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saw mahogany root tlom Central
America in a circular form feet in di.
amctcr and six inches thick, bark on
both sides. The roots appear to have
sprung out from the bottom edge, and to
have been cut off. 1t had grown be-
tween two great rocks.
went through the educational depart
ment OF the great States of Mass, Ohio,
Indiana etc, where everything pertain
ing to education can be seen. Immense
numbers of morocco bound books con.
tain true copies of examination papers by
the pupils themselves in all the depart
ments of the bes. schools. AS left the
main building to 80 to the art building
| first passed II giant granite American
soldier 2l feet high and weighing 80
tons. AS l passed up the broad stone
steps q colossal bronze stallion, with
wings and keeper, stood or rather rear
ell in mid air. am simply unable to
tell you of the great master pieces Of
English French, German, Italian and
Spanish painting and sculpture. Many
of these paintings are by Reynolds, West,
Landseer, and many Others little less fam
Gus, and are lent to the exhibition by
Queen Victoria, Princess Louise, Rotl
child and the English nobility. Twas
particularly struck, among American
paintings, by Rosenthal's " Elaine"
which you remember was stolen IN iSan
Francisco and recovered. The finest Par
ian marbles surrounded me-marbles
which genius had made to speak. l
could not tarry, but must pass on and
out, when found it was five o'clock, for
l wished to get scat in the cars, and
even this l could accomplish only by
meeting one from the city and returning
in it, Every steam and street car is in
requisition.
shall write you ouce more from here.
Yours truly,
VIM. II. REEVES.
, 1876-10-14
PHILADELPHIA Penn.
Sept. IL, 1876.
VIM. ii. REEVES.

NIN' ~
My Dear Morse Since writing you
last an equinoctial gale has blown over
this city, blowing down chimneys, up
roofing shade trees, and damaging ves-
sells. Much rain fell at the same. .tlme;but
this morning the sun shone forth and the
streets of this city looked much the bet
ter for good washing. went out to
the Centennial grounds early, but thou
sands more were there before me. In
company with many Others | fingered
about the great Corliss engine in Machin-
cry hall to see it start. No sooner had
the master spoken than the great driving
Wheel thirty feet in diameter, began
slowly at first to reyOlvc and then the
impulse was sent through all the machin-
cry in that great hail. 1t seemed an act
almost creative. | wandered through II
score OF paviliOns devoted to sewing
machines-al incased in the highest
style OF art, and presenting samples OF
work which seemed perfect. The Weed"
showed magnificent painting, illustrat'
ing the death of Warren, all worked on
that machine. The new Wheeler & Will
son makes Il "pearl" stitch, and which
really looks like chain of minute pearl.
The operator made the representation OF
a ladies boot before my eyes, which few
artists could excel. A blind girl was
operting the "Victor" with the same ia.
cility apparently as other people. The
Home" machine was sheltered beneath
aroot ofstained glass beautiful enough tor
n church window. The best suspenders
| ever saw were woven before our eyes
with the name and residence of owner
thereon. Handkerchiefs, stockings, scarfs
and badges were all made right before
me. A great Nevada Quarts Mill kept
stamping away showing us how gold is
extracted from the rock, showing us
specimens of shafts and hosting appara-
tus. Jno. A. Roebling, the builder of
Niagra suspension bridge showed sam
piles Of the great cable for east river
bridge. 1t was more than " inches IN
diameter, contained 5000 wires and was
capable of sustaining strain gilmore
tllan 22,0O0,000 lbs. Who will be afraid
hereafter to cross suspension bridge.
The Waltham Watch Company exhibited
1900 watches, from the Ladies' watch to
the great heavy watch for miners-in all
styles some sparkling with brilliant and
Centennial devices, and all the product
of only six working days of ten hours
each.
saw Krupps great gun 90 feet long
IA inch calibrr aud hurting ball oi
, 1876-10-14
WM. III. REEVES.

