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Portland aud Vicinity.
New AdveFtksew~uss this Oay.

New AdveFtisem~vsst his Oay.
AUCTION COLUMN.
Real Estate....F o. Barley & Co.
Furn ture r. D. B Hey g. Co.
Steam BOAT. :. N. A. Thompson s. Co.
SPECIAL NOTICE COLUMN.
Grand Mass Meeting. City Hall.
Fresco Painter. :. VIM. M. Paine.
NEW ADVERTISEMENT COLUMN.
Removal. IT H. Haskell.
Lawyers. Haskell & Thomas.
Wanted at Once. 4. Agents
Gorham School tor Boy. Geo. A. Perkins.
For Sale. Samuel Hill.
Peruvian Syrup.
Noice % Teachers.
Stafford Property for Sale. Geo. n. Davis 4 Co.
Vessels Wanted. -. los Wssr0tt & Son.
Invitation. %. Hicks g. Fulinm.
Dissolu ZION. =. Chs. r.. Quinbv & Co.
Iri t Mill for Sale. &C f. walker.
Lust. :. .PortemonnaIe.
Rooms Let
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MIDLAND BONDS !!
Seven Per Cent. Gold,
FREE OF GOVERNMENT TAX.
ON THE
First Mortgage Bonds
Railroad in New York State.
THE,
NeaC- York & OSaCe0O
Midland Rail Road :!
PORTLAND. ME-,
At Close of Bus ness, March "a, 1870.

Extends from New York City to the CITY of osweoo.
on take Ontario, distance Of 40 miles, Including
from Oswego. aud regular trains running daiIy.
RAPID progress is making in the balance o. the line
and The entire work will be complete at the earliest
pracficeabe peri d.
AAFR1Y OF THE BONDa.
There i. no railroad bond of rel upon the New
York market which arly combines the elements
Ct PERFEGT SECURITY and HIGH RATE
or IN rEkEST as this: in proof OF hich assertion
the following simple larts are IRE ent.d:
I. TIE LOCATION Of THE ROAD, street hing
MIDLAND COUNTIES W NEW YoxK STa airHs
to the nearest port on the great Lakes Is such that
1t must command la:ge through an ! local traffic
from the moment 1t Is opened. The Route from New
York 10 Buffalo will DO shortened seventy miles
an? Ta Gs" COST Fry Sr T BG ills THE ROAD
about $4,000 per mile, and 500 On OF th At amount ia
necessarily t1risned ov stock subscription before
dollar s used from the So es OF homie, since the sue
81 soAB '' BUILT 4Sp IN si sGSN fES
OVER Sc ooeooe have already been paid in on
ste ok subscriptions, VA
8 The mortgage bonds on every railroad running
out OF New ~; iork city ale good, ami interest Is
i. fHE TOTAL INTEREST LIABILITY o,
TINS great tnrouen rru.e or railway between the
Lakes snd the Atlan1c coast, 400 miles In length
will thus be only per annum aiter the Whole
line iseompleted. On the most m, derace calcuis-
MONTH would lar exceed this sum.
THE RATE OF INTEREST.
These bonds pay seven per cent, in cold. free nj
ULi.d States income tax. and this, with gold at I2O
Is equ Il 70 about :. PER CENr.A YEAR. No
mssH sVS srxAE IL
Oh more liberal terms than these.
Tue BONDS.
The bonds have 25 years TO run; are issued in do.
nominaions Vt 900; hesr Seven Per Cent. In,er-
est In gold tree OF income are Con non or Res IL.
tered, With in,eresr, payable spontaneously in New
York; on the LIST Of January and 1st OF July.
PRICE, PAR AND ACCRUED IN.
TEREaT.
Pamphlets, circulars, &C., may be had on appli-
DUPEE, BECK d. SAYLES.
1O2 State Street, Boston.
GEORGE 0PDYKE & CO.,
Bankers, No. 25 Nassau-st,
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BY LEONARD, BIRD s. CO.,
146 fremont ST., Eoasos.
IMPORTANT SALE.
New and elegant Furniture,
MANUFACTURED
W. T0UISSAlNT & CO.,

