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CUION LINE.
ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE.
General Transatlantic Co.

BETWEEN New York and Havre, from pier
ID No. AZ N. r., foot of Morton street.
Travellers by this line avoid both transit by
English railway and the discomfort Of cross
ing the Channel in small boat. Special train
leaving the COmpany's dock at Havre direct for
Paris on arrival of steamers. Baggage check
ed at New York through to Paris.
LABRADOR, COLLIER, WEDNESDAY,
March %, s. AN.
AMERIQUE, SANTELLI, WEDNESDAY,
April 4, P. NJ.
CANADA. tranquil, WEDNESDAY,
April IL, A.. NJ.
PRICE OF PASSAGE (including wine):
TO HAVRE-First Cabin 800 and $50; Sec
ond Cabin $50; steerage $26, including wine,
bedding and utensils.
Checks payable at sight in amount to suit
the Banque Transatlantique of Paris.
LOUIS DE BEBIAN, Agent, Bowling
Green. foot of Broadway, n. Y.
or WILDER q CO, Agents for Savannah.
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MONEY MARKET.-MOney somewhat easier.
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE.-The banks and bank
ers are buying sight drafts at par and selling
at 1s(d14 per cent. premium. Supply good
and demand fair.
STERLING EXCHANGE.-Market dull; sixty
day bills, with bills lading attached, bankers,
81 81; commercial, "a 500; ninety days, prime,
81 59lz. French franks, S 301s; Swiss franks,
IS 313S.
SECURTIEs.-The market has been quiet,
with some investment demand, and closes
firm at quotations.
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ARRIVED YFSTEPDAY
CLEARED YESTERDAY.

Steamship Chattahoochee. Daeoett. New
YOrk-G NJ SOrrel.
Schr Ebenezer (Br), Roberts, Port Antonio
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PASSENGERS.

Per steamship Chattahoochee, from New
York-Mlss Fannie Massart, Mrs Merkling. j
Keiffer, w r Hegby, c a Kimball, C Blair,
Mr. Smith, G w Parsons, w W Merriam, G w
Davis, c Z Wilcox, Mrs Earle, ID Hilley, G H
Hall, ID c Hagins, j Brawley p Wood, r w
Thatcher and wife, j b Leverick, f B Rogers
and wife, Is ID Stone, Nj Doremus, Rev II NJ
StOrrs and son, j Silva, c Peterson, w B
Alltee and wife, j Z Cox and wife, I Bung,
Pyle, Barton, and l steerage.
Per steamship City of Columbus. for BOs-
ton-Mrs Baxter, c w TitcOmb and wife, G H
Rogers and wife, Chas Merchant and wife, j
eDyar, C Gleason, G E Allerton, j Keane, r
S Bruce and wife, L Blake. E A Warren, J I'll
Ellens, Z p OsgOod and wife, ii Eusts, P A
Collins, IL Mcdonald, w A jenkins, d c
Perciyal and wife, J G Shead, w L Gilbert, A
ID Hirtt, G. c Everett, J L Bearing, w II Ellis.
Z NJ Nickerson, A 5 May, II Fl Benham, f E
Henderson, Christian and wife, w Tour
telOtte, Mrs Kisler, Miss Christian, and 10
Storage.
Per steamship VIM Lawrence, for Baltimore
-Chas Rathgen, II p Garretson, + j Debut
bless Miss Blanche Richardson, Miss Mamie
S Howard, DR. j L Mcfarland, Master HOl-
cOmbe Richardson, + L HOmmaken, w E
Bedford j NJ Thompson.
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NAVAL STOREs.-The receipts for the week
have been 1902 barrels rosin and SIS barrels
spirits turpentine. The eXpOrts-5,2S1 bar
rels rOsin and SS4 barrels spirits turpentlne-
were as follows: To Boston, 203 barrels spirits
turpentine and SIS barrels rOsin; to New FORK,
262 barrels spirits turpentine and 33S barrels
rosin; to Baltimore, 272 barrels spirits turpen-
tine and 63I barrels rOsin; to Phlladelphla,
az barrels spirits turpentine and 466 barrels
rOsin: to Riga, 1889 barrels rosin.
We quote: Rosins-A. b, c, ID 81 40, E
81 40, 81 As. G 81 90, III 81 IS, 81 50, - 10,
ii 8 S7l%. y So 90, window glass 50 40; spir-
its turpentine-regular 4Sl2c, oils and whiskys
nominal at 42l5c.
ReesiDts. Shipments and Stock from april I,
1852, to date, and for the corresponding ddte
last uedr:
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Total continental stocks
Total visible supply

