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FoRGERY.-Georce F. Nutter, shook man

FORGERY. George F. Nutter, shook man
ufacturer and horse man of Pennington, New
Hampshire, left Concord last Friday for parts
unknown, leaving behind him large amount
of forged paper. This paper, which is esti'
mated as high as $780, consists of notes
ranging from $1,000 to $500, and is scattered
about the New Hampshire banks, principally
in Rochester, Wolfboro and Dover. 1t pur-
ports to have been signed by Edw. g. Hight,
the we'll known commission merchant of this
city. The forgery is skllfully done, SO skillful-
ly that the cashiers of several of the banks in
this city who are well acquainted with Mr..
lights signature, have thought the signatures
genuine. Mr.. Hight is at present absent in
Virginia, but is expected home to-day, and the
first intimation of the forgery came to bis clerk
through notification sent from the Cocheco
Bank, stating that a note signed by MI. h'gn'
was lying in the bank unpaid. On examining
the list of notes payable, no note answering
the description was found and the BANK omcers
were notified. Previous to this note had laid
over in one OF the banks and notification
sent here directed to Mr.. Hight. 10 reply to
this thousand dollars was received to pay the
note and letter accompanying it was signed
Edward G. Hight by Lane" From the cir
circumstance it is inferred that Nutter has an
accomplice in this city.
1t is said that Nutter zane to Portland from
Concord, arriving here Saturday noon. That
ne stopped at one of our hotels and was recog-
nized by some people who knew him. but did
not know that he was travelling under an as
sumed name, and that he probably left in the
HISTORIAN, at 6.15 p. m. of that day for Liver
pool, or may have gone to Canada. We I'M
derstand that Nutter, about year ago, passed
a note purporting to come from Mr.. Hight,
and that upon notification by the bank, Mr..
Hight went to see Nutter, who he considered
rather ignorant of business affairs and thought |
that perhaps he had mistaken the different
natures of note and draft, the latter of |
v hich it would have been proper for Mr.. Nut |
Ter to have drawn, AS he contracted to furnish /
Mr.. Hight with box shocks and draw against |
hem in advance. Upon consultation with /
Nutter Mr.. Hight found, upon explaining the /
natter, that his surmises were correct, and
therefore, he accepted the nete and paid it.
Probably Nutter wasn't quite as ignorant as
g seemed. The extent of the forgery is at
resent matter of guess work, as only few
the notes have been heard from. Mr..
lights actual loss however will be slight
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New York STOCK and Money m.rk...
Money at per cent. s'
The following the forenoon quotations of Soutb

NEW YORK, April i25-EUening-Gold declined
after the announcement that the shipment specie
tomorrow would be only $751;, 900, which was about
halt the amount reported earlier in the day and
closed steady at 1105 q Ill, The carances were ff
ty-three and quarter million.
Governments we're stronger on the anticipation of
increased purchases by the Treasury Department.
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ALWAYS send your friends to G. w. Rich &
Co. s for clothing. Store 173 Fore street.
ap22eod1w
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Gen Fairchild Of Wisconsin, wip deliver an
address before the Society OF the Army OF the
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Money continues easy and abundant at a per
mt, on call and per cent on Governments Sterl-
ing change was steady at 10 a ;l0s.
Stocks during the afternoon were feverish and I'M
settled the transactions being very heavy and almost
continuous Chicago and North Western broke down
from S7i to S3I. nearly drawing on q panic in its
wake and causing great CONSERVATION among small
operators. The market however recovered some
what towards the close and some of the leading
shares up again to the highest prices OF the day
The following are the closing quotations:
HaI IN
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TIT f PR JESS.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1871.
CITY AND VICINITY

gY-Oar advertising patrons are requested to send
in their copy as early In the day as possible. Adj.
vertisements to appear Monday mornino abou,d ne
sent in Saturday. tno. Sanday.)
Vsend your Orders for Job Printing 10
the Press JObOmee.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April %. = Searching
winds are again damaging the crops in Central
California.
Miss F. A. Cook, M. D., 40 years of age, was
found dead in her bed this morning and it is
supposed she poisoned herself.
Large bands of horses are being sold at $13 a
head in Los Angeles county, and driven to
Salt Lake City and Montana .rf ea.ss
AlphoIzO Pinart, the French scientist, sails
with the expedition to the Aleutian Islands and
Alaska to-day. w
THE FAIR CASE.
The Fair case will 60 to the jury to- morrow.
The funeral of one OF the jurors sisters occur
red this afternoon and was attended by the
whole twelve, they not being allowed to separ-
ate
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AUCTION SALES.
AUCTION SALE.

