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The Portland daily press., 1872-08-30

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 29.-Gen. Mcclellan
declines any public reception and says his visit
has no connection with the Diamond Mining
Co. He knows but very little about the dia-
mond matters and is not even certain that the
diamonds exhibited came from Arizola.
The Portland daily press., 1872-08-30
MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES

To RESTORE the freshness of the complexion
use RUBIcEL au3O st
The Portland daily press., 1872-08-30

Henry c. Murphy declines being a candidate
for the Democracy for Governor of this State.
VIM. Walsh, while drunk, shot Henry
Blanchard car conductor, last night, for
eieeting him from the car. Walsh was ar
rested.
The three mile seull race ON the Hudson river
yesterday, was won by Deely, who beat Engle-
hart easily. Time, % min. 10 sec.
The furniture of Josie Mansfield was sold
at anction to-day. Many of the articles brought
extremely high prices. 0IL
Spence Pettess, who is charged with the Min
neapolis bank robbery twas bailed to-day in
$4,000.
Howes' !. cooperage in BROOKLYN was burned
to-day Loss $50, 600.
The Portland daily press., 1872-08-30

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY cars sundries, do
shocks. 40 paper, do heading do shingles 70 do
8 do corn, do for St John, s do for Halifax. Shin
ments East-10 cars -four P
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Alleged Heavy Frauds.

A Kingston, N. Y, despatch states that suits
have been brought in the Supreme Court against
Thomas Cozell, President, and s. d. Coy Ken
dali, Vice President of the First National Bank
of Roudout, for fraudulently appropriating
moneys and town bonds, amounting to nearly q
million of dollars, which were deposited in that
bank to the credit of the Kingston & Syracuse
Railroad. One Benson, treasurer of the rail
road, is also implicated. All the above were
officers of the late Roudout & Oswego Rail
road -.
A later despotch says that Cozell denies the
charge and demands an investigation.
The Portland daily press., 1872-08-30
CITY AND VICINITY.
TIE PRESS

THE PRESS
May By obtaipsd at the Periodical Dspots of Fes-
sender Bros, Marquis, Robinson, Br1nen q Co.,
Andrews, Went worth, Glendenning, Moses, Hender-
son. and Chisholm Bros on all trains that run out Of
the city.
At Biddeforl; of Pillsbury.
AT Saco Of L, Hodgion.
At Watervillc of j. S. Carter.
At Gorham. Of News Ageut.
At Bath, Of j. o. Shaw.
At lewiston of w. F. StanwOod,
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~ LONDON, Aug. $500 P. M.-The bullion in the
past week. ~ ~
LONDON Aug $500 P. M.-Consols and Ameri-
can securities closed unchanged.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. $500 P. M.-Cotton closed
qulet ana steady; Middling uplands 1od; do Orleans
ton and export ~
hreaustuffs quiet, though Corn declined and Wheat
ADVANCED; California White Wheat LIS 4d Red Wes-
Tern SPrnY lis Sd @ 12s; Red Winter 12s 4d q lbs Cd
ANTWERP, Aug. 29-Petroleum At
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1tlcs:
Iennesseeos, new. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 73a
virginia 6s new. Al
Nlssounss ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 93s
North Saronna 6,s new. Observation-Disclosures. 20
South Carolina SIS. new ............,.,. Oh
New YORK. Aug. 29-Eoening.- Money steady at
40 5 per cent. Sterling Exchange dull at l OSl.-
Gold dull opening at 13! closing at 1929 a 49, loans
from l32 to per cent for use clearances were S48
100000 The treasury awarded O0OO 900 112 $500
"a lib 7-100. Government disbursed S244, 900. Gov
ernments dull with slight fluctuations. State bonds
dull and steady. Stocks opened steady, but before
the morning hours expired declined from to per
cent. at second board. The market became strong
and advanced from to II per cent. In the upward
movement Erie was the most conspicuous rising from
49t to 5oi Next to Erie New York Central was most
prominent, advancing from $50 to 99a on increased
dealings. Northwestern Ohio and Mississippi. Lake
Shore, Indiana Central, Western Union and Union
Pacific advanced from to pei cent. other luctua-
lions were not important The market closed strong
at the highest figures of the day. The failure of
small bear operator in stocks reported this af-
being unable to deliver 1900 shares of Lake
Shore, sold at So
The Portland daily press., 1872-08-30

GREENWOOD GROvE.-One of the pleasant
est resorts at Peaks Island is Greenwood
Grove, which was opened last week by Mr..
James w. Bracket. 1t is situated at the upper
end of the island, only two minutes walk from
the steamboat landing, and is sure to become
very popular. The shade of the majestic oaks
and venerable apple trees is grateful in hot
day, while the cool breeze is rarely wanting.
The views from this place is delightful, and is
not surpassed by any spot on the island. Mr..
Bracket is always in readiness to provide
chowder, creams, coffee, &C.
The Portland daily press., 1872-08-30

lsaes at the Brokers' Board, Aug. 291
Maine Central Railroad rs, 1912. .............1o 100
Easterh halrOad., 108!
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PRINDLE & MANGAM, Managers.


