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The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

WHAT CONGRESS DD.-"Perley' thus sums
up the six months work of Congress in the Bos-
ton Journal:
Nine hundred and sixty bills and joint reso-
lutious were introduced in the Senate, of which
one hundred and thrty-one became laws.
Three thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven
bills and joint resolutions were introduced in
the House of Representatives, of which four
hundred and twenty-six became laws. Two
bills have been vetoed and two have been
pocketed or become laws without the Pres-
dents signature. The most important bill
passed was that which embraced the revised
code, framed under the supervision of Judge
Poland of Vermont. The laws of the land,
formerly in seventeen volumes, are now pub
lished in one. On the first day of the session
just closed Charles Sumner introduced bill in
the Senate which stood number one on the cal
endar, supplementary to an act to protect all
citizens of the United States in their civil
rights, and to furnish the means for their vim
dication. The bill was passed by the Senate N
a mangled state, and never definitely acted
upon By the House. Mr.. Sumner also intro
duced bill number two to secure equal rights in
the public schools of Washington, which has
never been acted upon, and bill number three
which proposed return to specie payments in
year aud half, and by gentle process of
contraction. The measure also is, like its orig-
natOr, deady
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

BY resolution of Congress the Appropria-
ton Committees of both branches, are in
structed to carefully inquire into the ma
chinery and workings OF the various depart
ments of the government with view of sug.
costing reforms. This, if carried out with
spirit, will prove the most practical kind of
civil service reform. For many years no
public officers have been charged with a
more responsible mission or have had it plac-
ed in their power to do the country greater
good. Two of the members of those commit
tees, Messrs. Morrill, and Hale, reside in this
state and are really in position to act indie
pendently and for the public good. 1t is
probable that the public service is as econom-
ically and efficiently performed to-day as ever
in the history of the nation, but there are a
great many hoary abuses, large number O.
siuecures that should be Topped off. 1t will
not be pleasant service for the gentlemen
charged with recommending it; but if done
vigorously will be one that the mass Of the
people will appreciate.
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26
Neurology.

John q. NJ. FL. Bellew, who died in London
the 18th inst, was born in 1928, educated at
Oxford, and entered the pulpit in 1S4S. For
four years he was clergyman at Calcutta. In
1855 he was appointed incumbent of a chapel
in London He developed strong ritualistic
tendencies, and presently became Catholic,
but soon after returned to the English church.
After leaving the pulpit he turned his atten-
ton to public reading and made himself
name as an accomplished elocutionist. He is
said to have been the basis of Thackeray's
sketch of the Rev. Charles Honeyman in 'eThe
Newcomes.''
Jules Janin, the celebrated Partisan drama
fist critic, is dead at the age of 20. His great
reputation has grown from his feuilletons on
the drama. He became dramatic writer on the
2 "Debats' when thirty-two years, and soon
earned for himself the title of sPrnce of Crit
lcs,' and eventually seat in the academy
For many years the success of play in the
French theatres depended upon his good will.
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

Hon EUGENE HALE was nominated by
the Republicans of the Fifth District Wed
nesday for the fourth time. Heretofore his
nomination has been contested with more or
less spirit, but so signal has been his service in
the present Congress that the Convention at
Ellsworth recognized his worth by making
the nomination by reclamation. 1t is nota-
BILE Illustration of the fact-too frequently lost
sight of--that a constituency worth repre-
senting, will take care of the nomination and
election of the Congressman so long as he is
conspicuous for faithful and honorable ser
vice. That kind of service Eugene Hale has
rendered not only the fifth district but the
country.
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

TO The EdatOr OF the Press.
notice in your daily of yesterday the fol-
lowing:
The North Star says it is reported thai Mr..
Stickney has concluded that 1t is best to resign
his office in fay or of Miss Lydia Whitney.
Permit me to say that 1 have 'concludeG'
no such thing.
Whatever arrangements may have made in
reference to the Presque Isle post-office are in
accordance with purpose long entertained,
which have not been fastened or delayed by
the manifestations of ill-will recently devel-
oped by few personal enemies.
DANIEL. STICKNEY
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

AT the national convention of butter max
ers at Indianapolis, one of the speakers stat
ed that the annual butter product of the
country is 700,O00,O00 pounds. At fifteen
cents pound, which he called an average
price, this amount brings $685. 100000. The
speaker thought the dairy men could by con-
certed effort, push the average price up to
fifty cents pound, thus making gain for
the butter interest of S245, 100000. Such an
advance, he said, would be public benefac
ton. The consumers of butter are not like
ly to take this view of the case.
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

CURE FOR HYDRoPHoBIA. A Taunton
Mass, physician recommends lobelia as cure
for bydrophobia. A brother of the writer
when child, was scratched and bitten by
rabid cat, and was subsequently taken down
with well marked symptoms of hydrophobia,
1t was in the days when lobelia was popular
medicine, and it was literally administered to
the bitten child. The distressing symptoms
abated after few hours, and the child grew up
to manhood. 1t is how a healthy man in mid
die life. Persons familiar with the case had no
doubt OF its being genuine hydrophobia, or of
its being cured by lObelia
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26
SPECIAL NOTICES.
w III [ Il E'S
SPECIALITY FOR DYSPEPSIA.

