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One Of tho mystcries-to call 1t by the mild
eat name posslblo--deyoloped by tho closing
hours Of The session Of Congress- waa tho PreBt-
deus's nomination Of ex-doy. Shepherd,
Of the District Of Columbia, At tho head Of
tho of Commissioners uador tho new pro-
vsional government Of tho District. Ths 10
cont thorough Investigation OF District affairs
did not directly aud by uamo criminate Gov.
Shepherd IN tho mass Of Abuses and cor
Government ont Of existence at tie earliest
possible moment, but it 10 well-known shat ho
was implicated to such o dcgYco, In tho
minds of several members Of tho Investigating
committees, that ,exprosa charges egaipst him
wers omitted only for tho sake Of securing
unanimous report. It is said, also, that, the
members Of the past Government would havo
been excluded by the new bill from all further
oi1olat connection with the affairH Of tho Dis
tr1ct. had it not been from desire to leave tho
President free to act according to hs own judy
mont. It may bo imagined tnoretore, with what
surprise and dissatisfaction the Senate roooived
this nomination Of Shepherd under tho circuul-
Rtances. At the least he had been discredited to
such an extent as to destroy his usefulness, md
to mako his resumption Of Office a public scandal
md dsglaco.
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The pIttsburg Otl Market.
r1TTsDuno, Pu. June 27.-Csnde very quiet quoted
at al hG2g0o. Refined not quoted.
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As foreshadowed iu the National Republican
yesterday morniug. tho President showed his
confidence In A1r. Shepherd by nominating him
for enc Of the positions in question. Tie re-
joctiop OF ex-aoy Shepherd by tho Senate was
tho all-abs0rbing topic Of conversation and
comment In the city Yesterday and laHt night,
and iB Ikely to continue to bo for some days to
come. II tho majority Of tho Senate Ind had
the courage Of tue Executive, tho result wonll
have boon dilferent. But. the fact is that tho
mon who intlorHeu him and all that he did
horo up to tile very honr OF hs nomination,
yielded to the clamora Of the opposition
proHB md aacutced an officer they
should have supported and sustained.
Tllo District Government Ia now at an end
forever, aud tho men who administered it have
passed. into private Life with more or less cengure
resting upon thom. Tho time to srito ita His
tory las not and may noyer come. II, however,
1t shall ba written, Vt would not at all surprise us
to learn that many OF the gentlomen who havo
sat in judgment aud condemned It arc moro re-
Bp0nspie for whatoyor Of nliHmanagoment took
place than lts administrative officers, Against
Gov. Shepherd personally thero Ii no charge I'M
pi,cating Ills official honor or integrity. Millions
a,ld millions Of dolarB have boen expended unt1or
hiH Immediate direction. Investigation utter in.
voBtigatlo,l by ConglGRH aud suits III tho courts
have failed to chow tint ono single cent was
diverted into his pockets; and as tho Capital
luYtB It's ayonues and Atreata will remain the evi.
denee OF Lis ability and tho memorial to his
name. He may ho condemnod to-day, but time
will be oertnih to bring him q moro complete
ylndication than evon that lie received yesterday
ut the hands Of tho pioaldent.
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From Harper'a 1Ttekly {5e}ors tho nominatton).
rhe scandal Of the Washington Ring and OF
:he Board OF Public Works WIS notorious; and 1t
was for that reason that we described tho non,-
ination OF tho "Doss " by tho President to bo
Governor Of the District as nomination that
ought not to 10 made, and which dscreditcd tho
Administration. The only presumption in its
favor was that the President had reason to be-
love the reports to be untrue. But the unaui-
NOUS report Of the Committos and the summary
action Of the House show them to hive bcen
true. :. And still later, when all Lho faots
bad boon collected aud wore known, facts convict
ing the Board Of Works Of such misconduct that
Congress immediately abolished the whole Dis
trict Byatern. the President especially honors by
private invitation the peraon who was tho head
Of tho Board which miaapproprlated the money
granted by Congress, and discharged lts trust III
10 "loose " 9 manner III TO be condemned by tho
Committee. What must bo the effect OF such
things upon tho officers Of tho Govoenment7
What standard Of conduct do such facts erect7
How aro public fidelity and honesty and ccon-
omy ho1pel by them7 How ia tbs Admlnisrra-
ton of tho Republican party strengtlened7
Must we expect to SEQ tho lato head Of the Dis
triot Government appointed to aome other hon.
orable and responsible position?
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STATE NEWS.

