Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Me.)
July 7, 1870

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Pnili icnnrbct journalj AtrcitrstA, THURSDAY MORNING. July Y. 1870 REPUBLICAN NOnilNATim v FOR GOVERNOR, Sidney Perham, OF PAU1H. FOR REPRESENTATIVES TO CONGRESS, 1st District—JOHN LYNCH. 2d District—WILLIAM J’. I'EIE. 3d District-JAMES G. HEAINE. 4th District—JOHN A. I’ETLRs. For Senator., Oxford THOMAS P. CLEAVES, OTIS HAYFOKD, JR. Far Sheriff. Oxford, LORENZO D. STACY. For Connty Attorney, Oxford, ENOCH FOSTER, Jk. For County CoumU.lon.r, Oxford, ALBION P. GORDON. For County Treasurer, Oxford, FREDERIC E. SHAW. Republican County Convention. The Kennblican voters of Kennebec county are requested to aeud delegates to a Convention to be held at Sraatto Ball. Atgunta, Wr4«e*4aj, August lOlb,1 at 11 o’clock A. M for the purpose of nominating' three c .ndidates for Senators, one County Commits j •loner, Couu.y Attorney, County Treasurer, Sheriff., and to transact all other business that may proper ly come before the Convention. 'The basis of representation will be a# follows: Each citv. town and plantation will be entitled to one delegate and an additional delegate for every l seventy-fire votes cast lor Joshna L. Chamberlain at the Gubernatorial election of ltWH. A fraction of forty votes will be entitled to au additional dele-. gate. The cltlea, towns tnd plantitiona are entitled to tne following number of delegates I Albion, 3 Pittston. Augusta, It Ueadfleld, 4 Belgrade. 4 Ron*, 3 Benton. 3 Sidney, 4 j Chelsea, 2 VassHlboro’, 81 Cliatoa, 4 Vienna, J| China, 6 Watervdle, 10 i Farmingd&le, 3 W.»yne. Favettc, 3 West Gardiner, 41 Gardiner, 10 Windsor, 3 Hallo well, Winslow, 4 Litchfield, 3 Wlnthrop, Blanche ter, 3 Clinton Gore. Monmonth, 5 Unity Plantation, 1 kit. Vernon, 4 Total 132. Wm H. Libby, Augusta, l L. T. Boothby. Water, ille. RsjmWicun J. L. Srot»t>\RU. Gardiner, County Joseph T .WoonWARP. Sidney. 1 r\>mmittre. Charles Jewett, Clinton J May 27, 1870. UOWAliD. Hon. J. W. Forney, editor of the Phil adelphia Press, in that paper of the 4th inst., in an article concerning Howard University at Washington, said “General O. O. Howard and Howard Univer sity are terms synonymous. They have both been grievously slandered, and they both promise to outlive their enemies, though by no means their benefactions. The General, after whom the Howard University is called, has passed through two great wars—one of them beaded by Robert lL Lee, in which he lost an arm, and the other headed by Fernan do Wood, in which he was threatened with the loss of something dearer than his arm, viz: his reputation. Well, the loss of his arm saved his lile in one war, and the salva tion of his repulution will save his life in the other. We are glad to say that if Robert E. Lee could not kill O. O. Howard at the head of the Confederate army in the South, Fer nando Wood could not kill his good name at the head of the Confederate party in the North. “And we really think no better thing could happen to the District of Columbia than that this good man should be saved from slander. He has been a rare benefactor to the District; and now that lie 'has escaped the brand, we j shall look to see his fine sense and bis bold i enterprise doing yet more to vitalize the cn-! ergies of the people of tiie Nation's Capital, i “We attended the Law School of the How- j ard University, closing its second year on Fiiday evening last, and we fell, in listening i to the students, all colored people, one of them a lady, that there were some discover ies as useful as the telegraph and the steam engine, if not so wonderful, and among these the capacity of the freed people for all the duties of the highest