The Portland daily press., 1872-03-16
ORGAN CoNornr.-Naturally considerable in

last evening resulted very favorably to both
| builders and purchasers Mr.. Buck, of ST.
Pauls, Boston, who was chosen to exhibit the
powers of the instrument, is evidently a per-
former of more than ordinary skill, and COM
poser of some note; possessed of delicate and
sympathetic touch as an instrumentalist, and
imbued with the spirit of the art, which Ell
ables him to interpret the real meaning of the
author The selections were admirable, and of
course were adapted to show the instrument in
| all its phases while it gave opportunity for a
| great many of those variations of expression
which good player uses with telling effect upon
an audience His combinations were remarka-
bly, fine, and were shown to the best advantage
in the variations on the Scotch air "Annie
Laurie, and We're perceptible occasionally in
the Overture to Taunhausen," which, by the
way, was the finest piece in the evenings en-
tertainment for it displayed nearly all the ca
liabilities of the organ. The general verdict is,
We believe, that it's an instrument of remarka-
BILE purity and sweetness of tone, nothing hay-
ing been sacrificed to procure volume, which is
ample for house larger than the one where it
is placed. "4-@F tW
The vocal programme was good, but OF alto
gether different class of compositions from the
organ arrangements pleasing variety, per-
haps, which enabled the nearer to contrast,
without difficulty, the style of a great variety
of composers. 1t was well performed and
many of the pieces received applause. In lieu
of the final quartette Mrs Wetherbee sang SUI
perbly the aria "With verdure clad" The au-
dience was quite large, and taken as a whole
the concert was a remarkably pleasant enter
tainment ---------
AN INTERESTING CAsE.-The hearing in the
cases of the Mosely Iron Works Co., " Inhab-
itants of Westbrook, and the Inhabitants of
Westbrook, " Mosely Iron Works Co., which
were referred to Judge Fox, Judge Danforth
and j. o. McIntire, was concluded Thursday
afternoon. The suits grew out of contract
entered into by the Mosely Iron Works to build
an iron bridge over the Presumpseot river at
Saccarappa. The bridge was erected but be-
fore it was entirely completed settled some IS
inches. 1t was repaired by the Company, but
in short time fell again. Engineers were
then put on by both parties to examine and re-
port npon the sufficiency of the bridge which
they did; that as it stood it was not safe and
proper bridge, but would require about 5000 to
pany of their non-aceeptance of the bridge and
that they must take it away. The town imme-
dlately sued the Company to recover back
$1,000 paid them on delivery of the bridge ac-
cording to contract; and the Mosely Iron
Works brought suit to recover the balance of
the contract price, alleging that the town did
no4 give th9m reasonable time to complete
the WORK. MO ES%T~%
This referees adjourned to give the reporter
time to write out the testimony (which was
taken in short handy before the case is to be
argued. eSf-y ~,
A. A. Strout appeared for the Mosely Iron
works and Bion Bradbury for the town of
Westbrook
MORRIS BROTHERS MNsrRELs.-This favor
lite company was greeted with crowded house
at Music Hall last evening. The programme
was well made up, and introduced an array of
talent seldom combined in asingle organization
"Pomp" Campbell, the celebrated comedian
convulsed the audience by his inimitable humor
and comic singing, and received therefor great
applause. Billy Morris sung "The Mocking
Bird as only he can sing it. Japanese Tommy
appeared in his original specialities with great
success, eliciting numerous encores. Charley
Sutton, in his songs and dances, was warmly
applauded, as was also the singing of Mr. Carl
Rudolph, who has splendid voice and is a fine
singer One of the best things of the evenings
was the touching and pathetic song Of sold
Black Joe, sung by Mr.. Rudolph. Mr.. I.
LEstrange was suffering from severe hoarse
ness, which greatly affected his voice, but he
sung in fine manner. This evening an entire
change of programme and the last performance
of the company.
u, The Steamer New Brunswick, Capt Pike,
arrived on time from st. John, yesterday morn
ing notwithstanding the gales and heavy wealth
er for many days past. She brought large
number of passengers, many of whom had been
for days blockaded there by snow and were I'M
able to get through by rail. In the present
condition of the railroads in New Brunswick
the International Steamship line appears to be
the most expeditions for travel, having lost no
trip during the long blockade on the roads.
PORTLAND, RUTLAND, OswEGo & CHICAGO
RALwAY.-The sudden death of the Hon. John
A. Poor, the protector of this great enterprise,
followed, as 1t was, SO soon by the destruction
of Chicago, its objective point in the west,
might well have disheartened more timid men.
But happily there is courage and consequent
life among its friends all along the line. Rut-
land, the railway center of Vermont, is to be
reached by way of White River junction and
Woodstock. The Woodstock Railroad four
teen miles in length, was nearly ready for the
superstructure some two years ago, when the
death of Gen. Washburne checked the opera
tons of the company But earnest energetic
men have since taken hold of the work, and
now the Vermont Standard announces that
the whole amount needed to finish and equip
the road has been generously pledged by the
citizens of Woodstock. This not only lets
Woodstock out to the world by rail, but encour-
ages Rutland to move vigorously for an early
connection with Portland over that line. The
actual distance between Rutland and Wood
stock is less than thirty miles. But between
these two towns some peaks of the Green
Mountains must be scaled, tunnelled or skirted.
The Rutland directors have wisely chosen the
latter cource. By frightening their line some
ten miles, they pass these mountain barriers
at very favorable grades. The surveys of this
link in the great chain have been completed,
and much of the means for its construction
provided. The law of Vermont allows NUM-
cipalities to aid in the construction of rail-
roads to the amount of eight per cent. of their
valuation, or grand list, as it is called there.
To secure this aid, besides two-thirds popular
vote, the the written assent of the owners or
representatives of majority of the taxable
property is required. For season after OBJ
tanning the necessary popular vote in their ia
vor, the Rutland & Woodstock Company We're
unable to meet this last requirement, for the
reason that several large estates were so stuat-
ed that no one was legally authorized to repre-
sent them. But when time had removed this
difficulty, Rutland promptly pledged its $780,
600 and other towns ON the line responded to
the extent allowed by the law. These munich
pal contributions with liberal individual SUBJ
scriptions and assured aid from the other rail-
road companies, will furnish ample means to
connect Rutland with Woodstock and thus
with Eastern Vermont, New Hampshire and
Maine by the shortest possible route
MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES.
LET IT BE KNOWN to the inhabitants of