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Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-12
Republican County Convention.

Republican County Convention.
The Republican voters of Kennebec County are
requested to send delegates to a convention to be
holden at
Granite Hall, Augusta, Thur.day, Au-
gust 10th,
At halfpast one O'Clock, P. NJ, for the purpose of
nominating two candidates for Senators candi.
date for County Commissioner, and candidate for
County Treasurer, and to transact all other bust.
ness that may properly come before the convt n.
tion. The basis Of representation will be as fol.
lows Every city, town and plantation will be
entitled to delegate, and an additional delegate
for every seventyGve votes cast for the Republican
candidate for Governor at the election of 1874. A
fraction of forty votes will be entitled to an addi.
tional delegate. The cities, towns and plantations
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-12

The Boston Post very naturally loses its
good character when it consents so far to
soil itself as to reproduce the stale false
hoods of Eben +. Pilisbury and DR.. Jor-
dan. The Post does not go through it
gracefully but seems all the while to be
making wry faces.
We are amazed at the Post stating that
other States than Maine sold their agricul-
tural lands at from "three to eight dollars
per acre. Its own State of Massachu-
sets did not get ninety cents per acre,
nor San the Post name State that got
one dollar per acre The Post should be
more careful in plain matters Of fact.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-12
FOR GOVERNOR
FOR GOVERNOR.
SELDEN CONNOR
PRINCIPLES COMPARED
REPUBLHC.s.v DOCTRE.vE.

The maintenance of the high standing OF
the credit of the Stale; the promotion OF the
development of its agricultural ana manufac,
turing resources; The extension of educational
facilities; the prohibition by law
Of the sale Of intoxicating liq.
uOrs and the enforcement Of
that law the equitable adjustment OF the
burden Of taxation, and the Tightening OF thai
burden to the fullest extent; and, in all, the
exercise of that rigid economy that admits o.
no outlay for purposes Of doubtful utility, ant
demands full equivalent for every expendi
ture; these are the objects the Republican
party Of Maine has had steadily in view, thu
pervading principles of its common law, ant
they all have the hearty support of my con
viction and my sympathy From the Speed
of Gen. Connor at the Republican State Con
rention, accepting the nomination for Cor
ernor,'
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-12
MR.. ALBERT MOORE ON THE WITNESS
STAND,

Mr.. Albert Moore in his paper this week,
makes the following sneaking admission
about Paper Credits"
"Tis true, we admit, that after comforting
with the Adjutant General, Proves: Mar
shall and other military officials, Anson
bought of J. II. Manley and the ''paper
credit" ring, names, (not men) TO fill the
quota of Anson."
That won't do Mr.. Moore. You can't
play the Joe Manley" dodge! Every
time Democrat is caught in the mud and
mire of the Paper Credit swindle, he shouts
Joe Manley." According to your own
sworn testimony before the Commission
ers on Paper Credits you bought thirteen
paper men of Geo. NJ. Delany and paid
him SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN
HUNDRED DOLLARS therefor. And
you bought si1 paper men of Daniel T..
Pike and paid him TWO kTHOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS therefor.
And these two sums make up the Ten
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED DOL
LARS of Anson's money that you expen-
ded for fraudulent paper credits. This is
your own admission in testimony that you
were very reluctantly forced to give
before the Paper Credit Commission
ers. Now Pike and Delaney are well
known Democrats You dealt wholly
with Democrats And shouting Joe Man
ley won't help you out of your scrape. 1t
only convicts you of fresh and gratuitous
falsehood.
Nor can Mr. Albert Moore escape the
charge that he certified that these men
were persons ''resident OF liable to militia
ry duty in the town of Anson, or words to
that effect II could only get them cred
tied by SO certifying. Alas that the mus
tering officers should have taken his word
for the truth. 1t cost the town of Anson
TEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED
DOLLARS
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-12

that the very worst Interpretation placed upon the
aggressive initiation platform of the Democratic
party is not as bad the policy of the despersdoes
who have taken possession Of that party in this
State. They mean mischief mountain high. The
placid old lawyer, Thurman, may have peisuad
ed himself that his platitudes at Mansfield were
statesmanlike, but he might well have babbled
of the green fields under the yellow floods of the
Ohio and her tributary streams as of going back
to sound principles within his political organ iza
tlnn ir tie inrationsts swecn the State ihis Ell.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-12
DE.MOCR.ATIC DOCTRl.S'E.

