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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-16

A SAD CAsE-Two SAILORS FROZEN TO
DEATH.-A terrible case of suffering and death
caused by the recent severe cold and ice-block-
ade in the East River and Long Island Sound
is reported as follows:
The schooner had been lying off Hog Island
Rect, frozen in. tor few days. The captain
and crew, the latter consisting Of two men and
a boy, were engaged most OF the time in at.
tempting to cut their way out of the ice.
Tuesday the people residing on the shore
noticing that everything about the schooner
was still and strange, managed to get within
hailing distance, when the boy made known
their condition. After great exertious the YES
sci was reached, and then sckening sight
was teheld. Two sailors were dead and liter
ally frozen stiff, and the captain and boy were
nearly frozen and almost starved they having
run out of supplies. The captain, persistins
in his vain efforts to reach the opeh sea had
frozen both OF his hands and feet, and was ex-
tremelY helpless. The bodies were removed
ashore, and the helpless survivors taken care
Ot-N Y DisDdtch
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-16

ANEwcAsTIE correspondent who forgets
to send us his name, writes that reward has
been offered for the arrest of John ,Hodgkins,
the ringleader of the gang that committed a
rape on the Davis girl in Somerville last sum-
mer and who is still at large. Hodgkins is a
native of Nobleboro, Me-, about tw enty-two
years OF ace, is six feet in height, with clear
complexion, blue eyes and brown hair and a
farmer by occupation. Our correspondent
asks tie Boston, New York and Pennsylvania
papers to note the above facts.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-16

A GENTLEMAN of Worcester has recently
invented simple contrivance by which any
one can escape from the upper stories of burn
ing buildings when all other means of egress
are cut off, and even baggage and furniture
can be sent quickly and safely to the ground
On Saturday, Mr.. T. c. Rice, the inventor OF
the fire-escape, and another gentleman, de-
cendedirom small window in the spire of the
new Universalist church on single I. 10 of an
inch cord to the ground, distance of 100 ieet,
by the aid OF this machine. The fire escape
consists of small rope, the upper end of which
is provided with graphing hook, which can
be made iast to any protection. This rope
runs through slide block. in wpch operates
friction lever, which is controlled by the
hand OF the operator. To the block are fast.
ened pair OF sturrups and waist belt. The
person in decending is in an upright position
and can. by pressing upon the lever, which is
held in the hand, stop short as often as he
pleases The large number of persons who
saw the exhibition on Saturday pronounced it
n peitect success
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-16

THE TENNESSEE Perley" telegraphs that
the alarm about the Tennessee is based on
positive announcement by high government
officers, soon after she left New York, that on
her arrival at San Domingo another steamer
would leave for Havana to forward the news
thence by telegraph to Washington; and Com
modore Lee stated in his dispatch, dated San
Domingo, Jan. II, that he had stationed two
vessels, the Nantasket and Yantic, at San Do
mingo for any service the commission might
require. This excited hopes of hearing of the
arrival of the Tennessee, which have not vet
been realized. Now we are told by the Score.
tary of the Navy that no extraordinary means
of communication were provided, and if this
statement is true, there is no cause for alarm.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-16


A WIDOW BRINGS AN EXTRAORDINARY
SUR FOR DAMAGES AND WINS HER CAsF.-In
Ohio, in the Guernsey County Court of Com
mon Pleas, Mrs. Frances Watt recently recov-
cred $2500 damages from one Boyd for selling
her late husband intoxicating drinks. The
husband was at one time a prominent oh, ST.
clan and surgeon, and had represented bis
county in the Ohio Legislature. Falling into
Incorporate habits, he lost his practice, equan-
dered his estate, and finally died from the eff
fects of intoxication. The widow brought suit,
alleging that Boyd, the defendant, continued
during all this time to sell and deliver TO her
late husband Intoxicating liquor in quantities
of from one pint to one quart, causing him to
become an habitual drunkard and incapable
of attending to any kind of business: and
claimed 5000 damages, for which amount she
asked Judgment at the hands of the Jury. AT
ter argument by able counsel on both sides the
jury returned verdict for the plaintiff. assess
ing damages at $250O -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-16

FAREWELL MISSIONARY SERVICES were
neio on Tuesday on board the new missionary
brig Morning Star, now living in Boston and
'.'ou' 10 proceed on her voyage to Honolulu.
~ Iii was sung and DIR. Gulick, one of the
p,o"0ei MISSIONARIES to Micronesia made an
ADDRESS referring to the great despatch with
~h'eh 'ne new vessel had been built and fitted
lot sea- and the great joy that would be ex-
pressed on her arrival at her port of destin,
ton, which he hoped would be at the time
when the annual conference of all the Chris
tian churches OF the Sandwich Islands was he
ing held. He hoped that the next Morning
Star would go through the 1sthmus of Panama,
propelled by steam. A hymn, prayer and the
benedicton closed the exercises. A library
has been put on board the vessel by the Sea-
mems Friend Society.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-16

