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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-09-21
F OR N.
THE TURKISH WAR.
More Enxliah Rrafesfa.

LONDON, Sept. 2O.-A meeting to protest
against the Turkish atrocities was held in the
church of Rev. Moncure d. Conway last night.
MI. Peter A. Taylor, member of Parliament,
presided. Messrs. Conway and Bradlaugh
made speeches. The resolutions adopted thank
Mr.: Schuyler for his exposure of the outrages,
and ask for the assembling of Parliament
APesce that is NO Peace.
A Belgrade despatch to the Daily News says
Gen. Tchernayef telegraphs that in lconse-
quence of the non-observance by the Turks of
the suspension of hostilites, he will also disre-
gard it if an opportunity arises for obtaining
any advantage. The Minister of War left Bel
grade in great haste to prevent this threatened
rupture as well as to meet the deputation which
is on its way to tender Prince Milan the crown.
Russia Disposed to Snub the Prince Mi
Ian.
LIE Temps says Prince Orloff, the Russian
ambassador at Paris, has arrested President
MacMahon; that Prince Milan being proclaim
ed King has produced a very bad impression at
the Russian court Russia although determin-
ed to defend vigorously the rights of the Chris
tians in Turkey, is in no way disposed to sup
port the excessive pretentions of Servia.
Russian Intrigue.
The Times special from Belgrade says that
Deligrad is becoming more Russian every hour.
The neighborhood of Tchernsyeff's headquar-
tiers swarm with Russian officers. The procla-
nation OF Milan as King is regarded as pure
~ huSSldu mOVeu6uG aV0WeQly 1ntonQoQ as
defiance to Turkey.
The Turkish Ministry.
LONDON, Sept 21.-The Standards despatch
from Constantinople says an early change in
the ministry is expected. The new Sultan is
liberal, intelligent and willing to support any
measure fJr the welfare of his subjects. He
desires largely to extend the freedom of the
press, is anxious to prevent the purchase of
slaves for the harems and wishes to promote
the education of Turkish women. He meets
much opposition.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-09-21
Grimes and CasuaIfies,


Mrs. A. 81. Benner of Lowell, Mass, aged
~ died very suddenly yesterday by bursting
blood vessel in the head, caused by violent v0m-
iting.
Thomas Starkie, man of many aliases, was
sentenced at Nashua, N. H., yesterday to ten
years in the state prison for burglary.
A fire at Prescott Wis, yesterday, destroyed
Redmon, Cross & Co.'S Touring mills. Loss
$4,000; insurance $4,000.
Frank Merrill of Nashua, N. H., jumped
from train yesterday on the Worcester &
Nashua Railroad and received severe wound
on the head besides receiving other injuries.
The trial of Lewis and Airing of Mortified,
Mass for the murder of Deming at Jamaica,
three years ago, goes over to the next term of
the Vermont court.
A three masted schooner, bound from Phila-
delphia to Key West, with coal, was driven
ashore at Portsmouth, N. c., in the gale of the
18th. The crew was saved.
Brig John 81. Kennedy, Captain Hackmap.
from Savannah, which arrived at New York
Thursday, had three cases of yellow fever on
board, the second officer and two seamen. Tbey
were sent to the hospital
d. ELLINGTON Barr, an Episcopal clergyman
of St Louis who is undergoing sentence of
suspension for three years for drunkenness,
was arrested for an attempt to rape girl but
3 Years old.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-09-21

Daily Domestic Receipts.
By water conveyance-1000 bush corDmeal to G.
W. True 81 Co.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-09-21

LFE0M MERCHANTS EXCHANGED
Ar at Bremen 18th, barque Geo NJ Bernard, from
Philadelphia.
In English Channel 18TH barque Oasis, from Lobos
de TERRA.
Brig David Owen, Chadbourn, at New York from
Cienfuegos reports heavy weather and lost and split
sail, stove bulwarks, &c.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-09-21
METEOROLOGICAL

