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The Portland daily press., 1866-09-18
MEDICAL.
Eclectic Physician /!

From 61s broadway, New York, has returned to
Portland, aud can be consulted at her Office, No. II
The Portland daily press., 1866-09-18
BUILDING.
Notice to Builders,

TTtHE subscriber having thorough knowledge Of
his business as House Carpenter, Is rea9y 70
contract for the erection of building or to Work py
the day In department of the business Inc. most
sasfactiory reference given If required Orders let
ate. w. Cobbs Store $50 Congress Street, or j.. y
Hills. 100 Green Street, win be promptly attended
to. fs ROBERT DREW, a.
sepl7d1wk 10 Alder street,.
The Portland daily press., 1866-09-18
To the Ladies /!

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attached, which can sell cheaper than can be
bought in this city. Can at a. Brown Street, and
see them. sep10tf MRS. j.. C. PENNELL.
The Portland daily press., 1866-09-18

III w. HARTWRLL, Architect, Studio
IL. Building, Boston. Appointments may be
made at Berrys Printing Office, foot OF Exchange
street, where Mr.. HartweH may be found portion
of the time. iyS diff
The New York herald., 1866-05-01
AMOUNT OF TAX AND DEDUCTIONS.
Board OF Aldermc n.

INDEPENDENCE DAY AND ITS CELEBRATION-rHE
PROPOSED ENGINE HOUSE IN BURLiNG SLIP
ISSUE OF ''MARKET sTOCK''-THE EITRO-GLYCER
INE PANIC, ETC.
The Board met at halfpast two o'clock yesterday az
ternoon President Brce in the chair.
resolution from the Board OF Councmen relative to
the appointment Of Joint committee Of FIVE members
from each Board to take to ensure proper
celebration Of the coming Fourth Of July concurred
in, the Chair appointing on such committee Aldermen
shannon, Norton, Conan, Ely and Gedney.
The Mayors veto the subject OF the facilities TO be
afforded the City Inspector for the closing up affairs in
his department, already published in the HERALD
read and hsnded 10 the printer.
resolution fixing the salary Of the Interpreter OF tho
First District Police Court at 81 500 was laid over.
resolution from the Board OF Councilmen favor OF
resembling tho resolution previously adopted auhoriz
ing the Fire Commissioners To erect engine house
Burling slip, coucurred in.
resolution fixing the salary OF the messenger TO the
Corporation Attorney at 81 500 was adopted.
resolution from the Board OF Counclmen authoriz
$4,000, TO be known market Stock was, after
some debate, referred TO the Committee on Law.
resolution from the Board of Counc linen directing
tho Fire Marshal to remove forthwith quantity OF
nitro gycerne stored in building located the north
east OF 18th street and Third avenue,
CURED in.
On motion the Board adjourned to Thursday afternoon
next. at two O'Clock
The New York herald., 1866-05-01
The May Day Extortions.


The HERALD of yesterday referred Of the i'm
positions pracsed upon that unfortunate and very large
class OF our population who compelled to change
their residences about the st Of May The
men to have become mbued with the spirit of
iorton and the people, though with feeble protest. sub
NIT sorrowfuy, under the belief that they have
II this belief be well founded Il is high time for
the competent authorities to apply remedy The abuse
has grown Into too gigantic proportions to be longer
tolerated. and il bears too heavily upon those who
least afford TO sustain the burden. There is good
reason why should not have equal immunity against
the outrageous impostions of cartmen OF hackmen
the rate fixed by law, refuses TO perform
tho duty required Of him. he can be arrested
and punished by being deprived OF his
license. An ordinance Is upon statute books
which regulates the charges Of the cartmen; but con-
Ia nothing To prevent them from refusing perform
any duty required OF them until special agreement Is
entered into complying with any unreasonable demand
they make. The cartmen, with exprcssmcn and hack
men, common carriers. and q liberal scale of
pensation should bo fixed by Law for protecton
but in order that an equal protection might be assured
to the community the law should compel all OF them
give their services to the first applicant the legal
rates, and enact adequate penalty for refusal We
nun cipa authorities shall take immediate and Wig
for the protection OF the defence
less yet most valuable portion OF population agant
the who 10 conspre for the purpose OF
drain ng last dollar from the pockets Of those whose
circumstances will not allow them 10 make show Of
tortion akin 10 robbery and by class which should
blush 70 consent 10 such course inasmuch the ni
quous acts practised upon those whom they claim
as brcthren--the workingmen OF the community.
The New York herald., 1866-05-01

