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The Portland daily press., 1870-08-02
THE CHASSEPOT


1. The mechanism of the gun is such as to
necessitate the straining of the spiral spring
previous to the opening of the chamber.
Therefore, the loading of the gun takes place
and all the movements of the cylinder have to
be executed with strained spring, and the
slightest touch on the trigger is sure to cause
the projecting of the needle into the percus-
sion wafer, thus exploding the gun and en-
dangering the lives of those around. Admit
ting the Chassepot to be a weapon the eff
cheney of which it would be Imprudent to
question or to sneer at, we cannot be blind to
the fact that in the hands of nervous and
excited French soldier 1t may eventually
prove almost as dangerous to his own COM
rades and superiors as to the enemy.
2. The internal obturatlon produces
"crachement" and interferes with the proper
loading OF the gun through accumulation of
dirt from powder residue and gas. This takes
pace as soon as the india-rubber knob at the
head of the cylinder loses its elasticity and is
not replaced in due time.
3. The closing mechanism is not as easily
taken apart as is the case with the Prussian
weapon. The closing cylinder moves up end
down in its encasement on a little screw,
which is easily broken by any imprudeut or
too forcible pull, when tie gun is rendered
unfit for use.
A. The cartridge is of difficult construc-
tion, and is not sufficiently protected against
spelling when on the road for any length of
time. The projectile does not always get tree
from its paper cover in due time, in all which
cases the bail drops short OF its destination.
5. The Chassepot is too light, and It's con-
struction is not sufficiently solid for weapon
OF thrust. In close encounter its inferior
ity will no doubt soon become apparent.
The PruSsian needle-gun docs not shoot
better nor further than any other breech-
loader, but its material advantages over all
those invented in France, Belgium, England,
| and elsewhere, cannot be denied. 1t is en-
tirely erroneous to suppose that it was not
/ introduced into the armies of other European
| powers on account of its real or alleged short
comines or detects. France especially was
actuated in its decision in the premises by
petty jealousies only. They did not want il
because they did not want it; they were un-
willing to admit its superiority because some.
body else had possessed it before them whom
they couldn't think of ever initiating. Sucl
| is human nature.
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Wanted.

A Young Man II to 20 years old in wholesale
"A store in this city, to learn the business, Ad-
dress p Q. Box 2O9s, giving name and residence.
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TO LET.
To Let.

To Let.
THE house lately occupied by Dr. LeProhon, No,
i Z South Street; said house having been
thoroughly repaired is suitable for gentee boarding
house or private family. Apply to A. X. ShURT-
LEFF. 1-2 Union wharf. jy30
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Wanted,

WanCeO.
TWO young Lady Saleswomen at Cogia Haesan's.
auptdtt
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TO l. E T..

nFFICES IN FLUENT BLOCK,
Either Single or IN Salts.
These offices are the most desirable in the city
being pleasantly situated and heated by steam.
Also. Desk room and desks furnished it desired.
mar9dtf
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1eDem entS to Let.
A T from 81 TO $l2 per month, in Portland and
a Cape Elizabeth. Enquire OF N. NJ. Woodman,
2S Oak Street, and j. G.. WOODMAN,
janSdtt 1i45 Exchange St.
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HOTELS.
. OCEAN HOUSE.

21s8 This popular summer resort will be
l1.A Aopened for transient and permanent COM
rany on Saturday, May %, 1870.
mv27,}H
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Children'S Carriages.

IN obedience to the wishes of MANY ot our ono.
toners and friends, We have just added to our
elegant stock Of the largest and best secc-
from the best manuiactoiies in the conntrv EoI,
faie at the Lowest Factory Prices, Warrant-
ea nrsG class In every respect and ranging in price
Aoh Acn TO Forty Dollars. Call and examine
@. p. KlMBALL & I.ARKUN
March IL dit
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5000 REWARD ,

I OST, on the n ight of t,e a,b
IL er House. estbrook and lie ween the Brew
one ,irss nea Bu ROBE Red Six shg pm.y city
,9 III, hs sd w.n r hammer CLOTH The above ral
the kayshaps office. '"sn peing lett at
Portland, March
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Items Q.
-"Brick" Pomeroy is talked of as Morris.

