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Year: 1869

Having made large additions to our establish
menf in tile shape OF material OF the latest
style, and having employed experienced ana
csreful worlmen We are prepared to execute
orders for every variety of PLAIN AND FANCY
Hob PRINTING with neatnesS and Dispatch
The addition of steam Power TO our establish
mant affords US great advantages over most
country offices in the way of low prices and
fast work Call with u.s. and be convinced.
Year: 1869

To The Editor Of the Press;


The Constabularies met with what force
they could muster at City Hall, yesterday
The lower part of the hall was thinly occupied,
about one fourth Of its area, and Judged by
the voting that not more than third of these
present were anything more than lockers on.
The convention was more remarkable in those
who were not present than those who were,
None of the old temperance celebrities were
present. Judge Davis, Neal Dow, Charles
Stackpole were not there, as might have been
judged by the enthusiastic folly that character
lied the proceedings. When Mr. +. Dow, son
of the old Temperance apostle rose to resign
his position as Secretary of the State Temper
ance Committee, and was proceeding to give as
a reason that the new course agreed
upon by the convention was, in his Judgment,
prejudicial to the cause of temperance, Mr..
Tallman, of Bath, the President, sternly call
ed him to order, saying he had no right to COM
ment unfavorably on the action of tde conyen-
ton. There was silence for the space of near
ly an hour under this high old parliamentary
order, during which a member offered a reso-
luton approving the prohibitory law and-de
manding its execution, but as the phraseolo,y
was detected as that of another sect of tenn
perance men, it was promptly laid on the ta-
BILE. AT length by the eloquent appeal OF
Messrs. Randall and jackson, Mr. Dow was
allowed chance to resign, and two or three
Others followed his example.


The committee ON resolutions complained
that they had not time to make platform, and
retired to incubate. The difficulty seemed to
be to tell wherein they differed from the Re-
publican party. Everybody believed they had
quarrel with them, but nobody seemed to
know what it was about, and SO a wise COM
mittee were sent out into the shade and silence
to study upon it. They were still puzzling
over it when the principal part of the conven-
ton dispersed


The convention was small but as the news
papers say, spirited. If the men who made it
up were not great rprofound or widely known
they were jealous and meant WELL They were
manipulated by one or two paid agents Of tenn
perance and handful of not exclusively de-
vout ministers, Peck-bitten with the rabies
of politics. ARGo.
Year: 1869

Dixon, the Washington correspondent of the
Boston Advertiser says:


Persons here who are clamorous for the i'm
mediate recognition of Cuban belligerency are
in the habit of saying that the Secretary of
State is the power behind the throne which
prevents them from getting what theJ want.
1t may be said, without going into detailed
statement of the Secretary's views, that the
President and his cabinet are practically a
unit on the questions involved. They are all
decided in the conviction that our neutrality
laws were made to be enforced, and must as far
as possible be enforced, and the whole power
OF the administration will be used in sustain
ing the local officers whose business it is to
carry out these laws. They are all, moreover,
in sympathy with the Cuban movement, but
no one of them, from the President down, is in
favor of granting belligerency at this time.
The Secretary of State and the President had
some talk la t Saturday about Cuban affairs,
since which time the Cuban sympathizers tell
their friends that the adm inistration need not
be expected to do anything about Cuba for the
present at least.


The question about granting belligerent
rights may be considered settled for the pres
ent. Consul General Plumb sends by every
steamer full dispatches to our Government,
and no doubt gives the administration more
reliable information in relation to Cuban mat
tiers than that floating about in our public
journals. The reports from that Island have
been contradictory, and may continue SO for
some time to come. One thing is quite GER
tain; no decisive battles have been fought, and
yet the present aspect of affairs would seem to
warrant the conclusion that the Cubans are
not losing ground, neither does their courage
or enthusiasm abate. Captain General De
Rodos has arrived. He was gladly received
with the customary ceremonies. After being
installed he issued his manifesto, or in COM
mon parlance, laid down his platform. 1t is
simple and contains only three planks-'S Spain
Justice and Morality" The Diaro, the Prem
sia and Vose de Cuba are full of compliments
to the Captain General, but what all that will
amount to it is difficult to tell at this present
time. For more particulars the readers atten
ton is directed to another column containing
Cuban news
Year: 1869

The last week Ellsworth American reprints
from the Bangor Mercury of March 1847 full
account of the address of the late Charles
Lowell of Ellsworth before the antiquarian So
ciety of Bangor, and of the complimentary
dinner and speeches at the Bangor House in
honor of the orator.


