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The Portland daily press., 1871-07-13
Letter from Old Orch.rs Beach.

OLD ORcHARD HOUSE, July II, 1871.
To the Editor of the Press:
Setting aside hygienic considerations, be-
lieye there is latent tendency in the nature of
all mankindltO scamp out" and this tenden-
cy manifests itself now and then at propitious
seasons. 1t must be trait left us from the
garden of Eden.
Tbe torrents of beating rain tonight, revive
again my old camping out" days, when 1
have slept by the side of old ocean, with can
vass above and the sand beneath me, the wind
all the while playing the very mischief with
the tent poles.
The poetry of that kind of camping OUT is
somewhat questionable upon such night as
this, and do not regret to see the tent-poles
fade away and put on the form of solid beams
and rafters.
The canvas becomes four richly garnished
walls, and the sand dissolves into the softnese
and brilliancy of Brussels carpet. In short
have my tent again, with all its luxury of
ease, its freedom from care and dust and salts
flying residential airs but its roof is the roof of
the "Old Orchard House," and its "old camp
ground" is down by the seaside, some four
miles from Saco.
~ ""SAo yosA AAoy noVO oil tuo CudTs II Vi
camping out" aside from its drudgery, priva-
ton, peril, and discomforture by exposure to
the elements.
Old Orchard House has sifted out all the
eoarser grains of ordinary camp life, and offers
US its refinement of pleasure, unmixed with al
10y. Its freshly renewed rooms, its home-like
interest in all beneath its ample roof, inspire
feeling Of contentment and confidence.
Fish leap from the sea into their normal
condition upon the dinner table, aud ice cream
holds its own, while your city thermometers
are up to 80 in the shade. There is a telegraph
Office in the house, in which 81. B. Dexter of
Calais, discourses with forked lightning, and
slipgs electricity here and there to the satsfac-
ton oil the guests But as indiscriminate eu-
Iogy Is the subtlest form of depreciation suffice
1t to say that the Old Orchard House, in its in
ternal arrangements and external surroun dings
Its cupola, assistants, and guests, is twenty-five
times higher than any other hotel in this ,oard
This is an official statement, for had it direct
from the proprietor himself, Mr.. E. G. Staples.
OLD Orchard House has its associations
which may fairly be called classical, )" and its
precincts, classical ground'' Its Park is an
embodind poem; a thought engraved upon Ma
ture as a statue is outlined upon marble.
Here, walked, and worked, and touched with
the hand OF master, a genius who had the
eye of a poet, and heart loving as Tboreau's;
setting signal upon the wildwood which the
night of years may not Obliterate.
Lime iorbids detail, and like DOmbey's son,
'no river running fast and confusing his
u' wrought it is the Sea in my case,)
oas,;. e great many things unsaid con-
time. -
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Bowdoira CONNER
MEMORIAL HALL.

At the Alumni meeting Tuesday Hon. s. p
Benson made financial exhibit of the cost
and SUGGEST he has met with in collecting funds
for the building of Memorial Hall. by which it
appears that the cash on hand as per report of
last year was 1886 48; received on subscrip.
tons during the past year $5511.3O; total
$579778 There has been expended on the
construction account $2674 SO; paid on notes Of
building committee for money raised $2722 O8;
miscellaneous expenses $71.27; total $5468 "a;
cash on hand $329 "A; amount OF subscriptions
previous to last report $45629; since last re-
port $3140; amount paid on subscriptions pre-
vious to last report $35, 104; since last report
$40,615 3d. The cost Of the building thus far
is $49, 327.53, The indebtedness of the Alumni
association for funds raised to aid in cOnstruc-
ton is $500. The assets to meet this are:-
Cash on hand 1929 a. and $8153 70 in uncol
lected subscriptions While the exterior of
building is nearly finished, the interior re.
mains uncompleted. Some TWENTY-FIVE or
thirty thousand dollars more are needed to
finish the work. -
on Memorial Hall was made by Gen. John M
Brown, in which he stated that if the liabilities
Of the committee, amounting to $4,000, are met
they will go forward and incur such new re-
spousibilities as shall insure the completion Of
the work.
THE CONCERT
was we'll attended, Miss Cary sung three Sc
lections, each of which being encored, she re-
sp0nded with other songs. The rain, which
begun in the afternoon, fell in torrents during
the evening, and doubtless interfered consider
ably with the success of the concert pecuniari-
~. Quite a number of Portland people were
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ANpRoscoGaIN COUNTY.


