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The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16
Mime, LIE Vert

Nine. Octavia Wslton LIE Vert died IN Au-
gusta, Ca, on Tuesday, after loug life, which
was not without trouble, but which was also
full of honors and successes Nine. LIE Vert
came of distinguished stock, ner grandfather
being one of the signers of the declaration,
and her father was Gov Walton of Georgia.
Shortly after the removal of her parents to Mo-
b lie, Octavia, in company with her mother and
brother, made tour throughout the principal
cities of the Union and then com meuced the
remarkable career as a social genius which
gave her world. wide celebrity In the most
select circles she was haileo by acclamarioo as
the reigning belle, but this title never affected
her high-toned aud comprehensive mind Miss
Walton was constant attendant of the storm
lest session OF Congress uuder President Jack
sons administration, and committed to her
notebook the salient points in the speeches of
Webster, Clay and Calhoun. With Mr.. Clay
she was ever u fsvonte, and to his memory she
has gwen glowing and affec,iouate trstimo-
nial. In 1886 Miss Walton married DIR. Henry
Le Vert OF Mobile, whose father was fleet
surgeon under Rochsmoe au, and who was
present at the siege OF Yorktown. In
1S49 Mrs. lie Vert visited by Lady
Emeline Stuart Wortley, who was then So
iourning in this country. In the summer of
1858 she accepted an invitation from the Duke
of Rutland, and 10 company with her father
and daughter sailed for Eogand Her recep-
tion in Eogland and throughout the continent
amounted almost to an ovation. and she added
lustre to all the brilliant courts TO which she
was welcomed. Returning home in 1854 Mrs.
LIE Vert spent year in seclusion and then re.
visited Europe. 1t was during this last visit
that her celebrated Souvenirs of Travel were
given to the public. The "Souveuirs'' were
written by advice of Lamartine, with whom
she became acquainted during visit to Paris.
The work at once obtained for its authors
varied abilities the ar probation of all inteli-
gent Americans. Several years ago she visited
the North, and found new fame and hosts of
new friends wherever she went In person,
Nine LIE Velt was of medium height, with
countenance in which was blended beauty, in
trlligence and amiability. There Is not State
of the Union in which her departure will not
be mourned by sincere admirers of her wit,
wisdom and nobleness of character.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

DULL TINES FOR SHIPPING.-The Boston
Journal says the depression in the shipping
interest is more seriously felt at the preseut
time than for the past two years, especially for
the largest class of ships, which are employed
chiefly in the E ,st India and Pacific trade.
The latest charters at San Fraucisco for whe at
to Liverpool were made at 40 to 40 shillings per
ton, sum hardly sufficient to pay expenses, to
say nothing of the ordinary wear and tear, &c,
for there is no returning freight at remunera-
tive rates TO compensate for the small earnings
on the outward voyage. Vessels now arriving
in Europe will be obliged to leave in ballast or
accept of merely nominal rates. There are
now 3O,t00 tons of disengaged tonnage in the
harbor of San Francisco, which is estimated
to be sufficient to meet the demand until the
first of May. Some of the shipping will prob
ably leave In ballast for the East Indies.
Nor is the depression coDfioed to this braoch
of the freighting business; the Atlantic trade
IS also In au unsatisfactory condition, and il
is very difficult to obtain employ meut for yes
sells on terms that will leave any profit to the
owners, owing to the prostration of Industrial
and commercial affairs in both Europe and
America. The largest part of this trade is
now done by steamers, but as their runniup
expenses are relatively much higher than sai-
ing vessels they are suffering to a still oreater
extent the falling off in the Immigrant traffic
and reduction in merchandise frelghts ha W
Ing taken away all the former profits which
were h'gdly remunerative few years ago.
The main hope now of the owners of both
steam aud sailing vessels is in the expected re-
vlval of commerce, which many think is soon to
follow the protraeted depression In the mean
time the ship building interest is dull few
snipS are IN course of construction at East Bos
ton and at some other points, but no new con"
tracts have recently been made to give employ
ment to the workmen after these vessels are
cOmnletad
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

THE address isszed by the Democrats OF
the House of Representatives does not strike
The Nation as likely to change the proverbial
bad fortunes of their party. That journal
has these comments: "The address ends
with screaming recommendation to follow
the course most sure to disgust the public,
and again close the political future to the
party, namely. the pursuit of Hayes with a
factious hostility, on the ground that he is
not lawfully elected, 1t is extraordinary that
politicians of the smallest experience and sa-
gacty should fail to see that Hayes is now
President of the United States, and the only
Ole there is or can be, and that popular conf
dence or support will inevitably be gathered to
him. Therefore, in vie NV of the fact that good or
bad, he represents the nation to the world,
all impugning of his title, and all heaping of
insults on him now on the score of "fraud''
will very soon touch the national pride and
cover those engaged in it with an odium
which nobody who remembers how much
national pride has TO do with the saccess of
free government will be sorry to witness.''
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

