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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-04-22
Cha pier III.

AN ACT additional 10 chapter hundred and
twenty six OF the revised frauds
Whoever Gaudulently makes or utters apy receipt
other written evidence of the delivery deposit
OF any grain, -four pork, wool or other goods.
or srcbandiss In any warehouse, mil store
other building, when the quantity specified therein
had not, la fact bseI delivered and deposited In
such building; makes ntters any receipt
other written evidence vi the delivery depesjt
with him of any bonds other rifics svi-
dences OF debt when tse have not i fact. been
80 delivered and deposited. shall be punished by I'm
prisonment not less than year tia an ten
Approved March 10, 1901
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-04-22
CHAPTER 146.

AN ACT to amend sections one and three chapter
eleven, OF the revised statutes relating to school
districts. ~ 'i
SECT. J. Section one. chapter eleven of the re-
ytsed statutes is hereby amended so as to read az
follows: - ' -
SECT. i. A town at Its annual meeting or Mt n
meeting called for that purpose. may determine the
number and limits of the school districts therein hut
they shall not be altered discontinued or annexed 70
Others except on the written Recommendation OF the
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-04-22
Charter HI.

AN ACT to provide for the recording Of certain con-
tracts. ..g . -. 80 & 1850
Seer. ,. No stipulation In . note for moro than
thirty dollars that the goods and for which
the note IL given shall remain the property of TN.
payce until payment, shall be valid against any other
person than the parties thereto Possession OF
such property Is retained by the payee the note h
recorded in tho same place and tgages
of personal property.
SECT 2 The recording officer shall receive for
such record twenty-five cents and receipt of his
fee shall record all such delivered ~ him In
book kept for that purpose. ,r. u ~ ~ -
SECT. g. This act siiaiI take effect when approved
fApproyed March 10. $780, rrl
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-04-22
Cbapser lA9.

AN ACT additional Ia chapter ninety Of the revised
statutes concerning mortgages OF real estate.
Skcr. l. When Me morfgases perxon claiming
under him bas taken possession of the mortgased
premises and the debt secured by the mortgage Is
paid released after condition broken and before
foreciosure perfected, the mortgsxor person cum-
Ing under him may maintain writ of entry 10 re-
cover possession of said premi the same paid
or released before condition broken. -. 1900
SkCT. q This act shall take effect when approved
IApproved March 10. l55o-l 80
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-04-22
Chapter lAA.

AN ACT 20 anen. section eighty-cight OF chapter
SIX OF the revised statutes relating to collection Of
taxes. .-...... E..f..---- .
skor l. Section eighty eight OF chapter six OF the
follows: . = -
SECT. 80. II any person refuses 10 pay the whole
or any part of the tax assessed against him accord
ance with the provisions Of this chapter consta
pie collector or other person who-e duty it Is to
collect the same. may distrafs him by any OF his
goods and chattas. not by Law eaempt for the whole
or any part of his tax and keep such dtrers for tho
space 81 four days. ut the expense Of the owner and
IL he does not pay hs tax within that time the dis.
tess shall be openly sold Mt vendue by the cer for
Its payment. Notice of such sale shall be posted mn
In some public place in the town. least fryefght
hours before THE expira tiou of said four days
SEcr. =. This act shall take effect when Approved
tAPproved March 10, 1870 l. =
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-04-22

validity - any such sale, until the amount 81 ali
tRKes charge aud interest ~ nfrsraid and al costs
Of sut shall have been paid or rendered BY the party
desiring 10 contest tho Validity Of such rsle or by
som" JsrsOn under whom be- claims.
SEoT. 3, Jhis act shall take shrct when approved
tApprUyed March 49, 1901
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-04-22
Chapter HI.

AN ACT To renew the charters of certnfu banks
SEC~ l. The charters Of Eastern bank Mercantile
bank. and Veazie bank. all of Bangor and of Limo
Rock bank and North bank of Rockland, are hereby
extended To the fret day of October eighteen hun
drsd subject to the of all the
general laws upon the subject of banks and banking
provided however that said banks shall not be re.
CURED TO pay the state tax heretofore imposed so
long as they shall be compelled pay tax ON their
circulation under any act of congress. -
SECr. 2. Any bank mentioned in the precedip.
section may accept the provisions of this act ar any
meeting of the stockholders holden prey ious TO tho
nrst day OF october next for the purpose by n two
thirds vote cast on stock vote If said proys.
ions are accepted the cashier shall mt once inform tho
bank examiner and secretary of state thereof
SECT. 3. This act shall take effect when approved
tApproyed March IL, 1901
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-13
Who Can Explain IL,