The Supreme Judicial Court in Oxford
county is in session in Paris, Judge Barrows
presiding.
Frank M. Kcene of Greene came very near
being "scalped" few weeks since, by the ac-
cdental discharge of gun which he was
handling at the time. The shot passed about
foot from his head and lodged in the ceiling
above.
The farmers of Oxford county are complain
ing of the havoc made by the bears upon their
sheep. Many of them at South Andover have
lost large number-one, 20-this season,
and unless the law giving a bounty on bears
is re enacted this winter, the will be compell-
ed to give up raising sheep entirely.
A welldressed man was fonnd at Bangor
in state OF intoxication, and was cared for
by the police. He was Philadelphia book
agent, named Alfred j. Pierce.
On of the best of the Worcester speeches
was that of Hon. John Lynch. In speaking
OF Maine and Massachusetts, he remarked
that the former had the advantage Of the lat
ter in that it had more land if not so much
population, from the fact that no land was be-
ing made now, while the Scriptural Injunction
was still in force. "Maine not only has
land" continued Mr.. Lynch, "but water,
which we use mostly as a beverage, but which
| perceive that Massachusetts devotes almost
exclusively to manufacturing purposes"
The semi-annual session of the Grand
Temple of Maine, Templars of Honor and
Temperance, was held in Portland on Tues
day last, G. w. T., E. II. Cass of Bangor in
the chair. The reports of the Grand officers
represent the Order in most fourishing con-
dition. New Chapters are being formed, anc
marked improvement in the Order is every
where manifested. The usual routine of
business was transacted and the session clos
ed. The annual session will be held in May
or June of next year at Damarircrtta Mills.
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Nallomfll loraI Nems.

The Gardiner Journal editor, who is always
funny and generally sensible, substantates his
claims to both virtues by his denunciations Of" re
formers OF every kind, going round and squirting
tobacco juice broadcast as they travel" lie
thinks off a man must take glass or two of whis
key per day, or keep his mouthful of tobacco, we
should say by all means, use the liquor and throw
away tobacco' and perhaps he is more than half
right 1t might be better, however, to eschew
both.
We learn that the new local paper in this city
is to be inaugurated by the publication of the first
number at an early day. The office is to be iocat
ed in VIC. Fullers brick building, corner of Sec
ond and Central streets near the railroad station.
Wetrust the enterprise may prove success.
A new barn south of the factory boarding house
is among the recent improvements in that locality
worthy passing item.
Tiger Engine Company No 4, Of this city, have
arranged for Levee on Thursday and Friday
evenings of next week.
Preparations for moving that house and family
on Union street still in progress. Difficulties
connected with selecting and securing lot for the
mansion to rest upon have caused considerable
delay, SO that the arrangements Of the contractor
were badly interfered with.
Weather tickle as that of March or April is now
the order ofthe day and night also.
Our public schools will commence on Monday
next, Dec. 7, under the instruction of teachers of
former terms. The Classical School will COM
mence the winter term on Wednesday next, Dee.
9, and continue fourteen weeks.
The "bel ringers did not come to time in this
city according to announcement, on account of
sickness among the troupe it is said
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FENNSYLV ANA.

Wilkesbarre, December 3. NJ w. Leftus,
mayor of Scranton, was to-day arrested for
perjury. He waived examination, and gave
bail for his appearance at the January term
of the criminal court.
Philadelphia, December 8. The paid up
capital of the suspended Citizens Bank Of
this city, was only $780, 900, and the suspen.
sion is said to be due 20 the loan of 800, 900
to Philadelphia firm on their own paper
and that of St Louis firm, both of which
are said to be in a shakv condition. The
presidents action came to the Knowledge Of.
the directors ard resulted in their disapproval
and resolution 10 suspend.
This afternoon while workman were en-
ployed in demolishng the old stores at the in
tersecton of 9th and Market streets, on the
site of the new post office, wall fell and
buried four men. They were all taken out
alive, but thee were found to be seriously
injured.
Rev. Thomas Cooper, who has been preach
ing as an independent Congregational preach
er in the Esd ward (Frankford), was arrested
to-day for an alleged attempted outrage upon
the daughter Of one of his Pensioners while
pastor of the Ieman Presbyterian church,
He was held in 5000 bail
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CONNECTICUT.
Interesting Lib ! Suit.

