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The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14

SALES OF REAL EsTATE.-The follow ing are
sales of property in this city for the ten days
ending Aug. 18th, by Geo. r. Davis & Co.,
dealers in real estate, No. Morton Block:
Two and half story house No. Bramhall
street-late owner Wesley Jones-purchased
by A. p. Stone for $4,000 ; .re4.,t. -u..sss
Two and a half story house No. 80, corner OF
Lincoln and Wilmot streets-late owner Geo
l. Wescott-purchased by Samuel Mayo for
$4,000. i.aa.,I - -. n. lIf.-l III n
Two and half story house No. 48 IL Will
mot street-late owner Josiah P. Wescott-
purchased by Catherine Pearce for SO 800.
One and half story house on Mechanic
street. sold to Ellen Garlic for 81. 900.
House and lot No. % Hanover street-late
owner B.A. Cane-sold for 81 25O.
Two and a half story house No. Cedar
street, the residence of @. A. Viclery, sold to
Aaron McKenny, of Boston, for $4,000. 'N" 4
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Medical Notice.

G. II. CHADWICK, NJ. D., will devote special at
tention to Dsea OF the Eye No. 301t Congress st.
Office hours from II A. M. 10 1 P. M.
May 49, sNtt
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Mains Pure Elderberry and Cur

so highly recommended by Physicianss, may be
found at wholesale at tbe drug stores of W. W. Whip-
pie & Co., II. ii. Hay. W. +. Phillips & Co., Z. L.
Stanwood and j. w. Perkins & Co. jan12snd1y
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FIRE.-The alarm of fire little after IL
o'clock last night came from the planning mill
of Messrs. Winslow & Doten Brothers, in the
rear of Fore, Union, Commercial and Cross
streets. The fire caught among some shavings
in the drying room, near the boiler. The men
at work gave an alarm and then proceeded to
quench the flames with buckets of water,
which they did SO effectually that, before the
arrival of the engines, which were very prompt,
the fire was extinguished without any damage
being done. 1t was thought best for No. to
pour stream of water among the shavings in
that part OF the building, SO as to make every
thing safe. Hal the flames gained Roadway
there must have been great destruction in that
vicinity, as The wind was blowing very fresh
at the time Tt.fstfV slf4.5-t
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14

The opera lsst evening drew very fair and
fashionable house. We have not space to give
an extended account of the performance, nor
to particularize of the several roles. The
music OF this opera is excellent, and the quar-
tettes very beautiful. We all know that a
piano forte accompaniment is not the thing,
but then We ought not to expect too much UNI
der the circumstances. The auditors were well
pleased, and encored some of the parts. The
entertainment gave general satisfaction, and
we trust we may hear these vocalists again at
some future day, uin4s4 40 iytr e. Na
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14

TOUGH observation-disclosures Sterling had
quite hard time of it yesterday afternoon in
conveying Mary Chambers, one of those hard
listed females, who get drunk on every occa-
sion possible, to the lookup. ... ..
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for selling short
Had bombshell fallen in among the opera-
tors on Change this forenoon no greater con-
sternation could have been created than en-
sued from the arrest of eight prominent mem-
bers, including one of the vice presidents upon
the charge of gambling. Business was sus-
pended, buying and selling altogether ceased
and for Il time it would have been exceedingly
Difficult, as the commercial reporters say, to
establish any reliable quotations. No in
curry was made as to the nature of the Offense
charged; not member but knew too well that
participation in neither faro, keno, poker, or
any of the games of lesser rogues, constituted
the offense. 1t was at once understood that
the species OF legitimatized gambling known
as selling Short had at last metits deserts
and come to grief To the uninitiated it will
be interesting to know what is meant by the
term SELLING short" II is the practice among
certain class of operators in grain to effect q
sale of wheat, or corn, or SO forth, for future
delivery, when in reality the seller docs not
own a bushel of grain. sllf uelsH 4NirBaGgs Ia
One u. A. Goodrich had been yietimized by
!nls sellihg snort business, to an aggravat-
ing extent, and forthwith set about maturing a
plan OF vengeance. By consulting the statutes
OF ILLINOIS 1T became evident that the SELL.
ing of that which is not owned is included
among the various phases Of gambling Bya
careful reading of the w arehOuse bill passed
last winter, it was found that short selling"
was one of the practices particularly forbidden.
Accordingly Goodrich made complaint and
procured warrants for the arrest of eight oper-
ators. These were arrested in the Chamber of
Commerce, by the Sheriff of Cook county.-
They were taken before Justice of Peace,
where they waived an examination, and gave
bail in the sum $1,000 each for their appearance
before the recorder in September. II 8f'1~
After an absence from Change of about an
hour, the members returned. The excitement
meanwhile had subsidized, it having been gem
orally concluded that the law would fail to
reach the case in point-a view in which the
improved the lost time by buying and selling
short as vigorously as possible. . as is5op -
1t is rnmored that warrants for nearly a
hundred other members of the Board of Trade
have been or are in process of procuring
at hour OF going to press, hawever, no further
arrests have been made -4.-..l'..-s --E-
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14

