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The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21

A VISIT to the scientific party on the sum q.
NIT of Mount Washington is the subject of a
readable letter to the Concord Monitor. A
small party left Concord on the 1t b, and that
night slept at the Twin Mountain House. re.
summing the sleigh ride next morning to the
White Mount lin House. Before 10 O'clock
Jim's Camp whrre nine lumbermen rendez-
vous, Was reached, ard here Prof. Huntington
OF the summit party, met ar escorted the par
~. The ascent soon began, ant mile up a
sRow-storm struck the party, which lasted all
day ,but'was not troublesome. Ne r The up-
per edge of the wood a lunch of douehnuts
and cold tea was pa, taken OF, with lively rel
ish, and after hard climb he goal Was won at
quarter OF 3. The wipter quarters of the par ty
are IN the depot OF the Mount Washington
Railway, wooden BUILDING 60 by % feet.
strongly tuilt aud guyed by heavy iron cables.
The sole room occupied is 20 oy II teet. The
floor is double, viii b sh tathing paper between
the boards, and covered with thicknesses of
sheathing paper, carpet lining and wooden
carpet The walls are covered with tlrred
sheathipg aud wall paper. The ceiling is
double boarded, with sbeathing paper between
the boards. II The centre is large cook stove
and backing up to it a large Magee pal Ior
stove, by which the desired temperature is
maintained with be use of very little ceal. At
one end OF the room is bedstead. and over
That sleeping bunk. At The same eud is the
telegraph machinery, while along the walls are
shelves and pals supporting instruments, Gu
linary articles, tools and clothing, canned
fruit. and vegetables, dishes, aud small but
select library. A rustic table serves for meas
washing dishes, and writing purposes. The
room is lighted with two double windows. or.
rather,a part of two windows, Of six lights each.
high up in the wall of the room, and protected
on the outside with strips OF board A small
black board on one side of this room serves to
bulletin the changes in the barometer and
thermometer, while close beside it is stack of
clay pipes. which serves to while away. the
leisure moments of the party.
The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21
DAILY PRESS.
PORTLAND. -.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1871.
Where il The Testimony

1t is creditable to the Ad0ertiser that at
last even its sensblities are stirred by the
"tricks and manners" OF persons having to do
With the paper credit frauds. The testimony
taken by the late commissioners seems llkey
to share the same fate of that taken ny ING
two commissioners that made an lnVes'iea-
ton previously. There is certainly soneoouy
who thinks it worth whle TO keep from Tue
people even such evidence as is elected ID the
course of these periodical inquisit:ons. Tes-
tiuonv is taken at great expense, and it is
then quietly caused to disappear. Chadband-
ish ne sspapers piously discourse upon the
love of scandal aid other carnal passions
the qualification OF which can be the only
purpose of further agitation upon the sub
ject. 1t was an extraordinary condition of
affairs that gave an opportunity for the COM
mission OF these frauds, they say, and nobody
of any account is implicated. Besides the
time has passed when any punishment can be
inflicted. AS il iIom the time of Horace
downward it had not been observed that
Punishment "with her lame foot" is sure 10
overtake the won .doer in the end, ana as
II Nemesis COuiQ DOt dPPSai 40 10Y O~>-
shape chan that of an officer OF c3urt OF
Justice! 1t is by the persuasive arguments of
such newspapers and such men that the
minds OF the people are gradually quieted,
and one ocean of whitewash covers the en-
tire scene. We expect that it will yet be
suggested that medals be authorized by the
State, 10 be distributed to the patriotic Cit
gems who i'm ported, sold and authorized the
importation and SAFE OF paper men-me ials
In commemoration of their eminent public
tervlces
What motives are really at the bottom oil
all the mystifcation IN the investigation OF
the paper credit frauds-th. disappearance Of
important papers from the Adjutanr- Generals
Office, the purioining OF evidence, the strange
reluctance Of witnesses &c.,-we cannot even
guess. For our part, we are anxious to see
the evidence. Gentlemen who were at the
time OF the commission of these frauds mu-
nicipal officers of towns in Maine have stat
ed to us that. having misglvings as to the pa
per men when offered to them, they went to
Augusta for the express purpose OF consult
ing with the AdjutantGeneral about them,
AID that they were assured by him that The
names off red tor sale represented genuine
men whom it was proper and Just should be
credited to their towns. They state that it
was DULY after the fullest assurances of the
right'ulness ard legality Of their proceedings
from this high official that they seriously en-
tertaned tie notion of buying the spurious
credits. We have no evidence that the Adju-
tant-GeneraI, who certainly is entitled to the
largest charity as one OF the most labOrious
and efficient officers in the service of this or
any other State, acted corruptly in the matter
bnt we should like to see ii facts like these
appear in the testimony before the commits
eiOn
The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21

