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The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06

OILS.--We note sl.eht decline in linseed. Other
oils are unchanged. The demand for Portland Ker-
osenes continues to be steady.
PAINTs.-The market is steady with moderate
demand for leads.
PLASTER.-we quote hard at 90 90 and soft at
So % per ton. Ground, in bulk IS 30 and in bbls
81 90: calcined in bbls 80 Is.
PRODUCE.-The market is dun. There vas
quite advance on potatoes last week but The mar
ket now rules lower and We quote them at 90c0S1 TO-
Prime Eastern potatoes command higher price.
Eyes are e'liDg in lots at 1920.
PROFESSIONALISM maIhet is rather armer tor
pork, but there is no change in prices. Beet contu-
ues to be dull. fFfbEf
SAIT.--The market is well supplied There is
good demand Tor fishing purposes. Prices are with
out change. .-,.--.-.-,
SPICES.-We advance our quotations on mace
and nutmegs, prices having risen, In consequence
of the hurricane which has, it is stated, badly in
iured the crops.
SUGARS The market for raw sugars is very
firm, and hard sugars have slightly advanced There
il good demand tor Forest City Refinery produc
lions and we quote gran ulated at 1871 and coffee
crushed at 11E@12ae, according tc grade.
TEA.-rhere is steady and moderate demand.
No change in prices
TIN.-The market for pig is dull, but there is a
rather more active demand for plates. Prices are
W3oL.-The market continues active and prices
are syery firm and advancing. Manufacturers are
stocking up at m rates. There has been more dis
nosjtion to sell recently the prices offered were
considered air and the sales have been quite large.
FREIGHTS.-we have no improvement to note.
There is nothing offering for Cuba and no tonnage
here. Sch Hattie Ross was taken. hence for Sag1a
on private terms; brig Hattie Bishop, hence to st.
john, N b.. at 1Sc tor four and thence Philadel-
pha at 7sc for aths: sch Elizabeth Ann from Pic
tou to Boston, at So 60 for coal; sch belmont, from
Wentworth N. s.. to PHILADELPHIA, at ~ 90 or plas-
teri bark Charles Fobes from Sidney to New York
at As for COAL Coastwise treights are low Vessels
have been taken for New York at % Is Tor lumber
and for Boston at 81 %, ne rates tor ice on the
| Washington; S275 to Savannah and IS to Mobile
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DOMESTIC Ports.

