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New-York tribune., 1867-02-06
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-10-29
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Dominion Of Canada.

THE COMMERCIAL BANK FAILURE b0e
A good deal Of excitement has been created
in the commercial and financial circles Of the
Dominion by ths failure last week of the
Commercial Bank of Canada. The bank has
had very heavy losses, and much OF its eapi-
tai has been locked up in railway and other
loans, which, though likely TO produce iavora-
blereturus sooner or later, deprived the institu-
tionoe verylarge portion OF Its working funds.
The Toronto Globe says much of the capital
still remains intact and the committee Of
new directors who examined into the affairs
OF the institution, believed that with a reduc-
tion of share capital and the aid of tie other
banks in maintaining the confidence Of the
public, the Commercial might commence a
new career OF prosperity. But the assist lnce
of the other banks has been refused, ahd the
Commercial has closed its doors. The Globe
thinks there is no reason to doubt the ability
of the bank to redeem It's bills and satisfy Its
depositors, and recommends the public Rot to
submit to any sacrifice The losses of the
Bank have been very heavy, owing to the
grossest mismanssement, and these will iali
severely on the stockholders, causing VIDE
spread suffering. The failure has, moreover
given severe shock to public confidence, ana
heavy runs have been made on some OF the
principal banking institutions OF Toronto and
Montreal, bat these have been able to meet
the call tor gold, and there is apparently no
ground for supposing that any other banks
will be materially affected by the suspension
of the Commercial.
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sible aud important position he held at the
head of that establishment. Mr.. Newcomb as.
sects that what the Observatory really accom-
plished for science was due not to Maury, but
10 two of his assistants, Sears Cook Walker
ene htSt practical astronomer in the country,
ruu ~'., rroiessor John II. c. Coffin of the navy.
'No'. men the superio 10y Cf his asss
"ou'o nave been tai ned 90 geo account,
ou' "'auFy regarded them "a a nuisance and
i"s'oneu 10 get rid of them. At present a to-
eraoiy good use is made of the means m tb,
disposal OF the Observatory. lnt IL no, -,
taken the position which as a national sc;o,,
tic institution it ought TO take Nr Nayr-
comb, believing that its rank is hardly sucb "a
will satisfy the American mind, suggests os
much needed improvements, a large telescope;
observing rooms of wood OF iron inst tead of
brick; such IA personal organization as shall
secure the services OF able astronomers, and
residences for the principal observer at or
nsar the Observatory. This last he considers
among the most urgent wants OF the establish
meut.
The Bank of England Restriction 49,
ISL is the title OF lengthcned article COZ
tanning an interesting chapter in the history
OF English finance. This is followed by an
elaborate analysis of the character and writ
ings of tho late Arthur Hugh Clough. IL is
written by Mr.. Charles Elliot Norton, and is
full OF the peculiar enthusiasm of admiration
with which Cloush seems to have inspired ali
who came within the sphere of his personal
influence. Mr.. Norton quotes at much length
from poem entitled "Dipsychus," written by
Clough in 1850, and neverpubshed, but which
the reviewer thinks entities its author TO "a
chief place among the poets OF the age"
Two very able an | valuable papers in tn lis
number are, tie one ON "The Civil Service of
the United States" by an author whom we do
not know, and the other on "Our National
Schools of Science" by d. c. Gilman. As we
propose to refer at atlength TO both these articles
at some future time, we omit further no ice of
them here. .i..r .. ....... ......r
"Key and Opperto on Indo- European Philolo-
gy," is the title of one of Professor Whitney's
scholarly contributions; L. II. Sanborn writes
vigorously and sensibly of "The Reformation
of Prison Discipline" AMI Professor Lowell
furnishes brilliant and characteristic review
of "The Winthrop Papers, The article in
which he discusses this recent publication OF
the Massachusetts, Historical Society is per
haps the most interesting in the Review, at
least to the general rea'ler 'ihH
The Critical Notices in this number cover a
wide variety of topics, some Of which are elab-
orately discussed. They are, as usual, marked
by much niceness of discrimination, and a
Keen and vigorous analysis.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-10-29

The October number of the North American
Is devoted rather to topics Of political and
practical, than Of merely literary interest. 1t
contains nine elaborate articles. and some sew.
enty pages of carefully written critical notices.