In Gu BEkLASD on Wednesday, February
18Th, perfect wihter's day, the golden we'd
ding OF Capt. Reuben and Mrs. Christiana l..
Blanchard was celebrated by a large gather
ing of relatives at their house The family is
large, and though some of those nearest akin
were absent, some on the land uuavoidablv q,
some on the sea, and one in the better home
above, it was pleasant, happy meeting. A
few golden gifts were brought, and many gold
en- wishes for the happy pair tho had lived to-
getber in harmony for fifty years. The follow
ing lines were read on the occasions:
Father and mother, fifty years
or your welded life .,ave tassed away
Not all of joy. nor all Of tears,
since your first happy wedding day.
We meet again in the dear old home,
The spot OF all most sacred and best
Always beloved. however we roam
Always, when weary, the haven OF rest.
Always while Father and Mother dear
Shall greet us with their smile:
Always viii their kind words OF cheer
Shall Our troubled hearts begulle
Long may you live. and thus may We
Lisren ot to the joyous call
To gather benea the old roof-tree-
Parents and children al.
All! MOI mt ALL tor one there is
We look ,or in van iO-ni .ht,
But We know hr Ire is full of bliss
And her pathway is dLlrays blight.
There's golden chain that ha ever bound
Our hearts that can ne'er be rlven
But we know that the brighes link is found
Fast by the shores OF Heaven.
The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21

In the French National Assembly Monday
M. Theirs delivered a speech. He dweIt upon
the distress and suffering which had been caus-
ed by the war and German invasion ard upon
the necessity of peace. Nevertheless" said
Theirs, "tbe terms of peace would be courage
ously discussed with the Prussiars and would
only be acce oted if consistent with the honor
of France. The task of the administration is
TO paciiy and reorgaDize the country, resto. e
its credit ard reoreanize lis labor. When this
is accomplished tue country itself will decide
its des inies."
The Assembly subsequently adopted the pro-
posal made by the government to send a com.
mission of fiftet deputies TO Paris to act as an
intermediary between the negotiations and the
Assembly. Mr.. Thiers proposed that the A..
sembly Suspend its sitting during the negota
tiOns
The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21

The infant son of Madame Parepa Rosa died
in England on the 28th OF January.
The disorder which has confined Senator
Sumner t. his rooms Tor several days and
alarmed some OF his friends as 10 the probable
result, was angina pectoris, or neuralgia of the
heart. Il is ID that he was first attacked by
it 10 PariS while uUdeI gong treatment for iD-
iu-ies received ION Brooks, of South Carroll
la.
Lincoln. Ill., claims the ''most beautiful girl
in the United Stttes." Tue tresses of The
young lady in question are said to Or ''of that
peculiar hue that field Of ripe wheat throws
towards setting SUM-
Rev. DR.. Deems in the course of bis remarks
at the funeral OF Alice Cary. said: men loved
Alice Cary, and women loved her. When a
man loves woman, it is OF nature; when a
woman loves woman it is of grace---of the
grace that woman makes by her loveliness :
and it is one Of the finest things that can be
said OF Alice Gary bat she had such troops of
friends of her own sex.
1t is said that the Rev. Robert Payne Smith.
u. D., canon of Christ Church, aud R-pips
Professor of Divinity at Oxford, will succeed
DR.. Afford as Dean of Canterbury.
The enoluments of school teachers in H. i
ana are lutte over dollar day Hold car
rler get two dollars ard halt. Skilled labor
always commands higher wages than mere
brute force
The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21

Our YOUNG Folks for March contains new
chapters OF Nj. j. Trowbrdges "Jack Hazard
and His Fortunes" with three illustrations by
j. j. Harley. This is one of the best stories
for young people that we have seen for some
time. There are prose and verse, too, by
Celia Thsxter, Nora Perry, Mary N. PRESCOTT,
Elizabeth Kilham, G. A. Stephens. Augusta
Holmes and JAS. Parton, with illustrations by
Henry Fem, Hammatt Billings S. Eytipge
and others "Leonidas," a defamation, BY
Eniah kellogg, is to be noticed on a:couot OF a
note atpg that the publishers ARE obliged,
by their arr aDgemepts with the author OF the
foregoing defamation, positively to prohibit
its republication" Considering that it is ouly
au ambitious essay. 10 which a few plaio facts
are related in high fown lsDeuage-an attempt
AZ AZ nae write g" in short--it is not at all ike
Y .nat any editor can d"sre to renublish IT.
1 are Tue publ'shers of Our Young Folks quiz
1 t.o nelr declamatory contributor? Received
i'oni James II. Osgood & Co., Boston.
The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21
TIE state Liquor Agency.