New York. r
Cid 26th, brig Frank Clark, Barstow for Phiadel-
NEW ORLEANs-Ar 27th brig Maria W Nor
wood, washburn Liverpool
Cid 28ih, ship Lydia Skolfed. Melcher, London.
Cid 29th, ship Emma, Rich, Pensacola.
At SW Pass 2Sth, barque Annie Torrey.
Newcastle, E, tor Galveston:
FERNANDINA-Cld 18th, sch George & Emily,
CHARLESTON-Ar LIST, sch Clara Sawyer, Brans-
BULL RIVER. sC-cld goth. brig Carrie Bertha
BALTlMORE-Ar LIST, brig H G Berry, Conklin,
Rio Janelro; sch j l. Tracey, Meservey, Gardner.
Ar I'd, bfigs Amos M Roberts, Doak, Matanzas
PHlLADELPHIA-Ar 1st, schs Samuel Gilman,
Kelley, Gardiner; Virginia. Bearse do; Gen Bangs
Cid list, brig M Mariner, Mariner, Portland; sch
Curtis Peters, Boston; Williams, Watson. and
Phil,a Ian aI a kyaer; do: ,o. n.u..
San Carlos, Blanchard, Portland; sch Charter Oak,
Ar ID. barques Union Paine, Havana; is Harris
Durle, Matanzas; Pohono, Thompson, Sagua; sch
Dolphin. Smith st John. NIB.
Ar Sd, brig Rio Grande. Mcclellan. Porto Rico;
Lewis Clark, Bartlett, Darien; sch IL g Fay, Pres.
colt, Calais.
Below, brig Julia F Carney, trom sagua.
NEW YORK-Ar 1st scbs Flying Arrow Curtis
and Alcora, Dennison, Machias. O''''
=, Ar I'd. oaroue Q Eaton, Elwood, Mention; briggs
Black swan Podger st Pierre; Renshaw, Sylvester,
- Ao"h6. AoyCts RUckpOrts Richmond
Powers, Ponce; scDs Hertensia, Norton, Demarara;
Elizabeth DeHart She lock, st Pierre; ii Bisbee.
anderson; and Paul Seavey, Lowell, do REM Reed
Gregory, Barbadoes; David Babcock, ColcoId. Porto
Elco; y Sawyer. Kelley, do Mabel Staples,
CONN, Matanzas; Geo Washington. Pinkham, Bara-
Goa; Lookout. Howes, Glace Bay; Alaska Clark,
musquash, NIB; Lebanon. Delay james RIVER ior
Boston; ID nj French, Jones, hockport' Oh Cbao,
McCintOck, Eleuthera; lIannie Westbrook, Little
john Portland; Senator GRIMES. Philbrook, Calais,
Susan Center, Dow, Thomaston: c,r
Ar Sd, baraue II F Wilton, Carver, Grand Turk;
.ho n0r lrnfx he ire.
fethen CLARK st Pierre 10 days Eyene, Carroll, I'm
Barbadoes; Zeta Psi; Cook. Barbados; l. MuIoh-
SON Jones, wilmington, NC; ID Sawyer, Soper, Vir-
GINA; Flying Arrow, Curtis. Maehias; Florida DOR
dan, Bangor.
cid 80 barque f Sherwood. Talbot, Frontera:
brig Hermon, Hichborn, Stettin; Altavea. Mcclellan
st John, NF. schs Mollie Plummer, Fernandina
Starlight, Mcintyre, Georgetown.
Passed through He'll Gate Sd, scbs Simpson,
Barrett. New York for Eastport; Ida Ella, Smith.
do tor Pembroke.
VINEYARD-HAVEN- LIST. scbs Gen How ard |
johnson, Gardiner for Philadelphia; Minnie Stil
Portland toi Fire Island.
Ar I'd. schs Harry White, Hopkins, Richmond, Me, |
TOR Washington: Chiffon, win low, do for New York, |
X w Brown, Weeks Portland for Washington Vic
tory, Moon, Ellsworth tor co; Prescott, Freeman,
Saco Tor do; w H Mailer Crowley st John, N B, for |
do; 5 s Lewis, Clifford, Thomaston Tor do.
Sid, brig Kennedy; schs Gen Howard, Min
ME STILL Pallas, l. Robinson, r M Brown, S Lewis
Harry White. Isaac Oberton, 8 Lewis, Antelope,
Chilion, and Mary Pearson.
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ID 4 Il d,

In this city, July 4, Helen Sherwood, daughter oil
the late Jos. L. Sherwood HI. b. M Consul for the
States of Maine and New Hampshire.
Funeral this Thursday afternoon. at O'Clock
at st. Luke's Cathedral.
On Long Island Portland. July 2. Mrs. Harriet nj :,
wife of Albert Babb. aged 25 years months. New
York papers please copy.l
In Bath, July 1. Mr.. Moses Andrews, aged So years
7 months.
In North Vassaboro, june 49, Mr.. Albert Hussey,
aged 81 years.
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06

MASSACHUSETTS CINcINNATI- At the annu-
al meeting of the members of the Massachu-
sets Cincinnati, held at the Parker House
Tuesday afternoon, tie following officers were
chosen for the ensuing year: President, Ad,
miral Kuox Thatcher; Vice Presideut, samuel
urer, William Perkins; Assistant Secretary,
Leonard c. Knowles; Assistant Treasurer,
Henry A. Pierce; Standing ooinmittee, E M.
P. Wells, Henry Bancroft, Amos A. Lawrence,
CHARLES W. Storey. Gillian Davies Beniamin
A. Gould. John Pickering, Edward s. Mosley.
W RAYMOND Lee. Alexander Williams, Sam !
Fl. Lothrop and Benz. H. Greene Boston
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CROQUET AND RING TOSS,
Base Balls 0ndE Bats,
FANCY GOODS AND NOTIONS,
FIREWORKS, AT WHOLESALE.
GUTTER. HYDE DE- Co.,
50 CHAUNCY ST., BOSTON.
ap20sn3m
N A II q l II D.

