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Year: 1869

TO THE TRADE.


Being desrous of accommodating the mer-
chant, the farmer, and the mechanic, | have
fitted up the commodious Warehouse No. 46
King street, and | am now prepared to furnish
them with every variety of COOKING, PAX
LOR, DINING ROOM and Oh a III Is y
STOVES also, with all the varieties of Tin,
JAPANNED, COPPER and SHEET IRON
WARE, of the latest improved patterns. l
can also furnish to order goods of any descrlp-
ton that may be wanted in my line. Particu,;
lar attention Is given TO tho workmanship and
material used in filing all orders of my patrons,
and | pledge satisfaction as 10 styleand quality.
My work is equal to any done in Northern
cities. / also ask tho favor of all who wish 10
examine or purchase goods in my line to call
and see for themselves. Having an experience
of thirty years in this business, | feel confident
can suit them both in goods and prices.


also would call the attention OF The public
of tho celebrated ST ART COOK XII G
STOVE, which needs no recommendation as
persons in our good Old Dominion can fully
testify to its economy and great saving OF fuel
and labor.


will close by extending my most heartfelt
thanks for the liberal patronage extended TO
me in the old year just past, and truly hopo a
continuance Of the same, during the new year
Just set in. ENOCH GklM No


No 46 King st.


Opposite old stand.
L. S.--Rooling aud Gpouting in town and
country, promptly attended to, and All work
fully warranted To please. leb II
Year: 1869

The story of the Princess de Metterni ich
having nursed the babe of her former maid
at her breast, reminds an Austrian journals st
of the fact that the Empress Of Austria, in
1850. did the same thing with the babe of
the widow of soldier, who had been killed
at Solferino. His wife lived at Luxembourg,
and the news of her husbands death threw
her upon a long sick bed, SO that she was
unable to suckle, her child. The Empress,
who knew her and came to visit her found
that the poor mother could not nurse her
child, and took the little creature to her own
breast until wet nurse, for whose services
the kind hearted Elizabeth paid, had been
nrovided
Year: 1869

WORSE THAN AN EARTHoUAKE.-The Nash
vile Press and Banner of November I'd says:


Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, the
little brick church on the Hardin pike, about
eleven miles from the city. and situated ON
point here the road runs between two lofty
hills, was literally blown away, only about
four feet of the walls being left standing
The wind had been pretty stormy all the
morning, and many trees had been blown
down on the surrounding hills. but at the
hour above named gust of wind swept
along the road, catching up in its sweeping
progress every detached object in the way,
and whrling them around af if thew were a
horizontal cylinder; fence rails, branches of
trees, hunks of earth, and even stones we're
whirled around by the aerial augur as it came
along with irresistible force and inconcciva-
BILE rapidity. 1t struck the church about four
feet above the ground, ripped off the bricks
and mortar, and swept the whole upper part
away quite clean. A few bricks were drop
ped along the road for two or three hundred
yards, but the main portion was taken nearly
half mile, to where the road opened out on
a wide stretch of comparatively open country,
and there dropped in the bed of creek, with
the.. roof firmly attached to the walls. Two
cows that had been leeward of the building
while 1t was yet standing were knocked about
twenty yards into hollow They seemed
considerably stupifed, but otherwise sustain
ed no damage.
Year: 1869

Pen PORTRAIT OF BIsMARcK-George AL
fred Townsend, in a recent lecture, gave the
following pen picture of Bismarck: Three
times within three months sat in the pres
ence of Count Bismarck. A reactionist-
IN other words, an enemy of every idea on
which American Republicanism is based
by sheer boldness he precipitated the great
war of 1866, and made himself a name in
spite of his arrogance and unscrupulousness


