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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-10-08
Exciting Railway Scene.

During the thunderstorm which PASSED
over London on Tuesday night, 23d ut.
most exciting scene took place near the York
road Station, on the Metropolitan Railway
The station in question is situated In deep
cutting, and the fall of rain was SO heavy that
large amount of water had accumulated. ex.
tending fora considerable distance. As soon.
therefore, as the g is train came from Barnet,
which was filled with passengers. emerged
IRON the tunnel, the water had reached such
height that 1t put the engine fires out, aud
the train consequently brought to standstill.
1t was found that the points would not work,
anc that owing to the storm the wires of the
electric telegraph could not he used. The
latter misfortune was all the more important.
Inasmuch as the express which runs to Far
rlngdon street was the time overdue. An.
other engine was procured by the officials and
chains were attached to the train. Every eff.
tort, however, in this direction, was unsuc.
cessful, owing probably to the sleepers float
ing about in all directions. The excitement
at this period was painful in the extreme.-
Fhe majority of the passengers were unable
to leave the carriages, owing to the depth of
the water. which was making down the line
IN perfect torrent; women were faiutinr,
and even the servants of the company seemed
paralyzed with fear, being totally unable to
prevent what threatened to be terrible dis
aster. A few of the passengers, by dint Of
the greatest exertion, had been removed from
the train, when suddenly shout announced
that the express was coming. aud huge wave
was seen issuing from the tunnel as the train
approached. The same cause, however, which
had placed the Barnet train in its terrible
position. proved its salvation, for the wster
also put out the fires in the express engine,
which drew up, to the immense relief oe ali
tho bystanders, within abou. five feet oc the
hindermost carriage Of the former train.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-10-08
Dental NOTICE,

nR. MCCORMICK will Welt Cha-Ieatown Pro-
i - fessicna!ly, on the Second M"n.:sy g ~ of
vemOer.
August IL. 1872.
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oFFIcEIIH f''LEE HALF Builr.Re.

TERMS OF sUBsORIprIoN....The Paner
Wiilbe' furnished to subscribers at $3.50 per
annuin in Advance. g'
When not paid strictly In Advance, 81, 90
WIN positively be charged.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-10-08

DEsT Stone and Glass Fruit Cans. for pale by
- JAS. LAW. HOOFF.
SioNE Jars and Jugs, all sizes. for sale by
- August l3. lS7a JAS LAW HO0FF
Il uSi received another lot of Michgon Fine Cu
- Chewing Tobacco, bulk.
J.B. HAISES.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-10-08

EsRESCH Orcandy, Victoria Lawn. and the New
est Stvle illusion Ruffling, iust received by
Sept. 3. 1872. KEARSLEY 8. SHEERER.
NALlCOES.-New Style Fall Calicoes just re.
~ celved bv KEARSLEY & SHEERER.
Sept. 10, 1872.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02
Religious Intelligence.

Rev. Mr.. Ford of Pine street Congregational
church, Lewiston, gave notice to his people
last Sunday that he had accepted call to
Charlestown, Mass.
Rev. S. w. Turner haze resigned the pastorate
of the Baptist church in Princeton. He was ex-
pecting to baptize four candidates last Sabbath
There were received, Oct 26, into the Winter
street Free Baptist church, Gardiner, including
the pastor, Rev. o. Bartlett, seven members
five by letter. one by profession, and one by
baptism,
The Adventists of Kennebunk contemplate
the erection of chapel.
The pastor of the Baptist church, Springvale
has received a donation amounting to $105.
We understand that Rev. James Williams,
pastor of the Baptist church in Oldtown, is
compelled to suspend his ministerial labors for
the present, in consequence Of continued i'll
health.
Rev. w. F, ODER was installed pastor of the
church at Damariscotta and New Castle on the
23d ult. Rev,J. o. Fiske preached the sermon
Rev. S. Goodenough of Victor, N. Y, has &C
cepted the unanimous call extended him by the
Universalist church and Society of Bangor, and
will enter upon his duties as their pastor before
the first of December
Rev Mr.. Brown has formally accepted the
professorshp of Sacred Rhetoric and Homilet-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02