This is the only prompt efficient and safe master
of such symotoms loss of Appetite heartburn pal
pitation OF the heart dizziness seepessness, nelan-
choly costveness wild, mental and physical debili-
ty, as well many others, which, if neglected, will
soon place ''the house live I'M beyond the reach
of any remedy.
had Dyspepsia twenty years, sometimes able
to eat only the painest food and very little of that
learned of "White's Specially for Dyspepsia, which
has entirely cured me. (Signed)
Mrs b. L. WEST, Vineyard Haven, Mass.
Springfield, Ms, Oct. 1S.-Mr White, Dear SIR
The Specially" is liked very much by every one who
uses it. We have sold it for two years, and not
selling anything but the Specially now fer "Dys-
pepsia." Yours truly, C. P. ALDEN.
Price 81 per Bottle. For sale by all druggists.
Send for Descriptive Circular to the proprietor H.
G. WHITE, Cambrldgeport, Mass
jnel6 d&w6mos
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

EVERY regular attaehe of the PRESS Is furnished
with Gard certificate countersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen Editor. Ali railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will COMET a favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent
Journal, as have information that several ''bum
mers'' seeking courtesies in the name of the
PRESS, and We have no disposition to be, even pas
sively, party to such frauds.
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

HARVARD UNIvERsIrY.-At commencement
at Harvard University the following degrees
were conferred on the following students from
Maine:
A; B.[Nathan Haskell Dole, Norridgewock
Arthur Lewis Goodrich, Auburn: William
Staples Marston, Saco; William Costein Mason,
Bangor; Eugene Usher Mitchell, Newfield
Robert William Sawyer, Bangor; William Asa
Wheeler, Portland; Edward Lawrence White
house, Augusta.
Robert William Howe, Kennebunk
Nj. D.-Sawyer Bennett Brunswick.
d. d. M.-George Leonard Mason, Saco.
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

RUSSELL & Co.'s MERCANTILE REFERENCE
BOOK The July number of this valuable
work will soon be issued and contains matters
of deep interest to the mercantile community
In the preface of the work, it is sad:-
With constant watchfulneas, by ten thou.
sand eyes, we have carefully noted the effect of
the hard times upon individual cases, and have
not failed to mark, not only financial weakness
and lack of ability, but also the STEADY con-
tlnuance in well foing" of the vast army of
traders who are enrolled in the within columns
We have had occasian in many instances to re-
duee ratings-it has, alas, been rare that we
have had to improve them-but we rejoice that
the condition of the country warrants us in
retaining so many in the position that a wear
ago found them, Notwithstanding so severe a
strain as the past nine months have witnessed
I'VE. need hardly say, that in keeping pace
with tiao individual HISTORY vf-ts.o-~.
months, large additions have been made to our
accumulated store of facts, which must be of
great service to those who would dispense credit
with safety. These are the times that try men
their stability, their capacity. and their
claims to credit. Hence the necessity for all
the knowledge that can be CLEANED; and injus-
tce is done to all concerned, if reliance is
placed upon mere rating, when the detailed
reports on the records of our various offices con-
tain intimations, suggestions, and facts, which
no marking can convey, however ingenious the
key or close its Interpretation. We, therefore
more earnestly than ever before, urge upon our
subscribers the desirability of awaiting them
selves of all the facilities which their continued
liberal support enables us to provide for them.
The number of new names inserted in this
book since March last is 1884; the number of
names obiterated is 1924, and the total num-
Der of names now in this work is 624, 949. The
alterations in ratings are 5278S, and in styles
1e,830-so that the entire number of changes
effected in this book within the last four
months foot up to within fraction of 16O. 900,
or over 300 changes every day."
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

CAMP MEETING. National Camp Meet
ing Association has just voted to send their
great temperance tent to Old Orchard Camp
Ground Immediately, to be erected in time for
camp meeting. The twentieth camp meeting
opens August 18th and closes August 21st,
This without doubt will be the largest meeting
ever held in this state.
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

