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The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09
Another Republ.can Ralry.

A meeting of the Republicans of this city,
favorable to the election of Capt. Jacob Nc
Lellan for Mayor, was held at the Reception
room, in the City building, on Saturday eve
ming. The meeting was well attended, and the
enthnsiasHs that has characterized previous
meetings undated. The meeting was called
to order by NJ. A. Blanchard. Esq, and Hon
George W. Woodman elected chairman. Mr.
Woodman, on taking the chair, addressed the
meeting briefly, and was followed by Messrs
Josiah FL. Drummond, j. T. McCobb, Benz
Colby, N. A. Foster, M. A. Blanchard and p
r. Hail. '-
The speakers urged the Importance of going
into the work on Monday next earnestly and
systematically with determination to use all
fair and honorable means to secure the cleo
ton of Capt. Jacob Mcclellan. 1t was con-
tended that the Republicans had it in their
power to roll up majority of one thousand if
they went into the fight in a solid column
that the differences of opinion on mere local
questions ought not to divide our forces so
long as there was common enemy in the
feld-that whatever mistakes or Irregularities
might have been committed III the primary
meetings, it is too late now to co rect them,
auu every vote cast must count Tor Jacob Nc
Lellan or William L. Putnam-must be a vote
for the party of freedom, equal rights and ma
tioual prosperity or for the party that did
everything in its power to break down the
Government and riyit more firmly the chains
that held in slavery 100000 human beings
1t was urged as of primary Importance that
every legal voter, without re- gard to complex
ion or nativity, should be protected in his right
to deposit his ballot without being obliged to
submit to insult and injury. Instances were
rected where men who bore honorable scars,
received in defence of the country, were boot
ed while passing up to the ballot box because
they dared to vote as they fought, against the
rebels and their sympathizers. The necessity
of organizing and laying out the work before
hand, and then going into it with determin-
alton commensurate with its Importance was
clearly pointed out. 1t is sincerely to be hoped
that every Republican will on Monday next
lay aside all mere personal and private consid-
erations, and that We have a square fight be-
tween johnson Democracy and Republican
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09
Political N0fea

We learn from the Bath Times that Phips'
burg elected Republican and not Democratic
town officers last Monday. ...
Hon. Mat Carpenter, of Wisconsin, who
taxes the place OF Stanbery as attorney for
the United States, in the McArdle case, was
Tor many years the leading Democrat in his
State, but IS now radical Republican.
Inc McArdle case will probably go over until
December, as impeachment will interfere with
its further progress at present.
The Oxford Democrat predicts +hat E,,oo,,o
Hale, of Ellsworth, will go to Congress soroo
day. We agree with the Democrat Thoro :,
no man in the fifth district, who would renro-
sent it more creditably at Washington.
Senator Wilson is going to take the stumn
In Connecticut. .-
The summons on the President to put in his
appearance for the impeachment trial is sign
ed by the Chief Justice and recites the articles
preferred by the House of Representatives,
'Jeh Davis has been ordered to leave Louis
rama oy vote of sc to in the Constitutional
convention now in session in New Orleans.
The Bath Times for the information and
special gratltication of the Argus states that
the Republican vote in that citv ON Monday
last was more than double that Of tho non,o.
Gratis, a fact without parallel in Bath D~'
The Old Guard (Democratic) says "tbere i.
no better way of keeping alive love of tho
principles of tho Constitution than to cherish
with fondest affection the memory of those
brave and noble men of the South who fell in
resisting the negro war upon that Constitu-
ton
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09

The Press copies and gives the Coos IN. II >
Republican credit for the following pretended
remark by Hon. e. F. tillsbury OF this State
Speaking with a Republican he said: awe shall
beat you in New Hampshire We shall heat you on
the question of taxation. k7,otp it is all hliabt1
but we shall beat"
Tha- Pe~-.--rrouaUIy Deiieves religiously be
lieves, Mr.. Pillsbury made this remark-else
OF course it would not have printed it, but we
venture to say not one of its readers believes 1t
"FaYtion all a humbug! The people wish
they could see that it is all humbug, but I'M
fortunately it is sadland hard reaEty!-Argus
The Press believes the Coos Republican at.
tributes this remark to Mr.. Pilsbury, and
that he has not denied it II he does deny it.
we shalt publish his denial. The Press be-
5lieves furthermore that Mr.. Pillsbury's talk
about the contingent expo uses of the Senate,
as an illustration of Republican extravaganza,
is fall humbug, The contingent expenses Of
the Senate since the last year of Pierce's ad-
mtn,stration have been diminished by $685.
332. They may be too great now, but it must
be remembered that since the Republicans
have been in power they have had asgreat war
upon their hands. 1t is to their credit that
they have done SO much in the way of re-
trenchrneut, considering the state of things
they found in Washington. Whether Mr.
Pillsbury was iudiscreet enough to make the
remark attributed to him, we neither know
nor pretend to know; 1t is is said he did. The
business of newspaper, as we understand it,
Is to publish the news, rumors and all. with
the authority therefor. If the Argus has
better theory we shall be glad to know what
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09

