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The Portland daily press., 1875-01-16

THE state of Illinois has In her treasury
$4,000 which doesn't belong there, and she
is unable to find out where it does belong.
The state auditor in 1873 added seven cents
on the $1OO to the regular tax levy, to make up
some supposed deficiency in the state revenue.
This extra tax has been declared illegal and
void, and the money of course belongs to the
individuals who paid it. But the amount
in each case is Insignificant, and the expense
attending restitution will exceed the sum re-
funded The money might be used in the
circulation of hard-money tracts to be sent
into Indiana and some other states.
The Portland daily press., 1875-01-16
THE PR ES S.
SATURDAY MORNING JAN. 16, 1875

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate eountersgned by Stanley I
Pullen. Editor. Ali railway, steamboat and hote
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent
o1rnal, as we have information that several 'bum-
mers'' are seeking courtesies in the name of the
PRESS and we have no disposition to be, even pas
sively, party to such frauds.
The Portland daily press., 1875-01-16

THE re-importation of United States
bonds has reached the amount of $S,000,000.
In many respects this re-importation is very
gratifying, as the interest upon the bonds
will probably be invested in this country, and
as it indicates that capital is seeking thor
Ouohly safe Investments
The Portland daily press., 1875-01-16

THE German school system doesn't seem to
be model of perfection after all. The school
masters who have been abroad lately have
come back with their admiration for it pretty
nearly all gone. The system is not what we
want, the only conmendable point about it
being the kindergarten and the university.
All the intermediate schools are untitled to
the American character. They are separated
into grades, not according to scholarship
but to station in life, and are undemocratic,
sect rian and bgOted, . ........,. ..
The Portland daily press., 1875-01-16

THE other night the Welsh resident in
nationality in that city. About thousand
canvassers volunteered to do the work,
which was completed in twenty-four hours.
The census shows 26,S40 Welsh who are per-
manent residents of Liverpool. OF these
over $4,000 are regular attendants on church,
the Methodist denomination seeming to be
the fayorite one with them.
The Portland daily press., 1875-01-16

We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations. The and address of the writer are in
all Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve COM
nunicatons that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1875-01-16
lANNJTAL MEETINGS. :
PORTLAND RAILROAD CO

DHE ANNUAL MEETING of the Stockholders
IL of the Portland Co.. will be held in Reception
Room City HalD Portland, on MONDAY, Jan. 18TH
1875 at O'Clock p M, for the choice OF Directors
and the transaction of any other business that may
legally come before them.
L.W. SHAW, Sec'y.
y Tan O 1879 ia11td*
The Portland daily press., 1875-01-16
NOTICE..

VyHE ANNUAL MEETING of the Maine Poultry
il Association will be on TUESDAY, Jan. 18th
The meeting will be at the State House, Augusta in
Agricultural Room, at 1 O'Clock P. M, and will act
ON the following matters viz.
1st To choose officers tor the ensuing year.
2nd To select time and place for The third an.
nual Exhibition.
3rd. To act on any other matters which may then
egally come before the association.
Per Order of Directors.
ia6dtd FRED. Fox, See'y.
The Portland daily press., 1875-01-16

FOUR men, hitherto unknown, have risen
into sudden no.oriety, Their names are
James C. Flood, W. S. O'Brien, John
Mackay, and James G. Fair. They are the
owners of the great Nevada bonanza, and
their present wealth is estimated at fifteen mil
lions each. The mine turns out bullion al
the rate of 5000 ton, and it is estimated
that it contains fifteen hundred millions dol
lars worth of the precious metal. Californ-
ians have gone half crazy over the prospect.
The Portland daily press., 1875-01-16

THE New York Times publishes remark
able letter from Mr.. E. w. Stoughton, a
well-known Democratic lawyer of that city.
1t is an able review of the recent proceedings
in the Louisiana legislature. Mr.. Stoughton
shows that the alleged legislature was not a
legislature at all, but revolutionary body
which had seized possession of the House by
violent and illegal means, and then by
fraud and force added to its numbers so as to
become majority. .'..' s......
The Portland daily press., 1875-01-16

is published every THURSDAY MORNING at $3.50 a
year. if paid in advance, at $500 year.
RATES OF ADvERTIsING: One inch of space, the
length of column, constitutes ii square
Sl50 per square daily first week; rs cents per week
after; three insertions, less. $1.O0; continuing
every other day after first week, so cents.
Hall square, three Insertions less, rs cents; one
week, 81 90: so cents per week AFTER
SPECIAL NOTICES, one third addi iona'. I'd. ID q
Under head of ''AMUsEMEN rs" and ''AUCTIoN
SALES $500 per square per week; three inseI tions
r less $l.50.
Advertisements inserted in the "MAINE STATE
PRESS" (Which has a large circulation in every part
of the State) for 81 90 per square for first insertion
and 30 per square Tor each subsequent nserton
Address all comm lnications tn
PORTLAND PUBLISHING Co.
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Notice.

