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Few men are so capable of making ''the worse

Few men are so capable of making the worse
appear the better reason
But after all, it is open to serious disputationf
whether the precedent which such an approprl-
alton would have helped to establish, is not
fraught with too much danger, 10 be ventured
upon under any circumstances. And even If
we leave this consideration out of view, for the
moment, there is room for doubt, whether the
kind of celebration contemplated, would be at
all appropriate to our present circumstances 1t
strikes me that the best way to commemorate
the hundreth year of national independence,
would be to make it jubilee over the Iestora-
tion of America to perfect solvency. The civil
war cannot be said to have ended till we have
put our currency back to the standard, whence
the necessities of the awful struggle diverted
it. 1t is almost universally conceded that de-
preciated paper money system is an evil which
should be corrected. The only real question of
the hour is how and when the remedy can be
applied. And herein lies the test of the true
greatness of the Republic. Until we have ac
| complished this indispensable duty, we are IN
| no condition to invite company from abroad
| Genuine pride, of the manly, healthy sort, sug-
gests that rst of all we make suitable prepara-
| tions to extend our hosptalities to Trans-Atlan-
tic guests. Then, if we see fit to get up an .ex-
hibtlon and there happens to be an ample bal
ance in the Treasury of actual cash-either
gold or its equivaent--it will be well enough to
| enter upon the consideration of the main ques-
| ton. There will be room for argument as to
the propriety of such mode of employing
moneys accumulated for the regular expenses
| "a hut if thara oOu1d hQ a
reasonable excuse profered for doing thing
which is quite inconsistent with that strict con-
struction of the functions of government
which best comports with Republican simplici-
ty, it would be when we are asked to devote a
portion of our surplus funds to the celebration
of an event so august as the restoration Of the
country to financial stability and honor.
| XARM0ITII
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DIED.

In this city May 10, Mr.. John Walker, aged 80 yrs.
Funeral services this afternoon at 8 O'clock
at his late residence, Washington street.
In this city, May II, Mrs. Mary Briggs. widow of
the late VIM. Briggs.
Services on Thursday afternoon at 2A o'clock.l
In Kennebunkport, May 8, Ezekiel Emmons. aged
"a years months.
In Augusta, May 10, N. Rawson Perkins, aged 90
years month.
Funeral services Tuesday afternoon at o'clock,
at No. 230 Cumberland street, Portland Relatives
and friends are invited to attend
In Waterford, May 5, Mr.. Josiah Ellsworth, aged
II years.
In Harrison, May a, suddenly. Mr.. Spofford ingalls,,
aged Is years,-formerly of Bridgton.
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IH r PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 19. 1874

EVERY regular attaehe of the PRESS lur,ps II
With Card certificate countersigned BY o'''
PHllen. Editor. A.! railway, steampoa' ~
managers will confe favor upon us ny .-. a.,s
eredentials OF every person claiming 10 rep. 60,
journal, as we have information that se'elai Cun
ners" are seeking courtesies IN .ue n"Ano VI .ne
siyely. a party to such frauds.
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S1,171,742 SO
STATE OF MAINE.

STATE OF MAINE,
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND IS.
L, Charles Payson, Cashier ofthe Merchants National
Bank of Portland do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best ofmy knowledge and be-
lief. CHARLES PAYSON Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 9th day
of May, 1874. CHARLES o. BANCROFT,
Justice OF the Peace.
Correct. Attest:
JACOB MCLELLAN,)
CHALES FOBZS, ! Directors
GEORGE S. HUNT,
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GOrllam Seminary.

TUyHF Summer Term will commence MAY 26IH,
and continue Ten weeks week si StaJen1s nnd taken by
Uone nrovided Cymnastics for indoor and Carriage
and saddle Horses for outdoor exercise. Apply to
~ JOEL WILSON, Principal
or j. A WATERMAN Sec
Gorham, May II, 1874 my12deod&w2w
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We do not read anonymous letters and communi
<.tions The name and address of the writer are in
ali cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
bat as a guaranty OF good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve COM
ra unicatons that are not used.
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10 the COlsSuneDfive.

WiIbor's Compound of COP LIVER OIL AND
LIME without possessing the very nauseating flavor
of the article heretofore used, is endowed by the
phosphate of lime with healing property, which rem
ders the oil doubly efcacious Remarkable testimoni-
ais of its efficacy be exhibited to those who desire
totsee them. For sale by A. b. WILBoR, Chemist
Boston. my12eod1w
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French Spoliation-Once More.


