Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Me.)
February 18, 1870

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PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED), BY SPRAGUE, OWEN NASH. TERMS: SEVEN DOLLARS PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPIES, FOUR CENTS. VOL. 1. AUGUSTA, ME., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1870. NO. 42. JUmubft |j)urnal. Publi»hed on Water, Foot of Court Street, AUGUSTA, MAINE. BY SPRAGUE, OWEN A NASH. Dailg Jumuto Journal Is issued every morning, except Sundays. Contains the latest news by telegraph and mail, aud gives the proceedings of the Legislature in full, also reports of proceeding* of important commit tees aud the Agricultural and Educational depart ments. Terms, $7 per annum in advance; $8 if payment ia not made within the year. Single copies 4 cents, to be bad at the bookstores and at this office. Advertisements one inch in length, three in sertions or leas. $1.00; 25 cts. for every subsequent insertion. Louger advertisements, or those inserted for any considerable length of time, will be maerted at favorable terms to the advertiser. Special Notices 25 per cent, additional. Amusement Notices, $2 per •quare per week. Meekly Jictmfbct Journal, Published every Wednesday morning, [s the largest tolio 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 inch for first week; 25 cents per week for each subsequent Insertion. Special Notices, $200 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 for each subsequent insertion. All transient advertisements to tie paid for in advance. I. C. L C. L C. r, s, o. SOMES’ Oyster, Fruit aud Confectionery SALOON! Opposite Masonic Block, Gardiner, Me. THE BEST OYSTER COOK in the State. Solid Of atera, SO cent# per quart. 7, 8, 9. To the people at large, Who thin notice may read, And yourselves in Gardiner should find: If you want a good stew, You should know where to go— It's to Somes', 7, 9, 9. C. T. SOMES Gardiner, Jan. lat, 1870. tijnnTO-If C. H. STABBIRD, Photographer and Artist, BEIT OllBITE BLOCK, Naariy oppo.lt. Fo.t OBot, (Up Stein.) Utiu all the heat styles of Picturea in the Art. PICTURES COPIED'0 ENLARGED, AND Finished in India Ink or Colors. At prices that cannot fail to be satisfactory. 49" The public are invited to call and examine Bpeuimeus mad* atui Anuhed at his rooms. AUGUSTA. ME. Hjan70d» Brewster’s Hotel, SKOWHCOAN, ME. rpiIIS large and commodious Hotel is situated at JL the head of the Falla on the Kennebec river, in the enterprising village of Skowhegan, the terminus of the Portland A Kennebec R R. This is one of the best arranged Hotels for family borders there is in the State, and a better place for Bummer resort, cannot be found in Maine. The I best of water, beautiful drives on the brinks of the river, fishiug and sailing ponds in the vicinity, trout brooks, where you can catch an Abundance of the Bpotted brook trout any day in the year. Prices for permanent or transient boarding are very low, so our cu-doiaers can afford to conic often and stay 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 the guests to train their horses or drive for pleasure. fl7jan-tt S. B. BREWSTER, Proprietor. BATH HOTEL, By O. M. Plummer, BATH, HE. Board, $1 per Bay. _tlljan-ly_ Photographs Melanotypes, At the same OLD PLACE, At tha a.me OLD PklCES, vis D 1-9 rizt Picturt, in Carda for 60 emtf. 4 1-4 60 4 1-4 in Card envelope,, 50 ct,. 1 6x7 in Mai, 60 16 TIMTYPES for 25 cent,. A good assortment of FRAUEN, ALBUMS, Ac., now on hand. 49- Particular attention given to copying. 8 Boon a.ntk ot tee P#*t 0«te, AC6F8TA, BE. tlJan70-Sin H. BAILEY. Great Improvement In Artificial Teeth. DR. SNELL INSERTS Teeth on Rvbbkr by a new process, by which the plate is made as thin a. a metallic base; at the same time the plate is flexible, ami less liable to break. This mode Insures likewise the certainty of a perfect tit. Karin* purchased the txelutire right to use this mode in Kennebec county, I shall be happy to show its peculiar advantages to any one who needs arti ficial teeth. 60 Winthrop Street. Angus ta, Jan. SSth, 1ST0. f2!t)an-SwftSw« Couffh Candy WimiBnvRU’f roi sH cim cures COUGHS. COLDS, WHOOPING COUGH aud all Throat troubles. 2 Doors south of Granite Block, Market Sq. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS* M* «noy Goode, ebo.f sold by janl-lyf W. WKNDENBURG. -•mum VALISES EH Trunk.s TrunIjls TIIE PEACE TO Ill'Y French, Eugone, Sole Xiotvtlior, And all kinds of common YELLING TRUNKS Also, Ladies’ and Gents’ TRAVELLING A SHOPPING BAGS, i§ at HAMILTON TUHNEH’S, 135 Water Street. The Right Place to huy your HARNESSES, and get the celebrated DUNN HARNESS, Is at HAMILTON Ac TURNER'S, 135 WATER STREET. The cheapest place to buy WHIPS, CURRYCOMBS, BRUSHES, BLANKETS, SURCINGLES, HAL TERS, Ac., is at HAMILTON A TURNER’S, 135 WATER STREET. harnTss.es F»r Business, Pleasure, Teaming, Trucking, Carting Ac Expressing, Manufactured from GOOD OAK STOCK, 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 tlrst premium at the late New England Fair. Aii our customers are daily informed that our Harnesses are Machine Stitched—we would invite them and the public generally to call ami examine the largest stock of ready-made Harnesses ever of fered in this city, and we will convince them that we make the best HAND STITCHED work to be hud 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 our salesroom, NO. 172 MIDDLE STREET. HENRY DUNN a SON. For Hale l>y Hamilton tfc Turner, 135 WATER STREET, AUGUSTA, MAINE, fllfcb tf Opposito Deering Holway’s. 1870. JANUARY. 1870. EXTRA INDUCEMENTS TO BUYEKS. We have tills Day MARKED OUR PRICES! SO AS TO REDUCE STOCK. LOOK LOOK LOOK THINK AND REFLECT On the Following- Prices: Overcoat* for g4 73 Overcoats for 6.00 Overcoat* for 7.00 Overeoats for 8.00 Overcoat* (warranted all wool) 0.00 Overcoats (heavy Black Beaver) 10.00 OUR STOCK OF PANTS AND VESTS, MATCHED SUITS, -—AND GENTS* FURNISHING GOODS! Ot every description we offer for the NEXT THIRTY DAYS, AT EQUALLY LOW PRICES. CALL AND SEE US, end we guarantee that you will get your money's worth at the ONE PRICE CLOTHING STORE. W. Huntington Co., IOO Water Street, Augfnsta, Maine. MANSION HOUSE, STATE STREET, i AUGUSTA, ME. rl ^1119 House is provided with Bath Rooms, JL where Hot and Cold Baths can be had at all 1 times. It has also a First-Class Billiard Hall, for (Juests only. Connected with the House is a large and commodious Sample K-*»tn, on Water Street, centrally located, where Sample Agents can show i their goods, free of charge. The Proprietor, thankful for the liberal patronage which the above House has enjoyed since ita open ing, takes pleasure in informing his patrons that he will run Free Carriages to and from the Cars and boats until further notice Connected with the above House is a Livery Sta ble, where good teams can Ins had at reasonable rates. W. M. THAYER, Proprietor. O. P. Cocuham, Clerk. GOLD! GOLD! GOLD! AJDA.TVL&01Sr’& BOTANIC COUGH BALSAM! IS MORE 