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Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-04-09
Pacific Mail Steamship Line
FOR CALIFORNIA. CHINA AND JAPAN

Pacific Mail Steamship Line
GREAT REDUCTION IN RATES, PASSAGE. AND
FREIGHT, To CALIFoRNIA, VIA PANAMA.
The magnificent Steamships of this Line will be
despatched from Pier AZ, North River, New York,
AS under:
April A. II NJ, CITY OF GUATEMALA, Captain
J. b. Hildreth. Freight and way passengers.
Saturday, April H. at 7. NJ. ACAPULCO, Capt.
-. Passengers and freight.
Saturday, April -, at p NJ, HENRY CHACN-
| CEY, Commodore \. q. Gray. Passengers and
freight.
And every fortnghty Saturday thereafter, con.
Meeting at Panama with all steamers fer Central
America, Mexican Coast and South Pacific ports.
Passenger steamers will call at Kingston, Jamai-
ca, both on their outward and homeward trips, ar.
irving at that port on Friday, the sixth day after
| leaving New York and leaving Saturday L. NJ, for
| Aspinwall.
Extra steamers, for freight, ETC., will be dis.
patched on intermediate saturdays, whenever the
| necessities of transportation may require !"
TO JAPAN AND CHINA.
The splendid steamers of this line, carrying l..
5. mails, leave san Francisco for Yokohama, Hong
Kong, and Shanghai, as follows:
GREAT REPUBLIC APRIL
ALASKA April. Is
MAY2
Tea will be brought from san Francisco to New
York fast, in Is days at $40, gold per ton OF 2oo1
RATES OF PASSAGE.
Including Berth, Meals, and all requisites for The
trp)
currency, according to location.
New York 20 Kingston, a25 or $50 gold, according
to location.
san Francisco to Yokohama, $50 gold.
san Francisco to Hong Kong, 500.
For Freight and Passage or other information,
apply at the Company's office Pier A., North River
foot of Canal Street, New York.
RUFUS HATCH, Vice President AMI Managing
Director
febls-tly II. J. BuLLAY, Superintendent.
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PRATT'S ASTRAL OIL

Absolutely safe. Perfectly odorless. Always
uniform. Illuminating qualities superior 10 gas.
Burns ia any lamp without danger of exploding or
taking fire. Manufactured expressly to displace
the use OF volatile and dangerous oils. Its safety
under every possible test, and its perfect burning
qualities, are proved by lis continued use in over
3O0, 900 families.
Millions of gallons have been sold and no acci.
dent-drecty indirectly-has ey or occurred from
burning, storing or handling It.
The immense yearly loss 10 life and property, re-
sultng from the use OF cheap and dangerous oils in
the United States Is appalling.
The Insurance Companies and Fire Commissions
ers throughout the country recommend the A -
TRIAL 5 the best safeguard when lamps are used.
Send for circular.
For sale at retail by the trade generally and at
wholesale by the proprietors, CilAS. PRATT X
co. los Fulton Street New York. augli-tWGm
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Ayers Cathartic Pills,
For all the purposes of a Family Physic,


