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The Portland daily press., 1870-01-07
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY
OF CANADA.
Alteration of Trains.


ENszss<FS1 On and after Monday, Dec. 9Th,
efs8E<S4x Trains will run as iollows:
Mail train for South Paris and intermediate sta
lions at ITO II.
Express Train for Danvlle junction at 1.05PM.
NoTE-Tbis Train will not stop at intermediates
Dtctions-
Mail Train stopping at all stafons) for Island
fond connecting with night mail train for Ouebec
Montreal and the West, at Leo P 81.
Accommodation tor South Paris and intermediate
stations at 5.45 p. NJ.
Passenger trains will arrive as follows:
From South Paris and lewiston at s15A Nj.
From Bangor at2.0oPM.
From Montreal, Quebec and Gorhana at 225PM
accommodation from South Paris, at $50 P. NJ.
E9- Sleeping Cars on all night Trains.
me Company are not responsible for baggage to
any amount exceeding $50 In value land that persor
s anless notice given, and paid for at the rats Of
ono passenger for eyerv $500 additional value.
c. J. BRIDGES, Managing Dirscto,.
q. BAILEY, Local Superintendent.
Portland, Dec. 3, 1869. dtf
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COp0rt7eersaS3 Notice !

MIR. THOs. l.. O'BRION is this day adj
VNl NIT ed partner in our business
Style of firm as heretofore
LOkING & THURSTON.
Portland, January /, 1870 jan3.iw
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Mansion House, State Street,
AUGUSTA. MAINE.

This house is provided with BATH
ROOM .. where hot and cold baths can be
had at all times.
1t ha also FIRST GEAS5 BILL.
A RID ID 81, fer guests only.
Connected with the house is a large and COM
m0dious SAMPLE ROOM, On WATER
STREET, centrally located where Sample
agents can show their goods tree OF charge.
The Proprietor, thank iul for the liberal pat
ronage that the above house has enjoyed since
its opening takes pleasure in in orming his
PATRONS that he will run free Carriages to and
f ON the Cars and Boats, until further notice
Connected with the above House is Livery
Stable, where good teams can be had at reason
The Portland daily press., 1870-01-07
Notice..

MIR. FRITZ Fl. JORDAN is admitted partu err
WI in nv business from this The business
will hereafter be conducted under The finn name OF
w. S. Jordan g. Co. W. S. JORDAN,
January 1, 1870. d3w*
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-23
AN EX.MAYOR In TROUBLE.
The Disappearance of Bonds.

The case of Samuel S. Stevens, formerly Mayor OF
Hancock, N ane, indicted for robbery, was resumed
in the General Sessions to-day George W. Buck
more, formerly IN the lumber trade 10 Minnesota,
swore ne came here in October, 1869, 10 negotiate
by The Mayor. He was 10 get per cent. commits
SIGN; prisoner and ne were stopping at the AstOr
House. and Prise changed the 10000 for him into
currency; subsequently, Stevens proposed pur-
chasing United states bonds about which "there
WAS something wrong, and witness declined
during the interview witness stepped out OF the
rnOm, and when he returned Stevens left Imne-
dately after wtaess missed the t6000 aud S25O0 hi
own property, in five 5000 bonds; Stevens never re-
turned and some time after arrested in Hi aois
witness Identifies five bonds handed TO him as his
property.
rhe witness was subjected TO a lengthy cross
examination by Mr. Sedgwick as TO his arrangements
with Stevens. He acknowledged he had not paid
Stevens for his services.
Monroe Young Of Ellsworth Maine, son-in-law
OF ofthecOmpainant testified that he arrested prisoner
fn Quincy, Ill, on a mandate from Governor Hon.
man. last January Stevens denied the charge, but
on his trunks being searched nve bonds were fOlnd
in them.-N. J. EIpress iGst syening.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-23
LIGHTNING AT SEA. o
The Burning of the Bark A. b. Wyman-A
Cargo of Cotton Set on Fire by an Electric
spart-AbandOned In Mtd-Ocean.

