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The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19

The brig Nellie Gay is fitting at Norwich,
Conn.,, and will soon sail from New York. on
a most romantic and. if successful profitable
expedition. Since 1915, there has lain on tbe
bottom Of Cumana Bay, Venezuela. the
wreck OF Spanish war vessel, the San Pedro
de Alcantars, which, as flagship OF fleet of
100 sail, bore also three millions in gold for
the payment of the forces sent by Spain to
subdue her rebelous colonies. The attemnt
falling, the San Pedro was about to return to
Spain, laden with loyaists land the treasures
OF a kingdom as well as the spoils of countless
cnurches and converts, when fire and the ex-
poison OF her magZeine sent her TO the hot
Ton in ten fathoms of water. Since then va
rlous attempts, with rude appliances, have been
made to recover the sunken treasure. estimat.
ca at 100000, but only some $500 900 has
peen obtained. The proposed expedition is
undertaken by the American Submarine Com.
pany, OF which Gen. Burnside is President and
George W. Fuller, the most experienced s ac
marine explorer in the country, is Superin.
tehdent: The brig is filled with all the annli.
ances OF modern science, and by means of
MS improved machinery, and especlalIv his
submarine lantern, Mr. Fuller is confident that
he can tear to pieces the wreck. secure the
inost valuable treasure, and by dredging re-
cover the scattered coins.
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19
state News.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY


The Lewiston journal states that a misera
BILE girl from Massachusetts city, has been in
Lewiston several days, endeavoring to induce
some girls to proceed to her headquarters in
that city "a house of ill-iame. She engaged
two, paid them money for their travelling ex-
penses, and it is stated, but the sly nympbs
failed co put in an appearance at the appointed
tme The journal is informed that she Is one
of a number of females who travel over thls
State, engaged in this neiarlous business.
We learn from the Journal that the aggre-
gate shipments OF SHOES from o A 1e7 anu
| $50 cases the week preceding: receipts OF
| leather 50 210 pounds to "a, 100 pounds for the
| preceding week.
The widow of the late Prof Eminger, the
| eminent teacher OF music, died in Auburn last
| Tuesday OF consumption. She went South
last fall with her husb band to see if the Florida
climate would be OF benefit to them. He died
| there and she returned to die at home.
The Lewiston Journal says a vigorous tenn
perance reform movement is being inaugural
ed among the Catholic citizens of that vicinity
by Rev. Father OR icy.
The Journal says freights on the Maine Cen
trail railroad, from Danville junction to Au.
burn, have recently been increased two dollars
per car. Before the war the freight per car
between these stations was Sc; during the wal
and up to last week, it was SO per car; now il
has been increased to $40 per car.
| FRANKLIN COUNTY.
A Medical Association has been formed il
Pennington for Franklin county. with the fol
lowing board of officers: j. L. Blake, Presi
dent; j. r. Eaton, E. s. Hannaford, VIC
Presidents; j. A. Richards, Secretary; j. b
Severy, Treasurer.
The Scythe Rifle shop of S. Simmons, a
| Pennington Falls, was entirely destroyed b.
fire last Saturday evening. Loss $25OO; insui
ed for $1,000.
Mr.. G. A. Smith, an employee of the An
: droscoggin Railroad Co., found an Indian tom
ahawk last Thursday morning in a load @
earth which had been excavated from the EN-
: bankment where Butler & Belcher are placp
their storehOuse, near the new depot, in Farm
( ington.
5 KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The houses of Mr.. Freeman Runnells an
| Mr.. Carlos Nelson, in Winslow, were destroy
ed by fire on Monday. Loss about $1,000 o
each house.
Arrangements are making for holding
State Camp-meeting on the grounds of til
Kennebec Camp-meeting Association the Ell
i suing summer or fall. ---
II Mr.. George HI. Harrington, chief clerk in I'll
j. Augusta post. office was drowned in the rive
:. at Augusta Thursday morning. He was in
# boat with Mr.. j. b. Fellows, when the bo'
. capsized. The latter chung to the boat and W,
. saved. out Mr.. bennington undertook to swi
ashore and was drowned before aid could resC
3 him. He was % years old and unmarried an
was esteemed one of the most promising your
n men in the city.
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19

