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The Portland daily press., 1867-12-07
swindIins Lottery Schemes,

Mr.. EDIToRuAT feel it is d11tv to exnose
the enormous swindle that those New York
scamps, Clark, Webster & Co., are playing on
the people all over the country Mylittle boy,
now about thirteen years old, received pack
age OF their tickets, sold five of them for one
dollar each, then added one dollar himself and
sent them six dollars Iu about one month he
received printed notice stating that he had
drawn prize valued at two hundred dollars.
saying that they always charged per cent. on
all prizes drawn and requesting him mot be-
ing satisfied with swindlng him out of six
dollars) to send them ten more and they would
forward the price, L concluded he had better
not send the ten dollars to them, but to test
the matter sent it for him to a friend in New
York, asking. him to fully investigate the mat
ter Tor me. He did so and after hunting the
town half over he found miserable hole in
the fifth story of a. building, in which he
fonnd bland, smooth cut-thToat as is often
seen, IN 2. room scantily furnished with any
thing except lew cartloads of Hentuckv and
Pennsylvania OIL Stocks, not worth the paper
it was written on. The aforesaid cut throat
kindly offered TO fill out certificate for two
hundred dollars to -- or, any one else on re-
ceipt of the ten dollars. Of course it was not
paid, but hundreds and thousands are paid al
most daily to these worthless scamps.
learn large amount of money has been
sent from here and i write this that others
may be aware of this swindle before sending
their money to these villains.
I trust all our city papers will publish this
expose for the good of our citizens. ANY one
desiring the name of the writer can have it by
.,..- III s,ls g. F, Box 10, Portland P. o.
The Portland daily press., 1867-12-07

IHE PRESIDENTS MEssAcE-The Argus
was considerably surprised the other day at
cue temeritJ of the Press in ventruing to de-
scribe the Presidents message as a TRADE,
querulous, disingenuous and false" without
waiting for the New York nails Mr.. Weeds
commercial Advertiser, as the Argus takes
pains to point out, regards the message as "an
eminently able state paper, in taste and tenn
per faultless" In that case. we take leava IN
mner from MI. Weed, who we observe enjoys
MS oplnion very much alone. Congress, which
Is especially interested in the matter, appears
70 oregard Mr.. ,Johnson's manifesto as exceed
Ansiy iauity IN taste and temper Perhaps it
may oe SAID that Congress is too much inter-
estea In the matter to form a good Judgment.
suppose we appeal then to the London Times
aJournai which has never been favorable to
.he Republican party and has occasionally
paid Mt johnson some very high compliments.
The Times says, "The message shows that Mr..
johnson has learned nothing; he trssscends
himself in impudence; he regards his Office as
absolute as sovereigns do their prerogatives;
ne forfeits all resi-, That il the ipnnression
~Sb;cb tbiss~ .,eo' 'u.'s - 'N' 'e o's.o
wn,cn 'nis' extraordinary message makes upon
eis~ Tested observers. -'' ''7''ti
The Argus complains that the Press has not
answered single point made by the Presi-
dent. But the President didn't make any
points. He has simply issued revised edi-
tion of fallacies a thousand times exposed.
He says if the Southern States were out Of the
Union "their consent TO change in the con-
stitution would have been nugatory." Is that
point? Were not the original thirteen
States out of the Union when their consent to
the adoption of the constitution was asked2
and was their consent nugatory? He says
power is not granted by the constitution to the
Federal government cor to any one of its
branches" to control t be elections of State
legislatures by declaring arbitrarily who shall
vote. Is that point7 Did not Andrew John
son in 1866 do that and moreb He says the
tenure-of-ofice act has almost destroyed Off
cial accountability. Is that point? Did not
the President himself threaten to abuse his
power of removalf for political purposes9 Have
we not Secretary McCuIloch's testimony on
file, that be did so abuse it, and that the pub
lie service has suffered thereby? These are not
points they are blotches. The message is
not an "able state paper" but dreary piece
OF defamation, as foreign to the spirit of the
age as the allocutions of the Pope or the hear
and-tremble proclamations of the Chinese EN-
perOr, s..t.-4t afdJ a.ta'--
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CusroM HOUSE, PORTLAND,

