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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-16

faction among the citizens Of St Louis
over the action of the Cabinet, and the
discharge of Henderson is pronounced a
public calamity. The extraordinary sue
cess which has attended the trial of the
whiskey cases is attributed more largely
to him that to any one else, and it is con-
sidered that the prosecution, in losing
henderson, loses its backbone. General
henderson declares that he did not in
tend his speech as personal attack
on the President, but that his object was
simply to portray, in fitting terms, the
great corruption and villainy which had
crept into the management of public af-
fairs to such an extent as to threaten the
stability of the government For this
state of affairs the people and the public
officers were in common responsible,
President Grant included There has
been certain laxity in the administra-
ton of the national laws which has been
productive of just such frauds as the
" Whiskey Ring robberies, and he
thought the Executive chargeable with at
least some responsibility for the imper-
feet execution of law The President had
also interfered in the affairs of Commits
| sioner Douglass, the indirect result OF
which was to strengthen and perpetuate
the "Wiskey Ring" and on this score Mr..
Henderson thought he had the right not
to make personal attack. as Grant puts
it, but to criticse the derelict conduct of
the President or any other official whose
neglect OF duty had brought such dis
grace upon the country. AS prosecuting
attorney for the government, it was his
duty to place the responsibility where his
judgment told him it belonged; and he
was convinced that the President, as
much OF more than any other official, was
responsible for the present condition OF
the Revenue Department.
! Grants of1iciousness and his arbitrary
conduct, together with his subordinaton
OF everything to party and his surrender
Of so many important offices to corrupt
politicians, had brought more peril to the
country than all other causes combined
Mr.. Henderson reiterated that he still
stood upon his speech as originally re-
ported, and had no apology to offer and
no qualifications to make. He regards
his dismissal by Grant as furnishing ire,
tutable evidence of the truthtulness of all
the charges contained in the speech.
Doesn't this show the very great need
| of REFORM?
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good sense qualities not altogether unde-
sirable in this class of public servants
When Vanderbilt took possession of the
New \ ork Central, it became desirable to
get an idea of his policy before the pub
lie, and at the same time have the public
believe that the information was obtained
accidentally and not made known with
purpose. With that object in view, a re-
porter OF a journal whose editor was in
the secret was detailed to interview Nor
rissey, and extort if possible. the news
from him. The scribe was elated over his
commission, and succeeded beyond his
widest hopes. When the interview was
about atan end, he said to his companion:
MIR, Morrssey, what is the secret OF
YOU were a prize fighter, for better pugil
lists than you have died in the poorhouse."
Morrissey scanned his interrogation close
~. and then said:
If | answer, you will not publish it
now ?"
.Certainlv net" was the response.
Then" said Morrissey, my word is
my bond. never refuse to help any one
who asks for aid, If it is in my power If
find a man disposed to be my friend
tie to him with hooks of steel, and if |
find man going out of his way to do me
or mine hurt. | go for him until he goes
into the hole
Those VINO know Morrssey best can
best appreciate this creed, and it portrays
him out and out. He won't lie, he won't
steal, and he never turns his back on a
friend or toe. Is it any wonder that he
carried the masses with him in square
fight against hypocrisy and deceit
There will be many Senator in Albany
this Winter that might well initiate his ex-
ample
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Contested Election Gases.

AUGUSTA, Me, Dec. 49, At the session
OF the governor and council this evenin @
the opinion of Chief Justice Appleton was
received, deciding that votes bearing the
initials OF a candidates christian name can
not be counted with others bearing the
name in full. The governor and council
have therefore declared Leonard Fisher
tRep.) elected commissioner, and Ignatius
Sargent (Rep) treasurer of Washington
county, as q portion of the votes for Mel
bourne H. Wilder Dem) were given in
tor NJ. H. Wilder. In the case of the treas
urer a portion of the notes intended for
Rufus 1 Crane (Dem) were cast for Rus
sci /. Crane Mr. Green. register of
deeds in eastern Oxford to ill the vacan-
cy caused by the death OF Mr.. Newell, can
serve only till Jan. l 1878, instead of a
full term Of five years. Richard H. Moody
(Dem) receives the position of treasurer
of Waldo county. According to the de-
cslons of the Judges the following have
been elected representatives f. p. Havi-
land Oem.), Waterville; David Golden
(Rep) Belgrade; Joseph l. Walker (Dem
BridgtOn; no election of one senator Gar
ney) from Lincoln, one in Somerset CDR
Stevens) and one in Y DIRK (Mr Brockett)
The house will unquestionably declare
Meader, Chase and Hyman elected, and
the senate will declare Stevens and Car
ueV chosen
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The famous sands or shoals on the Ken
fish coast of England have wrecked an
other ocean steamer, the Deutschland of
the North German Lloyd line having
struck there, Sunday night, within y
hours sailing from Bremen, and breaking
up, with the loss of from 80 to rs lives.
Like all the boats of the Bremen and Ham,
burg lines, the Deutschland was a fine
iron steamer built by the Cards of Green
ock. The German lines are also strict in
their discipline, and the officers of the
Deutschland saved about two-thirds of
those on board, although the vessel lay
two nights and the intervening day, be-
fore the storm allowed assistance to APP
proach. AS usual and apparently inevita-
bic in these disasters, the boats proved a
very uncertain reliance, not being able to
stand the violence of storm which was
breaking up the ship itself The wreck
of the vessel was due primarily to careless
seamanship in a foggy day 1t was one
more terrible sacrifice in the neglect to
take soundings. and shows how even the
best steamship discipline is lacking in
the observance of the most Obvious pre-
cautions
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Badly Erightened