-"Brick" Pomeroy is talked of as Morris
sey's fit successor in Congress.
The Bishops address to the Methodist
Conference in Memphis reports a favorable
condition of the Church South. The religious
improvement Of the colored peop.e is eneour-
aging. Candidates for the ministry are not
abundant.
Surveys have been begun ior new rail-
read from Philadelphia to Newark, Ne ''
Nav Ann McMahon, New York school
,e,cber. was fatally injured by falling down
stairs Thursday.
More families moved from Brooklyn to
New York than from New York to Brooklyn,
last moving day.
The Red Stockings OF Cincinnati defeat
ed the Green Stockings Of Memphis, 100 to 2,
in six innings.
Gen. F. A. Walker has decided that wo-
men are not eligible for appointment to the
office of assistant-marshal for taking the GEN.
sus.
-Ex-Police Superintendent Kennedy of
New York is now Superintendent of street
ailway.
The U. S. Pharmaceutical Association in
session at Washington has admitted a dele
gate from the Philadelphia Woman's Medical
College. This is the first instance of the kind
in the history of medical societies in thi,
country. The Association is occupied in fix
ing, the standard Of all medical preparations
for the ensuing decade.
The American Medical Association has
adopted the nomenclature of diseases prepar-
ed last year by the Royal College oil fnysi-
clans. Resolutions recommending tne es'ao-
lshment of veterinary schools in the several
States, and chairs of psychology IN medical
institutions for the treatment of mental dis
eases were adopted. The Association refused
10 admit delegates from the District OF Co.
bmbia medical societies, because they admit
colored members.
The Portland daily press., 1870-05-07


Read the following experiments by DR.. Clark:
Experiment. made by DIR. ELIPHALET CLARK
OF PORTLAND, Maine, with special fertilizers, during
the season OF 1869, viz: Crcasdale's Superphos-
pilates, furnished by s. H. Robbins, ESQ.,, Agent:
Cumberland Super Phosphaes, furnished by Mr
Morris, Agent; Lobster Chum, furnished by Ed
ward Pierce. Esq; Bone meal and wood ashes, pre-
pared according to directions given by DIR. Nichols
journal o. Chemistry; Porgy Chum the two last
furnished by DR.. Clark. These articles were given
by the above named agents and owners for the pur-
pose OF testing the comparative value different
soils and several crops. The fertilizers were applied
broad cast. to grass land, on the goth April each
hve pounds per square rod on IA or an acre. The
soil IS good sandy l0am the westerly end of the land
used some fifteen feet higher than the easterly end
The grass was badly winter killed the previous year
and the crops were not more than one-haIf ton Der
was as tollows:- WV ''''N
Gsvvassuaie,s, Increase. .........50 per cent.
Uuustea .tm, Cn9m, ...........75 per cent.
Bone Meal and Ashes increase. 80. So per cent,
Porgy Chum, .,.... 80 her cent
experiments peru on potatoes planted on deep black
BUSHELS "OronO" ninety-ive hills, Croasdale
~ BusheIs "OronO' 95 hills, Losbter Chum
.! Busheis "Or0no' 95 hills Cumb rland
4t BUSHELS "Oron)" 95 hills, Bone meal and ashes
Good on all crops, but especially on potatoes
and grass. my2d&wim
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REMOVAL.
Ind Ware HOMse to Let
FJNHE subscribers have remover their place Of
Il business to the store formerly occupied by Z, E.
Upham & Son, Commercial street, head OF Richard
sons Wharf, where may be found a complete assort-
ment OF the best brands Of Family Flour, at prices
which cannot tail TO attract customers.
To LET, the Warehouse and Elevator on Central
Wharf, occupied by them as grain store.
je24eOdtf CPHAM & ADAMS.
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The Portland Daily FresS
Is published every day (sundays excepted t'y
'A Portland Publishing Co.,
At 10e EXCHANGE STREET, Portland.
TrnMs:-Eight Dollars Year in advance.
The Maine State Press