Collectors Office, Dec. 5th, 1867. i''
Sir Your letter of the 4th inst, to Collector
which appeared in the Boston Post of 26th
inst, over the signature of Ontario" in re-
gard to exactions and fees at the Portland
custom House, on entry of goods shipped
from the Canadas for expectation to Europe
and other foreign countries, has been handed
me for a statement in regard to the practice of
this office in that particular. During my con-
nection with the Office (some ten years. the
practice has never been other than to require
but one entry for an invoice of goods, whether
covering ten, fifteen OF more cars, provided
they all arrived on the same day. Should they
arrive ON separate days, an entry covering each
days arrival hasto be made to conform to the
requirements Of the laws and the regulations
OF the Department. In no case is fee of over
one dollar exacted for an entry of goods thus
coming forward for export.
The statement, in the letter to which you
refer, y,.I I-It ~ - -
habit Of erae1ng sa:ao ns far ann told s IN the
Of freight, though the original shipment was made
for the entire amount, covering the capacity of ten
or fifteen cars. This shipment having passed the
custom house at any particular point the line, and
the entry bond being made to cover the entire amount
and that entry bond being forwarded TO the point OF
destination in the States from which the produce is
to be exported it Is supposed to be the customs war
rant for the whole shipment though through accident
or delay the whole shipment may not arrive. Now
am told here by several of the large shippers thatn
case of any accident delay OF this Kind that the
collector Of Portland exacts an entry fee Of from
eight to ten dollars for each and every that is
delayed ..--ft
is wholly untrue, The question of allowing
one entry to cover the arrivals of several days
was fully settled by the Department under
date of Dec. z, 1866, as will appear by the fol-
lowing extract from the Department letter of
that date: ti553i IT. ( NAB ll3s.I
You viii continue to enter each day's importation
on the various form of entry in strict conformity
with the Treasury Regulations Of 1857 hsilq6la5g
These regulations make proyision-in each
form Of entry-for, and require the date of i'm
portation (arrival) to be stated This being
the law, and requirement of the regulations,
do not believe that Judge Russell, Collector
OF Customs at Boston, allows Of any practice
inconsistent Herewith. On the contrary I
have good reason to believe that the laws and
regulations are fully complied with at that
Office. '' -''ii' 5i'i L-i4I 1tt -I2'l3 :
OF this you may be assured that the fees and
charges. at this port are as low as they can be at
any other. Very respectfully, yours,
''o "' D." 'iul'"s ROBERT A. BIRD, liIt
10 blI 81 Deputy Collector d i
John Porteus, Esq, Agent g. 7. Railway Co.
I..ar sf .s..- f..e ..r
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Report OF ,i,e Secretary of War

