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The Republican journal., 1875-07-08

lliE STAGE ACCIDENT. In speaking of the
Dreak-down at Rockport last week the Rock
land Opinion took occasion to say that it sis
something not altogether unexpected by those
who have seen the Old rattletraps which are
run by the company on this end Of the line, and
that the company takes all the broken down
old mud-wagons from the Bangor end of the
line, and run them between here (RocklantD
and Belfast" This is not so. The coaches on
the Belfast and ROckland line are good Concord
coaches, and there is no stage line in Maine
better equipped with good stages and horses,
except the Moosehead line, which is acknowl-
edged TO be the best, as it should be. The
coach that broke down was Il good Concord
coach. and was going slow and not ut all over
loaded An iron axle some several inches wide
and nearly two thick broke about foot from
the hub, break which is not liable to occur
once in Il thousand times. There was no wear
upon the iron at that point, and consequently
no one to blame. The light stage driven from
Rockland to Belfast in the morning is a year
and half old, and is from the mandatory of
Wingate & Simmons, Union. which is recon-
mendation enough for its good qualities. Cam
den Herald.
The Republican journal., 1875-07-08
A Relic of the Unpleasantness.
NORFOLK, Va, June |

NokfOlk, Il, bNH' -
Capt. Brown of Schooner j O., arrived
here To-Day in charge of the iron safe OF
the United States man-of-war Cumberland
which was run into and sunk in Hampton
Roads by Confederate ram lrgInla IN
1862. Divers had been al work on the
wreck ten years, having in view the re-
covery of this safe, The lucky man had
only been at the wreck As hours when he
found the safe buried in three or four feet
of mud. The water at that place is IS feet
deep. By the explosion Of a torpedo the
safe was cracked, and as it was hoisted on
deck u few pieces of gold coin dropped
out. 1t is generally believed the safe con-
tains between sixty and one hundred thou
sand dollars in gold. The safe and treas
urer belong to Capt. Brown and c. E. Malt
by OF this city, and Herbert Smith, of De-
trolt, Mich. While Capt. Brown was
searching the wreck he came across apet-
rlfied human body in perfect state. The
Captain supposed the body to be that of
an officer, and intends to return and get it.
The Republican journal., 1875-07-08

The Bangor Commercial is whsting brave
ly to keep its courage up. and sees Il smile for
Roberts gains in the growing grass. Portland
Press.
That's correct. And the General cleo
ton will be sure sign that the people
are to live in clover. The heyday Of rad
icalism is past.
A large balloon with water pail and drink
ing cup in the basket, but no other clue to the
ownership, came from the northwest and landed
at Boothbay Friday evening.
That looks as though Neal Dow had
started for Europe by balloon, with a
stock of sustenance. What can have be-
come of the great reformer?
The Republican journal., 1875-07-08

Is it not high time that active measures
ambulating nuisances known as 'tramps' ?
Nuisances is, however, hardly the proper
term to apply to them as q class for we
seldom pick up newspaper without find
ing the crimes of murder, rape, arson and
burglary, not to mention petty thetts, re-
corded against "tramps" They have made
life and property less secure in some parts
Of the country than in the great cities,
which are usually the abode and scene of
operations of the criminal classes. Here
to-day, and there tomorrow, without a
local habitation or a name, the tramp
who rapes an unprotected woman, fires
OF burglarizes dwelling, is less liable to
detection and punishment than the pro-
fessional william of the cities, whose face
figures in the rogues' gallery, and who
is generally found by the police when
wanted" There are, no doubt, inoffen-
sive men and women among the tramps.
but how is one to distinguish them from
those whom it is dangerous to permit TO
darken your doorway? The rough look
ing wayfarer who asks for glass of cold
water OF nights lodging may be the
victim OF misfortune, or may be bent on
robbery and murder. In either case he
should not be suffered to wander to and
fro across the country. For the first pro-
vision is made by every community, and
for the second the doors of the Jail and
the penitentiary should be opened.
The West Waterville Union, indie
pendent, INDUCES in criticism of the DEM
ocratic party as follows
The Maine Democracy are not consistent
They profess to be opposed to all kinds of
"rings," but several have sprung up since the
campaign opened and they are loud in their
praise over them. One of the most prominent
of these rings is the ring of Roberts letter Of
acceptance. Well, tits pretty good ring.
The Age talks as though its SKIM
milk charge was all in fun But there's
no cream to such a joke.
The Republican journal., 1875-07-08
Bancroft and Sullivan.
From the Boston Sunday Courier.