The opening paper, by c. @. Hazewell, on
"George the Third and Lord North, contains
great amount of historical information, and
will have the effect to correct some widely
spread hut very erroneous views with regard
to the true responsibility for those obnoxious
acts of George Thirds reign which connect
themselves with the American Revolution.
The ordinary American opinion, remarks Mr..
Hazewell, concerning the origin Of the Revo-
luton was, that it was brought about by Brit
ish ministers, and that George Third was no
further responsible for 1t than that he was the
eign, but badly advised" was constantly said
of him at the time and for many years. The
Ministers were held answerable for all the evil
done In his reign. and the most arbitrary and
resolute of English sovereigns since Henry
Eighth was spoken of as II he had been the
simplest Of tools in their hands. Yet the let
ters Of the king TO Lord North show that the
former was, for almost twelve years, well nigh
as much his own first minister as Louis Four
teenth was after the death of Mazarin. i"a'
his narrow but active intellect, his numerous
strong preiudices, and his obstinate anu 'S'""
nical will made his the governing inhuehce
despte the remonstrances of men mnch wiser
than himself. TO him really belongs the blame
| of ths writs of assistance, the stamp act, the
,ea tax. the Boston port bill, the employment
Of Hessians aud Indians, and many other sins
of the English Government toward America
| for more than twenty years, though In viola
-ton alike Of chronology and common sense
all those have been laid at the door of Lord
North. The latter's chief fault appears To
have been too great regard for the king -
prejadices and too easy yielding to his impe-
rious exactions. saIl nuos ( a..
| A brief article on the United States Naval
Observatory" by Simon Newcomb, is interest
| ing as showing the i'll effects Of the bad man
agement which that institution has been com.
pelled 10 endure; and as bringing out in 9
.strong light the vain, selfish and shallow char
acter of the notorious Lieutenant Maury, aud
his total intellectual unftness for the respon
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-10-29
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The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-12-25
CONSUMPTION CURAB LIE BY DIR
sCHENCK,S MElILINES.

To Cure Consumption. the system must be
prepared 50 that the lungs will heal. To &c
complish this, the liver and stomach must
first be cleansed and an appetite created for
good wholesome food, which, by these medi-
cines will be digested properly, and good
healthy blood made; thus building up the
constitution. SCHENCK'S MAHD RAKE
PILLS cleanse the stomach of all bilious or
mucous accumulations; and, b yusing the Sea
Weed Tonic in connection, the appetiteisr re-
stored,
SCHENCK'S PULMON1C SYRUP isnutri
cious as well as medicinal, and, by using the
three remedies, all impurities are expelled
from the system, and good, wholesome blood
mode which will repel all disease. Ii pa
tients will take these medicines according TO
directions, Consumption very frequently in
its last stage yields readily to their action.
Take the pills frequently, to cleanse the liver
and stomach. 1t does net follow that because
the bowels are not %costive they are not requir-
ed, for sometimes in diarrhGa they are neces-
sary. The stomach must be kept healthy,
and an appetite created to allow thePulmonic
Syrup to act on the respiratory orga' sprop.
erly and allay any irritation. Then all that
is required to perform q permanent cure is,
to prevent taking cold. Exercise about the
rooms as much as possible, eat all the richest
food-fat meat, game, and, in fact, anything
the appetite Graves; but be particular and
masticate well.
Ind W
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-12-25
To the Democracy Of Ashland
County.