citizenship deserves to 1 be enumerated. “It was five years last April since Robert i E. Lee surrendered to U. S. Grant, and now we have a University for the education of the j colored youth of America in the city of Wash- inglon, and a colored law school larger thaan any known in the South composed of wnitc students in the century before. Of the ten papers, four were read and six i spoken. The longest did not cover fifteen j minutes—a rule that compelled condensation on the hardest of subjects. There was not a I mistake ot taste; no pretence of oratory; no affectation of style. All was quiet, mod- I j erate, and constrained. The old lawyi rs present, Horace Maynard, of Tennessee, and 1 A. G. Kiddle, of Washington (formerly or Ohio,) were surprised at the decorum ot the j Saxon and the severity of the logic. There j was a negro who talked in the Scottish dia- j left, and whose legal lore seemed to have been learned under the direction of the old Edinburgh prolessors. There was a Hebrew, j not so dark, who recalled hy Ins manner the graces of benjamin in the Senate, of Memin- j -ger at the bar, and of Disraeli in I'arliament. There was a colored woman who r,ad to us a 1 thesis on corporations, not copied from the j books, but from her brain—a clear, incisive i analysis of one ot the most delicate of legal 1 questions. We rather think if Jeremiah S. I Black, George Mtarswood, Ciiarhs U Lunor, j ami George 11 lYnilleloi bad been asked to listen to these arguments without seeing the faces of the speakers, they would have gone into raptures over logic and learning worthy ol any white man’s country or parly. ‘‘Our good friend the Dean, the Professor John M. Langston, made no loud parade over his pupils, and that was best. He seemed to feel that they were simply vindicating a great truth-—that any of God s creatures who choose i to profit by the blessings of civilization are s cure to succeed. this is what we would add of the How ard University. The coining vindication of ita gallant founder is auspicious of its own indication. In twenty years it will be to the District of Columbia a tar greater thing than the Smithsonian or the Coast Survey. The I intellectual success of its students will he fol lowed, as indeed it is already accompanied, by the money success of its managers. The colored youth of South America will no longer lie sent to Pari* to gather learning without in sult. They will rally to the capital of the only really free country on earth. Scholastic superiority will go band in hand with financial confidence, and many a rich anti-slavery man and woman will provide in their wills for the I moat generous maintenance of the Howard University. If we had been secessionist* we would say ‘•Let ua, then, moderate our censures of the gallant soldier, however bitterly we may hate the cause for which he iought. as we re member how he vindicated his ow n Integrity, bow hs helped the Xatiuq> Capital, and how be aided the deserving colored man and woman." Negotiation* for a new postal treaty have been reopened b.v ,lll! French Min ister, under instruction* from bis (Govern ment. Postmaster General ('reswell has submitted modified proposition*, which it D hoped will be accepted by the French Government POLITIC At, The Temperance Advocate publishes a letter from lion, X. G. Hichborn, in which j he Says that the position of the republican party on the temperance question renders the farther continuation of the third party unnecessary. The Oxford Democrat says “Our Con gressional nominee, the talented Frye, will give strength to the ticket. He hies as many admirers in our county as in hisown, and is deservedly popular throughout the District.” LETTER FROM MR. BLAISE. House of