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. No Cure INTO Pay! FRANK KINSMAN, druggist, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL AGENT FOR THE UNITED STATES AND CANADAS. Cough no more when you oan be Cured for 3 5 Cents TRY IT! TRY IT! TRY IT! THE KENNEBEC JOURNAL. (Established in 1826.) Enlarged and Improved. A POLITICAL FAMILY NEW8PAPER. Not Excelled by any in the State. Just Enlarged and Printed on New, Plain, and Handsome Type! Ilaving Full Reports of Legislative proceedings; carefully prepare'! Political Articles, Facts and Sta tistics Local, Domestic and Foreign News; Corres pondence; Tales, Poetry, Agricultural and other Miscellaneous Matter. rVo Increase of Subscription Price—A Good Time to Subscribe. The Weekly Kennebec Journal. The Kennebec Journal is in the Forty-fourth year of its age. It has just been eularged, 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 Congress Local and State News; Summaries of Do mestic and Foreign News; Reports of the Markets at Home and Abroad; well se lected Tales,Poetry, Agricultural and other Inter esting and Useful Reading for the Family; aT~o Correspondence from Abroad and original Articles upon subjects of Gen’l Interest. It has been enlarged from Twenty-Bight to Thirty-Six Columns, iu width, and proportionately increased in length, and is printed on an Entire New Suit of Type, Making it one of the Handsomest and Most Readable, as well as one of the CHEAPEST PAPERS IN PRICE, published. The price of subscription has not been increased on account of enlargement. Now is the Time to Subscribe! Terms $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 after 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 of Discussions in the Boards of Education and Agriculture; will have the Latest News by Tele graph the same as other dailies, and will also hare Editorials. Correspondence, Locals and the ueual 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. 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-Weekly will be published. Those pet sons 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. 4®* The Weekly and Daily Kennebec Journal are published at Augusta, Maine, by _SPRAGUE, OWEN NASH (rreat Bargains at S WELLS’ FURNITURE ROOMS, Water Street, Augusta, Ue. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF NEW AM) SEC OND HAND Fur nitur©, Which will be sold at very low rates for cash. We also keep the best stock of Walnut Caskets and Coffins, And COMMON COFFINS of all kinds, and the best trimming*, with Plates engraved to order, anti have lately added an assortment of ROBES OP ALL KINDS, All of which will be sold astaw as at any establish ment in the State. C. K. II. U. WELLS. mt FREEMANS NATIONAL BANK! XT. S. BONDS, Coin, Coin Drafts Coupons Bought and Sold on favorable terms. J. L. AitANS, Cashier. Augusta. Julv 11. lHitt). COAL OR WOOD, The Rest in the Market, A.ZjZ« 0IZX3S, For Large or Small Dwellings! AT D. NORCROSS’, No, 1 Smith's Block, Water; Street, Augusta. Legislative Committee Notices Committee Notice, The Joint Special Committee of both branches of the Legislature on the subject of Temperance, will hold regular meetings hereafter at the Itepresenta* liven Hall, on Tuesday evenings at 7 o’clock. All persons interested are invited to attend. THOS. S. LANG, rh9lvi™ C. ft. WHIDDEN, *'hainnMI Augusta, Feb. 4, 1870. Committee on Finance. The Committee on Finance will meet at the Treasurer’s office, on Wednesday of each week, at o’clock A. M. THOS. E. TWITCI1ELL, Chairman. Committee on Railroads, Ways and Bridges. The Committee on Railroads, Ways and Bridges will meet in the Senate Chamber* Tuesday und Thursday of each week, until further notice. S. T HINKS,Sij' Chairmen. Committee on Education. The Committee on Education will meet m the of fice of State Superintendent of Schools, on Wed nesday of each week, until further notice. CHARLES Bl'FFl’M, J n -rme_ A. B. FAHWELL, (Chairmen. Committee on State Lands and State Roads. The Committee ou State Lands and State Roads will meet in the Land Office, Thursdays of each week, at 2,1* o’clock, until further notice. J. O. SMITH, j Chairmen. L. F. GREENE, i Chairmen. t Chairmen. Committee on Interior Waters. The Committee on Interior Waters will meet at i Room No. 6, State House, Tuesdays and Fridays of each week at 2 ojclock 1*. M., until further notice. F. LURING TALBOT, GEO. W. HAMMOND, i Chairmen. Committee on Claims. The Committee on Claims will meet at Room No. 19, state House, on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week, at 2 o'clock P. M., until further notice. PUTNAM ROLFE, IIIKAM KLISS, Jlt„ 1Chairra£ o’clock P. M., until further notice. HENRY CARMLL, t Chairmen S. L. TOBEY, (Chairmen. Committee on the Judiciary. The Committee on the Judiciary will meet at their room m State House, on Tuesday and Thursday of 2>* o’clock 1*. M., until further notice. each week, at: S. D. LINDSEY, i CHAS. U. WHIDDEN, j Chairmen. Committee on Reform School. The Joint Standing Committee on the Reform School will meet in the Senate C hamber, on Wed nesday of each week, at 3 o’clock 1*. M., until Air ther notice. JOHN B. NEALLEY, DANIEL STICKNEY, Chairmen. TIMOTHY FI LLER, Chftirmen M. F. GANNETT, J Chairmen. Committee on Ranks and Banking. The Committee on Banks and Banking will meet in Room No. 16, State House, on Tuesdays of each week, at 2 o’clock I*. M., until further notice. B. D. METCALF, JAMES DI NNING, Chairmen. Committee on Mercantile Affairs tj* Insurance. The Committee on Mercantile Affairs and Insur ance will meet in Room No. 20, on Wednesday of each week, at 2'i o’clock P. M., until further notice. _J. A. Bl C K, i S. A. HOUIROOK, j Chairmen. Committee on Fisheries. The Committee on Fisheries will meet in Room No. 16, State House, Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week, at 2 o’clock P. M., until Amber notice. H. S. BARTLETT, rhilirmen L. 11. STOVEK. i Chairmen. Committee on Pensions. The Joint Standing Committee on Pensions will meet in Room No. 17, at the State House, on Thurs day of each week, at 2 P. M.. until further notice. vommutee on state inson. The Committee on the State Prison will meet in Room No. 19, State House, on Tuesday of each week, at 2li o’clock, until further notice. GKO. K. MINOT, IIENRV E. HAMMOND, Chairmen. Committee on Change of Xumes. 