John LauahtoD, man of incorporate hab-
its, says the Journal, drowned himself in the
canal at Lewiston Friday night. His BODY
was found the next evening.
The Journal says Miss Annie Carey left
South West Bend for Brunswick. Monday. She
will return to Durham on Friday and spend
the remainder of the summer with her sister
there Miss Carey is expected to sing in Lew
iston at an early day.
The Lewiston Journal says Engineer Reed
is surveying the site for the proposed new dam
on Little Androscoggin river in Auburn. The
dam Will be built ae once. We have seen the
drawings tor cotton mill of 10000 sppdles
to he built on this water power as soon as the
dam is built. The mill will be $40 feet long by
az wide. 1t will be two stories high with fiat
roof
AROOsTOOK COUNTY.
The Pioneer says throughout the county
we hear good reports The hly crop will be
quite up to the average, the recent showers
having served to thicken up the bottom
Grains. especially oats, are looking finely
fotrtoes are backward on account of the
droutb, but an abundant yield is indicated
from present appearances.
KENNEBEc COUNTY
The Journal says last Saturday morning the
house of James NJ. Morrill,, of Wnslow, was
burned: Origin of the fire unknown. Loss
about $500.
Mr.. Sumner G. Baker, of Albion, was sud-
denly attacked OF last Wednesday, with what
is supposed to be the bilious collie, and on
Thursday evening expired. He was we'll
known and universally respected icitizen says
the Kennebec Journal.
A regular meeting Of the Board of manag-
ers OF the National Military Asylum was held
at the Eastern Branch on Saturday, the 9th
inst, concluding on the 10th. The affars of
this branch were found to be in good condition
and as to healthfulress this has much small
er per cent. of sickness than any other branch.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Advocate says Mr.. Johu BAY of Scion
young man about 20 years old, was drowned
at Carratuuk falls, just below the main piach.
last Monday. He was on the drive, at work
on a jam Of logs, and in an attempt to throw a
warp from high ledge on the shore to the
jam, lost his balance, and went in He was
swept under the jam OF logs and never seen
afterwards.
The Arson Advocate says team after team
goes through that place every day loaded
with corn. The farmers are buying it for the
coming winter, and many are already feeding
it to their stock-failing pastures making it
necessary.
IN GENERAL.
Moses H. Noyes has been appointed Post
master at North Lisbon, vice Charles Eaton,
resigned; Joseph Lamb at Greenvale, vice Ed.
Prescott, resigned; and Walter Hayes at Ches-
ter, vice Mrs. Lydia A. Keene, resigned.
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dlviduals, that show the despoflc, centrahzlng
tendencies OF Radicalism. They are ready
for anv new departure but q departure from
their time-honored practice Of drinking spir-
ituous LIQUORS. For the sake OF political
nower some of them can even be induced to
forepo their cherished privilege of cursing the
Niger, but no temptation is sufficiently strong
to cause them to shake the very foundations
of their party organization by speaking dis
respectfully of ardent spirits.
Our correspondent, who is so much dis
pleased with the pleasant notices we have
felt compelled to give Mr.. Kimball or ac-
count OF the studied neglect with which he
is treated by the Argus and other Democratic
papers, should remember that we were the
first to nominate that gentleman for the po-
sition he now proudly holds. He should
also beware Of spreading such reports as
this one-that the officers of temperance
lodges would under any circumstances sup
| port Mr.. Kimball. No doubt some of that
| gentleman's friends got it into their heads
that his letter of acceptance might be couch
| ed in such terms as would conciliate the tie t.
perance men, but we do not believe that the
latter were ever parties to the scheme.
PRESIDENT THEIRS cannot get out OF his
mind the idea that the Pope is a temporal
ruler, and consequently has right to be re-
stored to his throne in Rome. He forgets
| that the kingdom of His Holiness lis not OF
this world.0 In 1S49 the French Republic
laboring under the same mistake, restored the
Pope to his temporal throne and kept him
there against the protest of the people. Now
Theirs humbly volunteers an apology for moi
being able to send an army to compel the
Italian people to submit 20 government o.
which they have freed Themselves, and which
they detest. Theirs, if Republican, ought
| to know that all right government has its gu
thority from the consent and by the will o
the governed, and that any attempt to over
ride this right by the imposition of rulel
upon people that it detests, is a violation o
the first principle of republicanism and in
harmony with the idea of the divine-right-of
kings that France SO decidedly pronounced
| against in the recent election. If Theirs will
| only give his attention to his own country and
cease to NEEDLE and plot against the unity Of
Italy, the friends Of freedom will entertain 9
| greater respect for him than his past history
and present meddling entitle him to.
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THE CONCERT