Oar nelghbor Of the Prog. Age is in q
terrible state Of mind-worse, probably,
than that of the youthful Hamlet when
the ghost of his parent appeared with the
terrible revelation that made his hair "to
stand on end like quilts upon the fretful
porcupine." The organization of the
House OF Representatives is the immedi-
ate cause of this quaking, and this is the
way it manitests itself in the columns Of
the Age
Who at the close Of the war could have I'M
agned that the men who undertook to DESTROY
the [ Mon and who drenched the land in blood
to accomplish that purpose, would in ten wears
from that date be back i'll Congress, masters
again OF the Democratic party, and debating
the election Of men as officers who had per-
formed similar service in the rebel Congress :?
l. this real or do the reports deceive us If
real Is 1t not high time to inquire whether.
after all the expenditures of blood and treas
ure anything has been gained for the Union
Are we not marching back to the point of our
late departure, when we undertook to settle bv
arms. the momentous question whether or not
we were Il nation: Does it look more i'm
probable now that the nation will have to pay
for the Southern slaves and pension rebel sol
tltIS anu llldkt SOOu southern losses DV the
war than it did ten wears ago. that the rebel
leaders would be in power i'll the House in
Congress:
Such talk as this sounds very strangely
from Republicans. The war was fought
during four bloody and disastrous years
tor the purpose, rs they declared, of
bringing the revolted states back into the
union-to compel them to resume their
places therein, be represented in Con-
Srcss, and take up again their allegiance
in all respects 1t is very strange. we
say, to hear these same men now COM
planning bitterly because the rebels are
back. What in the world the Age would
have, what path it would point out, or
what course would meet its approval and
relieve its terror, the Lord only knows
The talk about paying for the freed
slaves is the merest nonsense in the
world. Such an offer was made during
the war by Lincoln and Seward, as an in
ducement for the rebels to lay down their
arms But since a constitutional amend
ment has forbidden it, no one of any au-
thority or prominence has favored such
payment. 1t is only used as an adjunct
OF the bloody shirt, to be flung out in
emergencies by those who have fears of
losing power and place. And you may
stick pin right there, and find the point
on which our neighbor's hopes and fears
are pivoted.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-16

Tuesday was u busy day in Congress-
In the House great many bills and reso-
lutions were offered, among them one by
MrBlalne embodying his proposed amend
ment to the Constitution. Mr.. Randall pro-
posed an amendment providing for Pres
idental term of six years.
Mr.. Fort, of H., offered the following resolll-
ton and demanded the previous question on its
adoption:
Resolved by the House of Representatives
that in all subordinate appointments under any
officers of this House, it IS the judgment of the
House, that wounded Union soldiers who are
not disabled from the performance of duty
should be preferred. A standing vote on the
seconding of the previous question show 81
Republicans voting in its favor, and 1O4 Demo-
Gratis against it. The vote was then taken by
tellers with like general result, the report OF
tellers being ayes 80, nays 126. The previous
question was not seconded.
Mr.. Cox of n. Y, then offered the following
as an amendment, and moved the reference of
both resolutions to the Committee on Accounts,
and demanded the previous question:
Resolved, that nasmuch as the Union of
States has been restored, all citizens thereof
are entitled to consideration in the appoint
ment to office under this Government.
1t was referred.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-16

Since the summary removal of Gen.
Henderson. as counsel for the govern
ment at St. Louis, as related in another
article, the place has been offered to Mr..
Glover. an eminent lawyer. lie declined
to accept, for the following reasons, as
given in a st. Louis despatch
1t is reported that Glover declined to accept
as special counsel in the Whskey eases, because
it would interfere too much with aud iniure his
regular practice; but it is also said that he
stated contidentially to a friend that he was not
willing to accept under the restraints imposed
by Pierrepont's telegram removing Henderson :;
that he considered an acceptance equivalent to
an Endorsement OF Grants assumption to the
right to- remove any one engaged in the prose-
cution for the slightest criticism upon the con-
duct Of the President or his Cabinet. In short
he regarded an acceptance under the circum-
stances as a concession of certain privileges
which not only every attorney, but every man
feels himself entitled to in this country.
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Letter from Ellsworth,
Coirespon dence of the Journa al.

