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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-09-12
A Remarkable Accident at Read field

Our correspondent writes rs on Aug.
A27th OF y surprising accident which hap
Aned in Readiicd, on Monday.4 Mr..
IN ua +. Davis and his brother, .Fhn J..
naN, We're engaged in blasting fone in
field near their fathers house Gtnd had
rot a xhargc about two-thrtl{in, when
,Joshua$ asked his father to bIKg a heav-
Ter hanAner which was two@ three rods
Oft. Mn Davis started iSfthc hammer,
had pickS it up and t@Yfea around, whens
sons sent Oh jrsir amid a shower of
stone iragl[tG and a cloud of smoke.
Joshua, whd%XaS seated on the stone
holding the Il kpiog iron, must have
been whirled Enough the air at a height
Of % feet and fcl< to the ground 10 feet
from the stort, with force sufficient to
drive with " elbdy small surface
stone 6 inchk into background. His eyes
We're filed filth brick Apst, bits Of stones
and powtE; his face considerably scar
red and lkorched. IIisNeit hand which
held tt1hon, was very ba@Iv burned, and
the l11arm severely bruised. The shock
crldkd him; and he got up And walked to
~ house, some fifty rods, without help.
9ohn, who had been striking, was hit
under the left arm and on the side, by a
| stone weighing g. Iounds, which fell al~
ter following him sc feet; and he con
tinued his airy flight fourteen feet further,
going in an opposite direction from Josh
ia The points nj which they fell were
one hundred and twenty feet apart John
was seriously injured 10y the stone in the
side and arm; his eyes We're also filled
with brick dust and stone. ere was
cut over his bowels tour inches in length,
several small wounds on tle~farr, with
some powder marks He ffntcd and was
carried to the house by E father. Drs.
F~Blake and Wright av1vTed in few mo-
mSAslS, and nicely dressed the wounds
and Wed for them rs they needed.
Strange\s it may seem NOT bone was
fractured N eth.Yinan. Their eyes W.
morning w"A>uE bad condition, but IT,
doctors say tLNhope they will he All
right when + # Determination subsidies
They owe tYr livfss thr shaky r"ndi-
out at the/bottom; and yet there was
power onJhgh to send Iar&% pieces Of
stone l3tyteet distant from the main rock
Mr.. Days owes his safety {" tile Journey
for W. hammer. All who have viewed
the premises agree that it was a>miracu-
lots escape from death for all three The
cause Of the explosion remains in Honbt.
Lewiston journal.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-09-12
Cure for Female Weakness,

The proprietor Of this valuable medicine, while
sniriihg from loss OF health some - years ago RI
ce'Vfd an Indian recipe from which she prepared
some Tor her own use which resulted in cure Its
effects are wonderful in the relief and Of Pro
Back and Limbs Dyspepsia Papittion of Heart
repression OF Spirits, Irregularities Change of Lie
Whites, propscal Affections l;iousncss, Inialn-
nation OF Kidneys, Headache; makes new Blood
and strengthens the whole system. Prepared and
sold by Mrs. LINUS BEICiIER, Randolph, Mass
SEND tor Circular. Sold by all Druggists, at : 90
per bottle.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-09-12
Belfast Savings Bank.
NOW IS THE TIME TO DEPOSIT
"A Penny Saved is Penny Earned

nEPOSITS made on before the lst of any
IL month, will be placed upon interest every
month, except May and November) and interest
computed upon the same in June and December.
Deposits received daily at the Banking Room,
from to u A. NJ, and to4P NJ. Saturdays from
9to II AM.
JOHN H.QUIMBY, Treas. ASA FAUNCE, frest
Belfast, July l3, 1870.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-24
HOW GERMANY PREVENTS RAIL
ROAD ACCIDENTS

