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Canal National Bank.

THE Arbual meeting of Stockholders OF Tho
Il Canal National Bank of Portland" for the
election OF Seven Directors AMI for the transaction
of any other business that may legally GENE before
them, will be held at their Banking House on
Tuesday, the 14th day of January, 1S6s,
-frrt af n O'Clock A. M.
.re-.. ..I-. B, c. SoMERBY, Cashier.
December II, 1871 ltd
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MEXICO.

NO DIFFICULTY BETWEEN MEXICO AND GUATE-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. REEsTABLIsHED
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. "a. = Letters from
Southern Mexico make no mention of the re-
ported boundary difficulty between Guatemala
and Mexico. The report trouble is believed to
be a cdndrd.
city of Mexico has been re-established. OFF,
cial information has been received OF the es-
Enlistment of a semi-weekly mail between
the two cities, the brigands that have SO long
infested the route having been dispersed.
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To Let.

WITH Board, pleasant rooms, at No 80 ranforth
w st. Oc2Sdtf
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RIZONA,

CHANGE OF MILITARY CoMMANDERs-INDIAN
HOSTILITIES.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28.-Arizona advices
of Dec. LIST state that Gen. Strons had been re-
lieved o. the command of the district of Ari-
IONA and ordered to assume command of the
military operations in Nevada. Gen. Critten-
den had been named as his successor.
' The Pahutt Indians have submitted to the
military authorities and turned over their
arms.
Gen. Palmer has been attacked by Indians
northeast of Prescott, but without fatal result
Territorial officers have left Prescott for
Tucsan, the new Capital.
Mining news encouraging.
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HAVANA, Dec 8.-Sugar is beginning to arrive
Freghts dull, being 81 ~ box in gold for sugar per
steamer and 81 " box in currency per sailing vessel
LONDON. Dec 27-Evening closed at 92f
q 92a for money and 92S for account.
AMERICAN SECURITIEs-There has been but little
doing To-day. and the market closed fat u S. 5-20s
TT; Illinois Central shares $751; Erie Railroad shares
ASH. Ne4
5-20's closed at 762
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 27-Evening.-The Cotton mar
ket closed without improvement in prices; Middling
The Bro ers Circular reports the sales OF the week
$1,000 bales, of which 10000 for export and 800
for specuation stock in port 473 90 bales of which
an Produce markets all closed without change from
the 20 p, NJ quota ions
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MASSACNUS ETTS.

ENCOURAGEMENT BY A CLERK.
Boston, Dec. 2S.-A clerk named Robert
Preston, in the employ of the Dorchester Mu-
tual Insurance Company, has disappeared with
$4,000 in Government bonds. Co. -.
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G o Nj MI Il GAL


The total value of foreign exports from this port
the past week amounts to S9i,6y7.29. Included in
nn hUaps IS5
24s ,553 feet lumber 1870 bbs. potatoes 25 do apples
10 do cement, 10 do lime, 200 boxes herring. 4O10
bb!s -four, 100 do rye -four, 100 do oatmeal drums
fish, 1900 lbs pork, 400, 7Ss do bacon II boxes do,
9OG5 lbs butter, 1891 do lard, SO Kegs do, 12461f
lbs. cheese, 125 hogs SO boxes tobacco. 1850 TBS.
tongues, 1871 bush. peas 20 rolls leather, 3 bbls.
wine, 10 sewing machines, 9Oo12 lbs. potash, 1874
lkgs. sundry mdse. '
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GEORGIA.
NEGRO BURNED TO DEATH BY A MOB.

NEUI'0 "0fs]'HD TO DEATH BY MOB.
AUGUSTA, Dec. ga negro who raued
white girl on the public road near Jefferson
vile county, on Saturday last, was arrested on
MONDAY and tied to stake and burned by
mixed crowd of whites and blacks.
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Casco National Rank.


THE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders in "The
i Casco National Bank of Portland" viii be
held, at their Banking House
Tuesday, January 1Afh 1S6S, at 10 Ia
e 3. D. 81 O'Clock A. W.,
for the election of Directors; and the transaction
Of such other business as may legally come before
them.
E.P. GERRIsa, Cassirr.
December IS, 1861. deef dtd
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YER NONT.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT

BURLINGTON, Dec. 29.-John Harrigan, an
| employee on the Vermont Central Railroad,
was run over by the cars in the depot in this
city last night. He lived but three hours after
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Board Wanted.
Wanted Z

DY two or three young men; good rooms with
ID board near the Park. Private family preferred.
Reference given if required.
Address M. P. O., Portland P. o. dc2sd3ts
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First National Bank.

