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The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17

Sid oath. sch Juliet, Nash, New York; 26th' brig
Carrie Purington. whittemere, do. ,, w. y,.
Ar at Havana 9Th inst, sch Mary W Hnpper, hodg,
don Fernandina 8th, brig Faustina, Blancharu, III
New York; sch A NJ Chadwick, Coan, Portland;
SID Sth, brig Martha Berry, Berry, tor Poruana'
North o Durs Liberty
% Ssos1on; sth brig fsidora Rionda, Pummer, North
land; Geo Dale Pierce Philadelphia: Deiphine,
,Waiiace' New York; s.h Hart, Hart, Portland
Fl dol darps5 ses a FL Ps%n sh
Baltimore Balti 7th, barque NJ Haven, Hall, New
Sid 7th, brig Minna Traub, for North Of H.,,sros
schs Hattie Ross, Uirick Boston; 9th G " FwaH
Giles, Portland S = liar Hart. Hart for Havana. ''"
, Az at S5ag1a 4th inst, sch Gavin Harris Phil
Ar at Havana 9th inst, sch Marcus Hunter. Henlv
Sierra Morena for North of Hatteras oi'y'
Sid sth, sch Roswell Hurlbut, Sagua.
Wiswell; Glover, Matanzas.
Sid 9Th, barque Flori M Hubert, Dudley, NYork
Sa4aes Hey ner pkey Yoat s
BALTIMORE sch Nellie Scott Milan. New York
At Curacao 23d ult, sch David Wasson Jones' from
Jacksonville, ar 22d, for Cienfuegos days.
Ar at st John, NIB, 18th inst, ship Mt Washington
Titcomb, Boston.
--latest by European steamers.]
Cid at Liverpool I'd, Charles Davenport, Boag, fol
Quebec.
Sid 4th, Lady Blessngton, Williams, Kong Kong
via Cardiff.
OFF Great Ormshead 3lst, Investigator, Ford from
Liverpool for Baltimore.
Ar at Deal I'd, John Bunyan, Gilmore, New York
for Amsterdam.
Sid fm Queenstown 4th, A McCalum, Moody, (rom
Caao) for Cardiff.
Sid FIN Marseilles 1st inst, Ormus, Pettengll, for
Matanzas.
CID OF Rotterdam I'd inst, c Hazeltne, Gilkey,
| Montreal. -
Ar af how
Ar at Havre LIST inst, Sabine Paine and Marcia d
Chase New York Caledonia, Weeks. do.
Sid Sd, Uncle Tobey. Snnet, Cardiff and Callao.
Ar at Probolingo Feb Z, Borneo, Walker, fm Siuga
pore.
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
House for Sale.

AT GoRHAM. ME-, large handsome ison two story
ou uasf fne noIi lot having ri rods front South ST.
short distance from Church, Post-ofice and Depot.
The Choice Situation in Gorhami besides Hlts
hedges there are nearly hundred fruit trees apple
crab-apple pear peach and cherry ten grape vines
and good garden containing many currant pushes'
hne piepant &c. There are about SO acres Of land,
afording pasturage and many choice house lots.
Geo. A. Perkins, on the premises mar12sntf
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17

at once, the condition Of the individual stom.
ach being disregarded in the anxiety for the
general health. So that now the literal pub
lie fast isas foreign to modern therapeutics as
to primitive Christianity. 1t is true that we
are on this day exhorted to make use of
"prayer and suplication," bat the scripture
text following the exhortation makes clear
He prayeth well who loveth well
Roth man and bird and beast;
He prayeth best, who loveth best
All things both great and small.
and that the love which makes prayer accep
table is disclosed by works Of benevolence
alone So
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING, APR. u, 1878

EVERY re ,ular attache of the Press is furnsnu ,r
With card certificate countersigned by s'aney
Pullen, Editor. All railway, stesmDoa' ana ling
managers will confer favor upon us py a,,t o,,
cred ntials of every person claiming 20 ..bum
lsuraal as we have Information that Of tbe
,ncrs" are seeking courfesies N 80 he even mas
Pass, and we have no dis,os''''
: velv n Marty 10 such fraud
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17

THE State officers of North Carolina and
Gen. Malone are engaged in a contest over
the railroads in that State with Tom Scott,
the railroad autocrat The State is som E.
what old fashioned and desires to be manag-
cd by its own people. Scott don't care
much about the people but he covets GER
tain railroad to give him through line from
Atlanta, Georgia to Richmond, We. There
have been occasions when we would have
been pleased at the defeat of Gen. Malone
but in this instance we hope the plucky ex-
rebel will be victorious
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17

