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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-08-10
The Guns SPIKED.

The officials of New York city, who
control the public expenditures, have
made a movement which completely
spikes the guns of the noisy clamorer5 re-
garding the city expenditures The dis
patches of Friday last have the follow
ing
Mayor Hall and Controller Connolly, to-day
addressed letter TO President Dodge of the
Chamber OF Commere, asking that Chamber TO
appoint a large and influential committee of
we'll known and upright citizens, to make full
and exhaustive examination of the public ac-
counts and the condition of the public credit
and report the result when complete to the
people and city. and that special meeting of
the Chamber be called for the purposes if
necessary. The Mayor and Controller say that
the accounts will all be published at an early
day, but they earnestly desire that the original
accounts and vouchers be at once Thoroughly
examined. They make this proposition ire
Spectve OF their own personal considerations,
and 1t Is addressed to the Chamber of Com
merce because it is composed of non narfizan
and commercial gentlemen.
Can anything he fairer than this ? or
can any course be pointed ont more liable
to bring out the full facts regarding the
expenditures oil the city, and the state OF
It's credit But it will not silence the
radical press, for the reason that il will
checkmate the attempt to make political
capital out of the hue and cry. But the
report, when made, will satisfy the
people, either that the charges made are
true or false.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-08-10
July Snow Storms.

In many things the present summer is in
strong contrast with the last, and in none
more than the frequent rains and hail
storms. only once in a century pos
Sthie two on three centuries do the mid
Gle states ever see the ground whitened
with snow in July Yet we have seen, in
the July Just ended, the papers of New
Jersey describing July sleighrides in that
State the seighs running on hail while
IN Virginia, ON the night of the 18th, snow
ieIi at teams'S Gap, Rapphannock county.
to the depth of three inches In Chau
tauqua county, New York. south of Lake
Erie, and on the Pennsylvania boundary
line, there was a snow storm on the night
OF July 2lst, which is said TO have left a
depth of half a foot in some places. The
Dunkirk (Chautauqua county, Journal is
the source OF the following item
1--WE have, on credible authority, the state
mcnt that snow fell i'll the southern portion III
'aSa'ia%a valley, in this county, on the night OF
the 9lNt Oh iuy, ISL, to the depth of six inches
ot more We are told that the crops in the
Nlthity OF leVant have been thereby greatly
tillll;tSed. and some OF Them entirely destroyed
captain smith, of the d., W. and Z. railroad,
reported snow in the Cassa,iasa valley at !
O'Clock ON Saturday morning, the 22d, at an inch
or more. The snow fell in the village of For
estyille on the morning of the 2lst so generous
ly that the boys in the streets snowballed with
each other for full fifteen minutes.'
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-08-10

we own only %. We owned Is per cent
of the sail vessels; now we own 43 per
cent, showing that we have not only lost
all our steam tonnage not engaged coast
wise, but also 81 per cent. of our sailing
vessels.
Thus while the United States, under the
ruinous policy of protective tariffs in
augurated by the party i'll power and
maintained by Radical Congress, has
steadily declined in commercial import
ance, other nations less favored by natu-
raj resources have, under more liberal
trade regulations. monopolized the steam
traffic Of the ocean. These are facts
which appeal strongly TO the people, and
unless they have lost all national pride
will not be without effect
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-08-10
Our DEALINGS with a Gas BAD,

