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The Portland daily press., 1870-01-24

North American, Capt. Richardson, sailed
from this port for Liverpool yesterday morning
at one oclock with 13 cabin and q steerage
passengers and fair cargo. The Moravian is
due this week, The Nova Scotian will sail
next Saturday.
The Portland daily press., 1870-01-24
DOMINION OF CANADA.

THE POSITION OF THE ORGAN OF THE RED
RIVER INSURGENTS.
TORONTO, Jan. 22.-The Ne,e Nation, the
organ of the Red river insurgents, defines its
The Portland daily press., 1870-01-24
BRIEF JorT1NGs.-Tbe members oftbe nress

BRIEF FJoTTINGS.-The members Of the press
from other cities are beginning to assemble in
thus city 'h o'dcr to report at the Peabody Ger
emones. The New York Tribune, Boston
Journal and Post, are represented. Mr.. NJ. S.
Gibson, one ofthe proprietors of the U. >. no
tel, has been presented with an elegant gold
headed cane by the employees OF the mousse
One span of the horses which will draw the
Peabody funeral car weighs ZoOo pounds-
Hon. Robert G. Winthrop and Hon. John Fl.
Clifford will represent the trustees of the Pea
BODY Educational Fund at the Peabody cere-
monies in this city.-Lieut. Frank Barr, q. S.
r. s.. formerly attached to the Mahoning is
in towp.-Capt. Ben Willard, the pilot ap.
noipted for the Monarch, will sail to intercept
the Peabody fleet the middle of this week.
He will be the bearer of important dispatches
to the Captain of the Monarch and Mr.. Geo
Peabody Russell.-The Peabody fleet may be
looked for now any time from to-day until the
fifteenth of February.-Saturday was a splen-
did day, but at night the wind came up very
cold, threatening a snow-storm. But towards
midnight the wind shifted round to the South
and the weather moderated so that early Sum
day morning wo had rain At nooD, however,
it cleared off very bright and Earm,r1 Many Of
the officers of the monitors were pIbmenadng
the streets yesterday, and the uniforms made
us think of war times. General Hunt former
ly Chief of Artillery of the Army of the Poto-
mac, has been ordered here by the government
to co operate with Gen. Hill at the Peabody
ceremonies, and represent the War Depart
ment:-The members of the press visited the
iron-clads yesterday and were very courteous
1y received by the officers. We understand
that the steam launches will shortly convey
those of our citizens to and from the vessels
who may wish to visit them.-It commenced to
rain again last evening. The thermometer at
noon stood at 46o The Vesper service at the
First Parish church was omitted last evening
owing to the meeting of the Sunday School
Union at the First Parish church.-The clos
ing performances at the Theatre on Saturday
afternoon and evening were well attended and
seemed to give great satisfaction.
The Portland daily press., 1870-01-24

AN advertisement of interest to scotchmen
will be found in another column.
The Portland daily press., 1870-01-24
FOR CALIFORNIA

Any gentleman starting for California within two
weeks and would like company, will please address,
WILLIAM VERNON,
jau1S-lw* Portland, Maine.
The Portland daily press., 1870-01-24

Great Britain.
LONDON, Jan. 22.-John Rose has beel
knighted.
The Portland daily press., 1870-01-24

NroTICEis hereby given, that the s9SscsGno T'n Of
IN been duly appointed Executin .ns.sb. "
STEPHEN ORR, late of Cape Eza0sd "a bus
A.. conntr Of Cumberland, deceased: spq dSlsc.s rss
taken upon herself that trust as me estate Of Ssd
All persons having demands nIPsib nP%ibb the same and
deceased are rsaadTeo 10 ssd estate are called upon
to make payment to ,RIaAII. ORR, Executrix.
Cana Elizabeth Jan, 4th' isoo' Js'-oi""'"
The Portland daily press., 1870-01-24

NrOTIeE is hereby given, that the subscriber has
IN been duly appointed Executor of the Win Of
JOHN CURTIS. late of Portland,
in the county of Cumberland, deceased, and taken
upon himself that trust by giving bonds rs the law
directs. All persons having demands apop M -
tate OF said deceased, are required to exno.s -
same; and all persons indebted to SAID es'a's
called upon to make payment TO ,1-,v To
Executor.
por,ord Dec 81 1869. jan1Odlaw3w
The Portland daily press., 1870-01-24
Ice Cream,

I AIDES and Gentlemen desiring ice Cream can
IL have the same at any time, day or evening, by
waiting 20 minutes, at
MRS. ULMER,s,
ja22d3t ;S4H Con.re,..,
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17
The Split Note swindle.

