The Portland daily press., 1867-04-16
DAILY PRESS.
PORTLAND.
Tuesday Morning. April l6, 1867.


Tuesday Morning. April l6, 1867.
Weekly Provincial Record.
Our Provincial files, for the past week, are
unusually dull and devoid of matters of inter-
est to outsiders. Confederation having been
settled, is no longer an issue or under
discussion, and the Rlissian-American
treaty having been ratified, our neigh
bors seem disposed to withhold their
mdignation-if they feel any-and allow
brother Jonathan to enj'y as well as
make MS own bargains. Meantime the cleo
uons caledfor to meet the new political order
OF things under consummated coofedera.
ton are exciting great deal of local at,en.
tloh' ana the ordinarily stolid, dignified and
unexcitable members Of the John Bull fam,.
ly who have recently been erected into n now
Dominion" are stripping for the fight. and
betraying large measure of
5ni PARTY SPIRIT.
The papers, particularly of the Western
portion of Canada, are working themselves
up to an amiable pitch in order to carry out
their party ends and purposes. Delegates are
soon to be chosen not only to the local Lesis-
latuIe, but to the Confederate Parliament. and
candidates are being put in nomination. A
Tory paper accuses the Reformers with having
imported "that detestable Yankee contrivance
for conducting political contests known as
conventions" and the Toronto Globe retorts
that already the Tories are using the same
"detestable Yankee contrivance," having held
conventions in such places as they do not feel
able to carry without first roping ever Tyory
into the support OF a pre-arranged ticket. 1t
is quite sure that our neighbors in the "Do-
minion" have been very successful In import
ing-if indeed, it has not come naturally-all
the virulence, bitterness, acrimony and offen-
sive personalities that have ever been exhibit
ed by the yankees" in their most heated
and exciting political contests; insomuch that
hereafter we shall not be likely to be treated
to SO many homilies upon the evils of party
spirit from our friends over the border as we
have been in time past. @ -f' ni
| NOVA SCOTIA AND CONFEDERATION.
The St. John Globe opens leader with the
following significant paragraph: ''.
1
| trated in the name of Liberty, and under pre-
| tence ofthe public veal, must be added that of
| dragging Nova Scotia into Confederation
| which her people appear to detest No fair
have occurred IN that Province within the last
! year without feeling Of disgust at the unjust,
| high-handed and tyrannical way in which the
| rights of Nova Scotia have been trampled up
her cherished institutions destroyed, and her
people Knocked at in the hour of their greatest
trial by those who sit in her high places and ri
OF in the destruction they have wrought.
spECK OF DIsLoYALTY. I-.nI
A Prince Edwards. Island paper says that
St. Patrick's Day, young Scottish priest
preached, by invitation, in the Roman Catho-
lie cath edral of Charlottetown, and $50 un-
| British were the constitutional doctrines
| enunciated in the sermon that Roman Cath
olic gentleman connected with Her Majesty's
army marked his disapprovd of them by at
once walking out of the chuich. He also
felt constrained, by sense of duty, to report
| the circumstance to the officer commanding
the troops. The sermon, it is reported, was
| more suitable for Fenian circle than for a
congregation of loyal British subjects
| "' SCHOOLS AND THEIR SUPPORT.
The st. John IN. b. papers are discussing
the question of popular schools and direct
taxation for their support. That such aques-
ton stlN remains open and admits OF discus
sion, shows TO our people how very far in the
rear of New England are the governing class
es in the lower provinces And this reminds
US that few years ago one of the editors of
the Globe of that city, while in Portland, was
| taken in carriage by a friend to show him
| the "hons" of the place. He was driven to
both the Eastern and Western promenades,
bringing into view the harbor with its forts,
islands and wealth of scenery, as well as the
4 vast stretch inland, studded with villages and
their church spires; he was introduced to the
| city buildings, the spacious Hall and the
magnificent dwellings and gardens at the
| West end, and when returning to the starting
point he came in front OF our High School
building on Cumberland street and was told
its name and leading use. "Stop," said he, II
want to look at that Is it possible that all
your children-those of the poor hod- carrier
as well as of the millionaire--are privileged
to enter that building at the public expense p
The idea-so common with us as to excite no
remark-was overpowering with him, and
strikingly revealed one of the chief diferen-
ces between his country and ours. =.
In Canada West common school system,
supported by direct taxation, is in full opera
ton, the cities having graded schools like ours.
This is yankee contrivance" for improving
the national stock, which they have import
ed, for In all Britain they could not find its
I like hu4lr,a .1e .sla.f o5s sdf r.,5 %
lf aH NADoC GOLD MINES. usaH s.H
A correspondent of the London Free Press
writing from Madoc, says: l %.
The Richardson mine, which is the grea,
point of attraction. is not myth, or the gold
which has been found in it, nor has its richness
been ut all exaggerated. Before it was closed 2
| large quantity Of gold was taken away by curl
! ous visitors. 1t is found in the quartz vein
and also in cavities in the rock in large grains
\ much resembling coarse gunpowder, but apint
| OF the stuff, when aasayed, yields nifty dallars
worth of gold. This was SO abundant that il
was carried away by visitors, some with theii
pockets FULL some with cigas boxes, and more
with powder kegs. One persen is said to have
taken at one time as much as $4,000 worth. II
is no wonder, therefore, that in tbs hands of the
4 present proprietor the mine is az sealed lettel
\ until properly secured. Mr.. Lombard, of CHG
\ ago is now the owner in possession, having
paid Richardson few days ago $3OpO0, am
\ ing lighted from the roof over the mouth OF tn
pit, so as to secure the safety OF the property
| and enable the workmen to pursue their labor
i without interruption. To such an extent d
the proprietor's convictions go, that quart
machinary will be placed on the spot, and
large amount OF capital invested IN obtaing
e aom the rock, which is estimated to yield NOR
tha $4,000 to the ton. .,,,
Ssouth OF the Richardson lot o village callet
"Eidorado" is fast sprincing rD, having beel
laid ont in lots by Mr.. Moore, the owner, wh'
has reaped a rich harvest, by his speenianon
The lots are selling from $400 to Sl0Qo, and re
selling at considerable advance on the 4rs
purchase. In digging post holes goia Aas pee,
washe4 from the soil, and in one day w wort
of gold was procured by one person
l1'nt ID THE PETROLEUM. TRADE irdg
A Peti Ola correspondent OF the Free Press
writing April 9th, says: ) i, -,...5os rs
The stat us of the oil marlset here has NO
changed psrceptibly of late; the present em1ar
i 90 laid by letrolia mud has clos I'd conmunica
fion with most of the wells, and whilst consid
erable oil remains in tank at the ,vellS, sold o
former contracts, but very little is being moN
eSl. > '+ni una.t. - ..uUdf. "
Parties are in town daily, feeling OF the,0
ma vket, but few sales, however, are made, bn!
ers looking for decline, and producers hoadin
for a, advance. The stock on hand here, an
In the hands ofthe refners, and at this .seaso
of the \ year, will hardly Justify an expecttu az