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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-03

So TENDER AND So TRUE.-Edwin- A is,
now darling, before part, how are we 70 kerp y~
Nothing easisr Edwin dear You have only 70 De1n Az
to me as you have always done, and nobody WEI ~"
pect it-lFunny Folks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-03
TIE RAILROAD CONFERENCE FRUITLESs.

The consultation between William Ii. VAN
derb Vice-President Of the NewYork Central Railroads
Company; Hugh j. Jewett, President OF tue Erio
Thomas A. Scott President OF the Pennsylvania, ana
John King IT, Vcc-Presdent Of the Baltimore ana ohio'
came TO au end Wednesday afternoon no satisfactory
result having been attained Mcssrs Scott and King TO
turned home last evening with the understanding th@
another conference would be called az the option OF NJ
Jewctt who mas acted as chairman Of the meetings u
is now understood that the conference which has been
held with much privacy the result OF an endoaV
ON the part OF the Philadelphia aud Baltimore and OHIO
roads 10 induce the New-YOrk Central TO consent
TO a scale of differences In freight and passenger
rates on account OF the difference In the lengths OF the
respective roads proposition which the Central has re-
fused TO accept Mr.. Jewe.t said to TRIBUNE reporter
last evening that his position prevented him from max
ing public any opinion in regard Ia the differences OF tne
roads and that he should be guided, in calling ahOtncr
conference, by communications from the other gen'e
men. -.
Mr. Yarderbis position Is understood TO remain the
last Summer, when his refusal to consent 70
scale Of differences asserted 10 he caused by an g
willingness TO allow Philadelphia or Baltimore 10 acqLo
any advantage over New-York in marketing the PRIV
ducts of The West
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-03

MUST HAVE HIS JOKE.-Customer-Oh, L
THINK IN have the last fish ycave got-itl make the
hait dozen. cosier-Ecl no. m,r cant part with all
Num- 10 tell YOU the LClh, we've been together
many days I've got quite tached to em like. and
muss keep one---l Fuzzy Folks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-03

to a good cause when It does feel certain that you
can be relied upon for good work. -
Thanking you and your friends Tor what you nav
done and were willing do, AN most faithfully ours
NcC York, Nov. 2 1876. KusH L hA"hiNS'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-03

L. 6. GOEBEL DECLINES A NOMIEATIoN.
/. 5. Goebel the Republican nominee FOR
Justice Of the Marine Court has sent very brief com
munication to Benjamin X. Phelps. Chairman OF the ke
publican Nominating Committee, declining to be can
ddate but stating no reasons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-03

ALL's FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR.-'Bus Con-
duatOr-Wel Bobby what's your farei Police sergeant
-Dlead and water-same Is you hadIo fore-tJu!y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-03

Total.......41iZ6 4SIG9 6.7G0 22,665 1879
Among the counties omitted In this calculation are the
following whose maOriues last year on the vote for
ii,. IA, and Skinner are indicated i'm the table:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-03
county:

Anti-Tammany has nominated opposition candidates
I'm the Ist I'D Ivth With, xh. xvIIth. and Mxth Dis
trsets In tie Ist and lid the Republicans usually de-
ene 70 nominate and leave the representatives OF the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-25
Christmas.

Of the five holidays which Americans GEN.
orally observe three, Fast Day, Independence
Day, and Thanksgiving Day, are National.
Of the others one is the great festival of the
Christian world, the other day held in JOY
full observance by all the peoples of the earth.
But the wider holiday carries less significance
than the day recognized by but small pro-
portion of the worlds population. The one
announces that the world has added to its
burden of years, perhaps without bringing
increase of happiness or wisdom; the other
commentaries the usheIing in of an epoch
which has changed the face of the earth and
the character and destiny of its peoples,
which has brought revelation from the liv-
ing God, which has year by year seen increase
of knowledge and happiness and material
prosperity and witnessed the decay of wicked
ness and misery, and which has comforted
the sorrowful heart of man with the assur-
ance of blessed Immortality after his years
here have ended. From the birth of Christ
the enlightened world now dates its age, as
though The time passed before was of little
worth to reckon, or of another aud poorer
existence the memory of which is not 10 be
treasured up.
In the lapse of years Christmas by the
wide influence of the kindly legends of the
Christ Child and Saint Nicholas has come to
be pre-eminently festival of the children.
1t is very fitting that the ushering in of the
Kingdom of Jesus should be peculiarly COM
memorated by the little ones whose place
in that kingdom is SO emphatically recognized
by its Founder, and that the commemoration
of the day should shadow forth and symbo-
lize the making of gifts at the manger where
the elders sought out the Babe of Bethlehem.
But the day brings TO men and women
reminder of their duties, duties higher than
those of gift-making, however much that
gladdens the hearts of the little ones. In
these troublous times when angry passions
are stirred and hot words find favor let us
recall the message of peace which came
down to the watching shepherds of the plain
on the first Christmas night, "Behold 1
bring you good tidings of great joy **
glory to God in the highest, and on earth
peace, good will toward men,"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-25

