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POETRY.
The Harbingers,

Deep in the sunny copsss, thick in the sheltered
Calamity decking the wind-swept turf out on the
breezy plains.
Gemming the quiet hedge-rows, clustering by the
- stream,
Bossomng on the great hill sides where the golden
gorses CLEAN;
Blue and rosy. purple AMI white, mid the grasses
gistening,
They show, meath April shadow and shine the
habingers of spring.s
Stern the winters sway has been bitter and fierce
and long,
And still Ger the sea the bleak east wind is singing
his dying song;
But primrose, saowdrop and violet join in the old
sweet strain
"The frost is over thesnow is gone wei are coming
again, again.;
And from mating bird, and budding Dough, and
Weakening nature swelling,
Comes the echo Of the joyous news theharbingers
telling
And youth springs out to hail them on happy kin
And sobered life and tranquil age give welcome grave
and sweet;
Only sorrow. raising heavy eyes beside the cold,
white cross,
Says, "Here is what returns no more, no springtide
fer my loss,''
Yet by that the God OF Love the sign to trust
has given,
Of him who came the harbiuger of deathless JOYS in
heaven.
[dLL the Year Round
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LOST AND FOUND.

Lost.
a obong, Black Thread Lace VEIL nrobabIv
"A on High st. between Congress and Commerc'a
The finder will be suitably rewarded by leaving if at
this office. eninS1m.
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DLEASANT convenient Rooms to let. Furnished
Il or unfinished. Ii. house No. lis Spring street.
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DOOMS on the first, second and third floors of the
Ia brick building ON the easterly side of
Union St. Power can be had if wanted, Inquire of
W. Fl. PENNELL, on the premises, II Union st.
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Maine Central Il
PORTLAND &WORCESTER LIMB
Portland & Rochester R. R.
DECEMBER S. 1876.
- Trains will FINN as follows

Trains will FINN III follows
E svss5s-=sz Leave Portland at = 80 n. M,
30, $50 and geo p.
S.S0 A. m. Accommodation for Worcester. Ar
rives at Rochester at $50 a. m connecting with
Eastern and Boston s. Maine Railroads) AT
Nashua 11.47 a. M, Lowell 12.l5 p. M,
Boston LIS p. m, Aver junction l2.40p.
M, Fitchburg 1.25 p. M, and w OrcesteF
at 2.10 p. M, connecting with trains South and
West
$50 u. WI. Steamboat Express through to
New London without change. Con-
meets at Rochester for Dover and Great
Falls at EppinR for NIanchester and
Concord at Nashua for Lowell and
Boston, at Aver junction for Fitch.
burg and the West via HOOsac Tunnel
Zine, at Worcester with Boston q Albany
Railroad for New York. at Putnam with
0Boston 81 Philadelphia Express Line'' for
Philadelphia, Baltimore and WASH
ingt0u, at New London with Norwich
Line Steamers, due at Pier No, 40, North
River New York, at 600 a. m.
5.SO n. W. Mixed Train for Rochester.
600 r. M Local for GOrham.
Trains leave Rochester at 700, +1125 and ILL.,
M, arriving in Portland at $50 a. m *1,20 and
1910 p m. r.,
a. m.
MIXED
.Steamboat Express stops only at Springvale. Al
fred, Saco River Gorham, saccarappa ana Wests
brook making close connection with through trains
Of Maine Central and Grand Trunk Railroads.
deIdtf j. NJ. LUNT, Supt.
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For Sale Or TO Let.

fEVHE very desirable house, No Park Place
Il Price S24O0. Rent S25 per month. Enquire on
the premises. VA
Also house corner of Lincoln and Wimot Streets
Price $2200. Rent 500 per month ENQUIRE of
CHAS I'll. KIMBALL. Architect 1901 Middle St,
boyd BLOCK, orof JOHN G, PROCTOR,
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CITY ADVERTISER ENTS
CITY of PORTLAND.
ASSESSORS NOTICE

