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Year: 1872

woman. Poor Mary wept, and besought
him to relinquiSh her and marry some
other woman. She told him that her
heart was another's, and that their
welded life, if thus commenced, would
be to them utter misery, though they
might have million of money. But
he told her that hfs and lIer parents had
made up the match years before, that
there should be no fiinching on his
part, and that she had better consent at
once to their marriage, and thereby
come out of her prison.


The heart of poor Mary and that Of
her lover were wrung with deep an
guish. They could not possibly see and
be with each other, and all possible
chances of writing letters were guarded
or cut of.


Three months rolled by, and hope,
"the anchor 90 the SOUL" gave way.
Her parents and young Byrne and his
parents were inexorable. James Shank
lin, with almost broken heart, left for
Illinois. Poor AIary's health began 10
give way under her confinement, and
ut length she agreed to the marriage.
A noted clergyman was sent for from
the next county, with S1O3 marriage fee,
and many were the guests invited to
that princely wedding. When Mary
came out of her room in bridal attire
she was pale as corpse, and deep
seated anguish was depicted in her face.
At the close of the marriage service,
which, under the garb of religion, lasted
q half hour, she tainted and fell on the
carpet. She was iH tar, HoW, Mrs.
Byrnc. She kept her bed for six weeks
and never smiled again. Her libertine
husband took full license in visiting
his former paramOurs and carousing
and drinking. He left her to the care
/ OF servants, and but seldom saw her.
At the end Of twelve months she be-
came the mother of son-an heir to
immense wealth. In six months more
she passed over the river.


/ Ind his 'ras legal marriage,
Year: 1872

From the Cincinnati Gazette.
The Congressional Ways and Means
Committee took important action yesterday
on the subject of refunding the cotton tax,
by pOstponing all consideration of the
question until next winter.
Year: 1872

OUR SPACE IN THE WoRLD-It is vain to
stick your finger in the water, and pulling
it out look for the hole; and equally vain To
suppose that, however large the space you
occupy, the world will miss you when you
have naSSed on.
Year: 1872

Per Contra:-The item in your issue of the
18th inst, relative to the rating of insurance in
this city, is incorrect inasmuch as the Com
mittee from the National Board now here, find
that Portland is not only not "among the best
in the country, but that rates of insurance are
generally lower on every class of property here,
than in any city or town in New England, if
moth the country, and must accordingly be
advanced, and are of opinion that unless some
check is given to the construction of the worst
class of wooden buildings in the heart of the
city the best companies will withdraw from do
ing business here.
We derived our information from gentle
man well versed in insurance matters in Port
land and elsewhere. The abundance of water
and appliances for extinguishing fires, together
with the general good character of our build
ings-including wooden structures-make Port
land, so we have been repeatedly informed, a
desirable city for insurance companies
Year: 1872

WE would call the attention of our readers
who live in the Eastern part of the city to the
notice of Mr.. J. A. Turner who has just opened
new drug store, corner of Washington and
Congress ST.
Year: 1872

The second of a series of Republican ratifca-
tion meetings was held at Cooper Institute to-
night In numbers and enthusiasm it was full
ly equal to any preceding. A considerable
proportion of the audience were colored people.
Luther r. Marsh presided The speakers
were Edw. Pierrepont and Frederick Douglass
The latter made an appeal to the Republicans
on behalf of his race, who he said, are like
chickens under fence, when the scream of the
hawk is heard, at the shadow of possibility of
the return of the old master class to power
Year: 1872

your work He urged the members of churches
to come forward and give their aid, and assist
in banshing the intoxicating cup from the
Lords Table. In building our grand structure
of national and social life Temperance is the
great Keystone needed to make it complete


Rev. j. NJ Turner of Princeton spoke briefly,
and after the adoption of the following resolu-
tions, the Convention adjourned until evening.
The Maine State Temperance Reform Asso-
citation, in convention assembled, make and
publish the following avowal of their princi-
pies and purposes:


1st. We endeavorng to reclaim those who are
in the habit of drinking intoxicating liquors. and thus
efectualy to put stop to liquor selling by stopping
the drinking of it.