complaints have been strengthened at every step.
Its perfect safety, nationality and success have be-
come apparent throughout the country that the
public longer satisfied with the old routine OF
dosing the stomach with nauseous drugs, and tortur.
ing the poor sufferer with croton OIL blisters and all
manner ofirritants upon the surface of the chest,
This course it is needless to say it is not only cruel
but fatal in its results all past experience has
| ply proved. Every days observation confirms the
belief that medicines taken into the stomach SO far
from exerting any curative action upon the Lungs
they only to weaken the functions Of digestion
and lower the vital powers which the already ex-
hausted and enfeebled condition OF the system can
poorly afford to bear. IT We would be successful in
our treatment of Consumpt and other pulmonary
complaints, the enemy should be attacked in his
stronghold. The disease must be treated through
the lungs and not the stomach. Itceranly requires
no argument to convince any that remedy, when
applied directly to the part affected, in the lungs
must be more eficacous and certainly curative than
when applied to the stomach where no disease exists
In the practice of indicated Inhalations the lungs
not only receive daily indications but the air pas
sages are rendered free and pervious to the air. and
thus the resprations daily become deeper and fuller
and the quantity of airnspred is preportonaly in
creased The result is that the lungs once more re-
gain their former capacity and power and the great
est amount OF comfort and relief is to follow
This is subject which is at the present time exct-
ing almost universal attention, and as rational and
scientific mode oftreatng Pulnenary diseases stands
unquestionably first and foremost among the discov-
cries in medicine OF the present century.
In all our principal hospitals the practice is very
generally being adopted, and numerous cases have
been reported as successfully treated.
Persons at a distance can DO treated by giving me
the symptoms of the case in writing, and the reme-
dies can be sent them by Express.
CHAs. MORSE, M. D..
Physician for diseases Of the Throat and Lungs,
and all diseases complicated with them. 70 Free
street. mav1axsn1u
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19

ACCORDING to writer in the Boston Daily
Advertiser, Massachusetts is liEely to be a
greater loser by the new English treaty in it's
present form, than any other country O, local
Ity. All the cod fishermen exclusively. will
gain nothing by the liberty to fish in Canadian
waters, for they do not go there at all; and vet
they must suffer from the increased CONNECT.
ton that the treaty invites from the Canadian
cod fisheries Newfoundland, Canada and the
French islands altogether, export ten millions
OF dried fish annually, and they have the ad-
vantage of our fishermen in lower prices for
their vessels and everything that euters into
Cneir maintenance. They also have bounties
rom their local governments; which have been
cut OH from our own fishermen. And so under
t tree Tade in fish, they will be likely to press
home markets. 'io'eiy III 'he
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19

IHE Philadelphia North American thinks
that commerce is drifting north east" and
that the foreign trade of New York has about
reached its maximum. A company is already
In existence to build bridge across the Hud.
son river at the Highlands, and connect the
New England railways by it with the main
lines Of rail leading west. AS it is now toler
aoly certain that the Camden and Amboy
INES VIII be leased by the Pennsylvania, we
shall, no doubt, in due time have the latter
reaching out its arms toward New England
Boston and HALIFAX.
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19

Inc Republicans of Kentucky have nomi-
mated for Governor John M. Harlan. I.ient
Governor, Geo. M. Thomas; Attorney Gen.
eral, WIN. Brown; Treasurer, Speed S. FRY !:
Auditor, VIM. Kribbenstoppel; Supt. of Pub.
lie instruction, Rev. W. E. Mabely; Register
OF the Land Office, John K. McCleary.
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19
The Confessions OF an Invalid.
SPECIAL NOTICE.