1t is doubtful if more elaborate and thor
oughly executed practical joke was ever per-
petrated by any considerable body of respect
able men in this country. Only Bangor, cele-
brated in old times, at this day for the indom-
liable hilariousness and hearty good humor Of
the lending citizens, could have conceived and
carried out such a stupendous piece of comedy
as this antiquarian society celebration. Be
sides the published official account of the pro-
ceedings which cannot be read without dam
ger Of going off in an explosion of merriment
tradition preserves ON the memory of all the
inimitable good story tellers of Badgor incl
dents untold and untellable in print which
shows the length to which a farce can be
carried when energetic and reckless men
take hold Of it.


We wonder how such grave and reverend
seignors, as Judges Cutting and Kent, Hon.
E. L. Hamlin and J. A. Peters now look up
on the records of their oratorical achievements
that famous evening at the Bangor House. 1t
is certain that they were well up to the de-
demands of the occasion, and gave grace and
honor to the entertainment by the charm of
their wit and the celebrity of their names.
Year: 1869

DEAD BODY FoUND. uesday morning the
dead body of male infant, apparently but O
few hours old, was discovered, on Cumberland
street. between Elm and Preble streets, lying
upon the sidewalk. The child had evidently
been born alive, but had been foully dealt with
as there were marks of violence on the head.
1t was fine looking child and weighed about
ten pounds Coroner Hall was directed to in
vestigate the circumstances.
Year: 1869

are almost unanimous for WELLS.
Meetings are being held in every
county, the people attend them in
crowds, lengthy and warm discussions,
such as revive the ancient Virginia
political custom, are heard with I'M
tagging attention, and every element of
political power in the State has become
deeply interested in the canvass. For q
time it was believed that many of the
Conservatives would remain inactive
and that WELLS would be elected by
default. The reluctance of many to &C
quiesce in negro suffrage, their prejudice
against WALKER as an importation and
their Indignation toward GRANT for
breaking his pledge 30 submit the coun-
ty organization clause of the Constitu-
tiOn, all combined at one time to OBJ
struct the WALKER movement and to
render his prospects exceedingly doubt
fol. But the Importance of making the
best of bad case seems TO have over
come all difficulties and united the Con-
servatives actively in support of WALK
ER, not as their first choice, but as the
candidate whose election will place
them in the most tolerable situation
possible in the future. The election oc-
ours on the 9th of July. The Richmond
papers predict the election Of WALKER
and the adoption Of the Constitution,
minus the test oath, by large major
Year: 1869

Last week a negro opened the session
of the Connecticut House Of Delegates
with prayer. Strange as it may appear,
some of the loyal leaders left the
room. The Speaker very properly re-.
buked them for refusing to accept the
legitimate consequences of their politi-
cal faith. It's very pleasant for the
most Christian Yankee to force the
negro down the throat of his opponent
but his Ppritanical countenance will
twist when he is called upon to take a
personal taste of the high-tiayored
Congo. IN
Year: 1869

From the Mobile Register, May 2sthI


The Democratic Party in Alabama.


The Democracy of the State is astir
in all its sections, holding meetings and
organizing conventions, preparatory to
the Congressional election. Our polit-
cal friends are fully alive to the truth
that the political reformation of Con
gress, by replacing with a majority of
constitutional representatives the ma
iority of Radical destruCtives that now
rule the Government to its ruin, is the
first and only objective point Of earnest
political action. The Executive is in
the hands of the enemies Of free gov
ernment for four years, but the legisla-
tive branch, which has come to be the
real power in the Government, is with.
in the reach Of popular reformation.
Every vote gained tells in aggregate
result, and We are rejoiced that the
Democracy of Alabama is awake to the
duty of adding its uuits to the grand
total. Conventions have been called in
every Congressional district, and the
people are arming themselves for the
all-important contest. 1t only needs
union and effort to secure nearly
unanimous Dem Icratic delegation from
Alabama. 1t is the first great step to
break the sceptre of carpet-bag tyranny
and to relieve the people from the
enormous taxation that is consuming
their substance.
Year: 1869

WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN


Are made strong by the use of either Of these
remedies. They viii cure every case of Ma.
RASMUS without fail.


