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The Republican journal., 1872-10-24
Address of the National Democratic Com
mittee to the People of the United States.

The October elections are over. They
enable us to form u tolerablv accurate
idea of the true political situation of the
country.
IN Georgia we have 10 recount "A victory
for the Liberal ticket so uneXampleti rs to
take her out Of the list of doubtful States.
and practically to pronounce in advance
the decision Of ut least l25 votes in the
Electoral College. To this uuHl5cl Il is
only necessary 10 adj sixty cotcs to elect
greeley and Brolcn.
nPennsylvanla the distinguished Chair
man of the Liberal Committee has elo-
quent!y characterized the methods by
which the result OF the election was accom-
plished We commend his statement TO
the thoughtful attention of the country.
In Ohio, despite most unprecedented
gains for the Liberal-Democratic ticket.
the Grant managers have carried the cleo
ton by a reduced majority having brought
to the polls their entire reserve vote. Had
our Democratic friends in certain locali-
ties of that great commonwealth shown
the same ealnestneSs and activity. and en-
abled us like our enemies to record our
entire strength, they would now be ex-
ultin9 over a brilliant victory. In Indiana
the Democratic and Liberal forces have
achieved a most important success over
Pennsylvania tactics most unscrupulouSlV
employed by the Administration and its
allies, showing thus that n free people
when aroused know their rights and dare
maintain them. Indiana has fairly de-
monstrated that she can neither be"bOught
nor bullied" The moral OF these results
is that victory is still in plain view of our
national ticket, and that energy and conr-
age will assure it. That victory must be
wen. If we mean to preserve free inst
tutions on this continent we must assure
it.
The event in Pennsylvania when con-
sidered in its causes, is the most appalling
political catastrophe that has ever taken
place in this country Should the svs-
TEN through which this catastrophe was
brought about be condoned Nv the people
and foisted on the other States it seals the
doom OF freedom in America. A sad con
trast it is surely that the city in which our
republic was born amid the anthems of Il
| tree people should now be the first to toll
the knelI of its liberties 1t is for the free.
unbou@ht people of all the States to calm
" review the fearful crime a~anst sui
ragc in PENNSYLVANIA. aud to decide
whether it shall be repeated within THEN
own borders
For the first time the system of free
government and the sanctity of the ballot
are really on trial in the United States.
From this hour forward the preservation
OF the franchise in It's integrity dwarls all
other issues
Let our friends in each of the States
catch inspiration from the heroic conduct
OF our tellow-ci;izens in Georgia and in
Indiana; and from now till November LET
their struggle be maniul and mceasng
for liberty and an untainted ballot-boN, fol
reform and an honest administration 81
the Government. AUGUSTUS SCIIHII.
Chairman National Dem Com
The Republican journal., 1872-10-24
How Spain Outwits lis.

The Spaniards are smarter than we.
When we had rebellion in this country,
all the sources of revenue were dried ND
in an instant, and we drew heavily on our
accnmulations and on the future 10 paw
the expenses. All the while Spain and
her dependencies were patting the rebels
on the back, receiving their cruisers and
allowing the use OF Cuban ports as 4 base
operalionsagain our commerce. Now
when our rebellion is over, and Spain
has an affair of the kind in Cuba, thew
put an export duty on sugar, and thus tax
us to pay their war expenses. The en-
actment known as the war tax has lust
been raised from $3.50 to $500 per hogs
head on sugar, and from Is cents to ST. so
on each box. All the sugar that goes out
of the country is subjected to this duty, q
large part of which is paid by the United
States.
And instead of allowing the cruisers of
free Cuba to visit our ports, no sooner is
rectionists, it will be remembered, have
declared for the abolition of slavery in the
islands. SO pleased are the planters and
slave traders of Cuba with our support of
their business, that they have started a
plan for a present to the President of the
United States. Ten thousand cigars, cost
ing dollar each, are to be made and pre-
sented TO the President as a token of graft
tude towards him and the country that he
represents, for upholding Spanish rule,
slavery and slave trading in Cuba. What
a splendid exponent of humanity, freedom
and progress is this President of ours
The Spaniard, tradltionally cunning and
cruel, insults and robs us in time of our
calamity, as well as outwits and uses us
for his purposes when the tables might be
turned.
The Republican journal., 1872-10-24
The South Carolina Election.

