davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-09-25

The republican victories are piling one
upon another in thick succession and in
creasing volume. Their accommodating
force is almost as surprising as it Is graft
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-09-25
Dirigo Business College,
Augusta, Maine.
This Institution will be open to admission,
Sent. 9TH, 1871.

The course of Instruction is thoroughly practical
and designed to qualify young men and women for
positions in business accountants, clerks, any
other vocation.
Having secured the services of a gentleman
long experience In teaching to take especial charge
of the branches, &C., we shall be prepared to admit
students of all grades of scholarship.
The course pursued will be as follows:
BUSINESS COURSE.-Included in Scholarship.
bookkeeping, until qualified to fill the position
of accountability this we mean practical Arthme-
tic, Grammar. and its practical application in Com
merciai Correspondence, Commercial Law, by
Lectures and applied to business documents and
good rapid hand writing. Glasses will be formed
in the common branches as the wants of the school
demand.
ELECTIVE STUDIES.
Higher Mathematics, Languages and Ornament
al Penmanship. Our facilities for obtaining a prac
ployment to the professor, are unsurpassed by any
other school in the country. Scholars are admitted
at any time. Good board furnished at ~ per week
in private families.
TUITION.
Scholarship and Stationary, time
unlimited, $35
Three Months and Stationary, Bust.
ness Course. Is
Three Months, Branches and plain
writing, 10
Ornamental Penmanship. Course, 25
TERMS PAYABLE ON ENTERING.
For further particulars address
d. NJ WATT,
s4f Proprietor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-09-25

As showing how the recent political con-
test in this city was regarded by an out
slider, we give the following extract from
the editorial correspondence of the Farm
ington Chronicle: tg t
ut is universally conceded by the friends
of Hon. Mr. Blaine in this State, irrespective
OF party, that his letter in the Standard in re.
ply to various injurious aspersions respect
ing his character, which appeared in that
paper, was complete vindication of his
public and private life; but the course of the
officers of the First National Bank, of Au-
gusta, whereby they attempted to create the
impression that the charge made against Mr.
Blaine by that paper ''of getting fifteen hun
dred dollars from that Bank on the morning
of election day in 1868, to buy votes WITH
etc. was true, is denounced on all hand, and
will have the tendency, as it certainly should, |
to lessen public confidence in the officers of |
that institution. H. S. Osgood of Augusta,
in a communication to the Kennebec Journal |
of last Saturday, says that he, (Osgood) as |
Treasurer of the Republican City Committee, |
several weeks after the election was over, in |
order TO procure money with which to meet |
the expenses of the campaign, had note |
made for 81, 360.so, which he carried to the |
First National Bank and procured its discount |
there on the 18th of November, 1868. This |
note was endorsed by James G. Blaine, Lot |
VI. Morrill,, John L. Stevens, James A. Bick-
nell, and A. b. Farwell. Col. Osgood saws |
that mot dollar Of me money was used to
buy votes, nor for any other purpose than the
usual and legitimate expenses Of political
campaign" The able and fearless editors of
that stearling sheet, the Kennebec Journal,
have done good service in unmasking the
eneny's batteries in Augusta, and exposing
the meanness and unscrupulousness Of Mr..
Blaine's slanderes.-To the influence exerted
Dy that sheet, also, may the rousing Repub-
ilean majority in that city at the late election
be largely attributed"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23
WITH SUPPLEMENT
New York, Monday, january %, 1877.
CONTENTS OF TO.DAY,S HERALD.