Thousands of certificates have accumulated
in the hands Of the proprietor, but space will
allow Of the publication of but n few Those
il will be observed are men Of note, and Of such
standing that they must be believed
Year: 1869

The gift enterprise business is carried
into the distribution of minor offices in
Philadelphia. A gold watch, properly
presented, is said to secure very fine
paying position in the Castom House.
Year: 1869

The following letter OF General
Grant, which has been lately published,
is interesting as history. The public
have been impressed with the idea that
General Grant had not confidence in
General Smith at the time of the attack
on Petersburg in Jane, 1864, and in his
report made in 1865 the Commander-in-
Chief left as much to be inferred. This
letter. written few weeks after that
occurrence, is conclusive against any
such idea. 1t is amusing also as exhibit
ing Grants estimate of Butler:


LETTER FROM GENERAL GRANT IN 1864.
Year: 1869

And feeling the hand of time weighing heavily
upon them, with all its attendant ills, will and
in the use of this BITTERS, or the TONIC, an
elixir that will instil new lite into their veins
restore in n measure the energy and ardOT Of
more youthful days, build up their shrunken
forms, and give health and happiness in their
remaining wears
Year: 1869

It is a well established fact that fully one
half of the female portion of our population are
seldom in the enjoyment Of good health or, 70
use their own expression, never feel well. 30
They are languid, devoid of all energy, extreme
ly nervous, and have no appetite.


To this class of persons the BITTERS, or the
TONIC, is especially recommended
Year: 1869

A SIMPLE AND CERTAIN CURE FOR CHoL-
ERA.-Ihe st. Louis Republican publishes
the following recipe, as a certain preventive
of cholera, cholera morbus or dyspepsia, and
a sure regulator of the bowels: With good
wood ashes make weak lye, about as strong
as common tea; put it into bottles, and
drink after every meal about half a wine
glass of it. This has been tried by steam
boat captains ON the Mississippi river for
twenty years with complete success.


This remedy we have known for many
years; and cases of chronic diarrhea, which
had resisted every other medicine, have
been cured by the use Of this simple medi-
cine. There are families in this neighbor-
hood who keep this preparation constantly
ready for use, and believe it a sovereign cure
for all bowel complaints. They, however, use
little SCOT, from the back of the chimney
with the wood ashes.-Boston Transcript.
Year: 1869

find the best calendar of the seasons is
Broadway, where the thousands of airily
dressed women assure me that the summer Is
near as hand. They put forth their green
and tender LEAKAGE as suddenly and consenta-
neously as the trees in inland woods of Maine
when the warm days have come at last. I
gaze at all this brave array in silent wonder
what our grandmothers would have thought
of it, though that is hardly more to the pur-
pose than to wonder what we shall think of
the WAYS of or1r grandchildren aNfit -.tt
Year: 1869

DR.. Norman Macleod is accredit.
ed, in one of our exchanges, with the
following:


Let the fairest star be selected,
like q beauteous island in the vast,
shoreless sea of the azure heavens, as
the future home of the criminals from
earth, and let them possess what
they most love, and all that it is pos
sible for God to bestow let them be
endowed with undying bodies, and
with minds which shall ever retain
their intellectual powers; let no
Saviour ever press his claims upon
them; no prayer be heard within
their borders but let society exist
there forever, smitten only by the
leprosy of hatred to God. and with
utter selfshness as its all pervading
and eternal purpose-then, as sure
as the law of righteousness exists, ,on
which rests the throne Of God and
the government of the universe, q
society so constructed Eust work
out for itself He'll of solitary and
bitter suffering to which there is NO
limit except the capacity Of finite
nature. Alas! the spirit that is
without love to its God or its neigh.
Dor, is already possessed by a power
which must at last create for own
self.torment q worm that will never
die, and a fire that can never more
be quenched!
Year: 1869