ROwDYIsM IN THE SuBtRBs.--Every summer
we are called upon to report frequent cases of
rowdyism and violence in the vicinity Of the
in gangs TO places around the suburbs when
pleasure parties assemble and make assaults
upon them in many cases innictlng serious in
juries upon unofending persons, and in every
instance interfering with the enjoyment of
peaceful people, many Of whom are women and
children. This business has commenced earlier
than usual this year, and We have already had
a torctas,e OF whai Is likely 10 occur as the
summer advances a aSnd OF scoundrels, said
to belong TO the Firs, ward Of this city, made
terrible onslaught upon number Of citizens
and their dwellings in Jersey City on Sunday,
which appears 20 have been undertaken in
most wanton and unprovoked manner. Several
people we're severely beaten and the windows
and doors OF houses broken to pieces.
These raids have become so common that II
is really not safe for any party TO venture into
the beautiful country places which surround
the city for the purpose Of recreation without
eithcr'a good body guard Of muscle men to
protect them or a posse OF police on the
ground to deter the rufians in their hostile in
tentions 1t is disgraceiul to this great me-
tropois that this should be true, but it Is a
fact, nevertheless. The season for outdoor
amusements is now approaching Picnic
parties will soon be on the tapis. The hard
working people Of the city must have some en-
joyment for themselves and their families. and
they have right to be protected from rowdy-
ism. We hope, therefore, that the police au-
thorities will organize some plan whereby
such protection may be afforded and outrages
like that which occurred in Jersey City on Sun
day may be rendered impossible in and around
Now YorA
The New York herald., 1866-05-01
JE IF D A Wis.
His Rumored Trial-He Wishes to bo
Tried, but Prefers . General Amnesty-
His Health Failing, &c.

Tried, but Prefers . General Amnesty-
His Health Failing, &c.
OUR FORTRESS MONROE CORRESPONDENTS.
FORTRESS MONROE, April 2S, 1855.
JEFF Davis am told, expresses the hope that the
newspaper that he is to be brought speedily
trial will prove true This of course may be one way
or the other From the outset Of his Imprisonment this
has been his continual clamor and he doubtless desires
to prove himself too consistent in his declarations to
seem to wish otherwise But 1t the very decided
opinion of most that his mind is largely and hopefully
exercised at present upon the subject OF general
nesty which will rid him of being brought to trial at all
In the shadowy remoteness and uncertainty of this
amnesty think there can be doubt however but he
would prefer an immediate examination and de-
cision OF his fate TO being kept much longer
IN prison, and undergoing the continuous pain
fui perplexity of hope longer deferred Meantime
ocers and others coming daily in contact with him may
assert and believe what they say, that his health has
pee Deen unmpaped by his long Imprisonment; but gen.
war, and saw MIN few days since for the first time
since ms captu,v assures me that he has most percep
Dy and painfully hied in health since his Incarceration
ie was Wltnin rev fect OF him on the parapet His
lace ne noticed as much thinner his har grayer
ana MS step Is not at all assured Ho rested frequently
IN MS Walks and every lneament of his face and every
TO degree giving assurance Of but little remaining vi
taty. ins gentleman says he cannot live the summer
out In prison will add here that far as this gentle
man observations went 1t was well for his satisfac
uon, as we as that OF Others he thus careful in
making them, Tor under order, just issued he is
not Kely TO have an opportunity to repeat them This
order prevents STRANGERS from coming anywhere near
him in his walks and senres now sent ahead to no.
thy people who may be walking the parapet of his
coming and compel them TO go in the opposite direction
Jef has always manifested dislike to the propnquty
and nquisitoria glances of strangers and the proba
bty is that this order issued from sole regard to
his feelings In the matter.
The New York herald., 1866-05-01
The Income Tax-Returns to BE Made
To-day.

