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The Portland daily press., 1870-02-19

AIe taet that our commerce is rapidly disap-
pearlng from the ocean has been mathemaii
SSsny Sem ~ The causes winch have
considerable Certainty, but the remedy for the
evil, the means best calculated to restore it. are
more difficult 10 discover and apply.
The committee, in endeavoring to find the
best method of remedyipg the evil. have con.
sidered the following proposed plans of ,e@;s.
larion In relation thereto: o"
1st-The readmIssion of the vessels which
sought the protection of a foreign flag during
the war to American registry.
2l-The modification of oar navigation laws
so as to admit fol- eigL-built vessels TO American
registry either free of duty OF ON yment of a
moderate duty on the tonnage OF such vessels
5i-The allowance of drawback on import
60 material which is used in the construc'i lion
VI vessels, or an equivalent to the drawback
"nere American materials Is used.
Hu-Permieson to withdraw from bond
ioreisn ports. W
ON -E4emntions of tonnage from all taxes
o' e,,. 'n r, oy the Federal Government. And
otu -1ne grating of such Government all
by way OF postage on mails and br snas5 ada
WIN ensore the establishment of lines of
Tnelioan osean steamers to the principal for
s,gn ports OF the world, thereby epabling onr
eitizeps TO participate in the nrof;Is nf H.
srahe created by such lines ''' VI 'A'
= Your committee are of opinion that r. allan
SS onas to avail themselves of all the adyan-
neacs conferred By our Government durine
Surine uo escape all the risks of supporting it
times under ~ ~ placing their property at such
ernment, would 'bbo e of foreign Gov
establish: Most of the nngous precedent to
nation that, under the need S0; under flag of a
was making war upon our ' eoo OF neutrality,
wtb ct hess OF They for the
fhs advantages resulting from sncb cealned all
20 readm them now to the same pryileaeats,on;
corded 10 vessels which adhered to the se a ae,
1ossuoes OF the country through all the peri na
the war, would be to encourage desertion j.; IN
times when the country most needed tba aid
OF its citz.ns. -0 "'u
Inc argument in favor of the policy of adj
s5nltting foreign built vessels to American reg.
-sry Is based upon the assumption that the
ser - winch has taken place in ,he charac.
., ys ~ 9 rommerc'al vessels from wood to iron
'''' 'roia san to steam vessels has given to for
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Dime Novels.

\ certain minister OF the Meihodi i
church has son, who returned from
school "A lew month, since with report
Of scholarship below The average
well" said his father. you've fall
en- behind this month. have YOU.
"Ye-. .ir.
''IIow did that happen:''
Don't know. -ir.
The father knew. il the son did not
He had observed number OF dime
novels scattered about the house: but
had not thought it worth while to say
anything until a fitting opportunity
should offer Itself. 4 basket of apulr> :
stood upon the floor. and he said ;
Empty out those apples, and take the
basket and bring i. To me half full OF
chips
>uSpccting nothing, the son obeyed.
And now hccJutinued. ..put tho 80
apple, back iuto the basket
When half ;hc apple, were replaced.
the son said:
Father, they roll of can't put in
any more"
"Pu,'ein in, tell YOU"
But, father, can't put them in.'
Put them in: No, OF course YOU
can't put them III. Do YOU expect to
fill a basket half full of chips. and thet.
fill it up with apples: You said YOU
didn't know WHY YOU fell behind at
school and will tell YOU. Ionr mind
is like that basker. Ii will not hold
more than 50 much. And here You've
been. the past month, filing it up with
CHIP pIRT-dime norels.''
The boy turned on his heel whistlcd
and said, ''Whew. | see the point
Not "A dime novel has been seen in the
house from that day to this.
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la he great storm OF Tuesday 18th,
Mrs. Nathaniel Moody. who lives on
the westerly side ot Tavior Pond III Au-
burn. started from this city to 60 home,
in IA ping with horse attached She
had in hci arms chilu two wears OF
age. She drove on till she reached the
pond. taking snort cut homeward
across the pond on The ice. She had
NOT got far on the pond before She dis
covered >hc had lost the track She
drove around IT, a circle for an hour or
more and at last came to the conclusion
il was no use. and held II council OF war.
within herself.
She was very cold, it vas dark. the
snow was falling IN great flakes and
blowing hard i'll I!rr face. and what to
do: was the question She was not
long Ill reaching II conclusion. Wrap
ping the child up in two buffalo robes
which She fortunately had, She unhar-
nc> sed the horse and turned him loose.
She then tipped the pun@ up and made
ii tenn porary shelter beneath il. and
wrapping the draperN of her couch about
hrr. she laid down Tor the night. She
| made "A pillow ot her arm ior the little
child. and with one robe beneath them
dfiil one uDpht lDti1. aiit inc sheets pi
snow over aud under all. they entered
one, long. cold and ti,,olalc winter
night. The snow drifted against the
pun@. which with shrcwdmcss She had
20 put H. to shield her from the wind
and thus the very tempe>t's drifts only
made her shelter warmer.
As may we'll be supposed her sleep
was NOT unbroken with dreams. for il
was a wild night. but Mrs Moody show
ed hersel! u heroine with heroine's self
possession Al x clock The next morn
ing she found herself safe and the babe
sleeping "a ~weetly on feathers Of snow
as on feathers oi geese. A part OF her
arm had become exposed beyond where
The child face rested. and had frozen
otherwise she was warm. About the
time she awoke the horse she had turn
ed loose appeared at The farm hou.c
across The Pond l@ighiny He told the
-tort. s'id Was al once brought into
rcqul-lloIi. and Mrs. MOODY and the
child promptlf rescued. Ii Mrs. Moody
i> not heroic. shrewd and smart, We
never saw ,iiese qualities illustrated.
/ We ouis advise her mex! time when She
| sets s.,il III Il sea of SHOW, 10 take her
| compass and chart along with her and
weeks rations. for contingencies.
Lew iston Jonrnal.
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Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall.