The Advertiser wants to know if we don't
cali Mayor Klngsbury whom it supported last
year "a real Republican Yes, we call
Mayor Kingsbury, whom the Advertiser did
not support last year but now wishes with all
its heart it had real Republican, and nc
Ynisiaxa
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-16

THE STORM IN NEW YoRK.-A New York
the effect of almost entirely suspehding bust
ness The heavy dray traffic was entirely sus-
pended, and the losses resulting from this
source through the arrangement of contracts.
prevention of shipping, &C., is severely felt by
.ne business community. Cars and stages of
inherent lines throughout the city ceased run.
mug ai'er O'Clock, it being impossible to make
any headway. Nearly all the inbound trains
were much delayed, and the mails were much
delayed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-16

ANOTHER RAILROAD AcCIDENT.-The Mon
treal express train which was to leave New
York Tuesday night at II o'clock left thirty
tive minutes behind time. On reaching the
bridge at Spuyten Duvel Greek the engineer
slowed down, when the Yonkers train, which
was behind. came laundering round the curve
at full speed. A collision took place which al
most totally demolished one car and smashed
the platforms of several others. The engineer
of the Yonkers train jumped off and the con
ductor was thrown down the embankm mt
while several passengers were thrown from
their hunks and severely injured.
There is more ice in North river and in the
shadows Of Long Island Sound than before for
fifteen years. .
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-16

THE powers OF the electric telegraph which
have been lately utilized by merchants, man
ufacturers and Others as economical means
of communication between. their counting
rooms and factories or their homes, is about
to be adopted as a sentinel over the valuable
deposits of banks, and as subservient in the
prevention of crime as it has been made use
ful in the detection of criminals. The plan is
to connect the banking room or safe with the
police station, al which place is a clock to
which the wires are attached. There is a
paper dial placed inside of this clock daily 70,
night use, upon which the time the night
Watcbman visits each bank is recorded. lie
goes through the night from banF to bank and
turn button at each. This gives signal at
the station and is recorded. II the signal is
not given at the station the police send to the
bank not signaled to see what is wrong
Through the night the absence of signals is .
cause of alarm. and the same may be said of
any other irIegularity in striking. If burglars
were TO seize the Waterman in a bank they
would detain him from giving signal at the
next bank, and that would be an alarm. This
would seem to preclude the possibility of
thieves being many minutes in bank with.
out their presence being detected by the
police.
There is another invention connected with
this which will prove serviceable for day use,
1t is telegraph to summon policeman to
any bank at any moment in business hours
If suspicious individual presents himself at
bank counter, the teller or other bank officer
touches key, the effect of which is to give a
bell alarm at the station and at the same time
displays the name of the bank in the annunci-
ator attached to the clock. A policeman runs
to the bank in moment, ready to make an
arrest it necessary.
These inventions are said to have been
tested with success.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-16

WEST POINT didn't make Ulysses S. Grant
He got the qualities which elevated him to bis
present high position from higher source.
The proposition, which is seriously made in
some of the Western newspapers, of raising a
monument, at the expense of the State Of
Ohio, to Gen. Hamer, their representative in
Congress, who procured the appointment Of
young Grant to the Military Academy, we re-
gard as disgusting piece Of balderdash.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-16