NVHE stockholders of the Portland Steam Packet
u Co. are hereby notified that the annual meeting
Of the Company will be held at their office Frank
lin Wharf on TUESDAY. January 10Th, 1875, at 3
O'Clock p. M, for the choice of officers for the ensu
ing year. and to act any other business that may
legally come before them.
Portland. jan 6. 1875 ja7.d
The Portland daily press., 1875-01-16
portland LlOyds."

HyEE Annual Meeting of the subscribers to the
Il :'Portland Lloyds" will be held at their Office,
No. 42 Exchange Street, Portland. Maine, on
THURSDAY, the twenty-first day of January, 1875.
at half past three O'clock p. in accordance sith,
and for the purposes specified in the bylaws of the
Association CHARLES W. FORD, Atty.
January 7tb, 1875. dtd
The Portland daily press., 1875-01-16
Portland d Ogdensburg r.. II. Co.

TJyHE ANNUAL MEETING of the Stockholders of
IL the Portland s. Ogdensburg Railroad Company
will be held at the Office OF the Company, corner OF
Middle and Union streets, Portland. on Tuesday,
the 18th day of anua ry, instant, as 10 o'clock
in the forenoon choose Directors for the ensuing
year and to transact any other business that may
legally come before them. m@a "a ga, e
CHAS. H. FOYE, Clerk.
1 Portland. January 4th. 1875. ia5eOd6t
The Portland daily press., 1875-01-16
THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS
Pub!ished every day Sundays excepteD by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING CO.,
THF MAINE STATE PRESS
AT 1O9 EXCHANGE ST., PORTLAND.

TERMS: Eight Dollars Year in advance. To
mail subscribers Seven Dollars Year if paid in ad-
vance.
The Portland daily press., 1875-01-16


a clause in their charter exempts them from all
taxation" etc. This is very singular. These
charters are public laws which every man,
much more the Governor, is presumed to know
and understand.
In case precisely like this of the Atlantic &
ST. Lawrence II. r. and other companies, re-
Gently decided by the Supreme Judicial Court
Of the United States, the court says: "It has
been SO often decided by this court that char
ter of Incorporation granted by a state creates
contract between the state and the corpo-
IatlouS which the state cannot violate that it
would be work of supererogation to repeat
the reasons on which the argument is founded.
1t is true when corporation claims an eX-
empton from taxation it must show that the
power to tax has been clearly rel:nquished by
the state; If there be a reasonable doubt about
this having been done, that doubt must be
solved in favor of the state. If however the con
tract IS plain aud unambguOuS, and the mean
ing of the parties to it can be clearly ascer-
tained it is the duty of the court to give effect
to it, the same as IL it were contract between
private persons, without regard to its supposed
injurious effects upon the public interests And
in that case the law of the state was declared
null and void violating that provision of the
constitution of the United States, which de-
olares that mo state shall pass any law i'm
pairing the obligation of contracts As if to
meet and answer the Governor very singular
reason for not regardiI the provisions of the
act Incorporating this company, as of any force
wherein he says, first, because it is not in the
power of one legislature to bind $ uccessive leg
islatures not to exercise in behalf of the people
SO essential sovereign power as the right to
impose a tax etc. a judge distinguished in the
history of this country in delivering the opin-
ions of the same court as long ago as 1858 in a
case exactly similar to this said: "The idea
that state, by exempting from taxation GER
tain property, parts with portion of its SOW.
ereignty is of modern growth; and so is the ar
1apff fhaf n ct no tuIf in
one instance it may in eyerv other, so as to di-
vest itself of the sovereign power of taxation
Such an argument would be as strong and as
conclusive against the exercise of the taxing
power For If the legislature may levy tax
on property, they may absorb the entire proper
ty of the tax payer. The same may be said of
every other power, where there is an exercise of
judgment" "The assumption chat state, in
exemptiEg certain property from taxation, re-
linqnishes part of its sovereign power, is un-
founded. The taxing power may select it's OBJ
jects OF taxationi and this is generally regula-
ted by the amcInt necessary to answer the pur-
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-03-31

