THE PRESS, j TUESDAY MOBNINW. »EC* 18»1871, The Mub.idi». <1 M»ilrond C'o,u,...u, n..d it. tjH,,,l »|»r«-MlafioM*i. We counted the cost before the Press begun to expose and denounce great ami pow erful monied corporations. It was to lie ex pected that invective and missrepsentation would be employed to divert public attention .from the facts which are set forth in pursu ance of a purpose to show the people of Maine how their generosity to the European North American railroad and other corpora tions has been abused. We do not flatter ourselves that we shall escape with so moder ate a reprimand as even the Bangor Whig’s intimation that the Press is actuated by hos tility to the road in question, and “to Eas tern Maine.” Now we proposo to put it out of the power of any reputable newspaper or honerable man to reiterate hereafter these or any simi lar charges. We shall compel our opponents to face such facts and argumeats as we may be able to present instead of sliding easily and comfortably into “You are working for some hostile interest,” “You are jealous of Eastern Maine,” “You are attacking the credit of the European North American road. The Press has called attention to the doings of that road and its agents solely in the interest of the State. It has absolutely wo other motive. Portland is now so intimately connected by commercial ties with Eastern Maine that the most fer tile imagination can suggest no reason why our citizens or our newspapers should cherish anything but the most cordial feelings toward that locality and its people. Portland depends in no small measure on Eastern Maine for its business prosperity. And as for the European North American road the Press certainly has a pecuniary interest hi its prosperity. It has received from that com pany daring the past year more money for advertising than from all the other railroads in Maine. It has#not, however, regarded it self as bribed by receiving money in a mere business transaction, and there is up to this time no reason to suppose that the officers of the road have looked upon the transaction in that Fiskish light. Representatives of the Press who have had occasion to pass over the road have been treated with such uniform courtesy that it is doubly unpleasant for us, out of regard to what we conceive to be the unmistakable duty of a public journal, to op pose its pretensions. What we have done is precisely what any journal, in >v estern or Eastern Maine, believing what we believe, ought to do without hesitation and without stopping to consider the effect upon itself. We have exercised the more freedom in this vindication of the motives of the Press because we are most unwilling that its influ-s ence in this and other needful work in which it is engaged should be impaired by allowing its opponents to place it in a wrong position. Accordingly, for once and all, we defy men or angels or devils to cite one fact which is cal culated to throw even a suspicion on the pu rity of the motives that have influenced the Press in the matter of the European North American Railroad, State subsidies and collateral subjects. But to the matter in hand. The Whig says that the rumor to the effect that the Pennsylvania railroad has the control of the European North American road is not true. Our statement in regard to that matter was made in a most guarded manner. We said it was only “a rumor,” but we did not say, as we might, that our informant, who is a prominent man and who has peculiar facilities for becom ing acquainted with the internal economy of Maine roads, s tated to us that his belief in regard to the matter as amounting to certainty. With such authority, We must decline even now, as much as we respect the fairness, intelli gence aud integrity of the Whig to accept its loose, general denial in place of the distinct, authoritative, almost official affirmation on which the original statement was founded. The rumor may prove false. We hope so most sincerely. But the probability is, ac cording to our present information, that even if it should be found that it is nominally in independent hands, it is virtually controlled by the gentlemen connected with the Penn sylvania Central who have so largely invest ed In its securities. So much for the rumor. The Whig pro ceeds to show that no investigation is needed in regard to the formal transfer of the pub lic lands by the Governor and Council to the road by the following statement: The act of the Legislature of 1868, convey ed to the Company the ownership of certain timDt. „rid lands; the character of the grant was specified in repeated clauses of the act so that, thrt nnrnnrt nr Ov a moocn rn uroe o nno I ent. Certain lands set apart for settling were excepted from the grant, and the only oues tions are as to some lands which it is held ■were not so set apart, and tlm t/mber on some townships. It is well Known that the bonds of the Company are secured by lien upon the property thus granted by the Legislature, and the bondholders are entitled to the benefit of all that was granted by the State. A con flict of opinion having arisen as to the prop er construction of the grant, and the compa ny being advised that permits had been given for cutting timber which is claimed under the grant, the officers of the Company have sim ply requested the State authorities to with hold permits for cutting such timber, or to appoint a trustee to hold the stumpages until the question of title can be adjudicated by the Supreme Court. That it is the duty as well as the right of the Company to obtain all that the legislature granted them, no one will question; and there is nothing reprehen sible in their request to have their interests protected, pending the final interpretation of the conveyance, by the State Court. This is the plain statement of a case which has been distorted recklessly by the assailants of the railway company. So far from de siring to interfere with settlers, every one must see that the company is more interested in the settlement of these lands than any other party, and they are ready to extend every encouragement and facility in this direction. The State has granted them certain lands and timber and if there is any dispute as to the limitations of that grant, the Supreme Court is the proper tribunal for its adjustment. The Company are not trying to evade this judicial scrutiny; on the contrary, they desire it, and in asking for it they have aroused a storm of misrepresentation. In support of this statement the Whig quotes an irrelevant letter of ex-Govemor Chamberlain, written for