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The Portland daily press., 1869-12-18

Sch LacOn, Thomas, from Boston, OF and for Calais
dragged ashore at Moosepeck Harbor during the
storm OF the 9Th inst, and is total wreck Crew
saved. No insurance on the vessel.
A dispatch from Havana 10th inst states that the
schr Wings the Morning. (of Wadoborol Capt Me-
Farland from Port au Prince for Boston. with car
go OF logwood, has been wrecked and is total loss
together with the cargo.
A dispatch from New York says a dismasted vessel
iull OF water, has been towed into Gravesend Bay.
Boston, before reported abandoned. The crew have
arrived IN Boston. and subscription has been start
ed for their benefit
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-18
Our ChiIdron

Need our tenderest care. Their feet should be
clothed substantially and comfortably. T. E NOSE
LEY q CO., 2es Washington street, Boston, (oppo-
site Jordan, Marsh & Co.'s,) offer for sale every
style of Boot and Shoe that shall tend to effect this
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-18
A Gard to the Ladies !
The Misses Scales.

Having taken the Agency for Noyes' New System
ofCutting Garments, prepared to furnish the
ladies Of Portland and vicinity, with the most per-
es yet invented.
By the use of 1t any person after fifteen minutes
instruction. can cut perfect fitting Dress or Cas-
sock Also Charts for Cutting Shirts, Boys Pants
Vests, &c.
INSTRUCTION FREE. Call and examine them.
v-Patterns constantly on hand or cut to ORDER
at No. , C'npp's Block, ELM ST.,
dcssn1m Portland, Me.
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-18
THE PR e SIS.
Saturday Morning, December Is, 1869.

BB- First Page To-doy--The Man with the
- Iron Mask; The Common School Report; civil
Protection for the Indians; The Trial OF ove-
.:-.s REID, Quincy & Co.; Religious Intelligence;
Recent Publications.; Items.
Fourth Pdge-Som ething Like Story.
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-18
DIED.

In this city, Dec. Is, Mr. Henry Gallison :Jr ocod
81 years months,-son OF Henry Gaiison, OF Fal-
Funeral services Sunday afternoon at IL O'Clock.
from his late residence 1913 Spring street Relatives
and friends are invited 10 attend.
!, Id sidney, Dec 10. Climena Weber, wife of Dan'I
K, Townsand. aged 81 years. IAN
IN none, Dec 8, MIR. A. Wentworth aged 81 wears.
IN hockland, Dec. 3, Mrs Mary S., wife of II. W.
=, In Rockland, Dec. Il, Miss Melissa Burns. AGED
80 years months. N"'Hs' aseu
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-18
PERFECT MANrOon

Essays for Young Men, on the evils OF SELF
ENERvATION, with certain help for the errinc and
unfortunate. Sent in sealed letter envelopes. free
OF charge. Address.
HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
sepZoSN d&w3m Box p, PHILADELPHIA Pa
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-18
HOLIDAY ITEMS |

HAVE you seen cOgia Hassan's Holiday GOOds9
OPENED fresh and offered
T ow enough for the hardest times
IMMENSE stock of Toys in endless variety at hard
i times prices.
nOLLS of all kinds China and Wax.
AL styles Of Albums
YANKEE, French and German Toys!
GREAT bargains in Jewelry!
IA! oh! OIL OH OH OH Oh! oh! OH
Nh how Cheap Cheap Cheapl
noMINoEs, 6ack-Gammon Boards, Sc
CHRIS and Drawers OF every QUALIFY AID price
ARTICLES of Bijouterie.
TABLE LINEN, of all kinds.
CUTLERY, Table and Pocket, and Brushes
OF every description
GLOVES and mittens for men, women and children
INITIAL Stationery.
ARMY Blankets
HOSIERY. Cheap, Cheaper, Cheapest.
4 NEW lot of Kid Gloves.
CLIPPER PATTERNS, Besutiful Styles.
CHAWLS, Zephyr, Worsted and Hand Knit.
A LII KINDS of made up worstsd goods
NUBIAs all sizes, and
GENERAL thousand articles that cannot be men
p toned here, all going at SO Exchange street,
Portland.
OF course every lady knows that
Millinery can be got at Cogia
Hassan's at figures below anything
dreamed of anywhere else.
~ The magical numheri is
80.
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-18
M A III N e NEWS,
PORT OF PORTLAND
Friday, Dec.

