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BLsCKWELL'S ISLAND BRIDGE.
Euvs <; Is Viewed in Queens COanty-~tIonstcr
Petitions ARnirst Ii.

Flow (; Is Viewed in Queens COunty~-tIonstcr
Petitions ARni.st 1t.
Senator Genet's pet measure the Backwell's
Island bridge, almost as much OF sensation
among The farmers as the market movement. 1t is
not the bridge to which they object, but tue taxa
tontt VIII impose The Bill proposes that Queens
county shall give bonds for $00o,00o with thirty
years hTit and that 1t shah pay seven
per cent interest 10 the holders OF the
bonds, wbich WOpd amount 70 $4,000
per year, anu In thirty years would sum up an ag-
gregate OF ST. s90ooo which, added TO the principal
5000 0D0, would make the sum total OF S2I00.c0o.
The people o. Queens county have no Voice IN con-
strncting the bridge or IN its future management.
Petitions against tho passage OF the bil arc being
circulated in every hamlet and receive signatures
very rapidly. On Monday, at the farmers meeting
In jamaica over 1000 persons protested against tho
passage OF tho bill. 1t s claimed tnat the bridge
can be OF no benefit to any portion OF Queens
county save Long Island City.
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UNITED STATES psTacT c9dar-ii BANKRUPTCY.
Petition for Adjudication Of Bankruptcy.
Before JUDGE Blatchford,

Fntnsaa d. Co.. 10 Broad street, rs. Theodore q.
Vette12eia ana BefRard Vetteilefn, OF the tsrm Of
Vet'erlein Co. Pearl aEa Cetar Stieets.-Tfis case
came before the court and jury for tgal. The petit
ton OF the creditors sets forth that they hold
promissory notes passed to them by the
de endants who are their debtors 10 the
amount o. $685. IS, and that the defendants
have committed acts OF bankruptcy by not paving
sheii commercial notes within fourteen days after
they ien due. The petition prays that the Court
shall adjudge the defendants bankrupt Counsel
for defendant moved 10 dismiss, the ground that
the notes were passed In extension OF notes which
fell due IN May These notes are st,ll outstanding,
and counsel contended that they were collateral ana
not commercial paper Tue Court denied tie mo.
ton and LETT the case With the Jury, with direc
ticn 70 Gnd that the bankruptcy, charged IN he
petition, had been committed. They fonnd accord.
ingy.
The court then adjourned TIL this day.
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unIen srklss suaagai cagaI.

