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The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

THERE comes from Washington the most
gratifying assurance that the President will
not agitate again the question of the annexa
ton of San Domingo in bis forthcoming mes
sage. Whatever may be the true policy in re-
gard to that subject, there can be no question
that its revival would result in disturbing the
exceptional state of harmony that prevails in
the Republican party since Butler was de.
.eated, Sumner silenced, and Fenton and
Oonkling nominally reconciIed
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

OUR Republican brethren, including the
sisters, need have no sentimental twinges of
Conscience respecting the propriety of recev-
ing the Grand Duke Alexis on account of any
doubt respecting his ancestry. If there is
anything in which the Grand Dukes family
is strong it is granddaughter. 1t was Mark
Twain whose ancestral tree soon terminated
tn a trunk with an ARTIFICIAL b. auviI right
angles, from which there dangled hemper
suggestion; but Alexis traces his ances
try back, only think of it, to the year A. D
$50, when the ambitious fellows fused the
Slavi, Firms and Russians into one nation, and
have ever since in some form or other, mis-
ruled no small part of the globe. The history
ofAlexis's family, like that of any family that
has an extended record, is not particularly
fattering to the human race, to which he
doubtless belongs though our funkeys will
attempt to convince him that such is not the
fact. Ambitious mothers that have gIaced
the Dukes family tree, impressed with the
idea that they were better fitted to rule the
millions "by the grace of God, than tEeil
lawful husbands have called in the assassins
aid to bring about family change. Sons
too, in their later years have bitterly repent
ed that they had had some hand in securing
the hasty exit Of imbece fathers that they
might reign instead. But on the whole, the
Romanoff family, like all of the human race
except the Tammany Democracy, is improv-
ing. The father of Alexis is as good a ruler
,vx-ifl L. l~a<l
ed absurdities can be. Indeed, the fact that
the representative of family that has ruled
from forty to seventy millions thousand
years "by the grace of God" takes occasion to
visit country where the people rule, and
hastens at railroad speed to pay his respects
to ruler who is the son of tanner, and ten
years ago was tanner himself, proves that
the most ancient oligarchy on the earth recog-
MFRS the spirit of the age.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

The HAzING of the ''plebs" by the cadets of
the Annapolis naval academy, for which i've
participants were expelled, was of most cruel
character, and richly deserved severer pun
ishment "One young man, 'pleb' fourth
class man. says a despatch to the New York
Times chad his head held under running water
for an hour, and was swung out of a window
several stories up, in blanket or sheet, which
had such an effect on the young man that he
ran away into the neighboring county. His
neither was informed of the fact and came on,
and searching him up, brought him back into
the academy. The boy was SO disguised with
the navy, or SO crazed by their impositons,
that he used fuch language to or before Com
modore Wooden, that that gentlemanly and
courteous officer said he woald Immediately
expel him, but that he thought the boy was
crazed by the treatment he had received, The
boys mother had great effort to get him back.
Another young man, of religious character,
was stripped and made to dance, sing and
preach. Another was treated in such an indie
cent manner, I cannot pen the vulgarity.''-
Like all wantons however, they were easily
put down by the plucky unfortunates whom
they proposed to prosecute. The Times dis
patch further says:
They met with some evidences of pinch
among the ''plebs." When the midshipmen
landed on the wharf after their cruise, one of
them, throwing his baggage on the wharf called
to "pleb:'
Here, boy, take up this baggage"
The ''pleb" threw off his coat, and using a
very opprobrions epithet, said:
Come ashore and I'll lick you"
Another ""pleb'' backed himself against the
wall and said:
"I'll kill the first nah that touches me.''
"Where dc you bury yonr dead?" some
zers."
"Never mind; I'll kill the first man that
touches me-"
One OF the runners remarked:
Gle looks like fight" and they left him.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27
6Telallsle ST.


