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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-11-10
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The members of the different Catbol;c
Choirs of Boston have recently held a meat
ing previous to organizing an ASSOCIATION
which will probably be known as the "Bostnn
Catholic Choral Society,"" Messrs. Wilror
Whiting, Falkenstein and other gentlemen
prominent in musical matters are foremost in
the movement. O'''o'' IL
Ike Marvel donald G. MitcheIl,) when bo
fixed his old farm house at EdgeWood. wish
ing to decide on the most picturesque avsnna
to his front door, ordered heavy load If
stone 10 be hauled across the field, and bade
the driver seek the easiest grades at whatever
cost OF curvature. The avenue followed the
path thus made. ''-e
subscription paper has been started tn
raise funds at Dover for the Catholics. and
Bishop Bacon of Portland, will, no doubt is
sue an appeal to the Catholic churches
throughout New England for aid and assist
ance.
Bishop Mcfarland says that fifty years AGO
there were but three Catholic families in
Nnode Island and Connecticut. Now there
are one hundred churches and 10000 Catho-
lies. The Catholics in Rhode Island have
one-third of the population, and last wear
half the children born in the State.
Camilla Urso, the violinist, has been seri-
ously ill and will be unable to appear in pub
lie, the present season. She has been living
at seaport town of France, but will spend
the winter in London.
Kentucky which now has 116 counties
more than any other State in the Union
projects new one to be formed from parts of
Bath, Nicholas, Montgomery and Bourbon
counties, with Sharpsburg as the county seat.
A Frenchman proposes to establish child's
theatre at New York, where all the infant
phenomena of the day are to appear as actors
and actresses. The pieces are to be specially
adapted to children, with child like dialogue.
and plots turning on the passions and acct
dents in childhood. l.s-H $50
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ATMOSPHERIC Conclusion AS RAIN
PRoDUcER.-A Chicago civil engineer has
noted that the fact so generally observed dur
ing our late civil war, has been especially
prominent during the war now waging on the
soil Of France. During portion Of the siege
of Strasbourg daily thunderstorms occurred.
The Rhine swelled beyond its banks, filling
the cellars and driving the people from those
places of refuge against the cannonade.
Again, at Sedan, the terrible conflict which
terminated in the surrender of Mcmahon and
Napoleon was followed by an immense rain
fall. To these facts others of the same inn
port might be gathered from cable kilograms
announcing the successive operations Of the
hostile armies. He attributes this rainfall to
the conclusion of the atmosphere and the
meeting OF opposing waves of sound
produced by the cannonading from differ
ent points and at different angles, effecting
condensation of the aqueous vapors,
aided, perhaps, by electrical action
Inc latter part Of his theory is well support
ed by the slight investigations which scientific
men have given to the subject. The conces-
sion OF the atmosphere produces great va
rlety OF currents in its mass, and the friction
OF these upon each other accounts for any
amount OF electrical excitement necessary to
produce the rainfall in question. 1t is evident
OF storms-it is an active agent in bringing
them on. The recent organization of sys-
tenn OF meteorological observations at military
posts will doubtless lead to most exact study
and explanation Of this and kindred phenom-
ona.
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A NICE SENSE OF HoNoR.-At a meeting
held in Richmond the other day in honor Of
Gen. Lee, Jefferson Davis, who owes his life
solely to the singular and unprecedented
magnanimity of the American people, made
a speech. OF course his remarks were highly
eulogistic, thought if we may believe the Con-
federate historian Pollard, he was extremely
jealous of Lee during the progress of the war,
and was with difficulty prevented from ex-
hibiting towards him that active hostility
that kept Beauregard and Joseph Johnston
in the background. The argus gravely pub
fishes without dissent that part of Davis's
speech in which be speaks of "sense of hon
Or" We quote:
After the Mexican war the Cuban Junta
in New York chose Lee, then Captain of En-
gineers in Baltimore, to be their leader in the
struggle for the independence of the Island,
and Lee consulted with his friend Davis over
the offer. To the latter's question of policy,
he gently replied that "the simple question
was, whether 1t was right or not" He had
been educated by the United States, and felt
| It wrong to accept place in the tarmy of a
| foreign power. But the same sense of honor
| impelled him to go with his State,-to which
| he owed his first and last allegiance-in Sc
cession.