TTNHE Assessors of the. City of Portland hereby
l. give notice to all persons liable to taxation in
said city, that they will be in session every secular
day from the first to The fifteenth day of April next
inclusive, at their room in City Hall, from ten to
twelve O'Clock in the forenoon and from thu to five
o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose of receiving
lists OF the polls and estates taxable in said city,
And all such persons are hereby notified to make
and bring to said Assessors true and perfect lists of
all their polls and Estates real and personal or held
by them as guardian executor, administrator trustee
or otherwise, on the first day of April 1871 and be
prepared to make oath to the truth of the same.
And when estates of persons deceased have been
divided during the past year, or have changed hands
from any cause, the executor administrator or other
person interested is hereby warned to give notice of
such change and in default of such notice will be
held under the law to pay the tax assessed although
such estate has been wholly distributed and paid
over.
And any person who neglects to comply with this
notice will be doomed to tax according to the laws
of the State and be barred of the right to make ap
pcaton to the County Commissioners for any abate-
ment of his taxes, unless he shows that he was una
BILE to offer such lists within the time hereby APP
pointed.
yin no case where the assessors have been put
to the d1sagreeable necessity of making doom will
the possession of Government. bonds or deposits in
the Savings Banks be allowed ais plea in mitigation
OF such doom.
s sH M f 81 k Il RzEn' Assessors.
Blank schedules will be furnished at the room
of the Assessors.
Portland, March 80 1877. ma3Od3w
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Extensive Sale of Timber Lands.

PY virtue of a license from the Judge of Probate
lie auction at the Andrews House at So, Paris in
Oxford County, on TUESDAY May LIST, at IL A. NJ,
the following lands in Oxford county, belonging to
the estate of David Buffum, late OF Salem Mass to
witt All that part of Andover West Surplus of which
said Buffum died possessed, containing about 5000
acres, more or less much of it timbered. Said Sur
plus is delineated on the map of Oxford county.
Also the Bousley farm, Called in the towns of An
dover and Roxbury, containing about 600 acres on
which there is valuable water privilege. Written
received by Avah Black, Esq, at his office in Paris,
Me-, which will be opened at the time of sale above
named, and the highest bidder will then be an
nounced as the purchaser. Terms OF saie-haif cas-
delivery of deed and bank note Tor balance with
such indorsers are satisfactory to me, payable in
four months, interest added. If said bids are not
satisfactory reserve the right to decline Them and
of farther notice and sale.
DOLLY BUFFUM, Executrix
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REAL ESTATE,
For Sa

"A information please call at the Grand rrnnu
Dining Saloon, Portland Me. MRS. G. Il. LORD.
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Pure Milk for Family Use.

UHC MINK HUF dIsiUy Ost'
1 WOULD respectfully inform my former patrons
Il and citizens IN general who contemplate change
IN their supply of milk, that am prepared to fur
nlsh superior quality of pure milk at reasonable
rates; all orders lett at S. WINSLOW 81 CO.'S, Is
Market Square, will receive prompt attention by me,
laking will be shown to those who wish to investi-
gate shall employ no boys but deliver the milk in
person. CYRUS LOWELL, Agent.
dec25 dlwstf
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FOR SALE.

To Let, or Exchange.
ESOR Real Estate in the Countrywide Two-stcry
- Brick house and land No. Spruce St Lot
1l5X5o. ED WARD A. MOVES
apl2d&w1w Portland Savings Bank.
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For Sale.

nNE of the most desirable seaside resorts on the
" coast. Buildings well arranged to accommodate
100 Guests. For price and terms call on JOHN c.
PROCTOR, SO Exchange St. fe3dtf
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TENHE Chamber on the corner of Middle and Cross
Il streets, recently occupied by W. c.. Beckett,
merchant tailor. Apply to HENRY DEERING,
mchl3dtf 81 Exchange st,
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HENRY II. CARTER,

HENRY Il. CARTER,
Solicitor of Patents and Mechanical En-.
sineer.
Assistance given to inventors in developing their
inventions. Drawings and models properly pre-
pared for the Patent Office Correspondence solic-
tied.
$50 MIDDLE STREET.
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WANTS..
Wamfnd.
GIRLS WANTED

TWENTY-FIVE loads Vault Manure taken AWAY
Il at reasonable rates. Address '
ap13dtf n. LIBBY. Portland p o.
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A few experienced hands on old work,
none others.
HHLLMAN Il MORRILL,.
ap12 1w Straw Factory, Cross -.
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To Lei.