ELLSWORTH, Dec. Is, 1870.
The schools Of the city are all in session. the
High School being taught by E. p. simpson. a
graduate of Bates College,
The receipts at our Custom House for the last
fiscal year amounted to SllO, while the salarip,
paid, aggregated over $1,000. But there must
be no reduction, for it would affect the ''roval
family of Ellsworth.
Lumber has been so dull for the past two
years that the lumbermen here will put very
small crews in the woods during the coming
winter. Wages have not been 50 low for MANY
years. Very few men can command over so
Il MONTH
close upon the news Of the disaster to the
sch Mountain Laurel, which went ashore Oh
the coast of Nova Scotia entaing quite los,
upon our Ellsworth traders. comes a fear of The
total loss of the sch Honnv Ives, Whitaker
MASTER winch was in company with the Noun
tam Laurel when the former was blown of.
fhe Bonny Ives was light and bound here
| from Boston.
The failure of Ed II. Peters Il co. Of Boston.
ON Wednesday of last week affect, many citi-
zenS OF this city and county, Il, they were large
~ interested III their affairs Among thos, in
this city who are mentioned As quite hray,
losers we hear the names Of Over T. Jordan.
:. II. Whiting, Robert GERRY. ,Jr.. estate o'
Samuel button and Hon Eugene Hail.
Despite the prevailing iu'lur- M business
festivities still continue 10 he tic order o, Tho.
day. The Reform Club have weekly dances ID.
their hall, the Unitarian Dramatic club rg,-
an interesting entertainment last week. u,r
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What the Truly Loyal Telegraph to
Each Other.

Poor Ford is dead Let the president
act cautiously.n [Joyce to Babcock.
II rode out with the president ycster-
day Everything is all right McDon-
aid to Joyce.
81 have succeeded Babcock to Me
Donald
NUNS the word" lJoyce to Babcock
The goose hangs atitudilum." Nc.
Donald to Joyce.
"Make Douglass call off his scandal
hounds" Joyce to Babcock.
Cannot hear that any one has gone on
is going [Babcock to Joyce,
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"A Startling Letter.

NEW ARK, y. j., NuN, o., lN.n.i
''N NJ. - I,' ~ ~ ''.,t'i't r,i.,. ,.,
Won mat Won ruuJd inv Ecly il, r.,.l ma l~-.
| wish now to emphasize that statement. a
VI vi lfoIu 8Ie Ior YOU ana we can carry ih'
ON. ,l.tnr,.r i ti,t tG, vi win ,I,.,,,rl,t
nomination. This can BE-, ayrrtrd NJ COURSE
IN u union ol NtW I-nSI1nu' me Middle Nl'l''.
Tor in onr next ,.nnyenti,n ,.ii In. ,L,. S.,
Anti Catholic Order. Grant /, "a member, ami
! It mas Il good dtAl OF strength OF Congress l
,','N gI" o"2lll 10 80 N, III eau I' HFF"l-,'
person. The or,I.1r /. sIr4adin5, yyidall n,
| obligations ITO not permit me- tn >ay more than
| tn'N, NAoVPi tH'' ''I"hl j" 'I'''i It"'> "l'"H
Win wisdom af WASHINGTON r1 ,u f..
state, Wc have carried, W. can surely hold t'u.
| Go1n'FH. h"I 10 holi IL I'r ',ti-h5<'Nl ''N-
= WIZ ,,I,Itft,il WAN %ti =;
Excuse this scrrrd, and hcliclc me-
ours very Truly,
W.
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The lease Of the Maine Telegraph Cos
lines to the Western Union has Just been
renewed tor ten years. 1t takes effect
Jan. first, at the rate of ten per cent on
the capital stock
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Mr.. Randall has plan for the reduction
of the army to $4,000 men. This will, if
adopted, retire 400 officers, and reduce
army expenses from forty millions to
twenty four millions. We think this will
meet public appreciation. If large army
is needed for an emergency, it can be or
ganized at short notice. The country has
no dollars to throw away in supporting an
expensive and needless army.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-16

We observe that Paul Stevens, of Cam
den, has been removed from the place OF
assistant librarian Of the House at Wash
ington, and that snug berth given to a
man from Texas. So it has gone to the
other extreme, politically and geographic
cally. Well, Paul has prosecuted the
saints for good while, and enjoyed the
place as a reward. 1t is reported that the
retiring official has made snug fortune
so it will be no longer necessary to rob
Peter to pay Paul.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-16