= Wit VII ~ '70'''7 W. 'T'I
George Bancroft III his last Volume charges
with corruption general officer OF the Reyo-
luton, who had expended all his available
means in the public service, and who, having
lost his health by nearly five years Of constant
exposure on the field, had resigned and been
sent to Congress by his. state. In l'So' IN
Philadelphia, without money to pay hs eN-
penses (haying depended, IN reluctantly ac-
ceptng the office, upon beng reimbursed Tor
advances made to the public. and upon arrears
of pay which the government was unable to
meeD. NJ. l-uzerne, the French minister, of
his own motion offered him loan of three
hundred dollars from his private resources
which was gratefully aud with entire propriety
accepted. In the discharge OF hi, congressioli-
The Republican journal., 1875-07-08
The Great Scandal.

The disagreement of the jury leaves the
question involved about where it was at
the beginning of the trial. After the long
and weary contest, Titon fails to have his
charges judicially endorsed, and Beecher
is not indicated The great public still
see through glass darkly in respect to
the charges and counter charges made in
this most remarkable trial. The parties
have merely marched up the hill, and
then marched down again.
But there is one indirect party to the
suit that does not fare SO well as the prin
cipals, and that is Plymouth church. 1t
comes out of the contest with its reputa-
ton and usefulness greatly impaired
Throughout the trial its attitude has been
that of Il ring or clique seeking to wrench
aside Justice and sustain a tavorite at all
hazards, instead Of an upright and con-
scentous seeker after truth, such as an
association arrogating to itself the proud
title Of the first Christian church of the
land ought to be. The labors, the intlu-
ence, and the money of Plymouth church
have been lavishly used in the enlistment
Of all the arts by which courts and iuries
are influenced. There has been very little
reliance on a plain, uuyaniShed story
for the defence. . Our church, right or
wrong seems to have been the motto.
How the result is to affect Beecher, the
future alone can decide. He announces
that he has Vet 4 work to do, and viii
devote to it the remaindc J OF his life
Perhaps the great talents Of the eloquent
preacher may suffer nothing from recent
| events. He may even acquire Il new fer
vor and power from the experience
| Hawthorne, in the record OF his consular
experiences at Liverpool, relates the CASE
Of an eminent American div inc whose
church sent him to Europe tor rest
He was tempted of Satan, plunged int,
| dissipation of every kind, lost his money
was robbed OF his clothes, and appcaret
ut the consulate one morning in mucl
the same plight as that in which the prod
igal son returned to his father His want,
were relieved and he was sent home
Ever afterwards it was noticed that he
preached with a new and wondrou
power of the temptation, which lie il
wait tor humanity. And it may be that
Il more eloquent and persuasive voice
will 60 out from the Plymouth pulpit.
The Republican journal., 1875-07-08
Democracy Vfniicatad.