Representatives. Washington, July 4, 1870, To 5 F A Plai6ted 222 50 Bartlett A Dennis 107 25 S L Plummer 189 35 Mr- K A Castner 75 9ft J F Purrington 101 35 G W ('base 8*1 10 Robinson Reed 98 81 Lorenzo Clay 87 15 Jame- Reynolds 75 06 Jason Collins 248 i*2 F G Richards 393 00 L I) Cooke 373 60 F G Richards trns 110 00 Copsee.ook Co *»13 25 Richards A Co 1333 20 J A Cox 11*6 GO F *4 Richards tms 273 00 William Cowell *204 41 J T Richards 135 90 Christ Church 154 0** W F Richards 129 50 j Chas Panforth 102 00 Oran Richardson 77 25 Jacob Davis 77 00 'V S King 171 86 j J K Davis 93 20 P Robinson 120 00 David Dennis 86 60 G L Rogers 84 4*.* Dmglev Bros 310 20 G 8 A i L Rogers 192 50 J G Donnell 113 00 ()C Rollins 218 60 Mrs Annie Kills 173 80 Sumner Smiley 76 82 j Bernard Esmond 84 19 R A Sager 111 90 Mr-CA Farnham 126 50 Ezekiel Sawyer 107 49 Foy A Buffum 1*9 H R Sawyer 8*» 55 Ephraim Forsaith l*v3 «»0 G Steward A Co 88 00 It H (.ardinerest 62.3 T*» John Stone 169 11 K H Gardiner 482 17 Mrs E K storra 114 03 Gas Light Co 1H» C A A J D White 424 E (7 Hooker 107 61 N M Whitmore 4*-5 11 Samuel Hooker 91 66 S Whitmore 185 9.3 Hooker, Libby A C C W Whitmore 1*8 10 125 40 Mrs S M Wilcox 79 70 Mvrick Hopkins 502 96 J S Wilson 102 *>6 11 It Hoskins 172 40 Sanford Wilson 85 50 I Betij Johnson 31166 R Williamson 157 00 It E Johnson 196 00 A F. Wing 130 60 B F Johnson 95 52 M Woodward 111 57 Mr- Julia Kimball 209 40 Mrs O Worcester 83 16 J M Lnitubee 94 96 Stephen Young 1255 1*0 Chas Lawrence 126 76 Son-Resident*. Mrs II F Allen 76 08 Harriet Littlefield 107 80 Mrs M A Elton 111 28 PA K R It 440 5*0 J A Jackson 70 4** J A J T Stone 275 00 H \V Jewett 325 GO Tbr Fourth at Mt. Vernon. The anniversary of the Nation's Indepen dence was celebrated at Mt. Vernon village. Firing guns and the ringing of bells com I menced about midnight and continued at in tervals until six o’clock in the morning. At that time quite a crowd witnessed the march j ing of one hundred and fifty “fantastics" led through the village by the Mt. Vernon Cor net Band, causing much merriment. At 11 a procession of Sabbath school scholars re paired to a grove where nearly two thousand persons had congregated. A picnic dinner was served, and pithy speeches made by E. Kempton, Esq., S. Burbank, M. D., Kev. W. H. Clark, Mr. Chas. Webber, Kev. J. i Edgecomb, J. Bean, Esq., nnd Kev. Mr. Brook. But while all were in the highest glee and every one seemed elated over the success of the day, the sad news casting gloom on every countenance, reached the grove that a lad of thirteen years (son of Sanders Morrill of Vienna) had been drowned *n the lake near the village. F. The feldspar quarry at Topsham, is owned by a company in Trenton, N. J., who quarry out the feldspar and ship it to Trenton, where4 it is manufactured into a nice quality of ware, j The Bath Times says the quantity existing j there is immense. The whole ledge is com-! posed of immense beds of feldspar and smoky quartz, which sometimes mix up into a hand some graphic granite. Several thousand tons of feldspar are now quarried out and corded up ready for transportation. Interesting crys tals of feldspar and quartz are frequently ob tained during their operations. The feldspar is not a pure whit#, but of a greyish cast, but it is said to be of excellent quality for use. Tuesday morning Oscar Sylvester com- plained at the Portland police station that he been robbed by one George W. Booker, a fel- i low from Hallowell, who slept with him at 1 i the Portland House on Monday night. Book- er got up in the middle of the night, stole $.'5o 1 out of Sylvester’s vest and then left for Washington street, where he passed the night. Deputy Sterling started as soon as he heard the complaint and soon