The receipts from customs for the last fiscal
year were by districts in Maine-Aroostook,
$5925; Bangor, $40l4; Bath $10,2l2; Belfast,
$500; Castine, $l113; Frenchman's Bay, $40
Machias, SOL Passamaquoddy, $3.50 ,o9l; Port
land, $437 PAP; Waldoboro', $780, Wiscasset,
$169; York, $50.
1t was case of dynamite belonging to one
of the passengers which exploded at Bremen
haven. SiXty-eight persons were killed, twen-
ty-five wounded, and one is missing. A pas
senger on board the Mose has since attempted
suicide. but was prevented. He will be eN-
amined.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-16

The President of the United States
ought not to be so near to implication in
the whiskey frauds as to need whitew ash
ing. But the Grand Jury at St. Louis
passed set of resolutions that are very
suspicious, and Mr.. Henderson, govern
ment counsel, has been discharged for
having dared to allude to his much exer-
cised excellency. But Babcock is stuck
hard and fast
Gen. o. E. Babcock who now turns
up as the Washington agent Of the whis-
key ring, has been heard of before He
was Grants confidential agent to attend
to the San Domingo job. He was the
great measurer under the Boss Shepherd
regime. He is the private secretary of
the President. officially and personally the
closest man to him.
The World, after criticisng at length
the ungrammatical sentences and faults of
style in the Presidents Message, says
"On the whole, since reading the Presi-
dent'smessage, we are inclined to consid-
err his views about the necessity of a COM
mon-school education"
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John Ross Browne, the renowned hllmorist
and traveller, died at Oakland, Cal, Welnes-
day morning, aged 81 years.
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Some very startling developments arc
forthcoming in connection with the whis-
key frauds in St. Louis, Chicago Milwau-
kee. 1t is said that three United States
Senators are under indictment. besides
eight or ten Congressman. Of the latter,
four OF five are now in the House They
are not all Western men but some are
men from the East Two editors are said
to be in the ring and a very prominent
German politician in Chicago. Western
detectives say that the frauds will cover
about Sl5 100000, and the territory COW
cred by the operations will reach from
New Orleans to st. Paul. Some people
are disposed to look upon the affairs as a
gigantic conspiracy,
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Three Lowell bows ate wild parSnips and two
died within an hour. The other Will probably
recover.
The dwelling house and out-budings of
BENJAMIN Tricky of Exeter, were entirely
destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon. Loss
$500; insurance $500.
Sheriff Conner has sent circular to every city
and town in the country Offering SIC, Oo0rew
for Tweed
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A Bigamous Clergyman.

HkATTLEBoRo, Dec. u. John w. Wash
burn. alias II. w. Tilden, of Lewiston, Me-, a
Young man ABOUT "A years of age, who was re-
Gently married in Chicopee, Mass, to Miss
tary ot TINS place, was arrested for bigamy and
lodged in the county Jail at New Fame, yester-
day, 1t being charged that he already has wife
and child in Maine. By his cunning deception
he had enjoyed the charity of many of the lead
ing members of the Baptist society, had tenn
porarly supplied different pulpits in New Eng
land, and had recently been called to the Bap-
list church in Brewster, Mass. His trial is
set for Thursday.
Chas. II. Mitchell, employee at Maine Cen
tral depot at Bath, was probably fatally 1njur-
ed, Friday morning, by the sliding of part of a
ear load Of plank upon him. He is So years of
age, has wife and two children.
The mayor and aldermen of Bangor publish
notice of foreclosure of the mortgage given on
the section of the European & North American
rallWay between Bangor and VIM, to secure
bonds issued by the city in aid of the construc-
ton of the road.
II Is rumored that Mrs. Norton, the author
81 NBingen on the Rhine,' is going to marry
Sir W. Stirling Maxwell. She wants COM
fade 10 stand beside her, as her inkstand Gibbs
away, ana read with plying glances whatever
she may say.
ocott-Sddons parts her hair on one side, and
the morning after her appearance at Lewiston
all the girls in one Of the schools appeared with
hair a la Siddons. But all the bows came ont
in the afternoon with their hair parted in the
middle, and the Siddons style at once declined.
James Cunningham, of Saccarappa, was ar
rested on Wednesday for whipping his little
daughter of only five years of age, last Satur-
day, in most inhuman manner. The limbs of
the child were lacerated in a manner almost be-
yond belief by the heavy whip-lash in her brutal
parents hands.
The police made large seizure OF liquors,
Friday, at the drug store of l.. NJ. Robbins,
publisher of the Rockland Opinion, obtaining
eleven barrels of various kinds of liquors, be-
sides various boxes and smaller packages, The
seizure was made on complaint Of Alden Crock
EFT, who had been assaled in Robbns's paper.
ARGUS y
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