1-Advertisements
acknowledgements
3-"That Awful HERALD:n Anti-Annexation Cana.
Hans op the Great American Journal-Loss OF
the Sagnaw-Senator Frank p. Bair's speech
OF Thanks to the General Assembly OF Mis-.
souri-Voice Of the People-Death OF Mlser-
Inc Coal Miners Strke-Journalistic Notes
Advertisements
Editorials: Leading Article. 1.-THE London Con.
lerence-Questions Upon Which the United
States May be Required to Speak"-Amuse.
ment Announcements.
0-E1itorials continued from Fourth Page)-Per-
sonal lntelligence-The War in Frances Sorues
from Paris; Faidherbe Beaten; Inside the
Doomed CITY; General War News-The Eu-
ropean Congress-Diflicutles In the British
Cabinet-Neutral Rights at observation-disclosures
Ielegraphic News-Views OF the Past-Bus
6-Collector Murphy: What He Has to Say About
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Movement IN the
Real Estate Market-1he Eclipse: Report Of
the Observations Of the American Astronomers
at syracuse Sicily-The Ice Crop OF the Hud-
son-Financial and Commercial Reports-Mar-
rlages. nth and Deaths.
1-Advertisemens
S-Religious: The walk OF the Christian and the
Beauty OF Holiness Child schools in Heaven;
Brother Beecher Gives a Verbal Photograph OF
st. Paurs Personal Appearance; Various Views
OF the Devil: The Sorrows of the Faithful and
the Fate of the Wicked.
9-Religtous continued from Eighth Page)-Lec-
ture by the Rev. DR.. Braun on "Itaian
Unity''-Theatrical Doings OF the Week-Art
Notes-News from South America-Funeral
OF the Late General Wright-"Jumper Lively''
Again In Quod-A Pckpocket Nabbed in Hobo
ken-Row Between Miliiiamen In Hoboken-
Court Calendars This Day-A Newark Physician
Assaulted-An Alleged Negro Rencontre-New
York City News.
1O-News from Wasnngton-The Exies' Sabbath
Missouri Politcs-Funeral Of the Late Peter
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. In ST. Domtngo-Eu10pean
and Havana Markets-Murder In New Jersey
Shipping Intelligence.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23

BEEcHER's LITTLE JOKE ON ST. PAULINE
Beecher yesterday, in his sermon, called ST.
Paul an insignificant blear-ayed Jew" What
did Saul of Tarsus ever do to Mr.. Beecher or
is this an unprovoked attack on one Of the
best Of the apostles? Or was the remark
about St. Pauls visual defect side thrust at
General b. F. Butler, who is looking in two
directions for the next Presidency? Let Mr..
Beecher explain next Sunday, or cast it out
with his congregation in the meantime.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23

THE IRISH ExILEs visited the Grand Opera
House last night, at the special invitation of
Fisk, Jr., to hear some sacred music from
OPERA 53ufe. They went, but discovered
early in the evening that the invitation was
merely stroke of politics to win them over to
one side as against the other, and they with
drew. They have come to the conclusion
by this time that they cannot eat hearty
meal without it has political significance,
and they are consequently likely to be perse-
cuted by their friends into indigestion.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23


THE ALABAMA CLAMs-WnAT ENGLAND
EXPECTS FROM Mr.. SoHENCK. English
people are expecting great things from Mr..
Schenck. Mr.. Otway, the Under Secretary OF
State for Foreign Affairs, has just been telling
his constituents at Chatham shat the new
Minister from the United States, Mr.. Schenck,
would settle the American question. England,
said Mr.. Otway, sis averse TO quarrel, and any
Ministerial policy would be cowardly that re-
fused 10 renew negotiations looking to peace
full settlement with America. If Mr. Schenck
succeeds in satisfactorily settling the Alabama
affair and all other outstanding questions De-
tween the United States and Great Britain we
shall rejoice, and rejoice heartily. IL must,
however, be such a settlement as shall do no
violence 10 the public sentiment OF the United
STAKES,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23

THE COLD yesterday was most intense. We
had been having such unusually pleasant
weather that sudden cold snap, such as we
had yesterday and last evening, finds every
one unprepared and is consequently felt only
the more severely. The temperature, COM
pared with that of the corresponding date last
year, will give substantial idea of the inten-
sity of the cod, the mercury yesterday stand
ing al 2It degrees above zero, while on the
22d Of January last year it stood at 42s.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23

