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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-28

certificate until the tWo UoVScs has c passed
upon it as to its being the true count"
After the convention dissolved, the Presi-
dent of the Senate stated that he had
merely decided that james Buchanan had
a majority Of the votes; and had declared,
as his duty required him to do, that James
Buchanan was thereby elected President
OF the United States, mot undertaking to
decide, and not having decided whether
the vote of the State of Wisconsin had
been given to John c Fremont or not
potccr Uhjcb The chujr djsclajOts aua
ncrer asserted"
1t is believed by many that the questions
Of law involved in the manner Of the count
should be referred to the Supreme Court.
And through this proposition lies the path
of safety, we think. 1t is not within the
scope, perhaps, of the defined duties of the
court but it would commit the questions
to the decision Of a tribunal learned iii the
law, of acknowledged ability, one made
independent of parlizan influences, and Of
the highest character. Its decisions could
not fail to command respect, and would
furnish to the party that SHOULD fail an
honorable way OF retreat. 4 Joint refer
ence of the kind, with an agreement to
frame legislation in accordance Herewith
would solve the difficulty, quiet appre-
tensions, and restore confidence. And
those are the pressing needs OF the coun-
try ut this time.
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ROUGH WEATHER on THE OCEAN. The
past month has been one of unusual severity at
sea, Is well rs on the land. The number of
and minor disasters has shown 4
fearful increase over the same length of time
for many wears. ON the coasts Of England and
Scotland alone it is estimated that fully 80 lives
have been lost during the last Two weeks, and
on our own shores, in loss Of lives and prop
erty, the Winds and waves have made sad
havoc. II il proved that the ocean has been
more than ordinarily tenpeStuou9 by the fact
that the ocean steamships, which are built TO
defy the power of the storms, report the worst
weather they have ever had TO combat, and in
most cases they have made long passages and
sustained more on less DAMAGE The lnman
steamship City of Bristol, from Liverpool for
New \ orh, received such injuries rs to nereN>i-
tate putting back; her passengers and cargo
were afterwards re-shippel by the Lord Give
~ the iristoi would be obliged to rcm;in for
repair. All vessels have made long passages.
One gLlp from south America was thirty days
north of llatteraS; number of schooners took
ioftytiye days on the passage between tavan-
nah aud New ! ork, and 50 Winter coast
ing Is not pleasurabe business or very remit
lucrative At best and especially under such cir
cumstances these it, unattractive features
are even more apparent than usual. The plan
OF hauling up such ve-Tels a. are unsuited TO
foreign business il, in the end lie best ana
most profitable that owners can pursue TX
perieneed ahipna~ters say they had much rath-
CT come on to the New Eu"Iall coast in the
month Of March than December
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South Carolina,

IUolulnhu, Despatch Dee, COY to the N. Y. Herald
The dual Legislatures to-day adopted men.
urc~ looking to the provision OF ways an.
means by which To sustain their reSperIN .
movements, The roiOred members of III
Maciley House became satisfied that after tu-
500 paid them (Which Is alleged To have btru
advanced by (nited states District AttOru,,
Corbin to secure his election) is eXpendeJ
they will be minus any funds; and to legisla'e
even without pay is not agreeable to the ave.
age c0oret Assemhlymm Of South Carolina
Prominent Republicans here concede the tlN
that the Chamberlain officials will be rowe
less TO collect any taxes, and it is palpubr tina
is soon is the company Of soldiers now III llr
State House is removed Chamberlain's who,r
fabric of government will tumble to pieces.
On the other hand llamptOn'S government
existing on the will of the governed, and par
ticularly of the tax payers. Will be able TO OBJ
tain all the funds 1t needs A number of taN
PAYERS in all portions of the State have alread,
notified Hampton that they are not only ready
to pay Il percentage of their taxes, but are will
ng to pay the entire amount, taking the certlil-
cate or voucher of his officials rs recei pt. \
tax payer in Charleston whose taxes amount
to $4,000 annually telcgraphcd to Hampton thai
as soon rs he issued Il proclamation he would
paw the entire amount to his county treasurer
The subcommittee of the House remaining
here, Hon. Milton Sayler. chairman, heard adj
ditional testimony as to missing precinct re-
turns, and which have through the efforts OF the
committees now been fully supplied. Among
the witnesses was Tim Hurley, the lowest Of
the Hayes electors, who some time ago was
not well assured of his election.
