Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Me.)
February 5, 1870

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AUGUSTA, ME., SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1870. NO. 31. JUiuubcc Jflitrnal. Published on Water, Foot of Court Street, AUGUSTA, MAINE. BY SPBA61E, OWEN A NASH. Sailg Jttnntlitc Journal Is issued every morning, except Sundays. Coutaius the latest news by telegraph and mail, and gives the proceedings of the Legislature iu full, also reports of proceedings of important commit tees and the Agricultural and Educational depart ments. Terms, #7 per annum in advance; $8 it payment is not made within the* year. Single copies 4 cents, o be had at the book>tores and at this office. Advertisements one inch in length, three in sertions or less. $1.00; 25 cts. for every subsequent insertion. Longer advertisements, or those inserted for any considerable length of time, will be inserted at favorable terms to the advertiser. Special Notices 25 per cent, additional. Amusement Notices, $2 per square per week. 'Meehln jtenncbff Journal, Published every Wednesday morning, J» the largest folio paper in the State, containing news, political articles, agricultural and scientific matter, tales, poetry, anecdotes, household recipes, markets, Ac., Ac. Terms $2 per annum in advance, Transient Advertisements, $1.50 per ineh for first week; 25 cents per week for each subsequent insertion. 8peoial Notices, $2 00 per inch for first week 50 cents per week for each subsequent week. Business Notices, in reading columns, 20 cents per line for first insertion; 10 cents per line lor each subsequent insertion. All transient advertisements to be paid for in advance. i I L C 9. C. L C. r, s, SOMES’ Oyster, Fruit and Confectionery SALOON! Opposite Masonic Block, Gardiner, Me* i THE BEST OYSTER COOK in the State. Solid Oysters, 50 cents per quart. 7, 9, O. To the people at large. Who this notice may read, And yourselves in Gardiner should find If you want a good stew. You should know where to go lfs to Somes’, 7, 9, 9. C. T. SOMES, Gardiner. Jan. 1st, 1970. ♦lj in70-tf State of Maine Bonds, 1889. \IrK »re prepared to negotiate with parties for T nelling these bonds at a Bm.AU Oommlsalon, or will pay the Highest Market Rates for »amc at their BANKING OFFICE in Freeman'* Bank Building, ifafailff, .Voiae. B E POTTEK A BROTHER. Augusta. Jan. 17, 1870. tldjun-lw

Brewster’s Hotel, SKOWHECAN, ME. THIS large and commodious Hotel is situated at the head of the Falls on the Kennebec river, in the enterprising village of Skowhegan, the terminus of the Portland *t Kennebec R R. This is one of the best arranged Hotels for family borders there is in the State, and a better place for Summer resort, cannot be found in Maine. The best of water, beautiful drives on the banks of the 1 river, fishing ami sailing ponds in the vicinity, trout brooks, where you can catch an abundunce of the spotted brook trout any day In the year. Prices for permanent or transient boarding are verv low, so our customers can afford to come often and stav a good while. We also have a large airy stable to board horses for the guests that wish to bring their teams with them. Also one of the best half-mile trotting parks in the State, is connected with the House, tree for th»* guests to train their horses or drive for pleasare. tlTJan-t! S. B. BREWSTER, Proprietor. Brushes! Brushes! HAIR, CLOTH, DC ST, SHOE and Stove Brush es, a full assortment for sale low' bv BALLARD X CHASE, May 20, 19G9. G Union Block. D. S. NELSON, MANUFACTURES TO MEASURE, LADIES' AND GENTS FASHIONABLE BOOTS tfc SHOES. Repairing also neatly ami promptly done. Shop in Boot anil Shoe store with K. Lyford, above Bridge street, Augusta. tjantt-tr BATH HOTEL, By O. AX. Plummer, BATH, HE. Board, flljan-ly $1 per Day. CONY HOUSE, l»\ir£H ST K MS Mi T, AUGUSTA, MAINE. THIS new Hotel afford* accommodation* that no other one doe* in the city to the travelling com munity, being located iu the CENTRE OF BUSINESS, and very near the Depot. The travelling public may be assured that no pains will be spared to meet all their want*, and with the assistance of Mr. Turner, late of the Augusta House, we hope to merit a share of the public patronage. Connected with this House is a First Glass Livery Stable! G* A.n A H. COXY, Proprietor. HJanAwttf _ Hotel Notice. fTUIE Gardiner Hotel having been thor l oughly repaired, and eatlrvdy new fur nished, will lie opened Widne.dar, I*«c. 15th. OLIVER C. ROLLINS. Gardiner, Deo. 13, I860. flJanTO tf MANSION HOUSE, i STATE STREET, AUGUSTA, ME. r|^IIIS House is provided ^rit'o Bath Rooms, JL where Hot and Cold Baths can be had at ail times. It has also a First-Class Billiard Hall, for Guest* only. Connected with the House is a large and commodious Sample Room, on Water Street, centrally located, where Sample Agents can show their gomls, free of charge. The Proprietor, thankful for the liberal patronage which the above House has enjoyed since its open i ing, takes pleasure in informing his patrons that he will ruu Free Carriages to and from the Cars ami Boats until further notice Connected with the above House is a Livery Sta ble, where good teams can be had at reasonable rates. W. M. THAYER, Proprietor. G. V. Cochrans, Clerk. GOLD! GOLD! GOLD! AJDAJvgsoixrs BOTANIC COUGH BALSAM! IS MOKE VALUABLE THAN GOLD. TRY IT! TRY IT! TRY IT! IT CURES THE WORST COUGH or COLD IN A SHORT TIME. IN LARGE BOTTLES, at 35 Cents. ISTo C3u.ro No Pay FRANK KINSMAN, DRUGGIST, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL AGENT FOR THE UNITED STATES AND CANADAS. Cough no more when you can be Cured for 3 r» Cents I TRY IT TRY IT TRY IT 1870. JANUARY. 1870. EXTRA INDUCEMENTS TO BOYERS. "We have this Day HARKED DOWN OUR PRICES’ SO AS TO CE STOCK. LOOK LOOK LOOK THINK AND REFLECT On the Following Prices Overcoats for Overcoats for Overcoats for Overcoats for Overcoats I warranted all wool) Overcoats (heavy Black Beaver) OUR STOCK OF PANTS AND VESTS, MATCHED SUITS, -and GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS! Ot every description we ofler for the NEXT THIRTY DAYS, AT EQUALLY LOW PRICES. CALI. AND SEE US, and we guarantee that you will get your money’s worth at the ONE PRICE CLOTHING STORE. S. W. Huntington Co., 190 Water Street, Augusta, Maine. *4.75 6.00 7.00 M.OO 9.00 10.00 MOSES M. SWAN, Watchmaker and Jeweller, American and Swiss Watches, in wold and silver case, including the celebrated National or Elfin Watch, Waltham, Tremont. Bor* quin, Bonnctt. Pardeaux. Jacot, Ac., in both La dies’ and gentlemeu's sizes. Fliio Grolcl owolry, Solid Gold Leouiton Vest and Neck Chains, STERLING COIN SILVER GOODS, FIXE PLATED WAKE, SPECTACLES AND EYE GLASSES, of the most approved kinds. CLOCKS OF ALL KIXDS, including the celebrated ITHACA CALENDAR, all of which will be sold at the Lowest Prices, and Warranted. Particular attention given to repairing all kinds of Fine Watches. Chronometer Balances applied and adjusted to temperature and position. tljan70-tf &A Jan. To be Let. IIOU8E with II good rooms, corner of Wmthrop and Winter streets. Apply to 1870. fjant tf WM. T. JOHNSON. FOWLER, HAMLEN SMITH DEALERS IN FOREIGN DOMESTIC DR Y GOODS, AND MANUFACTURERS OF Ladies’ Misses’ Cloaks, OPERA CAPES, A o., 147 Water Street, -A- XT GUSTA, IVT E l. n. fowler, FRED HAMLEN tlSjan-tf H. E. SMITH. DKLI, NinOWDN' Fashionable Hair Dressing Rooms, Opposite Parrott A Bradbury’s, Water Street, j Augusta, Me. Shaving, Shampooing, Hair-Dressing, Cutting, Col rn'ina, Ac., in the most approved style of the art. Particular attention paid to rutting and curling La ilies* and Children’s hair. All kinds of Hair Work to order in the latest style. Ijan70-ly HENRY BAILEY, Photographer, 8 Doors south of Post Office, Augusta, Me Melainotype Pictures of all sizes made at oppo sition prices. Particular attention paid to copying. tljan70-3m THE KENNEBEC JOURNAL, (Established in 1825.) Enlarged and Improved. A POLITICAL FAMILY NEW8PAPER. Not Excelled by any in tbs State. Just Enlarged and Printed on New, Plain, and Handsome Type! Having Full Reports of Legislative proceedings; I carefully prepared Political