the sole purpose of replying to an intimation of the Argus that the Governor and Council had been guilty of negligence in signing the deed. The Gover nor sa^B in his note, which has been publish ed in these columns, that the description in the deed followed strictly “a schedule from the land agent’s office, purporting to include the lands coming within the effect of the grant” from the the State, and that “the Governor’s deed could not convey anything not granted by the Legislature.” Gen. Chamberlain’s letter was just what it was in a._J-J a. _ 1_ i e u uhicm.0 ui liiu viuvcruur auu Council. But neither that letter nor the Whig* statement meets our point, which is that ths company claims property not con veyed bf the State, and that it has wrongful ly endeavored to establish its title thereto by a series of adroit but reprehensible maneu vres, including the insertion in the deed of an improper schedule obtained from the land office in the absence of the head of that de partment. That the road will obtain only what the State meant to grant we verily believe, but that it founds on the too generous deed a much larger claim is certain. We mean to state the case once more so plainly that it will be impossible for anyone to misunderstand it or misrepresent it. The original grant to the European North American railroad gave that corporation all the public lands on the waters of the Penob scot and St. John except those set apart for settlement under previous acts of the Legisla ture. But in the year 1808 the road came once more before the Legislature with a pe- tition that the State would remove an incum brance resting on the ceded territory in the shape of a large debt due Massachusetts. The Legislature, with its accustomed munificence 1 when dealing with this favored corporation, J granted the modest request, but while its at- j tention was occupied solely with the matter which ostensibly was the main purpose of the j bill, it did not observe that the grant had been changed, and that the state had now given “for. the defence of the Northeastern 1 frontier” not simply the lands, but “the tim- J ber and lands” pn the waters of the Penob scot and St. John Members of the Legisla- 1 ture of 1808 have assured us that this change in the phraseology of the grant was so quietly and deftly made that it entirely escaped their observation. But this piece of neat legislative work had j o lie supplemented by another and much mire difficult one in Order to be of any avail. Phis alone would have profited the company lothing if the deed made in pursuance of the ict had included merely the lands granted, or both timber and lands within those limits tad been conveyed by the State. The way ,hey obtained another sort of deed was this: Yfter the passage of the act of 18(38 the pffi >ers of the road, taking advantage of the ab lenco of Mr. Burleigh, the Land Agent, de namlcd their deed. Their urgency was ex reme, and yielding at length to their irupor .unity the Governor and Council gave a deed jased on a schedule prepared and signed by t. H. Clark, a gentleman now, if not then, in the employ of the road. Among the lands .‘numerated in this schedule were the towns hips set apart for settlement, though of course the deed contained a clause referring to the lands excepted in the legislative act. The whole purpose of the company is thus made plain. The lands and not the timber in the excepted townships was reserved for the State, and it is on this pretext that an at tempt is made to deprive the people of Maine of the meagre remnant of the public domain, in the interest of foreign capitalists. Mr. Clark had no authority to act for the Laud Agent in a matter of so grave importance, and the latter officer, had he prepared the schedule, would not, as he has since avowed, have made it in such a way as to render the present prepos terous claim of the company possible. The precipitancy with which the company, acted is calculated to throw still more suspicion on its good faith. It has been stated on the very best authority that the Secretary of State, whose duty it was to sign the deed, wits not given time even to read it, though he earnestly desired that privilege. It should be added that the managers of the road, have not concealed their hostility to Mr. Burleigh since the transaction above described while Mr. Clark, whose zeal in their behalf was so conspicuous and so valuable, is now an offi cer of the road. There is another matter that deserves atten tion as illustrating the spirit in which.the Eu ropean North American road has accepted the bounty of the State. That corporation VUUlgLU *1 I til U k-llllglL UUIJ •-'■■‘•‘IV that has given it all its remaining lands and a large sum of money, besides paying off its incumbrances. This duty was the encour agement of immigration, which was laid upon it by the act of 186(5. How lias that sim ple, reasonable, inexpensive requirement been met No attention whatever was paid to it till the Legislature of 1871 made further neglect of it o penal offence. Since that time the company has issued a little circular, pre pared by a clerk in their office whom they have elevated to the dignity of “immigration agent” in tardy and reluctant compliance with the requirements of the act of 1866. This and a little advertising in a Ban gor paper is all that has been done to encour age immigration by the corporation into whose coffers Maine has poured so great a part of its modest estate! Meanwhile the people of the State have been at great ex pense and trouble to divert the rich stream of Scandinavian emigration to Aroostook—a work which the railroad ought promptly and in good faith to have taken on itself. It is a curious circumstance that the State has set tled its colony on the very lands of which the road is now trying to dispossess it! Gov. Campbell’s iWomax Suffbage Mes sage.