We have no more space to waste on the
Bangor Wing concerning the matter of
the New York riots. Our end is answered
when we compel it to admit, Us it virtual
ly does, that we offered to copy any arti-
Gle it might designate of its own, if it
would give place to the whole of our
original article on the riot 1t was caught
in the tolls. To copy the article would
be to exhibit its wilful deception. To de-
cline, would be to confess that it dared
not 1t chose the latter horn of the dilem-
ma.
A distinguished casuist has said that
the essence of lie is the intention 20 de-
ceive. The Wing, from column article
in the journal, quoted three and half
lines. passed over quarter OF a column
and quoted seven lines more, presenting
its garbaing as specimen of the whole
1t is astonishing what feats of argument
may be performed in that way. There
was once 4 genius of the order of which
the editor of the Wing is so shining a
light, who undertook to prove from the
language of the Scriptures that God had
no existence, and that its code Of morals
was the reverse of the common accepta-
ton. He quoted the l4th Psalm thus
80 There is no God"
And the commandments thus
Chou shalt steal"
"Thou shalt . bear false witness"
When it was suggested that the context
and words omitted We're highly important
to a correct understanding of the Ian
@uage, and quite changed its meaning,
the learned contestant replied, as does
the kindred genius of the Bangor Wing,
that his style of argument was his own,
and he would change it at no ones bid
ding.
As we said, we have no intention q
wasting space on the tlatulent individual
who is the penny-a-liner of the Wing
1t would be easier, and have less often
sive result, to tap the holder of the Ban
COR "aS works.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-08-10

Yesterday morning about ten o'clock an
extra freight train on the Maine Central
ran into the mixed tram of freight and pas
5engers which was standing atthc Nl9-tl-
boro station, The extra train WI FOLLOW
ing and when they rounded the curve and
came in sight of the standing train, il was
too late to check speed, and the engine
ran completely through the passenger car
ON the rear of the first train. maxim" II
a complete wreck There were twelve on
fifteen passengers on the train, lint lurtu-
nately nearly all heard the altm, jumped
off in season and We're not seriously hurt
Only one, n Mrs. ll>hus, A French wo
man, Of Wateryille. made 10 attempt tn
leave. and she WAS forced from THE car BIT
Col. Thomas Lang, Of Augusta, WHO W.l4
the last one to leave. The collision MI
CURED a~ lie was leaving the train and hr
was thrown several feet into the air but
fortunately was not injured. Mr.. e.. Il.
WatlSWorth of Boston, was the only per
son in the car, and his escape was truly
miraculous. The engine ran within sin
feet OF the forward end Of the ear. leav
ing only that limited piece which was not
crushed like egg shells, and what was still
moro dangerous, the engine continued to-
work, letting the exhausted steam escape
into that part OF the car not crushed. llc
lay flat and covered his mouth keeping
out the steam us much rs possible. His
face except where covered by his hands.
Is scalded severely, but fortunately not in
Iurcd internally. The casualties sum up
rs follows:
&. p. Wadsworth of Boston, scaldol
severely, but not dangerously
Mrs. Lashus (French) of Watery,)e.
bruised leg.
Eli French, of kendall'- MiIls, LEG bad-
ly jammel aud Ii,tle toe crushed not
dangerous.
VIM. Warren Of SkoWhr@an, scaled
but not dangerously.
1t is wonderful that no moro casu;Ii-
ties occurred.
1t is undoubtedly the result of criminal
carclessGess on The part of one OR both
the conductors, probably both The con
ductor OF the forward train ought not 10
have stopped his train so near the curve
without sending back a flag, and the con
ductor and driver of the following train
We're at fault for coming around 4 curve
at such speed US could not be check
Ell IN case cars were at the depot.
Among the passengers we'll known to
our citizens, who escaped unframed,
We're Col. Lang of Augusta, George NJ.
Brown of Boston, and Mr.. Flood of Wa
tervilIe. Wing.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-08-10
A man named Thomson shot and instantly