N A Il q 1 II D.
In Oxford, June IA. by Rev. Mr. Atkinson. Willard
l.. Monk and Miss Jane B. Prebe Path, Albert
Witham and Mrs. Hattie A. Decoster, all of Oxford.
In Wiscasset, June 70, VIM. Clary, OF George
town, and Mary G. Parsons, OF Alma
In Chelsea. june %, samuel F. Wallace and Fran
ces Davis.
In Waterville, June 20, Frank A. WasLburn, OF
ThomastOn, and Maria H., daughter OF Rev. b. f.
Shaw.
In West waterville, June g. e. N. Small and An
ME M. Benson.
In Bradford Mass. June 10. by Rev. j. d. Kings
bury, John Corson ESQ.,, Of Haverhil, and Kate s.,
daughter Of Hon. Henry Carter, OF b.
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06

RAILROAD CAsUALTY.-Mr. Chas. w. Simp-
son, carpenter and foreman of gang in the
employ of George Abbott, of Andover. Mass,
was run over and instantly killed Tuesday
night about $40 o'clock, on the Boston 70
Maine railroad, at gravel pit between South
Berwick Junction and Salmon Falls. by the
six o'clock express train from Boston, due in
Portland at 10 PM He was single man
about 35 years old, and belonged in Eliot E.
g. Neatly, ESQ.,, held an inquest on the body
Wednesday morning and a verdict vas render
ed in accordance with the facts.
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06
Portland Rolling Mills

PORTLAND. July 5tb, 1871.
'NHE Stockholders in the Portland Rolling Mills
L are hereby notified that the annual meeting Of
said corporation will be holden at the Treasuter's
once ly6 Fore Street. Portland. on Tuesday ,July
SEES, VIE: fPO'-
LIST 10 choose Clerk, Treasurer and Five Direc-
tors for the ensuing year.
I'd To transact any other business that NAV lsoali
come before said meeting ~ '~e'
GEO. L. B. JACKSON, Clerk.
~ Argus and Advertiser eopy
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06

Sch g d King, from Philadelphia tor Ponce, re-
turned to Sd inst with five feet water in her hold
having sprung aeak goth off Hatteras She will dis
charge tor repairs
Barque B. U. M. s., which was wrecked at Cerro
Azulon 9th ult, had a cargo OF sugar destined for
San Francisco She registered 436 TONS was built at
Kennebunk in 1854, and owned in San Francisco
Sch Geo Washington, (of Boothbav) Pinsham at
New York from Baracoa reports fine weather up to
carried away head gear split sails, and did other
damage. +
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iii economical and fault.6ndina Democra.

If economical and fault-fnding Democrats,
who have lively and pleasant recollection of
the Administration of Andrew johnson, will
refer to the latest reports from the Internal
Revenue Bureau, they will find that the Col
iectors of Internal Revenue appointed by that
gentleman are owing the Government 81 ,S13,
.o'' when is nearly twice as great sum as
,nat que from the Collectors appointed by both
Lincoln and Grant.
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06
Maine Pharmaceutical Associn-
ton.

TNHE FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING of tina
Maine Pharmaceutical ASSOCIATION will be held
at the Common Council Room in the CITY Building
in Portland on Tuesday, July Is, at P. M.
All Apothecaries and Druggists interested in the
tend. H. s. CUMMINGS presiJso,
Portllnd, July 5, 1871. ju62w
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06
he Seems" and "Pearls" of Song
Rent Wanted

WlIHlN about five minutes walk of the citv
w Hal. In pleasant location, about six rooms.
for small family; no children Apply IN ihe "'-''
Secretary OF the Young Mems Christian 4sso;o,ior
Jouot' at National Traders Bank,
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06
Economy is Wealth,

ECONOMY is Wealth.,
bottle Of LATHAMS CATHARTIC EXTRA
will preserve the health OF most families for an
tire year. All the druggists have it.. jy3 SN Iv
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06

Messrs. Gallison & Colby have removed FIR I'M No.
IL Gray to So Spring street. where with enlarged and
more convenient quarters, they will keep supply
of choice Family Provisions and Groceries, and nope
to retain their numerous former customers, and So
ficit the patronage OF their new neghborhood.
iv9s SN I'm
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06

~, AsfLuM-Mr. L. Bo0thby,
,u''pai 81 one Oh the Grammar Schools of
Ds'n' devo"ng part of his vacation to an
ehort to secure library for the Soldiers a..
phan Asylum of that city. Mr.. B. has letters
from Rev. Mr.. Dyke and others, urging the
claims OF the inmates of the institution and
their need of useful books. There are now 100
children at the Asylum, and the number is
constantly increasing. Bath provides them
with excellent public schools and is willing to
40 Its part for a library. That orphans have
particular claims upon the people of the State
need not be mentioned here. Mayor Kings
bury enters into the plan and gives it his hearty
cooperation. Any kind OF books suited to
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06
PORTLAND SHOOTING CLUB +!