An ingenious individual in Phila-
delphia has succeeded in accumulat-
ing large fortune by resorting to
this sharp practice. It appears, says
a New York paper, that the paper
on which the fve-dollar United
States Treasury notes, series &c" "
act of March 8, were printed, was mans
ufactured by running the pulp be-
tween two rollers from two fountains
on opposite sides of the rollers, which
formed the sheets. Hart, through
his cunning, or by accident, discover
ed that these notes were capable of be-
ing split--the faces from the backs
with comparatively little difficulty.
With two parts of one or more notes
he would appear before an intended
victim and inform him that he had
the facility of obtaining these inn
presstons from the original plates in
the Treasury Department, and that
hewOuld furnish as many as the party
might choose to contract for at fifty
cents on the dollar. The contract
having been agreed to, he would
then deliver package containing
ordinary advertising Sheets "n q
few of which he would paste the faces
of those notes he had split |; and be-
sides, he would put on TOD and at the
bottom few genuine notes, aud thus
he woHld palm them of on the un-
suspecting he succeeded in even
swindling professed sharpers of New
York and Philadelphia out of as
much as five thousand dollars each.
He has been intelligent enough to
operate so as to evade the law, and
hence he continues to ply his viii
laino1s vocation without let or him
drance, the Treasury detectives who
exposed him being powerless in the
nran1isPa
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17

Steam power in ships, as was
shrewdly predicted by Lord Stan
hope seventy years ago, has done
away with the old naval supremacy
of England and other agencies are
tending to level still more the pre-
tentions of the maritime powers.
An English correspondent tells US of
a new artiflce which will make the
strongest ironclads in the British
navy, or in any navy, as vulnerable
as the three-deckers of the Agamem-
non days. 1t is a torpedo something
in the shape Of sword fish, which,
being swiftly propelled under water,
with it's charge of nitro-glycerine or
dynamite, can shatter any. iron ship
it touches. The invention comes
from an Austrian, who In this way
would supply the naval deficiency
of his country. AS he has not nam
ed it, let him call it "Peacemaker +"
for certainly no prudent people
would think ofgoing to war against
such q terrible piece Of chemistry, by
sea or land.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17

SENATOR SUMNER SPEAKS A BoR-
RowED SPEECH.-An episode In SEN
atorial life has recently come to life
at the national capital. 1t Is said
that when President Lincoln's
Louisiana bill was before both hous-
es of Congress, Senators Summer and
Buckalew met in the lobby, and af-
ter comparing notes, discovered that
extremes had met, and that they
were alike opposed to the bill. Sum
ner insisted that Buckalew should
make a speech against it, but the
latter thought that .aspeech from a
Democrat would frame no influence,
and he In turn insisted that Summer
should speak, by all means. Summer
pleaded lack ofltime, but facetiously
to Buckalew. "Ifyou will
write the speech, I viii deliver II"
At 4 o'clock the next morning the
speech was finished, Buckalew hav-
ing labored all night. During the
day he quietly slipped the roll of
manifold into Summers hands. The
following morning Buckalew was
late in arriving at the capitol, and on
entering the Senate chamber, he
found Mr.. Summer occupying the
Senate with q speech against the ad-
mission OF Louisiana, which speech
soon recognized as the same
he had handed to Summer the day
before. Sumner, in the short inter
val, had committed the whole speech
to memory. Mr.. Hamlin, passing
seat at the time, remark
ed, 'tSumner is talking sense for once
in his life."-[Springleld, (Mass.)
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17

Dcmorest's Young America is GER
tainly the most beautiful and entertaining ju-
venile magazine now issued. The fne and ele-
CANT chrome pictures OF Audubon's birds of
America given In each number, are very at
tracive feature. The stories, poems, price
pictures, and numerous other novelties given
in YoHng America, render IL welcome visitor
in the family circle. Yearly 81 so, with
beautiful bound volume of Robinson Crusoe, in
one syllable, illustrated in colors, as o pre-
MUM 10 each subscriber. Address, W. Jea-
nings Demorest, sss Broadway, New York.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17
THE CRIMSON AND THE pLUE.