Connecticut is in trouble. By
an error or oversight in revising
the statntcs Of the State the Gov
ernor was left out of the list OF
officers who require majority
vote and it is assumed therefore
that he will be chosen hereafter by
plurality. This, in a State which
is peculiarly liable to an attack Of
"third party" is not deemed desira-
bic, and an effort will be made to
take refuge under the constitu-
tional section which, while gi, in /,
the Legislature power to prescribe
the manner in which the election
Of Governor shall he determined,
provides also that he shall have
majority of the votes cast. This
would seem to settle the matter,
but the clockmakers are not quite
sure OF it and want the matter
judicially determined. It is a just
punishment for them for gre Using"
their statutas. They ought to COM
pile them as done in Michigan.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-03-31

d
the place Of which could not be
more easily and completely filled
by one or more different varieties
of timber. This is especially true
of the white or cork pine which
has been so abundantly supplied
by the Michigan forests.
A few years ago, an Ohio firm
operating in this State, made a
venture Of buying a lot of hard
wood logs, expecting to get them
sawed on the Saginaw river. and
then to ship the lumber with their
pine to the Cleveland market. They
got their logs down all right, hut
not a mill on tie river could they
get to cnt them, and the purchase
turned out to be bad one on that
account. The mill mon have been
like the boy who didn't want bass
to bite while he was fishing for
bullheads.
In most Of the pine regions of the
country, and notably in the western
districts, the pine is intermingled
with large quantities of other timber
all more or less valuable. Of
course it would be much cheaper
to cut it all together, than to pick
ont one kind at this time and an
other at that, going over the
ground two or three times, or n
given amount could he got ont at
less cost by cutting all varieties as
the trees were reached. cheaper
than the same amount could be got
out if single variety had TO he
selected and all others left. Be-
sides the pine, there are several
kinds of soft woods, all of which
are valuable for one purpose or
1t would be economy in
numbering, and it would tend to
conserve the pine by encouraging
the use of other woods for certain
if the lumbermen were
70 work up the several varieties
'ouni on their lands, instead of
ont the pine and leaving
he rest. In other words, it would
&c economy to Diversity the Man
fracture. =,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-03-31

NUkTiAGE SALE Default having been
vi made IN the conditions Of certain indcr ",
of mortgage, made and executed on the tw' n Y.
eighth day of May in the year one thousand
| eight hundred and seventy four by John r. Brown
b William II. Potter and George y. l. wis., and re.
corded at the office OF the Register OF Deeds OF
Alpcna county, Michigan, on the sixth day Of
June, III the year one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four, at nine O'Clock in he forenoon OF
said day, in Liber one, of INC a es, on png.
twenty -!hiec, which said MOI gage was duly
sold and assigned by said William Ii. Potter 10
said George r. Lewis, by CERTAIN written as
sgnment Of mortgage hearing date on the second
day Of June, in the year one Thousand eight hun
dred and seyenty-four, which said v IN rs ign
mcnt was duly recorded al the Office UI the Regis
ter OF Deeds OF SAID Alpena county. ON the xix h
day Of june in the year one thouSand eight hun
dred and seventy-four, in iiber G, of mortgages,
on page 325, and which said mortgage was after
ward duly sold and assigned by sail George +
Lewis 10 1siial n. Smith, Ivy q certain written
assignment OF mortgage, bearing date on the
thiriieih day Of July, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and seventy four which said writ :
zen assignment was duly recorded In the Office of
he Register Of Deeds OF Alpena county, in Liher
=, OF mortgages, On page SSH on the frst day Of
Angus', IN the year one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-four. Gu which said mortgage there
is claimed to he due at the date OF this notice for
principal and interest. the sum of two hundred
and twrnty-eight dollars, and also thc further
sum Of thirty doliIrs a reasonable solicitor or
attorney fee, rs provided for in rnid mortgage
And no proceedings having been had or taken
either in law equity to collect the debt remain
ms due ana secured BY said mortgage, OF any part
'reof Therefore,
''-S is hereby given that BY virtue OF the
.,nsC " 49, in said mortgage contained, on Snt-
;ur,lnv the nipe,, Nth day Of June in the year
one ,bous ND eight h,..' Tired and s"vcnty-hve. 81
wo O'Clock in The aftcrnoD. W snu uay, ~ the
front do n of Pottcrs brick bloc on second street,
thc city OF Alpcnn, IL sqid co I'M. :" n'P.ns
tha' biing the place for ho., ING the On,
'or & g county Of Alpena,l said Ia. "'saye sh'.; !"
fore' lo"d, ana that hOmus B John. IN, sherlL
Of I'd county of Alpena will offer for 81. and
viii ell at public auction venlu,, to the his.
'st b ddcr, the premises described in said mort
rlgc or 40 much thereof as will be necessary 10
q. y tn1 amount due on Sid mortgage together
" u the attorney fee aforesaid, and all interest
iosts and charges allowed By law; sid premises
"a said IN 'rtgage described, being situate in the
city OF Alpena. in the county Of Alpcna, and
S'atc of Michigan, and described as follows 10
wit: Lot number two 9, in block number six
81 in fotters addition to the village now city Of
Alpcna, Michigan, according to the recorded plat
thereof.
IsRIAL N. SMITH. Assignee.
NIcIon c. BrRSHAM, Attorney for Assignee
Dated Alpena, this Soth day of March, 1875.
lgOwl a.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-03-31