N. b. Mrs. Bibber, the blind Clairvoyant, would
thank the people of Portland for their patronage.
and desires all who wish to avail themselves of her
treatment to call at their earliest convenience, Her
examinations are free and her medicines reasonable
AS Mrs. Bibber is 50 occupied she has been Obliged
10 unit her hours, from 10 a. m. to p. m. By
special request she will remain here till the middle
OF May. Rooms, No. Brown Street. 27ap1m
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19
DEPARTURE OF OCEAN STEAMERS
NEWS.
PORT.OF PORTLAND.


Tharsday, May IS.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Chase, Mulligan. Halifax Ms, with IS pas
sengeIs and mdse to John Porteous
Steamer New England, Field, Boston for East
port and st John. NIB. ,,,,,oo
Barque Belle yue; tBr, Nuter Llyer Z TO- Mea so
LAT "a IL Ion 81 4O spoke Br barque f w Cochrane
from Jamaica for Queenstown, with captain very
Sci. snnnlied him with medicine.
Sch w d Cargill. Hall, Boston, to Nickerson q
I,iicbfield to load for New York.
Sch Eastern State, Geyer Bristol.
Sch Sea Pigeon, Agnew, Calais Tor Portsmouth.
CLEARED.
Steamer Chesapeake, Bragg, New York-Henry
Brig Catharine. tBrl Bouchc, Pictou.
Brig Hennesssy, tBr) Hennessey, HALIFAX
Sch Telegraph, Woodward. Ellsworth.
Scb Helen Maria, Prince, Camden and Belfast
FROM MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.
CID at Philadelphia nth, brig Minnie Miller, An
Ar at New York 18th, sehs Nalab, Cheney, and
Nellie Chase, Upton, Portland.
DOMESTIC PORTS
NEW ORLEANS-Ar 18th, sch Lady Woodbury.
Cid 18Th, barque Volunteer. Blake. Boston.
PENSACOLA-Ar 10th. sehs L. Fitch, Yates,
kockbort Mine,ta Croker Aranss; Grace u Gnsn
Ing, Pmkham, Galveston Whitney Long, hayes,
Bath.
JACKsoNvILLE-Cld 9Th. sch W johnson,
MATHS Gar0lDer.
SAVANNAH-Ar 1Stl sch Union Flag, Simmons
New York. -,
Ar nth. ships John Sidney, Bartlett, Liverpool;
Zouave, Wallace. do. ,.., h
Sid 18th ship Tabor. Otis, for Liverpool ioth' sen
Irene Meservey Providence. n,,,.
CHARLEsTON-Sld 18th, sch cyno'ure' r"'N"""'
BALTIMoRE-Ar 18th, sch Hampton, Fletcher
Cd 18th scbs Irvine. McLarren, Boston, and sd;
4 Nc Lellan, Farr. Portland. - -,
Below nth, brig Geo Amos, johnson, from New
PHu.ADELPHIA-Ar 10th, schs e 9 Willard,
Parsons, Portland; Alaska, Strout, New York.
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19

il NM MrAIHY is being industriously manifested
star ~" l ok Tor Foster, the murderer The
nnhIio ;n,. .nat as week has elapsed and the
80 snaton cooled it would be an easv
, ma''et 70 get 10000 names to petition for
MS release Ihere is no doubt of it. Tamma.
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19

BASE BALL.-The Yale nine beat Tho n,
fords at New Haven on Wednesday by a score
OF II to IA. The Harvard nine defeated tbe
Haymakers of Boston on Wednesday bv a
score of 10 to8.
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19
Items,