Friday, Dec =,
ARRIVED. i1'
Steamer New England, Pield, st John, NB via
Eastport. VIA
Steamer New Brunswick, Winchester, st John
NIB, via Eastport Tor Boston.
Sch Emene, Roberts, Wiscasset.
Sch Emily Swift, Orne, Southport.
CLEARED.
Barque Phena, Rose, Cardenas-Phinney & Jack.
son.
Barlue Ellen Stevens Howe, Matanzas-Edw G
Hight.
Sch Alice T. tBr) Price, st John, NB-John Por
teous.
Sch Mary Bliss, tBr) staekhouse, st John, NIB
john PoIteous.
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-18

To those of our readers who may be in want
of Boots Shoes or Rubbers we would say that
Butler & Reed No. II Market Square have
cLoice stock which they are selling at the low
est market rates. Call and examine the quail
itv and stxias
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-18

GOLD CLOSED in New York last night at
l2O IL 1908
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-18
New Stvle Roots

| for LADIES and MISSES WEAR, very STYLISH, to
be found only at
BUTLER & REEDS, No. II Market Square
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-18

OF Belfast IS to commence Immediately. The
executors, in conference with the city authori-
ties, have appointed III. H. johnson treasurer
and Daniel Faunce agent They will be as
sisted by committee made up of one from
each of the religious societies of the city.
Good Girl wanted at No. 8 Quincy Street.
ALWAYS send your friends to G. W. Rich &
Co. for Clothing. 173 Fore street.
FRESH lot of fine Lace Handkerchief and
Collars just received at Cogia Hassan's.
PURE SUGAR TOYS manufactured by L. j.
Perkins, at wholesale and retail. Dec 1876
THE largest stock of Opera Glasses ever in
the city will be sold low during the Holidays.
dc1S-tf G. q. FARLEY No. Exchange st.
A. G. CoRLIss has just received on consign-
ment large stock Of Jewelry which will be
Sold low. Give him call.
If you wish to purchase elegant Holiday
Goods at your own price, attend the sale at the
rooms of f. o. Bailey to-day.
Spectaces accurately fitted for Presbyopia,
Hypermetropia, Astigmatsm and Myopia, by
G. H. FARLEY,
dec132w No L. Exchange Street
FORTY cents invested in one quart of oysters
fresh from Virginia, will make you nice din
ner next Sunday. Freeman & Co., 101 Fed
eral street, have some of the finest we have
ever seen. dec11eStf
To those of our readers who may be in want
Of Loot Choa D,,I1,
Butler & Reed No. II Market Square have
Choice stock which they are selling at the low
est market rates. Call and examine the quail
ity and styles.
During the Holidays will sell Spectacles
and Eye Glasses, accompanied by an order
for changing the glasses to suit those to whom
they are given, without extra charge. I have
the largest retail stock in New England, to
select from, in gold, silver, steel, shell and
rubber. CHI. FARLEY,
dec13 2w No. 4. Exchange street.
For good assortment of Silver Napkin
Rings, Fruit Knives, Ladies' Work Stands,
Baskets, Black Walnut Brackets, Mechanical
velocipedes, Walking Dolls, new Parlor
Games of Base Ball, Parlor Croquet, Playing
Cards, Evergreens by the yard and in wreaths,
and host of other goods at greatly reduced
prices, call at Chas. Day, Jr., & Co. s, "a Ex-
change street. d18-2t
PERIoDICALs.-The Atlantic Monthly and
Our Young Folks for January, 1870, have been
| received, and are for sale at the book and
| periodical stores of Messrs Bailey & Noyes
and Hall L. Davis, Exchange Street; Loring,
Short & Harmon, and Augustus Robinson,
under Falmouth Hotel; G. r. Chisholm & Bro,
G. T. Depot. Also at the school book, music
and periodical store of E. c. Andrews, No Sc
Centre street, and the book and periodical de-
pot of Messrs. Fessenden Bros, Lancaster
| Hall.
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-18