Il. g. SNOW, Jr., supt. of Agencies.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
December 2lst, 1871. Certified to by the Hon.
WHY'S KING, Supt. of the Insurance Depart
ment OF the State of Missouri.
Capital. ................... $500 900 90
Assets. ..............'''........6 4J, 4I1,91
Liabilities ......15 ,6I1,53
0asn On nand. 80
Bonds and Mortgages, first lien on Real Es.
tate worth $342 225, 90. las 175 az
state Bonds owned by Company. 80 800 37 $40 90
Real Estate owned by Company, unincum-
n .2S, 100000
Ian fntar loans secured 33,5S
Premiums ne, in course Of collection and
Bills Receivable (secured) for Marine, In ''0'0i'1
lanu ana FIRE Premiums. .............. So 1856 O5
Due from other Companies for Re- insurance 100000
once Furniture, Fixtures &c......,,... a 125 %
STOCK Notes (secureG subject to call -. 800 100000
.-.e' Total Assets. :. S645, 417,91
LIABILITIES.
Losses LGs in press of adjustment ST., 511, 80
All other claims 2,O99,93 17,6l173
s627, sO6,7s
JOHN F. WILLIAMS President ... .-t.H
JOSEPH MOORE, Vice-President
A. LARRABEE, Secretary.
~ ]. B. MELoNE. Treasurer.
Z. IL. LANGDEAU, Asst Secretary. Z n - :
c. H. STEELE, Sup't of Agencies
This Company has been examined and admitted to
10 business in this State by the Insurance Commits
sioner
JNO. w. MUNGER, Agent,
NO. 166 FORE STREET.
Portland, Me.
au27- 3weod
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Foreign Exports.

as ~. Foreign Exports.
MATANZAS. Brig M Chase-2361 shocks and
heads, 2s,175 hoops 1872 bbls potatoes.
~ Foreign Imports.
PONCE, PR. Brig j E-66 hhds, rs bbls sugar,
221 puncheons molasses to Phinney Il jackson
HALIFAX MS. Steamer Falmoutb-6 casks :,
crate SKINS bales wool to Hart & Co.; pckgs mdse
to Eastern Elk. Co.; box do to A Ogden
The Portland daily press., 1872-08-30

PROF. PRATT.-This gentleman gave his first
exhibition as an educator of horses last even
ing at his canvas on the corner of Congress and
Pearl streets He showed three remarkably
well trained animals, possessing almost human
intelligence. The Professor gave his audience
very sensible lecture upon his favorite subject
and closed his exhibition by taking three year
old colt that had never been btted or harness
ed, and in fifteen minutes drove him around
the ring quite comfortably with pair of wheels
attached. He promises to display his power to-
night with vicious, kicking horse. People
owning and using horses ought to acquaint
themselves with Mr. Pratt theory
The Portland daily press., 1872-08-30
THE NINTH MAINE REUNION a 70, -,