PLEASANT OccAsIoN.-The social circle of
the Biddeford Baptist Church met with Mrs
Moulton of the Moulton House, at Old Orchard
Wednesday afternoon and evening. Mrs.
Moulton gave an excellent supper to the 129 or
more who were present, and most pleasant
occasion was eujoyed
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but guaranty OF good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve COM
munications that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

HE T'iton-Beecher scandal which every
rlght minded person hoped the public had
heard the last of, has been renewed by Mr..
Tilton in charges so direct and damaging
that Mr.. Beecher cannot ignore them. Here
tofore the scandal has been the gossip of a
half crazy and disreputable woman. and in a
certain sense has been refuted by Titon him
self. We hope that Mr.. Beecher can explain
the whole affair in such manner as IN froo
himself from suspicion. 1t is true that Mr..
Tilton has acted strangely about this painful
affair and may bea monomaniac upon that
subject, but it will not do for Mr.. Beecher
and his friends to make this declaration the
basis of declining an investigation.
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

IHE decision of the Supreme Court of
Illinois, setting forth the unconstitutionality
OF the great law'' authorizing payment from
tne state treasury of interest upon debts con
Ifacted by counties in towns for the building
Oh railroads, is hailed with JOY by
nearly every paper in the West. The result
Oh Ine law was to encourage certain districts
to go into the construction of railroads ex.
pecsing other districts to help foot the hill.
Enormous debts were thus piled up. The
decision must of necessity have depressino
eject upon Western town and comfy securities
hitherto guaranteed by the state.
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

THE report of this morning that Congress-
man Hale had been rendered the Postmaster
Generalsbip is confirmed, and after consider
alton he has formally accepted the position.
1t is rare honor to be bestowed upon man
so young and without solicitation; yet we
express the real sentiment of Maine Repub-
thus transferred from sphere where he was
so useful and where honest and decided men
are needed, to any position however honora-
BILE
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26
Maine Universaliat Convention.
FIRST DAY

FIRST DAY.
CALAIS, June a. 1874.
The annual session of the Maine Universalst
Convention opened in this city at the Union
church. AS yet the attendance is not large,
none west of Bangor being able to arrive until
late in the afternoon, Large numbers are
expected on the arrival of the steamer and the
train from Portland.
At p p. m. the Rev. j. G. Knowlton pastor
OF the Society here, welcomed the attendants
to the hospitalites of the Society and of the
city, after which a conference meeting was
leading. The meeting was maintained with
interest for some two hours.
In the evening the numbers of the conven.
tion were largely increased by the arrival of the
trains and boat, as was expected.
At 7.3O p. m. the council was called to order
by the president, Hon. VIM. Duren of Calais.
The usual committees on credentials, exercises
etc., were appointed and the routine business
customary at such times transacted.
AT s p. m. a sermon was preached by Rev. S.
Goodenough, of Bangor
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

PEOPLE in Chicago no longer die, and the
sexton and the undertaken are done away
with. When man lies at the point of death
some lambs blood is squirted into his veins
and he i'm nediately reviyes. Chicago now
feels certain of eclipsing st. Louis on the
point of population, for st. Louis has death
rate, and lambs are scarce in that city.
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

The New Brunswick elections are now all
over and have resulted in most sweeping
victory for The free school system. Of the
all but six are hearty supporters of the sys-
fem
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26
Bnrnett!s CocOaine.

A PERFECT DRESSING FOR THE HAIR. The Co.
coaine holds in liquid form, large proportion OF
deodorized CocoA-NUT OIL, prepared expressly for
this purpose No other compound possesses the pc
cuar properties which exactly suits the various
conditions of the human hair. single application
renders the hair no matter how stiff and dry) soft
and glossy for several days. 1t is conceded by all
who have used it, to be the best and cheapest Hair
Dresii',g ir the World. ul5snNW&S1m
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26
The SIoop Yacht Carrie to Let

On reasonable terms to responsible parties. In
quire of L. P. SENTER, with Gowell & Greenough,
je24sntf I49 Middle Street,
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

School Affairs.
The examination of Candidates for admission to
the high School will take place at the High School
Building, on Friday, 26th inst, at 9 A. M.
By order of the S. S. Committee,
je25snd2t j. w. CoLcoRD, Secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26
DIED.

