The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-04-25

THE EUROPEAN s. NORTH AMERICAN TRES
PASS SALE.-The property seized by the State
for alleged trespass on the public lands (under
permits granted, by the E. & n. A Railway
Co.. was advertised to be sold at Houlton, last
Saturday. 1t consisted of IA horses, 2s har-
nesses, ID sleds, % chains, blankets, 264 bush
els OF oats, IA barrels of flour, u barrels of
pork, barrel of molasses, hay, rigging, axes,
&c, and belonged to Elbridge G. Dunn of st.
John, N. b., who had the permit The Pioneer
says large crowd collected at the sale-some
prompted by curiosity, others from pecuniary
motives,-and bid off the various articles and
animals as they were offered for sale by Z. b.
johnson, auctioneer. Previous to the sale,
Llewellyn Powers, ESQ.,, counsel for the rail-
way company, who are bound to protect the
rights. of lumbermen, warned all persons
against purchasing the property advertised for
sale, it would be replevied as soon as deliver
ed. Several small articles being delivered
the purchasers were Immediately arrested and
required to give bonds. Nearly all of the prop
erty still remains in possession of the sheriff,
and as several articles enumerated were not up
on the ground, the sale has been postponed to
Friday, May Sd. = " N1t f-''sA
The defendants claim that they have had no
opportunity to defend their claim, in conse-
quence of which the action as well as the law
under which it is begun is unconstitutional.
MINISTER THORNTON in responding to COM
plimentary toast to himself as the representa-
tative of England at the annual dinner of the
St. George Society in New York, Tuesday
night, said respecting the friendship existing
between the two countries: fs
''It has been in laboring to insure this friend
| ship, with what success hope is not doubtful
that 1 have been obliged to remain in Washing
ton more constantly than would have been the
case if / had been guided solely by nv inclina-
tions. AT the time of the conclusion of the
treaty of Washington. 1 was gratifed at hav-
| ing the honor of being one of its signers !
have the frmest faith in the principle of arbi-
tration; l have still. No one snpposes that the
British Commissioners ever had an ideas that
the claim for indirect damages was ever in
cluded in the treaty. A subsequent and thor
ough examination of its wording has not prlr-
suaded them to the contrary, but has confirmed
! their original and publicly proclaimed belief
The government of the United STAGES declares
they think otherwise and they undoubtedly
have the right to form their own opinion. /
can but hope, however, that the present at
tempt to apply the great principle of arbitra-
derstanding And a solution seems palpable
enough. for whilst it is easy, dignifed. generous
and magnanimOus between two nations of
about equal power for one of them to waive a
claim to which she thinks herself entitled, it
would be impossible for the other to be bound
by decision that renders her debtor on ac-
count of a claim she does not even concede that
she has ever agreed to submit to arbitration. /
am convinced that such solution of the ques-
tions would be applauded by every nation in
the world and would do honor to the great re-
public of the United States
TIE lions Herald, the able and outspokeu
Methodist organ of New England, thus vigor-
ously states the case for President Grant:
Great efforts are put forth to defeat General
Grant, yet no President has ever ruled more
wisely or successfully. Abused as he was when
at the head of the army, he wins now as he did
then He has reduced the debt almost fou1
hundred millions; will have reduced it five hun.
dred before his term expires. He has initiated
civil service reform; he is the first President
that ever adopted just policy towards the In
dams; he has suppressed violence in the South
he has handled England so that she has got to
back out ANONYMOUSLY or face the music he or
ders played. He is modest quiet, with only
one infrmity, a cigar. If this were out of his
mouth, we want nothing different from what
he has given us. #ks&eAkH &s -4E
He has appointed very few relatives but nc
more than such officials usually appoint, and
hardly one of them to responsible or lucrative
places. The people trust i'm him, and well they
may. The movements of dsaffected politicians
never affect the public heart No President
since jackson. is so thoroughly beloved and
trusted; not even Lincoln; for Lincoln, like all
| politicians, waited to be led. Grant, like Jack.
son, leads If Grant is defeated, it will be by
the enemies of the slave, and the Spiritualisticc
nomination will be confirmed in fact if not in
form; Charles Sumner and Jefferson Davis fol
President and Vice President, only their posi-
tons will be reversed If anybody has not
courage and principle enough to plant the mus.
tard-seed of prohibition by voting for Black
and Douglass, he should follow the man who is
as honest as Washington as democratic as JEFF
ferson, as courageous as Jackson as tender as
Lincoln.