Established June 23,1862. Vol. 7. PORTLAND, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25 1868 '' - ——— -—-__—-_' ______ lerms vd.00 per annum, in advance. THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS is published every day, (Sunday rxcepted,) ar No. 1 Prlntors’ Exchange, Exchange Street, Portland. N. A. FOSTER, Proprietor. Terms:—Eight Dollars a year in advance. Single copies 4 cents. THE MAINE STATE PRESS. Is published at the same place every Thursday morning at $2.00 a year, i nvariably in advance. Rates or Adverthino.—One inch of space, in let -gth of column, constitutes a “square.” 51.50 per square daily first week. 75 cents per week after; three insertions, or less, $1.00; continu ing every other day after first week, 50 cents. Ilall square, three insertion'* or le.ss, '<5 cents: one week, $1 00; 50 cents per week atier. Unde • head of “Amesements,” $2.00 per square per week; three insertions or less, $1.50. Special Notices, $1.’ 5 per square h r the first Insertion, and 25 cents per square lor each subse quent insertion. Advertisements inserted in the “Maine State Press” (which has a large circulation in every part of the State) for $1.00 pel squaie ior firs, insertion and 50 cents i*»r equate for each substqoent loser l»un. BUSINESS CABDS. TH0ME3, SMABDON & CO,, JOBBERS OF WOOIjEJYS, AND Tailors’ Trimmings! AGENTS FOB THE Ne Plus Ultra Collar Gomp’y, BIIIDEFOKD, MR. f>6 Union Street, (First Door from Middle.) Francis O. Thornes. Je20n&stl Geo. II. Sinai don WEED, FOGG & FREEMAN, (Successors to A. WEBB & Co.,) 16S Commercial St., Portland, Me., DEALERS IN CORN, FloiiF,Menl,$>sits, lu Large or Small Quantities. ALSO, Shorts, Fine Feed & Cr. Corn ^“Choice Family flour by the single barrel or in bags. S. H. WEBB, J. L. FOGG, II. C. FBEEMAN. Dee 28, 18UT dtf WltlGHT & BUCK, Proprietors of Greenwood Mill, mjcHAViiii.it, s. c. DEALERS in Yellow Piue TimbM and Ship Slock. Orders solicited. Rei'k.rknces—R. P. Buck & Co., New York; Wm. McGilvery. Esq., Seal sport; Ryan & Davis, Portland. raarl'6dtl' C. a. DOWNES, MERCHANT TAILOR, BA8 REMOVED TO No. 233 1-2 Congress Street, COHN KB OF CHESTNNT Anguat 30,1866. n dti DECKING, MILL1KEN & CO., - JOBBBBS OB - D It Y GOODS, AND - WOOLENS, Rave this day removed to the new and spacious store erected for them S8 and OO Middle St., On the Oid Site occupied by them previous to tho great tire. + Portland, March 16. tf GEO. W. TRUE & CO., 116 Commercial Street, Fcad Long Wharf DKALERS IS CORN, FLOUR, Fresh Ground Yellow Meal, Oaia, Shorts, Bye Meal, dc. VINK DAIRY AND TABLE HALT. W, H. WALDRON, OEO. W. TRCR. January 20 Snltcodtl JOHN E. HOW, Jr., Counsellor and Attorney at Law, And Solicitor in Bankruptcy, JAUNCEY COURT, 4-T Wall Mired, ... New Yoeli CHy. B^Commissioiier for Maine and Massachusetts. Jan. gfldtf W. T. BROWN & CO., tieneral Commission Merchants, No. 90 1-*J Commercial Street, (Thomas Block,) Wu lard T. Brown, 1 ___ _ ■Walter H. Brown, J Portland. Sole Wholesale Agents lor the Boston Match Co. lor Maine. By permission re ter to Dana Co., J. W. Perkins & Co., Josiah if. Drummond, Burgess, Kobe* & Co._ JuneAidtl W. H. PHILLIPS, CARPENTER, BUILDER, And Ship Joiner. Ug^Circular ati«l Jig Sawing done with despatch. Motilulngs of all kinds, Doors, Saab and Blinds made or furnished to order. IWS C ommercial Nt , (fool of Park Nt.,) P'oktlajnd, Maine, au2ik^ NATHAN WEBB, Counsellor and Attorney at Law, Mo. til Kxcimn{;c 8t. July8-dti C. J. SCHUMACHER, nt ESCO PA INTEIt. tiflet at the Drug Store of Messrs. A. G. Schlotter beck & Co., VOX Ccugreis Portland, iTIe, Ja1?dtf One door above Brown. Charles P. Mattocks, Attcrney and Counseller at Law, CANAL. BANK BUILDING, No. btt Middle Nlevel ... Porllaud. tcbUfltl G. A. SUSSKRAVT, IMPORT EK, KA-NHFACTUBEB AM) DEAI.KB IB Furs, Hats and Caps, 136 Middle Street, PORTLAND, - MAINE. B^-OubIi paid »or Shipping Fura. sep20dtf UOWAllD A CLEAVES, Attorneys & Counsellors at Law. PORTLAND, M NE. Ofjlce iVo. 30 Exchange Street, Joseph Howard, Jy9'67-ly Nathan Cleaves. WALTER COREY & CO, Madcfaotubkb* and Dealers i» FUKI^ITUKE! Looking Glasses, Mattresses, Spring lieds, Ac. Clupp’a Block, Kennebec Slreec (Opposite Foot of Chestnut,) FebSdtf PORTLAND. S. FREEMAIf & CO., Commission Merchants l ltJl Broad