The Portland daily press., 1871-02-01
THE CAPITAL.
Especial Despatch by International Line.
STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.

STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.
AUGUSTA, Jan. 31.-The Temperance Con-
vention here to-day was not very largely at
tended, there being from fifty to seventy-ive
| gentlemen from out of town. Gov. Perham
presided and Maj. Shaw of Paris, and @. e.
Bracket of Belfast were Secretaries. Cover
nor Perham on taking the chair made few
| pertinent remarks. -
A Committee on resolutions consisting of
one from each county reported list CT resolu-
tions which were adopted. The first returns
| thanks to God for the success achieved thus
far. The second confessed that intemperance is
| still increasing in its destructive works. The
third calls upon all good men and women to
| unite in the use of all proper means to advance
the cause. The fourth recognizes the necessi-
ty OF educating the young and cordially recon-
mends the formation of youths temperance So
cieties The fifth calls upon the clergy to use
their best efforts to arouse the public con-
science. The sixth endorses the principle pro-
hlbtloa and rejoices that it is the settled policy
OF the State. The seventh approves of the plan
OF the Congressional Temperance Society of
making Especial effort TO secure names to the
abstinence pledge February 22d, and calls up
on the temperance people of the State to OBJ
serve the day with public meetings. The
eighth adheres to the conviction that in those
localities where The local authorities fail to en-
force the law State police should be provided;
yet the convention madesno such recommen-
dation to the Legislature.
BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD.
The hearing on the petition for an extension
of the charter of the Boston and Maine railroad
to Portland began this afternoon and was con-
tinued until ten o'clock to night, the evidence
on both sides being completed The counsel
for the corporation are Hons. J.W. Bradbury, /
L. FL. Hubbard, and G. G. Yeaton, ESQ. The
opposition comes from the. p. S. & P. Railroad
Company largely, for which Hons Phinehas
Barnes, Nathan Webb, N. Hobbs and Francis
Bacon, Esq, of Kittery, President Cosgswen
and Hon. John E. Bickford Of Dover, and 9th
ers testified before the committee, OF the p.
s. & p Railroad Co. Messrs. Barrett and
Brown, directors, were present and testified;
also Francis Chase, Superintendent Some
interesting facts came out in the hearing. The
arguments will be mlde to morrow evening.
BELFAST BRANCH
This hearing, which takes place tomorrow
afterno on, will call out large crowd. The
Maine Central and Penobscot Bay shore rou,e
will oppose it. This measure will put Belfast
in direct communication with Bangor and goes
a long way towards a competing line from
Bangor to Portland.
COTTON MILLS vs. FISH.
The Committee on Fisheries had a yery full
meeting this afternoon, in which the contest
was between cotton and fish, or an ATTEMPT of
the city of Augusta to be exempted from the
law that provides for fshways. If fish prevail
it will subject manufacturing com panies to a
cost that few fish will hardly repay. VIM. P.
Whi:ehouse, esq, appeared for Augusta.
wEsTBRooK.
The triangular fight continued until ten
o'clock tonight, and is not yet closed. The
RAILROAD interests with Westbrook have filled
the hotels to overlooking, nearly every compa-
ny in the State having its prominent men.