"A Tenement corner Deer and Fore street, rooms
"A Sebago water. Enquire
ma2Oti 1Os NEwBURY ST.
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BOARD.
Front ParIor ChaYmher
BOarders Wanted.

nNE Of the pleasantest front parlor chambers in
" the city can be secured, with board). at IS
BRACKET STREET, corner of Spring mh27tf
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A Young Man who thoroughly understands hook.
IN keeping, desires a situation as Assistant Rook
keeper Good references. Address
ap10d1m* W. F. KIMBALL, Locke's Mills.
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TO LET.

"A BRICK HOUSE, with stable, in good neigh
"A borhood situated on the highest land between
the Eastern and Western Promenade. The house is
furnished with Gas and Sebago. and heated by
good furnace. Plenty of sunlight. Address,
OF" PRESS OFFICE.
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A FEW boarders can find good rooms furnished
N or unfinished, with or without board at
febSdt 416 CUMBERLAND STREET.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-02
NEW YORK CASH PRICE LIST.

40 % one barrel, 5000
We have in stock, Of our own lnanutac-
ture. roofing materials, &c. at the follow
ing low prices:
100 rolls extra Rubber Roofing, at cents
per tquare foot. Or we will Furnish Rubber
Roofing, Nails, Caps and Slate Paint for
an entire new roof, at "A cents per square
foot.
20oG rolls 2-ply Tarred Roofing Felt, at ~
cents per square loot
1900 rolls 5-ply Tarred Roofing Felt, at ~
cents per square foot.
200 rolls Tarrcd sheathing, at Il cent per
square foot.
1000 gallons fine Enamel Paint, mixed
ready for use, on inside or outside work, at
81 per gallon.
Send for sample card OF colors, All Or
ders must be ac,:um pan led with the money
or satisfactory city references. No goods
shipped &. 0. d., unless express charges are
guaranteed.
sample orders solicited.
102 g. 104 MAIDEN LANE,
New York
The Morning herald., 1877-04-02
EDITORIAL VARIETIES.

The japanese appear to have hit upon
the expedient of providing fire-proof store
houses for the reception of furniture and
other valuables As security against the
vast conaagrations which during the win
ter months are SO prevalent in Japan, the
most perishable and valuable articles are
kept in fire-proof storehouses known as
"mud godowns.' These structures are
built Of mud, or, to speak more correctly,
Of clay. Some Of them take as many as
three years in building. A double frame.
work Of bamboo, or slight boarding, is run
ur, and the intervening space, about eight.
cen inches or two feet wide, is filled with
mud, which is gradual packed and al
lowed to dry by the action Of the atmos-
phere. At great fire which occurred at
Toxic on the 9th of November, and ragged
for eight hours, destroying nearly ten
thousand houses and an immense amount
ofproperty,not one of the mud godoyns''
and there were several hundred of them,
was injured though the entire area of from
FIVE to six miles laid waste by the conha-
| grafton.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-02
The HUCKsTEK QUEsTIOS.