The Auburn New York; 4drertiser
publishes the following statement, with
the remark that from its knowledge of
the gentleman by whom the account is
given it is prepared to give entire credit
to II:
-Some weeks ago a prominent citizen
Of Auburn was in the city Of Chicago
trsnssctiDg business connected with his
manufacture in this place. One evening,
after an active days work, he retired TO
his room at the hotel q little earlier
than usual; but just as he had composed
himself for sleep, he heard o voice dis
tintly, rs though it issued from the
throat Of a human, pronounce the
words, Your mother died to-day He
arose in the morning after having pass.
ed sleepless night, and made Immediate
preparation for a journey home. As he
started for the depot, he met boy with
telegraph dispatch in his hand, and
calling him to his side, he asked if tho
message was not for him-giving the
name--and sure enough it was from his
family, confirming the truth of the an-
nouncement or the unseen informant,
that his mother had died the day previ-
Ous at Auburn. He had received no in
timation but that she was enjoying her
usual health, nor had there been any,
thing to excite in the slightest degree
his spprehensions for her safety.
until the occurrence of the incident re-
lated"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-13
Wheeling Rssister.
ThurSday,----- -----.January Hoe
CORRESPONDENCE.

IA, friends of the REGISTER ArSughOid Res; @
Viyoinia aud tAe bordering counties JS:o :. ",'
PennsslrGnia are particularly reqHes'eS - .Sj vi
quInt US promptly trRh any osegr,ea'ee In
Intersst tat may come cithin thelr kn01osed9e. AZ
,,s,. Of speeiGI importa0cs the Telegraph may o.
.sSsJ al our expense; IN mos; cases Tie mda 'Cst'
anruer. Elaborate and ornate ESSAYS are no. % ae I
irri but brief and accurate Lettsrs g!o'ng az mS
soOn as nsey trGnsYtre. ..,s;
son ana development q The country me crops,
,TansErs Of land, and az other subjects C interest
70 ~ Aqrscultural community, are espee'duy ae'
s,ed and ,gu b promptly puotaShedt no,,,,,
and "a otter occasions Of Interest 10 the people, a''
II 4 our aim to publish q paper that shg4 reeect
tks epinioIls and triShes Of THE PEOfLEi dnd
and interest % them, vii reeeiUs our instant ana
InitbHl Attention.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-13
Female Rreemasonry-The Order OF
the Eastern Star.

From the Bloomington Qll) Pantagraph.l
It may not be generally known that
an Order of Masonry admitting ladies to
membership is in existence and in sue
cessful operation in this country, but
such is the case.
Not only is it existing in the United
States, but in our own city. \ charter
has already been obtained for Lodge
in Bloomington, and the proper organi-
cation of the same will be effected in
few days. In announcing this, it may
not be amiss to give some idea of the
character of the newly revived Order.
1t is called the "Order of the Eastern
Star" The system is known as adopt
ed Masonry" because the Lodges are
said to be adopted into the Masonic COM
munion.
The proper persons to receive the de-
grees are the wives, widows, sisters.
daughters and mothers of Master Ma
sons in good standing.
There are five degrees, each with
their different symbols and emGlems.
The signet of the Order is five polluted
star, each point of different colored
jewel, being respectively blue, yellow,
white, green and red. Any lady who
belongs to the Order of the Eastern
Star can, if necessary, make the ac-
quaintance of any Master Mason by
using the appropriate signs, which are
common to both orders, and will be
recognized as such. A writer upon the
subject says: "Many systems of
Adaptive Masonry have from time to
time been introduced with various sue
cess. None, however, seemed to possess
the elements of permauency, except the
Order of the Eastern Star, which was
established in 1776."
Its recent revival has been under.
taken with apparent success. Over
40, 900 copies Of the Manual describ-
ing its workings have been printed and
sold. Several ladies Of this city have
secured the charter for their new Lodge,
and are anticipating soon TO have the
pleasure Of Joining In the Adoption Bite
Of Masonry.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-13
Bsrni.x,ef aea,h.p Id.,,.

