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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-01-21
STEEP FALLS, Standish. Jan. 20. 20

STEEP FALLS, Standish, Jan. 20, 20.
To the Editor Of the Fress:
The location of the Portland and Ogdens-
burg railroad will brin5 into more general no.
tice and productive employment the valuable
water privileges on the Presumpscot, Saco and
Ossipee rivers. Among them is that at Steep
Falls, in Slandsh, about mile south of the
Baldwin line. This water power is on the
Saco river with /. fall oil Ii ON 25 to &c feet N
a distance OF three tourths OF mile. About
five miles above the falls the Great Ossiper
enters into the Saco river, and the Little Os-
sipee comes into it about iour miles below the
falls.
Tobias Lord, Esq. commenced operations
here about "a years ago, ana was told at that
time that an investment in water power and
timber land would be of no permanent value,
as the lumber would soon be all cnt Off; but,
afler operating until The present time he still
finds the supply adequate to any ordinary de-
mand
MANUFACTURING.
Mr.. Lord has in operation grist mill, saw
mill, shinele machine. clapboard machine,
stave machine, getting out heading, sugar
boxes. packing boxes, slaves, capboards and
shingles, using 100000 feet of lumber a
year. Massrs. James Hobson & Son are also
manufacturing heading and boxes. Mr.. Steph-
ell Wood. on the Limmglon side, is manutac-
turing picture frames and looking-sass backs.
Messrs. Sanboln & Merrill are getting out
sash, blinds, doors, candle and soap boxes and
Wood Brothers are making boxes for sp ces,
&c.
Messrs. e. Il. Wingate & Co. are making
ABOUT $1,000 sack coats and other garments
a year, for the Boston market.
RELIGIOUS.
A church was erected in this village about
II yeals ago, which has been occupied, the
most OF the the, by Elder Andrew Hobson,
who is now "A years of age, and at times ex
hibits all the ealnestness and zeal Of his
palmiest days. A donation party was held
last week at which about Sf2 was raised for
his benefit. The people OF The village are
generally industrious, temperate and beneyo
lent.
THE VILLAGE
is situated on b, tn sides of the river, connec-
ted by bridge 15J feet long. / should Judge
there was fifty or sixty houses, two stores,
post office, church, school house &C.. and the
time is not far distant when four times the
population will find at the village constant
and profitable employment.
RAILROAD.
The line of the p. d o., railroad is directly
past this water power, lLnnino from the loot
oil the Sebago pond, acros; to Saco river, and
up the east side of the Saco nearly 10 Hiram
village, when It crosses the river and contiL-
ues up on the west side Tobias Lord, ESQ.,.
gave the right OF way through his timber and
other lands, in addition 10 which he proposes
to build, Tor the use OF tue road, depot. so
by 24 feet, With hall over it for lectures, &c.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-01-21
MISCELLANEOUS,
Choice Security!
Seven Per Cent. Gold,
FREE OF GOVERNMENT TAX.
tNe0rfy Ten Per Cent. Cat1TencD.)
First Mortgage Bonds
Nesc- Yo3k Dc OSaCegO
Midland Rail Road {!

THESE BONDS CAN BE REGISTERED
SIX MILLIONS OF DOLLARS PAIp-Upsr
SUBSCRIPTIONS. No bonds issued on road un-
der constructions issue limited to $50 900 per mile Of
road built and in running order, BEING ONLY
ABOUT HALE THE ACTUAL COST. The road is
being built with great economy fer cash; $50 Miles
are already completed in the most thorough manner
equipped and running regu ar trains and the whole
line lover 400 miles) it is expected will be completed
within the ensuing year. 1t one OF the most i'm
portant roads in the State of New York. 1t short
ems the route from New York City {, Buffalo 20
miles and to Oswego 45 miles, it trayerses populous
district destitute of other railroad facilities, which
must furnish tia large and profitable local husi-
ness; ard it will be completed at an aggregate cost
far below that of any competing llne These advan-
tages cannot tailto make 1t one OF the best paying
Mortgage Bonds of the safest securities ever Is
sued. All mortgage bonds Issued on railroads run
ming from the City of New York are good, and the
interest promptly paid, although some of them are
mortgaged for more than double the amount per
mile that the Midland is. Among tie bonds now
offering We know of none equal 10 these. For the
investment of trust or other funds there is nothing
better; ard In exchange for Government Bonds
they give large increase of income, besides capital
izing the premium. They are meeting with rapid
sale, and we have been gratfed TO find that they
taken chiefly by most conservative and sasacous
capitalists in exchange for Government securities.
Price par, ard accrued interest in currency Circu
lars pamphlets, &C., on hand for distribution.
GEORGE OPDYKE 4 CO.,
Bankers, No rs Nassau-st.
no:4tf
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The Portland Daily Press
Is published every day (Sundays excepted) by
the
Portland Publishing Co..
TERMs:-Eight Dollars Year in advance.
The Maine State Press