Cd WASakN GTON ST,
Tue sDAY aud w Ed EsDAY, Ayrjl a
aud 81, vt 10 O'Clock each d y, n. Tho
Wareroom-, SAT Washtneton street..
Sold To- consequence Of Impr cven,ents 70
DO made i'm the premises.
This sale will EN- brace the finest assortment of
elegant AMI cos ~ furniture ever -xh bitei or nj.
vate or public sale IN tn s couot,y ". Touiss ,ps
g Co. have received within q year tho highest
only Silve, Nedu. ~
III. s,le viii comprise RICH AND CLEO mt
PAkLO6 SUM rs, carved walnut irames tnl4iI
pOrce IN medal ions ~ costly FL x AID satin brc-
rades, costing $1,000 to SIS = suue.
CHAMbE SE s Very handsome inlaid Mar
quertrie, Getting $1,000 suite. WALNUT Sc s.
costing nom Ss. % 10 $500 set SIDES ,ARDS
bea tiuliy carved, wb eb for originality and beau =
Of de IGN canuo he su passed ia BiNKfS-Els.
CANT real bronze tntid ne bronze d-s.yn, imported
expressly by Tou saint = Co. r their work. II.
BR KY TAbIE>-fvio combined, UWARE
BOOK Asses MANfsL PIECES, EXTEN ION
a6l E., PEUEsTALS LOUNGES EASY
CHA RS. DESKS, BRACKETS, ELE0ANT I'M
PORTED Bi L ,kD CUES, &c
Every article IN the sale Is elaborate and beautiful
and oil Tho most superb i workman hip. Th,t l. diss
and gentle Zen may have better ides OF III "a cit
or quality II this Furn turf. tre Auct,oneers re-
srecfuy beg that they will call aud lhoroa hly ok.
anime he entire stock. ItsnJw on exhibition, aad
ey ~ ,lzy I'LL sale.
CATALOGUES. ready one week before the sale.
apr2 10,
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ENTrs<tAsNm Es'rs,
Coming Again
Portland Theatre :

Five Nights only, commencing Tuesday,
March 40.
ATatinees Wednesday and Saturday, children Is
cents Everv child receives present.
THE GREAT LOGRENIA, THE Royal CoNJu-
RoR and his Fur psan Troupe Of Trained Birds;
Canaries, IVA Sparrows. Paroquetts, White Mice,
and Russian Ca $, together with his POPULAR
PRESEN rATiON FESTIVALS.
onn Elegant Pres~nts all us'id ara val
Nv liable. Including an s,I~gantt hnn'-
Der set Of Eur"suure, - ustiog s;">r silver
Warc.i and Ten ssO'1ar Q. Id. PHI CO gwen
to TIL audience each and eTery nig't upon his I'm (.
partial plan which such un versal satisfaction
on his last visit here.
Admission, Gale Y IS cts with one ein ppvelope :
Paruuett 80 cts. with Two ebvelopes; Child en- Is
cts Children to matinee 10 CTS, every chli re :
cejves present.
Doors pen vt z. commence at o'clock.
Distribution OF presrbis at 9 so.
Matinee at | 1-2 commence at LIZ O'CLOCK.
pnro1 cy
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w A<BINGTON.
A TELEGRAPHIC CONCESSION FROM THE FRENCH
G0YERNMENT L