An Anchor 10 Wimdward.
1t g)o1 seamanshp, when there is reason to ex-
pect heavy weather. to drop an anchor to windward.
We are in the midst OF the OF chilis and fs-
yer. The preventive OF this distressing malady
is Hostetters Stomach Bitters. course of that
wholesome vegetable tonic will render an attack i'm
possible Take the hint and drop an anchor to wind
ward.
Weak stomachs are most liable to be dsordered
late In the autumn, when the changes of tempera-
ture are marked and frequent. Hostetter's Bitters
tortiy the stomach against the effects of these va
rations Let dyspeptics make note OF the fact, and
drop aneho; to wlndward.
The liver is more sensitive when the weather is
continually alternating between the warmth of
and the cold of winter than at any other Pc
riod of tie year. This is peculiarly the season of
such alterations. Let the bilious remember that
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is essentially an anti
bilious medicine and drop an anchor to wndward.
The wisest plan to torestall evil. The next best
thing is to arrest it. For disorders of the stomach
irregularities of the bowels and all periodical fevers
take, the complaint developes tsof Hostel
ter's Stoma.h Bitters.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

The Maine Democrat has been so thor.
oughly stunned by the defeat of its party thai
1t has just begun to feel able to inquire VIII,
1t happened. 1t wisely concludes, however
that the "new departure" was a dishones
trick which did not bring single "disaffect
ed Republican" to the Democratic ranks
STOPPING to conquer" it thinks, is unprofita
Bile business. The Maine Standard, on the
other hand, seems to believe that the move
was not so bad one, after all, and that it
did not affect hundred votes either way in
the whole State. 1t will be necessary for our
friends to reach some sort of conclusion
about the matter before next spring
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

The Republican papers of Washington
County commend Judge Barrows for saying
to the iurymen who acquitted a rumseller
against whom the evidence was conclusive
that they were "a disgrace to Washington
County" But the Machiss Union, on the
contrary, thinks the Judge guilty of serious
want of decorum and maintains that the ju-
ry was probably right. Of course. From
the Democratic standpoint perjury is COM
msndable if the rum traffic can in that way
be relieved from the restraints imposed by
the "odious, tyrannical" prohibitory law.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27
REV. HERMAN B1sBEE has made himself ia.

nous by driving one-horse carriage fifteen
hundred miles-from Lake Memphremagog to
to st. Anthony's Falls in forty-five days. He
carried five persons in his carriage, which
was built specially for the journey combining,
DIS lar as possible, the strength of crowbar
win the llshtness of cambria needle. The
ENaa morgan mare with sprinklng of
tro,.; on oiood, stood the journey wonderfully,
o.h;.n ns in'o the streets of st. Paul after her
go va,,, a,s IA as II she had only been taking
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

THERE is one feature of the Prussian school
system that is worthy of adoption bore. Sir
VIM. Thompson stated in his recent address
before the British Association, that in Prussia
every university, every polytechnic academy,
every industrial school, most of the grammar
schools, in word nearly all thd schools supe-
rior in rank to the elementary schools of the
common people, are supplied with chemical la
boratories and collection of philosophical in
struments and apparatus, access to which is
most literally granted by the directors of those
schools to any person qualified for scientific es-
periments. In consequence there will scarcely
be found town exceeding 5000 inhabitants
that does not offer facilities for scientific inves-
legations at no other cost than that of the ma
terials wasted in the experiments. And fur
Their, professors, preceptors, and teachers of
secondary schools are engaged on account of
their skillfulness in teaching, but professors of
universities are never engaged unless they
have already proved by their own investiga-
tons that they are to be relied upon for the
advancement of science.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

THE Lewiston Journal very appropriately
calls attention to the suggestive contrast in
one respect between the banquets at Bangor
and ST. John. At the former, in Difference
to public sentiment and to the wishes of the
Governor, no liquors of any kind were pro-
vided; while at the latter wine flowed in
abundance. New Brunswick evidently needs
our liqusr law as well as the common school
system on the establishment of which Gov.
Wilmot congratulated his countrymen so
vorrnlv
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