Is published every THURSDAY MORNING at
$3.50 a year; if paid in advance, at $500
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-01-21

AS an evidence of the resources and increase tr9 fc
OF the sscten OF c,untry through which til roai
runs, we present the follow Ing Official Statement
of The Surplus Agricultural frojucts Sh pped fr m
the Stale OF Iowa by the d'ffeent ailroaus therein
during The ys ar ending April 49, 1862 just issued by
the secretary OF State:-
Number of horses. 1929
Number OF cattle. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. So,2S7
Numoer OF hogs. Observation-Disclosures. 512,3H
NumDeI or sheep. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 52,732
Diesseu noSs' 'ps. 1881 ,7I6
Lard and pork, los. s.................... $50, $3.50
Wvo 'ps' 2,o66 l95
Wheat, pusteis. 9.l9e 6s3
Corn, bushels. 22IO 3t3
O'her grains bis. 47S. "a
Other grains, bushels. hels........,.,..,....,IS is ai47
Other sgricui uraI products lbs Sgs'7n7
Floor aod other icultuIal products, lbs. 32I 703
Animal products not o. .hwise specific lbs 9S3 10t
III preceding Off ;ial statement is made up al
most exclusively OF the shipmens Eas,warI, and
does lot include the ameuht OF produce shIpt ell
Eastward from Dubuque or McGregyr. which would
swell the totals ilerIa.ly. II the shipments West
ward by The railroads weIe given, thev would swell
immensely this surprising exhibit Of surplus pro-
This ROAD ALSO RUNS THROUGH THE
RICH AND GROWING STATE OF Nj lNNFSO A
Reference to the map OF the Uniied States will show
Euterps isins and Growing puticn of
The West, and fO' ms one of tn 0 Great
wnh New York, Chica-o and ~. ; ouis.
btg to the la ter city, 90 miles from North
ern Iowa and all por,ioos OF the Stlte Minnesota
than by any otncr road now built projected, and
also the nearest route from Central and Southern
Iowa.
This road is required by the wants of that section
where large anu increasing traffic is waiting tor
II, ami needs railroad rOmu unicati0n. The buyer
OF these boDas is, therefore, guaranteed hy a gro
business all 'dy in existence, and has not 10 run
any of The c. ntneences VIII h always attend upon
the opening OF the roads into new and unsettled
country.
We offer these bonds for the present at 95 aud
accrued interest We rec mme"d them to Inyes-
tors and Officers Of Financial Institutions, who de-
sire to change their high p iced iuvestnens for
security which presents every element OF safety.
aud at the same Time yields much higher rate of
interest
Pamphlets and full particulars furnished by
HENRY CLEWS s. CO.,
No. 81 Wall Street,
Financial A gent OF the Company or orders tor The
above Bonds, either TO purchase or exchange for
other securities received by
". III, WOOD de- SON,
Ga Exchange street, Portland.
January s. 1870, dim
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-01-21

AS an evidence of the resources and increase tr c
OF the section OF country through which til roa,i
runs, we present the follo@ ing Official Statement
OF The Surplus Agriculiur ura froducts sh pped fr m
the Stale OF Iowa by the dffe' ailroaus therein
during The year ending April 80, 1863 just issued BY
The SpcrefarV of State.--
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-01-21

Since 1854 the PresbSterians, in Brooklyn,
N H. have gained 10 churches; the Baptist, ,1s;
oonsregationalis,s,6; 6 ;Du,eh Reformed, 2;Epis-
copalian, z; Methodists, 80; Unitarians, O.
There are now, in all, 31s Protestant churches
in the city.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-01-21
9 Per Cent. Interest
HN dTOEEno
Payable Way and November In New
York and London.
Free OF Government Yaa.
First Mortgage
Convertible Sinking Fund Bonds
At %,
ISSUED BY THE
Burlington, ,,Cedar Rapids and
Minnesota Railroad Go.