Almost giant, both in height and in
dustry, measuring six feet two, huge and
homely in feature, of terrible eye, full of
baletul fire, with a creased skin, and ear big
enough for depot, mouth wide and so
cruel that it could bite State in two, a neck
into which you might turn river-of any
thing but water his powers Of mind are pro-
found, his speech resolute; but with you
and me, common people who demand a chance
and influence, Count Bismarck has no more
sympathy than with so many horses.
Year: 1869

were engaged upon the other, and rs It was
OF light construction and iusecurely fastened,
they would in few moments have been within
the rear room OF the bank. In this room at the
time were seated the president and cashier Of
the bank, engaged In examining some accounts.
SO engrossed In their work we're they that they
had not heard the noise made by the THE YES.
The vault and safe OF the bank are very heavy
and OF peculiar strength. 1t is estimated that
II would require twenty-fOur hours iucessant
labor on the part of expert bauk burglars to
effect an entrance into the ca re through these
obstacles, and so far as known, these men had
none OF the heavy tools required for such work
as this. Certainly none are left behind. II is,
therefore, CopieCtured that the thieves Intended
by q sudden entrance and show OF weapons, TO
overawe the president and cashier, and compel
them TO open the safe, whence the contents
could be easily abstracted. The helpless
officers would then have beeu bound and
gagged, and the first intlmation OF the robbery
would have been the discovery Of
the victims on the following morning. Captain
Garland, of the Fourteenth preCiuct yesterday
visited the bank, and ascertained the foregoing
particulars with reference TO the affair He
afterwards visited the various banks aud jewelry
stores in his precinct, aud enioined upon the
officers and propretOrs the necessity of being
especially careful of their money and wares. In
many of the banks the number OF watchmen on
duty at night have been doubled, aud the ems
ployes during the day display redoubed vlgl~
lance. Nothing whatever Is known OF the men
who attempted this bold robbery. Mr.. Drake
says they we're strangers to him, aud as he did
not especially notice them, can only give "a
general description of the men. Search is of
course being made, but with very po)r pr0s-
nppta Of supppss.
Year: 1869

The New York Tribune publishes this morn
Ing the iolloWing:-


On Monday evening three men entered the
saloon of John Drake, under the Oriental Ma.
tional Bank at the corner of Grand street and
the Bowery, and, after drinking, sat oWn and
smoked for short time. One Of the men at
length said he wished 10 visit the water-closet,
and was directed thither by the barkeeper. In
. few moments he returned and said he had
dropped his teeth in the passage'Way, and
requested some matches TO enable him to
search for them. number were given him,
and he returned, as he said, to prosecute the
search. He was soon afterwards Joined by his
companions, who said that they would aid him
IN the search. A little time afterwards, the son
Of the janitor OF the bank heard some persons
moving in passage way lea1iug from the rear
nfthe bank to a fight OF stairs communicating
With the water-closet mentioned above. He
went to see what the men wanted and on
demanding their business, the intruders turned
and 6ed. They proved to be The men who had
tsTt the saloon but few moments previous.
ysetore the alarm could be given they had made
sood their escape. An examination OF the doors
soCwmnpicating with the stairway mentioned
s.SSawed tb at the thieves had removed the lock,
nc puJst open one door, and when discovered
Year: 1869

Inc hetemb khODboEy Oh RlbsOVVs


The Wilmington ConemerCid Of yesterday
says:-


There have as yet been but few further devel.
opments in regard to the recent heavy robbery
at the railway depot in this city. The amount
taken is probably nearer Sl7, 1000 than SIC, 900,
as we at first stated. The thief SCENE to have
gone systematically about his work, and 10
have made ample previous preparation. In the
first place, he had key made which exactly
fitted the lock. The safe is a Farrell q Herring
one, and the key was one of those little
comb like affairs which are used In these safes.
That used by the thief was precisely hike the
regular key, except that 1t bore no number, and
was quite roughly finished, The thief must have
taken cast of the proper key as he otherwise
could not have got one made to ht.


The money was placed III the safe on Satur-
day in two tin boxes, and these were carried
of bodily. They were broken open and thrown
into puddle at Ninth and Church streets, aud
the sac key was found eatly Sunday morning
In Fourth street below Pine. 1t seems that the
thief must have gone down Fourth TO Church,
and up Church to Ninth, and thence possibly
down 10 the railroad. .-.- .


The circumstances thus far seem to establish
these conclusions: - First, that the robbery was
planned some time ago by sOme Que gaining acs
cess TO the Office, and that key had been made
for the purpose. Secondly that the person plan
ming the robbery knew when the Postmaster re-
CelVed the money and where he usually kept 1t.
Thirdly, that the thief was familiar with the
depot, and must have been so to perpetrate a
ROBBERY in so public place, and In a room
which is regularly visited by watchman once
every hour through the night.