Ar 18th, schs Sea Queen, Rosebrook, Charleston
Woodbury.. Woodbury., Bucksville.
Ar 18th. sch Mary Chiffon, from Portland.
Below, ship Camilla, Hum 1rey, from Callao.
Bediood.
ca 18th, sch Bird. Driukwater. st Pierre.
an an i3tn, schs Bowdoin, and Fl q Bird.
man, Sagua. 1'
Ar ,,s.a, sch David Nichols. wyman. Fernandina,
Az at' ~ steamer Achilles, Colburn. Portland
Gnn,n a, peaware Breakwater 18Th brig Thos owen,
NEW y Sm Zaza tor New YORK.
Deer Isle. i''n' sen vi u berry, stapies'
CD ' ,st ship Palmer Law, shanghae LOG days
zas: Nav Stetsad nes Mary Dyer. Hopkins, Ma.an-
Gr;an 1,ornoh Spates. for Ponce; 6rIes stockton,
PnS,nn r. luna I and Cadiz Nellie Husteed Mallory
F,sx. Havana Hn Austin Havana, schs A FISK,
rara; Eva Adell Eaton. Apaacbicola A''o"' DeiAN-
NOkW lCh- ara al Anyn's Point 18Th sch Maid o,
the Mist. rom Jacksonville. 1850 '" ""''V VI
PROVIDENCE-Cld l4th, sch Eae,o,,, Nil. ~,
erts, Bucksport "e''e' "''-
wOOD's noLE-sld 18th, barque Rebecca God.
dare. TOR New York.
ROSTON-Ar 18th, Antilles. Doul, Port au Prince
9Th ult; sch Chloe, Reed, Washington
Ar 18th, brig A j Rose, Wynn Mansaniiis; sch
N j Miller, Mcdonald. ST John, NIB.
Cid 18TH schs Lamoine, King. Wilmington. to load
for South America; Acorn, tBr) smith, st John, NIB
via Portland.
SID barquss Nv Flitner Ocean Eagle, and Frank
GLOUCESTER ar nth, schs Lucy Kee,sr,
Freeman, and Cora Morrison. Jones, Portland fox
Baltimore.
EOREIGN PORTS.
Ar at Calcutta Feb 10, barque Nonantun, Norton,
Bombay.
Ar at Liverpool 18Th inst. barque Wo)dslde, Ed
monds, New orleans.
Ar at Buenos Ayres Dec II. brig Mary A Davis.
Tucker. Portland; 10TH barque Archer, Tibbetts, do
9th, George Annie, Over, Liverpool.
Sid Dec u. barque Josephine, Haven, Boston.
In port Dec 2s, bar1ue Sarah Hobart, White, for
Boston. brig Carrie WinslGw. Welsh, tor do.
Ar at Montevideo Dec &C. ship Mary Goodell,
Sweetser. Sesrsport.
Ar at Rio Janeiro Jan 7, brig P M Tinker, Har-
wood Cherryhed
AT Barbados 25lh ult, brig Jas Welsh. Ham mond.
ro om new 'r Sors, ar 2st, dsg sch Coombs,
AT Port au Prince I'd inst, brig Constantine, Doape
l from Machias. ar Both ut; sch Naopta Brown from
New Xorb ar 29th.
Ar at havana 9TH inst. brig Ellen Bernard, Coombs
| Pensacola; sch Marcus Hunter Orr. do.
Cid It'll. barque Mary Rideout, Tucker New York
Sid i'm Matapzas 3D., barque q W Roosevelt, Harri-
man, New York; 9Th, brigs Concord, Kelev, Balti-
more: 18th. Liberty. Devereux, do sch M d Mars
ton. Morston, Baltimore
Ar at Cardenas Sd inst, brig Eliza Clark, st John
9Th. brig Proteus. Hall, Portland.
Portland.
SID lsJ inst. bardue Emma + HERMAN, Randall,
Havana; sch Windward, Collins. st John, NIB; Sd,
brig Matte Russell, York, Portland.
CID at st john NIB, 9Th, brig Arey, Coombs,
Havana.
SPOKEN.
Jan 8. lat % n. Ion IS W, ship Semiramis, from
San Francisco tor Queenstown.
Jan rs. off Bo,head. barque Annie KimbalI from
| Liverpool tor Charleston.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-16

ing. CRYING or Indifferent. There was some
nurrahing, but Portland is prominently
town Of Silence when hurrahiDg is needed
At the Boston depot the crowd was large and
demonstrative. Wife, sister, mother and
sweetheart cried and kissed the soldier in
spite of orders. Our friends were bent on
saying good bye, or kissing us, every time they
could. But at length after much confusion
the men were got aboard the cars. and they
moved off slowly amid thunder of hurrahs
we'll put in here as il to make up for the pre-
vous short comings.
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DEPARTURE OF OCEAN srr.MrRs
MARI N H NJ WS,
PORT OF PORTLAND.
Wednesday,, February Is.

