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10 do &c, have clear perception oI he flrcrersible
chances produced bythc war. and honestly cRdeavol
to tecomnodate themselves to The new order o.
fh1ngs. Many OF hem M not Gce from traditional
prejudice, but open to conviction, and may be cz
pSc1cd to act In good ,ail. shatcyer they do Tht.
ture agc. planters, merchants and professional men
some OF them are ac1rc in the recoustruc ion moTe.
nen!, but boldness and energy asc, With few tntl
stdun! exceptions, not among their distinguishing
qualities.
- Ihoee whose principal object Is TO hare th,
ststea E1hont de!ay restored 10 their position and
uEcrcc !n the Unlon, and ihc people OF the Statea
to the absolute control Of their home concerns.
They atc ready, tn order to attain that object to
make any cstensiblc concession that will not pre-
Is tcon as that object Is alta1ned. Thus class com.
prizes considerable NUM- ber, probably large ma.
ioEiiy, Of the professional politicians who are eI-
They ere loud IN their praise Of the Presidents q
Irnwal Of the FedefaI troops md The abolttion oi
8 The inconia ibles who atl tndnlget in the sSar-
Eer which was 80 customary before AID during tho
war, and stll hope tora time whcn the southern
Confcdetacy will achieve its Independence. This
class conaisls mostly Of young men, and comprises
the 1o1terers Of the towns and The tdfe1s OF
1ty. They pe,secutc Union men aud negroes whe,-
ousy upynftheir rights" and are extremely ipa,
tent Of the prheDce Of the Federal soldlesr good
many of them have taken the oath Of allegiance and
nnrcs ty. and associated themselves with the second
elass IN their po1,cn1 operations This element Is
BY 10 means unimpostant; It Is strong In numbers,
deala IN brave ial addresses Itsef directly and In
.99 59 as ana e. he
Men-
4. The multitude Of people Who have no definite
ve md aeeut lie eourae aey haye s hs
intelects are weak. bat who're preIud1ces ind i'm
Iulfes tre strong, md are ept to De carried along by
psnSs 70 ifi ind
duenee Of ihese el.sees. In the course Of this re-
, 1865-12-27

lsupposo you have little notion how many
newspapers Ee publish and how zceakly thet
are. We have here ten political dai:ies, and
about twenty other Journals. In other cities
lerc is the same proportion. But you car
coInt ca the fingers Of ono hand al the jour
mails that would make visible figure In the
United States: The PsrereranzIe, Of Milan,
Is IN excellent journal, which Ike all the
more for Its common sense views Of American
matters. It's editorials on the late wnr might
hnvc been written by loyal American. The
Qpintone, late Of Turin, now OF Florence, Ii
perhaps The next best journal IN The Kingdom,
Il Is q microscopic copy Of the London Times
in spirit md purpose, and gloryinE IN having No
especial regard Tor that kind Of truti which
does not pay. The Liberal organ In Florence
Is managed with a good deal of talent and
has large circulation. These arc perhaps
the only journals We have that boast some
approach to national character, and there
are hundreds Of towns In the peninsula where
not a COPY OF eithcr.is taken. do not speak
Of the official Gazette for 1t cannot be called a
newspaper, being simply register Of official
acts.
Our journals art all puny aud srbject to a
large per cent Of mortality annually, rnther
for want of capital and readers thnn for want
Of journalistic talent among our literary
men,
The business Is so small and mean that only
literary Adventures and reckless social brig
ands engage In it: There are few honorable
exceptions, but the class Is low among us,
Men Of such ability md position as those
who conduct your Journals would he
aebsmed to conduct newspaper here, and II
they did venture on the business would be
worse paid than mule c-drivcrs.
LITERARY MEN.
But the number Of literaly men Is very
lasse. Half our lawyers and all our profes-
sors dabble in Ink, though few Of them get
Known beyond the Alps. Ihaye been rather
surprised 10 learn that the other sex have q
large representation In letters. have before
me now list ofsixty female writer's who are
to contribute to New Years book to be pub
nshed at Venice; and, large as the list Is for
country in which only 210 females IN a thou.
sand can read, my personal knowledge OF
female writer's enables me to extend the num-
ber To more than ono hundred. Madame
EuricLc&ta Caraccialo, IN ex-nun. excited
{ ute sensation last year By her disclosures
Of the secrets of mouastic life, which have
been translated into English, French and Ger
man: She is expected 10 "ctn!inuc The srb-
jcct" this year. srERo.
, 1865-12-27