street, Samfel Fkeemajs, » E^D. Appleton. ] NEW YORK. >W“ParTlwl*r,atleilUon S,VlT| to the purchasing or Flour and Grain. * Rei-D ncM-JLla) ill K«»zer. Esq , r. McKenney & Co., W. it C. It. Millik.it, .1. II. Carroll, Esq , T H. y>mum & < o. __jnneildti A. N. NOYE8 At SON, M&nn*»ctarcr3 and dealer* In fttoves, Langes & Furnaces, Can be found in their NEW BUILDINU OIV I,r I*|JK *$T., (Opf-onite the MarkoC) Wbete thoy will be phased to bee all their former oasioiuMa and receive order* as usual. aug!7dtf n If. M. PAY SON, STOCK BltOKKlt. No. 30 Exchange Street, _rniTLAMp MB no21 Federal St. JUST RECEIVED A PINE LOT OP Hew Turkish Prunes, fire Pound* for One Dollar. New Cask Raisins, Mix rounds for One Dollar# All other goods in my line as cheap accordingly. Call and examine t« r jourselv 8. tebltf _ WM, L. WILLSON. I’VE GOT IT I Davis’ Celebrated Catarrh Remedy! M. S. WHITTIER, JUNCTION FItEK A ND CONGRESS STREETS TRV IT! TB1’ IT! February 4. d3w* DR. JOHNSON'S Sea Foam Dentifrice / THIS Preparation is lecommended by eminent l>eniibts, Physicians and Chemists, as being se cond to none in use, tor cleansing, polishing and preserving the teeth hardening the gums, and im parting a pleasant odor to the breath; in tact it can not be excelled. 11 acts not only ns a powder, but as a soap aud wash, three in one. Contains n > injuri ous grit cr ac1 JOHNSON, Dentist. October 30. d Spring Style Hats | FERRY* s, 290 Congress st, Ovpv.il. Preble U.aav. lelldSu j BEAL ESTATE. Faun tor Sale. j rjlHE subscriber. otter for sal a (hair place, well , X known as the Whitehouse Farm, situated in l , c ^°wn oi Cumberland, oil the county road lcad ing iroin Gray to Pcrtland. Said farm contains about 110 acres and is one of the best hay larms in tne county. Ten miles trora Portland ainl two and a ji!ii *,‘cm l^e Portland and Kennebe; Depot, uuiiaings sair; house, two stories; barn, 41 by 81 t ‘ft, in good repair. This farm will be sold with or without the stock and farm in? fools at a rare bar 8a”l. Title perfct. F r further particulars inquire o' W. T. & K. T. HALL, at the larui, or R G HALL Esq * Gray Corner. feh22dtt For Sale. HOUSE and Lot No G5 Park Street. Fou>e In good order, furnished with Gas, Bath Room and plenty oi Bolt and hard water. Also Lot of Laud on India St, 120x100. Apply to R. O. CON ANT. felTdtf No 15i> Commercial St. For ^3,500 ! ONE-HALF of a new two and a hall story resi dence, Within live minutes’ walk of the P. O containing ten finished rooms, all in complete order, marble mantel in parlor, good cellar, cistern, &c — House piped for gas. This property is offered at a low figure and easy payments, as the owner is about leaving the Sta'e. Apply to GEO. R. DAVIS & CO.. teblTdlw Dealers in Real Estate. House Lots. TWO on Congress near State Street, and eight A lots on Emery, Lewis and Thomas streets, lor sale by W. II. STEPHENSON, Fel' 10, 18C8.-tf At 2d National Bank. Farm for Sale. ^ in Casco. A good farm contain - b. lng about 50 acres ot good early I land, one third fenced by Thompson L_Pond, about 230 rods ot stone wall, _■**_:'dvided Into tillage, pasturage and woodland; is situated on a good, traveled road, leading to Wee! aides Falls, one mile and a ha’I trom Casco \ lllage, halt a mile from school house, and in u pood ueighboihood. The land is early, good and easy to cultivate, and will cut about twelve tons of hav. On said farm there is a new barn, built in 1*66, a good wood house, and a small, convenient liom-e, pleasantly situated; a good well of water on the place. Will be sold at a bargain it appliei lor soon. Inquire of L. P. HOOPER, At No. 44 Brown Street, or address Box 987 P. O , Portland. febl2dlm» IV E W First €Ia^ Hotel TO LET! The pubacriber has nearly completed a —large and thjrouehly appointed Hotel In fiourisMng CITY OF PORTLAND, .HMAIMi. Tlio building is situated in a central and commanding position on tbe , , V°! "iv of Middle and Caion Si.., two principal thorougblares; It Is five stories high, las a ireo tlon front, contains about 220 rooms, and is to be provided witli all modera conveniences and Improvements. It is pronounced the finest building lor Hotel purposes iu New England. The Hotel can be ready tor occupancy by the middle of June. Ai plications may be addressed to tbe