ADvERsIrY,--Men, apparently useless
and purposclcss, have, when placed in
positions of difficulty, exhibited powers
of character before unsuspecIed. Some
of the greatest minds that have existed
upon the earth would never have made
their rare gifts of benefit to others had
they not been driven out and purified by
adversely. Tho poets whose sublime
strains have cheered so many hearts, havo
learned in suffering what they have
thought in song Had their path been
strewn with roses, had they been waited
onward by tho favorng gale Of prosper.
ity the mutitudes would have missed
those grand inspiring words that have so
helped them in the weary battle Of lite.
Guy Howard, son of Gen. o. o. How.
ard, has received the appointment of Sec
ond lieutenant in the 18th lnfanary, with
orders to report at Fort Yuma, CAL, for
duty.
Oregon takes 10 medals and diplomas
at the Centennial Exhibition tor State
exhibits.
A man should never he contcnted with
his lot until it is paid for.
, 1876-10-14

ll6O lbs. with $50 pounds of powder
distance of ID miles. Its penctratiyc
power was "A inches into solid wrought
and chilled iron. 1t was through
krupps guns the summons to Surrender
was thundered upon the ear of Paris.
! saw pins stuck at the rate of 300
minute, and know where the pins comc
from if don't know where they go 10.
A Canada log house attracted my at.
tentiOn. Its Corinthian pillars are huge
saw logs and the stairway and triangular
roof are all built of boards most ingen-
uousy. Some specimens of boards there
would seem better labeled Washington
Territory.
In the California Building con be seen
all the processes OF silk manufacture,
from the moth and worm feeding on
mulberry leaves up to the manufactured
product, fit 20 adorn beauty.
think the Horticultural Building the
prcttiest in the exhibition. 1t is the
highest and best lighted and the eye
rests with more satisfaction upon its
green treasures. One Sago palm, more
than hundred years old, was the prop.
erty OF Robt. Morris before and during
the revolution. Many ferns were scat.
tered about, but they are neither new or
desirable objects to person from Wash.
ington Territory,
Among the score or more of Reapers
in the Agricultural Building, | was most
Interested in Walter A. Woods self
binder. 1t bound with wire and threw
the sheaf over the bausters to where |
stood. A man near by said he had cut
and bound 100 acres with it, and it gave
perfect satisfaction. 1t bound a sheaf of
any size from three to twelve inches in
diameter. So it goes, the machinery
will soon perform all the labor and the
poor farmer will have nothing to do but
play the gentleman. If the United
States had u rival in agricultural imple-
ments it was in Ontario Canada, which
presented some beautiful work Uf many
kinds.
Maillard, of N. Y, exhibited 1000
kinds OF chocolate hon. .bons-all theflow-
ers of the garden were exactly initiated
in sugar and starch. Just think what IA
taste our people must have for these
sugary things.
saw an old fashioned wind mill, with
flour all about as if to give us to think
it were IN actual use.
Moseman, a sadder Of New York, ex-
hibited stuffed horse 21s hands high
and weighing $500 pounds
The old battered boat "TIope," in
which DR.. Kane left the advance" ON
the Grinnell Expedition, and alter push.
ing it Que hundred miles, over the ice
and snow, sailed one thousand miles to
Disco stands just outside the govern
ment building. In the carriage build
ing is the plain old coach in which
Washington used to ridc on state occa,
sions. One of Studebaker's Wa7oas on
exhibition far surpasses it in workman.
ship 1t has seat behind for servants
and footmen, and was in its day no
doubt worthy to transport Washington
and family between Mt Vernon and the
seat of government.
But il my subject is endless my sheet
is not, so am admonished to again bid
you good night.
WM. ii. REEVES.
, 1876-10-14

They we're sitting together, he and she
and he was arduously thinking what to
say. Finally he burst out with: "In
this land of noble achievements and un-
dying glory why is it that women do
not come more to the front why is it
that they do not climb the ladder of
fhme?" "I suppose" said she putting
her finger in her mouth, "it is all on nc.
count Of their pullbucks."
A bcnifcial strike-striking a job.
, 1876-10-14
Chr 4lurthtrn Star.
Republican Ticket.