Local Ssarutes Of Iimitatf0n--The stn;c of
Lcuisiarr During thc 3eaei is,u.
WASHINGTON Fso. :. 1871.
No. 81. a. H Sic,coyf e Go. uS Booha, Eo1n a
Co-Errcr 10 ne stlrome court a. Lo,issaad--
This was suit on pTomissory note or the defend
ants IA error, former customers OF the plainiis IN
error which rel due anu was protested !0r non-Iay-
ment the lSth of Maroa, 1861, Service OF protest
was not made in TIE nntn after The exi iration
Of Ave years from tac date at which the note wss
made, ana tho Cour below ruled thar the Louisiana
statutes OF prescptcnb barred the shts OF recovery
and the Judgment ioy the Gebtors. The question
presented here is Wnethet the at OF Jane. 1904
$onchIng limitation, as intc dCd 10 apply only TO
the federal jurisdiction % whether Il controlled the
STATE tribunal Ne4i. that act provides inat when
the uId coarse 0f jG1cial prucee ilDgs ln any
OF the StaiesD shra.d be intarrnpJed by the war;,
80 as 10 prevent Tie service OF process in
favor OF persons t0 Wnosh rigat OF ciYl 6cti0n
has accIesd ne, ne me n dssdag men ehe teson
process shall net be deenuG or taken as a part or
tne time limited 6Y law Tor he commencement Of
such action; aad the rIaiut ils.Sts nat taiS law
was general and applied 20 all the stat where
.lhc ordinary course o. judicial Proceedings" was
so Interrupted Y Is also maniane that the Stale
cf Louisiana Unt Oh iHc lnlsn, and that her
statuEes M To the date ot the REORGANIZATION Of the
federal courts Ia New orleans, wele 10 al legal in
tents and purposes tie laws o an alien enemy. aud
ol no clcct. ihls view Is sustained by The cited
fact OF tho readnissiop o. the State Into the
Union after the close VI lhe war. On tie part Of
III defendants here it ~ ged thai Congress has no
Constitutional power 70 prescribe rIes OF practice
FOR the courts of the StaieS, ana that a. Affecting
the right OF the parties 10 TINS procec,ing the act
OF Congress ciied was vCid Congress cannot create
state cours, cannot olisn thc ordinary rules OF
property Obligations ana contracts, nor In general,
denounce penalties for crime III the State and it
canno therefore, prescrnc rules 10 govern The pro-
ccedn q al ihose courts. ON the otber hand there
IL no constitutional inhibition upon The individual
States 10 pass statutes OF limitation, where such
staIHtei Tar the Judgments or sister States. IL is
therefore submitted mat Congress never intended
py llis act 10 lcgisate Tor tie several States and
that he act only bilds the courts OF ihe United
States. 1Re delendaniS appear 90 assume mat lne
Stale was always III the Ufion, ana IN respect of The
proceedings OF ncr coults and the meaning OF ner
statutes sue was not affected IN her status by me
war. Submitted on the brIeIs without ora argu-
meut
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e7ox, "a 1908, 522x co2, 1ss l44K, 2l2, 2lA, 2l8,
2l6H, 2is, 800, 22s 30. 80, 23s, 24o.
SUPREME COuRT-CHAMBBRs.-Held By Judge Bar
nard.-Nos II, 1l2 1l5. 100 162 1871. 1T, 2J2, 2a2,
24s 240 2i 24S 2le, ESQ 25l, 252 253 2ol 2o5 2oo,
267 25s.
SUPERIOR CouRr--Part 1.-Held by Judge Mcneil.
Nos 73 27e, l47, 29l So 33. 39l, III, 81, 167 at,
Nos s7o 14o 5oa, ll72, 5l2, $50, 32o $40, S22 a5o
go, Ola, 62l, 1245, GA
COMMON PLEAs.-part Held by Judge LOew.-
Nos SEA 6a s3 III, $685. 5J0 557, $50. 68o 66l, be2
t64, sos, 900 Part p. Held by Judge Daly.-Nos.
l5o 5s 6A2, 54 i8i, 90, 667 56S, $685. $40, 57l 672.
5s3 $40.
MARINE COURr.-Part l.--Heid by Judge Joachim
sen.Nos $780, 4967 4o1O 1905 4s29 AS5y, aS6l, 1882
Part 2--Hcil by Jndgo Shca-Nos. 47l0, 4sa9, 1860,
4Sly 1915 A6ss 4sS 4Sse, 4sl0, 4947 4r63 4a09 4y7S
ss7 Sse s1 800 sS,s Soaa pars Sled ny Judge Ira
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THE BLACK PRINCE HoMIciDe.

coroner Jones, OF Brooklyn, began the investiga-
flon yesterday as to the cause OF the death OF John
Johnson, the boatswaIn's mate ON board the snp
Black Prince The deceased, as alleged died from the
eecis OF blow Oil the head by capstap bar IN the
nands VI Joseph Cleary, who was employed on board
OF tue Port au Prince watchnGn. The ARRAY oc-
Cured on the vessels the night oil the 1st Inat
Several witnesses testified 10 having seen Clcary
strike the deceased and knock him overheard. Jha
Inquest was adjourned until to-day,
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ER30ALYN COURTS.
UNITED STATES coAxlsSousay c1JsT.

