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well lighted and wanned exterior, and that the time would come wlren it will be ex plored aad visited by our people. I recollect wail when he was writing hu subject up in the newspapers and magazines of the day; and so plausible and well supported was his theory, that it gained the respect and even the confi dence of 3ome very scientific men who became popular lecture] s on the subject. The theory has not yet been demonstrated, nor has it be on exploded. CapL Syrnmas was not re garded as an imposter; he was a mere com mon-sense shipmaster, who had studied his profession well, in connexion with astromomy and physical geography—otherwise lit made no preten d ins to extraordinary learning. He made an engagement with the Emperor Nich olas of Russia to accompany an expedition which he proposed to fit out for polar discov eries in 1325, but the good Yankee Captain died in Ohio batore lie could enter the service of the Russian Emperor—a friendly monarch who wsi ahvi/3 piea,el to employ our coun tryman, in preference to subjects of other na tions, in varioiu matters of “progress and im provement.” Tbaxi. The Year of Graoe—1365. “The year is (lying in the night: jf E.n- out, wiljDsliS, and le him die! Before the morning readers of the Press shall have unfolded the damp sheet on which these words are printed, this eventftil and ever inemorabio year of 3S05 will have been swept into the tomb of the past. Its sands are run ning low; its hurrying moments are few now, and easuy counted. As we watch the last grains failing one by one we may well pause a moment before we turn the glass, and consider wnat this period of time now closing has done for ns, and what it has laid upon us. The striking events which have made the year 1865 a marked one in the calender oi time, are too recent and too intimately associ ated with the interests of the hour to need recapitulation. The triumphant close of oui civil strife; the blow which like a thunder bolt out of a clear sky, struck down, in the hour of the nation’s gleatest pride and joy, that nation’s chosen head; the passing ot the Amendment which effaces from the nationa. escutcheon the stain of complicity with slave ry ; these, and other events of almost equal importance, are fresh in the minds of all. But the^e events, however memorable they may be, do not oi themselves constitute the chiei interest which iu the future is to attach to this year. The salient and shining point which is to draw the eyes of coming generations to it is something beyond these. Said Theodore Parker: “Our clocks strike from hour to hour; but no hammer in the horologe of tine peals through the universe to announce that there is a change from era to era.” This thought is true in the main, the great transitions in human affairs, the turning points in the destiny of the world have usu ally passed almost unnoticed in their lime.— But is there any thoughtful person who, scan ning the broad field of the world to-day, can not perceive how rapidly old organizations are being resolved into their elements, and crys talizing into new and very different forms? If we consider the full meaning of what we see, if we lean the ear close, it will almost seem to us as if we could indeed hear the faint, far off stroke of that solemn hammer an nouncing to us that a new era is inaugurated iu the history of man. O.d things are passing away, and all things are becoming new. Ad verse principles which have been .contending together wit a varying fortunes, since the world began, have wrestled anew, and the cause o. truth and progress ha3 gained a victory which must give it tremendous jmpetus. The grea; principle of Human Equality has had a new and magnificent vindication. What was be fore held as a theory is pow demonstrated as a tact, namely: the indestructible vitality, tht irresistible force ot free institutions. Hence forth the aspirations ana me napes or men set in new currents. When Columbus found the new world he revolutionized the old. He closed one era, and opened up another. But the events which arc fresh iu all our memo ries have revealed America to Europe anew, and the second discovery is destined to work changes not less important than those which followed the first. The youthftil nation whose part it has hitherto been deemed to be to hole Le.self modestly back in the grand march of|hc world, finds herself suddenly thrust forwarc to the van. She is become the pioneer of pro gress. Her example is the inspiration, hei success the encouragement of the nations o. the earth. She begins now to comprehenc her gkrious destiny and sbe is girding herseh to fulfil it. bo, then, the year that is lading from us t to be ever memorable because its events havt rounded into completion one of the great cy cles of human progress. Its successor it hastening toward us from the far ol land o. sun-rLe, and soon he will be here. In a few hours the old king will be dead, and the new kia j wi 1 hs s.’O.vaii. 1333, with all its fresh hopes and fail- promises, its new plans and iti n.-w daib; will b3 w.tii ui. Its history,is stUan unwritten pags, but its possibilities rill be ore us vast and glorious. Well will ii b j .or us, and for those who are to come afte. u_, if from the year which now departs wt have gathered such lessons as will fit us to as sume the responsibilities and to discharge the duties of the one which lies before us. And in the sincere hope that such may be the case with each and all of us, we cordially wish to every Reader of the Press a Happy New Year! From the N. Y. Evening Post. What Our Financial Disease Is. A wise physician, when called to the bedside of a sick man, seeks first of all to know whai ails the patient. The nurses will tell him with great po-itiveness they have seen such thing: before, and they know It is a dreadful attack of this or that disease. The doctor does not at once step aside and make out a prescrip tion upon their account of the matter. He goes straight to the bed and examines for him sell. It he fiuds various symptoms, seme 01 them proper to one form of disease, and oth ers indicating some other malady, he direct: his remedies to the worse of the two, believ ing that when he has overcome the heaviei ailment, the symptoms of the lesser-disease wi.1 disappear as a matter of course. What ails our currency? We all say it it redundant. It is plain that our present form of money, besides being redundant, is false.— The government makes us take a piece of iu paper lor a dollar; the real dollar being a cer tain quantity of gold. Each government par per dollar costs to make it an infinitesimally small quantity of human labor. The real dol lar has cost a full day’s labor of an able-bod ied man to dig it out of the earth and to bring It finally into the shape of coin. Yet the gov eminent tries to make believe its little bit oi green paper is a dollar. The greenback, in cal.ing itoelt a dollar, is false. Again, this pa per is in the form of a promise to pay a rea. dollar to the bearer on. demand. But the prom ise, at the very time u was made, was not meant to be kept By law the promise is to be accepted, and taken as being itself the thing promised. No one is to ask to have it redeem ed. It is a promise not meant to be kept; a false promise. Is not the chief disease of our money its falsehood ? It is redundant also; that is to say, there is too much of it.