plrrDNrE TO C0NGRENs.
ORANGE JACOBS.
punsEcuTING ATTORNEY,
WV. \. INMAN
JuINT CoUNCrLMNN.
l.. e. FERGUSON.
REPRESENTATIVE.
O. Il. IVERSON.
SlIERIFF.
BENZ STRETCH.
AUDITOR.
JOHN SWEET,
PROBATE JUDGE.
II. d. MORGAN.
TREASURER.
j. ID. MORGAN.
COtNTY COMMISSIONERS.
j. IRVINE.
/. II. WlTTER.
NJ. I. WIGHT.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
HUGH ROSS.
CORONER.
A. c. FOLSOM.
, 1876-10-14

Whoever has gone through much OF
life must remember that he has thrown
away great deal Of useless uneasness
upon what was much worse in apprehen.
sion Glan in rcanty.
, 1876-10-14
Democratic Ticket.

DELEGATE TO CONGRESS.
j. p. JUDSON.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
w. ii. WHITE.
JOINT COUNCILMAN.
NJ. II. FROST.
REPRESENTATIVE.
II. W. LIGHT.
SHERIFF.
II. BLACKMAN.
AUDITOR.
]. SWEET.
PROBATE JUDGE.
J. n. LOW.
TREASURER.
T. +. MARKS.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
WM. WHITFIELD.
CHAS. HARTMAN.
F. II. HANCOCK.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
J. TOWN.
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
j. Il. COTTON.
CORONER.
A. c. FOLSOM.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-22
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE

ton over the past, which people who have won
after fighting hard and losing half million of
men, may surely be allowed to display, and
there could hardly be smaller or milder sign
than the relegation of Mr.. Jefferson Davis to
private life for the rest of his days. Then, too,
the position the North took during the war,
and has taken since its close, in its relations to
foreign opinion. must not be forgotten. 1t dis
trngulshed the late rebellion from all other
previous rebellions on two grounds-that its
oDJect was the preservation and perpetuation OF
slavery, and that it had broken out under q
constitution which gave perfectly free play to
all peaceful efforts to effect constitutional
changes. On these grounds it called for the
sympathy, OF the best men Of other countries in
terms such as no state before when engaged in
civil war has felt justified in using, and on
these grounds, too, it described the moral guilt
of the promoters of the insurrection in terms
of unprecedented vehemence. Now, it will not
do to act as if this talk was all 5uncombe as if
all the moral heat and wrath of that period
were due to the passions of the battlefield, and
had no root in cold and settled principle. 1t
will not do after describing Jefferson Davis as
all Our mOralsts as well as politicians described
him, to treat him as if he were simply mista-
ken politician who had outlived his errors. A
decent regard for the opinion of mankind, even
if we are not burdened with self-respect, re-
quiIes us to exclude him at least from partici-
patton in the councils of the nation he tried to
destroy. There is a point in legislation, as in
social intercourse, at which charity and mercy
become vices dangerous to the social order
The successful cultivation of the virtue of good
nature has, in the opinion of many, carried us
to this point already, so that our penitentiaries
begin to be regarded by large class of the
community as merely refuge of the unlucky,
in which any of us might any day find himself
Nevertheless, it would not be difficult to show
that civil society rests on the assumption that
some>men are better than Others; that people
who have led decent lives are entitled to sit in
judgment on criminals; and that right and
wrong are not mere conventions which may be
established one year and may be changed the
next We owe it to ourselves, in short, to say
that there was at least one man whose political
career was closed by his share in ''the grea test
rebellion the world ever saw"
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-22

