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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-02-23
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ana Ior Female Diseases, Nervous Prostro.
tlon, weakness, General Laesitude ana Want
OF a GAIPRetife, 41Tins,r it is unsurpassed. N ""n'
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and Daniel Webster. of George Evans and
Sargent s. Prentiss. They are most genially
and gracefully written, and viii undoubtedly
be collected and published in a volume after
they shall have appeared in the Journal
The New York papers contain lengthy obit-
uarv notices of the death OF Sweetser, the
;o,,,na,ist Mr.. Sveetser was found dead in
his he'd at one o'clock Thursday afternoon
Ha was considered one of the most versatile
writer's connected with the press of New
York having filled with marked ability the
several positions of reporter, mail editor, city
editor night editor, editorial writer, editor
and collector of election statistics, ETC., and
was the celebrated "arithmetic man" of the
World. Genial in society, square in all his
dealings, and brilliant paragraphist, his loss
will be severely felt by his brother journal
lists.
Some more direct testimony was given be-
fare the military committee Friday regarding
cadetships. One witness testified TO having
paid the Hon. Mr. Blackburn, NJ. c.. from
Louisiana, in the last Congress, $500 for n
cadetship and appointment at AnnapolI.
Inc same witness testified that he had an.
preached Mr.. Sypher from the same State.
contestant in the present House, with prop-
osilioh to pdrchase his cadetship, but that
Sypher had referred him TO his brother in
rh'ladelphia, saying any arrangements with
him would be satisfactory. When the broth
er arrived in Washington he wanted s25OO
ior the place. and witness would not agree to
give over $1,000, so the bargain fell through
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21
Leifer from Washington.

THE NAVIGATION INTERESTS REPORT.
Mr. Lynch will submit the documents to-
morrow, accompanied by the proposed bill. l
will not refer to the measures, as they will be
published before this letter can reach YOU.
Quite number Of delegations have waited on
the Committee during the past few days. On
the whole the remedies to be proposed as fal
as they go are satisfactory. The coasting trade
people say, the proposition to abolish loca
harbor dues, compulsory pilotage, &C., places
them fully on level with the foreign ships
which have bounty given them.
The tonnage bill is considered to be a cleye,
and sagacious measure There may be some out
cry against the bounty proposed to be given,
proper understanding Of the proposed tom
mage law will answer that. Thirty cents pe1
ton is the tax, levied each time the vesael is
entered, except as to all engaged in The coast
ing trade, the provincial, West Indian, Cen
tral and South American trades, which once
each year, all transatlantic and transpacift
vessels pay eaoh time Now &C the a,n..;o..,
SHIPS engaged in the foreign trade get thi:
back in the form of bounty, the foreign car
rier, and especially their steamships pay the
bulk Of this tax, ard that, too, without dis
elimination such as can be so considered to
lntertefe with existing treaties. All the boun.
ty provided Tor will be more than met by the
tonnage tax. AS for instance there are 119
foreign steamers engaged in our transatlantic
trade. They will each enter our ports twenty
times year. They viii be required to pay
The thirty cent tax, which averaging their ca
paclty at 1900 tons each, will give $3.50 tax
per voyage, or $4,000 per annum, and making
total of $1,071,000 on the Atlantic foreign
steamships alone. 1t will probably amount to
a good deal more than this, and to it has to he
added dues or tax on other foreign tonnage.
There is strong hope that the bill will pass.
THE FREEMEN's MIGRATION SOUTHWARK.
The walls from Virginia are loud and
long over the colored laborers leaving that
State. The Richmond Wing says that it is
estimated that 1900 individual laborlng ne
groes, large numbers of whom have families,
have been sent from Richmond within the
last two months. mainly to TO the cotton and
sugar plantations of the South They oct SIG
per month on the cotton plantations. and
from S25 10 $40 on the sugar plantations,
with transportation paid. The labor agents
say it is utterly impossible for them to supply
the demand for farm laborers which are every
day pouring in upon them. They have thou
sands OF orders upon their books at this time.
which they have no prospect of being able TO
fill.
This is tendency worth noting. The SUI
gar and cotton States are to have nearly all
the colored people and good many are leav-
ing here. SPECTATOR,
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What does Reason sRys

