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The Portland daily press., 1868-12-31

Ms. LYScas FRASK.-So much noise has
tssa made about The alleged misuse Of MI
Lacks Garls bs rs"sFars- publishers IN
New York that the reputation of one OF the
most honorable and incorruptible public men
in the country should be vindicated. The
Washington National Republican, after de-
failing the circumstances under which the
charges were made, says that the attention OF
Postmaster General Randall having been called
to the subject, he Immediately instituted an in
vestigation. and upon ascertaining the facts as
heretofore stated, decided that what Mr. Lynch
had done was strictly in accordance with the
uniform usage of members of Congress. Mr..
Lynch had not the least intention of circula-
ting the Mercantile journal, and would not
have iranked one had ii not contained,in bulk,
matters which he would otherwise nave been
compelled TO send D separate package
through the mails
With reference to the charge that the cost
of this transportation was very great, it must
certainly have been made without due consd
Grafton; for it should be well known that the
mails are carried by contract, at SO much per-
annum; and be the quantity of matter great or
small, there was no more charge to the Gov
ernment.
Mr.. Lynch is member of the House Com
mittee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and we
learn from member of that committee that
he has uniformly voted in favor of abolishing
not only the use of stamps on franks, but also
of the franking privilege itself. AS member
ofthat committee he voted for the bill, which
will be shortly introduced, to abolish the priv
ilege; and when it is brought forward for ao-
ton in the House it will find no more earnest
supporter. Mr.. Lynch is utterly opposed to
the franking privilege, but so long as it is per-
mitted by law, he simply uses it as other mem.
bers do. He has done no more. The law is to
blame, not Mr.. Lynch.
The Portland daily press., 1868-12-31

DEC sMBER TERM-GoDDARD, j., PRESIDING.
WEDNEsDAY.-No. s0-Freeman H. Morse g. al.
V.Jere X Morse. Action of replevin for a mare
tried on the 18th inst. Decision for plaintiffs for 81
damages and costs.
DAVIS q Drummond. Vinton.
No. 125-F. M. Chase v. James Neal Action of
assunpsit for groceries delivered to defendants
daughter, Mrs Perkins, tried on the 10th inst. De-
cision for plaintiff for S35.O5, debt and costs
Deane & Verrill. ODonnell.
No. 24S-Freedom Milliken " Obadiah Durgin.
The evidence in this case was all put in, and Mr.
Smith made the argument for defendant and Judge
Howard for plaintiff. Decision reserved
Howard q Cleaves. Z. b. Smith.
No. 246-Elisha Hasty V. Samuel Nowlan. Tres
pass Quare claasun.
No. 24'-Same v. Same. Trespass quare clausun,.
The two actions were tried together before the
siding Judge. The premises in dispute are on York
and Tate streets. Decision reserved.
Howard & Cleaves. ODonnell
Court adjourned to O'Clock Thursday morning
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Municipal Court.

JUDGE klNGSBURYP PRFS1D1NG.
WEDNEsDAY.-Messrs. Ramsay & Wheeler, pro-
prietors Of the Falmouth House, were fined $50 and
costs, which they paid, under search and seizure
Process
John York, under search and seizure process,
paid s52.3O
Johh oDonahue and Thomas Shields were tried
for the theit OF ring from H. W. Ripley's store.
Shields was sentenced to thirty days Imprisonment
ODonahue was adIudged not guilty and discharged.
The evidence showed that the accused went into Ri
ley's store Tuesday night, and while one called for
one article the her asked to look some rings and
Shields attempted to secrete but was detected by
Mr.. Ripley, who attempted to deain them for arrest
When Shields struck him in the face. For the as
saut he was fined $40 and COSTS but Dst being able
to pay was committed.
Thomas Gately, Charles O'Neal and Michael Low
ry were charged with assault and battery on Alex
ander Fisher. oNeal was adjudged not guilty and
discharged Gately was fined $40 and halt costs, and
Lowry Sc and half costs.
John y Porter pleaded not gailty to a.complant
charging him with adultery with Mary A. Castleden,
The Portland daily press., 1868-12-31

