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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04

HE Washington correspondent OF the Bos-
ton Journal says that prominent fnanciers are
surging the passage by Congress of a law for
the consolidation of all OF the maturing in
debtedness of the United States into a long
five per cent. gold-bearing bond, to be known
in the financial business of the country as the
American consols."i The term which it is pro-
posed to use for designating the bonds is con
traction of the words CONSOLIDATED stocks "
The English three per cent. funds bear this
name, and the contraction arises from the ex-
. igencies of the stock exchange, where no
breath can beispared for polysyllables. There
is nothing espec ially new in the planalluded to
BY the Journals Correspondent. 1t is substan-
tally Identical. with that proposed by Secre-
tary M3Culloch in his Fort Wayne speech and
his animal reports. 1t is entirely feasible as
soon as the government is in situation to be-
gin paying the 5-20's, but this time can hardly
come till specie payment is resumed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04

BREAK AT THE ROLLING MILLS. Early Sum
day morning small portion Of the dam to the
fresh water pond of the Portland Rolling Mills
was undermined, and fears were entertained
tl''' ING dam would give way, entailing the de-
structo on OF the works. But the employees of
) .he mus mus went to work with alacrity and
IN the course of the day the dam was made Sc
Cure, 80 that no further danger Il apprebended
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04
CAseo HoUsE.-Such is the name to be given
to the beautiful hotel now going up on Middle
street, We We're hoping that it would DE,
called after its honored ana worthy protector

: "o.O lvPAAS ohoo ~ fWOuf0 10
called after its honored and worthy protector
and proprietor, Hon, John b. Brown, Browns
Hotel" and We hope the name may yet be
changed to that. The rear brick work of the
six stories is already up, and this week, if the
weather is pleasant, the Union street front will
be up. The Middle street front will be DELAYED
little longer, waiting for the Albert stone, but
the whole building will be up and covered by
the first of December Is ftl.4 as -yiia eiff
: The hotel will contain more than 200 rooms.
The dining hall will be one of the l,andsomest
in New England. 1t is on Union street, and
will contain gallery at the further end Tor the
accommodation of an orchestra and ladies
The Office will be ON the lower floor entrance
from Middle street. The kitchen, which is in
rear of the office, is one of the largest and most
capacious that can be found in any hotel, and
is furnished with all the ante-rooms requisite
for so large an establishment OF the parlors
and sleeping rooms we shall speak hereafter,
when they are finished. sAasP
From the top of the building some of the fin
est sights are to be obtained, both of sea and
land. From that elevation one can have the
handsomest panoramic view of the city that it
is possible to obtain. The hotel will be all fin
'sfsv,es and raady for soccupation- sometire-ucxt
summer.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04
FOREIGN PORTS.


AT Madras Sept 10, ship Calliope Simmons, for
Calcutta, ldg. -
sid 1@ Ieghon 18th ult. ship Valparaiso, Leach,
AT Port Mahon nth ult, 'barque N NJ Haven. Hall
from'New York for Tarragona
Ar at Callao Oct 9, slip Fred Warren, Homewood.
Sid Sept %. ships Portlaw. Curtis, Cork; Oct 7,
Martha Cobb, Spaulding. IRON Chnchas,J for Havre
9th, Albert Edward, Lyons Melbourne.
AT Chlncha Islands 10th ult ships Richard Nc
Manus, Foster, and Moravia, Patten, tor England;
Charter Oak. Turkey Enoch Talbot, Merriman !
Hudson, Potter, and Mary Riggs. Lowell, Tor Ger
MANY; Crescent city. Delano, for France; Winona,
Stanley, for Spain Argosy, swift, for Antwerp;
barques T O Merrnap. Merrimen for England; II
FLEET her Pendleton Tor France; all ldg.
At Montevi1eo Sept %, barques Isabel, Tbbetts
and Ella Il Anua Randall, from Portland.
Cid Mt Havana 18th, brigs Riverside Curtis Pen.
sacola; 23i Hyperion, Smonton, Baltimore
Sid GOD, brig \ J Mcguire, Littlefeld Baltimore
C,harfefed-Seh Nellie Star-350 hhds moiasses IN
load Mt Sagua tor Philadelphia, Boston or Portland.
at $23 pr 10 ga Ions. t.af
Sid im Cardenas 3ist ult, bries Caroline. MeEsar
land, tor port North of Hatteras; Montrose Peter
tor do; sch Hattie Ross. Ulrick do -
SD I'm kingston ia, nth ut, barque Dency, Ber-
cid At st John, NIB, 2sth ult, sch sinaoa. Steele
proviIanpa ~ONs '''N'iS
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04