The United States Supreme Court in a
recent decision affirming the validity of a
charter granted to an insurance company
by the Legislature of Georgia while that
state was in rebellion, laid down the fol
lowing doctrine:
''All the enactments BY the de fuctO Legisla-
lures in the insurrectionary States during the
war, which were not hostile to the Union or to
the authority of the General Government, and
which were not in conflict with the Constitution
Of the United States, have the same validity as
If they had been enactmentS of legitimate Leg
lslatures; and any other doctrine than this
would work great unnecessary hardships upon
the people of these States, without any cores
ponding benefit to the citizens of other states
and without any advantage to the National
Government"
This decision is vindication of the po-
sition taken by the Conservatives ten
years ago, and maintained, in opposition
to the ground taken by the Republican
party, all these years. The basis Of Rad
zeal reconstruction of the Southern States
was the assumption that they had mo le-
gal State governments" The reconstruc-
ZION ACT ltSell feclteu THESE words as It's
own excuse for being. Senator Morton
declared in 1873:
THE late Insurrectonary States at the end
of the war We're without governments of any
kind They were without Governors, Legisla-
lures, state or subordinate officers"
And now the Supreme Court Of the Unit
ed States, the highest tribunal in the lame
decides that the Republican Congresses
were wrong, and that the Democrats were
right The radical leaders are declare,
in effect to be political charlatans. acting
for ten years from false premises Demo
cratic craftsmanship cNtorts yjndcatiol
from Republican Supreme Court Time
thus brings about its revenges, although
it can never right the stupendous wrong:
inflicted upon the South in the name of
false theory of its status as produced 10y
the war. Republican quackery, however
stands exposed before the world
The Republican journal., 1875-07-08

A Washington telegram states that
white man Of that city has actually made
complaint that he was refused a room at
negro lodging house, and asked for a
remedy under the civil rights bill. No
stronger argument against the law can be
named than that it compels negroes to
associate with so mean cuss.
The terrible potato bug has got as far
as Connecticut.
The Republican journal., 1875-07-08

The College rowing crew are getting
ready for the coming race OF the 10Th on
Saratoga Lake, ana ther sprctiNr friends
are taking great interest in the proceed
ings, The bowdoin crew has already
gone to the lake They are trained by
Dudley A. Sargent Of Belfast IT will he
remembered that in the match at Spring
field the Bowdoin boys led the crowd for
two miles and a half, and only lost because
their bow oarsman had 4 nervous Spasm
and fell from his seat
We suppose that if either Of our
farmer correspondents ever has 4 duel
with the editor Of the AGE, if will be
fought with cheese knives. Perhaps some
body may get hurt a mite
Circus companies are not doing we'll
in Maine this year, Al Gardiner, last
week. only sixty tickets We're sold to IN
afternoon performance
e +. r.llsbury, ESD, OF Augusta has
been absent in Wisconsin, where his duugh-
ter graduates at the Lawrence University.
The Executive Council Of Ma>Sachu-
sets has declined to pardon the romroy
boy, and he Will be hung.
Portland mas got her liquor agency
open again and doesn't now feel sucA de-
pressed spirits
The Republican journal., 1875-07-08
Generalities.

