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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-11

PORTLAND BENEVOLENT SoCIETY.-The an
nual sermon before this venerable society was
delivered at the First Parish church last even
ing by Rev. w. E. Gibbs of the Congress
Square Universalist. church. His text was
Prov. XII "a: 'There is that scattereth and yet
increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more
than is meet but it tendeth to poverty" The
audience was much too small in numbers for so
important philanthrophy. The speaker first
explained the apparent paradox contained in
the text, and proceeded to say that our gener-
osity is too often an impulse. We should strive
to make it principle. Under the Mosaic law
the Jews set apart a certain portion of every
days earnings for charitable purposes. If we
should adopt the same rule our charity would
be larger. We give from our surplus.
A certain portion of our daily gains set apart
would yield large sum- like proportion of
our surplus would afford a pitiably small
amount. We have been wrongly educated in
the true meaning of economy. We practice
the virtue by boarding and give as little as pos
sible. True economy consists in judicious ex-
penditure; it is good seed. He who has money
that he cannot use is equally poor with him
who has no mouey to use. The buried talent
of the parable was unproductive because it was
not used the five and ten talents increased by
use. He who gives to a worthy object of chart
ty increaseth the world wealth. Many farm
has starved its owner because he has re-
fused, through false economy, to give it the
material and labor necessary for the reproduc-
ton of crops The same false economy is OBJ
served in nations. Spain, by giving aid to
Christopher Columbus derived great benefits
from his discoveries so long as she observed a
liberal policy. 1t was England's narrow, illib-
eral policy that lost her her American colonies,
and she still adheres to this in respect to her
outlying possessions The richest loyalty which
all desire comes of the largest liberty and is
drawn out by its possession. When we scatter
| good we increase the wealth of the world, es-
! pecially when we spend for education and re-
ligion. New England influences have increas-
| ed the wealth and liberty of the nation
The same principle holds in all enterprises 1t
increases our power and enlarges our natures.
1t should be cultivated and not repressed The
speaker closed with an earnest appeal for q
large generosity for the venerable association
which was asking for aid in the good work
which it had sustained for so many years, and
a contribution was taken up at the close of the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-11
GERMANY.

BERLIN, Dec. 9-In the lower House of the
Diet to-day Delbruck presented a bill for re-
tighten the burdens of the lowest classes 1t
abolishes grist and Strengthening taxes and
makes important reductions in other taxes
which bear on articles used by the common peo-
Il.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-11

Go this evening, and see sport at Mr.. Gil
very's shooting gallery. Open at all hours, at
307 Congress st.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-11
RUSSIA


ST.. PETERSBURG, Dec. 9-The knights of
the Order of st. George, founded by the En-
press Catherine December 7, 1863, celebrated
their anniversary on Thursday. A grand ban
Gar and the first dignitares of the Empire
were present. The Gar offered toast to the
Emperor of Germany. He hoped that the in
innate friendship which existed between that
monarch and himself would last as long as they
lived and be carried down to future generations
by their successors, and he trusted that the fra
ternity of the armies of Germany and Russia,
dating from an ever memorable epoch, would
be perpetual, and thus would be constituted the
best guarantees for the maintenance Of peace
and legal order in EurODe
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-11
. New York stock and Money ,Iarke,.

NEW YORK, Dec. s-Morning. -Gold 11Oi. Money
per cent. Sterling Exchange 1O9 a 1888. Stocks
dull and steady. State Stocks dull.
The following the forenoon quotations of South
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-11

NO INTERNATIONAL PARADE.

ell, before reported wrecked, were recovered
from a piece of the wreck where they had been
seven DAYS and taken to Martininue
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-11
DOMINION OF CANADA.

TORONTO, Dec. 9.-In formally opening the
Ontario Legislature yesterday the Lieutenant
Governor congratulated the Province on its
great prosperity and animadverted strongly
against the conduct of the Province of Quebec
in protesting against the award made by arb-
tration for the settlement of the liabilities of
the old Provinces of the upper and lower Cana
da, when merged into the New Dominion, as
Leading to an unnecessary re-opening o. old sec
tiodal strifes and animost es. The school sys
tenn of Ontario is productive of the finest re-
suits and emigration to the Province satisfacto-
ry.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-11

KINGSTON, Dec. 9.-The steamships High
lander and Hercules were burned last night.
Loss $4,000; uninsured One man was burned
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08
IN BANKRUPTCY.