That most railway accidents, and espec-
tally those which are the result of collision,
can be avoided by proper care and foresight
is undeniable. This is shown by the com
paratiVe exemption from accident which
some railroads in this country, conducted
on proper principles, enjoy. Even in regard
to the breaking Of rail, as in the Lehigh
accident, which the cOroner's jury in that
case treats as an unforeseen and unavoid
able" thing, it is said that in Germany an
accident has never occurred from the break
ing of a rail. The New York Euening
Post says that not person in that country
has lost his life nor person been mutilated
from this cause in allthe thirty and more
years that steam carriages have been rup-
ming on iron ways. The reason is plain.
1t is determined, by scientific experiment,
how long iron will resist, on the average,
the beating of wheels, and then the law re-
quireS the railroad companies to put down
the rails periodically, whether those in use
exhibit signs of weakness or not. While
this involves expense it is so managed as tobe
gradually distributed over period Of years,
a small part Of the road being renewed each
year, until the whole Is completed within
the given time. Here, on the contrary, up
on many railroad lines little attention is
given to the selection ofrails, and less to
their renewal at certain periods. Few CON-
panies incur the expense Of substituting
steel for iron rails, though the former are
far more durable. In like manner the same
false economy in all that would give IL.
creased security TO the public is one Of the
chief causes Of the frightful perils on rail-
way travelling.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-24
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

The Prohibitionists of Ohio have placed
a State ticket in the field.
The Catholic Temperance Convention at
Baltimore represents body Of $4,000
membership.
About $50 passengers arrived in Chicago
yesterday, swearing at the Union Pacific
They have been on the road twenty-eight
days.
The Utah Primary Convention yester-
day RENTED the fate of polygamy to the
will of Congress.
Judge Cullen, of st. Louis, holds that
the refusal of wounded man to prosecute
his assailant is no excuse for the Prosecut-
ing Attorney, and that such dismissals by
consent of the injured party foster mob
law.
The Internal Revenue Department has
his taxes on the New York Central, like
any other man.
An editor of the New Y ork Eoening Post
being POLITICALLY inclined, committed suicide
in the Central Park yesterday.
Two children were burned in New York
yesterday, with the shanty they lived in.
A New York schoolboy stabbed another
fatally yesterday.
New York reports II new cases Of small
pOx yesterday.
The Buffalo Board of Trade denounce
the Partially shown by the government to
New Egnland fishermen over all others.
5000 Masons and $4,000 people laid the
cornerstone of new city hall at San Fran
cisco yesterday,
1t is claimed that quarantine expressions
in New York harbor, drives to other ports
annually some 10000 hogsheads of sugar.
Kansas proposes to have all bonds of
counties, towns, ETC., registered with the
State Auditor.
Copper, coal and marble have been found
near Los Angeles.
The Mexican of Lower California fear a
raid from American filibusters.
FOREIGN.
Bishop Dupanloup is among the Bour-
bonists who are disturbing the repose of
Antwerp. The monarchial manifesto is
still kept secret, to allay premature agita-
ton. ....--
Four bishops for America were preconiz-
ed in Rome yesterday. .
the auctioning of diamonds at Cape
Town show a decline in value of % per
cent. since last steamer owing to plentiful
discoveries.
The Cuban Agramonte has surrendered
and tells other rebels to do likewise.
Gen. Sherman and Lieut.. Grant, while
in Rome, called on Pic Mono and Anto-
nelli.
The Prince of Wales is again indisposed
somewhat.
The British troops are being gradually
withdrawn from Jamaica.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-24
THE COLUMBIA TRAGEDY.
Two Men KfIIed-A Lawsuit the Cause
of the Diaieulfy


In yesterday mornings UNION AED ASIR-
RCAN was telegram from Columbia, sta
ting that two men had been killed there
that day. The names of the persons killed
are VIM. P. Holcombe and II. T. Chunn. We
inadvertently stated that Mr.. Kuhn, who is
one of the best and most peaceful citizens
was one Of the two killed. This was a
mistake. 1t should have been Chunn. Yes
terday we were placed in possession Of the
following information as to the homicide:
w. P. Holcombe and Chunn were part
nerS, doing business in Columbia, and T.
Hal. Holcombe, having a debt against
Chunn, garnisheed his uncle, w. P. Hol-
combe. In his answer, w. P. Holcombe
stated that he did not owe Chunn anything.
After the trial of the case, W.
P. Holeombe learned that his
nephew, Hal. Holcomb, said that his
answer was id lie, and that he did owe
Chunn certain amount. This enraged
w. 7. Halcombe very much, and yesterday
he followed his nephew up the street, be-
sides hunting for him in several places about
town for the purpose Ofresenting the insult.
He finally found Hal at his own house, and
it is said fired twice with a small pistol,
whereuPon the later returned the fire hitting
his uncle, who expired in few minutes.
His body was then taken to his saloon,
where large number of people collected.
His partner, Chunn, becoming enranged,
drew his pistol and commenced firing into
the crowd. a policeman named Aydlott,
who was present, seeing the danger, and
not being otherwise able to prevent it, shot
Chunn nthe left breast near the heart, pro-
ducing instant death.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-24