Articles, Facts and stu- tistics; Local. Domestic ami Foreign News; Corres pondence; Tales, Poetry, Agricultural and other Miscellaneous Matter. So Increase of Subscription Price—A (iood Time to Subscribe. The Weekly Kennebec Journal. The Kennebec Journal is in the Forty-fourth year of its age. It has just been enlarged, and is now a THIRTY-SIX COLUMN PAPER, Its size not being exceeded by that of any other paper in the State, and surpassed by but few in other States. It will contain Carefully Prepared Political Articles, Facts, Statis tics, Speeches and Extracts; Full Reports of the Proceedings of the Maine Legislature; Reliable Information in relation to mat ters pertaining to the State Govern ment; Reports of the Doings of Cougress Local and State News; Summaries of Do mestic and Foreign Reports oi the Markets at Home and Abroad; well se lected Tales, P o e t r y, Agricultural and other Inter esting and Useful Reading for the Family; also Correspondence from Abroad and original Articles upon subjects of Gen’l Interest. It has been enlarged from Twenty-Eight to Thirty-Six Columns, in width, and proportionately increased in length, and is printed ou an Entire New Suit of Type, Making it one of the Handsomest and Most Readable, as well as one of the CHEAPEST PAPEES IN PEICE, published. The price of subscription has not been increased on account of enlargement. Now is the Time to Subscribe! Tf.rms $2.00 per annum in advance, $2.25 at the end of six months, and $2.50 at the end of the year. Published every Wednesday. Daily Kennebec Journal, Will be issued every morning, (Sundays excepted,) on and alter the first of January. Will give Full and Accurate Reports of the Proceedings of the Legislature from day to day; Reports of Im portant Hearings before" Committees; ‘Abstracts! ot Discussions in the Boards of Education and Agriculture; will have the Latest News bv Tele graph the same as other dailies, and will also have Editorials, Correspondence, Locals and the usual Summaries of News, also the most Import ant Speeches of the Session. The Discussions in the Board of Education will give New and Additional Importance to the Daily Journal, as it will contain reports of them. Terms, $7.00 per year; $2.00 for the Session. tRT Members of the Legislature will do their con stituents and themselves a favor to interest them selves in getting subscribers to the above publica tions. The Daily keeps up that correspondence between the People and their Representatives, through their Legislative Reports, which is neces sary and agreeable to both. No Tri-Weeklv will be published. Those peisons who desire a full report of the Legislative Proceed ings, must subscribe for the Daily Journal. Postmasters and Members of the Legislature authorized to take subscriptions. The Weekly and Daily Kennebec Journal are published at Augusta, Maine, by 8PEAGUE, OWEN NASH. HARNESSES! For Business, Pleasure, Teaming, Truck ing, Carting and Expressing, Manufactured from good And by the best of workmen. We would remiud the public that our Harness took all the premiums offered at the last State Fair —lour in number. Also the first premium ut the late New England Fair. As our customers are daily informed that our Harnesses are Machine Stitched—we would invite them and the public generally to call and examine the largest stock of ready-made Harnesses ever of fered in this city, and we will convince them that we make the best Band Stitched work to be had for the same amount of money, and if we don’t have on hand what is wanted, can make it at short notice. Samples of Gold Gilt, Oroide Silver, Covered, and Japanned Trimmed HARNESS may be seen at onr salesroom, NO. 172 MIDDhK HTHEET. HENRY DUNN SON. For «a!o by HAMILTON TURNER, 135 Water Street, AUGUSTA, MA.IKTE, Opposite Deering A Holway’s. f28Jau-lia GOVERNMENT OP MAINE, 1870 GOVERNOR, Joshua L. Chamberlain, Brunswick. COUNCIL. 1st District, Uranus 0. Brackett, Berwick. 2d District, William Deering, Portland, «kl District, William Rogers, Bath. 4th District, Ambrose II. Abbot, China. 6th District, Edward It. Spear, Rockland. 6th District, J oseph W. Dorter, BurliugtoD. 7th District, D. K. Hobart, Dennysville. executive omtm Franklin M. Drew, Brunswick, Secretary of State. George G. Stacy, Ketar Falls, Deputy Secretary. Janies R. Milliken, Portland, Chief Clerk. B. B. Murray, Jr., Pembroke, Adjutant General. Augustus L. Smith, Augusta, Clerk to Adjutant General. George N. Page, Norridgewock, State Peusion Clerk iu Adjuiant General’s office. William Caldwell, Augusta, State Treasurer. Sylvanua Caldwell, Augusta, Treasurer’s Clerk. Parker P. Burleigh, Linneus, Laud Agent. GOVERNORT STAFF. John M. Brown, Portland, Colonel, Assistant Inspector General. Eugene F. Sanger, M. D., Bangor, Colonel, Assistant Sur geon General. AicLi-de-Camp, with rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Selden Connor, Thomas W. Hyde, George Varuey, Nathan Cutler. Albert O. Morgan, Lewiston, Military Sec’y to Governor. Prentiss M. Fogler, Augusta, Messcn'r to Gov. and Council. Benjamin F. Harris, Machias, Su{»t. of Public Buildings George L. Goodale, Brunswick, State Assayer. Cyrus F. Brackett, Brunswick, State Assayer. Darnel Winslow, Westbrook, Inspector Gen. of Beef k Pork. David Fernald, Camden, luspector General of Fish. Geo. F Dillingham, Oldtown. Agt. Penobscot Tribe Indians. Geo. F. Wadsworth, Eastport, Agt. P;t8AantaIK, for proserTinr Cider Also, White Mustard Seed, for sale low bv tU TITCOHB A DORK European Correspondence. Letter from Orville D. Baker in Spain. Valladolid, Spain, Dec. 2t>, 186‘J. It is only three days since I sent off my last epistle, but I am going to start an other eagle. I left you, or rather my self, at Bordeaux, Wednesday night. Well, the next morning I went abroad to see the city. I found a museum of paint ings, which is certainly fine tor a place like Bordeaux, and contains some rich speci mens of the Italian school, including Paul Veronese, Correggio, and a noble specimen of Titian and Andrea del Sarto, several excellent Murillos (Spanish school) and a fine Velasquez (alsoSpanish). There was also a room devoted to the French school, but these I never admire excessively, for they deal too much in gaudy whites, and their colors want entirely that softness and harmony which characterize the old masters, and which, 1 suppose, must be classed with the lost arts. Yet this is the gallery which Harper, with his usual ac curacy, sets down as a museum containing some very indifferent paintings. After spending some hour or two in these, I went to the Cathedral which is not very remarkable, and then to the old Roman amphitheatre, whose, noble gate way, with its arches four deep, and part of whose walls are still standing, and, though worn with time, are almost as per fect as in their proudest days. They in dicate at once the permanence of Roman art and the antiquity of the city, which in deed was well known to the Romans under the name of Bordigala. Then 1 went into the famous wine cellars of Barton and Guestier, who were ray bankers there. Bordeaux is the centre ot one ot the three great wine districts of France, and is per haps the most important of any of them. The two others are the Champagne near Rheims, and the Burgundy near Dijon. Their cellars are sunk to the depth of two floors and are of immense extent, contain ing some 2000 hogsheads and IJOO.OOO bottles besides. It may be kept barreled four or live years, anil then must be bot tled, when it continues to improve up to ten years, and may be kept even twenty. Almost all the best wines of France are exported except the Burgundy, which is consumed at home. The quality differs ns much in wines of the same name as in those of different, and you may have Champagne and yet have a much poorer wine than wine from another part of France. These general names such as Champagne embrace a wide district, and many subdivisions. The quality of the wine depends on the soil which may pro duce a good wine and a poor one within twenty feet of each other. They always have their tirst. second, third and even fourth quality, and each vineyard is known to produce u certain quality