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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-15
STEALING NEWSPAPERS.

Stealing newspapers from the doors of sub
scrihers has unpleasant consequences when
the offenders are brought before the courts
for punishment. a boy in Worcester has
been fined S. and costs, amounting to Sl4 80,
for stealing copy of the Daily Spy. Judge
not the mere marketable value of the goods
stolen that called for severe sentence, but
the great annoyance attending such petty pill
fering.
And the Salem Gazette says; eve have
had so much trouble, of late, in certain local.
tiles, that the police have been notified, and,
few days ago, person was caught in the
act of taking Gazette from the door where
it had been delivered. He pleaded guilty
and was fined S. and costs amounting to $l3,
which was paid-a sum which would have
purchased the Gazette for nearly four years.
Persons who take newspapers in this way,
often do SO without much thought, and do not
themselves place the same significance upon
the transaction that they would if the paper
were piece of money representing no great
er value. But the act is nevertheless larceny
and nothing else, often resulting in a loss OF
subscribers to the publishers, and the placing
of unjust blame upon the carrier boys"
Those who steal the Daily Kennebcc Jour
nal should take warning from the above. If
they wish to read the paper they had better
subscribe and pay for it and read their own.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-15

1t is not at all unexpected that the pub
lie debt shows some increase in these
times. and that plans tor an increase of
taxation are mentioned. The monetary
panic was a great disturber of the nation
al finances and revenues as well as of the
affairs Of private individuals. The stop
page of importations and the consequent
reduction in the amount of revenue from
duties, also the curtailment and embar-
rassment Of domestic business, served to
lesson the resources of the government to
a very large degree, causing the deficiency
complained Of Since the government did
not create the panic. but did what it could
to tide the country over the troubles which
it caused, the effect upon the finances will
be borne with patience in spite of the ef-
forts of the democrats to atir up dissatis-
faction. They might as well hold the
government accountable for the yellow
fever as for the panic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-15
The harbor of Gloucester presents fore

The harbor Of Gloucester presents a forest
Of masts. Some three or four hundred
schooners are now hauled up and stripped
after their nine months battling with the ele-
ments and encountering the storms of the
Banks and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Alas!
More than thirty fine schooners that were
safely moored here last winter are not here
now; many of them went down with all their
crews, and more than two hundred stalwart
men, in the prime of life, who walked these
streets last spring. are seen on earth no more.
Not place in the United States has such
sad record as this. If Gloucester had not
boundless energy, pluck and perseverance,
its terrible calauiities would have crushed it
beyond power to rise again. But she is un.
daunted the fisheries for 1874 will be prose-
cutcd with zeal and spirit that know no such
word as fail All Of the vessels lost will be
replaced, and the business carried on upon a
larger scale than ever. The products of the
fisheries of 1873 were between three and four
millions of dollars, and no port, either in
Europe or America, in the world, can be
named with this in the extent of the fisheries
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-15
AIKEN into consideration that the present

taken into consideration that the present
government and those by whom he was
tried are bitterly hostile to the condemned
marshal, disqualifying them in some de-
gree to give him an impartial trial. Hav-
ing been recommended to mercy by the
court that tried and sentenced him he will
probably not be executed. but be impris-
oned for period and have to endure the
disgrace which his condemnation carries
with it,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-15

The salt trade is so great here that some thr-
Liverpool and Cadiz. Its trade with New
foundland and other British provinces is also
very large Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-15
Daily Kennebec Journal
DURING THE SESSION OF TIE
Fifty.Third Legislature OF Maine,
Beginning Jan. z, 1874.
The Legislative Journal.

Subscribers will have in it complete Daily Pa
per- with the latest news BY telegraph fr"m all paris
Of the world editorials, local, state national ana
foreign news, correspondence, &C., &c. 1t Will be
a psper indispensable TO all who wish to be well
informed from day to day OF the proceedings oil the
next Legislature and we Offer it upon the following
very liberal TERMS
One copy Of Daily Kennebec Journal, to
enc address, for The session, 81 90 Five
copies, o0.50 Ten copies, $1,000. Addf-
We shall depend almost exclusively uton the ef-
forts of our friends throughout the State, Senators
Members Of the House, Postmasters, and Interest
ed parties generally, to make up large subscfip-
ton list.
Any pereon raising club OF I've, and sending
money rs above to the undersigned. shall ave IN
extra copy for himself; any person sending the
money for ten, as above, shall have an extra copy
for hifnself for every additional club OF ten the
person raising it shall have an additional copy for
All clubs must be raised before the seventh day
Of January none will be received after the sc .,
sion opens; only single subscriptions at the full
rate will then he taken. Those who want the COM
plete legislative record should begin with the first
issue; back numbers can not be furnished.
Those who intend TO raise clubs had better begin
in good season and not delay until aboutthe begin
ming Of the session, as some have done IN years
past to their loss and onr great Inconvenience.
A Biographical Notice Of each Member
OF the Legislature will be published in the
Daily Kennebec Journal.
sPRAGUE, OWEN r NASH,
Publishers of the Daily Kennebec journal,
and The Weekly Kennebec Journal.
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The Standard argues that Mr.. Blaine is

