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The Portland daily press., 1866-07-09

REBU1LDINa.-Mr Brown has already made
a beginning Of the work of the clearing up the
ruins of the Sugar House, and expects to have
It rebuilt and in operation within year. The
contract, it is understood, has already been
taken. The plans are drawn for q new Catho-
lie church, whichiwill bel begun Immediately.
These are the first big drops Of the coming
shower. We do not mean to be crippled by the
loss Of our laboring population, if employment
can possibly be found for them. Ea
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-09

The WEEKLY NEwsPAPERs.-The Transcript
will be printed in Boston for the present, and
will be able to make its appearance this week
as usual. ~ e pszI.s
The publisher of the Christian Mirror. has
issued card. announcing that the publication
of the paper must necessarily be suspended for
two or three weeks The account books and
subscription lists were saved.
The editor of the Zion's .Aduocate, who was
also pastor of the Federal street church, has
lost office, church and house, and his congrega-
tion were mostly burned out. When the pub
lication of the .adpoeate will be resumed, we
are unable say. r a 9cfs' ~
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-09

All persons who are acquainted with iudivid-
uals suffering for want of clothing, are request
ed to refer all such cases either to the Executive
or District Committee, whose names and places,
of residence will be found below. They will also
confer favor by mentioning such cases to these
Committees.
The Ward room No. S, corner Spring and
South streets, will be open for the distribution
of clothing each day, between the hours of 10
o'clock A NJ, and NJ, Sunday included.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
WS Dana Chairman, No IA Park street; E
Pray, Carleton; Mrs James E Fernald. 46
Spring; Mrs ] S Eaton, Is Spring; Mrs Elbridge
Bacon, 10 Park. Ia
COMMITTEES ON DISTRIBUTION.
Mrs Joseph Walker, No "A High street; Miss
Mary Jeaett. 40 Spring; Miss R r Usher, 70
Park; Mrs James H Hamlen, SO Park; Miss AM
ma Spring, 134 -Danfprth; Miss Mary e Dupee,
12 Green.
COMMITTEE ON HOSPITALS.
Miss Hannah Kilbourn, No IA Spring street;
Mrs. Alfred Dyer, house near Woodford's Cor
ner. Mrs Colin Cross, i47 Cumberland Nf
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-09
The Counting Reew Of the Press VIII
he M parsiup.ou,s. ,vder LIN ancastcr Hall,
until other arrangemcnts can be made.
Auction Sales
pArrEN g. CO. Alctioneers, 1s Exchange St.

HoueS at Auction.
ON MONDAY. July 9th, at O'Clock P. H., we
4 sh.lI all ~ new Houses Franklin, be-
,er lincoln street They are Que and halt story
Houses. high posf, finished throughout, perfectly
,nwNn,ever decried; good cellars-the walls all
iired m. cood 5ck cistern; I'm a good neighbor-
hood ap With clear title. The lots are s2xS0 and
sarS1' Poasessa given Immediately.
'NAsA' HENRY BAILEY g. CO., pA
ia axs Auctioneers.
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-09
GIRLS WANTED.

NIRLS wanted to work in mills. Application
" may be made at Executive Committee Rooms
in Old City Hall, this SATURDAY. morning. at
10 O'Clock.
jy7 1t Per order Executive Committee
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-09

LOST.
GENERAL Volumes Of City Records were put on
y an Express Wagon at the door Of the City Mar
sball's Office, on the night of the fire. tf
turn them at once to the Mayors Office, in Me-
,chanics Hall building, he will be suitably re-
warded. ~ @
jy7 If j. HEATH. City Clerk.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-30

SENATOR WADE IN 1S6O.-In a speech
delivered in the U. S. Senate during the
early part ofthe session Of 1S6O-'6l,
Senator Wade said, with reference to
the Southern States:
81 am not one of those who would
ask them to continue in such Union.
1t would be doing violence to the plat
form of the party to which l belong
We have adopted the old declaration
of independence as the basis of our
political movements, which declares
that men, when their Government
ceases to protect their rights, when it
is so subverted from the true purposes
of government as to oppose them, have
the right to recur to fundamental prin-
ciples, and, if need be, to destroy the
Government under which they live, and
to erect on it's ruins another more con,
ducive to their welfare. l hold that
they have this right whenever they
think the contingency has come.
You cannot forcibly hold men in this
Union, for the attemptt to do so, it seems
to me, would subvert the first princi
pies of the Government under which
we live.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-30

