The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-06-22
Death of Mr.. valIandigham.

1t was strange and mysterious fate, at
a time when Mr. acknowledgements name
| was so prominent before the country, as
the author of an amended political plat
form, that brought upon him the calamity
of a sudden and bloody death Stra nge
that he should have escaped unframed
the perils Of u stormy political career,
arrest and torcible expulsion from h ONE
by usurping military tyranny, exile and
party hatred, to perish at length through
an unaccountable Observation-Disclosures of his
own.
Mr.. Vallandigham was 80 years of age,
in the prime Of life and maturity of his
powers, and with his unquestioned abili-
ties, strong will, and power as leading
politician, mad II promising future before
him. That he was an honest man is
abundantly proven by his outspoken and
tenacious adherence to his opinion, at all
times. A timid man would have covered
before the threats made venial person
would have yielded to the bribery so
abundantly offered. The country can lily
afford to spare such men.
LOOK To THE DATES. Our subscribers
are requested to take notice whether the
dates upon the yellow direction labels cor
respond to the actual time to which pay
ment has been made. If they do not, the
office should be Immediately notified.
The Boston Traveller says that one whole
sale liquor dealer in Portland lets siXty-two
shops for the sale of rum, to different parties,
and puts the rents low on condition that the
keepers buy their poison OF him.
The Traveller should be more explicit
We tremble to think Of the liability of
people to fix their minds on the State
Agency. 1t isn't said that the sixty-two
shops are in Portland only that the source
of poison is there located Let the Tray
eller at once relieve public anxiety.
Senator IIamlin and Congressman
Frye escaped the perils of the flies, and
have got back with fine strings of trout,
They have been unable to tell Just where
the fish were caught, but they mostly
came from Mooseiucmagunlic, Molle-
chunkemunk and Wolokenbacook lakes.
The names of the other places they can't
remember.
The Camden Herald gives melan-
choly case of a young man of that town,
named Sutherland, who might have
been prosperous and respected, but is
now in jail in Boston, charged with a State
Prison offence. He commenced his gull
ty career by cheating the printer.
The Herald says that D. Knowlton &
Co. are building sixty freight cars for the
European railroad, and have made eigh-
ty tons Of spikes for the same Company,
During the building of the Belfast road,
that firm was found to be most reliable
and prompt in filling contracts of the
kind.
The infatuated Kennebeckers are
rushing into the jaws of the mosquitoes
and black flies, in mad search for trout
Jordan Of the Standard and Badger of the
Farmer are among the latest victims.
The New York Tribune has recent
article on the Democratic party, calling
it ''the party of blunders." There was
not much laundering in New Hampshire,
we noticed.
If we accept the reports of the party jour-
nails in New Hampshire, their defeat was partly
due to injudicious nominations. Portland
Press.
Let the Press lay that paragraph away
till November, 1872, amend it by substi-
tuting United States, and it will do to
print again.