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Year: 1866

HONESTY AND IINDusTRY.-Let hon
esty AID industry be thy constant com.
panions, and spend one penny less than
thy clear gains. Then shall thy hide.
bound pocket soon begin to thrive /; and
will never again cry with the empty belly
ache; neither will creditors insult thee,
nor want oppress, nor hunger bite, nor
nakedness freeze thee. The whole hem
isphere will shine brighter, and plensnro
spring up in every corner ofthy heart ~
Now, therefore, embrace these rules, and
be happy, Bpnish the black winds of
sorrow from thg Mind, and live indepen-
dent Then shalt thoube man, and not
hide thy face atthe approach Of the rich,
nor suffer the pain of feeling little when
the sons Of fortune walk at thy right
hand; for ipdcpendency, whether With
little or much, is good fortune, and places
thee on even ground with the proudest
Of the golden fleece. Oh then be wise,
and let industry walk with thee in the
morning and attend thee until thou reach


est the evening hour for rest. Let hon
esty be as the breath Of thy soul, and
never forget to have penny, when all
thy expenses are enumerated and paid
then shalt thou reach the point of happi-
ness, ard independence shall be thy shield
and buckler, thy hemlet and crown ;
then shall thy soul walk upright, nor
stoop to the silken wretch because the
hand which offers it wears ring set with
diamonds. Il FRANKLIN.
Year: 1866

TAKEN DowN.-A New Orleans edi-
tor when an apprentice to the printing
business, went to court a preachers
daughter. The next time he went to
meeting, the father took for his text
any daughter is grievously tormented
with q devil" lm
Year: 1866

Ics.-Great damage was done to the
Rock Island shade trees BY the heavy sleet
Of night before last.


MAIL LDELArED.-Again the mail Was de-
layed TO day, the cause of which We have
not yet ascertained.
Year: 1866

New SYSTEM OF Co1NAaE.-The Phila-
delphia Telegraph says: "a new system of
small coinage is now under consideration by
the Government, and will in all probability
be adopted. The proposed new cent is to
be made of nickel, the same as at present,
but the center Of the coin has raised star,
the nucleus of which is represented by Il
hole through the coin. The two-cent pieces
have two perforated stars, and the three-cent
nomination to the light, or by simply touch
ing them so as to feel the holes the value of
a piece of money is unmistakably known.
The half dimes aud dimes are larger coin
of better metal, but are to be distinguished
by one and two perforated stars. ~
Year: 1866

A friend hands US letter received last
week from brother at Helena. He was
formerly aresident ofthis place, and his views
concerning Montana may be considered good
authority.


HELEN A, June IL, 1866.
"You seem to think that look at the dark side
of the country-well it may be so and truly hope
it is but should you take the trouble to come here
you will find when too late that what have writ
ten is true. | would ask who are those that uni.
formly gives favorable account of this country
] can tell you. ! know one who is now located at
Mcclellan Gulch selling goods, who has been in
California since 81, who told me when arrived
there last falt that this was the best mining coun-
try he ever saw, and what has become Of him:
He brought $4,000 or $4,000 worth of goods to this
country and assuming the theory suppose that
this was good country, he shaped his course ae
cordingy and to-day he cannot command five
hundred dollars. Billy Edwardsleft his -four with
him.last fall De sold it and now he cannot pet
the money for It, Mallett also suppose bloWed
his horn vastly; why did he not ship goods here
this spring? He has closed out and left the Ter~
ritoYy. a f3 NF7
10 sum it all uD I tell you that this is net
good country: it falls far short of what IAN
ticpated and intend to get cut of il as soon as
possible, though as | am here now will make a
fair trial before L quit the country-but were in
California and know what / now do about the
mines Of this country would never have come to
this country.