ScHLoTTERBEcK & Co. keep large assort-
ment of Toilet Articles laa
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14

Situate at Riverside, Burlington County, New
Jersey, is founded for the purpose of gratutously
educating the of deceased Soldiers and Seamen
of the United States,
The Board of Trustees consists of the following
well known citizens of PonDsyivania and New Jer-
sey:-
HON. WILLIAMB B. MANN
District Attorney, Philadelphia, Pa.
HON. LEWIS r. BRoOMALL, .......
Ex-Chei Conner U. s. Mint, and Recorder ofDeeds,
Phila., Pennsylvania. -
HON. JAMES NJ. SCoyEL, New Jersey. d..
HON. W. W. WARE, New Jersey. VI
HENRY GoRMAN, Esq.
Agent Adams Express, Philadelphia, Pa,
j. E. COE, Esq. ........
OF Joy, Coe s. Co., PhIladslphIa.
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14

ALL lovers of the beautiful should examine
those fine engravngs in the window of Lowell
% Senter, on Congress street, entitled "My
Child, my Child" and "They re Saved" also
those in the show windows of Fernald & Son.
These engravings are presented to the sub
scribers to the Washington Library Co. in ad-
dition to ticket, which will draw prize
ranging in value from 81 to $4,000. The fund
raised by this method is to be devoted to the
gratuitous education of soldiers and sailors
orphans of the United States at the Riverside
Institute"
Geo. r. Davis & Co. are the agents for this
charitable Institution, and will deliver these
engravings from their office.
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14

GEN. BANKs.-Geo. W. Copeland, in a let
ter published in the Madam Messenger of Aug.
>, reiterates his charges againts Gen. Banks on
account of alleged Irregularities in this city
last summer. He says that he understands
that the investigation Committee, whose re-
port entirely exculpated Gen. Banks, "relied
upon correspondence for material upon which
to found it." He dares them to publish the re-
port, and invites them to visit Portland in
company with him for the purpose OF a joint
investigation. Mr.. G. d. G. Blanchard, Chair
man of the Investigating Committee of the
Convention which nominated Banks, replies to
Mr.. Copeland in the Messenger of the 10th
inst. The important statements contained in
this reply are the following:
There is little in the communication itself that
deserves notice. Mr.. Copeland simply reiter-
ates ms Old charge, and gives just as much evil
dence to prove its truth as he did last October
none whatever, for the simple reason that
he has none, as before stated; nor will he ever
be able 60 produce any-the world does not
contain it. t'
The public are told that "the officers of the
convention have not thus far published their
report" The public kne " this fact we'll enough
before he saw fit to let them read it over his
signature. He dares them to publish the re-
port: A surer way for Mr.. G. to secure the
punishment OF the report, would be for him to
produce the evidence sustaining his charges
against Gen. Banks; then the report will sud-
denly appear before the public. Men do not
usually make their defence until an Indictment
has been found against them; any lawyer
ought to know this. .. III. Sd.
Mr.. Copeland's last request to the officers of
the convention to visit Portland with him is
respectfully declined. The same request was
made to the Maiden Caucus and then and
there emphatically declined The officers feel
SUFFICIENT degree of confidence in their own
ability to search for and find the truth to un-
dertake the task without the aid of Mr.
Copeland. Let him perform the task he has
taken upon himself and the officers of the con.
vention will endeavor to do their duty.
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DIED..

