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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29
LATEST NEWS
B I ELE Ora PH
From New Orleans-SentIments OF q Radi-
cal Newspaper-The Louisiana Recon-
struction Convention, &c.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 23-P. nj.
The Republican this morning has an editorial
headed, "Who is Responsible?" In allu6ing to
the suspensions and removals by Gen. Mower
under orders from Washington, d. Q it uses the
following language: 1.-The day will come, and
| perhaps it may be bloody one. when the loyal
people Of Louisiana will hold the authorities OF
this interference IN the progress of reconstruction
| to strict account. The war of the rebellion is
not yet over. The States of the South are not yei
reconstructed. The Grand Army of the Republic
doubles in numbers the old Grand Army of the
Potomac. Tried soldiers, with dusky faces, still
love their profession and cherish the old muskets
they carried bravely on many d well-foughl
| field. The loWly and humble have learned then
! rights, and know how to tight, and, II need be, to
! die for them no power, save that of Almighty
| God can keep the loyal people, in the end, from
dust the mlniOns Of the old and still dominant
slave power
The same article calls Andrew Johnson = that
ARCH traitor and assassin
The State Reconstruction Convention met at
noon to- day, and elected negroes temporary
Chairman and Secretary. No permanent Organl-
cation was arrived at, and the Convention al
jOurned till Monday. FOrty-fOur negroes and
twenty-five whites were present In caucus Judge
Taliaferro seemed TO be the choice for permanent
Chairman, but it Is probable that the negro men,
bers will elect one of their own color.
1t is understood that it Taa resolved in caucus
last night that the first step of the Convention
would be to declare ali State offices vacant, and
fill them with appOintees acceptable to the Radical
party. The recent appointments by Gen. blower,
with or two exceptions, don't satisfy the mem
bers Of the Convention.
Dr. Avery, newly appointed Sheriff, Is IN
quiet possession of his office this morning. he
sWOre IN most OF the Old deputies, and the Courts
proceeded to business, which had been interrupt
ed by the late confusion.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29
From the Raleigh Sentinel.
Captain w, J. TOlar.

Nc publish the following melancholy let
tar by request 1t will touch a chord III
thousands Of hearts
FoEr MACON, \. c.,
November q, 1867.
Eh>s.>. Ediho,s viii you be kind
enough to allow me to say to my friends,
through your valuable paper, that their
Imposition in regard to my sentence was
correct.
Our sentences have come to hand, al last.
IL- Commission found us guilty and sen
fenced Il. to be hung. General Candy APP
proved the findings and sentence OF the
Court, but nitigated the sentence to fifteen
uJl years imprisonment at hard labor.
Comment is unnecessary. [ leave the
world to Judge of its business.
( thank God there is Judgment Day,
where the Judge Will be One of infinite
GOODNESS, as well as of justice, and when
many Of the judgments OF this world will be
reversed.
m, very rnSDnctfu3lv
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29
From Washington - Tne impeachment
Committee &c.


Committee &c.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 81.
The Impeachment Committee continued in SEES
sion up to late hour last night. They meet
again tomorrow morning, and will make report
during the day.
There will be three reports. The documents
are vOluminOus.
Heavy transactions have been made III gold,
which these reports expected to influence, and
a feyerish anxiety exists.
RunOrs are abundant, but the Committee seems
to have headed of the news hunters.
Among other wild statements it is said the Bulls
of New York have raised and invested $40 GOO in
securing one vote in the Committee for impeach-
ment.
he probabilities are that there have been no
recent changes, and that the Committee stands :
Four for Impeachment, three for q vote of censure
and two for quashing the matter.
LATER.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24-Evening.
The impression that the Committee will stand
tive for Impeachment, gains ground. 1t is said
that high official circles have intimations to this
effect.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29
Wilmington Wholesale Prices Current

BEEswAx, b 50 Oh IS
BEEF CATTLE,
% 100 lbs. 7 90 @10 90
pnrcD1
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29

Emotion prevailed with but little opposition, ndi-
eating weakness Of the scheme 10 suspend be-
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29
Rates of Freight.

por Steamer Per Sailing
~ NA' Vessel
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-18

THE MAINE STATE PRESS, is published at the
'ame place very fhursday morning at $500 year,
nvarably in advance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-18
T:se Social Compact.