a man named Thompson shot and instantly
Killed man named Berris, at Horsehead, NY.
Friday, mistaking him for Il paramount of his
wife, for whom he was watching.
Here is q new phase of the killing bust
ness which has become so common of
late years. If man is justified in killing
| another whom he believes to have been
| criminally intimate with his wife, is he TO
be condemned for shooting any one that
he really believes to be the man that he
believes to be guilty? Will some Of the
iustifiable homicide theorists answer2
The New York World asks, SIS Alexander
II. Stephens Democrat" Before answering
that question positively, we should like to know
what is a Democrat nowadays. Portland ADV !.
You will remember that old Izaac Wal
ton speaks Of a dish 'worthy to be eaten
only by anglers or very honest men.
! Well, Democrats can partake Of it with
| propriety, and they arc not anglers as q
general thing
| The Aroostook Pioneer says that the eight
| hundred SWedes-men, women and children
who have arrived in Aroostook during the past
| twelve months, have brought with them more
TO support themselves until the forest can I've
cleared and the soil made ready to supply their
| wants.
! That 10 an avo,.oo. of tl;rt,, ono ,,o,l,rs
and twentv-t;vn cants o,c,, vhotavor
other benefits may spring from the i'm
portation. if is clear that they arc NOT to
bless the region after the George Peabody
| laShlon.
| IN, n,,,. ,.
'''''.'' Ny'.''' "''''''''' ''''s "'''''
5,a !. ~, I''l 80 =; s,',, -
jewels Of Gods own setting, we may gaze only
vnicc Of .Jehoyah enn,rs n,.nrrs hntvcrn liz
sunset and the dawn.
That's what comes OF being ont late q
nights A worse case has seldom occur
iou'
| ne nehlorfatr papers o. ihf Ntait haHlhe
neeh feouheu Iy the IfeNS ior ihelf manifest
| iukeWaflhnesS toward tleii candidate, are now
.iiahiis sluii' ana Wri'ihS MN W. WIN i''
etaa = h. ',...l a., b..
Me- r;,,,.u ,'.., .,.,,
,t -, a n.,;',,,, ,.,,, a., ...,,,,t ),
I.
oo;lod d;sastronslr
W.. e,.., :. .....,. ..
IN, A., ,,...., !,
no. a7,o, oe into t,;s foorf,, .,,,. -,
,,,;n,
According to human estimate is there not
about as much IN the Bible TO prove that 'od l.
the affirmative:
In the name of the saints and martyrs,
| whittier are we tending?
For a long time the Lewiston journal
has chronicled that the people OF that
region were stayed with llagons, and
now the editor himself il comtortp( Will
apples, Of this years growth ana fully
ripe
4, ooont.,or.to so,,ior H.. ro..;ro,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-08-10
North Carolina,

The Legislature of North Carolina, at
its late session, provided for the submis-
sion to the people of the question of hold
ing a Convention to revise to the Consti-
tuition of the State. Voting upon the
question took place last week, the Con-
scrvatives favoring the Convention, and
the radicals voting against it, The vote
is very close, both parties claiming it,
and probably only official returns can de-
termne the question.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-08-10

Hancock, where the radical men anC
brethren are discordant and helligereni
over the alleged malrasancc of certain
officials, is not alone in her glory by any
means. Fraud stalks unchecked in the
Custom House nj Calais, it is reported by
Il detective who has been polk ing his I'M
welcome nose into its affairs. We don't
rely upon any disloyal source for our in
formation, but take il at first hand from
that staunch party organ the Calais Adj
vertiser. 1t reports as follows
Rumors of irregularities and frauds in the
management Of Custom House business have
caused much excitement in Calais for some time
An investigation of the affairs of the Calais Of
flee, by detective, has given rise to many re-
ports of fraud and miSmanagement, attributed
by some to the collector and by others to his
subor,llnates. As no definite action has We,
been taken by the authorities, it is impossible tC
decide. The feeling of hostility toward the
Custom House in this county is bad thing fol
the Republican party, as the Antl-Custom
House party comprises large number of active
business men, and controls the vote of this city
They are all members of the same party, anl
the Custom House is the only source of division
among them. We shall give particulars of til,
alleged frauds as soon AS lllty can De Obtained
from official source. AT present the excitement
is great, and all good citizens regret that tho
luminosity between the rings should cause such
respectable men as one of the collectors bonds
men and well known citizen of Meoldy bempS
to indulge in the pugilistic diversions, will
which they entertained their friends at the trOt-
ting park last Saturday.
We hope the Advertiser will not disap-
point public expectation, but will give us
the facts and figures of the swindle il
their full magnitude The people want to
see them. No doubt the affair will be "a
bad thing for the Republican party but
it will be healthy for the country in the
end. Let the procession move right along
although the """'"e''s toes may be 'r"d'
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-08-10
Marrow Gauge Railroad in Eastern Maine.


