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Valuable Saw Alill
Extensive Timber Limits
FOB SALE

The proprietors offer for sale the extensive esab-
hshment known as s"BREAKEY'S MILLS" situated
tracts of valuable Pine and other timber lands held
in connection herewith
The deals sawn at these mills are known to be the
best IN quality in the Quebec and English Markets
and the mill itself was during the last year entirely
renewed and supplied with the latest improvements
The property is distant from the city Of Quebec
only about fifteen miles, aud five miles from the
river st. Lswrence where valuable site, within the
Altogether this property offers rare and valuable
investment to capitalists, and, if not sooner sold,
the whole will be offered at public auction, in tt
city, on the fifteenth day of August next.
Applications to purchase will be received and all
Information given by
MI: WILLIAM BREAKEY, at the mill, or
April 5, 1870. apr12 Ct
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Something New !

II OF PORK and BEANS by the quart or by the
morning. motif
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Notice.

LII persons are hereby cautioned against harbor-
IA ing or trusting any OF the crew OF the British
ship Lord Dalhousie," Rowland, master, from Liv-
erpoo as no debts OF their contracting will be paid
by the Captain or Consignee.
GEO. s. HUNT.
Portland, April 6, 1870. 2w
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For Sale!

7NHE subscribers offer for sale at Boothbay Har-
ing OF Wharf, Buildings, Flakes, Butts, with about
~ acres OF land. 1t will make a very desi-
Ta6ie place for a summer residence. Boat Sailing
Bath
NICKERSoN, PERRY 6 THACHER,
mrodtI Boothbay, Me,
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FARM FOE NALEI
AxsOe At a great bargain. One Of the
&Mnb best farms 1t Cape Elizabeth. Con-
&.sS tains about one hundred and twen-
kSty acres cuts forty tons of Hay, and
is well wooded.
This estate being situated within fifteen minutes
ride of the City Hall, Portland, offers rare Oppor-
tunity to invest money in a good homestead which
cannot fail to double in value within five years. Ap-
ply to the subscriber at 292 Commercial street. Port
land, or No. Springs Island, Saco, Me.
JOSEPH HOBSON.
Portland, March 1, 1870 mar1d&wtt
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For Sale.

INHE new two story French roof House, corner
l. Cushman and Emery sts. House pumbed for
not and cold water with all the modern eonvenien-
ces. Enquire on the premices.
mr5dtt H. A TENNEv
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F. O R = a l. Il
on MILES from Portland, the stock, tools and
~ machines OF a Tin-ware manufacturer and
stove store, (incuding building, having been estab-
lished II years and having good and steadily in
creasing trade. Terms Cash.
ALSO, one two story frame yelling House in
good order, near the store. Inquire of
aprSd&wtf SAMUEL HILL, West Buxton, Me.
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For the Hair /!
FOR SALE.

TWO good second -hand. Flue Boilers, thirty feet
l. long, each, and one twenty -eight feet long Di-
ameter of each forty two inches.
Will be said at a bargain.
Portland, or No Springs Island AGO, where they
may be seen,
JOSEPH AOBSON.
Portland March list, 1870. mard1tf
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= :. - OOuUAO AkOuSO LUZ lOr SaiCs
a low price, located on Congress- near Neal 81
II Apply to VIM. H. JERRIS,
Real Estate Agent Cahoon Block
aprl4'IW Next east of City Hall.
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For Sale!
Farm for Sale.

Cape Elizabeth, Knightvile, lot of land with
L Store and House thereon. Call at the premise
and inquire of f''
apr18tf SIR CUMMINGS
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Ayers Sarsaparilla,
FOR PURIFYING THE RLOOn.

The reputation this ex-
cellent medicine enjoys,
is derived from its cures,
many of which are truly
marvellous. Inveterate
cases of Scrofulous dis.
ease, where the system
seemed saturated with
corruption, have been
purified and cured by it.
Scrofulous affections and
disorders, which were ag-
gravated by the scrofu-
10Jl ron fo min o<inv, r,<;I
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House for Sale i!