'.Into each life p aye. even so.
Cloud- must gather. or swift. or slow,
And the bue~t sky mSy bc dsr tened soon
By the tbun der clouds crossing the burning
noon.
But. blessings on the tin
Freshness aud be>uy come in Its train
And though the drops fall.
Glory aud sunshine do follow them all.
The clouds that have no rain
Most duh and gray. with no promise Of cheer,
Silence and gloom in their train;
And the wind. moan weariiy
4 wall Il hath caught from y rcstinss sea
ON whose breast n storm sits broSilnx
And through all ones brain
Goc- n sense Of pain,
A sasl,Ie.t ipte r,iusiiug
A. IN harmony with the mournful strain
That j. sim ing in The breese-
That j. moaning in the leaficss trees
As requiem Ger all
The fading life whcreon no rain doth iall.
What life but hath ii> tears. So sweeter made.
What were the sunshine but for shade
weary monotone that will not take.
We mourn DER changes but they are
A. glory OF the sun. or star.
Through cloud, day or night clear breaking.
shining tar OF. II NAV tr. but--stil shining.
A. Ia rrbuke most sweet of our rcpining
b.hnsl the Fiiicd clouds are taking
~ hlr -i'nt nighi. aud with th-fn 20 our fears.
>IiI"- ~, the -Un the brighter ior the rain (,
!. npi ihc -rl-- moe green more golden hued
titc Grair
Anl "a ." -itlil 'iar- to .av that through our
iN~-
lArrr p.aaeth not the .amS analogy:
fuT uatu zach and al Of "a. arrives
. ~ same odd change Of sunshine and of cloud
FROM e. cTsiir-honr.. unto snowy shroud
-lI.ongfrllow.
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Lord Stanley truly Ssys:-what man can
write Out clearly. correctly, and brithy with
ont book or reference Of any kind, thst he un.
dOubtediy knows. whstever else he may be
ignorant of For knowledge that falls short Of
ihst-knowledse that il vague. hsxy. indistinct
uDcertain-ffor one preie.. no respect 1t all.
country where the influences Of training were
in that respect more needed. Men live in haste.
write " haste WAS going 70 ny think in
haste, only that perhaps the word ,hinking Is
hardly applicable to thst large number who,
for ihc most part, purchase their daily allow
anee q thoaghs nAds.
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HAS THE DEBT BEEN DIMINISHED