Wednesday, February Is.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Austrian, (Sr) Wylie Tiyerpool Oh
INST wa Londonderry Sd, with passengers and mdse
Sch Bonayenture Knight, Boothbay.
Sch Frank Barker, Wiley, Boothbay for Glonces-
~ Sch Ocean, Grant, Harpswel-meal to George W
D BELOW-Br sch Maggie, from st John, NB. for
Boston. ' '' "
CLEARED
ts steamer ca.o'tl Colby, Halifax. NS-John Por-
Brig Mary A Chase Dolan, Matanzas-.J s Wins.
low q Co, and Kense & Tabor
Scn Loretta Fish, Wiley, Savannah Baker.
sen buena Vista, Lewis, Wiscasset-Eastern Pack
Sch Emeline. Roberts. wiscasset-E Eastern Packet
Company.
sAILED-scbs F Young, NJ A ,witham, John
RoyntOn, Gov Cony. Bramn1l, and others, part OF
which were returning at sunset.
MEMORANDA.
Brig Antilles, lot Portland) Doul at Boston from
Port au Prince reports intense cold weather on the
coast, the crew suffering severely and two OF the
men are badly frost bitten. While in the bay small
bow seven years OF age was picked up adrIft in
small boat and would have soon persisted but Tor his
timely rescue. She has been thty-nine days on the
passage having experienced very rough weather, but
has sustained no damage.
Sch Ossian Z Dodge. OF Westport from ne Ken.
rebec River for Marbehead, with lumber, was PICK
ed up 18th, ten miles East OF Cape Ann abandone cd
and full OF water. sails gone and otherwise do,nase
She was towed to Boston.
Ship Blandna Dudley. Wilson, from Ionao, Co.,
Boston, put into Gravesend 18th inst, leaSy. o'
The masters interest in schr Mary ,Arcr.,. =,
CALAIS. has been purchased by Cant K cH'I.' " %
Ellsworth, from which port she will herea,ter ho;i' VI
DOMESTIC PORTS
san FRANCISCO-Sld 5th, ship Elizabeth KIM
ball, Kelley. Port Gamble
Hong Kong.
7, NEW OKLEANS-B 9th, barque Lawrence
n oAVANNAH-Cld 18th inst, brig Peri, Perkins,
GEORGETOWN, Scar 4h, sch M Crye Pen
deton. Charleston.
Cid 4th, sch Ida y Burgess. Burgess Martinique
DARItN-Cld Sth, scbs warren BAKE hieservey,
and c Hever Poland, New York; Lucy circuit. |
b art. Philadelphia. ,o., -. a. ,y..,,
WvfiMfNGTON-Cld 18th, brig Fannie Butler,
N 1NSoRFOLK-Ar 10Th, sch Lookout Mcfarland, |
Alexandria.
,rn Light, Pnmmer Demarara; Garland, LIBBY, |
Barbados.
LTIMoRE-Ar 18th, sch S f Woodbury. Wood.
,ury, Bucksville, SC.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-16

SHOCKING DEATH OF A MINERAL the Iii.
inois Valley Coal Mines Company shaft, three
miles from Lasalle, on Fciday last, a miner
named Knowles stepped into the cage to de-
scend to his work. The engineer, instead of
lowering the cage, raised it, and Knowles, ap-
pretending danger from contact with the pull
ley, jumped for the landing from which he had
started, but instead of alighting ON 1.-THE struck
his head against post and was dashed back
ward into the shaft, and fell distance of $50
fees. The bones of one of his legs was forced
up into his body. Ofcourse he was killed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-16
The Hazards of Winter.

The Hazards Of Winter.
The feeble and delicate dread the winter and with
good reason. The weather at this season has de-
pressing effect upon the vital organs and the animal
spirits, and they have no vitality or mental ANNA.
ton to spare. The aged and infem, in whom the
fame of life is waxing dim, are always unp!easanty
affected by the temperature OF winter, and should
fortfy their systems against it, The extra vigor and
resistant power which the enfeebed system requires
to enable it to meet with safety the assaults Of cold
and damp, may soon be acquired by the regular uss
of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The tonic efec OF
this wonderful medicine is soon APPARENT N in
creased appetite, more active digestion. and
brighter, happier frame of mind. Food is the iuel
of the body, and if it is not properly digested the
fires OF life burn low. When this is the case, the
disability can always be reTedied within a short
space of time, by taking fall dose of the Bitter
twice day. The stomach will soon begin to per
form its allotted task regularly and steadily; the
food, being thoroughly assimilated, will yield the
amount Of vital heat and nourishment which the
body requires under the external pressure of cold
and the winter ailments which apt to assail the
weak and untoned physique will be avoided.
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ID L e d