The report of General Grant as Secretary
of War od interim, is quite lengthy and goes
into all the details of the management of that
Department since he took charge Of it, One
OF his hrst moves was to cut off large num-
Der OF sinecures. On this point he speaks as
follows:
Along war had. .entailed upon the army
Pfactlces OF extravagance totaiiy uIiJ 9
III times of peace and as the increase VI tiie
regular army since 1860 (no@ Almost the en-
tire army) is Differed by men whose army ex-
perience does not go back to that period (and
therefore they may not know but their indul-
gences at the expense of the general govern
ment are all legitimate } retrench nent was the
first subject to attract my attention. During
the rebellion ambulances and mounted order
lies at every headquarters had come into use;
and since the rebellion they have been contin-
ued, If not at every post of a single company,
discontinuance OF this evil was necessary both
to the discipline and efficiency Of the army
and the relief of the Treasury. Orders were
therefore given both for breaking it up and
seeing to its execution.
All the surplus and useless stores of the
Quartermasters Department are being sold;
this relieves the Government of large
amount OF expense in rents and permits the
dismissal of an army Of employees.
He also states that be is reducing the enor-
nous expenseof maintaining troops between
the Missouri river and the Pacific coast. The
opinion, the only way that the cost in that
arm of the service can be materially reduced.
.sDadg FREEDMENs BUREAU. .IYfbil,
No charges have been made in the organiza-.
tion and practical working of the Bureau OF
Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
except such as have been caused by the ap-
pointment of District Commanders under the
Reconstruction act.
The detail of officers serving with troops has
enabled the Commissioner to reduce the mum,
agents have been discharged and forty-eight
mustered out.
The, amount of "abandoned land" now in
possession of the Bureau is 215 024 acres, much
OF which is swamp land and scarcely any at
fording revenue. The number of pieces OF
town property is 950
The average amount of tuition paid per
month by the freedmen has been $14, ,555.
| st'-@rstss.r4 APPROPRIATIONS.
| The disbursements during the fiscal year
amount to $42,75S, ,457.09. The total estimate ol
military appropriations for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1869, is $77, ,124, ,7070s. ii sYf.ii
MILITARY DISTRICTS.
The commanders of the five military dis
| tricts have exc uted their, difficult trust faith
| fully and without bias from any judgment o.
| their own as to the merit or demerit of the Law
| There is nothing new in the details of the
| operations of the army in the several military
districts. 1t is simply summary of the offic
/ ial acts of the officers of the army stationed
| there what has been done in reference Il
registration and other details of like character
l. The review of the military departments else
| where are likewise barren of news.
The Portland daily press., 1867-12-07
settle i. among Yourselves.

= vi BIDpEFoRD, Me-, Dec 6, 1867.
To the Editor Of the Press:
For several weeks past the Maine Democrat
has contained a notice oyer my signature,
stating that Hon. E. T. PILLsBuRY would be
connected with that paper on its removal to
Biddeford, January 1st, 1868. have been in
formed that the Press recently contained a
statement to the effect that Mr.. Pillsbury de-
nies that iheSis TO be connected with the Dem
ocrat, and states that his name has been used
in the prospectus without his knowledge or
consent. 1t may be that am idiotic enough
to, publish a notice without the proper author
ity torso doing, but, il am the fermentation
mas not been dis9eSered by nv friends in this
sectlon. MIR. Pl1lsbury is to be connected
with the Democrat. and has never made the
denial attributed to him. Will you do me the
favor to correct the wrong impression which
the article referred to in the Press has caused,
by publishing this letter, and oblige,
o~s Yours, &C., go CHARLES a. SHAW.
The Portland daily press., 1867-12-07

To the Editor oj the Nep York Herald:
Respecting the relics of porcelain ware found
in the late exhulnations at Herculaqe am ,
which have been forwarded to the Society of
Antiquities in London, whereof your cores
pondent says the battle resembling brakes
Plantation Bitters was undoubtedly placed
among the ruins by the agent oil DR., Drake,
we desire to state he is incorrect in every re-
spect.s II a bottleswas found there bearing our
lettering, the, language of the. Ancient Ro-
mans was different from the accepted litera-
ture of that day. Our Agent has other busi-
ness than this in Europe, and has not been in
italy at all. No doubt Americans carry Plan
tation Bitters to Rome; but trying to impose
upon society of AntiquarEans in this way,
seems quite useless and we do not appreciate
the Joke 1t is unnecessary for us to spend
money in Europe while we are unable to sup
ply the demand for these celebrated Bitters
here. Respectfully,
eod2w&w2w P. Fl. DRAKE & Co.
The Portland daily press., 1867-12-07

SUBSCRIPTIONS to the Washington, Library
Company of Philadelphia are pouring in rap
idly. The handsome engravings given away
with each share of stock are of rare and ex-
cellent workmanship. BY subscribing for the
stock at one dollar per share, you obtain an en-
craving worth fifty per cent more than you
invest besides participating in the grand dis
tribution of gifts. Every share of stock will
receive some present, with an equal chance of
securing some OF the valuable articles, as pub
lished in the schedule. ags-.,ss
The engraving entitled The Marriage of
Pocahontas,; which accom- panies 1fi9s shafes Of
stock, is executed in the neatest and most an
proved style, and fully equal to those of the
same character that are, now retailed at eight
dollars, and each Of the five. shaaes guarantees
one present in the final distribution The lar
gest is guaranteed to be worth $4,000, the next
$4,000, the next $4,000, SC - l1i.i. 10
The Portland daily press., 1867-12-07
Political Notes.

