THE EKESS. WEDNESDAY JIOBNIXG- DEC. 8,1871. T||„.K who have every day during the sea son been 'annoyed at the record of base ball clubs tn the papers, will tind great consolation this cold weather, in the fact that it has cut short, for a few months at least, what those old fashioned people declar e to be a "nui sance. When will political and orthographical our rages on the colored people cease The tra ditional insult to the African race conveyed by the simple device of spelling negro with two “g’s” is far transcended by a correspondent, who spells it in a manner that is strikingly original but has plenty of analogies in the English language to justify it, thus: Knee yrow. ___ The debate in the House of Representatives Tuesday relative to the reference of the part of the President’s message relating to a sys tem of postal telegraph, developed a decidedly hostile feeling among the leading members on both sides, and the reference of the subject to the Appropriation Committee may be regard ed as an indication of the hostility of the House to the scheme. It is strange that a certain class of laboring men, led by designing politicians, permit them selves to be used by the Democratic party for its own purposes, when they might use the Republican party for their own. From pres ent appearances, uuwuver, in tins ouite will join In the ill-judged movement for a third party to help the Democracy in the Presiden tial campaign. There are a few small politi cians out of business who, soured by neglect, will no doubt encourage the scheme, but they will carry nobody with them. The Argus evidently does not intend to correct its error in attributing the bitterly partisan remarks of Judge Church of the New York Court of Appeals in respect to the Pres ident, to Chief Justice Chase. Is it possible that by this means, our contemporary is pre paring the minds of of the Democracy to ac cept Judge Chase as the party candidate for 1872? As eagerly as the Chief Justice longs for the White House, it is doubtful if he wants it at the price of being mistaken for a Tammany judge. The weather of the late fall and early win ter has been nicely calculated to complete the work began by the drought of the last two years. The sever^ cold has honeycombed the ground, unprotected by snow or a continuous sward, so that every chance root left alive is exposed to the frost. The evil is greatly aggrav ated by the alternation of severe frosts with •‘thaws,” so that the Maine farmers’ prospect for a grass crop next year is far from encour aging. In the central part of the State the impression that no more hay can be raised till the fields are plowed up and “laid down” again, is widely prevalent. The committee in the National House that is most important in view of the changes de manded by the country in the tariff is that of Ways and Means. Mr. Dawes, the chairman, has been regarded as a moderate protection ist, but is classified as a revenue reformer. What is termed “level-headedness” and thor ough integrity, make Mr. Dawes generally ac ceptable. Messrs. Kelley and Maynard are out-and-out protectionists, who would impose a protective duty on sunshine if it could be collected. The other Republican members, Messrs. Finkeleuburg, Burchard and Rob erts are classed as revenue reformers. Of the Democrats, Messrs. Brooks and Kerr, are free traders, while Mr. Beck of Kentucky, will at least harmonize with the reformers. Report of the Secretory of the Treasury. The report commences by saying: The coun try has been prosperous during the year now closing, and the public finances have shared in the general prosperity. During tho fiscal year ending June 30th, 1871, the reduction of the public debt has been .$94,327,764.84. The total decrease in the public debt from March 1, 1869, to December 1, 1871, was $277,211,892,16, and during the same period the annual interest charge has been reduced $16,741,436.04. The revenues for the year 1871, and the receipts since the 1st of July last, show that the time has arrived when a further reduction in taxes cau be made, and yet leave the (lovt-rqment in a position to pay $50,000,000 annually of the principal of the debt, including the amount pledged through the sinking fund. In my an nual report to Congress for 1870,1 expressed the opinion that the sound policy of the country should couve'mpi'ite a revenue sufficient to meet the ordinary expenses of the Government, pay the interest on the public debt, and from twen ty-five to fifty million dollars of the principal annually. To that opinion I adhere, and even a stronger conviction that the payment annu ally upon the principal of the public debt should not be less than fifty millions of dollars. Large as the revenues of the country have been during the last three years, our system of taxa tion has not been oppressive-to individuals, nor has it in any sensible degree embarrassed the business of the country, and while relief from I taxation is desirable, it is yet more desirable to maintain the public credit in its present elevat ed position. The Secretary thinks it is practicable to dis pense with all the revenue from internal servi ces except that derived from the stamps of spirits, tobacco and malt liquors. These sources should furnish for the years 1872 and 1873 a revenue of about $110,000,000, making a reduction of taxes of $16,000,000. He recom mends to the consideration of Congress the re duction of the duties on salt to the extent of fifty per cent; the duty on bituminous coal to fifty cents per ton; the reduction of the duty on raw hides and skins and the removal of all duties from a large class of articles produced in other. countries which enter into the arts and manufactures of this country, and which are not produced in the United States, and the revenue from which is inconsiderable. The amount of paper money in circulation is still so great that it cannot be maintained in value at par with coiu. There are two modes of relief; one is to reduce the volume of currency, the other mode is to await the growth of the coun try and the increasing demands of business, which in time will produce the desired result. The chief means of securing the end sought without a