subscribers at Portland, J. B. BROWN, or FebD.lt, __ J. B. BROWN & SONS. For Sale—One Mile from Port land. THE beautiful residence occupied bylCev. W.P. Merrill, situated in Westbrook, on tht Back Cove road, known by tbe name of tbe Machjgonne Villa, Ibe grounds are tastefully laid out with walks, flower beds, splendid evergreens and shade trees; about 200 pear, apple, plum and cherry trees in bearing; plenty of currents and gooaebeiries; about n acre ot strawberries—raised l,60o quarts this year. The lot embraces nearly tour acres, with streets 60 feet wide all round It. The buildings—a fine houNO with 15 rooms, French root and cupola, and a piazza rouud three sides; warmed with fur nace, good well and cistern in cellar; gardener’s house and summer house, and good stable well finished with cellar, at tbe low price ot $7,500. Terms easy. For p*rliculars euquire on the pre mises, or of WH1TTEMORK & STAKBIRD, on Commerc al street; or FEUNALD & SON. corner ot Preble and Congress streets. Sept. 3. iltt NOTICK. L will sell on tavorable terms as to payment, «r let for a term of years, the lots od tbe corner ot Middle and Franklin streets, and on Franklin street, including thecorncr of Franklin and WM. HILLIARD, Bangor »t vMl III * RKKD. Attorneys. Portland.' Ivt2tl To be Sold Immediately. rp\V° Houses ami tots In City. Price *900 and Si. A6t0. Hoiuw lot, iu Capo Elirobeth *5 i to *100 _ , _ JOSEPH HEED, _ x a Esfcate Agent, Oak and Congress sts. Octobes 2. dtf FOIl SALE! Me., a valuable larni, containing 250 acres, cats at out Fcventv-flve tons ot 1 ay.— House, woodhouse, stable, barn and out buildings, all in first rate order, within three miles of South Paris Station. Will be sold on lavorable terms, or exchanged lor desirable real estate in Portland.— For particulars enquire of J. C. PROCTER. iebl2dtl_ No. 93 Exchange Street. Land lor Sale. A of the laic Mary S. Lunt's Estate, near , Portland, via Tukey’s Bridge; In parcels to suit Purchasers. Enquire in person or by lectei ol I _ JAMES JOHNSON, Stroud water, Westbrook Adm’r of said Estate with will annexed._ oct 22-d&wti Farm in Buxton VKeA For Sale. Contains 120 acres, 40 of wood; cut* [will 35,to40 tons hay. Buildings good, only two .LMLmiles from the village of West Gorham, very easy land to work. Apply to _ __ W. U. JERRIS, Real E>tate Agent, op *> Preble Home, Portland j Feb 22-u3w&wlw* The Mercantile Agency, 47 Congress and 40 Water Street, Boston, Will have an Office First q/ Afar-h in Jose Block No. 88 Exchange St., opposite the Custom House, Portland. This institution was established by Lewis Tappan, in now York, in 1841; by him and Edward E. Dun bar m Boston, in 1843, and subsequently by them and their succosscrsjn each of the principal cities of the United States and Canada; and is believed to be the first and original organirat on In ; ny part of the world, for the purpose of procuring in a thorough manner, recording and preserving for its patrons de tailed information respecting the home standing, re sponsibility and credit of Merchants, Manufacturers, Traders, &c., to aid in dispensingciodit and collcct 14ng debts. During the twenty-six years that the Mercantile Agency has been in op -ration,there has been no time that it has not enjoyed tlio confidence and patronage of the most honored and sagacious business men in each community where one of its offices lias been lo cated. With a determination, adhered to irom the first opening of this office to the present time, to se cure the aid of reliable and painstaking correspon dents, men of character and integrity, competent assistants and clerks in all responsible positions, and to be strictly impartial in our reports without fear or fhvor, the business has grown to an extent corres ponding to the Increased teritory and extended busi ness of the country; and never has the agency been In condition to render such valuable service to Its subscribers as at the present time. in audition 10 me recorded reports, revised syste matically twice a year by correspondence and trav elling, we have, for the past three years, issued to subsetibers wlio desired it, they paying an addition al subscripliou for the use thereof, a REFERENCE BOOK, containing names of individuals and firms in MercanMle, Manufacturing, Mechanical, and