—The message of Governor Campbell of Wyoming, vetoing the bill repealing woman suffrage, and which the territorial council sus tained on Friday, reviews at length the famil iar argument of the advocates of woman suf frage and some of the practical results of the experiment, as follows: In this Territory women have manifested for its highest interests a devotion strong, ardent and intelligent. They have brought to public affairs a clearness of understanding and a soundness of judgment which, considering their exclusion hitherto from practical participation in political agitation and movements, are worthy of the greatest admiration, and above all praise. The conscience of women in all things is more discriminating and sensitive than that of men; their sense of justice not compromising or time-serving, but pure and exacting; their love of order not spasmodic or sentimental merely, but springing from the heart. All these the better conscience, the ex alted sense of justice, and the abiding love of order, have been made by the enfranchisement of women to contribute to the good government and well beiug of onr Territory. To the plain teachings of these two years I cannot close my eyes. The message closes with the constitutional objection that the repeal act exceeds the limits of legislative power, that a legislature has no power to disfranchise its own constituents. Tub case in behalf of this Government to be laid before the Tribunal of Arbitration at Ge neva makes a printed volume covering 480 pages prepared since the adjournment of the Joint Higli Commission by Hon. J. C. Ban croft Davis, agent of the United States before the Tribunal, who has been assisted by C. C. Beaman, Esq., the whole work fiaving had the counsel, inspection and co-operation, as it pro gressed, or Hon. Caleb Cushing. The Chicago Tribune says, Vanderbilt wants to buy the Hoosac tunnel for a family vault. The Pennsylvania railroad requires the Boston, Hartford and Erie road to supply Thomas Scott with wooden nutmegs and shoe-peg oats for feeding liis numerous State legislatures, First class in geography, stand up! What is the population of the United States? Answer:— Five, viz: Thomas Scott, Cornelius Vander. bilt, Leland Stanford, Jay Gould and William S. Orton. Hon. Ben Field of Albion, N. Y., got on the train for Rochester and took a seat with a stranger, who, after riding some ways accused the ex-Senator of stealing $00 from his pocket book. Mr. Field protested his innocence, but the irate and excited stranger insisted that “he was the feller,” and demanded of the conduc tor to arrest him. The conductor refused, stat ing the character of the man,—that he was a member of the last legislature of that State. Hearing this, he demanded Field’s arrest more vehemently, probably deeming this the best ev idence in the world that the accused was a pick pocket. The telegraphic report published yesterday morning that Ex-Gov. Seward was very low with paralysis, is entirely without foundation, is a telegram from Auburn, N. Y. yesterday itates his health to be “perfect^ good.” If you want to make your little ones a Christmas present that will make them happy throughout the year and the best possible ex penditure of $1.50, sent that amount to JnhnL. Shorey, 3(1 Broomfield street, Boston, and get the Nukseby. Items* H011. Frank Jones, of Portsmouth, N. H., did Qot appear at Lowell, Monday morning to take his wheelbarrow ride to his home, thus forfeit ing: his S475 grold watch. History repeats itself. The cry of the Dem ocracy is, “How can we beat Grant?” General R. E. Lee strnggled in vain over the same con tndrum a few years ago. And, strange to re ate, it remains uusolved to this day! Gen. Benj. W. Brice has been placed on the retired list at his own request. He entered the Military Academy from Virginia in 1825. He was paymaster two yearsin the Mexican war and was again appointed paymaster in 1852, re maining in the corps until lie was commission id as Paymaster General in 18(14. Beverdy Jonnson is said to be completely dis gusted with the Ku-Klux trials in which he is ■ngaged. The revelations made by those plead ng guilty are enough to shook less sensitive nen. The Grand Duke has given $1500 to the poor if Boston. The superintendent of schools at Hunter’s Vint repudiates the late compromise, and the lible war will probably be resumed. John Cooper (colored) has beeu convicted of nurder in the first degree for killing James H. ’wing (also colored) in Cleveland, Ohio, about i month ago. igwftlftST1 hands at a dog lay'was $5tW,0(Hx"leUt from New Y”'k Sa‘> The Mausficld-Fislc case has been postponed (gain on account of the sickness of the plaintiff. A New York dispatch says a lawyer named Ilatchford was robbed of $50,000 in bonds in he street Saturday. John U. Norton, of New York, who stole ome $115,000 from the money order department f the Post Office a few months ago has been .nested by Government officers. lie had been n the office sixteen years. English merchants, when the illness of the ’rince of Wales was alarming, bought the en ire stock of black gloves, black artificial flow rs, drygoods and jet ornaments in Paris. The agents of the International Society re •ort that the French army is composed of re lublicans and imperialists; the latter are much he strongest in number. The Home Secretary is likely to request par lainent to give him authority to expel Carl ,\lrx from the United Kingdom Marx’s resi igentsW‘ be placed under tlle watch of police WMd'to'a return to Pari,0’’ ■arc °p’ ikelv tliat thf» f.an®» though it is quite uoved thither. e dePartraent will be re Death of Henry T. Tuekertnaa. The death of Henry T. Tuckerman, so inti mately connected with American literature, is announced to have occurred in New York Sun day. Tlterc are no details of the event, which is a surprise to .many. Mr. Tuckerman was born in Boston, April *20, 1813, and was therefore, at his death in the 59th year of his age. He received his education in our schools, hut did not cuter college, as when alanit to do so, in 1833, the state of his health Induced him to visit Europe,where he remained a year, passing most of tlio time ill Italy. Tile result appeared in his first literary effort, entit led “The Italian Sketch-Book,” published in 1S35. it was a collection of sketches, descrip tive and historical, essays anil talcs, and was well received. In 1837 he revisited Europe, and passed nearly two years in Sicily and Florence, embodying his observations in part in Ids next laiok, "Sicily, a Pilgrimage,” published in 1838. From that time onward his pen was busily at work, producing “Rambles and Reveries" (1841): “Thoughts on the Poets” (184C). devot ed chiefly to masters of the English school (translated into German by Muller); “Artist Life, or Sketches of American Painters” (1848); “t’httracteristics of Literature” (1849), of which a second series appeared In 1851; 'The Opti mist” (1850), a collection of miscellaneous es says; a “Life of Commodore Silas Talbot" (1851); “A Month in England" (1853), the fruits of a brief visit to Europe in 1852; “Me morial of Horatio Greeuough” (4853); “Bio graphical Essays” (1857). In 1851 a collection of his poems, embracing an elaborate metrical essay, entitled “The Spirit of Poetry,” was published in Boston. Among his later produc tions was a comprehensive “Sketoh of Ameri can Literature.” In 1845 Mr. Tuckerman removed from Bos ton to New York, where, with the exception of his summers passed at Nowport, he resided for the remainder of his life. In 1850 lie received from Harvard University the honorary degree of A. M. In addition cliiofly to the works enu merated above, Mr. Tuckerman was a frequent contributor to the lending literary reviews and magazines of the country. As an essayist lie ranked high, uniting to great accuracy of state ment, suggestiveuess, a genial, liberal tone, a well balanced judgment and a stylo lucid and elegant. He was a fervent patriot, and the moral spirit of all his writings was singularly pure and healthful. The Death of Mayor Dale.