The POWERS OF THE PREsDENT.-Ho on.
Robert J. Walker is a Democrat. Some Dem
oerats think that if the Tenure Of Ofice act is
decided to be unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court, impeachment must fail; but Mr.. Walk-
or, who is an eminent lawyer as well as DEM
ocrat, does no: share ia that illusion. He
says: W
called upon Gen. Thomas early on Satur-
day morning, at the War Office, and commu-
nicated to him in a friendly way my opinion
that any such order would be a nullity, and
would subj ect him to serious consequences, es-
pecialy if any such collision should occur i
told him that he had no right nor had the
President, to d,Sobey a ld,c Of Congress upon the
assumption that it ao0S ancoaSti tutiondl, and
that II this acere not 50 the President might set
aside all the laos Of Congress since the fouuda-
ron OF the Government, upon the ground that
they We're unconstitutional. That the Presi-
dent possessed no such power, because it was
not an executive, bnt exclusively judicial
power, and that all the laws of Congress must
be obeyed and executed by the President, up-
less their execution was restrained by The
highest judicial authority. That to eciare a
law unconstitutional was not only the exercise
OF judicial power, but the highest judicial
power an only to be resorted to by the courts
where, in their Judgment the act was uncon-
stitutional, and that in all doubtful ca>es the
court had uniformly refused to interfere with
the execution of the law.
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09

The Philadelphia Press correctly saws thai
the following classes are in favor of impeach
| ment: al .-a .sf
The whole Republican party, North ant
| South, including hundreds and thousands O
former Democrats, and nine-tenths of the
soldiers who fought against the rebel armie.
of Beauregard and Lee. .s1H. r.r ar
The widows and orphans of every Union
soldier plead for it. @ go
All the great sanitary and benevolent or
CARNATIONS during the war plead for it. -
The manumitted millions of the South
plead for it. ,d of1af
The laboiing millions of the North and
West plead for it. Fi'3 o.N
national debt plead for it. ..
Every friend of a speedy return to specie
payments pleads for it. '
Every advocate of new continental rail.
roads pleads for it,
And every friend of freedom throughout
the world watches its progress as the last
trial of great and second time betrayed
people. .al -. lat tlnaa "a. -.
The opponents oil impeachment are these
The whole rebel army vanquished by Grant
and Sherman.
The sympathizers with treason in the North.
All the enemies of the draft.
All the enemies OF the national debt.
All those who reioiced in the assassination
of Abraham Lincoln.
All those who gloried in the treachery of
Audrey johnson.
All the assailants of Grant, Sherman, Sher-
idan, Sickles, George H. Thomas and other
patriots. and every enemy OF liberty in the
old world
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09

HENRY CLAY DEAN has written letter tc
the Boston Post, less offensive than that which
appeared in the Argus-probably trimmed by
the editors. He quotes the speech about
hanging one-legged and one-armed soldiers,
pronounces it a" malicious fabrication" and
insinuates without directly saying so, that the
" SANDER" was originated by the Portland
Press As Mr.. Dean knows, or ought to
know, what his friends, the editors of the Post
and Argus, know perfectly well, that The
speech attributed to him, whether genuine OF
not, did not appear in print for the first time
in Maine, his insinnation to the contrary is sc
clearly false and reckless as to throw some dis
credit upon his denial of the main charge
The Star says gentleman from New Hamp-
shire, who was here Thursday, "fully corrobor-
ates the published account of Mr.. Deans
speech ," alI CAS- Do vnll aIaa1i aa bis. u
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09

OPERA!-Again this season eur citizens are
to have the opportunity offered them Of wit
Messing an operate performance; produced too
with all the original splendor and magniticence
with which it was first placed upon the stage,
at an expense of we won't say how many dol
lars, for fear. we haven't figures enough to rep
resent it. We allude to the Opera OF Pepita,
or the gipsey girl OF Andalusia which is COM
posed, and presented BY the graduate ladies of
the Portland High School for the benefit of the
ministry at large. The characters being sus-
tanned by the young ladies themselves, with
full and efficient chorus and orchestra from
their own number. 1t was universally COM
mended on its first presentation as the best
thing of the kind ever seen in this city, and we
advise all who would encourage home talent
and at the same time contribute to a worthy
object, to purchase their tickets beforehand
and avoid the jam at the door tonight. --
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09
City DEars,.as,s Erennr,.