The Belfast Age says that hay and potatoes
are begsnning to come into that market First
quality of loose hay is selling at S15, and the
price paid for potatoes the past weeksEhass oeen
65 cents
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The people of Machias will be very much sur
prised to learn that they have axe, oilcloth and
skate factories, paper mills etc Nevertheless
very respectable papers are giving currency to
such statement
rrrt-r YORK COUNTY. -.as I'D
The Saco and Biddeford uniformed COM
panies will unite in a torch light procession on
Monday evening.
The journal says that Jededah Morrill, ESQ.,,
foreman of the workmen engaged in laying the
track on the extension of the b. & NJ. railroad
| near BIddeford, received present of a valua-
Bile gold chain from his fellow workmen re-
| Gently.
The Probate Court will be held at North Ber-
wick Monday.
The Journal says that Mr. Robert Smith of
Boston and Miss Lizzie Hardy, beautiful
Kennebunk heiress, were recently married in
Kennebunk.
We understand that the firm of Bond &
Merrill OF this city, have been awarded the
| contract for thinning the roof of the new York
county Jail at Alfred. The roof will be ready
for the timers to-day. Mr. Cyrus Hobbs, the
ready for occupancy by the first of December
IN GENERAL.
Since the Temperance Reform movement
began on the Kennebec, over 10000 persons
have taken the pledge,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02
Political Notes.

The Philadelphia City Item says tsat J.
Donald Cameron, Secretary Robson, and
ex-Secretary Gattell are named as among the
subscribers to the new Republican daily pa
per to be established in Philadelphia.
B. Gratz Brown is making strenuous efforts
to carry Missouri for the Liberals. He par
doned twenty-five criminals of lawful age out
of the State Penitentiary on the 21st inst.
The State Republican Committee of New
Jersey have made careful canvass of the
State, and are confident Grant will have a
majority in New Jersey of upward of 5000.
In 1870 the State went Republican by 5000
on members of Congress, and last year,
though Governor Parker was elected by 5000
majority, the Republican majority upon
members of the Legislature was $500.
Olives OF Greeley all remind US
We should live our lives content,
And not leave wits behind us
In vain struggles to be President"
Missouri Democrat.
Speaker Blaine closed his New York cam
paign by speech at Albany last night.
Rum on Sunday or none, makes the local
issue Tuesday in Chicago.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02


Mrs. Greeley had some peculiar ideas,
which her future biographer viii no doubt
notice. She believed in Nature-and in let
ting Nature alone. She used to believe that
children ought to be brought up in a state of
Nature, untrammeled by clothing.
In her religious belief, Mrs. Greeley was
strong Unversalst She believed thoroughly
in the reward and punshments as We 60
along, and that if the wicked escape the pen
alties Of the legal code, that conscience,
(which doth make towards of us ALL will in
fict penalties of asecret sting. In the end she
believed in the universal salvation of all
mankind, but she always thought with Ben
Adhem, that he whose name was writ ''as
one who loved his fellow men," would one
day, in that purer world beyond, ''lead all the
rest" Religion, with her, was not in the
cant of creeds, but in the grander acts of such
great philanthropists as Wilberforce and Hsw
ard-in the sublime stoopings of the Christ
child when he bends to lift struggling or
phan from the gutter, or grandly and bravel,
breaks the shackles of the slave.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02
Help the TorDid Organs

When the body is in state of health the food tax
en- into the stomach acts on the bowels as a stmu-
liant, causing in them that worm-like motion by which
their contents are expelled. The liver being in a
natural condition. the flow of bile (Which is mild
cathartic) into the intestnes is ample and regular,
and hence the discharges easy and sufficiently fire.
quent The of all this constitutes costiveness
and the only true method of is to restore the
functional activity of the two important organs
which use the bowels as sewer for the egress of
waste matter. For this purpose Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters can be confidently recommended as the most
effective of all medicines. 1t is not too much to say
that chronic constipation would be unknown if the
Bitters were in universal use as remedy in the ear
her stages of the complaint. At this period of the
year. when dyspepsia with all its kindred disorders
are so apt to be engendered and aggravated by the
dampness of the atmosphere, this unequal stmulant
toni and Alternative should be taken daily.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02
Can Maine Liberal Republicans Vote for
Greeley?

