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The Portland daily press., 1873-01-29
RriefLOttiugs.

The Rochester trains were seriously delayed
by snow yesterday. The morning train was
two hours and the afternoon train three hours
late.
The great question which has been agtatine
the world, for SO many years, viz: "Who i,
who?" will be answered at the India Street
Universalist Church this evening
We wish to call special attention to Nelson &
Co. advertisement of Hamburg Edgings p
Yesterday was one of those hybrid days, cleal
and pleasant in the morning, cloudy and cold
at night. In the afternoon it was enlivened by
spits of snow. % .Enf-tie
The sleighing yesterday was most excellent
and very many people took advantage of it, en-
lvening the streets with stylish equipages.
"Are you going to the Black Crook" is o
ques Jon very frequently asked on the streets
The man who is asked chances over his shoulder
to see if his minister or any of his womankind
are near, and being treasured, Whispers eyes -
Don't forget the entertainment to be given
by the young people at the vestry of the India
Street Uniyersalist Church this evening. ''The
Last Loaf, 'and "Who is who" will be perform
ed, and will well pay all those who attend.
A snow slide from the United States Hotel
yesterday frightened many people standing
near but did no damage.
Some additional cases of smallpox were re-
ported yesterday in the infected district about
Washington street.
The man who wants to borrow fifty cents for
a few moments is about town again victimizing
our traders.
The Grand Army will bring out the drama of
the Union Spy at City Hall, on the 9th of next
month.
The Mercantile Library Association have
petitioned the Legislature for permission to ex-
tend their charter so as to hold property of the
value of 100000.
Mr. j. f. Fernival, W ho has occupied the po-
sition of steamer superintendent of freights in
ward bound, for some time past has been pro-
NOTED to city agent for the Grand Trunk Cor
poration in Portland.
Schooner ED Sumter" from New York to
this port, loaded with corn, had to lie by four
hours Monday in the storm off Cape Ann, and
her decks were flooded.
Mr.. o. w. Davis of this city, who has leased
the Katahdin Iron Works in Piscataquis coun
ty, Thursday last had one hundred and fifty
wood choppers at work getting out wood fol
the furnaces, and has made arrangements will
w. W. Thomas, jr., for colony of 200 Swede
this spring as employees.
The funeral of the late Jacob L. Armstrong
took place from his late residence yesterday af
ternoon, the services being performed by th
Rev. Asa Dalton. Quite number of the off
GERS and men of the old 18th Maine Volunteer
were present.
The Pickwickites had dress rehearsal a
City Hall last evening.
Seven dodgers enjoyed "Uncle divers hos
pitality last night, and there were four drunk
entered on the slate
The Portland daily press., 1873-01-29

The House proceeded to the consideration of
the Indian appropriation bill
After disposing of the Senate amendments TO
the Indian appropriation bill and providing for
a Conference Committee on the disagreeing
votes the House took up the Colorado bill which
was discussed till o'clock, when the death of
Julius S. Strong, late representative from Con-
nectieut was announced and appropriate eulo-
gies delivered Adjourned.
The Portland daily press., 1873-01-29