THE Stockholders this Bank are hereby notified
that their annual meeting for the choice OF
Directo and the transaction of any other business
legally brought before them, will be held at the
Bank. on
Tue sday the fourteenth day of January
next, ut ten O'c 0ck in the forenoon.
WILLIAM f. GOULD. Cashier.
Portland, Dec. Is, 1867. decl4-dtd
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FRAUDS ON THE GOVERNMENT.

NEW YORK. Dec. 29.-The Herald's special
Washington dispatch says s. G.. Courtney, U.
S. District Attorney for New York, is now in
that city, and has bee for several days in con-
Commissioner of the Internal Revenue in re-
lation to number OF heavy frauds upon the
government, perpetrated by wine dealers in
New York, amounting to several hundred
Thousand dollars. - ,77-.--f-E In t.e..r-.-a
Solicitor Jordan, of the Treasury Depart
ment, has been for some days past in New
York engaged in matters relating to these
frauds, and returned Saturday morning. Yes
terday consultation was held between Mr..
Jordan and Mr.. Courtney in reference to the
frauds in question. The suits which have al
ready been commenced will be vigorously pros
acuted HreH. .ff r.a-r- s4sst - f4Hf 10
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Board Wanted.

by young lady in a respectable boarding house
ID or family. rs EfrttlH1iHE $40 rrf7u
Also, situation for young Ia y in shop or
office. Address j. A, Portland P.o.
dec29dlw*
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Houses to Rent.
To Let,
To Let,

A TENEMENT in Franklin Street, containing
n rooms. AsD one ON Lincoln s., contain n2
rooms. Apply to 4' Mr. nj LIBBY
Dec 20. endtf 8, Franklin ST
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To Let.
A TENEMENT corner of Salem and Bracket
"A Stree IS. Enquire of .-
JABEZ c. woODMAN, JR..
decl9dtf IA! Exchange Street.
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NEW YORK. Ar Goth, brigs Thomas Owen, (of
Portand) Havana; Mariposa, Neuvitas.
SPOKEN. Dec 22d, lat 80 As. lon 70, passed ship
Prentice and barque A Mismal, (both of Bath)
bound East
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SecOz,d National Bank

THE Annual Meeting OfStockho'ders, of the Sec
ond National Bank, Portland, for the election
of Directors, and any other BUSINESS which NAV le
galiy come before them, VIII be Ield at their Bank
ing room, on Exchange Street,
Tuesday, Hath january next, Mt p. N.
.' Per Order
W. II. STEPHENSON Cashier.
Portland, Dec. 10, 1857. dc13-dtd
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@. w. GILKEY, -
Druggist and ApOthec07y,
Congress Street, Cor. of Prebie.

Mr.. Gilkey would inform his friends and the pub
lie that the firm name of ROLLINS IL GILKEY ceas-
es from this date. < 80 n U i' f--l
The business will be conducted hereafter by G. W.
Gilkey.a re7. $3.50 .asr
As heretofore a large, fresh and reliable line OF
Medicines and Drugs will be always in stock, as well
as extensive and varied assortment of Toilet Ar
t. es, Fancy Goods, imported Cigars, &c. Also, a
large stock OF the celebrated Marshs Trusses Sup
porters and Shoulder Braces. ia.. ~, a1e.s >
Physicians Prescriptions compounded with skill
and care, this depar ment still being in charge OF
Mr.. Cbas. B. Grecnleai. dec2sf 1wteod1w
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A NY man with a Few hundred dollars can hear OF
"A good chancs for business by APPLYING to
A. J. cox & CO.,
December %. d1w*
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National TRADERS Bank,

THE Shareholders of "The National Traders Bank
OF Portland, are hereby notified thai their an
nual meating will beheld at their Banking Ro, m.
No. 81 Exchange street, on
Tuesday, the 4th day Of January next, mt
O'Clock r. VI,
to choose five Directors for the ensuing year. and to
act any other business that may legally come be-
fore them.
EDWARD GOULD, Cashier.
Portland. Dec. Is, 1867. dci3-dtd
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CONNECTICUT.