Will Greeley get the vote of Kimball in
Maine? 1t has from the first been well I'M
derstood that many of the Democrats who
voted gladly for Kimball have never had a
thought of voting for the man who for a
quarter of a century has never mentioned
their name without coupling it with dispar-
aging adjectives. They would as soon give
their suffrages for Wendell Phillips, whom
they know to be sincere, though perhaps a
trife fanatical as for "Honest Horace"
Hence will probably result large falling of
from the Democratic vote Of September.
The question whether the few hundred So
called Liberal Republicans who voted against
Perham will reduce the Democratic vote still
further, is of not the least practical conse-
auence except as purely speculative matter
In the general crash and roar of next Tues
davis great work, when State after State
hurls its immense majority on the heads of
the fallen angels of the late political rebellion,
nobody will stop to inquire in what particular
way five hundred men in Maine who had at
first Joined the Tribune filibustering move
ment affected the result. But looking calmly
at the matter now, with as little partizan
bias as if the subject were the glacial theory
or the inscriptions on the rocks of Damaris-
cove, we hold it to be clearly impossible that
a hundred men who were Republicans a year
ago can can vote for Horace Greeley ON the
eth of November. In the Argus editorial of
Monday we find this sentence which you
NAV find daily in any Democratic paper of
the period: ''The South, as we have seen,
are going for Greeley with overwhelming
unanimity." Now what part of the South is
going "with overwhelming unanimty'' for
Greeleyq That part which would have gone
with the same unanimity for Seymour and
Blair in 1868. had it not at that time been
DISTINGUISHED for treason. That part which
at Greeley meetings greets the names OF
Davis, Lee, Jackson and other Southern
leaders with more enthusiasm than even the
name of their Presidential candidate. That
part which carries rebel flags and transpar-
encies in political professions, burns school
houses. belongs to the Ku Klux Klan, and
once more assaults Union soldiers on their
NOV through Baltimore. That part which
xvas four wears in the Rebel army and is glad
of it-opposed emancipation reconstruction
and the Freedmen's Bureau and is glad of
that But all the blacks, who are not CO.
erccd all the Southern Unionists, all the
school teachers and other Northern coionists,
and all the Rebels, like Longssreet, VINO nave
in sincerity repented of the past and acceptea
the present with hearty good faith, are ior
Ulysses s. Grant. Will even hundred he
publicans in this State vote with the genuine
Rebel army reorganized for political CAM
paigning by Horace Greeley with an I'M
patriotic band whose first work under their
new commander was to attempt the pro-
scription of the freedmen of West Virginia
and to take forcible possession of the polls in
Georgia.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

The Boston Globe favors the election of
Secretary Boutwell, to the Senatorship about
to be made vacant by the promotion of Sena-
tor Wilson. This may be pleasing to Massa-
chusetts, but it will create great dissatisfac-
ton in the country at large. For who would
inspire so much respect and confidence as
Secretary of the Treasury as Mr.. Boutwell, !?
Who can fill his place with reasonable salts
faction
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

Hon. JOHN A. GRIswoLD, whose death
occurred at Troy, N. Y, Thursday evening,
was about fifty years old. He has been large
ly engaged in mercantile pursuits and was
one of the proprietors of the Bessamer steel
patent. He was member of the 38th, 39th
and 10th Congresses, in which he was an &C
the Naval Committee his first two terms, and
On Ways and Means the last. In 1868 he was
the Republican candidate for Governor against
Mr. Hoffman
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

THAT part of the Inter Colonial Railroad
between St. Johns and Halifax, which COM
pletes the line of the European and North
American railroad, will be opened formally
on Monday, November 18th. 1t is said that
arrangements are in progress for something
of celebration,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

MAIL RoBBERY-On Tuesday night last In
spector King of the Dominion Post-office De-
partment arrested a Mr.. Currier, mail agent be-
tween Island Pond and Montreal, for robbing
the mails. Mr. Currier is a Frenchman, about
fifty years of age and short time ago married
a young lady, daughter of another mail carrier,
about eighteen years of age. 1t seems that for
over two years he has been in the habit of
opening letters directed to parties in the Do
minion by French Canadians resident in the
United States and purloining their contents
keeping lists of the same with the intention of
returning the money if he proved successful in
his speculations. He confessed the whole affair
to Mr.. King and handed him the lists of letters
he had opened. He will probably be sentenced
to thirty years imprisonment
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