DECEMBER IS, 1869. diff
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-17
The Atlanta sennntion.

We have no faith in the New YORK
E'ibEnSs dispatch that large number
of Republicans or Radicals from all
parts OF Georgia, including many mem-
bers of the Legislature ofthe State, are
now in Atlanta, believing that death .
certain if they undertake to go to their
homes. This can be neither more nor
less than an effort to get up sensation
and excitement for political effect. Inc
talk about Ku-Klux gangs in Georgia
is ridiculous. Two members or the
State Legislature have no doubt been re-
Gently killed, but Radical negro is IN
prison for the murder of one of them,
the money and other property OF the
murdered man having been found upon
the negro's person, and there is not the
slightest clueto the murder of the other
EXCEPT in the fact that good many OF
the negroes, driven to desperation by
hunger, the consequence of their lazl-
ness, are ready for all sorts of murders
by which they can hope to relieve their
gnawing necessities. If there is, as rep
resented, large number of Republicans
in Atlanta who cannot 90 safely to their
homes, their danger is from the negroes
aud from no Ku-Kluxes.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-17
Anti.sravery and Woman Suffrage.

There was q Wom2n's Rights and An
ti-Slavery meeting in New York city on
Wednesday evening. AS there is no
slavery now in the United States, ex-
cept that of the white Democracy ofthe
South, sort of slavery that appears to
suit exactly the ideas of the old aboli-
tionists of the North, male and female,
We can't see what purpose the New
York auti-slavery meetings have in
view unless il is to extend their opera
tions to Cuba or other West India
Islands. Miss SUSAN B. ANTHONY, at
the New York meeting, appears to have
exhibited good deal of jealousy in re-
gard to the negro, whom she and her
people have worshippod so long and so
idolatrously. She complained that the
ballot has been given to the negro at
the expense of the white woman. 1t
certainly does seem hard that the voting
negro should govern the nOnvoting
white woman, but we don't see that fe-
male suffrage would be likely to mend
matters much If white women have
the ballot, negro women will have it
too, and the former will be as much ne
gro-governed as they are now. The at
mosphere of the polls would probably
better suit the lungs and nOstrils of
wenches than of ladies.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-17
internal ReVenue-Losses by Surcties
NIuy be Deducted from Income.

The following decision of the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue settles a
question of frequent disputation be-
tween assessors and taxpayers. The
law permits deductions iof losses in
business, &c, but Commissioner ROL.
LINS held that losses as sureties for
others were not deductable losses. The
taxpayer could not see the matter in
that light, but had to submit The
present Commissioner, COLUMBUS DEL
ANO, now decides, as the former shsuld
have done, &c, as justice requires, that
losses by suretiss may be deducted.
The following letter is from the Com
missioner to Assessor ADAMS, of St.
Albans, Vt, under date of April 12,
1869. The decision, of course, applies
to the returns made this year He says {:
In your letter of the ID inst, you state
case in which a gentleman in your
district was compelled tOpay $1,000 as
surety upon note during the year
lS6S, and you inquire if he should be
allowed to deduct that amount in the
returns of his profits, gains and income
of that year. t
Hitherto it has been held by this of
flee that "losses as surety can not be de-
Quoted from income" However correct
this may have been under the law as it
stood previous to the anendatory act OF
March ,, 1867, (and of this express no
opinion there seems to be no reason
either in equity or in law for refusing
such q deduction under the present
statute.
By section 13, of the above named act,
several additional deductions were al.
lowed: among them, debts ascertained
to be worthless" Payment by a surety
makes his principal his debtor. Then,
and ordinarily not till then, there is a
debt from the principal to the surety
Tor which there is right Of action
Whether this debt is worthless or not,
IS aquestion to be determined in each
particular case. The claim of the surety
against his principal may be perfectly
COED; he may have full security; or the
principal may simply be absent, or only
temporarily embarrassed. Money paid
as surety is not therefore necessarily
ana invariably lost; but when il is found
TO be loss it may be deducted under
the head of "debts ascertained to be
I worthless
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-17
Agricultural HIema.