A strange scene is described as taking
place at the ceremonies of baptism Of
the Queen Of Madagascar, who had
lately been converted to Christianity
The Queen had resolved TO burn the
royal idols. The chapel was made
ready for the services, and the dis.
graced deity, which consisted of two
pieces of silk with a small splinted Of
wood in the middle, was taken from hi:
temple and thrust into fire. The CROWD
declared that being O god he would not
burn-yet, somehow, she" was very
soon consumed; and then, with no very
little psthos, "the people, seeing that
they now had no gods to worship, sent
to the Queen to ask what they were tc
worship for the future" The founda.
tlon Of their faith has been shaken
The Queen is to send teachers of Chri,
aanity among them, and Madagascar
Will ere long be enlightened with the
gospel Of peace and good will TO men
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-13
Attempted Murder by n Negro

FROM the Union Register.
Mr. Andrew Lowry, q resident Of the
Salt Sulphur Springs, and a son of our
late neighbor, Mr. Charles Lowry, who
recently removed to the Kanawha Val
ley, was last week returning through
Raleigh county from his fathers new
home, with the purpose of moving his
wife and child to Kanawha and locating
there. He rode in wagon, accompa-
MED by negro whom he had picked up
county, his reputed home.
On the night of Wednesday, Doth ult.,
they rested at Shady Springs. During
the night the negro fell upon his sleep
ing companion with 4 club; stunned
him by repeated blows on the head, and
then Iihed his pockets of revolver and
about fifteen dollars in money. With a
Barlow" pocket knife he then gashed
his victims throat, severiDg the wind
pipe, but missing the jugular
and main arteries. Leaving poor
Lowry for dead, he mounted the
horse, and proceeded. The jaded horse
was abandoned after short ride, and
was found next morning on the road,
Wueu ulSCoNcIy VI Juo ueeu CduSeu u
pursuit. At Peterstown, on Saturday,
lst inst, the negro was arrested, but
after some questions let 60. Soon after
Captain Becky of the pursuing party
came up and reported the facts, when
pursuit was renewed and the wretch
overhauled near the Narrows. He
confessed the deed as above related,
and was taken back to Raleigh jail for
trial. Mr.. Lowry was consigned to the
care of Mrs. Chambers, of Shady Springs,
and is, we are glad to say, fast recover.
Ing. He is reported to be desirOus Of
trying and Furnishing the negro, him.
self! This is the most brutal attempt
at murder that has occurred in our
mountains since Dave Lucas killed and
robbed Door Michael Poff in Giles.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-13
Tennessee.

Seven of the eight Congressman from
Tennessee memorialize Congress, to re-
elect them by legislating the State out
of the hands of the masses of the people
who now control it, and restoring to
power the handful of scalawags and
scoundrels who went under when
STOKES was defeated for Governor. The
petition rests upon the ground that the
late election was "illegsl." As it turned
sundry "loyal" men away from the pub
tlic crib there can be no doubt of its ille-
gality. No measure can be lawful which
takes power and plunder out of "loyal'
hands.
The action of Congress with regard to
Georgia and Virginia renders it proba-
BILE that Tennessee will also be put
through q course Of discipline. 1t may
as we'll be understood right now that
no State ever in rebellion will be per-
mitted to choose its own representatives
in Congress. Any effort in that direo.
tion will be proof positive of nagrant
rebellion, and will warrant such an
overhauling as will correct all wrongs
and preserve the "trooly loil" ele-
ment intact in its worthlessness
and supremacy. In the case
Of Tennessee it may be necessary to dis
franchise something like q hundred
thousand men in order to achieve salts
factory results, but Congress, with most
astonishing fortitude, stands ready to
rigidly sacrifice the rights Of the malig-
nants, no matter how large the task OF
how painful the duty, to whatever ex-
tent may be deemed necessary and sal.
utary. Such heroic devotion challenges
admiration aud gives assurance that
let the locomotive of popular opinion
thunder as it will, the Congressional
bull intends to keep the reconstruction
track entirely clear or perish in the at
tempt.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-13

The 'little game" of General Ames,
of Mississippi, is coming to the surface
pretty plainly. We presume that no
reader of the daily papers has failed to
observe that Ames is bending all his
power to the furtherance Of partisan
purposes. Aleorn having been elected
Governor of Mississippi, refuses the pro.
visionsl governorship rendered LIN by
Ames. The latter, in the event Of Al
eorn's acceptance, would have expected
him to manage the patronage of the
State in manner that would float the
military commander into the United
States Senate. That is the little game
of General Anes, which has come out at
last. One Of our exchanges says there
have been enough outrages committed
upon the people of Mississippi by mill
tary despots, and it hopes they will not
have to bear the additional insult and
degradation of being nisrepsented in the
Senate Of the United States by bad
specimen Of this bad class. We ssy
amen to this.-PlGin Daaler.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-13
InmeaC. Ache.on. ESQ.