other business, arranged in alphabetical order in their respective towns or cities, with a double rating ap pended, (as per Key furnished with the book.) show ing, first, approximately the pecuniary strength,and secondly, the mercantile credit. This work, now is sued in January and July of each year, is kept use ful to subscribers by the issue ot weekly, (or more frequent) notifications ot important changes which affect the ratings. Besides the GENERAL REFERENCE BOOK, ot whole If. S. and Bri'.ish Provinces, wc issue a BOOK OF PRINCIPAL CITIES, some 70 in num ber, a NEW ENGLAND REFERENCE BOOK, and a WESTERN REFERENCE BOOK. All of the three last named are included In Ihe first, and either can be supplied to a subscriber ac cording to the wants of -bis bnsiness. Wo shall bo pleased toexhib t the Reference Book arid other facilities of the Agency, and to answer such questions as may be asked respecting our sys tem and terms of subscription, upon application per sonally or by letter. EDWARD RUSSELL & CO. January 1, 1868. ASSOCIATE OFICES. E. RUSSELL & CO., Boston, and Portland' R. Q. DUN & Co., New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Detroit,Chicago, Milwaukie,Charleston, New Orleans, Louisville, Memphis, St. Louis, aud London, England. DUN. WlMAN & CO., Tor onto, C. W , Montreal,C. E., and Halitux. N. S. Jau 9 tfeb27 The looking Miracle of the Age ZIMMERMAX’S Steam Cooking Apparatus. Cheap, Simple, Economical! A DINNER COOKED for twenty persons over ONE hole of the Stove. Can be put on any Slove 01 Range ready for instant use. Water changed to a delicious Soup by distillation. Leaves the entire house free trom offensive odors in cooking. Its results astonish all who try it. K^Send for a Circular. For sale, an nUo Town and County Rights in the Stale, by John cousens, Jan 3-dtf Kennebuuk. Me. Flour, Wheat and Peas. :iOO Bbla California Flour la Kucha. 300 Bbla. White Wheat Flour. 3000 Huah. Canada White Wheat. 1300 Buab. Michigan White Wheat. 1300 Bum. Michigan Amber Wheal. 3000 Uuah. Cunuda White Pear. ^“Cunu'iu, Spring, Keel, Wheat, Graham and States Floor in Bags, and lor sale by UPHAM & ADAMS. Feb 21-#od2w 4-00,000. Jiricks / rK SALE, tn lot* to suit purchasers, Annly to WM. H. .ILHKIS; 3 Heal Estato Agent, opposite Preble House. Fob 12-d3w* | REMOVALS. K E M O V A V . W. W. THOMAS, ,Tr., LAW ¥ EH, Has reu.oved to No 24 Exchange st., Thorn* a Build Iebl8 ing, over Merchant’s Exchange. d3m R E M O V A. L . Gray Lufkin & Perry, < Manufacturers and Jobbers of Mats, Caps, Furs, And Straw Goods l HAVE REMOVED TO THEIR NEW STORE IN THE Woodman Blockf Corner of Ailddle and Pearl Streets. Feb 17-d&wlw REMOVAL. SMITH <* REED, COUNSELLORS AT LAW, Have Removed to Cumberland Bank Building, No. 08 Exchange Street, folif Over Lowell & Senter's. d&wtm Removal. JJAVINQ leased for a terra of years the buildings Head of Hobson's tVharf, And Removed (o the South Side of Commercial Street, On said wharf, I am now able to offer to the t ade a good assortment of Long and Short L IT M B K R, Under cover. Spruce dimension, all kind.*, sawed to order. Doors, Sashes and Blinds l constantly on hand and tor sale by B. DEEBING, No. M2 Commercial Street, Holaon’n Whart, foot ot High Street. fcblMtf REM OVAL. SPARROW’S INSURANCE AGENCY! Ol’l'IOIC Is this Day Removed to Sfo. 72 Exchange St., (BOYD'S BLOCK,) Where Insurance of Every Kind, -AND FOK ANY AMOUNT, Can be obtained in First Class Companies, Only, no others being represented at this agency. All persons desiring insurance of this ckanu' ter, are respectfully invited to call. Portland, Feb. 7, 1868. leblldtt REM O Yr A. L . A. F. HILL & CO., Manufacturers, Jobbers and Retailers of MEN’S FURNISHING Q- O O D S, hare removed to tlielr new Store No. 107 MIDDLE STREET, Opposite Brown’s Hotel. feb4 dtl R E M O V A E. Swett & Bradley, DKALEBS IN COOK & PARLOR STOVES, For Wood or* Coal, Have removed to No. 134 Exchange Street. idjf Tbe public are reepeetiully requested to ex amine the stoves and prices. dec30d3m REMOVAL. WOODMAN,”TRUE & 00., IMPOSTERS AKD DEALERS IK DRY GOODS! WOOLENS, Gents’ Furnishing Goods, AND SMALL WARES, . Have this day removed to Woodman's Block, Corner of Middle and Pearl Streets, Nearly opposite their old site. Agents for Maine for