reduction in the volume of currency would be the use of paper money on tho Pacific coast. The Secretary says he intends to recom mend Congress to abolish the system of shares in moieties as far as the benefits inure Jto reve nue officers, and to make its an offence for any officer to enter into an arrangement with an in former for any share of the proceeds for infor mation. The erection of a first-class building for a custom house, court house and post office in Chicago is recommended, but the Secretary says he cannot advice appropriations for other public buildings until some of those in process of construction shall have been completed. The ul wuiui me ereuuuu or repair or puDllC buildings is most needed are Hartford, Indian apolis, Cincinnati and St. Louis. The Secreta ry recommends an appropiation of $50,000 for the purchase of land and the construction of a pavilion hospital at Pittsburg, Pa., for sick sailors, the supervising surgeon being of opin ion that they are cheaper and better than edi fices of stone and brick. He renews a recom mendation for a similar hospital near New York. He recommends the sale of a portion of the lake revenue steamers. The department is about to issue proposals for four small iron pro pellers, two for the Pacific and two for the Atlantic coast. The change pro posed contemplates the use of vessels -of less tonnage and a consequent reduction in the number of men employed. The Seereta ry urges the passage of a law fora mint bureau, aud recommends that provisions be made for obtaining such returns as will show fully the trade of the country upon the rivers, canals, lakes anil railways. He again calls the atten tion of Congress to the importance of increas ing the salaries of the Bureau officers and heads of divisions in the Treasury Department and recoin mends an increase of the salary of the surgeons of the marine hospitals The Secretary thinks the Solicitor of the Treasury and the Solicitor of the Internal Rev enue Office should receive their appointments through the Treasury Department, and be re sponsible to its head. He recommends the restoration of these officers to their former po- l sitions in the Treasury. The examination of persons designated for clerical service and for promotion in the Treasury Department has I been continued with beneficial results, and the I examination is even more exacting m its re- t qmrciuent than at the date of file last annual 1 taken to extend the* enctfof dui«esmay“0fCt8 witw! '‘f'f" ficieney, if possible fif tji’e^ri"'^ Jm i houses and. to other branches of the public se“ vice under the control of this department r Mr. Boutwell then details at length liis neeo t tiations in this country and Europe of the new t five per cent, bonds within the limit of $200 000,000, and says that by the last of August 1 subscriptions were obtained for the entire anioyjit offered on the first of September. The 1 work of disbursing the bonds subscribed for at 1 that date is now going on, and under such cir- 1 cumstances as to leave no doubt that the whole s business will be concluded in a brief period of e time. j The Secretary says: The credit of the coun- f 'u^" established iu every financial centre of Europe, and the bonds of the United States ii can be negotiated at their market value in a 3 larger number of cities than the bonds of any worl the 4 and la tion of thi i,, wit!?olicy has not fully penetrated, have been promptly punished by tlie military authorities. Agriculture and education must be encouraged unoug the tribes, as conducive to a more com- oj ilete civilization. The Indian population now uuler the jurisdiction of the L mted States is ibout 321,000, excluding 75,000 in Alaska and Ir t few thousand scattered through different u dates, who maintain no tribal relation: hus remain 242,371, located in nineteen States ind territories. If this entire Indian popula ion could be gathered into Indian Territory ai here would he for them 1,30 acres of‘land per ce apita, an ample area. .Such a disposition of hem would release from Indian occupancy 93, 92,731 acres of land, and throw it oiien to white ni ettlcment and civilization. Such facts make it of f tlie utmost importance that tlie Indian Ter- w itory be organized under a territorial govern lent, with sucli regulations as shall secure the ty ights of tlie Indians in the soil and protect dt iein until they attain such progress as to pro- n< jet themselves. Of tlie public lands, there were disposed of 81! ""ug.,0tb® year .10,606,792.03 acres; of which Pa were by approvals to railroads, of by homestead entries under act of ash Ths Sdlne0tS'I and 1,339,982.37 for an 5 ssssass ‘g the year 19,429 applications for patents rie 137 caveats, and 181 applications for extension There are at the present time on the pension mi 11s the names of tail widows of soldiers in the his evolutionary War, a decrease of 93 since the aci st report; there are the names of 1214 widows thi id children of soldiers who served in wars sub quent to the Revolution, and prior to tiiat of le e Rebellion, a decrease of 72 from the preced- P° g year. During the last fiscal year there were an lowed 7807 original applications for invalid j-r„ nsions of soldiers, ami 3379 applications for creased pension of invalid soldiers. During e same time there were allowed 8282 original for nsions to widows, orphans and dependent tat latives of soldiers, and 1810 applications for crea.se of pensions of this class were admit- mL i v? whole amount paid during the year wo: i military pensioners was $12,304,520. latives or 0I'Pliaus and dependent J »ve been m'ii?,40J;7<5; Vs1 claims for pensions sliu anting pSt?ons’;de.nthe ^ct of Feb- *871, ten 12 and their J "°'^er3 of the war of the g,S,i.?3K; g md of widows, orphans and dependent rela tives 1073. Tiie Bureau of Education has been busy dur ing the year in obtaining and supplying infor mation in the distribution of documents, and in the collection of facts and statistics. Three-fourths of the statistical tables of the cen sus have been sent to press and about 1000 pages are already in type. The work ujion the three quarto volumes will be completed during the winter. Tin) report recommends the