Many theories have been formed and pub
lished respecting the origin of social COM
pacts. Some maintain that they originated
in the necessity of defence; others that they
began in the desire of aggression. 1t is plain
that the first motive here mentioned must
have followed the second, for there could
have been no cause of defence until the evils
of aggression became intolerable. Without
undertaking to decide the question--from
what motives social compacts arise ?-we
must say that, SO far as the bare principle of
aggression is concerned, if this be the mo-
tive, society, or too many of its members, have
very faithfully fulfilled this unworthy mten-
ton. The other object has been, and still is sue
cesstuBy evaded or violated by vast numbers
IN every community; for no laws of the So
cial compact have yet been found sufficient
to defend its members from the asgressions Of
base and avaricious men. How many people
are there, even in our own country, who con-
tinue to live by other mems labor! Suppose
they were all brolsht toscther-we should be
astonish he'd at the number and the motley as
sortment of characters before us. Here
would be the inmates of our penetentiaries,
who might claim to be "gentlemen" because
living by the toll OF the more honest portion
of society, Like the hogs of DIR. Franklin.
"they eat, they drink, they sleep, they walk,
they tioe just Ike gentlemen" There to we
should see the idiot and insane; and there
the more foolish or insane who spend their
time in the miserable business of loafinr. and
contriving how to live by their doubtful wits.
Every man who does not, by some useful la
Dor or profession return to society benefit
CORE. pondmg to what he draws from the Ia
bors of other men, comes under this general
description. This unfortunate poor, it is true,
should always command our sympathy, and
we should be willing to aid in supporting
them in as much comfort as we should desiIe
to be supported in ourselves in case we were
unable to earn selfsupport but your gen
tlemen," Your mere ioaters, should be treated
only with the respect TO which they are en-
titled,--and that is very small. We should
like TO see all such huddled together and OBJ
serve how they would continae TO i've OF de-
YOUR one another. aa fE. b.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-18

The report ofthe Warden, Mr.. Warren w.
Rice, shows a large increase in the number OF
conylcts sentenced during the past year. Be-
ginning with 70 convIets, the authoritles re-
ceived during tue year 50, nearly twice as
many as were ever sent TO the prison before
in any one year. OF these IL have been dis-
charged by expiration Of sentence, IL have
been parioned, has died, and has been Ie-
moved TO jail, leaving LOO now in the prison.
The unusually large number OF conyicts conf
PEELED an increase in the number OF overseers
and guards, and the salary account is conse-
quently considerably enlarged. Nevertheless
the total expenses amount to only S1y,J4l
While the income OF the prison has been SIY
S33, leaving balance in favor of The institu.
ton OF $3.50. The large number of Criminals
will compel an enlargement Of the prison.
There are only los cells in the main prison
and ~ convicts have been confined IN hospi
tai cells where they ha7 to be constantly nm
der the eye OF the watchman to prevent es-
capes. There is also need OF more shop room.
and MIR. Rice recommends the purchase ~
land and dwellings to be rented to the officers
oi the prison, who find it difficult to obtain
rents wnhin a seasonable distance. ll..
The health OF the prison has been renar,-a-
bly, good. The Warden recomm ends with rea-
son the appointment of a chaplain to give his
whole time and ability, moral and intellectual
to the service of the prisoners during confine-
ment, end to assisting them in obtaining EN-
ployment after their discharge. -. 4. e
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-18