In many minds all these considsra' ions point
directly TO one individual whom we will not
name, however, unless the suspicious against
him take more definite torn. '-.-


whoever committed the robbery took the
trouble to lock the safe so that there was no DIS
covering OF 1t until Monday morning, giving
him first rate etart.
Year: 1869

INSTEAD OF dealing IN generahtcs about
paving the streets, would it not be better for
the Republican to tell its readers 'o]y they
are made TO pay two cents per yard more to
party lavonle for doing the work than
other parties charge2
Year: 1869

CAN THE STREET COMMITTEE tell us why
they take from the peoples pockets two
cents per yard more than is necessary, TO
pay for paving certain streets in our city?
Are the peoples interests TO be barlered
away thus, for the sake of keeping in en-
ployment parlizAn pnyersg
Year: 1869

TAX ON LUxuRlEs-W When leading Re
publican asked one Of our Councilmen why
the paving contract was given out 10 the
highest bidder, and the reply was, "Why,
You know he belongs to our partly" did ii
occur to said Councilman that "our" party
might object 10 assist IN paying so high
for the luxury OF supporting one oi its mem
hprs2
Year: 1869

TO the Editor of the Press;


Some weeks ago the people of New York
and other cities of the country were holding
meetings and circulating petitions for the par
don of one Hester Vaughan, convicted in
Philadelphia OF the crime of numbering her il
legitimate child Her previous good charac-
ter and the heartless cruelty by which she had
been deserted by tie author of her ruin toucb
ed the hearts of the good people of the whole
nation who read her story, and an almost uni-
versal cry went up for her pardon 1t was
most sad and touching case in all its details;
but here in our own city was enacted ON yes
terday another scene quite as sad and deserv-
ing of consideration. A young lady from Var
notwithstanding to respectable family and
of previous irreproachable characterized also
fallen a victim to the base villainy of se-
ducer, and covered with shame and remorse.
had given birth to child which soon died,
though, as the Judge states, there was nothing
to indicate any agency of hers in its DEATH
She was so sick and feeble as to require assist
ance in coming into the court room, and when
sentence was passed she was SO completely ex-
hausted and overcome that with a cry of pain
she swooned and was seized with convulsions.
The "mild' sentence of this poor girl, thus ru-
ined and disgraced, is mine months in the
county iaip'-a term of imprisonment she can
never live to serve out. Now, are not the peo-
pie of Portland as humane and christian as
the people of New York-and will they allow
that cry of pain wrung from the broken heart
of wretched creature, more sinned against
than SHINING, to go unheeded? In the name
of humanity, and for the good name of our
city, let us take some measures to have her re-
leased from still further degradation and re-
stored to those who will more tenderly care
for and smooth her way down to that dark
river of death to which she is inevitably and
swiftly bound.
Year: 1869

POPULAR FAVOR is as tickle as ever One
favorite crowds another from the stage. There
a little while ago was Anna Dickinson, capti-
waiting all hearts, filling her purse with money
and the country with her fame. But now
comes Kate Field, with her thorough culture
her wit, her modest and charming manners
and puts poor Anna quite in the shade So
Boston DEGREES, at least, and New York, as
usual in such matters, obsequiously assents
But the good public, ON second thought, will
hardly be willing to give up Anna yet. She
has done much good service for one so young,
and brought to the battle against wrong,
strength of intellect and fiery zeal, almost MAX
ing compensation for the imperfect training OF
her powers. Kate, the severely proper, the
learned and the Boston-schooled, may occupy
her own niche, leaving Anna the bold, gener-
Ous and valiant, still to reign in her own do
man, just as Wendell Phillips has been useful
in his own way, while George William Curtis
has found ample scope for his more fastidious
and reserved methods of agitation.
Year: 1869