which usually j is called after the name of #the vineyard. This quality, again, of course, varies with different years. All the soils which bear these wines are thin, arid and sandy. The vine simply grows upright and very low, never higher than a man’s head, usually less. They are planted in rows like beans, each with an upright pole, which, when 1 was passing through, they were just tak ing up and laying in bundles, each bundle in the crotch of two forked poles at regu lar intervals. These wines are all light and contain only some twelve per cent, of alcohol, while our American stuff, 1 suppose, has sometimes, eighty and ninety. Everybody drinks, but 1 never saw any body intoxicated except the lower classes. It is a frequent sight to see them too heat ily loaded, especially Sunday night, in the streets. They are always singing and shouting, but it is a noticeable thing that they never do the slightest harm, being always either too happy or too stupid. The police never pay the slightest atten-! tion to them, and though they are noisy, they don't compete with the French stu dents who come home from the theatres and cafes from twelve to three at night. Noise is one of the prerogatives ol Paris at night, and that though in other respects it is a marvel of order. 15ut the compara tive purity of their wines here deprives them of that fatal excitement, which is the mother of crime,-so that intemperance is a question of morals here instead of I government as in England and America. That same noon I left for Bayonne at 2 1-2. Met two English ladies on the cars, who had a courier, e., one who takes charge of everything, interprets for them, and is factotum. They went to Pau, a famous summer and winter resort near Bayonne. They were very pleasant. There were ten or twelve other English 1 on the train going the same way, none to Spain. By the way, they talk about Amer icans travelling. I always meet live Eng lish to one American, except perhaps in Paris, and there I was thrown, of course, into American society. But the English are everywhere and fairly encumber the ground in some parts of the continent. Stumbled on a nice little hotel at Bayonne, got a nice, though simple dinner at a res taurant close bv and a nice omelette, which they make much better than we, and a i splendid beefsteak and potatoes in the, morning at the hotel; rnftle friends with the landlord, who gave me a guide book for railways in Spain, and some addresses in Madrid, and left. They speak a patois down there in the southwest of France, which is half French and half Spanish, and accented like neither- From Ilavonne to Burgos through the Pyrenees of which I had some tine views. They sire not very high at this point, but are all covered with snow, which even lies on the growing crops at their foot on the Spanish side. A little stream divides, and a bridge con nects the two kingdoms at this point. One side is French, the other Spanish. You change ears there and climate soon after, to your infinite disgust in each instance, for tlie cars leak, and they seem only to have caught it from the skies, for they leak in a most alarming way. You then get your baggage examined, which is a farce, and begin a ride which is a tragedy. The cars which in France are almost empty are now filled, sensible people going 1st class, greenhorns going 2d. YVe hobbled along as far as a place known to fame under the cognomen of Zurnarraga. The hobble became a dead halt at o P. M.; and the change was so eminently satisfactory to the boss whoever he was, that it was kept up merrily till 8 P. M., Providence and the Spaniards alone know why, and I had no means of making either divulge. The rain meanwhile turned to snow, under the temptation of increasing cold, and as there was no sign of a tire we passed a jolly Christmas eve, thinkirigof the “sunny skies" of Spain. At 8 the halt was ex changed for a crotchety hobble, which af ter sundry other mysterious relapses, brought us to Burgos at 3 o'elock in the morning about four hours behind time, and cold enough to emit sparks like a oat in winter. Three inc hes of snow everywhere. 1 inally got to my hotel where 1 found a large saloon, and went to bed in iey splendors. Such a sunny clime! Christ mas morning, more iey splendors. Mean while1, however, 1 had learned the word for tire, and rattled it with a pertinacity and animation, which must have astounded these enervated denizens of the tropics. Modus operandi. Act 1, scene 1. Bell rings—enter servant gibbering Spanish. I stop that and shout fire. Servant disap pears with a beam of intelligence. Inter val of ten minutes for the chief actor to get mad. Bell rings again—enter phan tom as before. “I want a fire.” Si, si, signor. Exit phantom No. 2. Curtain falls. An intermission of fifteen minutes, during which, renewed application of the diction ary. Scene 11. Bell rings violently— ghost enters as before. “I want a fire note." Third ghost vanishes, perturbed, and wagging his head. Scene closes on an interval during which some trees are planted and come to maturity. Scene III. Stage occupied by a small boy, and some wet wood, which he proceeds to arrange round a match. Curtain falls, leaving the stage shrouded in smoke, from which a blaze may be supposed gradually to emerge. Finally went to the station at 5 1’. M., for the train for Valladolid. It was delayed by the snow, (about two inches) and would not be in till 10o’clock. Wait ed till eleven, and found the train was about 100 miles oft’, and did not know when it would come. Went back to hotel and went to bed, after waiting only one hour for some bed clothes. Next morn ing at 5, A. M., took a first class and got two great vessels of hot water to my feet —the luxury of first class, rolled myself in my two robes, and got to my destination two hours behind time. Slowest nation that ever breathed. Two-thirds of all I have seen are beggars, and.wear the most ragged patchwork you ever dreamed of. Got a nice double room here, a coal tire, and a very nice table d'hote. They charge by the day in Spain as with us. Shall stay here till to-morrow night, for it is the first comfortable place 1 have found. Ground all frozen. Heard military mass to-day, which was very interesting from its splendid martial music. The Spaniards appear to have much more musical taste than the French. They sing beautifully, and their soldiers march better than any I have seen in Europe. They are almost all boys. I expect this climate will last t. 1 I pass Madrid, ami then warm. These are high lands, near the mountains and treeless. Photographs Melanotvpes, At the same OLD PLACE, At the name OLD PHU'EH, viat 9 1-9 »u< Pictures tit Cards for 50 cent/. 4 1-4 50 4 1-4 in Card envelopes, 50 cts. 1 5x7 in Mai, 50 16 TINTYPES for 35 cents. A good assortment ol iR.inix iLiu ns, Ac., note on hand. W Paiuoular attention given to copying. 5 Door* south of the Poat OOke, hICISTi, MI. tljan70-3m H. BAILEY. Watmttte Classical Instftnfc. i v 11K -spring Term will lieglii Eebkiakt lint. 1 Eor particulan applv to .1 H HAXSON. Principal Waterville, Jan. SI, ]S70. »feb! codAJwts