The City Marshal in his annual report made
to the City Council last Friday evening, re-
ports that the whole number Of arrests for the
year was 1925. Among these were drunken
ness 972; drunkenness and disturbance l43;
larceny ITO; assault and battery 70; ARRAYS 81;
breaking and entering 40; search and seizures
120; Migrants and common prostitutes 10l.
Twelve hundred of the criminals were Of Irish
birth, 600 natives of the United States, and 20
English. ga DNA&
The amount of money collected and paid into
the City Treasury for licenses, &c., was $55175;
aulountof property reported stolen $3.50;
amount of same recovered $5976. The per-
sons arrested have been disposed of as follows:
Taken before the Municipal Court ... . / ! 55G
to Work House..... .........t..........,- 122
Delivered 70 officers to 90 out OF the city. 20
to Reform School. ........... 5
Committed to await the action oil s. j. Court. 25
Discharged by Municipal Court. -. ......... s6
without complaint. -. =. :. .1l5l
Six cases of small pox have been reported
200 drain and vault nuisances reported, 10 dan
gerous streets, 40 dangerous buildings, and 30
searches for liquor and more found gCs
About four hundred persons have been pro-
vided with lodgings ard food at the police sta
ton the past yeu.y
The Marshal closes Ills report as follows:-
'The spring and summer of 1867 were marked
| as emphatically u housebreaziRg season in
Portland and vicinity. The manner in which
these acts were done satisfied me that they
were the work Of one or more adopts IN the
nefarious business, and on the 7th day of Sep
TENDER the whole party engaged in them were
| arrested, and at the last criminal term Of the
S. j. Court for this county were Convicted
The leader was clearly au expert, and is now
in the State Prison working out a lite SEN
tence. They had, during their brief career of
| crime, committed successful robberies in Bath,
| Augusta. Bangor, Lewiston, Auburnand West
brook, as well as Portland. About $1,000 worth
of the stolen property has been recovered and
restored to the owners The whole number of
| arrests in 1866 was 2342; number in 1867 was
1925" ~@s
The following statement will show the com
parative principal causes of arrests for the
| years 1861 and 1867: 1A @taa st
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09
AMERICAN HOUSE.

The very in portant and extensive Improvements
which have recently been maze in this popular no.
eors to offer 70 Tourists. Families, and the travel
ing Public, accommodations and cOnvcnIences supe
ror to any other Hotel in the city. During the mast
summer additions have been made at nuraprons
suites OF apartments with bathing oms water
Closets &c., attached; one OF TUFTS magnificent mas
elevators, the best CONSTRUCTED con
guests to the upper story of the house in one mimi,
the entries have been newly and richly carpeted
anu rne entpe mouse inor9gghiy repenshed aud
to any hotel n the country equai
Telegraph Otice, Billiard Halls anil Cot, ~, ,ho
first floor. ""u Nhe on the
Feb. I, 1868. 'oHs LropsieIors.
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09

THE FRANCHISE IN VIRGINIA.-The Copper
head papers have had about all the fun they
can get out of the Southern Constitutional
Conventions Their criticism of these bodies
has been confined usually, for want of some
thing better to find fault with, to the thick lips
OF colored delegates. These partisan sheets
have for months been aching to have the Con-
ventions plunge into wholesale proscrl.
ton in order to furnish them with an excuse
for infinite prolongation of their melodous
bowling. The following dispatch from Rich
mond shows that, following the example of
Alabama and several other States, Virginia
Will have franchise clause in the New Con-
stitution that is considerably more liberal than
the corresponding clause in the Reconstruc-
ton act:
The convention adopted clause disfran-
chising all persons who gave aid and comfort
to the rebellion after having taken an oath to
support the Constitution of the United States.
as congressman, presidential electors, officers
in the service of the United States, and exec
utive or Judicial officers of the State. Those
officers of the State specified besides higher
ones are judges, clerks of courts, attorneys,
sheriffs, conStables, revenue commissioners,
magistrates, overseers of the poor mayors,
city cOuncilmen, flour aud tobacco ms pee tors,
coroners, &c. An amendment to modify the
meaning of the words laid and comfort" so as
to read, Except acts of kindness by parents
to their sons in the so-called confederate ar
my, or voting for the secession ordinance, IS
was defeated. and the clause was adopted by
a vote of 40 yeas to rs nays.
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09