~ Costiyencss, Jaundice,
NJ Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
VEk Dysentery, Foul Stomach
and Breath, Erysipclas,
A,1as 80 Headache, Piles, Rheuma-
EAT OAH tism, Eruptions and Skin
- Diseases, BiliOusness, ,I.iy-
- zzzeaer Complaint, Dropsy,
- letter Tumors and salt
Rbeum Worms Cont Neuralgia as a Dinner Pill,
and Purifying the Blood, are the most congenial
purgative yet perfected. Their effects abundantls
show how much they excel all other Pills. They
are safe and pleasant to take but powerful to cure.
They purge out the foul humors of the blood; they
stimulate the sluggish or disordered organ into ac-
ton and they impart health and tone TO the whole
being. They cure not only the everyday COM
plants of every body, but formidable and danger.
ons diseases. Most skilful physicians, most emil
ncnt elergymen, and best citizens, scpd cerll-
Gates of cures performed and OF great benefits they
have derived from these Pills. They are The SAT-
est and best physic for children, because milt as
well as eflectual. Being sugar-coated, they are
easy take; and being purely vegetable they are
entirely harmless.
PREPARED pI,
DIR. y. G. AVER 4: CO..
LOWELL, MAss.,
Pr0csicai and .sHalyfie0f thrMisfs.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine
sept22-t&w1eyjw
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THE GREAT REMEDY FOR
CONSUMPTION
which can be cured by a
timely resort to this stand
ard preparation, as has been
proved by the hundreds of
testimonials received by the
proprietors. 1t is acknowl-
edged by many prominent
physicians to be the most
reliable preparation ever in
troduccd for the relief and
cure Of all Lung complaints,
and is offered to the public,
sanctioned by the experience
of over forty years. When
rcsOrtcd to in season it sell
dom fails to effect Il speedy
cure in the most severe
cases Of Coughs, Bronchitis,
Group, Whooping Cough,
Influenza, Asthma, Colds,
Sore Throat, Pains or Sore
ness in the Chest and Side,
Liver Complaint, Bleeding
at the Lungs, &c. Wistar's
Bal,am does not dry up a
Cough, and leave the cause
behind, IL, is the case with
most preparations, but it
Ioo,enS and clcanses the
lungs, and allays irritation,
thus removing the cause OF
'hp complaint.
rREPAELD BY
SETH W. F0WLE & SONS Boston, Mass.
\il >od - Druggists and Dealers generally.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-04-09
TONTINE PLAN.

or upon the principle Of accommodating profits for
definite periods which was first introduced by this
Society, and has been recommended and endorsed
by eminent experts in Life Insurance, and by lead
ing business men. torty-four per cent. has beer
earned and accumulated on the premiums paid on
its Tontnc Life Policies, and forty per cent. its
TOntine Endowment Policies Issued within the last
five years.
The Directors OF the Equitable Life Assurance
Society represent exclusively the interests o: the
Policyholders, and in presenting the Society to no
tice, they feel that it has strong claims upon public
confidence, because OF the strict and conservative
principles by which its various departments ar
governed. In the assets and in the administration
OF the Society, perfect security is given for the fu
tlre, which is OF great Importance to those depend
ing upon them insurance policies for The ultimate
support OF their families.
No Life Insurance Company mas such large an
nual transactions as the Equitable; none is more
prompt and Just IN it, dealings.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-04-09
FANCY GOODS