In the pastursl regions of the Rocky
Mountains butter is now made, it is said
"nich is superior to any made else
Where III our country.
Bone meal is very beneficial for Undue.
ing hens TO lay. 1t may be fed to them
mixed with corn meal, aud they will
eat 1t with avidity.
Inform temperature, and a constant
supply OF moisture, are the prime ele-
ihents IN fruit culture; mulchipg ena-
oie' US to accomplish this.
Cooked meal is nearly double the
ouLA OF uneooked, yet quart for Quart
II goes as far. The difference is that
muSh OF the food is undigested unless
cooked. N'''S
The Stock J0uTHsl advises a big horse
lot regular iaFm work, and one that
does not, without great pushing, trot
more than six miles an hour With a
light buggy.
4 well-trenehed soil is far preferable
fer n strawberry bed, TO one biTbiT,
manured but not trenched. In rici
soils, there is too much danger of hav-
ing more leaves that fruit.
Whenever we find a country divided
up into small estates, each and every
owner working his own lands with his
own hands, we find brave, patriotic
and free people, enjoying competence
and domestic comfort with manly dig
nity.-PGtriek.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-17
BY MAIL.

There are in Austria 1900, 600 acres of
native forest.
The orange crop of Alaska is uninjur-
ed by the late frost.
The Sandwich Islands are TO import
$50, 900 worth of Coolies.
California shipped S4,OQO,OOO worth of
wheat aud flour last year.
The New York Post considers a baby
nj the Messe Soleunelle a nSisance.
The Boston Trotting Association offer
purses TO the amount of $4,000 this !
wear
Bismarck has ordered the male ballet
dancers IN Berlin to cut off their mus
tacEioS.
The richest man on Long Island is
John 4, Monsel, possessing an income
Of over 100000.
Mrs. Stanton says wOman's dress is a
sheer invention of the devil to befool
aud helittle her"
One of the Philadelphia suburbs is
dec Jared to be "as. green and beautiful
as Feniau bride
1t is believed that the total value of
gifts to the Pope on his jubilee will reach
four million dollars.
Heinrich Ritter, the we'll known Ger
man philosopher and historian, died re-
Gently at GOttiugen.
The "blue grass region of Kentucky"
sold S2,OOO,OOO worth of mules during
the past six months.
A Chinese thief recently despoiled the
English Chief of Police, at Hong Kong,
o1his watch and chain.
Thackeray's daughters are travelling
in Germany, and meet everywhere with
the most cordial reception.
Wheat buyers are purchasing all the
grain they can find in Minnesota, in
hope OF getting up CORNER"
Three hundred and twenty five thou
sand Catholics in Germany sent to Pic
Mono s., 500, 600 as birthday gift.
Commodore Vanderbilt has purchased
forty acres of land and mansion at
Carthage, on the Hudson, for $4,000.
The Rsmau Catholics of New York
have subscribed SAC, 500 towards the
support Of the American College in
Rome.
B2ron Gustave Rothschild is appoint
ed Consul General for Austria al Paris,
replacing his father, the late Baron
James.
Fisk, jr.'s reputation has been dam
aged 81 100000 worth within the past
four months. He hasn't won any of the
suits yet.
\ child was last week born in Indiana
with wings. The little angel took its
night after three hours stay in this
wicked world
lhere are nineteen bookstores in Con-
stantInople. They are mostly kept by
Germans and Frenchmen, and doing a
good business.
The New York San thus pithiIy sums
up the claims Of the Iudepsndcpf. "Sev-
ing machines and rehgion-sucb as II
is-at $3.50 year.
The city bill poster at Lowell stpct
the notices to milkmen, the other dav
on the public pumps, certain that thew
wsuld be seen there.
The lawyers in st. Louis have adopte5
new fashion, that of wearing swallow
tail coats. Nearly all of the Grst-class
lawyers have already procured or or
dered them.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-17
Whitewashinx Trees.

