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The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29
Washington News and Gossip.

THE DISTRICTS FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
Two members of the board of public works,
DR.. Blake and Treasurer Magruder, were ex-
amined to-day, and each made much worse dis
closures in regard to the transactions of the
board than those sworn to by Engineer Cluss.
Their testimony was in regard to the finances.
1t came out that tie Treasurers accounts had
never been examined since the organization of
the board. There had been no settlement be.
tween the auditor and treasurer; there was no
check whatever, of any kind upon the treasur-
er in drawing and disbursing the money, and
no check upon the auditor for the certificates
he issued to contractors. DIR. Blake had not
the remotest idea of the debt of the board, and
had never heard the matter discussed in the
meetings. Magruder, the treasurer was obliged
tn admit that there was no way of understand
ing his transactions from his cash account and
his reports. In short, there was no GU ard, 80
DR.. Blake swore, of any kind upon either
their honesty The auditor was in the habit of
endorsing on the face of the contractors bills,
handed him by the contractors themselves, an
order for payment, and Magruder paid them
without further ceremony. He admitted that
there was no guard upon the number of certifi-
ca ties of this kind which might be issued.
Eighteen million dollars had been paid to con-
tractors by Magruder. The committee will
meet the day after to morrow to decide upon
the points of the report. 1t will probably be
ten days before its completion.-[ Boston Aduer
tiser of Thursday.
CIVIL SERVICE FRAUD PUNISHED.
As result of the investigation in the Int
rior Department touching the sales of copies
of questions to be asked in the examination
for promotion, it came out that five clerks had
purchased them from an employe in the photo
Autograph division of the patent Office. where
copies were made. All engaged in the pur-
chase and sale were dismissed. Two of the
purchasers had been promoted, and some who
failed had refused to pay for the copies thew
had and so the matter came out
THE CASE OF sEMMEs.
A bill removing the legal aud political disa-
blities OF the rebel pirate cruiser, Raphael
Semmes of Alabama, came up, and Enoene
Hale of Maine was unable to obtain a division
on it, although he had repeatedly said that
Semmes could wait until the Geneva award
was distributed.
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29
THosE new disciples of George Fox at Bow

THOSE new disciples of George Fox at Bow
doin, who will not hear empty guns for con-
science sake, are receiving the most respect
able advice il ever befell young men to get.
The Boston Advertiser of yesterday con-
tanned another long editorial replete with adj
monition; the New York Evening Post de-
votes long editorial to the boys, as calm,
dispassionate and well written as are the
leaders of that paper when the President is
taken in hand; the Springfield Republican
takes its turn at good advice. On the whole,
the little rebellion has become topic OF as
general comment as was the Arkansas muo-
die its best day. The papers, while they u'
not commit themselves to the military IN tne
college course, commend the faculty for their
frmness and stand taken for sound dlsclp-
line. We are, however, glad to announce
two facts in connection with this affair:
first. Dartmouth will not admit the Bowdoin
rebels; and, second, the Evening Post does
not attribute the Bowdoin emeute to the
present protective tariff.
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29

WHAT FILLS THE MAILs.-George s. Bangs.
the Superintendent of the Political Railroad
Service, has prepared a statement Ito demon
strate that the mails are not overloaded with
articles OF merchandise or freight. I He shows
that bound books constitute one and one tenth
per cent of the whole; merchandise 96-1OO of
one per cent; periodicals and matter of third
class only, 10 9i-10O per cent Of the whole while
the postage Of newspapers and printed matter
is 76 $500 of the whole. Yet newspapers sup
ply but five per centum of the postal revenue.
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29
THE PR S s.
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY %. 1874

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS iui,'' "
with Card certificate countersgned pY o'ani,y
Puen. Editor. Ali railway, steamboat anu no'e
managers will confer favor upon us py ueihanulns
credentials OF every person claiming 10 oui
journal, as we have information that seVerai Dun-
mers' are seeking courtesies IN Tue i'ano u inc
Press, and we have no disposi'ion " W. e''n p"'
slyely, party to such frauds
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29
KENWAY BROTHERS,
Architects and Civil Engineers,
No. 6 Phoenix Block,
A u b U RN MAINE.