— Bad money, false money, is always redundant. If there is any, there is too much. Would our money be redundant, or would its reduudancy be cf any consequence if it were not lalse ? If, in every bank vault, in every banker’s safe, in every merchant’s draw ee, in every, shopkeeper’s till, in every farmer’s chest, in every man’s pockat-book, there were to-day exactly as many gold dollars as there are now legal tender notes, should we be com plaining of redundancy ? If to-night, all the legal-tender notes, wherever lobe found, were, by some miracle, to be turned into gold dol ors, should we to-morrow morning be in fear, | as we now are, of trouble in the future?— Would we not feel, even if there was too much of good money among us, that the evil would cure itself easily aud without hurting any one ? If our miners had dug out five hundred million dollars’ worth of gold or mcfre, and our formers and business men had, each acting for himself, kept so much of it in the country that, in the aggregate, it amounted to as much as do now our legal tender notes, would any one be wise enough to say whether it was too much ? To say that the people did not know their own wants ? Would the government have to step in and tell the people how to get rid of so much as they did uot need? So tong as the Government had to do only with the real money of the Constitution gold and silver—it found no necessity that it should prescribe how much the miners should dig each year, how much of gold should be sent to the mint, or how much should be shipped abroad. It simply kept its mint open to all comers, ready to coin just as much mimef as the people chose to have. It i3 only when it makes something unreal and false a substitute for tiie money of the Constitution, whether it be notes of the government, or notes endors ed by the government, that there comes in the ftiss of government regulations. It is only then that government officers begin to calcu late with how much of all those things the people may safely be trusted. They might as well calculate and provide how many shoes shall be made every year, in fear that some year or other great distress might ensue by reason of there being more babies than shoes, or more shoes than babies. The wisdom of Congress is utterly unequal to the solving of such questions as these. If Congress and the Cabinet ministers, and the President himself, wise as we know he is, and the Supreme Court judges, wise and learned as they must be, were all to put their heads to gether, they would not have wisdom enough to solve such questions. It was not intended by Providence that they should have. The wisdom of trade tells the shoemakers just bow many shoes to furnish every year, so that no man goes barefoot who has wherewithal to buy a pair. It tells this so exactly that there is never an oppressive scarcity nor an oppressive surplus of shoes, of whatever size. In like manner the wisdom of trade will tell the peo ple just how much real money they must get out of the mines and throngh the mint; and and just how many paper promises to pay on demand or otherwise, will be convenient in their business. Some one will be sure to dig all the gold that is wanted; some one will be sure to supply ail the paper promises to pay that are. convenient. In this way, and in no other way, we can get the flexible currency which t\je Secretary of the Treasury seeks, to wit, a currency that shall expand of itself just as the demands of business from time to time vary. When banking, which is as honest a business as shoemaking, is as free as shoemak ing, the supply of money and the supply of paper currency of every necessary kind wifi be as wisely managed as is now the supply ot shoes. In contemplating redundancy as the ODly ailment of our money, may we not overlook the main disease and misdirect our remedies ? Redundancy, if our money were good and true, would uot be a fatal disease. In false hood are always the seeds of mortification, if the governmeet will conti ive some means, not too harsh or abrupt, to cure the disease which itself has inflicted upon us, to take away its false money of every kind and put in its place the true money of the Constitu tion, and will then let things alone, the dropsy of redundancy will disappear; for the circu lation will be filled with good blood. The case, thenceforth, will take care of itself. ITEMS Of STATE NEWS. 63T" “Gone Up"—the Dally Eastern Argus. The pncenSS "Been raised aboufTr pg» - VW~ Says the Argus: “ The Press retires from its splurgy onslaught about advertise ments." Who began the onslaught, dear?-— Didn’t you commence the invidious comparison, and didn’t yon get a trifle more than you bar gained for ? fty The leading business of the Argus seems to be to defend tbe patriotism of the Southern rebels and to decry the loyal colored men of the South, audits chief ambition seems to be to secure the responsible position of emp ;ying the spittoons for the administration. In .his it is not likely to succeed, as President Johnson will have no one near his person, or .n his private apartments, who has been em ployed in the rebellion. jy “We had thought the danger was," says the Bangor Times, “that Congress might not agree wita the President.” In making laws fpr .he government of the country uur down-east contemporary evidently thinks Congress shall consult the Executive and study to carry out iis will. Bepnblicans and true Democrats be deve Congress should be independent, and ex ercise a wifi of its own. (ty The Gardiner Journal says a girl at work in Richards and Hoskins’paper mill, at Tardiner, found one day last week, while sort ing Smyrna rags, a d.amond pin, of considera ole value. Ex-Speaker Dillingham has just arriv ed home at Waterviile, from a visit to Missis ippi and New Orleans. We understand he ioes uot speak hopefully of the feeling he met with in that region. He thinks there is very ittle real love of the Union in the Southwest. Isy Referring to the officious fixing-up of cur Legislature by a bombastic egotist who writes for a Boston paper, the Bangor Whig jays the people of that “part of the State, at .east, have got about tired of the (officious) meddling and dictation of the ‘Toby Candors’ cf tbe Boston press with the political nomina tions of the Republicans—and other State mat airs ; but they might be willing to bear it if the writers would keep truth on their side.” We are glad the Whig has raised its voice against chis officious nuisance. We have referred to it iu years past, but found few papers to back us .n so doing. The thing has become sickening and intolerable, and other papers besides the Whig will yet speak out. ity The Ellsworth American says that on Sunday, the 21th inst., a boat containing four persons was upset near the Cranberry Isles, and two of the party, Capt. E. S. Gilley, of Cranberry Isles, and Miss Augusta Stevens, of Aucksport, were drowned. They were soon to oe married. The other two of the party nar rowly escaped. ORIGINAL AND SELECTED ty Gen. Howard’s order setting aside the act of the Mississippi legislature forbidding rreedmen to lease land, is joyfully received by diem. Negroes are bringing cotton into Natch n which they have raised, and many of them have been very successful. EF” The last new thing in bonnets is de scribed by a letter writer as “a brown velvet iice-box, with a little shade over