Z ~ ~ " ~S/oAp
Patent Medicines =!
Ladies' and Gents Furnishing Goods, Under
shirts, Overshrts, Drawers, Vases, Toys, Albums,
White Shirts.
Best Brown Duck Overalls for 81 cents.
Mems Heavy Cardigan Jackets for $l.2J.
Walnut Work Boxes and Desks for 95 cents each.
Ribbons for Neck Ties under price.
Woolen Yarn cents skein.
Large Sketn Blue Mixed Yarn for - cts.
Ladies' Fieeced Lined Hose only % cts.
fSe Ssy aSes 9If ldgag fags I e @
Children's Woolen Hose only 10 cents.
Ladies' Felt Woolen Skirts VERY Low.
Gents Undershrts and Drawers for 80 cts each.
Best White Initial Note Paper for j. cts. Il box.
Good Linen Towels for { cents each.
few dozen Ladies' Ribbed Hose at cts. pair.
Silk Neck Ties for Ladies', a large assortment.
Kid Gloves for 40 cents pair
All our HAMBURG EDGINGS At COST.
Good Bustles for 25 cents each
Nice Linen Shirt BosOms for D cents.
French ,ESf,s GGrsets flo Bones} only 80 cts
Drawers, Overalls, Jumpers.
QUAKER BlTTERS ONLY 20 CENTS.
Gents Paper Collar for 3 cents a box.
Adamson's Cough Balsam, 25 "
Elastic Cord only cent Il yard.
Twelve doz. Good shirt Buttons Tor cents.
II Cakes Good Honey Soap for 25 Cents.
Atwood's Vegetable Jaundicc Biters, %
Johnsons Anodyne l.lniment. only 25 Z"
Perry Davis Pain Killer only 20 cents a bottle
Gents ildls. AH Linen and An Rea.med, 20 cents.
Good Pins cents. Good Fine Combs cents.
Children's Round Rubber Combs, 10 cents
Men and Boys Neck Ties and snspender>.
Selling out our jcwelry AT COST.
Lace Collars cents. Pearl Shirt buttons cents.
Kennedy's Medical Discovery.
DR.. Schencks Seawccd Tonic,
Ayers Pills, 20 cts. box. Herrick's Pills.
Schencks Mandrake Pills 20. Holloway Pills.
AA other Kinds of Pills only 20 cents a box.
Ayers Hair Vigor G5 cts. Rings Ambrosia, G5 cts
HalPs Har Remover G5 cts. Knowles Restorer.
Eurnetts Cocoaine Tor the Hair, Is cents a bottle
Best 100 yards Machnc spool SILK 10 cents a spool
Spool Cotton (waTanted ECO yds.) 80 cts. a dozen.
G9oa G1oa Gote |i; rapers p, "a cents 1ile
Nice Tinted Initial Note Paper, 20 cents a box
Nice Periumery, 10 cents. Good Hair OH cents.
Beet Lily White, 10 cents. Tooth Brushes, 10 cts.
Toys, Bibles, Albums, Playing Cards
Elmwood Paper Collars (linen c0reredl IS cts. Lox.
Thomas AllcOck's Porous Piasters, only 20 cents,
Miss Sawyer'n Salye, go cent siZe) for 40 cents.
Gents Undershirts and Drawers ati4ow Prices.
Mrs. Winsow's Soothing Syrup, % "
Magnolia Balm (ior .he compieXIon) 80 "
Plantation Bltters, only 10 cts.
Ayers Sarsaparillaand Cherry Peetoal each So cts.
Peruvian Syrup preparation 81 IRON IS cts.
Russia Sarsaparilla and lrou, Cheap.
Vinegar Bitters, 10 cents. ttgetinc - cents.
% Nice Envelopes for 10 cents
Helmbold's Buchu, ~. Smoldnda's iIuctu cheap
Hoyts German Cologne, very nice. Bushs and
Batcheder's Hair Dyes.
In these Hard Times people should frade where
they can get the most goods for their money; and
that place is
COOKS CHEAP STORE
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$4,000,

The Lives Insured by The society carefully
selected In different parts Of North America and
Europe, furnishing, by this broad field of opera
tons, an additional and exceptional safety to the
Policy-hollers. The Iusurances are made only on
the Mutual Principle. The Surp!ns Premiums are
returned annually 10 the Insured.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-04-09
To Whom it May Concern.

For a satisfactory consideration hereby relin
quish TO my son, J LORING DCrION, his time dur
ing the remainder of his minority, and shall claiu
none OF his earnings nor pay any bills OF his con
ractlng after this date.
JOHN l.. DUTTON.
Augusta, March 20 ls7l tltsW2t
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-14
RUTLAND GLOBE SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH 1874