In this sity, Aug 10, at the residence of T. f Cum
20 mln n MIS- Louisa Hnckley OF Bueksport, aged
In Denmark, July 20, MIS-. Juifa A. VIE or SIIas
Bennett, ag d 80 years. q
In North vas salboro, Aug.4. Mary F., daughter Of
Seth and Flava Nickerson, aged - years.
In Whitneyville, Aug. 3, Mrs. Sophia A., wife oil
Capt. E. s. Blaisdell, aged 10 years.
At Kingston, Jamaica, June II, Capt. John G.
Henries OF Thouiaston, late master Of barque Ban
shee, aged % wears,
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Read these tour letters t, Hoff's Malt Extract De

Read these iour letters to Hof's Malt Extract De-
pot $40 Broadway, N. Y:
III DOES NO c DISAGREE WITH MEDICINE.
i am using H0tfs Malt Extract Beve age in CON-
NEC1ION with other medicines. MY PHI YSICIAN
was IN FAVOR OF it, and did not think IT COULD
DISAGREE with his medicine in any ay, and might
HELP mc. do indeed hope it WILL BENEFIT
me for the DIFFICULTIES II is RECOMMEND
Tor, as MY AUNT Is BENEFITED by its use.
. "A. BEERS.
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Danbury April 8, 1867.

CURE OF DISORDER OF THE STOMACH.
/ Accept my thanks. My husband suffered from
DISORDER of the STOMACH, and has BEEN EN-
TIRELY CURED by Hof's DELICIOUS Malt Ex-
tract Beverage.
Mrs. Il. DAFFERNER.
No 2O6 Rivington street, N. Y.
IT'S EFFICACY UPON THE INCIPIENT STAGE
OF TUBERCULAR CONSUMPTION
1 have used several dozen of Hoff's Malt Extract
Beverage of HEALTH and am most happy to say that
il POWERFULLY EXCITES the ACTIVITY OF
THE LUNGS and STRENGTHENS me ENORM-
OUSLY; the RESPIRATION is more FREE, the
CHEST now expands UNEMBARRASSED the
COUGH DIMINISHES, and hope it will CEASE
ENTIRELY. PHI. BENDER
New Hav ven, April Is, 1867 N I1'I- r..
. IT STRENGTHENS THE WHOLE SYSTEM
am obliged to say that my wife is GREATLY BEN
Fitted by the use of Hoff's Malt Extract It is
not only PLEASANT beverage, but also a very
EFFICACIOUS one, and STRENGTHENS THE
NERVES and the WHOLE SYSTEM
C.P. WAGNER, No. 2i3 Ninth avenue
New York, Feb. rs, 1867. si
Sold at Druggists & Grocers Persons wishing A.
542 Broadway, N. Y. f''
W. F. Philips q Co. Portland, sole agents for
Maine. aug6d1w
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14

THE CoRREspoNDENcE between the Presi-
dent and Secretary Stanton was substantially
as given by telegraph. We give below the
notes which passed between Grant and the
President and Mr. Stnntnr. - IL. - ILL
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IMPORTS.

SAGUA. Sch Hawes-334 hhds A ties 70 bbls
molasses, to John ID lord. -, -
-CAlBARIEN. Brig Eleana-1Sa hhds sud "a ties
sugar. II hhds and Is ties molasses to order.
HILISBORO, NIB. Brig Arcturus-305 tons COAL
Kerosene Oil Co.
ST JOHN, NI;. Sch Alice T-126, sci feet lumber
1900 shingles, to Benson s. Houghton.
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14

Tan and Sun burn can be removed by using
Schlotterbeck's Moth and Freckle Lotion.
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14
awAn DEPARTMENT, wAsnrNdroN Cry, /,

81 q. J l.
"General:-Your note of this date accompan-
led by copy of letter addressed to YOU Au-
gust 18th by the President, appointing you
Secretary of War ad interim. and informing
me of your acceptance of the appointment, has
been received. Under sense Of public duty 1
am compelled to deny the Presidents right un-
der the laws of the United States to suspend
me from Office as Secretary of War, or to au-
thOrize any other person to enterupon the rec
ords, books, papers or other public property in
my official custody as Secretary Of War; but
inasmuch as the President has assumed to sus-
pend me from office as Secretary of War, and
you have notified me of your acceptance of the
appointment of Secretary of War ad interim.
have no alternative but to submit under pro
test to the superior force of the President
You viii please accept my acknowledgement of
the kind terms in which you have notified me
OF your acceptance of the Presidents appoint
ment and my cordial reciprocation of the sem
timents expressed. " in'a aV'lN HI7
faT"I am, with sincere regard, aI b. 7r7
49, I'll C. Truly yours, ~
EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War
"TO Gen. u. s. Grant" aLR i'la 9qcll-t
In accordance with these orders General
Grant quietly took possession of the War of.
flee Monday noon-not even the clerks know
ing OF the change. slW 5liu siH suoHB
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rYstrumatic salts and strumaiic Min
eraI Waters, just received and for sale by
j. w. PERKINS & CO..
Extraordinarily No. 86 Commercial st.
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14