—The Bangor Whig gives the following particulars of the death of Mayor Dale: Mayor Dale had been attending to ids busi ness as usual on Saturday and had given no signs of serious indisposition. It seems, how ever, that on Sunday morning he was not feel ing entirely well and concluded to keep the house during the forenoon while his wife at tended church. No apprehension of serious illness was entertained by Mrs. Dale, and she went to church, leaving iier husband at home alone, without a presentment of the blow which was so soon to fall. On retumimr a little before 1 o clock 1\ M., and repairing to their sleeping room Mrs. Dale was terrified at finding her hus band prostrate on the floor. Instantly raising his head in her ai ms, she hurriedly dispatched a messenger for the physician, endeavoring in the meantime to restore her husband to con sciousness. All efforts were unavailing, as the dying man opened his eyes but for a moment to close them in the sleep of death. On the ar rival of the physician it was found that human skill could do of no avail, the dread stroke of apoplexy having done its fatal work. There were indications that Mr. Dale had begun prep arations for taking a bath, having partially re moved his clothing, when a feeling of faintness or some other circumstance induced a return to the chamber, where the attack seized him and he fell. The sad news quickly spread through out the neighborhood, and kind and Sympa thizing friends were soon gathered where the hush of a great grief had settled down upon the once cheerful and hospitable home. In all those enterprises that have made Ban gor and Eastern Maine conspicuous, Mayor Dale was one of the foremost leaders. His success in business lias been due to a rare sa gacity coupled with great energy and industry. In connection with the Maine regiments that rendezvouzed at Bangor, the generosity,thought fulness and efficiency of Mayor Dale will be long remembered. Among its many enterpris ing and valuable citizens there is no one whose loss would be a more general calamity than that of Samuel H. Dale. Mr. Dale was about fiO years of ago. Washington Mattees.—Commissioner Ba er of the Pension Office has been indefatigable since he was appointed in having the names of undeserving pensioners stricken from the rolls, and in punishing frauds. During the past year three hundred and one names which had been improperly placed on the pension rolls were dropped, and nine attorneys have been convict ed of fraud, while others are waiting trial. He thinks that an annual publication of the roll of pensioners, in their various localities, would expose many impostors. President Grant is said to feel the attacks in directly made upon him in the Senate as sanc tioning the use of the the public service as in strument of political or party power, it is fur ther reported that lie is preparing a special message to Congress, in which he will indicate his position as an earnest advocate of civil ser vice reform. The House Committee on Military Affairs will have presented to it for consideration, after the holidays, the of a law providing for the re organization, equipment, uniforming and dis cipling of the militia, and the. cnmne.nsation of a portion of it for annual camp duty under the instruction of a United States officer.' The West Point officers, it is said, do not favor the proposition to improve the efficiency of the militia. Sir. Hoar’s bill establishing a National Com mission of Labor is much talked of. The Demo crats oppose it, and a few Republicans, promi nent among whom is Judge Bingham, do not fancy it. But if nothing prevents, Mr. Hoar will it-, lin nn Tnoarlov on/1 if will nnl.tm,l by the House, with excellent chances of sue' cess in the Senate. Senator Wilson stated in a speech Sunday night that during the present session the Congressional Temperance Society will hold a grand temperance revival at the Capitol that will go out to the world, showing the peo ple that the spirit to do good exists in Washing ton. It is now stated that Catacazy did his utmost while Hon. C. M. Clay was Minister to Russia, to have recalled. “Perley” says President Grant will, before the close of the present week, take a position on the Civil Service bill that will convince the people that he is in earnest, while the removal of what is known as “patronage” from Con gressmen will showr why some of them wished to get control of the matter, and to talk loudly over its abuses while they really profit by them. Monsieur Catacazy has at last been directed to return to Russia, after having accompanied Prince Alexis as far as St Louis, and Monsieur Boris Danzas, the Secretary of the Russian Legation here, has been ordered by Prince Gortscliakoff to act as charge d'affaires pro tempore, until a charge d'affaires shall arrive. It is hardly probably that a new minister will be immediately appointed. A Washington correspondent says: “It is a curious fact, however, that some of the very Representatives who talk the loudest about Civil Service reform, are the foremost among those who claim and who use “patronage” to secure their own re-elections, generally regard less of the qualifications or the fitness of their appointees to place, or of the length of service of those “rotated” to make room for them.” At the dinner given to Gov. Washburn Mon day evening, invitations were not extended to objections made by Gen. Butler who presided on the-occasion. Members of the new civil service committee who have conferred with the commissioners as to the recommendations in the forthcoming re port of the system agreed upon, state that it is admirabiy adapted to the institutions of the country, and cannot fail to give satisfaction. Frauds Coming to Light.