G. A. R.-The concert to be given by the
Grand Army tonight should, and no doubt
| will, bring out crowded audience. The as
| sociation labors with two fold object. The
first, to provide for the widows and orphans OF
those who died for the holiest cause in which
man can lay down his life-the defence Of
his country and human liberty. There are
some two hundred and fifty widows and or.
phans dependent on them for support. Their
donations from the State, and private chari-
ties, amount tc very small sum, while they
have expended nearly two thousand dollars in
entertainments of great merit, in order that
they might realize sufficient means TO feed the
hungry and clothe the naked. Their second
object was to secure the best musical talent in
their power to place before the Portland pub
lie in order that their citizens might feel that
the committee had given them more than a
quid pro quo for their money. In this lauda-
BILE attempt we think they have succeeded and
are entitled to great praise
Tonight among the gems of the programme
will be found the Adagio and Rondo from Pa
ganini's first concerts, and Bazzini's "Scherzo
Fantastique," both for violin by Listemann.
Voce" by Arbuckle. Miss Ryan will sing
Rossini's "Di tanti palpti;" Lenz's song, ooh!
leave thy lutte" with cornet obligato by Ar
buckley and Rossini's "Quis est homo, with
Miss Gates. Miss Gates will sing one of Wal
lace's songs entitled "Winds that Watt" one
of Mllards songs, waiting" and in several
concerted pieces. Mr.. Ryder will execute
transcription for the piano entitled "Alpine
Horn
Be sure and go, and thus enable the manage
ment to make glad the hearts of the destitute
and deserving with New Years gift. 4
The Portland daily press., 1868-12-31

THE SENArE.-On the 4th of March next
the terms Of the following named Senators ex-
pire: Messrs. Bayard, Del. Buckalew, Pa;
Chandler, Mich; Conness, Cal Dixon, Conn.
Doolittle, Wis; Edmunds, VT; Frelinghuysen
n. j.; Henderson, Mo-; Hendricks, Ind; Nor
gan, n. Y; Morrill,, Me-; Patterson, Tenn.
Ramsey, Mimi. Sprague, r. l.; Stewart, Ne.
vada; Sumner, Mass; Upton, Neb; Van
Winkle, West Va; Wade, Ohio; Welch, Fla.
and Whyte, Md. OF these % Senators only
two so far, have been reelected, Messrs. Ed.
munds and Sprague, both Republicans. In
California Eugene Casserly, has been elected
to succeed Mr.. Conness, Republican. In Con-
necticut, Ex-Governor Buckingham, Republ;-
can, has been elected to succeed Mr.. Dixon.
Democrat. Mr.. Patterson of Tennessee, Dem
ocrat, and son-in-law of President johnson, is
to be succeeded by Barson Brownlow. Ohio
will exchange Ben Wade, Republican, for
Judge Allen G. Thurman, Democrat; and
Maryland, VIM. Pinkney-Whyte for VIM. T.
Hamilton, both Democrats The Florida
Legislature has elected Abijah Gilbert to sue
eeeo a. - Welch. The latter gentleman, al
though he has been representing Florida in
she Senate for the last six months. has never
given up his residence iu his own stata of
Iowa, to which State he will return aft.r thu
4th of March, to take charge of the State Az.
Ticultural College
The Portland daily press., 1868-12-31

EDWIN FORREST The great tragedian
makes his first appearance in this city for ovel
quarter of a century, tomorrow night. Most
of his contemporaries have exchanged the
sock and buskin for the cerements of the
grave, and rest in quiet, no longer to be stirred
by the applause of the multitude or the ankle.
ties and cares of everyday existence. 1t is a
curious fact that the play which Mr.. Forrest
has selected for his debut for it will be debut
in reality to most of his audience) is the same
one in which he made his first appearance in
New York in July, 1926. after his return from
protracted professional tour at the West
and from which occasion his subsequent popu.
fartty may be said to date.-wA refer to
"Othello." T
There is great diversity of opinion in re-
gard to Mr.. Forests acting, or more properls
speaking, in regard to his conception of many
of the great characters of Shakespeare Ip-his
personation of characters demanding robust
action and physical power, such as "Jack
Cade," "Metamora," and "Spartacus," he is
probably without a rival. Our citizens will
have an opportunity tomorrow and Saturday
evenings of judging for themselves whether he
realizes their IDEAS The seats are selling fast
at Paine's, and if one wishes good seat he
had better not delay till the last moment.
The agent informs us the support will be the
same as that rendered Mr.. Forrest in New
York. ri
The Portland daily press., 1868-12-31