mems of the eggs OF 400 of the 700 varieties of
North American birds known to Orntholo-
gists, and has collectors busy still gathering.
1t is true that the Republican members of
the Indiana Legislature introduced bill de-
privng the Divorce Law of the State of some
of its worst features, but the laundering
Democratic majority failed to pass it.
The last of Lees veterans is once more on
his way home, meandering through the
South. and gathering up stray pennies from
swindled mourners over the Lost Cause.
Two Indiana boys, half brothers, got into a
dispute while playing croquet on the Sd inst,
| and one struck the other on the head with
his mallet, fracturing his skull and fatally in
iuring him. The murderer fled.
Perhaps it was carrying good principle a
little too far when poor man, with large
| family, was fined $50 In Massachusetts town
six miles in search of employment, that he
| might clothe and feed his children.
The soldiers of the Northwest are to have
a reunion in Rock Island, ILL.,, on the 7th of
June. Gen. John A. Logan will deliver an
| Grafton, and Gems. Oglesby, Palmer, Letting
well, White, and others will be present.
A curious and lamentable SANDER suit has
just been tried in Oswego county, the parties
| to which were Methodist minister and an
| Episcopal clergyman, the latter being the
plaintiff and blind. The jury awarded the
plaintiff $500 damages.
| An Illinois man who had his watch stolen
from his pocket, and advertised that the THE
must return it if he would avoid trouble, re.
ceived before II o'clock on the same day three
watches, and letter promising fourth if he
would send $25 and ask no questions.
A Baltimore surgeon scouts the idea that
men can be chloroformed while awake, insist.
| ing that no man wide awake and sober can
possibly be cblorotormed without his acuuies.
cence, unless forcibly held; and that, even If a
sober man were asleep. the irritation of the
| air-passages caused by the chloroorm would
almost certainly rouse him.
The New Orleans Times complains of the
crawfish as the chief agent and conspirator in
| proc ucing the crevasses in the leyees He
starts, it says, with whole army of sappers
and miners, and digs hole, into which quick.
ly the water flows, and presently an immense
volume of water is drawn through it with a
velocity which quickly extends the break and
dehes all human power to arrest it.
A Providence policeman discovered few
nights ago candle burning on box in the
cellar of store, with paper living around
loose, and nothing, apparently, to prevent a
lively hre when the candle had burned low
enough to reach it. The next morning he
was little surprised when the owner of the
store pooh poohed his caution and seemed
somewhat offended at his interference.
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19
M A II II 1 X ID .
ID 4 e ID
IMPORTS.

Liverpool. Barque Belle vue-i352 iron rails 1000
fish pla'es l6 900 belts and nuts to Portland q Og-
densburg X X Co. .
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19

II am member of one of the most arlst9-
cratic families of South Carolina, sue saiu;
81 am niece OF the governor OF that stare
have several distinguished friends In TINS city,
where T arrived about two years ago. Here
is INV own and my husbands correspondence,
containing letters from jeff Davis, Col. Win
ter Col. Woods, the late DR.. Murphy, my son.
IN. law. and from Roger A. Pryor, my first
cousin, though l am not personally acquaint-
ed with him, and know he has not heard of
my present very unpleasant position. came
to this city with 5000 in my possession. I
was victimized at almost every place in which
put up here, and on that account have re-
sorted to the device, unseemingly as it may
appear to you, sir, of keeping my money in
my stocking, my breast, and such places
The fact that she kept her money in her
| stocking seems TO have been treated as sus-
picious one. Nineteen dollars were found in
that unusual purse, and Miss Ludwig declar-
ed that she identified the money as the sam
that was taken from Der. OF course the acc.
laration makes Mrs. Miller criminal, though
it is more than likely, Judging from the ue
scription of her given in the Star, that she
innocent. It is wonderful how circumstances
will conspire, sometimes, to fix guilt upon The
innocent: and Mrs. Miller is certainly no
sufficiently acquainted with viainy to b'
able to stare her prosecutors out OF counte
| nance,
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19