The Charge AGAINST William Lane.
Before Commissioner Winslow.
The hearing OF the case Of William Lane, who Is
charged with having misapproprlated government
property while superintendent OF the engineers
works at Fort Hamilton, was resumed. Thomas
Fowler testified that two years ago he had con-
tract Tor draw ng stone; that government teams
used aud that Tor the use OF them no p1d, Dy
Lanes erection, The OF i've dollars to clerk IN
the olilce. Several other witnesses were examined,
and the further hearing was ADJOURNED uhtll
Wednesday next.
Alleged Illicit Dlstilinu.
John Sculy was before the Commissioner on the
charge OF carrying the dstllIing business with
out paying special tax. The hearing was set Down
for the l4th instant
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aHIso STATES COMMISSIONERS COURT.
Charge OF Smuggling Lnres and Silks.
before Commissioner Shields,

Charge OF SmuaRIinE Ilnres und Silks.
Before Commissioner Shields.
the United States Us. George Virgin, Rooer: Smith,
1nonaas W. W,iSon ana =. Gatt0an.--The defend
ants. Wright and WILSON, are charged with having
emugaled into this country qlaotity OF laces and
siks on board the steamship Europa, on which they
had been engaged as purser and stUrekeeper and
Wilson ai Il GllIgaD who are merchants In church
street, are also charged with having been In cou'
SION wlh these pa,tes IN the reception pf tne goods
The particulars OF tho case were puDiSled Ia the
HERALD or sunday.
Tao case had been set down for examination yes
teIday III two o'clock.
Al fhai hour tne representative Of the District At
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CITY COURT.

Burglars Sentenced.
Before Judge Thompson.
Harris Franklin and Henry Brown were indicted
for having hrcken into the residence OF Mr.. Joseph
Gels No. 100 Franklin avenue the 5th Of January.
The prisoners were arragaei Yesterday. when they
peaded guilty 10 burglary In the third degree
judge Thompson sentenced eacn OF them to the
Peaitentiary Tor three years and ak months. The
court then adjourned until this morning.
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THE rrrrEcANos BATTLE aRousD.-The Larayett,

THE TIpPECANoE BATTLE GROUND.-The Lafayette
und.l Courier OF January % says:-"We understand
that the heirs Of General Jonn Ilpton are making au
ground, and one OF the hers, MIR. George Upton, or
Logansport, IL now'n this city gathering evidence
In the case II will bo remembered that this land
was given to the State by General John Upton about
the year 1884, or fcr,y years ago. u is now elaine
by the heirs that the state mas forfeited ls ltc o
the lands for non compliance with the condi.
lions upon which they were decided TO the state 1T
Is claimed by the heirs tnat one OF Inc conditions
was that the State should keep 10 under fence and
build monument to tue memory oi those who fell
In the GnQagemcnt.n
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lBr LAMP OF DEATH.

1--WE Girls E1rscd IA Death in Brooklyn.
BY the explosion OF another kerosene lamp TWO
more girls have been burned to death In Brooklyn.
Coroner Jones was notified yesterday to hold In
quests over the bodies OF two glris, named Mary
burns received from the explosion Of q kerosene
lamp on Sunday night at No. II Grand avenue. Tho
lamp exploded with considerable force ana the fluid
was scattered over four persons, all ol whom were
badly burned In the case Of the two young girls
the ,CcApnI re.utel fatally.
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81. DOMINGO.
The Presidents Response to Sena-
tor Summers Resolution.

Instructions to the Naval Commanders in the
West Indies-Report and Opinion Of Captain
selfidye- e-correspondonce Regarding Cap
tain 0wsn-What He Was Told to do
Instructions to Admiral Pcor-Cor-
repondenoe Between Eagst and
Poor-Admiral Lees Let
ter to ths Department
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Sup.,sm: CouRT-SPECAL TERRA.
Decisions.

Decisions.
BY Judge Brady.
Lassfz rs. Backing fgham.-See opinion
bGssG o. British N3r'h America as. Heard es al
See opinlol.
By Judge Freedman.
-Akrdtef rs. ScsdIV e, QL-0rGer granted.
fec,SeT u.s. Co,Unle.--Tne same
I?se AdSsGchusetts MUTUAL lie Insurance COM
pG3lg u.s. Carpenter. -" The same.
Jot7fieT as. CQritnq.-- The same.
h0fNS u.s. yacob.-Motion dismissed. with ten dol
lals cost,
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THE rs.

Collision as sea-i Bsnlrrup cv Case-Ths seven-
thirty Counterfeit Send Case A3ain-Chsrge
of Smuggling Laces and silks-Kore Eric
Railway Litigation - Decisions = Sem
tcnc1s and General business in
the Court OF General Sessions.
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COURT CAlEkDARS-TlRS DAY.