o oO1ClDE VI A hUhDEREh.
NEW HAVEN, Dec. 28--John R. Goss, ST.,
who committed the murderous assault upon
Joseph Cotton, the steward of the State Hos
pital in this. city, on Christmas day, commit
ted suicide to-day by hanging himself to the
door of his cell.
MANUFACTURES OF ARMS FOR FOREIGN Gov
.-l-eE ERNMENTS.I fT9 3a
HARTFORD, Dec. 29.-The Russian Govern
ment has made contract with the Colt Pa
tent Fire Arms Company of this city, to man
utacture 10000 Rerdan rifles. The contract
will be filled in eighteen months.
One hundred Gatlng revolving cannon has
also been ordered by the Prussian, Govern
ment, to be built by the Colt Company, and
the Russians are likewise having some built.
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ROardprs Wautad

A GENTLEMAN and wife and few. single gen
N temen en- be accommodated with board, in
new house, centrally situated, BY applying at
No. lis EXCHANGE ST.
Daccmher IL. d3WA
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JOHN d. JONES, President.
rr,rf,5 CHARLES DENNIS, Vice-President.
W. HI. IT. MOORE, I'd Vice Prest.
+...-, j. d. HEWLETT, Sd Vice-Prest.
j. H.CHAPMAN, Secretary. ..e...4.
Applications Tor Insurance made to 9E Uk
.a John w. Munger,
iA Correspondents.
EE-Ofhce hours from 8 A. M. to 5 p. NJ. -H1+s1
Office 1G6 Fore ST., Portland.
March 12-d1m & Ian 1,68SU
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To he LET.
WAhTED.

FTNHE second and fourth stories of Store No. 1871
Middle Street, Hopkins Block. Apply to
septZ3uu -.H q ST, JOHN SMITH.
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To Let.

To Let.
0TORE in Royds Block, on Exchange street, sec
- ond door from Middle st. +, m
Also, Rooms in second story, corner of Middle and
Exchange street-also over store No 70 Middle St.
suitable tor sales-rooms. M =
Also. Offices in Sd and 4th stories-one of which
has large sky-light for Photographic Room.
Apply to VIM. BOYD.
Dec 1S-dtf
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ANNUAL ME ETINGS.
Mer .hants National BANK.

THE Stockholders in this Bank are hereby noti-
fed that the Annual Meeting, for the choice Of
Directors, and the transaction OF such business as
may legally pe brought before them, win be holden
at the Bank, on
Tuesday, january 14th 1865. nt 40
O'Clock, A. ~.
CHAS. PAYSON Cashier.
Portland, Dec. 10, 1867. dcl3-2tawtd
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ATAAN MTG
(utual Insurance Company.
81 WaL 81, cor. WiHiam, NEW YORK,
JANUARY, 1867.
sures against MARINE and INLAND Navi-
cation Risks.

rhe whole profits OF the Company revert to the
sured, and are divided annually, upon the Premi.
IS terminated during he year; and Tor which Ger
icates are issued, bearing interest until redeemed.
Average Dividend ior ten wears past SO per cent.
The Company has the following Assets, viz:
nted States and State of New-York Stocks, CITY,
Bank and other Stocks S6,771 1855 90
unsecured by Stocks and otherwise, 1,129 $50 90
al Estate, a"d Bonds and Mortgages, 221 260 90
terest and sundry notes and claims due
the company, estimated at 141,S 66 "a
emium Notes and Bills Receivable, 3,S37,735 Al
lsh in Bank 434 2O7 81
.I k1o Eoe
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1867-02-20
FoI THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
The Burden Made Easy.