The Suns Charleston correspondent tel
egraphs that the returns from all the
counties arc not received yet II viii be
several days before nm accurate vote can
perceived. The Legislature will lac com
posed almost entirely OF radicals. The
white men have had no chance and the
negroes have had it I'LL their own way.
The Legislature will be ninc-tenths black
The Commissioners OF Election we've
drank and the ballot-b boxes left uncomted
There has been no trouble in any part of
the State. 1t is generally conceded that
the white voters are to be blamed for their
overwhelming defeat. No unity exists.
There were three or four tickets TO one
county. The swindlng election law allows
aresident in one district to vote in another,
and this fact has been taken advantage Of
by suffers Of balot-boXcs and several
thousand Illegal votes have been cast.
III. G.. Carter has confessed. He has mlA
plicated noted Tomlinson men, but no
credcncc is placed in his statement as he
is said To have been bribcd.
The Republican journal., 1872-10-24
Local Items, &c.
News of the County and City.

| We vnr, ann, l., att.,,Itl, T...t.,t- Ir.t
tutr ,st wrnL Inn,, cun,,yI, ,a,r, to b,.,,., h..
hour, reading by MIR. DicJ THE i,ly M.
line personal presence, Il sweet wumanl, Ga.
and one ct the finest clear,s yoir., id tl.
world. With Il manner charmiualv mahtclrU
she seem. To possess herself III lhr authors u
~piration and to give it mll expression. Auuu4
Inc promotions fe"t ON "Wednesday rNrmn.
were ih' huFh'hS Iri"ti'' The connie ~NrI'N
'oufNh'P under i'lli'nIl'e7, AMI tl' W'I P"n
'uF '"'NN' i'm the Eul'r hf lalh' Nr l'h"'
'hS '"n'P'I''d tears from 'hr ''r~ "I HN'rh
Cur friends MI aud Mrs. John Il. N"'"
h'N' experienced 'NrN'F' a'lI''''''' niue d'0.
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undertake one this winter au e din rent pI.u.
Fiyr or six inst cla,~ lecturers viu h. ~n.ni,s
probably Murray, Goy. chamberlain. 'rrltaI
Wlllets, Collyrr. aud ChapIn. Ne course ttcLaf.
will he sold bul sin.,la Tickets n,,J for ,,,..
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The Republican journal., 1872-10-24
How Shall the Community Keep its Cash !?

We publish, on the outside of to-day's
paper, an interesting account of the pro-
ceedings of the burglars in the recent
robbery of the bank at WATERFOWL, N. Y.
Three hundred thousand dollars make the
sum of the total proceeds of this skilfullv
planned and daringly executed robbery.
They were no bunglers at the profession,
but cool and collected men of business.
Neither were they rutiians or fellows of
the base sort, but polite and courteous
gentlemen, who were consderate to their
prisoners. and anxious to make their lady
captives as comfortable as their URGENT
business and the safeguards of the enter
prise would permit Every word was
studiedly guarded, every expression 20
lite. The days of the courtly old En-
glish highwayman seem to have returned,
save that the solitary heath is exchanged
for the negligently guarded banking room.
and the "stand and deliver Of Dick T,rr-
pin for the equally stern command to the
gagged cashier to open his strong box on
pain of having his brains scattered by n
pistol shot
These transactions are becoming fear
fully common. Success makes not only
the older hands bold. bat attracts new
ones to fields of labor 50 profitable and
free from dangers. What then is to be
done to secure country banks from these
cleanngs out? Thus far the public ma
chinery of Justice has proven inadequate
to catch and hold the sramps. In Maine
better success against them has been oh
tanned than elsewhere, rs the presence in
state prison of the robbers of the Bow
domham and Rockland banks can attest.
But is there not danger, if our banking
institutions slnmber on the reputation Of
the State as being dangerous ground for
burglars, that the fraternity may cunning
" visit region which feels itself 50
securc2 1t would certainly be notifying
TO wake mp some morning, and learn that
a bank in Maine had been swept clean OF
its treasure and the roeues got away with
their plumber.
1t is certain that TO allow the keys in
possession of the cashier, in a place nc
cessihlc to the new school of burglars. is
10 invite 4 repetition OF the Watertown
affair A trustv Waterman inside the bank
at night would seem 10 afford the best se
curily hut u Massachusetts town affords
an instance OF the capture OF the watch
man while on his way to the bank at q
late hour, and the lcisnrelv forcing of the
vault rs 4 consequence. Even with the
Waterman inside, the robbers have over
come his vigilance and reached the treas
NE, as when in Philadelphia they dressed
in the police uniform and wheedled the
guardian with a story of capturing imagi
nary robbers who were to make an attempt
on the bank. Perhaps the best plan is
pursued by the banks in this city, where
besides watchmen within the banking
rooms. the bulk of the valuahles are kept
in q secure depository in Boston. thus
combining the greatest danger to burglars
But for rural banks with large amounts Of
convertible securities on hand, some new
safeguards must be devised against these
clcanlngssout processes.
The Republican journal., 1872-10-24
Saws the Boston Journal