In this city June rs. Mary c., daughter of Charles
c. P. and Martha NJ. Paine.
In Saccarappa, june 20, Mr.. Charles Fl. Bracket,
aged 43 years.
In North Gorham. June q, Mrs. Huldah P. Ander-
son. wife OF S. W. Anderson aged Sc years months.
wisconsin papers please copy]
In China, June Is. Mr.. Benjamin Norton, aged
"a years.
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26


FERNANDINA-Cld 18th, schs Allie Bickmore,
Fountain. New York.
Cid 18th, brig Eva johnson, Strout, Phiadel-
phia; nth sch Nellie Chase, Norton, do.
JACKSONVILLE-Ar 18th, sch Melville, Went
worth New York.
Cid 18th. schs j G Drew, Carter. New York; Alex
Hayford Gilchrist, from do Jed Frye, Langley, DO;
Traveller, hodges, Charleston.
DARIEN-Ar nth, schs Stephen Bennett, BEN
nett. Boston; VIM Moseley. Abbott do. .,
Cid nth. sch Light OF the East Harper. fhiiadei-
phia.
RICHMOND-Ar 22d, barque Josie Mildred, Gnn,
Philadelphia to load for Liverpool sen Albert Jane
sen, from Norfolk.
Belfast; Sarah Mills, Kelley. New YORK.
BALfIMORE-Ar 23d, schs Emma + Hart Hart,
Bostop: Eben Fisher. Reynolds, Kennebec.
Cid 23d. brig p Smith, Dodge, Portsmouth.
Sid I'd, brig San Carlos, for Portland; sch b Will
PARLIAMENTARY 3d, sch NJ Sewall Haskell
Hyanis; I j traitor. Hoyt, and S Edwards Worth
Haowell; III Williamson, Lake, Dresden; Juliet,
Small, and Ella, Grindle, Boston: Sarah Potter.
ID Haskell, Barbour do; Ode, Winslow, Bluehill.
Below 18th, ship Mayfower, Call, from Havre.
Cid 3d. schs Webster Bernard. Smith, for Boston,
Fred . Holden, McRae, Brewer; w Whitaker,
Carl, Weymouth; Mary Standisb, Higgins, Bath.
NEW YORK-Ar 23d, brig Clara M Goodrich,
Look, Sagua days; schs AeP Emerson, Emerson,
Tuspan; Mary Langdon, Bennett, Rockland; Mar
Gus Hunter. Henley, Bath; Fair Wind. Bowman,
New Bedford; Emeiine Sawyer, Hall, Bristol; Mary
son, Bangor; Geo Osborn, Gilmore, Belfast; John
Snow, Cotton, Shuee, Ms; w g Mowrey, Eaton,
and Garland, Lindsey, Providence; Ganges, Cole
man, do.
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26
MARINE NEWS.
PORT OF PORTLAND.

Thursday, June 25.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Jas Graves, (Br) Barnes. Pictou, Ms
1899 tons coal to ID Whidden.
Steamer Falmouth, Rollison, Halifax, NS-passen-
gers and mdse to John Porteous
Steamer CITY of Portland, Pike, st John, NIB, via
Eastport for Boston.
Brig Mary E Dana, O'Neil, Bucksville, SC, for
Yarmouth
Sch G Baird. (Brl Starkey, New London.
Sch God Hunter. (Br) Young, Providence.
Sch Gem, Sears, BOston-iron to A K Stevens s. Co
Sch S Mcclellan. Farr, Boston.
Sch Lion, Candage, Bluehill.
Sch May Wyman, Sawyer. fremont.
Sch Minstrel, Chase, Vinalhaven for Boston.
Sch H w Race, Race, Pittston tor New York.
CLEARED.
Steamship Franconia; Bragg, New York; Henry
Fox.
Sch H Fay, Philbrook, Philadelphia
Bros.
Sch Bucco, Br) Mullen, St John, NB-John Port
eous
Sch F P Laid, (Br) Balloon, Bear River. NS-A D
Whdden.
Sch E Dow. Young. Kennebec River, to load for
New York-master.
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26
City of Portland.

lily vi
An Ordinance IN relation 10 use of all
kinds of steam whistles within ,he linn
its of ne City of Portland;
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Com
mon Council ofthe City Of Portland, IN City Coua-
Gil assembled as Jotiotos:
SECTION 1. The of all kinds of Steam whis-
ties within the Cty limits is prohibited, except
hereinafter provided.
SEC. 2. If any person shall within the City limits
use any Steam Whistle the person using the same,
and also the owner OF such Steam Whistle shall sew
orally forfeit and pay penalty Of Fifty Dollars ev-
cry time such whistle shall be used in violation OF
the provisions Of this Ordinance.
SEC. 3. This Ordnance shall not apply to the use
OF Whistles on Locomotives when at sOlutely neees-
sary to call for Brakes TO be applied to prevent COLI
sion or damage, OR to the use OF Whistles Station
cry Engines tor the purpose Of notifying employees
when the Works are to start up shut down. Or to
the use of Steam Fire Engine Whistles in time or
fire.
SEC. 4. This Ordinance shall take effect 30 days
after approval.
Approved June 25, 1874.
In BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN
June Is, 1874.
Read twice and passed to be engrossed. Sent
down.
Attest: H. L. ROBINSON, City Clerk.
In COMMON COUNCIL. June IS, 1874.
Read twice and passed to be eDgrossed in concur
Attest: B, BARNES. Clerk.
JUS d3w
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