| THE NINTH MAINE REUNION. re-nnion
of the 9th Me. Volunteers took place at the
Preble House, Portland, Aug. 9th, at which
the following named officers were appointed for
the ensuing year, viz
President, Rishworth Rich, Portland; Vice
Presidents, G. f. Granger Calais, j. H Lowell,
HaiioWell; Secretary and Treasurer, w. II.
Hall, Portland; Chaplain, Silas F. Strout, Sac
Garappa; Historian, Joseph A Noble, Augusta;
2uhlor Master and Commander, Joshua G.
Ross. Portland.
The following named gentlemen were appoint
ca committee to secure fuller attendance at
the next reunion, viz: lE. w. Ware, Bangor,
Lew +. Mckinley, Biddeford, A. G. Marston,
Bath, j. p, c. Fall, Topsham, E. F. Wyman,
Augusta, Geo. S. Colbach, Calais, b. j. Hill,
Lewiston, Geo. w. Brown, Newport, A. G.
Taft, Weld, William Baker, Skowhegan, Cole
man Harding, Gorham.
Voted, That the next reunion be held at
Portland during the month of September, 1873
And the Secretary is hereby instructed to give
due notice of such meeting.
The President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary
and Treasurer will constitute an executive
board. All correspondence should be addressed
to the Secretary, w. H. Hall, Portland
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The words recall blue ribbons, locks OF
hair, miniatures and dead roses, and
they are as various rs the hands that
write them and the eyes they are in
tended to bless.
Sometimes they carry balm; some
times they bear disguised poison. They
may be traced in honest truth and fealty
by n rough red hand that has no grace
TO lend the misshapen letters, save the
beauty of true love in coarse disguise;
and then again q soft white bit of sym-
metry may hide lie i'm glowing tender
ness and send it like an asp hid i'm a
roses heart to carry death to some be-
lieving breast. Some yellowed by years
and rendered absurd by altered circum-
stances are brought out of forgotten
hooks To fill the evening hour with
laughter at their pollysilabled vows and
verbose adjectives; and others never see
the light except in fearful eyes, or feel a
touch except passionate pressure to
faded breast that claims no other idol.
Love letters! There are women whom
the world calls single who are as truly
welded to tear-staiued package as if it
really were the being that il represents
TO them-whO live in the old sweet time
these missives once belonged to, and
who keep their heads apart from the
dull reality that makes up their present
world Years may have passed, and
nothing have remained the same save
the dear dream that never knew reality;
yet held in their lOve-life by their fra
gile paper-bond, they dwell in that fair,
unsubstantial spring-time, while au-
tumn fades and winter, cold and heavy,
reigns abroad in all the world.
We pity dreamers and their MOON
shine pictures, their bits of memories
and mementoes, their lOve-words writ
ten or recalled as spoken, and faces
whose limning fades as the real one had
iaded long ago under the coffin lid.
And yet such trifles are heart treasures.
as surely as gold and silver are riches to
the purse; and as long as there is a
world OF dry goods and roast beef, so
long shall old love letters find hoarders
anu prlzers, and so long shall the past
and present be bridged by the heart
dreams Of the words written in the by
gone times.
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THE HORTICULTURAL FAIR.


The Second Annual Fair Of the Horti-
cultural Society, held Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of last week, was q very
pleasant affair. The exhibition in all
the departments was very good. The
attendance, though not large, was, we
believe, sufficient to defray expenses.
II should have had better patronage,
though, as great pains had been taken
10 render the exhibition pleasant and
entertaining for spectators. The eXhib-
itors deserve great credit for the tasty
display made.
With good management the Horticul-
tural Fair may develop into an exhibit
tion which will rival the State Fail
itself. This latter institution is now
run almost exclusively by the horse
jockey element, TO the disgust of sensi
bic people. If the Horticultural Fai
will only enlarge its sphere of opera
tiOns so as to include exhibitors of al
departments Of labor, it will arouse aI
interest in its behalf which will maxi
it gratifying and permanent success
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to do better by us than the party in
power has dared to do; but l have little
hope-progression is not an inherent ell
ement of the Democratic mind.
l wish 0regonians who for twenty
years have been afflicted with q chronic
growl about the weather had some oil
my chances to get drenched by eastern
rains. Three times since coming east
OF the Missouri river have I been uneX-
Pectedly caught in such a torrent OF
rain that became as wet rs drowned
Cayuse charger. Such rains rs the elas-
sic land of Webfoot would be ashamed
of are continually deluging the country,
and the Immediately following heat so
rapidly enhances the growth Of vegeta-
ton that the whole middle West is in a
| perfect wilderness of tangled green.
Dear old Illinois, which Boston and
New York style ne1o, you know, is q
very Eden of emerald and floral beauty
and though she cannot by any mean,
equal our fair, pleasant, breezy Oregon
she is hOmelike and stately and magnif'
icent, and / breathe her balmy air ant
gaze upon her prairies with a realizing
sense that am a welcome visitor to
"The home OF my childhood, that dearly love-
! spot
Which memory retains while all else is forgot.
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A MopELl2l NEWS REPORTER.