The clerk of the committee will tomorrow
proceed TO aggregate the returns, and 1t Is an
ticipated and claimed by Il leading Democrat
now here from New York, that the actual
vote, as ascertained from the returns of the
managers of the precincts will certainly eler'
two if not three of the Tilden electors
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1t Is the quccrcst little place, Struggling along
Of Clear Creek finds its turbulent way. You
can't find square yard of green turf within its
limits; people pet tuft of grass as if it were
some precious exotic; the architecture of its
dwellings and public buildings is unique eX-
ceedln9ly: to go from one street to another you
mount flights of rude steps or climb inclined
planes to which Bunyan's Hill Difficulty was
dead level, and arriving GREATNESS at the
latest plateau gaze about on the same bare
hills, torn and Scared by the miners ruthless
quest, an bearing everywhere the rude der
rlcks or buildings round some shaft But, the
people who live there, those who have wrung
from this bleak land its hidden wealth, love it
well. You will find the rarest Intelligence and
refinement i'll those mining towns, and O, the
air, Is an elirir rite, too inspiring and delicious
for description. Brain and nerve and eapng
blood declare their delight you walk with an
elasticity YOU never knew; you think more
clearly and swiftly; breathing is Il source of
distinct and exquisite pleasure, while your eve
reyels in the glorious grandeur of the crowd
ing mountains all about YOU. Bless me- where
have those new senators led me- | come back
to Congress from that word excursion, almost
as reluctantly as left the real Rocky Mountains
years ago.
In the House to-day Mr.. IIurd of Ohio ,listin-
Sulshed himself by making one of those bril-
liant speeches whose cloquence forces even the
admiration OF opponents. Few Young gentle
men have ever won i'll Congress so enyable
reputation for ability, and the regret for his
defeat in the late campaign is shared by both
parties. To-day he proved his independence
of judgment by taking strong ground against
Mr.. Knots drag-net policy declaring that the
same rule should obtain in Congressional Usage
as in courts Of equity. There tile paper de-
manded must be accurately described. 1t oc-
ours to my weaker thought that teiegramS OF
dan9erou. import or pertaining TO state secrets
are usually transmitted i'll rypher, and when
either party procure the coveted batch they
may not be mach wiser.
Hon. Randolph Tucker is preparing an eabo-
rate speech on the constitutional view of many
disputed points. This cannot fail to be inter
estne, for Mr., Tucker IL graceful, eloquent
man, thoroughly comrrehending that honornd
instrument. But ,ay constitution will need a
new amendment il don't say 'GoOd NIGHT"
Ac5NA T. HU5TED
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years. He told the following story to Commits
soncr Cox, who called at the prison at I
O'Clock ~ am WidoWer and have three
children, but poverty has scattered them, and
| know not where they are. [ am baker by
trade, but for three months | have not been
able to get ANYTHING 10 DO, and having no rela-
tives III the city am forced TO 90 to the Work
house for the first time in my life. | tried 70
get INTO the Soldiers Home on the strength Of
my war record, but they wouldn't take me-"
Commissioncr-Ar you an honorablv dis
charged soldier:
Murphy = Yes. sir: here's nv DISCHARGE,
(PrOducing that dOcument)
Commlssloner-Wh hat time did you serve il
the army and under whom:
Murphy served i'll the 10th egiment New
York Volunteers, under James p. McIver;
fought III several engagements; was at the bat
ties OF Spottsy lvania, Cold Iarbor, Petersburg
and many Others lost The finger of this hand
at Petersburg, and was there also struck by Il
piece OF shell on the knee. which permanently
Disabled me; when | applied at the Soldiers
Home they told me | was tit for work and re-
fused to admit me.
commissioner Well, Murphy, We'll take
care of you. Yours is meritorious case.