IHE exports, imports and duties in the Do
minlon OF Canada for the fiscal years ending
> une 80, 1870 and 1871, were as follows: Dur.
ing 1871, the total Exports were S74143,O98
Imports, 500. s57 ,4oS; entered for CONSUMPTION
$86,679645; Duty, 81 1854 ,291.7 During 1870
the Exports were $7S,573 800; Imports, S74.
814,339; entered for consumption, So, 1852 $40. a
The increase in favor of 1871, is for Exports
$569, sos; Imports, $21, o43.O69; entered for con
sumption, $15, 442,O42; Duty, 50, 4o1 ,a5l 80.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

De- piosion in the sun was observed by
1.S 80 Guy OF Dartmouth College on the
, ''n " september last, the day that was fol.
io"eu ~ y = magnlhcent auroral display at
night. The explosion occurred in lit,ls bv.
drogen cloud only about 100000 miles lon.
by $4,000 miles high! lung
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

A DELICATE ATTENTION When the Rus.
sian Prince arrives in New York Jim Fisk has
arranged so that his splendid band OF the crack
Ninth, with ten thousand dollar Levy at its
head, and $50 men behind him, shall give him
a serenade at the Clarendon Hotel. The par
ticular point and delicacy of the compliment is
that the serenade will be entirely made up Of
Russian airs, and will probably be the first the
Prince shall have heard since he left his native
lon
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

THE Democrats of the Ohio Legislative
hope to be able to defeat the reelection q,
Senator Sherman by uniting their strength
with that of the conservative Republicans, and
choosing Gen. Cox, ex7Secretary of the Int
rior, In his place.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

New TRoTTING PARK.-The public-spirited
and enterprising men at North Fryeburg are
building fine one-half mile trotting course,
about one-half mile from their village, upon
the farm Of Samuel Chandler, no has leased
the same to them for five years.
1t will be beautiful track, and those hav-
ing horses troubled with "being fast" will have
good chance to let them SHOW their foot"
A large number of fine horses are raised in
this vicinity.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

The last crime charged against the "Interna-
tionaP' is the burning OF Chicago. Should this
be proved, it would be great relief to the
friends of the suspected incendiary, the COW
charged with viciousy kicking over kero-
sere lamp. Among them may be reckonea
pretty much all the calves in the country.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

