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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-11
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under their contract with the Government without
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them carriage paid. FEfebiSdtf
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TERMS: Eight Dollars a year i'll advance

THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS Is published
every day, (Sunday excepted,l at No. Printers
EXCHANGE Commercial street.. Portland
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-11

"A clam merchant meeting one of his own
considered q beautiful specimen OF a living
skeleton, demonstrated with the owner and
asked him If he ever fed him. Ever fed h mi
that's good one" was the reply, hes got a
bushel and a half of oats at home now, only he
hah't got time to eat EN-.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-11

1t appears from this exhibit that breadstuffi
have advanced during the year on an average
about 40 per cent. The harvest of the world
last year was short. 1t is not simply for lack
OF transportation that we are bringing flour
from the Pacific coast. There is scarcity of
breadstuffs at the West which is quite unusual
and which will maintain prices at the present
or higher figure until the new crop comes
forward. The controlling influence which this
class OF commodities always exercises upon the
markets generally has had much to do with
the maintenance of high prices in other depart
ments. The reports from the Department
Agriculture for the present year promise an
abundant harvest, and as the prospect becomes
more assured it will operate in advance upon
the current rates.
Other articles of food are generally lower
Pork is not so low as it would have been with
an abundant corn crop, and beef which is still
scarce has about held its own; but cheese, but
ter, lard and sugar are perceptbly lower, and
foreign products, such as tea, coffee and rice
are lower in gold, though the precious metal
has advanced within the year from 127 to 1856 so
that their currency value shows no change
Salt has not advanced, but the catch of cod
was rather small last year, and fish rule some
what higher. Various causes also contribute to
raise the price of molasses. On the whole, tax
ing into the account the remarkable rise in
breadstuffs, it costs quite as much to supply
the table as year ago. and perhaps little
more.
As to clothing, cotton goods have gone stead
lily down with the raw material, though prints,
which depend largely for their value upon inn
ported dyestuffs, have been buoyed up by the
advance of gold. 1. is a little odd that wool
and woolens, the only articles which secured
any additional tariff protection at the last ses-
sion of Congress, should have thereupon de-
clined On clothing there is an average redue-
ton of about Is per cent. Coal, at retail, has
declined $1.5O a ton, SO that the grand total of
household expenses is somewhat reduced.
The diminished cost Of coal, an agent of
prime importance in all manufacturing opera
tions, and the decline in iron, are very favor
able to the cheap production of all kinds of
machinery, while cheap machinery promises
in turn cheaper manufactured products. The
decline in these two articles is especially en-
couraging. AS Tor exports, tho siueuoses
| have undersold us on box shocks, which are
accordingly very low, though pine and indeed
all kinds of lumber have made a decided ad-
vance. All kinds of cooperage are higher.
Hay has reached famine rates, having already
advanced 100 per cent. with avery short supply
| to come forward.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-11

TJyHE firm of ROLLINS & GILKEY, having been
i dissolved, any person holding bills against said
firm requested to present them for payment. and
all persons indebted to the firm requested to call
and adjus their accounts, as the affairs of the firm
must be sc tied.
may9dlw ROLLINS GlLkEY.
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I TAKE great pleasure in saying TO my friends and
L customers that have hand, and am con =
stantly making, large number of the most Elegant
Carriages, in Style, Finish and durability ever offer
ed in New England. t.t t.tt
Having greatly enlared my factory, hope hereaf-
ter to be able TO supply my numerous customers,
with all kinds Of fine Carriages, including my cele
brated dump Seat" invented and Patented by me in
1854, in addition TO those heretofore built which
have greatly improved, have just invented an en-
trely New Style Jump Seat. with Buggy Top to
fall back or take off making six different ways the
same carriage can be used. each perfect in ITSELF and
manufactured by no other concern in the United
States. These carriages give the perfect salts
'acton, some hundreds of testimonials have at
my office will prove Cuts of the Jump Seats, sent
by mail to those wishing purchase -
All persons are hereby cautioned agairt making or
selling the Kmball Patent Jump Seat without first
purchasing of me right to do so, as my inventions
and Patents cover every possible movement to
both seats.
gB- All carriages sold by me are made in my lac
tory under my supervision, By the most skilful
workmen, nearly all of whom have been constantly
IN my employ for many years, and their work can
not be cxcelled All my carriages warranted and
Sold for prices lower than the same quality and fin
ished carriages can be purchased for an other es-
tablshment Please call and examine before pur-
chasing.
G.. II. KIMB1LL, PreJJe ST.
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Dissolution of Copartnership.