arrested the thief at a house on Washington street. A girl with whom Sylvester was on terms of intimacy, was also arrested and a portion of the money recovered. A new and dangerous counterfeit fifty cent fractional currency note of the new issue with the Lincoln vignette, has just been put in circulation It very nearly resembles the genuine. The paper used in the genuine is pink tinted. The counterfeit is somewhat greenish in color, and the face is somewhat blurred. The words "fractional currency,” and Vie stamps are darkly shaded", which is not the case in the genuine. The Bangor Whig learns that Sir. Arnold of poxcroft, met with an accident on Satur day last, which is feared will prove fatal. He was at work on his new mill at Sebec Lake removing the staging from the roof, when he fell to the ground, a distance of 27 feet. He has been unconscious most of the time since. Henry A. Lovejoy’s house in Andover, was burned June 24th, at half-past three o’clock A. M. The Oxford Democrat says ho lost everything, and his family barely escaped with their lives the children had nothing but their night-dresses m. The new steamer, which lias been built for the Boothbuy route, by Mr. Win. Pattce, was successfully launched at the ship yard of Mr. Rogers, in Bath Tuesday. The Times says she has been called the "Salsano," which is the ancient Indian name for the Back river whose waters she will make her home. The Lisbon paper mill is to be rebuilt at once. Hallowell House SECOND STREET, H ALLOW ELL, MAINE. MK. J B. HILT, would respectfully inform hi» ftltndt, and the public that he ha« opened the above named house, and has fitted it up aa A First Class Hotel. This house Is about two rods from the depot, and is within a few steps of the express office and the business street of the city. In connection with the house there is a LIVERY «f TRAXSTEXT Stable. This house will be opened to the public on the Fourth of July. Thankful for the favors which lie has received at his former place of business in Lew iston, tin subscriber guarantees to give complete j satisfaction to the travelling public. J. B. HILL, Proprietor. ftf-julya STEAMER (APT. WILLIAM MITCHFLL. ON ami after Wednesday, June 22d. the ''learner j Flla "ill leave Augusta at s oYnloek A. M every MONDAY, WKI>M-:sD\Y and FRIDAY, for Hallowed, (iardiner. Richmond, Rath, and Portland. Returning, "ill leave Portland for Augusta, and intermediate landings on the Kennebt i every Tl FM>AY. THPRsDAY and >ATt RDAY. at 7 A M. Parks: Augusta to Portland, $1.50 Hallowed to 1.10 Lardiner to 1.25 Richmond to 1.00 Hath to .75 FROM VKilSTA to YEW YORK. Passengers by this route will be ticketed through t“ Ne" Y ork l»v the Steamers FRANC ONIA and 1'HKIOO. which leave Portland for New York every Monday and Thursdav Baggage trucked in Port land free of expense. Fare from Augusta to New York: Cabin, #*>.50; meals extra: Deck passage, no. The Flla connect* also at Bath, each trip, with the steamer spray for Booth bay. This boat w id stop at any of the ice-houses on the river on display of a white flag as a signal. For further particulars npplv to ♦tt-jnne-id B. F. MQR>K. Angn-ta. Agent _ FOR BOST Spring Arrangement! THE STEAM Kit STAR of the EAST, i (10MMENCEP her regular trips H orn the Ken- nebee. THURSDAY. Mav 15th, lc70, and will, until further notice, run as follows Leaving Gardiner every Monday and Thursday J at 3 o’clock. Richmond at 4. and Bath at 6 1*. M. j THE STEAMER CLARIOY, Will leave Augusta at 12 M.. Hallowell at 1.45 P. M connecting with the above boat at Gardiner. For further particulars inquire of W. J. Tuck. Augusta; If. Full* r A Son,. Hallowell; T B limit, Ganliner; J. T. Robinson, Richmond; J. E. Brown. Bath. Gardiner, April 11,1870. flOapr