III WHICH IL appeared on the 90, signed Blake
& Pratt"
For the information Of millers and produce
! dealers, we enclose the following remarks on
/ the way business is conducted on the Grand
| Trunk Railway, the loss shippers incur there
by, and which, if allowed to 90 on in the same
way, is likely TO destroy the valuable trade
now opening up with the Maritime Provinces.
as no one will be found bold enough TO risk
shipments to Halifax, and other lower ports
which will not arrive there for eight or ten
weeks, a period long enough for a cargo to 90
to Europe, and return cargo TO be half way
on its road back.
Onthe 2Gth OF last October we Skinned a
few hundred barrels of -four TO HALIFAX. on
the Both, we applied for twenty cars to load
with flour at Newcastle, and also for other
cars at various points on the line From that
date to the middle of November, we continued
shipping to the same point, amounting alto
gether to about five thousand barrels. In n
letter from our consignees, dated HALIFAX. the
22nd December, we are informed that onIv
three hundred barrels out of the whole lot
had arrived, and that flour which was wortI
two or three weeks after shipment, $3.50 70
1913, was now selling at SS.75 to IS. Isl. with !
downward tendency.
Since the loss of the Grand Trunk steamer
baltimore, our insurance offices have advanced
Their rates, and think il a great favor to insure
produce at all. We, therefore, applied TO our
agents IN Halifax to see what they could DO
for us, and received The following reply :-s.No
insurance Office i'll Halifax will take risk m
"the Grand Trunk boat Gen McCull,,y7 She
being considered utterly unfit for the bust
ness she is engaged in.' Thus in addition TO
the delay, shippers must take Tie Iisk of loss
aG sea themselves, or pay such rates that, with
interest and other charges, make a profit yery
problematical indeed. ~ az ~
Another thing the railway is fond ofdoino
IS this, that alter flour has been LAYING at the
station ior shipments, in some cases for weeEs.
new ariif Is issued and ten to twenty cents
unjust that it needs no comment III Ia go
denned at once, but which many of vo,,r.
readers have no doubt often experienced
10 show the difference in timc saveJ nv
shipping per Great Western Railway. we sub
JON the following shipped on the .Ird Dec,
Iooo, az Toronto, 600 barrels flour, which ar
riVe'i III Halifax on the 18th of the same
lnohtn while honr shipped by the other route,
Oct ~, mas not reached its destination
The comments of the Chronicle upon this
plain statement Of facts, are very striking. By
the Intercolonial railway Oh the one hand, OF
through New York or Boston on the other, the
Chronicle reasons, Canadian produce must
find an outlet for which the Portland route
is insufficient Some new route Will certain
ly be found Or made; hut we app,ehend Fort
land will not be so Indifferent TO her own in
terest as to let the advantage OF her position
go for nothing in the struggle, The terminus
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-18
White Lies.

There is kind of falsehoods quite current
in the community which are usually denomi-
mated White Lies. They are so called to dis
tmguish them from those of a darker shade
which are malicious in Their nature. Traders
particularly are prone to this sort of misrepre-
sentatitn. Whatever they have to offer is n
little better than their neighbors', and witbal.
a considerable cheaper. Such lies perbans
seldom do much harm, because nobody feels
bound to believe them; but then there IS dam
ger in the allowance OF white lies, lest thew
lead onto dark and then to very black ones
Just as moderate drinking leads to intenper-
anee. The vices generally go in clusters or in
swarrns. Single vices in an individual are as
uncommon as lone goose in autumn Journey
ing southwark. They always go by flocks in
heater form, and the leader is lying. Kill off
the leader and there is hope of deransing the
order OF the lest. A sound character is not
split into fragments, when no entering wedge
is allowed. Practice no aolite lies, and YOU
will never be guilty OF black ones.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-18
OF the new route ought to be and ,ra.
here The Chronicle savs. oe

here. The Chronicle says: @' W
We reprint this letter in order IN call o.....
tion as pOnitedly as possible to the soTio,, ~
hciency in the means of communicated nc
tween Canada and the Lower Provinces Co.,
plants similar to the above are univareoI -
both ends OF the line. The interval beiSroa,,. -.
Tue Time when -four Is shipped fiom Canada
s,re anu received in Halifax or st John, is So
e., ~ 10 70 cause serious loss to all concerned
nalcnio,e, ST .laue, importers below, cannot at all
morl,er fSl Vn Tue current rates In the Canadian
teIeaNa,i' hot though they get the quotations by
,eies-aph, and Were to send ILL o,jorn ~ ~,
siIpn, prices may rise and ian two or tbroe
..iies peiofe the flour is delivered yV;.l' AZ
present means OF COMMUNICATED ., ~ I 1no
ioVlpces are Tor purposes OF tr1de az 5iS,.
ioaii oAilada as England is. Even ,Io 'aiI
~, Is exceedingly tedions and
iaal go = OBSERVED about the DAYS Of mail
routes, letter to ST. John or Hel,,a u.leIent
take longer to reach its address than may
LONDON. The telegraph however. sunnI;os
remedy for this in all business atiairs =, %,
portanee, and of course this state OF rnattano en-
VIII cease when the Iltercolonlal KaiIwav T.
completed, which viii doubtless be within tba
next three years. But it is not thee vaars
hence, but now that we must establish that
lntefeoloniai trade ON which alone we can ex-
POSI W iou1u Pos1tiSsii social retatlOnS of
a permanent character. The remarks we made
yesterday on the report Mr.. Wells, illustrate
how rapi ily the Americans are losing their
export trade. But ii they can supply the Low
er ffovinees with flour in a few
Jays, and at low return freights by
rroVhclal schooners, while it REQUIRES as
many weeks by the Grand Trunk. and at.
Irel9nIs which though moderate for n railway
are SUN double those of the SAILING vessels we
may be certain that they will continne m 70.
tam large part of their trade evan tl,o,,-,I,
prices IN the States remain binher tLon In
canada. The attention of AmeTicons ba-,;a1-
been SO seriously called to the loIinr ot, &,
trade, we1nay be certain they viii, mako every
effort 10 retrieve their position. A few years
hence they may succeed in doing SO, Rnt c,r
some time 1t is impossible they can effect
much IN this way and continue 10 discbarco
their public Obligations. The present tbere-
fore IS our opportunity, and If we wait three
years, we hope il may not be more. for tbe
opening OF the Intercolonial railroad. we NAV
ind the chance of trade cone. and tbinos ~
the States so far changed that the COMMERCIAL
relations formerly subsistiDg between New
OK and Boston and the Lower Provinces,
may nave been restored and made perma-
nent. me Porttand route is found TO be So
tery tedious and uncertdiR that tce should mot
| be surprised to hear of ARRANGEMENTS bejD0
h'dde by brokers In Neic York and Boston 10
| get pa trade IN Canadian fol,r, calried j1
bond through those ports. Thus the trade
would be confirmed in the hands of Ameri-
cans, and the direct commercial relations OF
the Provinces be frustrated.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-18