"A Nashville special dispatch states that
Governor Browlow, in published card, gives
fiat denial to the testimony of Detective
Baker before the Impeachment Committee,
wherein Brownlow is said to have been cog
infant of letter written by Andrew John
son to jeff Davis. The Governor further
says that he does not believe Mr.. johnson ever
wrote letter to JEFF. Davis or any other man
giving aid and comfort to the rebellion.
Nes' Dr. Manning made quite point in
S' lecture when, speaking of the law
"uion eondemned @ John Brown to death, he
.ssAeo' "nere would JEFF. Davis, Robert E.
lee ane 'neir ofhcers and men be TODAY. if
the chalce which they Commended 70 Ioh,,
Brown should be returned to tbair 49,, n, o.,
A dispatch, said to be from tbaro,,ah,lP
liable source in New Orleans, sar,s ~
best Republicans in that city are ent,ra1-. .ue
isfed with Gen. Hancocl's course in revos;n, 5a'
most of General Mowers recent civil appoint.
ments there
q Ihe VIrginians are progressing SO rapidly
IN reconstruction that they already begin to
quarrel over the State officers under the new
constitution, John Minor Bolts, John Ranney
anu Judge Rives are mentioned for governor
al ens )ohincation meeting over Hoffman's
election as mayor in New York AndrAvv I
Rogers sometime Congressman from No W.
Jersey-bitterly denounced Abraham L;ncoln
and was applauded therefor.
The Boston Journals Washington CORES
ponaent says he is authorized to state that
tnere VIII be no contraction ofthe currency bv
she secretary of the Treasury darino the
month Of December. '' ~. - -
-ne army and Navy journal alone Of al,
enanges, regards General Grants re-
.so,. som u 1ne military forces of the country as
a., Gen Grant has received a dispatch from
Gen. Hancock giving his reasons p"'cn far rom
and ordering him to Join his regiment of'0anS 0 ).
Some persons have made the unartl
inference that the House of R..aea Repressnta..tL
IS opposed to paying United States bonds -
goid from the fact that Banks resolution waS
referred to the Committee on Ways ana
Means. Such reference was natural and
quite In accordance with precedent. a'Isi
The Portland daily press., 1867-12-07

d AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY Unless some
one shall tell us who wrote the letters of Ju-
MUS or answer that still unsolved inquiry,
who struck Billy Patterson" the Providence
Press may properly claim to have made the
most important discovery of the age. 1t has
found out who McCracken is-McCracken,
whose listening ear at key-hole and window
and door ajar lost Motley his place, caused
widespread CONSERVATION among all our for
eIgn legations and gave Mr.. Greeley an op-
portunity to push aside the Austrian mission
with as magnificent gesture as Caesar en-
ployed IN rejecting the crown. Here is what
the Press says: -'.'-.
When the late civil war broke out, ,McCrack-
en- was employed in the office of the Provost
Marshal in st. Louis, either as a detailed
soldier or small-salaried clerk. to fiji mn
passes which had been granted by the same
commanding officer, and prepare them for sig
nature. He was pleasant hammered young
man enough, evidently just fitted by educa-
tion and instinct for that business, and entire
" unknown beyond the walls of that Office.
ae remained there for year or two, and then
for cause was requested to hand in his resig-
nation, which he did, and disappeared. Later
ne visited Europe, and we find traces of him,
at the Consulate at Paris where he turned up
pennies, and begging or borrowing money to
HSt lkoAlS. Ium dli we can learn. MS only
business with our Ministers and Consuis
was for this same purpose, and we suspect that
his opinions of the fealty of these officials to
the Washington administration depends in
great measure upon the result of his financial
experiments. ,eat IN, ...Tl - = -"
a Shortly after the first Motley Seward cor
respondence transpired, McCracken turned up
in New York on his return from Europe and
IN most poverty-stricken condition, and when
our informant saw him, although the season
was cold, he was without even suitable cloth
ing to protect him from the weather, or means
to procure the next meal Two or three of his
former st. Louis aequaintances Contributed
the necessary funds, and he passed on for the
West. Taking the whole case together, it is
very evident that the man was nothing more
than needy adventurer, who hoped to obtain
situation under the government, by operat-
ing upon the credulity Of Mr.. johnson and his
premier; that the alleged charges were manu-
factured out of whole cloth, without the shad-
ow OF truth; and that the obscurity OF the
writer was such that even the State Depart
ment refused to recognize him, and relieve
nus poverty and distress, though using his com
the man '-e S'"sos VI
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nONIEaTIC PORTS.