THE New York press, with the exception of
the regular Tammany organs, denounce May.
or Hall and Supt KeIso's order. The Herald
says:
The spirit which prompted these threats
against the Orangemen must be put down. 1t
is the same spirit which prompted the Paris
Commune, impelling them to forget the rights
of others, to turn the capital of the world into
charnel house, to destroy the repositories of
sciences and art, and tear down monuments
required by time and sacred in the eyes of all
mankind. 1t is the same spirit which prompt
ed the draft riots of 1865, inducing men to burn
asylums where children were nurtured and
hang negroes to lamp.posts. It is the same
spirit which was exhibited at Elm Park last
year-the spirit which brOokes not fire. edom of
opinion, speech and action in others. It fur
Their intimates that it Is spirit destructive of
eAery Anglo-SaxOn institution and ruinOus to
American liberty.
The Sun intimates that the Democratic
leaders have submitted to mob rule and sue
cumbed to the will of secret organization.
The Tribune says the reason of this order is
the desire to conciliate the Catholic voters
The Times declares that it is a legitimate re-
suit. "Two out of four city rulers are bgoted
Roman Charlottesville men who prop up the
city government are Roman Catholics and
now it is denied that the Protestants have only
such rights as the Catholics choose to accord
to them
The World and Star support Keso's order
The Post calls it "a piece of specious plead
ding to justify their terrorism of the many
over the rights Of the few, and at Police Head
quarters the authorship OF it is associated with
the name of the Chief Magistrate of the city. !"
The Commercial says: ut is sad scene
for the great metropolis, and one that those
concerned in arranging will be heartily asham-
ed of. Much future trouble will be traced di.
rectly to the trucking surrender now made to
fell spirit, which has heretofore been laid only
by the severest application of force" The Ex-
press mildly approves the order.
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Political Notes.

There is Democrat in Iowa who is still
making speeches on the Lecompton Consti-
tuition. 1t is predicted, however, that should
he come down to the attack on Fort Sumter
by October, he will vote for Judge Knapp for
Governor out OF old friendship. aa
1t is understood that Ex.- Gov. Richard j.
Oelesby is to be the Republican candidate for
Congressman at Large in Illinois, 10 place of
Gen. John A. Logan, now in the Senate.
Hon. Daniel w. Vooehees ammo lnces his
intention to retire from political life at the
close Of his present term in Congress. His
cole wish in connection with political affairs
is to secure the Democratic nomination OF Mr..
Hendricks for President in 1872, believing
that he is the only available man.
Kentucky is alive with stump speaking.
Nearly all the candidates of the two tickets 60
about in pairs discussing public issues before
the people. The Kentucky election comes of
August 7th, and will be the next in order.
/ The Philadelphia" Press" suggests that the
following anecdote from southern paper is
intended to illustrate the democratic new de-
parture: "A North Carolina negro who has
been wandering idiot from blow received
OH the skull while servant in the Confeder.
ate army, was the other day subjected to a
difficult operation at the hands of a skillul
urgeon. His first CLEAN OF intelligence after
the result of the operation was as he opened
his eyes, and said: 1--WE was done gone TO-
at Manassas, yesterday. Wha' is we to-day"
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THE ONLY RAILWAY

Brunswick and Nova Seotia) The population OF the
maritime Provinces ia about ONE MILLION.
and all the land travel. freight, mails, &C., between
them and the Uni ed States, will pass over this II
line, which is WlTa1UF COMPETITION,
Although not yet completed, the business of the
road is already far greater than its most sanouine
friends predicted and is continually increasing.
The net earnings from Local Business alone.
on the 81 miles com eted in Maine, already exceed
the interest two and one quarter mil lions OF dol
lars aud will be largely increasing after Sept M xt
by the business and from the Provinces
To complete this road and to equip as fully az ia
present hrge business and the Immediate Increase
consequent upon Its completion requires the Com
pany has issued its Bonds 10 the amount of Two
Millions OF Dollars, secured bya
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Name Central Il. Il
r II M O " A L q.

