and untoued
systems. The reserve of vigor with which the
sIoutest man commences the Summer campaign
is drained out Of him at Its close, and unless by
some means he acquires a new stock of vital en-
energy wherewith to encounter the shock Of colder
season, he may droop and wither like the fal ing
leaves whose lie Juices are exhausted. II 1t is
thus with the strong, how much moro perilous is
the condition OF the weak and ang. Their rea-
son must suggest to them, more orcibly than these
printed words, the necessity for inauguration, ana
the world having decided, after an experience Of
almost quarter of century, that HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BlTTERS embrace such restorative
properties as not possessed by any other tonic
and Alternative preparation in existence. The i'm
portaIce Of reEort;ng 10 the great RBNoyAToR
AND REGULATOR OF THE HUMAN MACHINE, at
this critical season is obvious the light OF day
Let all who desire to escape an attack Of cbis and
fever, bilious remitent fever, dysentery diarrhea,
dyspepsia, rheumatism, bypochondria, or any other
OF the diseases of which the Fall season Is the pro-
life parent have recourse promptly to this celebra-
ted preventive and restorative. octl1eod&w1wsN
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-11

RAILROAD MATTERS. - On Wednesday of
last week the rails on the e. & N. A. Railroad
were laid through VIM Village, and freight
is now delivered at that point, although pas
senger trains will not be run beyond Lincoln
till the road is completed to Mattawamkeag,
which will be in a few weeks.
The Belfast Journal says Col. Wildes will
next week put surveying party on the line
of the PenObscot Bay and River Railroad from
Rockland to Winterport, via Camden, Lin
colnville, Northport, Belfast, Searsport, Stock
ton, Prospect and Frankfort The party will
be under the immediate direction of Capt. L
l.. Buckland, who has just finished his survey
from Bucksport to Bangor.
Last week survey was begun of the route
from Warren to Belfast, by way of Union, APP
pieton, Searsmont and Belmont, by Engineer
oohn Reed, late of the Knox and Lincoln
hoad. 1t is intended to push the work
vigorously.
The Houlton Tmcs says the contract for
building the Houlton Branch Railway ba,
been duly signed, sealed ami delivered: and
that work will commence almost Immediately
Some of the leading men of this place. rather
than lose the opportunity of Railway connec-
ton with Aroostook, have stepped into the gan
and assumed responsibilities which men pos
sessed of less public spirit would have hesitat-
ed to do
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-11
The LAST ILLNESS OF PRESIDENT PIERCE.

The LAST ILLNESS OF PRESIDENT PIERCE
The last illness of President Pierce commenced
about five weeks since while he was stopping at
his cottage at Hampton Beach. His health had
been unusually good for months, and when the
last attack came it was not considered danger
Gus. But he rapidly grew worse, and was
taken to his home in Concord, where his at
tendant physician pronounced the disorder alb
domnal drorsy. Prompt treatment partially
relieved the patient; but few days afterward
the symptoms became aggravated, and were
again partially removed. The third time the
system lil--~e- rcsponu TO the reme-
dies applied, and this physical condition,
Joined with inability to take much nourish-
ment, caused Mr.. Pierce to commence sinking,
and he continued to fail gradually until DEATH
He was conscious to the last and had sufficient
strength to converse up to within two hours of
his decease. When his physician made his
first visit to him in his last sickness he remark
ed, doctor, what do you think of my case?'
The reply was, II think your symptoms are
very grave ones" The General added: 81
think so myself, and 1 am convinced shall not
recover" At times during his sickness he
suffered from the hiccups and from neuralgia
pains in his shoulder and hip. Finally these
pains concentrated about the heart. AT other
times he was very calm and comfortable. He
conversed frequently during his sickness upon
public and national matters and expressed q
deep interest and anxiety for the welfare of the
country. He talked freely about the public
men with whom he had been associated in Do
litical life, and spoke personally of his former
Cabinet members, and of many other statesmen
and representative men in different parts of
the country. AS death approached his waning
strength did not permit him to converse, but
to all appearances his bodily pain had left him.
He lay quietly upon his bed, a calm, happy and
resigned expression suffusing his countenance.
At about five o'clock he looked around the
room for the last time, his eyes resting for a
moment upon those in attendance upon him,
and then as calmly and sweetly as child
would sink to its rest he closed his eyes in his
last sleep aud passed away. He died at the
residence of Mr.. Willard Williams, where he
lad made it his home while in Concord for
many years.
Among those who were frequently at his
bedside were Hon. Joseph Mnot, his former
law partner and for many years past his init
mate friend and business adviser, and Mr.. Jo-
seph Mcneil of Concord, one of his nephews,
in whom he took particular interest.
President Pierce formerly attended the South
Congregational Church in Concord, but few
years since he Joined St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, of which he was COMMUNICATE He
left a handsome property, which, it is under
stood, he devised by will.
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City LieasaOr 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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The Economic Aspect of Destruction.