=, We are prepared to make Designs, DRAWINGS nm =
Engineering Work. al ~ ~
=, Having over thirteen years. experience In the
European and American practice, we are in n ma s;
able manner. N ~ IL
Our engineering surveys are not to be surnass al
for accuracy and despatch. P'' eu
We take pleasure in showing to gentlemen ,h,
may favor us with CALL SPECIMENS of our 1sor n
embracing Designs for Churches, Public Buildine =
Schools aud Private Residences on which we has "a
been engaged.
Communications by mail promptly attended to-
REFERENCES permitted to Patterson & Edwards
Lewiston; Little, Smith e Co., Auburn; b. n Stn
gs, NJ d.. Auburn; Robinson 81 Beede Anhmr
Capt w. IL. Smith, 'Allan Line,' Portland.
mch4isam
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29

cations The name and address Of the writer are in
ill eases Indispensable necessarily for publication
bat a. guaranty OF good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve COM
munications that are not used,
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29

THE commission appointed by the Con-
necticut Legislature to inquire into the ma
ture of drunkenness and its cure has made
valuable and exhaustive report. The ground
taken is that drunkenness is disease, not q
crime, and therefore should mol be punished.
The custom of shutting up inebriates in jails
and penitentiaries in company with accused
and condemned criminals is discountenanced,
and the establishment of asylums or refor-
matories where the unfortunate men can be
confined for long or short terms as the ne
cessities of each case may require, is recon-
mended. In these retreats the inmates are
kept out of temptations way, throw under
good influences, and compelled to make their
labor profitable to the State.
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the subscri-
himself the trust of Administrator of the estate of
EDWARD BOUCHER, 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 are required
to exhibit the same ami all persons indebted to said
estate are called upon to make payment to
ALBRO f. CHASE, Administration
Portland. MAY 8. 1871. myl2dlaw3wTs
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29

Now Colorado desires, or at least her dele
gate says so, to be the thirty-ninth State in
the Union. Unless it is our ambition to stop
at forty or fifty sovereignties, wouldn't it be
well to ask New Mexico and Colorado to wait
awhile, at least until they have more set
tied population and better educated people
than it is reported that the former has !?
The country should disabuse itself of the idea
that all kinds of people except intelligent
women, are capable of self-governnent.
Moreover, isn't it better this time to cultivate
the American eagle lat his present size, and
make better bird of him rather than force
him to an unnatural size? More than new
states, we need educated and patriotic people
in Arkansas, Louisiana, South Carolina, and
even Maine can accommodate few more of
this class
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29

GRANITE HALL, AUGUSTA.
Thursday, june 18th, 1874, nj III O'Clock
A. W., for the purpose of nominating a candida'e
for Governor, and transacting any other pusihess
that NAV properly come before the Convention.
The basis of representation will be as follows:-
Each city town and plantation will be entitled to
one delegate ard additional for every 70 votes for
The Republican candidate for Governor in 1873.
fraction of 40 votes, additional to the full number
for a delegate, is also entitled to a delegate.
Delegates are authorized to fill vacancies only
with actual residents Of the county to which the
town belongs.
The State Committee will be in session at 10 o'clock
the morning of the Convention for the reception of
credentials.
JAMES G. BLAINE, Kennebec, Chairman.
WILLIAM p. FRYE, ndIoscoggin.
HENRY o. PERRY, Aroostook..
STANLEY Z. PULLEN. Cumberland.
+. G. PERKINS, Franklin.
JOHN ID. HOPKINS, Hancock.
j. H. H. HEwETT, Knox.
SIS. MARBLE, LINCOLN.
FRED. Z. SHAW, Oxford
JOSEPH l.. SMITH, Psnobscot.
K. A. THOMPSON, Piscataquls.
II. ID. SEwALL, Sagadahoc.
s. j. WALTON, SOmerset1
FRED ATWOOD, Waldo.
NELSON S. ALLAN, Washington.
JOHN HALL, York.
z. A. SMITH, Secretary
Nov 1874
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29
DIED.

In this city, May %, Mrs. Ann Wood aged 70 years
and months.
Funeral services Friday afternoon at 1 O'Clock
at No. % Clark street.
In this city, May 20, Storer Libby, aged 50 years.
In this city, May q, Mrs. Abby Clark, aged IS
years. e ~
Funeral this Friday forenoon at 1oA o'clock at
No. I07 Green street. "
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29
SPECIAL NOTICES.
P. A. & N. u,

P. A. g. N. u.
EVERY member Of the Portland Army and Navy
Union is requested to meet at their hail. in full uni
form, on Saturday, May 80, Mt i2 30 O'Clock
to join Post Bosworth in decorating the Soldiers
Graves in Evergreen Cemetery.
Members not owning uniforms will be furnished at
the hail. The committee will be at the hall Turing
the forenoon to receive donations of flowers.
Per order,
my29sn2t A. w. BRADBURY President
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29
SPECIAL NOTICES.