PROBABILITIES FOR THE NEXT TWENTY FOUR
HOURS.
WAR DEPT, OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL
OFFICER. Washington. DO,
Sept. q, Il A. MD
For New England,
raising barometer, cooler northeast winds and
partly cloudy weather, "'-N'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-09-21
CUBA.
The Nati0uaILoau

HAVANA, Sept. 10, via Key West-The ma
tional loan for the benefit of the Island of
Cuba is probably failure, it having come to
light that the customs revenues were long ago
mortgaged to the Spanish bank here by the
government
Insurgent Raids.
A large party of insurgents headed by Maxi
mo Gomez, crossed the railroad between Sagua
and Villa Clara on the 18th inst, taking a
westerly direction. They torcibly carried off
the greater part of the negroes and the over
tween Sagua and Cienfuegos Insurgent Col.
Fidel Cesepedes was killed in action near Puer.
to Principe, recently.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-09-21
FOREIGN PORTS.

At Bombay Aug IL, ships Cora Coombs, for CAL
cutta; Florence Treat, Short, and Ivanhoe, Henri
Sid FIN Piraus =. barque speedwell, Tower. Patras
=, Ar at Gibraltar 9th inst. brig Kaluna, Nash from
AR at Stettin 10th inst, barque Lornda Borstel
Borstell, New York. brig Emma, Buchanan, Pha-
CID at London 18th. ship B Gilchrist, Watts. for
United States.
Intyre, ldg; Ell Dorado. English, do.
AT Lobos de TERRA Aug 18th. ships Belle Morse,
Whitmore, ldg; Harry Morse, Patten, do; Detroit,
AsMejiliOnes Aug %. ship Alice vcnnard, Gould.
At Pabelon de Plea Aug %, ships Riverside, Wood
ward, and Geneyieye Strickland, Strickland. dg;
Austria. Gilmore; Matterhorn, Arey; S S Thomas,
Eastman; Enos Soue, Drinkwater, and Hagarstown,
Ar at Queenstown 18th inst, sch Aldine, Dennison.
Cid at Rotterdam 10th inst, ba,que Chasca, Wash
burn, United States
Ar at Fort Mulgrave MS. 18th inst, sch VIM Keen,
Keen. North Bay for Bremen.
Ar at st John, NIB. nth. ship Golden Rule Morse,
r: Ar at North Sydney CD 18Th inst, sch Matte
Cld at Cow Bay, CB, 18th inst, sch Annie Lewis,
--latest by European steamers.l
Cid at Cardiff 3D. McNear, Tailor, Hong Kong; 5th,
Emma Beal, Bailey, Rio ,Ianeiro.
SD I'M Dantzic Sd inst, NJ Riley, Small for New
Shulee, MS.
SID 9TH, Tally Ho, Gates. Sydney CB.
delphia.
IA, Ar at aclyhead 9Th inst. Emma Crosby, Crosby,
Portland.
Ar at Falmouth, E. 9Th. Wakefield. Carver, Akyab
Passed st Catharne's Point 9TH, Premier, McGil-
very from Bassein via Queenstown for Bremen.
Ar at London Aug %, T. Gilchrist. Watts, Bath.
Ar at Liverpool 4th inst, Maria W Norwood An
drews. Bangor.
Cid 9Th, N 7 Hill, Snow, Rangoon; 9Th, W II Jor-
dam Richardson, Cienfuegos
on the Skerries I'd, L Richardson, from Liver
delphia.
Sid fm Seville Aug 90 Mariposa, Fletcher, Cadiz.
Ar at Sierra Leone Aug 9Th, Liberia. Fossett New
YORK via Teneritfe, land sid for Liberia)
SPOKEN.
Aug II, no lat. &c, ship Gatherer, Thompson, from
Liverpool for Bombay
Sept I, WSW OF Sicily 90 miles, barque Brazos
Fuller. from Liverpool for Galveston.
Sept of st Catharine's Point ship Premier from
Bassein fol Bremen.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-09-21
Portland Daily Pres. Stock Lila,