The Democratic State Central Commit
tee having determined to hold the State
Convention for the nomination of q State
Ticket, and also for the selection Of Pres
idential electors and delegates at large 10
the next Democratic National Convention,
on the 9th Of January, you are, there
fore, requested to meet in County Conven.
ton, at the Court House, 10 Ashland, on
Saturday, December 2sth, 1867, at l
o'clock P. NJ, for the purpose of select
ing.six delegates to represent Ashland
county in said Convention. 1t is also re.
commendsd by the State Central Com
mittee that the delegates from the COun-
ties comprising the respective Congress.
sional Districts, meet in Congressional
Conventions, at Columbus, at said time,
for the purpose of selecting district Pres,
idential electors and also delegates to the
National Convention.
II is hoped that every Township will
be represented in the County Convention
on the 2Sth. .
. By order of County Cen. Com,
far j. NJ. Lands, CHAN.
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sCHENCK's SEA WEED TONIC.

This medicine, invented by Dr.. J.. H.
%ScHENcK, Of Philadelphia, is intended to
dissolve the 70 cd and make il into chyme,
The fret process OF digestion. By cleansing
the stomach with Sohenck's Mandrake Pills
the Tonic soon retores the appetite, and
food that could not be eaten before using IL
will be easily digested. .t... -
Consumption cannot be cured BY Schenck's
Pulmonic Syrup unless the stomach and liver
Is made healthy and the appetite restored
hence the Tonic and Pills are required in
nearly every case Of consumption. A half
dozen bottles of the SEAWEED TONIC and
three or four boxes of the MANDRAKE
PILLS will cure any ordinary cos of dyspep-
sia.
DR.. ScHEsoK makes professional visits in
New York, Boston, and at his principal Of
fee in Philadelphia every week. See daily
papers of each place, or his pamphlet on
consumption for his days Tor visitation.
Please observe, when purchasing, that the
two likenesses Of the Doctor, one In the last
stage Of Consumption, and :he other as he
new is, in perfect health, are on the Govern
ment stamp.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers, price
Sl,6O per bottle, or $3.50 the half DOZEN
All letters for advice should be addressed To
DR.. Scheack's Principal Office, No. l6 North
9th Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
General Wholesale Agents , Demas Bornes
4 Co., N. Y, s. s.. Hanc Q, Baltimore, Md,
John D. Parke, Cincinnati, Ohio; walker 4
Taylor, Chicago, Ill, Collins Bros. 81. Louis
Mo.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-12-25
NEWS ITEMS.

E. W. Moore, Of Cleveland, o., has
not slept since the 10th of November. II
he keeps on much longer, his friends
will have to celebrate his wake.
Two children were eaten by the wolves
10 che woods, near St. Malachi, Canada,
Thursday.
A young wife in Northern New York,
threw a bonnet and shawl toto the river,
left q suicidal note for her husband, and
eloped with another man.
Cheap pictures of stOnewall Jackson
are having a large sale among the Mobile
negroes as portraits of Gen. Grant.
The elephant Romeo killed his keeper,
Williams, at Marlborough, near Philadel-
phia, on the 10th.
One Of the delegates 10 the Virginia
Convention is absent from his seat-.he
is in Jail for horse stealing.
More than q quarter of q million of
msn are ~disfrauahised by the law against
deserters, for the repeal of which a bill
is nov pending 10 the House.
Washington City, by the municipal
census just completed, contains a popu-
iation Of 1887 whites and 1874 blacks.
Three thousand whites and four thou
sand negroes are on the point of starva.
tion in Louisiana.
1t is said that the Democratic National
Executive Committee will probably seiev,
Cincinnati as the place for holding the
next National Convention.
1t is limited by the New York Time,
lRep.) that the impeachment farce hal
cost the Government something like hal
million dollars.
Mr.. Thaddeus Stevens N brought Il
the capitol in q carriage every day, is car
ried up the steps and into his committed
room In q chair, and then, by the aid o
the benches and a cane, he foebly an,
totteringly walks to his seat.
Hunger and starvation at the South !
or the increase, particularly among tn
freedmen. Can't some Of our Abolition
brethren send a few political "tractl
down to, appsase some Of the wretched
ness caused by their philanthropy p
% Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Boyd, Of Kentucky
claim to be the Oldest couple in the cour
try. They are respectively ITO and lOl
and have a boy 80.