I'HE elegant Lot of Land on the corner of State.
- ilne and Congress streets, together with ono
Ian me prick wall of DIR. Fitch's House. Also the
1''noer now on said lot will be sold at Auction.
"" saturday, April 30, at3 O'Clock, PM
LOT aI positive, and terms liberal Plans of the
"i'o ior House may be seen at the office Of
C.P. KIMBAIL
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A GREAT variety of nobby style Hats opened
this day at Perry's, opposite the Falmouth
Hotel. ap22d1w
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HATS and Bonnets bleached and pressed at
Cogia Hassan's. ap2211w
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New Adverii.em euts To-day,

SPECIAL NOTICE COLUMN.
vvegetine. Celebrated Compound.
Vegetine. Pleasant to take,
NEW ADVERTISEMENT COLUMN.
Eouses for Sale. William Burrowes.
mouse tor Sale. VIM. H. Jerris.
Wanted. .. Board.
Beef Pork, &c. John ennis & Co.
Magic Broier. :. A dams & Co.
portland Yacht Club. Geo. II. Holden.
surgeon Dentist. j. F. Boothby.
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OHIO.
A REVEREND RASCAL.

CINCINNATI, April 25-Rev. M. N. Gaddis
has been again indicted by the United States
grand jury for neglect of while Assessor of In
ternal Revenue OF the I'd district, for receiving
presents and brides and offering bride to his
assistant assessor to induce him TO allow Cad
dis to commit frauds
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THOSE In want OF Plain or Fancy job f ~. n
will find 1t 10 their advantage to call on IN
MARKS, at the Daily Pre- Job Printing o'" y
change Street, Portland.
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~ This spacs will be fIed with list of articles
Dollar Store, corner OF Congress and Centre sts.
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Brief JOttinus.

We learn that the Rev. Mr.. Hayden, of this
city, has been engaged to deliver course of
three lectures, ON Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday evenings of this week, on the doctrines
OF the New Jerusalem Church, in Mr.. Le-
monts new hall at Brunswick.
An additional mail agency OH the Portland
q ogdensburg Railroad has been established
and an appointment Of agent made, but we do
not learn the name of the officer.
The High School Cadets will make May
Day excursion to Lake Sebago next Monday.
Gov. Chamberlain and Prof. Sprague, fnd-
Ing themselves unable to deliver the grafton on
Decoration Day before Post Bosworth No. 2.
the Post talk OF extending an invitation to ex-
Gov Hartman, of New Hampshire, to become
the orator.
We are informed by the owners of Hog Is
land that there ia no intention of cutting down
the trees on that beautiful "gem of the sea"
that is but one of the many that adorn our
harbor. 1t is simply intended to remove the
decayed timber and give the young growth q
chance.
The Argus took us to task lately on typo
GRAPHICAL errors We should like that journal
to inform us how recently Hog Island was
spelt with two gs and Chatham without the
last b.
The Dirigo has taken the place of the Chesa-
peake on the Maine Steamship Co.'S line to
New York, while the latter vessel is undergo
ing repairs for the injuries sustained byacolIis-
ion with the Franeonia.
The names of w. H. Hobbs and F. w. Nc
Kenney, delegates to the National Convention
of the Y. M. G. A., were incorrectly printed in
yesterdays issue.
That venerable white horse belonging to
Dana & Co., seventeen years old, laid down on
Congress street yesterday while suffering from
weakness in the knees. An immense crowd
of course quickly gathered. Stimulants were
administered in order to get him on his feet
He drank oil he could get but declined to start
peg. A jigger was backed up to him in order
that he might be carried off, when, to the sur
prise of all, he sprang to his feet and trotted
off as smart as a young colt.
Hooper, Eaton & Co. placed sign some
fifty feet long on their warehouses on Ex-
change street yesterday.
DR.. Cobb and Miss Dow, with whom be
eloped, have been traced as far as New York.
They went West from there.
Yesterday was cloudy and bright by turns
The wind was raw and easterly. Thermome.
ter $40 at II A. M.
Kotzschmar has composed sacred quartette
that will be published by Halves & Cragin
shortly.
1t is said that two Of the plays that will be
produced by the amateurs for the benefit O
the Fraternity will be "Stll Waters Rur
Deep" and "Don Cesar de Bazan."
49, in the Advertiser OF last evening, il
probably aware that it is not always so much
offensive.
The new High School House in Skowhegan
will be dedicated May 4th. Mr.. Stone of the
Portland High School has consented to deliver
the address on the occasion.
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THE expenses of the British government for
the current fiscal year are estimated at seven
ty-two million pounds sterling. Ajax of half
penny box has been laid on matches, and
the tax on incomes has been increased ;and this
is in time of profound peace. when our own
government talks of abolishing the tax on in
comes altogether.
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SUPPOSED Loss OF VESSEL WITH ALL ON
BoARD.-A lot Of wreck stuff has been found
in Boston bay, which renders it almost certain
that bark Merrimao, of Boston, Capt. Nichols,
from Montevideo for Boston, has been lost
with all on board. Among the materials was
bucket rack marked Merrimac, Boston. She
was fully due at Boston. 1t is thought she
was run down and snnk by some outward
bound vessel. Nothing has as yet been dis
covered of the wreck except the above rack,
SEINE deck planks, casks, &c. The Merrimac
was owned by Messrs. Bridge, Long & Co. and
others, of Boston, and was not insured. Her
cargo consisted of 675 bales of wool, consigned
to G. F. Perry. Capt. Nichols belonged in
Searsport, Me-, where his family resides.
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ROBBERY
IN Obi,
CALIFORNIA.