directed by WOODBURY. 8 MoULToN, Investment
Bankers, 81 Exchange st.
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

should Kept In latter once he argued that ii
only by exploring and investigation, or by know
edge derived from practical experience that could
understand the business Of accounting IL certain
bonds presented to the Register OF the Treasury
to-day for signature he would sign them and lmme-
diately charge the public debt with the par value OF
those bonds and II the Register should then be called
upon for statement OF the debt IL would appear
greater than IL really 10 the amount OF the
bonds signed He reviewed at length the
manner or keeping accounts In the Registers
Office and SAID there always would be a DIFF.
ference in the statements OF the two officers,
but with the two statements the exact truth could be
traced out This system, about which so much COM
plant now made, was Instituted in 1869 a check
upon the Registers ofce II differences in these two
accounts did exist collusion and fraud between the
different branches OF the Treasury Department would
be shown. An analysis OF the two statements would
fail to show the facts which they based
were the same. The financial report made 10 Congress
rHH TrSAScIAL CONDITION
OF the country on the 3Oth OF June preceding and tho
monthly statement shows the financial condition on
the 1st OF July while oftentimes there ransac
tons between the close of business the 30th OF June
and the time OF issuing the monthly statement on the
LIST OF July which would go to show difference in the
two statements On the Both Of June, when the fiscal
year closed statement prepared, showing the
amount of money on hand, OF which the Secretary had
official knowledge The books were kept open, how
ever lortyhve days after June 80 to get returns from
all parts OF the country, and, as consequence, al
the end of the forty-hve days the receipts were
much larger than shown by the statement OF
June 80 This the particularly in the Internal
Revenue once. The Commissioner made exhibit Of
the amount hand the close of business, on the
S0th ofJune but for days and weeks after that the
ceipts were credited which had been collected TO
various parts OF the country prior to June 30
Mr. Boutwell, yielded to Mr. EDMUsDs, who moved
that the Senate proceed TO the consideration of
tive business.
Mr. ANTHONY, (rep) OF R. l. submitted a resolution
to print 500 extra copies Of the Army and Navy
registers for 1876 Referred 10 the Committee
Printing. He also submitted resolution to print
copies OF the report of Professor Hayden Of the
Geological and Geographical Surveys of the Territories
for the year 1873. Same reference
Mr. DAVIS nQuircd III his resolution would z
the unfinished business at the next meeting of the
Senate.
The CHAIR replied in the affirmative.
The Senate then, at quarter past two O'Clock,
went into executive session. At quarter 10 three
O'Clock the doors were reopened, and al three
O'Clock p. NJ the Senate adjourned.
The New York herald., 1876-01-14
AN ovERcRowDED SCHOOL.

Public School No. IL, IN West Forty seventh street,
between Eighth and Ninth avenues, Is IN one OF tho
most thickly populated districts Of the Twenty second
ward, and accommodates 400 children In the primary
department alone Of which Mrs. Mary McCoskey is
principal Mrs McCloskey has been obliged TO refuse
applicants for want OF ROOM and Of the parents
Of these children have been complaining. The TACT 10
that though there are three other schools In tho
vicinity school No. IL has such a reputation for
efficiency that parents wish 10 send their children
there
The New York herald., 1876-01-14
A RICKETY SCHOOL HOUSE.