In this city, May q, by Rev. w. B. Hayden at the
house of the BRIDES father, Hanno w. Gage, ESQ.,.
Of the law firm Of Strout g. Gage, of this city, and
Miss Adde NJ, daughter Of Chas. j. Raymond, Esq,
of Westbrook.
In this city, May 81, by Rev. E. Y. Hincks, Edw
D. Mhorf of New Britain, Conn., and Miss Marcia
b. Blackstone of Portland
In this city. May 81, by Rev. Geo. W. Bicknell.
Geo. P. Haskell and Miss Aibina p. Farr. both Of
Portland.
In this city, May q, by Rev. Henry s. Burrage,
land
In Cape Elizabeth, May 81 by Rev. E. A. Harlow,
Newell A. johnson and Miss Henrietta M, daughter
OF B. b. Dyer, ESQ.,, OF Cape Elizabeth.
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29
SPOKEN.

Nav 81 lat % 30. Ion 70 "a, brig Deborah Soule,
from Cardeuas for North of Hatteras
NAV %. off English coast ship Sycamore, from San
Francisco for Liverpool.
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29
FISH.

IN BBLS. new Trimd Fins, and Napes and
w Fins, new Georges Goldfish, Bay OF Fundy
and Bank do, Pollock Salmon picked and smoked,
Smoked Halibut Split Herring &c., &C., all for sale
at lowest rates in lots to suit by
CURTIS q DAVIS,
my23d6tis asa Cenmsrsial strees.
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29
OLD ORCHARD CAMP.GROUN]
LUMBER YARD.

HAVE ON HAND or can furnish at short notice
all kinds of Lumber for building purposes also
Doors. Sash, bhnds, Nails, Cement Pipe for Chm
neys, &C., &C.:
Cottages built by contract or by the day at very
short notice. Call on or address " WI
my26d&w3w* ~
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29
Republican State Convention.
GRANITE HALL, AUGUSTA.

The Republicans of Maine are invited to send del
egates to State Convention TO be holden in
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29
TUBER ROSES /!

With all kinds of Fruit and Ornamental Trees,
Vines, Roses Evergreens for Hedges, Shrubs, Balbs
and Plants in variety. The largest and best assert
ment ever offered in Portland. All in want of MUIR
sery stock Of whatever description should call on
WIN. MORTON & SON,
13S q I 30 Middle ST., just below Phillips
Drug Store, Portland Me.
EB. store closed on Saturdays my12dtf2p
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29
HEALTHY
STIMULANTS.

NVHERE are moments in ones lifo when the need
Il of something possessing restorative or simu-
lating properties is felt and If at hand INDUCED in
simply with view to terrifying the system against
sickness, against great anticipated danger against
mind. Whatever may occasion the use of the ordi-
nary stniulants @pirituous lquors) when continued
for any length of time they are in many instances
by the weak, the nervous and the sickly. But not
outstanding their injurious effects xicapts are
freely prescribed by physicians and friends great
want exists for
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29

JOHN A. WATERMAN Judge.
A true copy of the original Order.
Attest, WILLIAM X. NEAL, Register.
W3W20
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29

WANT good house drain; what shall use?
Ihe r. o. u. p. Co.'s Cement Pipe is the best thing
we know Of 1t is CHEAP, and 1t is said to last after
W" anu nave gone hence. my2sd1w
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-29
RESTORATIVE STIMULANT.

Free from these serious objections, vet palatable,
even inviting to the sensitive palate which will Gre
ate no morbid appetite for ITSELF and operate as an
assistant to DIGESTION well perform the func-
tions of a stimulant. Such we confidently believe
Ia to he f0und in
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-24

ACCOUNTS we have received from the
storm last Wednesday, say that it was
one of unusual violence. In the hilly
region, in the south of this township
and in Ridgeway, the damage done is
quite serious. Little channels, ordina-
rily innocent of any assumption to be
considered water courses even for a
moment, as if by magic, converted in
to the courses of raging torrents which
spread out in the little valley below,
sweeping away large quantities offresh
cured, unstacked hay, and leaving
fields of corn and other grain complete
ly beaten down and covered with flood
wood and mud. The hay borne along
by the flood lodged against the fences
in its course and took them along with
it. Evan Thomas, Esq, with his hired
man, spent all the rest of the week re-
storing his fence. A little bridge on
his farm that he had loaded with
several tons of stone, was torn out
of its position and carried away. Near
his house, stones weighing more than
two hundred pounds were forced along
twenty rods and more. Fields of grain
on the hill side were completely ruined
by the rush across them of water, stones
and foodwood from the steep bluffs
above. Ebenezer Roach and Robert
Lloyd both estimated their losses at hun
dreds of dollars. The bridge near Mr..
Roach's house was carried clear across
his farm.-Arena Star, July II.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-24
The Crops of Wisconsin.