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. ALDEN CHASE, Chairman. Committee on Federal Relations. The Committee on Federal Relations will meet in the Senate Chamber, on Friday of each week, at o’clock P. M.. until further notice. THOMAS P CLEAVES, j Cllftirmril LEWIS BARKER, 1 Lhairmen. Committee on Legal Reform. The Committee on Legal Reform will meet in the Judiciary Com. Room, at the State House, on Wed nesday ami Friday of each week, at 2)£ o’clock P. M., until further notice. M. D. L. LANE, r,. JOSEPH BAKER, j Chairmen. Committee on Military Affaire. The Committee on Military Affairs will meet in Room No. State House, on Thursday of each i week, ut 2 o’clock P. M., until further notice. d\x’ielBw6itb, I Ch“irm“. Hardware Store Having purchased the stock of Hardware, Iron ec. JO. 1«I9. Bitf A Larg# and Well-selected Assortment of Wallets, BUI Pocket Books, In Morocco and Calf, tor sale low by lUtf TITCOMB ft DOBB. poetry. IN SCHOOLED AYS. BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. Still sits the school-house by the road, A ragged beggar sunning; Around it still the sumachs grow, And blackberry vines are running. Within, the master’s desk is seen, Deep scarred by raps official; The warping floor, the battered seats, The jack-knife’s carved initial; The charcoal ft cscoes on its wall; Its door’s worn sill, betraying The feet that, creeping slow to school, Went storming out to playing! Long years ago a winter eun Shone over it at setting; Lit up its western window panes, And low eaves’ icy fretting. It touched the tangled golden curls, And brown eyes full of grieving, Of one who still her steps delayed When all the school were leaving, For near her stood the little boy Her childish favor singled; His cap pulled low upon a face Where pride and shame were mingled. Pushing with restless feet the snow To right and left, he lingered;— As restlessly her tiny hands The blue-checked apron fingered. He saw her lift her eyes; he felt The soft hand’s light caressing, And heard the tremble of her voice, As if a fault confessing. “I’m sorry that I spelt the word; I hate to go above you, Because,”—the brown eves lower fell,— “Because, you see, I love you!” Still memory to a gray-haired man That sweet child-face is showing. Dear girl! the grasses on he r grave Have forty years been growing! He lives to learn, in life’s hard school, How few w ho pass above him Lameut their triumph and his loss, Like her,—because they love him. HOW MONKEYS ARE CAl'UHT. From tlie chapter on Menageries, in Olive Logan’s readable volume, “Before the Foot-lights and Behind the Scenes,” we make the following extract: Monkeys are such cunning creatures, that one would suppose them much more difficult to catch than other wild animals, l'itfalls will take a lion, and the famished monarch ot the forest will, after a few days’ starvation, dart into a cage contain ing food, and tints be secured. But how are monkeys caught? The ape family re semble man. Their vices are human. They love liquor and tall. In Danlour and Scunaar the natives make fermented beer, of which the monkeys are passion ately fond. Aware of this” the natives go to the parts of the forests frequented by the monkeys, and set on the ground cal abashes full of the enticing liquor. As soon as a monkey sees ana tastes it, he utters loud cries of joy, that soon attract his comrades. Then an orgie begins, and in a short time the beasts show all degrees of intoxication. Then the negroes appear. The drinkers are too far gone to distrust them, but apparently take them for larger species of their own genius. The negroes take some up, and these immediately be- j gin to weep and cover them with maudlin kisses. When a negro takes one by the hand to lead him off, the nearest monkey willcling to the one who thus tiuds a sup port, and endeavor to go off also. Anoth er will grasp at him, and so on, till the ne- j gro leads a staggering line of ten or a, dozen tipsy monkeys. When finally i brought to the village they are securely caged, and gradually sober down; but for two or three days, a gradually dimin ishing supply of liquor is given them, so as to reconcile them by degrees to their state of captivity. New Publications. Blackwood's Magazine for January is re ceived from the Leonard Scott Publishing Company, New York. The contents arc: Earl Dene’s, Part Third; The Farming and Peasantry of the Continent; John, Part Third; Lord Mayo and the Umballa Dunbar; Lord Lytton's Comedy The Opening of the .Suez Cunal; Mr. Fronde and Queen Mary; Lord Byron and his Calumniators. From the same publishing company we have the Westminster Review for January, which has the following contents: Our Colonial Empire; Land Tenures and their Conse quences; The Subjection of Women; The Irish Land Question Prostitution, Govern mental Experiments in Controlling it; Our Policy in China; American Claims on Eng land; Notices of Contemporary Literature. From Hurd Houghton we have the March number of Old and New. The contents are as follows Old and New—(a racy article by the editor) Revelation She Writes What a Young Man Needs in College; In Search of a Climate; Sonnet; Religion in Schools; Paul Tracey, Artist; The Distant Hills The Algonkin “Manit” or “Manitou;” Nature and the Great Railroad (with cuts); The March of Empire; Biding; Things New and Old; England’s New Colony; La Musica Trionfantc; The School Men and their Bu reau; Ten Times One is Ten; Sympathy. D. Lothrop Co., Boston, have just pub lished a very neat and cheap series of books intended as gift books from teachers to their pupils. There are six books in a package and each book contains about sixty pages. The stories are nicely adapted to children and calculated to exert a good influence over them. The books can be obtained of the publishers, by mail, postpaid, for forty cents per package. The Messrs. Harper Brothers have added another volume to their popular Library of Select Novels. It is a tale entitled ••llirell,” by the author of several well-known and much-read novels, in which the talent of the writer to interest is placed beyond dispute. In paper covers. Price 50 cents. For sale by Clapp North. Harper Brothers have reproduced from the press the “Adventures of Caleb Wil liams,” written in 1794 by William Godwin, an author of rare ability and much industry. The author says in his preface to the first edi tion that it was proposed, in the invention of his work, “to comprehend, as far as the pro gressive nature of a single story would allow, a general review of the modes of domestic and unrecorded despotism bv which man be comes the destroyer of man.” The volume is one of exciting interest. Price 37 cents. For sale by Clapp North. Hoyt, Breed Fogg publish a book for the boys entitled “IIow Bennie Did It.” Beside being an interesting work the design of this volume is to teach boys that the best founda tion upon which business can be done and a business character formed, is that of truth, honesty and Christian principle. For sale by C'lapp North. Those who are fond of ancient, classic lore will greet with pleasure a new volume from Harper Brothers, containing in the Latin three plays selected from the writings of Plautus, viz: Captivi, Trinummus, and Rudens. There are critical and explanatory English notes and numerous illustrations. Of the many plays which Plautus wrote these are considered his best. He wrote, as is well known, about two hundred years before the birth of Christ, and, though poor, became a writer of great national popularity. For sale by Clapp North. Harper Brothers add to their educational works previously published, a ’‘German Course,” adapted to use in colleges, high schools and academies, the author of which