The little mong rose when bitten by deadly
scrpent resorts to a certain plant, eats OF it and
escapes the effect OF the poison. That is instinct,
Human beings on the other hand must depend
on reason aud experience in selecting the means
influences. Now, what does reason say on this
vial subject? Does it not tell us that invigorate
and purify the system is the hest way 10 protect it
against the invisible po which generates dseasr?
Surely It does The next ques ion 49, what guide
shall we follow in choosing a medicinal slegDarl
Rea on replies let ur monitor be peri nee. Well,
the experience OF eighteen years comprised in one
unbroken series OF satisfactory testimonials
us that Hostetters Stomach Birers possess strength
enpg. regu'at NJ aud ami optic properties which
are not combn d IN the same happy proportions in
any other preparation extant. This therefore is The
antidote to which reason bids us resort when cur
health is imperIed either by the malaria which
produces epide disorders, by auy other cause,
whether inherent and constitutional or connected
with our habits, occupations and pur ults.
The venom OF a nOxi0us repriie is scarcely more
subtle and dangerous than that which turks in foul
ar and impure wat To escape the evers, bilious
disorders, disturbances of the bowels, and other
serious maiadies produced by these nsalubrious
eeme ts IL Is absolutely that the
in robust condition. Upon the amount or res ST.
ance which the vital sys,em oppose to the ds.-
terous influences that a>saii il, the safety of he
heath depends. and it is because tn. GREAT vtGE-
TABLE INvIGoRANr imparts energy and regularity
10 the most mportant functions of the body that II
can De re- ommended and guaranteed as an inyau
a0le preventive medicine.
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21

THE MAGAzINEs.-The juveniles of 20 and
under, who statedly receive Our Young Folks,
have twelve delightful surprises per year. The
March number is so full of good things that we
wonder where they all came FROM Mrs. Whit
ney continues her home story, The Girls; Ed
ward Lear gives an illustrated poem about the
Duck and Kangaroo; James Parton tells OF
Captain Lancarote's Famous Voyage; NJ. w.
McEntee's story of Uncle Blue Jackets Duck
Boat is an adventure on the coast during the
war; and the reader, who has been with Clar-
ence into the coal mines ard other places. poes
now with him to Congress (not as a member)
and learns how parliamentary business is
transacted. How Fitz made Skeleton is an
illustration of the pursuit of knowledge under
difficulties. Mrs. Diaz contributes another of
her humorous sketches and T. w. Higgnson
gives us a lesson in natural history The Eve
ming Lamp is surrounded with the same pleas
ant group, and the Letter Box is almost mex
haustble.
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS FRIDAY
Our readers lost nothing 10y the crowding out
OF our Congressional report, Saturday morn
ing Tor the proceedings were to an unusual
degree stale, flat and Improbable The on
iy transaction of interest to any Maine reader
was the introduction of bills in the Senate
authorizing the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company to issue bonds for the construction
of the road and secure the same bv mortoooo
and to construct its main road via the Coinn-
bia river valley; to make the importation of
immigrants under labor contracts unlawful.
granting lands to the Dacotah and North
Western railroad, and to encourage American
steamship navigation. The latter directs the
Postmaster General to contract with the
North American Steamship Navigation Com
pany of New York for the transportation of
the mails between New York and Antwerp or
Bremen, touching at Plymouth, for a term of
fifteen years. The steamers to be exempt
from State and federal taxation, and receive
ocean and inland postages on the mails car
ried by them.
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21

TooTs-Speaking of Dickens, Mr.. argus,
there are several things in that author appro-
pirate to your base. You remember that poor
good-natured, crack Drained Mr.. Toots, whose
delight it was to write long letters to himself
from persons of distinction addressed to "P
Toots, Esquire, Brighton, Sussex" just as you
write letters addressed to the argus, in which
you commend yourself and make personal at
tacks upon the editors of other papers, Your
purpose seems to be an innocent one. You
feel the need of support in your warfare, and
your imagination readily undertakes to pre-
sent your own feeble little squibs as the con-
tributions of admiring outsiders who look
with awe upon the immaculate valor of your
illusions to "Gilman."
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General News.