MATT CARPENTER is understood to be
anxious to get back into politics, and, as he
naturally prefers the winning side, whichever
in his judgment that may happen to be, he
would like to be once more regarded as Re-
publican. He is said to mediate the publica-
ton of letter explaining that his champion
ship of Tilden before the Electoral Commis-
sion was merely in his capacity as a lawyer;
but the Republicans of Wisconsin manifest
an unpleasant disposition to remember that
the ex-senator was at great pains to declare
that his appearance was wholly voluntary,
and that he represented the wronged and
defrauded Democratic voters of Louisiana.
When the people get to remembering things
and looking up records it is a good time to
postpone the resumption of active political
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16
The New York Herald has synopsis of

The New York Herald has a synopsis of
three letters from Stanley, dated at Ujj,
August 7th, 10th and 18th, 1876. He claim
to have explored an unknown region between
Lakes Victoria and Albert Nyanza, to have
discovered the great river Kageera, which
flows into Victoria from the southwest, and
also Lake Wndemere, an enlargement Of the
Kageera. The hostility of the natives pre-
vented his exploration of the Kageera and its
wonderful valley, and he did not reach the
southern end of Lake Albert. He traversed
the ridge broken country Of the Unyamwesi
and returned to Ujiji. There he launched
the boat Lady Alice and made complete
survey of Lake Tanganyika. At the northern
end he found large gulf, which he named
the Burton Gulf. The river Lukuga, which
Cameron thought was the outlet of the lake
into the system of lakes to the westward, he
says is at present only creek running inland
through deep deprt ssion, but as the lake is
constantly raising its level the l4ukuga may
sometime become its outlet He infers from
the purity of the waters Of the river Kageera
where it emptles into Lake Victoria that its
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

POLITICAL ALMANAC.-The Albany Evening
Journal almanac for 1877 has come to hand. 1t
is recognized everywhere as one of the standard
publications of this kind; and we need not soy
more of it than 1T has been compiled with its
usual accuracy. The electoral returns are full,
thestatistics have been conveniently arranged,
and wise choice has been exercised in the
choice of matter to be printed. The astronomi.
cal phenomena, the internal revenue receipts,
the summaries of the persons constituting the
National and State Governments, the report of
the proceedings of the Electoral Commission,
the foreign trade of the country. &C., make the
almanac invaluable to every one who desires to
keep informed Of current political events.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

THERE is joy in the scientific world, for
Fermat's celebrated theorem has been DEM
onstrated, having lain for more than two
centuries announced, but not proved.
Euler, Dirichlet, Legendre, and last
of all, Lame, the greatest of living French
geometers, had attempted it in vain; the
Academy had offered reward of 5000 lire to
the genius who should demonstrate it., and
then IN 1880, had withdrawn the offer, as the
theorem had been declared undemo lstrable.
Professor Paolo Gorino, Of Lodi, in Italy, has
succeeded at las; in the great task, and has
become a lion. That the public may under
stand how monstrCusly important and diff
cult was the work it is only necessary to
state that the theorem is that "G 20 the NTH
power plus q to the nth power equals to the
NTH power"
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

A MOST interesting series of papers by D.
G.. A. Magnet, dicnssing the question of the
origin Of the japanese race, is in course of
publication by L'Echo du Japan and the
Japan Herald. They add confirmation to the
theory that the men who gradually drove
the aboriginies north, beginning abont two
thousand years ago, were Malays. A cir
cumstance bearing upon this point, which
does not seem to have been recorded, is the
application of the name of "Siam" by Amos
formerly in this island and afterwards in
Yezo-to their advancing conquerers. The
present dominant race have, we are informed,
always been spoken of as the people of
Siam" by the ancient possessors of the soil.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

TOXIC has public library. The books are
all excellently arranged in the Confucian
Temple of Dagaku; and the japanese vol
umes published before the reign of the pres
ent emperor are kept separate from those
which have been published since that date.
The library contains standard works of the
best authors in the English and German Ian
guages, and the collection Of Japanese works
cannot be equalled anywhere, for, by the Bu-
reau of Copyright, it was enacted that a
copy of each publication in the country should
be placed in the library. On each side of the
temple enclosure there is reading room,
where twenty-eight English, four French aud
seven German periodicals may be consulted.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