The State of New Hampshire elects her
Governor and Legislature on the second
Tuesday in March and the Sham Democ-
racy of that State are rs intent on discredit-
Ing the reduction of the National Debt as
they were six years ago on distrustine re-
ports of Union victories. In view of these
efforts, the Hon. A. IL. Cragin recently ad-
dressed a Letter Of inquiry to the Secretary
of the Treasury, who responded as fol-
lows
treasury DEPARTMENT, Feb, :, 1870.
SIR: reply ariefly 10 Your letter Of the 4rh
inNi. IN reference TO the amount of public debt
on the l,t Of March, lct9 compared with the
amount on the l,t OF Februay 1870
TIE net amount ot The public debt on the lst
OF Marcel, ls'9. including interest accured and
not paid. and excluding Pacific Railroad bond
wa 30 ,525 ,i63 ,260 oil. The principal Of the
bonds then issued 10 the Pacific Railroad com
pai"s w'n $50 a37 900. or m aggregate Liability
AMI inlebtedAe-> OF S3J.9. 400. 30 0l
On the 1T ni February. 1870 the net amount
of the debt, excluding bonds issued to the Pc
rihc kilsrnai Companies. and including inter
est accrued and not paid wa> - Al Sl3 2S- 81
The bonds Issued t. the Pacific ra iIroAd Com
plnic- Al the latter date amounted 10 s,I t51
30 or an aggregate liability and indebt e,iu-s
OF s., J3.2,p ,tAS ".
u thus appears that the liability OF The
nttc,I >ta'r- on account ot ih" acii,, /. iIo;d,
ht been increased during tie eleven months
un'!rr Irt~ DI Congress prev ioI> passed 10
th' amount oi $40 80 320.
buiin2 The stiie period of eleven months, ,
The direct debt diane United States ha, been
diminished $50 $40 81 .O09, and II h. increased
iabhit> Of The United Stale, on account Of tbe
fscihc Railroads be- added. here -til r,m:rii,,
an actual diininuion Of ths total public debt
OF the / nllcd >iatca, direct and con tingeut .
DURING These eleven months, Oi so ,i29 ,Gjl 900
These statements are BASED upon the booA.
oil tIr Treasury Department, and cannot In any
way ot lmpeached, Very respectfully, your
ubedIcnt servant,
Gko!sGE ;. BoUswELI., Secretary
The lion. \. II. tRSGIS. United State, senate
Wa>iiu2tuu -. G.
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Miscellaneous.
Written for the Ellsworth American.
the VILLAGE BY the MILL,
A Temperance Tale Of Eastern Maine.

Here follows discussion of the rela-
tive dement's. or evils arising from the
using Of intoxicating liquor and of to
bacco. Each one takes part and
gives his opinion. Each gets pretty
sound berating but liquor using gets
the worst of it. We refrain from pub.
fishing this part as all are familiar
with the arguments on both sides
CHAPTER II. CONTINUED.
Occasionally, aeer was shot and
brought into camp one afternoon, near
sunset, moose was seen plunging
through the clearing. Two shots
brought down the noble beast. Pres
emily. q couple of hounds made their
appearance, and not long after, old
"Grizzly Ben" as he was called, an
old hunter andtrapper, appeared. Com
ing up where The dead carcass lay upon
the snow, he surveyed it for a minute !;
not very pleased expression crossing
his grim features.
'Wah. knocked into a Thousand
dimnishun flinders. Thets the wav
with greenskulls don't know how to
make clean shoot. Hare's one hole
plump through the fore-shoulder, and
one through the ribs :: wah! This child
never breaks the marchantable part Of
the skin and meat when he shoots -
leastwise, don't spile it with holes, like
an eel-box. Through the eye or the
butt Of the ear, is what l call clean
shooting. Howsomdever, p'haps you've
knocked of the last eend of . dimnishun
long chase though calculated ON let
ting him slide tonight; knowin' he'd
be stiff like in the mornin,' and wouldn't
be able to make much headway.
'sGuess I'll split the critter up, and
squat with We DER night. Last night,
l had no kiverin' but the blue canister
Of heaven; pOoty comfortable, true,
but I'd ruther have tight ruff o'erhead
to keep ont the moonbeaMs"
''Old Grizzly Ben,"-a sort Of q
modern 'Leather-stocking'-was rear.
ed in the state OF Vermont, where be
followed the employment OF trapping
and hunting from boyhovd. Whsn
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jim

Prom The overland Monthly for February.
>sy their i'-rap.
~'une On yau chaps
Might kn>w jim Wild.
Neli-no ofeuse:
There Gin't no sense
In grttin' riied
Jim Wa. nv chum
Up ON the Bar,
That's shy I come
Down from up var.
looAin' Tor Jim.
Thank We. sir, You
Amt of that crew
Blest II you are.
Money Not much:
That Amt my kind:
Isin't no such.
Rum;-f don't mind,
se.in' H's yol.
Well. thi. yer Jim.
l'id YOU know him.-
Je--' bout your size,
same Kind of eye,s-
Well. that Is strange.
Why rs two Year
since he came mere.
Sick. ior change.
Well her.'s tou>.
IN.
1T you ABN
Dead.
That little cu,s,
What makes YOU star
lon over thar
Cart n man drop
sgla,s IN your shop
But YOU must rars
II wouldn't take
D--much 10 break
You and your bar.
Dead
Pooi-liitle Jim
wi hy. thar wa. me
Jones, and Bob Lee.
Harry and Ben
No-accouut men.
Then to lake him,
We'll. thar-Good-by-
No more. sir-l-
Eh,
What. ihst YOU say
VII, dem ii.->ho.
No. ie-. BY Jo.
Sold,
sold. Thy. yur limb.
You ornery.
Dc nd old
Long legged Jim.
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For the Ellsworth American.
Latin Roots vs Saxon Roots.