IUIdI NIsIDIt Supply ,oI5,o55 Z,Y0I ,OJZ
The imports into continental ports this week
have been "a, 600 bales
The above figures Indicate an increase in
the cotton in sight to date of 346, pol bales as
compared with the same date of 1882. an in
crease Of 2l6,S69 bales as compared with the
corresponding date of 1881, and an increase Of
13O,51O bales as compared with 1850.
INDIA COTTON MOVEMENT FROM ALL PORTS
we have during the past year been endeav-
Oring to rearrange our India service so as to
make our reports more detailed and at the
same time more accurate. Hitherto we have
found it impossible to keep out of our figures
as cabled to us for the ports other than Bonn
bay, cargOes which proved only to be ship
ments from one India port to another. The
plan we have now adopted, as we have reason
to believe, Will relieve us from the danger of
this inaccuracy and keep the totals correct
We give the Bombay statement for the
week and year, bringing the figures down to
March Is.
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Railroane.
Central & Southwestern R. Rs.

SAVANNAH. GA, March II, 1888.
IN and after SUNDAY, March is, 1888 pas
" senger trains on the Central and South
western Railroads and branches will run as
follows:
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ana advancing: receipts fair; dry flint. I4IEc :.
sslt t IO12S9lz12c. Wool-In bales, prime &c
"a nags, PRIME &c; slightly bury, l5dIsc.
very Durry, lOCgl3c. Wax, soc. Deer skins
nlnt. 40c.: salted 3Sc. Otter skins. S5caS1 al
&c: 7aS''''' fsHne0'
n L ,iG1So- market advancing and steady;
IN tlerces and tubs. lz18c.; kegs. I23<c.
LEMoNs.-Stock ample: demand moderate
MessIna, So OOl1S rs. '''O~''' '''o'
LINE, CALcINED PLASTER AND CEMENT
AI I lump lime is in fair demand and is
selling at 81 40 per barrel: Georgia. 81 20: cal
Slheo plaster, - 90 per barrel; hair, &C.;
Georgia cement, 81; Rosendale cement, 81 rs
V1 So Portland cement, "a 90.
LIQUoRs.-Full stock: good demand; Bour-
Don, 81 5O95 80; Rye 81 50CG6 90; Rectifed
- OO1gl 80. Ales unchanged and in good de-
mand.
NAILs.-Market firm; Sd. So 90; Id and Sd.
45; Cd, "a 20; Sd, 50 IS; lOd to cod, 50 so per
NUTs.-Tarragona almonds. lsc. per n:
Princess paper shell, 24c.; French walnuts
l3c.; Naples, lSc.; pecans, l5GlSc. Brazil, lOc.
oSIoNs.@YellOw and red, S g per- per: Dbl.
ORANGES.-Elor1da, per Dbl. scarce at So 90
as 90; per box, 50 50(G4 so; Messina, SO OOd3 so
OILs.-Market firm; moderate demand; sig
nal, 50Cg60c.; West Virginia black, l6c, +:
neatsfOot, 7sc.; machinery, 3594Oc; Iinseed
fined, Csc.
POTATOEs;-Ma fully stocked and good
50 so: Goodrich, Peerless and Chill reds SO %
PRUNES.-Turkish, &c.
RAIsINs.-Fair demand; market steady;
loose Muscatel, 81 %; new layers, 81 IS per
box; new London layers, 81 IS per box.
SALT.-The demand is moderate and the
market easy; stock large; car load lots, Soc,
I. o. b.; small lots soc. (G$I 90.
SHoT;-Market firm; drop, per bag 81 75;
puck, " W. Powder, per keg, Sc IS; per half
keg, 50 80; per quarter keg, 81 50.
oGGARs.-The market is firm for yellows;
good demand: crushed. CSC; powd cred, 915c /;
A, &C.; yellow extra c, &c.; white extra c.,
S12c.; c, &c.
SYRUP.-Florida and Georgia syrups III good
supply; we quote 35(G40c.; demand light: the
market Is quite for sugar house at 40(D45c. !:
Cuba straight goods, 40c. in hogsheads. Mo-
lasses. &c.
TOBACCO.-Market firm: demand moderate
We quote: SmOking-4OlG$1 %. Chewing
Common, sound, S5(g40c.; medium, 4O(G55c. !:
bright, 50(g75c.; fine fancy, s509Oc.; extra
fine, 9O(gSl 10; bright navies, 45(d57c.; dark
naYIes. 40(G50c.
LUMBER-The demand is in excess of the
present. ability of the mills to supply. owing
partly to the fact that the inclement weather
has somewhat retarded work at the mills
There is continued firmness, and the num-
Der OF orders is in excess of the supply. We
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SCHOoNERs.