publica tion cf the most important results of the cen sus in an octavo form convenient for popular use. The Northern Pacific railroad is completed for a distance of 228.2 miles. The work is being vigorously prosecuted, the contractors binding themselves to have the road completed to the Missouri by the 1st #f July next. Of the Cali fornia and Oregon railroad 77.0 miles were ac cepted January 3. Seventy-five miles on the Atlantic and Pacific railroad have been accept ed. ___ What Shall be Done with the Dead f A writer in the December number of Old and New advocates a return to the Greek custom of buniiim the bodies of the dead. It is mainly on saiJfc-y grounds that the classic custom is admirable; but to convenience and to the sat isfaction of certain finer requirements of the imagination an appeal is also made in support of the suggestion. In communities no older than Portland, even, where the want of room has never at any time been a difficulty of which the inhabitants were conscious, the sanitaly consideration has its due weight The pollu tion of wells and springs and the various direct contairfinations of air and water by the pres ence of crowded burial-grounds in large towns are facts established by modem hygienic sci ence. It has never yet, however, been necetsary in any American city to resort to such extraor dinary devices to bury the dead as are indispen sable in older countries, the details of which are too horrible for recital. The periodical destruction of all human remains is among the least offensive of these enforced desecrations. Tii.*- oTnuripTiPA nf nnr own cifcv in thA mat.. ter of what is called the Eastern Cemetery is proof that not only the demands of health but of decency and proper respect for the dead are some times disregarded “on the unlimited side of the Atlantic.” However, such unpleasant conse quences are here chiefly the result of careless ness or ignorance. Burial-places that are grad* ually surrounded by growing towns may easily be removed, after all immediate personal inter est in the occupants is gone, beyond the limits of probable territorial growth. This has been done in Waterville, recently, without protest from any quarter. The discussion of the ques tion of cremation from what may be the sen timental standpoint is all, therefore, that need engage our attention. And first, if the Old and New wishes to ob tain a favorable consideration for what it pro poses it will be necessary for it to keep out of sight the utilitarian aspect of the case. The theory that it is a graceful thing for a man to bequeath his ashes to his fellows, after his body has been destroyed by combustion or other chemical process, for the purpose of enriching the soil, may be correct. Nor is there anything repulsive about it to the philosophical mind. But it is so easy to turn the whole thing into ridicule by asking if a luxuriant crop of cab bages will solace one for the loss of a cherished friend, gnd if a splendid growth of onions will dry the tears of a bereaved widower, that this part of the subject should be ignored by the ad ’vocates of cremation, provisionally, at least. They might, it is true, turn the scales by show ing the attractive side of the picture, and point ing to the reappearance of the grace and fra grance of beautiful lives in the soft odors and brilliant colors of flowers. They might prophe sy of a beautiful maiden, as Shakespeare did, only with mqfe truth: “From her pure and un polluted flesh shall violets spring.” And they might point also to the not unpleasant example of the ancient worthy who crowned a life of eminent usefulness and philanthropy by leav ing his body to a designated person, who suf fered from extreme poverty, expressly to en rich his fields. But one good laugh, such as any poor clown might easily raise, would spoil the effect of the most just or pleasing sugges tion. In other respects there is nothing about ore mation that is not acceptable to the most ex quisite fancy. The warm, pure flame gently removes all that can decay. Fire cheats the worm and defies corruption. It chases away with its cheerful blaze all those horrible imag inings touching the grave that haunt the best balanced mind, and when the influence of the Old and New shall have restored the urn-burial of the Greeks, there will be no more sad ini oiuuuu auu pau, anu ureauiiess darkness and the narrow house.” The “cold ground” and the “solitary tomb” will then be but horrors of tlio pivot. The advocates of cremation will probably find the stoutest objection coming from those who shudder at the thought of losing their identity. But neither these unphilosphical people, nor certainly those who believe in the resurrection of the body, will resist longer when they are convinced, as they may be that the identity of this mortal frame is as completely lost in the course of time, through the action of the ele ments, as it can be through the action of fire. Cae sar’s clay must by this time got far beyond that hole-stopping stage of which there is Shaks [learian rooord, having long ago been resolved nto its original constituents and used again, >erhaps a score of times, in building up other orms of life. Can the remains of Shelley, turned on the Mediterranean shore by Byron md Trelawney, have lost their integrity more lompletely? When the dead rise front their ong sleep at the archangel’s trump, will there te greater difficulty in restoring one than the ttlier to his original corporeal abiding-place? __Rupert. manufacture*. I hope the movement now on foot in Portl and will result in some practical good to the :ity, in the establishment here of some new ndustrial enterprises; there was never a bet :er time for it. In Fall River there are now in course of ■rection new factories, each of them on a arge scale, so that when completed, the num ber of spindles in that town will be doubled; md next year, as many more will be commenc id. All these factories will be run by steam; md coal costs as much laid down in that town, is in Portland. The establishment of these lew factories is not a matter of experiment; hey are owned by men long engaged in the :otton manufacture, and thoroughly acquaint 'd with all its