From Branch Office Western Union Telegraph.
Ar at st John, NIB. 18th inst barques Europa, and
Matilda, from Portland.
Sch Quickstep Of st John, N b, was driven ashore
at Marys Point "a inst, and became a total wreck.
Sch Volga, from New Haven o. and ior St John.
NIB, lost both anchors I'd inst, and the 9Th went
ashore in the fog at Burnt Cove Island Crew saved
and arrived at this port
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14

THE CABLE laid between Cuba and Key
West, and broken as the splicing of the
two ends was being made, was made by the
India-Rubber and Gutta 'Pereha Telegraph
Company of London. The Company guaran-
tee the working of the cable for fifteen days,
its qualities being considered superior to that
of any other submarine cable laid hitherto, ex-
perience having furnished many valuable i'm
provements. The cable is composed of seven
copper wires, covered with three coats of India
rubber, which are again covered with hemp
the whole being coated with galvanized iron
wire coated with zinc. The shore end of the
cable is two inches in thickness, weighing at
the rate of two tons per mile, laid to the depth
of 150 fathoms; connected with this piece,
which is 10 mile long, is medium sized ca
Die an inch and two lines in thickness, IA miles
in length, weighing one and three-quarters of
q ton per mile, and sunk to the depth of 200
fathOms 4 rst--'L f-l.. si-t9'4 eHt
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14

CONCENTRATED LYE.
1t will make 10 pounds excellent hard soap, or IS
gallons OF the very best soft soap Tor only about 80
cents. Directions on each box. For sale at all Drug
and Grocery stores. al. ass.
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS. ....
Be particular in asking for Pennsylvania Salt
Manufacturing Co.'S Saponifer. no17sNeod&w1y
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THE PRESS
Wednesday Morning. August IA, 1857.

By~F First Page to-doy-The Cabinet Crisis;
Ira Aldridge; the Far Northwest; Great Pan
is Dead; the Garden an Index of the Mind
Varieties.
Fourth Pdge.-Base Ball; Venice in Spring
time. .....e
THE RIGHT SPIRIr.-The citizens OF Den
mark, Oxford Co., in town meeting assemDied'
have instructed their Selectmen to make an
accurate survey of the waters and WATERFOWL
er of that town, and to place the results IN the
hands of the Photographic Survey. .,.
They will undoubtedly reap their harvest
The water-power of those towns only will be
or can be- we'll represented in the Report of the
Commissioner, whose officers and citizens see
to it that facts and materials are furnished ade
quate to the purpose. We commend this ex
ample as worthy of imitation.
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14
why Suffer from Sores I?

When, by the use of the ARNICA OINTMENT
you can be easily cured 1t has relieved thousands
from Bnrns Seasds' Chopped Hsnds, Sprains GUS,
as it costs but 25 cents. Be sure to ask for na,p
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14
. OF Joy, cOe s. Co., PhIladslphIa.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.,
WAahtn0NA.. II ~ aaOT

''"7IIIBtVI' d. "a hpIII 10 IoOIsJ
Office Of Internal Revenue: = Having received
satisfactory evidence that the proceeds OF the enter
prise conducted by the Washington Library Com
is hereby grantedto said Company 70 conduct such
enterprise exempt from all charge. whether from
special tax or other duty
II A ROLLINS Couf<nissioncr
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14
EXPORTS.

Per ship Peru, tor Liverpool-l 1923 963 # lumc err
$500 pcs palings. fsl'
Per baraue Tatay. for Buenos Ayres-3S5,3 1898 feet
lumber, 80 600 shinghs.aE ~ Is AS -
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14

s2O, either by Post Office orders or in registered
letter, at our risk. Larger amounts should be sent
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14
Hale,s Arnica Ointment. Il. ~

For sale by all druggists or send your address and
36 cents to o. p. SEYMOUR 81 CO., Boston. Mass,
and receive box by return mail. w. f. Phillips &
Co., agents for Maine. april2G1ysn
The Portland daily press., 1867-08-14