SINCE the Seabrook disaster, our ex-
changes are discussing the question of a safety
switch, which shall be proof against the care
lessness ofemployees and the villainy of those
who are desperate enough to commit whole
sale murder by displacing them. 1t is said
that the Vermont Central and Pennsylvania
Central are using Wharton's safety switch
which keeps the main line unbroken. IT it
is desired to run train upon side track,
the switch must be forcibly held by a switch
man. The moment he lets go his hold the
switch flies back and the main line is made
whole. The experiments thus far with this
switch have been very satisfactory upon the
Vermont Central, which has all gifts switch
lights so arranged that the position of the
switch is shown to the engineer the moment
the light is seen. The switch lights work
automatically with the switch.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

AT any time our wholesale merchants on
Commercial street can compete with those oil
any other locality, but just now when the
epizootic has deprived all kinds OF business OF
the use ofhorses, the superior facilities of our
dealers for the shipment of heavy merchandise
from their store houses to cars or vessels at
the wharves, give them an immense advan-
tage while the epidemic lasts. We understand
that two or three vessels from towns on our
eastern coast are here loading with heavy
treights because they could not obtain the
goods readily elsewhere. Country traders
will do well to make note of this fact.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

WHAT spite the Democracy must have
against poor Tom Lang Having seen him
safely over one political precipice this fall,
they are preparing with the utmost cheerful
ness and alacrity to see him over another
sleeper and more dangerous one next Tues
day. He will indeed be an ''elector at large"
after that day, so far at least as any official
duties are concerned
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

A number of American citizens are run
ming up something of bill against Spain.
The commission appointed to take record of
the claims of American citizens against the
Spanish Government have on file demands
for some $50,00O,0O0 already, and the amount
is being increased daily.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

The canvass of the Minneapolis Jail resulted
in five for Grant and two for Greeley.-Cro,o
Organ.
We have long been aware that thousands
of Democrats are leaving the sinking Greeley
ship; but have not been prepared to believe
the unfinching body guard of the Democra-
cy,known as Jail birds are severing the sympa-
thetic chord. The matter is getting serious
But then they have doubtless resolved to re-
pent and have wisely taken the first step by
severlng their connection with the Democrat
ic party.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

, sAI.EM-Ar goth, brig chas Wesley. Harrington,
Bangor for Washington; schs John SNOW; Cotton,
SaIas io Ms for New York. Kate roster Ks
L9nt, Lunt, do for Washington; Isabella Jewett,
Ho9kns, and Mathl Stevens Saunders, do for New
Coral, Rhoades, do for plymouth; Peucinian. Turn
en- Orland; Sparta: Hopkins, Frankfort Cocheco,
rem. Rockland Bedabedec, Knowlton. and Ken
ney, wallace, do for New York; Alice Cakes, Mar
Hackensack; Flora King, Cook, and Terrapin, woos-
ter, do for New York; Fred c Holden, Hood, do for
Sullivan; Albert, Wallace, and Congress. Durham,
Bangor; Eastern Queen, Dunbar, do for Washington;
Effort, Rice, do for Fall River.
FOREIGN PORTS. w
Ar at Newschwang Aug 2ad, barque Moneynick,
Marshall, Swallow.
Sid I'm Yokohama 18th ult, barque Eta Loring,
Loring, for New York.
At Whampoa Sept 20, barque S D Carlton, Free
man, for New York.
At Zebu Sept 9Th, ship Gaspee, Drummond, for
Ar at Calcutta Oct 80, ship Tennyson, Graves, from
Sid FIN Manila I'd ult, barque Elwood Cooper, jack
son, San Francisco
At Iloilo Sept 2, ship Itaska Rush. for London
barque N Gibson, Smalley, for New York.
At Trieste 18th ult, barques Surprise, Hoyt TOR
New York, ldg; Almoner, Averill, disg.
Ar at Stetten 14th ult barque Celeste Clark, Fos-
ter, Philadelphia
--latest by European steamers.l
Ar at Deal 18th ut, barque Argentine Gikey, from
New York for Antwerp.
Ar at Falmouth E, 10th ult, barque S A Blaisdell
Sawyer, Iquique.
Sid 18th. barque j E Woodwork. Mcneil. Belfast
Cid at Liverpool 18th. ship Gettysburg. Walker fol
New Orleans; barque Eliza Mcneil, Mills, Tybee.
Ar at London 18th ult, barque Carrie Wyman
Cochrane. philadelphia
Sid 23d, barque Florence Peters, Mitchell, fer New
York.
Ar at Shields nth ult, ship VIM woodbu y, Henri.
| man, London.
| Ar at Havana Dist ult brig Meteor, Estes, N Yorl
| days
At Trinidad 23d ult, sch Nellie Shaw, Gates, from
| Philadelphia, ar 23d.
| Ar at Matanzas 10Th ult, brig Wenonah, Stone
| New York.
| Cid at Pictou 25th ult, barque A C Small. O'Bron
Cientlegos; briggs Soule, Soule, do; Gambia, Gil
| key Portland
Cid at st John, NIB, Goth ult sch Ada Barker, Saw
| yer, New York.
| SPOKEN.
Sept 90 lat Is 45 n lon 11s 45 w, ship Merom, from
| San Francisco for Cork.
Oct 10, lat "a &c N, Ion IS 4S, barque Com Dupont
| Nichols, from London for Boston.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02
INDIRECT CLAn1s-The Washington special

