Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-01-24

Prayer by Rev Mr.. SroRRs of Halloweil
Papers from the House disposed of in con
currence.
Petition of Thomas G. Smith ct ais, for re-
peal of law known as Calais Court bill, came
from the House, referred to Committee on ,lu-
dietary, and was tabled on motion OF MT
RoLFE.
Petition of James Devne for compensation
for laying aqueduct to supply the State House
with water came from the House referred 10
Committee on Claims, and was tabled on mo-
ton of Mr.. HOLLAND.
On motion of Mr.. French,
Ordered, That the Legislature on receiving
notice of the arrival Of the feet at fortiahu'
conveying to our shores the remains OF tiie
late George Peabody of London and the tille
fixed for their Decentralization ana onsequies'
do adjourn over that day that we may thereby
in our official capacity and as individuals
testify our respect for the exalted character
and distinguished services OF one so truly
noble.
Mr. FRENCH said:
Mr.. PRESIDENT: 1t seems to me eminent
Nv fitting and proper thatwe should improve
the occasion of which we have been officially
notified, the rare opportunity soon to be Of
fered US, of honoring one in the presence OF
whose august remains. a whole people VIII
reverently stand uncovered.
England, Jealous though she be of ances-
trail fame and kngly glory, hasted to do hom-
age to the man who had remembered humani-
ty so much and so we'll and was proud that
he should rest for a time beside her own great
illustrious dead, who lie in sculptured state
within Westminster Abbey, and thence Is
bearing him to his native land, that his dust
NAV mingle with that of his ancestors. as he
desired. .45.4.
She does this with more than regal pomp,
and soon the signal gun of that floating mau-
soleurn will waken echoes that will reverber-
ate across continent, but the glorious deeds
of him who now lives, and viii forever live
in the hearts Of men, repeated by million
tongued voices, shall again and again waken
still other echoes adown the ages that roll on
to eternity.
George Peabody belongs to that class of
men to whom Phillips eloquently said in his
eulogy of Washington, mo people can claim.
no country can appropriate hm; type OF
that noble man who was shown to us in sin
less life, and that we hope shall often be seen
in time to come. He went out from us COM
paratiyely unknown, but his benefcent acts
have made him we'll known, and now his
slumbering form is returned to us in magnifi-
cent state under escort of the proudest nation
of earth. whole people will bear his pail
as they move onward to quiet resting place
among the graves of his fathers in his child
hoods home, and nee cannot remain idle spec
tators of the scene. 1....#..
As we shall gaze upon the mighty moving
spectacle, the generous ovation OF nations,
and kindreds, and tongues, our thoughts will
be less of the grand pageant that passes by,
than of him who fills our hearts in this spon-
taneous outburst Of gratitude and of sorrow
There needs for him no pillared dome, no
stately monumental pile to tell where he lies !;
all earth is his monument, yet many of the
generations that are, and of the generations
yet to be, will make pilgrimages to that CON
secrated spot, and wear deep the foot paths
around the grave of George Peabody.
Senator's the hour approaches, the moment
draws nigh, our thoughts are of the event.
In the midst of our duties we are listening to
hear the signal note that will thrill with cleo
tric force all hearts of our land. Let us with
dignity that becomes us as the representa-
tives of State to which is accorded the dis
tinguished honor Of receiving the grandest
national cortege ever granted as tribute to
private worth, and with propriety betting
the OCCASION join with our fellow citizens and
countrymcn to swell the funeral train, in tes-
timany of our respect for the departed.
Read and assigaed-An act to incorporate
the Stetson Manufacturing Company an act
to amend section one, chap. 157 of the public
laws of 1868 an act to incorporate the Bap-
fist Meeting House Society in Belgrade; an
act to incorporate the East Livermore Associ-
alton. f .tt.
Mr.. MINor from Committee on Education,
on petition Of Selectmen ct ais, of Dexter
and Corrina to establish the Ridge School
District, reported leave to withdraw
Mr.. MIsor from same Committee, on petit
ton of j. s. Minot ct ais, pew holders in the
Baptist Meeting house in Belgrade, reported
bill an act to incorporate the Baptist Meeting
House Society in Belgrade. Read and as
signed.
On motion of Mr.. LANG the report of the
Commissioners on Revision of Statutes was
taken from the table and referred to the Com
mittee on Legal Reform.
Mr.. FRENCH from the Committee on Edu-
cation, on petition of Jacob Randall ct ais, OF
East Livermore and other towns for an act OF
incorporation, reported bill an act to incor-
pOrate the Fast Livermore Camp Meeting
Association. Read and assigned.
The order relative to attending the Peabody
funeral came from the House amended SO as
to attend in a body the question being on re-
cedng and concurring in adoption of amend
ment. On motion of Mr.. CLEAyEs the yeas
and nays were ordered, which being taken re-
suited as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Collins, Lane, Minot and
Talbot--4.aes s.s As.-s...-
NAYs-Messrs. Bartlett, Bolster, Buck,
Buffum, Carleton, Cleayes, French, Garce-
lon, Kingsbury, Lang, Mayo, and Rolfe-12.
So the amendment was rejected.
Passed to be eagrossed-An act to author
ize the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad
Company to lease its road and for other pur-
poses; an act to repeal chap. 2l3 of the pri-
waite and special laws OF 1863.
Passed to be eaacted-An act to incorporate
the Aiga Fertilizer Company.
On motion of Mr. TALBOT,
Adjourned.
PETITIONS, BILLS, &C., PRESENTED AND RE-
FERRED.
By Mr.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of Henry
W. Park ct ais, citizens of Oxford county,
against setting off a part of the town Of Mex
leo and annexing same to Rumford Refer
red to Committee on Division of Towns.
BY Mr.. DEMONSTRATION of William Me-
Phetres ct ais, for amendment to an act to
incorporate the Birch Stream Dam Company.
Referred to Committee on Interior Waters.
BY Mr. CARLETON Petition of +. X.
OBrien ct ais, for charter for Savings Bank.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Bank
ing.
BY Mr.. MAYo--Petition of VIM. III. Smith
ct ais. for charter for n railroad from Milo To