DISTRESSING CALAMITY IN LoUIsvILEL'
The Louisville Journal of yesterday
has the following: One of the most
shocking and lamcntable casualties we
were ever called upon to chronicle oc-
Cured yesterday afternoon. About
half past two o'clock, Miss Jennie
Brown, daughter of DR.. W. W. Brown,
residing on Madison street, a few doors
below Eleventh street, together with
Miss Sallie Hart, a young lady spend
ing the day with her, left the parlor and
their absence was not noticed by Mrs.
Brown until u lady called, about an
hour and half subsequently, went to
the privy, aud returning, told Mrs.
Brown there was no floor in the out
house. Mrs. Brown Immediately sus-
pected the dire calamity that had be-
fallen her daughter and friend and gave
the alarm. AS soon as possible and
after considerable trouble the bodies OF
the unfortunate young girls were taken
from the pit in which their happy
lives we're sacrificed. Miss Brown was
eighteen years of age and was to have
been married very soon. Miss Hart
was year older Than her friend, and
boarded with her mother at Mr.. Moorc's
on Broadway. Mrs. Hart was absent
from the city on days visit to friend
living few miles in the country. Both
were prepossessing young ladies, and
great favoritcs within their circle OF as
sociates. Coroner Gill held an inquest
upon the bodies and verdict was re-
turned in accordance with the facts.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-30

and his assistants had done their work
one securing the rivet on the right
ankle, while the other turned the key
in the paddock on the left. H-..
This done, Mr.. Davis lay fora mo
ment as if in stupor. Then slowly
raising himself and turning round ne
dropped his shackled feet to the hoor'
The harsh clank of the striking cham
seems first to have recalled him to his
situation, and dropping his face into
his hands, he burst into a passionate
flood of sobbing, rocking to and fro,
and muttering at brief intervals son.
the shame" ...
The next day MAY 24th,) the Doc
tor found Mr.. Davis, very naturally, in
a state of mental and bodily irritation
and suffering from chronic neuralgia,
which had "destroyed the sight OF his
right eve" The shacklcs were re-
moved in five days, by the urgent ad, a.
vice of his physicians, he being too i'll
and feeble to bear them.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-30

THE Rousseau-G -Grinnell scandal
seems to have aroused the virtuous in
dignation of Congress. The fact that
Mr.. Grinnell, the caned, is a Radical,
and Mr.. Rousseau, the Gamer, a suppor-
ter of the Presidents policy, is enough
to warrant close investigation into
the case. 1t was, therefore, resolved
by the House yesterday that a Select
Committee offive be appointed by the
Speaker to look into the affair, and to
report the facts connected Herewith,
with such resolutions as may be neccs-
sary for the vindication of the priv
ileges of the House, and the protection
of its members, etc.
tits supposed that Mr.. Rousseau may
be eventually expelled by his colabor.
ers. The spectacle of the Reverend
Mr.. Grinnell reclining in his seat with
his face SCARED with the mark of Cain
was too much for the moral sensibili.
ties of his colleagues. Doubtless the
House is of opinion that the wrongs OF
this meek martyr" SHOULD. be aveng-
ed.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-30

A VISIT TO FAIRFAX CbURr HOUSE,
VA.-A correspondent gives this ac-
count of the appearance of things
about Fairfax Court Hous:
Yesterday paid visit to- Fairfax
Court House, it being the first day OF
Court. The vast majority Of the peo-
pie present were entirely Southern in
their sympathies. Mosby, the famous
s'gucrilla" chief, was present. The
hotel keeper was one of Mosbys SOL
diers, who had been condemned as
such, while u prisoner, to imprison-
mcnt for long term in the New York
pcnitentiary. The region OF country
through which passed, in going to
Fairfax Court House, was, perhaps, as
thoroughly devastated as any part OF
the country by the war. The forests
were largely cut down, the fences de
stroycd, and the houses generally de-
stroyed, or very much injured. But il
was curious to observe how energet
ically the people were going to work tt
restore matters to their old footing
The road | went along had been cor
duroyed by the Fcderals during thu
war. These rails (of very large slz
generality were taken up and turned
into fences This was important, o.
lumber was very scarce. The people
are peaceful and hopeful.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-30
THE Nashville Banner tells the fol