Economic science has long been puzzled to
know what place to assign to destructive cas-
ualties like those that have swept over the
country so recently. Yet they have deep
significance and those who suffer by them Of
ten ask themselves without being able to an
swer what such destruction means. The SUI
perstitious regard them as judgments and the
pious as exhibitions of divine power and ma
jesty, sent to remind humanity of its depen-
dence upon an unseen agency. They GER
tainly bring us into painfully interesting rea-
tions with the great realm of the unknown.
Economically considered they cannot be re-
garded as belonging to the positive side of the
science. Their character is negative. They
point out what is to be avoided rather than
what is to be sought
So great have been the triumphs of science
in the past and so successfully has it been APP
piled to the production OF results, that some
have almost been induced to think a time was
coming when man would be complete master
of nature and would find no more worlds to
conquer. Such it is true are the tendencies OF
progress. With every conquest of science from
the domain of the unknown and with the sue
cessful application of science to practical uses,
the chances of accident diminish The appli-
cation of steam has made the mariner partial
y i-.aepordcHL OF the wind, and the duration
as well as the issue of voyages has become
more certain. Hay caps and abor-savng ma
chimes make the farmer less dependent upon
the weather. The same law holds good in
every department Of effort. But because hui
man ingenuity is making continual conquests,
we are not to suppose there can ever come
time when its aggressveness is TO cease, and
man sit down to enjoy past achievements
without thinking of anything further. Only
an infinite intelligence can foretell the results
from the working of natural laws under infin-
itely varied conditions. Action and not rest
is the normal condition of the human powers.
The san,mum bonum in Political Economy is
not the accumulation of wealth, but the high
est activity of the human powers in legiti-
mate direction.
1t is because this truth is ignored, because
our Economy does not recognize spiritual
laws, that accidents are puzzle. They are
simply obstacles to call forth the exertion of
the human power. They are extraordinary
as the obstacles overcome by common labor
are ordinary. They differ in degree mot in kind,
and their lesson is the same. They come to
wake man from any self-complacent dreams
of acquired supremacy over nature in which
he may be INDUCING, and to rouse him to
fresh exertions. 1t is because of this effect
that accidents, though an apparent loss, result
in real permanent gain. individuals lose, but
the realm of human knowledge is enlarged.
All production involves consumption and Wis
IDLE property destroyed is lost only as all raw
is lost in the finished product by
being transmitted into higher FORM
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-11
An Honorable MAJ.


As intimating the value of character, and
the advantages, lin time of trouble) conse-
quent upon business career honorably dis
tnguished for infexible adherence to fair and
upright dealing. the case of Legrand Lock-
wood, head of the great firm of Lock
wood d Co., is directly in point His failure
is everywhere received with sincere express
siohs OF regret, while words of sympathy and
oners oil pecuniary assistance flow in upon
him from every quarter.
His creditors seem anxious to adiust mat
tiers so that he may be enabled speedilv to
resume business and then be put in position
to repair the damage to his fortune occasion.
ed by the great financial storm of the Oath
ult., while not one word is uttered even by
those who have been made poorer by reason
of his misfortune, rejecting upon his motives
or character. 1t is rarely that sympathy is
expressed for New York brokers or specula-
tiers when reverses overtake them.
perhaps there are few instances when they
are deserving of it. In the case of Mr.. Lock
Wood' however, it has been accorded in gen.
erous measures, and must be unspeakably
grateful IN bis time Of trouble, The action
of Mr.. Lockwood since his firm became in
volved has been remarkably honorable and
illustrates the character of the man. He lived
In princely style in Norwalk, Conn.,, his house
and furniture having cost $1,2OO,OOO. With
ou' resorting to any of those wicked or ques-
uohaoie expedents SO common among men
o. less llg'd notions of honesty, he at once
tarned 1t over to his creditors and seemed
anxious only to save his reputation &C
man who not only distinguished betuoon
naeum and tuum, but who would At any,
rifice of personal comfort render ESQ far ~:
his power) to every man his due. 1t ouoht
not to be an uncommon occurrence for
man to yield up all in payment or part paw
ment of his honest debts, but the fact that
Mr.. Lockwood's action excites such general
remark shows that such is not the invariable
custom of men in falling circumstances.
IAN
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IN IN