Jno Halliday, 1853 tons, New York, ldg-Jos
A Roberts & Co.
Saml Vrooman. 449 tons, Hughes, PhiIadei-
phia, ldg-Jos A Roberts, 81 Co.
Messenger, 344 tons, Falkner, Bath, ldg-Jos
A Roberts Il Co.
b Van Dusen, 222 tons, BoOyd. Philadelphia
ldg-Jos A Roberts & Co.
Annie NJ Allen, 45l tons, White, Baltimore,
ldg-JOs A Roberts Il Co.
Hattie Turner, 295 tons, Delany, New London,
ldg-Jos A Roberts q Co.
Melissa A Wiley, 425 tons, Wiley, Portland,
ldg-Jos A Roberts & Co.
Standard, $50 tons, Bennett, New York. dis
Jos A Roberts & Co.
stephen Hart, 255 tons, TOrrey, New York,
dis-Jos A Roberts & Co.
JnO Schmidt, 1876 tons, Van Glider. Philadel-
phla, dis-Jos A Roberts & Co.
Robert II Parker, 379 tons. Steelman. Phila-
delphla, dis-Jos A Roberts & Co.
r w Dasey, 1856 tons, Tracy, Philadelphia, dis
Jos A Roberts & Co.
Abbie II Gheen, 23O tons, Gheen. Philadelphia,
dls-JOs A Roberts 4 Co.
Seth w Smith, 1913 tons. Allen. New York
cld-Sloat, Russell & Co.
Sarah d Douglass OBJ, 80 tons, Bethel, Mas
sau, ldg-J B Reedy.
Ebenezer lBr), Roberts, Port Antonio, dis
j b Reedy.
Chatham, 113 tons, Beveridge, Barbados, wig
W G Jackson.
Island City, 427 tons, Voorhees,, Baltimore, dis
Dale, Wells Il Co.
Stella M Kenyon, 1916 tons, Babbidge, New
York, ldg-Master.
Sallie Bissell, Al tons, McGrath, Wilmington,
n c, dis ii Johnston.
Twenty schooners.
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: FOLLOWING STATEMENT SHOWS THE AZ
----fIs At All. PORTS FOR THE WEEKS END
5 ~ MARCH . AND IS. AND FOR THIS WEEK
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Savannah, Florida & Western Rv.
sUPERINTENDENT,s OFF1or

SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE,
SAVANNAH, January IL, 1852.
ON AND AFTER THURSDAY January lg
~ 1888, Passenger Trains ON this road viii
run as follows:
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NAVAL STOREs.-Sdu.-ROsi and Spirits
Cork orders, for United Kingdom or Continent,
dull, 4d6s.; coastwise, nominal. SteGna-To Bos-
ton, Soc ON rOsin, 81 90 on spirits; toNew York.
rosin 4Oc., spirits Soc; Philadelphia, rosin SOc,
spirits soc.
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Shirnfnn 9ntriIfnrnrr.