District Court of the United States for the Hesf
etn District Of Wisconsin.
In the Matter Of JOHN STRA CHAN, BANKRUPT.
In Bankruptcy.
warrant in Bankruptcy has been issued by said
Court against The estate OF John Strachan, OF per-
al Point Of the County OF Iowa, OF the state oil
Wisconsin in said District adjudged Bankrupt up
on the Petition OF his editors and the payment Of
any debts and the delivery Of any property belong
ing to said anhrupt to HIM or to his use, and The
transfer of any properly b, him are forbidden by Jaw
A mr, citing of the Creditors of said Bankrupt. 10
prove their debts and choose or more A,slgnees
OF his estate will be held at Court OF Bankruptcy
to be holden at Madison Ia said District on the I'm
day OF June, A. D. 1911, at 10 o'clock A. W.. al me
ofice Of sidney Foote one Of the Registers Of Bank
ruptcy of said Court.
r. W. OAKLEY,
22-w2 Marshal and Messenger.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

l.4sr Friday morning Bishop White
house, Of Chicago, diocese OF the Episco
pal Church, formally passed 'he sent>
cnce of de gradatlon in the case OF Rev
Charles T. Currency, she effect OF which
is to place that Distinguished young cer>
svmnu outside Of the regular organization
OF the Episcopal Church Being, now,
ever, sustained in his course by the mem
bership and congregation Of Christ
Church, Of which be is the rector, MIR.
Caeuey will continue 10 preach ana con
dust the services there as usual
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08
IN BAD FAST Il.

If it be true, as ia asserted, and no.
body sslieves that the gentlemen engaged
in urging Mr.. Cobb's proposition, both
inside and outside Of Iowa County, and
more especially Messrs. Magoon, Orion
and others, of La Fayette County, have
no personal pecuniary interest in enforc
ing the payment of the Iowa County
bonds in accordance with the wishes OF
the boilers, We submit that it is in very
bad taste for them TO interfere in any
manner with our local affairs; and when
they assume to inform and advise us that
it is. beth our interest and duty to accept
Mr.. Cobbs schcme, and incur new la
bilites Of hundreds OF thousands Of dol>
lars, as much for their benefit az our
own, it amounts to downright impotence.
The Mineral Point Railroad, and the
proposed extension interest and benefit
the people Of La Fayette County as much
rs our own; and in view Of this fact, We
are curious to know what they have all
ready done toward the NJ. F. X. r., and
what they offer to do toward the proposed
extension, or the what>do- they >call-it ?
X. Il.
We have already been piled ad nau-
seam with various and touching appeals
to allow ourselves to be used as cats paws
to dig other peoples chestnuts out of the
fire and we think it is about time that
all in interest understand that the people
of Iowa County are not so simple as to
allow themselves to be twice daped BY
the same parties in the same matter
CITIZEN.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

THERE is danger that the yellow fever
now dcsolating Buenos Ayres will reach
our own land. Ii is we'll known that we
import lYom these immense quantities Of
wool and hides. CHIT of the two hundred
thousand inhabitants not half are left
Death has overtaken them or they have
fled to the interior, only, in very many
cases, to hasten their DOOM New York
is not little alarmed by the report that
a cargo Of hides from there has regency
been landed at Fulton Ferry The whole
county is interested, for If the chief city
of the land should fall prey to pesti-
lence, no one can tell where the epidem>
ic voald stop
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

A rypmpic tornado Of fire and rin3
swept through portion Of Mason county
Illinois on Friday Leaving n track Of ruin
and desohtion three miles long and from.
seventy to eighty feet wide. 1t appears
to have been cloud OF fire, which llter>
ally barued everything it touched where
it struck the groana 1t was one of the
most marvellous electrical phenomenas
on record, and will form an interesting
suhjec. for scientific Investigation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

A New ORLEANS paper likes Fallon-
digham's last dodge, but prefers new deal
TO "new departure 1t would be more
appropriate Shuttle then ~ YOU will, the
cards are the same oh pack IN use for
the last ten years Perhaps really new
deck would change the luck but as it j.
Nallanligham is bound to be euchred
" ish his lone hand,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

