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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-03-05
CONGRESS-.

The Forty-third Congress closed yester-
day at noon. The work of the session has
upon the whole been of satisfactory
character. considering the difficulties en-
countered. The early part of the session
was devoted to the question of finance,
resulting in the passage of law making
banking free and establishing the first of
January 1879 as the time to commence re.
sumption of specie payments. The diff
Guilty in Louisiana at the attempt to Or
ganize the Legislature of that State turned
the attention of Congress for a time almost
exclusively to the affairs Of the southern
States, and occupied large share in its
deliberations until the close of the session.
Investigating committees were sent to
Louisiana. Mississippi. Alabama and Ar
kansas, the reports from which have only
recently been acted upon. From these
important facts have been learned and
measures have been adopted which it is
hoped may result in restoring peace in
some of the States at least.
The passage of the civil rights bill is an
important act. Had it secured education
to the colored people it would have been
more important, but the feeling of the re-
publican representatives at the South was
strongly against ENGRAVING that feature
upon the bill. and defeated it. The law
as passed encountered the united oppose
ton Of the democracy, they having no 9TH
or basis for their action than the hatred
which animates that party to refuse all
rights and privileges to the negroes.
Another important measure was the bill
to raise additional revenue. The panic of
1873 so deranged the business and finan-
cial affairs Of the country that the revenues
Of government were rendered insufficient
to meet the demands upon the Treasury.
In the session before the last Congress be-
gan the work of retrenchment, cutting
down appropriations. and putting the
knife to abuses of long standing, but it
was found that with all the economy which
could be practised more revenue must be
raised or the Treasury be unable to pay
the demands pressing upon it. 1t was
simply the question of taxing more or re-
pudiating the debts of the government.
Congress wisely and honorable chose the
former course, placing the tax however
largely upon whiskey and tobacco, two ar
ticles which the great mass of people are
very willing to see roundly taxed. The
amount to be raised by this tax bill will
be thirty million dollars, sum ample to
pay current expenditures and continue the
gradual reduction Of the debt.
The closing of this session finds the
power to control the House Of Representa-.
tives transferred from the republicans tc
the democrats. Fourteen ofthc most event
full years of the life of the nation has the
House been In republican hands. Though
during that time faults and mistakes have
existed the record as whole is one OF
distinguished fidelity and ability. Speak
er Blaine retires from the Chair with
the well earned applause of all parties,
wearing q name and fame in the perform
ance OF his arduous duties that will live
long after the grave shall have closed
above him.
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Gu BS.

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clubs OF four or more persons. Thus: four copies
OF Blackwooi or one Review will be sent to ont
address for $l2 So four copies of the four Reviews
and Lakewood for &4S, and so on.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-03-05

4 DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER ON MR..
BLAINE.
The following article is clipped from the col
umns Of "The Capital" the democratic newspa-
per published at Washington. The democracy of
the writer is evident in the article. but that is no
detriment to the handsome notice of Mr. Blaine.
The spectators in the galleries and members up
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GOOD ADVICE AND POETRY.

TUNE. ANY thing that Fits"
Magic Oil IL death oa Fits
Magic Oil il delicious, thank Renne for this
All Pain it cures quickly for Mother or miss,
Goes right to the trouble, rubbed in with the palm,
As sure as you're faithful at orks like charm
The directions please follow, but your own skill
in Sprains and Neuralgia, but battle with Will.
Used outward and inward 1t never does harm,
In Headache or Collie 1T works like 4 ciarm.'
Sore Thr0a: from catarrh or rom cold IN the lead
Or Chill. from Cold that would keep you IN bed,
Magic Oil performs wonders and acts like a balm,
For G argle, or Swa:hiug, at works like charm
1t cures YOU so nicely it makes you feel brave,
So hat ordinary pain is a luxury to have.
Magic Oil in Dyspepsia gives feeling SO calm,
The stomach in glce says 1T works like charm y
The "toot horn of fame" most usually lies!
SO the Magic Oil took the folks by surprise
The claims that 1t made caused wondrou5 alarm
The trial nov shows that ~ works like u charm
VIM RENNE SONS sole manufacturers, Pitts.
field, Mass.
Reader, call for it where YOU usually trade, by
the full name. Sold by KINsMAN.
sep3-t&wtr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-03-05

