The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-04-13
Letter From RockIand.
Correspondence OF the Journal.

Correspondence oil the journal
RoCKLAND, April IL, 1871.
Though everything has a spring ike
appearance, still the chilling winds OF
March seem to remain with us far into
April, and nowhere are they felt with
more keenness than here in Rockland
In consequence many are complaining Of
coughs ard colds.
Our city government, having now been
fully arranged, with Marshal Carver ut
the head of our police force, we may soon
expect our annual rum raid, just for the
purpose of keeping up appearances: or in
other words, seeming to prosecute, when
in fact they mean no such thing. IN
stead Of looking after those persons who
deal damnation over marble slabs, and
out of gilded decanters, ON our principal
streets, both day and night, they go down
on the Point, and search some poor Old
Irish woman's straw bed, or some labor
ing mans work shop, and perhaps find 4
few bottles to .bear triumphantly away,
and the poor victim made to pay fine Of
| fifty dollars. Or if unable to pay, to lie
in jail for thirty days at the county's cN-
pense. | do not mean to cast any reIlec-
ton upon our police force by stating these
truths. They do just what they are IN
structed to do, by the city fathers, who
are nearly all Republicans, and though
they may take glass Of whiskey now
and then, they heartily believe in pro
hbiton, and the enforcement of the law
to that end. The instructions to the po-
lice are in substance these: appear to
be yigilant and active in searching out
places where liquor is sold but il friend
A. or b. OF c. is selling, don't trouble
them, because their political influence Is
great, and their family relations are Num-
erous, and nearly all vote the republican
ticket. But if you are obliged, in order
to appear right, to search their places,
be kind enough to let them know when
you are coming round that way, 1t you
find any Democrat who is selling, and
none of his, or his wife's relatives vote
the republican ticket go for him. BY
so doing, and by another resolution IN
serted in our platform at the next state
Convention, endorsing prohibition, we
shall be able to secure the votes OF the
temperance wing of our party another
year." The result will be that rum will
flow rs freely rs ever, drunkenness will
abound, and the expense Of this seeming
prosecution of rumsellers will have to
be paid by our now overburdened tax
payers At the close of this year, we
shall have, as we have today, no less than
twenty-tour places where liquor is sold !
on Main street, in this city
By an order passed by the board of /
Aldermen and Common Council of this /
city, some two years ago, committee OF
three was appointed ITO revise the city |
ordinances, and to procure the printing
of one thousand copies of the city charter |
and acts additional thereto.n The alore-
said committee has just completed its
labors, and through the kindnes of Alder |
man Glover, l was presented with very |
neatly bound copy few days ago After
a careful examination Of the same, ! ann .
prepared to say, that as matter Of his |
tory, it is almost equal to Eaton's History !
of this locality, and for mistakes md .
blunders, is fully up to Nose's edition OF |
the revised Statutes. The Police Court of |
this city, over which our worthy Judge |
Hall presides, is entirely ignored, and one
would be led TO believe, by reading this |
revised edition of our city charter. that |
we still had a Municipal Court, and that |
Judge Cochran still lived and presided |
over the same. | am inclined to think |
that, though our city clerk. who h1d /
charge of this matter, may be able to .
write fair article on prohibition, he is
decidcdlya poor lawgiver
We came quite near having q conllagra- |
ton here last night, in the locality called /
the Brook. The fire originated in an old |
wooden building owned by Mr.. George |
Clark, and occupied by Weber 4 Hall 4
as q market, and by Mr.. Robinson ~ Il |
saloon, and overhead by the owner, where
he eats, sleeps and peruses Coke and .
Blackstone. 1t is supposed that while
George was pursuing the aforesaid studies
by the light of "talow Dip he acciden-
tally set fire to the building. This building
being adjacent to a number OF other wood
en- buildings. it was thought at first that
it would be hard to stay the progress OF
the flames, AZ the fire was we'll under
way when discovered, but being calm
night the active efforts Of our iremcn
soon subdued it. | have not been in
formed of the amount of the damage each \
sustained. A great part of the goods in
the stores were saved. Messrs. Webbcr
& Hall had one thousand dollars insured |
on their stock. NoNIEN.
NEW STEAMER FOR THE PENoEsCor
The new steamer Charles B. San ford
was successfully launched on Thursday /
last, from the yard of Nealie & Lew. |
Kensington (Philadelphia). The Sanford |
was built under the supervision of Capt.
e. w. Snow, for Hugh Ross ESD, of this
city. and is intended to be used either for
towing or as passenger boat on the Pc
nobscot river. She is 10 feet long, ,
feet beam and 9 1-2 feet depth of hold, .
with one of the latest improved low-press-
ure, surface condensing engines, having
80 inches diameter of cylinder and -
inches length of stroke. The interior Ar
rangements are of the best and most mod |
ern character, and the cabins are finished |
in hard wood, polished. The Philadel-
phia Gazette says: when completed,
this will be one of the handsomest boats |
ever built on the Delaware-solid and |
substantial, both in workmanship and |
material, and at the same time light and
tasteful i'll appearance a combination of
qualities which always characterize YES
sells built at the works Of Nertie e. Levy"
[Whig.
The motive powers OF streams, flowing
equal volumes of water, will be directly
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