is Geo. F. Comfort. The author claims that this hook has all the features of the most ap proved woyks for the study of modern lan guages. and some others not yet found in text hooks, hut used by our ablest professors in their personal instruction. The work is divid ed into four parts part first contains practi cal lessons for learning to read, write and speak the German language j part second contains familiar conversations in German and English, models of letters, and forms of business and selections from German litera ture; part third contains a compend of Ger man grammar, with an introduction upon the history, characteristic’s and dialects of the language part fourth contains tables of Ger man moneys, weights, measures, abbrevia tions, personal and geographical proper names, and German-English and English German vocabularies. For sale by Clapp North. The Galaxy for March has tlie following contents: Put Yourself in His Place; At Cambridge University; An Editor’s Tales; The Lost Bird; Letters from Havana; The Prince of Wales; Ten Years in Rome; Me dusa Hand to Hand; The Clown’s Real Pigling; Glimpses into a Portrait Gallery; Miscellany; Iirifl-Wood; Literary and Art Notices. The Riverside Magazine for March opens with a story about The Cat, the Weasel and the Young Rabbit, in which the cunning old cat plays a cruel trick upon the others. The other stories are in a different humor from this, but animals that speak and think like human beings, and fairies, are introduced in them. This favorite magazine continues to please the children. BOSWORTH WILL SELL FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS, FROM HIS Fall and Winter Goods, AT COST, to reduce Stock preparatory to moving into the new store which has been prepared for him, OVERCOATS, HEAVY SACKS, PANTS VESTS, Better amt Cheaper than ever offered to this city before FOR CASH OXLY. REMEMBER THE PLACE: No. 158 Waler Street, Augusta, INK nine. R. T. Bosworth. f5febAw"-tf WM. CAGE, Muhiubt and Manufacturer of CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, SHINBLE MACHINES, CLAPBOARD AND LATH MACHINES, CYLINDER BOARO PLANERS, ANO CLAPBOARD PLANERS. ALSO, BRANT'S PATENT EXCELSIOR MACHINES Made to the satisfaction of Customers. Job Work done to order. WM. GAGE, West End Kennebec Dam, 47tf AtrersTA, me. M. G. BROOKS, DKALEtt IN HARDWARE, STOVES, Nalls, Glass, Pumps, POCKET A\b TABLE (TTLEBT, *r., No. 8 Union Block, Water Street, AUGUSTA, MAINE. Custom work .lone to order and with dispatch. Augusta, May SO, ISfiw. Titcomb’s Aromatic Tonic Elixir! VXD all the other POPULAR MEDICINE*' for sale low at T1TCOMH A DORKM Ititf DRUG STORE. I LPHITE OP LIME, for preserving Cider Also, White Mustard Seed, for sale low by tiU T1TCOMB A DORR

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MAIXE LEGISLATURE. Senate. Tuchsdat, Fid. 1*. Met nccorrlinj to adjournment. Prayer by Kcv. Mr. McCvllt of Hallowcll. Kecords read and approved. Papers from the House disposed of in con currence. On motion of Mr. C'caittM.. resolve from the House authorizing the Land Agent to change the location of a public lot in Castle Hill plantation in Aroostook county, was U»iJ on the table. Mr. Metcalf, from Committee on Mercan tile Affairs and Insurance, reported bill an act to incorporate the Damariscotta Village Cemetery Corporation. Assigned to to-mor row. Mr. Ginns, from the Committee on Manu faetutes, reported bill an act to incorporate the Aurora Woollen Mills in Lewiston. As signed to to-morrow. j Mr. Fitr.xi u. from Committee on Educa tion. reported hill an act relating to habitual truants. To lie on table and be printed. Mr. Ginns, from Committee on Manufac tures, reported hill an act to authorize S. 1). Carlton et als., to build, extend and main tain a wharf in Camden. Assigned to to morrow. Mr. Laff., from Committee on Judiciary, reported bill an act relating to changing time of bolding terms of Supreme Judicial Court in Hancock county. Laid over to lie printed, un der the rules. on motion of Mr. Cl «iiinc,. the vote referr ing petition of inhabitants of Sanlord for an act to legalize the vote of said town, was re considered, and on motion of same Senator the petition was referred to Committee on Ju diciary. un nmuon oi -*ir. iom», Ordered, That the Coinmivtec on Judiciary inquire into tlie expediency of amending see. 65 chap. 4. Revised Statutes, so as to provide for punishment of person* voting illegally at the election of municipal officers. Order from the House appointing a Joint Select Committee upon the settlement of the public lands so far as it relates to immigra tion, and so much of the Governor's message' as refers thereto, was passed in concurrence, and the following appointed as the Committee on the part of the Senate :—Messrs. Bnffum of l'enohscot, Hanson of York, and 1-ane of Cumberland. Un motion of Mr. Cushing, Ordered, That the l.and Agent be request ed to inform the legislature how many acres of land are now owned by the State, and what proportion is settling land so ealled. what proportion is under contract for sale or conveyance, and if the public lots are all lo cated and surveyed, together with such other information connected therewith as he may possess. Read and assigned—An net to amend sections 10 and 12 of chap. 3 of the Revised Statutes, relating to tie- choice of highway surveyors; resolve in favor of Joseph C. Young; resolve in favor of John G. Kelso; resolve authorizing the I.ami Agent to change the location of public lots in plan Xo. 11 R. 1. Aroostook county; resolve in favor ofllach elor II. Huston; resolve for perfecting a State deed given by the Kami Agent to Isaac Hacker in 1868; resolve in favor of John Hanecotn. Passed la l: engrossed—Rill an act to amend an act, entitled an act, amendatory of. and additional to an act to incorporate the city of Calais; an act authorizing Geo. L. Snow to extend his wharf into the tide waters of Rock land Harbor; an act to make valid the doings of the town of Dalton; resolve relating to Legislative manual; an act to incorporate the Ilartland Savings Rank. Piissed to be enacted—An act to incorporate the Highland Slate Company; an act to set off a part of plantation Xo. 7, and annex the same to the town of Gouldsboro’; an act to incorporate the Lewiston and Auburn Ice Company an act to authorize the First Free Will Raptist Parish in Augusta to borrow money to pay its debts and mortgage its church and lot to secure the same; an act to amend chap. 63 of the Revised Statutes relating to notices in Probate Courts; an act to provide fur the formation of manufacturing and other corporations; an act to anthorize the sale of the Christian Meeting House in Albion an act to amend an act entitled un act to ineor ate the city of Rockland. On motion of Mr. French, Adjourned BILLS, PETITIONS, &.C., PRESENTED AND RE FERRED. By Mr. Cushing—Rill an act to authorize railroad companies to issue mortgage bonds. Referred to the Committee on Railroads, Ways and Bridges. House. Thursday, Feb. 17. Prayer by Rev. Mr. McCcelt