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The New York herald., 1870-01-28

The Spring Valley Land Association No. 8 met
yesterday at Dramatic Han for the purpose OF draw
ing for the lots belonging the association at Spring
Valley, Rocgland county, Y. On one OF the plots,
as prize, ls located neat and substantial summer
villa, winch was 'pulledn III the course OF the draw
ing by Mr.. Peter J. Bogert OF the firm o: Mealls
The New York herald., 1870-01-28

before Justice Bixby 1t the Yorkville Police Court
DAVID r. Stevenson, proprietor Of butcher shop at
the corner OF Fiftyfourth street ana Eighth avenue.
accused young man named Omaha Stevenson. who
claims TO be the c0mplalnant's son, with stealing "a
500 horse from him and selling the same TO man
named John QUINN, at the horse market. Inc nc
eused was committed, without ball. for trial.
The New York herald., 1870-01-28

0nicer Halden, Of The Twentieth precinct. yester-
day arratgned a boy thirteen years OF age, named
Elias Mcknight before Justice shandley, al Jefferson
Market, upon complaint OF Willam Healey, OF 200
west Ihirty1rst street, charged, IN company with
Two others VINO are still at large with forciby open
ing the lock on his front store door on "Wednesday
nlgnt with jimmy and stealing property valued ut
answer.
The New York herald., 1870-01-28

The remains Of an unknown man, far advanced in
decomposition were found floating In the dock foot
Of pier 81 East river Nothing could he judged con-
cernin4 the age or nativity OF deceased. He was
dressed In dark cloth coat brown pants and vest and
gaiter SHOES. In his pockets were found bunch or
keys, aknie aud small amount OF fractional cur
reuCv.
The Portland daily press., 1870-12-13
Teraas $500 per an,,,sn,, im odrance.

which pervade Mr.. Whittier's poetry and
which always keep the genial personality of
the now venerable poet plainly before us.
These are his enthusiastic philanthropy,
which makes him eloquent in protest against
wrong, and ardent in welcome of reform; and
his equally passionate patriotism, which leads
him sometimes into his highest flights of i'm
agination and his most burning words; and
at others brings him into the by-ways of quiet
chronicle and obscure regions of historical ro-
nance. His love OF nature, his contemplative
spirit, which is remarkable when seen in con-
nection with the ardor we have Just ascribed
to him, and his tender sympathy with all
sweet and true sentiment, each and all have
Goeir part in the minor qualities OF his song.
IL would seem that his thoughts as he looks
on earth and sky, as he reads the books he
loves, and even as he glances over the news
of the Gay must involuntarily assume rhyth-
mic form and catch melody from the very
temper of his mind and heart.
"Miriam," the principal poem in this vol
ume, is in its opening pages, sketch of coun-
try scenery and dialogue between the au-
thoryand friend, through which the former
introduces an oriental story illustrative OF the
fundamental union which exists in all true
souls upon few principles which underle all
creeds and all educations. The virtue Of for
giveness is taught alike in Vedic verse, in
Mahomedan aphorism and in Christian Scrip
ture, and the disciples of each faith meet in
action on this common ground. OF the short
er poems the one entitled SIN School-days"
comes nearest the heart; and spray for Me"
is the most dramatic; this last in choice of
subject is such as Hawthorne would have
loved. Those written for public occasions
have the usual good taste and neat applicable
ity which make Mr.. Whittier so popular when
expression is to be given to the thought
which unites an assemblage of people.
M, j. NJ s.
The Portland daily press., 1870-12-13
LArE AT CHURcu.-One of the papers tells

LATE AT CHURCH.-One of the papers tells
the story of man coming into church after
the sermon had begun; whereupon the
preacher paused and said to him-"Glad to
see you, sir, come in, come in; always glad to
see those here late, who can't come early.'
To which sautation the stranger taking his
seat, as cody replied-"ThaDk you, would
you favor me with the text?" Certainly"
was the answer; which was done, and the
discourse moved on as before. This recalls
Missouri incident. One cold night Rev. DR..
Ezra S. Ely of Presbyterian fame was preach
ing in prairie farm house; when about
third through the sermon, two late comers
rode up to the door and entered. The doc
tor stopped and said that, as these friends
were very cold with their ride, the meeting
would sing hymn while they were warm
ing themselves; which, being done, he OBJ
served that as they had taken so much trou-
BILE to come, he would begin his discourse
again for their benefit; and taking his text
accordingly, he commenced once more at the
beginning and repeated his sermon, rather
more to their ediication than to that of the
rest of the audience, perhaps.
The Portland daily press., 1870-12-13
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The Portland daily press., 1870-12-13