spark-AbandOned In Mtd-Ocean.
The Belgian ship Charles, Captain La Chere,
Chere brought Captain Wyman and fourteen sea men
OF the bark A. b. Wyman, abandoned at sea, on
fire, December s; The bark Wyman, owned by
Enoch Benner, of Boston, sailed from savannah for
Liverpool on the 26th OF November with s7eO bales
OF cotton
tude 36O6, longitude 6l4l, she was struck by light
nng The electric spark set ire to the cotton in the
hold in three different places. Immediately on dis
covering this the captain had all the matches closed
and battened down. and set the men to work to SUBJ
due the fire. The crew, after working nearly twenty
four hours, found II impossible to check the flames,
the vessel being on ire fore and aft. At 7'90 the
morning OF the Sth the ship Charles hove in sight,
and a small boat from the Wyman put OF TO her.
When Captain La Chere first saw the Wyman she
was about six miles Distant dying signals OF dis
tress fore and aft He promptly hove to, and went
on board the burning ship. When he boarded her
the toproyal mast had gone the sides OF the vessel
were hot, the smoke escaping through the seams.
He tried the pump Of the water-tank and the main
pumps, and found the water in the tank, which
tanned nearly 10000 gallons, nearly boiling. He
made as close an examination OF the fire as crcum
would permit, and then told Captain Wyman
that he thought there was not the slightest possi
bility of saving his vessel that she fire fore
and aft and liable from the nature of her cargo to
/ burst open at any moment.
I Captain La Chere s.ood by the burning bark until
O'CLOCK IN the afternoon when he and his crew.
! taking nothing but their clothing and two sails
abandoned the vessel and went on board the
Charles. Il. ..- ID - -.
Before leaving his ship Captain wyman opened the
main hatch, and the names and smoke, which up to
this time had been confined to the hold burst forth
fore and aft and in lees than ten minutes the ship
! was mass OF name from Atem TO stern. The fore
mast toppled over about fifteen minutes after they
@ had abandoned one the ship; At O'Clock the breeze
/ the Burning vessel was lost to sight.
Captain Nyman took a train yesterday for Boston
1 to confer with the owners OF the vessel. Before
( going he furnished the crew with money to keep
them until they could ship on another Vessel-N
! L.. COHate'ciQl to-daV,-- IN ~. rf.h ht.r.,
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-23

.~6%E9s, PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN
EzktAtf1ktsbiAIL STEAMSHIP OOMPANY'S REGU1
LAR sEMLMoNTHLY LINE TO NEW OR.
The TAzoo win sail fOE New Orleans. via Havana,
The ~ EfkTA viii sail from New Orleans via Havans,
On nTHRouGH BILLS OF LAp1Na At .s low rate. 81. h,
any other route given to Mobile Galveston, INDIAN.
points the Mississippi river between New Oreans and
ST. Louis Red River feigh rsshipped st New Orleans
without charge of commissions.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-23
SCI sEMbMoNTE5Y / ON j LINE I 40 WILMINGTON, N. Q

The RATTLESNAKE will sail for Wilmington or
Wednesday. December %, at IA. M. Returuing will
leave Wilmington Wedeeyday. January4
Connects with the Cape Fear River Steamboat Com
pany the Whining ton and Weldon and North Oaroiins
Railroads. and the Wilmington Manchester RAILROAD
TO all interior points
Freghts for Columbia. g. o.. and Augusta, Ga, taken
via Wilmington, as low rates by any other route
Insurance. effected when requested By shippers. Bill,
Of adng signed at Queen street wharf before daI
WILLIAM 1. JAMES, General Agent.
tlS No. l30 South THIRD Street
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-23
SHIPPINO,
an, IoElIARD STEAMSHIP o0MP4NI
FOI NEW YORK,