of Hnllowoll. Bajiers from the Senate disposed of in con currence. Read and assigned— An act to authorize the formation and regulation of railroad eorpora tions. On motion of Mr. Stone, Ordered, That the report of the Commis sioners on the settlement of public lands, so far as it relates to immigration, with so much of the Governor’s Message as refers thereto, be submitted to a joint select committee of seven on the part of the House, with such as the Senate may join. The Speaker appointed Messrs. Stone, Dunning. Blake, Bouncy, Adams of Bidde ford, Nickerson and Bird to serve on the com mittee on the part of the House. On motion of Mr. Vosk, Ordered, That from and after this day the hour for the meeting of" this House each day shall be at o’clock A. M., except on Mon day’s, when it shall be at 11 o’clock A. M. until otherwise ordered. On motion of Mr. Wasson, Ordered, That the Committee on the Judi ciary be instructed to inquire what change, if any, is needed in chap. -tit of the public laws of lg61, so that the inhabitants therein named may vote for Governor where they are quali fied to vote for representatives tu the legisla ture. On motion of Mr. Buss, Ordered, That the Committee on Agricul ture be requested to iuquire if any enungc is necessary in the law limiting the jurisdiction of Agricultural societies in the distribution of their premiums. On motion of Mr. Dearborn, Ordered, That the Committee on the Judi ciary be directed to inquire whether further legislation is not necessary in protecting travel over large bridges in seaport towns from frequent use of lire arms. Mr. Jones offered the following order which was tabled on motion of Mr. IIjnks Ordered, That the Secretary of State be directed to deliver to the employees of the State at the capital building, each a package of stationery similar to that delivered to the members of tills House. On motion of Mr. Boyd, Ordered, That the Committee on Agricul ture he instructed to inquire into the expedi ency of providing by law for the exemption from taxation all improvements in any hinds of this State resulting from a higher state of cultivation for a term of years, or that the as sessors ot cities, towns and plantations shall iu,t advance on the valuation of any lands in this State for the purposes of taxation on ac count of improvements between the years of taking the State valuation. Mr. Newcomb presented the remonstrance of Superintending School Committee ofBrew er against State uniformity of text books, which was tabled, a* the Committee have al ready acted upon tliat subject. Mr. Wentworth, from the Committee on Agriculture, reported leave to withdraw on the petition of Joseph Lane ct als., for change iu the law regulating the sale of milk. Mr. Voss, from the Judiciary Committee, made the same report on petition of Emery Sawyer for furtle r jurisdiction of Trial Jus tices in Belfast. fjame member- from the tame Committee, reported leave to withdraw on petition of Jo seph Toothnker for repeal of the law relating to the killing of fur hearing animals. Mr. Bradford, from the Committee on In dian Affair', reported legislation inexpedient on order relating to leasing the shores of the islands in the Penobscot river belonging to the Penobscot Indians. Same gentleman from same Committee, on order relating to the purchase of wood lot for the Penobscot Indians reported legislation in expedient. Mr. Vose, from the Judiciary Committee, on order relative to giving City Marshals the power of constables in civil eases, reported legislation inexpedient. Same member, from the same Committee, made the same report on order relating to the repeal of chap. 71 of the Revised Statutes. Mr. Uam, from the Committee on Manu factures, on pi tition of Harris Garcelon of East Livermore, for an act to authorise said town to loan its credit for the improvement of its water power, reported reference to the' next Legislature, with order of notice. Mr. CloTTi from the Committee on Educa tion, reported legislation inexpedient on or der relative to the repeal of the law establish ing county supervisors for schools. Mr. Barker, from the Judiciary Committee, reported ought not to pass on bill an act to amend chap. 71 of the Revised Statutes, re lating to the Supreme Judicial Court. Mr. Hi ve, from the Committee on Legal Reform, on petition of S. 11 Hod for v ar.gv in the law n. luting to practice am.1 proceeding* in court, reported leave to withdraw. K«ad and tabled on motion ot Mr G I"i t Mr. Barker, from the Ceowuuwe tke Judiciary, reported eug*'.t to _ iv act to amend see. -1 ot chap, r- of li. E.i -ree t»:n rules t r the nanraebia of r;«i. i.{ statutes- I’natcA Mr. lUat*. ftv« the CcrMsjW** jm Loft Reform. on hill *a Kt »r: ."Jrj- si of the Kettsesi hltJvtes- ro-arsuf V yeveev-it mgs lq court. r\ fsct-.'Z tire ss rise a twt an.I that it ectr-t to pas*. PfaMest Mr. TRi.ut.oiua- front (bt C; iiaatnite a Agriculture. repoctv-i -a 't t: pt-cs .ri_, u ae-t to arm ml see-. I et‘ t®ty ?a rf t.'e is 1 r->2 re lattr.a so the sole of *i -t |Nsate-s. Mr. lit tvm«. treat the CeoKSWtBee Manufacture*. the sane repeat .'d the foss- r'.r.g aid of tic v e.-r-Kcnt a every pos*i-.-„e way. X«£wf crust oeva-ve seva let as strength*— tie ijjds and suaan'.aie the #o.rts eiemt .v» tsfsrs sotvl S.c ce iy tie sepv-rt of she pcocevdags Coo-gress- soace tie .aorodac-Dsn of sa.ss reso liMBsai fere- that mm- if one He®. Sirr.tr.1-.-> ruts syyvnaM^i -snrvuiKwj: a MS. r rte sdry 7.ii.C n-ess. lee L1 oi Ian a fas ffr -ft mts c>cs w•io'k i* ie5;,;»: rg ui’-. irewasrffirg X’ l.m xlu >csuoac»/it mkt .■■.-Ii.'.o—v:i;,i .tut; !w ms* Jv kli« 1/ uswrow lus lucsm-uo.'* it C Hit-' kunr is it lucmsu, an Shots r»;*."iiv nt Tins fit. pmcervnt. It- tuoi fc lu*£ hour rttutir-nt so lute sxsin. r rd snrte jvmueifc* aitwfl t.u seise las te bust nr vitra ;C J. ivsnotic i.,r so t uo «s amhet v.-U 'O to not is re peated asi.vg tie tetnuo-vau of tes*« m e.-o. and ire®. he wo-x’.d tvftaaKrona rv-al.rg ary tv marks &e. bat woo. id speak on ike resolves, lie theughs vis>*"*t free iron and free coal that it would be impossible te gel back for this country the carrying trade." It cannot be done by sailing ships but must be done by steam. He was in favor of this resolve". The resolve as amended was passed to be engrossed. Kill an act to incorporate the Branch Dyke Company, was read a third time and recom mitted with instructions |o report in a new draft. Bill an act in relation to the Supreme Judi cial Court, was amended on motion of Mr. Twitcuell and tabled on motion of Mr. II INKS. The report of the Committee on the Judi ciary, reporting leave to withdraw on the pe tition of John F. Holman et nls., for change of time ami place of holding the court in the county of Washington, was taken from the table on motion of Mr. Whidden, the question being upon accepting the report. Mr. Whidden moved that the report be ac cepted and advocated his motion he also made some explanation of n personal charac ter. Mr. Hume replied, opposing the