MINIATURE ALMANAC-THIs DAY:
Sun RISES. -.-.--..-................ $3.50
sun SETS -.-.-.........-...........6 :14
HIGH WATER at Ft Pulaski. 7:45 AN, s:O4 N
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me- receipts Of cotton for the week
-, been about 14,Ti1 bales upland and 4e
- sea island. against 1850 bales upland
.-iv bales sea island for the corresponding
~ last year: Per Central Railroad, I2,SS2
r,-. upland: per Savannah, Florida and
VEN Railway, 1,5S5 bales upland and IS
f.r.5aa ISLAND ;per Charleston and Savannah
Prai. 81 bales upland; per Savannah
-r- steamers, 81 bales upland; per Florida
--srs. 20 bales upland and Il bales sea
s,-l. Der Brunswick and Satilla river. q
. ~ upland and bales sea island; per carts,
1 /, rs upland and bale sea island.
r. syports for the week have been about
4 --tgIf= upland and - bales sea island. as
-.. New York, 2,l23 bales upland and
. ~ sea island: Baltimore, 1912 bales up
I .-i.rT IA bales sea island; Philadelphia, 34I
r4upIaud: Boston, LBS bales upland; to
I-f gB0 bales upland: to Passages, l,l90
4 .-l.rrIauI. to CrOnstadt. $50 bales upland.
n st0ek on hand at the close of the mar
t-- r-dav was 1868 bales upland and 1873
i-i..ssq island. against 81, SCI bales upland
zoos bales sea island at the same time last
iP--r-Tbe market for rice has continued
81 rs frrn since our last report, and the
.-.sF4va been lighter than during any week
- I'm. season opened. The transactions.
e-.-smalI lots in order TO meet the actual ours
~ demands of consumers. The shipments
ir--t4 week have been $40 barrels, of which
AMOUNT 55 we're to Philadelphia and $50 to
Vrtrare We quote:
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BOMBAY RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS FOR POUR
YEARS.


According TO the foregoing, bombay appears
to show an increase compared with last year in
the weeks receipts of 5000 bales, and an in
crease in shipments of $1,000 bales, and the
shipments since January l show a decrease
of IS 900 bales.
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DEPARTED YEsTERnAY
SAILED YESTERDAY

Steamer Mary Fisher. Gibson, Cohen's Bluff
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sftrniraI.
CEs-ERY
AS A REMEDY FOR NERVOUS
DISEASES.

AS A REMEDY FOR NERVOUS
DISEASES.
What the Medical Profession Say
About 1t, and the Good Results
Attending Its Use.
HEADACHE, NEURALGIA, NERVOUSNESS, SLEEP
LESsEEss AND DYSPEPSIA.
''DR. BENSON'S preparation of Celery and
Chamomile for nervous diseases is the most i'm
portant addition made to the nadterid medtcd
IN the last quarter of a century DIR. j. W.
j. Englar, of Baltimore.
"Dr. Bens0n's Pills are worth their weight
in gold in nervous and sick headache" DIR.
A. III. Schlichter, of Baltimore.
''These Pills are invaluable in nervous dis
eases. DIR. Hammond, Of New York.
"Dr. BensOn's Pills for the cure of Neuralgia
are success. DIR. @. p. Holman, Christian
burg, Va.
These Pills are a special preparation, only
Tor the cure of special diseases. They are pre-
pared expressly to and will cure sick head
ache, nervous headache, neuralgia, nervous
ness: paralysis, sleeplessness and dyspepsia.
Sold by all druggists. Price, soc. a box. De-
pot, Baltimore, Nd. BY mail, two boxes for
81, or six boxes for g so, to any address.
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AIEMORANDl

Steamship VIM Lawrence, Baltimore.
Bark Emma Mari (Br), Brewster, Reval.
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A hrst-class Dining Car attached to all
trains, affording passengers fine meal at
small expense.
Pullman Palace Slice ers thro Ugh from Sa-
Vannah to Washington and New York
For tickets, sleeping car reser7 Cisand all
other information, apply to William Bren
ton and Savannah RailN ay Ticket Office at
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway De-
pot. G. IS. GADSpEN. Sup't.
s. c. BoYLsEoE, G. 2. 4. w
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SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
A CURE GUARANTEED.

DR. E. C. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN
~ TREATMENTS: A specific for Hysteria,
Dizziness, Commissions, Nervous Headache,
Mental Depression, Loss of Memory, Sperma-
tOrrhea, Impotency, Involuntary Emissions,
Premature Old Age, caused by oyer-exertiOn,
self abuse or Over-indulgence, which leads to
misery, decay and death. One box Will cure
recent cases. Each box contains one months
treatment. 81 box, or six boxes for IS; sent
by mail prepaid on receipt of price. We guar
antee boxes to cure any case. With each or
der received by us for boxes, accompanied
with IS, we will send the purchaser our writ
ten guarantee to return the money if the treat
ment does not effect cure. Guarantees issued
by OSCEOLA BUTLER, Druggist Savannah,
Ga. Orders by mail promptly attended to.
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---foOL EaVEHEST FOB THE WEEK ESD-
ARCH q. ISIS. AND FOR THE cORRESP0N-
80 WEEKS az 49, AND ISL.
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RaiIrnana.
Charleston & Savannah Ry. Co.