MIR. EDiToR:-
FOR the purpose Of bringing matter
before the minds Of your readers, I have
supposed couple of children to have
just returned from sleigh-ridc, who
are telling their mother what they have
seen and heard:
Excuse their names. that OF the elder
Is Pomposity that OF the Younger Sim
plicity.
Ponp. so mother! we have had
splendid time. On passing through
Somesville observed several Adoles-
cents making rapid and successive in
terehange of pearly white projectiles. :"
Simp. IL did not see that mother. (
only saw some boys snow-ball;ng.'
Pomp. Yes, mother, and while we
were preceding with frightiul velocity
our sleigh came in sudden contact with
the denuded surface of the road, smart
friction ensued causing scintiIlations to
radiate III every conceivable direction,
Simp. mo such thing mother the
sleigh struck the bare ground and made
the fire fly all around us
Let older heads lesson learn
And in selecting words discern
That 'cords are vehicles Of thought:
And in themselves are really naught.
And why torment the hearers ears
"ith monstrous words and dwarfed ideas,
For strife Is better than denude,
And height as good as altitude
These Ike brass buttons polished bright
Give only Sava.es delight.
80 when we hear a wordy swell
Then let US all remember well
That polysyllablcs profuse
Are more for ornament than use
Mt. DESERT, FEB. a. 1870
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"ic out l uiunt KNOW out yer might
be some relation to Luke O'Neal, a
chum o mine in the grizzley business.
Didn't know but he moight be an un-
Gle by marriage, or half brother, or
something
What led you to suppose that am
any way related to Rocky Mountain
hunter1
Wall 'taint very likely that's a
fact; but you and he are as much
alike as you ever seed two smelts.
same eyes, same color o har. same ex-
pression--yes, yes, yer like him. ouly
not ~ old. nor so stout and muscular.
lac was the powerfulest man | ever
seed. I've seed him throw a young
grizzly TO the ground and hold him
thar. by main strength. till l knitted
the eritter. He were a jolly old boss,
when be were about half sober; but
that want very often onless he were on
a chase. But there were suthin' wrong
about him-suthin' wrong. II he hap
pened TO be sober. he was moody and
unhappy. lie appeared like man
well brung up; and he talked like n
man who had received good edifica-
ton: but, still there were suthin'
wrong. When he was asleep. he was
alters mutterin' suthin' about st. Johns,
and about "A little boy and gal he'd
murdered, or len in the woods, or sold
to slave man. or suthin'-I never
could make out just what and he'd
never say word about it when he was
awake: but, alters. when I'd mention
what I'd overheard. he'd look down
cast, and solemncholy like, and 90 oir
by himself and stay an hour or more.
Onct or twicet, came acrost him
erwin and takin on, all alone by him
self: and oncct. distinctly hcerd him
say, q my poor, murdered Mary 0
nv deer children. where are you now y
But he went of acrost the plains TO
Frisco, and that's the last | seed of
him At this point in the conversa-
ton the old trapper knocke,. the ashes
from his pipe, and curled himself down
before the fire, head and heels together.
much in the form of a sick caterpillar.
and was soon rolling up nasal thunder,
in way that would be death 10 n per-
son of delicately strung nerves.
Charles and Henry >at silent for
some time after the others had retired.
each busy with his own thoughts. At
length. Henry spoke. Charles. | be-
licye ! have made an important dis
co,cry. What do YOU think of the
old trapper's ohum. as he call, him.
Luke y Neal
1T really looks replied Charles. AS
if said Luke o. Neal were once a risi
dent of ST. Johns. and that some sort
of n family trouble disturbed his
dreams. But what about your discov-
cry ::
1T is this: Luke O Neal is an as
sulnel name.
And what. think YOU, is his real
name:'
Edmund Bramford.'
My wife's father" " crie,l Charles in
as,onishment.'
1T NAV be so-by Jove. | believe
Won are right
wLo o,,,, H. 49, IL ;,
no,hor .ha AL !. ,,,Ia
Naval eI;p :, Job,sy
-" w 49, :" '.'e
'N' ''o'"e' an" ~ "o' io'
"a's 'e''''e. ""' sing an" ie' sweet
'iope'"' "' " e"'ou' "e"'e"'' l
'''o"'' .. sum ""'e' VIC '''"'"u'"'
e' ""' VI sA''' ""' "'S'p'o'n'-
'''e'''' "' '"' '""s" i'e ''ia' IL Is III
''o'e o''' " ~".' ~. '"' ""pl''"e'S VI
''''' '""" o' ''" !" Sc"
''''' '"' ~ way ~ is"'e" Jul o"'
o"'' % =" "o'P '"o "i"e''e':'
surviving parent ; erring though he
NAV have been even fallen very low in
r;,,o ,h. a. 49,,
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May the people o: Puritan New England
take warming ant BIZ wise. The richest l,.,t
VI The inheritance which our father, hay. IN
" CONSISTS IN our sansthS AMI SANCTUARY priv
hcges. Us cling 10 them wi Ia an iron
grasp, ard not suffer them to b. wrs.ted from
%
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Passengers Ticketed from Bangor TO
Boston.
Sanford's independent Line.
WINTER iRR.iNG ENENT.