Ilo The conversion of the Seven-Thirties is a
much slower business than the conversion Of
Is the Argus. A few weeks ago the Argus was
in favor of Grant for the Presidency, secuted
the proposition to pay off the bonds in green
backs, ciyilly pished and poohed at vallandig-
ham and Pendleton, and inclined to favor inn
u partial though not universal suffrage. This
was all in accordance with the plan of opera
tons laid out at the private conference of Dem
ocratic managers held in New York some three
months ago, and disclosed by a correspondent
of the Charleston IS. c.. Courier. II was a
very good plan, an excellent plan, with only
one defect lit wouldn't work Gen. Grant was
waited upon and couldn't consent to be nom
mated by such people. Pendleton, Dean, Val
landigham and the rest of the tribe were bent on
Z reputation, and it was found that the party
insisted on following p, D., v. & Co. AS for
bringing the rank and file over to impartial
suffrage, nothing short OF miracle could do
that at present, and SO the whole programme
goes by the board. The Argus is now silent
about Grant, is satisfied that the five-twenties
J. @'are payable in greenbacks that by law they
are made so payable" and has taken up the de.
funct ethnologcai question again, quoting
Prof. Agassiz in favor Of doctrine which he
has repeatedly repudiated The Argus has
been completely converted and for the next
twelve months will represent its party more
faithfully than during the last three
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04
MOTEL ARRIVALS

~ 81 eEe PREBLE HOUSE.
@ T Stafford. New York N w Rowe Roclsport ID a
ID Fiagg Boston N HI Babson ,Jr, Boston
z "A Robinson, Montreal j Stiiell, New York Ia Z
q Hoag, Boston 8 j STEM do rgr
y Savage, Augusta CT Woodbury. Boston ID
4 IA Patten, Boston I'll Hoitt, Cambridge so
Clement, Gnrham Nh q Bachelor Boston "a
j ID Browne, Hartford OTowle Portsmouth
II Pearce, New York III Dore Montreal slH9i
III Cutler, Winchester Miss NJ Anderson do
y Howe, Boston j ID Browne, Hartford 4.
+ C Adams New York L Ripley New York
j G ingalls,, Melrose MassL Pease do fs
j Richie, New York 81 Green Lancaster
M Babson Gloucester A lawson New'York
w Sanborn, Portsm'b j L Abel, Massachusetts
j Smith, use Survey l. Oseood Springfield
w Bradford, New York W III Bradley Pbiladelp'a
Il Crawford, Pittsburgh q j Dockray Boston
Z IL SeWall, Boston j Bonnm, New York a
Richardson, do j Pickard N Brunswick
l. \ Lee US Navy - WA Clarke
Dow, New York q W Bissall, use Survey
VIC Durham, do EDow New York 81
Fl NJ Jones. Boston CR.Ayer Boston
FL M Durham, PhiiadefaA Anstip New York rrc
+ Wells, New York Il Nj Eldridge, Taunton
G Q Pattee d W, TT FairfdS Cole, Pawtnckett
Col II Cousens, RochesterC Kelley, do
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04

3 Col a. E, Buck, formerly of Foxcroft,
Maine, is one Of the Radical delegates to the
Alabama Convention. Col Buck went into
the army as a Captain in the 18th Maine regi-
ment. He afterwards became LENT Colonel
of colored regiment. Since the close of the
war he has resided in Alabama. The judicious
Introduction of afew Thousand such men as
Colonel Buck would be the best kind of recon-
struction the South could have.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04

4 tA = aiarm OF fire Saturday evening was oc-
casioned oy the burning out Of chimney in
house on Washington street.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04