| TO the Editor Of The Press:
Had your Augusta correspondent sd amor" :"
carefully read my note to Mr.. johnson, Super
intendant Of Schools, of Nov. seth 1858, he
must have discovered an obvious error of type
a knowledge of which would have relieved
him OF his labor as critic and correspondent
In my letter spoke of 'the large increase
of taxation, required by recent orer former
laws" The Boston Journal substituted "and, y
for oUer. destroying the entire pith of my
statement. Had there been no increase in
the rate of taxation, the remark would have
been destitute of point. What attempted to
show, was, that sndden and large increase of
the rate of taxation for school purposes, nat
urally had the effect in certain localities, to
to throw the school system into disfavor which,
with the withdrawal of the bulk of the State
bounty, might serve, in the way of explana-
ton to account for the apparent deficiency of
scholars returned. 1t wouldlseem that your Wig
liant correspondent seizes hold of this little
accident OF 'ype' to show an apparent want of
logic IN my reasoning. He is fully welcome
TO the glory of victory thus achieved.
A question Of serious moment to the whole
community, is involved in this discussion
but as the Press has not published it, its read
ers have not gained much information from
your Augusta correspondent. The facts are
briefly these. The school returns for 1868
showed an actual falling off in the number of
scholars, of 1888 from 1858 to 1868. and 49,.
72O, from 1850 to 1863
Our vigilant superintendent alarmed at this
result, wrote to several gentlemen in different
parts of the State, letters of inquiry, myself
among the rest. L replied as best could. and
showed, that there was an in crease in votes in
1868 over 1860, equal to 1904, and estimatinp
the population as equal to SOC persons for ey.
cry one hundred votes thrown. There was an
increase o: population in eight years equal to
44,5T persons or about seven per cent iu-
crease over the census of 1860.
Knowing there was very considerable pop.
ulation in the new settlements not represented
by the vote, estimated the entire popula.
tion of the'state July 1, 1868, at 6ss,71.
The Portland daily press., 1868-12-31

At tie annual meeting of this Society it was vot-
ed to request the several gous societies to take
up their usual collections in aid OF its funds on
some Sabbath in the month of January his is par
teulary important to enable the directors to deter
mine the amount of assistance they will be able 10
furnish their benehciaries.
The hefollowing facts are commended to the consid-
alton Of the benevolent people of Portland.
The Whole number of persons furnished with fuel
by the Widows Wood Society during the past year
was siz hundred ard hirty-three.
20s tons of coal delivered at the cost Of $1764 So
2sS cords OF wood at the cost of ....... 230U, 90
s4s64, ,35
The collections were not sufficient to meet the ex
pences, and at the close of the year, the Society
indebted to the Treasurer in the sum of S42s.
Tle calls upon the Society for aid during the last
month have been on increased scale and more
than ordinary pressing. We trust, therefore, that
the contributions will not only be promptly taken,
but will be commensurate with the multiplied de-
manduponour treasury. We make no urgent appeal.
The record of this Society is well known and its
work of usefulness too prominent, to require any
special pressure upon the popular feeling and we
doubt not our cali will be generously answered
Per Order,
The Portland daily press., 1868-12-31

CONGRESS AND THE REGULATION OF SUI.
rAAeE.-The very general impression that a
vote Of three-fourths Of the States cannot be
obtained during the administration of General
Grant in favor Of constitutional amendment
securing impartial suffrage, is bringing to the
consideration of intelligent and influential
Republicans the question discussed in the re.
cent pamphlet of Mr.. Washburn, of the power
or Congress in this regard. We learn that the
dootrlnes therein maintained are teing very
largely endorsed by the leading minds of the
party, conservatives as well as radicals An
eminent historian and one of the wisest states.
men in the country has said of this paper
The argument seems to me clear, forcible and
conclusive, and the writer deserves the public
gratitude for endeavoring to stimulate Con.
sFess to the assertion of its legitimate power.
in matter so vital in iis nature and moroant.
Gus in its issues"
The Portland daily press., 1868-12-31

THE Bath Times says that Mr.. Drummond,
our newly elected Representative, is "Mor-
rill man." The Times was either grossly mis-.
taken or w;lfully false in making this state
ment. As, for the Advertiser and Argus, two
papers that are working harmoniously togeth.
er n this matter, no charity can excuse the
deliberate falsehood of their declaration that
the late Mr.. Foster was opposed to the elec-
ton of Mr.. Hamlin to the Senate He was
elected as the friend of Mr. Hamlin and would
have supported him iu the Legislature. There
must be despairing feeling somewhere that
prompts these fabrications The position Of
Mr.. Foster on this question was we'll known
to all our citizens who take any interest in
politics. A correspondent who signs "Cum.
berland" to his communication, says:
The Advertiser Of Tuesday says the late Mr.
Foster was understood to be in favor of the
reelection of Senator Morrill, The writer
knows, from many interviews with him, that
he was an open and decided friend of Mr..
Hamlin-that he labored to secure delegates
to the nominating convention (as he said) who
would support Mr.. Hamlin-that he believed
very large majority of the Republicans ot
Portland desired Mr.. Hamlin's election. The
writer also knows that Mr.. Foster expressed
great disappointment and regret that there
was any reason to doubt that all of his col
leagues would support Mr. Hamlin. Their,
are scores of Republicans in Portland te
whom Mr.. Foster made statements of similar
import to the foregoing.
The Portland daily press., 1868-12-31