7 IINHE two-story brick dwelling house No. South
L street, now occupied by DIR. LeProhon, will be
soid very low Apply at Maine Savings Bank,
april IL, 1870. (ed3wl 100 Middle street.
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House for Sale.

THE undersigned offers for sale the lower half Of
4 the three storied brick house No. 40 High St.,
dence of the late Joseph Moves
FRANK MOVES, Administrator.
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MI. & "A, p. DARLING.
166 III, dIZe Street.

rave received choice selection of SATINs in all
desirable M shades for Dress Trimmings, THREAD,
coinrs anu anu BRUSSELS Laces and Frnges in all
Cord and Tasses. S' ''
street. S '>0' io' "i'""'0
Portland, March 2Sth, 1870. mrao1,w.eodsw
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A One and Half Story House.

A ND five acres Land for sale, in Westbrook, five
and plum trees. All good land. Good place for a
vegetable gardener. Price only $780, Apply to
w. II. JERKS, Real Estate Agent,
apis 3w Cahoon Block, next East OF CITY Hal,
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Absolute Divorces legally obtained in New York,
Indiana, Illinois and other States, for persons from
any State or County, legal everywhere; desertion
drunkenness support, etc., sufficient cause; no
publicity; no charge until divorce obtained Advice
free. Business established fifteen years.
Address, M. HOUSE, Attorney,
mr1sd3m No. Is Nassau Street, New-York City,
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rroctscat and .Analytical Chen,ists.
SOLD BY.ALL DRUGGISTS EvERywurpr
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Miscellaneous.
White Island.

Sitting under a tropical sun, with
an awning spread over the quarter
deck, blue sky above me, and blue
water beneath. listlessly looking over
the broad expanse OF ocean. bounded
only by the horizon ; thinking of moth
ing in particular, but calmly enjoying
that luxurious condition had so often
envied IN a cat purring on the front
doorstep Of the old homestead ON a
warm summer day, and had witnessed,
too, in roy al Bengal tiger at home in
his native jungles. was passenger
on board the clipper ship -Astroa, from
Boston. bound TO Canton; and favor
ing winds had brought us far on our
way, when the occurrence took place
which now am about to relate.
The ship was running free, under
full sails, and the men were mostly
lounging about the deck in various
attitudes-some writing; some splic-
ing rope Others mending their clothes.
1t was about three o'clock in the after
noon, and the captain was below in his
cabin.
Captain Coffin was fat, jolly fellow
"a Nantucket man Gall the Collins
came from Nantucket and frst-rate
seaman but he was an old salt, and
his fancy was tinged with all sorts OF
superstltions, which had vainly tried
TO laugh out of him during our voyage.
Thus, he would have given up his com
mand rather than have sailed on a
Friday; would not have carried a
corpse on board for the value Of his
cargo; believed firmly in the ''Flying
Dutchman :; and, ifan electric ball had
perched on the masthead, as they often
do. would have anticipated all sorts of
ill-luck. or course, he had an mex
haustible fund of anecdotes, which he
firmly believed, to illustrate all his
theories and this made his conyersa-
ton SO interesting, that it was hardly
worth while to risk losing SO much
pleasure for the sake of An attempt to
disabuse him. So had finally given
that course up, and listened to his
narratives enjoyingly, without con-
tradictiOn.
Ihe crew were all, more or less,
imbued with the same fallacious ideas
and only the mate was complete skep.
tic he was IN Irishman. O'Neill by
name, and ridiculed the captains
''romancing," as he called it, while ht
admired him for his sailor like quail
ties.
was reused out Of my lazy siesto
by the captain and the mate, who came
up from the cabin arguing pretty brisk
ly together.
"Well, Captain Cofiin," said th'
mate, ''if We sight yon island, ant
you'll give me boat, I'll 60 ashore
and see what it's made Of"
"YOu can have the boat" replied
the captain 'but l can tell you, yo,
will not be able to get one Of the mel
to 60 with you"
well! I'll ask Mr.. Porter, here
don't believe he'll be afraid ;" and
turning to me, the mate said ''Mr
Porter, the captain has got an enchant
ed island about here somewhere an,
if we come across it, want to get yo
to 60 ashore with me, and take lool
at IT.; will you goT"
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carries to the value Of fls,0OO, and
the Roman TO still larger amount.
To our knowledge, considerable num-
Der have not yet been sent home, while
others are carried by their owners, and
never figure in the Customs report.
As to the other way OF estimating
the success ofth Fields-namely, the
luck which attends individual diggers,
or the digging community as q whole,
in less than two months the digging
population has been increased from
500 to 5000 and the cry is still they
come-some on foot some in spring
carts, well equipped, with food and i'm
plements others in scrubby vehicles
without a cover-au making for the
new mino Of South African wealth. A
few Of the travellers 60 along, with one
or two native servants, others in family
parties, and some in small joint-stock
companies. They are of ALI sorts and
sizes, and all descriptions some are
clerks, some laborers, some tradesmen.
Our readers can Judge how many are
likely to be successful among motley
heterogeneous crowd, pursuing an in
dustry peculiarly uncertain, and in
volving very hard work. We believe
that companies, properly organized,
with a good staff Of workmen, are likely
to be ultimately fortunate, and such
are already being formed with every
prospect of success. The correspond
ent before alluded to says: "At
Daggerboer's Neck neard good deal
about the great party which started
from that place some time ago under
Capt. Frisby. The venture-a joint
stock atfair-absorbed capital of 49,
| 600. This is business as we'll as a
digging party, and good accounts have
been received of the prospects of the
speculations.
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The Diamond Diggers.