ton Conspiracy, we find the following fact re-
counted in the Washington correspondence of
Z the Gincinnati Gazette. -.
Rrsces Or three distinct persons, other than
81 those arrested, appear in the evidence given at
"a the military trial. Sergt DYE in his testimo.
,,i n.y. described party of three conyersing to-
gether, in low terms, in front of Fords The
atre on the night of the murder, one of whom
was supposed TO be Booth, another Snrratt,
4, and third, "a ruffianly -looking fellow" who
mas never been identified. Little was known
y. regarding the man who, after midnight, be-
10 tween and o'clock, appeared at the Penn
IA sylVanla House with AtZerodt took a room
and left, going toward the Baltimore depot.
81 about five o'clock the next morning He gave
hsa bis name as Samuel, Thomas. The opinion
81 rom later developments is that his name
&, was Young that he was one one of the
prominent rebels in Baltimore were aware of
s3s has movements, and that he was first secreted
Z sa5 3y them IN baltimore the day after the muir
..4 der, and subsequently was aided to escape
- A third unknown party appears in the evil
~ dence upon the Surratt trial. This man was
= on the avenue opposite Willard's with Harold,
~ ABOUT CLOCK n the afternoon preceding the
4 murder. These are the only persons brought
." out very clearly by the evidence used on eth
hAser Inc hrst trfai or that of Surratt OF that
3 AZ winch came into possession of those preparing
Is. the trials, and not made public are the follow
ing sns 9h rs hg48ll& -slf
a98 z, Soon after midnight cavalry picket on the
Il 10 baltimore road, several miles from the city,
maf mr sfr npGI y party who kept scat
drove the picket off. Toward daylight it re-
iie turned reinforced, and was again fred on but
libs the party gradually withdrew, and before day-
q, light Disappeared Altogether There were
probablya dozen men in this mysterious COM
90 pany and the object of the attack was suppos-
vn ca to be to open the Baltimore road to Surratt
5s There is also evidence which, though not posi-
i've enough for legal conviction is quite CON
Vncing, that a man, who is known, waited. by
asog agreement, near the city for Surratt, to aid
e "a nun IN his escape. On another part of our
line outside the city sergeant on duty with
oa' his guard, knew of the murder ten minutes az
aoq ter it happened, and what rendered the matter
~ more suspicious he had intimated a desire to
III, guard that parties passing on the road that
night should not be stopped. The clue was for
some reason not followed. Numerous houses
i, were searched, the results of which have never
been made known. In one of these, a we'll
known establishment, a rebel mail was discoy-
ai cred. There were also letters to and from Sur
ID raft, and one from prominent rebel in Balti-
, more, Introducing Surratt to the parties occu-
pying the house, as a person every way to be
Aa trusted. There was also evidence taken which
~ led to the belief that a certain ames or John
80 M, Clestno, was one of the principals in the
conspiracy, but traces of him and of his ma r
stse ticipation were rather vague. ..st -.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04
futon d Mcfarland,
Desire to call the attention to the fact that than
= le ~ssfsassr If . ,.-......st
OF their Safes gave AMPLE PROTECTION in the
lot Dortt 1aoir

OF their Safes gave AMPLE PROTECTION in the
late fire. Parties desiring IN 3
FIRST RATE SAFE.
Ata MODERATE PRICE will please call on
EMERY a. WATERHOUSE,
Middle Street, Portland.
Or nj no Sudbury Street, Boston. tlis
"a VI Secondhand Safes taken in exchange for sale.
Parties desiring Sanborn's Steam Improvement at
tached to Titon & McFarland,s Safes, can order OF
Emery, Waterhouso a. Co. 49, sFr
Jan l5-sNistw in each mos adv remainder OF time
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04


~ WE publish in another column review OF
sisal the late elections by ~ @. w" Whether the
yilEfa measures which he thinks Congress shouiu
ts'' have adopted in 1865 and 1866 were ioehaiiy
demanded by the condition OF affairs I'll th"se
wears is 4, question which do not now ar
que The assertion that the people were pre-
ss5s .5pared for those measures then, We are com
al peeled to regard unfounded. Unless the
overwhelming majority OF the Republican news
- ff5h papers have misrepresented the Republican
ras party, the impeachment project has until very
dsa recently been looked upon with positive disfa-
1si vor by the great body of the party The Pres
ggl9i idents experiment in 1865 was looked upon
with general lenency and if it had restored
the Southern States, peaceful and loyal mem
bers OF the Union, its technical irregularities
would unquestionably have been overlooked.
IL failed The President set himself in oppo-
siton to Congress. He tried to explain away
and defeat the laws. He has at last disregard
tioA" ed and violated law of Congress, and we
trust he will be dealt with as he deserves. Ii
ia'ilho the newspapers have reflected the popular
ait M feeling this is its history. If they have not,
l22lsh we know where to look for any authentic
p bIai data. Certainly single observer is compe-
haa ds tent generalize upon such topic from his
comparatively narrow experience. ~
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04
THE PR ESS
Monday Morning, Nov, mber 4, 1867.