Sensible and thoughtful people will
not fail to reflect, that the necessity for
making numerous and urgent appeals to
their benevolence, arises directly cut of
the stringency of the times, and the gen.
eral impoverishment; so that the condi-
ton of things which makes such calls in
convenient, is that which at the same
time REM ders them unavoidable. But, in
truth, the burden would fall lightly on
each, if all would do their duty. To this
consummation, then, so devoutly to be
wished, our efforts should be directed.
Three things are to be achieved: first, to
bring every congregation into line of CO.
operation; second, to bring about week.
ly collections; and, third, to induce eve
ry member of the Church to contribute
regularly. These three things accomp-
lished, no heavy burden need be laid up
on any, even in such times as these.
We have in our communion seventy
five thousand members. Add to these
twenty-five thousand none communicates,
who would contribute if the Church mem
bers we're doing so, and we should have
one hundred thousand contributions week
ly; which at fvc cents each, on an aver
age, would realize $4,000 per Sabbath,
or $260,OOO year! Many contribu-
tors would largely exceed this average,
so as to leave room for the very poor to
fall below it. But it is safe to assume
that if every congregation would adopt
the weekly plan, every member would
give something-though but one cent in
many cases-ilie as eIdge would rise above
five cents Sabbath for each.
A member of Church which has
adopted the plan of weekly collections,
and who by recent events lost all his
property, said recently to the writer !:
g Though | have so much less out of
which to give, am sure that [ contribute
six times as much as [ did in former
years, and yet l feel it less Let us
all, therefore, come up to the help of the
Lord, ministers, elders, and people, each
in his place.
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For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
ENTER Into Thy Closet"

Reader, have you closet? Do sin
and Satan entice you to neglect it? Do
you feel the need of motives and encour-
agements to the diligent performance of
closet duties Then read, for perhaps
the same motives which have helped the
writer may help you.
l. Fidelity in the closet is one test of
sincerity in religion. 1 do notmean that
sincerity is sufficient to make a man safe;
but without sincerity a man is ahypocrite
indeed. Now it is very easy for man
to deceive himself and his fellow-men by
his zeal, his frames and his activity in
all the ordinances and charities of pub
lie and outward service.
The Pharisees excelled in these things,
"to be seen of men," but neglected Sc
cret service. They were not really sim
cere. But the closet is the touchstone
of sincerity. When man comes daily
before God with thanksgiving and con-
fession, and finds this exercise precious
to his soul, there is good reason for be-
lieviug that he loves to commune with
God.
We grant that a man may long persist
in formal exercise of closet duties, un-
der delusion, and may bring lie in his
hand into the sacred enclosure; and still
he may be said to be sincere. But on the
other hand no man will dare to say that
the man who persistently neglects secret
worship is true child of God, no matter
what the outward appearance may be.
2. The closet is the place of sweet
communion between God and his people.
Two hearts, closely united, love to COM
mune together in private, where no
strange ear can hear, and no strange eye
can see. The son comes to the Father
to spread his wants before him. The
brother seeks the elder brothers sympa-
thy and support. The bride pillows her
head on the bosom of the bridegroom.
Is not this closet scene? God is the
Father, and you spread your wants be-
fore him. Jesus is the Elder Brother,
and you seek his sympathy and support.
Christ is the bridegroom, and his people
the bride.
3. But the strongest motive is the
promised answer to closet prayer. Were
itnot for precious promises, we could have
but little encouragement to pray. But
we have a sure word of promise. The
mercy seat is not set up in vain. NONE
GO EMPTY AWAY. "Thy Father which
seeth in secret shall reward thee openly
But how? By the closet we are de
livered from the shame of public back
sliding. Backsliding commences in thu
heart and show itself first in the closet
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RICHMOND, VAy WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 90, 1867.

No man can stand a single moment
against temptation without Gods sus-
tanning hand. This help is gotten in the
closet. No man. can stand in the conflict
with sin and Satan without the whole
armor of. God. 'Tis from the closet the
Christian comes full armed for every foe.
Neglect the closet, and you will be given
up to discontinue and shame.
The closet. also promotes the growth of
outward holiness; this is an open reward.
From no other source can We get an
honest exterior of grace free from all
hypocrisy. Truth viii be the only guse;
internal grace will promote external holi-
ness. eye are the light of the world. "
The oil is gotten in the closet; and like
the fire in the interpreter house, fed by
the man behind the wall, the light can
not be put out by the spite and rage of
men or devils.
"Then let my hand forget her,skill,
My tongue be silent, cold, and still;
This bounding heart forget 70 beat,
IF ] forget thy mercy-sedt..'
J.,B. S.
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HERE'S GOOD ADVICE.