The other unfortunaes represented variety
OF trades. while some have been bo0kkeepers
in Broadway houses and Others had been dry
goods and grocery clerks in well known estab-
lishments.
CASES FOR THE CHARITABLE.
A family is in distress in the first house north
of Ninth street. west side of Washington ave-
nue., Central MOrrsanla. They have been in
absolute want for some time.
In the rear house No. 20S Seventh street is a
poor woman. with Il blind husband and four
children, in absolute poverty.
woman needs assistance on the third floor
of No. $50 avenue b.
At No. l35 Pitt street Is q sick man utterly
destitute. lie is pinched for food and fuel, and
needs care and assistance.
y widow residing on the top loor of No. "a
Madison street is in very sad circumstances.
She is both ailing and in want.
\ woman writes to Superintendent kelock
My husband is very sick, not able TO work
for Il good while, and | have three small chill
dren helpless, and am paralyzed and helpless
100. beg you kindly TO give Us some Kind aS-
>lStancc. May God put ii in YOUR heart TO send
some relief; This case can he relieved at NJ.
400 West Twenty With street
Dn the top floor OF No. 20 Monroe street may
be found Il sick man i'll destitute circumstances.
He has been out of work seven weeks ana
needs immediate help.
There is destitute old woman III an attic
room Of No. 40 West Sixteenth street, be-
tween Ninth and Tenth avenues.
4 man, who is very poor needs food and fuel
ii No. l. Georcl street.
a woman with four little children i, in %real
distress at No. &C Riyngton street
\ man. incipacitated for wori, on account OF
an eye intirmity, who has wife and four chill
dren aud who is about going to the Almshouse
on the island, asks for some assistance for his
family. The visitor can call al 80 20 Forsyth
street, rear house, first floor.
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Congress-.

The Senate on Thursday, continued the dis
cnssion Of the Oregon question, touching also
upon the election in other States. IN the
course of the debate, Senator Bo9y of Missouri
said he believed the election in Louisiana to
have been perfectly peaceable and quiet, and
that the a1iidavts to the contrary were impll-
dent forgeries.
The House adopted 4 resolution ordering Mr..
Barnes, OF the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, to be arrested for contempt, and directed
Mr.. CoX's Committee to investigate Mr. IIew-
tits charge against the New York post Office
Mr.. Hewitt said that about month ago he re-
ceved an anonymous letter from person en-
ployed in the New York post Office saving that
teakettle was at work on his letters. He then
began watching his letters and became con.
vinced, as did other gentlemen, that they had
been opened. He did not believe Postmaster
James was Il party to the matter.
The Senate Oh Friday finally passed Mr..
Mitchell's resolution to investigate the APP
pointment of Cronin as elector from Oregon
The House voted TO pay Mrs. Kerr sum
equal to her late husbands pay and mileage for
the rest Of his term.
The attendance on Saturday ut opening of
the House was very small, probably less than
one-third of the members being present. Mr.
Clymer occupied the chair as Speaker pro tenn
No business was transacted except by unani-
nous consent. The House remained in session
only 20 minutes and adjourned until Wednes-
day.
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TWO PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH We
are informed by y Portland runner lust
from Cherryeld OF q sad affair that occur
red in that town recently. The house of a
Mr.. Young. three miles west Of Cherry
field village on the regular stage road,
caught fire Wednesday morning from u
defective chimney and burned to the
ground. Mr.. Young was away 1T the time
Mrs. Young slept on the first floor while u
Miss Gnptel, 4 relative who was stopping
at the house, was up stairs with Il five
year old child belonging to Mrs. Young.