see an effort is being made in our legislature
to abolish the State Liquor Agency. Should
this be accomplished, it will be necessary, as a
matter of consistency, to abolish the several
,own agencies. The practical result will be that
there being No la ~fnl and responsible deposit
tory for the sale of good and pure liquors, Tor
medicinal and mechanical purposes, our Stale
will be flooded with bad liquors, a0ulterated IN
every conceivable way, and the community at
large, or the people of the State, Will suffer
thereby. While theoretically 1t might be a Very
good and desirable lhi1g that spurious liquors
should not be sold, @or drank, either for medici-
nal or other purposes, practically this is not
and will not be the case, Ia our day aud gener.
atiOD. Wise Legislators should make their
laws and conform the various State institu-
tons to human nature as it is, and not as it
ought TO be, hoping that IN the progress of the
ages those for whom they legislate will by and
by reach higher stand point and attain near
er to perfection. 1t is admitted on all hands
that our State Liquor Agency is we'll conduct
ed The commissioner, Mr.. Shaw, is careful,
conscientious and strictly honest man. and has
all his liquors tested and assayed before they
90 from his Office to the town agents. We
really hope our legislators will "let well enough
alsne," and not on mere theoretical notion
abolish the State Liquor Agency, and as
necessary result cause our State to BIZ flooded
with door liOuOrs rs, T.
The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21

ALTHOUGH the comm unity has been divid-
ed in opinion as to the safety of the Tennes-
see, we are sure that all are relieved from the
painful feeling of uncertainty. The high
character OF the party on board would have
made her l'ss especially a national calamity
and the relief from a great anxiety is the
mole apparent. The report of the Commits
sioners and the opinion they arrive at will be
looked Tor with more than ordinary interest,
and we can eel that it will be free from pe r.
sorai interest. The time which they will
spend on the island and the facilities that will
be granted them Tor tall and compete exam
lDalion will give their narrative and sugees
lions great weight in forming the popular
opinion for or against the desirableness CT the
Island as national acquisition.
The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21

A CORRESPONDENT writes us that on Thurs
day last the members of the Methodist Society
at Gray, to the number of about fifty, transfer
red the scene OF their usual weekly circle to
the residence of Mr.. Joseph B. Clark, No. 1s
Tying street, Portland, by invitation of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark. Nineteen sleehs composed the
cavalcade, and after enjoying the hospitality OF
their city entertainers iof several hours in the
most social and enjoyable way, lett for home al
about 10 O'Clock in the evening and enjoyed a
pleasant ride home.
The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21

GOOD TEMPLARs.-The quarterly session of
Cumberland County Lodge of Good Temp,ars
will be held with Evening Star Lodge of New
Gloucester tomorrow, commencing at 10 A.
M. There will be a public temperance meet
ing in the evening. 1t is the intention to
make this one of the most interesting sessions
bo1d
The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Card.

The "Martha Washingtons'' hereby acknowledge
the obg atom they are under to Rev. W. E. GIBDs
It the able Lecture given in their behalf at Congress
Square Church. last evening, and to the audience
tor the contribution made, amounting to $5s %.
Thanks OF the Society are returned.
Per Order. L. c. DODGE, Treas'r.
Fab on
The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21