THE Lospoa NEws- on THE TREATY. -.
Every well informed person knows that
the London Ne,ps is the great liberal pa
per Of EngIand,; only it is less inhuen-
tial than the JAuHderer itself and more
accurately, rejecting the temper and
opinions Of the party in power What a
paper Occupying such ~ position has to
say about the treaty OF Washington is
worth hearing It's article is too long to
ne given entire but we make one or two
specimen extracts
There is, we believe, too much Of good
sense and good feeling among the people
of the United States and of England to
let any silly impulse of national vanity or
sell. love raise bubbles about u treaty
which concerns the interests Of two great
sections OF that race to which Europe,
bewllderd by diplomists and worried by
wars, turns for an example of justice and
moderation. + For our own part
we ask nothing more or better than to
be able to date from the treaty Of Wash
ington that new era Of hearty reooncilli-
anon between kinsmen whom the ocean
should associate rather than divide which
all good men in England and America
desire with all their hearts, The British
High Commissioners, who nre now re-
turning home, will have agreeably con-
WINGED themselves during their visit to
Washington, that n few rowdy and reck-
less irebrands are rot the representa-.
tives Of the people and policy OF the Uni
ted States, and in dispensing an admira
ble hospitality to their official guests, the
political world of Washington will have
easily discovered that English statesmen
are not irresponsible builders of Atabam-
as, or blind to the permanent interest Is
of maratine and commercial empires,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

.EEFr DAVIS is selfish, cold blooded
erotist and ~ man whose obstinncv ani
iucapacity the Contederacy to dofea.
and ruin - Chicago Times.
Il woald seem that the new depart
usc" is paraphwse Of depart, ye
snrsel ~
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

PKomF1TroN ENFORCED. Judge Clark,
Of Fort Dodge, fined man 1000 for
selling liquor the other day, and announ-
cet' that if any other persons in Fort
Dodge were convicted Of sim liar oilense,
they would be set to work on the roads
until their fines were paid.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

TEE Introduction against persons en-
tcring or leaving Paris was last Satnr-
day removed. The work Of summary
shooting all suspected persons has
ceased, The great question now dis
cussed in the French press is that Of the
futuye Gos ernment The general seati,
n.ent ID ia favor Of the Republic
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

The Sparta Herald advocates toe nom
nation of Gen G, g. Washburn rs the
Republican candidate for governor Of this
state His opposition to official oorrnp~
lion Of every kind and his fitness for the
place, are the grounds uPol which his
nomination is nrred
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

VIZ are informed that the army worm
has made its appearance in some of the
corn fields in y, Clair county, Illinois
Precautionary measures have been adopt
ed to guard against their depre1ations as
far as it is possible to do sos
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

INDIAN Massacre Tho yeport Of the
taassacrs of l2O Indian men womenand
children, by white men, at Camp Grant,
in Arizona. is conirmed, and proves to
be more horribe.than was at FIRST report
ed. 1t appears that the Indians wero
friendly, and thought they were under
the protection Of the fort The troops
came up toe late to prevent the massacre
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

TBr reduction Of the public debt for
the month Of May has been only about
s3,000,000. The semi annual payment
of pensions brings down the amount OF
reduction this month to about one-third
Of the average for the last two years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

GOVERNOR HorF,r,N, Of New York, re
fused his assent 70 one hundred and forty
bills, passed By the recently assembled
Legislature Of that State.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

SouE Of the patriotic citizens of Fred
ericksburg proposed to decorate the
Graves Of dead soldiers Of the Union army
buried there, The News of that city pro-
tests against this as an insult, and reminds
those who propose to do this thing that
.they are not in a Nosshen community,
and have 40 right to thus outrage the
feelings of sheir Geliow citizens.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

BY the ompleton Of the laying of a
submarine cable between Singapore,
in the East Indies, and the city of Hong
Kong, on Saturday, london and the rest
Of the civilized world are now in direct
Geographic communication with China.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08
CARRIAGE REPAIRING