And here, lest L might be mis-.
quoted, i will say that the
PrOhibttOry Liquor Law, that
bone Of contention SO long up
ON our statute books. i never
favored, I never Ah01l. L be.
Iieye ft to be revolutionary in
spirit. q clog to the wheels Of
business, demOraltzing I'm q
great degree to the cause Of
true temperance which II pro.
claims to advance; and while !
shall openly oppose 1t. shall
the more openly and Zea1Ously y
advocate such measures In this
regard rs L ann convinced Will
the better and more sSlbstsan-
TALLY cOnduce to the prOsperi-
~ of our state. and the gen.
erol welfare Of its citizens
From the Speech of Gen. Roberts, democratic
candidate for Gorernor, at the serenade in
RlnOOr.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-12
CFYEpAL PLAISIED.

The republican congressional con'eh'ioii
held in the Fourth district yesterday hon-
mated General Harris NJ. Plasted OF Ban
gor. as candidate for Representative in
| Congress. There was sharp contest
nreyious to the convention between Gen
| eral Plaisted and Hon. Llewellyn Powers
| of Houlton, for the nomination, but as
General Plasted has succeeded fairly in
obtaining the nomination, we trust he will
receive the hearty and united support OF
all the republicans of the Fourth district
General Plaistcd was born in New
Hampshire in 1928 In 1949 he came to
Maine and entered Waterville College,
from which institution he graduated in
1858. The same year in which he left
college he entered the Law School of the
University OF Albany from which he gradu-
ated in 1850 After that he studied one year
in the office of Hon. A. w. Paine of Ban
gor, and in 1856 was admitted to the Bar.
In 1861 he entered the service as Lieuten-
ant Colonel of the Eleventh Maine regi-
ment, was promoted to the Colonelcy and
commanded the regiment in the Peninsu-
lar campaign OF 1862. He commanded
brigade in the siege of Charleston, and in
the campaign Of General Grant against
Richmond in 1864 and go, and was twice
promoted for gallant and meritorious con-
duct in the field, first to Brigadier Gener-
al and then to Major General by Brevet.
He represented Bangor two years in the
legislature, was delegate to the Repub-
lican National Convention in 1868, and
in 1873 was elected Attorney General. a
position which he now holds and has filled
with credit. With this excellent record
and not stain upon his character, Gen
eral Plaisted ought to be elected by the
full majority of the republican party in the
Fourth district, and such we trust will be
the result, in spite of all the scheming and
hopes of the democracy to reduce his vote.
Let our friends bury their divisions. listen
to their better judgment, support General
Plaisted handsomely, and we have full
faith that they will never regret it
1t will be seen by our dispatches that
Mr.. Powers made a manly speech in sup
port of the nomination, pledging himself
and the Aroos,ook republicans TO sustain
General Plaisted with their full strength
at the polls. This fixes the little game
that the democrats have been hoping to
be able to play, unites the republicans
solid for General Plaisted, ard is an hon
orable act on the part of Mr.. Powers
which entities him to respect and will be
remembered in his favor in future days.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-12

4 L q L STA .
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.

THURSDAY MORNING, August IL. 1875
, 1875-05-26
RETURN EMIGRANTs.

The ship Gauges, with return emigrants
from Trinidad, arrived at Calcutta on March
10, after an unusually long voyage (l3l dayS)'
The emigrants and their belongings were trans-
ferrel to the depot, where, on the following
morning, the scene was most instructive and
interesting cloth merchants, dealers in brass
vessels, silversmiths, and hurksters, held a
sort Of fair on the parade grounds, while the
sleeping-sh4ds were blocked with trunks, boxes,
and bales of rfscts, brought back by men who,
some ten or twelve years before arrived from
the up-country districts, on their way to the
West Indies, without purse or script, a few
yards of ragged cloth. and some leaden orna-
mpnts representing their worldly goods. In a
few hours, under the supervision OF the agent,
Mr.. R. Mitchell, about eleven thousand pounds
were paid away to the return emlgrants in
silver or cheques. Several of the people asked
to have thsir gold and silver locked
away until they had time to look about them.
One woman in particular Invested herself of
sixteen pounds weight of silver collars. bangles,
and bracelets. Before leaving the depot each
emigrant is furnished with a document under
the seal of the agency and signatures of the
agent and the protector, cert flying that the
bearer came by his or her jewels and money
by honest means! Gradua lily the return
, 1875-05-26