Miniature Alma nae June DC.
Sun rises. ...........425 Moon sets....... LAO PM
Sun sets. ........740 High water...... S.45 Am
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26
MENIORAN

Sch Edith L Steere, Hughes from Portland fo
Port Caledonia, which put into Yarmouth Ms, fol-
repairs, after going ashore, has repaired and cleared
for destination 18th inst.
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the subscrlb-
~ er has been duly appointed and taken upon her
self the trust of Administrative Of the estate al
JANE Il. HATCH, late OF Portland,
in the County of Cumberland, deceased, and given
bonds as the law directs. All persons having de-
mands upon the estate of said deceased required
10 exhibit the same and all persons indebted to said
estate are called upon to make payment to
ELIZABETH B. MANCHESTER, Adm'x.
Portland, May 10, 1874 Ju26dlawSwFs
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-26
STATE NEWS.
ANpRosooaG1N COUNTY

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
The total valuation of Lewiston is ST., 494,-
376, tho real estate being $l0,S7S, 741, and the
personal property 81 ,615,635.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-27

being an independent journal, often
agrees with the head Of the Commune.
and quite as often differs With him on
matters of public policy and interest.
Fire Committeeman and Councilman
Jack Walsh last spring was acting as
county undertaken. lie was indicted by
the grand jury on the charge OF burying
paupers in an improper manner, so that
the dead bodies of smallpox patients
we're left exposed above the ground
The jury of the Criminal Court found
Walsh guilty, and the penalty was fixed
at $1,000 fine and six months imprison-
ment in the county Jail. Walsh APP
pealed to the Supreme Court, and few
days since the Court affirmed the judg-
ment of the Criminal Court, excepting so
far as the term OF the Imprisonment, which
was changed to thirty days. Walsh is
now circulating a petition among white
men mot fremen) asking the Governor
to remit both the fine and imprisonment
The petition viii no doubt be largely
signed by negroes who desire to get in
the Fire Department
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-27
Mnmnn,s Virtue.

Uisa prevailing vice among men-of
doubting the virtue of women. To us It
Iooks ike not only an outrage to good
taste but also betokens a want OF intel
Iect Besides this it betokens besotted'
nature and passions that would disgrace
a beast. The idea of dragging women
down to man level, in point of virtue,
Is so repugnant to the feelings, so utter
" at variance with the truth, that the
utierer ought not to have a place in civil
society.
We would wish to impress upon those
who cast this slur upon the character OF
the women of our land, that if what they
charge were true, this fair world OF ours
would be perfect hell. The women OF
our land are as far above those "ho'
make these assertions as the heavens are
above the earth. Our women are the
highest type of purity and virtue, and
any craven who would drive them from
this high estate deserves the excavations
of all good men.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-27
A Inst punishment.

Some days since there appeared in
the LEDGER an account of the abduction
for infamous purposes Of Ruth Carroll a
simple minded but honest and virtuous
girl, from Jonesboro, East Tennessee,
who came here in search of her sister,
Mrs. Jennie Miller. She had not been
able to find her sister, and was seeking
work, when a man named Charles Gilbert
met her in Court Square, and learning
that she wanted a home, promised to
find one for her. He carried her to a
house of infamy kept by Maggie
Quinn, who, to her credit be it said,
refused to aid in taking advantage
of the unsuspecting girl, and sent for
the police officers, who arrested Gilbert.
Yesterday the villain, Gilbert, was tried
in the Criminal Court on an indictment
for abductiDg Ruth Carroll and carrying
her to a house of infamy for improper
purposes. The jury found him guilty,
and he was sentenced to five years inn
prisonment in the penitentiary. Justice
is sometimes melted out in Memphis in q
rapid manner. In this instance within
week from the time the infamous act
was committed, the perpetrator was ar
rested, held over by the Recorder, in
dicted by the Grand Jury, tried by the
petit jury, found guilty and. sentenced.