'a'aa'@s - FIRST Page to-day-The Elections in
Massachusetts, and New York; Gossip about
Public Characters; Varieties u gfBifs'-f .
a-a-.us FourM Page.-"Going Alone; Expensive
Matrimony
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04
spECIAE NOTICES.

= o M r II HIN G. NEW !!
RINGS MONEY BELT,
FOR
Bsntlies and Gensienaea, Travelling or af
Home! WIZ
"a PATENT APPLIED FOR. -'''
g For sale by A. F. YORK, No 165 Middle st, at
Wholesale anr Retail. nO4eCd4wsN*
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Army and Navy lecture, and Concerts.

Inc Army and Navy Union have arranged a
novel series Of entertainments opening next
Monday evening with grand military concert
by The full Gernanis band and orchestra The
other musical attractions of the course are to
be charming quartette concert by Mrs. H. M
Smith, Miss Rametti, James Whitney and M.
w. whitney; a concert by Camilla Urso, the
wonderful violinist; and "a vocal and instru-
mental concert by the Mendelssohn Quintette
Club, assisted by Miss Addie S. RYAN. II
would have been difficult to arrange course
OF concerts more attractive to u Portland an
dience. The Instrumentation of the Germa-
mia band, James Whitney's clear tenor, Camil-
la Ursos wonderful performances and the
pleasant voice of Miss Ryan are all well known
and well received here, and furnish variety
which will be very pleasing. The lecture
course promises an equal variety Of entertain
ments. The opening lecture will be Governor
Chamberlain's description of the surrender of
Lee, and the Governor will be followed by Rev.
DIR. Il. b. Fairfield, President of Hillsdale Col
iege, DR., Holland of Springfield, Mass, and
General John Cochrane of New York. 1t is
also announced that the Portland Band will
furnish music ON the evening of lectures.
Il Now that we have large and pleasant hall.
we see no reason why this course should not
be profitable to the organization which has un-
dertaken the task of arranging it. The object
for whichlthe funds are raised-for the relief of
iinfirm and needy soldiers-is certainly worthy,
and we hope the enterprise will prove abund-
antly successful. The Army and Navy Union
has ina quiet way done great deal of good
in relieving the distress of unfortunate COM
rades. Tickets for the entire course may be
obtained at the bookstores or at Paine's music
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04

BANGOR LUMBER MARKETING learn from
the Bangor Wing that the statement of the
amount OF lumber surveyed from January LIST
10 NOV. lst, 1867, compared with the amount
surveyed during the same period in 1865 and
1866, is as follows: 5a afl! IS
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04

The ASSASSINATION CoNsp1RAcy-Amopo
other interesting matters brought to light by
Buffers special Committee on the Assassina-
ton Conspiracy, we find the following fact re-
counted in the Washington correspondence of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04
DISASTERS.

BAUNcnED-At South Orrington 3ist ult. schI
of I65 tons, named Nellie Doe. to be commanded by
Capt Jos Ryder, OF Orrington. Owned by master
and parties in Bangor and Brewer. -aH
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04

SHIP LETTERS.
smi huge SAM capt schr Azel,ia 81 Laura
smi.h Ephraim o schr q d Deliver
M NC Mahan Patrick barque Deyonshire
1rant nj capt chr Frank Pierce
lawrence Waldo schr Ida Nav
bowden Leander w sehr j Roaker
French Francis schr Mary L Van Cliff
Bennett John capt scnr Moronora
Sergeant Albion z capt schr Ocean
stanton Henry schr Olive Elizabeth
Lord JAS capt Sehr PennsyIvania
Sherman Curtis capt schr X L Packer
Perkins Geo schr Rio Grand
McFarlakd John brig Rio Grand
Siteman John D schr II Smonds
George JAS capt sehr LOuthern Crop
stewart rhos capt sehr Tookolite
Bulk John j sehr Vesta
Ross Alexander barque Vakyrie
MeDovgal Arehibal do do
Hilton JAS schr Willie More
w. DAVIS, Postmaster.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04

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A1aIDsdt
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-04

The Maine Railroads-Edscard Little institute
Public Schools of Astburn--Stdte Temperance
and Teachers OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
LEWISTON, Nov. 2, 1861
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n6ad hsi
seldom
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-10-02