people Of the United States. The struggle
IN Cuba for the last three years was almost
unparalleled. Although Spain had in 1869
l07,OO0 soldiers In Cuba, and rs vessels of
war IN Cuban waters, it was given out by
the State Department here that the struggle
continued without any change of positions
worthy of notice.
Mr. voorhees, said he did not speak for the
annexation of Cuba or recognition of her
independence. Why the United States ale
lows Spain to insult the American flag and
not retaliate was more than he could say.
He had list of eight peaceful American
citizens who had been -.
Shot I'm Cold Blood
IN Cuba, and nineteen who are languishing
Cuban prisons, besides others had their
property coniscated. The American name
and authority had been treated with su-
preme contempt. He referred to the exc
cution of students, and to the last decree
ct Valma, La which be said was one
OF determination. Even poor, disordered
Mexico had acknowledged the belligerent
rights of the Cubans, while this country,
with all its boosted power, hearing the dogs
OF war rendering the flesh and crushing
the bones of their victims, was silent. 1t
was a sad, miserable spectacle, q most
pitifm spectacle, and what made it still
worse was that within three months after
the first gun was fred on Fort Sumter,
Spain had recognized the belligerent rights
of the Southern Confederacy. 4
The bill as amended passed.
William sad Mary.
The House went into Committee of the
Wnele and took up the bill to reimburse
the College Of William and Mary, in Virg-
MIA, for property destroyed during the war
by disorderly soldiers of the Emitted States. s
Mr.. Strong opposed the bill denouncing
the William and Mary College as treason
able and aristocratic institution.
The committee rose without taking action
and the House adjourned. The session to-
is for general debate only.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-24
SHARP CRACKS FROM THE PARTY
WHIP
Special to the Louisville Ledger


WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.--Writhing under
the terrible blows inflicted upon it by the
independent Republican Senators. the ad-
ministration, through its organ, foreshad-
OWs warfare upon all those oficeholders
who indi ate any sympathy with Schurz
and Sumner. The following Is its language
toward the humble disaffected: "Many Of
ficeholders have been corrupted with the
prevalent cant Of the party whip, and need
whipping back into the traces. It is noto-
rious that persons favored with the conf
dence and best gifts of the administration
have been decidedly shaky In their allegi-
ance to the Republican organization that
has made those ingrates so fat that they
have kicked out of all discipline. There
have been patience and long suffering, and
we believe the largest liberty; but there
must be limit to all things, and men sus-
tanning the detection of Schurz, Sumner &
Co. must choose quickly whom they intend
to follow and serve. Treason to party can
not be perm tied among men holding place
right here under the shadow of the Capitol.
Good nature and sufferance toward such
men is most imbecile, and can no longer
be admitted as wisdom. Men can change
coats no longer easily and comfortably; but
they must not be permitted TO wear
our party uniform while holding communi-
cation with the enemy"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-24
THE EXTRA SESSION.

It has been for some months past under
stood that there would be a special session
of the Legislature. The census is taken
every ten years. The rapid changes made
In our population render it necessary that
as early as possible after the apportionment
act Of Congress, the States should be re-
distTicted, in order that each particular por
ton Of every State should have its due and
proper representation. 1t was the de-
sire of the agricultural portion the
the present Legislature, as expressed to the
Governor at the close of the last session
that the extra session should be called as
early in March as practicable. The appor-
tionment act Of Congress, which We pub
Hshed few days slice and again publish
to-day in another column, was delayed in
its passage. 1t was not approved by the
President until the Cd instant; official notice
Of that fact was not received by the Cover
nor until the 21st. Hence the delay in the
call. The Governor has deemed it advis-
able to postpone the assembling of
the Legislature until the 18th March,
30 that every member might have
ample time to make his arrangements to be
promptly in attendance. The Constitution
does not specify any number of days notice
that shall be given for converting the General
Assembly in special session. In the odl days
of slow coaches and horse mails thirty days
notice was sometimes given. But thirty
days notice then was shorter than ten days
In this age Of steam cars and tele-
graph. In 1861, Gov. Harris con-
vened an extra session upon seven days
notice. The redistricting Of the State max
ing an extra session necessary, the Governor
has taken advantage of the opportunity to
call the attention of the General Assembly
to other matters ofpublic interest which re-
Quire legislation, all Of which are specifically
stated in the Governors proclamation pub
lished by us to-day. We give the following
table showing the population in round num-
bers of the several Congressional districts,
as at present constituted, in 1860 and in
1870, with the increase of each in numbers
and the percentage of increase Of each.
This may be interesting, if not valuable, 20
the members Of the General Assembly:
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-24