The Nashville Banner tells the fol
lowing accidental hit made by little
girl during the examination ofthe Ma
ry Sharp College in this place:
"a class in Geography was up, and
many questions had been asked and an
swered about the human family now in
habiting the earth, especially questions
about the different races OF people,
whether civilized or barberous, etc
The examiner passed from this subject
to natural and political geography, pro
ceeded to put some questions about the
forms of Government, and then in,
ouired-Who makes the laws in oul
Government? Congress, was the
ready reply. How is Congress dlyi'
ded, was the next question, but the
little girl to whom it was put failed to
answer it. Another little girl in the
class, who evidently had not kept "
with the change from the subject o
classes in the human family to Govern
ment, raised up her hand indicating thai
she could answer it. Well, said the
examiner, Miss Sallic, what do yol
say the divisionis? Instantly with ar
air of confidence, as well as triumph
the answer came, civilized, half civ
ilized, and savage
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-30
DEBT.
How Stands the Uuited States.

The total debt Of the United States
reached its maximum on the 3lst OF
August, 1865. 1t stood then at SS2,
Isl, 100000. On the 31st Of May, 1866,
nine months after, it was reported by
the secretary Of the treasury at S261'
100000, reduction of $S7 ,OOO,OOO.
These sums represents the known set
tied debt at the respective periods. The
existing liabilities Of the former date
may have been Sl00, 100000 more than
the ascertained amount. Whatever
amount has been settled since last Au
gust over and above the amount then
reported has since been paid in addl-
ton to the S7,000,0O0 reduced since
In the month of May the tivc-twenties
have been reduced S3,731, 200, and the
six per cent bonds $76S,OOO, making an
increase of refunded debt $l6, 499, 900.
The temporary loan has been reduced
S6, 1886, 1867 the certificates OF indebt-
edness S16,595,0 the compound in
terest notes S5,000,000, and the seven
thirties S4,29l, 900, The reduction OF
outstanding scrip, S35,s22,4ls, in ap-
parent reduction by conversions OF
$50, 1924, AIS, but the total cash in the
treasury is actually S21, 1927, ,S46, less
on June 1st, than on the lst OF May
The secretary received besides about
$11 100000 premium on the sale OF
gold in the month Of May, SO tina,
treating the cash in the treasury as con
sisting of both coin and currency lnde
pendent of the premium received, the
cash in the treasury must be S33,OOO,'
900 reduced in the month. This exhib'
| it shows that the treasury after paying
the May interest, has run out only Ss''
600. 900 in the month. The total debts
as it stands footed up in the the secreta'
rvs monthly statement, shows q re-
duction in last month amounting to
S1,94l,475, but the gold certificates in
creased S13, 100000. This money does
not belong to the treasury. The cur
rency in the treasury increased Sl7,'
100000 This brings us round to tire
same figures, or near it. That is to
say, SS,0O0,000 of actual deficit indie,
pendently of premium upon gold sold
in the month. This premium would
bring the increase Of receipts back to
S3,0O0,O00, the surplus from ordinary
sources and the increase of gold hello
on time for the depositors being Sl3,
500, 900, makes the increased amount OF
currency on hand. The coin in the
treasury on the 1st of June is estimated
at $50, ,676,957, but 49,, ,O6S,32O of tn is
sum is merely on deposit, and the treas
ury owns but %, Ill ,639, which is re-
duction, in the month, Of $39,52S,35O
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-30