A "FREAK OF NATURE."-A brief paragraph under
the above head has elected the following from cor
respondent who writes from Anlite City, under date
of Sept. q
About the year 1880 became acquainted with an
aunt of my wife who then upward OF ninety years
of age aud dned with her at the house OF her son,
who was born when his mother was 60 years old, and
who was IS years younger shan his ne&t Youngest
brother or sister.
This old lady was the wife Mr. Adar, of South
Carolina whose name is honarabiy mentioned more
than one time in the history of the revolutionary war,
and when met her in Alabama she had regained her
eyesight, and did, in my house make herself a fine
muslin cap without the aid of glasses.
Soon after this period she concluded that the return
Of sight was warning that she not long for this
world consequently she returned to Carolina to be
buried by her husband bat after stay of four years
she concluded she mistaken, and returned to Ala
bama having four and full grown teeth in front,
two above and two below. My wife and myself have
raised nine children, and have lived to the young
est "a daugbterl married We are both in good health
and now have seven more years to wait, hoping that
she may initiate her extraordinary aunt by presenting
me with fne to repair in part the loss OF ou1
two sons in the Confederate army"
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-10-02
THE BRIGHT SlDE.-The restoration of Galt's Sap

THE BRIGHT SIDE.-The restoration of Ga1t's Sap
Mo to its Virginia owners by Mr.. Tappen, of New
York, wno had bought it at United States Marshas
sale during tie war, reminds US that lately lady of
this city was restored to the possession of heavy
solid, silver pitcher, which had been taken North by
family of neutral parties, in order TO preserve 1t Tor
the owner who following the fortunes OF the Con-
federacy outside of the Union lines A few days since
the owner received intelligence that the missing artl-
ces on their homeward journey, and before this
they have probably been received Many are the In.
stances of honorable conduct that occurred during and
after the war, and they should all find their way into
print. When the premises of Judge McGee near
Woodvle, were sacked by the Federals, one of them,
man who bad been resident of this city, and who
had quit the Southern for reasons very satsc-
tory to himself informed the Judge that if he had any
money he had better turn it to him for safe keep
ing. He received about $4,000 in Louisiana Bank
money at that time of far greater value than green
backs and at the appointed time and place returned
every dollar of it 30 the owner. Banished and out
lawed, and declared enemy to people, he was
true to his word in this instance. Such Incidents few
and far between although they be, are the bright
co,ors in a picture which is of dark hue at best
Baton Rouge Advocate
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-10-02

THE "REDsK1&s. The New York Herald says
The only way manage Indian affairs at this stage is
to give them an equal chance in proportion to their
mental ability. The settlers who occupy their lands
must share the acres with them-cutvae the soil in
common with its original propretors The cid idea
of reservations we'll enough long as the vast
heart of the continent unoccuped but now all is
changed. Pacific railroads are cutting the Indian
lands into dozen fragments, driving the bufiaoes
from their haunts and rendering it impossible, under
our present march progress to draw lines of demar
cation between red and white. In accordance with
the rule of nature we must blend white still preserving
distinction. The Indian must be Incorporated in
our communities as march westward to meet the
wave coming eastward. The settler in our Territories
must now share the soil with the aboriginal proprietor
1t is the settlement of our Indian difficulties The
problem has 1T length reached that point. Indian res
eryations are now impossible and barrier to our
progress The savage must stepno our line OF march
and be civilised OF disappear.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-10-02

GERMAN PAPERS REpUDExTtNG NEGRo SUFFRAGE
Quite large number of the German papers, recently
devoted to building up the interests Of the Radical
party, have repudiated the negro suffrage and dis
unonisn of that faction. In Boston, Carl Meinzer,
editor of the most ultra German Radical paper in the
North-the Pioneer-gives notice that he will no
longer act with the party of Stevens, Sumner & Co.
The Pittsburg Volksblatt influential Radical paper,
says that the German Republicans must form an ALI
ance with the Democracy in order to defeat the puri
tanism which is taking hold Of their party.
The German Radical papers in Iowa make similar
declarations Even Carl Schurz, in the St. Louis
Westliche Post, urges the German Radicals to vote
fore Democratic candidates for legislative and munich
pal Offices This list might be greatly extended but
the foregoing is sufficient to show that but few of orr
German fellow citizens any longer be made the
dupes Of the Radical dcmagogues who would use them
for their own selfish purposes, and then kick them
aside and persecne them because they refuse to place
themselves on a level with and below the negro.
TCleveland (Oh5) Plainde&ler.