New Haven, December 3. Dr.. George NJ
Beard Of New York, brought suit against
the Daily Palladium to day, claiming $50 600
damages, The DR.. claims that by a certain
criticism of his action at the time of his at
tempted exposure of J. r. Brown, the Mind
Reader, in this city last October, the Pataii.
um has greatly injured MS reputation as zone
of the very best living authorities in the treat
ment of Electricity as connected with the
Nervous System and Physiology" AID as a
scientist of high repute, and has diminished
the sale Of his me deal books, and injured the
prospects of one soon to be published con-
corning clsirvoyance, mind reading, spirit
ualism, &c.
Hartford, d. cember 3. James Turner was
suspected in this city, yesterday, Of the roo
berry of the a. & w. Sprague Co.'S store in
Baltic on Monday night, lIewa followed to
Baltic by policeman Maloney last night, where
he took the stolen jewelry from a barn and
was returning to this city when he was arrest
ed. The valuables to the amount of $500
were recovered.
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GENERAL NE VS..

The Montreal revised statutes enacted at
the last session have been printed, and make
volume of l,092 large pages.
News is received of the illness of the Gear
OF Russia, and it Is rumored that he is insane.
A Mohamnedan Chinese general from the
distant province of Yannon, where he served
in the imperial army during the rebellion, ia
now one of the lions of Pekin. He fought on
the side of the Buddhists and Confuciusists
against his coreligionists.
An attempt was made on Saturday night
last to assassinate the Republican sheriff of
the parish of st. Mary, Captain Minos T.
Gordy. Captain Gordy was called to the door
by knocking upon the outside of his house,
when person, dressed in black, fred two
shots at him, one of which took effect in his
shoulder.-New Orleans Republican.
No foreigner whatever will be permitted to
enter the forts in course of construction
around Paris.
England does not take as good care of her
national cemeteries as we do. The graves of
the English soldiers who died in the Crimea
are reported in a shockingly bad condition,
S25, 900 to repair them.
The report of deals from St. John, N. B.,
for the month of November was 20, 0OO, 900
superficial feet, against 16, 900, 900 feet in No
vember, 1873. The total export for the elev-
en- months ending Tuesday was 100000
superficial feet, or 100000 feet more than
the same period last year.
Prof. Dana of Yale College, has been max
ing geological examination in the region of
the great swamp on the Housatonic Railroad
in Connecticut, where he found traces of the
great glacier which biologists believe passed
over New England on its way from Canada
to the ocean. Several rocks uncovered for
the new road showed distinct scratches.
The duties received at the Boston Custom.
honse for November amounted TO $685., 079,-
TO- This is the smallest income with one ex-
cep,ion received in any month since 1865.
The Atlanta Constitution very wisely sug-
gests that if the negro exodus from Georgia
to Texas impels the great number of idle
white men who are doing nothing and refuse
to work for a living to go to work or starve,
the calamity will not be an unmitigated one,
after all, but rather a blessing in disguise.
The scow Pearl, of Fairport, loaded with
lumber, went ashore at Geneva, Ohio, on
Lake Erie last Wednesday. On board was
found the body of man, supposed to be ].
Graham, of Fairport. and the body of boy,
about fourteen years Of age, both evidently
r. II
covered with ice. The boy was dashed to the
rigging. Nothing was found on board to in
dictate where the scow was from, or bound.
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NEW YORK.