coolies dispersed, and by twos and threes lsf
the shelter of the depot to seek their native
villages 1t is to be hoped they may escape
the vigilance of the police, &C., lest they fall
into the mtshes Of the FeratAw caGa: existing
in many parts of India, VIGOROUSLY Puducots.
where litigation and complaints have become
90 profitable a trade, that persons among the
native community have unscrupulously opened
bazaars under the designation of Ferathw cadas
Ia bazaar in which complaints are prepared)
aud Satchj cadai where witnesses are sup
piled and instructed). These marts of iniquity
are openly held in the bazaar street, and re-
sorted to by the people, without any check or
hindrance by the local authorities.
, 1875-05-26

not based this decision upon their report.
nor have they assumed the truth Of the
imputations against Mulhar Rao. Their
decision is founded on his NOTORIOUS mis-
conduct, his gross misgovernment, his in
capacity to carry out necessary reforms"
and on their judgment that his restoration
would be detrimental to his people, and
Inconsistent with the fitting relations be-
tween the Indian Government and the
State of Baroda. The last argument, as
serting. as it does, a new cause of removal
apart from misgovernment, may be unan-
swerable, for reasons not yet revealed but
remembering that Lord Northbrook, on
25th July, 1874, formally accorded to the
Guicowar a term of grace Ito 3lst Deem
Der, 1875" it is impossible to be satisfied
with a decision which seems to involve a
breach Of faith.
, 1875-05-26

NJ. Gambetta delivered a great speech on
Friday week to his constituents at Belle
Vile, defending his recent action in accept
ing a Constitutional Republic. We have
analysed his speech elsewhere, but may
mention here that he added some remarks
about Church and State which indicate
that he leans to their total disconnection
as the ultimate solution of the problem.
Ho was very cautious, but affirmed that
France must be q clay" Republic, her
clay" character having been her glory and
her strength throughout her modern histo-
ry. 1--WE are not theologians, but men of
affairs" This part of his speech was
warmly appIauded, and the whole appears
to have satisfied the workmen that he
meant honestly by the Republican cause.
1t has not, moreover, irritated his enemies,
while it has bsen received in this country
as a new evidence that the ex-Dictutor,
though still a Radical, is not seeking the
impracticabIe. A very short lease of pow
or taught him that it is not possible to
govern men on abstract principles alone,
, 1875-05-26

A German correspondent writes to US to-.
day in depreciation of what he regards aS tho
hostile criticisms directed against Germa-
ny by the English Press. He should re-
monstrate first with the German Press. 1t
was not the Note addressed to Belgium
nearly so much as the article in the Berlin
Post which really alarmed US all, and made
US believe that Germany was about to
force on a war. AS for the conquest Of
Alsace and Lorraine, though We hold it to
be a political blunder and, as regards Metz
at last. a perpetual threat to France, the
English Press has long ceased to c~rlticiss
thetfa1 accomp}i, aud tries to judge Ger
many not by what it did, but by what it
does. When, however, it appears that
Prince Bismarck will hardly be friendly
with any Powers unless they join HIM in
his silly and violent crusade against the
Pope and the Roman Catholic Church. and
that all the Germans throw up their caps
for Bismarck, it is IitficIIt to reconcile the
excirabiIiry so displayed with the prospect
OF tranquility in Europe.
, 1875-05-26