scbs SEQ. Smith, musquash Ns Catsw 40 usys'
CID 25th ships suhrse, Clark San Fra1r,s o. D.
lar sar, Stetson kotte dam; sch Two Sisters sbeep
NEW LoNDoN-sll 2ith, sch Emma W pav f.,
New York. WI
Bangor; Lark, Guptlll, Perry, Me.
Below 18th, sch Enterprise. Leighton, from MILL
NEWPORT - Sailed 9th. scbs Maria Roxana,
Palmer Providence Tor Philadelphia; Mary Lang
don. Bennett, and Il IL Gregory. ThorndIke. Rock
land for New York; Exeter, Pendleton; Rena, Bish-
OPP; Hall. Coleman, and Antelope. jackson, do
for do; Scio. Smith. Pembroke for New York; Spray,
Crowley. st .Johp, NB; Agnes, Young, I'm Calais tor
Ar2Ith, schs Onward, Leland, and j Carver.
Norwr od calais for New York; Cherub, Fletcher,
and Deborah Jones. Durham, Gardiner for Ye,k;
Julia q Martha Lnnt. Caiais TOR Fall River: W II
Sargent, SARGENT. Bangor ior Fall River; Agenora,
VINEYARD HAVEN-Ar 25tb. sch Ethan Allan.
Blake. Philadelphia for Salem.
B0sTON-A.Tr . 18th, schs Donny Ives. Holt, and
gor; S II Pool. Colby, and Union, Creamer, Bangor;
5 W Brown. Maddocks, Rockland.
ca 2Sh s ssn o abSs Small F sand River Ms
Julia Rich, Patten' Bangor; Franklin, Colby. i'm
SALEM-Ar Path, schs kIareie. McFaGden. Eliza
bethp'rt; Harriet Fuller. Willard. i'm New York tOi
Ar 27th, sens Maine. Lord, Sullivan; Peucinlan,
PORTSMOUTH-Ar 2oth, schs Concord, Poland,
and Cbas Carroll, Mullen, Roekland; Nettle, ANA
MiLLBRIDGE-sld Gath, brig Lizzie zittlOsen.
(newl Dow, New York.
Ar 18th. sch Mahaska, Pickett Boston.
GARDINEK-Ar 18th, sch Congress, York, Bath,
to load for Philadelphia.
FOREIGN PORTS.
At Shanghai 18th ult, barque Homer, Blown. I'm
Nagasaki TOR Swallow.
Cid at Malaga 7lh inst. brig Shannon. Ray New
York.
Ar at LverJ Dol 21st inst, ship Freedom, bradley,
New York; tarque Limerick Lass, Marsbman. 10.
| CID 10th. ship Harry Morse, WymaD. Tybee. Ga.
AR at 81 John, NIB, 2ist inst, sch Zeyia, Crowell
Pembroke; 24tn, Ida j, Walsh. Portland.
| Cid 23d, sen sch r E Peeker, Amesbury, Faya
[Per City of London, at New York;
Sid I'm Liverpool 18th. Pstmos. Nichols, New Or
AT at London 11th, Caribou, Treat Charlo ston.
Passed The Wight sth, Ennis, Hopkins, from Len
| uon tor Rio Janeiro.
| Off the EddystOne 10th, Marcia GIetnleai, Poole,
| from Shields Tor New York.
Cid at Newport 9Th, John e Holbrook, Leavitt. Ici
Sid I'm Cardiff 10Th, Thomas Fletcher, Pendletop.
for Galveston.
Ar at Shields nth inst, Mont Blanc. Herbert, TN
SID I'm ArdrOssan 1th, Henry knight GIlchrist, for
| Philadelphia.
Ar at LeghOrn 7ih inst. Midas, Higgins, Marseilles
Ar at Marseilles 10th, John Zittlosen Ficlett from
AR at Lisbon It'll. Machias, johnson, New York.
At at Havre 18th inst, Mary Lizzie. Coombs, from
| Santos.
| Ar at Antwerp 10th, Florence Treat, Short, Pba-
dephia.
| Sid 10Th. Gen Mcclellan, Williams, New York.
| Ar at Bordeaux 9th, Maria w Norwood, Wash
| burn, New Orleans.
In the river 9Th, Emma LitchHeld, Crockett. I'm
| New York.
Sid i'm Cronstadt 9th. Ladoga, WILEY. New York.
| Ar at Cette 9Th, Annie K Storer, Adams, from New
| York.
Ar at Sligo 9th, Daisy Boynton. Appleby, Quebec.
SPOKEN.
Sept 6, lat II 49, Ion 27 10, ship sabino I'm Shield
Tor Domcay.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

The number of slaves in Brazil has been put
down at 2,OOO,O 600 blacks or Africans, and 6OO,-
900 mixed. These numbers exceed that of the
whites in the whole country. The number OF
shareholders was only 10000 as
in the United States, little oligarchy. whose
selfishness took no account of the national
welfare
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27
SIX PER CENT. PER ANNUM,
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYABLE IN
GOLD COIN,
Free from u. 8. I0E0tiOn.