H0LLY WATER WORK.S PROP0SITION'
1t is only within a few years that cities Of mod
crate means, or small population, could afford to
have water works, the cost by the old system was
SO enormous. The reservoir and the pipe to it
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-03-05
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the last quar.er of 1874 Of such periodicals they
may subscribe Tor.
Or instead, new subscribers to any two. three o +
fodr of the above periodicals, may have one OF the
-Four Reviews" for 1874, subscribers to all five
may have two of the Four Reviews or one set OF
Blackwood's Magazine for 1874.
Neither premiums to subscribers nor discount to
clubs can be allowed unless the money is RENTED
direct to the publishers. No premiums given to
clubs.
Circu ars with further particulars may be had on
application.
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Al BARCLAY ST., NETWORK.
mar5.ttf
The Republican journal., 1875-03-25

David Il. Price, the porter of the St
Nicholas National Bank, New York. was
at O'Clock awakened suddenly bv a noise
near his bed, which is made on a shelf be-
hind the counter of the banking office and
sa" out few feet away from him man
wearing mask, who was accompanied
oy TWO others also masked, stealthily APP
preaching him. He was commanded to
remain quiet by the foremost burglar. but
replied that he was not there for that pur-
pose: The thieves said that they would
90 MN no harm. and that they only want
ea money Before he could spring up or
reach ms revolver, which lay beneath his
head' ne was struck by sand-bae in the
hands OF his assailants, and while another
9asped him by the throat, a third At
tempted to handcuff him. Although part
~ stunned he resisted vigorously and
shouted Justify for help. He is yery
powerful man and offered desperate re-
slstance: On gaining his feet he was still
clutched by the throat, but succeeded in
freeing himself, when he turned to secure
his revolver At this Iuncture the three
men retreated toward the rear of the bank
and hastily jumped from a window into
the street. Price received MANY severe
bruises, severe cash above the cheek
bone and was badly sprained in his efforts
to escape from the desperate adventurers,
who left handcuff fixed upon his wrist.
a mask and hat were lost upon the floor
IN the haste of departure, and a pistol
y, which was dropped upon the sidewalk as
she ropoers jumped from the window, af-
iofos the only clue to their identity.
The Republican journal., 1875-03-25
The Wagner Case.


4 KockIanu despatch OF TUESDAY says
Judge Virgin rendered the following decision
in the Wagner case this morning: Prayer for
injunction denied. Petition dismissed. Excep-
tons have been taken to carry the case to the
law court, which have been allowed by the
Judge.
The result was anticipated by all who
had examined the case made up for Wag-
ner There is really nothing in it except
4 pretext by which delay may be had
The exceptions will carry the case to the
full court, which meets at Bangor in June,
and amount to reprieve tor that length
Of time. Gordon, whose case in respect
to the exceptions is Identical with that of
Wagner, will also await the decision Of
the court.
The Republican journal., 1875-03-25
Generalitios.