Is published every THURSDAY MORNING At
$3.50 o year; if paid in advance, at $500 a
year.
RATES OF FADvERTIsNG.-One inch ofspace.
in length OF column, constitutes square"
$1.5O per square daily first week. rs cents
per week after; three insertions, or less, ST. Co;
continuing every other day after first week, DO
cents. +
Half square, three insertions or less. rs cents:
one week. $1.00; 50 cents per week after
SPECIAL NOTICES, one third additional.
Under head Of "AMUsEMENTs,' $500 per
square per week; three insertions or less $1.50
Advertisements inserted in the MAINE
STATE PRESS" (Which has large circulation
in every part oi the State) for S1.00 per square
for first insertion. and 80 cents per square for
each subsequent insertion.
Address all communicat tons to
PORTLAND PUBLISHING co.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-04-07
My Custom department

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Price Reduced!!

The South. Western Printing ard Publishing Asso-
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or In clubs with the
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Important TO Farmers /!
NORWAY OATS
Pure and Genuine.
CHAS. n. THOMAS


Int assures his tdrr,e- fricadsh@ aoio.
epy else claims 10 sell them the Genuine
Nmvay oats is pyact'csag an imposition
N Aem
/ masystapd that number Of parties
are ss'la9 he White Potato as the Nor.
war Aay one ,alt see the difference 5y
eftm,ag the t,eo 4tphs, THE PURE
RANSDELL OATSARE BLACK-
and hare a thin, s?B d@l are ,el,slel
and easily dgeaed By iorSes-,olilc The
B0GUS rs WHITE, has a course,
aanj lHl, and horses 10 not like them as
,-B as the common outs, end % not
thrive ac}en fed upon them.
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TEsgl DIFF slssHlyCE

bst,oeea the genuine and bogus is too qreat
to decetoe any one Oho takes precaution to
Examine or make inquiries, No pa'tl
en- aBord to sell the Genuine RamsdeH
O,as for less than the prqces ,odicb / ask.
The ,ch,te oats ,otll grow raa5 and
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dell Nonoay ,oU sfoad erect, end pro.
dacs a crop Of IS bushels per acre.
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Who wants cheap
Dry Goods! Every
body. Where can
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Gundry ~ Gray's.
Extra inducements
offered! The Largest
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Lowest prices. Ev-
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as represented, One
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lots of New Goods
received w ec k ly !
Great Bargains IN
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Cloak inss, Cloths,
CaSSimcres, Blank
cts, E'IannelS, Jeans,
Prints, Dclaines,
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Call and be con-
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save money by max
ing your purchases of
us.
GUNDRY 4 GRAY.
Mineral Point. Wis A.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-04-07

A TORONTO, Canada, dispatch says
sstorease has been engaged there for
large quantities of pork and flour, for
Sritish troops in the Northwest Terrific,
ry This goes to confirm the statement
OF London paper that the British Gov
eminent IS organizing a military expedi-
ton Tor the Red RIVER Settlement to
suppress the rebellion there against the
authority of the Canadian Dominion.
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Mineral Point. Wis.
Notice 10 Teachers and District
Clerks.

NOTICE IL hereby given that the County supcrls-
' tendent Of Schools for Iowa County will hold
public examinations for licensing teachers rs fol
lows:
Al Ayoea, Monday and Tuesday, April dth and
9TH, 1870
At Highland, Wednesday and Thursday, April
tih and IN
At Linden, Friday and Saturday, Arr!l Sth sd
9th
At Mineral Point, Monday and Tuesday, Apri
nth and 10Th.
At Dodgevills, Wednesday and Thursday, April
18Th and iith.
Al RidgewAy, District No. 2, Friday and Saturday,
April 18th and 10th.
At Arena Monday and Tuesday April 18th and
10th.
At Jone.dale, Wednesday and Thursday, April
goth snd 2lst
The examinations will commence Mt 10 o'clock A .
N on the frst day In each place Applicants should
bring pen, Ink and ioolscnp paper.
SAMUEL PARKS,
County Superintendent.
Avoca March LIST, 1870. load
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A CHANCE TO MAKE
3 $4,000

