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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-03-02

y there are many limitations, he careful to sc
the genuine. Price in LARGE bottles, which ar
much the cheaper 81 so; sm8ll bottles, oil style
50 cents
CUTLER Eros 8 GO Wholesale Druggists
Pfapretors Boston.
For Sale by 4.pothecaries generally.
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fNtii - OtitltH dIf dlHO II r u
TONTISE PLAN,

or upon the principle of accommodating profits for
definite periods, which was Hrst introduced by this
society, and has been recommended and endorsed
by eminent experts il Life Insurance, and by lead.
ing business men. Fory.four per cent has beer
earned and accumulated on the premiums paid on
sit Tontine Lille Policies, and forty per cent on It's
Tontine Endowment Policies. issred within the last
five years.
The Directors Of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society represent exclusively the interests of the
Policy holders, and in presenting the SocIetyto no.
tce, they ieei that II has strong claims upon public
confidence, because o. the strict and conservative
principles by which lis various departments ar
governed. In the assets and In the administration
of the Society, perfect security Is given for the fu-
turc which is OF great importance to those depend.
ing l. pom them insurance policies tor the ultimate
support of their families.
No Life Insurance Company has such arge an,
nual transactions as the Equitable; none is more
prompt and lust In its dealings.
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Agents and Correspondents.

In addition TO our present corps ofcorrespond.
ents, We wish TO make arrangements Tor an agent
and correspondent in the principal towns OF the
State; and Postmasters, Town Clerks and Other >
who will serve us in this way, will lind their pains
duly appreciated and literally repaid. Among
other things, We wish a complete list of Marra ges
Deaths, Fires, Accidents &c, with other matters
of local interest in each town.
Friends throughoutthe state are invited to com.
municate any matters of local or general interest
which may transpire in their vicinity. No notice
Will be taken OF anonymous communications AND
rejected manuscripts will not be returned.
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VEGEEINE

Is acknow ledged and recommended by ptlysicians
and apothecares to be the best purifier and
cleanser OF the blood yet discovered, and thou
sands speak in its praise who have been restored
TO health
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AMERICAN & FOREIGN PATENTS
X, III. EDDY,
SOLICITOR OF PATIENTS,
For Inventions, Trade Marks, or Desigi,

For Inventions, Trade Marks, or Desigl,
No. 10 State Street Opposite Kit6y Street BOSTON,
FTER an extensive practice Of upwards OF 80
"A years, continues to secure Patents IN the tni-
ted tates; also in Great Britain France and other
foreign countries. Caveats, Specifications, Assign
ments, and all papers for Patents, executed on
reasonable terms with dispatch. Researches made
to determine the validity and utility OF Patents Of
Inventions, and legal and other advice rendered in
all matters touching the same. Copies OF the claims
of any patent furnished by renting one dollar.
Assignments recorded in Washington.
No Agency in the United States possesses SUPERB
or facilities for obtaining Patents, or asccrtaininS
the patentability OF inventions:
All necessity of journey to washington TO pro
cure q Patent, and the usual great delay there, Il
here save Inventors.
Test IN m ais.
81 regard Mr.. Eddy rs one of the most capable
and successful practitiohc with whom have had
ooiciaI intercourse. CHARLES MASON
Commits sioner of Patents"
tIhaye no hesitation in assuring inventors that
they cannot employ man more competent ana
Trustworthy and more capable of putting their ap.
plicatlons in form to secure for them an early and
EDMUND BURKE,
Late Commissioner of Patents"
"Mr. r. ii. EDDY has made tor me overTIilRTY
applications for Patents, having been successiuin
almost every case. Such unmistakable proof OF
grcattalent and ability on his part leads me to rec
ommend all inventors to apply to him to procure
their patents, as they may be sure of having the
most faithful attention bestowed on their cases,
and at very reasonable charges. o.,u
Boston. Jan. l. 1915. SI
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OFFICE--In Savings Bank Building, ia Water
St. Bank open daily, from A. NJ. to +. NJ, and
from to i.30 p. NJ. Saturday Evenings, from 10
$50 O'Clock.
Deposits of any amount received from one dollar
upwards, and interest payable twice year, Feb.
and Aug. Interest not drawn ont is added to the
deposit, thus making COMPOUND INTEREST.
Interest begins or the first day OF each month.
Money deposited on or before the tenth dan of each
month, Will draw interest from the first day of the
same month.
Bs-The law passed by the last Legislature er.
eApts from muaicfDdt taxation, all deposits in Saw
ings Banks. Under this law, this Bank ,cW guar
Gatee TO depoSis0rS interest at the rate of six per
cent. payable scmannually, FREE FROM TAXES.
No returns of names of depositors are required
to be made to state or town authorities and all ac
counts held by this Bank be strictly pricate
and confidential.
Married women and persons under age can de-
post money in their own names, SO that 1t can be
drawn only by themselves, or on their order.
Especial advantages Afforded TO Executors
Guardians, Trustees, and others having in charge
Trust Funds.
VIM. X. SMITH, Treasurer.
Augusta, April II. 1874. t&wtf
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VEGEEIEE