stamp affixed to each cigar, is the latest
proposition by the Internal Revenue office.
The New Hampshire Legislature adjourned |
on Saturday after session of thrty-two days |
An ice deposit relic of last winter. cold, |
has been discovered under mill at Waltloboro |
The best wheat harvest that Virginia has
reaped since the war opened She is now engaged
in getting ill.,
:" Jump I p And Run Away And Thcn-Sit- |
Down-Again' is the name of an Indian chief
who has taken the war-path.
The safe for the Camden National Bank has
arrived and been put in place. 1t weighs a few
pounds less than 5000 pounds.
An Illinois grocer says he would rather have
the power TO tell Il good egg from a bad one
than to be President Of the United States.
Journalistic statistics show that during last
year the sum of at least $1,000 900 was lost in
newspaper enterprises in the United States
Frank Wmship. nine year old son of Enoch
Winshp, fell from loaded team at Biddetord.
one of the wheels ran over his head, crushing
il and killing him instantly.
Grants best friend, Senator Jones Of Nevada.
mas purchased Il pair of horses for Slj,OOo, and
the number Of worhingmen out Of employment
was never greater than now.
The mackere fishing bu,intss oil the coast
of Maine has been prospecting within the past
week. TWO vessels returned to Portland Il ,ilV
or two since with 30 barrels each
Peter Mcnamara Of Rochester. WHO thought
he could meSmerlZe bun by looking him in
the eyes. changed his mind W hen he found him
~ - '''' "o'os'ie'' 'o"' i'i''i''' N''i'
If, says Il contemporary, Brigham Young
Wore an additional weed" on his hat every time
he lost a wife or Il mother-in-law, it is estimated
his hat would have TO he twentv-Seyen feet
high.
The Governor Has APPOINTED Gen. VIM II
Titcomb of K0rkland. rs county commissioner
Of Knox county. in rItrr If " NJ Trns.nu
RESIGNED EliSha IL Carter. W MontyiIlr +. nm
uoin,ed coroner
water at Dcnni>port, MASS, last week, and
was captured by man who ledped upon its
back and KILLED 1t with ruh after being car
fltd about lfalt hnic.
A, fla, ,,,..,,;,,. ,.e.. ,,.,..;. ,..,.,.
outIp. ,nmrtary thn nthn, III, ~
| mature intermcnt WIS disclosed The unnr-
| lun1t" gentleman was Wcil-knOWn, and was
supposed to have died suddenly.
,,,:
t IiI "' ,'b','',S " at" ~" n"''
'r,I ~ Ii n',I " ''i y r I'LL pnirn,s "tlt
back they would obey her slightest wish. She
| appeared and said She wanted to marry Jake
uu
h' ''niH Worm ~ 'tlI> EQUITY HileF nav lnS
','''oN' rh,nti ~ i!llna W. alple oIrh2ruN'
.'u ""m l'I'l''H uAIis -" III ihlSe hull'oer>'
petciy black with their dead and dying forms,
| Pennington throniclc
m
ne A'InaiIh Itp"rt "l thc hrrrh'f una pup
| hcmru ~ Jht y. Ilfuh'' hHG Wccupied ABOUT
| Low '"Iu'ni> OF lhat paper. me limt. re-
The Republican journal., 1875-07-08

The Bangor Wing and other radical
papers are very busy just now in holding
up their hands in holy horror that Gen.
Roberts and Marcellus Emery should be
politically associated DO these WORTHLESS
forget that they have tried the same little
game before? Let us refresh their MEM
cries. In 1870 these same patriots went
into similar commissions The Bangor
Wing was for weeks full Of staring capt
tails setting forth its loyal and holy hor-
ror. What was the result Why, in the
intensely loyal city Of Bangor, that has
given its fifteen hundred radical majority,
Gen. Roberts led Sidney Perham over SIX
hundred votes And Emery was SO little
affected by the torrent of abuse that in the
vote tor Congressman in the same city, he
actually led the loyal Peters nearly hun
dred votes. This shows the value of vim
dictiye personal abuse AS party weapon.
Just now history is in process Of repeating
itself
The Republican journal., 1875-07-08

AT the slate quarry in Mason, Oxford county,
FRIDAY afternoon, Il man was killed by the eX-
plosion of a key of powder which knocked him
INTO the pit and exploded blast there which
blew him to pieces.
An Anderson county (Ky.) man climbed a
tree that hadn't limb for 307 feet from the
ground, the other day, by boring holes in it and
driving pegs, and captured a SWAN of bees that
had settled in the top Of it.
The Republican journal., 1875-07-08
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The Republican journal., 1875-07-08

There is nothing which troubles the de-
tenders OF the administration SO much as
the record of its enormous expenditures.
The heavy appropriations have gone right
on since the war closed. increasing in
amount from year to year, until taxation
has become unbearable. A large part OF
the money goes into the pockets of par
ty tavorites-yirtually stolen from the
pockets OF the people. Republican writ
ers and speakers continue to claim that
the expenses are reduced, but the totals of
the appropriations tell a different story.
Mr.. Mcpherson, Clerk of the House of
Representatives. officially gives the fol-
lowing as the appropriations for the past
The Republican journal., 1875-07-08