SUPREME C0UBT-GENERAL TEgN-Held by Judges
lngraham, Barnard ana Cardozo "Opens 10l5 A.
M.-A0n-enunierated motions.
SUPREME CoURF-CRCuIT.--Pa J--Ield by
Judge sltherland-Nos. GA, Ial, 3Il 273i $780,
23S ". 49, %, 259 2D9, ], 49, Al, 50, o. IL IL So.
Part 2-Hel0 by apege Van Brunt,--Nos. IA, Ish,
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An Arkansas planter, who has carefully noted the
work OF about sixty Chinanei, reports that they are
better cotton pckers an the negroes, ana that they
are very industrious ana obedenr and at the same
flue cleanly In their habits and persons. They WORK
Tor fteen dollars mouth and board, and live prln-
Cipaly Oh rice aud DlolRSeo&
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ALBANY, Feb. 7, 1871.
The following is the Court of Appeals day caon-
dar tor February sNos. H. S4 s5, 15, G3 So 81, 6s
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REalSLYn CQunI CAiEElAA.
COURT or APPEALS.

CITY CoURT.-rart 1.-Nos. 10, l25, 1877, 1876, l7o
Part 2-Crminal trials.
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MARINE C0uaT-2AaT |.
Decisions.

By Judge JoachimseI.
Chrisidior a.. Acknowledgement for plaintiff for
S3 l., costs and allowance.
Eord rs. BGryeT.-Decisi0n reserved.
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Local Ssarutes Of Iimitatf0n--The stn;c of
Lcuisiarr During thc 1eaei s,u.
WAsItyyaToS I'D, : 1871
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-08-07
TELEGRAPHITEMs.

Matthew McDOugall has been appointed
consul at Dundee, Scotland.
Hon. William Orion of New York is dan
gerousy sick.
The specie shipments from New York Satur.
day amounted to $271, 742.
1t is said that the pay of naval officers at the
Portsmouth Navy Yard is $91 200 per annum.
Only five hundred men are employed
A mill and bridge on Cayaduta Creek at
Fonda, N, T., was carried away by freshet
Friday night. Loss $4,000.
There was less than the usual number of
Sunday passengers on the Island ferry yester-
day.
Jones, the Newmarket, N. HI murderer,
whose death sentence Gov. Weston has COM
muted to imprisonment for life, says he prefers
hanging. ..
The New York Evening Post announces on
trustworthy authority, that the famous tenor
Wachlel, will sail next month for concert
tour through the United States this fall.
Daniel Gamson, Friday filed bill in the
United States Court against the city govern
ment for an unpaid bill Of $40, 900 awarded him
for damages to his property by the widening of
Broadway.
A secret organization known as the Union
League of the United Sons of America. com
posed principally of young workingmep. is
forming in Cincinnati, to oppose Roman
Catholicism in all its shapes. Ali nationalities
will be admitted.
A negro entered the residence of a German
named Saizer in Burlington, Iowa, Friday
morning, evidently with the purpose of steal
Ing, but seeing young girl lying on the bed,
attempted darker crime. Her father arOus-
ed by the girls screams, fastened to her room
but on entering was shot through the heart by
the negro, who escaped.
Two companies Of troops arrived in New Or
leans Friday, the object, it is rumored being to
preserve order Wednesday, when the Repnbli-
can convention is held.
The cotton crop along the Red River looks
better than expected after the spring rains and
it believed fair crop will be made in the river
parishes.
The sheriff and other officials that resisted
the service of a writ by the United States Mar
shal at Beaver Island, Wis, have been arrest
The yacht Josephine, owned by B. M. c..
Duriee, on her way from Fall River to New
port, II. l., collided with another craft, losing
her masts and sustaining other damages.
Inc work at the Vulcan Iron Works, St.
Louis, is suspended because the workmen re-
iuse to labor under the present Superinten-
dent Their only charge against him is that in
afittsburg strike he was victorious. A new
crew is expected from Pennsylvania.
In San Francisco, yesterday, an Italian de-
mohstration In honor of the occupation of
home took place, the procession being most
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METEORO LOGICAL.
Report from the SigYai Office.