Ames given before the committee 1 have
nothing whatever to conceal in this tfansac-
ton as far as | am connected with it. Mr.
Ames said agreed to purchase certain stock.
| did do so in 1867 or 1868. I agreed with him
to purchase ten share of the stock at par. I
paid nothing to Mr.. Ames at that time and re-
ceived no stock. On the June Goth following,
! Mr.. Ames came to me and said to me that this
stock was entitled to dividend or dividends
He made statement which showed that the
dividends on the stock up to that time paid the
amount due for it and left Ia balance of 1929;
| Mr.. Ames handed me check for this amount.
7 had paid Mr.. Ames no money and he had
! given me no stock or certificates of stock. /
| took the check with the understanding that if
/ concluded to receive the stock in a few days
| l would let him know. j kept the check three
or four days before 1 asked the cash upon it;
| then presented it to the Sargeant-at-arms or
| in his Office and received the money. l return
! ed it for few days and thought about the mat
| ter. In the meantime letter arrived from
| friend giving me some information about the
| matter. When went to Mr.. Anes and told
| him would not take the stock, he said very
well, and remarked that it was good stock,
thought it was good investment or something
of that sort. paid him back the 1929 with, |
think, So interest. MIR. Ames hesitated about
the interest, the time having been so short; but
l insisted on his taking it, and thus the matter
| ended. The memorandum / made at the time
retreshes my memory. 1 don't say this to the
committee by way of excuse to cover up any
thing, but state the facts as they are. The
stock was never delivered to me or anybody for
me, nor have ever received anything, direct
ly or indirectly, except as have stated here.
l had no hesitation in making the agreement
with Mr.. Ames to take the stock at the time,
and SO far as corruption and wrong were con-
concerned, there was no legislation before Con-
gress at the time affecting the road.
Vicc-Prcsidcnt G olfax's Case
II. c.. Swain, cashieriof the First National
Bank of this district, was sworn and in answer
to question of Mr. Poland, stated that he had
brought the books of the bank with him con
tanning the account of Schuyler Colfax.
Mr.: Poland-State whether it appears upon
your books that Mr.. Colfax made q deposit on
the 22d of June. 1868?
Ayes, sir, $1,96S.63. (Great sensation.)
Q-Well, what other deposits were made in
June or July?
A.-June 22d, 81, 1868. So; July 9TH, $500; July
18th, $50; July 18th, 81, 54387. (Sensation)
Q.-Would the entry on this ledger indicate
whether the deposits were in cash OF checks?
Ayes, sir.
Judge Poland then requested witness t.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-11-19
FORElGM.

"A letter from Rome says according to q
report in the official journal, the ecclesiastical
property sold under the hammer in September,
in the whole kingdom of Italy, brought 8, 123,.
OOOf consisting Of 1897 lots. The valuation
which the government had fixed upon this
property was 4,2s7, ,000f. During the current
yeer II, ,S33 parcels have been sold, bringing
2s. 16s, ,OoOf. From the end ofseptember, 1867,
until the end of September of the present
year, So, $50 lots have been sold, bringing 49,
3l7,0OOf Tha price III which the property was
put up Ii represented By the gross sum Of as,
OFT, s2sg, showing difference Of shout one
quarter between the estimated value and the
price received.
The Spanish government is preparing to
send 600 more troops into Cuba.
A dispatch from Valencia says the intran-
slgentes vessels remain off that harbor and
have captured and plundered more Spanish
merchant men. Troops are arriving, and the
city is being placed in state Of defense.
President Mcmahon has issued an order OF
the day to the army, in which he aIlndes with
severity to the insubordinate condition Of Gen.
Belmimarre, and appeals to the patriotism of
tho soldiers to maintain discipline and support
the laws.
-Advices from the province Of Bengal show
the crops are failing and the impending famine
cannot be ayerted
Private adviees from Hsvana state that
in the recent storm three Spanish gun-boats
we're lost III Quantanamd, two ut Batabano,
and one al saqua La Grand.
Prince Bismarck has been re-appointed
president Of the Prussian ministry, in place of
Gen. Won Room It is understood his reBtora.
ton to the post carries with it the effective
control Of the whole cabinet, which he do
manded previous to his resignation some time
ago.
1t is reported that in consequence OF the
position maintained by Count De Chambord
iii lis letter to De chenlong, all hopes OF the
restoration of monarchy have been abandoned.
IL il probable that the conservative deputies
will vote in favor. Of prOlonging the term Of
Office OF president MoMahon.
"A letter from Berlin shows that the city
has not only been affected by the American
panic, but is preparing for one Of its own I'M
interrupted scandals on the beurse. Irregular
ity and insecurity in every branch Of blsi-
ness, prodigality and waste among the mid
die classes, grest suffering among the poor,
swelling tide OF emigration snd all forms Of
pecuniary Distress hang over the city, and all
is said to be owing 10 nothing less than specie
imitation.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-11-19
New Orleans Taxes.