INDIRECT CLADds-The Washington special
of the Boston Traueller says:
1t will be recollected that during the discus
sion of the Washington treaty last summer, a
question of veracity arose between the Ameri-
can and British Commissioners in regard to
consequential damages, Sir Stafford Northcote
alleging that distinct understanding had been
had that the United States would waive all
such claims if the matter should come before the
Geneva Tribunal.
At that time Mr.. Fish gave his declaration
that to the best of his knowledge and belief,
Northcotes statement was incorrect, and sent
copies of letter to all the members of the joint
high commission, asking their recollection of it.
They unanimously agreed with Mr.. Fish, and
now that the Geneva award has been made, and
the San Juan boundary question settled, Mr.
Fish has given publicity to their replies, which
include positive veriticaton of his position,
from Minister Schenek, Justice Nelson, Judge
Hoar and Attorney General Williams.
AS a matter OF history setting the United
States Commissioners right, these documents
are invaluable.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

WE do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writerarc in
all casesindispensabe not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02
RANK OF PORTLAND,

On and after this date, the un ersigned will carry
on STRICTLY Banking business, at the Banking
Rooms now occupied by the Second National Bank,
in Portland Maine, under the style of the BANK
OF PORTLAND'' and as such, will receive Deposits
and make Discounts, in the regular course of the
Banking Business.
w.N GOOLD.
Portland, June oath, 1872.
jun23new1t then sn If t0g
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
fH'n Yet

THNHE commodous four stored Brick Store, No. 81
Il Commercial St-immediate possession given.
Inquire of ELIAS THOMAS Il CO,
No. 80 Commercial st.
Or of WV. THOMAS. Canal National Bank
seDt12sntf
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. SPECIAL NOTICES.

Mother Mobiles Healing Syrup ann Mcs,
Lungs, prepared by DR.. E. P. Huyfor. successor to
Dr. Abel King, New York city. For sale at w.
MORSE, General Agent for Cumberland Co., No
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j. B. BROWN &c SONS.
b A N x r r s,
No. 40 Exchange Street.
PORTLAND. MAINE

DEALERS in Government and other Investment
Securities and in Gold and Silver Coin.
DEPOSITS received subject to check at sight. In
terest at the rate of Four per per amman allow
ed on all Daily Balances. Accounts rendered and in
terest credited monthly.
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT issued bearing n
terest by agreement and available at maturity
Portland, Boston or New York.
STERLING Exchange purchased. Sight and sixty
day drafts on Englnnd, Ireland, Scotland and al
the principal cities of Europe Also, Gold and Cur
rency Checks on Boston, New York and Montreal
Sold
Agents for the sale of the
First Mortgage Bonds OF the Port
land & OgdensburS H. H.
se30 sn M&Stf
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~EPUEaECAN NOMINATIONS.
FOR PRESIDENT,
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
HENRY WILSON.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS:

FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS:
At Larqe-SAMUEL E. SPRING, Of Porttuad.
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL,
Of Cherrufeld
irst District-JAMES FL. MCMILLAN.
Second District-JOHN H. KIMBALL, Of Bath.
Third Distrtct-JAMES ERSKINE, of Bristol.
Fourth District-MORDECAI MITCHELL
Fifth District WILLIAM McGILVERY.