The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-01-30
Board OF Trade.

Board OF Trade.
The managers of this Board met Thursday
evening and appointed committee, consisting
of Messrs n, o. Cram, Cyrus S. Clark, Thomas
H. Weston, James o. Brown, John Lynch, Z.
G. Willard and Horatio Hill, to prepare such
memorial to the Legislature and to Congress
in relation to the abrogation of the Reciprocity
Treaty as in their Judgment the best interests
of the city aud State may seem to require.
The adjourned meeting of the Board Of
Trade was held last evening, Vice President
Shurtleff in the chair.
Mr.. Hersey, from the committee on Dry
Dock, reported that they had had the matter
under consideration, had examined sites and
ascertained what they could be had for, and
expected soon to receive estimates Of the cost
of such dock. He hoped that in short
time matters would be in such state Of for
wardness that books for subscription to the
stock might be opened.
Mr.. Hersey, there being no other business
before the Board, alluded to an article in the
Argus Of Thursday relating TO his remarks at
the meeting on Monday in regard to the re-
peal of the law taxing bank stock Of non-resi-
dents. He said We we're young community
Ia new city just coming into commercial life,
the capital was not sufficient and it was neces-
sary to offer inducements for foreign capital 10
come here The act referred to had been dis
astrous Nearly all the bank stock in this
city owned by non-residents had been ordered
to be sold
Mr.. NJ. G. Palmer said he was glad to hear
the remarks of Mr.. Hersey. He stated one
fact relating TO a sale OF bank stock owned by
nonresident, which had been made in conse-
quence Of that law. Ii took, he said, nearly
half the dividend to pay the tax.
After some remarks from Messrs. j. o.
Brown, C. II. Haskell, f. o. Libby, J. f. Car
ter j. II. Hill and T. II. Weston, Mr.. Brown
offered resolution for the appointment of a
committee Of three to prepare memorial to
be presented to the Board, recommending the
Legislature to repeal the law taxing the bank
stock Of non-resdents.
The resolution passed unanimously and the
Chair appointed Messrs. j. o. Brown, +. o.
Libby and I. III. Weston as said committee.
Messrs. Reuben Kent, George w. Lawrence
and Herman Gruntal were admitted members
Mr.. C. Ii. Haskell suggested that at the next
meeting the subject of bringing pure water
into the city be taken up and made motion
to that effect. The motion was carried and
the water question was specially assigned for
the next meeting.
Adjourned to Friday evening next at 2
o'clock.
ENTERPRisING.-Th Advertiser takes the
fly off of all its contemporaries in extended
early notice of the popular lectures being de-
livered in this city. 1t will greatly amuse
those who listened attentively to Mr.. Tilton
on Thursday evening to read the following
from the Advertisers report of his speech:
The Presidents Amnesty Proclamation was
remarked upon at some length. While he
considers IL admirable in the main. he could
not avoid expressing his sorrow that the
President had been so obsequious to the Su-
preme Court. The proclamation was made
under the exercise Of the war power, and it
had no business in court. The Declaration
OF Independence had decided il. Thomas
Jefferson had ruled it out
The speaker would have lands in the South
parceled out to the freedmen, on which they
might work out their liberty and manhood.
He found fault with the proclamation because
In voting in the rebcllious States 10 form new
governments and come back into the Union
the freed black man had no right to vote.
Men who could hazard their lives for the
country should have right to this great
privilege.
What particularly exhibits the enterprise of
our neighbor is the fact, that the points here
so carefully reported Mr.. Titon passed over
without comment, giving as his reason for so
doing that Mr.. Phillips had recently gone
over the ground at length, whose views with
some notifications, he cordially accepted
1t is a very common way of showing news
paper enterprise to make up report from the
published report OF a lecture in some other
place, but sometimes, as in this instance, it
proves to be exceedingly awkward.
SANITARY CoMMIssIoN.-The following
packages were forwarded yesterday by the
Agent Of the Sanitary Commission:
case J Elder, Co Ii, 18th Regiment; do sergt
d Butler, b l7tn do; do II q Norton, lst Heavy
Artillery; 2 do Butler; do J iemick, Quarter
master 18th Regiment; do Allen, Co q, 18th
| do A g Smith, L, LIST Mass do; do J 0sgood,
Z, 18th Nc; do Irving Taylor, X. Goth do; do
Eugene Jones, b. 18th do; 2 do bills half do
| Mrs Mayhew; ! Dbl Miss Wheelock; do w
| Flint, Co A 18th Regiment; 2 do Miss Dresser An
napolisi ease Mrs Thompson, Washington.
Cases were sent last week to A X Small, Co f. 18th
| Regiment; Corp c II Dyer, +, 18th; Charles Stew
art, A. 3D.; II Dearborn ID. 3D. j Davis II
| 3Oth; Frank Skillings, II. 18th; w s waterhouse,
| !, 18th; l. u Head, 9. 2oh; L Snow. Hospital
| Corps VIM Kelly u. 18th; w II Gore. +, 18th; G G
Hayes, and Mrs Mayhewi w Jordan. Sergeant
Major i2th; bbls Mrs Mayhem, do Leigh
| do
craftsmanship De Molay was to leave Bos-
ton yesterday afternoon for this port to take
on board here the Goth Maine Veteran Regi.