The Belfast (Me.) Republican Journal says
the present is 4 season of encouragement TO
ship owners and ship builders. Another r.
suit OF the Oct ober elections.
That would be more plausible, if our
Boston friend didn't give, in another
column of the same paper, Il better reason,
viz:
This is owing chiefly to the growing scarcity
of tonnage i'll consequence of the suspension of
ship-buding.
good commercial paper like the Bos-
ton Journal, when it speaks its real Seni-
mcntS, can scarcely see the connection be-
tween ballot box repeating in Phiadcl-
phia and high wheat lreights INF the Pacific.
In other words, ingram roguery in one
place don't produce prosperity in grain At
the other
The Republican journal., 1872-10-24
Maine Man Commits Murder in Boston

AT an early hour on Saturday evening a
party OF four sailors from the schooner
Charles Heath. Of Bangor, now ready to
1ail from this port on her home ward vow
age, started on tour among the dens and
purieus of the North End About a
quarter past eight o'clock they entered u
saloon, No. 229 North street, where they
took several drinks. Leaving the saloon,
enc OF the party, named Abather Grant
was about to commit Il nuisance whereat
one Frank Clifford, a bar tender in sa-
loon kept by his father, corner of Com
mercial street and Eastern avenue. kicked
him saying, Don't you know any better
than that ," Grant then turned and chased
Clifford up the street several persons
crying "Stop him, he's cut man"-tot the
doorway of No 2l7, in which he was
oVerlaken by Grant, who drew a sailors
sheath knife about six and half inches
long and plunged it to: the hilt int. the
body Of Clifford The murderer then at
tempted to escape, bnt was tripped up
once by a citizen, and again when near
Fleet street by officer Wnterson, who,
with the assistance of officer Blanchard.
took him prisoner Grant threw the
knife into the street, exclaiming: "You
haven't got any knife on me anyhow"
Clifford was conveyed to Station l, and
thence to the City Hospital where Grant
was subsequently taken, and being con
lronted by his victim, he was identified by
Clifford, who with great effort gaspcd out.
Eyes. he is the man who did it." Clifford
was visited by his mother and Il priest, and
died about six O'Clock Sunday morning.
Coroner Foye was called, and by his d.
rection a post mortem examination was
made of the body, which revealed the fact
that the knife had penetrated the stomach
and left lung to the depth of five inches.
Grant is a light compexioned man, about
twenty-five years old, and says he has
wife and two children living about four
miles from the city of Bangor, where he
has always titled the soil for Il livelihood,
until the idea seized him this fall to visit
Boston in company with some of his con-
nections who were also sailors on the
Charles Heath. His face does no. show
any marked traits of character, but the
restless, nervous motion of his eyes be-
trayed quarrelsome disposition and a
quick temper. He seems disposed to put
bold face on the matter, but on the way
down town, without being spoken to by
the officers, or in any way prompted. he
remarked to himself that Che might have
done it and he might not, but if he did. it
was the whisky that did it," TBoston
journal.
The Republican journal., 1872-10-24
Generalities.