The San Francisco telegraph news re-
porter who makes up the Oregon dis
patches is brilliant genius in his way.
As a general rule he sends a batch of
stuff about Tim Jones and Jim FIana-
gan, or some other real or imaginary
persons, having fist fight on I.arkin
street, and proceeds to detail to his own
satisfaction the various particulars. fl
nally concluding with the gratifying
intelligence that Jim or Tim, or both, as
the case may be, were hauled up before
the police judge and fined or sent to
Jail. And thus goes on through half or
three-quarters Of a column an account
of hoodlums, prize fighters, pickpoclets,
ETC., about whom the people of Oregon
care not fig, while news matter of inn
portanee is kept back, only reaching
us by means of the slower but surer and
more reliable mail.
| But this is not our funeral, as il more
directly concerns the daily press, and
we should not have alluded to it at all
but for the manner in which everything
relating to women is dished up. The
other day this model(?) news reporter
went out of his way to give judicia
decision i'm Mrs. Fairs case. Abiding
to the change of venue asked for by tht
defendant he gave 1t as his decision tina
an impartial trial could be had in San
Francisco, as there were one hundred
and sirty thousand jurors in that city
and certainly, out of that number
twelve unprejudiced persons could b.
found! 1t will be seen at a glance tina
this astute judge reckons every man
woman and child in San Francisco as
juror!
But this reporter is in the full zenitl
of his glory when describing a Woman
Suffrage Convention. The poor fellow
is so fearfully exercised lest some won
an will get his position that he is al
most frantic. His latest attempt a
witticism is an account of = man goin
crazy from the effect of the recent Pa
cific Slope Woman Suffrage Conven
ton. If there is a single person in al
San Francisco whose brain has bee
turned by Woman Suffrage Conver
tions, that person is this same Sa
Francisco telegraph reporter.
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OREGON RAILROADS.

The Herald just now is engaged in
running a tilt against Ben Holladay,
the object Of which seems to be to
crafty private malice more than to do
public service. Mr.. Holiday has, un-
doubtedly, presuming upon his money
backing, committed many questionable
acts, among the chief of which is his
unwarrantaole inference in elections.
Like the Fap'oT, we here reiterate ev-
erything we have said in opposition
10 Mr.. Holiday. But while we do
this, We see no use in indulging in
senseless clamor about Mr.. Holladay's
being on the verge Of bankruptcy and
financial ruin. If such be the case we
shall all know it soon enough; if not, it
will hurt the State as much as it will
Mr.. Holladay.
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THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

Alter all it seems that the Republi-
can National Platform is the only one
Afrs. WoodhulPs excepted in any way
recognizing the rights of women which
viii be put forth during this Presiden-
tih campaign. Whether its wishy-
washy tone will sufficiently suit the
woman Suffragists throughout ihl
country to prevent their putting a
ticket in the field remains to be seen.
The Baltimore Convention, which meet.
shortly, will do nothing but endors,
Greeley and Brown. Ifno nomination,
are made by the friends of Human
Rights, we apprehend that the grea
majority of them will support that par
ty which comes nearest granting thei
demands.
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A RrcH ONE.-AIax Adeler says:
''Down in Wilmington they have a law
against the storage of nitrO-giycerine
and other explosive chemical compounds
within the city limits. And so the
other day a certain individual, who had
a grudge against n man named smith,
informed the authorities that Smith
had large quantities of cOngealed pro-
toxide of hydrogen secreted in an out
house in his yard Two policemen pro-
ceeded to Smiths TO make an investisa-
tiOn. Smith denied the allegation. lie
said it was a sheer fabrication; that the
man who asserted that he had prOtONlde
of any kind around the place was a sim
ner in whom the truth was not to be
found. But the policemen insisted upon
examining the premises. Smith SAID
they shouldn't. y conflict ensued, and
after Smiths head had been mashed
into jelly, and Jumps raised upon him,
and his arms broken, and chops enough
for a small family's dinner had been
bitten from his leg by the pOliceman's
dog, the officers laid him. on the sofa TO
recuperate, and started for the yard.
l They found there only the ice house
/ packed full. 1t occurred to them then
to 90 around to the drug store and
ascertain the nature of the eongealed
| prOtOXide of hydrogen, so that they
would know it when they saw it. They
learned that hydrogen in that shape is
merely ice. And poor old Mr.. Smith
/ has now brought six or seven suits
against the city for damages-one for
each ruined arm, leg, head and nose.
| But all the policemen are now studying
up chemistry"
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THE LABOR STRIKES

The labor strikes in New Yorl, ara h
ing settled by compromise betwoo,, - -
ployed and employers. This result i
significant as showing the immenso
power of the ballot. Had these labor
ing men been disfranchised nobodics
no attention would have been paid TO
their demands. 1t is folly to say that
voting has nothing to do with the regu-
lation Of wages. Give woman the bal
lot, and her work will Immediately
command equal remuneration with that
ol man.
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DOUBTFUL.