We make an extract from 4 letter, oven
| a., .. .r,,.,.,l,,,o.4, 1,4oI a.
'ii' NiS'''tulc 'l Na'99''Viiu9t'ta' "'''0" ~
Ellsworth. July 12h, to the Boston Jour
IN,
MAJ. me writer, we ;ttt 't79ii'u' Is one
| of tine best informed railroad cxperts in
,
| MaSSachllSe1l, anu u man VINO mas par
| t;.i,,,tol larrnl,- in cha,,inr INA RAILROAD
=,
legislation of that state. Ills views Will
| ;nta,.,,t o,,, o,ata ~ f.ianI1 as tha.a nl a
Sl@ariol# anu tNprntnccu gentleman,
,r III. ,},,.,. ,.,r. in l4,,ef ,,a,.t thn ,rrnat
ahd prosperous ftiifolt system OF MaSSa-
| rlnentl. has crown ia rs nrnsnnt n.onor
|
| tion9 After detailing the incidents OF 4
| ;ou,no,- r.o,,, E,e+,,o,4 to Ellsworth thn
I'''' - 49, W. ~ 49,
writer SAYS
.,.-.,-..c
nv ne Pt"pit 'l' ;llNe 10 ,iit htst VI runway
ne vice S''''Se rom hh 10 i'othiahd iS cost
S more tl',l 9'o2p Per me ana ihl'oIeilSLe
's Us ,,''il a li,lc liils l'"I.Ioli ol
n''ir t,'iiioi sustain ,i,' 10 i"t lCt'e' tii''
lile toi'lt are 20 nn narrow sduSe
niit ~ 'oS' '''lt ? pc, ie, ne i' 4 II
Iol't aPlt'.T u nc iioi naiEol' 'hroish EMS
worth ana NathitS' WIN subsequent pfanch
through 'e"hN SNhle 10 aillS' me tiltfe
Il7tthte from bangor 10 iuDet' "h'cn Iles ON
thG Nte,li'l''u iottT l'oiii p 'oli I" b"stoi'
Is h'ii 7" more bF i iihd-i"ehe1 WAFER fouie 10
~ ''olli' ana 80 more rom i4uoee 10 2iais
Ht new route lio'h i'nl3ol WIZ DC Nioitef
liih ING European 'ulu ;NGfih American llilt
nearly 20 mics % y, '4nh ana taltiN' anu
more lii"h ~ mlies 10 Passport dalY
steamer might DC run rom Luhfe !" 'anipo
htit"' E1Stloft iilH o. Johil' rtturIinS the
and thcir success would bring down a branch
rom th d1 AMI ftmpfoke.
twenty miIes Of Bar lIarbor Mt. Desert, where
one h,nnr1 pa5seihSle a iLom ror'lanq nnd
would bring the chief village Of Mt Desert
Wilhn iouf hours q ranger, ann Wlthih i9ut-
lhe attractions Of this Newport Of our eastern
rnaSI a ffrP :, ralWty>, tne question q
them, anl can the money be commanded
,"f lel I ,hr1,'r OIL nc l,V p pn"9
villages, among which are Cherryield with
=, 4'';t VII nt pa.t 100 %
tants 10 the mile, ample TO sustain narrow
rnN r1uup WoUiI conform CLOSELY q HE SIlC-
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-08-10
Excursion to Fort Knox.