A TELEGRAPHIC CONCESSION FROM THE FRENCH
GOVERNMENT.
WASHINGTON, April 3-Oficial information
has just been received that the French Gov
eminent has arraigned with the French
Atlantic Cable Go. to cancel its exclusive con.
cesson for landing cables from the United
States on French soil. The United States
Government or any citi len of our country can
therefore now land cables from the United
States on French soil in reciprocation of tle
privilege to the French to land cables on our
SOIL
A JUBILEE.
A religious jubilee in honor Of the 10Th
amend ment was held to- night at Israel Church.
G. 7. Downing aud the Rev. Sella Martin de-
livered addresses and Prot Vashon read poem.
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view 0TH MOCK aud. Money W Pkef
NEW YORK. April @ Morminq, - Money fairly
acuVe at g per cent. on ca with exceptions at
pei cent Foreign Exchange quiet &C 1881 a 1861 for
Ills. - '1-a ~
Inc government bond market was quiet and firm
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CALIFORNIA
STEAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND


CALIFORNIA
STEAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND
AUSTRALIA.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2.-Reliable informa-
ton has been received in this city of the for
nation of a co rpany in London to carry out
the proposed steam service between this city
and Australia.
THE WRECK OF THE GOLDEN CITY.
The steamer Fidelita arrived here to-day
from Santa Barbara, bringing the remaining
passengers and all of the baggage and treasure
seved from the wreck of the Golden City.
SHARP EARTHQUAKE.
AT 11.50 a. NJ. to-day sharp, wicked shock
Of earthquake was telt. Its duration was six
seconds. The direction was from southeast to
northwest and the motion vertical. There was
no damage to lite, limb or property, but there
was int nse excitement for a few moments. All
the animals were terribly frightened aud seve-
raj ruuaways resulted from the fright. The
City Hall where the courts were in session, the
Merchants Exchange, the Mercantile Lib airy,
the Custom House and other large buildings
were instantly vacated and pane was Great
ed at the hotels. The streets swarmed with
people in moment. 1t was raining at the
time. Prior to the shock the barometer was
observed to fall very rapidly.
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racine RAILWAY mortgages firm at 91J "a 90 for Gem
trails, and ~ q IS for Unions
Inc Railway market opened strong and advanced
was lost.
fhe m miscellaneous list was generally dull and the
only movement Of any consequence was in Pacific
Mail, which ranged fiom SGT TO 1863
The following are the fol enoon quotations:
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IIOusehuld Furniture at Auction

On 1hursia ,ApIiI Z. at ten o'clock A N. at hose
tufa In sad house CONS q inc IN n,,t On Parlor Dat
In Black Wauui ard Hair lo,h Card Tables. bIas-
sci and Ingram Carpets, Extension Table ard DIN
ing Chtir-, Chestnut and Painted CHAMBER II rnfs
iuIe, Mattresses AMI Feather eds, Parlor and Cook
Stove. Cookery and Glass WaIe, together vita
Kitchen Fur lure.
%. BAlLhY Il so. Aurflouee,s.
spr it'd
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EW YORK,

NEW YORK, April 3.-The Women's Medical
College graduated five students last evening.
Herman Dali of Hoboken blew off bis head
with horse pistol yesterday, on account of his
Inability to earn living.
ACCIDENT TO STEAMER CITY OF BRUSSELS.
The steamship Idaho, which arrived to-day,
reports March IS, A. NJ, lat 4 16, lon. 60, spoke
steamship City of Rrnssells. from NeM York
for Liverpool, under sail. Can't. Kennedy of
the City of Brussels, reportel that she bad lost
her propeller and full suit of sails, but needed
no assistance. She proceeded under full sail,
close hauled, beading southeast. The Idaho
TOOK letters from Capt. Kennedy and his pas
seogers to friends in New York.
THE NEW CITY CHARTER.
The Citizens Association last evening adopt
ed a resolution calling on the Legislature to
pass the charter as it came from the Assembly
and specifying many OF its features as vast i'm
povements which the association has for years
recommended as necessary to Onr municipal
government. A petition to the Legislature in
favor of a new charter has been signed by Pc
ter Cooper. Moses Taylor, Fl B. Clafin and
many of our heaviest tax payers.
UPHoLsTERERs' STRIKE.
The en- plotees in two of the largest uphol-
stering establishments in this city strike to.
morrow in consequence of a reduction OF their
wages.
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MISCELLAN EOUS.
Office of FISK & HATCH,
BANKERS AND DEALERS IN GOVERN
MENT SECURITIES.