Nu2 u4Ay Sttl1S 1uhu ueTE 10 uSG III Ills CouNtf1
withont The protection Of The ulilitasy" The adaf
OF scarborough IN the military dlsfnct Of North
su Alabama, wherr sheriff arrested md attempt
aati served aainst ,hc gnczIss il hat past Of t6
cnuntJ-an attempt Which was frustrated onJv b,
The prompt interference OF the district commando
Las become e. ge3s1sly known through The news
lar TO those above mentioned hare occurred IN othc
The authorities.
1t Il true these arc merely Isolated cascs for which
It would be wrorg to hold anybody responsible wht
Mns not connected with them, but 1t Is also I'M
that The apprensions 60 widely spread among ID,
spirit exhibited BY the people among whom tie!
Hred. l found good rn1ny thinking of remortpt
themselves and theif families to The No.therI
The exodus will prohan1y become quito cxtensis,
unless things mcanwh'le change for The better.
ASPECT or TIE ro1111cAL FIELD.
The stnrs Of this c1ass OF Uniou,sts In the poutt
cal Geld correspond. with what l have said above
more elofey in Mississippi than IL auy other State
had already left South Carolina and Georet7 whcI
the e'ecicns for the Slate Conventions took plaee
or Alabama saw only Mobile after the election
Statc Government he'd already been elected during
and undes the influence OF the war and Ieft befots
ae Il s
,ent CT the State Convention and whtse the CANVASS
preparatory to the election Of tho Legislature and
OF the STATE and county oulceEB was going On.
Eye1ts have sinee sufficiently developed Themselves
In tue other States 10 permit Us judge how fal
Mississippi can be rrgorded as d representative oil
the tcat. Beslde found the general spirit antmat-
Ing the people to be essentially the sae In all the
St1ifs above mentioned.
The election for the State Convention In Mt.sts-
eippi Tas, according 10 the accounts have RI
ceIvcl. rot preceded by very vigorous and search
Ing cauyess Of the s1ews md principles Of the can.
diaa1es.
As slated before. The vote was very far from be-
ing tuN and In 1nost cases the members were elect
ed not upon strictly defined party iasue4 but upon
nId standing in society. Only In few places the
contest between riyE candidates Nas somewhat RI
imatcd. It was probably the same in Alabama,
Georgia and South Carolina.
The Mlssisffppl Convention was, IN its najorty,
composed Of men belonging to tho first two Of The
four classes aboye mentioned. There were several
Union men in 1t Of the fnofen>1ve, compromising
kind, men Nbo hnd been opposed to rfsh1on In
tie beginning and hnd abstatned from taking a
promIneu. part IN the rebellion nnless obliged TO
do SO, but who had At feast readily acquieseed "a
What was gotuE On. But there was, Is lar a. l
have been able to ascertain, only ono tuan there
who, ike the CMonists Of East Tennessee, Ind
ofc1e active resistance to the rebel authorities.
T1Ls Was N.r. Crawford OF Jones county; be was
elected by the poor people Of thAt 1c7ou, bis old
followcrs as their acknowledged lender, and be may
Justly be looked upcn a. an except1onal case.
How he looked upon bis Situation appears from
speech ha delivered in that convention, saa Cd
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-17