Don't whitewash the bark upoa the
bodies of fruit and ornamental trees.
We are at loss to know for what pur-
pose some persons thus coat tho bark of
fruit and shade trees about their premi-
ses with lime, unless it is to make them
look nice. 1t certainly does them more
harm than good, as it serves to obstruct
the respiratory organs, and in measure
prevents thrifty growth. Should the
bark become diseased and rough, or COW
cred with moss, sCrape it thoroughly
with hoe or scraper of some suitable
description; after which, wash thorough.
ly with strong solution of soap and
water. If this is done properly every
season, it will prove great benefit, by
destroying the insects which prey upon
the bark, and otherwise prompting a
healthy condition thereof, and increas-
ing the yigor and vitality of the tree
Farm Journal.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-17
STATE ITEMS.


Judge Caldwell win open court in
Hancock county tomorrow. No special
term has yet been appointed for Brooke
county.
vTrbev ara treated to the smallpox in
crafton 1t was introduced few days
since by a very degraded and deprayed
sample of "femail perswasion." The
negroes are terribly alarmed and some
whites are skeered badly, Guess it is
a true ill-saIallpox, and no mistake.
1t isn't very enjoyable. AHnt jimmy
saws you-uns had better all git waxun1a-
ted to keep off de-de chOlarypox. She's
mighty skeered@ for wife fosx, she is;
but de Lor save de nigga!-Tdylor
County AdrertiSer.
We are informed that on Friday last
a little daughter of Nelson Campbell,
who lives near GlOver's Gap, in this
county, met with frightful accident
bywhich she is crippled for the remain
der of her life. 1t appears that the
child, who is but six years of age, was
PLAYING in the yard with her brother,
who is one year her senior, and by
chance they found an axe lying Ia, the
ward. with which they commenced to
smuse themselves The little girl Sc
lected a stick and held it OH the ground,
while the brother used the axe in cut
ting little bits off the end, and in max
ing a stroke the axe glanced and struck
the cbilds wrist, severing the hand at
the wrist Joint. DIR. F. A. Rymer, of
Warrington, was called, and after the
wound was dressed the little sufferer
rested easier, and at last accounts was
doing wei. This is certainly a sad and
unfortunate affair.-FairmoR Vest pir-
ginian.
The work on the Rolling Mill to be
erected by the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road Company at Cumberland has been
commenced. A number of wOrkmen are
erecting substantial fence around the
location of the works, and the force Is
to be soon largely increased. Suitable
railroad tracks are to be Immediately
laid, so that the building materials and
machinery for the works can be speedily
and conveniently conveyed to its ulti-
mate destination.
Wool gives promise of opening pretty
brisk this season. 1t ranges from 81 to
so cents.-ParkerSburg Gazette.
The house of William Mcclellan, Of
Coal township, Harrison county, was
blown down a few days ago.
Burglars recently entered the house
of John NJ. Stout, of Browns Mills,
Harrison county, aad stole $3.50.
The Morgsntown Academy took fire
in the roof last Monday, but the flames
were quenched without much damage.
Potatoes of the very best quality are
selling ia this market at retail for sixty
cents u bushel, that last fall would have
brought readily eighty cents to 81 al
bushel. $50, also, will buy barrel of
-four now that not very long ago was
worth Sl2 or SIS. Somebody, or bodies
has evidently lost, but we don't hear of
any subscription paper going round to
make it good to them. Butter has also
came down a peg or two, and if beef and
pork could be made to sympathizo with
other things, living would be compare
lively reasonable. Meat, however, like
bakers bread, docs not appear to be of
a particularly sympathetic disposition,
but is uppish and disposed to remain so,
as long as people think they must have
it at any price.-W WellSJurg Herald.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-17
NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEGRAPH.