BANKERS AND DEALERS IN GOVERN
MENT SECURITIES.
No. 5NAssAU TREET, NEw-YoRK.
February 18th, 1870.
TheIemarkab'e success which attended our neeo-
tiation OF the Loans OF the CENTRAL PACIFIC RAIL-
ROAD COMPANY and thu WESTERN PAoI 10 RAIL
ROAD COMPANY, and the popularity and or
which these Loaus have maintained in the markets,
both in this country and Europe, have shown tina
the FIRST Mortgage Bonds wisey-located and hon
orably managed Railroads promptly recognized
and readily taken the most suitable sale and ad.
vantagenus form of Investment, yielding more lib
eraI income than can hereafter be derived from
Government Bonds, and available to take their
place.
Assured that. In the selection and negotiation of
superior Railroad Loans. we are meeting a great
public want, and rendering a valuable service
both to the holders of Capital and to those great
National works Of internal improvement whose In
trinsic merit and substantial character entite them
TO the use Of Capital and the confidence OF investors
I'VE now offer with special confidence and satisfae-
ton the
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
oE THR
Qheaa naska and Ohio Railroad Nomnanu.
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A Ii KINDS OF BOOK AND JOB PRINYIhp
q neatl executed At this ofaSe,
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

VICKsBURG AND BRUNSWICK
RAILRoAD.-Thc last Eufaula lines
contains nm advertisement for pro.
posals for grading. masonry, aud
bridging Of the first twenty miles
of the above named road, westward
from Eufaula to Clayton, bids TO be
opened aud declared on the Goth
inst. Proposals will be entertained
at the same lime for the compile
ton of the road through Barbour
county, q total distance of forty
miles. Ell s. Shorter, of Eufaula,
is the President of the company.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

AAaalE8 AaAH
Each Federal soldier in the
State Of Georgia costs the govern
ment $4,000 annually.
A woman Is captain Of a canal
boat running into Cincinnati, and
.transacts business as well as o
man.
Major Francis o'CaHahan is
said to be one OF the best officers
Spain has in Cuba. The insur-
gents call him the "feroeious
Irishman."
Mr.. Hays, of ST. Louis, has
brought suit against George H.
Roe and Edward Jones, in which
the damages are laid at $4,000,
for the alleged loss and detention
of goods supposed to belong to
Perry Fuller, and seized in St.
Louis last September.
The State Department has re-
ceiyed a dispatch from Consul
Webb at Zanzibar under date OF
Oct. ,, in which 1t is stated that
the day before q letter was
received by the British Consulate
from DR.. Livingstone, dated May
30, 1869, in which lie writes that
he had reached Ugigi, on the
Yanganyika Lake, safely and in
good health.
John Hays and John Long, who
were discharged from the Massa.
chuseets State Prison, on the dis.
covery of their innocence, after
four years Imprisonment, have
| applied to the Legislature Of thai
State for compensation.
A clerk named Thomas +. NJ
Hawly has been arrested inBoston
charged with embezzling $1,000
from his employer. He states
that he lost $4,000 publishing {
paper called the Boston Stage
and besides expended considerable
money in fast living.
A defalcation in the Boston
City Treasnrcr's Office of $4,000
is reported. John W. Collins lat
of California, the clerk who hGI
charge Of paying the interest o
the city debt, is charged with I'll
crime. lie conrcsses to havin.
lost $4,000 Of the funds in gaml
ling.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