INTERESTING DIVORCE SUIT.-The Su-
preme Court of Connecticut, now in session
at Norwich, is engaged in hearing the testi-
moDy in the divorce case of Sweet VS.. Sweet.
The petitioner for separation is the venera-
BILE DR.. Stephen Sweet, the well-known bone
setter. The witnesses thus far examinedare
those only who appear for the petitioner. The
Bulletin says the testimony goes to show that
the respondent is the doctors fourth wife; !;
that she has been married to him about ten
years; that she threatened his life with knife
and poison; that she has neglected and de-
moralized his children; prevented their at
tending church and school; sent the young
est, who are girls, out in all weather shabbily
and thinly clad, used profane and vile Ian
guage in their presence, and if she has not
tasted gin and milk has INDUCED rather freely
in gin and molosses and whisky sings. The
lady has not yet put in an appearance in the
body or by witnesses, but is represented in
court by her counsel.
The Portland daily press., 1870-12-13
THE director, of the mint, in his report,

THE director of the mint, in his report,
urges the adoption of silver currency in lieu
of the small note currency of ten, twenty-five,
and fifty cents. Not the least of the uses to
be attained by such reform is that referred
to in the report, which maintains, with great
justice, that the crumpled paper notes "induce
habits of prodigality and wastelulness." The
deprecated value is, of course, to some ex-
tent, to be preserved, while the gradual ap-
proach to specie payments would be contri-
buted to by such scheme. The extensive
counterfeiting of the small notes would also
by this means be put an end TO. The direc-
tor Of the mint evidently keeps steadily in
view OF the great International necessity of
unification of coinage, and his present report,
like its predecessors, records many steps that
have been made by other nations towards this
desirable end
The Portland daily press., 1870-12-13

AN exchange makes these excellent sugges-
tions in regard to burning coal: A common
mistake in the use of coal is the placing of too
large quantity in the stove or crate at once.
Coal to burn freely, should be only six inches
deep in the vessel containing it, and then, if
properly ignited, there will be no trouble. BY
placing few oyster shells occasionally in the
stove, when hot, those disagreeable CUSTOM
els, known as clinkers, will entirely disap-
pear. If one trial is not enough repeat.
The Portland daily press., 1870-12-13

ALLEGED HEREsY IN THE HEPREsBYTERIAN
CHURCH.-The United Presbytery OF Edin-
burgh held a meeting ON Tuesday for the pur-
pose of disposing Of a charge of heresy against
the Rev. Fergus Ferguson, Dalkeith. Mr.
Ferguson is accused by Ma. Dods, one of his
elders, with teaching that the passage in LIST
Peter, iii and 10, "By which also he (Christ)
went and preached unto the spirits in prison."
infers the existence of middle state, and
that in their disembodied condition infants
and the brethren nave the Gospel preached
to them. The reverend gentleman was sub
jected to lengthy examination by the mem
bers of Presbytery, seme of whom expressed
themselves as not quite satisfied with his ex-
plantations, and ultimately it was agreed to
instruct committee to confer with Mr.. Fer
guson on the subject, and report to next ordi-
nary meeting of Presbytery
The Portland daily press., 1870-12-13