The last mails bring farther ac-
counts Of the diamond diggings at
Cape Colony. The past fortnight be-
fore tie mai, left was said to have
been the best yet in the history of the
diggings. A Mr.. Parkes found ;!ia.
mond valued at from $40, 900 to s55,-
900. The editor of the Journal speaks
as follows of Parkcs's discovery, and
other matters.
At the time of the find, Parkes was
i'll desponding mood, and was about
to offer his claim for sale or 10 aban-
don it. He had been at work for two
months, and had found nothing worth
mentioning. However. he resolved
upon taking last dig or two. A
most fortunate resolve In went the
pick, and out tumbl0d the diamond.
You should have seen Mr.. Kings dra-
matte representation of Parke's ex-
cltement on finding fortune at a
stroke, The stagger, the shine, the
smile on the forehead, and the scream
of JOY were admirably initiated by the
jolly farmer of Bedford" Besides these
two monsters, several fine large dia-
monds have been found, two or three
of them noted as especially beautiful,
one weighing 40 carats, another 29I,
and Il third grain or two short of 20.
We hear also, on what seems good au-
thority, Of u stone weighing 60 carats,
of somewhat inferior description, hav-
ing been purchased from a native
woman for a wagon and a span OF
oxen. The week ending the 27th of
August, went by the name of the
''lucky week" from the number and
the quality of the stones picked up.
This was said to have been the most
prolific week the fields had seen The
diggers had found as much in that one
week rs they had done in any previous
month. The proceeds were valued by
some at 100000, by others at a much
larger figure. But these amounts are
little more than guesscs.
There IS, Of course, no general regis
ter kept Of the diamonds found, and We
are told that no concern is shown to
make public small or even ordinary
finds. We only hear of the large
stones. A register is. it is true, kept
on the mining grounds at Pniel, but
except an exceptional entry, such as
the lucky Wednesday (the 2th), when
so diamonds were found, we hear lit.
tic OF its contents. In our last number
we alluded to the large diamond ex.
ports by the mail steamers as satisfac.
tory evidence of the substantial sue.
cess of the diggiDgs. We have not thu
exact figures before us, but we believe
that both the Good Hope, which sailet
on the 18th, and the Roman, whicl
conveys this summary, have parcels :
great value ON board. The Good Hop,
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The Portrait.