SAILING EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND
SATURDAY. 1.'
RATES TEN CENTS PER 100 POUNDS -FOUR
OENTh PER CUBIC FOOT, ONE GENT PER
GALLON, SHIPS OPTION:
INSURANCE B% THIS LINE ONE-EIGHTH OF
ONE PER CENT.
Extra rates on small packages iron metals, etc.
No receipt or bill Of lading signed for less than
fifty cents
Goods forwarded to all points free Of commissions
Through bills OF lading given to Wilmington, N o.
py the steamers of this line leaving New York tri.
weekly For further particulars apply to
JOHN T. OHJ.
PIER 10 NORTH WHARvES
N. B.-The regular shippers by this line VIII be
charged the above rates all winter.
Winter rates commence December 10. 2GS
TNHB REGULAR STEAMSHIPS ON THE PHI
Il LADELPHIA AND CHARLESTON STEAM-
SHIP LINE are ALONE authorized to issue through
oils OF ading TO interior points South and West In
connection with South Carolina Railroad Company.
ALFRED L TYLER,
Vice President So. G. RR. Co.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-23

WEEKLY LINE TO SAVANNAH, GA.
The PIONEER will sail for Savannah on Sunday
December 20 at 8 A. M.
The TONAWA NDA will sail from Savannah on Satur.
day, December 2l.
THROUGH BILLS OF LADING given to all the pru.
opa towns in Georgia, Alabama Florida, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee in connection with
road and Florida steamers at rates
Gnee
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-07-12

PoLITIcAI. A correspondent, who has
interviewed Gov. Chamberlain Of Maine
as to the matter Of his possible candidacy
before the adjourned Democratic Conven-
ton at Bangor, says positively that he will
have nothing whatever to do with it, and
that the leaders oil the party who procur.
ed the adjournment knew well enough
that there was really no hope for them
In that direction. He adds that the Gov
errors friends make no secret Of it that
he will be a candidate for tn. Senator
ship, with all the power that can be made
available.
The statement that the President aud
his Cabinet are dissatisfied with Minister
Bancroft at Berlin is pronounced untrue.
On the contrary, it is well known that
both the President and Secretary Fish
are well pleased with Minister Bancrofts
course.
1t is believed that Il name will be sent
to the Senate, before the adjournment
this week, as successor to Minister Mot
ley at the Court of St. James.
A thousand Turkish houses have been
thrown open for the accommodation of the
Christians (Armenians) and others who
were lately burned out in the great fire
at Constantinople. And, besides this,the
Turks have SUBSIDIZED large sums Of money
for the relief of the sufferers.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-07-12
The New Constitution of Illinois

There is no doubt that the new Consti.
tuition Of Illinois has been adopted, even
including the provision for minority rep
reseDtatiop, which will give the first thor.
ough trial Of that principle in the United
States. The Constitution contains sew
eral new features which will make its
working Of general interest to the coun-
try. The Senate is to be one-third the
size of the House of Representatives, the
former consisting of 81 and the latter Of
1853 members. Each member is to take
an oath beginning as follows THAT
have not, knowing or Intentionally, paid
or contributed anything. or made any
promise in the nature OF a bride, to Iii.
rectly or indirectly influence any vote al
the election at which | was chosen to FL
the said Office" and closing with a pledge
not to receive any consideration for any
vote, influence or official act in the fu,
ture. No Legislature can fix its owl
pay, and the allowance for stationery
newspapers, &c, shall not exceed $50 foi
each member.
IT IS provided that the state shall no
pay or assume the debt Of, or loan it
credit to, any public or other corporation
or individual. No corporation shall b.
created w special laws, or its charter ex
tended, changed Or amended. All suel
organizations shall hereafter be created
by general laws. No municipal corpora
ton shall be allowed to incur Indebtedness
for any purpose to an amount, including
existing debts, exceeding 5 per cent. Of
the value of the taxable property therein
The State shall make no appropriation 70
railroads or canals, but may ~appropriat
the surplus earnings of any canal for it
enlargement or extension. No law sbal
be passed making an irrevooable grant @
special privileges. 1t will be seen fror
these specimen provisions that the great
sst care is taken to protect the people Q
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-07-12

