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The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06

A CASE that well illustrates the difficulties
of expert testimony is that of the Rev. Mr..
Vosburg of Jersey City who has inst been
acquitted of an attempt to poison his wife.
The trial excited a deep interest on account
of the prominence of the defendant who was
one of the most popular preachers of Jersey
City. 1t was alleged by the government that
Vosburg repeatedly administered antimony
to his wife. The evidence relied up
on was mostly furnished by physi-
clans and analysts. 1t so happened
that Mrs. Vosburg's physician was a
homoopathist-a DR.. Cornell. He testified
that in his opinion Mr.. Vosburg's symptoms
were those of antimonial poisoning and de-
scribed them. OF fcourse the doctors of the
allopathic school were as confident that there
wasn't the smallest reason for suspecting the
presence of antimony from any of the symp-
toms described. Indeed they precluded the
possibility of the presence of that mineral.
Prot. Doremus found antimony in liquids Of
various sorts furnished by DR.. Cornell, but
Prof. Morton, rival chemist, quarrelled
with his methods and in various ways threw
discredit upon his testimony. The jury
seems to have done the only possible thing
under the circumstances, that is, entirely dis
regarded the expert testimony, and as there
was not much of any other kind, acquitted
the defendant.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06
IN. Y. Tribune.l
a DavscaH Dn-ohvo

"A hCtlstU IaTdUIts
The literature of the Prodigal Sons Return
needs to be rewritten and enlarged. Here are
Prodigal Sons-battalions and brigades of them,
who, failing to oust ths old gentleman from
"their fathers house, seized all they could lay
hands on, aud went off and spent 1t in riotous
living, till they were reduced to the husks Of
butternut trousers and sassafras tea. But
when they arose to go to to their father, and
observed that the old gentleman had risen up
to meet them halfway, they said, ''Oh, hol il
that's the way the old man feels, we'll just make
it lively for our elder brother" So they skipped
into the house and slammed the chairs down to
the table and said, "Lst's have a barbecuer'
And. then they ordered mock-turtle soup and
and veal outlets and ris de veau and calfs liver,
and had roasts and stews, and every sort of
thing that could be got out of calf. They in
stalled doorkeepers who boasted of being
"biger" than the old man himself, and when
the elder brother looked in. and in dubious way
asked what 1T was all about, they said, "You
look like man who has been embezzling the
old mans tufntps; get out of here or we'll fire
you out of window" Then they ordered up
q couple of dozen of "Old Stag and appointed
q committee to 90 and count the turnips, aud
when the old gentleman reached for tho butter,
they howled at him, "Hands off! That won't
do. You've been living extrsvagantly since
wa went away. We must economize. Pass
the oleomargarine to the old man." Then they
leaned back in their chairs and picked their
teeth, and said. This farm would have gone to
the devil if we hadn't come back. Let's ap-
point some committees to look around and see
how much our elder brother has got away wiih.'
And when the elder brother remarked some-
what sadly, "You've come back rather sudden
for fellows whoye been away so long" "they all
rose and smashed the glasses, and said they
wouldn't stand any such brutality; that bygones
ought to be bygones, and no decent person
would refer to the past 10 that way. They were
so depressed by this unfeeling remark of the
elder brother, that they all said they should
never feel reconciled until they had killed q
niger or two for the sake of old associations.
SO they took doubie-barreled guns and began,
and when the old gentleman demonstrated, they
said he was a blank old Fraud. Finally, the
old gentleman in very subdued manner said,
| "Well, boys, is their anything else can do to
make you feel perfectly at home?' and one Of
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TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE

intellectual strength, adorned and made
effective by thorough education, his sturdy
and unquestionable integrity and loyalty to
conviction and principle, he possesses all the
attributes Of great statesman. 1t rests with
his constituents of the First District whether
his career shall be temporarily obstructed; it
cannot be permanently checked. Shame in
deed will it be to all of US If we lose the honor
and profit Of such representation through the
intrigues of the Democrats or the specious
pretences of unworthy demagogues who seek
to advance their fortunes by deluding the
people. 1t is well worth while for every man
to interest himself in this business, to guard
against any accident or mishap. The forces
of evil never rest, let the forces of good bestr
themselves lest through their slothfulness the
wicked triumph for season.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06