the forehead, and what at restaurants they would call a ‘por tion’ of woodcock stuck on top.” Caf The Chicago Tribune publishes an edi torial, severely denouncing the folly of the rail road managers of the lines centering at taat city in the matter of the present exorbitant freight tariffs. It says that the losses in sales to the Chicago merchants thereby, during the past three months, amount to several millions of dollars, at least. EF” A girl of sixteen has been arrested in New York for picking pockets at funerals. She dressed in black, aetcd as one of the friends of the deceased, orowded the mourners and picked their pockets. EF“ Senator Fessenden, who is appointed on the Joint Committee of Congress to prepare atestimony of respect for the memory of Pres dent Lincoln, edited on a similar committee appointed after the death of President Harri son. Senator Howard was also of the commit tee in 1841, both gentlemen being then members of the House. EF“A bridge between New Yo'k and Brook lyn is seriously contemplated. It is proposed to build it of iron, to span the river from Chat ham Square to the point where Fulton street, Brooklyn, is intersected by Clinton, a distance of three-quarters of a mile, and to carry it 100 feet above high water. BS?” The VirjiulaCfity (Montana) Post gives an account ofTsmne newly discovered mines which are said to auAftss in richness anything heretofore known i^ tisaaprld. A Norwegian named Brown, in sihSif a shaft, struck a solid ledge of gold—three fe\nd#e—three fourths of the entire substance being pure gold, the re mainder chielly bismuth. On each side of this vein is a easing of quartz which will assay from $100 to $2,000 per ton. The ledge has been trac ed for seventy-five feet. gy The London (C. W.) Free Press says that a curious and uulooked for development has taken place at Delaware, while sinking the “ Pioneer" oil well, on tho property of the Dela ware & Ontario Petroleum Company, in that a vein of tin ore has been met with at a depth of 203 feet in the rock. The vein has a thickness of eight inches, but its breadth is, of course, at present unknown. gy Thursday evening a heavy thuuder storm passed over New Bedford, the lightning being as sharp and the thunder as loud as in Ju ly. In Portsmouth a few bright flashes of light ning were observed the same evening, but the thunder was left out. gy The two Kings that rule in America— Jo-king and Smo-king. jy The city of New Bedford was graced by a prize dogfight a few days since; neither of the dog-men, however, was a resident of the city. gy Tho tickets to the 7th regiment ball in New York will be $20 each, and the number is only limited to 3,000. Delmonico will furnish the supper. gy Chicago is writhing under a mysteri ous horror. Two fingers of a man’s hand came through a hydrant on Lake street last Tues day. The new five cent fractional currency will probably be issued this week. About $80, 000 worth of defaced and mutilated currency is daily destroyed at Washington by burning, and $50,000 worth is printed. gy An “ Aerial Navigation Company” ad vertises in the Scientific American that it will pay a reward of $500 for a balloon varnish that shall fill certain necessary conditions. gJP" The report that Mr. Doolittle of Wis consin was to succeed Mr. Harlan as Secretary of the Interior is contradicted. Mr. Doolittle, it is said, would prefer to remain in the Senate, even if a position in the Cabinet should be ten dered him. High Prices—Again. One word more with regard to high prices In all the articles I have read upon this sub ject, no allusion has been made to the addi tional cost of goods on account of the govern ment tax. Let us take a single article of manufacture, and see how much this tax adds to the cost.— Suppose it costs three dollars to manufacture a single pair of ladies calf boots. First there is a tax of six per cent, on the cost, then three cents on the leather, four cents on the calf skin; silk and other findings two cents, making twenty eight cents, government tax, to be ad ded to the cost of the boots. If labor and stock should fall so that the boots would cost for their manufacture, but two dollars and fifty cents, the tax would still be twenty-four 'cents. So it may be readily seen, that high prices are not altogether owing to the price of gold, or the inflated currency.— I suppose the additional cost of all manufac tured goods, is proportionally the same per cent. I make the above figures, because there are many in the commuity, who are patiently waiting for the good time to come, when pric es will be as low as they were before the war.— But if all manufactured goods are to cost a certain per cent, more, on account of the gov ernment tax, without regard to the price of gold or to the inflation of the currency, must we not pay this additional cost, so long as the tax remains? C. H. B. Recent Publications The Expeditions op Capt. John Lovewell AND HIS ENCOUNTEBS WITH THE INDIANS. By Frederic Kidder. One voL pp. 138. Boston: Bartlett and Holliday. • Jjn-a. haantlfnl nnartr> AflltioMLof .the modern .an tinge style of printing, Mr. Bidder has brought anew to* the light several papers relating to the Lcvewel Fight in the Pequauket County. The earliest of these productions were published immediately afler the event described, and, as reminiscences of the past, are ol peculiar interest to the people, of the western part of Maine, and the eastern part of New Hamp shire, whose ancestors were made to suffer on the lronticr, by the incursions of the Indians, stimulated to their cruelties by the French in Canada, in their hatred of the English and their desire to possess their lands. Mr. K. has given a succinct and clear narrative of the state of the times, and the incidents immediately connected with the bold and total effort of the leader; fatal to himself and his savage foes. He has added to the papers heretofore published the result of his own researches, and has given short biographical sketches of the larger portion of the actors in the ex pedition. It would seem that nothing more can he found to add to this portion of our history. Some writers have considered his volunteer service as a piratical exploit for scalps and the premiums there for ; widle others, and the majority, have regarded it as a patriotic achievement for the protection ol the borders, in fighting the enemy in their own modes of warfare. The general course of Mr. K.’s observation takes this direction. He disagrees, for a reason as signed with the common opinion that Chamberlain killed Paugus, the Indian Chief. His work, as edi tor, has been Judiciously and industriously perform - ed; and all who read this volume will know better than before, the anxieties and sufferings of the earlier set tlers on tlie edge ol the forest, in the times ot the “Old French War,” and can hardly leol less than grateful, for the sturdy and successful efforts of the old hunter of Dunstable. SPECIAL NOTICES. A CARD. To the Patrons of the Jtf, L. A. Lectures: The Lecture Committee have received the follow ing letter: Washington, Dec. 20,1865. George H. Suardox, Cor. Secretary, M. L. A.: Sir:—I liad hoped to have the great pleasure ol coming to Portland on the 5 h of Januaay, but the Senate refused to adjourn for so long a time as the House indicated, and the Committee of Conference to-day compromised by adjourning tfll Jan. 5th, in which both Houses concnrred. You will sec there will be no business done for lack of quorum till the 8th, but I feel the obligations for public duty so heav ily that I cannot consent to be absent any day the House is in session, and 1 am, therefore, compelled to give up coming to Portland. Yours truly, Schuyler Colfax. Being unable to secure a satisfactory Lecturer for the evening of Jan. 5th, the Committee take this method to inform the Season Ticket Holders that the next Lecture of the course will be delivered on Wed nesday Evening, Jan. 17th, by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Per Order oi Committee. dcc29dtf 8N The First National Bank OF POBTIiAND. INTEREST ON DEPOSITS. THIS Bank will issue Certificates of Deposit, pay alile on demand, bearing Interest at favorable rates. W. E. rfoULD, Cashier. Portland, Nov. 13,1865.