"Sense of honor" indeedl So fastidious
that he could not enter the service of for
eign people, but glorying in drawing his sword
against his native Ian Il.
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Ths rapid multiplication Of railroads be-
tween 1850 ard 1860, caused an aggregation of
population to the cities which was materially
checked by the war, and still more perma-
nently by the expansion of railroads since its
close. Vast numbers of city laborers are now
engaged in the construction of railroads, and
the vast expansion of the area of country open
to settlement by railways, tend to diminish
rather than increase our city population.
Again, the high tariff forced upon the coun-
try BY the war has tended to enlarge domestic
production more rapidly than the increase of
foreign importatons, so that we may confident
ly look for still.greater diffusion of our city
population into the interior, while our present
commercial policy is maintained.
The importation of foreign goods into
the country for the year ending December 31st
1869, amounted to $463, 461 AT, against $751;
7Ol,510, for the year ending December 31st
1868, while the value of domestic commodities
exported for the year ending December 31st,
1869 amounted to 1854 s73. 800, against SAL
soo,O72 for the year ending December 31st,
1865, while for the seven months of the present
year ending July 31st, 1870, the imports of for
sign goods amounted to $1s6 443 ,O42, against
$195, 27S,171, for the corresponding months of
1869. While the exports of domestic commod-
tiles for the first seven m ,nths of the present,
year ending July 31st, 1870, amounted to $780,
,225. against $3.50, 1853 $50 for the cores
pending seven months of last year.
The increase of manufacturing industry
from the close of the civil war to the time of
takinr fIo of 10,
Utmost exclusively to the few States that &C.
cumulated: capital so rapidly1 during the civ
| strife. New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, and Massachusetts,, and the employ
nent of capital in manufactures is these States
has given them their increase of population, and
notlany enlargement of their foreign commerce
While therefore, the manufacturing towns
aave all increased in population, Just in pro-
portion to the increase of manufacturers the
Agricultural districts of New York and New
England have sent their surplus population to
the West, which has received also large acces
sions of population from the old slave States
whose white population has diminished, or at
any rate not increased from 1860 to 1870.
All the political and financial questions
which divided the country prior to 1860 have
completely disappeared, and new questions
have arisen growing out OF the altered state OF
things consequent upon the conclusion Of the
war.
Transportation is the great practical ques-
ton of the day, how to multiply commodities
for export and find the gences of transit by
land and by water, are the practical questions
that now engage the attention Of business men
and statesmen. -t..4 j. A. p
Portland, Nov. g. 1870.
ITO be continued
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EUaENIE has been interviewed at Chisel.
hurst by an American lady who was fascinated
by the beauty, manners, and, above all, dress
of the ex-Empress. Her visitor tells us that
her Majesty was dressed in walking costume
Of most exquisite shade of brown. The pet
ticoat was of silk, trimmed with three founces
of velvet, the faintest shade darker than the
silk, over which she wore tunic and Jacket of
French merino of the finest and softest tex
ture. She carried in her left hand buff UNI
brella lined with green silk; in her right sub
stantial brown wood cane with gold head.
She did not seem to carry it simply for orna.
ment, but made use of it as a walking-stick.
1t is pleasant to learn that sorrow has not
blighted the beauty that won a crown. The
ex-Empress, we are informed, hardly looks
twenty five, aud has an "angelic" complexion.
She is very anxious for peace, but prefers the
welfare of France to the restoration Of tie EN-
pire. She still believes that tho French peo-
pie desire The Empire by an overwhelming ma
iority, but she will not plot against the repub-
o.