The New Orleans Times says that
men whose taxes foot up from 81, 600 to
Sic, 900 each year, can get two per cent.
month for it, or use it in even more
lucrative ways, while the interest on
their taxes is nothing in comparison.
Hundreds of thousands Of dollars are
retained in this way.
A notable instance of this practice is
the case of colored millionaire, who
has lodged paying his taxes until they
now amount to nearly 800, 900 due to
the city an the state. This man is a
character for romance. He is SO alb
stenlious that he may be called miser.
He disdains rest, and with wonderful
activity works on in small and obscure
one-story house, remote from the busi-
ness portion of the city. This building
is his office and his home It is dingy
and dilapidated on the outside. With
in, kind Of lobby partitioned off from
the main room, is the miser's Office. A
desk full Of pigeon-holes cranimed with
papers, an iron safe, and chair or two
constitute the only furniture. Beyond
are the rooms where he lives with his
mother, a woman almost hundred
years old. Yet this man, SO unpreten-
tious in his business surroundings, has
nearly hundred tenements scattered
all over the city, which bring him any
where from $40 to $500 per month.
He owns over $50 different proper
ties, estimated to be worth at least
500, 600, besides bonds and cash to
large amount. This man, however,
never pays any taxes, except when he
disposes of a piece of property, and
then only on that property. In the
sheriff's Office are tax writs against him
dating back twelve years, and to some
Of them are attached as much as six
yards Of foolscap filled throughout
with closely written descriptions Of his
properties. The reason for avoiding
his annual taxes is a speculative one.
The city charges him ten per cent. in-
terest, and on his money, which he
never loans except ON mortgage, he can
make from eighteen to twenty-four per
cent. Every tenth year also the taxes
of one year are wiped out by prescrip-
tion.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-11-19
S0tTH

=
lre q Ausricus, Ga, on Monday NIGHT
of4bs 2 large portion OF the business part
spsn. Loes 1901 900.
the lAts No:!h Carolina state fair was the
evan ssss sa sgoat profitable exhibition of ts kind
9e'a U the state.
,Aae coiored laborers of New orIsans ara
Tss w strike Tor four dollars nor day
4, yins three dollars,
- acCarthy, ne wounded Louisville
,g,!sa. NV. y reeo' ering, ana has brought suit
S,.a. ,ss Crawford for damages, Crawford ii
n, Z default o. $4,000 bail
e.t.. I'M Stephen F, Fuller, at one time as
s,,s- - eaisct q the New Orleans Delta ana
dsa = u The Bench and Bar 81 Georgia y
sel-D,,. ,5,s''anlhus, Ga, d Few days ago, 81 con-
u, Mayor Phil. Tonpesrt ., ro,,.r,,,,
s.aeass week He was Mason IN hieb
ls g : member OF the state lerislatprs Il,
aasT ,s' se'ts' and served III al otioiai capacity
y, w saa' 70 Louisville as councilman NAV.
ago ~ urn Of contractors, who claim ove
osn,4, ssS wy them TOT work on the .Fissis.i,,ri
ssdpessy = 80 81 ! sAtensicn, have attached the
. Agslsy, .,... w soathern railroad association
suaptadss ~ and work on the road
aaaifes isol,..- n augusta have sent four
bsls of sos,os 3, q Memphis and Shreveport,
pas sszgsrs,s ss. 'l'Oa cold sor $500 FOR Mem
= Rsliilaore ZEN Fe-doaatea and shipped
sae aasss c,s - Y VIII again be sold for
-rSalg
I'M ahsaYebog, Il A.onisvLile for Memphis
sala6ss x ~ eFeFs reach sa2, ,asa beside
'syass remlttarscea NO ror,ortss.
W s1eas and urgent need
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-11-19

MEATs-When joint of meat comes
from the market, it is we'll to cut it up
at once. Separate your roasting piece,
Out up the part for steaks, and put
away in your coolest place what is left,
to cook afterward. Take out the bones
you mean to make soup of, and boil
them soon, as they will not keep as well
as the meat. It is impossible to say
how long meat must be cooked, much
depends on the fire; coal gives out more
heat than wood; besides, persons differ
in regard to what meat well done means.
Redmeat, like beef, must be cooked
rarer than white meat, as pork. A
good way to find how much done it is is
to stick skewer in near the bone; II
blood follows it, it is not done. Gravy
for roast meat is made by putting some
Drowned -four in, also salt and pepper
and boiling water. In frying meat,
lard is better than butter. Mutton
and beef suet are good when the lard
seems hot try it by throwing in a mite
of bread. When boiling meat or poul
try, skim it often, or the meat will be
dark keep it boiling. Put fresh meat
into boiling water, salt meat into cold
allow one quarter Of an hour to every
pound of meat. In roasting poultry or
birds be careful to baste and turn often.
The back, having little flesh requires
little cooking.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-11-19
WEST.