I have now been laying here eight or nine
days and it has showed or rained nearly all
the time, and been cold enough to wear an over
coat. Eight months of winter, and the other foui
months do not know what to call them: at least
lot more pleasant than a February in Northern
syalifornia-ye5 s'distance lends enchantment" and
doubtless were it still farther north-somewhere
n the region of the North Pole--it would be far
etter. have and wish still to refrain from Civ
lg advice TO any one except by request, and where
DO am careful not to advise in hurry. dc
1t believe this to be as good mining country as
oise, and as Boise fell short of California SO Mon
ma falls short of Beise.


have formed a more favorable opinion CT the
Tx Creek country and the country on the other
de generally than this side--it looks more like a
ming country. Prospecting is a very unprofta
business and cannot afford to do it-thopgh
have friend that has been at i for three mouths
more and il still at it, and should he dld any.
ing will get a good show.
As II what YOU ask about Sewing Machine in
oace: about every other llonse in the family
# of the town is 'Dress Making and Sewing
Year: 1866

FORTUNATE DIscovERY.-Yesterda after
noon as police officer Montgomery was pass
ing down Free street, he noticed that the cur
tains on an upper window in the boarding
house OF Mrs. Richards, corner of Free and
OAK streets, were on fire and blazing up fierce
y. he Immediately ran into the house, noti-
lied the inmates, and with them succeeded in
quenching the fire before much damage had
been done. The curtains caught from fire that
the children had betn amusing themselves
with in the room, and but for the discovery of
it by the officer, would have caused great dam
Year: 1866

FOURTH OF JULY.-The Committee of Ar
rangements are making progress in their pro-
gramme foI the celebration of the 4th of Ju-
ly, and we have no hesitation in saying it will
be the most brilliant one we have had for
years. Arrangements, we understand, will be
made for extra trains on all the roads, to re-
turn from the city after the close Of the dis
play Of fireworks in the evening.
Year: 1866

tFrom the Kennebec journal, juno 81


These resolves certainly do not contain all
that the most earnest and devoted portion of
the Republican party desire-they come far
short OF what the Republicans must and will
seek to attain in the future 1t is especially to
be regretted that impartial suffrage is left out
"a proposition so just of ITSELF SO tar i'm all
its bearings and tendencies, SO in accord with
all the noble instincts Of loyal and liberty-lov-
ing hearts. But majority, looking at the
present position OF affairs, considering what is
at this time attainable, perhaps somewhat in
huenced by the mistaken notion that suffrage
belongs exclusively to the States, have decid
ed against the expedIency of inserting the
fundamentally correct idea that the right OF
the ballot is the logical product of citizenship.
The Average sense of the Republicans in Con-
gress, having decided what Is now attainable,
they should not hesitate to act. They may be
sure the people will sustain them. The people
are practical. They do not ask their represen-
tatives tc lose present opportunities, but to
make hay while the sun shines, to strike while
the iron is hot, and when one plank is well
bolted and secured be ready to strike for an
other. Tae Republican party is no stand-stil
organization. 1t does not believe in snails
and mud-turtles, but in continued activity and
progress. 1t is radical to "prove all things
1t is conservative to "hold fast to that which
is good." 1t is not possible for this Congress
to accomplish everything. 1t is not possible
for the Republican party to achieve all its
work in single year. 1t is enlisted for life,
and it is yet only in its early prime. 1t has
many years of national service ere its career
closes; Humanity is its heart, and Liberty
the life current Of its being. 1t can never
surrender its Office until impartial liberty to
white and black shall be thoroughly incarnat-
ed in the institutions of this country
Year: 1866

3 The plan which is now upon the point OF
being adopted, has undergone the most rigid
scrutiny by the ablest statesmen of the coun-
try, who have acted with an eye single to the
future good and glory of the Republic. The
object has, apparently, been to approximate
as near what was demanded by the advanced
Union sentiment as possible, and yet not go
so far as to create division of the Union
party of the country. The question has, so to
speak, been divided; that which all true Union
men from Maine to Tennessee will heartily
ratify, is presented in the form of these amend
ments; the rest, including impartial suffrage,
awaits further Congressional action, either in
the shape of constitutional amendments or of
public law; and awaits also fuller concur
renee OF the minds of loyal men as to the
justice and necessity of granting the freedmen
iull enfranchisement. All will come in due
time. We look upon impartial suffrage as be-
ing as sure ultimately OF being adopted as
one of the principles of our reconstructed
Union, as that the late rebellious States will
be again represented in Congress.
Year: 1866