poses, and that, therefore, under such a
statute they would be as much exempt as
railroads. Granted. But, unfortunately,
the exemption is for frauds which have
been and remain sequestered. for public
pious or charitable aSes." Right here Is
the distinction and difference. It Is upon
this that the courts make the distinction
Railroads, or the real estate thereof, is de-
clared "sequcstered for public uses" because
the corporation can enter upon the real es-
tate Of any individual or corporation, and
take so much thereof MS they require ,eith-
out the consent Of the 0,oner." 1t makes no
difference what the owner wishes, his real
estate is taken, and he cannot help himself.
He Is entitled to and receives Just such
compensation rs the corporation will give
or the courts award But real estate cannot
etc. If the owner will sell, all right; If
not, the protector Of the enterprise must
seek another location, and one which he
can purchase. This Is only one of the ar
guments gong to show that this property
is sequestered FOR public uses, in the mean
ing OF the statute--but it is sufficient.
Near the close Of the article, The editor
seems TO be conscious of his msquolation,
and, therefore, throws this in as clincher:
Another plea sometimes made but which
Z" Is more nouscnsical than the former, is
g that railroad property is devoted to pub
=" lie uses and therefore exempt by statute
As to this we have barely word to say
If the "plea" IA ''nonsensical, then Judges
Redfeld, Adds, Bennett, Poland. Peck, and
others OF this state, Chief Justice Lemuu
Shaw and all his colleagues on the bench
of the supreme court Of Massachusetts de.
clGe eases according to 'nORsense" rather
than law. If we may be permitted to de-
eide, we SHOULD say that their nonsense
would prove a safer guide to follow thar
the overweening sense and law of the ed
tor in question.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-14

There seems to be a strange misappre-
hcnsion in reference TO the time when
Charles Sumner entered the United States
Senate, the majority of papers stating 1t in
correctly: Tho usually wcll-nformcd
New York Times says that " on the Gath of
April, 1851, Daniel Webster having vacated
his scat in the Senate to enter Mr.. Fill
more's cabinet, Mr. Sumner was elected
United States Senator" etc. Another
paper has it that be " succeeded the great
in the Senate, and most admirably has he
filled the mighty void left by the deccase of
Webster etc. /, is true, perhaps, that he
has "iilled the void but we think the
judgment of future will be otherwise. His
course was as opposite from that Of Web
sIer as the north pole is from the south
pole, and that course has been productive
OF far more good to the country. When
Webster died his days of usefulness were
well nigh over, and his death saved him
from the modification Of defeat in Massa-
| NbhSttt9 " nv iiil' StDoti ~ ilil 81 mug, but
whom he deserted in a critical moment. 1t
was directly the reverse with Charles Sum-
ner. Mr.. Sumner, however, was not the
immediate successor Of Mr. Webster in the
Senate. Webster resigned his senatorship
and was appointed secretary of state July
22j, 1850. His successor was Robert G.
Winthrop, who was appointed by the gov
ornor When the legislature convened,
Robert Rantoul, one of the most brilliant
of the younger men of Massachusetts, was
elected in his stead. M Sumner sue
ceedcd Mr.. Rantoul, taking his seat, for
the first time, in December, 1851 Mr.
Webster being then secretary of state,
died in October, 1862, and was succeeded
by Edward Everett who, subsequently, re-
signed that position for the scuatorship.
The only persons now living who have
been United States Senators from Massa-
chusetls arc Mr.. Winthrop, Vice President
Wilson, and the present incumbent, Gov.
ernor Boutwell,. In Vermont there is not
Il living ex-senator
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Apropos of seizures, informers spies,
moieties, etc, a New York city chemist
who, by the way, has always been and is
now a republican, has always voted the
republican ticket. and served three years
in the Union army during the rebellion
writes to the New York Times, thusly /:
"Allow me to tell little story A friend
of mine in business in New York city,
some time since, sold bottle of perfumery
to gentleman in two hours after the
same gentleman appeared with an officer,
and demanded S25. Ny friend, thunder
struck, wanted to know what for. "Sel-
ing pertumery without stamp ''Impos-
sible, every bottle stamped in the store. "
"No, here is one bought q couple of
hours since" The stamp was subsequently
found in the glass-casc whence the bottle
had been taken-it had rubbed off. No
use, the law allowed the officer to close the
store, arrest the owner, turn out the clerks.
and throw the owner into jail until the
court decided the case. The penalty be-
lug $50, the officer thought it very rea-
sonable to take S25 and compromise
the case Ny friend resisted went 10
court, aud was discharged because in
tent was not proven. Yet, he said If
such thing should occur again, he would
rather pay than have his business so inter
rupted.' Is comment necessary Docs
1t not tell the whole story of the beautiful
workings Of this ante-republican system =?
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ymE SANnoRN CONTRACTS