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MATTE LEGIST, iTUItE. Senate. Friday* Feb* 4* Met according to adjournment. Prayer bv Ki'v. Mr. Moon of Augtlsta. Kecords read unit appro**. Papers from the House disposed of in con currence. A eomimink'atioB was fecived from the Secretary of State transmiHing the report of the Commissioners of Fisheries for 1805*. On motion of Mr. liKi.n. Ordered, That the Committee on the Judi ciary he instructed to inquire into the expedi ency of amending the law relating to torc elosure of mortgages so as to lessen the time allowed for redemption. On motion of Mr. CaRviix, Ordered, That the delegation from Cum berland county inquire whether any further legislation i» necessary to regelate the salary of the Judge of I’rohate. of said county, also whether it is necessary to raise the salary ol the County Commissioners. On motion of Mr. Kot-rn. Ordered, That the Committee on State Lands and iioads he directed to ascertain what amount wilt l« required to repair the lloultou road across the Indian Township, in Washington county. On motion of Mr. Brrrnt. Oidertd. That all matteia referred to. in Heport of State Superintendent of Common Schools, be referred to Committee on educa tion. Mr. Kixosticttv from Committee on Indian Adairs, reported leave to withdraw, on peti tion of Penobscot Indians for division of rents for shorage. Mr. laxiHiT from Committee on Judiciary, reported leave to withdraw on the following petitions: Petition of T. F. Ilaelibay etuis., K. W. I’, wen et als., and A. II. Chase 11 ills., for an amendment to pauper law: of over seers of poor of tow n of Harmony, for amend ment of chap. 17 of public laws ot 18tlP: ot Wm. Alien for the abolition of the law of set tlement of the poor; of the municipal officers of town of Harmony for further legislation under tile act regulating the Municipal War Debts The resolve in lavor or the Aiatno v> esicvan Seminary came up by assignment on it' pas sage to be engrossed. On motion of Mr. ('i.avrs. the rote was taki n bv yeas and nays, resulting a* follows Vlas—Messrs. Holster, liulfum. t'nrvill. 1’ivneb, Gray. Hanson, Holland, lame, Gang, i. iedsey. Minot. .W illey. Itolfe. Talboi,—14. Nays—.Messrs, Buck. ('arieton, ('leaves. Fuller, Gibbs, Kingsbury. Huberts, Torrey,— 8. So the resolve passed to be engrossed. /lead and assigned—An aet in addition to an aet to provide tor tbe restoration of the records of tbe Court of Frobutc in Cumber- land; an aet to incorporate Hie llussell Steam Dam Company: an aet to prevent tile throw ing of edgings, &e., into the waters of l’leasant Kiver; an aet to incorporate the Howard j Slate Company. Passed lo It engrossed—Resolve in favor of Louis Hcnevcit, representative of I’assama- I quoddy Indians; an act to repeal chap. 58 of j the acts uf 18.-,8, and sections ;i-'. 113 and 34 of chap. 84 of the Revised Statutes, and to amend section 31 of the same chap., relating to levy of executions against towns; Hill ail aet to amend chap. 191 of }-aws of 1888; re solve providing for the purchase and distribu tion of a supplemental Digest of the Maine Reports; liill an aet to incorporate the Slier- j man Steel Company rgsolve in favor of the Maine Wesleyan Seminary. Passed to be enacted—An act to set off eet- tain estates with the inhabitants thereon from j the Norway Village Corporation; an act to incorporate the Rocky Fond Dam Sluice Com- j. any an act to amend an act of incorpora-I lion of the Cumberland Hone Company, ap- proved Feb. 2‘Jd, 1885; an act lo incorporate i the Whitten Carriage Manufacturing Com- 1 puny; an act to prohibit the taking of pickerel in Swan I’ond in the town of Hartford an aet additional to an act authorizing any city or town in tliis State to hire money to aid in the construction of railroads. i >n motion of Mr. Fiti si it, Adjourned, till 9 A. M. Saturday. BILLS, I-ETITIO.VS, rilESKSTKH ASH KE FEIIKETI. By Mr. Kjkurbcry—Fetition of citizens of Greeubusli, in favor of uniformity of text books. Referred to the Committee on Edu eation. By Mr. Carletos—Remonstrance of .1. E. Moure et al»., of Thomaston, Friendship. Cushing. Rockland, and South Thumaston. against uniformity of text books. Referred to the Committee on Education. By Mr. Lane—Fetition of Commissioner of Cumberland County proving that the Treas-] urer of said county he authorized to pay to Miltimore Walts 8-75 tor services as agent on Martin's Foint bridge. Referred to the I Cumberland County Delegation. By Mr. Metcalf—Fetition of B. D. Metcalf et als., for incorporation as Daniariscotta Vil lage Cemetery. Referred to Committee on Mercantile Atiuirs and Insurance. House Friday, Feb. 4. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Saroe.vt of Augusta. Papers from the Senate disposed of in con currence. Resolve in favor of Joseph M. Soccabeyis was read twice, rules being suspended, and passed to be engrossed. A communication was received from the j Secretary of State transmitting tin- annual report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, w hich was read. On motion of Mr. Davis, Ordered, That tile third annual report of the Commissioners on Fisheries laid before the members of the Legislature, be referred to the Committee on Fisheries for action, ujKin the suggestions therein contained. Mr. Mills, from the Committee on Pen sions. on petition of Nathaniel S. Greene for pension, reported leave to withdraw. Same member, from the same committee, made the same report on petition of W. \V. Quinby for State pension. Mr. Stovek, from the Committee on Fish eries, made the same report on petition of Charles’Balch et als., for authority to erect a fish weir in Bailey’s Mistake Cove. Same member, from the same committee, made the same report on the petition of \V. D. Rice et als., for amendment of an act authorizing Mary E. Batch to construct fish weirs in Moose river, in Trcseott. Mr. Green, from the Committee on Agri culture, reported leave to withdraw on peti tion lor the incorporation of the Penobscot Central Agricultural Society. Mr. Smmu, from the Committee on State Lands and State Roads, o« petition of Vera nus Chandler for deed of a lot of land, re ported leave to withdraw. Mr. Chase, from the same Committee, made the same report on petition of G. ii. Freeman for deed of a lot of land. Mr. Vose, from the Judiciary Committee, J on bill an act to amend see. 1 of chap. d'J of the Revised Statutes, reported the same in a I new draft, aud that it ought to pass. Printed I under rules. Mr. Gannett, from the Committee on Pen- sions. on order, reported bill an act to eon- i tjnue in force the provisions of chap. 170 of the laws of lSOO authorizing pensions for dis abled soldiers ami seamen. Printed under rules. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Fish eries on petition reported hill an act to au thorize Gen. MaeJx-lIan to construct and maintain fish wiers and wharves in the tide waters of Herring Cove iu the town ol Tres colt. Read and assigned. Mr. Mi.aks, from the same Committer on petition reported bill an act for the preserva tion of trout and other fish In Grass pond in the town of VTaldoboro.' Read and assigned. Mr. KlkJeall, from the Committee on Di vision of Towns, on petition of Wrn. 'I'. Moody for straightening tv i-.wn lines be tween Kennelmiikport and frahh find. re jsorted leave to withdraw Mr. Corsica move] t» mmmtnit to the Committee with certain instructions. This giving rise* to debate, the report with instruc tions Went to the lal>le under the rules. The following hills were presented and re ferred to the Committee on Legal lteform, and ordered to be printed: Bill an net to amend section f of the nc vised Statutes; an net additional to eliap. II of the laws of 185*; nn act to amend chap. JO of the laws of 185* an act to amend sec 9 of diap. .1 of the Revised Statutes an net to provide for the payment of counsel assigned to persons charged with crtpital offenses. Passed to, be engrossed--An act to amend j section 1 of "chap 170 of the private and spec j;l| |.IW8 of ltttiO, authorizing Union School j District in Cherryficld to raise money; an act I additional to an' act to incorporate the Hnn Ipor Water Company; an act to authorize 1 .Albert F. Ames to'place a dolphin or spar buoy near the end of his wharf; an act to prevent the use of narrow rimmed wheels for the hauling of lumber in Cherryficld an act further defining the powers of the Ocean Insurance Company of Portland; an act to set off a part of the town of Trcscott and in corporate the same into a town by the name of Lamoine. Passed to le enacted— An act to incorporate the Oquassie Angling Association; an art ad ditional to an act authorizing any city or town in this State to raise money to aid in the •(instruction of any railroad in this State; an act for the preservation ot fish in ebb s Pond in Franklin county. The House resumed the consideration of the reports of the Election Committee in the ease of Keegan vs. Dickey, under considera tion when the House adjourned yesterday. Mr. Barkkb resumed his remarks in tavor of the minority rejiort. Mr. Baker on the closing ot Mr. Barker’s remarks took the floor and advocated the ma jority report. He was