The Standard argues that Mr.. Blaine is
committed to the salary grab because he
appointed Fernando Wood, the democratic
candidate for Speaker. on the committee
on Ways and Means. Since the estab-
lished rule for the Speaker is to give his
opponent for election to the Chair place
on the above committee, or such place
as he may choose instead of that it is very
plain that the democrats in Congress and
not Mr.. Blaine are responsible for Mr..
Woods appointment. IfMr Morgan was
not placed on the Ways and Means two
years ago it was by his own request, no
doubt. as he had the right of choice. This
weak attempt to shoulder the endorsement
OF the salary grab by the democrats in
Congress upon Mr.. Blaine. shows in ten
fold proportions the enormity of the act
which they committed in taking the salary
grab to their bosoms in the person of Mr..
Fernando Wood. 1t has been called a
blunder In some quarters, but it was more
than this, it was defiance of public opin-
ion that was outrageous.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-15

The serious illness of Professor Agassz
is cause Of widespread anxiety. His
name is SO generally known and respect
ed that nearly all share in the concern at
his alarming situation. The immediate
occasion of his sickness seems to have
taken place on the 9th inst, when he
worked in his museum in hot room
where be perspired freely. He was soon
after taken i'll and had to be carried home.
But it is said that the principal cause lies
back of the last named, in the exhaustion
Of his physical system by oyerwork. He
has been doing good deal of labor of
late, more than his constitution could bear
or should have been taxed with. The re-
ports of his condition are such as to lead
to the belief that his case is very critical
The upper part of his body is partially
paralyzed. but the lower limbs were not
affected at last accounts.
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From the Washington Star 10th inst
SPEAKER BLAINE AND "SUNSET"
cox

On Monday last our friend Cox was more
than usually active, spurty. and irrepres sible
IN the House. He was continually at the
front, Catching on the fly" and rampaging
round generally. Finally, when the House
came to an agreement to proceed with the de-
bate on the salary bill in twenty minute
'peeches, Cox dispatched a page with the
following note
I'D a Mr.. Speaker: Put me down for
twenty minutes s. S. c."
To which the Speaker replied:
"Dear Cox: ! would be delighted if could
keep you down half that time. J. G. b."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-15

An important decision has been rendered
~ the Massachusetts Supreme Court in
iquor suit in Boston. One George bowling
was tried and convicted of maintaining a
liquor nuisance. The defence was that Dow
ling was only bartender, and not liable. The
Supreme Court decides that the fact of hi.
aving sold liquors in the absence of the pro.
prietor makes him liable to the penalty of aid
ing and abe.ting in the maintaining of the
nuisance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-15

Marshal Bazaine, who is condemned 70
death by court martial on the charge OF
having betrayed the military interests of
France in the surrender of Metz, is sixty.
three years of age, forty two years OF
which period have been spent in the mill
tary service of France. He volunteered
in 1881, in 1882 was with the French army
in Africa. and afterwards served in the
Spanish campaigns. In 1850 he had at
tanned the rank Of lieutenant colonel,
having been conspicuous in the affairs OF
the subdivision of Tlemcen, and at the
surrender Of Abd-el-Kader. In 1851 he
was assigned rs the head of the first reg
iment of the Foreign Legion, and in the
Crimean war, which followed, he became
the commander of a brigade. After the
fall of Sebastapol he became "A general OF
division. and soon secured the baton of a
marshal Of France. In the ATTEMPT O,
Napoleon to establish Macmillan in Mex.
leo the French forces were commanded =
Bazaine. He stood high in the opinion OF
Napoleon. and the presumption is that bis
feeling for Napoleon and against the gov.
eminent established to succeed the fall O,
the latter Induced him to betray the trus,
repssed in him BY the surrender Of Metz
to King william. In forming an opinior
upon the merits of the case, II must BIZ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-15

Rev. DIR. Cheney, of Christ Church, Chica-
go, has accepted the position of Associate
Bishop in Bishop Cummin's new sect. Be-
fore doing so, he laid the matter before his
church, which unanimously resolved that we
regard it ''as the duty of Rev. DR.. Cheney to
accept the responsibilities of the Episcopate,
provided it will not prevent his continuance
in the exercise of his pastorate among u.s."
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-10-02
The south.