There is come talk Of the United State
purchasing Cuba. Let il do SO, for
ua''No pent up Utica contracts our powers,
Forthe whole boundless continent is ours
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CONGRESSIONAL.

HoUsE-Monday ,16th.-A number OF
resolutions were introduced on various
subjects. Among the others one by Mr..
Hubbard, of West Virginia, to facilitate
the resumption Of specie payment. by
providing that after the LIST Of July,1S6s
twenty per cent. of tie duties on imports
may be paid in lOgal.tenders, and %increas.
ing the amount that may be so paid by
the same sum each year until whole
amount,of customs'duc the Government
may be thus paid. Mr.. Brooks, Of New
York, introduced a bill similar in princi.
pie, but different in details, with ths ad-
ditional,provision that after the first Of
July, 1868, contracts made be made call,
ing for coin. Mr.. Benjamin, of Missouri
provoked thereto by u paragraph in the
Presidents Message, introduced a stump
speech, consisting Of a preamble and res.
olution containing a r~eafirmatio on Of the
Radical doctrine on reconstruction, and
declaring the House would not recede
from its advanced" position on that sub
ject. Pap Butler attempted to get a sus-
pension of the rules, but was refused, to
enable him to introduce a resolution de-
claring that the Indebtedness of the ma
ton ought 10 be paid in exact accordance
with the terms of the acts Of Congress
creating the same, and not otherwise
that is, all loans enacted to be paid, and
all loans not SO enacted to be in green
backs. House rafused to consider q propo'
eition to reduce the pay OF vi
Congress, and escaped r%etrenchment in
that direction by ~adjourning.
SENATE-Aftcr the, introduction. OF
divers bills on general subjects, the Sen
ate took up the bill to repeal the tax on
cotton, which was debated at some length,
but not finally disposed of.
HoUsE-Tuesday. The House re-
fused to receive a bill offered by Stevens,
Of Pennsylvania, providing for the recon.
struction of the Southern States, and ap-
portioning to them members Of Congress,
Eggleston introduced a bill to pay GER
tain troops Of Cincinnati for services du.
ring the Kirby Smith raid, in 1862. The
bill prohibiting the restoration Of cash,
Tered military officers, except by reap
pointmcut and confirmation, was passed,
SENATE-Sherman introduced q bill
proposing to fund the National debt in q
new six per cent. forty year loan, princi.
pie and interest payable in coin, one.
sixth of the interest to DO reserved by
the Government for taxes. The bill was
laid over and FIVE thousand extra copies
ordered to be printed. The bill to repeal
the cotton tax was again taken up, but
before any action was taken, the Senate
went into executive session and shortly
afterward adjourned.
HoUsE--Wednesday-The Commute,
on Elections reported against the rish'
Of Van Horn, Of Missouri, to q seat; th,
report was laid over, Garfield introduced
o bill repeating the law d~isfranchisinl
deserters, which, after a lively debate
went over, under the rules. The NEE
sage Of the President, recommending til,
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patriotic course of General Hancock in
Fifth Military District in upholdlng the
laws, was read, and received by the Re-
publican members with about the same
respect which they usually evince for the
laws itself; but was finally laid on the
table, and ordered to be printed. Stew
ems Reconstruction Bill, presented on
Tuesday, was passed by q strict party
vote.
SENATE-The Chair presented a COM
munication from the Governor Of Arkan-
sas, stating that in consequence of ex-
IRENE restitution in that State, fears Of
an outbreak (by the negroes) were enter
tanned, and asking additional military
force. Howard wanted to know why
Great Britain had been allowed to occupy
the island Of San Juan, and to enlighten
him, the President was called on for in
formation on the subject. The Judiciary
Commute made a report in favor Of the
admission Of P. j. Thomas, Of Maryland,
to his seat, which was was ordered to be
printed. .a'.