j Portland Kennebec Railroad. Summer Arrangement, May 23, 1870. ON ami after Monday. May 23d, next, the Port* laud and Kennebec Railroad Company will put ou an additional passenger train to leave Portland for Augu-t.i and intermediate stations at 7.10, and will be due at Angur-ta at 10 A. M. Returning in the afternoon. Leave* Augusta at 3.1.1 and connecting with the ew»ui ig exj*re?s for Boston, which leaves Portland at 1* M and ar rives m Boston at 10 1*. M. j L. L. LINCOLN. Superintendent. Millinery Goods SELLING AT COST The subscriber being about to remove from the State w :11 sell her stock of MILLINERY GOODS -AND Till? DCMKIBI.E NT AM): WHICH SHE NOW OCCUPIES, At a Very Low Price! For the next thirty days I will sell my goods AT COST, in order t«* close out my entire stock. Anv one desiring to purchase my present stand, can do so at a low price, if application is made at once. LIZZIE A. CAGE. Augusta, June 11) .870. Mm CLAPP NORTH, Successors to Edward Fenno, BOOKSELLERS STATIONERS, 155 H aler Si reel, Augusta, 2VX o HAVE Ju?t received large addition* to their as sortment of Miscellaneous, Blank and School Books, IIII3L K 8, Testaments anil Prayer Bonks Letter, Note, and bill Paper, ENVELOPES, of all Sizes and Stylos INITIAL STATIONERY, BLANK FORMS of all Kinds, Slates and Sponges, PENCILS, PENS, AND PENH0LDER8 INK AND MUCILAGE, WAX, for Wax Flowers Also a fine assortment of FANCY GOODS, REVENUE STAMPS of all sizes. ♦19apr-eodA17tf House For Sale, \NY one wishing to purchase a new First-Class DWELLING HOUSE, located on one of the prin- cijwil streets In the city, can hear or one by calling at this ofllce. tmayltett ___ Cough Candy \\r I vnoarHIi’) COUGH CAiraicure; \y COUGHS, COLDS, WHOOPING COUGH Mil nil Throat trouble*. 2 Doors south of Granite Block, Market Sq. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, Fancy Goods, *old by ianl-lyt W. WENDENBUBO. James W. Bradbury, Jr., II. S. COMMISSIONER, Office with Bradbury Bradbury, WATER STREET, AUGUSTA. SOU A LOT OF Organs IHelodeons .IU3T RECEIVED, TO REST, OR SELL AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES I Also New and Second-Hand r Pianos. Rent free to those who P thing of buving. A new lot alid f kind of Mefodcon Stools as low Jib each Please call very rsoon or write for further par ticviar*. Also for sale, at extra bargain* two nice Piano*, add to let or sell four or live Second-hand R M. MANSUR. _ _ ttl'-Julyfc*_ A NEW “SUNDOWN” FOR SALE. IT is a*of thorough and stylish make as ha* been offered for sale in this city, having a patent changeable top. It will be sold at a reasonable price. It atay ue seen at the brick atable of Dow A Dunton. K. M- MANSUR. July l»t, 1870. BOS W O B/ T BE HA VINO REMOVED TO STORE NO. 174, (2 Doors south of Bridge itreet,) which ha* been expressly fitted up for hi* business, where will be found a VEftY LARGE STOCK of SPRING WOOLLENS! Of* the Latest Fashions, WHICH WIT L BE CUT AND MADE VP TO ORDER IN THE Very Latest Stylo. ALSO, WILL BE FOUND A LARGE STOCK OF Ready Made Clothing, -AND Gents’ Furnishing Goods OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. It. T. BOSWORTH. Augusta. Mar. 7th, 18*0. f7m»r-tf NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! WE IIaVE JUST RECEIVED, and auk now opening, One or the Largest and Best Assorted STOCKS of DRY GOODS! Ever Opened in Augusta. Splendid assortment of BLACK SILKS, of the best manufacture. PLAIN, PLAID STRIDE SILKS IN GREAT VARIETY. IRISH AND LYONS POPLINS In all Shades. A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF Organdie Muslins, Iron Bareges Grenadines, Lenos, Pongees, Mohairs, AJpacas, Freneb and American Cambrics, and an endless variety of common DRESS GOODS. White Goods, Woollens, Shawls, Toilet