—dtf 8 n COLGATE’S HONEY SOAP! THIS celebrated Toilet Soap, in such universal demand, is made from the choicest materials, is mild and emollient in its nature, fragrantly scented, and extremely beneficial in its act upon the si in. For sale by all Druggists and Fancy Goods Dealers June31dlyr One of the Oldest Remedies Known to Medical Science* The Bengal Dispensatory says the “effects of Hasheesh are popularly known in the South of Africa Turkey, Egypt, Asia Minor, India, and all the adja cent territories, and in the popular medicines of these nations wo find it extensively employed for a multi tude of afflictions.” “In a standard treatise of Mate ria Medica more than six hundred years old, it is de scribed as one of the most valuable of all known medicines.” THE HA$HEESII CANDY! Now mported and prepared by the Sylvan Oriental Company, Is the only pleasant and reliable prepaiac tion of the article ever offered to the public and will soon take the place of all other remedie6 lor RHEUMATISM, ASTHMA, NEURALGIA, COUGHS, COLDS, RESTLESSNESS. And all diseases ot Hie Nervous System. For sale by all Druggists. Sent by mail with foil directions on receipt of price. Price—Large Box $1.00, with 16 cents for postage; Small Box 50 cents, with 6 cents for postage. yr. F. PHILLIPS A CO., Agents for Maine. Dec. 0,1066—SKuly SPECIAL -VO TICES. A Card. Portland, Dec. 18,1866. Messrs. John e. Dow & Son, » Insurance Agents, 23 Exchange Street, Portland, Me. Oentinmen .-—You will please accept my thanks for the prompt manner in which yon have adjusted my losses by fire in September last. The amount of dam age to my Furniture was promptly paid, and under your direction Messrs.C. R. & L.E. 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Hay, Wholesale Agents, Portland, Maine. oct31sn MW&F6m Halt’s Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renew er has proved itself to be the most perfect prepara tion for the hair ever offered to the public. It is a vegetable compound, and contains no inju rious properties whatever. IT WILL RESTORE GRAY HAIR TO ITS ORIQ wlfi*teepHhe“KaTr from Tailing out. It cleanses the scalp and makes the hair^soft, lus trous and silken. It is a splendid hair dressing. No person, old or young, should fail to use it. IT IS RECOMMENDED AND USED BY THE FIRST MEDICAL AUTHORITY. ty Ask for Hall's Sicilian Ilair Renewer, and take no other. R. P. HALL A CO., Nashua, N. H., Proprietors. W. F. Phillips if Co , Wholesale Agents. augl0snd&w6m WARREN’S GOUGH BALSAM! Has been found by experience to be the BEST BE MEET For the various diseases of the Lungs and Throat, such as DIPHTHERIA, iitkua, Bronchi!!*. Consumption. 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He had long been profoundly impressed with the wonderful virtue of the honey oi the plant Hore hound, in union with the CLEANSING and HEAL ING properties of Tar extracted from the life princi ple of the forest tree Abies Balsamea or Balm ot Gilead. For yearsjie was baffled in his attempts to blend these great medicinal forces into such a union that the original power of each would be pre served, the disagreeable qualities of common tax re moved, and the price of the compound be within the means of all. At last, after a long course of difficult chemical experiments, he found that by adding to these five other ingredients, each one valuable by it self, he not only obtained the desired results but greatly increased the curative power of the com pound. This having been thoroughly tested by prac tice, is now offered to the general public as a safe, pleasant and infhllible remedy. Price Ftfly Cents Per Battle. CHARLES DOWNER, General Agent, 41 Cedar St., New York. For sale by W. F. Phillips & Co., Portland. Dec 19—SNdlm SEELE’S HAIR LIFE I A Magical Preparation -FOB RESTORING, BEAUTIFYING, DRESSING THE HAIR. PRICE FIFTY CENTS. For sale at Wholesale and Retail, -BY CHARLES CUSTIS k CO., WHOLESALE AGENTS for the STATE ol MAINE, Morton Block, Congress Street, Portland. July 22—undtf _SPECIAL NOTICES. TREMENDOUS DISCOUNT! -12T Stationery & Fancy Articles. Will be sold at a great discount, at retail or in one lot, my entire stock of goods. Now is your time to buy for New Tears. Being determined to close up business, everything will be marked down so that It ' secure a speedy sale, to continue until January 1st. Leave of Store and Tenement for Sale. H. L. B A L • No* 38 Centre Street. First door from Cd2fGRE88 Street. dec-J5diwS2f * PORTLAND PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY, ALONZO S. DAVIS, Proprietor, No. SO Middle Street, .... Portland, Me. Copying done in the best maner. dec29tt. Ink ! Ink ! The Eureka Black Writing and Stencil INKS, and Shoemakers' Coloring—the very best articles in the market. Manufactured by Augustus D. Forbes & Co., Cambridgeport, Mass. Travelling Agent, H. M. FOGG, 33 Middle street, Portland, Me. 6t* doc28 Chilblains Can lie Cured! Use CHARLES’ LINIMENT. Follow the Dine tions strictly and we warrant a cure. For sale, Wholesale and Retail, by BURGESS, FORES Si CO., Genebal Agents, 80 Commercial Street, (Thomas Block,) dec27dtfs n Portland, Me. ITCH 1 ITCH I ITCH I Scratch, Scratch, Scratch! Wheaton’s Ointment: Will Cure the Itch in Forty-Eight Honrs. Also cures SALT RHEUM, ULCEUS, Chilblains, and all Eruptions qf the Skin. Price 50 cents. For sale by all druggists. By sending60 cents to WEEKS & POTTER, Sole Agents, 170 Washington St., Boston, 'it will be for warded by mail, free of postage, to any part of the United States. Oct 25,1805.—8 N d&wlyr Boston Stock List. Sales at the Bbokeks Boabd, Dec 30. American Gold. 1454 U. S. Coupon Sixes. 1881, coupons off.. 103? United States 7 3-lOths Loan, 1st serios. 88} do 2d series. 98# do 3d series. 98? United States Five-twenties, 1862. 103$ do small.103 do 1864. 101? do 1865. 101} United States Debt Certificates, Sept. y8# U nited States Ten-forties. 94# Eastern Railroad. 89} [Sales at auction.] Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad_ 94} York Manufacturing Company.1310 Bates Manufacturing Company. 1G0} Boston and Maine Railroad. 115 Bath City Sixes, 1889. 90} _MARRIED. In Scarboro, Deo 25, by Rev E Martin, Mr Chas E Chase, of Portland, and Miss Eva M Deering, of Scarboro. In New York, Dec 27, by Rev Dr Hatfield, Abner O Shaw, M D, of Portland, and Miss Lizzie A, daugh ter of the late Nicoll Sanford, Esq, of New York City. In Bangor. Dec 28, by Rev Mr Holwav, William A Duran, of Portland, and Miss Laura S, daughter of Jefferson Higgins, Esq, o B. In Portsmouth, Dec 28, Danl R Young, of Augusta, and Lizzie Bates, of Newcastl . died._ In this city, Dec 25, Mr John Archibald, aged 33 years. [New Brunswick papers please copy.1 In Westbrook, Dec 30, Mr Wm M Merrill, aged 56 years. £3F*Funeral on Wednesday aftemo^, at 2 o’clk, from his late residence. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. In San Francisco, Cal, Mrs Henrietta Howard, wife of Philip L Weaver, aged 24 years—daughter of Ru fhs Jordan, of this city. In Cape Elizabeth, Dec 31, Mrs Sarah, widow of the late Capt S W Stanford, aged 97 years 6 months. |yFuneral on Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o’clock, from the residence of the late John Fickett, Esq. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. In Gorham, Dec 16, Mrs Martha, wile of John Westcott, aged 76 years. iWestern papers please copy.] n Albany, Dec 26, Henry II, son of M M and M W Haskell, aged 4 years 5 months. _PASSENGERS^ Mrs Tracy, Francis Boon, W J Horton. f IMPORTS. LIVERPOOL. Steamship Belgian—15 bales mdse to order; 13 bales do C M Bailey j 31) chests tea, J A Paddock; 4 hales mdse, Marrett. Poor & Co; 2 cases eartbern ware, CWRawson; 124 bars iron, Aug E Stevens; 1 case paper, 4 bale? hemp, 17 cases 6 bales mdse, 3 crates eartbern ware, 71 bills steel plates, to Thos Paddock; 8 cases mdse, J E Prindle. DEMERARA. Brig Jane Bell—93 bhds 20 tres 133 bbls sugar, to Geo H Starr. EXPORTS. Per steamer Damascus. f>r Liverpool-1080 bass corn. 697 bbls potashes. 62 bbls pcarlsshes, 8 eases machinery, 12.863 staves. 350 boxes cheese, 1025 bbls flour, 2360 pkgs butter, 166 bbls beet, 301 boxes bacon, 3 cases sundries. Miniature Almanac.Janaary 1. Sun rises.7.80 I Moon rises. 5.34 PM Sun sets.4.39 | Hijrli water.11.45 AM MARINE NEWS PORT OP PORTLAND. Sat air day, December SO ARRIVED. Steamer Montreal, Liscomb, Boston. Brig Jane Bell, (Br) Acker, Demarara 22 days. Sch Sophia R Jameson, Jameson, New York. Sch E G Willard, Parsons. Saugus, Mass. Sch Exchange, Woodbury, Boston. Sch Splendid,-, Macldas. Sch Ousel, Cudworth, Bristol. Sch Ella, Davis, Bristol. Sch Lady Ellen, Libby, Ellsworth. Sch Napoleon, Lewis. Wiscasset. Sch E D Mansfield, Prout, Harpswcll. Sch Commodore. Hue kins, Boston for Lubec. Sch Mary, Sawyer, Jonesport for New York. Sch Foster, Staples, Ellsworth for Boston. Sch Saxon, Richardson. Bangor for Philadelphia. Sch Magnum Bonum, Rieb, Frankfort for Boston. CLEARED. Steamship Damascus, (Br) Watts, Lievrpool — H & A Allan. Steamer Franconia, Sherwood, New York—Emery & Fox. , Barque S W Holbrook, Small, Matanzas—George S Hunt. Brig Nancy N Locke, McCalmon, Matanzas—H I Robinson. Sell Jos Long, Osgood, Sagua—John D Lord. Sch Pilgrim, (Br) Gilmore, Horton NS-A D Whid deu. Sunday, December 31, ARRIVED. Steamship Belgian, (Br) Brown, Liverpool Utli via Londonderry lSi n. Steamer Lewiston, Knight, Boston. Sch Jeddie, Roberts, Calais tor Now York. Schs Capitol (Roberts, and Robert Woodruff, Sims, Frankfort for Boston. Sch Amazon, Kalloch, Rockland for Boston. List of Vessels built and registered in the Dis trict of Portland during the year 1865, together with those built out 01 the District tor Portland parties. Name. Where built. Tons. Stmr Dirigo.Cape Elizabeth... 94160 “ Orient... i.Cape Elizabeth.. 262 76 “ Gazelle.Portland. 162 91 Ship Richard McManus.. .Biddcfird. 818 00 “ Anna.Yarmouth. 1077 26 “ Prisellla.Biddcford. 95i 67 “ Bertha.Yarmouth. 961 88 Bark Maria Henry.Cape Elizabeth.... 613 89 “ Chalmelte.Freeport. 849 31 “ Brunswick.....'..Westbrook. 506 27 “ Wallace.Capo Elizabeth.... 638 28 “ Allco Kelley.Yarmouth. 820 61 “ Ada G York.Westbrook. 485 62 “ Caroline Lemont.Brunswick. 650 33 Brig Mora E Brewer.Freeport. 298 33 Clara M Goodrich_Westbrook. 393 09 “ Sarah B Crosby.Addison. 405 oo Mary A Chase.Kcnnebunk. 329 65 “ Giles Loring.Yarmouth. 404 96 “ Helen O Phinney_Westbrook. 443 21 '• Llje Houghton.Pembroke. 440 00 Schr D C Maxwell.Boothbay. 61 78 C C Clark.Kenncbunk. 12138 “ Lida and Lizzie.Bootbbav. 48 35 “ Annie Freeman.Westbrook. 120 20 “ J B Woodbury.Boothbay. 69 13 Totoltons.. 12,791 07 In the U S District Court at Key West,Judge Boy ton presiding, decrees have been rendered as lollows: Brig Croton, vessel sold for $1633, cargo $1930; sal vage $1400; expenses, *188. Barque Waltham, cargo appraised at $204,288, materials sold for $477,98; sal vage 9 per cent on the residue: expenses not yet tax ed. Brig J Blckmore, vessel appraised at $3600, car go appraised at $114.702; Balvagel2 per cent on the residue; expenses not yet taxed. Brig Sea Lark, cargo appraised at $2600, materials sold $2212; ex penses, $112 29: salvage, after deducting expenses, to bo 40 per cent on the sale, and 30 per cent on the ap praisement of cargo. DISASTERS. Sch Bouj Franklin, of Orland, from New York for Portland, with com, parted chains and went ashore at Dennis on Thursday, 21st. She was got off and taken into Hyannis, on Sunday, with loss ot sails and rigging, and h .at stove. Ban,lie B Colcord, of Scarsport, from Havana for Portland, before reported ashore, struck on Gravelly Island, South side of the Vineyard, about 2 o’clock on Thursday morning, in a thick fog. The vessel was in charge of Mr Gilkoy, the mate, Capt Colcord having died eight days previous. The barque lies in an easy position in about four feet of water at low tide. It the weather is lavorable, Bhe will be got off. Sch Ann, Carey, from Baltimore lor Boston, with com, was totally wrecked on Pone Island, night ot the 27th. Crew saved. Tbe A registered 170 tons, was built at Plttston in 1833, and owned in Boston. Sch SliUoh, before reported nshore on Bateman’s Beach, near Newport, was started about twenty feet on the 28th, and was expected she would he got off next day. Barque Fanny Buck, from Rotterdam for Cardiff, collided with a steamer, off Dover, night of the 13th, and is supposed to have sunk. The steamer was tow ed into port full of water, having two of the? barque's crew on board. Later—The Fanny Buck was towed h.to Dover having a large hole in her bow, which was patched up with canvass and boards, to keep the w ater out. DOMESTIC PORTS. GALVESTON—In port 15th inst, brigs Winfield, Merrill, tor Liverpool, greater part ol cargo engaged; Nebraska, Emery, for Boston; ami others. DAlilEN, GA—Sid 21st, brig J Leighton, Leigh ton, for New York. In the river, bound up, brig Fannie, with loss of both anchors and chains. BAl/lIMOKE—Ar 28th, brig Romance, Duncan, Nevassa. Ar 28th, schs J C Boker, Goldthwalte,Saco; Island Queen, Conary, Darien, Ga. Cld 28th, sch Ida F Wheeler. Dyer, Portland. PHI LADELPIHA—Cld 28th, barque Amies, Dal bng, Portland. ' Cld 28th, barquo Deborah Pennell, Dunning, lor Rio Janeiro. •' NEW YORK—Ar 28th, brigs Blackfigli, Fickett, Savannah; Wm Nichols, Ames, Newburg lor Rich mond, Va; schs C A Farnsworth, Crowell, Para; b Ames, Ames, Darien, Ga. Cld 28th, schs Mary Kelley. Reed, for Porto Rico; Althea, Godfrey, New Orleans. Ar 29th, brigs Wm II Parks, Plummer, Matauzas; A Adams. Ayres, Richmond; schsBedabcdec, Whit more, Rockland for City Point; Ilannie Westbrook, Littlejohn, Elizabcthport for Portland; Courier,Hop kins, andIyiduskia, Smith, Elizabethport for Boston; Col Eddy, do for do. Cld 29th, shins Star ot the Union, Reed, San Fran cisco ; Daniel Webster, Spencer, London; barques Lavinia, Davis, Galveston; A C Adams,Collins, for Apalachicola; brig BIngiuac, Gray, Port au Prince, schs Camille, Clark, Savannah; Elk, Allen, Port