We understand that arrangements are max
ing to bring out the fantasies, on the morn
ing Of the Fourth. These funny fellows,
whenever they have put themselves to the
work, have added largely to the hilarity ard
display of the day, by their broad humor and
gotesque caricatures of the fashions and fol-
lies of the times. The whole affair, we are
told, is in the hands of persons capable Of
making the most of so good an opportunity to
get up show, which when paraded,w will make
the huge jaws of the universal public ache
with laughter. 1t is several years since this
troupe of grotesques favored our city with a
parade; and when we consider how many fol-
lies, fashions and vices have since prevailed,
which well deserve the hand of the satirist to
stake them off,. the public can easily be sat
isfied that this display, in competent hands,
will be great success, and add vastly to the
gaiety and life of the glorious Fourth. Look
cut, therefore, among the other good things of
the day, for one of the best fantastice turn
outs ever seen in New England. Facetious
chaps are planning it, and Col. Pluck and all
his compeers will sink into utter obscurity, be-
fore the wit, brilliancy, pomp and circum-
stance Of these gay boys.
Year: 1866

The amendment to the national Const itu-
ton, adopted Friday, by the United States
Senate, by more than the requisite two-thirds
vote, will speedily receive the sanction of the
House of Representatives, and be presented to
the States for their ratification. 1t will con-
stitute the platform upon which the South
must plant itself before being admitted to
either branch of Congress. 1t is the ultima
tum of the Union party-of the loyal men
who stood by the Government during the war
to the armed traitors who labored for five
years tor the destruction Of the nation. And
the terms are so lenient that the rebellious
portions of the Union, if in any degree inclin-
ed to return to loyalty, will cheeriully accept
them, as an indication of their future spirit,
and purposes.
Year: 1866

LIQUOR CAsEs.-Last Monday a hearing
was had, in the United States Circuit Court
in Boston, on motion of Attorney General
Reed TO dismiss from that court all the liquor
cases, amounting to over seven hundred, which
had been brought before it by writ of habeas
corpus. Thursday morning Judge Clifford
granted the motion, and rendered his decision
that the United States Court had no jurisdic-
ton over them. This returns them to the de-
cisiOns of the Superior Court Of that State.
Year: 1866

! ND secure the best chance to make money ever
n offered in this city. The subscriber has for sale
the stock, good will and fixtures of light manufac-
tIny business situated in the most central part of
the city II is now paying over 100 per cent profit on
the goods, and they are in great demand. Address
PROFIT, Portland P.0. junel4-3t
Year: 1866

These amendments do not secure and guar
antee to the negroes the right of suffrage, and
for that reason they are not satisfactory to
Wendell Phillips, and others not so extreme
as he may not be satisfied with them. 1t
should be taken into consideration by all
members Of the Union party, that our repre-
sentatives in Congress have been trying for
months to take some steps forward in the Sc
curing OF civil aud political rights to tho ne
groes, that they have been thwarted in their
efforts by those whom they counted as their
friends and co-Operators, and that this series
OF amendments is the nearest to what they de-
sire that they are able to carry through Con-
gress and present to the people with any hope
of its endorsement by three-fourths of the
States 1t is plain that they must take this
or nothing. The time for compelling negro
suffrage in the South was at the close OF the
war, when the first steps were taken to recon-
struct the State governments on loyal basis,
but that opportunity having passed will never
return, and another method must be taken to
bring about the same result. Mr.. Phillips ad-
vises to ask nothing and take nothing but ne
gro suffrage, even if the consequences be the
defeat OF the Union party, which il would in
eyitably be. We think it better to plant our
flag as far in the advance as we can, but no
farther than we are able to support it.
Year: 1866

A Mr.. ABBOTT, Of New York city, news
agent for an association ofnewspapers in diff
ferent parts Of the country, received the
living dispatch from FLINT, and then sent it
from New York to the Ledger, in Phiade-
phia! This is roundabout way for the
most enterprising journal in Philadelphia to
obtain its news from Washington. The
Ledger now has the proof that it is not only
roundabout way" but that it is also a
very unreliable source. We are surprised
that Mr.. ABBOTT, with whom we think we
have heretofore had pleasant relations, should
employ any but reliable and loyal men in
Washing gton to send him news. We think
it is due to the public, and the Government
that FLINT should be dismissed by all news
paper publishers, and refused admittance to
every department Of the Government until
he tells how he obtained (if he obtained it al
ALL which we doubt,) the statements or re
ports upon which he based, and out of which
he framed, the infamous dispatch that ap
peared in the Ledger and other papers. Let
us ferret the matter to its lower depths
purify journalism and protect the Govern.
ment
Year: 1866

Our community was again startled yester-
day afternoon by the telegraphic announce
ment Of the sudden death of another of New
York's eminent statesmen. Within the last
few years the Empire State has truly had
occasion to mourn by reason of the loss of
her great men.