We know of no custom or business prac-
tice more injurious in its effects TO the trade
of Wilmington, than our street markets
and hucksters. The City Council ought
to appoint Committee to visit New York
and inquire as to the price, and examine
the quality Of food sold in the fine stores
in the upper part of the city. We spen,
about three hours on Saturday night last,
from 7 TO l0p m., on Sixth and Eighth
Avenues, New York, and paid visit to at
least fifty stores. AS rule, every article
of food not classed as groceries, were sold
in them, clans, oysters, Holsters, fish,
cheese, butter, Vegetables and meats and
from he price asked, and the active COM
petition of enc or more such stores in every
block-We feel safe in asserting that our
poor people are robbed fully twenty per
cent by hucksters, SINNERS and quasi farm
ers on what they buy. Let Council calcu-
late the number of stores necessary to take
the place Of the unlicensed dealers, who
are sucking the prosperity out Of the city,
and they will find, that while we preach
economy, $4,000 per week is carried of
never to return. We have about 5000 fam
lilies in the city, one with another, the
green groceries cost S. per week--the great
bulk Of this goes to Jersey and Maryland,
without even giving to Wilmington the
profit on handling the articles sold. The
newspapers and politicians of both parties
who by inaction continue this state O.
things, are enemies to the poor, by raising
the price Of food, and foes to the prosperi-
ty Of the city, by discriminating against it.
shopkeepers. 1t is useless bosh to tall
about Wilmington recuperating; you migh
a. we'll hope to see man with an ore
view or issue recovering strength. IfWil
mington is depleted out of thousands ever
week, how can she become strong 1t woul,
take two hundred stores to carry on tn
modern trade Of Wilmington--this mean
rcnt for the capitalists, taxes for the State
and employment for our boys. What dee
it matter whether the Fourth ward q
Second ward are Democratic or Republ
can alongside ef the prosperity of our dea
ers, and the preservation Of the wages an
income Of our people at home. A HON
rule party is what Wilmington wants, an
let politicians stand aside if they persist
subordinatng the interests of the peopl
to that ofparty.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-02
s s 8 9 $500 8 s

TO THE WORKING ULASS.-We are
now prepared to furnish all classes with
constant employment at home, the whole
OF the time, or for their spare moments.
ether new Knt ana Prom
per evening, and proportional sum by de-
voting their whole time to the business.
Boys and girls earn nearly:.as much as men
That all who see this notice may send their
this unparalleled offer. To such as are not
well satisfied, wewlll send one dollar to pay
for the trouble of writing. Full particulars
samples worth several dollars to commeuce ce
work On, and a copy of Home and Fireside,
one of the largest and best illustrated pub
lications, all sent free by mail Reader if
you want permanent profitable work,
address, GEORGE STINSON 4 CO..
jan6tf Portland, Maine.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-02

bridal costume, arose in the audience ana
walked forward to the reading desk OF the
minister, who was attired as an Episcopal
Clergyman, who used the marriage service
of that church. The usual questions to
the bride and groom were qualified by the
word not, the pair answering, II will not"
81 do net" &c. With this shameless des-
ecration of what is held TO be a sacrament
by five millions Of American people; and
held to be holy and religious ceremonial
by many more millions, cannot fail to
shock, and to exercise demoraliziog IN
fluence on the young.
1t is difficult to determine "whetherr
mock marriages,"-real marriages per-
formed upon the boards Of some variety
theatres which we occasionally
read of-or the wedding of dolls perform
ed in "Burmnagen" mansions for the
amusement of tender scions Of shoddyite
families are the more wicked and repre-
hensible. 1t is the empty mockery of the
marriage service which tends to loosen the
sacred legation of matrimony, and trailing
holy contract in mire; disgracipg and rem
dering miserable men, women and chill
dren, imparing public morality, and tend
ing to. overthrow the family institutions
which are the corner stone Of all Repub
lie nations and Empires.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-02
CORPORATIONS NOT CITIZENS.

The Supreme Court Of the United States
has lately made division which must
very materially affect the status of all the
insurance companies chartered by other
States, that are now doing business within
the State Of Delaware. We have no de-
sire to unnecessarily alarm persons in
sured in foreign insurance companies who
are without positive and specific recogni-
ton by the Secretary of this Common
wealth, or some State Officer duly author
lied to permit them to do business here.
The decision we refer 10 so broadly denies
the right to Corporations to transact bust
ness in any other State but that wherein
they are chartered, that is if it appears
they have not such authority to transact
business elsewhere, they may avoid their
risks, other than in their own States if
they so elect. Such of citizens as have
insurance in foreign corporations ought to
take steps and satisfy themselves that the
companies advertised by our resident
agents have authority such as is contem-
plated by the decision of the Supreme
Court already alluded to. 1t amounts to
this: There is broad distinction between
the rights of persons and the rights of cor :
poralions, which should be understood and
rendered. A citizen of the United States
has right, under the Constitution, to go
into any State, and to transact business
there. The State to which he removes
cannot interfere with him. He franchises
are guaranteed. But Corporation has no
constitutional right in the premises. This
is principle Of the highest Importance
which may at some time hereafter produce
unexpected effects.
We hail this decision as step in the
right direction, showing that the we'll
ordered judicial minds of the country are
intent upon restoring the independence
and sovereignty, of the severalStates in all
that pertains to proper exercise of State
Sovereignty.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-02
To Advertisers.