LIE ATTEMPT TO destroy the character OF
Messrs. Ashley, Holt and Riddle through the
agency of Durham alias Conoyer has not only
failed, but places some of the prominent Dem
ocratic Congressman in ridiculous position.
Washington correspondents give the text of a
communication from A. j. Rogers to Mr.. John
son, whom he styles g My Dear President" in
which the former Conservative leader strongly
recommends the pardon Of Conover. VIM.
Radford, w. E. Niblack, F. c. Leblond and
Geo. r. Latham concur with Mr. Rogers, and
indorse his recommendation. This document
was sent to the President about the 25th of last
March and was by him referred to the Attorn-
ev-General with the other papers in the case.
Why didn't the Assistant Attorney General
lay the whole case bfore the public?
Washington dispatch gives the following
account of the manner in which the mass of
documents published by the President origin
ated: s5ann ia8H y - a19a4a Eua l,1Ini
On Jan. g. 1866, Barthold j. Dresson, Will
liam Rabe and Hermann Grossmau were in
dicted jointly in this district for conspiring to
cheat and defraud the United States by OBJ
tanning, by forged papers, fraudulent and false
cllims .purporting to be payable to them for
the military service of certain soldiers They
were found guilty, and Dreson was sentenced
Tor one year and the others for two wears to
Jail in this city. Rabe was was O clerk in the
Treasury and was to furnish the names of the
persons having unpaid claims, and then with
the others to forge papers to collect them. Low
enthal was in the party. The scheme was one
of the most gigantic discovered during the
war. u..-...st
Grossman died in Jail; Dresson was pardon.
cd by President johnson in less than two
months after his imprisonment. He then be-
came messenger between Johnson's officials
and Rabe, while Conover was in Jail. Early
in the spring, Rabe sent to the President a
memorandum of what he could state to his
benefit, what documents he could control, and
what valuable evidence he could withhold if
pardoned.
This paper as well as the paper for pardon
was at the disposal of the Attorney General.
The President pardoned Rabe on tho Goth of
April, 1867, and he at once attended frequent
ly at the White House. continuing his visits
until the late documents were finished. 90 H
Though the cause of his pardon is notorious
here, and all the official papers concerning it,
together with the record of the PRESIDENT
pardon, are contained in tho record of Judge
Fishers court, still Mr.. johnson has author
lied the statement that he knows moth
ing of the case.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-08
Knowtily Destiny.

MADAME z F. THORNTON. the great Englsh Astrolo-
gist Claryoysnt and Psychometrcian, who has aston
ished tho sentfc classes Of the Old World has now To-
Gated herself at Hudson, Ny. Madame TaonsToN pos
seases such wonderful powers Of second sight to ena-
BILE her to impar knowledge of the greatest Importance
to the sDgle or married Of either sex While in staso
Of trance shs deneates the very features Of The
you are to marry and by the aid of an instrument Of in
tense power known the Psychomorope, guarantees to
produce feke picture of the future husband or vito
of the applicant together with date Of marriage position
IN se leading traits Of character &C. This is no hum
bug as thousand Of testimonials assert She will
send when desired certified certificate, or written
guarantee that the picture Is what it puipors to be- By
enclosing email lock Of hair, and ing place of BIRTH
age disposition and complexion, and enclosing fly cents
and stamped envelope addressed to yourself you will
ceive the picture and desired information by reurn mall
An communications saoredly confidential Address, In
confidence, Madsme E. F. THORNTON, P. o. Box 22s.
Hudson. N. y March W
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TO TAX PAYERS,

yT1HE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE IS PUBLISHED
i for the information Of all persons concerned:
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE 10 RAISE SUP
PLIES FOB THE YEAR 1867, AND FOB OTHER PuRPosRs-
l. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen In City
Council asse lbed That all taxes payable nder the Or
dinance to rase supplies the year 1857 and for other
purposes be paid before the Goth day Of June ne1t
and that persons who shall make default OF payment OF
their taxes on that day. shall pay In addtto4 to the
amount of their taxes, one and half per cent pcr
month until the 3lst day OF July when II not paio, An
amount of two per cent per month upon th2 anIount
OF taxes shall be paid and after the S1st day Of Augus
three per cent per month the amount Of txes dus
sha be paid until payment Of the whole amount m2e.
IL That all persons who neglect or fail to pay thsr
monthly taxes on or before the fifteenth day of each
month, shall respectively pay on the amounts thereof
two per cent per month from such fifteenth day, until
payment is made.
katifed in City Council this seventh day of May, IN
the year of Lord one thousand eight hundred and
siIty-seven.
w. H. SMITH, Clerk of Couren. emo May II
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-08
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