Here's good advice for every man;
Selflove-don't let it blind you,
But DO the little good you can,
And leave your mark behind you.
Should money, time, or strength be yours
They'll not be wasted, mind You!
IE, helping on brothers course;
You leave some mark behind you.
If yOe can make one home more bright,
A sure reward viii find you;
Or give onefdarkened spirit light,
You'll leave your mark behind you.
Show love to man, aud quickly he
With bands of love will bind you,
And so more broad and deep will be
The mark you leave behind you.
Or if with patient soul you bear
The heel that seeks to grind you,
Twill make an angels footstep where
You leave yo-r mark behind you.
What'er you do for others sake,
More near TO heaven viii bind you;
And when you go from earth, will make
A glorious track behind you.
And men may learn that track to tread,
When life hath long resigned you;
And so to better things be led
BY what you leave behind you.
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of God. For Infdels have generally ac-
knowleged the Bible as a standard O
morals. And we may say, that if it con-
tained nothing else but the Ten Com
mandments, We should have found in it a
systematic code Of lars, for their re-
quirements and prohibitions embrace eve
ry duty, and condemn every offence.
But Philalathes has not gone beyond his
Church For she has eliminated from
the decalogue, part of the second COM
mandmcnt, and perverted both the first
and the second by justifying 10 the very
face of its solemn warning, both the in
vocation of the saints, and the making
and worshipping of images. And thus
she, like the unbclieving Jews, has made
"the Word of God of no effect by her
tradition" Any further notice of this
Norel production we deem superauous.
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For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
A Papal Novel.

l have met, in my travels with Pa
pal Novel, which is real curiosity in its
way. The assumed name of the author
is Philalathes, q. e. lover of truth. 1t
was published in Baltimore in 1854, by
John Murphy & Co., and consists of
312 good sized, loaded pages. Its title
is "JuStO Mundane, Prince Of Japan, "
and st. Francis Xavier figures in its
pages. 1t comes no otherwise recon-
mended than by the name of the pub
fishers, and the card of the Booksellers
Fleming 4 O'Brien. The preface to the
work commences with eulogy on truth.
But as "truth is stranger than fiction, !"
the authors assumed name is not the
most appropriate. But we will pass from
that to the announcement of his aim,
which he tells us is "to present case
where uninterrupted reason may have a
fair opportunity to conduct man by her
own power and Gods grace, to his ap-
pointed end;" a feat which unaided rea-
son has never yet performed, if that ap-
pointed end is salvation by the cross of
Christ. But he so manages the story, of
course, as to make reason triumph in the
complete overthrow of all other forms of
religion but the Roman Catholic.
But my object in noticing the Novel is
not to speak of the Dramatis persone, or
of the parts which they sustained, or of
any thing else about it, except to select
at random few sentences which the au-
thor approyinsly gives, and which will
clearly illustrate the estimation in which
this champion for truth holds the Holy
Scriptures. On page $50, We are told
that the Bible ''lacks many essential re-
quisites to constitute a fair adequate cri-
terion by which the principles and stand
ard of morality may be governed. -
Again, on page 219, the reader is taught
that ''to gather from this complicated,
obscure and mysterious book (the Bible
a systematic code of laws, or positive
method of religion, is more in my estima-
ton than human skill and ingenuity can
accomplish. Again, on page 2S1, it is
said, ''When one has perused the volume
from the beginning of Genesis to the end
of Revelation, he has drawn from it
no more than simple opinion from which
he will find millions to dissent" And
still again, page 229, it is asked, "Is
the Bible safe guide and the answer
is a thaandering, No"
Let these examples suffice. Nor is it
necessary to add any comment to make
them intellgible. But in thus deprecia.
ting the Bible, that he may exalt the
Church, can he really think that he is
doing "God service?' Infdelity in its
rage has never passed harder .iudg-
ment than this upon the revealed Word
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avoid making any hindrance in the ac.
complishment of what all desired.
The chairmen of the two committees,
Drs. Dabney and Stiles, hada conference
at the Union Theological Seminary.
The two committees assembled in Lynch
burg in July; and'held a conference of
some days; and, as the result, a paper
was unanimously adopted, proposing ar
tcles of union on the platform of the
Confession of Faith; to be considered
by the General Assembly and the United
Synod. The articles were soon extern
sively known; the mass of the two
churches were satisfied, and the form of
union was considered as only wanting the
sanction Of the Assembly and United
Synod to be in full operation. In fact,
multltudes considered the thing settled.
Dir. Leach expressed great satisfaction,
and was earnestly. desirous that all dis
cussions and arrangements should be
conducted in the same spirit of kindness
in which the business had so far been
conducted.
In the fall of 1864 the two Synods of
Virginia met in Lexington and formed
one body. The meeting was harmoni-
Gus. May the union last forever.
G. G. r.