The Portland daily press., 1873-03-14
Grand Army of the Republic.

Cen Daniel White OF Bangor, in ASSUMING
,be office of Commander of the Department q
Maine, Grand Army of the Republic. to which
he was elected at the annual Encampment a
| Biddeford, Jan. 31st issues General Orders
No. 1, in which the following Staff appoint
ments are made: E. E. Small, Bangor Assis
tant Adjutant General; J, A. Dole, Bangor
Assistant Qnartermaster General; VIM. H.
Pennell, Portland, Inspector; John F. Godfrey,
Bangor, Judge Advocate; Charles w. Tilden,
Castine, A. d. G. and Chief of Staff; P. z.
Woodfin of National Asylum; VIM P. Jordan
OF Portland, Nelson Howard of Lewiston, John
5. Wiggin of Bath, Chas. ID. Clark of Bangor,
Augustus L. Smith of Augusta, and E. F. Lord
of Upper Saltwater, Aides de Camp; s. w.
Siphers, Post 6, Gardiner, Hermon Bartlett.
Post II, Bangor, and +. A. Stackpole, Post 10
Kenduskeag, are appointed Assistant Inspec-
tors.
The following extracts from General Orders
No. l, are of interest to the public:
Kali Posts in this Department are warned
against engaging in Lotteries or other enter
prises in violation of the laws of the State. AS
sistant inspectors will be charged with the duty
of reporting any violation of this order.
M..The Grand Army of the Republic being
ton in this command endorsing or relating to
any OF the political parties whether by resolu-
tons or otherwise, is strictly prohibited.
REV. Mr.. BoLLEs' LAST LEcTURE.-Av very
large audience-completely filling Fluent Hall,
gathered last evening to listen to the last OF
Rev. Mr.. Bolles' lectures on the microscope.
The subject announced was "The Spectroscope
and Polariscope applied to the Microscope
The lecture was to be made up more largely OF
experiments than the preceding ones-experl-
ments of a very delicate nature; and SO Tar as
they applied to the Spectroscope were suffi-
GENTLY successful, perhaps, to convey to the
minds of the audience an Interpretation of some
of the greatest mysteries in the natural
sciences, if they did not fully meet the expecta-
tons of the lecturer and his assistants If they
developed the truth of but single proposition,
they were successful; that by means of the
spectroscOpe the chemical composition of invis-
ible objects can be clearly ascertained, and that
pencil of light from one of the luminous
heavenly bodies determines the elements of
which it is composed, and measures the direc-
ton and speed of its flight through infinite
space. By its use, it was shown that certain
fixed stars, whose light is years in reaching the
earth, hold in their composition mineral sub
stances like those which are abundant in our
planet. The lecturer also proved by the same
tests, that comets are only vaporous bodies;
and relieved the fears of his hearers-if any
had them-that the predicted collision of the
approaching comet and the earth would be-
harmless to the heavier body.
:. 1t is matter of regret that the efforts to APP
ply the polariscope failed, owing to mechani
cal defect in the apparatus; but the audience,
though disappointed, were very goodsnatured,
and sympathized heartily with MI. Bolles, who
had labored so hard for their entertainment and
instruction, and up to this time to their salts
faction. MOO ENtO g
At the close Mr. A. p Stone called the au-
dence to order, and moved that Collector
Washburn be invited to preside over the meet
ing; and that gentleman consented. Mr. Stone
then offered the following resolutions, which
were adopted by very decisive vote:
ResoIued, That having listened to the course
of lectures by the Rev. E. c. Bodies, upon the
microscope and what it shows us, we desire to
express the high degree of qualification we
have experienced during these lectures; and to
tender our grateful acknowledgements to the
lecturer and his assistants for the pleasure and
profit they have afforded us. -,a
Resolved, That we regard these highly enter
tanning and instructive lectures as well adapted
to promote more general knowledge of the
wonders of creation, and of the marvellous rev.
Citations of the microscope; and we cheerfully
commend them to the generous patronage of
au enlightened public. 1IfTf n IS
Mr.. Bolles thanked his friends for this vol
untary and fattering testimonial, and remark
ed that if he had succeeded in opening to his
friends new field for innocent amusement, or
inspired desire for investigation into the mys-
teries of natural science, he felt himself repaid
ACCIDENT TO PORTLAND VEssEE9 IA New
York despatch says that the brig George Burn
ham of Portland for Cardenas shifted her car
go and shipped large quantities of water in the
late storm.
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