Yielding about per cent currency: nrincjno, 6o
years to run, payable in goki ur.u by the rail-
road branches, depot gr unds, rorns stock ,ouip-
hent ana Tauch'ses o The company.
, Ihese bonds are only Issued upon each section of
the ioad as tas as The same is completed ami ia sue
I Ip mpsraion. Two and hall millions OF dol
ars nave been expended on this road I. E.ebty-tbree
niIes are heaflV ,ompeted and equipped and al
ready snow large ernlngS, and the remainder of he
hne Is progressing in c0L -iruc iion
Ihls Loan has been selected by our firm after a
inorough and CAREFUL investigat ton couseau -utly
we have no hesitation in recommending il 20 our
friends as pert c.ly safe, profits lie aud ST class
security Our Mon iuliy conf med by the fol =
iowiI stroi letter from tue experienced ana em-
nnenty successful manager Vt the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company:
PENNSYLVANIA RAILHOAD COMPANY.
PREsIDENTs FFICE,
PbIladpiI a, May lIth, 1868.
Messrs. Henry CtelcS j. Co.. No. 80 Val Sireet:-
GENTLEMEN:-ln am wtr to your L, Quest of the
7th ui. Tor our orniou as to The coudi lou and ro-
spects of the Elrlngt,n IN, Cedar Rapids and Min
nesota Railway. the Character or the try through
which it asses. and the probable success The
terprise, we would tie that before accepting the
trust imposed upon US by tie F.rst Mortgage Bonds
of tnis Company, We he'd FULLY sat fled Oulseye, as
to the practicabii'ty Of the enterprise.
The road arts at one OF the most fourshing
cities on the Northern Mississippi River, aud iuu,
! MOI hwes'erly direction up the great rich Cedar
valey. connecting at prominent points aloI g .he
line with six different railroa s, in active 6per-
utary or eeefs to TIL. road
Ihls enterprise is destined to become in conpec-
ton with others now IN operation or being con-
structed, one OF the great trunk lines II ON Lake
Superior via 81. Paul, Cedar apids and Bulln ton
to st. LOUIS and 10 the East the Toledo, Peoria
and Warsaw anu tie Pennsylvania Railroads
which we represent
But aside from this, the populous condition of the
coun ry along the line OF this roaa, great III duo
tiyentss aud wealth, give sufficient guaran'y or q
good local business, Which any road Is the best
reliance tor success.
A good index OF the prosperity and wealth of the
coOn,Iy Trough which his road passes may be
an
million and Iarier dollars subscribed and ex.
pended by inaividuais residing along the line in
pushing one hundred and sixty miles of the wort,
and it Is also strong proof OF the 10. al popularity
and necessity for the rUa |.
Yours espectfuy.
j. EUG Ak HOMPSON,
Pres'tAt the PENNSYLVANIA Il, R. G.
CHAkLES l.. FROST, trustees
Pres't Toledo. Peoria 81 Warsaw r. r. CO..
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-01-21

is situated on b, tn sides of the river, connec-
ted by bridge 15J feet long should judge
there was fifty or sixty houses, two stores, a
post office, church, school house. &C.. and the
time is not far distant when four times the
population Will find at the village constant
and profitable employment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-22
A DEMOCRATIC SEQUENCE.

As the Police of New York approaches De-
mOcracy it becomes Infamous. During eight
years of Republican management it retained
the confidence of the law abiding and the
hatred of thieves and rufians; now, within a
year from the time it passed only partially I'M
der Tammany control, it is too rapidly becoming
terror to the orderly and a comfort to the law
less. We do not reach this conclusion solely be-
causetwo policemen one of whom was an old OIL
Ger of unexceptionable record-have been con-
victed of one of the meanest highway rob-
berries on record but from that fact and many
others that have lately come to the public
knowledge, it is evident that the average char
acter of the force has deteriorated sufficiently
to show how dangerous and disgraceful it will
be to the city when the Legislature sent upon
us for our sins makes it wholly Democratic.
Lately q convicted felon and a notorious Grim
inal were chosen to wear the blue, and, bad as
they were, might have done upright duty
compared with some of their comrades who
reel through the school of instruction and
mouth their maudlin utteraDccs in the presence
of the Commissioners. From such material are
manufactured the policemen whom Mr.. Bergh
has declared he sees every night promenading
the public streets with abandoned females, and
beholds every day leaving their posts of duty
to guzzle free liquor in rum-shOps. Such con-
duct on the part of recent appontees has
tended to demoralize the entire force, and
members formerly honest are becoming pro-
ficient in the Democratic art of getting public
money without earning it.
These facts being generally acknowledged,
much conjecture has been wasted in endeayOr-
ing to account for them, and no one has hit
upon the palpable truth that our Police must
of necessity be disreputable in proportion as
it is Democratic. Moreover it has been re-
Gently used as a potent instrument in the
great fight raging in Tammany for the Con-
troIlership. and its Generalization has for that
reason been much more rapid than could 9TH
erwise have been possible. But let our citi-
zens not beguile themselves with the hope that
the force is as bad as it can be. Let them re-
member that the Legislature will put the Po-
lice wholly in Democratic hands, and they will
be prepared to look back upon the force as it
is now with poignant regret.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-22