speaking when the time for adjournment arrived, but gave way. ami the House adjourned. [Remarks hereaf ter.] Petitions, Riu.s, &CPresented and Re ferred. By Mr. Lewis—Petition of Ezekiel Pres cott and 7 ais., for an act to prevent the throwing of slabs or other refuse into George’s river in Montville. By Mr. Stover— Petition of E. Simpson et ais., of Harp.swoll, for authority to extend their wharf into tide waters of est Ilarps well. By -Mr. Pi: WEV—Petition of James Peter son et als., sea captains, in aid ot the petition of W. II. Hentenway et als. By Mr. Sherman. of Islesboro—Petition of A. L. Frohoek et als., of Lineolnville. for leave to extend a steam boat wharf into tide waters of Penobscot Bay. By Mr. Wh.hf.h—Petition of J. W. Brown and 34 als., for aid to build a bridge across Aroostook river in the town of Washburn of Daniel Everett anil 8 als.. in aid of same: of Ansel Packard and 3 als., in aid of same. The foregoing were referred to the Committee on Interior waters. The following were referred to the Commit tee on State Lands and State Hoads. Bv Mr. Smith of llodgdon—Petition ot the inhabitants of Hanable. tor an appropriation to complete the road lending from that town to Limestone: of the inhabitants of Grant Isle, for aid in building a bridge in that town. By Mr. Kimkai.i.—Petition of John Kilgore et als.. of Grafton, for an appropriation for re pair of roads. By Mr. Ai.len—Petition of C. F. Daniels and 37 als.. lor the protection of trout in Al den stream in Corrinna. By Mr. Mills—Petition of Jesse Bakeinan and 333 als., of Brooksville, against the re peal of the law regulating the taking of por gies. Referred to the Committee on Fisher ies. Bv Mr. Bonnet—Bill an act to change the name of the Gardiner District Camp Meeting Association. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Barker—Petitions of the citizens nf Exeter, Newport and Stetson, for uniform ity of text books. By Mr. Himi-iiret—Remonstrance of A. i>. Wakefield et als., of Bangor, against State iniformitj of text books. Referred to the Committee on Education. Bv Mr. Lkiohton—Remonstrance of A. II. Suriiank and &C9LA7T- Jfc.JV i Qrder*>l. The iL for private iejp-lauon. 'pet*von.* hn rHbr*** of wroage au igrievances" win; l be to this Legislature utter the firs! 4a> of rebrrjary next, be referred to lfnr next Legi-..Aonr aod Lr. •-1 this order be published in the Daily Kennebec Jour nal until that date. Hoad and nassed; sent down for concurrence. SAMUEL W. LANE Secretary. Is House or Representative*, Jun.il, 1970. i Head, amended by striking nut the word dr*t," and inserting in lieu thereof the word 4* twentieth,” and passed. Sent up for concurrenoe. S. J. CHADBOUKXE, Clerk. In Senate, Jan. 22,1870. The Senate receded and concurred with the House. SAMUEL IV. LANE, Secretary. A true copy. Attest; SAMUEL W. LANE, Secretary. AMERICA AND ENGLAND. The visit of the officers of the Monarch j to the Capital of the State to observe the i place where ami the manner in which the governmental a flairs of the State are con ducted is one interesting to them and us. 1 While we remember that England was the 1 home of our forefathers, and that the ties of consanguinity bind us to her people, we know that there is so much difference between the institutions, customs and habits of the two countries, that the visitor from the one to the other must experience much that is strange and difficult to com prehend. Long before we broke away from the apron strings of Mother England, we wore being moulded into a separate and distinct people, having ideas of our own, and tending by habits of thoughts to become the nation which we are. Pis tance from home authority and protection compelled our fathers to establish local regulations for their own government and i rely upon themselves for support and defence. Perhaps they caught something of the spirit of independence from the un trawmeled Indians, or our own grand and freely flowing rivers, or boundless forests, Imt however it came, it was not the effect but the cause of the Revolution, and the nationality which it lias produced is such as nowhere else to lie found upon the globe. Thirty-live States have each their local Legislature, anti in making the laws nearly every man who has arrived at his majority has a voice. In order that all may vote intelligently and understand ami discharge properly the duties of citizen ship, we have the common school: few persons of native birth can be found who cannot read and write, and of the Legisla ture now in session at Augusta probably nine tenths have no education except what they received at this school of the people. We are all kings, all subjects no one knows who may be called to the Execu tive chair and the Legislature next year, while they who are now holding those places will return to mingle with and be undistinguished from the mass of the peo ple, except as their peculiar virtues and abilities may entitle them to public esteem. Before the law one man is no better than another. All may aspire to office but no man is born to office. The poorest and humblest may be President of the United States, and the richest and haughtiest will seek that distinction in vain because of wealth or birth. Of our last three Presi dents one was a Kentucky backwoodsman, one a tailor whom his wife taught to read, and the last a tanner. The responsibili ties of u government extending over three million square miles of territory and forty millions of inhabitants are heavy, and de mand ability to conduct them, but the prosperity and growth of our nation shows that we can depend upon the people for wise rulers and legislators and bra\ e and efficient officers by sea and land for stern er duties. This State of Maine alone is as large as Scotland and one fourth as large as all the British Isles, with a sea coast which measured by all its indentations is three thousand miles in extent. To ronduet the public affairs of such a State successfully is no 1 ijrlit concern, but our farms, work shops, anil countin'; rooms supply abundant material adequate to the task, while in Congress and the foreign diplomatic service we are represented in the highest i«>sts of honor. That our political institutions do in a considerable degree modify our social character is evi dent even to us. Those who have been accustomed t class distinctions will no tice it more than we. Upon the whole we would not change it and take the dis advantages of caste, and could not if we would while our present constitution ex ists. Our opinion upon that point has! been written in blood, as all the world knows. In the officers of the Monarch we rec ognize representatives of the right arm of England, that branch of the public service which, beginning in the time of Queen Elizabeth, has carried the nation forward to its present pitch of pow er and greatness. Then the navy of Eng land consisted of but thirty-three vessels, and it was recommended by the best au thority that no vessel of war be built larg er than six hundred tons. Those were the “wooden walls” and “hearts of oak,” in which England trusted, from the line of which lias sprung the iron-sided steam propeller Monarch, more than a match for the whole navy of Queen Bess combined. IIow greatly are we indebted to the brave j old navigators of England for a settlement upon this continent! Our countrymen will long hold in respect the name of Sir Wal ter Kaleigh, brave, accomplished, perse-! vering rover of the ocean though at last he incurred his sovereign's displeasure and lost his head, we cannot forget how much we owe to him. Think of Frobisher, who crossed the unknown ocean to our shore in a vessel of only twenty tons burthen; of Martin l’ring, who came to the coast of Maine in a vessel of fifty tons: and of Weymouth, who followed and explored our coast, and some of our river* in the State, when the country was covered with a forest. ai»u inhabited only by barbarians. T-ngs bin e dtia/iged since then, but those metj were luw tiK.ee who visit the Capital of oar of the same blood and nation, i: v.u: vtMxyuii'jts or profe--ion which has England's glory, and planted u* upon this ovtaiaieta.. While