=
\ We find in the financial column of the New
York Independent an article devoted to the
exposure of what the writer calls ''the super
stition of specie payments" All who differ
from the theories of this writer are .eitber
blinded by superstition, or are very ignorant
OF our financial history, or wholly misunder-
stand the nature and functions Of a currency
and they manifest an equal ignorance OF, the
] principles of political economy in supposing
that high prices are necessarily national
evil.''v This of course is not argument at all,
but in the conclusion of the same article we
find the following assertions, apparently re-
garded as arguments: h y h,eiaH
The specie payment policy is the policy Of the
Democratic party; it is the policy of President
johnson, and the policy of his Secretary, who
adopts the whole policy of the President; and
it is opposed by some of the sturdiest, purest,
and ablest men i'll Congress. These ought to
be sufficiently powerful reasons to induce
Republican, Congress to hesitate long before
adopting a scheme which its most malignant
enemies recommend and its truest friends dis
approve.
If this were true, it would be a most UNI
worthy argument to use. Neither the Demo
cratic nor the Republican party can be suppos-
ed to harbor the deliberate design Of bringing
financial ruin upon the country. If the spe-
cie-payment Superstition" were entertained
by Democrats alone ii would still be necessa-
ry to show by honest reasoning that it is a
dangerous policy. These questions ought Nc t
to be considered ON personal or partisan
grounds at all. Mr.. MeCulloch made Great
mistake when he allowed himself to take part
in the unfortunate quarrel between the Presi
dent and Congress, lie wantonly threw away
his influence with Congress; the great inter
ests committed to his care are endangered nv
the wantof cordial understanding betvnan
the Secretary of the Treasury and the repre-
sentatives OF the States and the people. OF
course he is liable to err, and it is the duty of
Congress to check and counteract MS errors
but it would be nothing less than serious
misfortune if Congress were to reject his re-
concentrations on personal grounds merely.
Yet this is what the Independent urges as a
wise and prudent policy. r 81
The Independent is not only wrong in theo-
ry, but mistaken in its facts. 1t is not true
that the Democratic party alone favors a
aspeedy return to specie payments. We turn
to the last number Of the Tribune. and find
the case there presented, with equal unfair
ness, as follows: ta5. n 45'
tits not athe inability of the Government
to redeem its notes, that protracts the present
shlpplaster miilennium-it is the inability Of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-18
Terms Eight Dollars per a''a,ta,a, IN, adcance.