man who attempted to commit suicide in
worcester has been bound over to answer for
that ofense.
A petition is in circulation urging Gen.
Grant to announce on Washington's birthday
proclamation of universal amnesty.
The President denies that he has changed
MS views on the Cuban question, or that he
iavors recognizing the belligerency of the in
surgents.
.a "a ASA "a T got hold OF some unpublished po-
ms n,, return n 70 TINS country offered them to
Fields, osgood &c Co. for $50 nouns snen1 T., ~
offer was promptly declined and us' tps Inc
cal properly repl cached. rascal
The columns of the Boston Journal a,o
ing enriched by the weekly publication %
political and General "reminiscences, hv
Gen. VIM. Scbouler, for many years editor-in.
chief of the Boston Atlas, and during the war
the able and accomplished Adjutant-Ge
OF Massachusetts. They are of exceeding in
terest, especially to those old-time wings who
stood at guard" in the days of Henry Clay
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21

CAPITAL PUNIsHMENT.-Though the op-
ponents of capital punishment were voted
down in the House, Friday, yet the small ma
Jority of the friends of the present law and
the successful effort of the reform party to
have the question further considered shows
how high the tide in favor of civilization is
rising. The report of the proceedings of FIJI.
day shows that nearly all the brains of the
House was in favor of the bill for the aboli-
ton of the death penalty. Our Portland Rep
resentatives voted to a man in favor of the
bill. Messrs Twtchell and Bonney engaged
in the debate very effectively. The list of
yeas embraces nearly all the other prominent
men in the House, including Baker, Barker,
Farwell, Haws, Kinks, Hume, Mildram and
Spaldng. Under these circumstances we are
not without hope that when the subject
comes up again Friday the 18th of March the
decision of last week may be reversed.
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21
Personal.

Jessie Fremont weighs sixty pounds more
than the General.
IL IS feared that Admiral Farragut will not
long survive. He is quite i'll again.
Gen. Reynolds &c uses TO be candidate for
the L. ). Senate IRON Texas
Mr. Wasbburn, the United States Minister,
VIII hold reception on the evening of the
22d OF February.
Prince Pierre BopanaTtA .piil ha triad haf>..n
the High Court of Justice, on the charge of
homicide through imprudence.
Prof John 5. Woodman, of Dartmouth,
still continues very sick. His disease is ty.
phoid fever, combined with a tendency to
pneumonia. He has been i'll about fort
night.
The Bath Times says that a letter received
in that city troln member of Senator Grimes
family, dated a. Naples, Jan. 9th, states that
his health Is rery much better. He had been
travelling, almost cons. antly. for three weeks
previous, visiting Genoa, Milan, Florence,
Rome and other places.
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"GRAMMARw Mr.. Arous. What does

GRAMMAR" Mr.. Argus. What does it
matter to poor John Oxnard. think you, that
you condemn him in grammatical phrase to
be the prey of internal fires? We have never
said aught against your grammar, and should
have hesitated to denounce you as a modern
Torquemada had we known that the latent
humanity OF your nature would have induced
you too days afterwards to interpose re-
iuctant comma, invisible before, between your
victim and destruction. The surreptiHous
comma looks as if it had been got into posi-
tiou only after a severe struggle, in which the
strength of its moral convictions has been
overcome by physical force. And the worst
OF 1t is that it doesn't save John Oxnard after
pllf
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BUSINESS CHANGEs.-The business chang
L.. L.: L.. IL C IL

BUSINESS CHANGEs.-The business chang
eS in Maine last week were as follows:
Portland-Purinton & Co., furniture man
ufacturers; dissolved; now n. Tarbox. Fletch-
er d Sampson Pork Packers; dissolved; now
Charles Fletcher Fletcher, Sampson & Davis,
pork-packers; dissolved. John L. Dow q,
Son, Insurance; dissolved ;now Sterling Dow.
Topsham-W. B. Purinton & Co., Flour
d Meal; dissolved; now w. B. Purinton.
Canton-O. I. Bosworth, grocer; sold out
to Kicker & Hayford.
Oldtown-Stowe & Waldron, dry goods
dissolved; now j. Waldron.
ChiIa-Abram Mclaughlin, general store
sold out to j. +. Chadwick.
Windsor-W. S. Cleaves; general stare; Il
Dutton admitted; now Cleaves & Duttor.
Whitefed-Trask & Wheeler, general store
sold out to Larkin S. Heath.
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RESOLUTIONS OF TUE o,rv co,r.o,,