,iysn prompt attention, and all work done IN th1t
Iynr In sti.ras.pry ma1urr Our faci lilies Tor this
line If ,rk ~, thr best Ia e city, aud az carriage
hudinr ami repairing s th' only branch y ~ bus
mess i Witch operate q will he admit diha' we
ag4t f he able do l. better than thosa who ol~r
afr II, sflv in caarstr work In prices We wa com
pare with nav an.F AL Competitors, for same style
and quality Of work. ~
N;,arol Paint WIS June = 1871 ally
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

You honor me only as the representa-
five of your cause That cause is dear
to me-more precious even than HE
and ! glory in its remembrance, --Jef-
ferson Doris, al augusta, Ga, My %
1911.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08
gIENEHtaE '9ENE' RAILROAD
Notice ~ Stockholders.

II7~ r,,,sh 4nn,~l Ve.,,nq 81 the Stockholders OF
! tar Mineral Potu' Rtisroas VIII he held ~ the
eiE,, af ne company. Tn The city Of Mineral polt
IN N,nAtv, Jtl'y "a, ISL far the election u tFe
DIRECTORS 'or The ensna- year. sat Or ira1>acIhg
any ,shrr has r,-,s that may come hr'o-s them.
Pa.is oi,cr NJ IN \. " AMI close ~ y ",
Gro " com Srcrc''ry.
Mineral n, Wiz, Nay 81, ISL. ---2!-".
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

The. lower part Of New Orleans Is in
uudated, owing to an overflow OF Lake
Poatehartriin.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08
ENGR.i TERS
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The New York herald., 1871-02-28
I r IP LIE SHEET
New York, Tuesdnys February 2S, 1871.
CONTENTS OF Tc.Dsy,s HERaLD.

PAGE.
t-Adverisements
2-Adverfsements-
3-The Joint High Commission: First Meeting OF
tae Members IN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES from
WaShsngson-1he State capital: Propositions
for Eellei from the Coal Famine.
4-EnT0pe: The Dowry OF the Princess Louise Be-
perla Headquarters at Versailles: Dreadful
Sutierings OF the French Soldiers In Switzer-
land the Black Sea Question-The Coal
Irouoles-Ruts and Romaplsm: Discussion by
Methodist Preachers-New York City News
Dice aud Death-s Demented Nabob Army
anu Naval lntelligence-Burned to Death
Suiclde-Two "Blarsted Briishers-Importing
Pestlence.
5-Proceedings in the Courts-The Animals Pea.
boV-Brooalyn Common Councl-rne MUIR
derer Thomas-Decs:on in Bankruptcy-
West Virginia INTEL gence-Rea Estate Mat
ters--Conaagration IN Patchorue-Damage
by Storm-"WaiSing the Plank''-Maryiages
and Deaths.
6-E0itorels: Leading Article, 1.-THE Peace Treaty
The Prostraton OF Fraice-The Heavy Exac-
tons OF GerInany"-AausemeBt Announce
mems.
s-Edtorial Continued from Sixth rage)-Peace :
The Preliminaries Of Peace signed: Prepara-
Victors Return-General Reports from
France-Relief FOR France-Iisce ianeous Eli-
ropean Despatcaes-News fron Hayti-Busi-
ness Notices.
S-Financial and Commercial Rep0rts-Hayaua
Observation-Disclosures.
9-Adyertisements.
IO-A Market Muss Washington Efarket in a Wal
opIng Mood-Amusements- Miscellaneous
Telegrams-Unveiiing the s'West Wind
Shipping Intelligence ce-Adverttsements.
1i-Advertsaments
12-Advertsemenis.
The New York herald., 1871-02-28

THEY HAVE Cor A GoyERNoR-The people
of the District Of Columbia, and Henry D.
Cooke, of the firm Of Jay Cooke & Co., is the
happy man. The happy people Of the District,
promoted to the status Of Utah and Terri
torial Governor, and with banker as their
man, ought to get up another carnival for the
Governors Inauguration. Best of all, they
will, like Utah, New Mexico and the other
Territories, have delegate of their own in
Congress to look after the special interests of
the District which is very good idea, and
they will have Territorial Legislature and
so, what with all these things, and what with
negro suffrage and the expectations of woman
suffrage, the people of this national district
have right to be proud.