Steamer hAThHDIN. capt. II
IS. RICH will leave Winter port Tor
N-sszvs-, Hoston every TUESDAY at /. IN .
touching at all the usual landings on the River
and BAY.
Returning will leav. Boston for Winter ort
every FRIDAY, at o'clock y. n. touching A.
above.
fa-c from Bangor to Boston. inc nding
stage fare to Minivfpari. $50
Fare from Winterpor and Bucksport 20
Boston. sseb
Tickets Tor sale al /. VI. BlaAe's General Ticket
OfhCc. No. Stenfral street. where also may he
iouni u let Of freight from Boston.
Freight must D. accompanied ny bills of Ia ing
in duplicate.
LOOMS TAYLOR. Agent.
Bangor. Dec i0ta, lss' BIN
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STATE RxFoRM SCHOoL.-rh- Tru,te,.. N
the state ksior,n School held >pe cial meeting
Iuseday, AT which eight BOYS wrr . discharged
From the report II Hon. r. ". Woodbury
The sup" nienient, we lind th there are nov
~ The r-iitn.ion l55 boys. Tsc acrummods
tioh Tor These boys is inadequate, 1t being the
largest number ever held There ai one time eX-
cepi the time on which the last eight were dis
chafgcd: There l. "ne Inconvenience severely
FELT. and that is the lack of school room for 50
mtnt There was time whe the chief aim
oi tue management was 10 see and show the
largest amount Of work turned out there that
could b. expected but under The present rLsn-
aseinent tbs boys whose actions bring them
There are u illed especially Tor tl.ir moral and
,nteli-ciuai welfare, which certaini j. more in
keepnls with ;hc most desired purposes of iar
m>iiidtion II il 10 be- hoped that the ) ale
vii iics. a>e the accommodations IL thu W.T.
uabie institution, that IL may meet ihe drni,nd
made upon i. Much CT, DIT /. ,iu tnr p,ic,',
and especial the deputy iBar'lai>, for re
turning escaped by, u the school, sn,l it i,
fully acknowledged D, The management
ArUu>
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HALLS
Vepetab|e Sici|ian Hair ReneWer

Ererv year increases the ,,0pm-
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a poor man having received as a
present, couple of beeycs harslets, was
observed TO view them with disappoint-
ed air, and Oh being questioned. replied
thai they reminded him OF passage in
one Of Dr. Watts hymns, '.for God abhors
the sac ritice, where not the heart is found"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-03-03

A house without children is like a
lantern and no candle garden and
no flowers; vine and no grapes a
brook With no water gurgiing and
rushing in its channel.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-06-09
RATES OF ADVERTISING
Detention Of Letters.

The Government has permitted
Patrick II. jones, the New York
Postmaster, to. establish dangerous
precedent there. He was brought
before the United States Commits
sioner on charge of OBTAINING let
tiers, ascertaining their contents and
sending them to the dead-letter
Office. The charge was sustained, in
the case Of letters addressed t0s some
swindlers, but the commissioners de-
cided that the detention and redirec
ton was proper, and that the Post
moster was justified in exercising Il
supervision over the contents ofmail
bags. 1t seems to us that this dec:s-
ion cannot be defended a moment,
either in law or equity. Our mails
must be inviolable, subject neither
to seizure nor scrutiny; and no man
nor class of men can properly be-
armed with the tremendous power
that the discretion of espionage con-
fers. If Jones can stop a letter be-
cause he expects.it was written by Il
scamp, Smith can stop one because
he thinks it was written by Demo-
crat, Brown can stop one because he
believes it written by a Jesuit, and
all will be at the mercy M-some petty
despot. No postal pOlice!- Chicago
Post.