FNHE firm of E. T. MERRILL & co. is this day
i dissolved by mutual consent, E. L. Merrill le-
firing from the firm.
All demands against said firm will be settled by A.
ii. Merrill, and all persons indebted to said firm are
requested TO make immediate payment at the old
stand 329 Congress street. t.tH
The Van Buren press., 1867-06-07
NO. l

pacity, whose duties Of office necessarily
had relation to the support Of the rebel.
lion, such as members Of the rebel Con.
gress and rebel conventions, diplomatic
agents Of the rebel confederacy, or such
officials whose duties more especially ap.
pertained to the support Of the rebel cause,
come within the terms of exclusion. OF.
fcers in the rebel States. who. during the
rebellion, discharged official duties not
incident to the war, but In preservation
of order and the administration of Law,
are not to be considered as thereby en-.
gaging in rebellion. The interests ofhu.
manity require the performance oflssuch
duties, and they can never be considered
MS criminal. e.t
MIR. Stanbery Is satisfied that the Ian
guage used in the act, as to participation
in the rebellion, carries with it the idea
OF voluntary participation, and that Con.
gress used in this sense the words sen.
gagged in some direct overt act t,done with
intent to further the rebellion" it does
not necessarily bring the party within the
purview and meaning of the law, that ho
merely held disloyal sentiments, or used
dsloyal expressions.
These are not sufficient The person
applying for registration is not required
to clear himself from the taint of dislOy-
ality The meaning of Congress becomes
yet more evident when we look at the
last clause of the prescribed oath. He is
required to swear that he will :. faithfully
support the constitution and obey the
laws Of the United States, and will, to the
best of his ability to encourage others to
do So" This provision looks to the fu-
tnrc and not the past and the purpose is
manifest rs to the right to vote from dis.
qualification arising from past disloyality.
But in the test oath, as disqualification
from holding Office, mere acts Of com.
mon humanity and charity cannot be con.
sidered as involving slch party in par
ticipation in the rebellion. SO it is in re-
gard to forced contributions to the rebel
authorities, or compulsory payment of
taxes in aid of rebel arms. But when
ever an act is done voluntarily in aid OF
the rebel cause it would involve the per.
son and work a disqualification under tho
law. Voluntary contributions in further.
ance Of the rebellion or subscriptions to
the rebel loan, and even organized con.
tributions of food or clothing or neces.
sary supplies, except of strictly sanitary
character, are to be cassed with acts
which disqualify.
The dutioe and puwcrs Of the Board OF
Registration are advorted to. The ad-
mnistration Of any other oath, than the
one provided in the act, would be extra.
judicial and without authority, and false
swearing could not be assigned as perjury
upon such an unauthorized oath. The
oath in the act is the sole and only test
Of the qualifications Of the applicant. II
he takes it, his ndme must go on :he re-
sistcr. The Board cannot enter upon in
quiry whether he swore truly or falsely.
At the election the duty Of the Board is
simply to receive votes of registered per.
sons and reject all others.
The Van Buren press., 1867-06-07
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, May 26.