Quilts, C O T T O TV GOODS, &o. OUR USUAL FULL LINE OF Parasols, Sun l mbrellas, Fans. Hosiery, Gloves, FANCY ARTICLES, SMALL WARES, All of which were bought for CASH, and will be sold at the lowest market rates. Fowler, Hamlen Smith. ttf-juneSi MANSION HOUSE, STATE STREET, I AUGUSTA, ME. riMHS Il'wwe is provided with Bath Rooms, X where Hut and Cold Baths can be had at all times. has also a First-Cteas Billiard Hall, tor Uousts only. C--greeted with the House is a tergs and commodious Sample Rm, on WaU-r Street ceutrally located, where Sample Agents can show I their goods, fine o 1 charge.. The Proprietor, than krai for the liberal patronage which the above lb-use has enjoyed since its open* 0 itg, takes pleasure in informing his patrons that he will run Free Carriages to and from the Cars and I Boats until further notice Connected with the above House is a Livery Bta ble, where good teams can be had at reasonable rates. W. M. Til AVER, Proprietor. O. P. Com arm. Clerk. New Goods! New Goods! We are now opening our stock of K U >1 i\I E II Dress Goods Comprising nll^he NOVELTIES of the SEASON! We call special attention to our stock of BLACK SlI.lvB! For Ladies’ Suits and Out side Garments. Also to our JAPANESE SI EM 8. In Plutn, Plaids, and Stripes. I N. B.—Always on hand, Androscoggin Remnants OF DROWN COTTON8. Barton Bussell. June 13, 1870. _ttf PIANO TUNING. riMIE Subnorfper woun mrorm me 1 ritizvm of Augusta and vianity I that he WU1 girc 9er»on<il attention to i tuning l*fnno.q. orders left at his res itlmoe. #T WuitlWV Htreet, w H5 receive proni)i M. C. MILUKKN, Tuchiii of Piano and Organ ARNO, H0D8KINS A CO., MANtFACTUKEllS OF Organs Melodeons, One door nonii Cook’s Ditto STOW, (up s-talra, Water St., Gardiner, M«. FIWIKIR cases are made of solid Black Walnut JL throughout; their keys are made of the finest grades of Ivory, with ivory fronts; they use the Munroe Patent Heed, which for evenness and purity of tone, Cannot bo Snrpaaeod. Thoir instruments contain all other improvements essential to First Class Instruments. For full particulars call or address ah.to, BondKin* a GARDINER, ME. 8 Oct. Portable Melodeone, (new) *60.00 6 Oot. Single Bead Organs, 76.00 6 Oot. Doubla 4 atopa, 126.00 tilapr-8moa Arctic Refrigerators! SANFORD'S PATENT. Call and See Them. 6. If. JO.VFS, May 18.1870. tlw Fore Men and Urals! Brushes, Combs, Soaps and Perfumery; cioick toilet m run articles Physicians’ k Apothecaries’ Goods Part Spnn. Urd, Krrowif aid JuUfMt Oila. Charles k. Partridge, DRIGGIST AND APOTHECARY, Water Street, corner Market Square, (UNDER GRANITE HAI L,) Has on hand a Large Selected Stock kept fresh by constant additions. All" BILLS AT The Low est Market Bates FOR GENUINE AND RELIABLE GOODS. Partridge’, Dreg Store, Hater Strait, coner larket S<juar tljan70ly S. F. Davenport, Agent for the sale of the celebrated SINGER SEWING MACHINES -AI-SO AGENT FOR THE FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE Hallowell, Maine. Place of business has been removed to nearly opposite Western Vnien Telegraph Office. Machines Repaired and Exchanged. ttf-June7 _ __ New Summer Goods JUST RECEIVED AND (SELLING CHEAP! At B. Kimball's. Grenadines, Bareges, Organ dies, and other thin Dress Goods. Barege, Crape, Lama and Grenadine Shawls, Black Silks, and Trim mings for Garments, Silk Parasols, S UN Umbrellas, AND SEA-SIDE SHADES FANS in many Shade, and Styles. Those DOLLAR KIDS in OFERA SHADES, ar selling very rapidly. Come and get a pair. The undersigned Is also sole agent for thoee Elastic Mprtsig Foriua i which ensure a good titling drees. a KIMBALL, East side of Water at., t3w-Juue!3 Nearly opposite the Cony House.

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