The JEWISH Times states that great COM
motion is prevailing just now among the MEM
bers of one of the oldest Jewish orthodox con-
gregations. The old congregation has young
minister, and his young mind, in the course of
his studies, is drawing conclusions not alto
gether warranted by real orthodox principles.
So, on one or two Of the last Sabbath morn
ings, he startled his audience by asserting, in
very plain language, that "Balaam's ass was
not altogether a reality. The inference is
that the youthful divine ought to know.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23

were, though some were thinly disguised as
national Confederate cruisers.
Again, it is morally certain that this London
Conference will not diminish, but will rather
enlarge, this Paris European interdict against
privateering. Suppose, then, we still stand
aloof, and that next, getting into war with
England, we turn loose our prlvateers upon
her commerce. May not the European COM
pact be held as binding and bring all the
parties concerned TO make common cause
the suppression of these privateers ? Or, In
any event, is not the age of privateering
gomez But, even in the future navigation of
the Black Sea, this London Conference may
limit its commercial and naval concessions to
the ratifying States, or to conditions In the
framing of which 1t may be our interest to
have something to say. And so with regard
to the Suez Canal. Non-intervention as between
the two hemispheres is good thing and
yet it is not likely that we shall be per-
mitted, or will undertake, to dig q ship
canal across the Isthmus Of Darien, or
Nicaragua, or even at Tehuantepec, without
some sort Of understanding with England,
France and Germany. In short, the United
States have become too intimately identified
with the general interests Of the civilized
world still to adhere rigidly to our ancient
policy Of a Chinese isolation. That policy has
had Its day even in China. Her great wall is now
useless. We think, too, that our government
and people will have an interest In the pro-
oeedings Of this London Conference, as 1t goes
on, much greater than that Of an outside spec
tator who has nothing to gain or lose from its
decisions. We think that its deliberations
may extend even to China. We presume that
our new Minister to England, General Sche mex,
win have the privilege of attending the sittings
OF the Conferences but, as he will for the time
being have nothing else to do, we think he
should at least be instructed to keep his gov
eminent well informed of this Conference, its
doings and the drift of its proceedings; for
who knows but that st. Domingo or the main
tenance of Spain in the island of Cuba, as
European balance of power in the Gulf of
Mexico, may be among the questions which
will be considered by this world-embracing
Conference? We really consider the subject
in all its possible bearings upon American in
terests as eminently worthy thoughtful con-
sideration by General Grant.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23

ENGLISH CABINET DFFIoULTIEs-From O
special cable despatch, to be found elsewhere
in these columns, it will be learned that q sort
of crisis now exists in the British Cabinet. All
over the three kingdoms feeling prevails that
Mr.. Gladstone, in his excessive desire to work
out great domestic reforms, has been some
what neglected. of the position which the Bri-
fish empire ought to hold among the nations.
When Parliament meets, in February, it is ex-
pected that vigorous onslaught will be made
on the Mioistry for their ''peace-at-any- price"
policy. The Ministry, according to our special
despatch, expect to make a good and success
full fight The army is not, perhaps, what it
onght to be; but the navy is in splendid con-
dition. The presumption is that the retirement
of Cardwell from the War Office and Of Chill
ders from the Admiralty will satisfy the nation
and save the Gladstone Ministry. The first
few weeks of the Parliamentary session Of
1871 promises to be long.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23

ssST. PETER" is the significant name of a
new and handsome sixteen page Roman Catho-
lie weekly just started in this city. 1t is stated
to be an s'enterpr Prise Of faith" Faith may do
very well 80 far as the Church is concerned,
but It has very little to do with newspapers
nowadays. 'Cash' goes further than faith in
settling printing expenses
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23

LYRIC HALL SERvIoEs.-The Rev. Mr..
rockingham, in one of his characteristic SER
mons yesterday, informs us that, though ma
ture is not God, it contains the visible evil
dence of His presence, and man, living in the
midst of 1t, nestles to the bosom of the Great
Father. He also adds, with considerable per-
Thence, that virtuous and sober living among
men and women, and refusal On the part OF
the latter to use certain Drugs now popular,
will go far towards making The earth we live
on near approach to che paradise we sigh
for,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23