Another notable feature in Southern socie-
ty is that the whites IS class are steadily
deteriorating, while the blacks are rising in
the intellectual and social scale. Probably
at this time a larger proportion Of the COZ
orel children OF the South than Of the whites
are growing up with the advantages OF a
primary-school education so that in the next
generation the prep0nderance Of leagnin.
among the masses will be with the blacks.
Negro children and often adults also, have
a strange inclination 10 learn 10 read, while
very large numbers Of the poor whites oil the
south not only cannot read, but have no
disposition to learn, and their children fol-
low their bad example. Not few Of the
colored people are also accommodating proper
t.. We have heard Of men who were eman-
cipated by Lincoln's proclamation now
reckoning their estates by thousands, and
even tens Of thousands, Of dollars. In the
direction of the colored people there is hope
for the South, somewhat remote indeed, and
TO Southern pride and prejudice most unac-
ceptable in its method. but very sure to come.
And with their elevation the old prejudices
will subside, and white and colored men will
compete side By side for the pecuniary,
political, or social superiority, which will be
awarded in each case TO the most worthy
Christian AdrOcdte.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-10-02
JOHN Fright.

Not more than eight years ago, when John
Bright was an questionable radical in Eng
l.sh politics, Punch came out with a cartoon,
which proved very amusing 10 the English
public /, contained an ironical prophecy
Of the state OF English politics after ten years
should have elapsed, and the widest aud
most preposterous item in this prophecy was
that which represented the ahhorred radical
orator of 1865 as becoming a Cabinet Minis
ter and Privy Councillor in loT2, and as
wearing the imposing title OF Right Hon
That sarcastic and improbable prediction was
fulfilled 10 grim earnest in half the time as
signed By the merry seer; and in the aero
batic performances lately achieved inside Of
the English Cabinet, We have the means Of
measuring the prodigiOus stride which public
opinion has made in England since Panch
issued its derisive Vaccination. The very
man who within recent memory was dis
trusted and detested by Englishmen Of mod
crate views, and whose possible elevation TO a
ministerial position was laughed at as huge
Joke, has now become SO hOnored a public
character that even in his Illness he Is sum
moned By Mr.. Gladstone TO Join his Cabinet,
in order that his name aud Ri. passive pres
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-10-02
tTroIn tho Atlanta New Fra
The COIOTed PeOpie-Our Position.

The Era, as REPUBLICAN, paper, VIII make
no inyidiOus distinction between classes,
politically, nor will it lend its aid to oppro-
briun and abuse Of men on account Of color
or previous condition. We propose 10 zuo-
tain men, rcsardlee@ %! the opinions Of those
who are toolshly agclse 10 our way Of think
ing, and when the rolyrcd people have wrongs
- redress, and apply 10 u, We viii just a.
che eriully give thcr.. Il place in cur columns
as We would 10 any other CI4hiica4I, LeIev-
ing that Al! are alike entitled 70 BE heard n
the honest ynG!cal.oU 81 their III It,. We
do not propose 10 OIcr our space 10 the IA
DISCRIMINATE Use at every one Who It, -!rC- 70
use il Tor unimpOrtanL Purposes, but - those
who have been wrDrgeI or abused H.t,.JG'
cause, or on account oI their race " color.
The result OF thc late war Yas the cmIu-
C!p.,lOn Of the negro facr. Ci..l and pOlit
cal rights are the result, 81 this. kecDynIz-
.ug this r"w element as II IDweC f.. good IN
our land, We are in favor OF according hem
their Constitutional ri-ht- as guaranteed u
them by tie result. 81 the late war.
1t j., understood that sc accept the re"
order %! things without !"as, evasion, o.. -,s.
eryat.on. 1t Is evident that the w, races
az now situated, are destined to live together,
and their interest, being !iru'.ctl, We -i.al.
DO al! ia our power and exert e,r.y influence
10 make the new order Of thing, agreeable
and useful, and to harmonic al! dl-cDylsAGl
elements between the faces.
-Four millions o! d.s!ranct!sed souls cannot
be set aside and ignored, as the Democrats
have are still endeavOriug 70 DO. We would
not do this five could.
20 much for that
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-10-02