Mr.. Causton, that indefatigable, undiscour-
aged Octogenarian, (at leas) has just issued
pamphlet of thirty two pages, containing list
of the vessels captured and confscated by the
French prior to 1901, and fairly paid for at
last, with the names of the owners and cap
tains and ports to which they belonged
This list supplies want which our people
had begun to feel most keenly. The great fire
had burned up all our records, correspondence
and other documents, and our only hope was
that in our Washington archives, in the French
archives, or in the Causton archives, (Mr. C.
being our general agent) we should find when
wanted what we wanted. And so it proves to
the extent above mentioned. And now. let us
lift up our hearts once more in thanksgiving
and supplication. God save the Common
wealth! JOHN NEAL.
MAY 4th, 1874.
ST. PETER.-The Boston Advertiser speaks
as follows of the rendition of the oratorio of
st. Peter at the Handel and Haydn festival in
that city: Although we have many times
described this oratorio, and have pointed ont
what we conceive to be it's merits and defects,
it is only right that we should give the impress
sions which rehearing of it has produced.
The characteristic which we believe will be
come more prominent in the minds of those
who listen to it frequently, is the remarkable
appropriateness of the accompaniment This
| is observable even in the piano score, but still
| more so in the orchestration There is nothing
commonplace about the Instrumentation, and
at times the skill employed in the use of eff
fects is little short of genius, though there is
nothing that savors Of the sensational. The
| variety in the form of the music is also strong
| point, and one that is well managed, The use
of twelve male voices to represent the twelve
disciples, led in one number by Peter solus;
the chorus of female voices reminding Peter
after the denial to Remember whence thou
art fallen; the admirably harmonized CHOIR
| ales the free use of the arioso style in rapid al
| ternation with recitative; these are only q few
OF the many points that might be noticed that
constantly attract attention aud prevent the
oratorio from being dull or tedious anywhere. /"
PERsoNAL.-We understand Hon. E. G. Far
rington has resigned his position as Route
| Agent on the P. & o. railroad on account of
its unfavorabe effect upon his health, and that
Mr.. Tobias Eastman of Lowell has been ap-
pointed his successor. Mr.. Eastman has of
| late been station master at Standsh. He is a
young man of most excellent character, and no
doubt will fill the position with credit to him
self. When the war broke out he was too young
| and too small to be taken as soldier. Nothing
daunted and determined to go, he got permis-
sion to accompany the regiment, under Gen.
Shepley. He was favorite with all the COM
mand who knew him, and as soon as he was
old enough he enlisted and served until the
close of the war.
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Cid 9th. brigs Chas Dennis, Darrab -. r.,

Cid 9th, brigs Chas Dennis, Darrah, -; Caroline y
Kelley, Noyes, Millbridge.
Ar 9h barque Speedwell, Holmes, Goree. At. scbs
Mary Lymnburner, Lansil, Philadelphia; Maud Mnl
lock, Norwood. WeehawkeD; j Moulton, MouIton
New York.
Ar 11th, brig Machias, Bartlett Barbados; Amel-
ia Emma Carbon. MataDZas; sehs City of Chelsea,
Goodwin, st Domingo Mary Patten, Cummings,
Barbados; Bertha Fellows, Smith. from Havana
Clara Smith. Keen, Baltimore.
DANVERS-Ar 6tl sch Maracaibo Tobin, from
Portland.
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LILIES! Monday
AEDGE PLANTS! Tuesday.
GLADIOLAS! "Wednesday
PEAR TBEES! Thursday
TUBERROSES! Friday.
DAHLEAS! Saturday
With all Kinds of Fruit and Ornamental Trees,
Vines, Roses, Evergreens for Hedges Shrubs Bulbs,
and Plants in variety The largest and best assort
ment ever offered in Portland. All in of Nur-
sery stock OF whatever description should call on
VIM. MORTON 81 SON, 12S q 1870 Middle St.
my12tf2dp Portland, Maine.
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Notice.
Wanted.

MY wife. Mary Sprague, having deserted me with
lNa ont any cause forbid any person trusting her
ON my account. JOHN w. SPRAGUE.
myl2 d1w*
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AZOLUTO TOILET POWDER.
Renders the Face. Neck and Arms soft,
smooth and fair.

Warranted free from poisonous ingredients and
harmless to the skin or complexion by Prof. Hayes
State Assayer and Prof Babcock, both well known
Chemists of Mass. Azoluto is put up in square
packages white for children, and all skin irriations
the complexion face 35 cts, by mail 40 cts. Sol
by all Druggists, address M. S. BURR & CO., 10
Oak St.. Boston, Mass, Agents for U. s. fei6sn3m
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House for Sale.