There has been quite a hubbub about
the appointment of Chaplains to the ships
of the Arctic Expe %Iition, and the Pail
Mall seems to be as angry at the appoint
ment, on the ground that the ships have
been deprived OF assistant. ~paynasters to
make room for them, as the Guardian is
at the mere assumption that it might have
been lawful TO leave them out. Now, it
seems to US that a great deal more depends
on the men than on their office. We have
had Arctic navigators before now who have
been a great deal more profoundly devout,
and far more likely to make their men so
than any chaplains, even though the lat
ter alone be enthusiastically qualified to
administer the Sacramento And we
must say we believe far more in the sac
rament of a drvout personal influence than
in any rite whatever, however sacred.
But %supposing the chapIains chosen to be
men of exceptionally high moral and spir-
itual power,-as volunteers for this voy-
age would be very likely to bet seems
to US the narrowest and %siIjiest carping to
object to their substitution for assistant
paymasters. They would probably do
more to stimulate the sense of duty and
the spirit OF trust on board the ships than
a dozen assistant paym asters. But then,
what applies to ships of Arctic discovery,
applies equally to all services where
mems faith and wills are sorely tried.
, 1875-05-26

to US the narrowest and sil,iest carplng to
object to their substitution for assistant
paymasters. They would probably do
more to stimulate the sense of duty and
the spirit of trust on board the ships than
a dozen assistant payn asters. But then,
what applies to ships Of Arctic discovery,
applies equally to all services where
mems faith and wills are sorely tried.
A frightful catastrophe happened the
other day to three French aerouauts, NJ,
Tissandier, NJ. Croce-SpineIli and NJ SiveI,
who assembled on Tnursiay in last week
in the balloon called The Zenith, from the
gas-works Of u VlIIette. 1t appears that
these three balloonists were bent on max
ing careful experiments as to the point at
which the raretdction of the air Injuries
the lungs and the blood, and on the effect
of inhallng oxygen towards couuteractiug
that danger. Il seems that the three ae-
ronauts had previously tried the effect of
artificial raretaction on their lungs in the
iron laboratory of the Sorbonne, and had
ehen found that Inhalation Of oxygen re-
moved all the unpleasant symptoms. But
INC U6iIOOu OI biliS OCOdotDu " ~ ~ IdDlutXe
lightened that all three aeronauts became
insensible in the act o. Inhalation, and 80
dropped out Of their hands the o lily counter
acting agency, and two Of them were dead
before tie descent 0tthe balloon restored the
third, NJ. Castor Tissandier, to conscious
ness. All three would have been saved
by the rapid descent of the balloon after
the FIRST interval Of insensibility, had not
one of them, in the deIirium Of haIf-con-
sciousness. thrown out the dSpiratcuy, and
also too much ballast, 50 that the balloon
again assembled rapidly, and the swOoning
returned. When next the balloon began
to descend, two of the aeronauts were
quite dead. The balloon seems to have
reached the height offs, 900 melres or (say)
$4,000 feet, at the very least, probably
much higher. Mr.. GInisher, however
seems to think that the suffocation arose,
not from the rarefaction, but from the
escape o. The bnIloon-gas in too close q
proximity to the Car. On the other hand,
it seems that one of the aeronautS had exhi-
bited just the same symptoms in the rari-
fed air of the iron laboratory, when the
rarefactlon had reached only the point due
to a height of 5000 metres, or less than
10000 feet. 1t SEEMS likely that diff
ferent constitutions shew very diff rent
degrees of susceptibility to the effect of
atmospheric rarefaction.
The Viceroy Of India has cut the knot of
the situation in Baroda. BY a decree,
published on 23rd April, but signed ap-
parently a day or two before, Lord North
brook deposes the Guicowar MuIhar Rao
, 1875-05-26

The Viceroy ofIndia has cut the knot Of
the situation in Baroda. BY a decree,
published on 23rd April, but signed APP
parentIy a day or two before, Lord North
brook deposes the Guicowar Mulhar Rao
from the sovereignty, and deprives his
"issue"-the child born to Luxmeebaie
FIVE months after his marriage-of all right
to succeed. The Government of India
will select a member of the Guicowar's
family for the throne, and. the widow of
the last Guicowar, Khunder Rao, will be
allowed to adopt him. Until he is of age,
Sir Madhava Rao, the able administrator
Of Travancore, will act as Premier of Baro-
da. The Viceroy states that the Commits
sioners who presided at the trial being di-
vided, Her Majssty's Government have
The New York herald., 1875-08-30
BAYARD TAYLOR
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