Royal SC. NEW LONDON—Ar 2Dtli, schs Cli&g Thompson, Brewster. Rockland for New York; Balloon, Clay Frankfort for Norwich; Forest, Merrill! Rockland for Norfolk; S G King, Clendenin, New York for Calais; S E Parker, Fitzgerald, do for Camden. NEWPORT—Ay 28th, sell Gen Grant, Orchard, Portland lor Baltimore; Flora King, Cook, Provi dence for Calais. Ar 2 ith, schs Juno, Keene, Bucksport for Wash wm?11 > -Lamartine, Griggs, Calais for New York; Willow, Mcradden, Lubec for do. ftn Dutch I..land Harbor 29th, brig Crimea, Clifford, Cardonas for Boston. FALL RIVER—Ar 29th, brig Forest State, Shute, Bang.tr. ' ' HOLMES'S HOLE—Ar 26th, brig Paragon, Reed. Bangor for Providence; sch Geo Brown, Elliot, from Jeremie lor Boston. ^In port, barques baruues Ellen Stevens, and Gan len; brigs Sarah G odenow. Ortolan, Harriet, C H Kennedy. Snow Bird; schs Tyrone, Nancy It llea Eu£eno* Harper. Convoy. EDGARTOWN—Ar 28th, schs Jag Henry, Oliver, New York lor Keimebunk; Convoy. MerriU. Wil mington lor Boston. BOSTON—Cld 29th, brigs J West, Hutchins, for Winierport, to load for West Indies; Avondale, Dix. Charleston. M^m.3„ni2*V^hs F£n.ni# ,Mitehdl. Clark, to Machias; “Sit Portland. di K3tan- <***». and Kmily, ai£!hi3«wS?,E> Undinc- «loverfCienftiego»; brig wSSS.^StuSS’. Wn“NMi! sch Harriet FOREIGN PORTS. * Sid fin Hamburg Dec 11, ship Pocahontas. Graves lor England. ’ Ar at Cuxhaven 11th, ship Emily Farnum, Simes. for Callao. At Shields 14th, shin Herald of the Morning, Wil liams, for Boston, ready. Sid fin Surinam 23th, brig Emma C. Trash, for Boston. Ar at Cayenne Nov 29, barque Alice Tarlton, Con nor, Boston, for Surinam. At Port au Prince Dec 10, brig Torrent, Gould, fin Bangor, lor Boston in 6 days; sell J G Whipple, Thorndike, for New York 4 days. Ar at HalilUx NS Dec 21, brig Express, Howard, Portland. ’ Ar at St John NB, Dec 26, sch Noel, Marstors, fm Portland. * (Per steamer Australasian, at New York.J Sid fin Liverpool 13tb, Stockton, Griffin, Havana; Hellespont, BriJgeo, Jamaica; lGth, Joseph Holmes, Crocker, New Orleans; 16th, Moonbeam, Dow, for Boston. Entlorldg, Gold on Light, Slater, Savannah; Ex celsior, Pendleton, New York; flying Eagle, Haves. New Orleans; Yorick, Dixon, New York; 14th, Ed dystone, Dyer. Boston; E H Taylor, Lord, N York: Thos llarwaru, Strickland, Philadelphia. Clrl 16th, Mary Lord, Law, Kio Janeiro; St Ber nard, Deijen, New Orleans. Ar at London 14th. David Brown, Pendleton, from Rotterdam. Ar at Deal 13th, Hudson, Potter, London for New York (and sailed.) Sid fin Isle ol Wight 14th, Arabia, Faller, (from Callao) for Hamburg. Off Nartmouth llfch, Cowper Percival, Shields for San Francisco. Sid fin Falmouth 12th, Lion, Cooper, (from Trini dad) for Antwerp. A i at Cardiff 14th, Alexandrine, Snow, London. At at Newport 12th, Elizabeth Cushing, Brown, Rotterdam, to load for Galloo; 14th, Congress, Wy man. Bremen. Sid fin Queenstown 13th, Detroit, Thomas, (from Callao) for Hull. Ar at Constantinople Nov 29, Golden Rule, Leach. Malta. Ar at Malta Dec 8, Sacramento, Hussey, Boston. Ar at Palermo Dec 4, Ionic, Knowles, GLrgentl. Sid fin Marseilles Dec 10, Onward, Stahl, lor New York. Ar at Havre Dec 14, St Louis,Equin, New Orleans; Alexandria, Foubert, New York. Ar at Hamburg Dec 10, Eliplialet Gieeley, Cutter, Callao. Sid fin Cuxhaven Dec 12, Pocahontas, Graves, for England. Shi fin Helvoet Dec 12, Fanny Buck, Turner, f.r Cardiff, (see disasters.) SPOKEN. Dec 10, lat 45 N, Ion 14 W, ship Gauges, Potter, fin London for Calcutta. No date, lat 40 N, Ion 31 W, ship Sagamore , Ger rish, from Callao for England. New Advertisements. Montreal Ocean Steamship Co, Carrying the Canadian and U. S. Mails. PAssExoEnti Booked to Londonderry and Liverpool. Return Tickets Granted at Reduced Rates. The Steamship PERUVIAN, Capt. Ballantine, will sail from this port for Liverpool, SATURDAY. Gfcb January, 1866, immediately alter the arrival ol the train of the previous day from Montreal. To be followed by the Belgian on Jan. 13. Passage to Londcndery and Liverpool: Cabin (according to accommodations) $70 to $80 Steerage, $25 Payable in Gold or its equivalent. For freight or passage apply to H. & A. ALLAN, 5 G. T. R. Passenger Depot. Portland, Dec. 11th, 1865. declldtf Timekeepers for the HiUion! THE PEOPLE'8 IMPROVED POCKET TIMEKEEPER. PRICE 25 CENTS EACH. TIIE most novel and useful invention of the age. constructed on the most approvod pinciples, and warranted to denote solar tuns'with greater accura cy than the most expensive watch ever yet invented, and can never get out of order. No family should be without It. P ice, with white enameled dial, gold or silver gilt, 25 cents, and sent, by mall to any part of this country or British Provinces. Address, with one red stamp, P. G. HOMER, janld&wlm Boston, Mass. Copartnership. THE undersigned have this day formed a Copart nership for the transaction of a General Commission Xluslnese, under the name and firm ot CHURCHILL, HROWJTS & MANSON. J. B. BROWN is a special partner in the house, and lias contributed Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars to its capital. Jab. M. Churchill, Phillip Henry Brown, John Marshall Brown, B. T. Manson. Portland, January 1,1866. janldlm. Dissolution of Copartnership THE Copartnership heretofore existing under the style and firm of 8. F. CLEAVELAND & CO. was dissolved, by mutual consent, on the twenty ninth day of December, A. D. 18C5, by the withdraw al ol Mr. Q. W. Richards. All the unsettled business of the late firm of will be settled at the old stand, No. 4 Free Street Block, by the remaining partners, where the same business will be continued under the style of CLEAVELAND to RAWSON. S. T. CLEAVELAND, G. W. Richards, •Tan. 1.—d3weod* E. T. G. Rawson. Copartnership Notice. THE undersigned have this day associated them selves under the firm name of 1> O W * LIBBY, fbr the transaction oi a general FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE BUSINESS. At 00 Exchange Street, Portland, John Dow, Portland, Jan. 1, I860. Frank W. Libuy. OCCUPATION At your own Homes l THOUSANDS can realize a hundred dollars weekly. No utensils required except those found in every household: profits 100 per cent.: demand staple as flour. Full particulars sent on receipt of two stamps lor return postage. Address HOPKINS & BROWN, janldlw&w3w 641 Broadway, New York. Dissolution of Copartnership. THE partnership recently formed between us, ns Counsellors at Law, is this day terminated by mutual consent. Woodbury Davis, M. M. Buti.er. Portland, Dec. 30, 1866. janldlwood Copartnership Notice, MR. H. II. RICKER ia admitted a partner in our firm from this date. MORRIS, GRFENE & SAWYER Portland, Jan. 1,1866.—dlw Copartnership Notice. 'VTOT1CE is hereby given that Mr. JOHN C. DEN Xv NIS is admitted as a member ot oWtina on after this date. The business will be conducted under the samo name and style as heretofore. JOHN DENNIS & CO. Portland, January 1,18GC.—dlw For Rent. rpHE WOODEN STORES numbered 85 and 67 on A Commercial Street, now occupied by Jlillllten & Freeman and Weymouth & Rogers, opposite the Thomas Block; possession given the 1st day of Jan uary. Apply to ELB RIDGE GERRY, janl—dtf No. 59 High Street, Monday Corning, January 1, 1866. PORTLAND AND VICINITY. Adjertlsere will benefit themselves, as well as tcaommodate us, by sending in their advertisements 'U an early hour in the day. yew Atlrerii^cjiaeut* To-Day NEW ADVERTISEMENT COLUMN. Advertised Letters—A. T. L>o!e. 