These bonds are secured, first, by n First Nor,
gage on the Railroad ITSELF It's sling sok and a.,
eqa1oments; secoad by First Mortgage on ia
entire Land Grant. being more than Twentv I've
Thousand Aces Ct Land to each mile OF roal
Tue 60nds are irea from Uhied Stats Tax: fba
frpcip ard Interest are payable in goid the prin-
cira at he end of Thirty years, and the Ipierest
sem -annuallv, Mt the rate ot Seven and Three
ienihs per cent per anuum
They are Issued in denominations of 500 s5o0
Sl.0 5000 and $4,000. w. ~''
Inc trustees under the Mortgage are Messrs Jaw
Sooee, OF fnlaneiphia. and .. Fdgar Thomson
fresiuent ot the Pennsvlvana Central Railroa,I 90
reese Northern Pact; 7-39 Bonds will nj All ,,mos
Detoie maturity be receisab at Ten Per Cent Pre-
MUM Toe llp,) in exchange Tor The Con panys lands
at thcir owe-I ash price.
In addition to their absolute safety these Bend,
yied an Income larger, we blieve, tn.n any other
mrs class security. Persons holding United Sta,e.
o-sps can, bv converting them into No theru pa
clnes, Increase their yearly income one-third and
stu have a perfectly reliable investment
HOW TO GET rHEN.-Your nearest Bank ,r
Banker will supply these Bonds in any desired
amount and OF ane needed denomination Per ous
wshi' 10 exchange stocks other no Ids tor these
can do 50 win anN OF our Agents who vii allow tue
highest current prize for all mafketapl- stcurlr
These living in loo tti's rsnote from BANKS. may
send money, or other Bonds. directly 10 us by ex-
PIE land q will send back Northern Pacific Bonds
nc ur own Iisk au " Ithout cot 10 investor. FIR
turtle Ipiormatlop pamphlets. maps, etc., cal on
or address The undersigned, any OF the Banks or
Bankers employed 20 sell this Loan.
FOR SALE by
The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21

The COAL MINING DIFFIcULrIEs.-The
N. Y. Tribune's special says the difficulty in
the Pennsylvania coal regions is likely to be
very serious. No coal has been mined there
OF any consequence since January 10, and
there is little prospect that any will be taken
out for some time. The trouble IS between
the mining companies and the rail ways on the
one banc and the miners association on the
other. The mining companies and railways
have combined TO break up The miners asso-
citation, and the companies refuse 10 make any
contracts with the association. Both parties
refuse any compromise, and there is no tell
ing when they will come 10 terms. The min
ing companies refuse to sell coal 10 the specu-
iatols who wish 10 Advance prices, but they
will sell directly to the consumers. The ie-
cent advance OF freight from Wilkesbarre to
New York is intended to stop transactions OF
small Operators who would try to take advan-
tage OF the troubles. The combination between
the coal and railway companies was made last
"Wednesday. 1t embraces every company
which enters the anthracite region, the major-
ity OF the operators and associations engaged
in mining, and many of the larger owners of
iron works In the Lehigh and Schuylklll val
leys. The proceedings were secret, but tue
object Of the combination is to blot ont of ex-
istence all the miners associations. This is to
oe accomplished ny strict DOckaCe OF the
coal regions until the associations are starved
out. A lew operators and companies are will
ing TO pay the wages asked, but the majority
are nof and it is to stop these that the freigtts
have been advanced. The principal compa.
mics concerned in the combination are the Del
aware, Lackawanna and Western Railway,
Dc aware and Hudson Canal Company and
Pennsylvania Coal Com. any, and they have
agreed not to resume work till all questions
at issue are settled. There is great lear of
coal famine n New York aud other eastern
Cities The stock on band is about 3O,OtW
tons, and there about 10000 tons at Port Rich
mond which can reach the market by way Of
the Delaware River. There is intense excite
ment in the coal regions I'D great fear ofvio-
lent measures on the part of the miners.
Everybody in that region is full of sympathy
TOR one SIDE or the other, and it is next to i'm
possible to get unprejudiced information.
The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21

HON. VIM D. SMALL, Republican candi-
date for Congress in the fir t NV Hampshire
District, is con6ped to his bed by illness, at his
home in Newma,ke t. 1t is feared that he will
have the b. sin fever.
The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21
News bv Lu.e.t Nails.

letter from CAina states that by bridge
giving away pear Canton while two fire en-
gines were upon it the loss of eighty or a hun
dred lives was caus ed and much Indignation
is manifested against the English engineer
who constructed the bridge.
There were 5o4 deaths in New York last
week.
The quantity Of water in the Brooklyn res
ervoir is rapidly increasing, and it is believed
that the present thaw will swell the ponds to
the usual depth.
A Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue
was recently murdered at New Madrid, Mis-
souri,.
There is to be Temperance celebration of
the 22d of February in Washington with
speeches by sundry congressman and other
gentlemen.
man has been arrested in BROOKLYN on
suspicion of being the mysterious 'swomon
stabber."
A meeting of the Missouri aid association for
the relief of the sufferers in France Saturday
night az st. Louis adopted a resolution re-
questing the governmental place a vessel at
their disposal at New Orleans to convey the ar
ticles collected.
The troubles between the archbishop and
Father Farrell of st. Joseph's Church in New
York, growing out of Farrelrs letter in refer
ence to Italian unity have been satisfactorily
adjusted and Farrell will not be removed
The marriage of the Princess Louise with
the Marquis of Lorne is fixed for the 21st of
March.
Berlin despatch says that the London con-
ference has agreed to omen the Black Sea tn
foreign men-of-war and to authorize the Porte
to admit the passage through the Oar lanelles
OF all armed vessels, Russia and Roumania
alone excepted. Russia is not opposed to this
decision but Turkey hesitates to agree to it,
The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21
1 e D.
PASSE NGERS.