The Nation takes the ground that the
question of excepting Jefferson Davis from
the operation of general amnesty deserves
careful consideration, and is topic which
will bear discussion, even in the centennial
year. If any one ought to suffer for partici-
patton in the rebellion, it is he whom the
South selected and put forward as the most
prominent man in the movement which led
to the Confederaey. As regards the mass of
the Southern people, and even the prominent
livion was and is the wisest of all courses,
and no less beneficial to the North than to
the South. Its reasons for excepting Jeffer-
son Davis are set forth in the following wise
and temperate language:
But then, there is no practical end that we
know of to be served by making Jefferson Da'
Wis again competent to hold Office, for this is
all that his inclusion in the amnesty would
amount to. His present disabilities in no way
damage him in body or estate. He holds prop
erty, can sue and be sued, come and go, ike
other men. If he suffers at all for taking his
share in the rebellion, he suffers only in mind,
and that he suffers in mind there is no good
reason for believing. If he were amnestled,
however, there can be little doubt that an early
opportunity would be taken to send MIN PACK
to the House or the Senate; and the question
now is whether the North can really, even By
fair-minded Southerners, be expected to expose
itself to contingency of this kind, and wheth-
er it would be well for it to do so. The South
can, after complete defeat in war-and such a
war!-hardly call on the victors for the sup
preston of every species of susceptibility and
the effacement of every trace of ordinary hu-
man pride. There are some signs of indigna-
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-22
Republican National Convention.


The next Cniou Republican National Convention
for the nomination of candidates for President and
Vice-President of the United States will be held in
the city of Cincinnati Wednesday, the fourteenth
day of June 1876 at II O'Clock noon and will consist
OF delegates from each State equal to twice the
Der of its Senators and Representatives in Congress-
and Of two delegates from each organized Territory
and the district of Columbia.
In calling the conventions for the election of dele
gltes, the committees of the several States are re-
commended to invite all Republican electors and all
other voters, without regard to past political dit
ferences sor previous party affiliations, who are
opposed to reviving sectional issues and desire to
promote friendly feeling and permanent harmony
throughout the country by maintaining and enforcing
all the constitutional rights of every citizen, incud
ing the full and free exercise OF the right of suffrage
without intimidation and without fraud; who are in
favor of the continued prosecution and punishment
or all official dishonesty and an economical adminis
trat1on OF the Government by honest faithful and
pabe officers; who are in favor of making such re-
forms in government as experience may from time to
it OF the nation by deprecang any of its obligations.
and in favor Of sustaining in every way the national
faith and financial honor; who hold that the common
school system is the nursery of American liberty and
should be maintained absolutely free from sectaran
control; who believe that for the promotion of these
ends, the direction of the Government should con-
tnue to be conded to those who adhere to the prin-
cipes of 1776, and support them as incorporated in
the Constitution and the laws; and who are in favor
Of recognizing and Strengthening the fundamental
principle of National Unity in this Centennial An
niyersary of the birth of the Republic.
E. d. MORGAN Chairman,
VIM. E. CHANDLER, Secretary,
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
Washington, January 49, 1876.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-22
PUBLIC REPORT
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UDnN ENERE "A MT

have not enjoyed good health for several years
past yet have not allowed it to interfere with my Ia
Dor. Every one belonging to the laboring class
knows the inconvenience of being obliged to labor
when the body, from debility, almost refuses to per-
form its daily task. never was believer in dosing
with medicines; but having heard the VEGETINE
% spoken Of SO highly, was determined to try it, and
(Which every one needs at same time) it surpasses
everything ever heard Of 1t tinvigorates the whole
system; it is great cleanser and purifier OF the the
have taken it, and all unite in praise Of its satisac
tory effect.
Especially among the aged class of people, it i'm
parts to them the thing most needful in old age
nights of calm, sweet repose thereby Strengthening
the mind as well as the body. One aged lady, who
has been suffering through life from scrofula, and
has become blind through its effects, having tried
many remedies with no favorable result was induced
by friends to try the VEGETINE. After taking few
bottles she obtained such great relief that she
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to look upon the man who had sent her such bles-
sing. Yours respectfully,
O.P. H. HODGE, Police Officer, Station 6.
BOSTON, Mass, May 9, 1871.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-22