Tur HERALD now circulates. by carriers
and nn neWsboys. W 1900 papers daily, within
the city Of Wilmington, whica Is, we pc.
iieve, a greater city circulation than ina tnat
Of any other paper, it IL extensively read ea,t
on the cars during the morning nouts; aoou.
s psuer eeiGs n Whining VIII III Certain to be read this
the preyfous midnight in Europe to its
readers ats o'clock the following morning;
everything that happens IN wilmington 1,aa AZ
next morning. Buy The HERALD-read
it. and il you want:to sell anything. or or
any one to know what you want, advertise
In It. Remember it is read by more people
in Wilmington than any other paper.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-02
WILMINGTON, April ?, 1877:

THE heartless and narrowing item which
appeared in the Sunday Despatch yester-
day morning, passed the limits of joke,
it was so horrible, as to unnerve scores Of
persons, and brought to the City Hall,
great crowds ofpeople, much to the incon-
venience of the Mayor and the police. A
Joke is good, when it does not give pain,
horrify or interfere with the administra
ton of justice-but not otherwise Our
neighbor showed bad taste in the matter,
and deserves censure.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-02

WHEN the sea shell is held up to the
ear there is a peculiar vibratory noise
which children assure each is the roar Oh
the sea, however distant they may be from
it. PhilosophicalIy investigated the pecu-
liar sound thus recognized is phenome'
non that has puzzled scholars for long
time. The experiment is easily made by
pressing spiral shell over the cerebra OF
either ear. If large shell, the sound is
very much like that of far.ot cataract.
Now, what causes it Every muscle OF
the body is always in state OF tension
Some are more on the stretch than others,
and particularly those Of the finger. 1t Is
conceded that the vibration of the tibres
of those in the fingers being communica-
tive to the she'll, it propagates and intensl-
ties them as the hollow body Of the violin
does the vibration of its strings, and thus
the acoustic nerve receives the sonorous
expressions. Muscles Of the leg below the
knee are said to vibrate in the same way,
and, if conducted to the ear, produce the
same result.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-02

MOCkERY OF A SACKA HIENT.

One of the most disgusting, indecent and
irreljgious mockeries Of the marriage GER
emony, came off in a place of worship
known as Strawbridges Methodist Chapel,
in Newark, New Jersey. There was a
musical and moral entertainment at the
Chapel last Thursday evening, concluding
with mock marriage. A male and fe-
male Of about forty years Of age, in full
The Morning herald., 1877-04-02
Little Boys, Attention !

There are numbers of little fellows In tne
citv who would greatly help their parents,
ea earning Pn 81 or ss per week. This can readily
be done by selling TIE HERALD. There
are several boys who sell 100 HERALDs
every morning. AS it Is sold to them at
a. cent the profit is easily counted. The
paper is ready for delivery at O'Clock. 4,
can be sold, that are not thus far occupied
by any seller. Boys who desire to honestly
earn some money, call at The HERALD
office.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-02

A doctor in Ireland was disturbed in the
night by "a rapping on the door, and on
opening it, found laboring man who had
come for him. 'Have you been long
here?" said the doctor. "Indade l havc,'
answered Pat "But why didn't you ring
the night bell ?" "Och, because I was
afraid of disturbing your honor"
The Morning herald., 1877-04-02
THE HERALD
The Morning Herald

Is published every morning, Sundays
excepted). and delivered in the city of
Wilmington and surrounding places for SIX
cents per week, payable W The carriers.
Mail subscriptions, postage free, three
dollars per annum.
GEO. O'BYRNE d Co., Publishers,
No, 5U8 Shipley street,
Wilmington, Del.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-02

The total number Of post offices in the
United States is about $4,000. The In
crease is about one thousand yearly.