u IFrom the Harvard Advocated
Her brother was man of Yale,
A member of the crew; IL! M t U
And so she came the race to see,
Festooned with bows of blne, Z tr-,
When q horrid crimson Harvard boy
Stood just within her view,
40 -c.HE4stL ,l1t = = So 4ilS Sit-.lst
They started-and the crowd was wild,
She felt herself grow pale; y -! r.
% She as 5Rs S8y yslfie Yaisi TaleSiI
And the boats shot past, and no one knew
Which would at last PREVAIL Hi 80.
sfOh, which is leading nowP'' she cried,
Unmiudful of the showers
Which poured upon her gauzY robes,
And her little hats blue nowers:-
'T'm afraid that it is ours. %
1t was so very gracefully ,.tlt
And delicately said,
That beneath her eyes of true Iale blue,
Her cheeks flushed Harvard red;
AAnd5a1 her antIpathyi -
For the Harvard boy had ned. ~ 5f.
That evening her big brother said. 3gt.s q
-t.t 'tIt still has been of use, -
Ourcoming here, although / own ..t.5f
The Harvards COO ked our goosei
SineeI have met . Harvard friend q =
Whom must Introduce" .-,.. f-.---
And SO he did, Again the red sa
Rushed over her sweet face;
Again she thought that Harvard boy
Showed gent emanly grace;
And in spite OF her spoiled dress, declared
Worcester a charming place.
{. -.
Iknow two lovers; but their names
10 tell do refuse; g = "a ~ lbs
And q new engagement is announced,
But will not say whose - Er
But will simply offer. as n toast, t,er -s
''The Crlms0ns and the Bluesp' ti
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17

City governmentsi in America have
attained a degree of development for
which there was no model elsewhere,
and in the general competition and
enterprise they display they seem to
be extravagant in all their arrange
ments, whereas they are generally
managed with great forecast In
Europe the public works which ex-
cite our admiration, are the result
infinite toll and at a prodigious cost.
They are mostly the capitals of states
or nations, and were executed to
invest power with splendor. But
American ambition, energy, and
resources will not be satisfied with
out attempting to rival them.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17

SOME suggestive and rather anu
sing items of information may be
found in the report of the Secretary
of the Senate detailing the contin-
gent expenses of that august body
for the year ending Dec. 6, 1859. This
document tells just what newspapers
each Senator prefers to read at the
public expense and shows a lauda-
BILE painstaking on the part of them
all to be kept fully informed OF events
and opinions in the States which
they respectively represent. 1t is
hard to understand, however, that
Sen. Edmunds should find it needfdl
to the discharge of his duty to have
'.Our Young Folks" for one year, at
cost of 81; Senator Salisbury, "Dem-
orest's .Monthly,n at So; Sen. Har-
LAM the Ladies' Repository, ""Les-
lies Magaztne,n and "Leslie's Pic
total !" at 81 each andSenator Cole,
-"OIiver Optics Boys and Girls Mag
azine, y at $3.-e We find again So
charged at one time. and So at an
other, for snuff for the use of Sena-
tore Three packages ofscissors, in
down at SIS, and no end of two,
three, and four-bladed penknives, at
all sorts of prices. On the 18th of
February $40 was paid for hack hire,
a committee to inform
Gen. Grant of his election while the
next day only So was paid for con-
Veying another committee to Gen.
Grants residence. Pocketbooks and
card cases figure frequently in the
list of articles purchased, some of
them costing 81. so each. Four dozen
ladies' boxes are set down at $24,
but what use they were intended for
is not told nor is the name set down
of the happy recipient of one extra
morocco note case, with lock, at $2l.
On the 10th OF May, 1869, it appears
that somebody had a polished rose
wood desk, $23U, which was boxed up
at further cost of SS. The amount
of stationery of all sorts is incredible.
Without having gone into q thor
ough computation, one would say
that the honorable Senators must
have several hundreds of glass ink
stands, more than a thousand dozen
of penknives, and enough lead PEN
ellis to keep an ordinary famil y in
kindling wood an entire winter.
The entire account covers eighty
pages of fine print.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17

A Hudson, N. Y, paper holds out
an inducement to the young men of
that town to enlist in the temper
ance ranks, as follows: "The hand
soonest girl in the village belongs to
the Sons of Temperance. AS she in
tends to have a member of the Order
for a husband, and as she has not
made her choice, here is fine oppor-
tunity for all the young men in the
city to join this Order, and yet how
rather than the smiles of a lovely
Woman.U - ---..--.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17

