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Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-18
THE CONS7ITCTION1L
AENT rs.

NENTS.
At the State election on September 18th, the
people of Maine are to give in their votes on nine
amendments to our State Constitution proposed
by the last Legislature, and recommended by the
Constitutional Commission.
These amendments present the follow ing ques-
tons for the consideration of the people of Maine
l. Shall the Constitution be amended so that
Senators shall be elected by plurality vote, in
stead of majorityi
2. Shall corporations ether than municipal
be formed in all cases where practicable under,
and always be subject to general laws to be en-
by special acts of legisationi
3. Shall the pardoning power be so modified
as to give the power of afixing conditions to par
dons, and be limited so as to require an annual
report to the Legislature of the cases and reasons
4. Shall Judges of police and municipal courts
be appointed by the governor and council, instead
OF being elective!
). Shall taxes upon personal estate, assessed by
authority of the State, be apportoned and assess
ed equally according to the just value thereof as
the constitution of this State has heretofore pro-
vided in the case Of only real estate'
6. Shall the office of Land Agent be abol-
ishedr
I. Shall the Legislature, by a two-thrds' vote,
have the power of calling constitutional conven-
tonsi
S. Shall the Legislature have the power of cx-
Guiding by law, for term not exceeding ten
years, all persons convicted of bribery at any
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-18

enty-fve cngravngs, and the literary contents are
as follows a Dream Of Fair Weather; The
Mountains; The South Kensington Museum ;
Gloucester and Cape Ann; The Colonel; The
hammers Nest Recent English Carca-
ture; Arts Exchanges; The Tournament Of the
Middle Ages The Song of Deborah and Barak ;
The Stone Age; in Europe; Grandpa Derringer's
Will; The First Century Of the Republic (mone-
tary development); Gath; A shopper by Proxy
To Butterfly; The Wit and Wisdom Of the
IIaytians; Back Windows; Can We Speak Eng
lsh Editors Easy Chair &c. For sale at the
periodical and bookstore Of j. F. Pierce.
Lippincott's Magazine for September has con-
tents as follows: Nose Underwood, Glmpses OF
POLYNESIA; Moods; The Atonement of Lean
Dundas; Camp Fire Lyrics; Our Architectural
Future; The Comrades; a Rocco Loye-Story
The IIospice of Great St. Bernard; In Absence
"A Sawlust Fairy; The Mother of Batiste; A
Prefect and Prefecture in Sicily; Smithcr's
Monthly Gossip; Literature Of the Day.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-18
Lincoln County Republican Con
VentiOn.

The Republican voters of Lincoln County are re
quested to send delegates to a county convention
TO be held at Union Hall, Newcastle, Tuesday, Au
gust 24th. 1875, at II O'Clock, A. NJ for the purpose
of nominating candidates to be supported at tht
September election, viz :-one Senator, County
Commissioner, County Treasurer; to choose 6
County Committee for the year 1876 and to transact
all other business that may properly come before
said convention. Each town, and Monhegan Isle
will have one delegate, and one additional delegate
for every fifty votes cast for Governor Dingley, al
the September election in 1874 A fraction of TWEEN
ty.six will be entitled to one delegate.
BY THE COMMITTEE.
July 9th, 1875.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-18
MR., NdDIG1N TED,

Mr.. James c. Madigan got so far com
mitted to the Congressional candidacy in
the 4th District when there was some pros
pect ofa Republican division that he could
not back out when that prospect vanished.
Gorham L. Boynton and the old hard
heads of the party determined to let the
smooth hero of Aroostooll have rough
fight of it, and he is accordingly pushed
on to the skirmish line, and his round and
rubicund face made the target for the Re-
publican picket guard from the south line
of Pcnobscot to the Canadian frontier II
we mistake not Mr. Madigan is destined
to be the victim of hot and rafting fire.
1t will not escape observation that Mr..
Madigan is nominated for his supposed
potency in carrying Il heavy vote in the
county of Aroostook Mr.. Madigan' S
power in swelling the Aroostook vote is
matter ofhistoric and official record, which
is fortunately preserved in the archives OF
the State. We shall in due time present
some interesting chapters in Mr. Madi-
gan's political history, which will hardly
commend him to the support of the con-
siderate voters of the 18th District.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-18