IN IN
aus ur al an an
nouncemont for an additional season, render it sim
ply necessary to make known the fact that every
effort which skill and Indignant can regulate and
bring to bean in the supplying OF Coal to the people
at such prices and condiuons AS are perfectly &C
ceptable to the parties most interested-are 8 i'll
exercised-and every modification change con-
nected with, or tending to cheaper the supplies o.
Coal, are eagerly sought out by the subscriber and
made use Of, thereby, in great measure meeting
on their own grounds in this matter, viz: Coal.
My stock, at the present time, nearly the
largest here the Necessary contemplated additions,
making it decidedly the heaves is well up il ap-
pearance and quality to its predecessors-in fact,
altogether superior to the generality OF Coal now on
the maeket. an information, valuable, suggestive
and useful to every one.
correct weight guaranteed-that Is to saw,
only so far as hnman application, properly guided
ana directed can bring about such q des1e ed result
aided by the finest. unque.tionaby by far the yery
hnest Fairbank, or other scale in the place.
octleoatfsN Jos. POOR.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-11

A Washington dispatch says that the Man
ayers of the Georgia State Fair, who recently
invited the President and Cabinet and all the
members of Congress to attend the exhibition,
except Gen. Butler, have since requested the
Secretary of the Navy to put war vessel at
the service of distinguished guests. The mat
ter has been talked over in the Cabinet, and
In consideration of the slight to Gen. Butler,
all the members declined the invitation, and
tne SECRETARY of the Navy declined TO furnish
vessel.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-11

The MoRMGNs don't like Anna Dickinson
and no wonder. The shrewd-eyed. sharp
tongued little lady is the most troublesomely
frank and outspoken visitor they have had
for some time. She did not go among them,
as not few distinguished personages who
write books about what they see have done, to
be dined, and fiattered into silence; to hear
their side Of the story, shut her eyes and 20
away declaring that this peculiar but energetic
and on the whole good Christian people have
planted sound and desirable civilization in
the far away plains of Utah. Far from it.
She looked on their pet domestic institution
with the eyes of an honest true-hearted wo-
man; she saw its vileness, its debasiny and
destroying influence upon her own sex; and
then she went over to San Francisco and
with the fiery eloquence, the irresistible pow
er Ofinvective and denunciation which she pos
sesses, she told what damnable thing it is.
No wonder the Mormons are disturbed.
They are not used to women that speak up;
and if there is anything that Anna knows
how to do it is that The Salt Lake Telegraph,
the special organ of Young's polygamous doc
trlnes, declares that Miss Dickinsons lectures
va eN-o
lecturess and reputation as q lady, because
having been admitted to the privacy of Nor
mon homes she described what she saw there.
She is not accused of personalities which vio-
late confidence, but only of making a too
faithful picture. She was introduced into
some of the pleasantest and seemingly happi-
est of the abodes of polygamy, and her eye
pierced through and through the thin veil OF
false gaiety, and saw the CHASTITY misery below
Those poor women, won by her true sisterly
sympathy-a thing they were little used to
from Gentle ladies-told her with tears and
sobs that they and nine tenths of their "cees-
TALLY married" sisters longed for death! And
because she has not been silent, but has dared
TO echo their. heartbroken cry in the ears of the
world, Mormon editors pronounce her "false to
all the instincts of woman" We wish there
were good deal more of her kind of false.
hood. Polygamy, Iand a number of other
abuses would be good dcal nearer their end |
# we had
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-11

Ex-President Pierce died at the residence
of Willard Williams, Esq, and was attended
on the night preceding his death by Mrs. Seth
Hopkins and Hiram W. Tebbets, son of DR..
ID. B. Tebbetts, an opposite neighbor. DIR.
Tebbets visited the sick chamber at o'clock
In the evening, when Mr.. Pierce was suffi-
GENTLY conscious to be aroused and to recog-
nize an old acquaintance. He then fell asleep,
during which death took place. He passed
away qnietly and without struggle.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-11

A dispatch to the Boston Post says there
seems to be general belief among officials in
washington, including several members of the
Caoinet, that the Captain of the Cuban pri-
vateer Hornet ran her into Wilmington, North
carolina, to avoid capture by the Spanish na-
Wy. 10 have been taken by the Spaniards
would have been certain death to all on board.
but the worst that can happen to her officers
and crew is punishment for breach of the
neutrality laws of the United States. 1t is
surmised that Government officials who hold
70 'ne above opinion have some private in
iorination which leads to this belief
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-11
.EIIiS' T.O11 Rjffo.e