| SAVANNAH, GA, January Is, 1888.
| COMMENCING MONDAY, January 18th
| ~ at z 80 a m, and until further notice. trains
| will arrive and depart as follows:
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Evening Report.
FINANCIAL
PARIS. March 23.-Rentes. S0f s5c.
NEW YORK, March 23.-Sub- Treasury bal
ances; Coin, sl2sssll,7s5; currencyi S6,sloseii'
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Providencia (Sp) 45O tons, Bomb, port in
Spain, ldg-Chas Green's Son & Co.
Caroline Gray, 81 tons, Pillsbury, Demarara,
ldg-Jos A Roberts & Co.
Mary Z Rowland, 263 tons, Wethers, Matan-
zas for Delaware BreakWater, repairing
Master.
Maria (Spl, Az tons, Rocca, Havana, at quar-
antine-R Reppard.
FOur briggs
The Portland daily press., 1883-06-14

OF late years the employment of women
as clerks has greatly increased in England
as well as in France and in both countries
1t is generally agreed that the system works
satisfactorily. AT the Bank of France there
are now l60 female clerks, who receive Q
francs day TO commence with, and whose
annual salary, after year or two of service,
rises to 800 francs; ana at the Paris offices
OF the Credit Foncier, where also there is a
large staff of women, the remuneration be-
ginning at $50 francs a day, rises in some
cases TO as much as 1900 francs, or $500 a
year. In both establishments the hours of
attendance are from 10 on six days of
the week; and the male and female clerks
sit in different rooms-the women being SUI
perintended by officials of their own sex.
and thus enjoying the greatest possible de-
gee of privacy,
The Portland daily press., 1883-06-14

DEMOCRATIC State Committee Chairman
Manning of New York expresses the opinion
that Mr. TilGen cannot now be drawn from
his retirement, and sharply denies that he is
engaged in working up boom for him. II
have done nothing whatever" he says, "to
promote or to encourage any expectation
that Mr. Tilden would re-enter public life.
Neither Mr.. Tilden nor his immediate
friends, or. SO far as know, any person in
confidential relations with him, has inspired
any movement looking to such an end.
Whatever suggestion of that nature has been
made is the spontaneous product OF 6popula,
feeling seeking representative and a lead
er. Mr.. Tilden's desire and purpose to re-
main in private life is known to all his
friends and deplored by them'
The Portland daily press., 1883-06-14

THE total receipts of the East river bridge
last week were S4451, of which S2371 was
from foot passengers, which is less than
one-half the receipts for the week preceding.
A Fulton Ferry official asserts that the num-
Der of foot passengers on the boats are quite
as large as before the bridge was opened,
but that the number of vehicles is much
smaller. This decrease is noticeable chief
ly in butchers, bakers and milk wagons
The Portland daily press., 1883-06-14

AN interesting feature of the Cutters
Guild exhibition now open in London is the
magnificent collection of swords lent by the
Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught
and other private collections. There are
also ancient surgical instruments and his
toric relics. Lord Cairns made an amusing
speech at the opening on the historyof table
cutlery and the introduction of forks.
Queen Elizabeth, it appears, had one, but
preferred using her fingers; and in the days
of her successor, James l., certain clergy
men preached against forks and said it was
an insult to Providence not TO touch food
which the Creator has provided.
The Portland daily press., 1883-06-14

IT is demonstrated that the State of Louis
lana actually lost money By hiring John Nc
Emery to get Congress to grant the land to
which the State was entitled for half the
territory recoyered. There were granted
1882 acres, largely swamp land, and
worth altogether but $4,000. McEnery has
taken scrip for his share, located it upon the
best land belonging to the State he could
find, included in the grant or not, and so
has property worth $4,000. That is, by
the very crooked operations in the case,
Louisiana gave its ex-governor one acre of
land worth 50 for helping to get two acres
worth little less than 81 each.
The Portland daily press., 1883-06-14