In this city, Feb 4, Jennie NJ, wife of Edward L.
Prinde, aged 90 years 10 months
Dec %. frankie Howard, aged year months
Feb H. Macke Percy, aged years 10 months,-chil
dren OF Richard Il. ami Celia a. Lowell.
10 South Paris. Feb Is, Alden A. TUFTS aged Q;
years. Honored and loved by all who knew him.
In South Boston, Feb. 10, Mr.. Careuce c. Buck
aged 80 years 10 months.
IL Hyde Park. Boston, Feb. 10. Virginia r., viii
OF Horace X. Cheney. aged "a years mouths.
, AT Sturgeon bay. WISCONSIN. Feb. Z, after a brie
illness. of congestion OF the lungs. Jennie X Ores
ser. aged 81 years, wife OF Frank B. Bashman Ior.
merlV OF Portland
The funeral services of the late II. b. Hart
VIII lake place on Friday afternoon at % o'clock
his late residence No. 81 Pine street. Relatives and
friends are invited without further notice.
The funeral services OF the late Nathaniel
Blanchard Will take place at High Street Church,
this (Ihursdayl afternoon. at 5 O'Clock.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-16
M A IL II I Il ID /.

In this city, Feb H. at the Cathedral, nv Rt. Rev
Bishop Bacon, James Cunningham and Miss Catha-
rine Mullen, both OF Portland
In Lewiston. Feb. 8, Dan1 w. Pulsifer. of Poland,
and Josie 5. Lemont, of l..
In Waterville. Feb. I, Geo. a. Alden. of Augusta.
and Mary e. daughter of Hon. d. l.. Mhken, Of
Wateryille.
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PASSENGERS.

In the Austrian, from Liverpool-wm Ireland Jas
shannon, JAS 1oy, W Skilton. VIM Cav, Thos
re line, Jas warnock Geo Woodhouse. Alex Davis
M beament. ) WRIGHT, Il D Harper, Capt PINK
pey, Sucker, VIM Douglass, M Fisher. j Per-
kIns. N Perkins Thos Jones, VIM Wilkin Dam
kiiborn, NJ Stoddard, w Brock. Elliott.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-16

THE subject of reducing the hours of study
in the advanced public schools of Boston is
now receiving the attention of the people of
that city. Two hundred and three parents and
guardians, directly interested in the matter,
sixty five clergymen and one hundred and
fiity-three physicians have united in petition
to the School Committee to relieve the pupils
of the Public Latin School from all studies on
Saturday. with the exception of one week in
each month set apart Tor public exercises As
the course at this school, which is one of the
most advanced in the city, provides for eight
hours study every day in the week, it is
matter OF surprise that even intelligent Boston
has not before this protested against this dan.
gerous system of "cramming" children. The
branches pursued at this and like schools are
numerous and difficult for the capacities of the
pupils; aud as the injurious effects of exclu-
sive brain labor upon tender physical organi-
cal organizations have become Thoroughly un-
derstood through careful observation and
scientific discussion, the wonder is that Bos-
ton, which assumes to lead the world, is in
this respect, so far in the dark ages. A still
further modification of the system would be
beneficial
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-16
The Morale of the Republican Party In
Maine.

Ma'nes
We never rem ember so profound calm in
the political affairs of Maine as has existed
since the close of the Senatorial contest
There has hardly ever been a time since the
Republican party was organized when there
were so few internal dssensions, and when it
was prepared to act on any national question
with so great unanimity. Unless the aspect
OF things changes in some strange way within
the next year Gen. Grant will receive more
emphatic endorsement from Maine in. 1872
than his 2S,03O majority of 1868. The feuds
arising out of the temperance question are alb
solutely things of the past. Almost for the
first tt ne since the beginning of the temper
ance agitation the Republican party is free
from the danger of detection on this account.
For the first time in the history of the party
all its members are substantially united as to
the course to be pursued in order to advance
the interest that of great reform We do not
anticipate from the tone of the resolutions
and speeches at the late State Temperance
Convention that there will be many instances
In which the party will be divided on this
The Revenue Reform" schism diminished
the party in Maine by just zone indvidul, so
far as we know. Itnever had any vitality
There are plenty OF revenue reformers among
Republicans, but they prefer the genuine, prac-
ticai reiormatory measures adopted by the
President to the abstract speculations of NAL
contents and visonares. This movement is
dead beyond all hope of resurrection.
And there are no personal quarrels and riv-
alries outstanding that are serious enough to
disturb the general harmony. All the old
conflicts are forgotten, and no new ones, Wis
ible at present, are impending.
Under these circumstances it tseems as il
the fever young and vigorous Democracy"
must either outbid Republicans in liberality
and progressive doctrines or wait two Or three
more decades for their turn. II they adopt
the former alternative we will all join them
and all be good Democrats together.
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PUB. Doc.-We acknowledge the receipt of
valuable public documents from Hon. q.
Hamlin
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