branches, and sure of success. aB River has no advantage whatever over Portland for carrying on the manufacture of otton, woolen, on macliinary of any kind. Many persons suppose that a water power 1 las great advantage over steam for driving 1 otton or woolen mills. This might be so, if he water-power were located at tide water, or n any navigable stream, so that the stock, oth raw and manufactured, could be water i orne. But so much heat and steam are re- uired in large factories in the various process- s that no great saving can be made by employ- ig water-power, if the cost of transportation ft ll 1 O’}) Til tlin nocn fnofnnion il.!. 1. _ team, the exhaust of the engine is sufficient wall heating purposes. The cotton manu- icture, if undertaken here, caunot fail of access, if it be carried on by men who under- e band it. There is another manufacture, which we al- ;ady have, but which can be easily intrduced ere, on a large scale of great advantage to the >W11, and with no danger in any event, of any s msiderable loss; I mean the boot and shoe 1 tailless in some of its many branches. There a no town in the country that can offer more 0 ivantages for it. We have many upper lofts r great buildings, that can be had at low rents, new buildings, suitable for this trade, can be ected at no great cost, and the success of the e ovemeut would be assured from the start, if idertaken under proper conditions. 1 know where young men of precisely the ght character can be had, who have energy id abuudant experience—and of undoubted pacity and integrity, but who have little or i capital. A beginning, with one or two such g en to conduct the enterprise—and a capital ten thousand or twenty thousand dollars, 8 iuld at once give steady work to thirty or six- hands, adding immediately, about one hun- s 2d and fifty or three hundred persons to our pulation, and distributing three hundred to 1 hundred dollars a week in wages, a large rt of which would go regularly into the tills c mr shop keepers. One advantage of this umfacture is, that if in a seasonable time, it iuld be found not to pay, no serious loss would low, unless bad debts were made. V large brick building has just now been cted in Auburn, for four shoe factories; it is feet long and sixty feet wide and three sto s high; and the builder himself, au old shoe nufacturer, has put up this building, not for own use, but to induce young men of char er and experience to come there, to carry on S trade, and he will help them with the s )ded capital. He does this, only for the pur le of increasing the business of the town- I a. 1 he is himself actively engaged in tie* same au de. feel very confident that with very little ef t the manufacture of furniture could be es lished here, on a permanent basis, begin g on a moderate scale and increasing the ■ks as circumstances shall justify. X. D. lexis, having been invited, will make a rt visit to Springfield, Mass., Thursday af mou. While there he will spend an hour in pistol works of Smith Wesson, who are 2uting a heavy contract for the Itussian eminent. j Railroad Rumors and Notes.—“Avon’ jur wide awake Kenuebuuk correspondent fur nishes tlie following: “On the retiring of Mr. Noyes as Superin tendent of the Maine Central Railroad which takes effect on the 1st of January, Francis Chase Esq., the popular and efficient Superin tendent of the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth railroad will, in all i>robability be called upon to fill the vacancy. Mr. Chase is a gentleman of large experience in what appertains to rail roading, and a better choice could not be made. It is rumored on good authority that Mr. Prescott of the Eastern Road will resign short ly, and that Geo. Batchelder, Esq., the popular and accommodating conductor will fin the situ ation for which he is eminently capable for the ardent duties appertaining there. Oliver Towle, Esq., the veteran conductor on the P. S. P. railroad for thirty-one years, and has made one hundred and two miles as a trip dur ing that long time of service, he has rode one million and thirty one thousand miles or four thousand one hundred and twenty-four times around the globe. The Maine Delegation in the House of Represenatives get places on the committees as follows:—Mr. Lynch is on Commerce, Pacific Railroad and chairman of Treasury expendi tures; Mr. Frye is on Claims; Mr. Peters is on Judiciary and chairman of Library; Mr. Hale is on Appropriations. STATE NEWS. ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY. The Lewiston Journal says O. B. Dwinal of Mechanic Falls, lost last week a horse worth $300, by throat distemper, Henry Nelson’s fish market, at Mechanic Falls, was broken in to Friday night and robbed of a small sum of money. A young Frenchman was knocked down in Lincoln street, Lewiston, Monday, and badly abused for refusing to treat two men.— The farm of the late Polly Marston, of East Livermore, which was appraised at $2530 was tsrxlrl of oiwifmn laol _1 the Lewiston Steam Mill Company, at $4805.— Mr. Chas. A. Additon, of Greene, was severely injured last Saturday by being thrown from his carriage and striking on the neck, at the top of the spine. FRANKLIN COUNTY. [From our Farmington Correspondent.] Two youngsters in this village were seriously injured while coasting last Thursday evening, by running into a stage. One was picked up for dead, but proved to be only stunned; the other was badly cut in the forehead, requiring the services of a surgeon. Mr. Frank Grounder, of this village, lost a child last Thursday night. The babe was put in its cradle as usual, and the next morning on taking it out, it was dead. Some think the babe was frozen, but the general talk is that it was suffocated. A painter in town procured two quarts of al cohol for the purpose of cutting shellac, and while absent at dinner, two of the workmen confiscated a portion, and the consequence was —bad. A gang of six workmen from \V. H. Pennell Co.’s establishment In your city are engaged in putting in working order the apparatus for heating by steam the new school room at “The Willows,’'’ in this place. Eight car loads of stock left Monday for Brighton—175 head of cattle. 