TIE testimony taken before the doors were
oreDed the reporters for the press includes ta' OF
nan sho for several gears in tAe military serice
o. the so-caled Confederate States employed In the
ropocrarhicsl Department on the stat n Csn- I'd,
wari Johnston lie was In Virginli IN The sun ases o.
lsi3 ~ niles ION Stsurtor. lie became seiDalbWo
with .hree citizens II Maryland, one u whom ~si
Boot and another named shepherd lie was esxed
b. Booth ard his companions wGr ne iaouglt o. .ns
proercss IL .he Con ieeraor and he told hem IL aer
such oh =, is tie Rebels rad then gtt iEom GcttJt
burg lie believed il loos d rather gl' dany.
Boot tlld him that Wa nonsense, snd added mai IL
we onlg net ols part tica the Coa.eGriey VIII gam
rs in reuJ. uce and cd ABE Lincoln must gJ ~ NE
,pont TIE witness under TODD by the sfpres ION (r ~
60 NJ the spout that he must be Ntd b. SAID taat
" aoon % 'st Confoderacy was urary vhiPped thns
was R,al resource to gain tho incependence u The
ConfeGrtecy. The companions OF bcoih aseented 70
bis senr .&nis. ,., -
,ent and there Was seere. meeting u R,Je oactrs
On the. occasion. H was not present e. tie meeting
but one II the officers tbs, wss stated ns pTfort.
He believed Booth was AZ that meeting. tn, prrpose
a. TO sc nd certain officer on detached service to Csu
ada and the borders to deliver prisoners to Ley Sogth
ern cics IN ashes and finally ID get site 1eInee1 VI
tie Cabinet AID see TIE President he hearc that us re
than tao1sard times. the ZANE Of the officer Who
ave HIM sac information wss l.ielt. C"ckereL Hoosh
% GssoSilring With all the officers. He teara very
otIect finally to BE- accomplished He had heard g
freely spoksn Of In the rs Of Richmond This nc.
csssty vas generally assented to In the service.
A lady from New-yo,k testified to having met Booth
and MA PANIED johnson ard oy erneaid their corvsr.
saten She picked up TWO letters which Ehey rad
d-oppcd. sra one was addressed Dear Louis say nc
tist tie lot lad .ael him TO .e u Charlotte Corr
dy o. 10 nineeenth century. Abe Lincoln must aie
uow; you can choose your own weapcns-tbe coz. tss
knife tie ballet, &c" Tie et.er Is sigatd Charles
Ssby.
Two Other xinssse, testified thu. they II Cana
ds and cav Booth la stion with Geo. Sanders,
and believed thoy also A.w Booth taking with CAY
Hocen bs and Thonpson
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-17
Te the People Of Europe.

MONTREAL Z. L.. Friday, NAY ~. isto
The fnenGacious and ferocious proclamat ~
the I'd xcy 1866 !om the Federal Ruler redien- al
disgrsces a page " American history.
Thirsting FOR blood and uneasy In his new'ound, 'of
the sctei President Of the cisorgsu.xed -C9 e
States vita the harpes that surround BIN. SEEK Z
the mysterious cloud VI concerted csumny 70 dsrsre
the world. attention from toorssdy pehe,ranor %
HE schemes for the murder OF magistrate ELECTED by
chivsrous people with the highest forms OF cyi gov
eminent The conclusive evidence that the FsseraI
organs ella in 10 have been scpt to Enropc can be ot
forged paE-rs and suborned testimony that WI annN
before the fire oftrath.
Upon the 10th Of April Tx Nes> fo-s Ti~ts nao TIE
psisus ut satisfaction OF beng the lst to connect ny
anne III the assassination and upon The 10Th naQe
tho following reply;
To H. people u IKE CRY ej Nsus Ycrk: Whilst Yer
country Il IN tho deepes; mourning. snc intensely
cited in ali its Psts, tho eci. Of The ferk 2t"
calmly tttiDg u his room. axes cowsrdly advaD ~
and sataacaly charges innoeeat persDrs politlesl
ponenis with tho highest Of crimes. Ills nendsh Or
are but Q degree less CRIMINAL than the sct o. v
ASSN.
So confident An I Of tao enlightened and imlsi',"
Justice of the people Of Nav York City, that viii ss
the pcru sion Of the authorities Of the United irs
q ct once TO tho, city. and give the cowardly
the opportunity II prove his infamous charge;
MsssyesI A pri ~. 1865 49,,
Such an oder az that excited period was at 49,
prias JecsS evidence Of my non-compoity In tnr ta
sent printed copies % President JOHNSON ana g.av
tsry seward. Much publicity was Also given 70 e., NJ
Ano earnest offer on my part the Warrington ocss a
raent la days thereafter. issue @Pf9eiAnatioa sI"
ous.y Offering $4,000 10 have me Kidnapped "a - -
The truth H. the real object was not % mucs .ss
sous Of certain men in Canada, but tae US VI .,s,r
NAMES for the manufacture OF net ORA VI
In which 70 in,nesh President DAVIS ,epua'.swn ~"
coasgn him to the bloody hands OF I,t, srcos,s
at the first moment OF his capture withon. shoesmS
lion A'"' ''A'' " GEORGE N. SANDEsA
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-17