acceptance of the report. Mr. Bonnet bore testimony as to the cor rectness of Mr. Whidden’s statements. The House refused to accept the report by 38 veas and 54 nays. (Remarks hereafter.) On motion of Mr. Hume, the report was recommitted with instructions to report a bill submitting the question to the people at the next annual March election. Mr. Hume moved to reconsider the vote whereby resolve in favor of Wilton Academy was passed to be engrossed. The same mem ber moved and the House voted to lay his motion on the table, and Thursday next was assigned for its further consideration. J'assed to be engrossed—An act tJ author ize the city of Rockland to aid in the con struction of the Lime Rock Railroad an act to amend section 3, chapter 132 of the Re vised Statutes, relating to jurisdiction of Jus tices of the Peace; an act to repeal an act entitled l,an act providing for reviews in criminal cases," approved March 3, Passed to be enacted—An act relating to penalties 6f selectmen or assessors for mal feasance in office; an act additional to an act to incorporate the Calais Railway Company, and the several acts additional thereto and amendatory thereof; an act to authorize the town of Stetson to aid the Stetson Manufac turing Company; an act for the incorporation of public cemeteries; an act to incorporate the Dresden Ice Company; an act to authorize A. L. Frohock et als., to extend a wharl into the tide waters of Penobscot Bay, In the town of I.incolnville. On motion of Mr. Spaulding, Adjourned. Petitions, Bills, &c., Presented and Re ferred. By Mr. Bird—An act concerning banks. Ordered printed, and referred t^ the Commit tee on Banks and Banking. By Mr. Humphrey—Petition of John E. Godfrey et als., in aid of memorial of Board of Agriculture, on subject of preservation of forest trees. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. May—Petition of J. L. Metcalf et als., for authority to lay out winter roads in Winthrop. Referred to the Committee on Legal Reform. By Mr. Gannett—Petition of S. D. Rice et ais., tor an act of incorporation into a com pany, by the name of the Phipsburg Ice Co. By Mr. Mills—Petition of S. Babson et 11 als., of Brooksvillc and Sedgwick for an act to prohibit the throwing of chips 4c., from. Walker’s Mills into stream below said mill, llefered to the Committee on Interior Waters. By Mr. Chase of Winn—Petition of Trus tees of Mattunawcook Academy fora donation to said school. Referred to the Committee on Education. By Mr. Maktin—Petition of inhabitants ot Rumford for legalization of town meeting. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. lly Mr. Piulmfh—Petition of the selectmen et als., of Madrid for an appropriation to aid in repairing road in said town. Referred to the Committee on State Lunds and State Roads. By Mr. Buss—Resolve in favor of the in habitants of Mtiseongus Island Plantation. Referred to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. Waterhouse—An act to repeal chapter 59 of the laws of 1857, relating to trout in Schoodiac waters. By Mr. McKown—Petition of John C. Harriman for authority to erect and maintain a fish weir in the tide waters of Shccpscot river, in Wiscassut, with bill accompanying. Referred to the Committee on Fisheries. By Mr. Humpiiket—Bill an act to amend chapter 50 of the public laws of 18fi, relating to hawkers and peddlers. Referred to the Committee on Mercantile Affairs and In surance. Petition of James Lampson et als. of Bow doinham, for an act to authorize that town to aid in the building of a steam mill, was re ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Daooett—Bill an act to amend section 8 of chapter 11 of the Revised Stat utes, relating to supervisors of schools. Re ferred to the Committee on Education. Petitions of Carlom M. Fish, Florence M. llcald and Jesse A. Meader, for change ff names, were referred to the Committee on Change of Names. I pailjj Juiuuhc fonrnal. AUGUSTA, Friday .Horning, February 18, 1870. KAILWAY JJQT1CE. WKPNKSOAY, Fkh Jin I, »«auy Kennebec Jour nal until that date Read and passed sent donu for concurrence. SAMVEl. W. LANE Secretary. tS liolSt or KvmSENTATlUS Jan 31. !>'A> Read amended by ,-trikitbf out the «orvl aa.i uiselling m lieu thereot the word tmrrmttHh,” and raMol 3kut up for cwcurrenve. S J CH vIUSOVftNE. Clerk In S* n irr. Jar. 1>TV rs.e Senate receded and Nwu^ed a th the House, j SAMVEL 'V LANE secretary A trne way. AMr*S SAW El IV LAN E Secretary lT5J.Y SI'I. L iOKRB.VCT TV resolve ialn'diKyd by \{r Hanks ■.'.to H.vase rtweut 'i: :V Cv.lt*" vd ••rices v> b*s es .x-it tv rse.-v'e'.aswrvi s Tv six M *Ky!?•:•••.’« »ss Coa^prve*. IN*.- »»r Oi-Ti* bv. f .-en .:.7 *j.'C sviwx

m wv-vre m>}»dfkm£ w r»-w-j.Sw« •JTi, i.x. itMtHttii? *MC .V«WSN‘.|I' W 'vtc*.. wwsnihs ■tr.tf :«o -t. ir.Vi/tf u>« ffM rv>v. no. hi ,i. va.8 i» jij> ,•'.'•.'.1)0 bk> hr* r. :cvgh; w?w, l*; ;V whcKjost ;s wtt cralwdL *»d. M laTesS «WW*Mit mush }v» residence in that city on Thursday morning, at a little past nine o'clock. Mr. Willis had been in poor health for a year past, occasioned by age and disease of the heart, and last week it was announced that he would write no more for the papers. Little, how ever, was it thought at the time the veteran writer declared he had laid down the pen forever that death was so near him. His last article was a sketch of Miss Betsey Thomas, which he had scarcely strength to fiuish. Mr. Willis was born in Haverhill, Mass., Aug. 31, 1791, and was therefore in his seventy-sixth year when he died. He was a man of high character, great indus try. and strong attachment to the State and city in which he resided. He wield ed a ready and able pen, which he used to improve and adorn the literature of the State and advance the interests of the peo ple. He was a member of the Bar, and his work on the Law, the Courts and the Lawyers of Maine is an interesting con tribution of his personal knowledge of the nu n and things of which ho writes. Long a member and President of the Maine Historical Society, he was fond of Jelv ing in the past and bringing up me mentoes to keep the memory of it alive. His history ot Portland was more a work of love and to gratily his peculiar taste Siu*-.-. tier any other motive. His life was .■c.rv its ta&tence felt in favor of what v ;:vs*. C.tua/, ,.v- eta Railroads. Ways and K yviste^viay osed to ivport the bill a t'vc ei O.®sifeUliou The vote was s.v .v .hive agaiust, .end one mem ;y rv.-iiSKs*. ftvrn voting on account] ot res'- hav.gg been placed upon the o\Mutr.