Says Boston physician, has no oqualas blood
purifier. rHearing OF its many WOO deriul cures,
laboratory and cow need myself OF its genuine
merit 1t is prepared from barks. roots and herbs,
each OF which is highly elective, and they are com
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Rates of Advertising.

Transient advertisements, $l.50per inch for Il
week IS cents per week for each subsequent n
sertion.
Special Notices, 81 90 per inch for first week; :
cents per week for each subsequent week.
Business Notices, in reading columns 20 cent
per line for FIRST insertion, 10 cents per line 10
each subsequent insertion.
All observation-disclosures to be paid for :
advance.
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VEGEEENE

Instead of being pnIcd-up medicine has worked
| its way up to its present astonishing success by
actual merit in curing I'LL diseases OF the blood, OF
| n4r
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Kennebec Savings Bank
This Bank is not required TO make
retuInS to ASSeSSOrS.

This Bank is not required to make
returns to Assessors.
DEPOSITS mate on Or blfore the l0M day of any
monM rW be dafed hack to tie first dag Of tie
same mouth.
On First Monday In May and November of each
year dividend win be made on all deposits stand
ing at those dates, which have been on deposit one
full months
Money deposited in Savings Banks Is not to be
taxed 10 deposlors hereafter
Dividends as soon as declared are added to the
principal, thus compromising the inter5s every SIX
months.
Loans made to depositors on dcposltlng their
BANK Book as security.
Office Ina Freemans Bank Building.
=. II. ADAMS, Treasurer.
". r. HALLETT, President.
Augusta, Jan. %, 1915. jan29-t&wtf
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AUGUSTA SAVINGS BANK
Organized in l84S

TRUSTEES Thomas Lambard, Jas. w. North
ARENAS Libbey, VIM. s. Badger, Sam'l Titcomb.
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VEGETINE

Is now prescribed in cases of ScroIula and other
diseases OF the blood, b. many OF the best physl-
clans, owing to its great Fuccess In cnriug al dis
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EyTiNEEy WEI

and is living now. which fact is 10 be ascribed III a
iy TO the usc ut the s1tsf.TAysLE I'GLNlDS
4.s.I :AL%aST. Very truly yours,
Holm trFS
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EG EEHYE

Does not deceive invalids into false hopes by pm 2
ing and creating fictitious appetite, but assists
nature in clearing and purifying the whole system
leading the tient gradually TO perfect h"ai'b'
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-15
INDIANA.

By statute see Revision of 1881 .375,
free negroes were prohibited from settling
in the State, unless bond and security for
800, in each case was given, that be
should not become a charge on the county
as pauper, and it was provided that il
the negro was convicted Of any penal
offence, (however trivial as an atfray OF
gaming the whole bond was forfeited.
A negro settling in the State, and
falling to give the bond, was to be hired
out by a public officer for 6 months,
unless he removed from the State, and
any person hiring or harboring such a
negro, was liable to be fined 81 900.
A negro or mulatto having ! negro
blood could be not witness for or against
a white person.-Ibid., p. 404.
By the first constitution, adopted in
1916, only whites were allowed to vote,
Art. s, S 1, and only whites could be
in the militia Art. 7, $ ID Marriages
between whites and blacks were prohibit
ed, and if such persons should g out oi
the State to marry, the marriage wa,
void in Indiana. Whites and blacks OF
mulattoes intermarrying, were liable IL
imprisonment in the peuitentiary from
one to ten years, and all persons aiding
IN, or advising such marriage were pun
ishable in the same way, and any person
concealing or harboring whites and negroes
who had intermarrled with intent to pre-
vent their detection and punishment, were
punishable in the penitentiary from l t
years. Ibid, p. 595 and go.
No want Of religious belief in whites
was ground to exclude them as witnes
ses but blacks and mulattoes were ex
cluded in cases for or against whites
Revision of 1913, p. 719. This provision
was In force at least as late as 1896
& H., Stat. Vol. 2, p. 166.
The Constitution of Indiana, made il
1851 and still remaining, as then writer
at least as late as 1870. prohibits negroes
and mulattoes from voting. Art. v, s 5
and Art. XIII of that constitution prohib
its negroes and mulattoes from moving t,
and settling in the State, and that consti
tuition makes void all contracts made will
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RHODE ISLAND.