Professor Agassiz, when in California
went out fishing in the ncighborhood OF
San Francisco, He rather astonished the
natives by his methods. He exploded
torpedoes under water and then picked
up the victims. He caught about thou
sand fish in n short time, and among them
We're specimens Of all kinds that existed
there. or rather had existed there.
The only persons left at the Tip-Top
House on Mount Washington are three
signal officers, who are equipped with
large stock OF coal, four barrels of onions.
about forty hams. twenty bushels of po-
tatoes, 4 good supply OF canned goods,
and all manner OF groceries in protusion,
violin, harmonicon, Il gOod-sized libra
ry and quantities of newspapers, and cN-
pect to spend pleasant winter.
The New FORK Herald has Just built
telegraph line Of it, own 10 milestone
Dock, Long Island, for use in procuring
marine news, and there are people who
prophesy that in the future the news
papers sngly or by association, will have
their own special telegraph lines between
all the more important news centers.
1t was expected that a method of har
Messing oxen would be brought ont at
the late New England Fair, hat the old
yoke remains unchanged. In Nova SEQ
tia the farmers and lnmbrmen yoke them
oxen by the horns, and they say they can
pull larger loads than oxen voked in the
manner prevalent in this country.
The Wing saws that a young lady reSjd
ing some four miles ont of town attend
The Republican journal., 1872-10-24

The night train up on the Bangor &
Piscataquis railroad, when passing through
the Orneville woods Wednesday evening,
encountered large bear on the track,
who Thought at first he wouldn't, then
thought he would" just in time to get a
kick 50 posteri0rt" from the iron horse,
which fastened his movements some A
howl, growl and a getting out of sight
closed the scene.
The Republican journal., 1872-10-24

We send good many papers to the
honest old town Of Waldoboro, but can't
undertake to compete with Samuel l..
Miller, who prints q small paper there,
once month, and gives it away. How
can you do it, Samuel2
The Republican journal., 1872-10-24
Votes for November.

The votes for Presidential electors for
the towns in Waldo County, may be had
Of W. L. Colburn, Esq, and will be fur
nished without charge. Will our friends
in the several towns see that their localities
are supplied
The Republican journal., 1872-10-24

The RESOURCES OF MAINE. The Provi-
dence journal gives our down-cast State
the following rst-class notice:
Our friends in Maine are rejoicing over
good haryests although potatoes, one Of
their principal crops, is only half an aver
age yield. The hay crop is the best in
the last decade, and the corn crop the best
ever known The Shore Line Railroad
is to adopt the three feet gauge. 1t will
be one hundred and twenty miles in
length, and will cost, as per estimate
$1,S00,000. There are indications of Il re-
vival of shipbuilding, and, everything con-
sidered, our northern brethren have before
them prospect of growth quite in con-
sonance with that OF New England gen
orally. The Portland and Ogdensburg
Railroad, when completed, which it soon
will be, will be a most important work
IT will give Portland, and, consequently
the State, an extraordinary impetus in
the way OF trade and the transhipment OF
merchandise. The natural resources of
Maine are very great, and by persons out
side her borders but little understood.
She has been noted principally for her
lumber, but her facilities for manufactur
ing are very great, she has illimitable
quantities OF marble and other valuable
stone; her tanneries are now the largest
in the world, and with proper facilities
for getting to and from market, Maine
will show Il progress which will astonish
those who have never inquired into her
natural resources.
The Republican journal., 1872-10-24

During the last twenty-one months the
British National Lifeboat Association has
been instrumental in saving 1865 lives
from different wrecks, besides aiding to
secure thirty-seven vessels from destruc-
ton.
The Republican journal., 1872-10-24