TRUNK-THIEvING FROM RAILROAD DEPors.
On Thursday last two officers of the detective
force of the State police, arrested a man named
Joseph FL. French, who has for some time past
been employed in the baggage-room of East
ern Railroad, on charge tot fraudulently OBJ
Eastern and Boston & Maine railroads. This
fellow had been a bounty Jumper during the
war, and had been operating for some time un-
der the names Of j. II. Locke, j. III. Furnald
and j. III. Foss. After his arrest he confessed
to having stolen trunks at various times, tell
ing where some of those stolen were deposit
ed. Acting on the information given, the Of
ficers recovered eleven trunks, which, with
contents, were worth about $4,000. A woman
Merrimac street, was arrested on charge of re-
ceiving some of the stolen goods.-Boston Trau-
eller
The Portland daily press., 1870-12-13

a. Perhaps no one medi-
A3 cine is SO universally re-
~ quired by everybody as
III cathartic, nor was ever
G=EsZEA any before so universal
XASsZzAA1 ly adopted into use, in
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l6dsns.---S.zfI liable and far more effec-
tual remedy than any
other. Those who have
tried it, know that it cured them; those who have
not, know that it their neighbors and friends
and all know that what it does once it does always
that it never fails through any fault or negectof
its composition. We have thousands upon thou
sands of certificates of their remarkable cures of the
following complaints, but such cures are known in
every neighbOrhOod, and we need not publish them.
Adapted to all ages and conditions in all climates;
containing neither caomel or any deleterious drug,
they may be taken with safety by anybody. Their
sugar coating preserves them ever fresh and makes
them pleasant to take, while being purely vegetable
no harm arise from their use in any quantity.
They operate by their powerful influence on the
internal viscera to purify the blood and stimulate it
into healthy the distractions of the
stomach, bowels, liver, and other organs of the
body, restoring their irregular action to health and
by correcting, wherever they exist, such derange.
ments are the first origin of disease. %
Minute directions are given in the wrapper on
the box, for the following complaints which these
PiIs rapidly cure:-
ness, LanguOr and Loss Of Appetite, they
should be taken moderately to stimulate the stom-
acn ana restore It's nealtny tone and action.
For Liver Complaint and its various symp-
toms, Bilious Headache, Sick Headache.
Jaundice Green Sickness. BiliOus
Collie and Bilious Fevers, they should be ju-
dicousy taken for each case to correct the diseased
action or remove the distractions which cause it,
For Dysentery or Diarrhoea, but one mild
For Rheumatism, GOut, Gravel, PaIpi.
tatiOn Of the Heart, Pain in the Side
Hack and LOins, they should be continuously
taken, as required to change the diseased action Of
the system. With such change those complaints
disappear.
For Dropsy and DrOpsical Swellinss they
should be taken in large and frequent doses to pro-
duce the effect of drastic purge.
For suppression a large dose should be taken
as it produces the desired effect by sympathy
AS a Dinner Pill, take one or two Plus to pro.
mote digestion and relieve the stomach.
An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and
bowels into healthy action, restores the appetite
and invigOrates the system. Hence it is often adj.
vantageOus where no serious derangement exists.
One who feels tolerably WELL often finds that dose
their cleansing and renoVating effect on the dges
tive apparatus.
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Sold -bv Druggists in Portland an
Everywhere.
The Portland daily press., 1870-12-13

KAYToN's OIL OF LIFE, the best Rheumatic
IN and Neuralgia Liniment known. 1t cures ali
pains and aches in the system. For sale by all
Druggists. nov1seod&wly
The Portland daily press., 1870-12-13
ARRH.

With all of its disagreeable and disgusting symp-
toms, instantly relieved and speedily cured with Dr.
Briggs Alevantor, the cheapest quickest and most
agreeable remedy before the public; $1,000 will be
paid when this remedy fails to cure CatarIh, Head
There are many remedies Tor the cure of those dis
tressing complaints, some of which may be good
This for one will be guaranteed. Much time and
money has been spent in perfectng this remedy and
the result is more than satisfactory.
Each bottle make two quarts for use. Sold by M.
s. WHITTIER, junction of Free and Congress SITS,
j. r. LUNT d Co, 348 Congress st., EMMNONS
CHAPMAN, cor. Middle and Exchange SITS, GEO. G.
FRYE, cor. Franklin and Congress sts, MARK &
generally. Trade supplied by W. H. PHILLIPS
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The Portland Daily Press
Is published every day (Sundays excepted) by
the
Portland Publishing Co.,
TERMS Eight Dollars a Year in advance.
The Maine State Press