Gen. Geo. II Thomas arrived here to.
day, in obedience to telegraphic summons
from the President, with whom he is hav.
ing an interview tonight.
The rumor that he is summoned here to
superccde Gen. Sheridan in command Of
Louisiana and Texas is freely circulated,
but is denied in authoritative quarters
There is no doubt, however, but that two
parties, representing extreme, but oppo-
site interests are here from Louisiana,
urging the President to displaee Gen.
Sheridan.
The Chroniele, to-day, intimates that
the indictment found against Surratt for
murder is not strong enough, and that it
will be abandoned by the prosecution
the trial postponed and an indictment for
treason found by the grand jury
A new phase has been developed about
the Booth diary. Ex.Detective Baker
declares that the diary IS not in the con-
dition it was when he first saw it. lie
says that it contained an account Of
Booths killing his horse in a tangled
wood to escape detection, and then sleep.
ing between the animals legs to get tho
warmth while it remained in the dead
body during all of one night He has
published this declaration in his book,
and the Judiciary Committee is to ques.
ton him again on this point, for nothing
Of the kind is in the diary just published.
In addition to the list of witnesses
telegraphed last night as having been ex.
amincd by the Impeachment Committee,
it is learned that John T. Ford, propri.
etor Of the theatre where Lincoln was as
sassinated, testified yesterday relative to
conversations which he had with parties
charged with completely in the plot.
The Chronicle, to-day, says that gen.
tlcman who saw Thaddeus Stevens last
week, reports that he thinks there should
not be July session of Congress, unless
articles Of Impeachment are to be brought
forward.
The Van Buren press., 1867-06-07
TIN WARE,
Guttering and Job Work,
PLOUGHS.

DRINLEY'S Universal Plow, with Cotton
ID Sweep. Scraper and Double Mould Board
-. our Plows to one Stock-adapted to every
kind of soil and to almost every purpose.
Ames' Company Cast Plows-known here
as /" BostonPlows." Nos. IL. II, Az. ID, Ea-
gle o. Eagle 81 & 2 b. Extra Points, Land
Sides and Mould Boards. with Nuts for same.
Steel Plows NJ and Nl12.
Cultiyators of Cast Iron and Steel-Cotton
Scrapers and Cotton Sweeps
In short, our extensive assortment of plows,
well known for their adaptation to the soil of
this country.
lion trials any plow proves unsatisfactory
funded.
Prices as low as possible, our object being
rather to furnish the implements to make good
crops, and secure future abundance, than to
make profit on the IMPLEMENTS.
march y. DC. WILLIAMS Il co.
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Marriage notices $500. Obituary notices,
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asked how he got out oi

prison, a witty rogue replied:
Igot out Of my cell by inginuity, ran W
stairs with agilty. crawlsd out Of the back
window in secrecy. slid down the lightning
rod with rapidity, walked out Of the town
with dignity, and am now basking in tho
sunshine Of liberty
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-31
TIE GRAFT AMONG THE ROCKS

THE BooTs-A RHAPSODY.
Eou may talk of your Lurlines and mermaids
and that,
But did they wear boots or a coquettish hat
OR did they wear lace or a transparent fall,
With the tip of the nose hardly showing at allY
oE cid they play bopeep with you all the
while,
dOntriving to show you the mouth had a
sH''io
l stood beside the rolling, restless sea,
And my friend Smith stood smoking close by
me;
The oceans foam rolled playfully away
(Nenus was born of the same foam, they say)-
Enough, my fate was sealed that very day.
Tripping on the golden sands, footstep light
Struck on my ear, and she burst on my sight;
Smith saw her too, and pocl1eted his pipe,
And gave his long mOustache smOothening
wipe
wished him safe aboard his ten-ton yacht
She'd such a foot,
And then her boot,
Built like a Hessian with a silken knot
Not black and polished, but of creamy hue
When said boot, of course / meant she'd
With instep arched, Just like the Bridge of
Signs,
And two such heels, to give little rise;
But they were nothing to her coal-blaek eyes,
That gave the look that quite electrifes.
She stood upon a little pedestal of rock,
And screamed out little screams at every
shock;
The tide was rising, and each tiny wave
Rushed round her feet, so playfully to lave
And kiss the boots that held those pretty
feet,
Then, quite abashed, they beat a quick re-
treat
AT last a swell much bigger than the rest,
More impudent, in fact, now onward pressed.
She fled but still the swell kept pressing on,
thought my love and both her boots were
gone.
Smith stood aghast, but I, with frantic cry,
Seized her at once, and bore her high and
dry!
Her ma, who had been doing in the sun,
Woke up and asked what she had been and
donel
We saw them home. Smith took the good
parent,
Whilst l with Miss walked far behind content;
And then, good sirs, why need l tell you more?
Each morn beheld me knocking at the door
With flowers or music or some poor excuse,
That with my time and heart just played the
deuce.
At last all things went ON the usual way,
And ended in Glove, honor, and obey"
Which did of course produce the usual fruits
] have the lady and-L buy the boots!
MORAL.
The moral is, that victim man,
If he just only knew it;
All, if he did-why then, of course,
He'd never 60 and do it.
ALFRED CRowQUmL.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-31
ReveIntion, Ahnnt pnrt MIC.