THE TEMPERANCE CoMMITTEE.-The action
Of the State Executive Temperance commit
tee which met in this city on Wednesday was
as we anticipated it would be. The programme
framed by the Good Templars at Richmond
was disregarded, and instead of calling a con
vention to meet before the Republican conven-
tion at Bangor, the temperance men have con-
cluded to meet in this city on the 29th of June
five days after the Republican Convention
The meeting is to be for the purpose of con-
sultation only, it appears, and the feeling in
the committee is understood to have been ad-
verse to the formation of new party, the ma
iority being in favor of confining their efforts
to work within the existing party organiza-
tioDs. The final decision, however, is in the
hands of the Convention ITSELF and what is
done at that time will no doubt be somewhat
dependent upon the action of the Republicans
at Bangor.
Year: 1869

THE MUSICAL FESTIVAL AT BANGOR is on
the food tide of success under the direction of
Mr. Davenport, who keeps the Bangorians
well posted in musical affairs. Miss Giles of
and was well received The Whig says:-
"She has voice of great power and compass
and showing high scale of cultivation" She
sings here next week in the Oratorio. We are
glad to hear her so well spoken of away down
East. She deserves the praise bestowed upon
her We consider her the best soprano in
Boston, at least, the best we have heard.
Year: 1869

COLLISION. morning the Grand
Trunk passenger train as it was crossing Com
mercal street to the Boston depot, came in
collision with six horse team which waa
standing near the track. The horses becoming
frightened at the engine attempted to cross the
track, when he collision took place. One horse
was knocked down and the pole of the wagon
was broken. The horse sustained no injury.
Year: 1869

RUNAwAY.-Last evening a spirited horse
attached to top buggy, took fright at some
paper flying about at the head of Preble street
and dashed down Middle street, nearly upset.
ting the vehicle twice. The driver held ON ia
the reins and, though he could not pull up the
spirited animal, guided him as best he could
until finally the horse was stopped.
Year: 1869

GARRISON AND FREE TRADE.-William Cul-
len Bryant at the free trade meeting in New
York Monday night expressed his impatience
at the charges in protectionist organs that free
traders are bribed with British gold, by saying
this in behalf of Garrison who is now laborer
in the cause:


Not all the gold dug from the mines of Cali
fOrnia and those of the Ural Mountains,
though to these were added all the diamonds
foun1 in Brazil, and all the pearls gathered
by divers on the floor of ocean in the Orient,
could tempt that man to espouse cause
which did not seem to him absolutely Just.
Year: 1869

ExHBIHoN.-The Davenport Brothers will
give oe of their exhibitions at City Hall this
evening. 1t will be good opportunity for
those who are skeptical as to the extraordinary
powers possessed by these young men to solve,
if they can, the mystery which appears to sur
round them.
Year: 1869

FIRE.-The alarm of fire yesterday morning
was caused from the burning out of a chimney
in q house on the corner of Oxford and Will
mot streets. The intense heat of the chimney
caused the laths to take fire. BY tearing away
the plastering the fire was extinguished.
Year: 1869




The cable gave no idea of the explosion that
followed the reception Of M Summers speech
in England. There has been nothing like it in
this generation. II the Brittons don't get
cooled off little before Mr. Motley arrives
there, he will not be received cordially. It is
represented that not one of the journals that
took our side during the war is with us now;
all are thoroughly English on the Alabama
question, even the News and the Spectator.
Not one of the public men whom we have been
accustomed to count as of our own brotherhood
almost as much as if they had been born on
our soil 10 with us now. An intelligent cor
resnondent saws that he does not know even
one prominent mar who is able to ignore his
English prejudices so far as to be able to see
any reason in our claims as authoritatively
nreseLted by Mr.. Sumner. The Pail Mall Ga
zette, representing the landed aristocracy Of
Great Britain, rejoices that Mr.. Sumner has
made his speech, first, because it will open
Englishmen's eyes to the extent of the Amer
lean claiIhs-e5O0, 900, 600, according to its
method of reckoning-and second, because it
will Strengthen the hands of the government
in declining to negotiate any further Nay,
IL goes further and says thing bolder than
any English journal has dared to say for many
years, viz: "The paramount considerations
which should govern the present policy OF this
country towards the United States, are the
fditslessness of further negotiations, and the ne
cessity of being prepared for soar''