The Office of Assessor Of Internal Reve-
niue for the first collection district has been
removed from No. % Exchange street, to
front rooms ON second floor Of the new
CustOm mouse ON Fore street. iun22sntf
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The WORLD says it is very fond of Gen.
Hancock, extols him as gallant soldier"
rather thinks he may have been "lfe-long
Democrat" and will never do anything against
him. Here the kissing ends, and now comes
the stabbing But we fear, says this wicked
World. that in pressing his claims too early he
will be defeated. and feels called upon to say
that as things look now it doubts the expedi-
ency Of running "military candidateH,
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The Springfield Republican,, prominent for
itsopposition to President Grant and frequent.
ly SO doubtful in its republication as to be
mistaken for an opposition organ, says:
The enemies of Gen. Grant are doing more
Just now to secure his re election than his
friends. When his opponents are reduced to
the neces sty of telling such stupid lies about
him, as that he attempted to pass over the New
Jersey railroad last week without paying his
fa.e, and was compelled to pay on threat OF
the conductor to put him off,-when, we say,
his detractors are reducted to that strait, it is
sure evidence to the minds of great many
many people that there is no real fault to he
found with him, and they will first sympathize
with, and then vote for him. OF course the lie
is always exposed in time, and the exposition
came swiftly in this case. rhe story was pub
lished in the New York papers on Sunday, and
Monday the president Of the road announced
it sheer fabrication. Geu. Grant has not
travelled on the road lately, and, besides, the
New Jersey railroad has, invariably, since
President Jackson's time, rendered a free pass
to the President of the United States and the
Governor OF New Jersey.
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1 senns.

Whether or not the Cundurango is a certain
remedy for cancers, has not yet been ascertain
ed, but Vice President COlfax bears testimony
in private letter to its wonderful results in
the case of his mother who was troubled few
months since with large and fast growing
cancer, that with but partial treatment of
this medicine is three -fourths gone and ap-
pears to be rapidly diminishing.
A Jersey City editor is elated with batch
OF libel suits for an aggregate of $500 900 dam
ages. f@ -
The case of Mrs. Sherman has been submit
TED without argument The Judge ruled out
the testimony in reference to her former hus-
band, Hurlburt, as having no bearing on the
case. The prisoner has been ordered from the
lock up at Birmingham to the County Jail in
New Haven, where she will await her trial. No
bail will be accepted.
The chairman of the Republican Committee
OF North Carolina writes that the difficulties
in the party have all been harmonized, and
very thorough county and township organize
tons effected throughout the State, SO that the
Republicans are now much stonger than last
year.
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For Sale

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Inc grasshoppers are getting pretty numer.
GUS IN various parts of the country. One of
them though to stop in Rhode Island day or
two ago. but by slight miscalcuation as to
distance, skipped over it,
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Dissolution of COp0rtmers1.Sp
CODnrtmershiD N0tfce.
Portland &c Rochester
Railroad.

SsxSHs1p On and after July ~, 1871, and until
sSS@Nx further notice, trains will run as fol-
lows:
Passenger trains leave Portland daily (Sundays ex-
cepted for Springvale and intermediate Stations ct
500 A. N, Las p. M.
Leave Portland tor Saeo River and intermediate
stations SIS p. M.
Leave saco River tor Portland and intermediate
stations at $50 A. M
Leave Springvale for Portland and intermediate
stations at S.24 A. NJ. and 400 r. M.
Stages connect follows:
at dorham tor West Gorham, Standlsh, and No,
Limington, Daily.
At Buxton Centre tor West Buxton, Bonny Eagle
and Limneton, dav es
, AT Cen. marlborough for Limerick, Newfelo.
ratsonsnald and Ossipee, Tuesdays THURSDAYS and
saturdays returning alternate days A.
a. Center WaterDOroGeh tor Limerick, Parsons
field, daily.
. At Sprngvals for San,ci Corner e. Lebanon LIT
tie River Falls. So. Lebanon. E. Rochester and
Rochester
Freight train will leave Portland for Rochester and
intermediate stations at A. N.
Leave Rochester for Portland and intermediate
stations 12.15 p. M.
Leave Genre Waterborough with Passenger Car
attached at 2. 81 P. M. for Portland and inferno.
date stations on the arrival OF stages from Limerick
Newfleld. Parsonfell an Ossipee
arrangements have been made to C rrv Freights
10 and from al stations OH the Eastern Railroad
ana Boston q Maine Railroad, and their branches
Portland, July 10, 1871.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
Home Securities
BONDS
EUROPEAN AND
NORTH AMERICAN
RAILWAY co.