Section 1l9 Of the Internal Revenue Law enacts that
duties on incomes shall be levied the 1s day Of May
and be paid before the Both of June The
ments will be made in accordance with the amended
law Of March g. 1885, 1t specifies that taxpayers shall
furnish their schedules to the Assistant Assessors their
respective districts, or before the first day Of May
The Assessors under obligations to send blank
FORMS but is the business of taxpayers to obtain them
rom heir offices I'LL them mp and return them within the
time specified Any neglect or refusal to comply with
the above regulation subjects the offender 10 penalty Of
twenty ve per cent added to the ascertaned to
be due and in of fraud hundred per cent il
added.
AMOUNT OF TAX AND DEDUCTIONS.
The income must be reckoned for the year ending
Dec. 81, 1865 and the tax is five per cent all
between six hundred dollars and five Thousand dollars
and ten per cent the five thousand dol
lars. The following deductions ted:-The sum
of six hundred dollars from all incomes; all national
State, county and municipal taxes paid within the year.
including the income tax paid last summer the amount
paid for rent the rental value Of any homestead
pied by the tax payer his family in his right
in tho right of his wife; the amount paid for usual
ordinary repairs taking the Of the preceding five
years.
BY noticing and attending to the above facts axpay-
will save themselves considerable trouble and annoy
ance the collectors invested with full powers to
take legal proceedings for dstrant and collection.
The New York herald., 1866-05-01
The rlc construction Game OF Congress
A RGxaI ION In 6:as.Gs.sAs.ssssi

Revolution An the Government.
The reconstruction scheme of the joint COM
mittee of Congress is at length before the
country. II is a very ingenious oontrivance.
At the first glance, though rigid in some of its
siipulaiions, it appears not only reasonable,
but ma.nanimous in others, and is altogether
a much milder system of treatment for Southern
restoration than any one could have dreamed
Of, even month ago, as likely to cmanate
from the radical Central Directory of Wash
ington.
1t is somewhat remarkable that the commit
tee do not reject the work Of reconstruction
done by the President, as involving series Of
measures of usurpation unlawful and void. II
is really surprising that they admit the va
lidiy of all his acts and the craftsmanship
of all his instructions III reference TO
the reorganization of the excluded States.
But so ii is. From his initial Virginia and
North Carolina proclamations of May last down
to this day, all the proceedings Of the Execu-
tive looking to the reclamation of the States
delivered from the rebellion are approved and
accepted by Congress. The processes by which
he secured the ratification of the great consti-
tutional amendment abolshing and interdct-
ing slavery are considered as satisfactorily set
Ting that question. His exceptions Of leading
rebels in his amnesty proclamation, and his in
structions TO his provisional governors in regard
to the debts of the rebellion, are interwovcn in
this Congressional plan. His views, too, of the
exclusive authority Of the States over the suf.
frage question are accepted; and, above all,
the status of the late insurgent States,
as defined in his annual message, is
recognized as correct, to wit-that the
rebellion impaired their functions as
States, but did not destroy them. or course
this decision Of the joint committee involves the
rejection of the Stevens and Sumner theory, that
the States wrcsted from the insurgcnt govern
ment of JEFF Davis by force of arms are in
| the condition of unorganized territories con-
quered from foreign power.
| From the teachings of common sense, the
successful working Of President Johnson's
policy, and the pressure of public opinion, this
radical Congress has been constrained to reject
the Jacobin absurditcs OF Stevens and to re-
cognize the wisdom and validity of the views
and measures OF reconstruction adopted by the
administration. So far, then, we have capitu.
lation of tho radicals to the Executive. After
Eve months Of cxhausting researches and labor
this joint committee Of Congress find that they
can do nothing better than follow in the wake
Of Andrew Johnson, as the only hope of attain
ing their ultimate designs. Here, however, we
reach their point Of departure.
The President holds that loyal members
elected from the excluded States, as already
reconstructed. ought to be admitted into Con
The New York herald., 1866-05-01
Personal Intelligence.

Among the passengers who will sail for Calrornia to.
day Count Anason, who goes TO join Colonel Buckley
at San Francisco The Count will represent the Russian
government with the great expedition, which will be
fully under way by the 1t Of June.
Hon. J. Thurow, Of the British Legation, and Lady
Elma Thurlow, from Washington; A. NJ De Lisle, of
Montreal, and william Smith, of st. John, n. b., Com
mssioncrs from British North America to the West
Indies, and j. Pallaron of Cuba, at the Brevoort
House
The New York herald., 1866-05-01
TN. CAT. B.nI Robberv.