his coat and vest too fire, while in the
woods, had them burned, with a sum of money
and valuable watch and chain
James Parton has bought house at New
| buryport Mass, where he will have his home.
Ben Butler has written to a coored man in
Cincinnati that he does not think barber shops
come under the civil rights law.
1t i stated that Zach Chandler has been Of
fered the Russian mission, Baker, who was re-
Gently appointed, being willing to give way
A man named Noah was drowned by the
late flood in New York. He was not so prudent
as his illustrious ancestor
4 tivc-year-old daughter of Mr.. Taylor of
| Windsor, was burned to death, "Wednesday, by
her clothes igniting from stove
| The Literary Societies, of Colby University,
| have invited Geo. II. Pendleton to deliver the
| ADDRESS at commencement and John q. SaXe,the
| poem.
! Benton /, the banner town in Maine on the
| WomehS rights question, having at a recent
town election chosen three women as School
| Committee.
Stewart, the coored barber at Wizards ho-
| tel, " ashingtOn, refused to cut another colored
mans hair, on the ground that it would injure
| his business.
At Lafayette, Ind, few days ago boy
| drew his arm back with such force in order to
| throw a SNOWFALL that he snapped the bone OF
! his arm Ill two.
The Identical chair used by Gen. Washington
| At the council of war in Trenton. in III, has
| been deposited by Mrs Gen. Styker in the Ma
uonal Museum, at Philadelphia.
The signal office in Bangor now prints daily
three hundred and sixty weather reports. which
hnd their way to one hundred and sixty post
| offices.
Vasquez, the celebrated Californian bandit,
was hung ON Friday; and FoUks, the murderer
Of the Herndon family, was executed i'll West
Virginia,
March seems TO be a moist. muddy, maudlin
miserable. melancholy, misty, miXed-up sOr1
OF 4 month, anyway. March out! =. \.
| Evening Mail
On Friday at Newburyport, sales OF land in
the neighborhood Of the Chapman lode, were
made to New York capitalists, III all amount
ing to Sl0U,000 Great excitement
a man named BIackmau of Windsor, tell
from a log he was chopping in the woods and
died Immediately. supposed rupture OF a blood
vessel in the brain.
A brave woman in Virginia 4 day or two
since had desperate fight with negro, who
attempted to murder herself and TWO children.
She killed the villain.
Dr. \. G. Keep, wel-knowu dentist OF Bos-
ton, who was an essential witness in the trial VI
Prof. " ebSter for the murder of Dr. Parkman,
died last week at the age OF seyenty-dye years
A letter has been received in Lowell. from
California. stating that man who died there on
the 9TH inst, bequeathed SO 600 to four neice-,
the sum to be equally divided, two Of whom
are mil girls III Lowell,
A nice little fight is probable between Yer
mont and Maine in reference to the opening of
sealed ears at Island Pond. 1t Is reported that
the Grand Trunk agent ut Island Pond is in the
fight, and makes Determinations against Port
The Republican journal., 1875-03-25

These are dangerous times for editors.
In Aroostook an irate female assaulted
the proprietor of the Pioneer. In Bidde-
ford treacherous attempt was made to
pull the nose of our brother of the Times
And in New Jersey an individual who took
offence at paragraph in the local paper,
went to the Office and shot the editor. OF
these three modes Of attack we think the
female on the war path is most to be
dreaded-because "when lovely woman
stoops to tolly'' there is no telling what
she will do But these are certainly peril
Gus times, and those who scare easily are
thinking of retiring from the profession.
The Republican journal., 1875-03-25

Inc Northern Pacific bondholders held q
mMeeS1i Ig at New York on Friday. Hon. i. d.
NJ. sweat OF Portland presided. and the Presi.
OF the road explained the advantage Of the
Chairman Of pe fSe was adopted directing the
OF seven to confer with the directors Of the road
IN regard to its management and the present and
future interests of the bondholtlers. '''''
The Republican journal., 1875-03-25

Hon. tnoch Knight Of Portland delivered hi
popular lecture on the industrial History OF
Maine, in talwel and \mc~ Hall last FRIDAY
night. 1t was an able production, discovering
vast amount of labor in its preparation. The
hall was packed We are indebted to tile ci-
forts of Hiram Bliss, Esq. member of the Knox
Bar, seconded by the invitation and contribtl-
tons of some of our leading citizens, for this
pleasant and instructive entertainment.
And now new sensation is threatening lis
in the appearance. at mscemly times and odd
places, of a strange female, or at least L Mearcr
of the customary habilment> of the sex. He.
She or 1t, is reported by divers persons in ii
vcrs manners. Now she appears rs a lunltic,
and interviews some timorous pedestrian. Who
Immediately remembers some engagement of
his in another part of the city. Now sh,
shows 1 s,Ncn-shooter to Il Strong-minded t,.-
male who attempts to see what she does il on
and then glides out Of sight With dem0nilc
laugh that causes each particular hair of inter-
viewer to stand on end Again, she is seen
crossing 4 field toward 4 wood, where She il
supposed by some to secrcte herself The po-
lice have rs vet failed to make her artlltlint-
ancc, bat arc hanging on her track.
The Republican journal., 1875-03-25