The school house on Lewis street, Union Hill, N. j.,
attended by over coo children reported to be in an
unsafe condtion. The Board Of Education have been
cd
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-27

grins able to bear arms and march into
Herzegovina to aid the insurgents.
A DISPATCH of the Goth says the "real
| obstruction to Pinchback's admission to
the Senate at present is the question
whether there is de jure Government in
louisiana
AT a Republican caucus of the Maine
Legislature on the Goth delegates were
chosen to the National Republican Con-
vention and a resolution unanimously
adopted favoring Hon. James c. Blaine
for President Of the United States.
THE Plymouth Church advisory coun-
Gil has been called for Feb. s.
THE Pennsylvania Democratic State
Convention will be held at Lancaster on
the 22d OF March.
THE Moody and Sankey meetings in
Philadelphia have been closed. Mr..
Moody is reported as having said that he
regarded the revival in that city as the
most successful he had ever conducted.
The number of meetings and Bible read
ings held during eight weeks was 249. The
total of attendance upon the services is es-
timated at 900,0 and the expenses We're
about $4,000 At the closing meeting,
held on the evening of the 18th, over 12,-
900 people were present, and as many
more were turned away for lack Of room.
A collection Of over 100000 was taken
up to aid the completion of a new build
ing for the Y. M. G. A. One lady, whose
son had been converted, sent as a thank
offering diamond ring, for which gen
tleman gave 81 900.
On the night Of the 10Th mob at
tackled the Office Of the Meas and Press,
of Cimarron, New Mexico, and threw the
press, type, and other fixtures into the
river
EIGHT persons, members Of a promi-
nent boarding. house in Columbus, Ohio,
were taken seriously III on the Goth,
caused by eating diseased pork. Other
persons in the city had been affected in
similar manner, and from q like cause.
THE Illinois Farmers Association, for
three days previous IN session at Bloom
ington, adjourned on the goth. Resolu-
tons were adopted demanding the with
drawal Of the National Bank circulation
and the issue of greenbacks direct from
the Treasury, to be legal tender for all
debts, public and private, except the prin-
cipal and interest on the public debt con-
tracted to be paid in gold, and inter
changeable for registered bonds bearing
rate Of interest, TO be paid in gold or legal
tenders, at the option Of the holders, not
exceeding 3 per cent, said bonds being
redeemable at the pleasure of the Govern
ment IN from ten to fifty years; and declar-
ing that the transportation of the country
should be under the direct supervision
and control of the public authorities Of
the nation, State, county, township or
city, according to the inter State or local
oh
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-27
The Iorture-Chamber in the Rath-
House at Ratisbon.

PAssING through several narrow pas
sages, closed by stout doors, we came to
the torture-chamber where the implements
of persuasion of the Inquisition or of pri-
vate tyranny are still preserved. Outside
/ the entrance of the narrow chamber is a
bench upon which the victim was seated
/ in order that he might reflect whether he
would confess before torture or after One
side of the room is lattice screen behind
which the Secretary sat at table to take
down any exclamation wrung from the
sufferer Within are seats for the Judge
and surgeon, who attended from motives
! OF inhumanity in order that the victim
should not too soon released from his suf-
| ferings by death. The room looks like
! the lumber-room attached to farmers
woodshed, or rather like cheaply- fitted
! up gymnasium AT one end is a plIlory
| with an iron band for the neck, that once
stood in the public square. One OF the
| instruments used To- teach men the beauty
of holiness was ladder, the rounds of
/ which are sharply-triangular sticks of
wood which revolve. The recusant was
drawn up and down this ladder by pull
/ ley, his back abraded by the revolving
prisms of wood. Another machine is a
stretcher upon which the condemned was
! laid, his feet fastened TO one end and his
arms tied to rope which passed over
a windlass Under his back was a roller
armed with blunt spikes, over which
his verrebre were drawn backward and
| forward. The playful lnquisitors called
! this machine the "larded hare There
| is also a frame with windlass and crane
for holding man up by his arms. Two
big stones, which weigh over 100 pounds
each, were tied to his feet; and when he
was drawn up to the ceiling he was sud-
denly let drop, and the jerk would dislo-
| cate every socket. Sometimes his feet
were secured to the rings in the floor and
he was drawn up till all his joints cracked.
The stone weights were also used in a diff
| ferent way There is chair called the
Maiden's Lap" the seat of which is
studded with hundred wooden pins; the
victim sat on this, with the stone weights
in his lap. The "Spanish Ass" is a SIM
pie board, fifteen inches wide, set upright
in standard. The upper end is sharp
ened. Upon this the patient sat astride,
with the big stones attached to his feet.
On one side of the room is a recess in the
thick wall, before it screen of masonry
with a fireplace in it. The condemned
stood in the recess, which has no opening
above, and was slowly or quickly sutfo-
Gated or roasted by the smoke and heat.
Any New England boy who has been
properly brought up on " Fox's Book of
Martyrs understands all about the rack
and the thumb screw and the regular APP
planes of torture. But confess, until
saw these machines, that l had no idea of
the devilish ingenuity Of the old masters.
What especially impresses you about their
instruments is that they are intended to
hurt. They are rude, unpolished the
chamber is mean, it is not even mystic
rious; the whole thing is vulgar and dis
gusting.-CharIes D. Warner, IN Hartford
C0urdnt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-27
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK.


