The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-04-14

The report of the Auditor, which will give
you in detail the financial condition, will soon
be ready for distribution.
The subject of our Public Schools, in which
we as q community are so deeply interested,
will receive from you at all times that aid and
encouragement which 1t SO imperatively de-
mands.
The important Departments of Fire and
Police, upon which depend so much the quiet,
order and security OF our city, as also the
Care Of the Poor, will commend themselves TO
your judicious support.
The annual reports of these various Depart
ments will shortly be in the hands of the
Council
BY the power vested in the Governor and
Council by the last Legislature there are to be
raised in this State eighteen companies of Mi
litia, two OF which will be required from this
city. The companies will each consist of not
less than eighty-two men. A general order
for their enlistment will soon be issued.
4 am happy to say, from what | can learn,
that there Is disposition here to respond TO
the call and I'LL the companies at once.
: need not say that now especially, economy
in our expenditures is an imperative duty, and
yet would urge the necessity OF so conduct
ing our finances, as that we NAV be able to
give our patriotic soldiers and sailors, and
their families such pecuniary aid as they may
need.
Gentlemen, we enter upon our municipal
service at time when our country is suffering
from rebellion which has not its parallel In
history, whether we regard its origin, its mag
ntude, or its consequences immediate and re-
mote,
The country demands of us as individuals
and as city, devotion devotion TO her
which will withhold nothing that is in our
power TO give, of money, of men, and of SYM
patty, and which will consider no sacrifice as
too great TO be made for her preservation.
Actuated by such devotion, we shall en-
courage the administration in its most vigor-
GUS measures to sub1ue the enemies of the
Union, we shall frown upon every attempt to
excite the prejudices of the people against the
Government, and we shall rebuke treason
whenever and wherever it shows itself. Let
no partisan barriers separate us from those
who are the true friends of our country in this
the hour Of its darkness and peril.
have only to add that shall, i'm pursuance
ofmy official duty, communicate TO you from
time TO time, such information, and recon-
mend such measures as the interests of the
city may require.
IN COMMON COUNCIL.
Messrs. Paine and Fling were appointed a
committee to receive, sort and declare the
ballots for President of the Board.
Having attended to the duty they reported
as follows:
Whole number of ballots, 21
Necessary to a choice, III
Thomas Z. Twitchell mad 20
james Bailey
Mr.. Twitchell was declared elected, and was
conducted to the chair by Councilmen Paine
and Fling. He addressed the members as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen.
At the call of our fellow citizens we have
assembled for the purpose of organizing, in &C
cordance with the provisions of our charter,
the Common Council.
For the compliment you have paid me, and
the honor you have conferred in calling me to
preside over your deliberations, tender you
my thanks.
Bringing to the position but little OF ex-
perience in parliamentary practice, shall the
more need your forbearance and assistance in
discharging the duties pertaining to it, and
deeply sensible of my inability / enter the
place with no little hesitation.