ID. That in this effort we rely solely on moral
sion as means to accomplish our purpose, and with
charity for all and malice towards none, We invite
the good will and cooperation Of all mankind.


Sd. That while we claim fellowship with both po-
litical parties acknowledge allegiance neither
and we pledge ourselves to the public that will
keep our organization out of party politics and will
keep party politics out of it.


4th. That we pity the individual who has not q
heart to sympahze with us, the moral courage to
stand up and give countenance and support to our
effort for such purpose Recognizing as we do the
mencement and progress of this great REFORM and
knowledglng our dependence on God for grace to be
and to do, adopting the Bible our chart and its
principles to be our rule and guide; therefore,


ResOlced, That moral suasiOn is and shall continue
70 be the fundamenta principle OF this organization
that the law of Love is the only law to be made
of by us in our efforts to reclaim the erring


ResolUed, That we meddle with no mans religious
or political creed but welcome to ranks and work
all varieties that are to be found in our country


RESOLVED, That rejoice at the success of all fel
low workers in the Temperance cause, and thank
them Tor the cordiaty they have shown to us; hiatt
we bid them God speed in their work they bid us
the same in ours, and unitedly, each in own de-
partment hope to carry all opposition before us over
the State.


o. m. CoUsENs, Committee


ALONZO PARSONS, on


GO. PAYsoN, } Resolutions


EVENING.


AT the closing meeting at Fluent Hall last
night, Capt. Cyrus Sturdivant presided There
was a very large audience, and the proceedings
were animated and interesting. Among the
speakers were Joshua Nye, Esq, of Augusta,
III. NJ. Bryant of Lewiston, and Mayor Kings
bury of this city. The speeches had the clear,
sharp ring of earnestness in them, as if the
men were fully imbued with the spirit of the
work; and we regret that our space will not al
low sketch of them. During the evening Mr..
John L. Shaw sang the well-known song, "Man
the Life Boat" and q collection was taken at
the close of the meeting.
Year: 1872

] to be completed next after the time. of having such taxes. as the district shall di-' rect and no deduction or abatement shall be made on acconnt of the indebtedness Of the owner of any real estate so taxed, unless both the debtor and the creditor belong to said. district, and the debt is

 secured by mortgage of real estate situ- ated therein.

 Sec. 122. Whenever real estate. situated in one district, is so assessed and entered m the grand list. in common with other estate situated out of said district, that there IS no distinct and separate value put by the assessors upon the part lying in sad district, then said district may call

 on one or more of the assessors, for the time being, of the town in which said property Is situated, to assess, and they shail, on such application, assess the val l ue Of that part of said estate which lies l III said district. and return the same to the clerk of said town; and notice of sach assessment, and of the meeting of the assessors and selectmen hereafter men

 shall be given by the district committee Tn the same way as a notice for school

 meeting; and at the end of fifteen days

 after said assessment has been returned

 as aforesaid, and assessors and selectmen shall meet in such place as said district

 committee shall designate in such notice,

 and shall have the same power, in relation

 to such list, as the board of relief has in

 relation to such list of towns and when

 such list shall be perfected by said asses sors and selectmen, the same shall be lodged with the town clerk and said assessment shall be the rule of taxation for said estate, by said district, for the year ensuing and said assessors shall be paid by said district 8 reasonable com pensation for their servicas

 Sec. 123. Whenever there Is real estate situated in any district. which has not been put into the assessment list of the town; Or where there are polls in any district, liable to taxation. which have not been entered Ill said assessment list :: such district may call on one or more of the time being, of the town in which such Iomision has occurred, who shall assess Athe value Of such real estate, and make a Hist of said polls, and add such property and polls to the list of the district. Sec. 124. Whenever district lays tax Ion the town list last completed, and any real estate has been sold and conveyed, or has m any way changed ownership be- tween the first day of October next pre- iceding and the time of laying said tax. such district may call out one or more of the assessors, for the time being, of the town in which such sale, conveyance or change of propertyha occurred. who shall assess the value of said real estate to the

 owners the same at the time of laying said

 tax, and deduct the same from the list of the person in whose name it stood on the

 assessment list of the town.