SAT- Lake dispatches state that a memo
Ha % congress isreceiving signatures, setting
forth The evils Of Mormon rule, and praying
lle passage Of laws to give unoralists protec-
we rom the government, and bring Utah in
harmony with federal authority and republican
Institutions.
-Nm. Alon'snet majority for governor Of
gaio ,la 4 si7. Isaac Eelsh's majority for state
sTeaaarer Is III.
!, -ihe President has appointed Constantine
aasalre, collector Of internal revenue for tho
" loals district. vice Food, deceased.
-Lleat Col. Merrill, of ash cavalry, re-
po''s iFon Fort ooncho, Texas, thai tic In
uiaes yemaae appearance In lisoountles Of
.,as S.gsa, COLEMAN and Runnels, and have been
Sga1ag slook. Lieut. Lebo, OF the 10th cav
~ salle on tho way from Fort Conoho to
wv NV lsehardsolE recptured from the Indians
se0'sn horses, but the Indians, 1--WE in num-
sao we're driving them, succeeded in
.s-''s saeir escape. H. says the Indians
,s nv ,sa'essing that country are probably from
~ sos stanton reservation and other por
'#s q New Mexico, following bufraio, slso,
Z sle{ come south. 'Ns''''' ''s0'
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-11-19
Rates Of AdvertHetmKt
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
EAST

The gold coinage at the Philadelphia min
in October amounted to $11 ,O1O, 900 in double
eseles The gold weighed thirty-eight tons
New York advices state that the export
trade was never in better condition than al
present Atleast, all the steamers leaving are
loaded to their utmost oapacity, and rates
we're never higher than now. The import
trade has fallen away to almost nothing, and
steamers arriving are often but half full. This
falling of is especially noticeable in the amount
oldry goods imported
The siik mills Of Dexter, Lambert a. Co.,
psttetson N. J., have resumed operations
with force Of 200 hands.
The GunaFd Steamship company have do
Ierminsd at an early day to establish daily
lIhe between Liverpool and New York.
--0ne effect of the panic was the throwing
ont Of employment Of at least %, 900 working
girls from the different factories at Newark,
MI
Phelps, OF Albany, New York, the default
Ing cashier in the State Treasury department,
hSs been committed to jail in default Of S15-
900 bail.
The Erie railroad is reducing the force in
tho different shops along the line of the road,
and the Workmen retained will be put on three
quarter time,
Serious results Of the panic are being felt
along the Hudsol. The extensive briok-yards
near Poughkeepsie have all stopped, and the
employing carpenters and manufacturers are
working with half their usual force. The ex-
tensive print works of Garner Co., at Little
Falisr Cohoea, Rochester, Pleasant Valley,
NeWDTg and Haverstraw stopped Saturday,
ana iVVOO men are out Of employment. The
ilfrn paid $780, 900 a month to their employees.
Fectol7es IA othoE Hlaaag bavs sither stopned
WofA ~ reduced nme and wages.
4 Tho eject OF the late financial trouble ia
beginning to be felt by the working classos OF
New York. In many trades large numbers Of
operatives we're discharged at the close OF the
week for want Of employment, or for want Of
funds TO pay them. Three shoe msnufacto-
riss closed Saturday night indefinitely. The
employees in one establishment we're ordered
to work at reduced wages; but the men de-
einod to work for wages below those estab-
lshed by the Crispins' society, and we're con-
sequently discharged, Nearly every trade is
affected similarly.
The piano, billiard and cigar manufactu-
Fes and other producers OF Injuries in New
York are conducting business with great can
aon. Large factories are being run on half
time and with half the usual force, while the
smaller establishments have in the main closed
altogether. This course is made necessary by
tue financial disturbances, throwing out OF
work large numbers OF mon and women. Ar
Fangements are expected to bemade whereby |
mot q the factories win be able to keep their
hands at work part Of the time at least, thus
preventing great deal Of suffering.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-11-19
How Memphis Looks.