tho explicit declarations of Sen
ators. The fact, however, that
the appoval is but partial does not
make the resolution unohjectional.
1t is no part of the duty Of the
Senate to pass upon Executive
acts unless they come before it in
due course. In this case there
was no necessity for any declara-
ton by the Senate whatever, and
its action is, we believe. entirely
without precedent. But it appear
ed to Grant, Morton & Co, that
the refusal to admit Pinchhark
was tantamount to disapproval Of
the Interference of the President
in Louisiana, and that a resolution
Of approval was necessary to ex-
tract the sting. We believe the
Republicans who opposed Pinch
hack made mistake I'm yielding
in the smallest measure to the de-
mands of the party leaders. They
would have done better if they had
declined to travel out of their way
to give the smallest sop to the Pres
ident, and if they had not allied
themselves with the extremists in
connecting a resolution for which
as partisans they could vote. They |
have, however, been the means Of |
preventing the complete recogni-
ton of the validity of the Kellogg |
usurpation, and they would only |
assent to a resolution from which |
Grant can extract but small con-
ISOLATION. Remembering that they
naturally dislike to wholly break
IF their allegiance to party, they
re more deserving Of commenda-
ion for the courage they have dis
,layed n withstanding the party
PRESSURE than of censnre for hav-
NC yielded to party dictation where
n their opinion no surrender of
was necessillted.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-03-31
The Senate Resolution.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Nothing could more clearly show
that the President feels that his
action in the Louisiana case needs
bolstering than the pertinacity
with which his special champions
in the Senate have held out for the
adoption of some resolution of APP
proval. Nor could anything be
more convincing of the distaste
which : number of Republicans
had for the work in which they
were invited to participate than
the successful efforts they made
TO have such resolution as incon-
elusive as possible, and their ex-
plantations of the understanding of
it by which they were enabled to
reconcile its support with an ad-
herence to the views upon the Lou
isiana question which they had
previously expressed. Senator
Christiancy, in explanation of his
vote, declared it as his deliberate
conviction that a resolution which
would in any sense assert the va
lidity of the action by which the
Kellogg government originally set
mp and put In power, could not Sc
cure the votes Of majority Of the
Senate. In this view of the
ease the President has been sus-
tanned to only very limited ex-
tent by the Senate, aud the resoIu-
tion which was adopted very clear
" admits Of this view. sa7
PROFESSIONALLY the approval
which the Senate hes bestowed up
on the President rs not foil and
eomplete. There Is not only Che
resolution itself which Is even
milder than the one originally pro-
poed, ia show this; bat there arr
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-03-31

OF the provision which Grant is
making for those rejected by the
people at the late election the Gin
cinnati Commercial pithily says :
"When the people have once put
the seal of condemnation on a man
in political life he should have the
modesty to wait until the need Of
confidence is restored. And any
administration, we think, would
show more wisdom and more APP
probation Of the soundness Of the
popular judgement by refrainin.
from such ostentatious promotions
to Office Of men whom the people
OF tn, ir own districts have reject.
ed as representatives.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-03-31
ALPENA WEEKi I ARGUS.
Wednesday, March 81, 1875.