1 trained all day Monday, and foggy in the evening. Three barns blew down in Weld and vicinity during the gale Thursday. LINCOLN COUNTY. Says the Wiscasset Oracle-. One of our neigh bors recently had occasion to sell a large boiler, and as it was sold by weight, he had it put on the hay scales in Wiscasset; the certificate says it weighed 1024 lbs. net. He sent it to Portland and it was weighed by a certain firm there and certified at 880 lbs. net. The difference being so great, he had it weighed on the “city scales” and it was rated at 7G0 lbs. He sold it then fearing that if he had it weighed again it would prove worthless! The Oracle says shipbuilding in Damariscotta is reviving slightly. Capt. J. H. Stetson pro poses to build a ship of 1200 tons; Charles G. Merry, a brig of 450 tons; Franklin Clark, a schooner of 250 tons, and B. D. Metcalf has just commenced building a small schooner of 125 tons. The Oracle hears it rumored that a company is about to be formed in Wiscasset to.engage in the manufacture of shoes. And that parties from Massachusetts are interested in the enter prise. A public meeting Is to be held to con sider the subject. The matrimonial market in Wiscasset must be pretty brisk, according to the Oracle, which states that the recent “engagements” number fourteen OXFORD COUNTY. The Democrat says at the only meeting in our village (Paris), on Thanksgiving day, there were just a baker’s dozen present, including the Pastor, Sexton, Governor of the State, Sheriff, the choir, the Editor, his devil, and two small boys. Perhaps, says the Democrat, we ought to say that the day was very cold, and that no no tice had been given of a preaching service. The Democrat says there was fine sleighing throughout Oxford county last week. OnMon me n caiuci muucutwju, it IIVI lit 111 neb 111, UUl j it will probably hold cold enough to save the sleighing. WASHINGTON COUNTY. The Calais Times states that Mr. Wm. Spear in has been appointed Custom House officer in that city; and that the Deputy Collector recent ly appointed at Vanceboro* is Mr. John Stev ens, of Bostpurt. Calais is now favored with two mails a day— one by the Lincoln and Princeton stage route, the other by the E. N. A. railroad. The Times fears the latter may be discontinued. IN GENERAL. Among the estimates for appropriations for the ensuing year, are tho following for this State: Improvement of navigation on Sulli van’s River, $34,000; Penobscot River, $50,000; Kenuebec River, $8000; Royal’s River, $25,000; Portland Harbor, $45,000; Saco River, $16,000. A postoffice has been established at Crooked Broolc, Washington county, and Moses A. Col burn appointed Postmaster. JZ1L. ..'J 1 _1 SPECIAL NOTICES. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES! If you want more pictures for your money, than you ever received before, call at the ^Portland ^Photograph Grallery, No 80 MIDDLE STREET. Look at some of the prices. 8 Large Ferrotypes 50 cents, Former price $1 00 12 Card Ferrotypes 50 cents, Former price $1 00 12 Tin Types 50 centes, Former price $1 00 Pictures in Frame 75 cents. Photographs $2 00 per doz. CF“For children under five years of age, an addi tional price will be charged. A. S. DAVIS A CO. dcO SN_2w BURNETT’S STANDARD FLAVORING EXTRACTS! FOB FLAVORING »oda Syrup*, Ice Creams, Custar Pie*, Blanc Hlauge, Jellies, Sauces, Soups, Gravies, etc. The superiority of these Extracts consists in their PERFECT PURITY AND GREAT STRENGTH There is no subject which should more engross at ention than the purity of the preparations which ire used in flavoring the various compounds prepared or the human stomach. These Extracts are warranted perfectly free from he poisonous oils and acids which enter into the omposition cf many of the factitious fruit flavors iow in the market. They are not only true to their tames, but are prepared from fruits of the best qual ^y, and so highly concentrated that a small quantity nly need be used. 1 hey ha^e stood the test of eighteen years time and -,-““'v wwiwtcru unrii/UHcu vy me lost eminent connoisseurs, proprietors of the leading otels, and prominent dealers in the United States nd Canada. They are neatly put up in five sizes -unpaneled bottles, holding more than paneled izes api>earing much larger. They are the best nd cheapest Fruit Extract the market affords heir Standard quantity and quality will be stnctly t aintained. 11 is necessary in some cases for persons de ring “Burnett’s Superior Flavoring Ex racts,” to insist upon obtaining them in order to void many of the factitious brands offered, because i their larger profits. JOSEPH BURNETT CO., Sole Proprietors, Boston. For sale by first-class Grocers and Druggists gen all^‘ dc3sxeod BONDS! ortland Municipal,. -,g ortland aid R. R.,. late of Maine,. ^)i# 6’a lackland aid R.R.,. uropean Sc H. A. R. R., Bold,. 6’a ortland Sc Ogdens burg R, R. Oold, ortland Sc Rochester R. R.,. j.,B hicago,. 7,m ol*do’. 8’s FOR SALE BY SWAN BARRETT, Bankers and Brokers. loo MIDDLE STREET. oc23sx mwf SKATES! Jle Agent in the United s.ates lor ,he celebrated 1 MACME CLUB SKATES 99 l°ivtailineot'Wood TopSkate®»at wholesale ocD °'erd ,nAILEif’ 18 Ezchange street. _ BOYS LITTLE DREAM. a Boys little dream, while they are Rnva If they shall live till they ire men. o How many things will mar their Joys’ How much they’ll meet to cause them pain They little dream how cares will press Causing them anxious days and nirliis How hitter foes may bring distress 8 By trampling on their dearest rights They seldom dream they’ll not buy “Cloths* t Coat, Pants, Vest Hat and Shoes complete As they do now at George Fexxo’s 1 Corner of Beach and Washington street t loSTON, Nov. 30,1871. dlw 8,“ 1 SPECIAL NOTICES. HOME SECURITIES. BONDS OF TBB EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN RAILWAY CO. THE E. N. A. RAILWAY is completed trow Bangor, Maine, to bt. Jobu. New Brunswick, a distance ot 2r2 miles,—with the except iou of 58 mil< s between Winn. Me., and ’lie boundary line ot the State at Vanceb^ro’. On this portion the track is iijw I eiug lad, both from Winn eastward and trom Vanceboro’ westward and the work will be completed aud traius running trom Bangor to 'St. Jobu in September next. Tins