De a
aaHeaas baa Nlal
life ofa
aHuahiH Eslled. ia ma se.a.
that be looked up vita a Slid 81
terror.
aYOu shall aoFoa, d my heaaua
I went on, acoupls heFHame VIA
TIE word you Wereahout @ speak. Z
ThenI took of my cap, and my
false hair Is gate : great efy' aud
In smother moment be he'd caught
me in his arms.
How much wa had 70 tell each
other on that stormy v0yagsl
lie believed and pified me.
/ believed and pitied him.
His partner never made restitu-
ton, for when we returned homo
he was gone to his long account,
but my heart aches every day Tor
the helpless woman who are thrown
adrift upon the great world, Of
whose struggles to maintain them.
selves and to keep upright none
bat God knows. o, that the time
may soon come when woman shall
be able TO protect herself! When,
armed with the ballot, encouraged
by fair wages and honorable EN-.
plOyment, she may not be called
upon to suffer and endure, merely
because she is a woman.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

The irrepressible man Lopez
Of Paraguay, seems to be still in
the ring. A short time since it
was reported that the Allies had
vanquished his army and driven
him into exile, and that he was
then wandering in the mountains
aid would possibly be captured
in q few days. Information has
been received in Paris in the past
few days, that so far from the
above statement being true, he is
at the head Of an army of eight
thousand men and will in all prob.
ability drive his enemies from his
borders.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

A SrEGllL dispatch from ST.
Cloud to Chicago, under date Of
The l4th inst, gives importan; in
formation in regard to the Red
River rebellion. DR.. Shutter had
arrived there from pembina, and
reports matters rs serious at Fort
Garry. The French, under Rciile,
had seized the Hudson Bay Com
pany's safe, containing S2j0,O9) in
gold, The Sioux Indians are ru.
morcd TO be on the war path, and
the pcoplc OF Dakota and Minneso-
IA are said to BE- much alarmed al
the prospect Of another Indian
war.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

IL the Radical Legislature of
Alabama, Il few days since "a bill
was offered to declare null and
void all marriages during the war,
on the ground that the Supreme
Court of Alabama has lately de-
cided that all courts during the
war we're Illegal
This Legislature has gone even
further, as a "biIl was also intro
duced and referred, to allow the
sexes to cohabit, provided they
are willing to occupy the relation
ship Of man and wife,
These are some Of the natural
fruits of the great 'moral idea"
party. How long will It be until
the end is reached?
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

WE arc Informed that the cost Of
the recent session of the Lcgi'l0'
turc Is $4,000. AS all evidence OF
what became of tLis large sum the
records show that the member
from Jackson received 232S, an
average of 80 so per day. The
member from Wilkinson received
s4O7 20, an average of $50 Y pei
day, and the other members in like
proportion, except to those who re.
sided near the Capital and who, a
eighty cents a mile milage, did moi
receive so much.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

WONDERS NEVER CEAsE.-The
congregation of the church of
which Henry Ward Beecher is
pastor, a few days since offered to
increase his salary from Sl2,5OO
a year to $4,000. The reverend
gentleman refused to accept the
advance. Can it be that he thinks
by this to be forced to accept,
say $4,000 against his wiShes'
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

Bet an editor let the devil be
waiting for copy; sit down to
write an article, and get a few SEN
fences done. Then let an ac-
quaintance drop in and begin to
tell you stories and gossips Of
the town; and lot him sit, sit and
SIT. This is the quickest way we
can think Of TO 90 raving dis
tracted mad. Pity some editors
did not have more visitors.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

From the OkOIona News we
learn that Willie ehearcr, brOther
of the City Editor of the Times of
this city, while out hunting a few
days since, accidently shot himself
in the bowels, from the effect OF
which he has since died.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

The Noble Register denies that
Mrs. Augusta j, Evans Wilson,
the authoress Of St. Elmo, Vashti
and other novels, was Injured by
a railroad accident recently, as
stated by many papers.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

An Indiana man offered $50 for
The privilege Of officiating at an
execution az haagman.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