'iwLVal 0001111 Steamship Go.—H. Sc A. Allan. tUo Willi,G. Homer, ik*ton Uc^upatfon at your own Homes. M rSni.,’>rl',‘.Hrcl'i11' <£ .Munson. Copartnership Not ce-Duw & Libby. Copartnership Notice-Morris. Ureeiie * Sawyer. ( ..partnership Noth,o-j„hll l)t.nnli & c ■> Dlss lintion oiCopartner.bip_cvavelnn.ia: Rnwson Dissolution of CopartnermljPDsWa&BuUcr Fur Kent—Stores—Flbriiiyo' Uorry. Business in the Municipal Court. We are indebted to Mr. Morris, Recorder of the Municipal Court in this city, for the fol lowing statement of the criminal business that came before the Court last year, compared with that of 1804: 1861. 1865. Aflravs, 8 20 Search and Seizure process, 80 72 Intoxication, 123 157 Assault and Battery, 84 05 Libels of Liquors, 8 8 Violation of the Lord’s Day, 15 37 Common Rogues, &c., 4 2 Single Sale of Liquor, 2 2 Breaking and Entering 20 Larceny, 99 69 Mai. Mischief and Trespass, 9 29 Contempt of Court, 2 Hawkers and Pedlars. 1 1 Receiving Stolen Goods, 2 3 Keeping Gambling Place, 1 3 Violation of Fishery Laws, 4 House of Ill-Fame, 2 Riot, 5 Bastardy, 5 6 Violation City Ordinance:— Fast Driving, 1 12 Resisting onicers, 12 6 Truancy, 12 7 Throwing Stones and Snowballs, 10 5 Obstructing Streets and Walks, 9 11 Hogstys, 3 3 Playing Ball, 2 Discharge of Firearms, 1 1 Animals at Large, 2 7 Dogs without license, 2 2 Carriages without License, 6 Loud Noises In Streets, 1 Neglecting Horse hi Street, 1 Mutilating Trees, 1 Extortion—Hack Driver, 1 1 Aiding enlistments in other States, 1 Taking Horse in Streets, 3 1 «. Adultery, 1 Gambling, 1 Arson, 2 Exposure of Person, 2 Manslaughter, 1 False Pretences, 1 Aiding Prisoners to Escape from Jail, 1 I Attempt to Poison, 1 Disturbance oi Meeting, \ Assault with intent to commit a rape, l Ki nipping, 2 U tterlng altered Bills, • 1 Conveying Liquer to Prisoners in Jail, 1 Total, 497 546 Number ot Appeals to S. J. Court, “ Criminal*,” 7 3 Number ordered to Recognize to S. J. Court, 30 66 Number Discharged, 40 48 “ Imprisoned, 55 39 Amount of Fines and Costs im posed, $4,361 $4,97‘< Amount of Fines and Costs paid, 2,835 3,303 Number of Entries, civil business, 400 575 Two-thirds of all committed to jail for non payment of fines and costs, pay the same at the jail and are liberated. Condition of the Froedmen. The following letter has just been received by the Secretary of the Fveedmen’s Aid Asso ciation in this city, and is published to stimu late the activity of those good men and wo men who have hearts to feel for the sufferings of the poor: Amebicax Fkeedmes’s Aid Commission, i Washington, D. C., Dec. 2S, 1865. j G. F. Talbot, Esq., Sec’y, Portland, Me. Dear Sir:—I have asked Gen. Howard for a table showing tire present number of treed people, men, women and childicn, dependent upon the Government for food, and Iris esti mates of the number likely to become depend ent during the winter, and forward the mate rial portion of his reply for your information: It is probable that tbe proper beneficiaries of the Commission will number two or three times as many as are reported tor rations, large numbers needing some assistance, al though not entirely dependent. There is no longer any question that all that can be col lected will be needed to prevent extreme suf fering and death, and to sustain the schools upon which the destiny of the race is to turn. The table as received is this; Men, Women Estimated for Children. Winter. T>l .l.l.l Coin mlijs. 538 1,000 Virginia, 12,00.1 15,000 North Carolina, 7,250 10,000 South Carolina and Georgia, 14,417 20,000 Florida. - 1,000 Alabama, 2,1M(?) 40,000 Mississippi, 2,&'3 6,000 Louisiana, 1,450 2, 11OO Missouri and Arkansas, 1,517 2,000 Kentucky and Tennes see, 2,980 3,000 Texas, 33 1,000 Total. 46.035 100,000 Very respectfully, J. R. Shepherd, Sec’y. Charities.—Tlie Martha Washington So ciety made their annual appeal to our citizens last evening at the M. E. Church in Chestnut Street. The church was crowded. After reading the Scriptures and prayer by Rev. Mr. Allen, pastor of the church, a sound discourse was delivered by Rev. Mr. Bolles, pastor of Congress Square Universalist Church, from the first verse of the eleventh chapter of Eccle asties: “Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days f in which the preacher enforced the doctrine that we must give to get, and must be charitable to be prosperous. The collection taken up amounted to $110, 06, the largest contribution ever received by this Society. The annual address in behalf of the Female Samaritan Association was given last evening at the Pearl Street Universalist Church, by Rev. Mr. Atwood, the pastor. His text was from the nineteenth verse of the tenth chap ter of Ecclesiastics: “ But money answereth all things.” In the various uses, both evil and good, which may be made of money, the preacher impressed upon his hearers, in elo quent strains, that the best use made of it was when it was freely given in charity. The col lection taken up amounted to $52,45, which was a large one considering the number pres ent. Both of the above named associations had their origin, and have been mainly fostered by the Universalist Churches in this city. The arrangements for meetings the same evening were unfortunate, but were made without knowledge of each other. The Post Office.—Judge Davis enters upon the duties of Postmaster to-day. He has appointed William C. How, Esq., Chief Clerk of the establishment, who will have charge of the working details of the office. Mr. How was formerly foreign mail clerk in the office, and understands thoroughly the entire business, and what is needed for the accommodation of the public. We understand, that, as far as consistent with the clerical force allowed the office by the Department at Washington, Judge Davis is disposed to accommodate the public to the ut most extent. Some changes are contemplated, as suggested in the Press of Saturday. But the consent of the Department must be had before they can all be made. It will be noticed, by advertisement, that the law partnership recently formed between Judge Davis and M. M. Butler, Esq., has been terminated in consequence of tin* former as suming the duties of Postmaster. Ocean Association, Ey- -1.—We would remind the numeron* friends of this associa tion, and the da®-mS community in general, that the assi-'»lion S'™ tlloir fourth annual Grand FWman’s Military and Civic Ball to night at Mechanics’ Hall. Their dances have gj.en all who have participated in them entire satisfaction, as their gentlemanly managers have used every effort to please. We may ex pect numerous delegations from engine com panies from other towns to be present in uni form, and it will undoubtedly he the ball of the season. We have only to say tliat Chandler’s Quadrille Band, with Chandler as prompter, ftimishes the music. To give satisfaction on that point, they never postpone, foul weather or fan-; so turn out one and all,and give them a full house. New Year’s Day.—The Custom House will be closed to-day. The Post Office will be open at the usual holiday hours. Foreign Expobts. — The total value o foreign exports from this port last week amounted to $53,245.20. Included in the shipments were 49,322 sugar box shooks; 1,432 shook3 and heads; 60,000 hoops; 38,500 feet of lumber; 100 barrels of flour; 11 bands of peas; 240 barrels of potatoes; 50 barrels of onions; 10 kits of mackerel; 300 lbs. of opium; 1,200 lbs. of lard; 7f0 ibs. cf chccre; 407,000 lbs. of codiuh; 2 dezen axes; 3S packages of sundry march andisc. Centra! Church.