the World-renowned Linen Finish Oollai* ? With Cloth at the Button Hole, and Gray's Patent Molded Collar —ALSO— Agents for Singers Sewing Usohine. WOODSIAS, VRI E A CO. Portland, Dec 2d, 1867. dec3d4m REMOVAL. H. M .BBE WJSn, (Successor to J. Smith & Co.) Manufacturer of Leather Belting, Has removed to NO. 92 MIDDLE STREET, Marrett & Poor’s New Block, where may befcund a full assortment ot Leather Belting, as cheap, and equal to any in New England. Belting and Loom Straps made to order. Also for sale, Belt Leather Backs and Sides, Leather Tiimmings, Lace Leather, Belt Hooks, Copper ltivets and Burs. jy 19dtf mr. mYrrill, Counsellor and Attorney at Law, has removed to 144J Exchange Street, opposite pres ent Post Office. july9dtf B £ M O Y A Jm l W. II. CLIFFORD, Counsellor at Law, Aad Solicitor of l*ateute. Has Removed to Corner of Brown and Congress Streets, JalS BROWN'S NEW BLOCK. dtf E.IVERY STABLE! BOARDING AND BAITING By the subscriber, in the stable recently occupied by Samuel Adams, rear of LANCASTER HALL J Prices reasonable. B. P. RUGKJ, Agent. July 23. dtl Hard Times! ETERY OXHtoavs “ it is hard times/* and what everybody says must be true. ELWELL ft BUTLER have MARKED DOWN their entire stock of BOOTS & SHOES, and are now selling them at hard times prices. All persons who believe it is hard times, and wish to pair chase goods according] y are particularly Invited to eall at Mo. 11 Market Square, nearly opposite Uni e«l States Hotel. N. B—Custom Work and Repairing done as -well and as loir as at any place in Portland. February l. dtf FOR HALE. ONE EIGHT HORSE POWER Portable Engine. w. n. rniLLin. 0 Commercial St., toot oi Park St, Portland, Aug 29,-dt B. W. GILBERT. SUCCESSOR TO OH.BF.HT & SOBS, BANK IS H , 18 STATE STREET, SANTOV. DEALER IB Government Securities ABD AOEKT BOR Union Pacific Railroad Ponds at par. Interest six per rent Id gold. Maps and Pampulets turnishoa. gyAgeuu ter Central aaU Union Pad tie Bonds. January 31. Jr6w*4 miscellaneous. No. 5. 8 MILIA 8IMIL1BUS CU8ANTUR. Humphrey’s Hoinrcopathic Specifics, HAVE PROVED, Irom Ihe most p tuple experi ence. an entire success; Simple—Prompt- Effi cient, and Reliable. They are the only Medicines perfectly ad-pted to popular use—so'simple that mistakes cannot be made in using them; so harmless as to be fre^trom danger, and so efficient r.s to be al ways reliable. They have raise 1 the highest com mendation from all, and will a'wayg render satislac i on. No. 1 Cures Fevers, Congestion, Inhumations, 26 * 2 “ Worms, Worm J^ever, Wonn-Collc, 25 i Frying Colic orTeething of infants, 25 4 “ Diarrhcra oi children or adult 25 5 “ Dysentery, Grit In", blllious Colic, 25 ® “ Cholera-MorbusNausea.Vomi! ing,25 7 ‘ Roughs, Co ds, Bronchitis, 25 .. jj ** Neuralgia, ToAfca'bo, Iacenche 25 .. ,1 « Headntbes.SicV'-Headache,Vertigo,25 I? yy*pei»fcio. Biliious Stomach, 25 44,1 4* Suppressed or painful Periods, 25 }2 •' Whiles* too profuse Veiiods, 2." *» i4 !* * roMP> Cough. ditticult Breath ng, 25 ‘ Jj ‘ Sot! Hhcuin,Erv»i|el s.Eruptions, 25 * *3 Rheumatism Rheumatic Pains, 25 j 4. tS ‘ Fevers Ague, dull Fever, Ague, 50 17 “ Files, blind or bleeding, * 50 tA ** Opthalmy, and sore or weak eyes, 50 * 1® “ Catarrh, acute or cronic, Intluenza,50 20 * Whooping l ough,violent Cough*.50 *21 “ A«ihuia, Oppressed Breathing, 50 22 Bar Discharges,Impairs! Hearing,50 a? Bcr.»tfula,enlargedo&rd vessel without landing on wharf at Georgetown, conse quently it is clean and fresh mined. AT WHARF NI’GAtl LOAF egg and GREEN WOOD stove sizes—leliigh. Also, cargo LOHBERRV COAL, stove size—tree burning. Also, cargo JOHN**’, stove and egg sizes. “ “ HARLEM*II, egg and broken sizes—lehlgli. la^'The above named Coals need no praise. JAR1EN H. BAKER. Dec 9-ls dtl Hicbnrdaon’s W harf.