LOVE THAT DID NOT LAsT.-The ne.
gropholists seem at last to be getting
tired of supporting their wards. They
first released the negro from time hon
ored legal obligation to be industrious,
and in his idlcness supported him out
of other peoples money, for the pure
love of thing. That love, however, was
not everlasting, for the Freelmen's Bu'
reau Of Mississippi has ordered:
|. In the future no rations will be
issued to refugees or freedmen, except
to persons who are absolutely unable
to support themselves by reason of the
helpless tenderness of youth, the eX
tremc iniirmity of age, by disease, or
permanent physical disability.
The mere destitution of persons OF
any sex or class, who are able to labor
is no reason for giving them aid from
tle Government. In the present great
demand for labor, demand which far
exceeds the supply, there is not the
| slightest shadow of an excuse for any
able bodied person being destitute. Alt
who are willing to labor can obtain
fair wages.
Destitution of such persons can only
be the result of wilful indoleace, and an
indisposition to do their duty to soci-
ETY. and the Government, and must not
receive any countenance from the OPP
erations Of the Bureau. Persons who
are partially disabled by physical in
trinity, can still, in most cases, do suf-
icient work to support themselves, and
ought not to be allowed to become O
burden on the charity of society.
ii. The rule laid down in the fore.
going paragraph in regard to the issue
of rations, will be applied to atiording
medical relief.
The poor negro has therefore been
abandoned to his own fate; but in the
meantime how has he not been deceiv'
ed, demoralized, made idle and wretch.
ed. After all, Sambo's old friends are
better than the new.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-30

cordance thereto. But candor com
pels us to say, that those kindller feel
of the heart can never be restored as
long as the Southern people are held
up in the halls of the National Legis-
lature as traitors, as felons and as un-
worthy of all respect or confidence
We can never lore the people who do IT.
Il is not in human nature to do so.
The whole question of restoration Is
in the hands of the people North. If
they will meet us in their approaching
fall elections in q spirit Of kindness by
electing conservative men to Congress,
and displacing the Radicals now in
power, they will meet hearty re,
sponse from every nook and corner OF
the South and fraternity of feeling
will be established that will cement the
bonds Of the Union with the cohesion
of confidence and mutual respect be-
tween the people North and South
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-30

Who IS RESPONSIBLE Much has
been said about the sutferings Federal
prisoners have endured from the ina
bility of the Confederate authorities
to properly provide for them, and the
refusal of the United States authori.
ties to exchange them. In February,
1865, the week Of the evacuation Of
Wilmington, N. c., several thousand
Federal prisoners were collected at
Wilmington to be exchanged. But
when flag of truce was sent to Scho.
field to know if he would receive them,
he replied to Hoke that it was no time
for an exchange Of prisoners, and they
had to be sent back again to the interl-
or Of North Carolina. In reference to
this Gen. Bradley Il. Johnson, in his
examination on the trial of Major Gee
at Raleigh on the 4th, said:
q. DO you know any difficulty you
had about getting these prisoners ex-
changed after transporting them?
4. Yes, sir, have two hundred and
fifty kilograms on the exchange.
@. Did you transport them, and
were they refused by the United States
authorities?
A. Yes. sir; I can give the tele.
grams of Generals Bragg, Baker and
Hoke on this subject, that the United
States authorities refused to receive
them ;, the number of prisoners was
larger at Salisbury than was antici-
Dated,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-30
T. BLELAND MCKEE.

A proposition of Il novel and some
what striking character is pending be-
fore the New Orleans City Coumcil-a
plan to build around the entire city
or that portion not fronting on the
river-an embankmcnt wide enough
for two railway lines and carriage
drive. Such a work seems enormous
as the erection of the pyramids or the
tower of Babel; but it can be done, and
it is believed that not the least of the
benefits that would result from it would
be the greatly increased facilities for
drainage its deep bitches would afford,
and the consequent reclamation OF
waste lands, to say nothing of the en-
HANGED value of property in the sub
urbs. The scheme has been quietly
under consideration for some time, and
if adopted by the Council, an appeal
will be made to the State Legislature
for an appropriation to aid in carrying
it out.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-30
Southern Railroad Enterprise.