we have rea b r. t '-otupWa of injustice in the late war. we remember or.ly to-day the hardy navigators who first explored th00. J tie tact mat it costs a largo amount ior books for families moving from one part of the State to another, is in fact a strong argu ment for uniformity, but the chances then are that in all cases no change of text books will be required if it is, the loss is trifling. It is not for the legislature to legislate for the floating population of the State to the detri ment ot the permanent residents. How is it in other States? It is not the States most forward in educational matters that have adopted uniformity. Some have adojited it and then thrown it aside. Massa chusetts lias not adopted it. Will the proposed change give us cheap text hooks, as is asserted? It will he impossi ble to obtain an even exchange from any publisher, unless lie can be assured that lie can control the market of a town or the State for five years. We have had large improve ments in text hooks caused by competition among the publishers. The aggregate cost to tile State at the outset would he very large if uniformity is decided upon. Every pupil must pay something for an exchange. lint tile controlling argument against uni formity is that it establishes a monopoly and all the arguments that apply in such cases are pertinent. Monopolies are always victorious, njul monopolies furnish the highway to cor ruption. Uniformity says to the towns and cities, You shall not choose your text books. We will choose them for you. Can such a law he en- forced if even town uniformity cannot he en forced? In over 200 towns in Maine changes have been made in text hooks during the past year. Uniformity is not desired by the teachers of Maine. The committees in many cities and towns will he very slow to introduce hooks which the teachers disapprove. The preferen ces of teachers should he attended to. The advocates of the measure have not dared to bring the question before the State Teachers' Association for discussion. Mr. Stone of Biddeford said it is not a fact that the people of Maine demand a uniformity, for the people of York county do not ask it and do not want it. Mr. Boothby of Bath said the S. S. Com mittee and teachers of Bath have sent in a re monstrance against uniformity, and lie had been requested to give expression to their opinion. Mr. Coburn of Lewiston said the question of uniformity will not and cannot receive the approval of the people of Androscoggin county. It a question which needs long discussion. The interest in educational matters of the State has been wakened up during the past year. Fears this movement will result dis astrously to these interests. Division will be created among the friends of education in the State. Believes there is more need of change of methods of using hooks than of change of books. Mr. Taylor of Ifamariscotta said there is danger of asking too much. Doubtful points upon which educators disagree should not be pressed. Our schools do not need uniformi ty it would be injurious. The same kind of book needed in a school of 40 weeks in a year is not the one wanted in a school of 14 weeks. Mr. Wentworth of Portland agreed with the remarks made by those preceding him. The primary teachers of Portland do not ask uni. fortuity, unless it is town uniformity. Has a school of from ten to eleven hundred pupils. Found only seven pupils during six months who had to be punished with new books. The legislation of last winter was a step in the right direction. Mr. Stone of Portland said the more he in vestigated educational matters the more he is opposed to uniformity. We,have a law for town uniformity; it will answer all our pur poses.. If it cannot be carried out, make it better. The number of migratory pupils has been greatly exaggerated, and so has the ex pense of books. No store has ever yet got a free exchange of books with the publishers. Another objection is that uniformity will deprive us of improvements in school books. We need the best tools we can get to work with. It alse prevents the development of in dividuality among our teachers. We do not want sameness. We cannot legislate our schools into models. Believe in system in all things. Uniformity has not been a success where it has been adopted. California has disproved it; Maryland has overthrown it; Minnesota is cramped and galled; Wisconsin threw it overboard; New York protested against it; Nebraska is trying to make uniformity a law. It is nut indorsed by the leading educators of the country. It is not asked for by the teach ers and educators of the State. We legislate too much. Educational legis lation should bo general. A book suitable for one school may not be the best for another. Uniformity will bring our educational ques tions into contempt. Believe the common schools of Maine will be on the down grade if State uniformity is decided upon. Mr. llanson of Waterville saiil he was op posed to uniformity. We are indebted to competition among our publishing houses for the very great improvements made in our text hooks for the past years. Does not think the interest of the State de mands uniformity. Mr. Hoberts of Bangor concurred with the foregoing remarks. Has a remonstrance signed by nearly all the teachers and com mittees of Bangor. They are decidedly op posed to uniformity. Town unitormity an swers nearly all the required purposes. 1st is it practicable; second would the best se lection be made; third would that decision be acquiesced in, if State uniformity should he decided upon. The law is a dead letter in Vermont. A good work has been begun in the State but a step towards uniformity will j prove disastrous to education in Maine. Mr. Gross of Brunswick said he came to express his opinion upon this question as a teacher of Maine. Thinks we need no special legislation for the floating population of the State. In his school the pupils usually buy new books and sell their old ones. Let us enforce the law of last winter and there will he no difficulty in bringing about town uni formity. Have no multiplicity of text books in Brunswick. Thinks we shall meet with a great loss financially with uniformity. Bath has purchased her hooks during the past year cheaper than Vermont where uniformity prevails. As it now is publishers will put in new books as an even exchange for they have the promise of supplying them for five years. What we want is for our teachers to use our text hooks as a means. lint the great objection to uniformity is that it will create a monopoly in the coutracting for text books. These objections must be plain to us all. Mr. Webb of Cumberland saiJ he approved a year ago opposing State uniformity. There are other things of more prominence which need prior attention. Does not think a teach er need-to be acquainted with a multiplicity of text hooks. Favors a gradual State uni formity—would not sweep all the books away at one time. The committees of many cities and towns arc in favor of town uniformity. Some favor town, some county and some State uniformity. Q—»• Dll A i'll OF HoX. SAMUEL 11 110LT. J Our community was yesterday forenoon made sorrowful l>v the announcement of the sudden death of the lion. Samuel B. Holt, at the Cuslmoc House. Mr. Holt came from his home in Turner, on Monday, to resume his j duties as one of the clerks to the Board of Valuation Commissioners, and was then suf fering from an attack of fever. Thursday night he grew worse, and yesterday forenoon, died suddenly of congestion of the lungs, llis family was at once notified of his danger ous state, and later a messenger was sent to bring his wife, but he died before her arrival. Mr. Holt was about sixty years of age, and was much in public life, having been three years in the lower House of our Legislature, and Senator from his district in 18.VJ and 'CO. He was also a clerk to the Valuation Com mission ten years ago, and was selected by the present Board on account of his recognized faithfulness and ability in public business. In these long years of service he was ever known as a practical, hard-working and most honor able man. and it would not be easy to find a record freer from reproach than his. And not only has he tulfilled all his public trusts in the most thorough and fortunate manner, but he was a considerate and kindly-hearted gentleman in all the ways of life; and wher ever he was known he will be most tenderly remembered. lv. O EXE HAL XEWS. Jay Gould has presented ten thousand dol lars to Princeton College. Humors of the serious ill health of the rope arc again in circulation. The Emperor of Austria teaches his own children. The legal interest in Virginia is now twelve per cent. Prince Arthur ami suite, accompanied !