In the Revision of the Statutes of 1922
p. 81, intermarriage between whites and
rage declared void. This p,o,s ' {, m r.
continued in the Revision of 1857, p.
312, and also in the Revision of 1872.
Eight years after the war closed), page
325, and a person joining such persons
in marriage was liable to fine of 5000.
Whites only allowed to vote; Revision of
1922, p. 80.
The granting Of license for keeping
taverns, ale houses, victuallmg houses,
cook shops, oyster shops, and for retail
ing liquors were prohibited to "any col
ored or black persons, nor shall any white
person, duly licensed suffer any black or
colored person in his employ, or bis agent
to sell any liquor whatever, under the
penalty Of forfeiting such license. Rev.
of 1922, p. 296.
In the same book, Oh page 444, it is
enacted, THAT if any free negro, or mu-
latto, shall keep disorderly house or
entertain any person at unreasonable hours,
or IN an ertfaUagant manner" the town
council may break up the housekeeping
Of such negro or mulatto, and bind him
out to serve for two years.
Slavery was abolished i'll Rhode Island
in 1884, but their children were contin-
ued under the control Of their owners
until they were twenty-one years of age.
By Constitution Of 1874, only citizens
of u. S. were allowed to vote, (this ex.
Guided negroes as they were not citizens
them
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+ this darkness, in undertaking to solve
I this great problem, they fell into the
paths which had been trodden by the
whites of the North and OF England .
And Is II not now still more strange that,
having corrected their error in about q
year after IL was committed, bv a repeal
Of the most obnoxious provisions. thew
are now charged with vindictiyeness and
enmity towards the freedmen. whilst
those who, under circumstances far more
favorable, acting calmly and in perfect
peace, and in their own good time, passed
more stringent regulations and kept them
IN force for many years, are to be regard
ed as having acted justly and properly !?
l have now done with this legislation.
Ifyour colored friends, who are convinced
Of the corruption OF the Republicans,
still refuse to act with US, | can only saw
| am sorry for it, both for their sake and
ours. l am glad to be able to say to YOU
that there are many thousands of the
coiored people of this State, who have
slgnitied their intention to vote with us.
These are quite sufficient to carry the
election. When the feast shall come, |
L shall be very sorry to see that any of
the invited guests were kept away by
their own blindness or wilfulness. New
ertheless, having chosen to remain away,
they can't complain. The people of this
State have decreed the overthrow of the
present corrupt government, and it mat
tiers but little who shall endeavor to sup
port it, that decree will be made efectual
ia November
Yours truly,
j. L. GEORGE.
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APPENDIX.
MASS ACHUSETTS.