LIVE SToCK.-Beef Cattle--S1025@13.25. Hogs
Live, S7.75@l8.25 Sheep-Live, S50007.25.
BREADsTUFFs.-F1our-G to choice SIS. 400
$50; white wheat extra, S59S97.75. Wheat-No.
Chicago, s. .2301 rs; No. 2 Milwaukee spring,
S1.2401 25. Rye-Western and State, sS@96c.
BarIey-S1 .0001.1O. Corn-Mixed Western, II
@711ac. Oats-Mixed Western, 44@o45c.
PRoVIsIoNs.-Pork-Mes S20.75021 90. Lard
Prime Steam, 12A@12%c. Cheese-6@12Ac.
WooL.-Domestic Fleece, 42065c.
CHICAGO.
LIVE STooK.-Beeves-Choic $5.50G6.25;
good s4.750525; medium, S4.251450; butch
ers' stock, S3.2504.25: stock cattle, $3.50
400 Hogs-Live, S6.90G7.25. Sheep--Good to
choice, $4.50@5.25.
Observation-Disclosures 25032c. Eggs
Fresh, 2eG23c. Pork-Mess, S19.2O01925. Lard
-S12. 20012.25.
BREADsTUFFs.-Flour-Wh Winter Extra,
S4.7507.5O; spring extra, S4.1O95.25. Wheat
Spring No. 2, S1.OO2 @1 o. Corn--No 2. 1925
@43Ac. Oats-No. 2, 3O1a@3O55c. Rye-No. p
66h@67c. Barley-No 2, 1874 oslo.
LUMBER.-First and Second Clear, $4,000
l42. 90; Common Boards, S11.O0G12.OO; Fencing,
s12.OO@13.00; Az Shingles, S2.7593.00; Lath,
S1.75Q200.
EAST LIBERTY.
LIVE SToCK-Beeves-Best, S5.7706. So; me-
dunn, S5G0@5.25 Hogs-Yorkers, S7.15@73O;
Philadelphias, $7.55@7.65. Sheep-Best, $3.50
625; medium, S5.00@5.50.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-27
A Wisconsin Girls Interview With
the Pope.