MI EMBERS of Portland Shooting Club, are re-
1Nl quested TO meet at their room No G5 Exchange
Street this Thursday Eve at ~ O'clock for a per-
m nant organizati N and election of officers
All int rested are invited to attend
jy6-1t PER ORDER
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Maine Historical Society.

Maine Historical Society.
Nhe Annual Meeting OF this Society viii be held in
l. It's Library, In Bowdoin Co lege Brunswick on
Ihuesday, July 10, 1871, at o'clock, A ~
Brunswick, July Sd, 1871. > -''' "''''
july6 st 6,s,&12
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
LUBEC, June 2s-Ar sch Frances Ellen, Warren
Salem
June 29-Sd. schs Gen Meade, Allen, New York (;
Hattie, Huckins, do; Sunbeam, Bunker, tim Calais)
for do. .re ~rr-a IN .r
July Ar, schs Matanzas from Boston for Calais
Josephine. fremont Tor do; KNIGHT, Cove, Calais
for New York; Quoddy, Tanning, Philadelphia; Ga
zeIe. Gardiner, I'm Portland. with loss of jibboom y
Leader, Hunt, cruise with $50 qts fish, for Eastport
Good Intent, do 10, 200 fsh; brig Edwin, I'm Boston
for Calais.
July PAR, sch H Pray, Clark, I'm Portland for
Pembroke.
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06
MARI N Fl NJ EWE.
PORT OF PORTLAND.

Tuesday, July 4
ARRIVED.
Steamer Franconia. Bragg, New York-mdse to
Henry Fox.
Brig Bickmore. Henley, New York-375 tons
coal to order.
Brig Hyperion, Woodbury. Elizabethport, coal to
Evans q Green.
Sch q Willard. Wallace, Boston.
Sch Planet tBrl Wilson, Maitland, NS,-90 tons
plaster. TO n Whidden. ft-' r.
Sch James g Craig. Western Banks.
Sch Frank Pierce, Grant. Ellsworth.
Sch Mary III Lewis Orr, Deer Isle
Sch Utica ThOrndike, Rockland, lime to C A B
Morse & Co.
Wednesday, July s.
ARRIVED. AS.
Steamer New England, Field, st John, NIB, via
Eastport for Boston.
Sch Escort, Br) Curry. Boston for st John, NIB.
Sch Maracaib0 Henley, Salem.
Sch Geo Pierce, Pierce, Western Banks--1l0O
qtls fish,
Sch Day Star, tBr) Dawson, Halls Harbor. Ms
80 cords wood, for a market
Sch Garibaldi, tBr) Mckay, st John, NB-sleepers
to l. Taylor.
Sch Ann Eliza, Humphrey Shore fshlng-2OO bbls
mackerel 4 f.0
CLEARED.
Sch Armanilla. (Br) Mclean, st John, NIB.
Sch Telegraph, Woodland, Ellsworth, - Eastern
Packet Co.
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

rTNo LECTURE COMMITTEES N NEW ENG
l. LAND. The Boston Lyceum Bureau has the
Exclusive Agency
for the New England States for the Lecturers ard
Readers in the following list, and, with very few
exceptions, it is the Sole Agency for all OF them for
the entire ountry:
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06
Lost

Lost
- h. Hunt, Marble Worker, lost a pocket book
IL containing a considerable Esum of money, and
ssomeivaluable papers, Yesterday afternoon. The
same to r. k. Hunt, No 312 Congress st. jy5 tt
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06

"Buy Me, and I'l do you Good.,,-DR
LANGLEYS ROOT AND HERB BIrTEk'S No
drugs, no poisons, nothing dele erous nothing but
good healthy roots and herbs, such Sarsaparia.
Wild Cherry, Yellow Dock, Prickly Ash, Thorough,
wort, Mandrake, Rhubarb, DandeliOn, &C., SO com
pounded as to reach the fountains OF disease and All
sOlutey cure all HumOrs Liver and Bilious Diseas
es, Jaundce, Dyspepsia Cost iveness, Scrofula and
all difficulties arising from diseased stomach OF inn
pure blood Twenty years of unrivalled success has
proved them to be the best medicine in the world
GEO. Q. GOODWIN q CO.. Boston, and all DRUG
gists. feb24eod16w
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06
Horse Found

kWNND at large the evening OF July 4th. horse
nv, thal appears 70 be team horse Of some value.
ine owner can md the same at Smsli's Stable, 1s
charges and take him away. jy6itt
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06
SPOKEN.