Negroes were not allowed to be enrolled
in the militia, but they were required to
attend the calls of the militia companies
and to do such work as mi ght be required
of them by the officers. Revision of
Mass. Laws of 1914, p. $50.
Negroes and mulattoes were prohibited
from entertaining any negro or mulatto
servants under penalty of FIVE shillings
for each offence, and if any were unable
to pay the fine he was TO work in the
house of correction, at hard labor, for
two days for each shilling Of the fine
Ib.
The statute recited in Its preamble that
great charge aud Inconvenience have
occurred to divers towns, by releasing
and setting free negroes and mulatto
slaves; and then enacted that no such
persons shall be freed, until bond and
security be first given to indemnify
the town against such negro or mulatto
becoming charge on the town.--Ib. p.
745.
In the same book p. 74S it is enacted,
that if a negro or mulatto shall strike
any person Of the English or other chris
tian nation he shall be punished by
severe whipping at the discretion of the
Justice
And at same place it is enacted that
no one of the English, Scot or other
christian nation shall intermarry with
negro or mulatto, and a penalty of fifty
pounds ($250l is imposed on any minister
who shall solemnize such marriage
In the Revision of the Statutes of
1886, p. 40, intermariage between whites
and blacks is again prohibited
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BY the Revised Statutes of 1866, me-
groes were not allowed 10 vote; but uu-
naturalzed whjtc-, foreigners, who had
merely declared their intention 10 become
citizens, wcrc allowed 80 yutc, .ll1f.
Marriage were made void whom oun party
is white and thn other hHd ou".tuurth y
or more ct negro uIpul, 0p. Z54t.
The statute uu ,ho subject ol common
school declared, that io thn purpose uI
aforling . ir.. education " tp 1Il white
youth, -chYp. ttN should Doc levied Du
whites Duiy-0Ib. p. 3I2.
This provision Wit not changed OH
1869.
The Statute ON Witnesses provided
that every human being of sufficient ca
pacity to understand the obligation of am
oatn is competent witness cK
cept the following
First, Persons Of uu,ouud mind, etc.
Second, Indians and negroes who ap.
pear incapable Of receiving just imPre--
ions of the facts respecting which they
are examined, OF OF relating them bon.
diligently or truly.-.Ib. p. 4f9J.
Only whites were allowed tJ serve ou
juric-, lIb. p. jo9).
he Constitution NJ lut HLilt WIS
adopted in 1861. It excluded negroes and
mulattoes from voting but allowed uu-
naturalized foreigner 10 vote rs soon as
they lad declared their intention " be-
come citizens Art. 2 >. ~.
The prohibition Of iutermarriagc be-
tween whites and blacks was re-euactel
in the Code of 1913, p. 4G2, and also
exclusion Of negroes from Juries.-llb.
p. 642j.
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CONNECT Ut.

Slavery was abolished in 1874, by de-
claring free all born of slave mothers
after that time, but these children were
bound to serve their owners until the age
of twenty-five years. Those born be
fore were continued in slavery.
See Jackson V. Bullock, 2 Conn. +.
3S.
In Revision of 1921 (see Constitution
Of Connecticut, Art. g., only whites were
allowed to vote.
The amended Constitution of 1915,
contains the same provision, (see Rev. OF
1919, p. 47), and this provision remains
in words in the Constitution of Connecti-
cut up to the present time. A negro
can't now vote i'll Con. except by virtue
of the Constitution of the L. S, the
State Constitution prohibits it. See Rev.
of 1873, p. % L. H.
Negroes were prohibited from serving
in the militia in Revision of 1889, p.
1926, and in the Revision of 1S49, p. 652
in the Revision of 1866, p. 557, and this
prohibition was left out, only in the Re
vision of the present year 1912 P. Ill.
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Two Dollars a Year.

negroes and mulattoes 50 coming into the
State, and Furnishes all persons employing
them or encouraging them to settle in the
. State, from 500 10 5000.
Ia the Revision Of 1882, p. Sol. tie
same provision heretofore set out as to
intermarriages between whites and blacks
was continued.
BY Statute, negroes coming into the
State 10 settle in violation OF the consti-
tuition were liable to be fined from $40 to
S5Q0.-Rev 1852, p. $40.
And by that constitution negroes and
mulattoes were excluded from the militia.
Art. XII, : /, and this provision is
still in force. Davis Supp. of 1870, p.
Sal.
In 1860, negroes and mulattoes were
not liable to school taxes, nor entitled to
the benefit Of school funds in Indiana
@. ~ H., Rev. vol. /, p. 542 This
provision was re-enacted on 9th OF March,
l865.-Ddyis' supp, p. 40.
Very stringent laws were passed to-
carry out that provision of the constitu-
ton which prohibited negroes from
settling in the State, and these were not
repealed till 22d Feb. 1867, but the
itself remained unchanged
in 1870, and j. probably 50 at this time
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OHIO.