mo reason why, or possible reason
why, the Sanborn contracts and the ac-
campaigning papers were so long and per-
sis'cntly withheld, in spite OF the earnest
demand of Congress, was incilcntnllv. but
rather forciblY, brought to light in the
course of running debate in the House.
onc dag his week. The debate WAS re-.
marketable for another thing. General Bat.
Ter was completely cowed and silenced. and
even his usual resources of bluff and brazcn
elfrontery deserted him. He wa, even.
more completely used up than when Gen.
tral Grant bottled him up, wired down the
cork, and sent him home during some Of
the 'Hrt weeks of the rebellion. 1t will be
remembered that Sanborn received one-half
of the sum he collected, and that his share
OF the spells amounted to nearly a quarter
Of million of dollars. In the course of n
debate upon some other topic, Beck, of
Kentucky, referred To these contracts, and
the work done under them, when Butler.
in his usual offensive manner, rushed to
'N'N''N Va '-hhvoihf MS tii1titNtH, ana tic
whole system under which he worked. For
once, Butler couldn't set the ball in motion
the right way. Solitary and alone he stood
unable to stay the tide or, even, to say a
word. lie was met and conquered by such
republicans as Dawes, Hawley, Hale Of
Maine, Foster, Roberts and others. Mr.,
Foster of Pennsylvania read letters from
the collector of his district showing that
every clam which Sanborn had collected.
or attempted to collect, in his district, and
on which he had received or was to receive
one-half, were on record in his office. were
in process of collection, and would have
been collected in due course of law with
out expense to the government, so that in
stead of receiving one-half, the whole
amount would have been paid into the
treasury. In the course of his remarks, he
alluded to Simmons as Zone of the parties
to one Of Sanborn's transactions" where
upon Butler 'twitted" him with attacking
an absent man. The retort was almost as
quick as lightning, and it was a staggering
blow to Butler, when Foster said that Sim
mons was represented on the floor by
counsel" Others followed with damaging
exposures, but the severest of all came from
Mr.. Phelps of New Jersey, who stated
that he discovered in the papers that San
born was credited with collecting seven
thousand dollars from him, of which one
halt was retained for collecting, when, in
fact, he had paid the same TO the collector
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Rev. Mr. Murray on Temperance.