SAX FRAycIsco. Thursday. May II. 1863
Tbare has been still further fall in mining
stock. Gould & Curry el,4oo, Savage $l.1o Gfses'
~ Gamer produce In California is Increasing. Several
miners are now making regular heavy shipments o.
ore.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-26
BY TELEGRAPH,
Fro,,. Central ana So,.th America.
TO THE DAILY PRESS.

From Central and South america.
New York, Oct %.
Panama dates of the 18th inst. have been
received.
The revolution in New Grenada had ended.
The leaders were nearly all either captured or
gave themselves up.
The U. S. frigate Lancaster sailed from
Panama for the Sandwich Islands and San
Francisco on the 18th.
Surgeon Maxwell is performing the duties of
American Consul at Panama
Business was fast reviving in Panama, but
the troubles continued in the interior, and
Magdalena, Bolivia and Paraguay are in
ferment.
There is nothing new from Central Amer
lea.
South American affairs look gloomy.
The presence of the Spanish fleet in Chilian
waters, probably to enforce Spanish demands,
leads to perplexity, and business at Valparaiso
is very dull.
The CHILEAN Government is actually send
ing arms and ammunition along the coast, and
the Gillian fleet has been distributed at the
different ports.
The Peruvian revolution continues with va
rying success. There is no concert of action
between the revolutionary leaders, and the ar
my is short OF supplies, guano being exchang-
ed for coal and other commodities.
Adyices from Bolivia state that Melzayo
was near Lapaz, which was occupied by a
large force of Insurgents who probably repuls-
ed him.
River Plata dates of August 21st, confirm
the report of the great victory of Flores over
the ParaguaYans, and Gen. Mitrc was making
victorious march towards Ascension. 1t was
believed that the allies would soon occupy the
| capital of Paraguay. aieas
A terrific gale took place at Montevideo,
August 9th, causing great damage to the ship
ping and on shore.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-26

WASHINGTON, Oct 25.l
Positive information has been received here.
that President Juarez was at Ell Paso in the
State of Chihuahua, on the 26th of September.
As the time required for communication
with chihuahua is twenty days, the declara-
ton of Maximillian, dated the I'd of October,
that the cause which President Juarez upholds
had been abanded, and that he has departed
from his native soil, is not believed to be true.
Mr. Lewis Schade, counsel for Capt Werz,
was at the Presidents house tonight to inter-
cede in behalf of his client He IS apprehen-
sive that the Military Commission have found
him guilty of all the charges, and, therefore, is
DESTROYS of saving him from the death penal
ty. Although Mr.. Schade's fear may be well
grounded, several days will probably elapse be-
fore the result of the trial will be promulgated,
as the members of the Court are sworn to
secrecy. The findings can only be known
through an official source. The President has.
not yet acted on the record presented by the
Werz Commission.
The quarternasters department has thus
far realized between six and eight millions of
dollars from the sale of now useless army APP
purtenances. Nl
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-26
Letter from New Hampshire.
PORTSMOUTH, Oct. %, 1855.