Pursuit OF THE BURGLAEs--oSE snor AND ONE
gscAPgD-osg HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS RECOVERED.
wuEStisG, West Va, April 20, 1886
The burglars engaged robbng the Harrison Nniious,
Bank OF Cadiz, Ohio oyertakep about two miles
from Lagrange, Ohio, this afternoon. sharp cncoun
tor took place which Of the robbers wounded
and three captured One Of them succeeded IN making
his escape closely pursued The amount Of money re
covered will probably exceed ti50,0oo
The New York herald., 1866-05-01
Disastcrs ON Jake Ontario.

ptCTOS, e. vs. AiTh ~ i'op'
The schooner Ontario bound IRON Toronto for Os~es
with load of wheat aud -four, lost her mansall on
Nta ara whom ahc Immediately made for south Bay
Point Before reaching thefe she lost her ioresail jb
and all her standing rigging. she IL at anchor Dehnh
soltl nav PoIut Her hull Is unnjured. The Oak lost
her and foresal a.o at anchor there, TOE schooner
J,hn Wesley went hiph and dry on Gull bas aad wa
Abandoned by her crew. she Is iixhI
The New York herald., 1866-05-01
News from the Pacific Coast.

SAs FRANCISCO. Aprl IO 1856
Advces from New Zealand report that the natives =,
opi,iki were numbering all the Europeans they could
capture.
A company with q capital Of twenty thousand pounds
hal been organized 70 work New Zealand hay
The ship X n Tucker Captain Clarke, arrived yesisr
day from Manila With "a 40 bsss VI slsas and lsa2
BAGS "a sQugo
The New York herald., 1866-05-01
News from Texas.

u 7NtsruN, NnfiI y, 800.
The Sc sond battalion Of re ulars has rived.
General hentsel tea, to-day 0r san Antonio bis
future headquarters
cts OF the CT p are reported to be very good
Tue laborers are generally wViklDg vel
The New York herald., 1866-05-01
The Kentucky Democratic Convention

IlVSNILLF ,Apr %, Iobo.
All tho hotels are crowded with delegates to the Demo.
cratic state Convention. which meets tomorrow, and
promises TO be the largest eonycnon ever held In tho
Stale of Kentucky.
The New York herald., 1866-05-01
The Philadelphia Fenians Demanding
Explanations.

FHLADELPHIA, April %, Iou0.
At large meeting Of officers of Fenian circles held
In this city yesterday, a committee appointed,
under the Craftsmanship of District Centre Andrew
Wynne, to proceed to New York and ascertain from
Colonel o'Mahony the object of the recent movements
of officers at headquarters and obtain an explanation of
the manner in which the funds being expended The
object Of the committee is to satisfy the feeling OF
dissatisfaction among the Fenians this city, which ia
daily growing stronger
The New York herald., 1866-05-01

The New EXCISE LAw.-There are said to be
some ten thousand places in this city where in
toxicating liquors are sold. Of this number it
is supposed that about one-half or at least be-
tween three and four thousand, will be sup
pressed under the operations of the new Excise
law. The low groggeries that exist in pesti-
lential districts and help to nurse if not to en-
gender epidemics will be those most affected
by the new law. These places at present fur
nsh means of livelihood to perhaps twenty
thousand of the most shiftless class Of our popu-
lation. 1t becomes an interesting question,
therefore, as to what will become of this large
number of people when they are thrown out of
their usual employment 1t should also be
taken into consideration by those who are
working the present temperance reformation,
that these places are the habitual haunts of
thousands of Incorporate and idle persons who
will become honseless if not homeless after
these dens are shut up. The politicians of the
city have kept these places alive by fostering
them for the votes that can be obtained there
from. They have been literally patent ma
chimes from which votes are turned out to order.
Where will these people 60 now? They cannot
60 to the almshouses, for there is not room
enough. Nor should they be turned upon the
streets TO augment the army of the squalid and
destitute Our opinion is that the city corpora
ton should give them work. The public i'm
provements already contemplated will, if i'm
medately commenced. furnish employment to
thousands of able-bodied men who will be un-
carthed and cast adrift by the Excise law Give
them a chance to work for an honest livelihood.
and the danger Of precipitaiing a dissolu.e class
of people suddenly upon the community may
be avoided. The Sunday law will also throw
many idle persons upon the streets and adjoin-
ing country places on the Sabbath. Why can
not some practical philanthropist start the pro-
iect of grand peoples church, whence the
Gospel can be dispensed in a pleasing form,
especially adapted 20 this class of persons
This may deter many from seeking immoral
ainusements on the Sabbath, and, perhaps
under the blessing Of Providence, be the in.
strument of producing substantial good to
The city.
The New York herald., 1866-05-01
THE FE MAN S.