Res0foed, that we tho members oT ,ho r;.,
Government OF Portland have learned wi,h 49,
regret the death of the Honorable WIN ~
Willis formerly Ma, or Of this civ. and ono u,
our most useful and most honored fcIlo,v o;,,
Zens. WV
Resofeed, that We acknowledge with tbo
liveliest gratitude the debt that we owe n bis
varied labors and services, IN public office and in
private lie, prompted as they ever were nv his
warm sympathy for every enterprise that aimed
to increase the prosperity of our CITY mr. ~
elevate its character. To his actiyitv and
efficiency IN every good work of the nresent
were added the ornaments of learning and ~
love for historical lore to which we owe ,ha
coectionsand preservation in attractive fnrms ~,
much OF our own local history. He moved win
familiar steps among the scenes of mas. renora
tions, while no work that sought 70 bepeti, tho
present escaped his eye or lacked his octive aid
ReSotred, that we recall with admiration hi,
character as a man and as n member of socia, =,
We honor his memory for his domestic yirtnes
the purity, elevation, and simplicity of his hfe
and conversation, the literary attanments which
his systematic industry enabled him 10 acnnIre
and the unaffected conscientiousness which mado,
him so ready to assume and promnt to a.
charge the common duties of life VIZ
Resolved. that while we are grateful that b;s
life was spared for more than the allotted term
and that his nina remained bright and active TO
the last, we cannot but be sensible that in b;s
death our city has sustained an irreparable loss.
ReSolued, that these Resolutions be entered
upon the Records of the City and that a conv
of them be sent to the family of the deceased,
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21

The government Of New Brunswick is at a
dead lock with the Legislative Council because
the former has dismissed Mr.. Botsford, who
had been many years a clerk to the council,
and the council refuses to recognize the right
OF the government to dismiss their officers and
nave retained Mr.. Botsford. The government
ana Ses se Mr' Botsford of annexation sentiments
large sn,,i . ne owes the Provincial government a
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21
MARRIED..

In this city, Feb. 13. by Rev. Geo f. Tewksbury,
Nelson ,ireen and Miss Jane +. Faikingbam. both OF
Westbrook.
In Augusta, Feb. 16, Thos. j. SANFORD, OF Bow =.
do,nham. anu Maggie j. NcManus, of Brunswick.
In doIlis, Fec. d. Nathan Atkinson and Elize j.
Smith.
In Hollis. Feb. 6, VIM. Fl. L. Hanson and Lizzie p
Atkinson.
In Waldoboro. Feb. s, Edwin G. Stevens and Miss
Matilda Cashier.
In Pembroke Feb 9, Eldon H. Hamilton and Miss
Priscilla Wright
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DIED.

In this city, Feb 20. Happy Moss, widow of the
late Enoch Moss aged SO years and 10 mon,bs
Funeral on Tuesday forenoon, at IO1 o'clock.
rom No. J5 Wilmot street.
In this city, Feb. 20, william b. Small, aged 46
In North Berwick, Jan. 26, Mr.. Horace P. Abbott.
aged * years.
In North Berwick, Jan. Is. Adah Abbot, aged II
years. e
80 years. "ee'
In Dexfer. Jan. %. Ergene A only son Of Leonard
M AMI Harriet A Sherburne. aged IL years, :
so years. 'dr "seu
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These Hard Times

These Hard Times
The people should knoav
sChere they can buy the best
goods at fair prices. BUT
LER Dc REED, No. II Mar
Aet Square, sUiU sell yOu
BOOTS and SHOES that
aciW 9ive good satisfaction.
We commenced business
sUSth the intention of Keep
ing the best goods that the
market affords, and selling
them at a small profit; ; ave
stSW continue to do business
IN that aUay because aCe f9sd
Stp0ys. We cordially invite
the citizens of Portland and
Vicsnity to an Inspection of
oar stock sCith the assurance
that the goods IN eCery case
aUtU pr0Ue Just as represent
ed.
BUTZE az & REED.
No. II Market Square, Portland.
Nov SO-sNeodtf
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The SToRM.-A dispatch from Lewiston
says the late storm and gale was the severes1
known for years. 1t rained for twenty-four
hours. Two feet of snow was melted, causing
great accumulation of water which nnflooreG
culverts and submerged highways. A wash
ont mile below the city stopped the morning
train on the Androscosgin Railroad. On the
Androscoggin Railroad portion of the bridge
at Pennington and small bridge at Wilton
have been carried off Trains will not be able
to get through till Monday.
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21