IT is said that the committee of the Execu.
tive Council on State Reform School, having
carefully examined into the management of
other institutions, including the best models
in New England, will recommend a decided
change in the system of our institution.
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17

WE hear of compulsory vaccination and
compulsory education, but the idea Of COM
pulsory voting-that is, forcing the elector to
go to the polls and vote-has not been often
mentioned and never tried. The French
government will be the first to try this expert
ment, which will be watched with interest by
the people in this and other republican gov
ernments. Voting will be placed on tie
same basis as taX-paying,
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17

..,, a, mot read anonymous letters and commuui-
Inns The name and address Of the writer are In
s cases indspe ab not necessarily for publication
hut as guaranty ofgood faith.
wecannot undertake to return or re erve com.
,uunlcar,ons that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
Wanted.

An active intelligent man with ability for the bus
ness. wanted to take an agency for Portland and
vicinity, Of one Of the most popular Lite Insurance
u n Rnx 100 apr3an3M
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
DIED.

In this city, April 1s, OF consumption, Mrs. j.
Frances pessle. in the SD year Of her age.
In Standish, April 16, Mrs. Lucy Watson, aged Il.
In Lewiston, March 80. John A., son of Elbridge
W. Garcelon.
~ The funeral services OF the late j. L. Booth
by will take place on Thursday afternoon, at Oclk,
at the State Street Church. Members Of the Port
land Commandery are requested to be present with
cut uniform.
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
BANK OF PORTU.ANn

On, and after this date, the undersigned 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 tho regular course Of the
Banking Business.
Portland, June oath, 1872.
jun23new1t then sn If
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17

THE severe snow storm along portion of
the line of the Central Pacific Railroad, pros
trated several miles of the telegraph line,
which accounts for the meagre news from the
Modoc country.
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
PROBATE NOTICE.
To all Persons interested i'm the Esta
aiuu n.

To all Persons interested i'm the Estate
hereinafter named,
A a Court of Probate held at Portland, within
"A and for the County ofCumberland, on tho third
Tuesday of April, in the year of our Lord eigh-
teen hundred and seventy-three the following mat
ter having been presented for the action thereupon
hereinafter indicated. it is hereby Ordered,
That notice thereof be given to all persons inter-
esed, by causing copy Of this order to be published
once week In the Portland Daily Press and Daily
Eastern Argus, and three weeks successfully in the
Maine State Press and Eastern Argus, papers, print
ed at Portland aforesaid, that they may appear at
Probate Court to be held at said Portland on the third
Tuesday Of May next at ten of the clock in the fore
noon, and be heard thereon, and object if they see
cause the first publication to be thirty days at least
before the time SO assigned.
RICHARD T. DODGE, late of Ipswich in the
County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massacbu-
setts deceased. Authenticated copy of Will and the
probate thereof proved and allowed in said County
Of Essex, and petition that the may be filed and
recorded in said County Of Cumberland, presented
by Abby T. Dodge, Executrix Of said viii.
JOHN A. WATERMAN, Judge.
A true copy Of the original order.
Attest, WILLIAM X. NEAL,
ap17dlaw5w&w3wH Register.
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
CONSTANT TALK.

Some men who are engaged In trade,
Who know how goods to sell,
Have fortunes in their business made
They've talked so much and well;
They've made their customers believe
The place to trade was there;
And If they "bargains" would receive,
They should not trade elsewhere.
This Constant talk' of GEORGE FENNO's,
OF "Suiting'' Boys from head to feet,
Brings multitudes to him for "CLoTHEs,''
Corner of Beach and Washington street.
apr15 snd6t
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17

PORTLAND & OGDENSBURG r. r. co.
SUPERINTENDENT's OFFICE,
Portland, Apr. 18th, 1873.
On and after WEDNESDAY, April 16 tn, all Pas
senger trains over the Portland g. Ogdensburg Rail-
road, will run to and from the Boston & Maine Pas
senger Station in Portland
apr14sndlw JONAS HAMILTON, supt.
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17

LATER accounts of the massacre at Colfax,
Louisiana, give fairer insight into the real
condition of affairs and disclose a piece Of
barbarity that has no parallel since the Fort
Pillow slaughter during the war. The frs:
dispatches, in the interest of the McEnery
government, with all their coloring and dis
tortion of the truth, could not conceal the
fact that, even if the negroes had been the
aggressors, their enemies were as merciless as
blood-thirsty monsters well could be. 1t is to
be hoped that this matter will be fully inves-
tigated, and the guilty parties and those insti-
eating them will be punished as their shock
ing barbarity deserves.
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
For Sale.