Mr.. Lawrence Huton's book on 4" Plays and Playcrsr
will be issued by Hurd Houghton about the middle
OF September. An edition Of only five hundred was
printed before tho type distributed. As there are
said to be six hundred collectors Of theatrical books IN
the United states the edition will be exhausted
william =. Gill Co have issued the drst volume
OF their Treasure Trove It Is entitled .sBur.
lesque" and is filed with amusing selection among
which Mrs. Brown at the Play, by Arthur sketchley
is the mos, side. splitting.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg is engaged in trnnsIatnr
scientific work from the French.
Mrs Frances Ammo Kcmblo's "Old woman's GossIp "
in the AGonc is Of the attractive features of
that magazine and will make an invaluable book when
finished.
William T. Gill & Co. have recently published in book
form Arsenc Toussaycs clever letters TO the Tril,,,
The same firm have issued volume ono OF a satchel So
RIGS containing stories selected for the ravccrs read
ing.
Scrbncr Wexford & Armstrong viii soon bring ont
the lrst volumes Of tho Rose Library new series Of
popular classics Tho are selected from among
the best modern French and arc beautifully H.
lustrated by Emil Bayard The same firm will issue
about the lst Of September "Ncro: A Historical
Poem" by W. W. story. The work will bc published
simultaneously in England.
There are 27e922 volumes in the Boston public
library
Harper Bros. have just issued Mrs Muock Craik s
"sermons Out Of Church"
The New York herald., 1875-08-30
ESCAPE OF PRISONERS.

Two prisoners Frank Judson and Henry Hcaley
escaped from the "BIack Maria Saturday in an unac
countablc manner. The vehicle was driven by William
Miles, who took in Judson fremont for The purpose
OF conveying him to the Tombs AZ the Fiftvscyonth
street Court the door opened TO admit Heocv for
the same destination, and u here that tho prnncrs
made their escape but IN what manner Is NOT yplned
The case was reported to superintendent Wallng who
sent out general alarm, The prisoners the drivar
states were handcu1ed ''~
The New York herald., 1875-08-30
NNt ih.
august -, 1871

Whose voice shall so invade the spheres
That ere IL die, the Master hcarsy
Whose arm Is now 30 strong
To fng the vOtivc garlandef song,
That some fresh odor Of world he knew
Witb largo enjoyment and may yet
NOt utterly forget
Shall reach his place and whisper when II grew
Dare we invoke him, that he pause
On trails divine of unmagincd laws,
And bend the luminous eyes
Experience could not dim, nor Fate surprise,
On these late honors, where fOndly seem,
Him thus cxalting like him TO aspire,
And reach IN our desire,
The triumph Of his toll, the beauty Of his dream?
H.
God moulds no second poet from tho clay
Time once hath cut in marble; when, at last,
The veil Is pluckcd away
We see no faces familiar To the Past
New mixtures Of the elements,
The New York herald., 1875-08-30
THE GOETHE CELEBRATION.
pAYARp TAYLoR's POEM.

BAYAKD IA1LONS pOEM
Tho following beautiful poem by Bayard Taylor, tho
translator OF Goethe read the anniversary ccle
bration Of the birthday Of the great German poet on
Saturday evening As n brilliant characterization of the
German Shakespeare it will be admitted to be master
piece Of poetic art while the whole plan and mode Of
thought show deep study Of his writings has so
Influenced Mr. Taylor TO make his original poem ap.
pear like a translation Of one OF Goctho's own
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-20
Tho Legislature.

The lie ,iAlators have recovered
from their Christmas revels, and are
again at work tinkering at tho laws.
Nothing of mrch Importance has bcen
done. 4 :biIl' introduced by Mr..
Sion, Of R;chland, to enable land.
ltrd to eject a non payiag tenant
NOR, exreditiouslythan at present,
WAS slAue htcred on its second reading
on Tuesday. : ..'.,
OnW ed.e-day, 4 bill to combine
the auditoruhip and the Treasuryehi p
aud to maAe this Office o|e,tivc, was
also killed az party measure. A
republican in conversation stated
This. bill will enable tho conservatives
in upper counties to elect Treasurer,
f.om their own party, and that this
othoe wax absolutely necessary as a
nucleus for the radical party 10 these
eOup les. We're there no spoils,