THE BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE of the late Miss
Betsey Thomas, the last article written by the
late William Willis, will be reproduced in the
PRESS of tomorrow morning owing to the de.
mand for it which has existed both before and
after the authors decease.
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21
Monday Morning, February 81, 1870.

gsg- FIRST Page-Important Public Improve
ment; Social science-The Death Penalty;
The Washerwoman and her Laundry List;
Alkakange Enforcing Prohibition.
Fourth Pdge-The Dog That Goes in for the
Right.
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21

PHoToGRAPHs.-Just received, a new and
choice selected lot of cartes of celebrated ac-
tresses and celebrities. Also fine imported
lot of foreign stereoscopic views.
j. d. LAMsoN's new gallery, 152 Middle st.
Feb21-2wM, ,W&S.
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21

WHEN you feel Cough or bronchial affec-
ton creeping on the lungs, take AYERS CHER
RY PEcToRAL, and cure it before it becomes
incurabe. dSw1t
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21

WE would call the attention of our readers
to the advertisements of Henderson & Staples
Medical Illumination" and the certificates OF
many of our well-known citizens feb21-tf
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21

LOWELL & HoYT, having fitted up their old
store at No. II Preble street, near Preble
House, have on hand at that place one of the
largest stocks of Furniture. House furnishing
Goods, Carpets, SC, to be founi in this city.
Their goods are always as represented, and
their prices reasonable. Give them call.
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21

Sch Hud & Frank. p, ndleton. at New York from
HMs,mngion. w, reports heavy gale from NE to
,oad a. eoninuing four days; stove boat, lost deck
oon oa9aS' Lamson, at Savannah from New York,
% , ,.n , hst. on hatteras, encountered NE
boat. stern moulding. deck load split sails. and list
one man over board. '' 1nu 'o''
Sch Gertie Lewis. of Boothbay, Cant Hodador a.
Baltimore from gged Island. reports hay NO hssn
overhauled by spa.lsh cruiser on the I'd Inst, OF
Bahamas.
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21

Four QUESTIONS to ask an Insurance So
ileitor-l, Is your company mutual or stock
company? Ii the latter, is il or not desirable
one? :, Is it old enoucht to have passed the
experimental or expensive age? 5. Is il eco.
nomieally managed? Are its policies pro-
tected against forfeiture? THE New ENGLAND
combines all the above excelencies. and exact
Justice is secured to all. j. NJ Palmer, Gem
eral Agent, cor. Exchange and Middle SITS.
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21

THE Bon Ton SOAP saves time, money and
patience; and is for sale by all reputable gro
GERS.
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21

JOB PRINTING. Send your orders for Job
Printing TO the Daily Press Printing House.
where they will be promptly attended to at the
lowest possible rates. VIM. NJ. MARKS.
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21

PURITY VERSUS PoIsoN.-Therc is as much
difference between Phalon's Vitalia or Saliva
ton for the Hair and the fith-charged hair
darkeners, as between the Pool of Bethesda
that an angel stirred. and a fever breeding
mud pond. The Vitala is crystalline fluid
without single impurity or noxious property
and the naturalness of the shades it imparts
TO grey hair is unequalled. feb17eodlw
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21

sora 40 a,o nonaon Spectator fears that Sir Rutber.
iora Aic0ck's treaty with China sanr;eoas "s.1i
China. privileges with
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21

To THE PUBLIC-Our store will be closed on
Monday and Tuesday, Feb 21st and 22d, for
the purpose of marking down our entire stock
On Wednesday morning it will be reopened,
when we shall offer every article for sale re-
gardless of cost until March 12lh, as the en-
tire stock must be sold previous to that date.
DAVIS & Co.. 10 Clapp's Block,
feL2O-2t Congress Street.
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"A Gentleman

AND WIFE, OF one or two young men can find
good board and ple 4sant ROOM in private family,
opposite the Park. Reference required. Call at the
PRESS OrFICE.
The Portland daily press., 1870-02-21
Warren's Cough Balsam.

Is beyond question the very best medicine of the
day for all COUGHS. COLDS, Sore THROAT and
LuN6sl Also, or whocplug Cough and Croop in
Children it rs the most effective medicine ever used.
Sold by all Dealers in Medicines.
BRADBURY, Proprietor, Bangor, Me.
GEO. c. GOODWIN & Co., Boston, Agents tor
New England. octoaeooe,nsr