 See. 125 The assessors. in nerfornning

 duties mentioned in the two preceding

 sections, shall proceed in the manner pre-

 scribed for assessing real estate in the one

 hundred and twenty-second section Of this

 eot
Year: 1872

Sec 96. The treasurer of the state. up

 on the order of the secretary of the board

 of education, shall pay over the sum of ten dollars out of any moneys that may be in the treasury to every school district, and to every town maintaining high school, which shall raise by tax or other wise like sum for the same purpose, to establish within such district, or for the use of such high school. a school library, and to procure philosophical and chemic- al apparatus; and the further sum of five dollars annually, upon a like order, to the said districts or towns upon condition that they shall have raised like sum for the current year, for the purposes afore- said, and if the nnmberof scholars in act- ual attendance in the public school or schools of any district, or in any high school, exceeds one hundeed,. there are be drawn an amount equal to that above for every hundred, or frac- tional part of hundred scholars. in ex- cess of the first hundred. The selection of all books and apparatus to be purchas- ed shall be made or approved by theboard of school visitors; and they shall also pre- scribe the rules for their management, use and safe keeping.
Year: 1872

Sec. 1O5. No town shall receive any money from the treasury, as provided in the preceding section, for any district during the next preceding school year, shall have been kept according to law for at least thirty weeks, if the number of persons therein between four aud sixteen years of age, at the enumeration made within said scho ol year, was twenty-four or more and for at least twenty-four weeks, if the number of such persons therein at said enumeration was less than twenty-four.

 Sec. .1O6 When the schoolin any schooldis- trict shalTnotbe kept accordingto law, the school visitors of the town, to which such district belongs, shall in their certificate or certificates to the comptroller for the year following, state sue, fact. and also the number of children enu.n rated in such town, the number contained m such dis trict; and shall draw an order for such part only of the moneys that would other wise go to said town. as IS proportioned to the number of children in the remain ing districts therein.

 Sec. TOT. If any money appropriated to the use ofscbools, shall be applied by a town school district to any other purpose such town or rschool district shall forfeit the amount thereof to the state and the l comptroller shall sue for the same in be- half of the state, to be applied, when re- covered, to the use of schools.

 Sec. ..108. The income of the town de- posit fund. belonging to any town, and of any other town fund which is or shall be established or appropriated for the SUD- port of public schools in any town, shall be paid annually into the treasury of such town, for the support of poblic schools therein.

 Sec. 1O9. The income of any fund that is or shall be established or appropriated for support of public schools in any school diatrict or school society existing in any town, shall be paid annually into, the treasury of such district or society, for the support of public schoole therein j, but if such district or society shall at any time cease to exist, then the principal of said fund shall be paid over to the school fund treasurer of the town; the income thereof to be applied for the support of public schools therein, in the manner pre- scribed in section eighty-four of this act.

 Sec. 110. The school visitors and select men in each town shall, ct joint board, present at the annual town meeting written os printed statement ot the total
Year: 1872

We were now approaching the mid
die of the lake where the water was the
deepest, so deep that no line i'll the vii
lagc could reach the bottom, and where
the ice must he thinneSt, because it l.
the last to freeze there. | knew thi,
but | felt that now We were gong with
such rapidity, there Was no new danger
so long as there WAS no brake III the
song. singled out Il tree upon the
shore we We're trying to make, and cal
culated if at the rate they were singing
Year: 1872

swer And forgetting that time and
place she stopped and sealed their
strange betrothal with kisses. Then
assistance came, and she was carried
to neighboring farm house, and it
it was ascertained that fractnr-
ed collar bone was the extent
of her injuries. Her aunt Mary
(whom she was going to visit, and
lived but short distance,) was sent
for, aud took her home to be nursed.
Singleton flew back to the city, to as
sure Mrs. Gordon Of her daughters
safety, and To have his happiness
sealed by her consent to their union,
which sent that lady into the seventh
heaven at once.