NNHE q story house No s Bramhall street, ten
Il rooms, gas, good cellar, water, &c. House
warmed by furnace. Lot 42x95, fronting on two
streets Price $500 cash. 1t not sold by the goth
inst, will be withdrawn from the market. Apply to
f. G. PATTERSON, 13 Fluent Block.
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A WORD OF CoMMENDAT1ON.-A patror

A WORD OF CoMMENDATI0N,-A A patron
writes from Fryeburg to say the following:
cannot forbear to express to you my earnest
thanks for the worthy position you are taking
against church gambling, intenperance, with
their kindred evils. 1t Is refreshing to
the people to see such a course aiken by lead
ing journal in these times Of subservency to
power, party or interest.
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MARRIED..

In Bridgton, May 2. Otis e. Barker of Lewiston
and Miss Addie Gee of Bridgton.
In South Harrison, April l3, Joseph w. Foster and
Miss Louisa H. Edison.
In Bath, May 5, Fernando r. Pottle of Whitefeld
and Miss Henrietta Spinney of Bath.
In Waldoboro. May 2, Lafayette W. Benner and
Miss Hattie 4. Hahn,
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MISCELLANEOUS
THE
Guardian ANGEL.

H'haT the well-known and highly esteemed ia
Ihdica Ginger Root could so elegantly COM
on,i Rnu blended with the choicest aromatics ana
Zine heyineh ieheh brandy to produce family medl-
ment Of th 30 vast and specific range in the treat
traordinsTy o%;iunary ailments. and sometimes ex-
tbat es, Is no longer wondered at when
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A TENEMENT of four five rooms. by small
"A family. central part of the city preferred
Address WANT" p. o. Box 1905. my12u
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New York Letter.

nial Bill A High-tOned Debate and
Good Ese esult-NO International Ba 4quet
While a Skeleton Hangs i'm the Closet
wards.
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Very Reasonable Terms.

Rent On very EeaSOn:aDie EeffnS.
LVIVE minutes walk from G. L. Depot. Very
Il pleasant rooms, overlooking the city healthy To-
cation, near school, store, SC. Inquire of
L. f. DUNLAP,
my12d1w* Falmouth, Maine.
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ERRRNGN PORTS.

= At Rangoon March 2Sth, barque Francis B Fay,
Osgood. for New York
Sid FIN Calcutta 5ih inst ship Mt Washington, Tit
:, Sid fm Havre sth inst ship Mayfower, Call, for
Ar at Antwerp 7th inst, ship Sabine, Paine, Tome.
man, Galveston
Sid h FIN Barcelona 5th inst, brig B:Gove. Hark-
Na AT at Narva 9th inst, barque Proteus, Chapman.
v Ar at ,, Valencia 9th inst, barque C Merriman,
Ar at Cadiz 7th inst, oarque Henry Knight. Gilkey,
New YORK; brig j Fl Kennedy. Hughes, do.
Cardiff.
Passed Gibraltar 18th, brig Myonus, Higgins FIN
Marseilies Tor r.; Teneritfe Tracey, from do for
Ar at Elsnore 9th inst barque Benjamin Webster
Smart, New York for Stettin.
Ar at Helvoet 9th inst baroue Nettle Merrjmap,
Rollins Banjoewangie
Ar at Deal 9th inst, barque Harriet N Carlton,
Hardness, New Orleans for Reyal,
AT Kingston. j, 18th ult, brig Stockton, Allen, for
AT at St Thomas 18th ult brig salista, Partridge,
Baltimore.
Sid 18th ult, barque Clara McGilvery, for Jamaica
22d, sch Eliza Coffin, for Humacoa.
--latest by European steamers.l
Sid fm Liverpool 9th, F M Hubert, Dudley, for
New Haven; 2sth, Republic Moshier, New York.
Ent out 27th, Geo M Adams, Morrison, for Cardiff
Off Brixham 26th. Marcia Greenleaf Poole, from
Havre for Delaware Breakwater.
Sid I'm Bristol 26th ult, Helen Angler Staples, for
New York.
Passed Gibraltar nth, Myronus. Higgins, from
Marsellles bound West; Teneriffe. Tracey, from do
Cd at Havre oath, Alice Vennard, Humphrey, tor
Cardiff and Alden.
Sid FIN Flushing Roads 23d uIt Martha Bowker,
Allen New York
SPOKEN.
FEB l. lat 80 s. lon 90 W, ship Loretta Fish, from
| Guanape for Europe.
| April 2, lat n, Ion 20 W. ship Pride OF the Port
from Boston for San Francisco.
April 49, lat AZ 2S. lon -, ship Sumner r. Mead
| from Liverpool for Baltimore.
April 21 lat so II N. Ion 10 IT, ship Oneida from
| Newport, K. for Montevideo
May T. Barnegat N w 40 miles, brig Machias. fm
Barbados for Vineyard Haven. for orders.
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NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the subscri-
~ ber has been duly appointed and taken upon
himself the trust of Administrator of the estate OF
EDWARD DOUGHER late of Portland,
in the County of Cumberland deceased. and given
eonds as the law directs All persons having de-
mands upon the estate OF said deceased required
to exhibit the same ana all persons indebted to said
estate are called upon to make payment to
ALBRO E. CHASE, Administrator.
Portland May 5. 1874. my1Ssw.
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Portland COmpany-AnnuaI Meet
ing.