E-rily the Eiui doth blow
Through the wooded hoil5E,
Esrily t0Tlora and io~-
TremulDas echoes fO.io~
Whence the weird Wind tortured plant
Burden hopeless. dfeary,
A the anguish tones that faint
Down the 1siseTtT,
Whence? From fsr OF seas its moan
Darksoms wares and lonely,
Where the tempest. Overblo~n,
Leaves death calm only.
Thence i caught he a~fui cry
OF some los: pale sripus-.
Ger whose drowning brain and eye
Life grows dim and DINNER
Ere the pillows claim their prey,
Settling stern and lonely.
Where the storm clouds, rolled away,
Leave death silence oqily,
So with pain the wind -hesrt signs;
Through its sad comm 1lion
Weary sea tides sob. and rise
Wailiug hints OF Ocean
Hist oh his, as spreads the mist,
Wood and hill sloae doliug,
BE- no grace of starlight kissed,
Md the shsdowy cleaning.
Dresrier grows the wind. more drear
Echoes shuddering follow,
Til place o. doom and fear
Seems that haunted hollow,
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Which was dated at Geneva, March J,
1871, was characteristic document, its prin-
cipal points being as follows :"My body must
be examined by five physicians to prove that
have not been poisoned, after which it must
BEEN balmed and petriiied. My obseguics
are to be conducted after the manner of those
of sovereign, and my body is to be placed in
mausOleum constructed after the model OF
Scaliger's tomb at Verona, with nv eGuest-
rian stutue, as well as the statues ofm ia
Their and my grandfather, executed in bronze
and marble. forbid my testamcntary exc
utOrs To make any compromise with my
knsman, William of Brunswick, cx king OF
Naples, his son, the duke OF Cambridge, or
any other OF the family. II shall be the duty
OF my testamentary executors to cndcavOr to
obtain possession Of my fortune remaining in
Brunswick, in Hanover, IN Prussia, and in
America" The will leaves all his fortune,
comprising his jewels and his property re-
tanned in BrunswiCk since 1880, when he was
driven from the throne, to the city Of Geneva.
The value OF this property in unknown, bat
1t Is estimated to amount to q, 900, 900 francs.
a Mr.. Smith Of England, who il general
agent OF the dukes fortune, il named chief
executor, with a bequest Of 900, 900 francs.
The adjunct executor is NJ. Ferdinand Cher
bulieZ, "a lawyer Of Geneva. The will is To
be contested. a curious fact in connection
with the affair is that on examining the effects
Of the duke, another will was found, made in
1869, and probably Cancelled after the cxpu-
sion of the Napoleon dynasty, which be-
queathed his whole fortune To Louis Napoleon,
the prince imperial Of France. 1t is said that
since the will was annulled the ex-ompress
has paid three visits iGcnlHi!o to Geneva to
induce the duke to revoke the will Of lsTI,
and reIustate her son as his heir, but he re-
fused to sec her each time. 1t is further
said that the king Of Holland and the Rus
sian emperor have at different times tried to
dissuade him from making will in favor Of
l.nneA.n
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-10-02

1t has got 30 hot for some Of the monks "a
Rome that they are going 10 Chill.
Always examine an old plug hat before
you kick il.
What vegetable is anything bu, agreeable
on board ship"-A leek.
A new American dictionary defines dsiir.-
Mn trsm<as as =" tight it.
Kisses, like creation, are made 0, nothing;
but they are pronounced good.
The bachelors exciaim a las the
rnaidens, "Ah, men"
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-10-02