"Buy Me, and I'll do you Good.,-DR.
LANGLEY'S ROOT AND HERB BIrTEk'S. No
good healthy roots and herbs, such Sarsaparila,
Wild Cherry, Yellow Dock, Prickly Ash, Thorough
pounded as to reach the fountains Of disease and alb
solutely all Humors, Liver and Bilious Diseas-
es, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Cost iveness, Scroiula and
all difficulties arising from diseased stomach or i'm
pure blood. Twenty years of unrivaed success has
proved them to be the best medicine in the world
GEO. c. GOODWIN & CO., Boston, and all Drug.
gists. myl3
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19
DIR. Morse ON the Treatment of Consump.
sumption, Bronchitis, &C., by Med
icated Inhalation,


About twenty years
since DR.. Morse first
introduced the system
OF cold Medicated In
halation for the cure of
Throat and Lung Dis
eases. and, as year
after year passed, our
earliest convictions OF
conveying remedies d.
rectly to the seat of the
disease in pulmonary
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19

A. sen. Mary Il. Amsden now loading for
Ell Philadelphia. For balance of fseigS !,
4kAkr E. FREEMAN,
s--@sihyio'3t No.2 Union Wharf.
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19
SPECIAL NOTICES.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Ladies & Misses.
DO not fail TO see the large assortment Of
Beautiful and Fashionable
tReal and initiation
Curls, Braids, Switches

sc, i'm every Shade and Color.
I-A good assortment of Small Braids for elderly
ladies'; not to be found elsewhere in the city.
Hats, Ribbons and Flowers ms cheap az elese-
where, and all Hats TRIMMED FREE
thereby saving to the purchaser from Soc to 10.
lars Cn. H"ses, HS % %s,ery, Col
ings, Plain and Plaid Sash Ribbons Veils, Nets,
&C., at MRS. BRADFORD'S New store No 94S
Congress 60. at Lower Prices than elsewhere
Shirt Fronts, Paper Collars, Neck-Ties, Periumery,
Hair Oils Toilet Soaps, &c. may1l-eOd5t
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19

NEW CLERICAL SrAR.-The New York
correspondent of the Boston Journal says
Brooklyn is not only the City of Churches
but the City of Sensations. Its theatres are
failure. But no city in the world can beat
it in religious attractions. In most cases the
sensation is short one, but usually brilliant
Besides the fixed luminaries Brooklyn has
Cuyler, Talmadge, and Scudder. But she has
now new sensation. DR.. Storrs has sent on
to supply his pulpit for a time gentleman
from Liverpool by the name of Hall. He is
shaking things up in the ancient Church Of
the Pilgrims wonderfully. His houses are
crowded and he is really an earnest and effec
tive orator, full of simplicity and religious fer
| vor. The native ministry will have to look
| to its laurels. Ormiston-who by the way il
not as sick as was represented, and will be al
his post in few days-is from Canada. Hal
the Chrisostrom of the Presbyterian pulpit
came from Ireland, and Taylor, the new sen
sation, came from England.
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19

April 20, lat 25 N, lon 2s W, ship Templar, from
New York for San Francisco.
May lat 40 %, lon 10 O', ship Calumet, from Liv-
erp0ol tor Boston.
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19
Important Dental Notice.

011Yn Teeth.
TAKE pleasure in inform ng my patrons and the
puDlc that have purchased the right TO nse the
new ana beautiful base, known to the Dental pro-
tession as tyroxiline 1t surpasses Rubber and is
York. All persons who think the Red Rnbhar INV
rious TO their health will do well exchange for this
new base shall be pleased to show it TO ali inter
ested at my office. am also prepared to insert teeth
on the Red, Whslebone and Black Rubbers. Also
on Gold and Silver.
Office No IL Clapp's Block, corner of Elm and Con-
gress streets, Portland.
myl5dtf CARLTON KIMBALL d. d. s.
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19
CANAL BOATS

very desirabyi located, well established regular
run of hrst-elass pay ng customers: pooa stoIe
WIN well selected stocF; low rent; sold Tor no
iaS,. no - congress street, next to City Hall.
Some cigar dealers in this town are ealous beans.
t sen 50 cheap but will reduce my price to make
mayi9shtt Il. PONCE.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-01
Lee After the Battle of Geitysburg-