INHE Stockholders of the Portland Company are
hereby notified that the Annual Meeting Of the
Corporation will be held at the Office of the Company
at their Works, on TUESDAY, the 26 h. day OF
May. at O'Clock in the afternoon for the following
purposes, viz:
- 1st To act on the reports of the Directors and
Treasurer.
I'd. To choose Directors tor the ensuing year.
Sd. To act any other business that NAV come
before the meeting. RUFUS ID. BEAN, Clerk
Portland, May.12, 1874 TTh&Std
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FOR SALE.
4 MAINE RAILROAD,
DIVIDEND NO. 72.

A dividend of Four Dollars per share will be paid
on and after FRIDAA, May 10Th, 1874, to stockhold
ers of record at close of business April 3Oth, 1874.
A. BLANCHARD, Treasurer.
my1 sudtd
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MEMORANDA.

Brig Caprera, of Stockton. Capt Blanchard, from
Port au Prince for Cuba, was wrecked 9th ut, on a
reef east side of Cuba. No particulars. The crew
saved and landed at Cape NAV few days since.
Brig Waltham, from Charleston for New York,
which dismasted in the gale 10Th Invent ashore
4th inst, six miles South of Body Island, and is to-
lal loss. Crew landed at Norfolk.
Sch Martha 81 Mary, Eggleston from Eastport for
New York. with potatoes, went ashore on L'Homme
Dieu Shoal Sth inst and is full of water. Sails rig
ring, SC, saved.
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Prepared only by A. G. SCH HLOTTERRECK &
Co. Apothecaries and Chemists, 3O3 Congress street.
one door above Brown. Portland. Me. au26sntf
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FOR RENT.

UiHE STORE ROOMS and Residence above,
i on y. Summer street. nearly opposite Mrs.
Tynes.
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THE sOTE. oE NAN AND INFERIOR
KINDS 0F SPIRIT.

Prof. Joseph lie Conte, Of the Uni
versity Of California, has advanced. in
work just publishedon Religion and
Science, q very curious psychological
theory. Its certainly original. We
viii describe it IN a brief way. Prof
lie Conte says: 4 have learned to ac-
cept the existence Of immortal spirit
as a direct revelation, and my whole
effort has been to reconcile this fact
with the teachings Of nature. have
attempted to explain to myself the re-
lation of the immortal spirit Of man to
the ANNA Of animals. the vital princi-
pie Of plants and the physical and
chemical forces Of nature" Heavows
he cannot mistake the current Of sci
entifc thought. nor doubt the necessi-
ty Of an attempt - this kind. Hepro-
ceeds. therefore, to frame a theory, bu5
with difidence. There are" says
he. two poles of existence,
without the recognition Of which phi
Iosophy Is impossible; they may be va
riouEly represented as matter and force,
or matter and spirit, or Nature and
God. Matter is essential anertRess,
spirit is essential octicjty. The very
origin of our notion cf force is, be-
lieve. the consciou ncss Of our own
mental energy. Matter reveals itself
to our senses, but energy,or force. only
To our consciousness With these
premises he continues as follows:
What. then, is force OF the universal
energy Of Nature? 1t IS an eiiluence
from the person Of Deity pervading the
universe-an oiiiuence closely connect
with HIM, yet distinct from His per-
son. It Is necessary 10 remember this,
otherwise, we fall into pantheism.
What is spirit: 1t is this same
all-pcrvading force of Nature
this same divine energy or 4
portion OF il, ipdividuated more and
more until it becomes q separate entity,
a self-cOnscIOUs person. The Divine
Spirit, brooding upon primal chaos,
communicated to 1t an influence, an
energy. OF life, call it what you like,
which became the force Of the evolution
Of the cosmos. and still controls and
maintains its beautiful.Ord
4 fragment Of this all-peT aiding
force. a spark Of this Divine energy,
iadiridudies itself more and more,
until il assumes complete individuality
or personality; and then ace coH 1t spirit
This spiritual influence, proceeding
from the Divine person and energizing
Nature. struggles ON upward in natu-
raj organisms until it again returns TO
recognition is capable Of recognizing
the source from which it proceeded.
y The natural forces are the
Divine energy generalized, not indirid-
pqIizod. Now, portions Of this force
sharks Of this Divine energy, commence
70 individuate themselves upward to a
higher plane and attain life in plants.
Again. by inevitable law, spark
struggles upward and under the high
er conditions Of the animal organism,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-04