This is her picture. as she was;
II seems thing 10 wonder on.
As though mine image in the glass
Should tarry when my self ain gone.
l gaze until she seems 10 stir
Until mine eyes almost aver
That now. even now. the sweet lips part.
To brea athc the words OF the sweet heart;
And yet the earth is over her.
Last night a; last could have slept,
Aud Yet delayed my sleep till dawn.
Still wondering. Then II was wcp;;
For uBxwares | came upon
Those glades where once she walked with me.
And n stood there suddenly,
All wan with trs,ersing the night.
Upon the des oate verge OF light,
learned loud the II on. bosomed sea.
Even so. where Heaven holds breath and hears
The beating heart vi Loves own breast
Whore round the secret OF all u heres.
All angels lay their wings TO rest
How shall my soul stand rapt and awed.
When, by the new birth borne abroad,
Throughout the music OF the suns,
II tenters in her soul nj once,
And knows the silence there for God.
Here with her face doth memor, sit
Meanwhile, ana wait the days decline,
Till other eyes shall look from 1t,
Eyes Of the spirit, Palestine.
Even then the old gaze tcnderer;
W hie hopes and aims long lost with her
stand round her image ,.le by side,
About the Holy >epulchre.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
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chance, but we can't live here, and we
may possibly be picked up"

Cnance, out we can i've mere, anu we
may possibly be picked up"
I was willing to agree to that,
though l could not but admit the
chance of being saved was apoor one /;
so we pushed the boat of, got into it,
and the mate was showing off with the
boat-hook, when catching himself as
though he were falling, he turned
around, and while his face was perfect
ly ghastly, and he looked the most
scared of any man ever saw, he cried
out, stake your oar and pull out Of
this, for Gods sake! Don't stop to
ask questions"
l did as lie bade me, and as our
oars fell into the water, and before we
were twenty feet from land, we saw
the island slowly, slowly, descend,
and gradually disappeared, and the
hills, until their round tops became in
visible. and, in less time than it has
taken to write it, there was no longer
any island there.
Pull hard Y shouted O'Neill, and
the oars bent and strained, and we
never stopped pulling until at least
half mile lay between us and the
place where we had seen the last of
White Island.
Then we paused for breath, for the
perspiration was pouring from us, and
| turned to the mate.
II give it up now,' said he, in a
hoarse voice. If that isn't the devils
own Island, may never sec dry land
again. Why, Mr.. Porter, just as /
! was pushing against the shore with my
oar. it went right from under me, and
if | hadn't steadied myself, should
have gone down with it. But pull
away. Let us get as far as possible
out OF this. for if am going to die
want to 90 down in good Christian
, water"
SO we took to the oars again, and
for half an hour rowed steadily; out in
the same direction we had come from
in the morning.
But suddenly. we heard a noise, like
shout, right ahead, and, turning
around, there we saw the Istrcga right
before us, and bearing down on us,
under full sail. She was SO near that
could not conceive how we could
have missed seeing her from the island.
The captain stood leaning over the
side. waving his hat at us. Tom Par
sons was at the wheel the men were
in a group in the bows; and we un-
shipped our oars, and ONeill stood
ready with the boat-hook, waiting for
her To- come to, when, instead of that
she passed silently by, and, rs We
stood looking at her in surprise, she
seemed to melt into the air, and in
another moment we were alone again
on the broad ocean. That finished my
remains of courage and self-possesson.
and dropped senseless in the bottom
of the boat
When revived found myself ly-
ing in (. berth in strange cabin,
ONeill was beside me, and in answer
to my imploring look-for could not
speak-hc told me that had been in
sensible tor hours, and that then, near
sundown. he had espied a sail, and by
firing nv revolver several times. had
been observed and picked up. The
sail proved To he Il barque bound from
New I ork to Canton. where we arrived
in due time but the ill-fated Astr1d
was never heard OF again
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poetrp.
All Is Well.
BY j. G. WHITTIER.