General Confederate j. ID. limbo
den writes for the G0inry an ar
ticle on Lee at Gettysburg, from
which we take the following
When night closed upon the grand
scene, Our army was repulsed. 81
lence and gloom pervaded our camps.
We knew that the day had gone
against us, but the extent of the dis
aster was not known except in high
quarters. The carnage of the day was
reported to have been frightful, but
our army was not in retreat, and we
all surmised that with to-morrow's
dawn would come n renewal of the
struggle; and we knew that If such
was the case those who had not been
in the fight would have their full
share in the honOrs and the dangers
of the next day. All felt and appre-
ciated the momentous consequences
of final defeat or victory on that great
field. These considerations made
that, To us, n of those solemn and
awful nights that every n who
fought through our long war some
times experienced before "A great bat
tie.
Few camp-fires e%ulivened the scene.
1t was Il warm summers night, and
the weary soldiers We're lying in
groups on the luXuriant grass of the
meadows we occupied, discussing the
events of the day or watching that
their horses did not strnggle of in
browsing around. About eleven
O'Clock II hOrseman approached and
delivered "A message from General
Lee, that he wished to see me imme-
diately. ! mounted at once, and, ac-
cOmpanied by Lieutenant McPhail,
of my statf, and guided 10y the cOur-
Ter, rode about two miles toward Get
tysburg, where half II dozen small
tents on the roadside We're pointed
out ms General Lees headquarters for
the night. He was not there, but
was informed that | would lind him
with General 4. L. Hill, half IA mile
further on. On reaching the place
indicated, n fickering, solitary can
die, visible through the open front of
"A common tent, showed where Cen
erals Lee and Hill were seated on
camp-StoOls, with n county map
spread upon their knees, and engaged
in IA low and earnest conversation.
they ceased speaking as approach
eel, aud after the ordinary ~salutations
General Lee directed me to so to his
headquarters and wait for him, He
did not return until about one o'clock,
when he came riding along ut IA slow
walk, and evidently wrapped in pro-
found thought.
There vas nut ever "A sentinel on
duiys and NO ONe Bg Ma stan was
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

Prove all things; hold fast to that
which is good.-PdH.
1t is Il great misfortune not to endure
misfortune. -BiOa.
God hands gifts to some, whispers
them to otherS.-1iger.
1t is better to die u sinner than to
live one.-Purker.
Those who have not suffered know
not what they have to Aigcr.
He who waits to do II great deal at
once will never do Nightingale.
Johnson.
The chariot of Gods providence
runneth not upon broken wheels
Rutherford.
Prefer diligence before idleness, UNI
less you esteem rust above brightness.
Plato.
He is not only idle who does moth
ing, but he is idle who might he bet
ter OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The chains of habit are generally
too small to he felt till they are too
strong to he broken.-Dr. Johnson.
Many men judge 10y the success of
II efforts, God looks mt the efforts
themselves. - Charlotte Elizdbeth.
l would give nothing for that mans
religion whose very dog and eat are
not the better for it.-ROWiand mn.
Many n man breads throwing away
his life ut once, who shrinks not from
throwing it away by piecemeal.
-IiOWe.
He who has not forgiven an enc
my, has never yet tasted one of the
most sublime enjoyments of life.
LdrertCr.
am more afraid of my own heart
than of the Pope and all his Cardi-
nails. l have within me the great
pope, Self. Luther.
There is no sin we can be tempted
to commit, but we shall find a great
or satisfaction In resisting than i'm
committing.-MdsOn.
The liberal mind is of no sect it
shows tn sects their departures from
the ideal standard, and thus main
tains pure religion in the world.-A
colt.
Many a light, hailed by too careless
observers rs n fixed star, has proved
to be only "a short-lived lantern at the
tail of "a newspaper kite.-LowoH.
Affections are blessings to us when
we can bless God for Affections. Suf-
feriny has kept many from SHINING.
Fiery trials make golden Christians.
Dyer.