To the last paragraph in the ninth speci-
fcation of the proclamation, we take this
early opportunity to invite the very especial
attention Of the members. This we under
stand to be proposition from the lawyers
Of the State to run an impoverished and
tax-burdeDed people from sixty thousand
to one hundred thousand dollars deeper in
debt, in order to enable st. Louis pub
fishing house, in effect, TO furnish free Of
charge to many lawyers Judge C0oper's
edition Of the Supreme Court reports. Our
information is that Judge Cooper is not so
letting any such unparalleled generosity
from his impecunious State, when she car
not do justice to her honest creditors,eithe
In the way Of principal or interest. The
iobfs being worke du psolely by the St.Louis
publishers. A bill for this purpose came
very near passing the last session Of the
Legislature. 1t was not fully understood
then. It viii be ventilated this time, and
members who propose to indulge in this
extrayaQance will have their desire in this
respect fully and particularly explained to
their constituents,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-24
LOUISVILLE SHORT LINE.
A Bridge Breaks under q Train.

Several Passengers Killed and Maine 4
CINCINNATI, Feb. 23.-The passenger
train coming north on. the Louisville and
Cincinnati Short Line Railroad, due at Gov
ington at l P. m, fell through the bridge
three miles north of Elliston station.
Later--2 Killed and 80 Wounded.
The bridge was iron and wooden, known
as the Fink Suspension truss. 1t was
twenty-five feet high, seventy feet span,
rested on two stone abutments and had
been considered safe. The train reached
the bridge at 1:20 A. M, running about
twenty miles an hour. The locomotive
passed over safely only, before the structure
went down, and with it two passenger
coaches, the tender, baggage, express and
mail car, and piling all together in one mass
ofruin below.
The front passenger car was reduced to
splinters while the others Jared but little
better. The fragments Of the front car
were soon
In Flames,
but by the promptness of Dallas Pullam,
engineer, they were subdued. About sixty
five passengers were on board. Of this
number two were killed and ffty-tWo
wounded. Surgeons and supplies went
from Covington at l O'Clock in the after
noon and a locomotive followed with SURGE
Ons short time later. The wounded were
cared for and placed in the cars.
The passengers say the wounded we're
hsaped in
A HOrrid Mass
and that the scene following was exciting in
the extreme. The wounded passengers
joined with the citizens from the surround
ing county and officers of the train in the
work of eXtricating the bodies. The killed
were John j. Brock, of Sparta, Owen coun-
ty, KY, and Harrison Julian, colOred, por-
ter of the train. Both badly mutilated. The
mail agent was wounded, not badly.
The train took the wounded as soon as
possible to COyington, arriving at half past 6
this evening.
List OF Wounded;
Among the wounded we notice: S. H.
Albertson, Brownsville, Tenn, head and
shoulders, badly; Mrs. Levy, Columbus,
Miss, back badly; Craig Mitchell, Louis
vile, teeth knocked out and back and head
injured badly; S. B. Voris, Conductor, hurt
all over, tongue bit nearly in two and stove
fell on him; Maggie Powers, Perry county,
o., severely; Robt. Sherrard, Canton,
Miss, severe; Stephen Allen, New Orleans,
slightly; Mrs. OdeH, breast and back; two
children of same both hurt, one only slight
ly; Neelie Clark, Chillicothe, O., slightly;
Carrie McGhee Lincoln, fremont, o.,
slightly; Mary Martin, Springfield, o.,
badly; child of same slightly.
When the train with the wOlnded aIss
rived at COvington the sufferers were con-
veyed to the hotels and the st. Elizabeth
Hospital. VIM. Gull, of Louisville, will
probably die. The clothing of many of the
passengers were literally torn from their
bodies. Dallar PullaIn, engineer of the
train, was the only one escaping injury.
The cause of the bridge giving way is not
explained. Some of the mail and all the
newspapers were lost in the fire and wreck.
The COvingtsn and Cincinnati mails were
aved.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-24
THE UNION PACIFIC.
The story of the snOw.BIOekade


CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-The first passengers
who have reched this city from San Fran
cisco by railroad for twenty eight days ar
rived here last night at 81 o'clock. They
numbered about one hundred an fifty, and
came from Omaha via the Rock Island road.
They denounce the managers of the Union
Pacific railOad in emphatic language for the
bad treatment they claim to have received
at their hands.
They left Ogden on the 2nd inst. and
reached Green River having encountered
but little snow. At Green Rive- the train
stopped and nothing could induce those in
charge to 90 ahead. The passengers were
obliged to pass the time as best they could.
When it became known that they could
proceed no further Gov. Potts telegraphed
to San Francisco advising people not to
come East by railroad, as it was blocked by
snow. He received as an answer, from
one Of the officials Of the Union Pacific Co. a
request to contradict the statement or his
pass would be revoked. He refused to do
so, and bought a ticket. At the expiration
of thirteen days the passengers got aboard
the train and started for Butler creek, 81
miles, which they reached without inter-
ruption. Between Separation and Simpson
dlll LneTe WeTeSeVeTdI large SnO" uIHIS'dnu
pathways had to be dug through the snow.
They were Is days going from Ogden
to Simpsons Hill, a distance of 287
miles. At the latter place they
encountered an immense snow drift
at which all the passenger worked
for eight or ten hours. At Medicine Bow
they encountered trains, and or 8hours
were exhauSted in switching past them.
There was no suffering, on the train, every
one having plenty 20 eat, except on one of
the western bound trains the passengers
suffered from hunger, and would have starry
ed had not Mr.. Sailor, who is about start
ing a restaurant at Green River, opened two
car loads of provisions, and permitted the
hungry crowd to take what they wanted.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-24
WELLPROTECTED.

The Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing
Company, which is located at Pittsburgh,
appears to be about as well protected as a
corporation could well be. The New York
World says: "This company has a contract
with the Danish government which gives
them a monopoly of the cryolite brought
from Greenland. From this cryolite are
made the coarse chemicals called, soda-astc
sal soda, alum, carbonate ofsoda, etc, which
are used by every manufacturer of soap,
glass, paper, starch, cotton, wOollens. Now
In order to protect this company Congress
has given them several little privileges. In
the first place, cryolhe has been placed by
the government on the free list, while a
tariff Of 30 per cent. has been placed on all
imported articles containing cryolite. The
company has also three patents on modes
of manufacturing ths article, besides other
patents on the process used in putting it up
when manufactured. So the Pennsylvania
Salt Manufacturing Company is protected in
every way in which protection could be
afforded to it. In these circumstances one
Is induced TO seek the motive which singles
out this corporation as the recipient of 50
many favors. Being situated in
a strongly Republican district it can
hardly be deemei, necessary to
buy the votes of the company. 1t is
therefore not impossible that the favors which
itenjoys may be due to a connection between
the company and the White House, such as
has made the Seneca Stone Company so re-
markably prosperous. Is Gen. Grant a
istockholder in this company? Tnot, which
of his numerous relations is concerned in
it0D
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-24
AT SEA.

for Two Weeks; and TOWs I'm n
Schooner for the Sake of Her
Rudder.
HALIFAX, Feb. 23.-The Anchor line
steamer India, from Glasgow to New York,
q days out, has arrived here with the
American fishing schooner Joseph H.
Chandler in tow. The steamer lost her
rudder on the 8th, and on the 21st fell in
with the schooner, which she engaged to
tow astern and steer the steamer. She has
100 passengers on board. This queer in
cident recalls the story they tell good little
boys, about the blind man and the cripple
who got along so well with only one pair of
legs and Of eyes between them
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-24

The Banner "heartily applauds the
proposition" TO hr.0e ia convention Of
the Conservative masses of Tennessee"
1t fayors "a Consultative meeting of the
Conservative eli liens of Tennessee" We
, would like to see this thing come of.
MethiEks we see it now, "Where?"
Gin my, mind eye, Horatio." John
Baxter, in the chair; the Banner, Vice
PreAident and Secretary; Judge Nelson,
Orator and poet. The audience; "Oh,
where was hep" On with the dance; let
Joy be unconfned.n Give US "the con-
sultative meeting" We suggest the first of
Aor{l