nor, Teekalet. ''i f'-a IT ''
Cid Sd inst, ship Sardis Cunningham. Liverpool.
New York. ~ = : = -,
CID Goth, ships Arcturus, Mason. for Liverpool ;
Iouaye, Whtmore, do I; barQue Cephas Starrett,
Babbidge. Pensacola brig Lizzie NJ Merrill, Ulmer,
SANANNAH-Cld 3oth, ship John Patten, h,l,;
liverpool; brig Geo Gllchrist Gilehrist Boston, SGD
Nevada, Doughty, Havana. land sailed.l
Ar lst sch Mary Louise, Hamilton, P0rtisno aInar,ar
BALTlMORE-Cld 18th, ship Thomas Sednnia'
Owens Savannah and New orleans sc" '"'
Teel, Providence. Lilo hnor Co,
PHILADELPHIA-Cld ith inst, 1Iie oa,to' Uaen oea'
Coombs. Charleston; sch Koret, bIom" M IS
Ar 9th, brig Julia Carney, carney, swan isiand.
Below, sch NelIe star, Poland hS er Gn,,,d @ e.
seiltes: BRIG 7 G York, York, Portland s.stt
NEW VoRE-Ar 9Th, schs Carroll, Johnson and
~ REM y ~ ss,ta Macbias. John, Falkiugbam f1
:ionesport Julia tiamage, Hix. Rockiansi; Maria
Roxana, Palmer, do tor Philadelphia; maria Lunt
Ar 5tb, ship Gold Hunter, lnew, 1853 tons, Free
man, Waldoboroi brgs Caroline + Kelley, DoueIl,
The Portland daily press., 1867-12-07

LoTTERIEs.-Iti is astonishing that men ca
pable of counting ten can be persuaded to in
vest in lottery tickets. If man chooses to
spend money which he can afford to spare in
this way, we can only wonder at his taste.
But that anybody should think of Investing
savings in business in which the chances of
failure are hundred, a thousand, or ten thou
sand to one, denotes lack of capacity for the
simplest calculations wonderful to contem-
plate. We publish this morning letter from
a sufferer by bogus lottery. In that case
there were no prizes. But in bona fde lotter-
les there are very few prizes. The only differ
ence between an investment in bogus or in
a genuine lottery is, that in the former you
are quite, and in the latter almost certain to
lose your money. ...t H. stlr...r
The Portland daily press., 1867-12-07

SUDDEN DEATH OF CHARLES MooDY.-Mr.
Charles Moody, aged about IS years, died very
suddenly of heart disease at seven o'clock
Thursday evening. Mr.. Moody was the grand
son of Enoch Moody, one of the earliest set
tiers of Portland. He has been a very active
business through life, and he will be missed by
large circle of friends, who have been drawn
to him by his very social disposition l'993 !.
The Portland daily press., 1867-12-07