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FWI1thcu1 -Oteb. ~
Col. Fisher, Commissioner Of Patents, ten.

Col. Fisher, Commissioner Of Patents, ten
dered his resignation on Tuesday and it was
accepted by the President. The resignation
was rendered several weeks ago, bot was tenn
porarily withdrawn at the request Of the
President. The successcrship lies between
Mr.. Blackwell of Pittsburg and Col. Duncan
the present assistant-cemmissioner
IT is too bad that Senator Sprague's Mr.
Eames should be elected to Congress in the
eastern Rhode Island district over Mr.. Jenckes
and three or four other candidates. There
has been much said of Sprague's use of mon
ey in this district. Rhode Island has MOI
even democratic constitution, so carefully
does it guard the franchise from the pollution
of Ignorant foreigners" but 1t seems that its
fastidiousness is of little practical advantage
if bribery is so potent an agency in its poll
tics.
The n. Y. Times publishes the list of $4,000
fictitious names founh on the registry lists in
that city.
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AN affecting incident of the loss of the
steamship Cambria is told by the light-keeper
at 1nnistrahul. On the night of the wreck be
had opened a door or window in the light
house, apparently few minutes after the
steamer struck on the rocks. Looking to
seward, he observed light short distance
away, which suddenly disappeared, and then
there rose above the roar of the tempest the
agonizing shrieks of men and women, which
were quickly stilled. This is the last that
was seen of the Cambria. The fact that the
missing boats have not been found affords no
ground for hope that more than one person
survived the disaster. The fishermen saw
that the coast is SO rugged that, even if they
came ashore, they would not be preserved to
be recognized. The wreckage which had
been cast on the Derry and Antrim coasts is
chopped into pieces so small that it is almost
impossible to believe them part of a large
steamer. As yet no examination of the caves
and rugged shores of Inni strahul has been
practicable. owing to the boisterous character
OF the weather, but the occupants of the light
house affirm that, so far as their examination
has gone, it has yielded no trace of the absent
PASSENGERS, rFr
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LABOR AND PoTAToEs-THE FARMERS OF
MAINE In DANaER--Hon. Ginery Twitchell,
representative elect from the third Massachus-
etts district, responded to a call from his con-
stituents Monday evening, saying among other
things:
Here is also Labor Reform Ticket. Now,
If. ought ever to have been c. assed with any
particular body of men, it is with the laboring
class. have always been laboripg man. l
believe there are too many hours OF laDor
drawn out from the laboriDg man, and that ne
gets too SIN all pay for his labor. (Applause.)
For nv part don't see how leboring man
with a family, can live with the the pay be
gets. And it is no man that asks fellow
creature to work for him for price less than
he can honestly live upon. He does the man q
great injustice, aud tempts him to 40 scme-
thing wrons. Mr.. Knsely told you that go
to take of the duty from potatoes. So do l
believe it is most unjust duty (applause) on
the article We live upon. Potatoes ought to
come free from just over the line, and did all
could to get the duty off. You know the du-
ty is twenty-five cents a bushel, and that that
duty is sought to be Derpetuated by the Maine
men, who raise potatoes, but who have not got
SO good au article. Now let them get living
out of something else, and we will help them
to do it. We will assist them in their ships, in
their lumber, or in anything, only let them
help us take off the odious tax, SO that the poor
man may have a cheap article of food.
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ST ATE OF Nj A n e.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
A PROCLAIM
FOR DAY OF
P9BLI0 THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE.


Reyering the faith and practice of our fathers, and
recognizing the duty OF a Christian people TO ac-
knowledge the goodness and grace of God, do here
by, with advice OF the Executive Council, appoint
q thursday, the Oath day of November next
as day OF PUBLIC THANKSGIVING and PRAISE.
Let us gather on that day as congregations and
families to recount blessings, to renew the love
of kindred and home, and TO join thanks and wor-
Ship 10 the Oliver.