^ Advances made ou Goods to the Island of Cnba. Messrs.OHUBOHLL,BBO WN8 & MANSOH Are prepared to make liberal advances on ad kinds of Lnmber, Cooperage and Provisions, to any oi the Ports of the Island, and their connections with the first class Houses ot the Island, make this a desira ble mode foi parties wishing to ship Goods to that market, Portland, 16 Dec. 1867,_dcW*’ GREAT DISCOVERYl HYDRO-CARBON BURNER. THIS machine burrs water with any Petroleum Oil. It can be adjusted to run the largest steam engine, to bake a biseuit, or to boil a tea-kettle. It can be kind!e alker estimates that the war and navy expenses may be required to be twice the amount expended for the year previous to the war which would make them $50,003,000 and the other ordinary expenses 60 per cent, great er than the same year, which would b« $48, 000,000 or a total for ordinary expenses of the government of $104,000,000. Now If $2,000,000,000 of the national debt remained tunded in bonds bearing C per cent, interest in gold, the other $500,000,000 to be placed without interest as will he hereafter explained, there will require to be raised for interest annually 120 millions, and as soon as the bonds can be funded at 5 per cent 100 millions and when ftinded at 4 per cent. 80 millions. This will require a total revenue of $224,000,000. - -. __ Commissioner Weils recommends .the rais ing of *152.000,000 by internal taxes, to he imposed upon the following articles alone: Distilled spiiits, ferented liquors, tobacco and its manufactures, incomes, stamps, leg acies and successions, banks, railroads die., salaries gross receipts, raise llaneous fines, penalties, die. This schedule can be greatly simplified. Let us suppose only this portion of it is left, the estimatesjbeing those of Mr. I Welles: Distilled spirits, «50,ossible, and sup ply their place with bonds subject to State and municipal taxation ? There remains, then, only 8112.000,000 of revenue to be provided for by a tariff. The present tariff yielded for I860, $170,000,000, aud for 1867 8176,000,000 in gold. Reducing the sura to be levied to $112,000,000 would allow tea, coffee, and sugar and raw materials generally to be admitted free of duty, aud all other products at a greally reduced rate. Im portations would increase; the revenue, in stead of falling off with diminution of duties, might, and on many articles would increase. The inducement uow held out to siutigglin? would he effectually removed, and the large army of special agents of the treasury, and extraordinary officers of customs employed at great expense to detect and punish frauds upon the revenue, might be dispensed w ith. Duties being payable in coin, which will have become of equivalent value to the ordinary circulating currency, a premium added to ex cessive duties no longer oppresses the con sumer, upon whom the importer throws its burdens, with an additional profit to himself Whatever views may hitherto have been held in reference to protection it is obvious that the principles of flee trade have rapidly gained ground under the bard experience of the last few years; and that a point has been reached in many articles of manufactuie and production at which high rates of duty have only enhanced the price to the consumer, while the cheap production and manufacture have been just as much beyond our reach as ever. The excess of imports, the steady ac companiment ofliigh duties and large prem iums on gold, show that protection to home industry has not been afforded, that we have loaded ourselves with taxation to the verge ol exhaustion, while foreign fabrics glut our market.--, and our own manufactories lan guish in profitless operation or fall into com plete decay. It is very obvious that the peo ple of the West, and Ihe people of New En gland, heretofore the great advocates of a protective tariff', have become willing to try the experiment oi competing with foreign manufactures on a scale oi duties to he based mainly on considerations of needed revenue. G. F. T. Alabama What unaccountable nonsense it is for some ofthe Republican and all of the Democratic papers to talk ot the admission of Alabama nnder her new constitution as a “breach of contract,” because a majority ot" registered voters did not participate in the election as required by act of Congress. Their reasoning is this: By the terms of the reconstruction act the people ot Alabama were told that they could oppose the adoption of the constitution as successfully by staying away from the polls as by voting against it. Accordingly they adopted the fertner alternative and stayed at home, thus defeating the eoustitution, though the uumber of votes in its favor was within four or five thousand of a majority of all the electors iu the State, and those