THE recent death of Gen. Geo. P. Buell.
has called out letter written by him last
December to a Southern friend who had
chanced to become his prisoner in the clos
ing months of the war, in which occurs this
suggestive statement: "Once soon after the
war saw your good mother, who recol-
lect thought her boy was almost ruined be-
cause he had gone to work. felt sorry for
her, of course, but could not help laughing
to myself, for Though the son of a rich
man who educated his children WE'LL had
been taught to work always. wonder
what that good mother, if she still lives,
thinks of the. poor boy who has the respon-
sibility of 1900 miles of railroad on his
mind every moment of time"
The Portland daily press., 1883-06-14

THERE is good deal of talk just now
about the possible abdication of the Queen
on account of her continued ill-health and
mental depression, Of course that is all
nonsense. Victoria is very far from being
of the abdicating kind, and besides, the
active duties of her position are not
burdensome or exhausting. They leave am
pie time for rest and recreation, and even if
it were otherwise, the Queen has never
shown any disposition to let them interfere
with her convenience There may be Re
gency, but there will be no abdication.
The Portland daily press., 1883-06-14
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
City of Portland.
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.

fftHE sub-committe on examination of candidates
Il for teaching in the public schools of Portland
will meet for the examination of teachers at High
School Building on Monday. the 2d day of july
next, at . a. m. Applicants must pass satisfac-
tory examination in the following branches, viz:
Arithmetic, including the Metric system of
weights and measures, Bookkeeping, Physical and
Descriptive Geography, English Grammar includ-
ing Composition, United States History, Physiology
Elements of Music (Aiason'sl Elementary Free-Hand
Drawing and Theory and Practice of Teaching.
All applicants must be present on the mornino
above specified, and the examination will continue
through two days unless sooner finished.
No other examination will take place prior to the
opening of the schools.
THOMAS TASH, Superintendent of Schools
Portland, June 8, 1883. ie9dtd
The Portland daily press., 1883-06-14

IT appears that the Marquis of Lansdowne
the new governor-geperalo of Canada, was to
have succeeded Lord Aberdare as President
of the Royal Geographical Society, and at
the late annual meeting of the society Sir
Henry Rawlinson remarked that on more
than one occasion when the society had
elected distinguished man for its president
her Majesty's government had straightway
fixed upon that person to fill some impor-
tant and distant appointment. 1t was so
when they elected the Marquis of Ripon as
their president, and again in the es of
Lord Dufferin and of Lord Northbroke.
The Portland daily press., 1883-06-14
a33 PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE IA.

We do MOI read anonymous letters and eommuni-
cations he name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable not necessarily for pubica-
ton but as guarantee of good faith.
we cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
nunications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1883-06-14

SUPBRsTITIoUs people at Washington
think that Guiteau's curse on all who had
anything to do with his trial is having its
effect. Sheahan, one of the jurors, has be-
come raving maniac. Attorney Corkhill's
wife died soon after the trial. Juror Hobbs's
wife died. Surgeon General Barnes and
DR.. Noble Young, important witnesses, have
died. DR.. Gray, another witness, was shot
at the Utica asylum. Judge Porter is in bad
health. Half dozen officers connected
with the trial have lost their places, and the
Scoyille family has become wreck.
The Portland daily press., 1883-06-14

THE chance of war between France and
China seems to have raised the question in
France whether in such war American
privateers could be fitted out to prey upon
French commerce. The Declaration of
Paris in 1856, TO which France and the 9TH
er great Powers of Europe are parties, abol-
lshing privateering, is not binding on the
United States. But this country has a trea-
ty with France which has good deal of
bearing on the subject. Article XXI of the
treaty of ITS provides that no .'citizen,
subject or inhabitant'' of the United States
shall take out any commission or letter of
marque from any country with which France
may be at war; and that any one who does
SO ''shall be punished as pirate" or, in
other words, shall be hung if he can be
caught, the same treatment being probably
applicable to all the crew. Besides this, our
neutrality laws ~. S. R. S Sec. 52S1 ct
seq. provide that any citizen of the United
States who, within our territory, accepts a
commission to serve against any country
with which we are at peace, shall be deemed
guilty of 'shigh misdemeanor," and may
be punished by fine and imprisonment, and
contains similar provisions with regard to
fitting out vessels or military expeditions of
any kind.