HoUsE-Thursday.-A joint resolu-
ton looking to the settlement of bounty
claims under the act of July %, 1866.
by the Second Auditor of the Treasury,
was adopted. The House refused to re-
ceive a resolution thanking Hancock for
maintaining the supremacy of civil law
in the Fifth Military District.
SENATE. Mr.. Sherman presented a
memorial from the citizens of Cincinnati
on the rights of American citizens abroad
and made it the occasion of a brief lee
ture to the President and Secretary oil
State and Sumner, for what he deemed
their dereliction on the subject, which
provoked speeches from several other
Senators, and the memorial was then re-
ferred. The Deficiency Bill relating to
the payment Of Congress and employees,
was passed.
SENATE-Friday,-No business of gen.
eral interest or importance was transacted
in the Senate to-day. The bill to repeal
the cotton tax was up, but was laid over
Adjourned to 9th January.
HoUsE.-A resolution asserting the
rights of American citizens abroad, and
sensuring the conduct of Great Britain in
recent instances, was introduced and re-
referred to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs. The time for taking testimony
in the New Mexico contested election
case was extended sixty days. After the
transaction ofsome mere routine business,
the House, in accordance with a Joint
resolution previously passed, adjourned
to January 6.
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The President on Gen. Han.
cock.

COCEAs
WASHINGTON, December 49, The
President sent the following message to
Congress to-day:
Gentlemen OF the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives :
An official copy Of the order issued by
Maj. General W. s. Hancock, Command
er of the Fifth Military District, dated
at New Orleans, on the goth day Of Nov.
has reached me through the regular
channels Of the War Department, and l
herewith communicate it to Congress for
such action as may seem to be proper in
view of all the circumstances.
1t will be preceived that Gen. Hancock
announces he, will make the law the rule
of his couductj that he will uphold the
courts and other civil authorities in the
performance of their proper duties ; and
that he will use his military power only
to preserve the peace and law.
He declared very implicitly that the
sacred right of trial by jury and the
privilege Of tho writ of haJeas corpu,
shall not be crushed out or trodden un-
der foot. He goes further, and in one
comprehen siye sentence asserts that the
principles of American liberty are still
the inheritance of this people, and ever
shall be, When the great soldier, witt
unrestraiued power in his hands to OPP
press his felloW-men, voluntarily fore
goes the chance Of gratifying his selfish
a ambition, and deyotes himself to the duty
of building up the liberties and strength
ening the laws Of his county, he pre-
sents an example of the highest virtue
that human nature is capable of praCtic
ing. The strongest claim of Washing
ton to be "irstIin war, first in peace ant
first in the hearts Of his countrymen," il
founded on the great fact that in all biz
career he scrupulously abstained from vi
olating the legal and Constitutions
rights of his fellow-citizeno. When he
surrendered his commission to Congress:
the President of that body spoke in his
praise, saying he had always regarded the
rights of the civil authorities through al
dangers and disasters; and when the
power above the law courted bis accept
ance, he calmly put temptation aside
By such m%agnanimous acts Of forbear-
ancc be won the universal admiration o.
mankind, and lett a name which has nj
rival in the history Of the world.
| am far from saying that Genera
Hancock is the only officer in the Amer
lean army who 10 influenced by the ex-
ample of Washington. Doubtless thou
sands Of them are faithfully devoted tc
the principles for which the men of thu
revolution laid down their lives, but the
distinguished honor belongs to him o
being the first officer in high command
south Of the Potomac since the close o
the civil war, who has given ut%terance to
these noble sentiments in the form of
military order. I respectfully suggest II
Congress that some public recognition o
General Hancock's patriotic conduct j
, due, if not to him, to the friends of lav
aud justice throughout the country. o
such an act of his, at such a time, it j
but fitting that this dignity should b
v~ipdicated and virtue proclaimed, so it
value as an example may not be lost t
the nation.
[Sigued] ANDREW JOHNSON.
Washington, D. G., Dec. IS, '67.