New York, December 9. This afternoon
Judge Donhue appointed John S. Lawrence
referee Ca brother of Judge Lawrence) in the
suit OF j. G. Angel against the Erie Rail-
road.
The li5el suit brought by Miss Edna Dean
Proctor agans, Francis ID. Moulton, for 500,
600 damages, came up to day before Judge
Woodruff, in Brooklyn, United States Court.
Miss Proctor's counsel answered 'Ready."-
Ex-Jucge Fullerton, tor deft., argued that
the court had no jurisdiction in the case, as
it did not appear in the complaint that plf
was a citizen of the State. Judge Woodruff
decided not to entertain question of that
kind, but said that he would give leave to
amend the complaint befor Monday next by
inserting the word "citizen" instead of word
PRESIDENT" wherever the latter occurred. The
case was then ordered to stand over till next
Wednesday.
The longshoremen of IIoboken have en-
deavored to eff ct a compromise with the
Bremen, Hamburg and Eagle Steamship Cos,
but the agents informed them that re union
men hereafter will be employed.
The longshoremen have had an understand
ing with Welsh Brothers, the leading steve
dores on North River, and a modification in
the rates and compensation have been agreed
to- and it is expected that the men will go to
work tomorrow.
New York, December 3. The funeral Of
Mayor Havemeyer takes place Saturday at II
o'clock, from St. Paul's Methodist church,
4th avenue and 22d street. The Old Gnard
will form an escort to the hearse. Among
the pail bearers will be Governor Tilden.
Peter Cooper, ex- Governor Morgan and Thur
low Weed.
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LOUISIANA

New Orleans, December 8.
The Grand Encampment of knights Tenn
plar Of the United States to- day elected the
following officers for three years:
Grand Master-James II. Hopkins of Pitts
burg Pa.
Deputy Grand Mas,er-Vincent l.. Hurl.
burt of Chicago.
Grand Generalissimo - w. L. Bragg of
Montgomery, Ala.
Grand Captain -General-E. l. Schultz of
Baltimore.
Grand Senior Warden-B. II. Langley of
Wnona, MINI.
Grand Warden-C. II. Woodruff of Louis
Vile.
Grand Treasurer-J. w. Simmons of New
York City.
Grand Recorder-T. S. Parson of Iowa
City.
Tine remaining Grand officers will be elect
ed tomorrow, when the officers will be in
stalled.
New York, December g. New Orleans
special states that Judge Durrel has sent his
resignation to the President as Unit d States
District Judge. 1t is said that that Walker
Fearn will be his successor.
The same special says that Governor KEEL
logg is negotiating for the sale of all his
property in the State.
1t is now reported that efforts are making
to have General Terry of Connecticut placed
in command in Louisiana instead of General
Emory.
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TELEGRAMS IN GENERAL.

Tweed's lawyers will soon make another
effort to set aside Judge Daviss decision on
a writ of error.
SO many protests have been received by
Postmaster General Jewell against making
Brooklyn an outside postal station to New
York city, that it is doubtful if any change is
made.
The operatives in Higgins carpet factory
in New York, 1900 in number, made strike
yesterday, against re duction of wages.
The united grand lodge Of colored masons
held their semi-annual conference yesterday.
Sixteen subordinate lodges were represented
at the conference.
AT the meeting of the American society of
civil engineers, yesterday, over fifty plans
tor rapid transit and rapid freight handling,
were presented, embracing surface, elevated
and underground plans and covering large
number of routes.
The packing box makers of Brooklyn are
on strike against the reduction of wages,
and new hands have been employed in their
stead.
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ILLINOIS,.

Springfield, December 8. The third annu-
al convention of the American Association
of short-horned breeders met here to day.
There is large attendance from various
States and Canada.
Chicago, December 3. Wilbur f. Story,
editor and proprietor of the Chicago Times,
was married last night to Mrs. Eureka c.
Pearson.
VIM Sturges, the board of trade man who
has succeeded in settling with his creditors,
has commenced a suit against President Howe
of the board Of trade, claiming S25 900 dam.
ages for unjust rulings when his case was on
trial
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In the first case which Mr.. S. cites we are shown