The raising Of Archbishop McClOskcy
of New York, to the dignity Of Cardinal
is an honor to the Catholics Of this country
as well as compliment to the United
States-being the first time that the high
office has been conferred upon any divine
in America 1t must be especially graft
flying to the large and increasing Catholic
population of the United States, who are
rot less valued as supporters of republican
liberty because they are devout children OF
the church. An exchange has the follow
ing in regard to the new Cardinal
Archbishop McCloskey is now 81 wears OF
age, and was ordained for the priesthood in
1851 In personal appearance, he is OF Il we'll
formed, compact. erect figure. His head is of
considerable size, and his c0untenance, where
increasing years are Just beginning to leave
their unmistakable lines, is strongly expressive
of intelligence and beneyolencc. The features
are large and uniform About the mouth there
is always an expression of the trucSt kindness
and gentleness, and the eyes are not less soft
and sympathetic than they are full Of intclec-
tual brightness. The brow is broad and mas
Sive, over which the hair is parted and carefully
combed on either side. Among any gathering
Of men he would be selected us 4 person distin-
guished for gifts of mind and great goodness of
heart. He Is, moreover, 4 ripe scholar, CON
sistent and pious in all his walks and bold
and devoted churchman. His eoquence is Of
the tender, deeply religious kind, uttered with
Il terYent sincerity in language at once of sim
phcity and elegance. His installation rs the
Archbishop Of the Catholic Diocese OF New
York took place on Sunday, August u, 1864
at st. Patrck's Cathedral, before 4 vast audi
euCe.
The Republican journal., 1875-03-25

The Pinchback matter has been settled
by postponing the whole question to next
December, to the great wrath of the
colored aspirant STILL it rather puts him
on his good behavior, by holding out the
possibility Of admission at the end Of his
term of probation. The Democrats desired
direct vote of exclusion, in which they
would have been aided by such men as
Christiancy and the Liberals generally.
The Republican journal., 1875-03-25

Mary 5 Deering, who is writing let
tiers from Germany to the Portland Tran
script, bears testimony against one Of the
follies Of the Maine law as follows
| have been nearly three months in Germany
and the sight of an intoxicated person is SO rare
that ] begin to think of advocating the intro
ductiOn of beer az a preventative of intemper.
ance in Portland. 1t seems to succeed much
better than the pledge, so far as my observation
goes.
This comes right to the point, and is a
good deal better than all the yaporings of
Neal Dow on the subject, 1t wouldn t
take much experimenting to show that
"Mary hath chosen the better part
Senator Andrew johnson delivered a
speech upon the Louisiana question on
Monday, which was very severe in its
arraignment of the President. In course
of his remarks he said
| know the determination of that people
Their great object is to be restored back into
t,,e Union upon an equal footing with all the
other States, and that is all they desire-a fair
participation in the legislation of the country
/ will tell some of those who are acting behind
the curtain, and who are clinging to power, that
it cannot be obtained by popular consent and
the approval of their public acts here, and thew
hope to inaugurate system of terrorism, and
in the midst OF excitement and in the midst of
a war cry they will trumphantly ride into the
Presidency for third Presidential term; and
when this shall have been accomplished that
will be the end of the liberties of this country
If one swallow does not make a spring, take
The Republican journal., 1875-03-25

Massachusetts has been footing up the
bills she paid for the Sumner funeral, and
finds that it cost $4,000 to put the dead
Senator under ground.
The Republican journal., 1875-03-25