PERsoNAL-Col John Goddard, of Cape
Elizabeth, who met with severe accident at
Carleton, Ms, some two weeks since, came
up in the New England, from st. John, yester-
day The Colonel had narrow escape He
walked off the wharf at Carleton during a
dark night, and was precipitated more than
thirty feet. striking tho beach below. II he
had not been one of the toughest men in our
community, he would have been killed As ii
ishe complains Of nothing but a Soreness in
the breast. The sColonelsays he is bound to
get out as many logs this winter on the upper
st. John and its tributaries ase did last sea-
son, if not more ~ @tlt ~ ealszt
The Portland daily press., 1867-12-07

GOOD FOR Us.-The night compositors of
the Press were made happy last evening by re-
eeiving and accepting an invitation from Tim
mons & Halves to partake of their delicious
oysters. The oysters were splendid and cook
ed in the right style. Those who love an oys-
ter dinner for Sunday, win do wen to call
round to this establishment, Nos Is and 16
Market Square, where they will always find
one of the gentlemanly proprietors in waiting
to attend to their wants They furnish oysters
at wholesale as we'll as retail / l-iha-A -eH .s
The Portland daily press., 1867-12-07
DIED.

In this city, Dec. D. suddenly, MIR. Charles Moody,
aged IL years months. q
Funeral on Sunday afternoon, at o'clock. iIom
the residence OF his SON, Franklin corner of Con
gress street.
In Gorham, Dec.6. Lewis Mureh. aged so 5ears--
son of Samuel and Jane Murch.
In North Leeds, Dec. 3, Jessie Emma, daughter OF
Horace and Eliza d. Leaabetter, aged years.
In Levant, Oct. 2s, Mr.. Albert Herman, aged 81
years months. 1-fe.r1-t f...,f..
In Skowhegan, Nov. 30, Mrs. Ellen Frances, wife
of Gorham Lawfcnce, aged 22 years. ss.-sss 3
In Farmiugdale, Dec. 2, Mrs. Clarissa, wife OF
Hiram Lord, aged 60 years. ai il aaf- .sr' ~
In Gardiner. Dec 8, George E.. only son of George
w. and Frances M, Smith, aged years. ....l y
At st Helena, Oct4, Capt. Geo. B. Buckmnster,
OF Saco master Of ship Indian Merchant in The 37th
year of his age. '!'hi -lle fs .ii
The Portland daily press., 1867-12-07
From the Kennebec ,Tou,rns,. Eov |,

E. F. PnLsBURY, Esq, who is understood to
have controlled the political department of the
Maine Standard from its start, has announced
IN circular dated the I'd inst, that be has pur-
chased the Standard establishment, subscrip-
ton list, debts due, &c, and as soon as ar
rangements can be completed, shall assume its
entire control. This looks like disappoint-
ment to those who expected Mr.. Pillsbury was
to devote his energies to the new daily to be
started in the first district,
The Portland daily press., 1867-12-07

HYDRO CARBON BURNER.-Many good ves-
sci has been burnt by sparks thrown out of the
stove while carrying deck load Of hay The
only safeguard for this is the great invention
that is on exhibition at &C Federal street. which
throws no sparks or cinders Call and see it,
The Portland daily press., 1867-12-07
MARRIED..

In Westbrook, Dec. 4, by Rev. S. n. M'Collester,
John A. Stevens and Miss Olevia Dunham
In Brunswick, Dec. 8, Hon. Isaiah Stetson OF Ban
gor, and Sarah Jewett daughter OF Joseph Griffin
ESQ, of Brunswick. -4
Rev. Thos. Ihllman and Miss Irena Alley, both of
Mnot. -
i Ii, Auburn, Dec. /, Wilson Pulsifer and Mary z.
Washburn.
In Lewiston, Dec 2, Francis E. Cole and Sarah A.
Lane.
In West Waterviile, Nov. 23, John P. Pollard, OF
Skowhegan, aud Alice Allen, OF Norridgewock