Is published every THURSDAY MORNING at
$3.50 year; if paid in advance, at $500
year.
RATES OF ADvERTIsNG.-On inch of space,
in length of column, constitutes square"
$1.5O per square daily first week. IS cents
per week after; three insertions, or less, ST. 90;
continuing every other day after first week, so
cents.
Half square, three insertions or less, 75 cents;
one week, $1.00; 80 cents per week after.
SPECIAL NOTICES, one third additional.
square per week; three insertions or less $1.5O
Advertisements inserted in the "MAINE
STATE PRESS" (Which has large circulation
in every part of the State) for $1OO per square
for first insertion, and 30 cents per square for
each subsequent insertion.
Address all communications to
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OFFICE OF THE A. C. s.,
~r.rDn FORT PREBLE, Me-, Dec, 10th, 1870.
i.,ed proposals. in duplicate, OF the form fur
- nlsned by the undersigned will be received un-
cock M Mkeahesday ~ the M 1lth of January 1871 at 10 o.
,ost a. m 1or an the fresh beef required at this
post tor six months, or such less time as the Com
ssary it 1S7 enera may Direct commencing February
Details and requirements furnished bv tbe under.
slsneu true copy of the latter with this advertise
'nen' u pe attached to each proposal offered.
ao,o .. b. X. ROBERTS,
"oiE-oC 1st Lieut.. Eth Artillery A. C.
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Ayers Cathartic Pills.

For all the purposes of Laxative
Medicine.
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Dissolution.

'EHE eopartnership heretofore existing between
n q. a. Baxter and j. NJ Bachelor, under the
name OF me Dlrigo Suspender Co., is this day dis
sGiveu. . MI. Baxter will take orders for our goods
which will be filled at our house.
a. me business will continue to be carried on under
ene hne OF the Cirig0 Suspender Co., by the sub
soaioel Ell n VINO mas assumed all liabilities OF the finn
@ anu az Indebtedness to it, and to whom alone pay
inent IS " He made. j. M. BACHELOR.
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Maine General Hosnital.

ON me request of three members of the cor
% ,sf" IN pursuance of the vote passed Oct.
Uo, hereby give notice that q meeting OF the
wecemDer instant, at seven o'clock D. M, at the
MAYOR ayo1o $ X Room %, in the City Building
"eoi|'h,tS CHARLES B. MERRILL, Clerk.
The Portland daily press., 1870-12-13


The flowers have ceased to blow, and trees are bare
"Miriam," the only poem of considerable
length, displays once more the poets remark
able broad and catholic spirit. A lifelong
member of the society of Friends, Whittier's
creed is one of conspicuous lberality. The
other pieces are Short and have either ap-
peared in some periodical or were written for
public occasions. Among them is "The Pray
er-Seeker," poem that has been very widely
copied from the last atlantic. Long may the
author, who for number of years has SEEM
ed to exhibit morbid sensibility in regard to
age and its infrmities, live to embody the
purest, most genuine and unaffected morality
of the times in his inspired verse. published
by Fields, Osgood & Co., and for sale by Hall
L. Davis
Little Pussy IVillo,o, by Mrs. Stowe, re-
printed from Our Young Folks, where many
a lad and lassie found it charming story, is
published by Fields, Osgood & Co. Mrs.
Stowe seems likely to distinguish herself as
much by her efforts in the comparatively new
field of juvenile literature, as she has by her
more ambitious works. For sale by Hall l..
Davis r
Scribner & Co. continue to make additions
to their ILLUSTRATED Library of Wonders" the
last volume of which is the Bottom of the
Sea, translated from the French of l.. Sonrel,
by Elihu Rich. This book is by no means
the least interesting OF a valuable series. The
recent success in deep sea sounding, by means
of the simple but ingenious apparatus invent
ed by Lieut.. Brooke of our navy, has brought
to light many scientific treasures not dreamed
of before. These discoveries" have indeed
completely overturned one or two previously
well established geological dogmas. For in
stance, living creatures have been found at i'm
mense depths, where animal life was suppos-
ed to be extinct, with which, in the shape of
fossils, geologists alone have hitherto been fa.
mlllar. These fossils they unhesitatingly, as
signed to remote geological era. 1t will be
seen that work that contains the freshest,
as we'll as the mors familiar facts relating TO
the ocean depths must be extremely enter,
tanning. For sale by Hoyt, Fogg @ Breed.l
Another beautiful gift book published by
Fields. Ospood & Co. is Winter Poems by fa-
vorite American Poets. "The Pageant" by
Whittier, was written expressly for this vol
ume. Those who have read Sno,o Bound,-
and who has not?-wil need no assurance
that the author of that most american of
poems writes of trees gem-incrusted in win.
ter with all his characteristic spirit. Seven
engravings on wood by Harry Fem add to the
of this poem. Hover, Griswold,
Hennessy, S. Eytinge, Jr., Martin, McEntee
and Fredericks are the artists who illustrate
the remaining well known pieces which are
as follows: The Golden Milestone, Woods in
Winter and Midnight Mass for the Dying
Year, by Longfellow; A Winter Piece and
The Snow-Shower by Bryant; The First
Snowfall by Lowell; in School Days, the |
gem of the volume, by Whittiee, and the |
Snow-Storm by Emerson. Received by Hall
L. Davis.
Miriam and other Poems. By john G Whlttler. |
Boston: Fields Osgood q Co. 1911.
There are two never-failing characteristics |
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Wood. WOOd!