—The Fair and Festival oi the ladies of this society will take place on the evenings of the 8th and 9th inst., in the City Hall, on which occasion will be offered for sale a very large variety of lancy and use ful articles. There will also be presented a new and attractive list of entertainments,— giving matters for amusement and thought for all,—and rendering the evening’s pastime of unusai interest. Advertisement hereafter. Chamber Concert.—No lecture occuiring Wednesday evening, an opportunity will bo given those who desire, of attending the Chamber Concert, at, Congress Hall, and hear ing some fine music. The names of lieeJm ven, Romberg, Gluck, et als., are sufficient guarantee that the programme is a good one. This concert commences at a quarter to eight o’clock. Arrival of the Belgian.—Steamship Belgian, Capt. Brown, from Liverpool 14th and Londonderry 15th ult., arrived at this port yesterday morning. She experienced throughout the passage head winds and heavy gales. The Belgian brought 22 cabin and 200 steer age passengers and a full cargo. We are indebted to the Purser for files of papers. The news had beeg anticipated. The Moravian is the steamer due this week from Liverpool. - A Waif.—A babe was left on the door step of a house up town last evening. Alter leav ing it the person rang the door bell and clear ed. The owner of the mansion went to the door, discovered the babe nicely wrapped up alive and kicking, took it in, and notified the police of the affair. Having enough of the article in his family, the foundling will be sen t to the Alms House. The following note was found pinned to the child’s clothing: -I hive left a child at your door, as I am a poor woman and have no means to take care of it myself. I am a Cath olic, and his father an 11 want my child brought up one, too. Poor Johnny, God bless you, for lie can do better by you than I can, and you will be brought up a Catholic. Sergeant Ambler.—A friend writes ub that Sergeant Ambler, the Swordsman, had a set-to the other day, with the great Belgian giant, now on exhibition in Boston. The gi ant is Seven feet eight inches high, and weighs 402 pounds. Sergeant Ambler is not very di minutive, but he seemed like the youthful Da vid in the presence of Goliab. They were both old soldiers, but Mr. Ambler succeeded in knocking the giant’s sword out of his hand, and sending it off in a tangent toward the ceiling. Simple but Effectual.—The entire free dom from all deleterious ingredients renders “ Brown's Bronchial Trochesor Cough and Voice Lozenges, a sate remedy for the moat delicate female, or youngest child, and has caused them to be held in the highest esteem by singers and public speakers generally. In coughs, irritatiou ot the throat caused by cold or unusual exertion of the vocal organs, in speaking in public, or singing, they produce the most-beneficial results. mw&f A Card.—The undersigned, in behalf of the Portland Freedmen’s Aid Association, gratefully acknowledges the receipt of five hundred dollars from the Portland Ladies’ Christian Commission. J. T. McCobb, Treasurer. Portland, Dec. 30,1365. Personal.—Among the passenger* by the Belgian, which arrived from Liverpool yester day morning, was John Hayden, Esq., of Bath, and his son. They have been absent a year, this voyage having been taken on ac count ot ill health of the son, who returns highly unproved. Deering Hall.—Onr readers will not for get that on Monday evening next, Messrs Dupre?& Benedict’s Minstrels will appear at Deering Hall, for three evenings. The com pany is strong and efficient in ail its depart ments, and we predict for them a series of fine houses. Entebtasmet. —Skiff & Gaylord’s Min strels give their first entertainment, at Deering Hall, tliis evening, when will be exhibited the panorama of Sherman’s Grand March through Georgia. Postponed.—Ex-America Hose Company, No. 1, have postponed their next assembly, which was to have come off Tuesday eveuing, until January 9th. We are requested to remind the members of Congress Square Uuiversalist Society of their adjourned meeting this evening, at the Vestry, at 7 o’clock. A full attendance Is re quested. Sailing of the Steamer.—The steam ship Damascus, Capt. Watts, sailed from this port for Liverpool Saturday evening, taking out fourteen passengers and a lull cargo. Xetr York Markets. New York, Dt c. 30. Cotton-quiet ami steady; sales 1,500 bale*; Mid dling Uplands at 53c. Flour—receipts 4,562 bbls.; sales 4,500 b' ,1s. State and Western dull and heavy, but prions at e without decided change. Total stock Dec. 30, 18 65, 764,302 bbls. Supertine State 7 40 ft 7 80. Extr v do. 8 4o ft 8 60. Choice do 8 65 ft 8 80. Bound 1 loop Ohio 8 85 ft 9 10. Choice do. 9 20 ft 10 30. Superliue Western 7 40 ft 7 80. Common to good a1 :tra West ern 8 55 ft 8 90.Southern dull and uncha* iged; sales 250 bbls. mixed to good at 9 10 ft 10 in. Fancy and extra 10 15 ft 15 25. Canada dull and dr or >ping; sales 150 bbls. common extra at 6 45 ft 8 80. Extra good to choice 8 90 ft 11 35. Wheat-dull and nominally lowov on common grades; White choice, grade* rule Tf 4-y Urm. Total stock Dec. 30.1865, 2.940,168 bush. Corn—dull and lc lower. Total s' ^ck Dec. 30,1865. 2.916,862 bush.; sales 28,000 bushel * Mixed Western at 95 ft 96$c. Do. do., unsound, yo ft 94c. Oats—quiet and heavy; sales o { unsound at 49 u) 56c. Sound 60 ft 62c. Beef—quiet; sales 250 bbls. u s * plain meas at 17 00 ft 22 00. Old do. 11 00 ft 14 00* Now Extra do. 22 00 ft 24 00. Old do. 14 00 ft 17 Qjh. Total stock old and new Jan. 1, 1866, 34,975 panto urea. Some date last month 40,718 packages; suma da.te last year 156 437 packages. Pork—dull and lowor; sales j,200 bbls.; afro 3,250 bbls. new mesa for January, Vebruary and Jdaroh, aeUer’s option, at 29 00 ft 30 00. Total stockand new, January 1,1866, 34J5S ibis.; same dai\ last month 41,135 bbla.; same eat > last year 118,188 mess at 29 00 ft 29 25, closing s X 29 00 cash, new iAes* at 30 50 ft 31 50; prime new in css 23 50 w 24 50. \ Lard—quiet and steady; sal es 400 bbls 'at II <£ It) Jo. per lb. Butter—quiet and heavy; sales Ohio at ID ft 35c. State 27 ft 40c. Whiskey—dull and nornlna 1; sales ol Westons at 2 27. Rice—quiet. Sag^gUrt: 8aIe® 20 hhd MwcoTado at Ilf f. Molasses—quiet. JSSfSfSut^ *** Oils—quiet; sales of I.ln/seed at 143 ^ 144 ’ ijvrd SE™ <*uIet* PeSole^iffi; MiaU, crude at 40 (® 40J. Beflned beaded Bl ffi ites* 3#,o‘ °fta-at w‘« Chlcagi> Markets. Flour-quiet. Chicago, Dec. siJ lorN’o'12~'luB 0t 1 @ 1 M for No. 1, and 98 ® ''8 Corn—very dull. Oats—nuiet. High Wines—inactive. •»27 m ® * °° Lard—quiet at 18 £ 181. ' Hot*—mcctlve at It oo d; 11 50. Live bora lower. Sales at 9 00 a 9 62 f ,rmedium wW hbls. of dour, 12,000burkt*" "f wheat, 14,000 hu.shrlg of oorn, C2 000 bushels of Shipments -1,600 bbls. flou’i 74,390 bJSbita wl «»• C Tho Department ot 1^5.—uiture pro poses to introduce the Japanese mulberry tree (morns papyrlfcra), which not only affords leaves that arc good food for silk worms, but supplies with its hark the bos* materials of pa per. Not only writing and printing paper is made from it by the Japanese, bat It is used when glased and oiled, for umbrellas, cope* &o.