TN Gorham, about twenty minutes walk from the
Il Depot, House and two acres of land, covered
with apple trees bearing very choice fruit. As the
property must be sold be purchased for half of
what the buildings would cost.
DANIEL C. EMERY.
Gorham, April To- 1878. apr-d&wf
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
n tba ualI

| D,pe DODGE & Co., the well
,,,,, firm of importers. OF Ne" fofK, nave
.,,,;sbed a statement of the circumstances
i,n,1or which suit has been brought against
them by the United States. The charge al
legged is that the firm entered at various
times large quantity Of tin plate for less
than its real value. In explanation, The firm
says that the law requires that goods be as.
sessed on their true market value, but that
an invoice accompanying shall state the ac-
tual cost, 1t has, however, been the custom
to assess the duty on whichever of these in
voices the price was the largest. 1t is not
charged that the firm entered goods at less
than market value, but the difficulty grew out
ofthe fact that the Liverpool shippers on 'iiis
cellaneous class of goods contracted ior ions
before their shipment, to obviate the diIhcui'y'
had marked them up on the invoice ~heh
the cost was less than the market 'ai"e' anu
n,,rl,ed them down when the cost was great
or +b,n the market value-the general aver<
oro tbe firm claims, being in favor OF the
government. Such invoices were accompan'
led bv :; memoranda stating the contract
nrce. These were given to an unworthy
clerk who allowed dishonest persons to in
spect them in the night, being in fact con-
federate At length the clerk, having infor-
nation sufficient to make a case, destroyed
the memoranda and invoices favorable to the
government, and presented those favorable to
the firm to agents of the Treasury. When
the charge was made, the firm presented their
books for examination, and before the inves.
tigation closed deposited for the government
an amount covering the entire value of the
goods claimed to be vitiated. On examina-
ton, the government held the memoranda as
duplicate invoices covering $271 900 of a total
amount of $40, ,0O0, ,0O0-the total amount of
the discrepancy on the same being less than
$4,000 between the memoranda and the in-
voice, and the duty thereon being less than
$4,000. The firm further state that they were
never indicted and preferred to settle the
matter by paying the S27l,o0O, rather than
enter into litigation.
The facts never came to the firm at the
time the goods were being received and they
arc unable to show their side of the case
through the perfidy of the clerk, who saw in
the transaction an opportunity to realize a
handsome sum. Judge Noah Davis, late dis
trict attorney, confirms the statement of the
firm so far as the investigation is concerned.
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17

THE Kennebec Journal local, in noticing
the slaughtering of a yoke of oxen and that
the bovine hide were the largest ever bought
in Augusta, is impelled to say he couldn't
help thinking what nice boots they would
make. The demand of that local, in consid.
Grafton of the rather limited supply, couldn't
possibly extend beyond single pair.
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
FOREIGN PORTS.

At Mejillones Feb 90 ship Matilda, Carver, from
Caldera.
Ar at Cardenas Sd inst, brig A g Jewett, Reed,
Philadelphia.
Sid 9Th inst, brig Torrent, Tibbetts for North OF
Hatteras.
Sid fm Cienfuegos 5th inst, brig Myronus, Higgins,
Falmouth.
Ar at Caibarlen 18th ult barque Orchilla Havener,
st Thomas; 22d, David Chaplin. Bunker do; 25th,
Mary Dyer. Hopkins, New York; Fannie Lor-
ing, Loring, Havana.
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17

MARK TwAN's sensible suggestions in
reference to rubber life RATS on ocean steam
ers, are deservedly attracting wide attention
in the press. There is no doubt that some
thing of the kind would be vast improve
ment upon the unwieldy and unreliable life
boats, which are practically useless when the
waves run high, being generally either shiv-
cred to atoms or larned bottom upwards
when they are first launched. Marks life
raft, or at least the one he has in mind, for
he did not invent it himself, is q different af-
fair. 1t consists of three inflated horizontal
rubber tubes, with platform lashed on top.
They are of all sizes, from a little affair the
size of barn door, to raft twenty-five feet
long and six or eight feet wide. Nine of these
of assorted sizes would occupy, when slowed
IN convenient positions for use, hardly more
than the space occupied by four boats, and
they would save every soul on board. They
could be pitched into the sea in a moment,
and they always fall right side up, ready for
their freight of passengers, who would then
sail away through the storm, sitting high and
dry from two to four feet above the tops OF
the waves.
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17

ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS whom the i'm
partial historian will connect prominently
with that wing Of the Democracy engaged in
the''Lost Cause" now assumes to be the Off
cial dictator of the national Democracy. He
says ''the Democratic Party must be pre-
served in its entire iDtegrity-in its princi-
pies and its organization; and the trading
politicians, Calming to be Democra tic Lead
ers, must go to the rear, as their generalship
in the last Presidential campaign proved
most conclusively that they are neither safe
counselors nor leaders to be trusted.''
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
GAS NOTICE {!
SOUSED TRIPE

"AVING for the past two months been very short
IL of SOused Tripe, we take this opportunity
to inform our Customers that we have made agange-
ments for as large supply as this market will
quire.
COMMERCIAL ST. MERCHANTS will please
take notice thereof and govern themselves according
ly.
apri7d3ts C. W. BELKNAP & co.
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17

DR.. Urann, who has made so many wonderful cures
IN this town and others, will remain in town but
short iMe me longer Z % He has had good success. The
town, Is truly wonderful one when DIR. Urann was
called to see him week ago Friday he was not able
to turn himself in bed; he Ia now able to walk the
street and Is daily gaining strength.-[Ellsw0rth
American.
The above statement, so far as am concerned, is
but the simple TRUTH and cheerfully endorse 1t
an act of justice to DR.. Urann and earnestly recon-
mend all persons afflicted with Rheumatism, Neu-
ragia, or other kindred complaints, whether acute
chronic to give him CALL being being sanggine that he
Ellsworth, Jan. 7, 1878.
This will certify that was troubled with Sciatic
Rheumatism and suffered great pain, was unable to
sleep without taking morphine could not walk.
was carried to DR.. Uranns office, at the Dewitt
House, and after one treatment was free from pan
and have been able to work ever since:
Auburn, May T. 1869.
LEWISTON, May 7, 1869.
This will certify that had lost the use of my lower
limbs and unable to walk even stand, had
several physicians who pronounced my case incura-
bic. Hearing of DR.. Urann's Wonderful Cures,
sent for him. In less than a week was able to walk
in the streets, and can now walk two miles daily:
JAMES F. BRADBURY.
ELLSWORTH. Oct. 8, 1857.
To THE MACHIAs REPUBLICAN.-Gents: AS Dr,
Urann, of Boston, is about visiting your place. and
stranger in these parts, know very WELL like most
physicians travelling, he will be looked upon with sus-
picion particularly as his cures look miraculous.
had been obliged to walk on crutches for one year,
and for nine months not able to put my foot to
nearly disable me. could not dress or undress my
self or get off the bed without help He treated my
case last Friday morning, and in less than an hour
after was able to walk home, a distance of nearly
half mile, up hill, without crutches and have been
gaining ever since. j. Il. JORDAN,
mch26sntf formerly Deputy Sheriff.
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
BATCHELOR,s HAIR DYE.

This splendid Hair Dye is the best in the aoorld.
The only True and Perfect Dye. Harmless Reliable
and instantaneous; nodisappointment no ridiculous
tim or unpleasant Odor. Remedies the i'll effects Of
bad dyes washes Produces IMyEDIATELY q superb
BLACK OR NATURAL BROWN, and leaves the hair
clean soft and beautiful. The genuine, signed W. A.
atchelor. Sold by all Druggists.
CHAS. BACHELOR, Prop, N. Y.
fd&w 1yrRN
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
For Sale.

VALUABLE SAND Pts acres of land in Cor
ham, Maine adjoining the track of the Portland and
Rochester R. R. Bank 20 feet high, sand very fine,
needing no screening.
Also ONE DOUBLE STORY AND A HALF
HOUSE on leased land rear of 90 Clark street.
Apply to
II. b. REED,
apl5Snlw 81 Middle street,
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
MARRIED.

In this city, April 10. by Rev: F. Southworth, AL
bert N. Potter Of Webster and Miss Mary c. johnson
OF Portland, formerly OF Falmouth.
In this city, April 16, BY Rev. DR.. Carruthers. Fred
erick Smith and Miss Ella NJ. Guptell, both of Port
land.
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
Taxes i'm Cape Elizabeth.

NOTICE is hereby given that all Town and School
IN District Taxes on Real Estate in the town OF
Cape Elizabeth. for the year 1871 remaining unpaid
the 18th day of May 1873 will be advertised and
sold according to law.
ELISHA n. JORDAN,
Coll for the town OF Cape Elizabeth for 1871.
Cape Elizabeth, Abril 16 1878.
apr17 d2t.Sw1w in Nav
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17

SPOKEN.
Feb 49, lat 12 II s, lon 80 80 W. ship Gen Mel elap
from New York for San Francisco
Feb %. lat s, lon 20 w, barque Chalmette, from
Boston Feb p for San Francisco.
March "a. lat 40, lon H. ship John Bunyan from
New Orleans for Rotterdam.
April s, off Hatteras, sch H G Mcfarland from
Matanzas for New York
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
Portland R. II. COMPANY.