When the fire was discovered the buildirg
was wrapped in flames, and the stairs
breaking down prevented passage to the
upper story to alarm the two persons re-
ierred to. They therefore persisted in the
flames. Strange as it may seem, however.
the knowledge of this sad death did not
reach Cherryield village till noon The
house was poorly constructed and of COM
paratively no value. The stage driver III
forms us that the chimney was very de-
fective and that only q few days since he
stopped his stage, thinking the house was
then on fire from the smoke around the
chimney. TBangor Commercial
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.. We have the Returning Roa,1 Ora,

w have the Returning Board, Grant
and everything else, and Packard viii be
put in whether ne is defeated or not :"
That IS what 7. C.. Deslonde, Secretary Of
State in Louisiana, said 10 Judge Philips
in the presence Of William Ward. himself
a Republican official who testified before
the congressional committee III New Or
leans
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The Washington correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Times believes that there
will be an organized and overwhelming
break in the Republican side Of the Senate
against what is vulgarly called the bull
doing" policy of the administration to
put Hayes into the Presidency, and that
it is quite probable that Conkling, Blaine,
Edmunds, Christiancy and Dawes will be
among the boilers.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-28

The complication in South Carolina IS
likely to be solved by the money power
The Chamberlain government has no
money and no means of getting any. All
the banks, the capitalists, and the proper
ty holders are Democrats and supporters
Of Wade iIampton As soon as Il negro
gets property, and consequently has an
interest in its projection, he becomes q
Democrat. These nont,i men and in5ti-
tutiona have notified the Hampton Sow
eminent that funds viii he supplied to
meet its wants. Meantime no taxes viii
be paid to the Chamberian government.
and as its supporters have moth in" to rely
upon but public plumber, and are person
ally a8 bankrupt in purse ~ in reputation,
the fraud must soon Staiyt and be COM
PEELED to yield
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The CoIored Voters OF the South.

When it was proposed, some ten Years
grocs Of the South. we stated in these
columns that such Il Sche.nc would never
make the coored men permanent and re-
liable members Of the Republican party.
We tool, the ground that in the South, as
III every other community, brains would
control and ~overn-and that however
much The radicals then ia power might
scheme and contriyp the political power
Of that region, and even Of those states in
which the blacks predominated, would
pass from them. The recent elections in
the South have justified what we then
said, for many thousands 0t colorcd men
in the South have voted the Democratic
ticket Of their oWn free ehoca
There is an explanation of thu which
III a dispassonate state OF the public tenn
per, would be accepted a. entirely salts
factory by every reasonable Republican.
Senator Gordon Of Georgia declares that
in the Southern state the industrious and
Intelligent colored men are irromin"
property-holders, aud IL lat a. they he
come property holders they become Dem
ocrat2. There il NO other choice but to
do -. They cannot continue 10 support
such pitiable apologies a. the Chamber
Lain government in South Carolina ana
the kellogg government in Louisiana.
ion the reason that these gol clnmeMt3 do
not protect the interests Of the property
holders. Neitherhas imy authority. They
admit this by constantly calling on the
federal power to perform the functions
which they themselves do not perform
Republican rule in both States is oonisca-
tory, and the colored property holder sut-
iers from it equally with the white prop
erty-holder. In Georgia, there are col
ored men owning and paying taxes on
So, O00, 600 of property; in Louisiana there
are coloced men owning so ,O0O,000 Of
property. In the latter state If is said MI
t4IcSC CoIOiC't piO IlctCi , llt l'tIlOCIUlS,
simply because they know that 4 Demo
cratic state government will give stability
and order to society, protect the interests
OF property and honestly administer the
school tunds-whereas Republican rule
means lawlessness and disorder, strife be-
tween the races, excessive taxes and rob-
berry Of the school funds In Tlorida,
where the Republicans rule the co!0red
people are poor, sLittless and discoutent-
ed, and the state is sinking into {. condi-
ton Of sQualor and decay In Georgia
where the state government is in the
hands of the whites, the colored people
are employed, comparatively industrious.
thrifty and cOntentcd. and everything
bears marks OF prosperity. Is it Strange
that the ambitious and Intelligent blacks,
even while being inclined to Republicans
ism, should prefer the capable state gov
eminent that makes things what they are
in Georgia to the feeble and despcabla
state government that makes things what
they arc in South Carolina
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1t is stated that the Shaw Brothers, in VIM,
the great tanners of the State, have made over
a million dollars by the recent rise in hides and
leather. In anticipation of Il rise, several
months since, they purchased not only large
stocks in this country but many cargoes of
hides which We're on their way from the indies,
or were about to be shipped from Indian ports.