>y Sir Edward Thornton, the British minister, have engaged rooms at the St. James Hotel, and are expected to arrive in Boston to-day. The Russians are actively pushing the cul ture of the tea plant in Turkestan, and the results have proved very satisfactory. The New Hampshire State Prison has re cently been improved. New work-rooms, cells, hospitals, and better accommodations for women convicts, have been provided. The chapel has also been enlarged. The Washington Chronicle makes the start ling statement that the agitation of the ques tion of removing the Capitol “has already cosj the people of Washington not less than $12, 500,000 within a year in the depreciation of real estate.” The Ohio river bridge is finished. The last span was completed Monday, after the labor of two and a half years. The bridge is one mile long, exclusive) of approaches, and eon sUt- of two spans, each three hundred and seventy, and a third, four hundred feet long. It lias also a draw in the centre. There are said to be 7,000 laborers out of employment in San Francisco. The old Parisian plan of street improvements i- pro posed to silence the clamor for bread. While a fire was burning in Somerville, Mass., recently, the hose of a fire engine was stretched across the track of the Fitchburg Railroad Company. A passing train cut the hose, and the town has entered suit against the Company for $22,000, the amount of dam age caused by the fire. The father of the “Welsh fasting girl,” who was scientifically starved to death, has been found guilty of manslaughter by a coroner's jury, and committed for trial. All of the Virginia members of Congress have now been admitted with the exception of Mr. Segar, whose case is not yet disposed of. There is no doubt as to his election, but it yet remains undecided whether Virginia is en titled to a member at large. Recent explorations in the Rocky Mountains have determined that the highest point in these mountatns yet measured is Mount Har vard, fourteen thousand two hundred and seventy feet. The climate of the mount is represented as very peculiar. The rains, which arc frequent, arc always accompanied by thunder and lightning; when dry and clear it resembles a tropical climate. There is a drouth in the southern portion of California. The cattle in Tulare and Santa Harbara Counties are dying, and new settlers are seeking other locations. Without liberal rains immense loss must result to stock and farming interests in that section. Domestic Nctos. The Alumni of Bowdoin College, resident in Calais and the neighboring towns, met in the Parlor of the Calais Houss, on Thursday evening. Jan. 27th, Dr. Charles K. Swan in the Chair. There were present, as we learn from the Advertiser, C. C. l’otter of the class 32: F. A. Pike. 33; Chas. E. Swan, 44: Geo. K. Downes. 51; W. II. Tood, 63; William Carruthers, 53; Chas. II. Todd. 54; C. M. Herrin, 63; W. Trott King, 55; G. F. Gran ger, 58; W. G. Nowell, 59; C. B. Bounds, 01; C. A. Boardtnan, 06; G. W. Kelley, 00; C. P. Cunningham. 09. The following gen tlemen were invited, but were unable to be present:—Jothnm Donnell, of the class of 36: H. L-Harding, 50; Henry B. Downes, 00; George Carey, 00. A Constitution was ndppted, and the following gentlemen were then elected officers for the current year Charles C. Porter, M. D. President; Hon. F. A. Pike, and Cearles E. Swan, >1. I). Vice Presidents: Fred. II. Boardman, Fsq. Sec. and Treas.; IV. II. Todd, M. D.; C. B. Boundc Esq., and C. A. Boardman, Esq., Executive Committee N. Fessenden, Esq.. Odist. Wc loam from the Belfast Age that on Thursday .Tan. 27th, Atwell, son ot James Nash of Liberty, a one armed soldier, had his leg broken about four inches above the ankle joint while chopping wood alone in the woods. Ills ‘cries brought his neighbor who was at work not far from him. to his assistance, and he was ri moved after much suffering, to the house, and his leg set by Ur. Thompson, of Union. On Saturday UUtli, Mr. Nash was surprised bv the appearance of fourteen men, and seven yoke of oxen who entered his woods w ithout ceremony, and cut and hauled to his door nine cords of wood; enough us he says to last until after haying, and although the snow was falling, making work out of doors quite uncomfortable, all were in the best yf spirits as people always will be when engaged in a good action. We learn from the Rockland Free Press that at the annual meeting of the North Knox Agri cultural and Horticultural Society, the follow ing officers were chosen for the ensuing year Natli’l Alford, Hope, President; Win. Gleason. Union, Secretary; George Creighton, War ren. Treasurer; 1>. IT. Bisbec. Warren. W. Hawes, Union. Josiuh Ilobbs, Hope, J. S. Gushec, Appleton, TV. McDowell. Washing ton, Aaron 1). Wiley, Appleton, W. 15. Rob bins, Hope, H. G. McCurdy, Washington. Vice Presidents; Silas Hawes, Union, James Creighton, Warren, Trustees. The Rockland Press is authorized to say that the story of the Bowdoinham Bank Rob ber* attempting to corrupt an officer and thu* effect their escape from prison, and being very mad becau-e ot their failure, so that the War den felt it necessary to be on his guard lest they serve him as Spencer did Mr. Tinker, is all a mistake. The Warden has no knowl edge of any such attempt, nor has he ever en tertained any fears that they or any other convict would assault him. Sherman's Steel Works on Indian Point, Bueksport, may be said to be fast approaching completion. A correspond! nt of the Belfast Age says that at a distance the work presents a very imposing appearance. The two build ings each 100x50 feet lying at right angles with each other, the tall chimney of IOC feet in height, and the w harf, at which the largest ships may lay in perfect safety, all present a grand representation of manufacturing inter ests. The Eastport Sentinel says last Saturday night, a Mr. Elson, a photographer, was se verely beaten by three or four men at Pem broke, with whom he had been drinking, and 1 at first it was thought he had received fatal injuries, but it is now thought he will recover. Elson, is the person who attempted the pedes trian feats near Eastport last summer, and has j recently been at Pembroke, working at his business, photography. A special despatch says the iron-clad* j Miantonomoh and Terror have been ordered I to return to Boston front Portland. The Ply mouth has been ordered to proceed to Ports mouth, where she will be overhauled and re paired. Her officers and crew will be trans ferred. The Benicia has been ordered tc Portsmouth, to coal, und tlicn will proceed or her voyage to China. This disposes of the fleet that received the Monarch, with the re mains of the late George Peabody. The Calais Advertiser says that at the ln« term of the S. J. Court, Silver and Murphy, the two men bound over for trial by Judge Downes for robbing Samuel Wood, were sen tenced to the State Prison for the term of flvt years. Geo. Foley was sent to Prison twe years, for breaking into the wheel-wright shop of Messrs. Gates Wenworth at Mill town. _ The Argus says officer Curran on Wcdnes day arrested a deserter from the 5th Regiment, C. S. 11. A., named William Fitzgerald. He t had sold his clothing, gun and equipments, with the intention of becoming a private citi zen, but the government has a different view I of the matter. We learn from the Advertiser that one ol the dwelling houses on Lafayette street in I Calais, owned by Deacon Kelley, caught fire on the 28th ult., and was entirely destroyed. Loss $1,200; partly insured. No careless ness attributed to any one.