Our commercial exchanges gener-
ally speak encouragingly of the pres
{ent prospective situation of the finan-
eEal world. It is stated as signifi-
cant fact that Notwithstanding the
general complaint of stringency in
monetary affairs, the list of suspen-
sions throughout the country during
the past four months is considerably
less than for the corresponding peri
cd of last year. This in itself should
certainly be regarded as sufficient
evidence of the solvency of the great
er portion of the mercantile world.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17

The decision of Commissioner De-
lano some time since, to the effect
that farmers are produce brokers, and
should be compelled to pay a special
tax as such, has caused great deal
Of dissatisfaction throughout the
country. In New York the farmers
had male arrangements to test the
question in court. These objections
were presented to the Commissioner
through the Assessor at Brooklyn,
N. "; hence the modification of the
original opinion.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17

Years ago in England, the estab-
llshed Church Of ireland and impris-
onment for debt weresuch pieces Of
the ssConstitution't that to talk OF
either of them as thing to be done
away with, would have been secuted
as simply nonsensical. Both are
now gone to the limbo of the Hep
tarchy and the Constitution OF ClaF-
endon. That 6 impfisonment |"
law had even stronger hold on the
inatlonaI feeling that the other, for
the people believed that incarcera-
ton was the great security for the
payment ofhonest debt, and perhaps
there may be some who still think
the rogues will now run riot in So
eiety. But this fear of change, which
has usually perplexed the people
much more than the monarchs, was
aIWays a weak one, and if progress
and civ ilization mean anything-and
they doapaean something-the human
moralities will be found to do as
much IS the jails-and probably
something more.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17

AMONGST the best of the recon-
uaendetions made to the Post Office
Department by the Postmasters and
Special Agents during their late
Convention at Washington, is the
Sne respecting "dead letters.v Their
uggestion is that the Dead Letter
Office shall locate in the Post Office
ofeach large city an agent or deputy,
who, under the specific regulations
Of the Department, "may open and
Properly dispose of such matter held
FER postage that may come into said
o1lce, registered letters excepted ~
Even under q perfect delivery sys-
TEN, the great delays, and often the
fgf eat losses, caused by the remaIling
Of all such letters to Washington,
ard again back to their writers,
would be q great nuisance. Often
when a speedy correction Of any mis-
take in the direction would be avail
able, the delay consequent on this
long Journey makes the letter effeet-
sually "dead,p even If it finally
reaches the writer. In some Eu-
ropean postal systems, the perslsten-
cy with which errors in addressing
letters are repaired-the person for
whom the letter is properly intend
I Id being tracked through a hundred
btreets, If necessary, and through a
hundred cities eyen,-does much to
|aiinninish the number of dead letters.
Here. however, the number is enor-
4 kaous; and any project to facilitate
their restoration TO the writer at the
oarlfest moment Is q move In the
right direction.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17

The proprietors of the Mercantile
agency print list of failures in the
different States during 1869, together
with a comparison with 1868. In
the cities of New York and Brooklyn
there was one more failure in 1868
than last year, while the amount of
liabilities was $31, ,654, 900 in 1868,
against only $2l $40. 900 for 1869.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17

A report of the trichinfan disease
comes from Illinois, where NUM-
Der offatal cases have occurred. This
disease has got terrible character,
partly from the Latin shape of the
name. and. no doubt, q good deal
from the Nature of the maggots: but
it Is, after all, thing that need not
be so dreadful: The best cure of it
is caloric--a good boiling of the pig
meat, to begin with. The disease is
an aggravated form of the n1edstes,
to which pork was always subject,
and, in alf cases, those affected have
been eating the meat raw in the shape
of sausage or smoked bacon. Beef
and other meats may probably be
safely eaten in that condition but
your pig is an animal that should al
ways "pass through fire" in some
way before people use it as an. ali
menu. .-s.te-s asEf
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17

The Common Council of Grand
Rapids, Michigan, having prohibit
ed the boys from coasting on the side
walks, the Juveniles sent petition
TO the city fathers after the following
effect: "The undersigned boys Of to-
day, but voters Of n few years hen ce
respectfully request your honorable
body to enforce the ordinance requir-
ing our fathers to keep the sidewalks
free from snow. II we may not slide
upon the side walks we would like
them kept 30 thatwe can walk upon
thOm."
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17