The journal Of the Episcopal
Convention shows 70 churches and
chappels in New York city aud
Harlem. The largest contributions
are reported from Trinity Church
with its 3 chappels Sjl,2jl. Grace
Church with chapel $49,llj. ST.
George and 2 chappels S35,j75: In.
carnation S29,ljl; Cavalry S2S, $50.
Trinity with the chappels has 2,l40
commandments ST. George 1900
Grace S02;. There are in the
whole diocese 1876 churches and
chappels, 800 clergymen, aud 20,SG7
Sunday scholars.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

NEARLY all of our exchanges
have failed us for the two or three
days past, and we are reduced 10
straits for news.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

ILL county MHN# AA5UMEHaH
yesterday anita next Monday lie
3lst Instant aa "a
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

wards the cOlOrod people, then the
reaction will begin, and the cleo.
ton ofthis man will be the lnni.
tial step. BY no construction Of
law, by no pretext Of policy can
he be rejected. He is legally, that
Is If the acts of 4 Radical Con-
gress are ever legal, a member Of
the United States Senate, and up
on no ground Of justice or right
can he be refused his seat. But
we will wait and sae.
An EfGOrtT0 Remand NRssnchu-
sets 20 a Territorial CSndi.
tIOn,
a petition signed by a number Of
citizens Of Massachusetts has been
forwarded to Representative Cox,
at New York, with the request that
he submit; it to Congress. The pc
,i!ioners pray that their State be
remanded to a territorial govern
ment for its reasonable course in
1912, its unrepub'ican denying the
right Of suffrage to those who con-
not read and write, and for its can
nection with the Hartford Convcn-
ton. Mr.. Cox means to present
the petition as requested by its
signers.
OF course this petition would
amount TO nothing even if present.
ed by MIR. Cox, but the sentiment
and spirit Of it is correct. II Geor-
gia 4 be remanded to a terrific
rial condition, any other State in
the Union Gait also. We cannot
conceive where the law is to be
found, which authorizes the de-
s]truction and overthrow Of State
Government! in any State. We
know Of no provision in the Con-
stitution Of the United States
which justities any such act, but
II there IS law for il, it is just as APP
plicable to Massachusetts, as any
other State, and we hope the time
will come when there will be a
Congress which can and will over
throw the State Governments in all
the States whose Representatives
have caused Georgia remandcd.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29
PART.

We declare that those are subject
to accommodation late seneRtG
reserved TO the Roman Ponti6;
FiFst-Those who instruct or de-
fend, whether In public or in pri-
vate, the propositions condemned
by the Apostolic Sec nader Rain q
communicates lase seaeata,
also those who instruct OF defend
a. lawful the practice Of asking "a
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

WE extract the following from
the recent Papal Bull issued at
Rome:
RECOMMENDATION LATE sENFRE-
TIE, ESPECIALLY RESERVED TO
THE ROMAN PONTIFF.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-09-09
Personal.

Rev J. Isham Bliss, formerly Of St. Adams
but recently returned from travelling in Europe
is in town and boarding at the Lawrence House
Col. Richard B. Cuts, one Of the directors O.
the L. s. coast survey, has come to this city fol
the purpose Of masking survey Of Lake Cham
plain. He is stopping at the Lawrence Houle
Horace Z. Stevens and Il. H. Douglass, gra-
duates of the Scientific Department of the Uni
versi,y Of Vermont at the LIST Commencement
have received appoiutmentsas Civil Engineers or
the Northern Pacific Railroad, and will be as
signed to duty this month probably. They have
already left to report at the Conpany's hesl-
quarters in New York
Carlos Pierce Of stausteai, P O., widely
known as one Of the weaithiest citizens Of that
portion Of Canals. and whose splendid stock
farms snd elegant residence have been among tie
lions of Stsns,ead, died in that place, Of fever,
August Goth He was formerly a B1,tonian,
who accumulatel great wealth rapidly. snd
spsn: it munifcently. His funeral on Tuesday
was very largely attended, abou, 1000 OF 1850
persons being present Al Of the p'qces Of husi-
ness At Stansteai, Rock Island. and Derby Line
were closed.