JOHN E. Dow s. SoN.-We regret to learn
that this energetic and prosperous firm has
been dissolved, and th 1T the junior partner in-
tends to leave the city and go into business in
New York. Capt. Dow has done credit to his
native city by his service in the field, and since
the close of the war, like most of our soldiers,
has returned to the pursuits of peace with a
zest and vigor really admirable. During his
three years he served with the Sixth Maine
Battery, first as lieutenant, then as lieutenant
commanding, and finally as captain, taking
part in the actions at Cedar Mountain, Gettys-
burg, the Wilderness, and before Petersburg,
to say nothing of minor engagements. We
commend Captain Dow to the friendship of
the sons of Maine and of his fellow soldiers
from every State, in the metropolis. The in-
surance business will be continued at the old
stand by the senior partner, the veteran repre-
sentative of some of the best companies in the
country.
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09

The Washington correspondent of the Bos-
ton Post, who knows as we'll as any body what
is going on at the White House, says that
Seen. Lorenzo Thomas, Secretary of War ad
interim, viii hereafter attend all Cabinei
meetings as Secretary of War, and the Presi
dent will transact all business pertaining to
that Department through him. Gen. Thomas
was present at the meeting Friday with the
other members of the Cabinet but there was
no business Of importance requiring attention
and the session did not continue more than
half an hour" Gen. Lorenzo Thomas, "Sec-
rotary of War cd interim" will have to exer
else great caution or he will involve himself in
difficulties of very serious nature for a man
who has arrived at the age of 70.
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09

State Convention of Maryland held on FRI
day, rejected the delegates of what is known
as the "Bond faction" which favors the eleva-
ton of Chief Justice Chase to the Presidency.
Hon, John A. Cresswell, late United States
Senator, was selected as one of the delegates
to the Republican National Convention. Res
olutions were passed favoring the nomination
Of Grant and Cresswell for President and
Vice President A q" 1tt .i4 lI"tt
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09

IRE STEAM MAN, we fear, is humbug;
pue whether this is to his discredit OF MOI is q
matter open for discussion, since many men
VINO are not dependent upon steam for their
Aooono'i'e powers are liable to the same inn
pu'a'ion' as we have hitherto published a
description Oh the Newark prodigy, we give
the following US the latest news from him:
"The steam man" about which 90 mro,, bos
been said and Is sung" recently, has recently
wonder of the Gothamltes, or wonld he did M 10
not refuse to bulge an inch" The e1bibitar
explains its refractoriness by the remark that
his stomach which is of cast iron, Is out of or !.
der. So soon as 1t is cured of this disease or
defect, it is expected to travel at the rate Of
oo miles an hour, distancing Weston and all
other bpeds.
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09

ARREsTs.-The police ON Saturday were on
the lookout at the polls of Ward ! for one
Rice, who was charged with assaulting voter
at said polls last Monday. While waiting for
his appearance, james Brodericls, who resides
in Ward 2, came up and voted in Rice's name.
he was Immediately arrested for that offence.
While the officers were taking him away a
man named Richard Burchell made an assault
upon the officers, and attempted to rescue
Broderick. He, also, was arrested, and both
were taken to the lookup.
Late in the afternoon Rice came up to vote.
He was Immediately arrested by the officers,
and, after depositing his vote, was marched off
to the lookup. s
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09