| Miss EMMA ABBOTT, whose sweet voice
promises to place her on the top round of
the ladder of lyric fame, writes as follows
from Florence, to her mother at Wauke-
sha: In Rome saw the Pope; was pre-
sented with many others. The ceremony
took place in the Palace of the Vatican.
All the gentlemen had to wear black dress
suits and white ties; the ladies wore black
dresses and Spanish wells. Everyone was
in place and waiting in breathless sus-
pense for the entrance of the Holy Father
at II :45 o'clock, the appointed time. /
had just concluded that he was not com
ing, as a full hour and a half had elapsed,
but at length he was announced, and we
all knelt down. He passed up one side
of tke room, speaking to each one, and
then down on the other side. Everyone
kissed his hand, and devout Catholics
kissed his crimson slippers. An Italian
woman who was next to me told me Of
the miracles he had wrought, and said /
would be overpowered when he came, and
that would be unable to speak to him.
But on the contrary, when saw the kind,
good-natured face Of His Holiness, I
smiled, and he smiled, and asked me
where / was from, and then said as he
passed along: 'Addto CarriSsima'
e Good by, dearest). l ran across to the
other side of the room, and when he came
to me the second time l told him / was
an artistic, and asked his blessing on my
voice. He gave it, but said l must pray,
rather than sing, at which he laughed,
and the priests and attendants around him
laughed, too. After that the Pope adj
dressed the people in French, and blessed
them, and the great ordeal was over.''-
MILa1dlJSee Sentinel
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-27
And He Did.

AN old man with soldiers overcoat on
and carrying big hickory staff in his
hand entered an Office on Griswold street
Yesterday to make some inquiries about a
person named Johnson. He left the door
wide open as he entered, and was walking
across the room, when the shivering occu-
pant yelled out:
"Shut the doorr'
did you speak to me?'' inquired the
old man, as he halted
" Yes, sir, spoke to YOU"
"What did you say?''
g I said shut that doorr'
(Which door,"
"The one behind you, sir. This is not
a saw-mill, STRIP
did I say that this was saw-mill?"
inquired the man. Don't you suppose
| know an office from a saw-mi1 ?"
"Why don't you shut the door?"
screamed the man behind the desk.
DO you want the door shut?"
yes"
"Then l will shut it. There, the door
IS smut. NOW, 4eI me dsh II you hhO" a
man named Johnson ?"
Yes; a thousand of themw
"Will you tell ne where I can find any
of them ?"
mo, I won't! If I knew q million
Johnsons wouldn't tell you where you
could find a blamed one of the lott"
Very well, sir" said the old man as
he turned to go, that's what | get by
obliging you. Not one man in ten would
have shut that door for you"
q don't want it Shut growled the
office man.
"Then, sir, shall leave it open, sir,
said the old man as he went out.
And he did. a coal-scuttle went down
stairs after him, but it is seldom that you
can hit man after he has got ten feet the
start.-D6tr0tt Free Press.
A colored woman was frozen to death
in Georgia recently. You want to spend
your winters in the South, Ell?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-27

A NOVEL clock has recently been placed
il the tower of the Albany IN. " Savings
Bank. By an ingenious arrangement the
dial is illuminated by a gas burner, light
ed automatically at early twilight and ex-
tinguished at daylight. This is accom-
plished by means of the mechanism itself,
without the attention of any person; and
what is still more wonderful, although
the time of daylight varies very greatly
from month to month, the clock lights the
gas at precisely the proper time from day
10 day
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-27

A KEEN satirist of our society has de-
scribed typical young lady as looking at
YOU with an expression which said,
"Slap your face for-two-cents.n
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-27

THE English papers may have studied
"readin', writin' and rithmetic," but
they seem to have woefully neglected
geography" Speaking of recent ar
rest in this country, one of them says:
"The criminal was pursued west as far
Lincoln, Neb., and thence into the ,oslas
of T0zta1f'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-27

Dom PEDRO will be the first reigning
Emperor to visit this country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-27

A bootless distributing on ones socks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-27

Miriam Coles Harris, the author of
" Rutledge," has regular income of
$4,000 a year from the sale Of her books.
When she wrote . Rutledge" she took the
Ms. TO a number of publishers, who
looked it over and declined it with thanks,
as lacking the elements of popularity.
At last she had it published by Mr.
Carleton at her own expense, and 10000
copies were sold just as fast as the printer
could turn them out. As royalties were
in those days she only made $4,000 out of
this enormous sale.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-27

A colored woman was frozen to death
in Georgia recently. You want to spend
your winters in the South, eh?