According to Ex-Secretary McCulloch,
the actual debt, adjusted and not adjusted,
at the close of the war (l865), or rather
at the disbandlng of the Federal army,
was not less than $1,000, ,0OO,0 On the
1st Of March last, it was 3d. 1915, ,9S9,
the reduction in nine and a half years hay-
Ing been 1862, ,6S4 oil, or at the rate Of
over 500, ,000, 900 per annum. Nothing
like this, and nothing at all comparable te
1t, illustrates the financial history of any
nation. What better proof could be offered
of the fidelity OF the Republican party tc
the financial responsibilities which have
been placed upon it than this exhibit ol
what 1t has done to reduce the public debit
1t should be borne in mind that this grea
reduction has been made in the face of g
continued policy OF reduced taxation.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-18

The Democrats of Ohio are now play
ing Joel Parker's dodge to get votes. Sam
Cary and his crew are wickedly applying
the disaster by the flood to help their in
flation policy, and the next thing we hear
of will be that they are charging the Re-
publicans with producing the late inunda-
tions. OF words to that effect. The Gin
cinnati enquirer" has the cruel audacity
to say: with millions of dollars worth
of crops destroyed in Southern Ohio. it
may be imagined that the cry for a return
to specie payments will not reach the di-
mensions of q howl in this section" The
Enquirer supposes that the ruined farm
ers will now be driven so near the brink
of insanity that they will vote the Demo
cratic ticket. in the hope that q flood of
rag money will repair all of the calami-
ties that they have suffered. A more
atrocious dodge than this was never in
vented in the whole history of Democrat
ic demagogueism. .--Newark (N. J) Cour-
ier.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-18
NEW pERLICA7IONS.

The Westminster Review for July is received
from Leonard Scott & Co. The contents are
Sunday and Lent; Macreadys "reminiscences
Altotropic Christianity; The Pacific islanders
Protection Bill; Education in Prussia and Eng,
land; The Gucuar of Baroda; House Ventla.
ton and Warming; The Evidences of Design in
Nature; Contemporary Literature. The articles
on Ventilation and Warming, and on the Evidences
Of Design in Nature are peculiarly interesting tc
practical and inquiring minds.
Harper's Magazine for September contains sew
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-18
PRINCIPLES COMPARED.
RKPUBLI(.f.V' DOCTRE.VE.

The maintenance of the high standing OF
the credit of the State; 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 liz.
uOrs and the enforcement Of
that law the equitable adjustment OF the
burden of taxation, and the tightening OF that
burden to the fullest extent; and, in all, the
exercise Of that rigid economy that admits OF
no outlay for purposes of doubtful utility, and
demands . full equivalent for every expendi-
ture; these are the objects the Republican
party of Maine has had steadily in view, the
pervading principles of its common law, and
they all have the hearty support of my con-
viction and my sympathy From the Speech
of Gen. Connor at the Republican State Con-
rsntion, accepting the nomination for Cor
ernor.'
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now THE .SOUTN CONCIL1A TEs.

Bishop Gilbert Haven, of the Methodist
Episcopal church, whose field of labor
covers the State of Georgia, and some of
the other Southern States, stands high as
scholar, author and devoted Christian
There are few men, perhaps, whose lives
have been more thoroughly devoted to
doing good, and he is beloved by all to
whom he is known. In point of ability
he ranks alongside of Bishops Simpson
and Ames, and there is no man in the de-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-18
IOLI1ICAL.

\ list of iG names is published in the Louisville
Courier journal fer the assistance of Gov. Porter
Of Tennessee in selecting a successor to the late
Senator johnson. One of the names suggested is
that Of jefferson Davis.
The Irish World, strongly Catholic paper, ex-
presses its disbelief in the alleged hostility Of the
republican party to the Church of Rome, and mcn-
tions matter of fact, that there are more Cath
olcs holding positions in the republican party than
in the democratic. 1t says that the assumption OF
the democratic leaders that the Catholic vote be-
longs to them is an impertincnce The editors
personal procvties are with the democrats but
he is not inclined to make his religion matter of
politics, or his politics matter of religion.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-18

