The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-03-05
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oduicS W. DWdlu, WIN lOl ScNcIdl ycdlo udS
been in the employ of Perkins's Exeter and
Boston Express, was arrested at Exeter, N. H.,
charged with embezzling money to the amount
of several hundred dollars A preliminary ex-
animation was held Friday before Justice
Charles Upham Ball, and Swain was ordered
to find bail in $500 for appearance at the term
of the Supreme Judicial Court holden in that
town in April, failing which he was committed
to the county jail
The Canadian press and people do not appear
altogether satisfied with the management of
the Grand Trunk railroad, and hence the prop
osition to aid the company to build double
track meets with opposition. The Montreal
Witness says ''they have sunk too much public
money in this business already, and if the line
had been better managed, the company would
have been long ago in position to do for
themselves what an ill-served and unwilling
public are now asked to do
Mr. Hubbard, the Democratic candidate
for Governor of Connecticut, is a CEN
fury or two behind the times. He even
does not appreciate the worth of SO
powerful an agency as the newspaper. Re-
Gently he bluffed a reporter after this manner:
81 am a lawyer continued r. D. ''When
give an opinion expect to be paid for it-that
is my business. do not giue opinions unless
to personal friends or charitable objects. l
have not the honor of your acquaintance, and
you do not seem to me to be an object of chari-'
ty."
The Concord Monitor makes an excellent point
thus: "When you see in the Democratic pa
pers column after column of flaming editorials
about an alleged sale of arms to France, just
bear in mind that these same journals had
nothing to say about proceed theft of arms in
vast quantities by the Democratic administra-
ton of Buchanan for the use of Democratic
rebellion. .. -.
The Philadelphia Press refers to the monoto-
nous character of Secretary Boutwell's month
ly reports-invariably showing q heavy reduc-
ton in the national debt. This month, as
usual, the same old story is told, and told, by
the way, with little more vehemenee than
usual, as the Secretary announces that the debt
of the United States is twelve millions three
hundred and ninety-one thousand four hundred
and fifty dollars less than it was on the 31st of
January. r
The Buffalo IN. w Express states the secret
of the popularity of the present administra-
ton when it says: eff there is any one fea-
ture in the Presidents policy that distinguishes
Grants administration from the administra-
tions that have preceded it, it is his cheerful
readiness to yield to the popular demand when
ever that demand is honest, earnest and un-
mistakable.'' --,5, ~ -.--.
The Syracuse standard urges the Republic
cans who are opposed to Grant to organize for
the purpose of defeating his nomination 1t
pbatb ar tl,o,,, Kali
Blaine or Boutwell, s4..T .f .l7s1ss
At the investigation in New York Saturday,
one witness testified that $40, 900 was subscrib-
ed by some half dozen life insurance COM
panies to defray the expenses of passing the
miller Life Bill, SO called by the Legislature.
Mrs. Martin of New York, isn't as fond of
gypsies as she was, nor does she put such un-
limited faith in them. A gypsy woman the
other day, agreed to cure her of the dropsy for
S25, but needed $50 to work some charms with,
and would return it in three days. Mrs. Mar
tin gave her $40, all she had, the gypsy burned
same white powder on a plate, made some
marks on the wall, and Mrs. Martin tainted
and has not seen the gypsy or the S45 since.
The import trade for the past week at differ
ent ports was remarkable for the largest entries
of dry goods and the heaviest total known in
the history of the government for any single
week. The total is $l4,6O0,713, and almost
equally divided between foreign dry goods and
foreign general merchandise. The customs
duties paid into the Treasury the week before,
amounting to the unprecedented large sum
of $4929, 972, foreshadowed the heavy entries
The amount of goods of all kinds taken shows
a trade demand for the spring season about
twenty per cent. ahead of last spring -ala q
In 1860 the traffic with Japan supported by
American marine amounted to only $194, S65;
in 1866 it was 1854, 122; in 1869, SIS, ,645 In
1866, when we had 1884, 122, the total commerce
of the islands in foreign vessels was So, 34S, 1856
In 1869, when we had So, 125, 645, foreign COM
merce amounted to but 81, POI, 37S This is
large and suggestive stride. In this latter year
the total tonnage of the United States entered
at the five open ports of Japan was $685. or
nearly one half of all the foreign tonnage. B -,
The Philadelphia Press says it is estimated
thatin that city eight Thousand places for re-
failing liquor in that city, or one to every fif-
teen votes! OF these some five thousand pay
licenses.
-Four hundred and ninety-two convcts in the
Ohio penitentiary have demonstrated against
relaxation of the temperance laws of that State.
They say they owe their present misfortune to
the use of Intoxicating drinks