April 10. lat "A 80 8, ion Al 81 W. ship Blanchard
from ouanap1 ol Falmouth, e.
:, May 2, lat los. lon II "a W. ship Tanjore, from
Rahgoon tor Falmouth, E.
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06

Lost.
a LINNET colored canary. The finder will be
II SUITABLY rewarded by returning IL to
Jyo ot No "a PARK ST.,
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06
MEDuOR ANDA

Ship Helveta, 1904 tons, built at Kennebunk in
1850. has been sold at New York Tor $4,000.
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06
r. b M O " A r,

The Office Of Assessor of Internal Reve-
nue. for the first collection district has been
removed from No. 50 Exchange street, to
front rooms ON second floor of the new
custom House ON Fore street. jun22sntf
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06
Provisions.

fSlce, " ID. 80. 3 (0 JU
Saleratus.
|SaleratusP ID @ 81
Salt.
Turks Is. ~
ST. Mafl4 s,Sus.l 2 x x 81 81 ;,S
do, Lin bond I So az 12I
Lisbon, in bond,1 80 @175
Cadiz dutyp'd Q 80 03 90
Cadiz In bond ! 80 az 90
Liverpool duty
paid ........ 2 5O03 90
Liv. in bond l 5002
Grind Butter. ESQ
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06

Ar at Liverpool goth, J f Woodward, McNeiIly,
Monteyideo .r.
Ar at Havre goth, Triangular, Waterman, New Or
leans
SID im Hamburg 18th, Assyria, Patten, England.
Ar at Brouwersbaven goth ult, BOMBAY, Jordan,
Callao: Kate Davenport. Ous, do.
Sid I'm Falmouth 20th Ventus, Vesper, Tim Calao)
ioi Hamburg.
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06

children from to is years of age will be grate-
fully received as well as those OF a n'o'e seno-
raj character Those having oooAS OF inVney
to devote to this purpose can leave the same at
the MAYORS Office Mr.. Boothby will call upon
parties in the city who it is hoped will respond
in fitting manner TO this worthy object.
The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06

GALvESTON-Ar 26th, brig Pomona, Brown, i'm
New York. H
Cid 26th, brig Frank Clark, Barstow, for Phiadel-
phia.
NEW ORLEANS-Ar 27tb brig Maria W Nor
wood, Washburn. Liverpool.
Cid 2sth. ship Lydia skolfeld. Melcher, London.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-18
Dangerous Disease.

a cough in itself may not be dangerous;
il is rather prelude to one that has been
regarded as almost proverbially fatal-pul-
monary consumption. II people were
sufficiently cautious, there would be fewer
diseases of the lungs and very few of them
fatal. But how Is this? you will ask. A
plain answer settles the whole matter.
Take medicine in time; take 1t when you
notice the first cough, or the first pain in
your breast. There is pain without there
is something internally wrong, and there
is seldom cough without something wrong
with the lungs or some of the organs lead
ing thereto; ii may be the bronchia; 1t may
be the larynx or the trachea. DIR. KEYsER's
LUNG CURE will heal any one, or all of
Them 1t costs trifie to try, and that trial
may, in your case, as 1t has done in thou
sands, save your lungs from permanent in
jury. DIR. KEYsER's LUNG CURE is real
genuine medicine; 1t cannot do harm to
the tenderest infant or the most enfeebled
invalid; 1t is prepared by DR.. keyser him
self, with great care and with an especial
view to meet cases of either recent or
chronic coughs. II you call on the Doctor
at his principal office, lG7 Liberty street,
Pittsburgh, he will examine your lungs and
tell you whether it will cure you. Office
hours from A. NJ. until P. NJ, and from
3P. NJ. until g. and on Saturdays, from ] to
Cat might. sl.5O per bottle. II your druggist
does not keep it send five dollars to DIR.
Keyser and he will send four bottles Sc
curely boxed, by express, with full direc-
tions how to use IL.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-18
The Hazards Of Winter.

