The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-09-08
History of Seven Days.
The News for the week ending Wednesday
Night. Sept. @.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Secretary of the Treasury has called in
the following bonds dated Nov. 1 1875: Coupon
bonds $500 from No sol to $3.50; $1,000 from 2S1
to 14,5OO-toal Sl,OOO,0O0. Registered bonds
No 1 to 200; $500 No 1 to 500; $4,000 642 to
HOO; $4,000 rom 1 TO 115-tota $3.O0O,0O0;
grand total 100000.
The new Al per cent loan is being called FOR
both at home and abroad. There will be no
diff ulty 10 placing it at al early day. This
will save the country 100000 of gold interest
annually.
One hundred and fourteen clerks out of the
800 employed in the War Department and its
various bureaus, were discharged Saturday on
account of the recen. action of Congress order
ing a reduction in the clerical force of the de-
partments.
The President has taken ample measures to
secure fair election in the South. The United
States Attorney General has issued full In
structions to the United States Marshals as to
their duties in case of election, to the effect
that all citizens must be fully protected at the
registration lists and while voting, aud also
from any violence which may be threatened
for having voted as they may deem proper.
Special deputy marshals are to be appointed
only in cities Of q, 900 inhabitants and upwards.
In the discharge Of their duties, marshals can
call upon all citizens, civilians military or in
whatever service they may be, and no law or
official can impede them.
The Secretary of the Interior continues to
unearth the frauds of the last two Democratic
illustrations respecting the Cherokee Indian
Trust funds. 1t has been ascertained that
$4,000, 900 of these funds were either stolen or
invested in worthless state and corporation
securities and are lost.
POLITICAL.
In our last issue the nomination of ex-Goy.
Seymour by the New York Democratic Cor
vention was announced. 1t was done with
shout by the Tilden leaders when they knew
that Mr.. Seymour was positively declining.
They hoped to push him into the fight and get
the power which his name has with the old
Democrats Mr.. Seymour promptly declined,
but the leaders were bound that he should not,
and hssteniag to his residence entreated him
to allow his name to be used He has refused
and written a letter to that effect. The Con-
vention has been recalled. The effect of this
fiasco has been most disheartening upon the
party.
The election in the state of Arkansas took
place Monday. The school fund has been
devoted to paying Democratic officers, and
there are no school houses in tue state, conse-
quently the Democratic party carried the
state by majority of thousands. Ignorance,
vice, bigotry and violence roll up Democratic
majorities.
Vermont, on the other hand, Vermont, the
state of schools, newspapers, industry and fru-
gality, gives one of its largest Republican
majorities. 1t will reach $1,000, gain of
1000 over 1874.
The Massachusetts Democrats yesterday nom
mated Charles Francis Adams for Governor.
The Connecticut Democracy nominated r. D
Hubbard.
Alexander II. Stephens and Scott Lord have
been renominated for Congress.
There is rumor that suit is to be brought
against Mr.. Tilden to recover his income tax,
which he did not return in 1868 and 1864.
Measures have been taken to secure fair
elections in the South, particularly in South
Carolina where the Democrats are preventing
the Republicans in ten coun ties from organic
ing. Troops will be stationed at several points
where such disturbance is threatened.
The Republicans of Massachusetts held
their State Convention at Worcester Tuesday.
Gov. Rice was re-nominated, as was all of the
Republican state ticket. Ex.Gov. Talbot and
Hon. Stephen Salisbury were nominated for
electors at large. An immense Republican
torch light display was made the evening be-
fore the convention, and speeches were made
by several leading Republicans. The Republic
can cause looks we'll in Massachusetts.
THE MAINE CAMPAIGN.
The campaign in Maine has gone vigorously
on the past week all over the state. Republi-
can meetings have been large and numerous
and presages full Republican vote on Mon.
day. From nearly every part of the state comes
the most cheering INTEL igence.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
-Four men we're blown to pieces by an explo-
sion of dynamite at He'll Gate, Tuesday.
At Gan Springs, Arkansas, lot of fan
atics known as Cobbites have been acting very
strangely. G. D. Humphrey of Seavy ard
Mr.. Blake of Ell Paso went out to investigate.
The former vas seized, cut to pieces and decsp-
itated, his head being impaled on fence pick
or. Mr., Blake escaped and brought the horri
BILE news to Seavy. A posse started out and
found the fanatics gesticulating frantically
around Humphreys head They started to
attack the posse. Blake, the leader. ordered
his men to fire, and two Cobbites were killed.
-Four men, four women and two children were
arrested, taken to Seavy and subsequently re-
leased, as they were crazy from the combined
effects of religion and starvation. Their leader
is man named Cobb, whom they think is
Christ. His doctrine is adultery, claiming that
by that means only can the souls of women be
saved. One Dover acted the principal part in
the monstrous murder of Humphrey.
Eight persons were killed at Monroe, La,
Saturday, by the explosion of theiboiler of the
steamer Jimmie Blake.
Forest fires have done considerable damage
in the wooded regions of New York and Penn
sylvania.
BRIEF MENTION.
Wages have been reduced in the Lawrence
mills 10 to 20 per cent.--Brigham Young's
estate has been attached to secure Ann Elza's
alimony.--There were 10 yellow fever inter-
ments at Savannah Tuesday.--It has been
decided that the Isthmus canal will be via
Nicaragua. Fall River operatives are
demanding an increase of wages, and the man
ufacturers have agreed to it provided that on
the 1st of October business is as good as at
present.-Gens. Crook and Terry have di-
yided their forces in order to cut off the re-
treating Indians.
FOREIGN.
The Servians have met with great defeat
at Alexinatz, and their army is completely
demoralized. Their cause is now regarded as
hopeless. A call is made for a prompt suspen-
sion of hostilities. 1t is almost the universal
expression of the leading press of Europe that
Turkey cannot make too many or too ready
concessions to public opinion if she would pre-
serve her position 10 Europe in the face of the
strong feeling excited BY the Bulgarian out
RACES.
A change of rulers has taken place in Tur-
key Sultan Murad has been deposed, and his
brother Abdul Hamid made Sultan in his
place. The change was made without the
least disturbance.
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