They are married now and live in
one Of the fine mansions cup town."
and Angie loves he; beautiful auntie
quite as much as she did her govern.
ess. Mamma Gordon and Victoria
are boarding in fashionable quarters
her wealthy aud liberal son-in-law
furnishing the means, and she is new
er tired OF talking OF my daughter,
Mrs. Marmaduke Singleton and her
fine establishment, and horses and
carriages and silver. but never even
allows herself TO think of the time
when she was her husbands servant.
Year: 1872

The New York World says: "Thcre
is story which has long been current
in military circles OF certain captain
of the Fourth United States infantry,
who being stationed on the Pacific
coast some twenty years ago, repeat
edIy disgraced himself by being found
drunk while on duty. His superior
officer, long unwilling to ruin him,
finally found il necessary TO take de-
cisvie steps. lie called the delinquent
before him, and insisted upon his giy.
ing in his written resignation. Il
shall not use this" said the Colonel,
'unless YOU compel me 10 by again
publicly bringing scandal upon the
service. In that case | will Instantly
forward it to Washington" The
story runs that after no great lapse of
time the unhappy captain once more
lapsed. The threat was execnted.-
The army lost an officer and ST. Louis
gained citizen. To 30 man in the
country can this story be better
known than to President Grant"


We are able TO state the facts al
luded to above with exactness, aud We
think it our duty TO do SO. While So
journiug at Washington in 1867, we
met gentleman who was~san officer
in the regiment at the time referred
TO. Its commander was Colonel, nj.
terwards, General, Buchanan, who
commanded at New Orleans for some
time during the war. The captain
referred to was Lieutenant Grant
His dissipation was shocking and per-
pctual, and finally eliminated, at 4
public dinner of the officers. in an of
tense-nameless here-so tiagrant aud
revolving that Col. Buchanan gave TO
Grant an alternative of resignation OF
court.martial. Ofcourse he prefer.
red the former, and resigned as af-
firrned aboye. The Colonel agreed
to hold it until Grant got drunk again,
which was very soon, and it was then
forwarded to the department. Our
informant says that Grant left the
camp, and lived for some time in a
most abject degradation among the
neighhering Indians. Then he wen,
to San Francisco and opened a billiard
saloon, which he kept till he "run
himself out" when he sailed for New
York. Now let us meet him in New
York: He arrived without dollar
He sent TO an officer in command o.
the harbor-and we have this from
the officers own lips-to come to the
city and meet him. He did so, and
supplied him with money to reach his
wiic's friends in Missouri, and not one
cent of the money was ever refunded
His career in Missouri, while living
on the farm with his fatherin-law
was simply awful. We will not sa.
what we know to be true in regard to
it. We only add, if required te
snatch it," IN depravity and degrade
ton, we could not it in the limits o
our acquaintance. We know he car
ried the same habits into sthe army
and we believe that hundred thou
sand of his own men were needlessly
sacrificed in consequence, and we car
show when and how, with abundance
OF contemporary testimony, which W.
will produce if any body wants it,
We sincerely believe that Mr.. Gran
is not fit for any public position what
ever, intellectually or morally, and
that if our people knew the simple
truth in regard to him, he would no
get an honest vote. Let such voter
make it their business toelearn befor,
they commit the fatal error of voting
for him again.
Year: 1872

1t is rumored that the mania for col
lecting stamps has broken out again among
the young ladies of fashion. Their long
suffering papas would like to know when it
ever ceased.


"A young man in neighborhood city, a
great lover Of skating, but exceeding awk-
ward at the business, is getting model
skating suit made for the approaching skat-
ing season. The paDtaloons are to be pro-
vided with springs and upholstered. He
says he does not want to break the ice up
and spoil other peoples fun.


"A confused "best man" at a New York
fashionable wedding, when it became his
duty to hand the clergyman his fee, pressed
roll Of greenbacks into the hand of one of
the guests and murmuring an acknowledg-
ment, fed before the astonished recipient
could say a word.