Gold closed in New York on Saturda,
at 139f. o. ..r.
A billiard tournament was held il
Boston on Friday.
Lord Waterpath aud Lord Berkele!
Paget, of England, are in st. Louis.
Hills jewelry store, at Canandaigua
n. Y, was robbed of $4,000 worth of jew
slry on Saturday morning.
Boehner & Co.'s oil manufactory in
Jersey City was bHrned Saturday morn
ing. Loss so, 1000; insured.
The Chicago police made raid on
their demi-monde Saturday, and captur-
ed about a hundred and fifty.
A member of a New York banking
irm has mysteriously disappeared, and
taken with him an immense amount OF
money.
At one O'Clock Sunday morning Tur-
per's Opera House, in Dayton, Ohio,
took fire and was entirely destroyed, to-
gether with adjacent buildings. Total
loss, 100000.
The safe of the Douglass Axe Manu-
facruring Company, at East Douglass,
Mass, was opened 10y burglars, Sat
urdav. and Sl5,OOO or $4,000 in cash
stolen. The safe was literally torn TO
pieces.
The steamship City of Cork, which
arrived In New York on Tuesday, is
still detained at quarantine with 6OO
passengers, because one Of the passen-
gers had the smallpox. All ON board
haYe been yacclnated.
The new whipping post and pillory
erected in the jail yard at Newcastle,
Del, by the city authorities, TO supply
the place of the ancient and worn-out
one, was inaugurated on Saturday with
the usual interesting ceremonies.
The New York Mail says it has been
informed that the stockholders OF the
TribARe have determined to abolish the
office of managing editor, and that Mr.
Hazard will be in charge of the paper
during the day, and Mr.. Whitelaw Reid
at night. Mr.. Young thus loses his po'
sition, but is not removed from 1t.
The amount of business done at the
pOstOffice in st. Louis, including money
orders issued and paid, remlttances
from other offices and postage stamps
sold, was over two hundred thousand
dollars. The number of letters and
papers delivered and collected by car
riers for the same time was over gle, ,UUU'
The Assistant Treasurer at New York
advertises that he will receive proposals
for million of 5-20s of the January
issue mp to noon of Wednesday. The
bonds to be purchased are 10 be used for
the Sinking Fund and proposals for a
similar amount will be received every
Wednesday. The accrued interest will
be paid III coin.
A dispatch from Boston, dated 18th
inst, says: Madame Parepa Rosa has
accepted an invitation to play in the
grand chorus of the National Peace Ju-
bilee. In her letter she says "as to
terms, leave them entirely with the
committee, ,as no feeling except the pleas
ure Of joining 50 great an underta king
can actuate any artist The work up
on the coliseum is going forward with
great rapidiry; though only half the
time allotted for the construction of the
building has elapsed, it is already two
thirds completed Five hHndred me
ChaniCs are 1T work.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-17

THE last spike driven on the Pacific
railroad was of solid gold. One would
suppose, from the enormous cost of the
road, that all the spikes throughout the
whole distance were of gold, and COED
portion of the rails. We wonder how
strong guard was needed to watch
that golden spike and how long it was
suffered to remain in the cross-tie.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-17
Negro Convention.

Negro Conventions are to be held in
several of the States in a short time.
The Virginia negroes meet in Richmond,
May %; the Maryland negroes at Balti.
more, June 1; and the New York negroes
at Syracuse on the same day. The dis
tribution of the public patronage is the
agitating motive with these dark poll
ticians.