—A New York dispatch says there have hcen large frauds por petrated under what is knuwu as the “gravel contract,” and one or more gentleman holding high positions are implicated. It is stated that two irwlietnrWArifa liavn Iviwm :_t, _ Hon. Thomas C. Fields, and one or more against other parties connected with the city park management. Judge Bedford on Monday granted the grand jury till the 30th to complete their investiga tions in progress of the frauds upon the citv It has leaked out that James M. Sweeney lias been indicted for felony, and that the proofs against him are even stronger than against Tweed. It is alleged that the grand jury had copies before them of his bank account, and the dates of his deposit of the ten per cent, dividends in the Woodward frauds corresponds with the dates of Woodward’s drafts. It is stated that one of the police commis sioners is numbered among those Indicted, and that an effort is to be made to indict a gentle man high in financial circles. Fifteen or twen ty of the inspectors of the late election, it is said, have been indicted, One notorious fellow who voted (100 repeaters has had four or five true bills found against him. A well known police judge living on the east side of the town, in the German district, has also been indicted for his connection with ballot-box stuffing. Destructive Fire in Unitv.—We loam from our correspondent that a disastrous fire occurred at Unity, Waldo county, Sunday night, destroying four stores aud one dwell ing house, viz.: House, store and stable of Josiali Harmon. Insured $3500. Store occupied by J. J. W. Harmon almost all saved in a damaged condition. Store owned by C. E. Mitchell. No insur ance. It was occupied by Thomas B. Cook, whose goods were said to bo insured for $1000. Total loss. The Law Office of A. F. Watson, Esq., was destroyed with all his books and papers. Store occupied by J. H. T. Crol, and owned by Jas. K. Tabor was destroyed; store insured $500. Goods were removed in a partially dam aged condition, but insured. Another store owned and occupied by J. It. Page was destroyed, total loss. Store insured for $500 or $000. Goods were insured, but sav jd in a very imperfect state. STATE NEWS. ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY. The Lewiston Journal understands that the French Catholic Society in that city are taking steps towards errecting a new church. Recent ly five hundred assembled to look over a lot that they have talked of purchasing for this purpose. The Journal says about eight millions of brick have been laid in Lewiston and Auburn the past season—about live millions in Lewiston and three millions in Auburn. AROOSTOOK COUNTY. The Times says the the town of Houlton has voted to exempt from taxation, capital not ex ceeding $50,000 which shall be invested in man ufacturing establishments, for a term of ten years. We learn from the Voice that Neal Shannon, of Moluukus, lost his house and barn, and their entire contents, including two good horses, and two cows, by fire Dec. 8th. He barely escaped the flames with his family, and had to run to the neighbors, about oue-ualf mile, bare-footed. The 1'ofce reports a big bear killed in Sher man. KNOX COUNTY. The Camden Gazette says Dr. Isaac llartlett, of Hope, a man over 00 years of age, and weigh ing over 200 pounds, says he never tasted of a bit of meat of any kind in his life! He lives almost entirely on bread and milk. 'fhnobscot county. The late Mayor Dale had an insurance of $15,000 on his life. The Morman Elder Tripp, has been lecturing in Dexter. Hay is selling in Bangor at $28 to $32 per ton; eggs are selling at 30 to 32 cents; potatoes, In small lots at 50 cents; turkies 12fc to 18 cents. SOMERSET COUNTY. The Bangor Whig says that John E. Simons, of Pittsfield, who was arraigned on the charge of forgery before Trial Justice McUrillis at Newport, a month ago, and who failed to find the $1500 bail required for his appearance at the next term of the Supreme Judicial Court, at tempted to a few days since to commit suicide by taking laudanum, but was unsuccessful. Our correspondent informs us that J. H. Gil braitli, Eso., the famous horse breaker, died at Kendall’s Mills on Sunday. Mr. G. was the owner of the Gilbraith Knox stallion, and was famed all over the State for raising superior colts. 0 WASHINGTON COUNTY. Our correspondent states that John French a laborer living at what is called “Little Ken nebec” in the town of Machias, fell dead last Friday morning while walking across the floor of his bouse. It is supposed to have resulted from heart-disease. YORK COUNTY. On Wednesday of last week Eben Todd, of Old Orchard, while at work in the woods, had his leg broken and ankle sprained bv a log roll mu ujjvu mm. Jir. w mis McHenney, of Saco, whilo endeavoring to move a sled on Friday last, slipped and broke his leg, as we learn from the Independent. About 700 men are at work on the B. M. extension. The work is rapidly progressing. IN GENERAL. A few days since a horse and top buggy was hired at a stable in Lewiston, by a man calling himself Harry Bartlett, who stated that he should return in about two hours. Saturday a team of a similar description drove into Ports mouth, N. H., the pretended owner asserting that he came from Portland, and wished to sell his horse.and carriage, as he had no further use for them. He succeeded in disposing of the latter, and after leaving the horse at one of the livery stables in Portsmouth, with the remark that he should return for him in an hour or two, went directly to the depot and took the half-past five train for Boston. The City Mar shal was absent from Portsmouth at that time, or the tlnef would doubtless have been secured. There is no doubt that the team alluded to is the same that was stolen at Lewiston. The Gardiner Reporter says that Wm. H. Bigelow, Es of fered at prices to suit the closest buyers. ANDERSON’S, 3 Deering Block. deft_lW8 N STATE OF MAINE. OFFICE OF INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, Bang ob, Dec. 11,1871. Tlic Republic Life Insurance Co., of Chicago was admitted to do business in this State, in May last, and i s license was renewed on July 1. The expensive building which formed an important part of its assets having since been burned, and other losses incured in the Chicago Fire, it is hereby certified, after a very thorough examination into its affairs by the Commis sioner of Insurance in Massachusetts, according to his certificate to me, that the Company’s standing and credit are not thereby effected. Its present responsi bility is fullv established. ALBERT W. PAINE, Ins. Com’r. dcl3 su eod lw CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. LADIES