“Jce The committee also voted to roper! a lull for the Georges alley Uadroad. %QENSEAL NEWS. Kx-Senator Wigfall. formerly of Texas, is now an exile in the wilds of Colorado, j The Philadelphia Odd Fellows are put-] ting up the handsomest “temple” in the eoumry. The Virginia legislature has elected to one of the State executive offices an orig inal freesoilor. One of the best gunboat? in the Chinese navy is commanded by an American named Edwards. A lady in Wapakonctta, Ohio, recently desired her daughter to play the “fashion able new malady she got from Pittsburg last week." A knitting machine company has been formed in Connecticut with a capital of $200,000. The Home Secretary of Russia advises the Czar to cancel all the liberal reforms recently inaugurated on account of popu lar discontent. Mrs. Amelia Hobbs has been elected to be Justice of the Peace for Jersey Land ing township, Jersey county, Illinois, by a majority of twenty-six votes. An enterprising freedman has had in operation in Richmond, for two years, a sassafras oil mill. He has a steam engine and proper machinery for grinding up the root, and is doing well. The workingvvomen’s protective union of Boston has resolved to petition the Massachusetts legislature to direct the district attorneys to collect the wages due workingwomen when a suit is necessary, without charge to the plaintiff. A married couple in Bonn, on the Rhine, celebrated, on the sixth of January, their “diamond wedding.” Herr and Erau Lander were married on the sixth of Jan uary, 1809. and celebrated their golden wedding in 1889. A youth of Watcrbury, Conn, repent ant, but incoherent, over his dissipation, signed the following pledge 1 solemn ly promise to abstain from the use of all intoxicating beverages, otherwise than as a drink, and profanity uidess prescribed by a physician, at least four times a day, excepting eider. A soldier’s widow in Leavenworth, Kan sas, lately employed a claim agent to col lect one hundred dollars bounty due her husband. She then had to hire another lawyer to collect the money of the claim agent, and a third to collect what was left of the second. She finally received twenty-seven dollars. in a recent trial in California, where Chinese evidence was admissablc, the prosecuting attorney, having some doubts as to the correctness of the testimony, in quired of the interpreter whether a China man under the us^jal oath would tell the truth. “Oh, no," responded John “Chi namen lie. alle suipe as you lie; alle same as any Melicau lie The climate influence of forests has been observed in Australia. In the district of Ballarat it became striking that since de foresting was commenced on a large scale, from the year 18G8 to 1808, a regular de crease of the amount of rain-fall—from 87.27 inches to 14.28 inches—had taken place. The government, in view of this fact, has now created lie office of an in spector of the state forests. The business of this official will be to prevent the clear ing out of the forests, and to sec after the caring for and planting of forests in vari ous parts of the colony, Ilev. Newman Smyth, of Andover, Mass., lias accepted the call recently extended to him to become pastor ot the First Congregational Church in Bangor. Mr. Smyth is a son of late Prof. William Smyth, for so many years Professor of Mathematics in Howdoin College, and is a brother of Prof. Egbert C. Smyth, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Andover. LETTER FROM WALDOBOROr. To the Editor of the Kennebec Journal: Waldoboko’, Feb. 13th, 1870. Geographers,-as a general thing, rarely designate by name a navigable river in Maine named the Mcdomak, (pronounced Me-dom-ak). This river has its source in the town of Washington, Knox county, and flows through a beautiful valley well studded with rich, cultivated farms, and enters the ocean nearly abreast of Mon hegan island. From its source to Waldo boro’ village, a distance of about twelve miles, it is but an insignificant stream, but at Waldoboro’, although narrow, it is favored with tides which enable ships of the largest size to be launched and sent to sea. About two miles below Waldoboro’ the river suddenly widens and from thence to the ocean is known as 11 road Hay. It was upon the banks of this bay, or liver, that the first settlement was made by Ger man emigrants in this State. The town of Waldoboro’ is pleasantly situated on both batiks of this river ten miles from the ocean, and was settled by German emigrants (not Dutch) under the leadership of Brig. Gen. Samuel Waldo, in September 1733. It is now, or has been, a place of some importance as a ship-build ing town, and contains some fifty stores on two business streets, three churches, denominationally, Congregationnlist, Bap tist. and Methodist, two banks, custom house, post office and hotel. Two tele graph lines connect the place witli the world, and a railroad (the Knox Lin coln) now in course of construction, will soon be in operation. The German ele ment predominates, the community being largely composed of persons of German descent. Politically the town is strongly Democratic. The people, as a whole, are unostentatious, thrifty, hospitable, and wealthy. It gives no one uneasiness here, or yet creates surprise, to see a man worth $30,000 or $200,000 wearing a hat rather the worse for wear or a coat that in some places would be sent to a second-hand clothing store. The place has been twice visited by a de structive tire, each time sweeping the en tire business portion of the town. Com paratively spfeaking, both tires were as de structive in the amount of property de stroyed as were the Augusta and Portland tires. The first lire occurred Oct. 10th'46, and the last Aug. 25th, ’54. I have been told, but I cannot vouch for its truth, that the last fire had its origin in rum—that through the carelessness of some Baccha nalian revelers, a once busy nmrt, with beautiful blocks and dwellings, reared by industry and labor, became in a few short hours a heap of ruins—a blackened char red mass of rubbish and ashes. But the live monied men of the place soon recov ered from the shock, and now may be found reared upon its ashes some as fine blocks as ran be found anywhere in Maine. Ship-building is the main-stay of the place. In the good old year 1854, a year that ship builders and ship artisans through out the State will long remember, and the same year that the devasting fire occur red, there were on the stocks nineteen ships of different capacities of tonnage. Since then, ship building has materially declined, and now only a few crafts arc built annually. The question then arises, what will keep the place from running to grass? The answer is, its water power. Judiciously improved and managed there are no better facilities for manufacturing corporations (the water facilities at Dam arisc^ta Mills excepted,) in this section of tlie State. There are already two dams and a natural fall within a stone's throw of each other, and these are only running mills of an inferior order. If capitalists at home will but give up the temporary advantages accruing from ship building, and iuvest their capital in manu facturing stock, which is permanent, there is no telling of the immense benefit it may be to themselves, as well as to the com munity at large. Waldoboro’ furnishes some brain to help run the State machinery. The Hon. Isaac Reed, member of the House, and well known as a Democratic “gun,” is from this place. Hiram Bliss, Jr., the member from Washington, who made