| Our city is not only celebrated for its beauty,
| its pretty women and excellent clans, but any
| one who knows us to any extent brags on our
excursions. We go to the Ponds, the Camp
Ground, the Bluff and up on the Railroad, down
among the Islands and over to Fort Point. We
go by teams, ears, boat, and steamer, and we
always have good time; and because of this
| fact we are celebrated
| Last Friday the members of the Masonic fra
| ternity, with their ladies and some invitcl
| friends, made an excursion to Fort Knox. They
chartered the Barge Fairy Of the Wave and re-
| Surrecsed the band for the occasion. Early in
| he morning the day babe fair to he pleasant ana
clear, but before eight O'clock a thick fog had
come in so that it was impossible to see the
boats length ahead. The weather-wise pre-
dcted that the fog would lift before noon. and
at about ten the party started from the lower
wharf taking along some lanterns and shovels
| to dig ont the boat in ease we got stuck The
| first sight we got Of land, was by the lifting Of
| the fog showing us Patterson Point directly
| ahead and but a short distance OIL 1t was the
| opinion of the nautical gentlemen on board that
| had we continued on our course Il few minutes
longer we Should have carried away the point
| completely which would have necesstaed a
| new coast survey Of our eastern shore.
The foe gradually cleared away, and we soon
ran into Searsport where we received 4 dele@a-
ton of Nlasons and their ladies', and continued
| on our way, passing Fort Point, where we OBJ
tanned line view OF the new hotel. which is be
ing erected there.
The run up ronobSco river was pleasant, and
the scenery beautiful. 1t compares Well with
that Of the Hudson and the Mississippi, and
| any one given TO going into eyacies over nNtur-
. al scenery can here find an opportunity.
The PARTY arrived at the Fort 1T about one
| o'clock and Were received with salute from
enc ol the huge guns tliat every where look
down On Tile passing vessels The company
divided into small parties and wendell their " ay
| to different spots about the Fort to prepare dim
ner. our party remained ON the Barge and
partool of 4 lunch which completely spoiIt cur
appetite. After dinner we went on shore and
took a look at the Fort.
Fort knox IS probably 50 called from the fact
that it knocks anything of the kind round in
these parts. We will not ATTEMPT a description
a, our military knowledge is limited. We haC
Il substitute in the army, whit h is all we know
about war, but a, we wantt red through the
arches AMI underground pas age, we became
convinced that for ''Wtys that are dalk," Fort
knox is peculiar The amount OF money eX-
pended there must have been enormous, and
The Fort is Still unfinished and probably Away
will be- one solitary man guards the place
but lie il enough, as one might rs well try tC
carry oil Niagara Fails wilt ut s,illing the wa
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-08-10
Look this Way, Neiqhbor

We don't wonder that our genial neigh
Dor Of the Wing seeks to distract the at
tention Of his readers from the plunderers
at Washington and Augusta and to turn il
towards New York But whilst our good
neighbor'S thoughts and Indignation are
turned towards city corruption, we ash,
him to give passing glance at Philadel-
phia, 4 city absolutely under Radical con-
troll control that has never been inter
ierred with by Democratic Legislature
Here is what the Philadelphia Age says ::
In eight Years the Radicals have increased
the debt OF this city from nineteen to fifty mil
lion dollars, and at the time. put affairs in
such condition AS TO require further increase
OF twenty millions within two years. That will
make AN increase of iifty-one millions of dollars
in ten Years. To be sure, the tide has risen
gradually The rate is about five millions per
year. AT the same time taxation has mounted
nom one dollal and forty cents per hundred,
While the valuation of property has been raised
from one-thlrd TO its full price. Such a state OF
financial affairs cannot be found in any other
city in the world, which claims to be ruled bv
law and ordinances. That of New York is no
parallel"
There's Radical economy for you Fir
doilurS 01h1 to5tY cents tax on a hun
bred Wonder if Philadelphia taxpayers
wouldn't like TO swap their Radical city
officials for some Of the New York alleg-
ed thieves and robbers
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-08-10