WASHINGTON, Aug. $50 P. M-The bar
ometer has fallen slightly since Saturday P. M.
At the Rocky Mountain station it has risen.
but is now again falling north of Nebraska and
Illinois. The area of the low barometer, which
was then off the coast of New England. las
probably moved north eastward. The TEMPER
allure remains without material change. South
westerly winds have continued on the Allan
tic coast except New England, where north
west and west winds have been more common.
Local rains have fallen in the Mississippi Val
ley. Partially cloudy and pleasant weather
now prevails from Minnesota to Central Mis-.
souri, and eastward to the Atlantic. Threat
ening and rainy weather is reported from Lou
isiana to Florida, and in North Carolina.
Probabilities barometer will probably
fall from Michigan to Nebraska and northw ward
and continue highest over Pennsylvania and
Virginia. Local rains are probable for Mou-
day from Louisiana to Florida and the Gulf
coast, and the condition RENAME favorable for
local storms in the afternoon from Missouri Co
Michigan. Partially cloudy and pleasant
weather is probable for the north and eastern
States.
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John s. Abbott v. r. T.. Snow.
Referred to c. w. Goddard Decision to be final
Abbott. Snow.
State by scire fdcias ". Cyrus Dunn
Exceptions oyerruled
MattocSs. Frye g. Cotton.
State " Thomas j. Andrews
Exceptions overruied.
+ J.J. Perry.
State v. Horatio B. Pinkhqm.
u Exceptions overruied.
Mattscks. Howard g. Cleaves.
State v. james NJ Cobb.
Exceptions sustained. judgment arrested.
Bradburys.
state v. Martin Ryan, appellant.
Exceptions overruled. c.o.u
State " Albenis X. Uacbett.
Frank.
State v. EdwIrd X McAllster.
EXCEPTIONS Ogeiruled.
f'.I7f Deane & Verril.
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ROUBLE A0AIN.-Hardlv has work hef

TROUBLE AaAN.-Hardly has work been
resumed after the long strike of last winter
AMI spring, before we are threatened with new
troubles in the Pennsylvania coal regions
The .workn,en in a colliery near Mahony City
have struck for higher wages and suspended
work the Lehigh Valley and Reading railroads
have announced an advance in the tolls for
coal carrying, and it is reported that the opera
tors of the Schuylkill region are about to re-
duce wages per cent, in which case gener-
al suspension of work throughout that region
Is almost inevitable.
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AteM9.
Georgia editor offers to publish original
poetry at 80 line.
The rated property of Scotland is above &c.
100000 sterling, devisible.
Fernando Wood has given 800, 900 for land
on which to erect the handsomest mansion in
Saratoga
The N. Y. Evening Post apologies because
in its enumeration of bovine royalty, the other
day, it omitted the lordliest of them all-him
of the palatiaI stables-bos Tweed.
The fact that Robinson, the engineer of the
exploded Westfeld, could neither read nor
write, has provoked the statement that two
thirds of the engineers Of New York are no
better educated. II. this is so, the authorities
OF Gotham might as well stop examining the
apOthecaries and attend to the engineers. ;.
The people of the New Dominion are warned
by proclamation from the Governor General
not to participate in the Cuban filibustering
expedition. Some of the officers of the expe-
diton have already been arrested We are
glad to see that our Provincial neighbors, even
at this late day, have learned their duty in
cases of this character.
The names of Cough. Mark Twain, Murray
Hale, Collyer, Nasty, Josh Billings, Russell,
Hartman and Loring appear on the list of
lecturers of the Boston Lyceum Bureau. Mrs.
Livermore, Kate Reynolds, Lofty Houph,
Fanny Edmunds and Alice Dutton are the fe
male lecturers.
P. S. Gilmore is hourly in receipt of letters
from prominent gentlemen giving him every
encouragement in relation to the International
Peace Jubilee. Mr.. Gilmore has visited the
President at Long Branch to get his official
recognition of the enterprise.
Some of the Democratic papers having found
fault with an Iowa preacher who prayed for the
usual Republican majority, the Portsmouth
Chronicle says:-"After the organization OF the
New Hampshire House of Representatives, in
June, we didn't hear any Democratic objection
because Parson Ham, of Gilmantow n, prayed
thuswise:-'And ah, oh, God alb, grant, all, we
beseech thee that-ah the minority see fit-ah to
submit ah to the will.ah of the majority"
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For NORTH CoNwAY.-On Thursday next
the first division of the Portland and Ogdens
burg Railroad will be completed-an event
that has anxiousy been looked forward to by
all the friends of the enterprise; and the first
train to the famous summer resort, North Con-
way, will be run at that time in the interest of
the Portland Army and Navy Union. who pro-
pose grand excursion for the public. A ride
over one of the pleasantest roads diverging
from the city, with five hours time to visit the
most noted points in the mouctain region, for
the nominal price of 81, is an opportunity that
ought not to be neglected. Hundreds of our
citizens will, no doubt improve the occasion,
and we do not believe that there is any necessi-
ty for urging people to secure their tickets
.,aarlu L
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A MIsrAKE.-Saturday night officer Wyman
found man clinging to Spite In the dock at
Calls Wharf where be had been, he said, ''as
much a., an hour" He was taken out, badly
chilled and exhausted, and carried to the po-
lice office, where he was stripped and put to
bed in blankets. In his pocket was found $113
in bank bills, which, with quantity of papers
were thoroughly saturated. These were care
fully dried and returned to him after he had
slept off the effects of the rum he had taken
The man represented himself as master of a
vessel In the harbor, and said he went down
the wharf to rescue boy whom he heard in
the dock shouting for assistance.
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TENNESSEE.
KnK Inv Natal