A MAIL CAHRlrR PLuNpfRED By Hon.
WAY RoBBFRs.-About two weeks since o
mail carrier in Michigan while driving
through a piece Of woods was startled by
the sudden appearance Of two men, dis.
guised with painted faces, who sprang
from among the waysidc bushes, and, one
of them Selling the horses bit, both drew
formidable revolvcrs, and placing them
in close proximity TO the asionlshed mail
carriers head, told him if he made any
noise or the least resistance, he was a
dead man They then proceeded to rife
his pockets of what money he had, which,
fortunately for him, amounted to only
about six dollars in currency. Having
taken all they could fud about his per-
son, they cody s~houldercd the mail bag
and quietly disappeared in the green
woods, leaving the custodian Of the Uni.
ted States mail in a state better mag
ined than easily described.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-07-12
MA RRIED

HAlL-GooDRIcH.-In Middlebury, July I, BIZ
Rev. A. F. Bailey, Mr.. Elias Hall Of East Ran
tolpb. and Miss Marion II. Goodrich. Of Middle.
psry.
HATs-BsuNr.-In Miidletary June 80, by
Thos. II. Mcleod Esq, Mr Henry D. Hays, Of
LMiddlebury, ard Mis-; Le1b Brlut of New York,
SHAwkiS7-BRovy-Ia Miidlebury, July ), by
n. H. Mcleod, Esq, Capt Sylvester Hawkins Ct
sWashington, D. c a1d M;!. Julia Brown Of CE
xleton. 49,. d.
I 4AiiEr-J4cks4S-In Miiilebury. July :, by
I. H. Mcleod, Eiq William Bailey Of Charles-
ton, :. G, and Mis-! Mary G: jackson Of Benson.
TaoNAs-ecovEt-In Cornwall July 81, By
rRev. s. W. Magili, Mr. Ewiu.H. Thomas Of sai-
isbury snd Della scovel, Of Cornwall.
l. TGrus-HoreH1oS-In Skeituru, July : ty
hRev. B. E ton, Mir. Oliver P. Titas u Byron,
Nova, and Mrs Cynthia ? Houghton If Enos-
Nrgh.
|. sANFoRp.-RIrHNoSD.- In Bethel, june p,
Mr.. Ha7en P. Sanford ard Miss Clara F Richmond
both Of Randolph
GREEy.-SMtrH In Rochester, June g, Mr..
Edward Green, Of Brandon, and Miss Lucy Smith,
Of Rochester.
HAckETT.-FI1rs.-In Plattsburgh July a, ~
Rev. Henry ". Glory, Mr.. James ". Hackett, IT,.
and Miss Ann 9. Fits, both Of Burlington
JoHss1oy-CAss.-In Jericho, July &, ct tie
Baptist Church, by Rev H. c. Estes, Rev. J. A
Johnston, Pastor. Of the Baptist Church In Essex
and Miss Janetts Cas-, c Jericho.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-07-12
Speech OF Hon. &. W. willard VI. L.
atthe Republican state Convention.