On our side there is the same unanimity,
with the exception of an inconsiderabe unit
of sovereignty in the person of McCreery, OF
Kentucky. Public feeling is squarely up to
the mark of Mr.. Sumner speech. 1t has rare
Iy happened in the history of the world that
statesman has so successfully embodied in a
speech the precise state of mind OF national
constituency. There is, therefore, definite
issue between the two countries, each being for
the moment firm and defiant. In this country
the number of people who are anxious to sub
nit the dispute to the arbitrament of war is
small Our people prefer rather to rest their
case on its intrinsic merits, leaving England
either to make reparation when she at length
realizes her error, or to take her chances of
suffering the consequences of her wrong-doing
in any difficulties in which she may be involv-
ed hereafter. On the other hand, some author
tiles hold that the governing class in England
is rather inclined to encourage quarrel with
the United States, chiefly because it is becom-
ing more and more necessary to find some ex-
cuse for keeping up the immense military es-
tablishment OF Great Britain. Besides, John
Bull is as reluctant 10 leave the United States
in readiness to take advantage of his possible
preoccupatien in other quarrels hereafter as he
is to settle our claims. So the matter stands
at present, and such is likely to be the situation
till our new minister makes known the pur-
poses of his government officially and receives
the reply of the British ministry.
Year: 1869

THE EIGHT HOUR LAw.-Gen Butler has
c,me to the surface again, this time in letter
to the Springfield workmen on the eight hour
law. He says that when he took leave of the
President preparatory to his return from
Washington, he made the suggestion that the
construction of the law by Attorney Generals
Evarts and Hoar was contrary to the intention
OF Congress in enactng it. Gen. Grant assent
ed, and said that it was his intention to issue
an order Immediately which would carry out
the clear intention of the law, give workmen a
days wages for eight hours work, and secure
uniformity of practice in all the denartmonts
Year: 1869

WHEN business men can have their business
needs supplied as well and as cheaply at home
it is not business-like to send abroad. All sue
cessful cities and towns ''patronize home in
dustry." Their people do not believe in the
suicidal policy of help build up the business of
distant aud it may be riual city at the ex-
pense of their own. They realize that their
own interests are completely identified with
the business interests of their own place, and
they are too shrewd to send their patronage to
help the business interests of another. 1t is
sad mistake to imagine that our Deighbors can
not serve us as well as strangers in a distant
city. Merchants of Portland who get their
Printing done in Boston because they imagine
it is done cheaper there, hardly realize that
they are setting bad examples and injuring
their own business. Their own customers,
following their practice, imagine that they can
do better in Boston, and do likewise. The
Monitor Printing Company are determined to
give them no excuse for sending their patron
age away, and have completed their arrange
ments for supplying their customers at the
lowest Boston rates. They are determined not
to be beaten. Read their card inanother col
umn, and give them call.
Year: 1869

Survey of the City and Harbor -D0ns
Remove the Signals.
The United States Coast Survey has already
commenced operations with the view of COM
pleting this season the physical survey of the
harbor and its adjacent waters in connection
with which an accurate typographical map OF
the entire city and suburbs will be made upon
large scale, which will be of great perma-
nent value for municipal purposes and for
which the City Council of last year made an
appropriation.


In the survey of the harbor data will be OBJ
tanned by a scientific commission for the de-
termination of all questions connected with
its ultimate improvement and preservation,
and the futute possible occupation of flats.


In few days signals will be placed on all
the commanding elevations in and around the
city and upon wharves and the shore line OF
the harbor and its adjacent waters. When
the surveys are completed the positions of
these signals will be secured by small stone
monuments or by other sufficient marks which
will serve hereafter as permanent points of
reference. The surveys will be based upon
the positions of these signals which will be
accurately determined by triangulation.


1t is earnestly hoped that these signals will
not be disturbed by the citizens and that as
their use and Importance is now known and
appreciated, the gentlemen engaged in the
work of the surveys will not be delayed and
put to no i,aconsiderable additional expense this
year, as last, by their frequent and persistent
destruction or removal.


The parents or guardians of the youths who
found amusement in this practice should bear
in mind that it is venal offence to injure or
destroy coast survey signal.


We are assured that no intrusion upon pri-
vate grounds, not absolutely essential to the
prosecution of the survey, will be made by
the surveyors or their employees.