10 the Editor Of the Press:
SwindePs Brewery is being remodelled 50 as
to be used for a stocking factory, the demand
for the goods being larger than the supply
A reservoir. holding some 100000 gallons, is
being constructed by the Aqueduct Company,
to be drawn upon in case of severe drought.
A plentiful supply of water has been on hand
through the past dry season.
Quite number of weddings have taken
place of late; the majority of the men being
mustered-out United States Navy boys, who
liking some kind Of ship, have gone into
partnership with the young ladies.
Very little is doing in the ship yards. One
new ship, all rugged for sea, is made fast to the
wharf, where she rides gracefully, presenting a
beautiful appearance to all but the owners,
who would prefer the sight of greenbacks in
lieu of her.
No place in the Navy Yard has more inter-
est to the visitor than the ordnance armory, to
which the arms, of all the vessels which arrive
are brought and cleaned Those which are
rare are generally retained to be exhibited for
the curious to study. Two 15-inch shells,
fired by our monitors at Fort Sumter, and
taken from the gate post of Col. Rhett, are on
exhibition; also torpedoes, relics of the bonn
bardment of Charleston, and many specimens
of shot and shell not in use in our army or
navy; also Drummond light, used on James
River to throw the light ahead, that the gun
boats might better pick their way.
+ The work Of housing the vessels, that those
which are to remain unfinished shall not be
injured, is nearly through. A large number of
hands are putting the timber in the lumber
sheds, which is suggestive that the 1900
hands, except bosses, are to be discharged.
| Sc k'-aAa a-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-26
Ne,o York Markets.

NEW YORK Oct %. =
Cotton-less active but firm; sales $500 bales Mid
ding Uplands at 80 a $50. s
FIour-State and Western rather more active but
prices are without decided changer sales 800 bbls
Southern steady; sales $50 bbls r &
Wheat-1 "a &c higher; sales 81, 900 bushels. Chi
cago Spring II a so. Amber Milwaukee so a
81. Amber State, new, Q 34t 9237. !
Corn-lc higher; sales ITO 900 bushels Mixed West
ern 50 q SIC, the latter an extreme
Oats-1 "a &c lower; sound 55 a SIC.
Beef-without change; sales 900 bbls.
Pork-heavy; sales $50 bbls. Mess SO 10 "a 81 90,
closing at SO 10.
Lard-heavy; Gales $40 bbls at "a a 2sJc
Whiskey-hrmer; sales 500 bbls at 3O5 a. IS,
closing, buyers "a and sellers 235.
Rce-quiet. I
Sugars STEADY; sales s12 hhds. Porto Rico 14ac.,
at 142c. 49, 100
Cofee-quiet and firm. se 80 secs
a l 90. Muscovado &c., %
Naval Stores-Quiet. aa
Oils-dull. eA - ~ &asignA +
SO g 363c.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-26

LING's PARK.-There was trotting match
at Ling's Park yesterday afternoon for SPLEEN
did set of harness, for which three horses were
entered to trot mile heats, best3 in s. Harry
Bradley entered and drove black gelding sDan.
Wobstcr;" Frank Owen entered and drove bay
stallion logan A. Kicker entered and drove
black mare LADY Abbott" The prize was.
taken by Bradley, who won the first, third and
fourth heats in 2.53, 2.5s and 259. The second
heat was won by Lady Abbott in 2.59. sss
There was five-lnie foot race, which it. was
expected would be contested by James Griffin
and William Lambert. Lambert did not ap
pear, and Walter Brown volunteered and went
round the track three times, and then retired.
Meantim, an Indian boy present undertook to
60 on his own hook. He ran the five miles
without stopping, and beat Griffin a long dis
lance, the latter stopping two or three times.
The prize of $50 was awarded to Griffin, but
purse of $25 was made up and presented to
the Indian.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-26
Shocking Waste of Properly