Mr.. Willard said it was both agreeable
and useful to.any representative of the
Republican party to meet his constituents
face to face, on occasions like this. In.
der our theory Of government, the repre-.
sentative is not the sovereign, but the
servant of the people. 1t is bis duty to
seek his Instructions from the people, who
are the true sovereigns and 10 render to
them due account of the manner and
degree Of fidelity with which he has'ful.
filed his trust. The concise and correct
sketch just given BY the able and distin.
guished Senator (Air. Edmund) of the
way in which the servant Of the people in
Congress had %striyeu to perform their
duties, also showed Il fact that it is wise
to keep in mind-viz that the chiefdan-
ger to our country aud party is not from
without but within. The danger is that
we may lose sight Of the great priu.
ciples on which our party is based and
dividing on minor issues, instead of bat.
ting uuitedly us heretofore for the good
cause Of human rights and freedom. The
Republican party has thus far kept clear.
ly in sight among the people, the cardinal
principles Of Liberty and Equal Rights,
But as we move away from the sharp
contest of the war, and the new issues Of
tariff, taxation, and the public debt be.
come more prominent, the principle Of
cohesion becomes weakened amid the
strifes of warning factions. 1t is good
in such times to come back to a State like
this, in which solid principle and intellig
ent understanding ofthe issues prevail ant
shape the action and good to feel assar
cd that here in Vermont, if no where els,
Republican principles are sure of perpe
t%uation, They are sure to endure here
because our party in this State is organic
ed not for power only, but upon an INTEL
igent perception Of the principles which
lie at the foundation of our government
Even here let me say it is well to beai
in mir | that these fundamental priciple
should have the first place. A tariff ma,
he important but n tariff is nothing to us
if our freedom be not maintained. Til,
sustaining Of the national credit is impor
+ tant, but public credit is nothing unles
liberty is safe. So while on minor issue
some may take one ground and others an
T other, let all still keep bright that bono
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-07-12

The New CANDIDATE FOR THE SPANISH
THRoNr.-This is Prince Leopold of Ho-
henzOllern-Sigmaringen, the son and heir
of Prince Charles Anthony, who is at the
head of the youngest branch of the House
Of Hohenzollern, Of which King William
of Prussia is the head. He is a descen-
dant Of Murat, the brother.in.law of the
First Napoleon, the brilliant cavalry off,
GER and afterwards the unfortunate King
Of Naples. His mother, who was known
as the Viscountess de Beauharnias, was
an adopted daughter Of the First Napo-
leon. Leopold, born in 1885, married in
1861 the Princess Antonio Of Portugal, u
younger sister of the reigning Portuguese
sovereign, Dom Luis. Prince Leopold
consequently is now in the very prime of
life, but ~thirty-6ve years old he has
three young children, all sons and,
though he has never been distinguished
by any special brilliancy Of mind, he has
a fair reputation as a wcll-conducted per-
son and a titalar colonel of cavalry in the
Prussian service.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-07-12
Reduction OF the Public Debt.

Wcfind the iollowlngs sensible r%cmarkson
this subject in the Boston journal
We have never been among those who
hail every announcement of the reduction
Of the public debt as a sufficient proof Of
the complete success Of President Grants
administration, a%toning for Whatever de-
%iciencies may be laid to its charge IN
other respects. We expect great deal
of the Administrations much SO that,
if it does well in any particular, We only
consider ihat a good reason why it should
do better. Nevertheless, acknowledgment
of signal service is the first duty And
we defy any loyal American, without
distinction OF party to read the last
debt statement Of the Secretary of the
Treasury without feeling some pride in an
Administration which has accomplished
so much in a most important department
of national luty. We are now in the
fifth month OF President Grants second
year, and for the first four months of the
year the decrease Of the debt has been no
less than S51,960,877 43. This is at
the rate of $4,000, 600 a year-at
which rate the total debt, principal and
interest may be cancelled in less than six
teen years. 1t will he seen that the month.
" rate of reduction is $4,000, 900, but
as the tendency has been on the increase
for the last four or FIVE months, the aver
age will soon be set somewhat higher
W may say therefore, that the debt is
now steadily sinking at the rate of a hal
a million a day!
That is a great fact to go out to the
people. 1t extinguishes the whole re
pudiation movement. with all the appre
tensions and the intolerable disgrace in
volved in it. Some mole-eye1 politicians
we observe, particularly at the West, are
still agitating it in county conventions
and in a few party organs, but there i.
reason to believe that its life has gone
The Administration has demonstrated t.
all the world that the payment of thu
national debt, enormous as it is, is a per
fectly feasible mattcr-that the Govern
ment can do it, will do it, and is doing it
SO that the repudiators are not left thu
mercst rag Of an apology to cover tn
v%ileness OF their dishonesty When w
contrast the present situation in this re
spcct with what it was under the admin
i%stration Of Andrew johnson, it is impos
sible to give too ~muchcredit TO Presiden
Grants administration, especially wheI
we consider that this increased reduction
of the debt is largely due to greater eff
cheney and honesty in the collection of tn
national revenues.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-07-12