The AMOUNT OF THE ALABAMA CLAIas -
The total amount of the claims on account OF
the depredations of the Alabama which are
filed at the State Department is over eight
million dollars. This is much smaller sum
than most people would have anticipated. The
wisdom of tho State Department in repudiat-
ing the arrangement made by Reverdy john
son with Great Britain, by virtue of which the
English government was to be permitted to
file or set-off the claims of its citizens for losses
in the Southern States, is now more than ever
manifest. The En- gish legation would proba-
bly, have had no difficulty in figuring up
claims amounting to tens of millions, as, in
fact, it is reported was actually done. The
Washington correspondent Of the Boston Ad-
vertiser says that the Alabama negotiations
will not be interrupted by the change in the
English ministry. All Mr.. Stewards amend
ments to the original protocol have been ac-
oepted, viz: II agrees to abolish the distinc-
ton between the Alabama claims and other
claims contained in the original draft of the
protocol, which eliminates from the treaty the
nth and sixth articles, which articles as they
originally stood also required that in the Pc
ealiar class OF The Alabama claims an unani-
nous decision of the commissioners should be
required, but the distinction between the
claims being abolished this requirement falls
with 1t, and Mr.. Stewards amendment that a
minority be sufficient to decide any case is ac-
eeded to. Great Britain also agrees 10 the
amendment that the commission shall sit in
Washington, and that the umpire selected
shsll be subject to the ratification OF the Sem
ate. On the 10th inst. Mr.. Seward replied to
Mr.. Johnsons dispatch proposing several ad-
ditional notifications, none of them, however,
Of a very important character.
The Portland daily press., 1868-12-31

NEW ART SToRE.-Mr. T. F. Hale has Just
to the new and elegant building, just complet-
ed on the corner of Free and Cross Streets
The whole of this edifice, which is three sto-
ries high, will be occupied solely by Mr.. Hale.
As business location it is unsurpassed. At
the junction of three streets, two of them
principal ones, the magnificent corner window
of the store (semi-circular in shape and some
twenty by fifteen feet in sze) can hardly fail
to attract attention. Choice works of art will
always be displayed in it, and an arrangement
of gas-burners is placed at the top so as to
throw a proper light upon the pictures In the
evening.
The building is 80 feet in depth by 80 in
width. A splendid cellar, with cemented floor,
is devoted to packing frames, pictures and
mirrors for transportation. The second floor is
occupied by the store, finished off in black
walnut, having large black walnut cases with
glass doors, for the purpose of exhibiting diff
ferent styles of frames, placed along the sides
of the room, and between which handsome
mirrors will be suspended. About thirty feet
of the rear part of the store has been devoted
to the art gallery, neatly carpeted, with walls
painted light amber, lighted by windows on
Cross street in the day time, and by gas-burn-
ers arranged especially for the purpose at
night. Here can already be found very fine
painting of G.. L. Browns; several by Harry
Brown; Codman's Diamond Cove;" one OF
two of Cloudman's; marine of Norton's;
some fine landscapes, one by Harry Brown
from Rumford, and others by Lewis of Phila-
delphia, besides fine collection of choice
chromos.
The two upper stories are devoted to the
manufacturing of frames for pictures and mir
rors of every style and at all prices. We con-
gratulate Mr.. Hale on his new and elegant es-
tablshment, and have no doubt that the ener-
gy he has shown from the first in creating a
taste for art in this city will meet ith its due
raUard
The Portland daily press., 1868-12-31