| JAMES =. ACHESOS, Esq, dleu at DIE
residence in this city, last evening at u
o'clock. Honored by the public, be-
loved by his friends and family, re
spected in all his relations, he leaves a
sad blank in the life of our community.
Energy, intelligence and probity were
his characteristics, and VIXEN these
qualities have long been devoted to the
leading enterprises Of community,
their loss is that community's misfor'
tune.
JAMES c. ACHEsoN was born in Wash
ington, Pennsylvania, August 9th, 1910
and was therefore in the sixtieth year
of his age. His father, General THOMAS
ACuEsoN, the friend and intimate OF
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, was in his day
one of the leading men of Western
Pennsylvania, and in the war of ISL
served as Commissary General of the
United States Army.
Mr.. ACHEsoN received his education
in Washington, graduating in the Col
lege at that place when quite young
under the Presidency of Doctor WILEY
if we mistake not. Having no taste
for professional life, he turned his at,
tention to mercantile pursuits and with
his father successfully transacted busi'
ness in Washington for several years
While still very young man be re-
moved to New York and became con.
nected with the pioneer line of steam,
ers between that city and Albany. The
line with which he was engaged COM
peted for a long time with that estab-
lished many years ago upon the same
route by VANDERBILT.
About 1888 Mr.. ACHEsoN came to
Wheeling to reside, and engaged heavi,
ly in the dry goods jobbing business
with r. L. BoNHAM, Esq, as his part
ner. A few years after, turning his
attention from this, he removed to Co.
lumbus, became connected with the
famous Ohio Stage Company, then
being run under the auspices of the
elder NEAL, and was made Secretary OF
the company, position of great labor
and responsibility which he filled with
the happiest success.
Mr.. ACHEsoN! seems to have acquired
great fondness for the management Of
stage companies, for to this business he
devoted his energies until the railroad
era rendered it improbable. About
lS43 he returned to Wheeling, and in
company with Messrs. HENRY MOORE,
of Wheeling, DANIEL MOORE, of Wash.
ington, and LUCIUs STOCKTON, Of
Unlontown, bought out the National
Road Stage Line, of which he became
Secretary. Many of our readers will
remember the days of staging upon the
National Road, tho heated and excited
rivalries of the competing lines, aud the
ceaseless stream of travel which by this
tnen the only practicable means, found
its way eastward and westward. IL
those days the stage lines were to some
extent what the railroad lines are to
the present; their power and influence
were felt through the entire business
life of the communities with which thew
were brought in contact. Mr.. AcHEsoN
displayed the most wonderful aptitude
for the business; his connections with
staging and stage contracts were en-
larged; throughout other portions oi
Virginia and indeed through othel
Southern States, the coaches OF MOORE
ACHKsoN & Co. were familiar to every
ltravelsr, and until the general iuroduc
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-13
NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEGRAPH.