Mr. Senator Salisbury has been upon his
legs again, and on this occasion delivered, in
n tone of injured innocence, an elaborate ex-
position of the services of "The Democratic
Party from the foundation of the Republic
down to the present moment; and from this it
appeared that for all our greatness and good
ness and grandeur, for everything we have been,
are or hope to be, we are indebted TO "The
democratic Party" aforesaid. While that
was in power, we lived according to the SEN
ator in n kind of Earthly Paradise, with every
thing lovely and with everybody happy. "No
"man's house was invaded" said the gentle
man from Delaware, except under legal
authority, during the whole sixty years that
"the Democratic Party administered the Gov
"ernment; not one public press was suppressed
Mortaly hating to disturb so beautiful u dream
ms this, we are, nevertheless, constrained to
inquire whether Mr.. Salisbury ever heard of
one Lovejoy, and how his press was tumbled
into the river, and its owner killedg Whether
he ever heard of the ritlmg of the United
States mail bags, with the implied sanction, at
least, of the Post Office Departments Whether
he ever heard of the imprisonment of colored
seamen from the North in Southern ports, for
no offense except that of their colori Whether
but we forbear. We are content to jog the
memory of the Senator, which seems to be
sngularly poor and sluggish.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-22

Mr.. John II. Wimpy of Georgia, member of
Congress elect and present dignitary in his
own county, who has been handling pitch in
n serene conviction that it would not detile
Wimpy, comes once more to the fore, COM
manding q detachment of affidavits loud to
rescue his wounded honor. A man who holds
n business correspondence with q counterfeit
note concern is not prOred to have had an
itching palm; but then, as Thoreau says
"some circumstantial evidence is very strong,
Gas when You find trout in the milk " Mr.
Wimpv's witnesses declare that, as honesty is
the best policy, therefore they cannot believe
no, never-that he could have been so short
sighted or so reprehensibe as to have hank
cred after unlawful gains, save with an eye to
the confusion of Satan and all his works. The
martyr, it appears had observed to these adj
miring friends more than once, and with
child-hke exuberance of delight in his own sa-
gacity. that he "felt he had EN- or words
thereunto corresponding. But whether this ex-
infant sense of possession was kiDdled by the
prospect of nabbing manufacturer or manufac-
ture doth not so clearly show that he who
runs may read. There is, we may say, dis
appointing vagueness about all these discaim-
ers which suggests conscious retlcence on
the part of Mr.. Wimpy's following We are
glad to see that the future legislator is himself
upheld in these unpleasant moments by the
proud consciousness of worth, and that we are
not to be deprived in the national councils of
that sagacity, that sharpness, that quick scent
for a rogue, and that rare personal integrity,
which have so signally availed their possessor
in his now famous transactions with Wogan
and Company, dealers in counterfeit currency
warranted to defy detection. Mr.. Wimpy, like
Gdipus, must fulfill his destiny. God sends
country lawyers and other wise fellers To start
"the worlds team when it gets in slough"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-22

The most astonishing instance of coorphoba
occurred at Columbus, Ohio, few days since.
There was a baptism in the church, which APP
pears to have been supplied with full-sized
baptistery for immersion. Among the candi-
dates was a colored man, who was dipped first.
Upon this. two young ladies, who were waiting
for their turn, positively and with much scorn
refused to be immersed in the same water.
Their objection was not to the man, but to
his color, and there lis no reason to believe
that they would have declined the waters II
the brother had been white. Still, we think
that gallantry should have led the officiating
clergyman to give the ladies the first chance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-22