A correspondent of Kennebec journal
says that the Democratic party of Maine
true, o correspondent and next October
they will raise such shout over it as has
not tingled upon your ears for long years,
.-Baagor Commercial.
Thus the home organ of Gen. Roberts
declares its wish and hope for the election
of Bill Allen, the infationist candidate OF
Ohio. Let the friends of sound currency
make note of it.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-18


election; OF of voting at any election under the
influence Of brbe?
| g. Shall the Chief Justice arrange and codfy
the constitution as amended, and submit the same
to the next Legislature, and such codifed consti-
tuition be the supreme law of the land when ap-
| proved by the Legislature!
In accordance with the provisions of the resolve
proyiding for the submission Of these amendments
| to the voters, the Secretary Of State has caused
ballots to be forwarded to municipal officers in Ii c
following form
For all the propositions on this ballot which are
not cancelled with ink or pencil, and against all
which are so cancelled.
For the proposed amendment in relation to
election of Senators by plurality vote.
| For the proposed amendment relating to Special
| Legislation and Corporations.
! For the proposed amendment in relation to
Power OF Governor to pardon.
For the proposed amendment in relation TO Al
pointment Of Judges of Municipal and Police
| Courts.
For the proposed amendment in relation to Tax
alton.
| For the proposed amendment in relation TO
| abolishing Land Agency.
| For the proposed amendment IN relation TO
Constitutional Conventions.
For the proposed amendment in relation TO
| Bribery at Elections.
| For the proposed amendment in relation to Cod
| iication of the Amended Constitution.
All voters who favor each Of the nine amend
ments Will give expression to their views by cast
ing the ballot above printed Any one who
desires to vote against any one or more OF the
| proposed amendments will give expression to his
views by eiasing OF drawing a line with pen or
pencil across the amendment amendments as
printed on his ballot and then casting it in that
form. For example, if voter desires to oppose
| the proposed amendment in relation to elections
OF senators by plurality vote, AMI iayors all the
other amendments, he will draw line across the
first of the nine specific propositions on his ballot
And in the manner he may give expression
TO his oppostian to either of the other proposed
amendments.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-18

longs, who stands higher than he does i'll
the estimation of other Christian sects. 1t
seems, however, that Bishop Haven's char
acter, standing and usefulness. do not eX-
cmpt him from the assaults of our South
ern friends, who arc just now demanding,
as the price Of peace, that the North shall
forget and forgive their misdeeds The
Bishop has been engaged in holding the
Southern Conferences Of his Church, and
his appearance furnishes the occasion for
comment by the Southern press. The
Macon Messenger thus describes the Bish-
op, while presiding over one Of the con-
ferences
eyes, there he sat with the check of Judas, the
very impersonation in appearance of rowdy'
bibulous rough, who luckily escaped with unbrok-
en- bones from Donnybrook Fair"
1t seems that the Bishop had occasion,
also, to visit Griffin, in the same State,
where he was entertained by the Rev. Mr..
Kent colored man. who is the Presiding
Elder of the District, and it is probable
that the Bishop went to his house, for the
reason, that there was no where else he
could 90. Whatever may have caused
Bishop Haven to stop with Mr.. Kent, it
furnished the Griffin paper the opportun-
ity to assail the Bishop, which it improves
as follows
"This distinguished skunk, who. is not only in
favor of civil rights, but gives it practical illus
tration by his everyday life, reached Griffin yes.
terday afternoon. He went and spent his time
with Mr.. Kent colored man, who is presiding
elder Of the district, where he could receive his
colored brethren. Haven is old he-deyil, and
Kent, who is very clever man, receives the only
disgrace as he ought not to be caught in such
bad company
This does not wear the appearance of
reconciliation OH the part of "our southern
brethren" that we have been told in some
quarters exists among them. The spirit
which could inspire remarks like the
above against a distinguished Christian
gentleman, quietly attending TO the du-
ties of his high religious office, is as bit
ter as existed in secession circles prior to
and during the war. We imagine that
those at the North who believe in the con-
version of the southern heart to feelings
of good will and kindness, toward this
section, would suddenly change their
minds if the democratic party should be
successful in the campaign of 1876. Tie
democratic victories OF last Fall brought
ont some fierce exhibitions of the old
spirit; national democratic victory
would cause it to blaze with n thousand
fold more ferceness.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-18
DB.MOCR.aTIC DOCTRI.N'E.

And here, lest 4 might be mis-
quoted, i Will say that the
PrOhibttOFy Liquor Law, that
bone Of contention 50 long up.
ON our statute books, L never
favored, i never Ahall. Il pc.
lieve it to be revolutionary In
spirit, . clog to the wheels OF
business, demOraliZinE I'm Z,
great DECREE to the cause OF
true temperance which 1t pro.
claims to advance; and while ]
shall openly oppose 1t, L shall
the more openly and jealousy y
advocate such measures In this
ree0rd as L ann convinced Will
the better and more substan-
TALLY cOnduce to the prOsper1-
~ 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
RQnO0r.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-18
Republican County Convention.