MEMPHIS, Aug. 5.-The Ku.Klux trial be-
fore the United States Court, in which four
men were arraigned for the murder of man
nance Garrett, who was taken from Jail in
Salisbury, Tennessee, last June, terminated
last evening in the discharge of the prisoners,
the Court being satisfied that the prosecution
on the part Of the principal witnesses was mali
cious and their testimony false. Two of the
witnesses were arrested for perjury, and COM
mtted to iail.
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STATE STREET CHURCH.-Rev. DR.. Br0okes,
of st. Louis, Mo-, preached two discourses yes
terday at State street Church. His morning
discourse was upon the prayers of the Phar-
isse and the Publican. That in the evening
was upon the leprosy of sin. Both subjects
were treated upon in an eloquent as well as
powerful manner. We understand DIR. Brookes
will occupy the same pulpit next Sabbath.
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Foreign Markets.

LONDON, Aug. 5-1.3o T. nd.-Coneols closed at
S3a tor money and account.
American securities-U. s 52Os. 1869, 93}; do 1865
old, 92B; do 1867, 90; do 10-40's OH.
LIVERPOOL, Aug: 5-P. M.-Cotton closed quiet
Middling uplands $40 Cd; sales 10000 bales Lard
49,
LONDON, Aug. 5.-Consols closed at 93a for money
and account.
American securties-U. s. 5-2O's 1862, 93}; do 1866,
old, 92a; do 1867, 80; U. S. 1O-4Os 90.
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Sale of Forfeited Goods.
COLLECTORS OFFICE, \
DISTRICT OF PORTLAND IL FALMoUTH,I

COLLECTORS OFFICE,
DISTRICT OF PORTLAND 81 FALMoUTH,I
Portland, July rs, 1871. J
THE following described merchandise having been
forfeited for violation of the Revenue Laws OF the
United States, public notice OF the seizure of aid
merchandise having been given and no clam to the
same having been made twill be sold at public auc-
ton, at the New Custom House, on Commercial
street. in this city, on Wednesday. August 16, A.
ID. 1871, at IL O'Clock A. NJ, to wit:
bottles gin, 10 bottles whskey. II tobacco
pouches valise, 6 bills molasses. 10 meerschaum
pipes 23f0 cigars, ps az yds) dress goods. 10 doz
prs kid gloves, 10 yds veveteen, lot trimmings, lot
ornamental feathers, do flowers, laces, ribbons,
remnants OF silk. /. WASHBURN, JK.,
ajy31-dlaw3tM Collector.