a noise in the House in regard to the Pea body reception, is one of our Waldoboro’ boys, and* S. S. Marble, Esq., recently appointed U. S. Marshal, we also claim as one of our respected citizens. Dr. N. T. True is giving a course of five lectures on geology in this place the present week. Judging from the first night’s attendance, 1 should say that the Doctor will not make a “big speck.” However, attendance or no attendance, he is secured a certain amount by respon sible parties. The lectures are well worthy the attendance and attention of every one. Rhion. ©omeatic 'Netoa. The Times says the old members of Com pany A, 3d Regiment Maine Volunteers, held a meeting in Bath on Wednesday evening, and formed a permanent organization. The following officers were chosen for the ensuing year. Commander, Lieut. John 8. Wiggin; Lieut. Commander, Abner W. Turner; Clerk, David N. Vaughn; Treasurer, Hiram W. Turner; Commissary, Thomas G. Campbell. It is proposed by the company in addition to the regular meetings which will be held from time to time, to celebrate on each anniversary, the day of their muster into service, and ac cordingly the company will go into camp each year on the 4th of June, for two days. The Daily Advertiser says that in one of the coves adjacent to Trundy’s Reef, (near Portland) where the Mary Alice was wrecked, Mr. A. W. Peables picked up the right leg of a man a few'days since. The foot had on a stocking and a boot. It was probably a por tion of the body of one of the seamen drowned in the disaster referred to. The Home Journal says Mr. E. A. Lapham is hauling some very line pine logs to the Gardiner milla, cut in Pittston, one mnde over one hundred clapboiuiL iiom the first cut, worth five dollars. The Journal pre anines “that log meat have been worth fifty dollars at the mill—and was about seventy flve years in growing. We Rre not sure hut if a man wanted a permanent investment fi r his money, thnt it would pay to let our poorer lands grow up to forests. It certainly would improve our climate and our streams to have a growth of timber on much of the land that is not now worth the taxes." The Union says one of Machias' greater^ needs is a woolen Factory. The town is tlia centre of a large business tract of country in cluding several large Islands near the mouth of #ie river and adjacent, where any number of sheep can be kept at small cost. There is ample water, plenty ot land room, excellent water, and capital enough invested in bonds and other securities paying eight per cent, and less, to build half a dozen large woolen fac tories, says the "Union. The trial of George Vanderpool for the murder of Herbert S. Field, formerly of Au burn, at Manistee, Michigan, Sept. 5th, 1809, opened at Manistee, on Tuesday, 1st inst. The prisoner pleads “not guilty." He is de fended by three attorneys, and the State is represented by the same number of legal gen tlemen. The trial will probably be prolonged for some days. U. S. Marshal Marble has made the follow ing appointments of deputies in addition to the appointment of Mr. Libby: Edward H. Wilson, Portland; Leander Weeks, Rock land; Isaac H. Thomas, Ellsworth. There will probably be several more appointments. Steamship Nestorian, Capt. -Aird, from Liverpool, February 3d, Londonderry the 4th, arrived at Portland at 7 o’clock A. M. Tuesday. The passage was the roughest ever experienced by this ship. She brought 55 cabin and 100 steerage passengers. The Wilton Farmers' and Mechanics' Club will hold their annual meeting March 19th, in Webster’s Hall, East Wilton, at 1 o'clock P. M. An address is expected from R. P. Thompson, Esq., of Jay, and a picnic dinner is to be provided. John W. Dwelley of Alexander, has thor oughly repaired his shingle mill, a spiral vent taking the place of the old tub water wheel and the old fashioned machine for a new and improved one, which gives him a first rate mill. The Portland Press says that a silver mine is said to have been discovered on the farm of a Mr. Lock in Buxton, near the line of the Portland Rochester Railroad. Specimens have been assayed and found to be rich. Lot C. Nelson, Esq., of Portland, Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue, having resign ed, Mr. Edward S. Marshall has been recom mended for appointment to that office, as we learn from the Press. The »tore of John T. Oxnard, at Pownai, was discovered to be on lire Wednesday morning about 2:30 o'clock, and was de stroyed, together with its contents. A total loss; insured. The 22d of February will be celebrated quite generally in Maine by holding temper ance meetings, as suggested by the Congres sional Temperance Society. A dispensation for a new Masonic Lodge at Wilton has been granted, with Gilbert L. Her ald, W. M.; Charles H. Fuller, S. W.; J. O. Keyes, J. W. Sewing Machines! The Wiilcox A Gibbs SEWING MACHINES. The Gem of the World and the house pet. Also A. B. Howe, Improved, A standard, and one of the most reliable Machine# in use. Also, tli« Bickford Knitting Machine. For tale at the store of F. Lyford, Auaucia, Me. stf g. w. Ladd, Ageut. Stoves!_ Stoves PEEBLES!, TROPIC, CITY or tVOBCESTER, CHILWH. IXDEPESDEICB, WHITE XOINTAM, GARRET RANGE. also WOOD COAL FURNACES! SECOND HAND STOVES Bought and Sold. ALL KINDS 0F JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO, AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED! A. P- GOULD, 1 Door North of Railroad Bridge, Water Street, Augusta. Jnnl8-tAw4tf_ Portland Kennebec Railroad! Winter Arrangement, Dec. 3, 1800. Pussenger trains leave Augusta lor Portland and Boston daily at 5.4A and 11A.M. Boston for Augusta at 7.30 A. M., and 12 M.; Au giicta for Waterville at 3.40 P. M. Augusta for Gardiner (accommodation train;, a* ■no, and 11.30 A. M., 2.19, and 9.30 PM. Trains are due at Augusta frem Bangor at 10J» AM; from Boston at 3.90 and 8®“ A,'*0™ Gardiner at 7 and 8 43 A M., 1-30 |l“‘* i Passengers for Bangor from Boston holding Maine Central through tickets, and wishing to come via Augusta can do ,o“and from Bangor to Boston, imivhuse a Maine Central local ticket to Kendall a El ind alter taking the cars on this line the con dnctor wilffrJnlHh a ticket to Boston, making the fan! through the same as via the Maine Neutral road, rare througn L ,,NtoLN superintendent. Augusta, April 20, !»».__ Allen, Small Co., HA€Hnri§T8, And Munuflioturers ot Steam Engines, Circular Saw Mills, Clap* board Planers, Shafting. Pulleys, Mill Work, and all kinds of roBpxira Usually done in a first-class Machine Shop, Also, Improved Excelsior Machines, which cuts two Bolts at a time as readily as one BOARD PLANERS constantly on band. No. 1 Journal Block, Water Street, 6m AUGUSTA, ME. 5jan70 PIANO TUNING! riMIK Subscriber would inform tho I citizens of Augusta aud vicinity that he will give personal attention to tuning Piano*. Orders left at his re idcnce, Wtnthrop tttreet, will receive prom p attention, M. C. Ml LI.1KKN, febo-tr Teacher or Piano and Organ

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