ope1cuiators. hte-fyers, and gamblers in cold
- Aoou, 70 make money unles the Curre ncv
pe Kept inflated and its value denreciotai
~ ~ nopooy necf ssities and capabilities but the
PPoserndnents Pospr1; were involved, we might have
resumption Tomorrow. The Banks Of this
country were never so able to maintain Specie
fay ments as the Government is to-day with
nearly One Hundred Millions of Gold on hand
daily income of over One Million, and an an
n1al surplus of One Hundred Millions, Secre-
tary MeCulloch might resume tomorrow and
hold out forever with ease But the overloaded
pork gamblers, gold-gamblers. and stock-gam-
blers" would be dead broken-or rather their
insolvency wobld be made manifest. That's
what's the matter.1 mo .-t.t+ .f .....t .
The Tribune is not Democratic newspaper.
The doctrines of the Tribune are not apt to be
exclusively Democratic doctrines. The truth
OF the matter is, we have here very difficult
financial problem. Men dilfer about it with
out regard TO party. Many men are quite un-
aoie 70 solve it, and candidly confess as much.
Very few men can be found in either party
VINO 10 not contemplate resumption as final
ley' Inc question is when. The Tribune
says now, OF next year at the latest. The In
/ dependent says, not for long time. if ever.
Both are Republican papers, and the same
difference prevails among the Republicans in
Congress. The Independent calls its oppo-
nents democrats" the Tribune calls its op-
ponents gamblers" Neither imputaton is
just. The question must be discussed on its
merits, until it becomes sirnplified to the pop
ular apprehension; then, unless it is settled
before, parties may divide upon it, and then it
will be time, if ever, to raise party slogan in
referring to it. ...l......
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-18
transportation ON the Grand Trunk Rail

The mismanagement of the Grand Trunk
is provoking complaint from all quarters. The
Quebec Chronicle Of the 18th instant copies
the following letter from the Toronto Globe,
in which it appeared on The Sd, signed 'BIake
& Pratt" !"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-18
Limited Partnership.


THIS is to certify that the undersigned, Joseph S.
L Kicker, of Westbrook in the county OF Cumber-
land, Charles J. Walker, Calvin S. True, Lleweyn
K. Smith and Benjamin f. Whitney, all OF Portland,
In said county, have formed limited partnership
under the name OF Charles j. Walker, to carry on.
the business of manufacturing boots and shoes, and
dealers in Leather and Findings. That said Kicker
is special partner, and has contributed twenty-five
thousand dollars to the capital stock The partner
ship commenced January 8, 1867, and will continue
three years from that date. 5s.l9. f ~ 5t..,.4t
j. S. KICKER, r y +.
STAMP. Boa -3u CHARLES j. WALKER,
Five Gets. iI CALVIN S. TRUE,
LLEWELLYN r. SMITH,
t2 BENZ. +. WHITNEY.
Portland, January 8, 1857. q
CUMBERLAND, S., January is, 1867.
Then personally appeared the above named, Joseph
S. Kicker, Charles j. Walker, Calvin S. True, Lew
ellyn r. Smith and Benjamin F. Whitney, and
knowledge the above instrument by them signed to
be their free act Wa-FiE7ife
STAMP. Before me, VIM. WILLIS,
Five Cts. ttIF T Justice Of the Peace.
JOSEPH S. KICKER & AIS, te Limited Partner
ship. ..-s.I7 4.
STAMP. ,sf s-.l 81 -a 49,.
Five Cts. s.si.,... f..f y +
CUMBERLAND REGISTRY OF FtDEEDs-Received
Jan'y 10, 1857, at 12h Som P. NJ, and recorded in
Attest: 90 -' THOMAS HANCOCK,
jan16d6w ,lftl -8 .l ID Register.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-18
Established jane s3, 1862. Voy. 6.

THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS is published
every day, tSunday. eNeepted,l at no. l Prnters
EXCHANGE Commercial Street, Portland
n. A. FOSTER, PROPRIETOR.
TERMS Eight Dollars a year in advance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-18

~. - Office 70 Commercial ST., Up Stairs
70. Non -Forteiting, Endowment Ten Year, and
all other form of Policies are issued by this Company
on more favorable advantage than BY any otherCom-
pany, ~ -@1-Tr-ti- .-f '--t f-i's-t (lec27itf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-18
COPARNTNERSHIP.
COp0rtnership Notice.

THE partnership heretofore existing under The
l. name of CHARLES j. WALKER & CO. is this
day dissolved, and limited partnership is this day
formed between under the name of CHARLES j.
WALKER, in which the Undersigned, JOSEPH S.
$25,000 to the capital stock. The business will be
continued at the old stand as heretofore, No. 46
Union street. j. S. KICKER, .s-..
CHARLES j. WALKER,
.a... CALVIN S. TRUE,
LLEWELLYN Il. SMITH,
BENZ. +. WHITNEY.
Portland, Jan. g. 1867, .IT janI6d3w