Act passed in 1904, prohibited after
June lst OF that year any black OF
muiatto persons from settling or residing
III the State without certificate of free
dom, any person employing such a person
without certificate shall be fined from
$1,000 to $50 90, Reyisi0n of 1S47 .. 500.
la 1907. an Act was passed prohibiting
any negro or mulatto from settling in the
State, unless he shall, within twenty DAYS
after his arrival, give bond with two or
more freehold sureties in the penalty
of $4,000, conditioned for the
good beh lviour Of such negro or mulatto,
and to pay for his support, in case he shall
be unable to support himself, and if any
negro or mulatto shall immigrate unto the
State without complying with the above,
1t was made the duty Of the overseer of
the poor to remove him as pauper.-
h., p. 593. And If any person shall
6p o9aT,bW.Sy GQnqsal suol, =,
the above, he shall forfeit 500 90,
and be liable to support the same in case
he becomes unable to do sob.
In the same Act, negro or mulatto
was made an incompetent witness in any
case in which white person was interest
ed.-Ib.
The Constitution of Ohio in force, when
the war ended, confined the right to vote
to whites. -Const. Of Ohio, Art. V, 5
l.
In 1859 an Act was passed directing
Judges of Election to reject all voters
who had a distinct and visible admixture
of African blood. Swami Il CrutchfeId's
Statutes of Ohio, y. 349
Judges receiving such votes were made
liable to fine from 500 to $500, and to
imprisonment from one to six months,
and any person aiding or advising such
voting was made liable to same imprison-
ment-Ib
In 1861, (sec Swan IL Saycrs Revision
of 1868, p. 261, an Act was passed pro-
hibiting any person Of pure white blood
from intermarrying or having illicit car
nal intercourse with any negro, or with
any person having a distinct and visible
admixture of African blood, under penal
ty Of fine of $4,000, and Imprisonment
for three months.
In 1868 an Act was passed :. u S,
p. 1885, containing severe provisions
againstnegIOe. voting.
Negt oe> not allowed to serve n jurors.
Laws Of Ohio OF 1910, p. u
Swan Revision Of 1889. p. 49, Revi-
sion Of 1861, p. 75l, and the prohibition
was ia force in 1868.
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NEW JERSEY.

Act passed February, 1920 for tn,
/ gradual abolition of slavery made fre,
every child born of slave since July tn,
4th, 1904, but provided that such child
should remain the servants of the owner
I OF his or her mother, as if bound To ser
wee by the overseers Of the poor until
the male children were twcnty-eight and
the female twenty-one years OF age Re
vision of 1S47, p. 800
On the 1Stl OF April, 1916. lsame Re
vision p. $500, an Act WAS PASSED to abnl-
lsh slavery finally, and every slave then in
the State was made free but every such
freedman was made an apprentice to his
then owner, who was only allowed to
discharge him from service by procur-
ing the certificates Of the overseers of the
poor and of two justices, that such ap-
prentice proposed to be freed, was of
sound mind and capable Of making a
support: or without such certificate if
the owner would give bond with security
that the negro would not become charge
on the county.
The children of these apprentices were
to be supported by their masters till they
were SIX years old, and then, in all
cases they were to be bound as poor child
rem by overseers of the poor, the owner
having the preference. Persons enticing
away such apprentices were declared
guilty of misdeameanor and fined 500.
and persons harboring such apprentices
were made liable to pay one dollar for
each day they 50 harbored them.
Only whites were allowed to be enrolled
in the militia. Ibid. 745, and only whites
were entitled to vote. See Constitution
of 1S47, Art. 2.
This Constitution as far as have been
able 10 learn has not been changed.
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by the British, aud declaring the whites
by long experience had been weaned iron
preiudices, and that their hearts were
now filed with benevolence and kindnes.
towards all men, and that in justice tt
the unhappy slaves, they now proceeded
to act; then merely set free those who
shall be born within the State after the
passage of the Act, retaining all Others
Id slavery. With proviso, however,
that all 50 born and set free should be
servants and bound TO their owners till
they were twenty-eight years of age
Negroes and mulattoes were excluded
from militia duty till 1872. Purdon's Dig.
P. 1863. Biightley's Purdon's Dig. ,.
1910. They were not allowed TO serve
on jury. Brightley's Purdon's Dig. p.
829. Whites only were allowed to vote
till 1870.
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WISCONSIN.

Under the Constitution, Art II, these
persons were only allowed To vote.
lst. White citizens of United States
ID. White persons of foreign birth
who had merely declared their intention
to become citizens
Sd. Indians who had been declared by
Act OF Congress citizens; and also any
civilized person OF Indian descent Whites
only were allowed in the militia -BcN
Statutes Of 1898, p. 34oi and only
whites were allowed 10 serve ON iuue+
lib. p. 600.