road will then bo THE ONLY RAILWAY CONNECTING THE UNITED KTATE8 AND THE BBITISn PROVINCES (New Brunswick and Nova S*otia). The population ot the maritime Provinces is about ONE MILLION, and all the land travel, freight, mails. Ac., betwecu them and the Uni ed Statcs.will pass over this Trunk line.wbh-b is WITHOUT tO VIPETITION. Although not yet completed, the business of the road is already f*r greater than its most sanguine tilends predicted, and is continually increasing. The net earnings from Local Basiurmi alone, on the 58 miles completed in Maiue,already exceed the interest on two and one quarter millions ot dol lars. aud will be largely increasing alter sept next by the business io and Irom tee Proriiicas. To complete this road, aud to equip it as tuliy as its present large business and tne imraed ate increase consequent upon its completion, requires —the Com pany lias issued its Bonds to the amount of Two Millions ot Dollars, secured by a FIRST AND ONLY MORTGAGE ON ITS ENTIRE IS.O4 D AND PROP ERTY EK«»*I WINN lo VANCEBORO’ (besides a Second Mortgage on the entire road and equipments from Bangor to Winn. 56 miles. This ponton cost some *2 .wu,u u, ana the only lien there on is a mortgage to the city or Bangor tor $1,000,000) 1-and, in ad 1 it ion thereto, by a FIRST AMD om 4.W fflOKTGAUB on 800,000 ACRES OF LAND Said lands being the same granted by the Slate ol Maine to aid the construction ol this road. They are situate along tbe Penobscot ami St. .John rivers, an I are heavily timbered and valuable. Large tract*, especially in I be fertile Aroostook Valley, (rhe fiuest agricultural district in the St«te.) are valuab e lor larrnin*.lands as well as tor their timber. This immense grant ot lands equals about 14,000 Acres to each Mile ot Railroad with whii h they are mortgaged. They cover 1250 square miles (nearly as large as the State o' Rhode Island, which is 1300 square miles and are ot great value. Thus, besides the mortgage ol the Railway, its equipments, &c., which alone is ample security tor the Bonds, there are timber and farm lands to the amount of 400 ACRES TO EACH ROND. also pledged to ensure the payment thereof. The Bonds are lor $1000 each, due March l, 1999, bear interest at SIX PER CENT. PER ANNUM, PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYABLE IN GOLD COIN, Free From II. 8. Taxation. Coupons payable March 1 and September 1, in New York. Bonds registered if desired, Coupons made payable <£(J each) in London, Eug'and, it prelerred. 8INKING FUND—All proceeds ot sales of land, as well as ol timber and other products therefrom, are, by the Trustees, to be Invested in these Bonds if they can be bought at oar or less; otherwise In Cuiied States, State or Municipal Secuiities. And on July 1, 1879, and annually thereafter until these Bonds become due or are all paid, tbe E. N. A. Railway Co. is bound to pay to the Trustees a sum of money equal to one per cent, of the amount ol Bonds outstanding. Such amounts, and all interest received on securities, belonging to tbe Sinking Fund are to be invested a* above stated, and these accumulations are solely for the purpose of addition ally providing lor the redemption of there Bonds. The Sinking Fund constitutes a third great element ot securiig and strength, and adds to the saiety of these Bonds. The Trustees are Hou. HANNIBaL HAMLIN, ot Bamror, Me, and J. EDGAR THOMSON, Esq., of Pliiladelubia, Pa. The Trustees are authorized to receive the Bonds at Par and Accrued Interest m payment for any ol the lands at their appraised value. These very desirable securities tor sale at 90 and Acorued Interest in Currency. U, S Bonds and all marketable securities receiv ed at highest market price in exchange for these Bond*, and can be sent by Express and these le turned by Express, tree o' expense 10 the purchaser. Pamphlets giving further particulars concerning tbe connections and business, with Map*, showing the location and lands of this road, sent free on ap plication to ELIAS MERRILL, Principal Agent of the Company for the Sale of Rond., RANCOR, MAINE, OB TO SWAN BARRETT, Bankers and Brokers, lOO middle Street!.Portland. SyOn completion (in 1872)ot CO miles of •Railroad now building, between St John, N. B, and Halifax, N. S, there will be an unbroken line ot Railway from Halifax to all th= chief cities of the United £'*•*9. and as two or three days oi ocean travel can ne avoiot-o, a^out 35 hours’ time saved, from New York, tn gr*Tng to coming 110m Europe, by rail to or Irom Halifax,— a v>x.^e business in pas sengers, mails and Jreigtn will 'hereby be auued to the traffic over the E. N. A. Railway. Julyia-sueod tf NOW IS YOUR TIME TO BOY A GUN! In order to close out my remaining stock of Gl'Yg, I have marked them DOWN" BELOW THE COST 1 FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY! J. B. LUCAS, 69 Exchange Street, TWO DOORS FROM MIDDLE ST. Not 30-dtf sn BONDS! Portland,. 6’s Chicago,. y>» Portland Rochester K. R.,. 7>» Leeds F arnslngton R. R.,. 6’s Central Railroad of I „wa, Cold. For sale by H. M. PAYSON, 32 Exchange St., Portland. dc2 BOOTS AND SHOES! -AT REDUCED PRICES. Men’s French Kip Beote, at $5.50, former price $6.00 Men’s Kip Boots, at 4.50, former price 5.00 Men’s Kip Boots, at 4.00, former price 4.50 Men’s Calf Boots, at 5.00, former price 5 50 Men’s Calf Boots, at 4.50, former pices 5.00 Boy’s Winter Boots, at 2.50, former price 3.00 Also a good assortment of Boy’s Youth’s and Chil dren’s Kip and Calf Boots. Ladies’ Foxed Button Boots, $2.75, former price $3.00 Ladies’ Cloth Button Boots, 50, former price 2.75 Ladies’ Foxed Polish Boots, L 5, former price 2.50 Ladies’ Cloth Polish Boots, 2. former price 2.25 Also a large assortment of Mis. s’ and Children’s Boots and Shoes, at very low price i. These goods are all of the best ork and stock, and all warranted, at Wifi. D. TRUE’S, No. 353 CongKM Street. Men’s Toilet Slippers Bottomed, and Repair ing neatly done. no29dlw*sn BETTER AND CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER BOOTS -AJSHD SHOES: THOSE FASTENED WITH CABLE SCREW WIRE! BETTER—Because they are more Pliable, more Comfortable, and Water-proof, and are warranted not to Rip or Gape. CHEAPER—Because, while