In the first case which Mr.. S. cites we are shown
apicture of man of many virtues, some family,
and no bad habits He sadly relates that this poor
man has been threatened. Months ago, perhaps,
but threatened His bill never advertised Of
course, but he was threatened. He was put to no
inconvenience, no costs, but this poor man was
threatened-which, being interpreted, means that
he received our usual printed form of notice,
which in a marginal note does state that all bills
mot debtors) which are not settled or arranged in
ten days will be advertised in the Collectors
Chart.
The second case cited by Mr.. S. is one which
we arc able to identify, though terribly disguised
This man was notified; came in, told his circum
stances, was reported to creditor who withdrew
the bill and made some sort of a compromise with
debtor. This is indeedia hard case, and sufficient
ly touching to melt the heart of Stone. But in
citing that case Mr.. S. has permitted an unmiti-
gated fabrication to creep into his composition,
and has clothed that fabrication with all the dig
nifty of quotation marks.
Now that which is not true looks badly in print
at the best but to wedge it in by quotation marks
is to cram it between the teeth OF innocent par
ty. We have never said TO any one "sctte with
IN ten days or have your name published in the
Black List" We have no black list. We do not
threaten to publish names We advertise bills for
sale (but thus far we have rot been able to sell
many.
But the third and last case is still more affecting.
Ihis case, however, has no connection with the
though he probably alludes to business transac-
ton of the attorney who acts as solicitor for the
SAID agency; wherein a certain debtor va, about
to go TO distant State, was arrested on a special
writ Such practice think is sanctioned by
law and by the usage of our best lawyers.
The matter was, however, promptly settled
without one cent of costs to the debtor. Where,
then, we ask is the hardship in this nstance' To
say that we Cypress the poor to state falsehood
No poor man, or poor woman, has ever come to
a MI at bat hoy we
unable from any cause to pay bill has been in
any case exposed or distressed, except in cases
where their statements have been found false. In
proof of this, refer to our large list of reserved
names, and we surprised that any one not
duly authorized should thus assume the manage
ment OF our affairs, or that any one having any
knowledge of business affairs should place his
name to article evidently composed Of smutty
cinders dug from the burning embers Of his own
ire.
DAVID CARGILL, Agency for
5. Z. Lawrence 4 Co.
Advertisers and Creditors Chart.
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Rational Medication.

and it is rational only when it begins at the begin
ming. In other words, to cure a malady, Its cause
must be removed Weakness, either general or
local. is the origin of the great majority of diseases.
Reinforce the vital energies, regulate Digestion and
secretion by Strengthening the organs which per.
form these allimporant functions, aud dyspepsia,
eonstp alton, kidney and bladder complaints, utter
inc difficulties, impure circulation, and the thou
sand and one ailments which are the consequences
of debility, completely, and in most cases per-
manently rernoved The best, safest and most
agreeable tonic and Alternative that can be employed
for this purpose is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
The experience of twenty-five years, during which
time it has outlved perhaps ten times that number
of ephemeral preparations which have entered into
competition with il, has proved it to be unequalled
as a remedy for all disorders accompanied by or
proceeding from weakness. dec2 teod&w1w
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FOREIGN.
EngIa nd.

London, December 3. Senior CASTELAR, has
been appointed commissioner to represent
Spain at the Centennial exhibition in the
United States.
Capt. George s. Naves, now in command
of her Majesty's ship Challenger has been
selected to command the expedition to be fit
ted out by Great Britain for explorations to
the Arctic regions.
The steamer Viking spoke the Direct Ca
Bile Co.'S steamers Faraday and Ambassador
on the Goth ultimo, in lat. 40 north, Ion. Al
west, all progressing we'll.
Three hundred and sixty-ffve of the pas
sengers of the steamship Abbotsford, who
left in that vessel for Liverpool before it was
discovered that she had small pox on board,
embarked on the Ann Lines steamer Ilunois
for Philadelphia, but their final medical ex-
animation proving unsatisfactory, they were
again landed, and are again located Temporal
rily in the Liverpool work house. The Illu-
nois will proceed without her steerage pas
sengers.
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WASHINGTON.
Important Question Answered.

Washington. December 3. The secretary
of the treasury has written a letter to the
collector of customs at Bangor, Me-, in re-
Spouse to communication from the collector
stating that under the cover of recent postal
regulations, which allow packages not exceed
ing ounces in the weight to be carried in the
mails, valuable packages of velvet. silks,
gloves and similar articles daily arrive in
Bangor in the mails from New Brunswick in
transit to more interior points, and which are
conveyed on the European & North American
II. r.
The collector inquiries whether an officer
Of customs who when upon the cars convey
ing the mails, discovers in the mails or postal
cars packages which he has reason to believe
are being smuggled, is authorized by any law
to seize or detain them.
The treasury department informs the col
loctor that under no circumstances is an off,
Ger Of the customs authorized to seize or de-