CASTELAR, has been giving his views on
the Cuban war, and tells his countrymen
that reforms and not arms alone are necessary
to end it. In his opinion so long as slavery
exists in the island, so long will war continue
for all Europe and America will refuse the
moral support necessary to maintain Spanish
territory in the New World while the worst
crime and most odous institution bequeathed
to our age by past centuries is permitted to
endure. The English Anti Slavery Society
have taken a position which confirms his
views. In memorial to Lord Derby they
remind him that in June last he said the
British government sympathized with the OBJ.
ject of their proposal-that England should
endeavor, in conjunction with the United
States. to obtain settlement of the Cuban
difficulty by friendly mediation. They now
earnestly recommend the question in its pres
ent critical aspect to his management, Lord
Derby replied that his government would
give the question that attention which its
Importance deserved.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-22

The controversy between the World and
Sun as to the wines proper to be drunk with
curry continues with unabated fury. The
World, in an article displaying ansastounding
wealth of pathological knowledge, attacks a
correspondent of the Sun as a "Taiyar-Ka
ran' who is trying to pass himself off as a
"durai," propounds this conupdrum to him,
'Mi yenna iadi?' and finally contemptuous.
ly dismisses him with the remark "Vun We
laiyap par" To the unlearned reader it
totally chawed up.''
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-22

A NEW humorist has arisen in the House
Townsend of New York. He is described as
a portly gentleman far advanced in years, but
evidently full of vigor, with head covered
with thick growth of white hair, cropped
like pugilsts, and very determined cast
of countenance. His speech on the centen-
nial bill was full of genuine wit, and entirely
free from that bufoonery which passes for
humor with our legislators.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-22

THE scholars have discovered that the sto-
ry of Tom Thumb is stellar myth, and that
Gle petite poucet" is no other than Hermes.
The little star above the middle star in the
handle Of the dipper is Tom, and in the ear
lier times when the constellation was consid-
cred an ox-team, he was the driver. From
that we hold him in our nursery legend, TO be
the driver of his fathers oxen. He is identi-
fed with Hermes through means Of the thiev-
ish propensities of the two.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-22

VERY significant is the little speech of Mr..
Cook of Georgia. Centennial appropriations
may be very well, he says, but the govern
ment should be Just before it is generous. II
should restore to the South the 100000, O0O
of taxation wrested from that section during
the war before it votes any money for cen.
tennals. Are we to be asked TO refund to
the South the money she expended in hel
mad attempt to DESTROY the Union?
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-22

1T is a waste of wisdom to make ''predic-
tions" after the event, though it is safer
when the prediction is governed by the fact.
If the Advertiser had read the Thursday
morning papers it would have seen that the
man 'named Boyd' has been appointed
postmaster at Houlton and would have saved
itself from making ''predction" which does
not accord with the fact.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-22
HEARTFELT PRAYER.

ST. PAUL, Aug. %, 1864.
r. II. STEVENS, ESQ.,:
Dear Sir-I should be wanting in gratitude, if 1
for me- 1 was attacked about eleven months since
with Bronchitis, which settled into Consumption.
had night sweas and fever chils; was distressed for
BREATH and frequently spit blood; was all emaciated,
very weak, and so low that my friends thought my
case hopeless.
/ was advised to make trial of the VEGETINE,
which, under the providence of God, has cured me.
That he may bless the of your medicine to Others
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humble servant. BENJAMIN PETTINGILL,
P. S.-Mine is but one among the many cures your
medicine has effected in this place. B.P.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-22
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SATURDAY MORNING. JAN. 22, 1876

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
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SOUTH BOSTON, Feb. 0, 1871.

SOUTH BOSTON, Feb g. 1871.
r. II. STEVENS, ESQ.
Dear Sir-I have heard from very many sources Of
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She was in this condition when she commenced to
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As phrase-maker Gen. Banks stands
without peer in the House. What could be
finer than this? 81 have no appeal to make
to Democrats or Republicans. 1 salute the
august majesty of the people," Ali this
means nothing in particular, it is true. but it
sounds well. 1t is wise, however, to remem-
Der that in free governments the "august
majesty of the people" of necessity makes it.
self felt through the instrumentality of par
ties. The Democrats, most uncompromising
of partisans, will of course overlook that and
applaud Gen. Banks speech to the echo.