Coupons payable March and September 1, in New
York. Bonds registered if desired, Coupons made
payable e6 each in London, England, ii preferred.
as well as OF timber and other products therefrom
are by the Trustees to be invested in these Bonds il
they can be bought at par or less; otherwise in
United States, State or Municipal Securities. And
on July 1879, and annually thereafter until these
Bonds become due or are all paid. the K. & N. A.
Railway Co. is bound to pay to the Trustees sum
of money equal to one per cent. of the amount OF
received on securities. belonging to the Sinking
Fund are to be invested above stated, and tb ese
accumulatoDs solely for the purpose of addition
ally providing tor the redemption of these Bonds
The Sinking Fund constitutes a third great element
OF securing and strength, and adds to the safety Of
these Bonds.
The Trustees are Hon. HANNIBAL HAMLIN, OF
Bangor, Me-, and j. EDGAR THOMSON, ESQ.,
of Philadelphia, Pa.
The Trustees are authorized to receive the Bonds
at Par and Accrued Interest in payment for
any OF the lands at their appraised value.
These very desirable securities for sale at
30 and Accrued interest in Currency,
us Bonds and all marketable securities recey-
ed at highest market price in exchange for these
Bonds, and can be sent by Express and these re-
turned by Express free of expense to the purchaser
Pamphlets giving further particulars concerning
the connections and business with Maps, showing
the location and lands of this road free ON ap-
plcatiOn to
ELIAS MERRILL,
Principal Agent of sthe Company for the
Sale .of Bonds,
R N q n II NJ NJ E
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27
Lorallaa'd Insurance Comply

The following Circular has been received from the
Receiver OF the Company:
Having boon appointed Receiver Of the Lorillard
Fire Insurance Company, you will please forward to
me fol cancellation all policies issued by you with
out delay. The une armed premiums will be return
ed pro rata.
CARLISLE NORWOOD,
Receiver of the Lcrillard Fire Insurance Comply.
EF Policy -holders are reqdested to hand in their
Policies for cancellation Immediately.
l.. S. TWOMBLY, Agent,
oc26sn1w 30Exchange St, up stairs.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

1t is stated that seventeen deaths have &C.
cnrred from small pox the past two days IN
Pittsburg, Pa.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

Colby UNIVERSITY, according to the cAta
logue just published, has s Seniors, II Juniors
Ii Sophomores and 20 Freshmen, one lady
being included among the latter. Fifty
two is the total number of undergraduates.
This institution deserves high degree of pros
perity, having placed itself in the front rank
of progressive institutions by increasing the
list OF its elective studies, admitting women
and greatly enlarging its facilities for giving
instruction by adding new buildings and max
ing ample provision for the wants OF the sci
entific department..
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27
NJ A Il X L Il ID
ID L e ID .

In Bath, Oct. 81, Mrs. Margaret j., vile of John
Wolf. aged "a years months
In BROOKLYN. Oct. 81 Mr.. James Freethy, aged 90
years months
w. Perkins, aged 90 years.
In Biddeiord Oct. 10, capt Nathaniel Emery aged
IS years.
In Alfred Oct. 10, Miss Lottie Brooks, aged 10
years 10 months.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

SENATOR SUMNER has written long lette,
to the National Colored Convention, that
would be excellent were it not for the fact thai
his malice toward President Grant is conspic.
uous The policy of the President toward the
colored people of the country has been in com
plete harmony with the doctrines of Mr. Sum-
ner. and receives the cordial approval of such
men as Fred Douglass. The Traveller Justly
says in referring to the letter of Mr.. Summers
that "hs correspondence and his conversation
are tiDged with his feelings on this subject, and
what in him is regarded as but an honest, if not
honorable fanaticism, would be looked upon
as downright lunacy if exhibited in Lesser men
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27
Political Notes,

News received from the several States
holding elections in November gives encour-
aging hopes Of the result. Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia
promise to do their duty well.
The Wisconsin Republicans assert that that
State will give twenty thousand majority for
the Republican State ticket The Milwaukee
or eastern half of the State usually gives about
fifteen thousand Democratic majority; and the
western half of Wisconsin, of which La
Crosse is the chief town. gives about five
thousand Republican majority. The usua!
majority in the whole State, therefore, they
expect to increase five thousand.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27
FOR SALE

rNIlE new two story French roof house, just I'm
Il ished, n Cushman ST.; house piped for Sebago
and all the modern improvements. Enquire on the
premises or No % Emery st. j. A. TENNEY.
sep5dtt sn
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27
Carl SchurZ,s Platform