against It only — JU._-_ ■ — I a few hundreds. Now, say the Springfield Republican and other semi-Democratic sheets, it will be a breach of contract and an infamous outrage for Congress to recognize the validily of the constitution and admit the Representa tives trom Alabama, elected thereunder, to Congress. But it happeus that there are two parties in all contracts — humoring the critics of Con gress enough to call the legislative act passed by a |w)wer competent to enact it a contract— and the party complaining of its violation must come into court with clean hands. How | was it in this case? Did the ex-Rebels of Ala buna content themselves with passive but j legitimate opposition to the constitution con templated by law? If they had confined them selves to resistance by this method thoir claim to preclude Congress from taking fur ther action would be poor enough, since that body has supreme control of the whole matter, and may rightfully exercise its own discretion. Nothing < f this kind gives strength to their position. They actively and unlawfully made use of every expedient that satanic ingenuity could conceive to prevent a true expression of the people of Alabama on the subject of the adoption of the constitution. They kept thousands from the polls by lies, by threats, and by physical force. This is the way they kept their part of the “contract.” These are the people in whose behalf the Springfield Republican thinks it worth while to prate. Varieties. —A lady who had carried two common pigeons from their home in Missouri to Illi nois, a distance of two hundred miles, keep ing them in a close box, lately missed them and has received a letter from Missouri saying that they had returned to their old haunts. —The London fire brigade recently spent several hours huutiug up an aurora borealis which was supposed to be a great fire in the suburbs. —A Montreal dispatch says the leading Ministerial organ there continues the publica tion of letters calculated to create a feeling of uneasiness in regard to the Fenian movement on the Eastern frontier. —A Kansas reporter, having been on a buf falo hunt, says that the party killed seventy ot the animals, and he has lived on the meat so long that his head is shaggy, and he bellows when he tries to talk. —The Toronto Globe advocates the opening of roads through the great North-West terri tory, at the expense of the Ontario Govern ment, rather than not at all. —The Boston Pilot thinks the man is living who will see a majority of the people on the American continent Kornaa Catholic. —Bills to provide for direct taxation for ed ucational purposes, to reduce the number ot members from 46 to 31, and to abolish the offi ces of clerks of the crown and ot the circuit court, have been introduced into the New Brunswick Parliament. Solicitor-General Skinner has resigned, and his office will l# abolished. —A Washington dispatch says the famous Kit Carson, who has been in that city for some days, is iul applicant for an Indian agency in the Wist Strange to say he is likely to be beaten by a politician who is also an appli cant, hut who never saw a wigwam. Carson's name is a household word among the frontier men and friendly Indians. —A Canadian recently ran a snow-shoe race against au Indian and made two miles in fourteen minutes. —A Quebec paper says: “While a young girl was gathering chips in Mr. Valin’s wood yard, St. Roch, ou Saturday afternoon, she thoughtlessly darted forward to pick up a block of wood from under the descending axe of ous of the laborers. While in the act of grasping the piece of wood, she received tho full blow of the axe on the shoulder, being literally nearly cut in two. Though ttill alive, her re covery is pronounced hopeless. No blame is attached to the axe-man.” —r Jorence ighttngala has subscribed £1060 to a fund tor erecting an infirmary at Rotherham, England. —A new edition of the poetical works of Robert Browning is announced in London in six monthly volumes. The first will contain “Pauline “Paracelsus,” and “Strafford.” —The Germans have lost one of their beat novelists by the death of Adelbert Stifter, who died recently at Lina, on the Danube, In the seventy-second year of his age. His works are “Studieu,” which consist of six volumes of