TERRIBLE CONTINUATION IN MAScnAs.
rlR. \. Manchester July s. The
most destructive confagration which has
occurred in this city for fourteen years
broke out at 3 o'clock this morning in
Drake X Carpenters coffee roasting works
rear Of Merchants Exchange block, on
Elm street. The fire ragged with unabat.
ed fury three hours, sweeping over ter
ritory bounded by Elm, Hanover, Chest.
nut and Manchester streets, with excep.
ton of Merchants Exchange. and all
buildings IN south side of Manchester
street with the exception of old Gilchrist's
store.
Among the buildings destroyed was
the Masonic Temple. First Baptist
Church, American hotel, Steam Printing
works of the Daily and Weekly Mirror
and Union newspapers, Johnson's Block
on Hanover street. Harrington 4 John.
sons block on Manchester street, a large
number Of stores, mechanics shops and
stables, and between eighty and one hun
dred tenements. The loss is estimated at
from 100000 to 100000 Hundreds
Of families are rendered houseless, and
many important branches Of industry are
broken up, Provideutially a heavy rain
set in about four o'clock, which saved the
town from the fate which befel the city
of Portland. Although Manchester has
the reputation Of having one of the best
organized fire departments in the country
yet on this occasion, and owing to a scar
city Of water, her iremen were not pre-
pared to cope with so formidable an ad-
versary as the fire proved to be.
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THAT " D|EsPlcABLr SwINDLER. The
Springfield Republican says the Rev"
L. Whitcomb was taken before the Police
Court in that city Wednesday morning,
when the criminals council entered a de.
murrer at once to the indictment ,acknow.
Lodging its facts, but claiming that they
constituted no offence of which the law
could take cognizancc. The Judge reserv-
ed his decision till Friday, and retained
the prisoner under $1,000 bonds The
Republican is afraid the law is SO worded
that it will not apply in Whitcomb's case,
and that he will escape the punishment
he so richly merits. 1t says further:
Testimony to his antcccdcnts comes
throngipg in from all quarters. We have
sGaq3 3 s.S Sarat t2i,4PG "nI,eer! a long e, account &C INTO. of
from Kansas, and had just been robbed of
5000 by pickpockcts, completely deceived
some Of the sharpest and most disrrimin-
ating citizens, and the guests at Congress
hall, where they made up 5000 for him !;
and then, says the paper, that dear, holy,
impecunious, sick, crippled and pickpock.
eted man went out from among us speed.
ly.' He went thence to the Round Lake
camp meeting, where he was smoked at
once and helped off with healthy Meth.
odist grip on his coat collar and some
vigorous Methodist boots following close
behind. II he gets here, by the way, we
trust that he will be assisted out of town
with the same ceremonies"
The Republican has received a letter
from Rev. DR.. Todd of Pittsfeld, wherein
that gentleman states hat he has received
letters from diferant States inquiring
about this Rev. Mr.. Whitcomb represent.
ing himselfas his (Todd's) nephew. The
Doctor concludes as follows
The sum of what | feel n duty to say
is, that l never saw him, nor his mother;
that he is no relative of mine, and if he
was, | should grieye to have such rela.
tionship raise the slightest barrier between
him and the State prison"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-07-12

Illinois against hasty and oppressive leg
%islatiou In fact, it appears to be a mod
ell State constitution, aud outsiders will
wait with some curiosity TO see whether
corruption, indiscreet and mercenary
cnactmen;s have actually been banished
at Il blow from the General Assembly Of
Illinois. If such proves to be the case,
constitutional Conventions will become
more popular than they have been of late.