Gold closed in New York yesterday
1919.
Doctor A. McCleskey, an eminent
physician of Mobile, Alabama, is dead
Deery and Dion are about to arrange
another billiard match for two thou
sand dollars.
A ball and supper was given at the
Capitol, Nashville, last night, by the
order of Pale Faces.
The California Legislature elected
Mr.. Jasper, Of Oroville, as HaIbor Com
missioner at San Francisco.
Chancellor Morgan, of Memphis, dis
solved the injunction case against John
Johnsou, and he will be installed as
mayor TO day.
The steamship Enterprise, for New
York, with one hundred bales of cotton
and an assorted cargo, was burned on
Tuesday in Galveston Bay. The vessel
and cargo, with the exception Of oOU
bushels Of coal, are total loss.
Anew dwelling house outside the city
limits Of Cincinnati was burned yester-
day morning. The fire is supposed to be
the work of an inoendiary. The house
was owned by A. NJ. Taylor, of New
Jersey. Loss, $4,000. No insurance.
The Grand Jury of Los Angeles coun'
", Cal, indicted the members of the
late City Council of Los Angeles, in
Guiding the mayor, for an alleged fraud,
ule tissue Of city scrip of over S5O,.
600, only $4,000 Of which are accounted
for.
1t rumored that the California Pa
cific railroad has been sold to the Gen.
trail Pacific, but both companies deny
the sale. Nevertheless the report seems
to obtain credence. Possession Of the
California Pacific would put the entire
system of railroads in California under
control of the Central Pacific Company.
The Kansas Legislature convened
Tuesday in the new capitol building,
Topeka. A full list of officers were
elected, including Miss Emma Campbell,
of Topeka, enrolling clerk. The Gov
ernor's message will be delivered to-day.
All officers of the House are either Grip
pied soldiers, widows or soldiers Or
phans.
A New York dispatch says the Mozart
Hall Democracy, under the leadership
of Ben Wood, are about to take the war
path. Yesterday the various ward dele
cations sent in the names of three in
spectors for each district for primary
elections, which are to take place in a
few days. Il is rumOrcd that number
of disaffectGd Tammauies have gone
over to the Mozarts.
Witnesses have been summoned from
New York to appear before the Banking
and Currency committee in Washington
togivs testimony in regard to the re-
cent gold operations IN Wall street.
II is not probable that the committee
will hold another session in New York,
but they express the intention to fully
investigate the matter, and TO discover
II any of the Government officers were
concerned therein.
A Nashville, Tennessee, dispatch Of
yesterday says: The Senate to day pass
cd, on its first reading, the House bill
ohartering the Blue Grass Railroad
Company, and the House passed, on its
first reading, the bill to amend the char
ter of the CITY of Nashville. 1t provides
for the registration of voters, and for
bids the City Couacil from issuing
bonds for any purpose unless authorized
by a vote of the people.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-13

A Georgia journal, which Is thorough.
ly familiar with men and things politi.
cal in that State, gives Us this opinion
Of the Radical party there: Take the
history of the Radical party In Georgia
for the year 1869, and the calender OF
Newgate from the first page down to
the present contains the history of no
greater criminals than the leaders OF
this party. Perjury, robbery, fraud,
fslsehood, pluuGer, persecution, sssas-
sinstion, rspine, and every species of
villainy has marked their course" Such
language We suppose, would shock
Boston; but place Massachusetts, for o
number of years, under the ipse dirt of
few military upstarts, as Georgia has
been, and if the rhetoric of Faneuil
Hall would NOT beat that of the Georgia
paper, in "yigor," We are much mis-
taken,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-13

ALCoRN, of Mississippi, has served
General AMEs shabby trick by refus-
ing to be installed as Governor until
the State is admitted. The AMEs idea
was to set ALcoRN up - Provisional
Governor; he in turn to manage mat
ters with a view to the election OF
AMRs to the Senate. ALcoRN declined
and the General commanding thinks
of "black ingratitude."
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-13

The husband of DR.. MARY WALKER
seeks solace for his distress in rhyme
The sutgushings of his stricken heart
find their way to the public through the
medium of the Independence (Mo.) Sen
tinel. We append specimen gush:
The bird calls from its gilded cage
Its mate far in the wildwood:
And 80 my soul still walls for thee,
Bright angel Of my childhood.
But il our fate, q cruel lot,
Hath cut our hearts a sever,
Why, Mary-bring my trowsers back
And then 20 vote forever
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-13
ST. CLOUD HOTEL.

TNE1S NEW AND COMh0DIOUS HOUSE
Il located corner Of Broadway and 42d street
Possesses advantages ever all other houses 90
the accommodation Of its guests- II WA eahi
expressly for . hrst-ciAss Family BoAroln Z
Ho1Ee-the rooEls being large aud en- sHt
heated by steam with hot and cold water, and
furnished second 20 none; WhDs the culinary
department - IN the most eTpsrisnced hAHdA,
Afordfng guests an uneqnaled table.
One Of ArEOod's Patent Elevators V Also
among the modern improvements and a. The
service Of Euests al AL b0urs-
Tbs Broadway and University Place Cars pasl
the door evsry four minutes, running from the
CITY Hal 70 Central Park, while the sixth and
Seventh Avenue Lines are bat . short block on
rsuuieatiBg with al ths DeDota, Steamboat
LGEdingS, places Of Amusement and Business
Of the zreat metropolis.
MORE HOLLEY,
1SFii-sH ProVFist0rs-