COLLECTOR MURPHY AND THE CUSTOM
HousE.-One of our reporters had an inter-
view with Collector Murphy yesterday, the
details of which we publish in another column.
It appears that the Collector has no thought Of
resigning, but believes that his enemies are con-
spring for his removal, and are thereby working
into the hands Of the democrats. He remains
a thorough republican, and would be willing
and glad to shake hands with Senator Fenton.
Cannot this unseemly and useless quarrel
among the republicans Of the CITY be made up
by this free and full Offering OF the biggest
ofice -holder among them?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23

THE LEXINGTON (Ky.) apostolic Times says
preachers Baptist, we imagine) are wanted in
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, and in Leav enworth City,
Kansas. Spread the Gospel.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23

THR REDEMPToRIsT, Father HeDning, at
the Church of ST. Charles Borromeo, in
Brooklyn, yesterday gave one Of those
logical, practical, comprehensive, instruc-
tive and interesting discourses for which
the missionaries of his order are noted. Dur
ing the past two weeks some half dozen Re-
demptorist Fathers have been conducting a
mission, or religious revival, at this church,
and, according to report, it has been attended
with most gratifying success. The sermons,
if that Of yesterday be fair sample are GER
tainly most impressive and cannot fail to do a
great deal of good. Father Henning showed
the necessity of conjunction of agencies
the divine agency and the agency Of man-to
secure salvation. He also disseoted the vari-
GUS religious scots as opposed to Catholicity;
he demonstrated that truth could never
change, explained the formal PRONUNCIATION of
the doctrine of infallibility, and berated those
Catholics who "put on their Catholcity as a
man might new coat, or woman new bon
net for Sunday, aud never again wear 1t DUR
ing the week, but keep it safely locked up in
a press or bandbox until the next Sunday"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23

THE DAY OF PRAYER for colleges occurs
this week, and the Evangelist timely reminds
its readers that this is the time for taking up
subscriptions in aid of the cause of education.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23

THE RELIGIOUS PRESS the past week had
very little to say about the scandal at the
Methodist Book Concern. In this !Rey wisely
refused to follow the example Of some Of tbe
city dailies on private matters and declined to
wash their soiled linen in public
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23
Prussian and American FlnGs mt sSca-TA,
Contrubunds Of Wnr Question:,

Prussian and American Flngs mt Seattle.
Contrabunds Of Wnr Question:,
FIVE are to accord complete credit and ~
literal Interpretation to cable telegram which
reaches US from London mporsng to, set
forth the contents of a scmi-official newspaper
declaration uttered IN Berlin---.we max SOON
have our attention engaged in very serious
manner on the highly important subjects Of tho /
right of search at sea and the actual designation
Of contrabands OF war under neutral flags as
between the North German navy and Awori-
can merchant trading ships. We are told that
according to the treaty made in 1909 between
Prussia and the United States Prussian men
of-war cappot captare American merchant
ships, even when carrying contrabanas of war,
but that they may board the vessels and take
possession of the contraband portion of tho
cargo, giving bonds FOR future payment. 1t is
said that the North German naval command-
ers will be instructed TO act in conformity
with the provisions Of this treaty
immediately, This subject ia Of the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23