=
From the Western Farmer, July 18th.
The injury done by the chinch bugs
ever "a considerable part of the southern
half ofithe we'll settled part of Wiscon-
'sinis very great. In the county of
Dane, for instance. which is one of the
largest wheat growing counties IN the
State. the whe at and barley crops will
probably be the lightest harvested for
many years. Careful men, not given
to croaking, assure us that in some
towns there will be no more wheathar-
vested than was sown. Undoubtedly
here will be thousands of acres Of wheat
tn the county which are nearly or entil .
lily worthless except what value the
straw may have.
On the other hand. there are some
fields, some neighborhoods, and appar-
emily whole counties in this general re-
gion which have been but little affec-
ted. frf
So far as we are informed, the
chinch bugs have not appeared north
of the third tier of counties, and IN
much of the northern part Of the State
the wheat and other small grain crops
promise good yields. The crop of the
State will be respectable, great as is tie
loss Of thousands Of farmers.
How much injury these bugs may
do to the corn, remains to be seen. I'm
doubtedly it will be considerable, bu
evon with this disadvantage, the pros
pcect is now unusually good for the corr
crop.
Hay, both of grass and clover, is
fair crop over the whole State. Oats
also promises good yield many excel
lent fields making some amends fol
the injury done by dry weather and
the chinch bugs in other localities.
At this writing the weather is favor
able for all growing crops.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-24

THE Louisville Commercial referring
to the most recent case of Kuklux out-
rage in that state says: cit is the fash
ion to palliate these midnight whip
pings by saying that they are the
work of impulsive, hot-headed, but we'll
meaning men---misguided, but still brave
fellows, who would not in cold blood
do a wrong action. This is all mis-.
take. We know nothing of the negro
and his wife who was whipped recent
ly near Elkton. They may or may
not be very worthless or very bad per-
sons; but their whippers are none the
less a pack of cowardly, lawless ruff
fans for all that. No farmers meat
'house, no merchants cash drawer, or
bankers safe is secure when these
negro-lynchers are hanging about and
there is chance to steal
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-24

THEODORE TILToN has furnished the
investigating committee of Plymouth
Church with sworn statement of eyi-
dence, which is published in the daily
papers of the I'D. This statement is
very full and explicit, occupying over
six columns of ordinary newspaper type
The Milwaukee Sentinel of the above
date sums it up editorially as follows:
1t is sickening recital that finds
place elsewhere in this issue,-sick-
ening at once, and startling in sgree
equaled by no previous document of the
decade. The central fact which it
discloses may be briefly told: Rev Hen
ry Ward Beecher, pastor of Plymouth
Church, deliberately and with devil
ish art, seduced Mrs. Theodore Tilton,
the wife of his most trustful friend,
and maintained adulterous relations
with her for period exte nding over
year and half. There is no rejecting
the evidence. It is the statement Of
the wronged husband, based on the
confession of his wife, and supper
ted by other testimony. that leaves
no hook to hang a doubt upon.
Moreover, the narrative solves all the
perplexities of tie reports, and more
than reports, that have come to the
public by piecemeal for the past two
years. 1t IS no common man whose
character is thus destroyed; it is the
foremost preacher of the nineteenth
century. The blow is the SCATTERING
of an idol that has been worshipped
as it is never safe to worship human
idol. Beecher is not only pro we'd to be
a willy, heartless porfigate, when the
exposure had come, when the injured
husband had learned of his wrong,and
was covering Beecher with a forbear-
ance that was rather more than could
be demanded of human being, Beech
er exp ressed great contrition, it is
true, and use ed language which was
manifestly intended to convey the
idea that he contemplated suicide; but
all the while he seemed willing that
everybody should suffer rather than
himself. An ingrate,a perfdious friend,
selfish man of the world, a cool and
calculating lbertine and an adulterer-
1t IS In no other light than this that the
man who has been regarded as the ex-
emplar and most eloquent advocate of
modern Christianity stands before the
world.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-24
The Grasshopper Region in South
ern Minnesota,