Sturdy John Bull, who loves his glass of port
VINE at dinner, was lately shocked by certain
unpleasant revelations from MIR. Lytton, the
Blush Secretary of Legation at Lisbon, who
gave detailed account of the adulteratiOus to
which that liquor Is subjected, A second report
on the same subject makes the case still more
unpleasant; for Mr.. LyttOn says that 'all port
wine hitherto exported for the English market
is largely mixed with brandy, and is composed
grapes" The truth seems to be that brandy is
largely used, and ederberries are used to the
extent requisite for giving the desired color but
not 10 the extent of considerably increasing the
quantity of wine. The report goes on to state
that the elderberries are dried in the sun or in
ktns. The wine is thrown on them, aud the
berries are trodden till the colorng matter Is
extracted from them. Brandy is then added
IN proportion which varies according to the
quality of the wine. "Ths is the composition
of all the port VINE hitherto drunk in England
No pure wine, no wine not thus specially adul-
terated for the English taste, was allowed by the
Government committee of tasters to pass the bar
OF the Douro for export to England before the
year 1865. This system was in that year
abolished. The trade is now perfectly tree, and
there Is no reason why pure wine should not be
exported. An English paper offers a suggestion
which is somewhat COmical:-"The truth pro-
badly Is that port is naturally a strong wine,
and the best vintages are the strongest The
product Of particular years which is affection
ately preserved and reVereutly consumed in
portion Of what we call 'bedy,' which appears to
mean spirit and color; and the standard Of per-
lection having been thus fixed by an eVtraordi.
nary effort of nature, the growers have deemed
ii their duty to keep nature as near to this
standard as possible by the aid Of art.n
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-31

we are your best friends end now before all the good
mnuR are taken by whites we wish TO set aside par
oithem for your exclusive homes. On that home
VIII Dnd you house to hold the goods we send you
hhu when you become hungry and naked you can
go there and be fed and clothed. On that home
we Will send you physican, TO live with you, and
heal your wounds, and take care of You when you
There we will send you blacksmith to shoe your
ponies so that they Will not go lame. We will send
you farmer to show your people how TO grow corn
ana wheat, and we Will send you mill TO make for
you meal and -four Every year we will send TO the
warehouse a suit of clothing for each of your men,
women and children, so they shall not suffer from
colo. We do not ask you to cease hunting the buff
ialO You may roam over the broad plains south OF
ihe Arkansas river and hunt the buffalo as you have
done IN years past but you must have place to call
yOur own You must have a house where we
send your goods, and where you can and see your
physician when you grow sick. You must have a
home. where all your people who wish may farm,
and where you may bury your dead and have your
Medicine lodges. We propose to make that home on
the Red river and around the Wachita Mountains,
and We have prepared papers for that purpose. To-
morrow morning, az O'Clock, want your chiefs
and head men to visit us at our camp ana sign the
treaty"
There but remains to sign the papers and DIS
tribute the goods, and the Kiowas and Conan
Ches are at peace.-M T. Times
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-31
RAILROAD LINES.