"A paragraph to the effect that the clock
on the steeple of the Baptist Church in
Stonington recently fell to the ground, is
going through the State papers. It is sub
stantially correct, except that there never
was clock on the Baptist steeple, nor any
steeple on the church.-Nor1Uich Bulletin
Year: 1872

At meeting of the Woman's Suffrage
Association last night petition was pre-
sented asking the Constitutional Conven-
ton to so amend the State Constitution as
to provide for female suffrage. A resolu-
ton was adopted asking the women of the
State to manifest their sympathies either for
or against the proposition.
Year: 1872

within reach of his near and noble friend,
Bowlin Greene. During this period OF
his darkened and wavering intellect,
when accidents were momentarily ex-
pected, it was discovered that Bowlin
Greene possessed power to persuade aud
guide him proportioned to the affection
that had subsisted between them in for
mer and better times. Bowlin Greene
came for him, but Lincoln was cunning
and obstinate; it required the most art
ful practices of general conspiracy of
all his friends to "disarm his suspicious" :"
and induce him to 60 and stay with his
most anxious and devoted friend. But
at last they succeeded and Lincoln re-
mained down under the bluff for two or
three weeks, the object of undisguised
solicitude and of the strictest surveil-
lance. AT the end of that time his mind
seemed to be restored, and it was thought
safe to let him go back to his old haunts,
to the study of law. to the writing of le-
gal papers for his neighbors, to petrifog-
ging before the justice of the peace, and
perhaps to little surveying. But Mr..
Lincoln was never precisely the same
man again. At the time of his release
he was thin, haggard and care-worn, like
one risen from the verge of the grave.
He had always been subject to fits of
great mental depression, but after this
they were more frequent and alarming.
1t was then that be began to repeat, with
a feeling which seemed to inspire every
listener with awe, and to carry him to
the fresh grave of Ann at every one of
hissolemn periods, the lines entitled, "Im-
mortality; or Oh why should the spirit
of mortal be proud" None heard him
but knew that he selected these curious
ly empty yet wonderfully sad, impressive
lines, to celebrate grief which lay with
continual heaviness ON his heart, but to
which he could not with becoming deli
cacy directly allude. He muttereG them
as he rambIed through the woods, or
walked by the roaring Sangamon. He
was heard to murmur them to himself as
he slipped into the village at night-fall,
after long walk of six miles, and an
evening visit to the Concord graveyard !;
and he would suddenly break out with
them in littlesoc assemblies after notica-
Bile periods ofgloom. They ameunbidden
to his lips, while the air of affiiction in face
and gesture, the moving tones and touch
ing modulations of his voice, made it evil
dent that every syllable of the recitation
was meant to commemorate the emournful
fate of Ann. The poem is now his /; the
name of the obscure author is forgotten,
his work is imperishably associated with
the memory of great man and interwo-
ven with the history of his greatest sor-
row.
Year: 1872

APPEARANCES DECEPTIvE.-Speak-
ing of temperance reformers, some one
tells good story at the expense of one
of the most ardent of them-a person
whose whole heart was in the work to
such an extent that he hadn't time to
mend his fences or take care of his farm.
A distinguished temperance lecturer was
to address the citizens in the town where
the reformer lived, and the latter took it
and take him home with him to enter
tain him. The lecturer was talkative
and full of "the cause"


There, now," said he, as they drove
by handsome farmhouse, anybody
can see at once that temperance man
lives there. Everything indicates it -
there's thrift and industry and content
ment, and no doubt happy home there.
Isn't it SO p


"Yes." was the reply, Square is
temperance man and has very pleas
ant home and family"


81 was certain Of it," said the lectur-
er. But here is place" he continued
as they came to an old house with di-
lapidated fence and neglected appear
ance," that you'd pick out anywhere as
thehouse of drunkard-see the old hats
in the windows and the broken fences
and the neglectedappearance everything
has you can't make any mistake
about such a place-it sticks outall over
that it's the home of a sot."


He was about to appeal to his enter
tainer for the truth of his surmises when
that gentleman pulled Iein, and turning
the team up to the neglected fence, re-
marked, with something Of sigh, II
live here"
Year: 1872

Entire abstinence from all intoxicat-
ing drinks as beverage would, with all
its attendant blessings, in the course of a
single generation, carry comfort compe-
tence and respectability, with but very
few exceptions, into all the dwellings in
the land. This is not matter of prob
ability and conjecture. Itdepends upon
principles as certain and fixed in their
operation as those which regulate the
rising of the sun and the revolutions Of
the seasons.-Horace Hama.