Will save nearly 20 p>er cent, by making tlioir HOLIDAY PURCHASES -A.T OTJR STORE. Wo have a large and choice stock of LACE HANDKE ^CHIEFS, LADIES’ AND GENTS’ INITIAL HDKFS., WORK BOXES, GLOVE AND HDKF. BOXES, JEWEL CASES, writing; desks, PERFUMERY, JEWELRY, &c., Together with a LARGE ASSORTMENT OF FANCY ARTICLES. YELSOY CO., MORTON BLOCK, OLD STAND FItiV SMITH. Dee ll-ss2w To the Citizens of Portland. The following notice just received from tlie De partment is respectfully commended to the consid eration of the citizens with the suggestion that by compliance with its suggestions, letters can be de livered silently, and the too early interruption of re pose avoided during the winter months. C. \V. GODDAltD, Postmaster. P. O., Portland, Dec. 16,1871. Post Office Department, Washington, D. C., Dec. 7,1871. S Sir:—With a view to avoid the delays occasioned by tbe tardiness of servants in answering the letters by carriers, this Department fovors the adoption by the public of private letter boxes or devices for the reception of their letters. You will therefore encourage pat rons of your ofilce, by all proper means, to provide some safe and suit able box or ©tber device at their residences, stores, &c. Very respectfully, JOHN A. J. CRESSWEL, Postmaster General. Postmaster, Portland, Maine. decl8 LEA PERRIYS’ SAUCE, Pronounced by Connoisseurs The Only (rood Sauce.” It iin rovps appetite and digestion, and it is unriv aled lor its flavor. We are directed by Messrs LEi PERRINS to prosecute all parries making or vend*re counterfeits. JOHN JDUNCAN’8 SONS, &Ggl2sn6m Ageuts, New Yoik. iYLXJ_j-Lairs ILJrt x CiUOLS SELLING CHEAP AT W. Li. SNELL'S, 337 Congress St. In order to close out our Fall and Winter Millinery Goods, We have this day marked our prices down from 10 to 25 per cent. We are now selling clear quill Ostrich Tip* front 42 cent* to 91 25. O.trich Plume, from 75 ct* to 93 50. Flower* marked down in proportion. Velveteen* 05 cent* to 91 25. Frame*, Etibbou*. Cares, Friugcs. And in fact, our entire stock at correspondingly low prices. Now is the time to buy your Winter Hat. Hats and Bonnets trimmed in the most approved styles, at short notice. dcl5 sn-lw gtn 1 X X E R A I) CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER BOOTS -AJSTB SHOES: THOSE FASTENED WITH CABLE SCREW WIRE! BETTER—Because they arc more Pliable, more Comfortable, and Water-;: r.;cf, and are warranted not to Rip or Gaj>e. 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 wetalic fastening insures a more Equal Wear. Equally applicable to light and heavy work. The immense demand having called forth imita tions, consumers should be sure that every boot or shoe bears the Patent Stamp. Sold by Dealers Everywhere. no28sn7w The Neatest, Cheapest and Most Serviceable Present FOE CHRISTMAS. The question is often asked, what is the neatest, cneapest, and most serviceaole present, I can make Christmas. DURAN A JOHNSON, Can answer the question, by saying, they have one of the finest assortments of Ladies* ami Gentle men** Satchel!* ever offered in Portland, at pric es to suit all, from 91.00 to 915.00 Come early and examine our stock, as the assor .ment is now complete. jy*Rem«nber the name. DURAN JOHNSON, No. 171 Riddle Street dell sntf SPECIAL NOTICES. On Marriage. ■Innny Relief for Yeung Men from the effect* i»f errors and abuses iu early lire. Manhood restored. Impediments to marriage removed. New meth-Mi of treatment. New ami remarkable remedies. Book* and Circulars free, in sealed envelopes. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. South Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. aoylenddm THE OSTENSIBLE KEASON —OF THE— AUTOCRAT OF ALL TI*K RUMNIAM For sending his boy over tho sea Is to study Ameri can Institutions; but Lho sly old Diplomats do say that THE REAL OBJECT —OF— ALEXIS, THE UBAND DUKE, IS TO FIND OUT IF POSSIBLE HOW IS THE WOULD A. Q. LEA C H, Can afford to peddle out hi* DRY UOODS AT HIM PRKMKIT LOW PRICKS, So that If ever the ‘‘old man” should be Unfortunate in the Czar Business, Ho will know enough to manage a KAf. STORK. V However thia may bo it is an old and well authen ticated fact that §1 MIDDLE STREET, Is one of the Anoint Landmarks, well known to all habitues ot Maine where Dry Goods arc sold cheap, alike to Patrician and Plebian. deldsngw PROCURE TICKETS W. L>. LITTLE CO S, OLD PASSENGER TICKET AGENCY. TRAVELERS FOR CALIFORNIA, And the Went, Mouth nad Northwcnt, may ob tain through Ticket., by the beet and moat reliable route, from Portland, or Boaton, or New York t.o nnv notnf tlasirful af. t.liA lowril rntra at the old and reliable Union Ticket Agency, of W. D. LITTLE A CO., Olllec 49 1-9 Exchange St, Reliable information cheerfully furnishod at all times. aug25sn tf The Third Annual Dinner of the Bowdoin Alumni in Portland will take placo early in January. All graduates of Bowdoin who desire to join the Asso ciation, are requested to notify the subscriber at once that they may receive due notice of the dinner. EDWARD M. RAND, dcl8-3t Recording Secretary. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS! “A-CINTE CLTJB SKATES” Are preferred by professional skaters! Are the best in the World! so far as known, Common Skates, Skate Strans etc. Pocket Knives, Scissors, Razors, Tool Chests lor Boys. &c., &c. G. L. BAILEY, 48 Exchange 8t. dcl6eodsN GRAHANI FLOUR! OF A SUPERIOR QUALITY, FRESH FROM TIIE MILL. Also the celebrated “POSTELS,” And Other Choice Brands. sn-oc»-d3m SHAW, HAMMOND CARNEY. For Sale. THE new (wo ptory French reef house, juat fin ished, <>n Cushman s?t.; hou*e piped tor Sebago, and ail the modern improvements. Ei.qntie on the premises or No 25 Emery st. J. A. TENNEY. sep5dit su MARRIED. In Westport, Nov. 11, Rufus R. Wright, of W., and Esther A. McFadden, of Georgetown. In Bristol, Nov. 27, Sam’l F. Erskiue and Martha V. Richards. In Wiscassot, Dec. 3, Miles A. Blagdon. of Dresden, and Lizzie Cromwell, of Westport. Also, John E. Robinson, of Wiscasset, and Miss Clara Cromwell, of Westport. In Damariscotta, Nov. 3^, David S. McKenney, of Bath, and Mrs. Ellen A. Alien, of Wiscasset. PIED. In Saccarappa, Dec. If, Mr. Geo. W. Goodridge, aged 56 years. In Brunswick, Dec. 7, Mr. Joseph Sylvester, aged 79 years 9 months. In Freeport, Dec. 10, Abigail McFarland, aged 75 years 9 months. In Harpswell, Dec. 8, Abbie Coffin, aged 17 years 2 months. In Bath, Dec. 14, Mrs. Jane Doten, wife of Hon. B. C. Bailey, aged 74 years 9 months. In Waldoboro, Nov. 25, Mrs. Sally T., widow of the late Dea.. R. C. Webb, aged 74 years 10 months. miniature Alumnae.Ucceinbcr 19. Sun rises.7.26 I Moon sets. AM Sun sets.4.29 High water. 