QUEER CaARAcTERIsTIcs OF CENsoR.-
The Advertiser is pleased TO indulge in simil-
tudes, and we, too, are in that mood. Our
neighbor heroically announces its intention of
oriticising the Republican party, which it does
In the spirit that Lamb humorously ascribed to
himself when he said of an individual wholly
unknown TO him, "D-n him at venture!"
This is the method of the Advertiser in criti-
ctsing the Republican party, OF which il evil
IDENTIFY knows little and cares less, being chief
ly ambitious to make itself the mouthpiece of
disappointed selfishness and of every captious
malcontent who desires bearing. A Censor
must have clean hands and pure heart, Mr..
Advertiser; what claim have you 10 that ele-
walton Of character, when you began your
moaning about the Representative election by
threatening to bolt in advance, and have fol-
lowed up the threat by persistent misrepresen-
tation and petuant fault-finding? Such pre-
fentious disinterestedness as yours should not
lead to such reckless declaration as you have
made. Do you believe that four men consti-
tute a majority OF The city committee and that
they nominated and elected Mt Drummond?
You would give the world that impression.
Do you believe that Mr.. Foster was elected as
q Morrill, man, when you-say in the same
breath that there was "no Senatorial contest
In September" Dc you believe that major
ity OF the people, OF Portland favor the re-
election of Mar. Morrill, and that Mr.. Hamlin's
name Ssss withdrawn in September? Are not
>&ifof these open, gross and palpabe false
hoods, and, IL you insist upon the role of Gem
sor, rather the rawlings of a mendacious and
embittered Diogenes than the calm and dispas-
sionate structures OF Cato? What scheme OF
self-seeking or malcontent spirit leads to this
assault upon the Republicans Of Portland. we
know not; fortunately it can result In no other
way than did the assault OF The bull upon the
engine,
The Portland daily press., 1868-12-31
BENZ. KING sBURY, Jr., President

P. NJ. B.-This fourishing company change
their base from City to Lancaster Hall to.
night. AS far as dance-foor is concerned, the
change is good one. Lancaster Hall has al
ways been celebrated for its floor, which en-.
ables the lover of Terpsichorean pastime to in.
dulge in his favorite amusement to great ex.
cess without that sense of fatigue the next
day which he would be apt TO experience from
the same amount of exertion in City Hail.
There is certain sense of pleasure to a
great many in dancing the Old Year out and
the New Year in. The "all hands round" as
the clock strikes twelve" with the singing o.
the old refrain $50 say we all of u.s." is as nee.
essary to proper observance of New Years
eve with some, as turkey on Thanksgiving
Day to others. We have no doubt that the
hall will be crowded and mirth, music and
iollity rule the hour.
The Portland daily press., 1868-12-31
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Card.


The members ct the Portland Light Infantry de-
sire to retul their sincere thanks to Mr. o. X. Har.
mon for picture of Gettysburg Battlefield, Mr.. s
II. Colesworthy for picture, Mr. Paul Grant for al
engraving OF Abraham Lincoln, Mr.. A. NJ. McKen
ney for engraving " Mountain Cock Shooting" Mr.
Fred. F. Hale for picture g Home Again." Messrs
Carter & Dresser for a handsome Bible, Elr. j. O.
Durgan tor picture of Gen. Grant, Mr.. j. F. Land
for bu't of Abraham Lincoln, Mr. Hall L. Davis fol
an Inkstand and Holder for Pens, Loripg, Short s
Harmon for Call Bell, Mr. John NJ. Todd for pic
ture OF Gen. Scott and Bust of Milton. Mr.. j. w
Mansfield for feather duster. MIR. A. S. Davis for
frame, Mr. r. f. M1tcnelI Tor tidy, Messrs. wilkins
& Co. for a Thermometer, and to a young lady Of
this city for Toilet Set; also to Mr.. o. M Marreti
for the many he has conferred upon the Com
pany, and to all our friends who lent us helping
hand. Per Order,
j. ID. WILLIAMS, Clerk.
Portland Dec. 81. 1858. dit
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DIED.

In Ferry Village. (Cape Elzabeth) Dec. 20, Clara
Z Eiostt daughter ot Reiiance and the Ezekiel
Pickett aged ~ years months.
Funeral on Friday afternoon, at O'Clock, from
her late residence.
In Standish, Dec 29, Mrs. Lucinda, wife of Nahum
Cl0ugh, aged ~ Years.
S6 years
In East Rumiord Dec. 9, Roger. only SON ss- f,o,i
Swain, aged IL years.
In South Paris. Nov. 27, Julia daughter OF wm
II. and Belle Y. SWEET, tged years months.
In Hartford, Dec. IA suddenly, Nathan sampson,
ageu vi years.
In San Francisco, Nov. 1S. Mrs. Sarah E.. wife uf
Byxbee, aged "a years 6months,-Iormerly OF
BrunswIck.