A NY person or persons that will bring me Sewing
"A Machine that Wlh -, he celebrated Singer
SEWN u Machine or l Knitt r hat Is equal TO In
proved Lamb knitting Mach ne, can have an oppor-
unity Of clesrng five hundred dollars for his trouble
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The base ban foolery il a0oio ra .

" s
The base ball foolery is again rag
ing all over the country, and the papers
are crowded with columns of small type
about the Red Stockings SC, Ave are
thankful that SO far, our county has been
exempt this year II is dangerous
game, and the exercise is entirely too
severe to be healthy.
--Whittemore, Of South Carolina,
who last spring resigned his place in
Congress to keep from being expelled,
on account Of selling cadetships has
been reelected, and warts to get
into Congress again. Gen. Logan met
at the commencemtntvf his appIica-
ton, aud the maitto has been postpon- :
ed for the prasens, We hope there is
virtue ep ough:in congress to keep this
penitcntiary bird out. .21
-.I'he shoe makers OF Massachusetts
have an organization by which they
keep wages high, aud thus keep up the
price of shoes Some of the manu-
faeturers have sent to California and
got a lot of Chinese, who are now learn
ing the trade. This has caused quite
cOmmotion among the leaguers.
Attorney Gen. Hoar has resigned,
and the President has sent to the SEN
ate the name of Amos T.. Aekerman as
his successor Alderman is from North
Carolina, and was volunteer in the
rebel army for eighteen months. This
causes quite an opposition to his con-
frmation.
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or other personal property to be applied
to the general or special uses of the
College, and provide for the investment
Of the money which may be secured in
aid oflhe purpose, ofthc institution.
The Legislature also authorized, by
an actpassed April is, 1870, the several
counties of the State to raise money by
taxation to secure the location of the
College. The Legislature has not, as
yet, appropriated any money to aid the
establishment and maintenance of the
Institution, but it is expected that it
will do so hereafter. For the present,
however, the Trustees can look for the
means oferecting buildings aud prOcus
ring the requisitei land only to the dons-
tions of individuals aud communities.
The Board of Trustees is required to
permanently locate the College upon
lands not less than one hundred acres,
but is ofthe opinion that in order to at
tain the best results not less than three
hundred acres should be secured.
The minimum sum named by the act
of Assembly TO be secured for tide locs-
ton Of the colleges is one hundred thou
sand dollars; but the Board is of the
opinion that a much larger sum is de-
sirabe.
The committee will receive proposals
for donations in land and money to Sc
cure the location of the college until
September first next Between that
time and October 18th, when the locs-
ton is to be decided upon, the Board
will examine the locations Offering do
nations, and take into consideration all
the facts bearing upon each case, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the act
of the State Legislature
In view Of the foregoing facts it is ev-
ident that without the liberal CO. opera
tion of the people Of the State, the in
tentions of Congress and Of the Legis-
lature cannot be realized; for this CO.
operation the Board OF Trustees relies
with confidence upon the public spirit
of the people Of Ohio upon their fidel-
ity to the great duty of Education, and
upon their full appreciation of the sig
nal opportunity now within their reach
of more adequately fulfilling this duty
All communications on this subject
may be addressed to Valentine B. Hor-
ton, Chairman Pomeroy, Ohio, or to
any of the undersigned.
" B. Horror, Chairman.
J. Sullivant, Columbus, o., N. 8.
Townsend, Elyria o., VIM, B. Nc
Clung, Troy, O., Thos. G. Jones, Del
aware, o.. Executive Committee.
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In July 1869 the Congress of the
United Statea passed an act, donating
lands to the several States and Terrific
ries which should provide Colleges for
the benefit of agriculture aud mechanic
arts. The act Of Congress prescribes
that the leading object shall be, with
out excluding other scientific and class
ical studies and including military tao
tics, to each such branches of learning
as are related to agriculture and theme
chanio arts, in such manner as the Leg.
islature may prescribe, in order to pro-
mote the liberal and practical education
of the industrial classes in the several
pursuits and professions of life"
The Act further sets forth the condi-
tions on which the graft is made
among which are the following to-wil;
That if any portion of the fund invested
be diminished or lost, it shall be repla-
ced by the States: That no portion of the
fund or the interest shall be applied di-
rectly or indirectly to the purchase,
erection preservation or repair Of any
building or buildings and it is further
provided that a sum not exceeding ten
per cent. of the amount may be extend
ed for the purchase of lands for sites,
or experimental farms when authorized
by the State Legislature. sts
The State Of Ohio by Legislative Act
accepted the trust created by the act of
Congress referred to, and has in possess
sion fund amounting, with the inter-
est aceruing up to the present time, to
about four hundred aud twenty thous-
aud dollars. as
At the last sescion ofth Legislature
an act was passed to establish and main
tain an Agricultural aud Mechanical
College in Ohio. A Board of Trustees
to carry into effect the intention of the
Legislature in discharge Of the trust as
sumed by the State has been appointed
aud organized, aud it has been the dU-
ty Of the undersigned, the Executive
Committee OF the Board Of Trustees, to
call the attention OF the people of the
State to the enterprise thus begun and
to ask their liberal cooperation in ac-
cOmplisDhig its important purposes,
The Legislature, in the act establish
ing the College, confers upon the Board
of Trustees the power to receive and
bold in trust for the use and benefit of
the College, any devise or grant of land,
and any donation or bequest Of money
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COurting the Negro.