The New York World, which can see no
difference between negro and bale of cot
toni says: "In the act of Emancipation at
least s., 000,O00,001 of property have been de-
stroyed." This is placing the negro below Or
binary cattle. Had few hundred thousands
of these been liberated from corrals, and al
lowed to indulge in stampede on the broad
prairies of the West and the savannas of the
South west, the World would not have con-
.sidered the property in them destroyed. 1t
might have been lost to former owners, but
somebody would reap the profits of the stan-
pede. Not so with the negroes. The proper
ty in them is destroyed. True, some three
and half millions of colored people have
found themselves each possessed of negro,
whom thew can call their own, but this is
nothing in the eyes of a Copperhead, so long
as the white despot of the South has to
soil his hands with work, and cannot say to
this man, "go," and he goeth, and to another,
"come," and he cometh. The Chicago Irib-
ane administers consolation to the World af-
ter this style:
z 'Dry up your tears. The property of which you
speak consisted OF the muscles and souls of men and
women Not a fibre of them was destroyed by
emancipation. They were only restored to their
rightful owners. What was taken from the master
was gwen to the slave, and the enormous array of
ngures only serves to show the vast amount OF wealth
OF which the whites of the South had robbed the
negroes" 9 +
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-26

SAVED FROM DRowNING.-At the foot Of
Cedar street there is an excavation or cellar,
over which formerly stood an old mill. The
cellar is filed with water and is not properly
covered over Last Tuesday afternoon Sammy
Armstrong, a lad five years old, who was play
ing there, fell through, and was in the water
some time when he was rescued by Capt
Pierce, who had his attention called to the ac-
cident by the comrades Of thelad. The boy
was lifeless, but DIR. Robinson was called, and
after some efforts succeeded in resuscitatine
life. Yesterday the little fellow was quite
liyely
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-26
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE
"a EVENING PAPERS.

Meeting of Colored Men-Health of Coz.
1i Morton.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 25.
The calored people of Indiana met in Con-
vention at indianapolis, yesterday. One hum
dred and fifty delegates were present. repre-
senting nearly all the different counties in the
State.
A Mass Convention of western farmers and
grain dealers is called to assemble at Morris,
ILL.,, Nov. 22d, to break down the excessive
rates now charged on grain shipments to the
East.
The health Of Gov. Morton was better yes
terday. sis
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-26

NEW YORK, Oct. Is.
~ Over 81 900 tons of Pittston coal sold at
aution to-day and excited brisk bidding, but
the prices obtained were lower. Lump 10
II steam Ii IL rs; CRATE II 81 IL; egg
IL 62.l-2 II IS; stove II 70 II S.; chest
nut 10 II.
Twenty-Five hundred tons scranton coal
were also sold at the following prices: Lump
10 10 so; steam 10 ~ ~ 10 20; CRATE
10 81 u a 10 81 1-2; egg 10 60 ~ a 10 IS I;
stove II q IL IL IS; chestnut 10 a 10 go 1-2.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-26

HoNoRABLY DIsCHARGED-Capt. Samuel
Il. Pillsbury, of Co. A, 9TH Maine Regiment.
who was dismissed the service of the United
States by order of the War Department Aug.
18th, 1868, for absence without leave, has been
honorably discharged. The War Department,
after full investigation of the ease, found that
the Captain was absent by leave, and was
taken prisoner. The order Diminishing him
was revoked, aud an honorable discharge
granted him, bearing date of his arrival in
loyal State as paroIed prisoner. Inf war;
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-26
Various Items

New YORK, Oct. %.
The dock race this noon footed up over 1000
revolutions more for the Algonquin than for
the Winooski. The race continues through
to-day. aet A,el
The grand jury have indicted S. J. Race,
conductor OF the Long Island railroad, for man
slaughter in causing the deaths of passengers
by negligence. ap
The 173 and LAT regiments arrived home
to-day: The latter had grand reception at
Brooklyn by the police, whom it represented
in the army.