The Maine State year Book ana legis-
lative Manual for the year lo15-G, edited
by Edmund 5. lIoyt and published by
Hoyt Fogg 4 Donham, Portland, is just
out This is one of the most valuable
works of the kind ever issued, especially
valuable to writers. professional men, ana
all whose callings require exact informa-
ton. There is nothing Of q statistical
nature, from lists of town officers to Pres
idental votes, that are not fully and accu-
rately recorded. The Yearbook has be-
come an established institution of the
State, and its merits certainly call for a
liberal encouragement
The Republican journal., 1875-07-08

The Ntu. United States Treasurer is
verifying the old adage about = new
broom The heads of many OF the ven
cradle Spinner's appontees were cut oil
without loss of time, and the air II Wash
ngton is filled with rumors Of contcm-
plated reforms. Gen Spinner rctircs TO
private lite, an honest man and a non st
Treasurer, taking his wonderful signature
with him.
The Republican journal., 1875-07-08

The weather has been very hot Of late
from Boston and New ork southwark,
and many fatal cases Of smstrokc are re
ported A cabbage leaf worn in the hat
is a better preventive of sunstroke than
q brick, though some will persist in using
the latter.
The Republican journal., 1875-07-08

The Calais Advertiser thinks the De
mocracy are TO fight this campaign under
the cry Of Roberts, Reconciliation and
Rum" That's correct, except the "sperrit.'
The purpose of the Democracy is to apply
to the liquor question the same sound
reasoning that should control every other
question affecting public morals. If it
shall be found that the new law in Massa-
chusetts promotes temperance and dis
courages that hypocrisy which in Maine
permits self-styled teachers Of morality TO
swagger and denouncc better men than
themselves as rummies all day, and get
drunk at night then the Democracy will
very likely favor It's adoption They don't
believe that all the light and knowledge
on this question is TO emanate from Neal
Dow and Elder Peck The Democracy
are willing on this TO appeal 70 the peo-
pie against Conner, Contention and Cant.
The Republican journal., 1875-07-08

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The Republican journal., 1875-07-08

Abiding to the communications. which
we have published from entirely different
sources, upon the subject of its skim-milk
accusations, the Prog. Age says
The author of both. we have no doubt, is a
certain renegade republican, whose republican
principles cvaporattd out through il cider bar
rel, year or two ago, and Wntcrport is the
nearest his locality
This puts forth curious idea 1t means,
itit me ms anything, that a republican far
mer, when his party organ denounces him
as a cheat and a iackass. should meekly
accept the epithets, and not even make 4
WY face! He must recognize the local
editor as the competent and iniallibe Judge
Of his dairy and his depth, on penalty OF
being read out Of the party We wonder
when that got into the platform If it isn't
there--and we don't believe it is--the
party leaders should bring the editor back
upon the right track and teach him the
words Of good Dr Watts hymn
This is the mhcg long have sought,
And mourned because | found it not"
The Republican journal., 1875-07-08

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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-12-18

hands of their enemies outside. But the
snake was not satisfied; il discovered every
rathole in the cellar. and glided in an out
among the rocks where even IL rat could not
have gone. 1t was finally taken up and
placed in the box after twenty rats and almost
as many nice had been killed. The snake
belongs to black garter family, which are
in reality the best friends the farmer has got.
They live exclusively on field nice, worms,
flies, and other vernin, and if they occasion
ally swall wa frog or dine on couple of
young ground birds, or accidentally glide
across the path OF human being, their lives
should be preserved, as their good qualities
counter balance these defects. The one pus-
sessed by Mr.. Henry was captured by aim
last summer in a pea field, and since he has
had il no rats are to be seen or heard Of In
the neighborhood Of his house. The reptile
is kept in a box as before stated, and is fed
upon liver. Next summer Mr. Henry intends
to capture all the snakes he possibly can alive
and train them up for the benefit of his neigh
bOrs