The late Fitz Greene Halleck said:
ga letter fell into my hands which
a Scotch servant girl had written to
her lover. Its style charmed me-
1t was fairly inimitable. wondered
how, in her circumstances IN life,
she could have acquired so elegant 8
style. l showed the letter to some
of my literary friends in the city oi
New York. and they unanimously
agreed that it was q model of beauty
and elegance. / then determined to
solve the mystery, and / went to the
house where she was employed, and
asked her how it was that, in her
humble circumstances in life, she
had acquired style so beautiful that
the most cultivated minds could not
but admire it. Sir said she, Il
came to this country four years ago.
Then / could not read or write. But
since then / have learned to read
and write, but ] have not yet learned
to spell so always when sit down
to write letter, / select those words
which are so short and simple that
am sure to know how to spell them.'
There was the whole secret. The
reply of that simple minded Scotch
girl condensed s world of rhetoric
into nutshell. Simplicity is beauty.
Simplicity is power.'
Year: 1869

The following "reminiscences are
taken from Mrs. Ellet's forthcoming
book:


At dinner, Mrs. Madison alwsys
took the head Of the table; Mr.. Mad.
ison the middle, and one of his sec
retaries the bottom. Her memory
was so good that she never forgot q
name, and would address each OF her
guests, though just introduced with
twenty others, as if she had known
them for years. She was magnif-
cent looking woman in the drawing
room. Her stately and Juno-like
figure lowered above the rest Of the
ladies. When she found q timid
young girl she would attend to her
most assiduously, conduct her to the
piano, and remain with her until she
became more at ease. At one of her
receptions a tall, dangling youth,
fresh from the backwoods, made his
appearance aud took his stand agains,
a partition wall. He stood in that
position like a fixture for a full halt
hour, and finally venrured to take cup
of coffee, which it was then the custom
to hand round. Mrs. MadisOn's keen
eye noticed bis embarrassment, and
she wished to relieve it. She walked
up and addressed him. The poor
youth, astounded, dropt the saucer
on the floor, and unconsciously thrust
the cup into his breeches pocket.
"The crowd is so great" remarked
the gentle lady, Zone cannot avoid
being jostlcd. The servant will
bring you another cup of coffee
Pray, how did you leave your excel
lent mother? i once had the honor
of knowing her, but 1 have not seen
her for some years. Thus she con-
tinued, until the poor youth felt as if
he were in the company Of an old
acquaintance. He took care, secretly
and soon, to dislodge the protuber-
ance in his pocket.
Year: 1869

Having made large additions to oar establish
rilent in the shape of material of the latest
style, and having employed experienced and
orders for every variety of PLAIN AND FANCY
Jo3 PRINTING with neatneSs and Dispatch
The addition of Steam Power TO our establish
nsnt affords us great advantages over most
country Offices in the way of low prices and
fast work. Call with us. and be convinced.
Year: 1869

Have been in use s. years, and are daily per-
forming wonderful cures. In many instances
where patients were unable to walk upright
or to rise without assistance, they have been
relieved by a single dose.
Year: 1869

EMHVU OUfEEWBLtBe


Al who have committed an excess OF any kind
whether it be the solitary vice of YOUTH or the sting
Ing rebuke of misplaced confidence in aturer years.


SEEK FOR An ANTIDoTE IN SEASON.
The Pains and Aches, and Lasstude and Nervous
Prostration that may follow Impure Cotton,


are the Barometer to the whole system.
Do not wait for the consummaton that is sure to fol-


lowi do not wait for Unsightly Ulcers, for


Disabled Limbs, for Loss Of Beauty
Year: 1869

Young men troubled with emissions In sleep,-a
complaint generally the result of q bad habit In
ranted or no charge made.