The death Of Hon. JOHN VAN BuRES will
be deeply felt in the social circle at the bar
and on the rostrum, where he always dis
played extraordinary powers of eloquence
and great force Of argument. We shall al
lude to the subject of this notice hereafter.
Year: 1866

The public are anticipating the greatest
pleasure from the concert to be given at
Metzerott Hall by the PAREpA troupe. The
combination Of extraordinary musical talent
performing under Mr.. BArEMASs manage.
ment will attract jammed full house; but
: the people will submit to some discomfort
for the sake of the pleasure to be derived
from the singing Of the great vocalist, Mad
ame PAREPA
Year: 1866

The people of Hull have not been able to
get in the vote Of that incorrigible Niger,
who insists upon equal suffrage. Hence the
National Union" vote of that town has not
yet been returned. Our Hull correspondent
says if the niger don't vote tomorrow,
measures will be taken to hoist his vote in
with "A DERRICK
Year: 1866

The DRAwIxo OF THE GUr CONCERT TICK
Ers is proceeding with regularity at the Sol
diers Fair Building. As it is impossible to
obtain perfectly accurate lists Of the num-
bers drawn until the list is made up officially;
we refrain from Publishing them.
Year: 1866

the millions who will bless us for wrestling
the sword from the hands of those who muir
der innocents.


Open wide the gates of the Republic
open the doors of Democracy.


Hang out your glorious old banner OF De
mocracy.


Appeal to the people.


Defy our enemies.


Stand like meh of nerve in defense OF our
liberts, and charge upon those who Will not
forsake the errors of their way, the truths
of the history they have written IN blood and
pinned up with bayonetsI


This is no time for abject crawling to kiss
the foot of usurped power.


The future is to be bright, united and hap
py, or dark, bloody and terrible, as we may
choose


If Democracy, in the great struggle now
upon us, is successful the country is saved.


If not, we must wade to our inheritance
through blood here in the North, and the
scenes of the past will soon be re-enacted at
our own doors. s.-Bricl. Pomeroy.
Year: 1866

WHAT THE AGE WANTS.-A writer says:
THE great want of this age is men. Men
who are not for sale Men sound from the
center to the circumference, true to the
heart 5 core. Men who fear the Lord and
covetness. Men who will condemn the
wrong in friend or foe, in themselves as IN
Others. Men whose consciences are steady
as the needle to the pole Men who will
stand for the right if the heavens totter and
the earth reels Men who can tell the truth
and look the world and the devil right in the
eve. Men that neither brag nor run. Men
that neither swaggernor finch. Menwhoc can
have courage without whistling for it, and joy
without shouting to bring it. Men in whoni
the current of everlasting life runs still, and
deep, and strong. Men careful Of God s honor
and careless of mems applause. Men too
large for sectarian limits and too strong for
sectarian bands. Men who do not strive,
nor cry, nor cause their voices to be heard
in the street, but who will not fail, nor be
discouraged, till judgment be set on the
earth. Men who know their message and
tell it. Men who know their duty and do 1t.
Men who know their place and fill it. Men
who mind their own business. Men who will
not lie Men who are not too lazy to work,
nor too proud to be poor. Men who are
willing to eat what they earned, and wear
what they paid for. Men who know I'M
whom they have believed. Men whose feet
arc on everlasting rock. Men who are not
ashamed of their hope. Men who are
strong with divine strength, wise with the
xisdoua that eometh from above, and loving
Year: 1866

AQuaker, intending to drink glass of
water, took up small tumbler of gin. He
did not discover his mistake until he got be-
hind the door and swallowed the dose, when
he held up both hands and exclaimed -
Verify / have taken inwardly the balm of
Year: 1866

ELECTION RETURNS. We are indebted
to Coroner Wood for the official returns
of the County Election held on Satur-
day last from which We copy the follow
ing Ia the ID District no election was
held and from the 23d District no re-
turns have been received The vote
in the remaining % Districts, foot up
as follows .-Cdizmbsl Herald
Year: 1866

We have received n notification from =. Is.
SMITH, Cashier of this bank, "a. VANCE BRowS,
Esq, President,) that they have removed from
their former place of business, At the corner Of
Ninth and BROAD streets, and open to- day at
. o clock at the old Exchange Bank building,
on Main street, between Eleventh and
Twelfth.