Carl Schurz since the Louisville speech,
shadowing forth the formation Of new party
has been cordially congratulated by many
Democratic organs, but very few have gone SO
far as to declare in favor of putting his sugges-
tions into practical effect. The most noted
convert is Gen. Frank P. Blair who still de-
nounces the existing governments in til, late
rebel States ass usurpations and declares that
the new departure is humbug. Gen. Schurz
has already announced his platform and if the
Democracy can subscribe to its cardinal doc
trines, the country has every reason for hearty
congratulation at the great progress it has
made in ultra radicalism To how many of
the following principles of Carl Schurz can the
Democracy subscribe?
81. The protection of the rights of every cit
izen, in accordance with the Constitution as
it is.
2. The discontinuance of useless agitation
of past issues.
8. The restoration of fraternal feelings and
relations with the people OF the North
4, The dissemination OF constitutional prin-
cples, and the inculcation of an earnest, abid-
ing faith in the genius of free institutions, and
their eventual success in all quarters OF the
globe.
g. The maintenance of law and order
6. The promotion and encouragement of i'm
migration.
Z. The establishment of an efficient system
of general education.
s. The exposition of and strict adherence to
the principles of local self-government and the
promotion among the people OF those feelings
aud convictions which will cause them,
through the operation of local self government.
to establish state of things which will no lon
ger furnish reason or q pretext for the inter-
ference of the central government in locBl af-
faies.
9. General amnesty.
TO- Opposition to Reputation in every FORM
II. The modification Of the present tariff sys-
tenn to a revenue basis.
II. Reduction of taxation.
ID. Owl service .erorua and
Lastly, we pledge ourselves, from this time
| forward, to give our support to meu of upright
ness, merit, aud lberality, regardless of politi-
| cal antecedents, believing that the time has
come for all men of progress to turn their backs
upon the past and to grasp manfully the duties
and possibilities of the future"
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27
DOMESTIC pORTs-

Live pool. f ' e'i
c. At 2Oih ships Anna Camp, Lincoln. Newport. E
crescent City, Delano. Bath.
=, ar AZ SW Pass 18th. barque Abbie N Franklin.
Bordeaux. '
weston. ~
sAvANNAH-Cld 21st. ship Southern Right,
weymouth. Liverpool.
Brunswick, Ca
R1CHMoND-Ar 22d, sch Bertha souder, Woes
ter, Philadelphia.
BALTIMORE-Ar ed. sch Dirigo. Snow. Rich
mond, Me.
Cid 23d. sch M Mahonev, Anderson, Bangor.
PHILADELPHIA-Ar 24h sch Flora Sawyer,
Nutter Rrookln, Me.
Cid 23d. sch e j Simmons Harrington, Thomaston
Cid Gath. sch George Deering. Willard, Portland.
Also cid oath, brig A Curtis, Merriman, Havre;
Hampden. Smith, Bangor; schs July Fourth, Cobb
Bangor; Ivy Bell, Cox, Lynn; S Hammond, Paine
Rockport.
NEW YORK-Ar oath. schs Butler. Strick
land, Portland; MnDehaha, Saunders do: Nicola
Kelar, Machias; Richd Bulwinkle, French prowi
dence; Thos Hix, Hall, Providence; Hyena faarJi
ner, Newport; Redondo. Moore, Portland: Iodus
kia Means, Westport; Lyra, Gregory. Providonus
Helen Q King, Marshall, Port johnson for Ros.o
Fanny Miller, Lawson, do for Portland: Rinoos ,on
Snare do Tor Fall Riveri Alligator, Holmes Tiisa