The Republican voters Of Kennebec County are
requested to send delegates to convention 10 be
holden ct
Granite Hall, Augusta, Thursday, Au-
gust 10th,
At halfpast one O'Clock, P. NJ, for the purpose o
nominating two candidates for Senators, candi
date for County Commissioner, and a candidate fol
County Treasurer, and to transact all other bust
ness that may properly come before the conven
tion. The basis Of representation will be as fol-
lows: Every city, town and plantation will be
entitled to one delegate, and additional delegate
for every seventy.6ve 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
are entitled to the following number of delegates
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-18
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.

REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR.
SELDEN CONNOR
OF AUGUSTA.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS,
Fourth District. HARRIS Nj. PLAlSlED'
For Senators.
t,,mber,anS. . HUMPHREY COUSINS,
PHiLANDER TOLMAN,
DAVID w. MERRILL,
JAMES BAILEY.
nxeora Holm p. SWASEY, -
oA'oi"' SAMUEL ID. WADSWORTH.
po,soo, t;E0RfIE X. THURLOUGH,
Joseph s. .WHEELWRlGHT,
THOMAS J. PEAKES,
ALEXANDER WEBB.
For County COMMISSIONER.
Cumberland. JOHN L. SWIFT.
Oxford, JOoEfh L OnATMAN
Pepobscot, HIRAM STEVENS.
For Treasurer.
Cumberland, OLIVER d. Dixie.
Oxford. -. CHRISTOPHER G. CT 5HMAN.
Penobscot, HORACE j. MCPHERSON.
For Judge OF Probate.
Cumberland, HENRY c. PEABODY;
oxford, AUGUSTUS ii. WALKER.
For Register Of Probate.
Cumberland WILLIAM X. NEAL.
For Clerk of Courts.
Cumberland DANIEL w. FEssENDEN.
oxford, JANE, s. WRIGHT.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-18

FOR REPRESENTATIVE To CONGRESS,
Fourth District. HARRIS NJ. PLAlSl Ed
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-03-04
NASHVILLE.
The Paragraph from the New Orleans
Times Denounced In the Senate
Indignant Resolutions,
The Bill 10 Repeal the Law Authorizing
Additional Insane Asylums-RaIl.
road DiscriRiDatIOns.
AakinE Crime Pay IFS WaJ-Run BY
Gas-COnstItutIonsl Amendments-
Wade's Municipal BIII-Etc.


Special 70 the Appeal
NASHVILLE, March 3.-New bills:
By Mr.. Emmert, TO increase the school
fund by taxing bachelors; by Mr.. Bu.
chanan, providing for the establishment
Of normal school. Messrs. Overton and
Haynes presented a document quoting
certain paragraphs relative TO the action
OF the Shelby delegation in Mr.. John
sons election published in the New Or
leans Times, and quoted by the Mem
phis APPEAL snd Ledger, and asked
the appointment OF an investigating
committee. Messrs. Wilson, Wade,
Logan and Mayre denounced in the Sc
veFest terms the paragraph in question.
On motion Of MIR. Wade special COM
mittee was appointed to draft resolu-
tions expressive of the Indignation Of
the senate at the publication of said
paragraph. Senate bill repeating the
conventional interest law was rejected.
ltlacked one vote. Messrs. Marchbanks
and Butler, friends to the bill, were
absent at the time the vote was taken.
1t Is conceded that the house bill cannot
pass cOnstitutlonRlly after the defeat in
the senate of the bill Of the same subject
matter. The house bill authorizing the
comptroller to settle with B. J. Hill, late
receiver OF the Manchester and NJ Kinn-
vile railroad, passed its third reading.
The governor returned the bill taxing
the losing party with the jury fees, with
his veto. The bill was passed over his
veto by q vote Of sixteen to seven
The committee appointed to see whether
the attOrney-genersl had complied with
the law in the Publication Of his reports
reported that he had.
In the house there was a lively dis
cussion over the bill repeating the law
to establish East and West Tennessee
asylums, which passed It's third reading.
The bill providing for leasing the peni-
tentiary was made the special order for
next Monday.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-03-04
IN MEMORIAM.
mrs. william G. Rawson