THE Near York Tribune Is dlsrespect-
full to the powers that be. Listen: 1t
IS one Of the special triumphs Of Secre-
tary Richardson's great plan for specie
resumption by issuing silver IN amounts
IF 1--WE dollars and less that 1t has been
SO GRADUAL and noiselcss. ! year ago
to-day there was scarcely any silver in
circulation. Now look at as. Why
only so long ago as last Saturday the
Treasury Department paid out thirty
dollars and ten cents in actual solid
silver-none Of your plated stuff, but
Genuine half dollars and ten cent pieces.
And vet the operation Of resumption
mas been so smooth and easy that 'eI,y
few people have noticed it. and we pre-
sume that not one newspaper IN ten
Will mention it among the events Of the
year"
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individuates itself more completely,
and becomes the ANNA, the soul OF amt
mails; IN addition to life it attains SEN
satlon, consciousness, viii, instinct.
Again, a spark of the pervading divine
energy struggles still upward, and I'M
der still higher conditions, completes
It's individuality and becomes the living
soul or immortal spirit of man;
it attains, in addition to con-
sciousness, circumstances; IN add
ton to will, free, self-determining Will;
in addition to instinct reason; it be-
cones a separate entity, person.
Thus there has been, throughout all
time, gradual individuation OF the
Divine energy, or the forces of Nature,
which was completed only in man"
The author illustrates this concep-
ton of the rise and progress of spirit
still more clearly by an ingenious dia-
gram. Imagine body of water as repre-
senting the general fund of Divine ener-
gy. Imagine drop drawn up, so as to be
just slightly emerging from the sur
face. This slightly individuated drop
would represent plant life. 1t is
held strongly to the general
fund of water by cohesion; upon
the death OF the plant. its life returns
to the general fund of Divine energy,
as the drop is drawn down to the gen.
eral level of water by this cohesion.
Again, imagine a drop drawn up still
higher so as to have a nearly sperical
shape, being still connected with the
body Of water. This more perfectly
indiyiduated drop would represent ami
MAJ life, or the spirit of animals. As
this drop is drawn down to the genera
level by cohesion, so, IN death, the spirit
of the animal returns to the general
fund Of Divine energy. Again, suppose
n drop to be drawn up clear of the
surface, so that it should have spheTi-
cal shape and be independent of the
general body of water. This perfectly in
dividuated drop would represent the
soul of man As there isnO cohesionnow
to draw the drop back and destroy its
entity; so, in death, the soul of man is
not mised back into the general fund
but retains forever its separate person.
ality, and is, therefore, immortal.
This theory commends itself to theim-
agination more than to theintellect,and
can hardly be valued as more than
plausible fancy. Whether it is the
truth or not, 1t viii yield a degree of
to those who yearn for a
knowledge of the soul and its relations
to the anima of other beings. 1t prob
ably Acknowledges too intimate con-
nection between the soul and the natu-
raj forces to be countenanced by many
theologians; but 1t may be observed
that the author Is a man Of rare piety,
besides being a powerful thinker.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-04

AN intelligent gentleman IN one ID
the largest counties in Middle Tennes-
see, in a business letter 70 this Office,
saws: Il speak but my honest conFic-
tions when Iassure you that the UNION
AM AMERICAN is conducted with as
much ability atpresent as at any period
during its long and successful career.
The holiness with which You expose
and criticise the corruption and THEY
mo which seem to prevail 50 generally
among the ofice-holders Of the day
meets the entire approval Of our people
and they feel indeed that they have IN
your valuable paper an able champion
Of their rights and privileges"
As the Cincinnati Commercial SAID OF
itself a few days ago: I'VE agree with
= great many judicious people IN eso-
mating this Journal very highly as a
newspaper"