THE e. & N. A. RAILWAY is completed from
L Bangor, Maine, to ST. John. New Brunswick. a
distance OF 2C2 miies,-with the exception of 5S
mile 5 between Wnn Me-, and the boundary line OF
the State at VancebHrO On this portion the track
is now being lad, both from VIM eastward and
from VancebOro' westUard. and the work will be
completed and trains running from Bangor to St,
John in September next
-Th q road will then ha
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PHILADELPHIA; sallIe B, Blteman, and Gsorsietts.
Lord. Boston tor PhiladeI'a; W II Thorndlke Hall.
Rockland for Richmond; larry Not, Meadcr, Card,
Per lor New York; Gqyernor rorrey, Calais Tor do;
AT 18th, brig Matilda, Coombs, Philadelphia for
70 sch Stampede, whitmore, Vinalhaven
NEW BEDFoRD-Ar 18th, sch Ellen Merriman,
CreameI. Bangor.
ua BoSTSMIAr lJth. schs william, Allen, Rondout;
Cid nth ship Bengal, Bates, Batavia; sch Aida,
Lambert New York.
s. Az hiSh brig Martha Berry Chase. sagua; scbs
aRsarbrucS, Clark Philadelphia; S Pool, Colby,
y, 0a i Rs brig Isis, Anderson Philadelphia; sch
w pao,,kMIsSMOUTh-Ar 10TH. sch. Kendrick Fish.
Ar 1it eb"e sug Mabel Hall, Brooks. Rockand,
delnbia sen Louisa a johnson, Mailman, Phila.
FoREIGN PORTS.
Ar at Bremerhaven 18Th nj, -
Bartlett, New Orleans. ' ui'' oarque Templar,
Na AT a. Liverpool 9th inst. ship Peiades, Pierce I'm
Sid TN Rio ga1ero May 27 ship Montpelier pusr
AR al st John, NIB, 9th. brig Hattie Bisbon. ws,-
her. Portland; 10TH Adeline Richardson. &rioht
Boston. Virgin
lPer City OF London. at New York,
Ar at Liverpool 18th. 8 Curling. Smaley, sayan-
nab; Buck, Curtis st John, NIB.
ca nth, Carrie Long, Park, Baltimore.
Ent out 9th, Norwegian. Murray, f0l Havana; L
Walsh. Pendeton Rio JaneIro.
TOR Kostock.
Sid TN Penarth 3d. H stetson, stetson, for Rio
Janeiro.
Ar at Middlesboro 26th, Anita Owen, PettengilI,
Bremen.
Ar at Troin 25th Lammergier. Crosby, Miramiche
on Queenstown 2sth, Lsra, Clark from Portland)
Ar at Manila 18th ult, st Joseph. Reed, I'm Yoko-
hama.
Ar at Singapore May 10, John G Potter, Mcclure,
Liverpool.
Passed AnjieI April %. st Albans Pike, from Rio
Janero Tor orders.
Sid I'm Leghorn 23d uIt, John Watt, Stnson, Bos-
ton; Henderson, Henderson, do.
Ar at Genoa 23d ult Ormus Pettengill New York
old 20 Kennedy. Duncan, ict Leghorn; SW
Swasey, Swasey, and Don Quixote, Conant, do.
York. - ' viz Se"
SD ga, Atlas, Hodgdon, from New York; tor Tar
ragona; lronsides, Tapley. (from dol tor Genoa,
AR at Havre 18th, ALASKA, Potter, Cette.
Ar at Amsterdam 23d, j s Winslow Davis Nav
Orleans
Ar at Cuxhaven 26th, Transit, Percy, Calao,
Ar at Riga 22d nit, y Whitmore, Humphrey I'm
June 20, lat 40, Ion 27 90, ship Annie Fish, from
New York for London
June a. lat 20 "a, Ion 6s H. sch Sarah B, "a DAYS
from Machlas for Mansanilla.
Juy T. lat SO N. Ion 60 40, ship Centaur from New
Orleans Tor Liverpool.
Juys lat 35. SO, lon IA 4s, brig Ciarabelle. from
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m A h R I X -

In this city, July 5, by Rev. D. H. Bailey. Miss
Ella v. Baker to Geo q. Hobbs both OF Portland
In Arr0wsic. July II, by Rev. Davis, Alfred H.
Berry, OF Portland, and Miss Frank +. Crosby, OF
Arrowsic.
Kicker, both OF Sumner.
In Boston, July 5, by Rev. G. P. KING, Joseph
Smith and Annie G. Campbell. both of Portland.
In Monmouth, H., June %, bv Kew. DR.. Wallace,
Hr. A. +: Buchanan. OF Warren, H., and Miss Jen-
ME Quinby, OF M.