Reminded also by these gatherings OF the losses aud
sorrows that attend this human lot, may cherish
thoughts of tenderness and charity and seek to
der acceptable services TO by works of good
our f.liow-men.
Given the Council Chamber this ihrty-first day of
October in the year OF our Lord thousand eight
hundred and Sc eniy, aud of the Independence of
the umef States OF America the ninety fifth.
JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN.
FRANKIN M. DREW, Secretary OF State.
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Hoffman for President.

| The majority for Hoffman in New York
city was no doubt much increased by fraudu-
lent votes, the general government having at
the last moment, for the sake of avoiding a
| collision with the local authorities, agreed not
to carry out its most promising plans for Sc
| curing fair election. Fraud is to be pun
ished, not prevented. 1t will not be at
all strange if the New York World now has
| another period of mental exaltation, as it did
two years ago, during which it can see that
outrageous frauds were committed, that
Tweed is a robber and that Hall is his thief.
But nervousness and candor after election
are of little practical value. We do not sup
pose that the result of the State election
would have been changed if there had been a
fair vote, so that there is trife less reason
to complain than there was il the fall of
1868.
AS we predicted "a few days ago Gov. HoE
mans friends will now put him in training
| for the Presidency in 1872. He has the pres
tige of success, has more personal popularity
than any other Democrat in the land, and has
Sweeney, Tweed, and Jim Fisk with his
twenty-five thousand subservient Erie en-
ployees to back him. Hoffman is the best
representative of the worst element in the
Democratic party, aud is therefore by i'm
memorial usage entitled to the leadership.
He signs corrupt railroad bills, is the plant
tool of the Tammany ring, and is central
figure in the Democratic party, owing to his
metropolitan location. That he will be the
nominee of the next Democratic National
Convention is foregone conclusion. We
shall then see if the people will vote to make
the White House the Tammany headquarters.
The people who in 1868 repudiated Pendle-
tonianism, as well as Seymour's treason
stained record and Blair's revolutionary fury
will hardly choose for their chief magistrate
man who is more conspicuous than any
other individual in America for the prostitu-
ton sof official position to personal and cor
rupt ends.
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Rates of increase Rates of increase
from 1850 to 'c0. from 1850 to 70.

Returns are published showing approximate
ly the population of % of the States of the Un-
ion south and west, but the return from Maine
and the eastern States are not yet published,
nor those Of the District of Columbia and the
territories. tak ~ ~
The aggregate population of the nine unre-
ported States has been stated, or most of them,
in general terms ia the newspapers, but it is
impossible to estimate with accuracy the ag-
gregate population of the United States till the
official returns are promulgated. Enough is
known, however, to show that the increase of
population is mainly in the Northwest The
en- grain exporting States this side the Rocky
Mountains, containing 600 ,2S7 square miles of
territory have increased at the rate of Al 50 100
per cent. from 1860 to 1870, against 50 per cent.
increase from 1850 to 1860, as shown by the fol-
lowing table. ars.~F s
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For many months New Orleans has been
under ban. Grim Death, clad in his yellow
jacket, was present in its streets, its alleys,
and by-ways, and for time reigned supreme.
Now, we hear it has at last emerged from this
dreary cloud of dullness which has been for
many weeks past sitting its energies. Now
that all danger of sickness has passed away,
the truants are focking home from all direc-
lions, and every avenue OF communication
WIN the north and the surrounding country
~: pouring in its throngs OF visitors. A new
I've seems to be instiled into trade. People
nave dropped the languid airs OF the summer
s1istlce' and now hurry through the streets as
snUugn every moment could be coined into
doiiars. Inc iew notes open are already iull
The stores are displaying their richest wares
In every direction the hammer, the trowel
and pant-brush are at work, and everything
gives indication that the business season hai
dawned once more, with,we are happy to adj
the most fattering prospects.