FIRE.-Between and 4 O'Clock Sunday
morning fire was discovered in the chambers
of the block on Federal street adjoining the
Albion House, own d by Hon. "A. W. Fl. Clapp
and occupied, No. Ill, by A. A. Gould, dealer
in boots and shoes, and No. 113 by F. A. Smith
| dealer in clothing. The fire was in the cham
bers over Mr.. Gould's store. 1t ran up the
ceiling to the roof, and nothing but the brick
partition wall between Nos. Ill and 113 saved
the building. AS it was, the second and third
stories were damaged to the amount probably
of $500. saiase D lsaeA 1879
A portion of the stock of Mr.. Goold in the
| back part Of his store was burned, and the rest
| Of it was badly damaged by water. He had
| $4,000 insurance in the New York Security
office, at the agency of Messrs. Loring 8, Thurs.
ton, which will fully cover his loss.
The stock of clothing of f. A. Smith was
! damaged by water only. He is insured $4,000
in the agency of G. A Stackpole, Jr., and $1,000
in the agency of H. r. Stickney. His loss i,
fully covered. Col. Capp had no insurance or
the building. .Aaur acr rr
The stock OF NJ. II. Reddy, in No. 100. was
injured by smoke. This is the second time
Mr. Reddy has been smoked out. He is in
sured. E e. E,# ErH Cd -
The fire, without doubt, was the work of an
incendiary. The chambers have not been oc-
cupied, neither has there been any fire in them
for three months. The fire was set in closet
or small room at the head OF the stairs, and
then the door was closed SO that the light
should not be seen. 1t had thus gained con-
siderable Roadway before it was discovered
The volumes of water poured into the cham
bers prevented the flames from injuring the
roof of the building. The voices of persons
talking in that vicinity were heard half an
hour before the fire was discovered.
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09

The nomination of S. s. Cox as Minister to
Austria came up in executive session of the
Senate, on Friday, and was finally referred to
the Committee on Foreign Afflirs as the east
est way of killing it. Mr.. Morrill, of this State
made strong speech in opposition to the
nomination. "Sunset" ought to have staid in
! Ohio. Ifhe had done SO, he might have take n
Wades place in the Senate instead of Judge
Thurman. No Progress seems likely 10 be
made in filling foreign missions. England,
Austria, Russia, China, Mexico, and other less
important powers, are without representatives
from this country, and Hale threatens to come
home from Spain. 4 Oh F=..eqlIo.I -..f p-s- re-
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09

OCEAN STEAMERS. : Steamship HISTORIAN,
Capt Dutton, for Liverpool, was detained at
this port waiting the arrival of passengers and
mails from Canada. She was to sail Sunday
night or Monday morning
Steamship Belgian, Capt. Graham, which is
advertised to sail from this port for Liverpool
next Saturday had not arrived last evening.
The steamer due this week from Liverpool is
the Austrian, Capt. Alton. boo .s
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09

NoM1NATIoNs.-At the caucus held by the
Republican members of the new City Coun-
Gil on Saturday evening, Mr. Cyrus Novel; was
nominated as Auditor in place of M. A. Blan-
chard, Esq. Hon. Phinehas Barnes was NOM
mated City Solicitor in place of Hon. J. Il.
Drummond, and Elias Chase Street Commits
sioner in place of Nahum Libby. Mr.. White,
the Truant Officer, was dropped and no nomi-
nation was made. No nomination of City
Printer was made, there being no ordinance
or provision for the election of such an officer,
as was stated at the meeting. The present in
cumbents of the other offices were generally
ranominated.
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09

DEATH OF GESERAL AsBoTH.- General
Alexander Asboth, American Minister 10 the
Argentine Republic and Uruguay, who died
at Bueuos Ayres few days ago came to the
United States with Kossuth. He joined Gen
eral Fremont in the Department of the West,
received the rank of rigadier-general and
served with distinction in the West during
fha war. fa... ............- ID.
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09

"OH! THAT WILL BE JoYFuL"-when men
and women throw "Physic to the dogs" and
when trife out of order, take Plantation
Bitters. Are you Dyspeptic, Nervous, Jaun-
diced, Hy'pped, Low Spirited, Weak, or are
you sick and don't know what ails you? We
have been-and was recommended to try the
Plantation Bitters which we did with great
satisfaction and entire success. Delicate Fee
males, Clergymen, Merchants, Lawyers and
persons Of Sedeutary Habits are particularly
benefited by these Bitters The sale is per-
fectly enormous.
MAGNOLIA WATER.-A delightful toilet arti,
ele-superior TO Cologne, and at half the
price. mar7eod&Sw2w
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-09

ONE of the most important points contested
by the two political parties in New Hampshire
Is the control of the State Senate. Last year
the Republicans carried senatorial distrie is
1,3, 4 and 10 by less than 400 majority each
The Democrats carried two districts, and il
they can keep those two, and carry the close
Republican districts besides they will have
. seven Of the twelve senators. This the Repub-
licans do not mean to let them do bro grg