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Another Republican in Louisiana re-
fuses to take an office that the returning
board tried to count him into. lis name
is /; I Carr, and he wa candidate for
Sheriff in De Soto parish The turning
board counted him in, but he won't ac-
cept he, ause the Democrat wa fairly
elected.
Al the late term IN Eorl.land, Judge Dick
erson, divorced eleven unhappy couples
who were Juggling at the matrimonial
tether. The Judge don't believe in q CON
tinuance Of the cat and dog life. bat bids
them seek fresh fields and pastures new.
Those Pennsylvania Democrats are wide
awake concerning the Louisiana and other
frauds See the report Of their meeting
last week
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The bull-doze cocktail has just made its APP
pearance at the fashionable bars. You must
tilt about teaspoonful of water into the glass
and Immediately intimidate it with as much
whisky as the glass will hold. Then when the
count is made throw the water out.
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Try to bury is many OF your faults as you can in
tile grave Of the Old year
Almost everybody took a Sleigh ride on Christina.
and the streets were liycly.
One of Havners dances will take place at IIuyf,1
Hail. next Monday evening.
Many Of the house cisterns are getting dry, snf
clean shirts will soon be at premium.
James Goodell has sold his farm on the Lincoln
Vile Road, to James p. Wight, for $500
Runners with samples are particularly scarce nov,
and when that happens business must be dull
y sailor named T. 5. Freeman, mailing from Pr
poet, is in Jail at Rockland, for stealing from sor
The January term of the Supreme Judicial Cor-.
will commence on Tuesday next Judge Dicker..-
presiding:
The coal shovel is the most active implement d.
use now, and it is making fearful excavation. ia t.
piles OF fuel.
The next lecture of the course gil be On ue,-
Monday evening, by Re- u. F. Este. Nuyrc--
'Our Own Poets"
Attention is called to the notice OF +. c. iit,uo
merchant tailor, who keeps an excellent l.sortm,u.
of everything in his line
Frank Howard, Of the Howard Manufacture.
Company, ten from ladder at hi, ~hopon ruc-t.
an" INJURED hn"7fll ABOUT the face and Knees.
The c,Iirtonof Winianson's History Of Belm-tu..
he limited to the subscriptions. Those wt-hu- i.
copies must put their tHue- down 90 aoaitiou. r...
book
A cham, ,h, f,und +, d,n;.uI, ,., u.,ll. -rr.i.,.
the street the other day, said hc 'had just pu' oul
mir of nt,, l.,,ts. .,,,i ,I,. 1,r,.,. ,I.;,.',
slippery"
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Report OF Attorney General.

Attorney General Emery reports that the
railroad tax ease is before the Supreme
Court and decision is soon expected. The
Supreme Court had decided against the
right of the state to tax the deposits Of q
Savings Bank in the hands of receiver
The Attorney General recommends PEN
atty against Savings Banks for not making
required returns. There have been no
murder eases tried during the year.
The Attorney General says that the re-
port OF the county attorneys show that they
laws. The great bulk of the prosecution
have been for violations of the liquor law,
which in the Attorney Generals opinion is
as faithfully and diligently executed as
any other statute. The report recommends
that county attorneys attend the law court
in person and assist in the prosecution of
cases from their counties.
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q Capt. Gardiner, of Nova Scotia, went to
southport the past season, and was engaged by
that vessel to North Bay on fishing cruise.
After securing a good cargo of fish, instead of
returning to Southport with the vessel and its
fare, he disposed of the fish at Halifax, ran the
schooner ashore. then sold the condemned craft
for $500, and cleared out with the proceeds of
ship and cargo
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At West Deer Isle, on the 10th inst,
Mrs Small, Mrs. Barbour and Mrs. Mills
each gave birth to Il son, and each lady
christened her boy Samuel 'lildcn. There
was an honest returning board, and fair
count. There's no denying that TIIon
stock is rising