"A return to specie payments af the earIi-
est possible period compatible with due re-
gard to all interests concerned, should ever
be kept i'm view. Fluctuations i'm the value
of currency are always injurious, and to
reduce these fluctuations TO the lowest pos
sibie point will always be leading pur-,
pose i'm wise legislation. ConvertibiIity
prompt and certain convertibility into
coin is acknowledged TO be the best and
suress safeguard against them.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06

As a very important source of strength
and security, cherish public credit. One
method of preserving it is TO nse il as
sparingly ms possible; avoiding occasions
of expense by cultivating peace, but re-
membering also that timely disbursement
to prepare for danger frequently preven
much greater disbursements 10 repei ii :
avoiding likewise the accumulation of
debt, mot only by stunning occasions of
expense, but by vigorous exerti0ns in time
of peace to discharge the debts which nm
avoidable wars may have occasioned, NOT
ungenerousIy throwing upon posterity the
burden which we ourselves ought 10 bear.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06

pocket. They are very fine, have binding and
with an oil silk band that absorbs perspiration.
Price S6. Hats weighing only an ounce and
very soft are shown in brown, gray, blue and
black that looks like cloth. Prices begin at S4,
Fine English Dunstable will be the fashionable
straw hat: 1t is in simple sailor shape and costs
20. Mackinaw straws, stiff and in sailor shapes
cost $3.50; the softer Mackinaws are more ex-
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06

BROOKLYN ladies are circulating a paper
for signatures binding themselves not to pat
ronize A. t. Stewart's store for five years on
account of Judge Hilton's uncomplimentary
Women's Hotel affair. The Judge has evil
dently got himself into much worse scrape
than he did with the Hebrews whom he ex-
cluded from his Saratoga hotel.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06

ANDERSON is reckoned the coolest villain
the Democrats have yet discovered. While he
was confessing perjury in the committee room
Tuesday he sat at table busily writing and
answered the questions put to him with
out looking up or ever ceasing from his
writing. The Democrats ought to stuff him
and preserve him for the most prominent
place in their rogues' gallery after they are
through with him as witness.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06
JAMES BUCHANAN.

''Such medium (irredeemable paper mon
ey,) has always been liable to fluctuation. Its
value is constantly changing; and these
changes, often great and sudden, expose in.
dividuals to great loss, are the source of ruin
GUS speculations, and destroy all confidence
between man and man."-Chie Justice Mar
Oh
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06

WHILE Mr.. Hewitt was arguing in the
House of Representatives that there was no
necessity for an army in this country the
Bannock tribe of Indians was organizing
serious revolt in Idaho territory, which now
threatens disastrous war. If Mr.. Hewitt
would take up his residence for few months
to come on the frontier his ideas concerning
the need of the army would undoubtedly
undergo a great change and profitable one
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06

"1he loss aohich America has sustained, since
the peace, from the pestilential effects of ire
deenaable paper money, on the necessary conf
deace bet,ceen men, on the necessary confidence IN
hepublic councils, on the industry and morals of
the people and on the character of republican qoo-
ernnaent, constitute an enormous debt against the
States chargeable Nth this uaadoased measure.
aotac1 remain aasatisiied, or rather ii is an
accumulation ofguiH aohich can be e1piated no
otherscise than By a voluntary sacritfceon the a.
ar of justice of the poaoer aohich has been the ia-
Strunaent CT a.-JameS Madison.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06

1t (pdper money! tends to aggrauate the
inequality Of fortunes; to make the rich richer
and the poor poorer, to multiply nabobs and
paupers, and to deepen and piden the gulf
1hich separated Dives from Lazarus.-Thom-
as III. Benton.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06