Last year the total receipts of the
New York Sun establishments aggre-
gated $47O, 900, and the expenses were
about $26O,0OO This leaves $40, 900
to be divided among about twenty
proprietors) Capital invested about
S600 0O0 -rtS -l
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17

A Mobile paper says: There are
thirty-two thousand drummers from
the North soliciting custom from the
cotton States. Each spends, on an
average, $l6 per day. They stay, on
an average, ninoty days on a trip ;
If the above estimate is correct, there
IL the snug sum of $46, ,0s0, 600.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17

In numbers there Ia safety. IT wna
upon thls principle that the formula Of JuD-
soE's MOUNTAIN Hmm PrLLa was prepared.
Dr. Judson, intending 70 spend fortune
IN advertising his pills, submitted hla ~
cipe 70 the revision OF the most fnfelIlrenI
and learned phyaicians of the ngo, and
the result is simple bul most 81
ncaclone medlcino-ihe Judaonsh MounInIn
All distractions, cleanne the akin OF an PIN
ples and biotches, and are perfectly sure rII
tain Herb PILE cure Billionsnc1r. Fr..I ~ IN.
reGularltieB, Headecho. and u1rI u lIc d|1~
eeeee arising from lupurt blood I'D dEranIt
ca diTe1llou- N4n INN IIuNon,n MnUuIan
Herb Pills. 4r1 |II1 YOU haVo proT1I lno|I
vlrl44 rNNn.M1u1 them % your fEI1nNI. I04I
1Io Ur. I1In1~coalod and plain. For |0|1 ~
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17

Several Senators, in presenting
petitions for anaabolition of, the
ranking privilege, took occasion
to criticise severely the Postmaster
General for stating that the franking
privilege cost S5, ,00o, 900. 80 -
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17
Appleton's journal has. won for

Appleton's Journal has won for
itself an enviAble place In our periodical liter
ature, though less than q year has elapsed
since its first appearance. The number for
January &c IL profuselT illustrated, and in the
variety OF subjects discussed Ii calculated TO
suit almost any taste. Among the illustrations
II q portrait OF John Stuart Mil, accompanied
with sssteh of his lifs. by George n. TOwle.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17
The Galaxy for February is bright

Inc 6alaAy IOt reDrudTy As oEAShI
as ever. Charles Reade's serial story, "Put
Yourself In His Place" !" is continued, as Is also
Anthony Trollope's "An Editors Tales"
Justin Mccarthy writes dispassionately of
Brigham Young and the Mormons, and frank
ly states that to his eyes Great Salt Lake City
is anything but the earthly paradise that 1t is
often said to be. A brightllttle story Is ''Pol-
ly Mariner, Tailoress," and full of practical
and timely suggestions is DIR. John q. Dra-
per's paper on 'rventilation and warming-r
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17
The EclectIc Magazine for Februa

The Eclectic Magazine Tor Februa-
ry contains q tolerable portrait of the late Jas.
T. Brady, accompanied by brief sketch of
his life and judicious estimate OF his ability.
In addition, it contains seventeen articles Sc
lected with discrimination from British peri
odicala
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17
THE Phiiadelphia Gazette, In re-

THE Philadelphia Gazette, In re-
view of the annual statistics of the
SOm@ires ienm hss SnpnIied 81 Ii very s valuable
means of trade with foreign ports,
and of this we ship great deal, our
receipts for the year being about
equal to those of the preceding year,
or ], ,O50, 900 barrels. This is chiefly
refined oil from the western refine
ries, the demand for which abroad
continues good.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17
JOB PRINTING
-ADvHRTIS "A RS

IN all Its branches, neatly and promptly exc
outed at this oface on reasonable terms.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-09-10

In the completion of good wagon road from San Diego to Fort Yuma the people of San Diego. who conceived and executed the work, have established monument which speaks well for their spirit of enterprise and love of progress. This road is nov in successesfa operation and freight is being forwarded through to Yuma, by the firm of Messrs. PsuIy 6 Sons, st from # to 5 cents. The Union says
 The work has been accomplished; the re- sul's are becoming apparent, and those who stood aioof from the enterprise, or damned .l'h faint praise the earlJ movements in it's fsror now ob.rude themselves upon the no- ties of tle community, end take pride" for- sooth, in it's completion. These are of the I slwsys toli you so' style of msn, who strive 10 reap whers thay have not sovn. But the road hss been built in spite of them, and il will stand as monument % the public spirit and farsightedness Of g handful 3f energetic c;ti. gems vho knew no sucd word as fail