Some parts of the city are nearly alb
solutely abandoned. You can walk
square after square, day and night,
without finding soul to talk to-,
without finding an open door, Or seeing
light or any other signs of life.
Death and fright have carried or driven
the PEOPLE all away. An owner of
property in what is called the "infected
district, directed his agent, as matter
of charity, not to call on his tenants for
pay on the usual day, and sometime af-
ter, when going through the neighbor'
hood, it was found that all his houses
were empty. Those who had not been
taken by the plague had been driven off
by terror. Business is at a perfect
standstill, when, had it not been for
theepiiemie, Memphis would now be in
the flush of trade and commercial ac-
tivity. A large proportion of the pri-
vate residences are closed, giving those
funereal appearance which.eyen have
had no such sad occaion of mourning
within their walls. Most of them,
however, are associated in the minds of
the citizens with scenes of disease and
death. Very few ladies are met on the
streets, save those wearing the badge of
some charitable society, or the weeds
of mourning, The street cars are never
crowded, generally having but one or
two passengers, and are scarcely more
numerous than hearses. Thesters, of
course, are all closed, and SO, too, are
more than two-thirds of the bar-rooms.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-11-19
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,


EPerhops aHquarter of a million of in
habitagtS-, live on these islands, where
=, The f4.@,v, Ire IS never above so de
grees Of Fahrenheit in summer or be
low TO degrees in winter, climate far
better in this respect than that of Ma
deri, with Its hot hilI-sides, and better
than the Canary islands, parched in the
roasting sun and with only eamels to
ride. In month 81 close observation,
l saw not one drunken man, not blow
struck in anger, not rude deed of any
kind. Strangers are never insulted,
but family feuds once foot are set
deep in a rut for. years. Barons exist
here, too, and the wretched division
of property" system forces the six sons
of q man with G600 year to each Of
them gentleman" on f100 per an
mum. Then each of such will hold to
his tablec1Oth bit of land, and try to
build his mansion, and for this will
even carry the stones on his back and
lie on the hard floor for bed, and so by
hook or crock in years of penury he
will "pig it" at home, where no fire is
needed in the coldest night. Here
lands reverend father famed for his
preaching, and rockets and squibs
crackIe in mid-noon to greet the favor
ite monk, while tendereyes look through
the lattices in the convent windows
very wide indeed thgiT lattice isl and
in the market-place prisoners look
through lattice, too, but it is iron on
the prison ground floor, and they ore
craving q cigar from the public on the
pavement and always ready for gossip
with any one disposed to " interview
Fountains of good water abound in the
streets, and men carry casks of it on
their backs, singing "Aqua," while a
huge butt of wine is smoothly borne by
four donkeys in a frame, and knife
grinder whistles on q Paris pipe, " to
attract his customers. A turkey costs
Is. Sd. here, a duck or fat fowl, 10d.
mutton is 4d. per pound; potatoes, Id.
3 pound Fine bread is dear, and SUI
gar, with prohibitory duty, II pound
Art is entirely at a discount, and the
scrolls, pillars, frinzes of old buildings
are almost amusing in absurd drollery;
but the palmer dwellings, made solid in
black lava, remind one at once of The
ruined cities of Basham. They sadly
want bank, for the rich folks have to
hoard tons of huge dollars, each in his
cellar, and money is gyman, for they
wait years for British-man-of war,
hat the chaplain may baptize their
children and marry the young ladies,
Who are brides at twelve summers in
his precocious cline, andRo it was that,
when her maiesty's ship Challenger
,alled here lalely, as mentioned IN the
Times, the babies could walk to the
ront and brides in planafores were at
he alter. Governesses have here a har-
est on their own terms, asyet unreaped.
III illustrated" or copy of your
aper is handed abouttill it is illegible;
nd, while the palate revels in luxury
nd the focks of canaries and black
irds chatter in the fields, the food for
rains is at famine price, and nobody
GEMS to undertake the noble duty of
arrying n, timer light commerce and
o1ioior, - T Toq1ryO91 Times
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HONESTY AN ACQUIRED QUALITY.

HONESTY AN ACQUIRED QUALITY
What makes a man honest? Honesty
is not q natural virtue man must be
drilled to it. It is after a man has
looked at temptation when he has been
put to the proof, that he is to be judged.
There is not farmer on Long island
that is as honest as the men in Wall
street. Why? Because these men are
old veterans. The old farmer is as
good as men go, but he would probably
break down at the first offer. ] asked a
friend, not long ago, who was giving me
sad story of the purchasable values OF
different members of society in the leg
islature how it was with farmers
/" Bless your soul, " said he, they are
the cheapest stuff we buy in the legisla-
ture." / am not up for election, just
now, and therefore l am not.obliged to
call farmers the "bone, and sinew of the
country. ."--Henry Ward Beecher.