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HE CONNECTICUT ENDORSEMENT OF Sec Z
Cox AND THE CIVIL SERvIcE.-The following
is the material portion of the letter presented
to Sec'y Cox by President Woolsey of Yale
College, Rev. DR.. Leonard and others, refer.
ence to which has been made by telegraph:
We, therefore, as citizens of the United
states, though most of us are personally I'M
known to you, may properly addrest you on
tne occasion OF your retirement from the place
you have held in the national government.
For ourselves only, and not in any representa-
tive character, yet confident that we express
the thought and feeling of thousands who like
ourselves are habitually observant Of public
affairs, we say to you, soeH donel We approve
most heartily of the policy which you have la
bored to INTRODUCES into the Department Of the
Interior; and with the same heartiness we ap-
prove your determination to retire from that
Department when you found yourself obstruct-
ed in prosecuting the great reformation to
which you had committed yourself. You car
~ with you, in your retirement from Office, the
warm approval and the best wishes of thou.
sands OF patriotic men, who have no interest in
politics other than their interest as citizens in
the well being and doing of the Republic S..
In our Judgment, no question now pending
is more important to the future well-being and
well-doing of the Republic than the question
OF that reformation which you have attempted
in the Department of the Interior, and which
ought TO be carried uncompromisingly through
the entire civil service of the country. The
question whether all offices in the gift of the
President and of the heads of departments,
shall be distributed as ''spoils" by one partner
ship of men who trade in politics or by anoth-
er-perhaps little less corrupt and perhaps a
little more-when it becomes as it sometimes
does become, the only question between two
great political parties, is Insignificant in COM
parison with the question whether the business
OF the government shall be conducted on bust
ness Principles, or on principles which would
bring any business man to bankruptcy in a
twelvemonth. This question OF reforming the
manner Of appointments and the tenure Of Of
fee in the civil service is really nothing less
than the question whether the people shall be
served or ruled-served by competent and ex-
perienced men, or ruled by party managers
and political tricksters.
The laying OF assessments on Office holders
enforced by threats of dsmisson from Office
is nothing else than compelling men to pur-
chase their offices with brides. While we re-
greet the circumstances which induced YOU TO
resign your office, we are confident that the
cause with which you are thus honorably iden.
titled will prevail, and that the honest and
patriotic people will soon take this question
out of the hands of political managers and
save the country by demanding thorough re-
form of the civil service. ~ acre -ss I'd. 80
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The present House 1929 members) stands
ISL Republicans, IS Democrats.
Our resume is made up at midnight, and it
is probable that our telegraph columns will
give additional intelligence.
In the lists printed printed above the names
OF Democrats are printed in Italics. The
names with prefxed are those of present
members
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The RULING PASSION STRONG IN B1RTH.-
The Boston Lyceum Bureau has just received
the following telegram, dated Buffalo, Nov. 8,
from the famous humorist and lecturer, Mark
Twain:
A son was born to me yesterday, and with
the true family instinct he has gone to lectur-
ing already. His subject is the same as Josh
Billingss-"Milk." You are hereby constitute
ments with lyceums. 8. T.. CLEMENS.
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PORTLAND & OGDENsBURa RAILRoAp.-The
town OF Conway voted on Monday last, to take
per cent of their valuation, amounting to
WI 900, in the capital stock of the above corpo-
ration. The meeting was largely attended
and the proposition was affirmed by a negative
vote OF only twenty-eight with more than four
times that number of yeas. The directors of
the road are now looking over the two routes
from Fryeburg through Conway, one leading
through North Con way and the other through
Conway Corner, and intersecting at Bartlett,
preparatory to fixing upon an immediate loca-
ton, when the road to Bartlett will probably
be put under contract for construction for
next summer travel to the mountains
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neighbor has learned to conceal the chagrin
it feels at being perpetually on the losing side
in politics. We are not surprised therefore,
at the affectation of satisfaction with which
It chronicles the result of Tuesdays elections.
But it reminds us of this from Hudibras:
Quoth Ralph, how great do not know
We may by be ing beaten grow;
But none who see how here we sit b.
Wi Judge us eyorgroWn with wit,