The Knoxville Citizen thus sketches
the prominent railroad connections in
the South: ."}.
THERE'S m important railroad pro
ject on foot, to consolidate and connect
all the various roads from Dalton, Ca,
to Selma, Ala, under the Presidency OF
Gen. Joe johnson, who was recently
elected President of the Alabama and
Tennessee River Railroad. The road
from Blue MountaiHto Dalton is to be
flushed in the shortest possible time.
We notice, also, another movement
to place Nashville in more direct
communication with Alabama and
Georgia than now exists. A cores.
pondent of the Nashville Union and
American thus eliminates the plan
which is at once practicable and easy
of accomplishment:
When the war commenced, Augusta,
Ga, was building a railroad from At
lanta to Jacksonville, Ala; Savannah
was building a railroad from Griffin
Ga, to the same place; Columbus
Ca, was building a railroad from Ope-
lika to Talladega, Ala. ; Selma was
building road to Guntersville, and
had it in full and successful operation
to within short distance of Jackson,
vile, Ala. Montgomery was building
railroad from that city to Decatur,
Alabama.
BY using the Decherd and Fayette,
vile, Tenn, Railroad some twenty
miles, Ito revive which appropriation
has been made by the Tennessee Leg
islaturc,) it would require the construe
ton of only forty-nine miles of railroad
from Rocky Spring, to secure Nashville
in brief time, direct communication
with Atlanta, Macon, Columbus, Sci,
ma, Montgomery and Pensacola.
Efforts are also being made to com
plete the railroad from Charleston, $
c., via Knoxville, Tenn, to Cincinnati
Ohio. Large meetings are being held
and the best feeling prevails along the
route. The Knoxville and Kentucky
Road is being pushed forward, and th'
Blue Ridge connecting link has fifty
three miles nearly completed.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-30

A. great excitement was created
among the adherents of the negro bu-
reau in Mobile, a few days ago, by the
marriage in that city of a former slave
of General Beauregard's to a white wo-
man. by the name of Jones, and a
teacher of the freedmen. The couple
have left for the home of the woman's
parents in the North, where there will
doubtless be great jubilee over this
manifestation of Civil Rights when
the pair arrive. As the unfortunate
females parents were doubtless Alb
oIitionists. and are now in the Radical
faith, they cannot but be rejoiced at
the progress that has been made by
their docile offspring. But, seriously
this case presents the light ofa public
sffront, and comes under the laws o
Alabama that declare, miscegenation 8
penitsntiary offanse-.Vv York .Nsvs
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-30

THE Supreme Court of Alabama re-
Gently delivered very lengthy and i'm
portant opinion on the constitutional
ty of the " stay law" enacted by the
legislature atits last session, for the re
lief of debtors. The substance of the
decision is that the law is not uncon-
stitutional, except those sections which
relate to proceedings for the collection
of judgements, which are pronounced
void, because Of their unconstitution
ality, as well US the sixth section which
relates to sales under mortgage. Chic
Justice Walker, however, disscntcd,
holding the entire law void.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-30

THE Nashville Gasste says that Gen.
Mcneil, the miserable wretch that
butchercd Confederate prisoners in cold
blood in Missouri, has published de-
fense of himself against the attack OF
Gen. blair, who lashed him unmerci-
fully. In his remarks he not only
throws the blame upon his superiors,
but says:
"a literal compliance with the or
ders of this military department for the
year 1862, would have caused . series
of military executions before which
this one would have faded into signiii-
cance."
What, in the name Of humanity, can
those orders have been.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-30

The marriage of Miss Sarah Jones,
a New England school marm, in Mo-
bile, to a wealthy nigger named Samu'
el Jackson, will undoubtedly have .
Stimulating effect upon the New Eng
land school marin element. At the
present moment Mrs. Sarah Jones
Jackson is probably the object of the
great envy of all or nearly all the
spinsters east of the Green Mountains.
The desire for position South as school
marms, will at once rise to fever heat
As for the general public, we think
it will be undecided as to whether
Jackson is more to be pitied for get.
ting the school marin, than the school
marin is to be congratulated for getting
the darkey. There is no doubt that
she has done well; but how is it with
the nigger ?-C Chicago Times.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-30

The GREAT RECoNsTRUCTIoSIsr -
The New York News, in speaking of
the religious belief Of Thaddeus Ste
vens, says:
He is an Infdcl, q Univcrsalist, and
a Nationalist rolled into one, and be
lieves in nothing. There is no doubt,
whatever, that Heaven will have moth
ing to do with him. Satan will reject
him, for fear, if he should be allowed
to pass the gate, that he would propose
a "plan" for the reconstruction Of the
internal regions.