Irredeemable paper money ''converis the
business of society into n mere lottery; and
when the collapse comes, as come il must,
il casts labOrers out of em plOyment. crush
es manufacturers and merchants and
ruins thousands of honest, industrious
citizens"
JAMES RUJEEJANAN
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
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
Ournal,
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06

paper emissions by The government are
of n nature SO liable to abuse, may say
so certain to be abused, that the wisdom O. f
the government will be shown by never
trusting itself w th SO seducing and dam
gerous N power.o
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06

a paper currency is a great curse to any
people and a particular curse to the laborer
Of any country, for its depreciation always
falls upon the laborer.-Andre,o Jackson.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06
TIE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 6.

we 90 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 or preserve COM
munications that are not used,
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06

"Capital may be produced by Industry and
accumulated by economy, but only jugglers
will propose to create it by legerdemain tricks
with paper" ."-Th0mas Jefferson.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06
TO LET.

Two good front rooms lin Me-
chanic Hall Building, suitable for
Doctors or Lawyers. Enquire of
GEO. A HAR MON,
Jeweller, Mechanic Building.
feh27 diff
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To he Rented.

A VERY desirable front room, with large alcove.
n Bath room upon same floor, Apply at
jan7dtf COG CONGRESS ST.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06
WANTS.
nTANTED IMMEDTATFIv o. -,

Nv WANTED IMMEDIATELY. One hundred
w enterprising young men and ladies. of good
address, TO canvass for new and very useful domes
tic article. An invention which has long been wan
ted in every family but has not hitherto been sun
piled to the market. No family can afford to be
without it, Quick sales and large profits to the ven
der, and perfect satisfaction to the buyer are the
Inducements offered to agents. For further infor-
nation inquire Gn person if possible). of A. f.
MEAD, No. Free ST., Portland, Me- Office hours
from to 4. ju3d1w&
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is published every THURSDAY MORNING at $3.50
year, If paid in advance at $500 year.
RATES OF ADVERTISING: One inch Of space, the
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Published every day Sundays excepted) by the
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TERMS: Eight Dollars Year in advance. To
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vance.
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HALL TO LET.

MISSION HALL, Williams Block, formerly
IX1 known as "Arcana Hall) having been leased
by the undersigned will be let on most reasonable
suppers, Fairs. &c. Apply at the Hail, opposite
Casco Engine House.
ap16eodtf r. M. BARTON.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-06
To T,ET
To Let.

HOUSE on line of Horse Railroad in Woodfords
Ii Corner containing seven rooms all in good re-
pair. Enquire of j. II. REED,
myidf WoOdfOrd's Corner
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-07-27

dozen eager hands and that was
the last of it. In Am. 37s. from
the starting of the reaper, accord.
to the best double timer STOP
watch in the country, a pan Of
biscuits was delivered to the hun
CRY crown by Mrs. Lawton, and
that was the last seen of them.
Then other pans of delicious bis
cults were baked more at leisure,
and boiled ham and zone minute
biscuit" formed a sandwich it was
right hard to beat, and then, as it
would be impossible for Western
gathering of any kind to be worthy
the name without a speech of some
kind, Mr.. Smiley proposed that
Gen. Shields make speech, which
he did, in those incomparably
graceful words of his that fill even
SO prosaic a proceeding as grind
ing wheat with the poetry of elo-
quence. Then Lawton in his mod
est way, had to say something, and
he made a little speech, which was
heartily applauded as well as that
of Gen. Shields, and the party sep
arated.
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Quick Work.
BREAD FROM STANDING WHEAT IN FOUR
MINUTES AND 81 SECONDS.