The Wilmington, Ohio, post office, was
robbed of 5000 in stamps by burglars last night,
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10 THE DAILY PRESS.
T. O r. E IG N.
FRANCE
Communists QM0freling. &
The Government Attack RECON-
menced on the South.
The Movement for an Empire,
COMMUNIST REPORTS.

The Movement for an Empire,
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THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
WHAT THE SOUTH ASKS.

The South has no negro issue to
make in the coming election. All
her views are national and conser-
vative. We think we know the
temper and opinions of her people
on that question, and, at the risk
of a note Of dissent from q few
extremists, we now take occasion
to embody them in the following
pr positions, which, we believe,
will meet the cordial assent OF
ninety-nine out OF every hundred
democrats in the South. '-''''
First-We regard African slavery
as abolished, finally and forever.
Second-Equal civil right to
every class of American citizens
without distinction. se .g.:.. ~
Third-While we hold that re.
publican government, to be wise
and safe, must rest upon the virtue
and intelligence of the people, and
view with serious apprehension the
incorporation of a large servile
class of unlettered persons, wholly
unified by previous education,
habit or association, for an intelli.
gent use of the elective franchise
with the voting population of the
Union; yet, as suffrage without
distinction of race, color, or pre-
vious condition, has become ell
grated upon all of the constitutions,
State as we'll as federal, we
accept the change as law, and, repu-
dating all responsibility therefor,
will give it fair trial, leaving 10
the fatnro to determine, by the
light Of experience, whether q
continuance Of the system shall OF
shall not be safest and best fol
the country.
These propositions, in our :iudg
ment, embrace the views Of t6t
great body of intelligent Southern
! men on the negro question, and i
the Jacobin leaders can make any
thing by taking issue with then
they are welcome to the victory.
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violence, and the fatal conflict was an
attempt to suppress this unlawful vio-
Ience. Under the statute; such NAL
ice as fixes, the grade of murder in
the first degree cannot he presumed to
attach to man who had FIRST ahan.
doned his unlawful purpose OF larceny,
had next returned to. the spot only to
suppress the unlawful violence Of the
clerks, and, finally, had not himself
fired the fatal shot. -, .,,<31:!sga :
j 2. But The prisoner becomes more
earnest in enforcing his second point
the value of his philologic discov-
cry. And herein he only urges that
o committee of qualified persons be-
Immediately appointed to investigate,
the subject, to ascertain the value Of
his discovery. and to take such steps
as may be necessary its preservation.
In itself it is Of infinite. interest. 1t
applies equally to the ancient Greek,
Latin and Hebrew, Sanscrit, Arabic,
Celtic, French, German, English lam
RuNSSS. ~ CtTTlcS uS UttCh ~ u Lsu'0
in the history If the ancient Greek:
when as yet the letter R was un-.
known. Should petitioner perish
without the means Of perpetuating
bis discovery, ages might elapse before
another p. rson would make such ad-
vances in this particular line Of in
quiry as to make this method accessi-
bic for purposes of general education.
Petitioner sets forth a sample Of what
he claims to he his discovery, and Of
the method of the introduction Of the
letter r into the stcucture of the
Greek language, tracing some of its
consequences with rare ingenuity
After q review Of the whole case.
however, it appears to be 6tly summed
upin the happy language Of the New
ark Advertiser - "Philology be
hanged" ,~'.. cs..s.... ... o. =. = .
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THE DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON
g IN FAVOR OF THE PARIS -
COMMUNE,