Departed this life, February 5, 1875, at IL
O'Clock am, at the residence OF ner nephew,
DR.. n. G. Perkins, Union street, in this city,
Mrs. WILLIAM q. DAWSON, widow OF the aIe
Hon. William G. Dawson, formerly Uni ed
states senator from Georgia, a highly popular
man, and one WHOSE memoTy y is still foDdly
cherished by the people of that State. Her
maiden pam" was Eliza NJ. Perkins, and was
porn near Franklin, Williamson county, Ten
nessee, of pars Mt who were among the most
numerous, respectable and influential people
of our state. Either her father, Samuel FER
kinS, or her uncle, was United States marshal
IN 1907, and the caPtor OF Aaron Burr at
Natchez.
Mis-. Dawson had all the advantages Of a
fine education, which she afterward improved
Dawson she returned to Memphis and by her
suavi' y of manners, her good seEse and Hber-
atty of feeling, and other admirable quail
ties, soon became the center of large circle
OF friends. There were in her general con-
Yersation so many marks OF a correct judg-
ment, aad of unbiased opinion, that every
one felt that she was no ordinary woman.
Strangers visiting our city felt that II was a
privilege to form her acquaintance, and were
impressed By her genial and elegant manners
Although possessed of all the advantage of
wealth and position, she was uniformly SIM
pie and unostentatOuS At an early period
OF her life she attached herself to the Potest-
ant Episcopal Church, and was one of its most
loyal members. She was kindly disposed to
all christian people, and never permi tied her
devotion TO her own church to Interfere with
her TegardE for all of the followers of Christ.
To the calls of charity she ever lent listen
ing ear. The writer OF this feeble tribute had
various opportunities of witnessing her readi-
ness to alleviate he sorrows OF others. For
some years before her death her health be-
came feeble, and although change of climate
was tried. and the pest professional skill en-
ployed to restore 1t, yet all ia led, and her nu-
meTous friends saw with much sorrow, that
her stay On earth would not be long. her ILL
ness was painful and prOtracted, but she in.
variably displayed buoyancy and freedom
from complaint hat do not commonly occur.
Her remains were conveyed to calvary
Church, OF which she was a member, fol-
lowed by numerous friends and acquaint-
ances, and placed before TIE chancel fOr the
cons ruction Of which she had hberallv con-
tributed), and after the touching funeral SER
vices were performed, carried TO ElmwOod,
and inferred in the family lot OF Mr.. Bethel,
by the side of her only son.
4" We grieve TO think our eyes no more,
That Il rm, those features loved shall trace (;
But sweet 1t is, from memory's store,
To call each fOndly cherished grace,
And fold them IN the hearts embrace.
No bliss mid worldly crowns IS bred,
Like mu-ing on the sainted dead"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-03-04

WHEN the committee appointed by
The State senate to draft resolutions ex.
pressive Of the indignation Of that body
at the publication of an article by the
New Orleans Times rejecting upon Mr..
johnson and the Shelby delegation, re-
port such resolutions, we trust there will
be one among them calling upon the
lines TO name the correspondent who
made the charge. 1t is about time SO
fiippant a mode of defaming public men
was put an eud TO. Any way, we are
glad to see that, Notwithstanding
the objections OF the Nashville Union
and American, the legislature has
thought the libellous article worthy of
censure and indignation. Such action
is an Endorsement OF the suggestion Of
the APPEAL in calling the attention of
the legislature to it. If there is any
way Of compelling the New Orleans
Times to give its authority for the out
rageous article, it ought to be resorted
10. Let Us have The author.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-03-04
TENNESSEE.

SheIhgville is to have gsslight.
! BONNEVILLE has a colored literary
club.
Trenton is infected with worthless
dogs.
The selbyville billiard saloon has
closed.
Dyersburg has a good amateur dra-
matte association.
Lewis Colbert, alias Lewis Wilkins, q
young hOrsethief, has been jailed at Rip
ley.
Brownsville Bee 2sth: Everything Is
strictly cash at the Bee Office. "That's
the kind Of hair pin we are."
In Bedford county, one night last
week, Nose Terry tried to enter Bunty
5tephenss residence. Terry was buried
next day.
An Arkansas turtle, measuring four
feet in length and weighing one hundred
and fifteen pounds, has produced sensa-
ton at Dyersburg.
HartsvilIe Sentinel: The Sparta Index
comes to US this week, after suspension
Of three weeks, owing to the sickness Of
the editors family.
Last week at Lexington, Henderson
county, d. w. league, saloOn-keeper,
shot Elijah Robinson, who has since
died. Cause, whisky.
Dyersburg Gazette: The man that
habitually borrows q newspaper is, in
the language Of Shakespeare. fit for
"treasons, stratagem, and spoils."