One of the Boston clergymen
announced from the pulpit the doc
.trines that any one who consumes
more than he produces is thief
and that it is better not to be at all
than be non-producer. The
clergyman in question ought to go
West among the grangers. His
code is TO rigid for State with so
many politicians in it as Massa-
chnsctts.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-03-31

Cremation is outdone. Accord
ing to the Liverpool Mercury a
French sevant, with an Italian
name (Lodi), has been trying ex-
periments with a chemical which
will utterly consume human bodit :,
leaving not q wreck behind. In
this way he overcomes the difficult
ty which is raised by some persons.
"What will be done with family
urns when they begin to accumu-
late 2" There will he no need Of
family urns. The process is per-
fectiy unohjectionable, according
to NJ. Lodi, for no smell is given off.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-03-31

MORTGAGE SALE.-Defaulth having been male
.Vl in the terms and conditions of certain i'm
denture OF mortgage, made and executed on the
l3lsO thirty-frst day of December, A. ID. 1873, by
Thomas liooiey and Ellen Hooley, his wife, of the
city of Alpena, county OF Alpenn Michigan of the
first part, to Henry Bolton and donald McRae' OF
the same place, Of the second part, and recorded
in the Office OF the Register of Deeds for said Al
pena county, in Liber &C" OF Mortgages, ON page
3ls on the said thirty-hrst day OF December, A. Il.
1873, at O'Clock in the afternoon Of said day, by
which the power of sale in said mortgage contain
ed has become operative.
And II being claimed that there is due and I'M
PAID nt the date hereof upon said mortgage, the
sum Of one hundred and seventy dollars and fifty
cents, together with an attorneys fee Of fifty dol
lars provided for therein; and no suit proceed
ing at law or in equity having been instituted 10
recover the amount secured by said mortgage or
any part thereof, Notice ~ hereby given, that by
virtue OF the power Of sale in said mortgage con-
tnlne', we VIII, ON the 22d day Of April, A. d.
1879, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon Of said day
ioreclose said mortgage by n sale at public auction
10 the highest bidder nj the front door of the en-.
trance TO the Circuit Court room, in Potter Broth
ers brick block. on Second street, in the city OF
Aipena, "a sad county OF Aipena, that being the
place for holding the Circuit Court for the county
IN which said mortgaged premises are situated. Of
the said mortgaged premises or 40 much Thereof a.
maybe necessary 10 satisfy the said sum Of one hun
dred and seventy dollars AMI fifty cents Together
with sad attorney fee and interest, and all costs
and charges allowed by law. Said mortga9rd
premises are situated In the city Of Alpcna conn
" OF Alpena, Michigan, and are described in said
mortgage ~ lot number three 49, ia block number
forty eight 49, as per recorded plat OF this village
OF Alpena, now city o. Alpena.
HENRY BOLTON.
DONALD McRAE,
r. J. KELLEY, Attorney for Mortgages.
Alpena, Jan. :. 1875. i7swis
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-03-31

There is faint prospect of war
with India. The King Of Burmah
and the Iadia Government are at
loggerheais concerning boundaries
and the formers claim to sovereign
ty over several independent States.
The King occupies the disputed
territory and refuses 10 withdraw !;
and the probabilities are that the
next demand will be backed by
bayonets.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-03-31
Sign Of the Big BOGt
POtter's Block, Alpena.
Seeds and Plants.

Seeds and Plants.
&C. The True Cape Cod
Cranberry, best for Up
~. land, Lowland, OF Garden,
by mail prepaid, 81 per 100, s. per
1000. All the New Choice Straw
berries and Peaches. A priced
Catalogue of these and all Fruits,
Ornamental Trees, Evergreens,
Shrubs, Bulbs, Roses, Plants, &c,
and FRESH FLOWER g. GAR
DEN SEEDS, the choicest collec-
ton in the country, with all novel;
ties, will he sent gratis to any
plain address. 25 sorts of either
Flower, Garden, Tree, Fruit, Ever
green, or Herb seeds, for sl.00,
sent Ivy mail, prepaid, WHOLE
SALE CATALOGUE TO THE
TRADE. Agents Wanted.
B. NJ. WATSON, Old Colony
Nurseries and Seed Warehouse
Plymouth, Mass. Established 1912.