The Senate yesterday, by very close Vote'
adopted Mr.. brakes Proscriptive amendment
to the Virginia Admission bill-not one vote
being given for it from the three great states
of New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohlo' winch
together number more than one-foarth OF the
people of the Union. 1t was carried by
combination of little States and little souls-a
large majority of the American People, even as
represented in the Senate, being opposed
to IL. Then followed sundry kindred
amendments, the offspring of untimely and
unworthy fear, distrust and hate, which were
generally carried when carried at all, by very
close votes. We deeply regret that Missls-
sippi had not been present, by her newly
chosen Senators, to 'rebuke and defeat these
insidious and injurious propositions, in the
spirit of her late sweeping victory for Univer-
sal Amnesty as well as Impartial Suffrage.
Tins burdened and defaced by amendments
which would have been pertinent, If ever,
four wears ago, the bill goes back to the House,
where powerful efforts will be made to render
il still more ungenerous and hateful. We fear
that tho restoration of Virginia has been IN
definitely postponed by yesterdays work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-22

Prince Arthur, the rose and expectancy of
Canada, the royal flower, as it were, of loyal
homage, has come and almost gone. He has
been crowded and stared at, and talked about;
he has been to Wallack's and Central Park =;
he has taken a walk down Broadway; in short,
he has run the gauntlet of doing and being
done to which most eminent travellers are sub
ject A newspaper provincial proposed to dis
guise himself as porter, if that were possible,
in order to feast his enterprsing eyes on the
unconscious victim but this has been the only
romantic incident of the Princes stay in New
York. He makes proper haste out of the city,
and that with as little noise as possible. We
commend him for his good sense. In short he
has been less bored and less bore in II public
respect than anybody could have expected in
a similar situation four years ago. We bespeak
for him the tenderest tender mercics of wash
"ington Society"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-22

We protest. Here is Canada that has just
consented to reciprocity respecting rogues, and
agreed TO afford no shelter TO doubtful char
acters, using this country for the cxtradition
of her welded shrews. couple came before
a magistrate of London, Ontario. The lady
had originally borrowed money upon some
landed property from the gentleman, who con
Guided thereupon to take her as collateral
security to her mortgage. Her hight exceeds
six feet, and her muscle and temper are said
to be of corresponding dimensions; in these
particulars much exceeding her husbands de-
velopments. Consequently, at an early period
in his marital experience he came 10
grief, and sought separate apartments.
She pulled him out of seclusion by his hair,
and threatened his existence with meat
knife. Now, instead of locking up this female
desperate, or binding her over to keep the
peace, the magistrate consulted with the hus-
band, and they agreed that the latter should
pay expenses and the woman be sent to
Omaha. Omaha, of all places in the world!
The city that G.. f. T. has taken under his
patronage. No doubt the authorities Of the
Dominion selected it to spite him. We tremble
in anticipation of the incoherent anathcmas he
will illuminate against the miniOns" who make
his pet city penal colony.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-22

1t was a fitting concomitant Of the unwor-
thy work accomplished in the Senate yester-
day that two of its most distinguished mem
bers should occupy themselves before the
whole country in calling each other names
Mr.. Trumbull commented on Mr.. Summers
effrontery and assurance, described him as an
impracticable obstacle in the way of legisla-
ton, complained of his false statements, and
in general made him out a very unpleasant
body. Mr.. Sumner replied that bird flew in
the air, that a fish swan in the sea, and that
as for himself he would not be drawn into
personalities. Five minutes afterward the
Chair called him to order for describing Mr..
Trumbull's speech as an outpouring of his
venom,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-22

The Evening Post is engaged in the laudable
task of rebuking the imputation of selfish and
base motives to those who happen to differ from
it on great public questions Here Is lts
latest effort
"No sooner does Mr. Dawes speak for the people
against the ponopotss and joLbers. and show up waste
and corruption than instantly his motives also are i'm
pugned ana attempt made, not to answer his state
ments which these obbers feel to be unansSerabe but
to cast doubts upon his character. 1t will not do II 10
too deceive the people by such clumsy and DIS
honorable means. Let the mon0poliSts answer Mr. Wells
and Mr.. Dawes let them show these gentlemen mis-
TAKEN when they do that hey cH not need 10 call paes
But they prefer 10 call names; and sensibe people ~H
understand rhy"
This, certainly, cannot be considered de-
cided success but it would not be fair to ex-
pect too much of beginner. The Post evil
IDENTIFY sees that calling names and imputlng
base motives is not pretty nor convincing on
the part of its opponents by and by, it may
be made to comprehend that what is bad in Its
opponents cannot be good in itself.