A MEETING Of the Stockholders of the Portland
IA Railroad Company will be held in Reception
Rooms Cty Ball )Portland ON Friday April 25th inst
att o'clock p M for the purpose Of filling the vacan
nation OF Col. Charles B. Merrill. Attest:
ap17 NJ W&F* CHARLES HOLDEN, Sec'y.
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
1d&w
WONDERFUL CURES I
DIR, UR ANN.
OF BOSTON,
Who has made 20 many Wonderful Cures all over the
New England States, is at the

PREBLE HOUSE,
And will Remain q Few Weeks.
Every invalid should see him, no matter what their
complaint may be,
20 900 Patients hare been Treated 6y him aythta the
last ten gears, aoith WONDERFUL Success.
Read shc following Wonderful Cures in
Maine;
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
BONDS!

BONDS Of western cities and Counties 10 per cent.
interest and principal payable In the east Private
property as well public reached. Debts very small
in proportion to property and therefore easily paid
Careful investors are invited to call and examine the
Bonds. Laws and Decisions Of the courts upon such
securities and will find them very safe. There is
nothing better
CHARLES M. HAWKES.,
feb6snf % Exchange st., Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
MAINE CENTRAL II. H.

On THURSDAY April 18th, Fastday0 there will
be no freight trains run the M. C. r, R., and no
freight received or delivered on that day.
l.. L. LINCOLN,
apr15dsntd Acting Supt.
The Portland daily press., 1873-04-17
SPECIAL NOTICES.
FOR PIMPLES ON THE FACE,

Blackhead and Fleshworm, use PERRY'S lmprov-
cd Comedone and Pimpe Remedy, the great skin
medicine. Prepared only by DR.. b: G. PERRY,
Dermatologst, 40 Bond St. N. Y. Soldby Druggists
everywhere. mar22sn6m
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-05-23
Roots as Manure.

IT has been found that the roots of a
good crop of red clover left in an acre of
land after the removal of the crop weigh
six thousand five hundred and eighty
pounds, or from three to three and half
tons. The same examination gave the
weight of an acre of rye roots at thirty
five hundred pounds, and of wheat roots,
at thirty four hundred pounds. All of
this matter is of course valuable for the
use of such crops as may be grown dur
ing or after it's decomposition. The we'll
known superiority of clover as a manur-
ing crop, however, is not due alone to the
greater amount of organic matter taken
mainly from the atmosphere, which its
roots supply, but also to the position in
which this matter is deposited. The roots
reach deeply into the soil, and on their
decomposition they serve to draw moist
ure from the lower soil, and by the de-
composition Of fertilizing matter to
considerable depth, they induce the de-
scent of the roots of other crops to
point where they are much more sure of
supply of moisture during dry seasons
than they could be if nearer the surface.
Then again, these deeply penetratingroots
traverse parts of the subsoil not hereto
fore open to vegetation, and in their de-
composition they produce chemical
effect on the inorganic substances that lie
along their courses, and help to render
them, too, serviceable for future crops
american Agrtcuzturist.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-05-23

One of the advances of modern agricul.
tural science is in the knowledge OF how
the roots of plants feed At one time a
root was root, and that was all; but 1t is
now we'll known that roots are OF two
classes, only one of which has much to do
with furnishing food for the plant. These
are commonly known as 1bres. They
work during the season in taking up ma
nure from the soil, and at the end of a
year they mostly die as the leaves do.
With the development Of the leaves there
is a new activity in the root fibre's
growth, and many of the old ones die.
The novel point in modern knowledge is
that these fibrous or feeding roots are al
ways near the surface of the soil. .
With this knowledge comes the neces-
sity of modifying old practices of marfur-
ing. When it is dug down deep into the
soil. or plowed deeply under, it is in
great measure wasted. The true policy
now is to keep it as near the surface as
possible, so as not to be too much exposed
to wasting winds.
The practice Of the best agriculfurists
has been gradually coming to this for
years past, without knowing exactly the
reason why such good resulted. Surface
manuring has been found, in many in
stances, superior to the old plan of dig
ging in and has found many intelligent,
earnest advocates. We do not know that
we can heartily endorse the plan as gen.
eral rule of leaving the manure to be en-
tirely on the surface to the action of the
hot, bleaching sun; but to have it merely
narrowed in so that it may be just where
the numerous small surface roots can get
readily at it, is certainly a good thing,
and has been found as good in practice as
the considerations we have noted would
lead us to expect.-Forney's Weekly Press.