THE storms on the coast OF Scotland this
year have been extraordinarily severe. At
Mica, one Of the Shetland Islands, cannon
nine feet long and an anchor weighing sixteen
hundred pounds have been washed ashore.
These interesting jetsams are supposed to
have belonged to one of the ships of the
Spanish armada, commanded by the Duke
Medina Di Sidonia, and intended for the in
vasion Of England. The vessel was wrecked
among the Shetland Islands. having been
driven so far north by stormy weather. The
relics have rested on the ocean bed for nearly
three hundred years. and have now been pre-
sented to the queen and deposited in the
armory Of Windsor Castle, near the Nelson
relics,
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

LIEUTENANT WISE, commanding the ex-
peditioD which IS studying the practibilty of
the canal between the Atlantic and Pacific,
has been writing a report ''on peak in Da-
riep." He says the two oceans are only sepa-
rated by narrow chain of hills, and he
indicates possible industry when he says
that the soil at Pinogana, the extreme point
at which the tide of the Pacific is perceptible,
consists of clays varying in color, and appro-
pirate for the manufacture of bricks and
norcelain.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

SHOULD the new Secretary of State serve
out MS full term New York will have had
that portfolio for twenty years. Mr.. Seward
served eight years under Lincoln, and Mr..
Fish eight years under Grant.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16
THE PRESS
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH Ie. 1872

W5do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all caes Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith
we cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furn ished
with Card certificate couptersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
:
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

IHE Democrats seemed pleased at the
prospect ofa disturbance in the Senatorial
ranks of the Republican party. That hope
has vanished like the mist of the morning.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

Mr.. Gallon holds that the numerical proper
tion of giants in each generation is the same
and that taking hundred of the tallest men of
any generation they will present just the same
varieties OF stature as the hundred talest men
of the preceding one,
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16
Cap and Bells.

The shades of night were railing fast,
When up the street Tuscan passed;
Beneath box his form was bowed,
And evermore he yelled aloud
"Blue glassl"
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

IHE Northern Democrats bold that il is
the nfst duty to take care of their party, as
they believe the country is strong enough to
take care of itself.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

A Chicago gil, who claims to have proved
1t by experiment, says that by putting a lover
In the light of blue-glass widow he can be
made to propose at one sitting
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

1t is perhaps as well for coroners' jurie. not
to lengthen their verdicts by disquislious on
the moral capacities of the bodies on whom
they sit. The good and honest twelve who
'found drowned" frllow citizen of Indifferent
repute for intelligence might have omitted tho
rider that "he never showed any penetration till
he made hole in the water"
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

course is interrupted by lake, where the
waters are purified by settling. This sup
posed lake he names the Alexandra. The
natives speak of lake where Stanley sup
posed this to exist.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

They tell the story in New York that q man
dressed in female clothes had bis secret discov-
cred, because he thanked a gentleman who
offered him a seat
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

An examination of the cables of the Niagara
suspension bridge has been made ard some of
the weak points in the structure have been re-
vealed. The cables at each end of the bridge.
before they are anchored in the pit are divided
into seven strands, each strand numbering 500
wires and terminating in collar which is
fastened to the anchor bar On examining
those strands it was found that nine of the
wires on the under side of the collar had cor
rodsd and parted. These, it is sail, can easily
be replaced by splicing. One piece OF the COR
roded wire about three feet in length has teen
removed and it was found capable OF sustain
ing 1850 pounds, aud drew down to half its
size before parting. More of the wines on the
bridge have as yet shown any tendency to
e,ongation, and when weight is removed from
the bridge return to their normal condition with
the natural sprlpg
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

IL isn't win you take a smile?" now, but
""ih you look through blue CLASP"
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16
New York Letter to Philadelphia Times
Tilden'S OverwOrk and Absent Minded.