The solid front of this structure, with its
imposing granite Colonade and massive wall,
survived the great confiagration of the Sd of
April, and now that the burnt portion has
been rebuilt, and the whole interior fitted up
for the occupancy of the Bank with the highest
finish and elegance, the appearance, both
without and within, reminds one of the good
old times before the war. We congratulate
the Bank upon the beauty and convenience OF
its new quarters. and hope that its already
nouriShing business will 80 increase as 10 be
in keeping with its improved appearance.


The invariable courtesy of its intelligent
officers from the President and Cashier down,
and the experience, good judgment and energy
with which the affairs of the Bank are man
aged have not only made the most favorable
impression upon the community, but give
assurance that the institution will be one OF
the most substantial and useful of its class in
the South.
Year: 1866

LADIES FAIR-We call attention to the ad'
yertisemcnt OF this in another column. The
ladies of the Broad Street Methodist Church
hold this fair for the purpose OF deyotins the
proceeds thereof TO the furnishing OF the
parsonage. 1t commences this evening, and
will continue several days.
Year: 1866

The WEATHER yesterday exhibited decided
Improvement upon that of the day oeiore,
The ground was covered with snow, ouI tue
everything decidedly pleasant-except the
walking, which waS mud and slush up TO the
knee.
Year: 1866

HEAVEN AND IIoME.-I was reading the
other day that on the shores Of the Adriat'
ic Sea, the wives of the fishermen whose hus
bands have gone far out upon the deep, are
in the habit at eventide Of going down to the
sea>shore, and singing, as female voices only
can, the first stanza Of beautiful hymn /;
after they have sung it, they listen till they
hear, borne by the winds across the desert
sea, the second stanza sung by their gallant
husbands as they are tossed by the gale upon
the waves, and both are happy. Perhaps, if
we would listen, we TOO might hear in this
desert world of ours some sound, some wbis-
per borne from afar, to remind US Of heaven
and home; and when we sing the hymn
upon the shores of the earth, perhaps we
shall hear its sweet echoes breaking in music
upon the sands Of time, and cheering the
hearts of them that are pilgrims and stran>
gers, and look for city that hath foundations.
DR.. D. CuDtming
Year: 1866

Mr. Roman has been very much physically dcbiii-
tated for numt er of years, being unable to walk
except with crutches. For many years whenever
he could be prevailed upon to speak at all, from
his physical prostration, he was obliged to speak
setting in an arm chair. On this occasion
chair was provided for him, and when he made
his appearance upon bis crutehes, and sat down,
such was the enthusiasm of the crowd, that it
seemed to infuse new life and energy into his
whole system. lie sprang to his feet and for one
hour held the audience chain bound to the spot
in standing speech, rcplete with logic, sarcasm
wit, humor, and anecdote. When he took his
seat and the plaudits had died away there seemed
TO be but one desire and that for the restored
health and long life of j. Dixon Roman. ...


Whilst Mr. Roman was speaking an old man
ofapparently seventy years, came riding down
the;pike in his. buggy and stopped. opposite the
meeting. He soon seemed to enter into the feel
ing of the meeting, he alighted and walked into
the crowd. After Mr.. Roman got through some
one remarked that he saw fire in the old man s
eye. Presently some one shouted "Brumbaugh," "
'Brumbaugh." The old man took the rostrum
and for half an hour not only surprised but as
tonished every body. ......


Samuel Fiery Esq, was uext called and spoke
for three quarters of an hour in his usual happy
style. He is always good, possessing natural
gifts of oratory of which few men can boast. He
told the Radicals that he now saw star rising
in the east and that they would soon all be laid
out as cold as wedge. His thrusts at the Radi-
calls were very severe and pointed. Well may
they begin TO tremble in their boots. This is
only the first rumbling of the earthquake in these
d'gings. ..... ALL RiGHr.
Year: 1866

ET-In an article OH our outside noti-
cling the appointment of one of the Judges
Of Election for this district, we were in
error in stating that he was an assessor
under the law recently passed for rc-assess-
ing property in this State. That he was
not, however was not his fault. His dis
position omonopolize small fry" positions
knows no abatement. Little boats must
keep near shore" &c.