| OVuA SAAS VMO NOSAVs
The Herald of last week had some.
thing to say about Mr.. Stewart, of Mil
ton township, being a candidate for Re-
corder, and it wants to know how we
would like to support anegro for Office,
Once for all, we would thousand times
rather support a loyal negro for office
than SAeaking copperhead, who did
all his cowardly nature would permit
him to do during the war, to aid Dem
ocratic treason. We thought the Her
aid folks already understood our posi-
ton upon that point. es- 'a.s .,'' o. ~
Mr.. Stewart tells US that Democrats
have approached him, and urged him
to come out for Office, promising to sup
port him. and Mr.. Stewards brother in
formed us on Saturday morning, that
Democrats are urging his father, James
7 ". Stewart, 10 be candidate for Com'r
next year. He gave us the names Of
two prominent Democrats in Jackson
who had just told him that they would
Just as soon vote for colored man as a
white man. .t-.
These copperhead politicians are very
green. The negroes have ten times
more sense than they have. Colored
men, although long suffering and for
giving, will never forget who have been
their friends, and who have been their
enemies. They manifest more genuine
sound judgment than many white men,
by keeping out of disputes with their
late traducers. They will respectfully
hearthe appeals made to them, and then
will quietly vote for those who lifted
them up and made them men and citi-
zens.
Let no colored man think for one mo-
ment that that vile party, the Dcmoc-
racy, will ever offer them, much less
give them, Office. The scheme is a dir-
ferent one, Suppose they could get
Mr.. Stewart or bis father to come out
for office Should they fail ofa nomi-
nation before Republican convention,
then the Democracy would say that the
Republicans only wanted their votes,
and never intended that they should
hold office. Colored men are sharp
enough to see clear through such
schemes, ,s.al US sa
We advise colored men to treat the
politicians with respect, and thus secure
themselves from abuse at the hands of
Democratic mobs of ruffians. There
are a few drunken, worthless negroes,
who, for drink of whisky, will vote
the Democratic ticket. Let them do
SO. Do not try to prevent them, In
hopes of getting the votes of more Of
your race, the Democracy will treat
you with some degree of decency. Go
on and educate your people, and nine
teen in every twenty will vote right.