a compact providing for the settlement here
after of international disputes, not by war, but
by European Conference, and new engage
privileges and recprocities in the waters of the
several contracting parties, and in reference
to belligerent and neutral rights upon certain
inland waters and upon the high seas.
In this broad and comprehensive view the
question arises, may not some questions be
considered in this European Conference upon
which the United States will be bound to
speak? Granting that American non-inter-
vention in European affairs and European nom
Intervention in American affars-our good old
rule-is still the safe rule for us, how far will it
serve us in the regulation Of the general COM
mercial and naval interests Of the civilized
world? How far can we exclude ourselves
from the general maritime and commercial
engagements of the great Powers of Europe
without prejudice to our own interests at home
and abroadS Our government declined to be-
come party to the resolution Of the Paris
Conference declaring privateering abolished.
Remembering, too, the good service rendered
by our privateers In our wars with England,
the country approved this decision. But,
nevertheless, it is possible, had the United
States assented to this Paris engagement, that
England, in our late Southern rebellion, would
have been a little more cautious than she was
in the matter Of those Apgio-rebel privateers
and cruisers, from which has arisen the diff
cult question to both parties of those Alabama
claims Possibly, in this view of an honest
British application Of neutrality and belligerent
rights, In our late civil war, from our ratifica-
| ton of that Paris agreement on privateering,
we might have saved thousand millions or
more of our present national debt At all
events. our decision on the subject was turned
against us by England and France, in their
recognition Of those marauding vessels, the
priyateers of the so-called Confederate States.
We saw urivateers. OF pirates, for such they
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-02
The Trip of the TeBnessee-SeTen
Days from New York to SANTANA
Bay--IncidehIs OF the Voyage.

The Iri5ul1e's correspondent with the
Commissioner, under date of the Bay Of
SANTANA the 9th ult, says:
1--WE had charming weather for the frst
two DAYS out, cold indeed. bot bright and
clear, with fresh and favoring winds and
every prospect of a pleasant voyage, but
toward evening of rh- s-eond day IL the
rough latitude of Hatreras our troubles
began, and from III e time uuiil We neared
our destination W. experienced shund mt
discomfort and m 4ny stormy seas, though
without any specially severe test Of the
sea-g"Iug u'lity or the triga1e. U-ing
generally both steam and al N 4ds
moderately quick passage, hut the behsv-
Tor of the vessel under steam IL far trwn
-ati-f4ctory, and the machinery is found
full of serious defects. as r-ilor. ho~-
-ver, the ship il pronounced f,ul tls-rs. We
had been out of the sizht OF ] and siE DAYS
nd half when, of the morning IF the
24rh, We heard from the lookout the cry
of land no The morning was the hot
est we had yet felt The burning suu
1'i-t+red the derk. The brass work IF
be frig4te vlowed like fire. and rhs water
differed like FURNISHED metal urd r the
bl-zipg heavens. Thtrs was hardly q
breath of If. and as we steamed through
he calm sea the sails hung u-el-ss from
rhe yards. At two in the afternoon we
anchored IN the outer harhor of Samans.
Over the property leased ny the United
States fl b4red the Amerio IN q *.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-02

A GANG OF REAL ESTATE ROBBERS -
SwINDLING REDUCED To A SCIENCE -
The CIrcuit Court now ia s.---Iou Ia Al
many, on Saturday evening dIsp"sed of q
sase which il important IA showing the
means resort d 10 by Rome men for the
purpose of cheating Others in what zp-
pears TO he fair, honest trans irrieus. Ch4s.
les Seymour sued Gaorge C4naday for
damages upon an alleged fraud In The
purchase of n farm belonging To the plain.
off. the payment received for il being e
house and several lots of land ia Saratoga
county, represented. ~ all-gtd, 20 be val-
liable. On examination, however, the
,ud proved To be worthless, hence the
-uit. The judge, in charging the Jury,
said in all his experience he h4d never
met with a similar Case where it was &C.
knowi. d ged< that certain mortgages were
prepared, known AS "trading mnrtgsge-,"
for the purpose of deception. Il proved
on evidence that certain real estate agent
had added descriptions to deeds and mort.
cages while they were Ia blank, and that
stock of these ''ready made Instruments
were kept on hand. Another "Cemmis.
-ioner of Deed" had signed "pile" of
blank deeds and papers Of diff-rent kinds
cor which he received SEQ one afternoon.
1t came out on the trial that there was q
regular "riug," the members of which
worked into each Others hands and divid-
ed the proceeds after each Case of sharp
practice. The Jury rendered verdict Of
So, 900 for the plaintiff. Troy Tines.