VIII enrich the blood and prevent it from becom
ing wafery and weak. giving heal hy complexion.
restore the appetite. inyigorae the system and are
vary paiatao'e. These brtters are recommended no
all persons requiring safe and valuable tonic 10
impart tone and strength to the system not given NV
plters merely slmulant in their effects; which, al
cannot give the strength to the blood which the
IRON BITTERs i'll give. WIG
Prepared by WIN. ELLIS Chemist For soIe In
Portland by Crosman & Co.. 3O5 CONGRESS- street IN
je 2l-d6m sN
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-11

COUPLED DoGs.-The mean malignity OF
Dana, who wanted but did not get the New
York COlectorship, is fifty combined with the
impudent knavery of " Jim Fisk, jr.," in an
suspicion of having c0nnived with gold gam
blers in their recent Wall street conspiracy.
Enough attention was paid to the contemplate
SANDER by President Grant when he author
lied, few days ago, the publication of the
fact that Fisk had impertinenty approached
him, during his recent visit to New York, with
cool request that he should disclose tue fl
nancial intentions ofthe government to Gould,
Fisk q Cox. Both Fisk and Danahave Conn
mon inspiration of resentment in their small
souls to unite them, like coupled dogs, in yelp
ping at Grants heels.-Bufdl0 Express.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
Iin-Types, Tin-Types,
Portland Photograph Gallery
80 Msddte St, Boyd Block.
OPPOSITE New Posi- OFFICE.
MIR. II. ". FORK,

Would respectfully inform the citizens OF FORT
land that he is prepared to collect AL Diis ntrusteu
to his charge within the limits Of the CITY, PERSONS
DESTROYS OF engaging competent collector VIII leave
their orders at 1871 Commercial street, where they
will be attended to with promptness and Dispatch
References-Stephen Marsh. Esq, Secretary Nj.
G. NJ. A; S. S. Rich, Esd, James S. Gould, Coro-
ner, Stephen Kicker, Ship Broker. Oct4sNdiwf
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DIED.

=, 10 TINS city Oct. 8, Walter S., son of VIM c. and
Emma A. Foot, aged weeks.
In knightvie. (Cape ElizabethJ Oct 8. aft the re-
sidence OF Joseph seavey, Capt. Saml w. Rarnsdel.
aged 25 wears.
In Gorham Oct 10, Mrs. Elizabeth Emery, moth
er oil capt Daniel G. Emery. aged 10 wears
aged Is years. -''''''''
In Ereeport. Oct. .. VIM. N. WILDER, aged 81 years.
AZ years ' "se"
In Brunswick, Oct. ., Mrs. Nancy Given, aged 50
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BaItic Insurance ComDanv

w. II. Kipp, the receiver of the Baltic Insurance
Company, has appointed Mr.. j. f. jerks, agent OF
the Company, with authority to Ie-insure the out
standing risks now in force throughout the State,
which were insured through the former Portland
Agency. Parties having policies in this Company
are requested to bring them to Mr. jerks, Office
Fluent's Block, of Exchange and Congress Sts.,
up stairs. oc7sntt
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THE Portsmouth Chronicle saws Tho. NJ.

THE Portsmouth Chronicle says that Charles
E. Laighton (retail, grocer) has been in bust
ness in that city IS years.
Messrs. Stephen H. Shines, David Kimbal,
Benjamin Cheever and E. NJ. Brown, are the
veterans of Market street, and have all been
there from forty to forty-fve years, or more,
we think
Hiil and Carr are the oldest firm in the city,
a"u ny no means irfirm yet. They send meas
a.0 "ork TO customers in almost every State
III 'he Union; WHICH shows that their boots
wear well, like themselves
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MARRIED.

s. Warren. pp"e anu H"en
In oaco, OCT. 6, Frank l.. Harmon, Sup't York
Mahaiscturing Co and Mary 4. Lane.
A. L. Beedy. ~ VA"
In Pennington, Oct 2, VIM. H. Hunter and Miss
NJ Abbie Hartwell, both OF Strong
In Strong sept. !, A. j. Odell and Eyn NJ .Iewer
both oil Pennington "'
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BatchelOr'S Hair Dive

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PARTNERS, and those contemplating part
nership, should consult "Chamberlains Law
Book" for rights duties, liabilities and respon-
sblities of partners Also for forms sonven-
lent for use, and remedies for partners. Atwell
s. Co...are the publishers agents, Portland.