5.45 PM MARINE NEWS. PORT OF PORTLAND. Monday, Dec. 18. ARRIVED. Steamer Chase, Mulligan, Halifax, NS—passengers ancl mdse to John Porteous. Steamer New England, Field, Boston for Eastport and St John, NB. Wig 1> n aouie, roi Portland) Orr, Pictou, NS—520 tons coal to Jas L Farmer. Vessel to C P Ingraham. Brig Merriwa, Waterhouse, New York—coal to L Billings. Vessel to Geo S Hunt. Brig Ben Nevis, (Br) Forest,, Boston. Sch Mary G Collius. Endicott, Georgetown, with loss ot foretopmast—coal to Portland Glass Works, and James Williams. Sch Teazor, Hamilton, Hoboken—coal to T C Her sey. Sell Ambassador, Warren, Boston. Sch Abble, Cleaves, Salisbury. Sch Young Sultan, Barter, Bath—salt to Dana Co Sch Montana, Sawyer, Macliias for Newburyport. Sch Adelai ie, Chase, Machias for Newburyport. Sch Ida Ella, Smith, Pembroke for New York. Sch Owen P Hinds, Clendennin, Calais for NYork. Sch Mist, Newbury, Calais for Porthmouth. Sch Alligator, McGregor, Calais for New Haven. Sch Van Buren, Seavey, Calais for Boston. Sch Sea Flower, Seavey, Rockland for Boston. Sch Edward, Dodge, Ellsworth for Boston. Schs C Matthews, Lunt, and Porto Rico, Went worth, Bangor for Boston. Schs C H Snofford, Thompson, and C Grant, Has kell, Bangor fir Boston. SchsHW Wellington, Thompson, and Waterloo, Buck, Bangor for Bosotn. Schs Mary E Pearson, Pendleton, and Dexaloo, Le land, Bangor for Boatou. Sell Almo Odlin, Stover, Bluehill for Boston. Schs Castillian, Simonton, and Arkansas, Mcservy, Rockland for Salem. CLEARED. Steamer Chesapeake, Johnson, New York—Henry Fox. Sch Falco, (Br) Walden, St John, NB—John Port eous. Sch John P Collins, Thurber, Boston—Chas Sawyer Sch Tairy Not, Eastman, Boston—James Wil liams. [FROM OUR COBRESPONDENT.l KENNEBUNKPORT, Dec 16—Sid, ship Hamilton, (new, of Boston, 1262 35-100 tons) J M Small, for New York, to load for San Francisco. [The Hamilton has been sold to Messrs Thayer Lincoln, and Alonzo Hamilton, of Boston, and Capt Small,— the builder, N L Thompson, retainiug one-quarter.] Capt Thompson has a crew at work making im provements in his newly purchased yard, where he has materials for two large'ships, one of which is part ly framed out. Dec 18—Cld, sch Hastings, (new, 84 37-100 tons) Chase, of and for New Bedford. [She was built by David Clark, for Capt Chase and others, and will be employed as a packet between New Bedford and New York.] FROM MERCHANTS EXCHANGE. Ar at Baltimore 18th, sch Onward, Bunker, Port land, (was ashore at New Point 16tli.) Ar at Havana 17th, brig J Polledo, Dyer, St Marys. Ar at New York 18th, barque Clympmg, Portland; brigs Wenonah, Bahrs, Havaua; Clara Louise, Wass, Naguabo. MEMORANDA. See general news columns for loss of schr Julia, of Joiiesjiort. Sch More Light, which got ashore on Bantom Ledge 13th, has been towed into Bootlibay by U S steamer McCulloch. See general news columns. Barque May Stei son, Spates, from New York Nov 22 for Aspinwall, was abandoned 5th inst in lat 27 22 N, Ion 65 W, in a sinking condition, and the crew brought to New York in ship Tantallon Castle, from Calcutta. Capt Spates rei>orts having had moderate nciuuci up me in Hun uicii iun& a g;ue iromaw which soon after shifted to NV with hurricanes, and sprung aleak, and sustaiucd other serious damage. She registered 301 tons, was built in Maine and hailed from New York. Sch Oraloo, (of Macliias) Small, from Boston for Machias, was blown off the coast during the late gales an l put into Quaco, NB, last week, where she will winter. She lost Jibs aud foresail, aud one man froze both feet. DOMESTIC PORTA. GALVESTON—Ar 8th, sch Anna G Webber, Ould, Tuxpan. Cld 8th, barque Clara Eaton, Merriman, Liverpool. NEW ORLEANS—Ar 10th, ship C II Southard, Woodward, Liverpool; barque Ellen Dyer, Lelaud, Port Talbot. Below 12th, ships North Star, Owen, from Bristol; Harry Morse, Wyman, from Liverpool; Prussia, Pat ten, from do; Lydia Skolfield, Meleher, from Cardiff. Cld lltli, ship Kendrick Fish, Watts, Liverpool. Ar at Sw Pass 10th, ship Ellen Southard, Mordb, from Antwerp; 11th, barque Patmos, Nichols, from Liverpool.* Sid 10th, ships Tlicobold, Kate Prince, Crescent City, 11th, Northampton. MOBILE—Ar 16tli, ship Criterion, Sheldon, from Valencia. PENSACOLA—Ar 10th, brig Sullivan, Perry, from Havana, to load for Aspinwau. Cld 9th, sch Petrel, Curtis, Giilveston. Cld 12th, sch Naonta, Smith, Matanzas. CHARLESTON—Ar 13th, schs Old Chad, McClin tock, Mayagucz; Irene E Meservey, Wall, Provi dence. Cld 14th, barque Devonshire, Havener, Liver]>ool. RICHMOND—Sid 14th iust, sch Roswell, Copp, for Galveston. BALTIMORE—Cld lotli, barque Am Lloyds, Park. Bristol, E; Conquest. Small, Marseilles; schs May Morn, Babb, New York; A P Frye, Alexander, Bel fast, Me. PHILADELPHIA-Ar 16th, barque Henry Knight Gilkey, Ardrossan. Cld loth, brig Geo E Dale, Smith, Cardenas; sch Sophia Wils*n, Wall, do. NEW YORK—Ar 16th. barques C O Whittemorc, Humphrey, Newport 56 days; Voyager, Vanvell, fin Zante75uays; Frank Marion, Duncan, Boston 10 lays: sells Keokuk, Gates, Aquin 27 days; Maggie P Smith, Grace, Newbem; Margie, McFadden. Phila delphia for Portland: J W Woodruff, Haskell, Ban gor 20 days; Addle liyerson. Pike, Boston; Maggie Bell, Hall, fm Rockland; Abbie Emery. Emery, uo; Ida Annie, Cook, Tliomaston; Pavilion, Clark, Frankfort; M L Newton, Murphy, Fall River; ltobt Byron, Sawyer, Frankfort; Sullivan. (US) Brown, Portland for Norfolk* Cld 16tli, shin Alice Ball, Guest, Sydney: barque Ironsides, Tapley, Gibraltar; brig John Wesley, Ford lo; MarySobb, Tracey, Providence; sch Garland, Lindsey, Brantford, Ct. PROVIDENCE—Ar 16th, sch Addio L Cutler, §mith, Hoboken. VINEYARD-HAVEN—Ar 10th, schs J B Knowles Merritt, Weehawken for Boston; Mary E Staples, i Dinsmore, Philadelphia lor Salem. Ar 16th, schs Citizeu, Upton,Newport for Portland; Challenge, Bickmore, Hoboken for Boston; Mary A darmon, Hutchins, Lubec for Philadelphia. NEW BEDFORD—Sid 16th, sell Kate Robinson, Pendleton. New York. BOSTON—Ar 16th, schs ^Caspian, ThompBOU, Ma nias; W H Prentice, Flagg, Damariscotta; Samuol vuight, Tracy, Lamoine, Me; Hattie Anna, Rich, md Wm Pickeriug, Gray, Bangor; J P Merriam, 31ark; Adaliue. Darby, aud Jasper, Collawore, do; Vfalanta, Elwell, and Lake, Miller, Rockland; G W Baldwin, Morton, do; Sarah, Curtis, and Revenue, j Morse, Bath. Cld 16th, brig Kremlin, Wyman, Richmond, Va, to oad for Rio Janeiro; sch Advance, Waldron, Wln erport, Ar brigs M A Hetrera, Palermo- An na I) Torrey. Ourtta, PhibwU'l|,uiu; Ham,3m kins, Port Johnaou; sobs ('roseent WWVL Elizabethport; Mary Brewer, 8auml<»r» New York* A J Whiting, Carter, Mt Desert; William, Brigham’, Bath. Ar 18th, steamer Clotilda, Isaac, Portland, in tow of steamer Chas Pearson; sells Ella Frances, Bulger, Port Johnson: F Arthemius, Mitchell, Elizabethport; J Clark, Dix, Bangor, with losa of jihboom by col lision. SALEM—Ar 17th, schs David W asson, Jones, Ho boken; J V Wellington, Parker. Camden XJ. Ar 16th, sells Belle, Poole, Damariscotta; WmH Archer, Melvin, Boston for Ellsworth. GLOUCESTER—Ar 16th. sells Majestic, Wyman, Bangor; Astoria, Sadler, Ellsworth. iPOKfCICS!