BREAD FROM STANDING WHEAT IN Foup
MINUTES AND 81 SECONDS.
(Carrolton tMo.) Democrat, July 81
The last sensation occurred last
Thursday. when about fifty men
were present by invitation to see
Jim Lawton beat his own time OF
two years ago, whea his wife had
bread baked in eight and quar-
ter minutes after the wheat was
standing in the field. At 4. 6: 10
O'Clock the Buckeye Reaper, drawn
by Cy. Burnett's dun mules, stood
at the corner of the growing wheat,
machine IN gear, ready for start.
Men were stationed every few feet
along the line of grain ready to
seize an armful as it fell from the
reaper, and rush with it to the
thresher close by, which, under the
direction of veteran drivers, was
getting under way for business. At
the mill, just sixteen rods away.
Lawton stoon at the window
watching the moment when Nc.
Cav, on the swiftest horse in the
country, should start from the
threasher with the grain, while
Mrs. Lawton aud her neice, Miss
Alice. had all the preparations
made to make griddle cakes and
biscuits in the shortest possible
time. At tue drop of the hat the
dun mules sprang to the work, and
IN I'm. los. the threshed wheat
about peck, was in the sack and
on the horse, and the race COM
menced for the mill. There were
two bridges to cross and the ex-
cited spectators could only see a
column OF dust, hear couple of
taps on the plank bridges as the
horse flew over thera at lightning
speed. and the wheat was delivered
to Lawton In the mill. In I'm. IFS.
.he lower was delivered to Mrs |
and in Sm. Sos. from the
starting OF the reaper the first |
,rlddle-cake came from the hands
u Miss Alice, was gobbied by u /
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Market Report.

Corrected reekly by the Nesr Orleans Mar
ket Report
COTTON-Low Ordinary, 81: Ordina.
ry,9a; Good Ordinary 10; Low Middlinc
| l04, Middling liz: Good Middling III
Middling Fair l2t.
SUGAR-.Common 61@7; Prime sf0
st; Choice s6St; Yellow Clarified Ga
90, White 9s(g91.
MOLASSES-Choicc 40tG42: Strictly
Prime 36@3S; Prime 30a32; Fair 25fd
%; Common 20@23: Centr fugal 22G925.
MESS PORK $40 250I0 1l
BACON-Shonlders 81. clear rib sides
sc, clear siacs 6aGG7.
DRY SALT MEAT-L,ose and packed
5sa15a; shoulders, loose, Al.
HAMS = Choice Sngar-cured 95(GI0
Plain canvassed and nncIavassed loo
lOS.
LARD--RefinHd tierce 74ddy7i pack
ers' tierce Of; kettle z: refined kegs "
ON; packers kegs cdot.
FLOUR Fancy choice S. 50Ga,S6:
family 50 2o(aS 550;trebes. low to choice
81 62s6oSJ; double extra 81 25fo, 81 90
single extra 50 10; superfine 50 50le9;-
tine 50 50G93 rs.
CORN MEAL--Good to choice 81 Is
50 80.
POTAToEs-i 75etas2 10 per biol.
ONIONs-s2 5oG9s2 70 per Dbl for
red and yellow.
RlCE-Choice IT. prime 6s9es. good
GsGs64, iai; 54ta6. ordinary 5tt954. c"m-
mon 5(e5a, No. 2 4ia44.
APPLES None in market
ORANGES--$6(d So none in market.
P0ULTRY-old chickens si(r<4 80.
young - 50(n -. ducks 50, geese 81
turkeys $3.50 SIS per dozen.
EGGS Western le@I2, Creole 126I
lac per dozen.
understanding to quality 5f,o9c.
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of the poor was suggested and the
question agitated to some extent,
but it died out, as questions rela-
tive to charitable benefciaries are
so apt to do, and no more will
probably be heard OF it for a term
of years. Excursions for the diff
ferent orphan asylums are always
given some time in the hot weather
but one dav on the water does lit
tie toward strengthening one.
RICHARD.
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RICHARD.