Abiding to the impression which
seems to be prev alent at the east, that
nearly the entire state is overrun with
grasshoppers, and the crops utterly des-
troyed, the st. Paul Press publishes
statements showing that the total dam
age done by the grasshopper raid is
equivalent simply to the loss of about
one-twelfth of the crop, or about the
same as if the average yield throughout
thestate was diminished from any cause,
something over one and half bushels
per acre below the general average. It
extends over only about one-tenth Of
the area Of the te,and involves about
one-thirteenth of the population. The
crops outside of the devastated region
promise a most abundant yield.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-24

A number of citizens of Rockford
have offered reward of $500 for
tho detection of the author OF the
libelous letter printed in the Times,
May 27, assailing the character Of the
Hon. r. F. Crawford and Miss Alice
Early, and the publisher of the Times
offers as much more-making$3, 0O0.-
( GalenG Gazette.
Rather an EXPENSIVE business-this
thing of printing anonymous eommun
ications.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-24

SAYS Mr.. Beecher, "You may build
your cathedrals until they kiss the
heavens, and alters until they grow
like the rainbow with precious stones
if you build without love they are moth
ing" Brooklyn men without good
looking wives are walking around with
the paragraphin hand asking each 9th
er what kind Of love the parson
meant.---Mtlwoukee Sen tinez.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-24

The Keokuk Gate City says two
things are evident: First, the Anti
Monops are not nearly so strong as
they were last year; secondly, that the
Republican partyis considerably strong
er this year than last.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-24

REPUBLICAN Congressio nal conven-
tions are called for the second and sew
enth districts, the former to be held at
Madison, Sept. 1st, and the latter at
Sparta, Sept. I'd.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-24

iRUDERSD0RF-SCu Nth, 1874. by
A. Grot q. p, Mr.. Joseph Rudersdorf, ito Miss
ulia Schniitt.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04
A TEXAS THIEF GIVES UP.
MARKETs-FOREIGN & DOMESTIC

MADRID, Jan. 8.--The besiegers Of Car
tagena have captured by assault and
burned the outlying fort
LONDON, Jan. "A special IN this
mornings papers intimatcs that CASTELAR,
will attempt coup Il etdt if outsvotod in
the Cortez.
KEY WEST, Jan. 3.-The steamer
Franklin, ten days from Boston, has ar,
rived. She passed through two cyclones,
but remained uniniurei. All well ON
board .f .t'
LoUIsvILLE, Jan. 3.--lIatters ]. in rali.
road circles here are unchanged. The
strikers on the Jeffersonville, Madison and
Indianapolis Railroad still hold out, and
assert positively that they will not return
unless their demands ar, complied with
1t is not probable that the engineers on
the Nashville Railroad will strike.
Thomas Cook, aged 2s years, stabbed
his wife, aged 1S years, five times yester.
day, intiicting mortal wounds. His
mother-in law, Mrs. Rutledgo, attempted
to interfere, when he stabbed her in the
back and then cut his own throat. Mrs
Rutledge died in few minutes.
NEW YORK, Jan. IA man giving the
name of Andrew Donnen, n broker of
Austin, Texas, surrendered himself to the
police yesterday, stating that he alb
seconded from that city ON the 18th of
November with two thousand dollars
worth of United States bonds entrusted
to him BY a Erm ia Austin.
Regular services at the Reformed Epis.
Copal church will begin tomorrow, when
Bishop Cummins will preach. Bishor
Cummins says the Reformed Episcopal
Church is founded on principles fol
which low churchMen have been contend
ing, and about the validity of its ORDER
there can be no question. 1t wsuld b.
premature to give the names Of wei
known laymen and clergymen of this city
who may be expected to give in theil
adhesion to the new church, but there il
abundant proof that the spirit of con
siderable portion of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church in New York is ripe fol
their departure.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. a. Noon - Cottor
dull and unchanged; Uplands s@Ssd.
NEW York, Jan. 3.-Cotton mark e
dull and irregular; Uplands 16f; Orlean,
16s. Gold 110s.
GALVESTON, Jan. 3. Cotton market quiet
Good Ordinary 1876; Midditng 15s Cole
11Ot. fAb
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

1t now appears that ten Admins
tration Senators who were present in
the Senate when the ballot for Prssi-
dent pro TEN. was taken, could not
swallow Carpenter, even with Presi-
dent Grants letter OF Endorsement,
and refused to vote on the question.
Thirty.two Senators stoed up to their
work and elected the salary-grabber,
and the defender Of salary-giabbers,
and the apologist for the Credit Mo-
bilIer frauds, to preside over them.