1t is stated that the largest audience
Gen. Logan has yet drawn IN Illinois was
one day last week, when laundering
job printer advertised him as Olive Lo
gan
The Republican journal., 1872-10-24

FREIGHT TARIFF. The following are
the rates established by the general
freight tariff of the Maine Central
Augusta to Boston. first second, third
and fourth class freight per ton respective
~, 50, So, s.. 40, 81; Augusta to Portland,
s., 50. $3.50, 50; Skowhegan to Boston,
5000, $40, Sc. So; Skowhegan to Port
land, $40, 500, $500, 49, Bath to
Boston IS, So, 81 10, 81. 60; Bath to Port
land, So, 81, $3.50, $3.50; Belfast to
Boston 5000, $50, Sc, SIS 40; Belfast
to Portland, 1910, $40, 81. 20. $3.50;
Lewiston to Boston, 81 go, $500, $4,
$3 70; Lewiston to Portland, So, $4,
$3.50 ST. SO; Brunswick to Boston, ~. 60,
$500, 81, $500; Brunswick to Portland,
So 60, $500, 50, SLIGO
The Republican journal., 1872-10-24

We learn that Joel French, ESD, OF Stockton,
Sc years of age, who has always voted the Dem
ocratic ticket, at the last election walked two
and a half miles and deposited lis vote tor fet
ham, believing that vote for Il mball was Il
vote for Greeley.
The above appeared in the Bangor
Wing soon after election. We are au-
thorizcd to say that Mr. French did walk
to the polls rs described, but that he voted
for Mr.. kimhall, thus keeping up his long
and consistent record Us q Democrat Mr..
French is one of the most respected citi-
zens Of Stockton, and objects to the i'm
putation conveyed in the paragraph We
copy.
The Republican journal., 1872-10-24

On Monday, the Bangor Daily Com
mercal was changed from morning 10
IN evening paper. The editor promises
that the paper shall lose none of its inter
est or vigor by the change, but will! he
found fully up to the mark IN every par
ticular. The Commercial exhibits enter
prise in all its departments, and is cspeci-
ally noticeable for its full and accurate
local reports. The devotion to the inter-
ests of Bangor which has been a promi-
nent feature in the Commercial since
its first number, entities it to the gratitude
and support Of every person interested in
the welfare of the city.
The agricultural war over the State
Fair still RACES. President WATSON, in
this weeks Farmer, opens a heavy fire on
the Bangor Wing, from artillery loaded
with pumpkins, turnips, onions, cucum-
bers and things. And the Wing replies
with column of ''sarkasm" If this goes
on much longer. the politicians and other
peaceful folks will be obliged to Interfere
That dreary Robson, who made the
dullest and most foolish speech ever heard
in this city, is now affecting New York
with his twaddle. He is credited with
having recently proclaimed that 'the
North and South are as irreconcilable as
fire and water"
Iron is to be laid on the already grad
ed track of the Somel set Railroad from
West Waterville to Norridgewock, and
w. G. Pitman is to do the Job The rails
are to be made in Portland
The Republican journal., 1872-10-24

The losses are very large and will reach
probably, nearly a halt million of dollars.
Everything valuable, with the exceptions
already noted was taken. The officers of
the bank say that all the bonds taken were
deposited ut the risk OF the owners, and
claim the SoundnrsS of the institution is
not IN any way impaired by the robbery
There has been heavy run of dcpositors
All the morning upon the institution but
zap +" this writing all demands have been
met ana there is no reason TO apprehend
that the bank will he damaged by the
robbery beyond the amount of currency
actually stolen.
The Republican journal., 1872-10-24
For President,
Horace Greeley,
oI New York.
For Vice President
b. Gratz Brown ,
of Missouri

For Presidential Electors.
AT LARGE.
WILLIAM IL. SIMPSON, of Belfast
THOMAS ). LANG, of Augusta.
First DiSirict-LUTHER ). MOORE.
Second Dstrict-ti. w. CLARKE.
Third District SAM FL. WATTS
Fourth District A. NJ. ROBINSON
Fifth pistrict-.j. FRED MERRILL
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