The quarrel between Secretary Bout
well and Gen. Pleasanton, Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, has come to q head
The President, who has sided with the
Secretary from the first, finding that
PIeasanton would not resign, suspended
him from office on Tuesday, under the
provisions of the tenure OF office act.
This is among the most serious of the
many feuds by which the party is rent,
and a promising source of future trouble
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-08-10
Then and Now.


some points from those entertained bv
some who are engineering the New Mon
grel Republic. General Washington,
while President, wrote David Humphreys,
Minister of the United States at Lisbon,
June II, 1896, friendly letter, in which
he took occasion to state that one of the
qualifications he expected 10 enjoy in re-
tirement was in believing that II have
rendered to my country every service to
which my abilities were competent
from pecunlary on ambitious motives nor
for a desire to provide for any ono farther
than their intrinsic merit entitled them to :;
and surely not with Il view to bring any
of my own relations into Office And
Ilarper's journal has given to the world
part Of Il letter from Thomas Jefferson in
which he said ''Thc public will never De
made to believe thnt an appointment of II
relative is made ON the ground ct merit
alone, uninlluenccd by family views. nor
can they ever see with appreciation oHi 'rs.
the disposal of which they intru5t to their
Presidents for public purposes, divided
out as family property.' After looking
upon that picture of thc old stock, cast
your eyes, reader, upon the following APP
pointments of relatives by the leader OF
the modern Republicans;
|. Jesse Root Grant. Presidents father,
Postmaster at Covington Kentucky
IL. Orvil l.. Grant, Presidents brother part
ncr witt. the Collector o. the Port at hiclgo
expects something very good after the nrNt
election.
III. Frederick n Dent Presidents father
ip- law Claimant Of Lands at CHouti,lrt- Mis-
Souri-euchrcd by Wilson, late Commissioner
OF ne Land Oilce, ha- not yct eol thr land-,
~ EGy; n, J. Iramer, PRESIDENT brother
,n.laW' MINISTER to Denmark ought to be mA'lt
munster io.hfrlh without waiting for the ffes-
'''e,t'a' ele'1'on;
brother-n.Iaw nr"ni,io, a, 0 ',ni an ' rI
STATE .urruIatinnI Viii Jo,nGy Hill INN o,,i
.Jay GouIl. h,s not mll,. mI,rb NJ L,,I h,'','
to 9ftcr the nryt aIe.tinn
II pro,,nt p,ilr,,i;a, T., ,,,o,.I J., ~ n.,t
Presilont's hroihnr."lIa, t'hiof Irir 't th,
Eyerutiyn Mrnsion
VII JuJ~e o,;. na,t pro.i,rant,. I,ratbo,.
in-Iaw, counsel for Ciaimint. betorr line PRES,
,IrnI Fens cSt;Io,tej at Z In ona
to make more AFTER the neyt ,lrriinn'
vii Innrre " DaTt pra;i',,,, I.,,+l
er.m-,y SmHr,Ser Of iy ,nstn rrs' C
| 60.
IX. Holm Dent. presi,lcut,. hr,tIar-,n INV
only Indian TrnIrr far NV Nayi.n i,''j,,
njon pnroau. ~ ,,I,ra ,vnrtI, 1t0n non ,,',
Alnvonlhr Gh,,n' prasi,,.,t. j.,iI,
| cr.in.law War.hal Of ths ni.trtat or t,,I,,,,i.
| III,
\I. JAIME, f. Cascv. Presidents brolh4r
:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-08-10

Subscribers requested to take notice of the date
on the colored slips attached to the paper 1t is thu
only form OF receipt now used For instance, Il
May a. means that the subscription is paid To that
date When a new payment Is made, the date will
be Immediately changed to correspond, and thus q
in arrears are requested TO forward the sums .,iue
&C. In sending money, state THE POST OFFICE
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