Hardly day passes but we are consulted by one or
more young men with the above disease, some OF
whom are as weak and emaciated as though they had
the consumption and by their friends are supposed te
nave it. All such cases yield to the proper and only
correct course OF treatment, and in short time are
made to rejoice In perfect health.
Year: 1869

From Er- Governor Cony, Of Maine.
was equal to any fertilizer OF its class ever used
by me, anu can confidently recommend it as Of
great agricultural utility. shall continue to it
quite largely.
Year: 1869

JoIxT CoRS.-We were shown yes


terday, says an exchange, three stalks


of this new kind of corn the product of


one bill, upon which there were twenty
eight ears, well filed and each one per
feet. The ears are SMALL resembling
pop corn ears in their shape and the
size of the kernels. It is stated by the
originator of this peculiar kind of cereal
that fewer leaves grow upon a stalk of
this corn than upon any other variety,
yet it is equally as good for stock, as
the stalk itself is more tender and lust
suited to the taste of cattle. Notwith-
standing the smallness of the ears it is
claimed that the yield is much greater
than that of the common yellow variety,
while it can be used for either pop corn
OF for the same purposes as other varie-
ties. This corn is claimed to originate
with Mr.. E. o. Johnson, of Wood coun-
y, in this State, who has sent specimens
10 various places for exhibition. tits
curiosity to say the least Of it,
Year: 1869

A very improper occurrence, says the
Washington Star, which took place in
the Treasury building the other evening.
resulted in the dismissal of married
man andJa single woman, both en-
ployes in that department.. 1t would
seem that the services of Hannah Tyler
are again needed in this building. Only
last week lady, whose husband is a
clerk in one Of the bureaus of the
Treasury, accused her lord of running
after strange goddess in the shape Of q
lovely female employe of the same
bureau, and when confronted by his
superior officer he confessed the fact, but
pleaded in extenuation that every time
he went to his home he found his wife
in familiar intimacy with certain e1-
official of high social standing. The fe.
male employe was dismissed, and only
few days ago a clerk in the same bu-
reau was dismissed for refusing to sup
port his unlawful off-spring, that the
mother had been compelled to send to
the Poor House.
Year: 1869

In New York, some days ago, while
workmen were constructing the iron
front of new building in Walker street,
a cat by some means crawled into the
hollow part of the iron girder which
forms the base of the front. The work
men heard the cat, but paid no atten'
ton to its cries, and tho work proceeded,
thus ontombing the cat. The fact was
reported to the Society for the proven
tion of Cruelty to Animals, by whom
the builders were ordered to release the
cat, even if it became necessary to take
down the entire front to accomplish it.
The front had been erected as far as the
fourth story by this time, and the mat
ter began to wear serious as we'll as
expensive aspect. There was no alter
native but to comply with the orders,
and men were set to work to remove the
animal. 1t was found necessary to re-
msve small part of the side wall, into
which the girders were inserted, and
then chisels and sledge-hammers were
brought into requisition, and hole
made large enough for the cat to crawl
through.
Year: 1869

A little girl who was put upon the
witness stand in Justice Slephans' office
a few days ago gave a very unexpected
and good reason why the truth should
be told. After taking the oath, the
attorney for the party IN whose interest
she had been summoned asked her II she
knew the nature of the obligation she
had just taken-what she was obliged
to do. eyes, sir" was the reply, Il must
tell the truthp Answer: Because II
| don't this case won't be won." The
reply produced sensation, and the girl
was permitted to testify without further
questlonlng.-Clereland Piaindeater.
Year: 1869

Molecular motion can travel with
equal and even greater velocity than
light and 1t Is shown by the rapidity
with which electricity traverses metal
wire, where each particle of metal is
undoubtedly affected. .a
Year: 1869

Train up a child ON a railroad, and
That child Is not like to go much further
alive; train up child IN Chicago, and
he Will not i've long without losing a
parent IN the living death of divorces.
Year: 1869

Without any special complaint except grad.
ual declination of bodily strength and nervous
erergy, viii find in the TONIC A FOUNTAIN
OF VITALITY ANDEVIG0R AS RE-
A POOL IN HE DESERT TO THE SAND
SCORCHED AND PAINTING TkAVELER
Year: 1869

The Statistical BUREAU under the Del
marian rule got a shocking bad name, but is
likely to assume a better position in its ne "
hands. General Francis A. Walker, for some
time connected with the editorial department
OF the Springfield Mass Republican, Is TO take
charge Of the statistical work of the revenue
department under Mr.. Wells, and has quafues
OF industry, intelligence, and knowledge OF
finance that will make his services of great
value there.