i Isaac S. Kalloch, formerly of Maine hat withdrawn from the Superintendent^ of the j Leavenworth, Lawrence Galveston Railroad, i in order to devote his entire attention to thi editorship of the Lawrence Journal. The Lewiston Journal says tho voters in thi city of Auburn are notified to meet at theii several ward rooms next Monday, to deposit their “yeas” or “nays” on the question of a union of Lewiston and Auburn, The Somerset Reporter says Skowhegan, above all other things, needs a woolen factory, The burglars who recently broke into the North A'liuiis (Maes.) savings bank, and stole all the papers of the bank and §2,h’00, have effected a compromise with the directors by which they return 91,800. The papers were all burned the day after the robbery. The robbers have accordingly cleared 9100. The Ellsworth American says the veteran school- teacher, John Carter of Orland, has just finished his ninety fourth school. Mr. Carter is fifty six years of age, and has taught school for thirty four consecutive winters. The Ellsworth American thinks Mrs. Luella Gross of Orland, is prahably the oldest person in the County of Hancock if not in the state of Maine. She is IOC years old. Her maiden name was Luella Lanpher. Rev. J. II. Amies of New York, has re ceived a call to become pastor of the Bates Street Universalist Society of Lewiston. Legislative Committee Notices. Notice. Friday, the 11th day of February iriHt., is assigned bv the Committee on Kuilrond*, Ways and Bridges for a hearing in the cane of the Georges Valley Railroad. Bv order of Committee. Feb. d, lft#. S. T. 1IINKS. Committee Notice. The Joint Special Committee of both branches of the Legislature on the subject of Tempcrauce, will hold regular meetings hereafter at the Represents lives JftaU, on Tuesday evenings at 7 o’clock. All persons interested arc invited to attend. TIIOS S. LANG, thailn.e.. C. K. WUIUDEN, t bhaiimeu. Augusta, Feb. 4, ISTu. SPECIAL NOTICE. The Joint Standing Committee on Division of Towns will meet in the ltepresentativob’ Hall on Thursday the luth of February, at 2 o’clock P. M., lor the purpose ot' considering the petition of J. S. Kicker and 5W others lor the division of We.-tbrook. SAMUEL* WASSON, Chairmen. Augusta, January 31. 1870. Committee on Insane Hospital. The Committee on In suite Hospital will meet on Wednesday thetXh inst at 2 P. M in the Senate Chamber, to take into consideration the appropri ations necessary for finishing the additions recently made thereto. JOSHCA OKAY J. T MAIN, Augusta, Feb. 2d. 1870. Chairmen. Com m it tee on I1n a nee. The Committee on Finance will meet at the Treasurer’s oflice. on Wednesday of each week, at Vl* o’clock A. M. THUS. K. TWITC H ELL, Chairman. Committee on Interior Haters. The Committee on Interior Waters will meet at ltoom No. 0, State House, Tuesdays aud Fridays of each week at 2 o’clockT M until further notice. F LOR1NG TALBOT. GEO. W. HAMMOND. Chairmen. Committee on Railroads, Ways and Bridges. The Committee on Railroads, Ways and Bridges will meet in the Senate Chamber, Tuesday aud Thursday of each week, until further notice. T II CI>H1NG, S, Jr,. (Cnairmeu. Committee on State Lands and State Roads. The Committee ou State Lands aud State Roads w ill meet iu the Land Office, Thursday* of each w eek, at 2>« o’clock, until further notice. J O SMITti, i Chairmen. Committee on Agriculture. The Committee on Agriculture will meet in the Senate Chamber, Wednesday of each week, at half pact 2 o’clock P. M until further notice. 7. '.KEENE, I Chairmen. Committee on Division of Towns. The Joint Standing C ommittee on Division of Towns will meet in Room No. IT. at the Capitol, on Tuesday of each week during the sessiuD, at iX o’clockV. it. L. H. W EBB. SAM I. WASSON. I Chairmen. Committee on Indian Affairs. The Committee on Indian Affairs will meet in room No. la, state House, on Wednesday of each w eek, at two o’clock T. M until further notice. THOMAS K KINOSlH ltV. chairmen ALDKN BRADFORD, j Chairmen. Committee on Manufactures. The Joint Standing Committee on Manufactures will meet in room No. 18, State House, ou Wednes day of eaeh week, at 3 o’elock f. M., until further SAM’J. HANSON, Chairmen J. S. 1*. HAM, (Chairmen. Committee on Division of Counties. The Joint Standing Committee on Division of Counties will meet in room No. IT. at the Capitol, on Wednesday of each week, at -H o’clock I*. M., until further notice. HENRY CAKV1LA, I chairmen S. L. TOBEY, i Chairmen. Committee on the Judiciary. The Committee on the Judiciary will meet at their room in State House, on Tuesday ami Thursday of each week. at2>4 o'clock I’ M., until further uouce. S. IE LINDSEY, (Chairmen CHAS. It WIIIDDEN, Chairmen. Committee on Ileform School. The Joint Standing Committee on the Reform School will meet in the Senate Chamber, on Wed nesday of each week, at S o’clock I*. M., until fur tliernotice. JOHN B. NEAI.LKY, I Ch DANIEL STICKNEY, i Chairmen. Committee on Fisheries. The Committee on Fisheries will meet in Room No. Id, State House, Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week, at 2 o’clock P. M„ until further notice. II. S. BARTLETT, I hMi™Pn L. H. STOVER. j Chairmen. Committee on Pensions. The Joint Standing Committee on Pensions will meet iu Room No. 17, at the state House, on Thurs day of each week, at 2 1*. M., until further notice. TIMOTHY FI LLER, j chjlirmeu M. F. Gannett, Ghairmen. Committee on Banks and flanking. The Committee on Banks and Banking will meet in Itoom No. Its, State House, on Tuesdays of each week, at 2 o’clock I*. M., until further notice. It. D. METCALF, J chairmen. JAMES DI NNING, i Committee on Mercantile Affairs .j" Insurance. The Committee on Mercantile Affairs andlnsur ant e will meet in Room No 20. on e'lnesdav of each week, at Vi o’clock P.M., until (hither notice. t a! HOLBROOK, Chairmen. Committee on State Prison. The Committee on the State Prison will meet in Room No. 1». State House, on Tuesday of each as. Ilf. OWHv ilviiec vn aiivu.i at 2* o'clock, until further notice GEO. F.. MINOT HENRY E HAMMOND, Chairmen. Conmittee on Change of Names. The Committee on Change of Names will meet in Room No. 20, State House, on Tuesday of each week at 2 o’clock P. M., until further notice. AI.DEN CHASE, Chairman. Committee on Federal Relations. The Committee on Federal Relatious will meet in the Senate Chamber, on Friday of each wuek, at 2>» o’clock P. M„ until further notice. THOMAS P. CLEAVES, >ch LEWIS BARKER, Chairmen. Committee on Legal Reform. The Committee on Legal Reform will meet in the Judiciary Com. Room, at the State House, on Wed nesday and Friday of each week, at o’clock P. M., until further notice. M D I). LANE, JOSEPH BAKER, i, halrme Committee on Military Affairs. The Committee on Militai-y Affairs will meet in Room No. a, State House, on Thursday ol eaoh week, at 2 o’clock P. M„ until furtlier notice. DANIKL^WHITE, i Chairmen.

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