Ten years ago a mechanic could
get three dollars per day the year
round, on an average-or he could
earn 5000 per year. That made
his muscle eaqual to a capital OF
$4,000 at 6 per cent, or, in other
words, $4,000 at 6 per cent would
bring just 5000. Now let us see
what contraction has done. The
mechanic can now get but two dol
lars per day and can average one
half the time i'll employment, so to-
day his yearly earnings only amount
to $500, or one-third what he
could earn ten years ago. Capital
continues the same and the CAPT.
talist who had $4,000 in bonds
and the mechanic stood upon an
equality so for as their earnings
were concerned. To-day the CAPT
talists' bonds earn as much as
three mechanics-or in other words
in ten years capital has succeeded
in swallowing two mechanics out
of every three years. What will
ten years more of the present
financial policy enable it to do
Or, In other words, if the mechanic
can only earn one-third as much
per annum as he could ten years
ago, at the same ratio of decrease
what will he be able TO earn Der
annum III ten years from now?,
And how long will it take capital
to own MS all Fix.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-07-27

The main topic of the discussiof
at the Cabinet meeting on Jul,
18th was the revenue troubles in
South Carolina. Four interna
revenue officials, while in search
of Redman, the illicit distiller
killed in self defense man uame,l
Laddin, IN the honse where Red.
man was concealed. The officers
went to Greenville and gave them
seves,np. They were indicted for
murder, and an attempt was made
to have tue case transferred to the
State Court. This has been posi-
lively refused. The Attorney Gen
erai announced that he would
direct the United States attorney
to take writ of babeas corpus for
the transfer of these prisoners.
This course was approved.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-07-27

Bars of pure gold, weighing
twenty ounces each, have been
plowed up at or near Lexington,
N. c., 10 the value of some $780,
900. 1t is suppo 'etito be the pro-
ceetls of q stage robbery committed
some forty-6ve years ago, when
the thieves hid the metal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-07-27

The first white man whipped
under the new law, which has just
gone into operation in Virginia,
took place NJ Hampton, JAY 18th,
Williams, the negro constable of
the town, executing the sentence
OF the court. The man was a sail
or named Mccormick, from Balti-
more. He was convicted of steal
ing an anchor.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-07-27

An irresponsible Western tourist,
who recently visited an Italian
convent and was shown by monk
consecrated lamp which had
never gone out during five centuries,
bent over and gave the fame de-
cisive puff, and remarked with
cool complacency, well, guess
it's ont now"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-07-27

Benjamin Disreali is now one oil
the most popular men in England
and the most prominent figure in
English politics. Forty years ago,
or when he was 80 years Of age,
the House of Commons refused to
listen to his maiden speech. He
simply said: 81 am not surprised
ut the reception have experience.
l have begun several things, and /
haye often succeeded Mt last. /
shall sit down now: but TIE time
will come when.yon will hear me. .
The time did come. and now Eng
hshmen can scarcely say too much
in honor of the man who stands tie
central figure in English politics.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-07-27

Is this time for swapping
horses? Onr primary friends
seem to think it is. Perhaps if
they knew the immense satisfac-
ton this thing was giving the bob
tailed Radicals hereabouts they
would let the matter drop until
some time when there is less risk
to run.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-07-27

Dispatches from FIJI give an
account of a great earthquake at
Tanna, New Hebrides, which rails
ed the land along the shore and
harbor about twenty. feet. Mil
lions of fish were thrown up and
destroyed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-07-27

This 1.-THE Fourth) Congressional
District is composed of the follow
ing parishes, and entitled to rep.
resentation in the Baton Rouge
Convention as follows: Caddo, 9;
De Soto, z; Natchitoches, Q; Bos-
sier, a; Rapides, 9; Grant, 3; Bien.
vile, s; Webster, 4; Sabine, s;
Vernon, 3; Red River, 2; VIM, 3.
Total, SO.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-07-27

Washington's will is kept in a
glass case in the Office of the clerk
of Fairfax country, Virginia. The
writing has all faded away, and
the paper is SO frail that it viii
not bear handling.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-07-27

New Orleans has given to the
United States Government full
title to the ground upon which the
Mint building is situated.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-07-27

What has become of the Alex
andria Democrat? We have not
received a copy Of that paper for
a month or more.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-07-27

July 18th was said to be the
hottest day in st. Louis for a hum
dred years. Forty persons died
from sunstroke.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-07-27

All the members of Modelling s
family nave changed their name
TO that of Edeling.