r E A DINO Al L r 0 A D.
FROM rLaBEPHISV LaaBBEHP nRVNR AZ TIE He INTERIOR OF
SAVANNA, THE sQHUY hK{l5,LL. SUs. Us,
AMzAA VALLEYS, THE NORTH, NORTHWEST. AND
FALL ARRAHGEMENT OF PASSENGER
too, TRAINS IN MoNDAY September , gq q, lS97 1879 ,yrr
ana owHfLE Streets Philadelphia, al the FOL
MORNING ALTON,
Re1S1 a. M for Heading and int mediate stations.
MoRNING EXPRESS.
,,At o 10 a, M, fot Reading Lebanon, Harrisburg,
i0iSViiis Pinegroye Tsmaque, sun5nry, williams
Allentown wikssbarTe Pttston, piar York YSk CARLISLE Carlisle
Oh1Gmmossrs3uTg, M s Hsgerstown, etc. etc; m -,
yNanla Raiiroad trains for Allentown, ETC., and the
uGIToN WIZ 'ES Caws IfF RFos5s trains sG a" o Vii
HAMS ,3 burg LOCK iiayen, Emira, ETC.; AZ HARRI5
aud schuylkill and susquehanna traius for North
lm,6gr,and Willamsp6rt York, Cnambersburg,
r.s.s. -, ATIERNooN EXPREss
vile. Harrisburg. etc, connecting with Reading and
0oum0f F6 6B@g992 5I9wSS Sp, Rd3o 9E G9ip%5a
ede a os arre ~ II 3 @ g. nsT T
Retunigg 9, leaves philadelphia at $50 Z. NJ; arrives
READiNG &CCoDtMoDATIoN
stations affvna az ~ m Mi s a all way
Returning leaves Philadelphia at 500 p. Nj arrives
Trains Tor Philadelphia leave Harrisburg at $40 A.
MIA M ana R Po4sye at sA5 a. arriving il Phpde
at 5i6 NJ Pottsve at 25 p 81; arriving in PRlla
delphia at G'i5 p NJ.
HARRIS RiTRg ACCONTNrOD ALTON
Leaves Eaa6n az M 7I5 NJ ~ AMI O AZ At ,.,o
r. NJ Conreciinp at Reading with Ar'eTno01 a COZ.
modaton south at 68O P M arriving i'm PhiadpInhia
Market train, with passenger car attached. 1eaves
phadephia nd 2I, noon for pottsviile and Xii va,
stations Leaves Pottsvile at 90 A. M for PhiIads
phia and an way stations.
All me above trains rTn daily SUNDAYS excantad
SUNDAY Trains legve potfsyie at son 4 n and
pbiladeipbia nt ana p M Leave PbUadephia Tor
Reading at SEQ A NJ returning from Reading az I.55
p NJ.
CHESTER VALLEY RAILROAD.
pdinIs iaEe the 73o "a NJ ana Zoo p M tTen1 from
Phadeubia rsturnint+ frorn Do,,n ingtovJr at EN-
INV Ni@Uu WI w nj ixppESs ron prrrs errp, Avn
' A - I1fi n WEST - 49, 0i'' @A-'D
Tooros rro,,- .-r,,r,l - a W ~ 49,, r. .5en ~
ltt AN5F VI az "a NJ; hllu anu T. ~,
P'sLiS ~ auE a. W -, ~ anu % alu iUOb T. NJ
ifniiIoau eNPIess trains Tor Puts
eluihlIg express trau lehYeS iarfl5oufg on arri-
and s45 A. M and p NJ, passing Reading $40 ana
1870 a NJ and 4'2o and il,l5 r. M ana arriving in
ing cars accompany these trains throngh betWeen
Jersey Citv aud Pittsturg vyithOut chonoS
o.. a mail m train for New York leaves Herrisburg at
10 NJ NJ - ' " 's i0"'e' NC" AOIh
"' - svr1TrNyr UyTr.r yATruv D rrpDtD
TroiDS iaSya - TSftsyilo - "a I,sos . -,,
80 ~ 81 ~ ~ iNE rum Al"Iu" ~ % a. NJ" ana tO
eIurtS ~ ANN STrspDUrr ,-s- r.rr
9oii = I'D IL AN ROAD. III NINA NALL
Tr9ins leave Auburn at ESQ A; NJ. for Pinegrove
fremont Ieturnlng from Herrsbqrg az $50 P. M,
TICKETS,
jnrougn hrslclaSs Ickets an9 ehllgfant klckets 10
a. a. tnS pEIncIpal poih's III 'he NoFVh anu west anu