The feeble and delicate dread the winter,
and with good reason. The weather at this
season has depressing effect upon the vital
organs and the animal spirits, and they
have no vitality or mental animation to
spare. The aged and inflrm, in whom the
fame Of life is waxing dim, are always I'M
pleasantly affected by the temperature OF
winter, and should fortify their systems
against 1t. The extra vigor and resistant
power which the enfeebled system requires
to enable it to meet with safety the assaults
of cold and damp, may soon be acquired by
the regular use of Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers. The tonic effect of this wonderful
medicine is soon apparent, in an increased
appetite, more active digestion, and a
brighter, happier frame or mind. Food is
the fuel of the body, and II II is not properly
digested the fires of life burn low. When
this is the case, the disability can always
be remedied within a short space Of time,
day. The stomach will soon begin to per-
form its allotted task regularly and stead
lily; the food, being Thoroughly assimilated,
will yield the amount Of vital heat and
nourishment which the body requires I'M
der the external pressure of cold, and the
weak and untoned physique will he avoid
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-18
RadicaIism In Texas.

We have been favored by Mr.. G. NJ.
CoEx, of this city, with late copies of
the Galveston News, showing that "for
ways that are dark aud for tricks that
are vain," the Texas Radicals are fully
up to the standard An act has been
passed by the Legislature, composed Of
negroes, scalawags and carpetbaggers
in about equal proportions, which pre-
vides that the Governor shall appoint
all the sheriffs, clerks and other county
officers in the State. 1t goes further
than that, and authorizes the Governor
to appoint even the Mayors, Aldermen
and other officers of municipal corpora
tons. 1t sets aside, by one sweeping
enactment, the elections by which all
the present officers in the State hold
their places and makes the Governor as
absolute a monarch as sits upon q
throne in Europe or sell his subjects in
Dahomey.
Of course, it is not pretended by the
Governor and his serviceable dupes that
the act is constitutional, but they have
the power, the United States troops are
subject to their command, and they
mean to enforce it in defiance Of the
constitution. That these things can be
done even against the wish of vast
majority OF the people, We know, by ex-
periehce in West Virginia where uncon-
stitutional enactments, have often been
enforced as law. go 30 .. -.
1t may be possible that this is part
of a Radical plot to provoke resistance
on the part Of the people and thus get
up an excuse for further reconstruction
measures. 1t may be that fresh stories
of Ku Klux outrages and lawlessness
are needed to fire the Northern heart
and furnish a theme for Radical
stump orators in the next Presi,
dental campaign. Or it may be
that a Congressional committee
! of investigation" designs visiting Texas
soon, and it is desired upon the part o.
the managers to get up an appearance
of restlessness and dissatisfaction among
the people. Whatever may be the mo
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-18
From the Ohio Statesman.l
Narrow Gauge Railroads.

A company has been organized in this
State, with four hundred thousand dol
lars capital, to build a three-foot gauge
railroad between Piqua and Celina, run,
ming through Miami, Shelby, Auglaize
and Mercer counties. The right Of way
is to be fifteen feet instead of forty, the
usual width. The locomotives are to
be capable of drawing from ten to twenty
loaded freight cars, each Of two and a
half tons capacity. Each passenger car
is to hold twenty people. A road of this
gauge is already ia operation between
Akron and Massillon. An extensive sys-
tenn OF railroads of this width is also be-
ing constructed as feeders to the trunk
lines centering at Toronto, and the pro-
jectors of the Buffalo and Springfield
Massachusetts, road are thinking oil
adopting the same gauge. tits also be-
ing adopted in Russia. Thus from do
mestic and foreign reports this descrip-
ton ofrailroad appears to be increasing
in favor. 1t is claimed that three,
foot gauge road is quite sufficient on
main routes, and that the cost Of con-
struction is not more than one-half oil
the medium four feet eight and one,
half inch gauge, with an equal, if not
greater, carrying capacity. The Festi-
nog railroad, Wales, is but one foot
eleven and a half inches wide, using
wagons weighing twelve hundred
weight, which frequently carry loads OF
over three and a half tons at the rate
of twelve miles an hour. They thus
carry six times their own weight, while
twice their own weight is the ordinary
capacity of wagons on bread gauge raj,
roads. If the advantages claimed for
this description Of gauges be well
founded, its general adoption is pretty
well assured, unless the superiority in
speed, conceded to the broader gauges,
as passenger carriers, more than
counterbalances their reported draw
backs as freighters.