-"Reading," says Bacon, ''makes fun man
conversation ready man." Prog. Age.
1t is too bad to see the brilliant aphorism nj
the philosopher so mutilated In his ESSAY on
Studies, Bacon does say, Reading maketb q
full man, conference a ready man, and writing
an exact man" Journal.
We can't see wherein we have offended tbe
Journal editors classical @ taste except in
adopting the more modern form of expression
tor the words ''maketh" and conference ), the
latter word being synonymous with <'conversa.
ton" This is exceedingly small criticism.
Prog. Age.
The world Of literature will hardly be-
lieve that the editor Of the Age is capable
of Improvements upon Lord Bacon. There
was once chap who thought that Shake
speare was much over-rated, and that most
of his expressions might be bettered So
he got out an amended edition. Coming
to this passage in Macbeth
''Out, out, brief candle.
Lies but a walking shadow"
he adopted more modern form of ex-
PRESTON" as the Age has it, and put it
"Get out, get out, you short candle"
We tear that neither of these improvers
of the English classics will be appreciated
The Republican journal., 1875-03-25

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The Republican journal., 1875-03-25

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The Republican journal., 1875-03-25
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The Republican journal., 1875-03-25

The committee Of the late house of rep
resentatives on Louisiana affairs, by eSpir-
alton of the forty-third congress has lost
its former official character, but to which
the contendlng factions in Louisiana refer
red for arbitration the contested seats in
the lower house Of the legislature, has
begun its work in New York city The
| members of the committee are Messrs q.
F. IIoar, Wheeler, Potter, Marshall, Fos-
ter, Frye and Phelps, and their tribunal
derives its power from the consent of the
conversative members of the state legisla-
ture to respect its adjudication. The ar
bitration in fact rests on the pledge of
those members to submit their claims to
the gentlemen named, and is the out
growth OF what is known as the Wheeler
compromise. Arbitration in contested cleo
ton cases, by private persons not belong
ing to the community whose interests are
at stake, is something novel in American
| politics. 1t would have a somewhat lud-
crous aspect if anything connected with
| the affair Of the unfortunate state could
make any other than a gloomy impression.
in view OF the report OF this same com
mittee, no possible pretext exists for de
tending the interference of the military
with the organization of the Louisiana
legislature. Nevertheless, the majority of
that body are compellel.to submit to the
arbitration of outsiders rs the only means
of redress, and in the hope of regaining
by it what they were deprived of by brute
force. The deliberationstot the arbitration
committee have thus far been strictly pri-
vate, even the counsel Of the respective
parties being excluded is is understood.
however, that the report will first be
made public in New Orleans, and to the
parties especially Interested. The con-
sentative representative are confident
that the arbitration villa result in their
| favor, and insure to them majority in
the house. Mr.. Wheeler and other repub-
licans had so little doubt that any fair in
vesligation would have this result, that
they made the recognition Of Kellogg as
de .ftcto governor the condition of arbitra-
ton. To this the conservative members
consented, at the same time STIMULATING
that by such recognition they should not
forego any advantage that might accrue
to them from action by the United States
senate
Apart from this condition, which thus
secures the recognition of an Infamous
usurpation, weighty objections might be
brought against the method chosen to set
tie the difficulty And yet, perhaps, the
compromise might best be acquiesced in,
If it were certain that peace and prosperi-
ty would be restored by it to afflicted
Louisiana. But such a result is very
doubtful
The Republican journal., 1875-03-25

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are authorized agents for procuring advertisements
he Journal
The Republican journal., 1875-03-25

The increase Of postage upon mail mat
ter of the third class small packages,
books, cuttings, seeds, transient newspa-
pers, etc, which was enacted by Congress
in its last hours, was the change urged by
the express companies whose small pack
age business had deserted them by reason
of the cheaper postage rates. There was
no claim advanced that the Post-O Office
Department would lose anything by a
continuance of the cheap rates which were
adopted for the benefit of the people The
only argument adduced in support of the
charge, was that the express companies
desired the small package business and
it was eminently fitting that in the last
hours Of the Republican Congress, that
desire should have been gratitied That
the people will now have to pay the ex-
press companies for transportation two or
three times the amount OF postage hereto
fore paid on small packages, does not ap-
pear to have entered into the minds of the
late Republican Legislators, or If it did, to
have Influenced their decision.