their first cost is not in excess of sewed or pegged work of a like grade, their Durability is far greater, they preserve their Shape much better, and the metalic fastening insures a more Equal Wear. Equally applicable to light and heavy work. xne immense aemana Having called rortb imita tions. consumers should be euro that every boot or shoe bears the Patent Stamp. Sold by Dealers Everywhere. no28su7w STERLING EXCHANGE BILLS ON BAKING BROS, dc CO., UNION BANK of LONDON, -AND THE •Provincial Bank of London, AND ALL ITS BRANCHES For sale In sums to suit, by J. B. BROWN ^ONS, je!3 sntfJ? Exchange St. HALFORD LEICESTERSHIRE TABLE SAUCE The Best Sauce and Relish! Made in any part of the World FOR FAMILY USE. o BE HAD OP ALL FIRST CLASS GROCERS For Sale in Portland by 8I8E A NEVINS. SEXUAL SCIENCE, By Prof. O. S. Fowler. SEXUAL SCIENCE explains NATURE’S LAWS s applicable to the sexes. No one familiar with bwlcr’g writings, will doubt the GREAT PRACTI AL VALUE OF THIS WORK to every adult man woman. ATWELL CO., 174* Middle St., Agents for Portland and vicinity, nov29-2w _ For Sale. rllE new two Ftory French r«*of house, Jmt fin ished, aUusbman st.; hou*e piped t rStbago, od all the modern improvements. Enqnue oi- the remises or No 25 Emery »t. J. A. TENNEY, sepodtt 8n SPECIAL NOTICES. STORAGE. ADVANCES Storage to let in first class bonded watsbivises on Brown’s Wharf, and Merchants Wharl, and in Port land Sugar t’o’s buildings York Dan’orth and Com mercial Streets. Advances made on property stored as above. Apply to J. B. BROWN ore, Savannah. Anita Owen, Blanchard, Newport, to load for United States. Oil Progreso, Mux, 25th nit, brig Clara Jenkins, Coombs, from New York, dis^. A t- 4 ..u __ _ _ —.w luuiit-u, uceu iuk Porto Rioo 2 (lays, to load fruit for New York Sid fm Havaua 2Cth, brig Wm Mason, Richardson, Pensacola. Cld 25th, barque Norwegian. Murrav, New Orleans. In port 27th, barque IK Weldon, Colson, for New dork. Mg; G W Rosevelt, Hen-imam unc; brigs C J Adams, McFadden, for New York, ldg; Torrent Tib betts, for Baltimore, do; A II Curtis, Merriman, for Delaware Breakwater, do; Nellie Clifford, Littlefield and Wenonali, unc; Mariposa, Staples, do. At Mayaguez 16th ult, sells Old Chad, McClintock for Charleston; E K. Dresser, Reed, for do, ldg. Sid fm Cardenas 25th, sch Cora Etta, Sleeper, for Sat ilia River. Ar at St John, NB, 2d Inst, brig A D Whklden, El lis, Portland; Bchs Laura, Foster, do; Frances Ellen, Warren, Luboc. [Latest by European steamers. 1 Ar at Liverpool 19th ult, Wm M Reed, Stinson, fin New York. Cld 18th, P J Carlton, Luce, New Orleans. Ent for ldg 20th, Jas E Ward, Nickerson, Havana. Cld at London 20th, John C Potter, McClure fur Newport and Bombay. Off Dover 17th, Helen Sands, Woodside, fm Phila delphia for Antwerp. At Bristol 18th, Zephyr, Sweetser, for New Orleans ldg; Gold Hunter, Freeman, for do. Ar at Batavia Oct 1, Clara, Nichols, Singapore; loth Peruvian, Thompson, Samarang. Sid fm Valencia 15th ult, Delftliaven, Freese, for Alicante. Ar at Palermo 7th ult, Megnnticook, Hemingway, Licata; 11th, Rabboni, Coombs, Bangor. Sid fm Trieste 16th ult, Eureka, Prince, Licata. Cld at Havre 18tli ult, Guardian, Borland, for New Orleans. Ar at Cuxliavcn 16th ult, A McCallum, Moody, fin Guanape; 18th, Wm Leavitt, Leavitt, Callao. Ar at Antwerp 17th ult, J S Winslow, Davis, from New York. Sid 20th, Florence Treat, Short, Philadelphia. Ski fm Memel 16th ult, Mary E Leighton, Bray, for Marseilles. NPOKKlf, Oct 4, lat 1 N, Ion 23 W, ship Alice Buck, from Car diff' for Galle. Oct 8, lat 14 N, Ion 28 W, ship Matterhorn, from Cardiff for Rio Janeiro. Nov 18, off Key West, barque Jennie Cobb, from Mobile fur Key West. Nov 29, off Fenwick Island, brig Fidelia, from Liv erpool for Baltimore. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS To Edward If For, Esq., one of the Justicet of the Peace and of the Quorum within and for the Coun ty Of Cumberland in the Mate of Maine WE the uudersigued citizens of Portland in said County, members of a corporation established at said Portland for charitable aud benevolent pur poses on tile 27th day of November, A. D. 1871, un der the name of Bosworth Post Number Two, De partment of Maine, Grand Army of the Republic, Sursuuut to a warrant issued by you to John Yeaton, r., of said Portland on the 6th day of November, A. D. 1871, under the provisions of the 55tli Chapter of the Revised Statutes of said State, Hereby request that you will issue your warrant to some member of said corporation directing him to c.nll fchn flrsi. mi-cHncr of hhU PGrHGratlnn Portland, Me., Nov. 29, 1871. JOHN'O. RICE, J. F. LAND, GEO. H. ABBOTT, STATE OF MAINE, Co. of Cumberland ss To John Yeaton, Jr., one of the members of said Cor poration, Greeting: I N pursuance of the foregoing request you are liere A by directed in the name of the State of Maine to call the first meeting of said Corporation, by giving due notice thereof according to law, and 1 hereby desig nate the Portland Daily Press and the Daily Eastern Argus, newspajicrs published in said Portland, as the newspapers in which notice of said meeting shall be published. Witness my hand and official seal at Portland in said County, this 29th day of November A. D. 1871. EDWARD W. FOX, [L. S.] Justice of the Peace and Quorum. Notice. PURSUANT to the foregoing warrant I hereby give notice that the first meeting *>f the mem bers and associate members of the above named cor gjration will be held in the hall in Mechanics’ Hall uildiug on Congress, street, in said Portland here tofore occupied by a voluntary association of the same name as the foregoing corporation, Friday even ing, Doc. 29tli, A. D. 1871, at 7 o’clock and thirty minutes for the transaction of the following business, Viz.: To adopt a code df by-laws for said corporation. To adopt a common seal. To elect such officers as may be provided for by said by-laws. To determine whether said corporation will lease the Hall heretofore occupied by said voluntary asso ciation. To determine whether said corporation will accept certain property heretofore held by said voluntary as sociation and Geo. H. Libby. To determine whether Raid corporation will accept a