= s..Hff- VA .. -H.' gam.
reputation Il b.iug iuia...blr The .ta@-s ~
ckii.s, once broken hy b., DO nor ro'n-n ua'. the
disease - contracted again. as fs' mad. 90
a., ..ce pred remedy aud trusted .p~oshr iDr Tn.
F-,-- ...3 s gse Of tae West, and the Gu. ani
Fever OF The south.
Aver. que are Grad .rate- tie rDE 'E' l1i.
sau from the .,-,-m, aud Ieays- The patient -
veil a. before The a;tAes. /, thoroughly rHle.s
the d .re.e. .g'h.'ro Liver CONF iain's, E1aaaa-
a.ssal. , e-s..la, Dg.sr,"ry. ~ Debility !'...'
ti.e cure Indeed ~acfr t.- h...r..'rs OF ~
....,ra a.. J: saryl. have yr.4-..I '-.ll N.asra-
Poison i remove. The caIs. 0' thea. aai by
dIapge,r. ~. o4ly - }: au .hsc'.al cue. D-',
L taken occasionally ~ patient. exposed 3,
malaria !, Sl.. .Np-. the fo..Dn aa1 p','s.'
them from a,fark. Traveller. and Temporary
re.iier's in Fever and Aguc iD~s'aiics a.e 'als
enabled % def the G..r4s~. he General Drb.-
~ which j. - AFT o ea.ue from continued -.
posqre % Na'4rsA sad Mi.srn, has 10 speei.er
remedy.
For Liver Compliant it o.. al excellent
remedy.
PREPARED by
b.. !. &. AVER 4 co, LDSeli, Mas,
Prar.icql and AHQiytiedi fh>D'1s:s.
Da5- Sold BY all Druggists sni Dealer. -
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New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-10-02

cree NAV lend s0rlo >UgTr-i tn the lettering
Government. Nor does tbs mean that John
Bright has gained lhe public oonfi. nce by
suy change Of opsni0n. No man evog gains
the public confidence in that way. e specially
in bis latst life. M. E-i,ht stands exactly
where he stood ia l>"f: Lat the ISSUES ~
politics have been advanced, and the frrmrr
lT"ta s0niSt Of raiiCIl.Sn i now tn. "a a~ ,
em.nently reputable p1,-e-~or e.. a ,..l sr,E.
titr crseN - IrL..--rl Z -L-.--
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-10-02

instant, Is deserving the attention of all who
are interested in the education and elevation
Of the rising generation.
| have been a silent spectator of the war
that has been going on against the Board Of
Educators Of our District, only expressing an
opinion occasionally, and that too in sympa-
thy with the Board, knowing that officials in
who will oppose every measure that is
brought forward, however beneficial it may
be to the public. Hence sympa,hized with
the Board, believing that it was human to
err" and that the chastisement that they
had received from the hands Of an indignant
public would compel them to so amend their
action that their most sanguine opponent
would be compelled to forgive for whatever
unkindness had been offered, aud to forget
the quarrel in which they had been en-
gagged. / am sorry to find that, with all that
has been said and done, there seems to
be such an apparent Indifference manifested
on the part Of these functionaries to crafty
one desire Of the people, but with a selfish,
dosmatical, prejudiced spirit they will clog
the wheels Of progress and debar the youth
essential to their future existence, simply
because a continuation Of this useful branch
Of science in the school will necessitate the
employment of the efficient professor Of whom
we have no fault, but he is friendly to our
opponents. How far does the Doctors anx-
1T 70 4 ,a oil &C.
this insignificant Boards, who are looked
upon as the guardians Of our educational in
terests: The paitry consideration Of dollars
and cents does not deter him from discharg-
ing his duty, but, conscious Of the award that
awaits him for the good that he shall accom-
plsh, he proposes to give his services to the
poverty stricken Board gratultously; but
they, clothed in little brief authority"
will not consent to yield.
No excuse can be brought forth claiming
they have not had time to reflect over their
action. The Doctor makes this proposition
in April. The schools have had vacation,
the programme has been made for the ensu
ing year, the teachers have entered upon the
discharge of their duties. and yet nothing has
been done in reference to the proposition to
instruct gratuitously in our High School anat
omy, physiology, and hygiene. Common
respect for the people whom those gentlemen
pretend to be serving demands an cxplana-
ton Of this matter at once.
Will the Sentlemanly President rise and
explain: Or will he writhc under the rcbuke
of an indignant public as being guilty of
using our most sacred interest to subserve
their infamous political Vaccinations? Come,
gentlemen, either of you have the floor. An
explanation is in order. Il.
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JOHN III. COOK,
at Law,
BEFORE ALL THE DISTRICT

Applications filed for refundng moneys pasi,
at direct tax sales, by purchasers since ousted by
original owners; hlso, applications fled for
restoring such tax lands now in possession Of
the Government to the original owners.
Only one year allowed in which to file such
claim.
Special attention given these casr4.
Address care Freedman 4 Bank. I.I2tt