More Feaians Leaving Eastport-Part on
the Expedition stiIl Infesting the
Border-Torpedo Boats 70 be Used ON
the British War Vessels In the Harbor-l
More English War Vessels Arriveds-
Arms and Munitions for Canada, sc.
EAsrroRr, Me-, April so, 1868
Another batch Of Fenans left by the boat to-day for
New York They were all orderly. Some still remain,
as also all the officers
1t is said torpedos ready for tonight on some
Of the English war ships
gang OF Fenians have separated themselves from the
general body and endeavorng to keep up the excite.
ment the frontier They expect to be supported by
their different circles.
The English steamers Cordelia and Rosario have
arrived
General Meade has been quite unwe for few DAYS
past though not dangerously ILL., some papers report.
He is now rapidly recovering
HALIFAX, April go 1885
She steamship Ottawa, which left London April II
with troops ordnance and freight has arrived at
this port She goes to st. John and Quebec.
The New York herald., 1866-05-01

gress; but Congress pleads the necessity Oh
further securities for the future for the national
debt and the rights of the Southern blacks.
The addition of twenty-five Southern Senators
and eighty Representatives to Congress from
States warm from the late rebellion may give
those men the power, with the aid OF Northern
copperheads, to.ruin the country. This is the
plea for an indefinite term Of Southern proba-
ton, and hence it is proposed, in the shape OF
a constitutional amendment, that ''until the 4th
Of July, 1870, all persons who voluntarily ad-
hered to the late insurrection, giving it aid and
comfort, shall be excluded from the right to
vote for members of Congress" and Presiden-
tial electors, and that negroes shall be
counted for representation in the ratio OF the
number admitted to the right of suffrage.
Here we get at the milk in the cocoanut.
In the course of the late rebellion, excepting
few struggling resolute Union men here and
there, the whole white population of the revolt
ing States was implicated in it. Such, then, Is
to be their exclusion from our federal elections
till 1870. Then, again, their black population
is to be counted according to the suffrage
granted them by the States concerned. Ihls
strikes off one-half the members of Congress TO
which the excluded States would otherwise be
entitled. The amendment embracing these terms
is to be ratified by three-fourths of the Legisla-
lures of all the States, and the Southern States
are to shape their local laws to meet it, and
then they may come into Congress, If their
members elect are duly qualified in other re-
spects.
Now, let us assume that this scheme will pass
by two-thrds of the present Congress, and that,
whether ratified or not, it serves the purpose OF
securing to the party in power the next Presi-
dent and the Congress elected with him, what
then? Why, then, in all probability, on some
pretence or other, the excluded States will still
be kept out, until reduced to the condition of
Ireland under England, or Poland under Rus
sia. The disfranchsement of whole people,
to begin with, inevitably leads to their inded-
mite exclusion from political power. This Con-
gressional scheme of reconstruction, therefore,
looks to revolution in the government, be-
ginning with the exercise of 'despotic powers
over the South; but where is it to end? "Trea-
son is a crime and traitors ought to be pun
ished;" but we cannot outlaw the people of
eleven States of the Union without endanger-
ing the liberties of the other twenty-five. Let
us watch and see how this question is treated
in Congress, for there are in it the elements OF
O revolution.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-26

An AGREEABLE SURPRIsE.-A few even
ings since, Mrs. J P. VAN FLEET received from
the ladies of the First Presbyterian Church of this
place. beautiful Silver Cake Basket as token of
their appreciation of Mrs. VS. kindness extended
to them during the Festival which took place on
the Sd and 4th inst, for the aid of their church.
TO the Ladies' Of he First Presbyterian Church Of
TOlrdad1:
Permit me to tender to you my sincere thanks
for the beautiful present received from you the
10Th inst. Although it was entirely surprise, l
appreciate and accept it, and shall ever prize and
esteem it, not more on account Of its pecuniay
value than as an evidence of your kind regards.
Very respectfully, yours &C.
Mrs. j. 7. VAN FLEET
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-26

FELL IN A Coal SHAFT.-On Monday last
man by the name of Ellis, boatman, from the
town of Nichols, Tioga county, n. Y, was looking
about the Ravine Coal Cracker and walked into
the mouth Of the shaft, falling to the bottom, a
distance OF some two hundred feet His body was
picked up at the bottom mass of mangled life
less flesh. 1t is supposed that he must have been
looking upwards at a rising carriage, as the car
mage was up on the side which the man fell His
wife was on board the boat in the canal. His age
was about 30 or 40 years. He had about his per-
son, in cash and checks about S12OO He was
sent to his home neatly boxed, at 3 o'clock on
Monday afternoon.--P PitSton Gazette