Mr.. Tilden has unquestionaby done some
very strange things lately. For three years he
has worked without cessation, taking scarcely
any time for recreation or diversion. His fight
with the New York canal ring occupied weeks
of patient toll over confused figures in the con-
troller's office, and al through the hot summer
he was personally directing the minutest details
of the canvass. Since the election he has
worked hard on constitutional law and in de-
vising plans of action. The amount of real la
Dor he has performed has called forth express
sions not only of astonshment but of warning
from his friends. One or two of his recent acts
have added 70 their anxiety. Two weeks ago,
on very cold day, Mr.. Tilden arrayed himself
in summer suit of clothing, including white
vest. Then he ordered his favorite new mare
brought to the door, aud, mounting her, he
turned her toward the Bowery He buttoned
the bottom button only of his vest, and allowed
the upper part of the garment to spread wide
open. He walked the mare and sat very
straight in the saddle as the animal moved leis.
urely down the famous thoroughfare. In less
than two minutes two hundred street arabs
were following him and shouting, .Hi, Sammy!
Hi, Sammy! But Mr.. Tllden looked neither
to the right nor 10 the left, but slowly kept bis
course down through the Bowery, through
Chatham street to Printing House square,
where he turned the animal around and re-
turned to his hoMe by the same route. A day
or two afterward, Mr. Tlden, IN returning from
a ride, refined his steed to the curb in front of
his house, and then deliberately fell off into
the gutter. A gentleman who was passing
FASTENED to Mr.. Tllden's assistance aud helped
him to his feet. "Thank you, sir" said the ex-
candidate 81 mast have tripped on q rough
place in the sidewalk" ard he ran nimbly up
the stone steps of the famous 10 Gramercy
park
On the morning of Friday, March 2, Mr.. Til
den arose early and read the headlines of
morning newspaper, announcing the triour ais
"ecsion. Alter his breakfast he ordered his
horse The day was one of the most stormy of
the season. Rain fell in torrents and the wind
was very bois,erous. Mr. T,ldeus friends re
monstrated with him for thinking of gong out,
but Mr. Tilden was firm. Nothing could keep
him at home, and out into the storm he rode on
his horse He wended his way to Central park,
and for two hours and a half rode in the rain.
When he returned he was drenched. Mr. Til
denis friends feel confident that these little Pc
culiarities will pass away as the eXcitemen and
prostratiDc effects of the canvass wear off
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16
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The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

An English photographer makes the follow.
ing suggestions: when lady sitting for
picture would compose her mouth to bland
and serene character. she should, just upon en-.
tering the room, say Bosom, aud keep the ex-
preston into which the mouth subsidies until
the desired effect in the camera is evident. If
on the other hand she wishes to assume dis
tinguished and somewhat noble bearing, not
suggestive of sweetness, she should say
'Brusb' the result of which is infallible. If
she wishes to make her mouth look small, she
must say Flip but il the mouth be already too
small, and needs enlarging, she must say Cab
bage If she wishes to look mournfu, she
must say 'Kershupk;' if resigned, she must
forcibly calculate Scat"
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

When you see young fellow standing on a
corner with far-away look in his eyes and
bit of yarn on each OF the last two fingers of his
hand, you may be tolerably sure that he has
just begun keeping house, and that be is NUT.
tering to himself, "Chopping bowl, eggs,
clothes line-that's the thumb and first two
fingers. Now, what did she want on the other
two fingers?'
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16
THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,
Published every day Sundays excepted) by the
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mail subscribers Seven Dollars Year if paid in ad-
vance.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16
Owen, Moore u Bailey.

rs;BE UNGEe~EGNED HAVE MADE
L. arrangement for the exclusive right to manu-
factue Lowe's Improved Tubular Boiler, which
effects saving Of Is per cent. in tuel over the
favorte PLAIN tubular, by means of combustion
chamber and Of hot air. Circulars free. Atlantic
Works, East Boston, Mass. ma5dlm
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

Servant answering door-bell rung by lit,l4
ragged boy)-Come, go right away; we have
got nothing for you.
Boy-Hain't asked you for nothing yet,
have 1?
Servant (banterirsly )-Well, what would you
have asked for?
Boy-Didn't know but this hoase was fer
sale, and If it was wanted to buy it,
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

Hostess; "Were going down to supper, Mr..
Mirabel, 'Let me introduce you to Miss Chal-
mer,' Mr.. Mirabel: "A pardon me-is
that the tall young lady standing by your hus-
band?' Hostess: "Yes. She's the most charm
ing giil know" Mr.. Mirabel: 'Tye no
doubt. But-a-she affects aniline dyes, dom
you know? weally couldn't go down to sup
pah with young lady who wears mauve
twimmiugs in her skirt and magenta wibbons
in her hair"
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

Its all very WELL" remarked red-uosed
man in bad hat and an ulster of the vintage
of '13, ITS all very well to say, Let business
revive, but what we want sir, is confidence.
public confidence, sir. Each of us must be
wiling to bring out our boarded dollars and put
them once more in circulation. Then the skies
will brighten, then-by the way, changed my
vest this morning-lend me fifty cents, will
you?'
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

The time haz kum and
now liz that we hav KOn-
kIuded to sci KLOTHING.
We hav gut q nu stoar.
We hay not said mulch
about it, butt W. hay
KonkIuded tu sta i'm itt.
1t liz the