II ARD and SOFT WOOD for sale at No. 40. Lin
i.roc com street. Also, ory edgngs.
1snzs WIN. HUSE.
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StereOscOpic Views.

NJ EW Stereoscopic Views of Portland, including
An churches and interiors, country, islands and
coyes, with great variety of new foreign views.
nOv22-1m W. sENTEIs
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cape EIlZabeth Wharf and Marine
HALLWAY CnmnanY.

~ annual meeting of the stockholders of the
cnrrt auove named corporation will be held at the
merna1 Room Of Charles Staples g. Son, 215 Com
ls71, at 71-2 O'clock D. M. for the Choice Of three
o clerk and treasurer for the ensuing year.
nno m ~ az. On any other business that may legally
come before said meeting.
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Found!
4 SUM OF MONEY.
II do,o,,. SD. KNIGHT, 43 1-2 State-st

q. johnson,
Ro09hi-hEEPEk, and adjuster of accounts, at
~ ~ oice OF JOSEPH Ii. Webster, ms Agt., 6s Mid
"S s'' au20dtt
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Miriam and other POEMS BY John q. whittier.
Boston: Fields Osgood q Co. ISL
There are two never-failing characteristics
The Portland daily press., 1870-12-13

Perhaps no one medi-
cine is SO universally re-
quired by everybody as
a cathartic, nor was ever
any before SO universal
ly adopted into use, in
every countryand among
all classes, as this mild
but efficient purgative
Pill. The obvious rea-
son is, thatitis a more re-
liable and far more effec-
tual remedy than any
The Portland daily press., 1870-12-13

Miriam and other Poems by Whittier is
now ready, Nothing can be more character
istic of the modest poet, and at the same
time more needless, than the fear expressed in
his dedication to his friend Prof. Barnard
that he may, like Gil Bas's archbishop, have
lost in his old age the art of pleasing. No,
surely it is not Whittier who needs, now or
fp
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1870-01-07
---------------------A1-
ADMISSION OF VIRGINIA.

Tt 10 stated that Senator Morton had
an interview with the President yes.
terday during which the condition Of
Virginia was discussed by them aud as
heretofore they agreed perfectly on the
justice OF admitting the State at once,
with the guarantees her Legislature
has gwen. The President Informed
the Senator that The resolution of adj
mission offered by him In the Senate
received his hearty endorsement, and
he regretted that action on it had been
postponed.
Bullock, Governor "so-callcd" o (
Georgia, said in Lynchburg a few days
ago that Virginia would not be admit
ted this winter. At the dinner given
IN Washington on New Years's day to
the Richmond press, Forney s'express-
cd the opinion and made the predic-
tom that Virginia would soon be adj
mitted. Butler said, just before lsav-
Ing Washington, that he hoped his
christmas dinner would appease his
wrath, and that when he returned he
would report the bill for admission and
urge Its adoption, Much il said about
imposing the iron-clad os til on the menu
bers elect Of the Legislature, but the
weight of opinion Is that 1t will not be-
required Of them. Nothing is known
definitely.