In the Prussiar. from Liverpooi-Mr Tureeon r
French Balae Lamarcbe, Provost G Sn. pherd.
J Johnston. q frances p RlcaId-on, f W Tuky.
Mrs bennett. Pierce. Marston. Mr. Boyd j Is
Stevenson j Alaclean, j q Kennedy Mr. hud on. f
Clark, Foster, urab'ree. X Slit, j W Games,
EGoodchI'd. W Kelsey.
The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.

present, the Court adjourned to 2P. NJ. Mon
cay.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
William Fl. Wheeler, for several years editor
of the Bangor Whig is dangerously i'll in Bos-
tor.
The Bangor Wing is authority for the story
that young married lady, in that county,
scarcely thirteen years old, had present GU
New Years Day. 1t was a girl and they Call
it Sophy.
The Wing says George, son of jeremiah
Page, OF Burlington, cut himself badly with
an axe oGe day last week.
Mr.. o. H. Wakefield has repurchased the
Porter Mill property at East Lowell, which he
sold to E. Brown & Son, OF Orono, last spring.
YORK COUNTY.
The constantly increasing popularity of Old
Orchard beach as a summer resort, has i1lduc-
ed Mr.. Bradbury Seavey to enlarge the Ocean
House to such 40 extent that there can be DC
lack of accommodation for a year or two at
least The building now measures400 feet in
length, 66 fec 10 width and is four and five
stot les high with French roof An observatory
commanding fue view OF the sea surmounts
the structure. The music and dining rooms
are 100x36 without pillar or post and upon oc-
casion the double doors can be opened and
thereby add 100 feet to the room. The lode
pendent says that 1000 people can promen ade
in these halls. The double piazza around the
hotels one seventh OF a mile in length.
A petition asking for the appointment of
Thomas III. Cole, ESQ.,, of Bddeford as Col
lector of the port OF Saco, is in circulation.
The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21
Batcbelor's HAIR NV
Rushton's Cherry Pectoral Troo,,o.

will be found superior to all others tor Coughs Colds
Asthma, Group and Bronchial difficulties eensrauv
exceedingly paatable. having none of thar p.rsoo,,
ing, unpleasant, cubeb taste; very soothing and act
like charm. Also Rushton's IF. W Cod liver mn
for Consumption, Scrotula, &c. The oldest n,rsst
and best in the market. Use no other. Sold nv
Druggists generally. oc2ssp-dsuen.
The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21
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go Lppman's Great q ,rman Btters gives az
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Retail Depots at the folawing Apotbecaries:
A. G. sCHLOTTERBECK,
sos Congress Street.
II. sWEETsIR, ~ Market square.
Wholesale Agents.
w. r. PHIL & CO.,
j. w. PERKINS 81 CO., Portland,
sole Proprietors for rnerica,
JACOB LtPPMAN &c BRO,
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The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21
M A IL H l II ID /.

in Care Elizabeth, Feb. 10, by Rev. Fl. NJ. Vail
Jo.epb H. Woodbury., and Miss Sophronia Daniolth,
In Topsham. Feb. ~, bv Geo. G. Crawl I'd. Esq :,
Au TIN f Pinkham and Miss Lettie Merrow both o.
Harpswel
In Newrv. Jan. /, by Rev David Garland Elbridee
n n. Slowrl ami Miss julia f. LitteLale, both OF
In augusta, FeD Is, John H. Collins. of Califor-
MIA and Sophia L. Sampsou. o, Gardiner
In Hampton, Edward p. Kimball of Boston and
Emma ID Iurper, of n.
At ock's Mi l., Feb. 8, Thos. B. Swan, of Poland
and Dora f. Libby. OF L.. M.
IN jefferson, Feb. I, Chas. B. Ames and Mrs. Loui
sa Monteilb.