short stories; “Bunte Steine," a similar col lection in two volumes; and two novels, “Der Nachsoinmer,” and “Witiko.” —Mr. John C. Breckinridge was seen in Beirut, the old Berytus of old Phoenicia, the other day, he having entered on a tour through the East. He was humming, not “The Hun ters of Kentucky,” but Partant pour la Syria. —A great horseflesh dinner was served at the Langliatn Hotel, London, on the 6th. The company was numerous, and the. unanimous verdict was for eating the horse. Herealter horseflesh is to be considered good. The ef forts that are made to induce men to eat their old friend prove as much that food is scaree, as that the equine quadruped can be made aa serviceable to man in death as he has been in life from immemorial time. —A newly-discovered letter of Peter the Great is now going the round of the Russian journals. Iu this very characteristic epistle Peter informs one of his courtiers that he has heard that his, the corn tier’s, brother wishes to marry a foreign woman, and that he perfectly understands his reasons lor making such a choice, the inhabitants of Russia being less civilized and less polite than those of other countries. He has heard that the courtier has forbidden his brother to contract the meditat ed union, hut his Majesty not only permits it, he positively orders it. —The obscene papers and immoral books with which this country is just now flooded, are seized by the customs authorities of Can ada when carried over the line. —The Whitby (C. W.) Chronicle says:— Some two mouths ago Mr. Joseph Moon, re sid'ng at Port Union, missed a valuable milch cow, and for days and weeks made search for her in every direction without success. A few days ago on going to the ice house, (which had not been entered since the cow was missed,) whut was his astonishment on discovering the missing animal—and still alive, after having been immured without food or water for thir ty-nine days! —in me jsovaoootta Mouse ot .vssemoiy it has been officially announced that the Legis lature will be prorogued whilst the delegation is absent in England. This shows the firm de termination of the Nova Scotia people to ad here to the course they have resolved upon. Mr. Howe was to have left Halifax on Friday : us one of the delegates; and his confreres would follow him in the course of a fortnight. — General Sam Houston, while President of the Texan Republic, received a challenge to light a duel with some person whom he con sidered his inferior. Turning to the bearer of the challenge, ho said: “Sir, tell your princi pal that Sam Houston never fights down hill1“ —Every one has noticed the incongruous readings which are often found on places well plastered or papered with hand-bills. The amiable wife ot A. Oakey Hall late a candi date for District Attorney of New York Coun ty, relates that she was astonished to find, from some of these band-bills, that the New York public were seriously advised to “ Bug lhe best Fireside Companion, A, Oakey Hall." —Two young women, who were watching the body of a supposed dead child,in Aberdeen Mississippi, were somewhat startled when the youngster sat up and requested something to eat. — the Princess o[ L>euch tenberg bas given to the Mineralogical Society of 8t. Petersburg, on the occasion of her marriage, a collection of fossils which she had made in her various tonrs in Europe. The association has elected her an honorary member. —It is ever the case with effervescent mate; rial that to be very sparkling it most be thor oughly bottled. This has proved to be the case with Gen . Bntler-tbe tighter the place, the greater the “pop." The General, while lu active practice in Massachusetts, was a terror and torment to Judges oi thin calibre. On one occasion Judge Sanger having been bullied and badgered out of all patience, petulantly asked, ""'hat does the counsel suppose I sm on lid’s bench tor?” Scratching his head a minute, Ben|amin F. replied: “Well, I confer# your Honor’s got roe there!” —During the rebellion a regiment ot Con federates was marching through Arkansas, up to their knees in mud. An officer riding by a party of soldiers who were assisting to pars a ?'“S ~i"~ IhZgh With you this hitch; but if you ever have any more Cnions to break up, gov test your W* 1 u