The last files of the English
Journals contain full reports Of the
meeting which took place in Hyde
Park, London, on the fifteenth OF
last month. The demonstration
was intended to express the sym.
patty Of the English republicans
with the present insurrection which
is destroying Paris and disturbing
France. Though the assembIage
was comparatively small, the lam
guage Of the orators Was fierce and
violent, and Enthusiastically hostile
to the7governments of England and
other. European countries. From
the addresses made ON the occasion
it is easy to perceive the drift and
tendency of the thoughts Of these
would-be leaders of the working
men Of Great Britain. Unfnr-
tunately the sentiments of these
men t"o often exercise dangerous
Influence over the working classes,
and Notwithstanding that the Eng
lish press affects to ridicue the
the demonstration in Hyde Park
it is nevertheless true that the agi-
tation inauguratel in London, ex.
rressive Of sympathy with the in
surgents in Paris, is the indication
.of dangerous sentiment prevail
ing among certain class Of British
w"rkmen. In all large cities there
are TO be found republicans of a
stripe who advocate the overthrow
Of every form Of government which
does not c"ncede impossibilities.
London is the very hotbed of these
men. They flock there from every
cline, aud receive a warm welcome
from the fauatical theorists WI o
abound there. ,.'he little cropping
utof the Red element at the Hyde
Park demonstration may be but
the precursor of other and more
serious exhibitions. 1t is well.
known that throughout The capitals
OF Europe there exists combinations
Of meu as daring andas reckless as
those who now fight behind the
l,arrieades ot Paris. Give them bnt
an opportunity to show their
strength, and they will do it.. View
ing the London demonstration in
this light, we do not wholly agree
with the prcssi Of London in re-
garding the democratic display in
the English capital as OF small
accouut.-N. Y. HeruM.
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The feat OF enclosing $4,000 ordi-
nary and 500 8vo pages of official dis
patches in small quill, and attaching
the latter to the tail feather of Ply
con in such MANNER as not toimpcde
the birds flight, or to incommode it,
and not to cause it to diseInbarrass
itself of its precious burden, WAS ac-
complished in'Paris during the late
seige. The result was not attained
by ore effort; at first the dispatches
were written by hand on the thinnest
paper known, next the manuscript
messages were photographed micro
scupitalIy on paper; thirdly, the dis
patches ere set up in type first, then
reduced byphotography, which allow
cd Of greater diminution in size, and
afforded more lcgibiity when enlarg-
ed. Lastly, an important important
Improvement was effected by sending
the almost imperteptib!e message on
thin films of coIlodion. These films
were ten times thinner and lighter
than the paper already mentioned,
so that pigeon was enabled to carry
an Immensely increased budget with.
out any additional weight or volume
in fact, with diminntion of both.
The system was conceived and work.
ed out by NJ Schumacher, Director,
General of Telegraphs, with the aid
of NM. Bereswell, Blaise, and La.
fo!lye, who were at Tours.
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An Execution in Union.

Henry Cannon and Taylor Palmer,
the two colured men sentenced to bc
hung last Friday. for the murder oil
G NJ. Stevens, on the night Of the
:31st day Of Dccemher last, suffered
the penalty Of the law as ordered by
the Court. They died without ma.
king any disclosures except that on
the day OF the murder it had been ar,
ranged by negroes in the village TO
meet at or hear the place where the
murder was committed and 80 from
there to Joncsvile, about five miles
beyond, to fight the Ku Klux, and if
they could not geta fight there they
were to call On respectable citizen
who lives on the road and stake his
head off," The prisoners acknowl.
edged that they were 10 thu crowd
who murdered Stevens, but persisted
in saying they did not commit the
deed. They pretended to know none
who were present, except those who
had been taken out Of the Jail by the
disguised parties, and three who are
now at large. There is no doubt they
had been led to believe they would be
pardoned at the scatfold; but when
they stepped upon the platform and
/ the sheriff commenced to aLjnst the
rope around Palmel's neck, all hope
vanished and he fell to the ground.
The prisoners were attended upon by
Golden Foster, a colored minister
Before the rope was cut the minister
appealed to them not to die with u lie
upon their mouths, but to reveal all
they knew; to which they replied
"you know all" Ina moment after
the drop fell, and the spirits of Hen
ry Cannon aud Taylor Palmer were
. sent from time to enernity.-Unio,
Times.
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The Planet Mercury on Time:

The sky and the atmosphere gave
the requisite conditions for,the obser.,
va,ion OF the planet Mercury on Sun
day evening, which having then reach
cd it's greatest eastern elongation, was
visible for nearly two hours after sun
set. 1t was one Of those rare even
ings which are the delight of astron-
omers. when not u single feecy cloud
obscurcd the sky, and not a breath of
vapor dimmed The vision. The cold
wind was the only wback to the
perfection of meteorological condi-
tions.
:, Just about an hour after sunset the
tiny star made its appearance inthe
position indicated for the fiery little
planet 1t was directly in the suns
path, but so faint and small that we
could hardly believe it to be the glori.
GUS orb for whose long-anticipated
sight we were willing to watch the
whole evening. But as the twilight
waned the tiny star grew in size and
ruddy light, until we knew from its
soft glow that it mnst be the planet
we sought, and that for the first time,
though we had looked for it nnsuc-
cesstully hundreds of times, We saw
the star 80 shy Of showing itself to
mortal eyes. u..,..- .,.-... ... ..
; A lovely picture of starlit glory
was spread out on the dark concave
Of the sky the growing orange twi-
light, the peculiarly brilliant Mercury
the fascinating Venus, the silver crcs-
cent moon. and the "star of imperial
Jove" rising in celestial glory above
each other, with "the red planet"
Mars mounting to the zenith in the
eastern sky, while they sank slowly
to the west. '' 49,. '''' -. - ..-
Later in the evening, after the twi-
light glow had faded away, we had a
view Of these planets through the
Professors telescope Mrcury look.
cd like ball of glowing FIRE; Venus
was intensely bright, rejecting every
prismatic hue, with crimson and VIC
let predominating; Mars resembled
Mercury, only larger and of a more
fiery red, and Jupiter was the most
charming telescope object in the
heavens, with his soft light, his won-
derlnI belts plainly visible, and his
four moons .glistening like diamond
points of light. The Moon also put
on Il lovely aspect. The edges we're
clearly defined against the sky, and
the cusps Of the crescent shone like
stars rejecting their light on the un-
ilIumined surface, the whole body Of
the Moou being distinctly seen as q
sphere of grayish white. ...;.'...
We had third view of Mercury,
Just before he sunk beneath the hori-
zon, when it was dark enough to bring
out the constellation of the Pleiades.
u lew degrees above him, the planet
making u beautiful pendant to the
gIittering cluster.
Mercury may still be seen for two
or three evenings, but owing to his
rapid approach to the Sun be mnst be
looked for lower down towards the
horizon. After this his light will be
lost in the brightness of the great lu-
minary until passing to the west of
the Sun he will reach, on the 10th of
next June, his greatest western elon-
gation, when he may again be seen
about two hours before sunrise as
morning stur. IN. Y. Herald. @-
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SERIOUS AFFRAY IN ,GREENvILLE.-

/, SERIOUS AFFRAY IN GREENvILLE.-
We learn that difficulty occurred in
aGreenyi;le. on Monday afternoon,
which came near proving very Sc
rious matter. 1t appears" that two
colored mcn-one Of them u notorious
character-went into the store of u
merchant, named lsaacs, where some
words occurred, and M. 1saacs order,
ed them out !; as they did not t.lsavs
promptly, he started after them with
q stick, when the j. 'truders immedi.
ately left As Mr.. 1snacs turned
around, one of the men threw brick
at him, which struck him just aooI
the temple, and mashed in the skull skull
An officer arrested one Of the party
but the other ran off. AS the pris
oner was being carried to Jail, a rescue
was attempted by number OF col
ored men. The whites sided Will
the officer, pistols and other weapon