deed of a burial lot at Evergreen Cemetery. And to transact such other Dusiness as may prop erly come before said meeting. Portland, Me., Nov. 30.1871. JOHN YEATON, JR., One of the Members of said Corporation. dec6-d2w HAL US VEGETABLE SICILIA* HAIR BENEWEB. IT WILL POSITIVELY RESTORE GRAY BAIR TO ITS ORIGINAL COLOR. It keeps the hair from falling out. It is the beet (lrcBeing in the world, making lifeless, stiff1 brushy hair, .healthy, Boft and gloeey. For sale by all druggists. R. P. HALL CO. Nausliua, N. H. Proprietors. _dc6 eod&eow d eow w w49 2m Wanted. A GOOD, capable Girl or Woman, to do house work in a small family. Apply af 31 Market st., or at Press Office. Dec 6—(Lit* Gas Notice! THE Office of the Gas Light Company, will to-dav be removed to the Rooms over the Portlaud Savings Bank, No 95 Exchange st. December 2,1871. new3t INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE CO., NEW YORK. CASH CAPITAL, $500,000. Statement of the International In surance Co., Nov. 8,1S71. Cash in Leatlier Manufacturers’ National Bonk.J 162,420.51 U. S. 5-20 Bond*.(Market Val.) 22,250.00 U. S. 10-40 Bonds. 109,250.00 U. S. 6 per cent 30 year Bonds 389,812.50 U. S. 6 per cent. 1881 Bond*.. 11,525.00 State Bonds. 55,170.0# Market National Bank Stock. 2,688.0# Heal Estate.%.. 200,000.00 Loans on United States Bond*. 237,475.00 Loans on Bond and Mortgage. 119,400.00 Premiums in course of transmission. 119,511.3 Debts for Premiums. 27,695.1 All other Securities.*. 17,073.55 Total Assets.#1,466,720.01 LIABILITIES. Losses in process of adjustment 1 ft1_ Including all losses at Chicago j 15 Other Claims. 3,250 #608,265.00 Capital and Surplus—$858,455.00 GrEO. W. SAVAGE, President. HAMILTON BRUCE, Vice President. WILLIAM T. HUGHES, Secretary State of New York Insurance Department, Albany. November 2, 1871. In pursuance of the request of the International insurance Company of New York, 1 have examined ts affairs and tlud its condition is as follows The Company has assets securely iuveslcd and ivailable to the amount of 91.466,7 40. Alter de luding or providing for all liabilities, including rein urance reserve and losses by the great fire at Chica ;o, the Capital of the Company, 9500,000, is cholly unimpaired. These facts are, in my Judg nent. sufficient to commend theCompany to the entire onfldence of the jmblic. GEO. W. MILLER, Superintendent Insurance Department. IV. D. LITTLE CO., Ag’s. OFFICE, 40 1-2 EXCHANGE STREET. oov21 d&wSwia FOR SAlGLE. rVXE second hand Horizontal Engine and Boiler Le with Gearing attached for hoisting. The cylin er is 7 inch. It was made by Kawson Hittinger, )ambri»lgei>ort, Mass. Ha* l*een used about 3 months nd Is in tir*t rate condition for use. Can lie seen at r. J. GERU1SH k CO’S, No 35 Commercial st, Port ed, Me. dc4*iw Safes! Safes! Safes! lanufacturcs, for sale low. c D®M _(Io2_6t_FOBAUey CO. J. II. WEBSTEK, INSURANCE AGENT, tan REMOVED from H0, ON to II*. N4 ^***J*^‘over A. Q* Leach’s Dry Goods Store. Dec 2-dtf NEW advertisements. Stop that Crazy Man! fob 10 DAYS SHALL SELL 6 CORD THREAD In quantities la suit purchasers, at 3 ceuta a apool. 1ST I C E PU SH and VELVET HATS! WORTH $1 00 FOR 25 eta Other IVIiUiiiery in Proportion. Our Entire Stock AT PANIC PRICES 300 DOZEN White Lin. Handkerchiefs Worth $4.50 Per Dozen, FOR 35 CENTS EACH. Or, $2.25 Per Dozen. EVERYTHING Going With a Rush at COGIA HASSAFS, 129 Middle, and 6 Temple Sts. December 6. cl ntf Special Steamboat Notice! LAST TRIP OF THE BEAMON. Inside Line to Mt. Desert and Ma chias. Steamer LEWISTON, Capt. Peering, will make her Last Trip for this season, leaving Railroad Wharf, Portland, Friday Even 1 _ _ Ing, Dec. 8th, at 10 o’clock, for Machiasport, touching at intermediate landings. Re turning will leave Machiasport, Monday morning, Dec. 11th, at 5 o’clock, touching at inter mediate land ings. For further particulars inquire of Ross Sturdi vant, 179 Commercial street, or Cyrus Sturdivant, General Agent. Portland, Nov. 23d, 1871. no2J>tdSB Produce for Sale. 150 Tl™ NICK, VERNONT BIT 75 Bbl* flwert Cider. 300 Nice Dnnrrrtt Onion*. 35 .Medium Pickle*. 35 Half Bbl*. Medium Pickles. lO Bbl*. Sweet Potatoes. Bbl*. C'raaberrie*. Bbl*. Pare Cider Vinegar. Bbl*. Apple*. Bbl*. Ham*. Bose* C'face*e. Jarkson Potatoes, Eggs, and all kind* Canned Goods. ISJ"o. 9 Moulton Street. dcOdlw CYRUS GREENE. Store and Stock of Goods for Sale. SITUATED in the pleasant and thriving village of Harrison, Me. At the head of Steamboat navi gation on Lake Wyomagonie. Store, large and con venient, with wharf and storehouse, designed for a large business. Full Stock, bought with cash, select ed with care, and well adapted to the trade. Also the house in which I live; pleasantly located with about two acres of land. The aliove-named property will be sold at a bargain, terms, and otters a rare chance for business. Will take in exchange a small form, well located tin- (ler a t'OLxi Rta.t*' nf .-nltivnH..n nrllL For further particulars, address, decO-dlw J. H. 1LLSLEY, Harrison Me. Store to Let! NO 3 Free Street, Basement and first floor to let on favorable terms. Possession given January 8, 1872. Apply to j. b. cnnflNGs, 26D Cumberland Street, or T. F. CUMMINGS, dc6dtf 220 Commercial St. To Let. APART, or the whole of the new House, Dow Street. Inquire upon the premises. dctid3w For Rent. TO family without children, House and Furniture No 55 State Street. Ann y at the House after 10 o’clock a. M. detid is 2w To Let for Hi:* Board A VALUABLE and kind family Horse, suitable for a lady to drive, would be let for his board ids winter. Apply at No. liKi Congress st. Dec 6 dlt Don’t Road This. PERSONS seeking profitable employment in sell ing an article that commends itse lf, being light ind cheap, will do well to call at once on SCOFIELD NOVELTY CO., Iec6d3t* St. Julian Hotel. HALE’S RUSSIAN ^gPPCTioisrs. W1CKES’ ELECTRIC OIL! i intended for use In ordinary kerosene lamps, rherever good light and perfect security from accl ent are required. It Is prepared carefully at the IUDSON RIVER OIL WORKS. And cannot be equalled forj Parity* Brilliancy, and Economy. 'umiebed In cans, cnece, and prime bbla. by J. II. WICKES, I'iO *Iiiiilcn I,ane,Nsw V.rki deli i'V