* PORTS. Sid ftu Singapore 14th lust, ship Radiaut, Chase, for Boston. Ar at Liverpool 13th Inst, ship E S Thayer,Thomp son, New Orleans; 16th, Fawn, Luce, New York. Sid fin Mayague* 28th ult, sch E K Dresser, Reed, Charleston* Ski fm doremie 28th ult, sch C A Farnsworth, Ben son, Now York. Ar at Cardenas 5th inst, sch Ralph Carlton, Patten, St John, NB; 7th. brig Gambia, Gilkey, Wilmington; 8th, barque J E Holbrook, Leuvitt, Liverpool; brig Hattie B, Daggett, New York. Ar at Havana Htli, barque C S Rogers, Dickerson, New York; sch Anna, Whitmore, Mobile. Sid 7th, brig Clara .1 Adams, McFadden, NYork; seh Elizabeth DeHart, Lowe, North of Hatteras. In port 9th. barques G W Rosevell, Herriman, for New York, ldg; LT Stocker, Bibber,*wtg. Ar at Matnnzos 7th inst, brig Raven, Spencer, New York; J H Lane, Fnuikliu, Portland. Sid fin Nassau NP. 7tli inst, sch Skylark, Lorlng, (from Pictou) for Galveston, having repaired. SPOKEN. Oct 11, no lat, Ac, barque Sierra Nevada, from Sun Francisco for Iquique. Nov 19, lat 22 40 N, Ion 41 17, barque Caro, from Sarilla River for Montevideo. Dee 13, lat 39 30, ion 70 20, barque C O Wbi jmore, from Newport for New York. Dec 13, lat 30 50, Ion 68, brig Carrie Bertha, from Leith f»r Boston. No date, off Cape Horn, ship St James, from New York for San Fraudsco. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. X-M-A-S PRESENTS. Initial Handkerchiefs in Boxes, a Novelty. Initial Handkerchiefs, 25 cents. Full line Ladies' Hemstitched Handkerchiefs. 44 Children's 44 44 Gents' j Linen Handkerchiefs, J dozen in a box, 65c. 44 44 44 75c. I 44 44 44 $1.00 AND UPWARDS. An Extra Article $3.00. 50 DOZEN Ladies’ Linen llandkfs, $2.00 per Doz., WORTH $3.00. A flue assortment of Ladies’ Embroidered Linen Sets, Lace Sets, mourning Sets, Neck Ties, Needle Cases, (Nobby Styles) Thread Cases, Ac. Job Lot Silk and Wool Poplins, ROLLED 9 0 c. Best quality Roubabe Silk Poplins, $1.25 Lyons Silk Poplins, best im]>orteU, 1.50 BLACK ALPACAS, 30c, 6O0, 55o, 62o, to ©7 l-2o. BRILLIANTINES, SOo, 75c, 8O0, 87 1-So, to $1.25. TYCOON REPS 23c. Best quality all Wool Poplin Plaids, 75c. Thibets, one yard wide. 85c. Job Lot bright Plaids for 25c. All Wool Serge Suitings, 37Jc. Silk Plushes, all colors, $3.45. Velveteens, all colors, $1.00. Seven yards Sliirtlng Flannel, $1.00. 3-* Serges, Job Lot, 30c. Kibbed Wool Hose, tivei>alrs for $1.00. A Lot Bleached Table*Daniask, 85c, worth $1.10. A Lot all Linen Doylies, 65c. All Linen Bleached Huck Towels, 24x40, 35c. Another Lot 24x36, 33c. BEST QUALITY FELT SKIRTS; Lowest Yet —$3.30. A FINE ASSORTMENT OF Cashmere Shawls, AT LOW PUCES. WOOL SHAWLS AT COST, AM AT Lovell , pariwulsil Kj alapt.dt theKi. r urd Cam busings |,r apieir. hn.lug a Iron age o> 30 feet, a ,,l d, D eet ,c,e-»H.le ny wsieror rail, fiieu up with even nodern convenience. F il»°U H- N-J°3E-m F»'« N J: V A1 )VEKTI s E EN TS DRY GOODS! I. CORFVA CO. hue received A FINE ASSORTMENT -OF— Desirable Goods! WOOLEKS, BEAVKK AND CASTOR CLOTHS, TR l COTS, BROA DC LOT IIS, CASSIMERES, FANCY DOESKINS, BLUE CHINCHILLAS, LADIES’ CLOAKINGS. Blue and Scarlet Pelisse Cloth, LADIES’ CLOAKING', GERMAN BEAVER CLOTH, BLACK ASTRAKHAN, SUPER. GENOA VELVETS, Heavy Plush Cloakings! Fancy Cloakings in All Colors, DRESS GOODS! BLACK SILKS, FRENCH Till BETS,' SATINETS, DIAGONALS, CRETONNES, EPINGLINE, EMPRESS CLOTHS, VELOUR REPP, BRUSSELS SILKS, LYONS SILK. POPLINS IN ALL SHADES. SCOTCH AND GALA PLAID, BLACK CASHMERES,* THIBET'S, CRAPES, ALEPINE. BRILLIANTIN E, CRETONNE, DRAP DE EVE, ALPACAS, SHAWLS. Cashmere Paisley Shawls, IN LON6 AND SQUARE, IN STRIPES AND OPEN CLOSE CENTRES, At Great Bargains! Plaid A mixed Long Woolen Sliuuli, Striped and Basket Shawl*, Gent*9 Shawl*, BLANKETS. Superior Extra California Uiaukcu, 200 PAIRS, at LOW PRICE. White and Grey Blankets very Cheap. FLANNELS 6-4 Sackings And Shirtings Ilannels in Stripes and Checks, j WHITE SHAKER —AND— BLANKET FLANNELS, Twilled Flannels in All Colors! OPERA PLAHNELS, Linen Damasks. Xapklns Towels, TURKEY RED DAMASKS, DOMESTIC GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, FOR SALE CHEAP BY J. R. COREY CO., middle; street. dclt 3w is d&w w3l HOUDAYGOODS! We have jnst received from New York A SPLENDID STOCK of GOODS Suitable for holiday Presents, or good for any time We call special attention to our stock of GLOVES&MITTE^S FOR Gents and Ladies, In the best of Calf Skin, lined with Milk, Wool and ihuuiou! ELEGANT SCARFS, In the latest styles. French Silk Mrislcrs and French Wool Wristers, Suspenders, Embroidered Shirt Fronts! AND A PULL STOCK OF First-C.ass Furnishing Goods! ('has. C'ustis Co., 293 CONGRESS ST. dcH if new Baltimore: YELLOW CORN NOW LANDING AND FOB SALE BY GEORGE W. TRUE, U# CO.H71ERCIAL 8T, dcl8-lw PORTLAND, ME. Toilet Slippers. GENTS’ TOILET SLIPPERS SOLED with neat lew and dispatch at SOWELL'S SHOE STORE, dePeod a tf Under Falmouth Hotel. FREEDOM NOTICE. THIS is to certify thaf I do this day give to my sen Frank B. Richards Lis time to trade and act for himself. I shall claim none of liis wages, and shall pay nune of his debts after his date. THOMAS T. RICHARDS. Portland December 18th, 1871. dec 19-dlw HAVING A Full Line of GOODS, Suited to the wants of the HOLIDAY TRADE Would rcsjiectfully invite the public to call and ex amine my stock before making their purchases. HALL L. DAVIS, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, 53 EACHANCE »t. dcl9 tjanl Maine Savings Bank, No. 100 IIIDDLE MTREET. T)®?0SI.TS miM*® this Bank, on or belbre Jan Kii.i S"*,3* draw interest from the first dajr of said month. MATH’L, F. DEEMING, !>ee. 17 1871. Treasurer. dcl9 dtjant w51 Western City ami County Bond* FOR SALE at prices which yield lO to 1J per cent, interest. A very desirable security for in vestment. CHARLES M. HAWKES, dclltf is 28 Exchange St. Eost! OLD Bracelet, Sabbath morning, Dec. 17th, be. W tween Neal and Cas< o Streets. The finder will gieatlv oblige bv leaving the same at Ibis office* dc!9 2t