There appeared in the telegraph news
4 few days ago an account of a most dis
graceful scene at an anti-Woman Suf-
frage meeting, in which Mrs. Emily
Pitts Stevens is represented as taking n
prominent part, in San Francisco. As
There have been great many false re-
ports about the brave, progressive wom-
en- ol California, Of whom Mrs. Stevens
one through the medium of the tele-
ei@ph' We very much doubt the cor
4y1'iisSS .t oi the account as published in
'ne dispatches, and believe that adj
vices Dy mail will place the matter in
an entirely different light
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THE HARVEST SEASON.

The harvest season, that dread of
50 many farmers wives, is again near
at hand, with its busy toll in the hottest
days of all the year. The introduction
Of machinery has rendered the labor of
the man farmer comparatively easy of
late years. Mowers, reapers, headers,
threshers, etc, have taken the place of
the hardest manual labor. But with
the woman farmer the case is different.
With her it is the same old routine of
bake and stew and scrub from morn till
eve. Seldom is any help hired for her
department, even though there be
ten, fifteen or twenty men hired fol
whom cooking must be done. This
state of affairs is altogether wrong. The
wife is as much entitled to adequate
help as the husband, and should have il.
Many farmers do not mean 10 over.
work their wives, and we wish to cal
their attention, in the kindest manner
possible, TO the fact that they do, feeling
confident that as soon as they perceive
the injustice done they will immediate.
~ rectify it.
Thousands Of farmers wives annually
90 down to their graves ere the prim,
Of life is reached, victims of over-work
This is the only true explanation thai
can be given of the extraordinary NOR
tality among our farmer women, who
ought to be the healthiest in the coun
try.
Then heed our advice, o farmer wise
and no more let your spouse be the vic
tim of over-work during harvest season
or any other time. Be sure that sh,
is as well provided with help as yol
are, and that she rises from her slumber
refreshed and invigorated equally a
much as yourself. By so doing you vii
prolong the life of the one whom yol
cherish, or should cherish, most of al
on earth, and your children will rise u
and call you blessed.
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A USEFUL WOMAN.-Jane Bell went,
singly and unaided, to the North Caro-
lima coast, in 1868, where she "became
convinced that there was rs much mis-
siOnary work to be done at home as
among the foreign heather, and settled
herself down to life's work among the
poor whites of the islands, resolved to
teach them not only to read, but, more
desperate task, to work. She estab-
lished free school at Beaufort, and an
other on Harker's island off the coast,
to which is attached a farm. Having
been blessed with n strong body as well
rs will, she has not only taught, but
cooked, planted, plOwed, sewed and
reaped with her own hands until the
wilderness has blOssOmed, if not into
roses, into figs and vegetables, to the
amaZement of the natives, who for gen.
erations have been quite willing to starve
if clamming and fishing We're not prae-
ticable. In the nine years of her steady
labor in this place she is reported to
have wrought a singular change in the
habits and condition of the islanders;
they have not only received q measura-
bic degree of education, but have learned
to wish for work, to accomplish it with
skill and patience, and in dress, habits,
religion and the minor morals and man.
ners, have risen in the scale of civiliZa-
tion. Miss Bell has now an agricultur-
al school at Beaufort, and she asks for
aid from liberal people everywhere.
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ALL ABOUT KITES.

Just now the boys are flying kites.
That reminds us that Mr.. Holiday, who
can't bear to see anybody else have
something that he hasn't got, has pur-
chased him a kite, which he calls the
Bulletin. The popularity about this
kite is that it has two tails, called re-
spectively the OregOnidn and Era. The
Northwest breeze, however which pre-
walls in this quarter, is decidedly unfa-
vorable to flying operations with this
Eifa
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STAGNANT WATER AND MILK.-lt
has been known for long time that
milk left standing in a room where pa
tients are sick becomes permeated with
the subtle poison of the disease. Con-
tagion has also been spread through
milk, by reason of persons recovering
from sickness attending to the labor of
the dairy. The kind of grass or fodder
on which the cows feed also give IL pc
euliar flavor and quality to their milk.
In addition to these facts, it has recent
ly been demonstrated that the most
startling consequences may ensue from
the animals drinking stagnant water.
Professor Law, of Cornell University.
has examined, with microscope, milk
OF an unusually ropy appearance, and
found it full of those fungi, or vegetable
organisms, that abound in stagnant wa
ter. On inquiry, he found that the cows
from which it came had only stagnant
water to drink and further inYestiga-
ton revealed the fact that the blood OF
the animals teemed with these fungi,
and that the cows were in a feverish,
unhealthy condition. The warning
which this discovery ought to convey Is
very simple. 1t is the duty Of dairymen
to see that their cattle have supply of
pure, sweet water. They use such
great quantity Of water that judici0us
concern for the health of the community
should induce them to employ none but
the very cleanest.