Her window opens to the day,
On siistening light or misty gray;
And there. At dawn and set Of day.
At prayer she kneels!
"Dear Lord" she saith, "fO many home
From wind anG wave the wanderers come;
only see the tossing foam
OF stranger keels.
"Blown out and in by summer gales,
The stately ships. with crowded sails,
And sailors leaning DER the rails,
Before me glide:
They come. they go, but never more,
Spicc-laden from the Indian shore,
see his swift-winged lsatlore,
The wave divide.
80 Thou with whom the night is day.
And one the near and far away,
Look out on you gray waste and say,
Where Iingcrs he.
Alive. perchancc, on some lone beach
Or thirsty isle beyond the reach
Of man, he hears the mocking speech
Ofwind and sea.
80 dread and cruel deep. reveal
The secret which thy waves conceal,
And We wild sea birds. hither wheel
And tell your tale.
Let winds that tossed his raven hair
message from my lost one bear
Some thought Of me. last fond prayer
Or dying wall!
Come, with your dreariest truth, shut out
The fears that haunt me round about
o God! cannot bear this doubt
That stiles breath.
The worst h better than the dread.
Give me bot leave to mourn my dead,
Asleep in hope aud trust instead
Ollie In DEATH"
II might have been the evening breeze
That whispered in the garden trees;
II might have been the sound OF seas
That rose and ieil;
But with her heart, II not her ear.
The old loved voice she seemed 10 hear:
II " ait to meet thee, be Of cheer.
For all i wcil!"
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Shaking and Burning.

1t Is not necessary to journey from the
tropics to Alaska in order to experience
the extremes of heat and cold. Thousands
undergo all the Inconvenience of this
thermomctrical change every day, or every
othcr day, as the case may be, without the
trouble Of moving over the threshold. A
word with these involuntary shakers.
What ate they doing to expedite their re-
turn to medium temperature ?--to break
tho chills and Danish the fever? Are they
dosing themselves with quininc, thereby
importing the soundness of their bones
and impairing the vigor of their brains
ana nervous system? Some of them are,
no donbl, but not the majority of them, it !
Is believed. The value of lIostetter's Stom-
ach bittcrs rs q harmless and certain spe.-
ciiic for fever and ague is unt erstood and
appreciated in all parts OF the country
where intermittents prevail. The resi-
dents Of such localities begin to take it
early in til" spring as a protection against
the miasma by which they are surrounded
NV al VI VIZ nv pSl maps lOI u Dilnu uQucr-
encc to error is the speciality of some peo-
pie, but the greater number.
If there is any fixed fact in tberapeutics
it is this: that the Bitters are tar better
safeguard against all the varieties of peri
ode maadies produced by unwholesome
eXhalations than any drug or compound in
the matera medica of the profession. This
assertion is made with all due respect to
the faculty, but being an important truth,
and one that nearly concerns the health of
large settlements in various parts of The
country. and indeed of the public ut large
it is made tearlessly. Founded on ample
and unimpeachablc testimony. it defies dis
proval.
70 break up chills and fevers, as well as
to prevent them, there is nothing so relia-
BILE as this wholesome vegetable restora-
tive. maya 1t
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
DIR. j. BleADFIELD'S
F FEMALE REGUL TOR:

"WOMAN'S BEST FRIEND"
VIII being Oh the Menses when they have
not been established, also when they have
been suppressed from unnatural causes.
Will cure rheumatism and Neuralgia of
the back and womb. Will cure painful
Menstruation, and relieve the head, back
and TOMS Of those distressing pains and
aches. win check menorrhagia or "ex-
cessivc flow." Will cure "Whites" and
falling of the womb, when it is the result
OF relaxation or bad health.
1t is as sure cure in all the above dis
eases as Quinine is in Chills and Fever
Ladirs can cure II emselpes of all the above
diseases ,oithow revealing their complaints
tie any person, which is always Notifying
to their pride and nsodesty. ...
1t is recommended and used by the best
physicians in their private practice.
For history of the above diseases, Ger
titicates of its wonderful cures and direc-
tons the reader is referred to the wrapper
around the bottle. Manufactured and sold
ny BRADFIELD e. CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Sold by all Druggists. Price $3.50.
mayl9-spnly. A