Rev. W. II. ii. Murray spoke on the
temperance question in the course Of SER
mon at Faneuil Hall, Boston, Sunday af-
ternoon, with the peculiar interest which is
always impaired by giving personal turn
to the subject.
After abiding to the ease with which
men become drunkards, he said "You
are talking like silly IDIOT when you say
there is no danger in the cup know
from the blood of five generations of cider
drinking ancestors in my veins, the danger
there is in this thing. There is not scent
of liquor that is not pleasant to me, that
would not be a precious drop on my
tongue Look at me- Do | look like a
man easy to be overcome by temptation !?
Do you know my lite Go back and learn
it, and see what | have suffered; and yet
say to you, with this background of evil
dentc, declare to you as value my man
hood and my standing aud my soul,
would not dare to drink for three weeks a
glass of liquor day. That chasm yawns
at your feet and at my feet. Those who
say there is no danger IN that first glass of
liquor do no recognize the peril of heredl-
tary weakness.
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We make the following extracts from
Laws of the English Colony of Connec-
ticut. in New England, in America,
enacted more than one hundred and fifty
years ago.
An Act for the Punishment OF Drunk
cnncss. BE it enacted by the Governor,
| Council and Representatives in General
Court Assembled, and by the Authority of
the same, that If any person shall be found
| drunken, SO that he be thereby bcreavcd
and disabled in the use Of his Reason and
Understanding, appearing either in Speech,
Gesture, or Behavior; and be thereof
| convicted, he shall forfeit MS fine the
sum Of daht halings TO the treasury of the
town where the offence is committed, for
the Use of the Poor therein And for
want of Goods whereon to make Distress.
the Offender or Offenders shall he set in
the Stocks, there to remain not exceeding
| Three Hours, nor less than One Hour"
Another act says land for as much as
Drunkenness and ldleness may be looked
upon as great means of holding them
| (tho lndians) in Ignorance of, and Preju-
| dices against the Truths of Religion. there
| fore, be il further enacted by the Authori-
ty aforesaid, That no person or persons
whatsoever, shall directly or indirectly sell,
buck, Barter, give or deliver to any Indian
any Strong Beer, Ale, Cyder, Perry, Wine,
| Rum, Brandy, or other strong or spiritu-
Gus Liquors by what Name or Names so
ever called or known, on pain of forfeitng
the sum of Ten iShilAngs for every Pint,
and proportionable for any greater or
lesser quantity so Sold. Truckcd, Battered,
Given or Delivered 10 any indian, directly
or indirectly, as aforesaid, upon conviction
thereof before any Court, Assistant or JUS
tice of the Peace proper TO Try the same
One-half of which Penalties shall be to
him CT them, whether English or Indian,
who shall Inform, and Prosecute to effect !;
| and the other half, where the Case is tried
before single Minister of Justice, to the
Town Treasury but when tried before
the County Court, then to the
County Treasury of that county wherein
such person shall be convicted. And
the testimony of one witness, with other
strong circumstances, or the accusation of
an Indian (unless the person accused will
acquit himself upon Oath), shall be ac-
cepted as evidence sufficient to convict a
Person of the Breach of this Act. And
every Indian conyicted of drunkenness in
this Colony, shall forfeit and pay the sum
of Flee Shil'ngs; or else he openly Whipped
on the naked Body, not exceeding Ten
Stripes for one offence, "a the Assistant or
Justice, before whom such conviction Is,
shall in his Discretion determine"
With few slight changes-such as sub
shutting the word persons for Indians, &c.
the old law would compare favorably
with our present prohibitory law, but
whether, under that law, man could
habtually drink intoxicating liquors as a
beverage, and run on the temperance ticket
for town Office, before signing the
pledge. we are unable 40 state. 1t has the
advantage Of breyily at least, and if it was
now in force, drunkenness would become
less frequent or the expenses of the poor
farm would he very much reduced.
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A reading of the "iistory Of Reading
the publication of which we referred to
Monday recalled to our attention the
narrative of the captivity Of Mrs johnson.
published nearly century since. Her
husband, self, family and others were
captured by the Indians at Charlesiown,
New Hampshire, August 30ih, 1854. and
camped that night in what is now called
Reading. being the first white person
known t. have been in that town. The
next day August 2lst, Mrs Johnson gave
birth to child 10 whom the name Of
Elizabeth Capti0e johnson" was subsc-
quently given. In closing her narrative
she quietly says; INSTANCES Of longevity
are remarkable in my family. My aged
mother says to me, arise daughter, and go
To thy daughter, fer your daughters daugh-
ter's daughter has got daughter As the
Hon. friedrich Billings. of Woodstock, is
the great-grandson of captive, it maybe
that he is son Of the daughter last re-.
fcrred to. In connection with these inter
esting incidents in the history Of his anCes-
try, and in view of the improved condition
of his health, we are sure that the people
of Vermont will join with us, in the heart
felt hope that our distinguished fellow
citizen may, himself, prove another in
stance OF the family longevity.