PARTIsANSHIP makes bad lawyers, and
Eaton, of Connecticut, never was very
great one anyway. He says "the President
of the Senate is not President of the joint
Convention unless chosen by the joint Con.
vention to that position" But the Consti-
tuition itself say ''The President of the Senate
shall, in the presence of the Senate and the
House of Representatives, open all the certi.
ficates." &c. That's where William and the
Constitution differ. Daniel Webster once,
when decision of Lord Camden was pointed
out to him, answered: 'May it please the
Court, differ with Lord Camden" But
even Webster never ventured to differ with
the Constitution. This was left for
Eaton
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-25

The pointed utterance of Senator Key, of
Tennessee, against the Oregon trick, and the
equally emphatic declaration that the people
of his section did not want and would not
have war, have greatly disconnected the ex-
treme Northern Democrats. The indications
now that they will be unable to command
a good part of the Southern vote for any
revolutionary steps in the House or elsewhere
grow stonger every day.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-25

No man ever succeeded in extinguishing
himself more quicklythan the Governor of
Oregon. He may take his place in the
Senate; possibly that body may not deem it
worth while to make fuss over corpse;
but whether he remains on the surface or
not there is no mistake about his being dead.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-25
A Buried Hatchet.

Many will recall the sharp passage al
verses which took place between Bulwer and
Tennyson so many years ago, and in which
the Laureate, it was generally conceded, came
off victor. The attack was begun by Bulwel
in bis "New Timon", and in these lines
The jingling melody Of purloined conceits
kOut-babying Wordsworth and out t-glittering Keats
Where all the airs Of patchwork pastoral chime
To dr. owsy ears in Tennysonian rhyme.
Let Sehool-Mss Alfred vent her chaste delight
On darling little rooms so warm and bright,
Chant Pm aweary,' in infectious strain,
And catch her blue fly singing i the pane.'
The assailed poet took up the challenge, ,ani
the following verses, published in Punch
fairly hit the older knight supon the helmet
and overthrow him:
We knew hin out of Shakespeare's art,
And the grand old curses that he spoke,
The old Timon, with his mighty heart
Which greatly longing broke.
So died the old; here comes the new!
Regard him, familiar face,
thought we knew him-why, tits you,
The padded man that wears the staysi
That killed the girls and thrilled the boys
With dandy pathos, when you wrote,
lion, you, that made noise
And shook name, en- pGpilotte.
But you, sir, you are hard to please,
You never look but half content
Not like a gentleman at ease,
With moral breadth Of temperament.
For what with sneers and what with ieers,
You cannot let body be;
It's always ringing in your ears
'They call this man as good as me-"
Bnt men of long enduring hopes,
And needless what this hour may bring,
Can parden little would-be Popes
And Brummels, when they try to sting.
What profit now to understand
The merits of spotless shirt,
dapper foot, a little hand,
If half the little soul is drt?.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-25

The two men thereafter hated each other
cordially, and it is matter of record that no
forgiveness was extended during Bulwer's
life. But the grave buries many enmities
with its dead, and the Laureate as token Of
oblivion has dedicated his latest poem,
"Harold," to the son of his old enemy, in
the following words:
My dear Lord ton,-After old world
records-such as the Bayeux tapestry and the
Roman de Rou-Edward Freeman's History
Of the Norman Conquest, aud your father
Historical Romance treating of the same
times, have been mainly helpful to me in
writing this drama. Your father dedicated
his Harold to my fathers brother; allow me
to dedicate my 'Harold" to yourself.
A, TFNNYsON
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-25
THE PRESS
MONDAY MORNING, DEC. s5, 1876

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley t.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
Journal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-25

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve eommu-
nications that are not used
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-25
ANNUAL MEETINGS.
OCEAN INSURANCE COMPANY

TTyHE Stockholders of the Ocean Insurance Com
of said Company in Portland, on MONDAY, the
first day of January, 1876, at three O'Clock in the
afternoon, for the following purposes:
1st-To decide if they will alter the By Laws of said
Company, and to act anything thereon.
2d-To choose seven Directors for the ensuing year,
and for the transaction of any other bushes which
may then be legally acted upon.
GEO. A. WRIGHTS, Sec'y.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-25
CANAL NATIONAL BANK,

FyHE annual meeting of the Stockholders of ''The
u Canal National Bank of Portland' for the cleo
ton OF seven directors and the transaction of any
will be held at their banking house TUESDAY,
the 9th day of January, 1877, at II O'Clock A. M.
B. G. SOMERBY, Cashier.
December s, 1876 de9dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-25
Magazine Notices.

The american Agriculturist for December
has been received. We consider it upon the
whole, the most useful maya zine in the couu-
try, and we suppose it has the largest circula-
ton ofsany of them We are not surprised ia
learn that single business firm in the South
ordered 700 copies FOR 1877, to be distributed
among their customers. No more valuable
periodical for Christmas or New Years pres.
ent can ba obtained eitherl for cid or young,
city or country resident. Send 81 so to the
Orange Judd Co. 245 Broadway, N. Y.
Frank P. Morrison, aged about 20 years, at.
tempted suici1e at Salmon Falls, N. H., Fri
day night, by taking laudanum, but his life was
saved. His grievance was disappointment in
love-
Hugh Mcclellan has been arrested for embez.
zlipg $4,000 from Webb, the shipbuilder his
employer in New York city.
Mr.. Cesson and Robbins drug warehouse in
Ann street, N. Y, was burned Saturday morn
ing, and young man was suffocated.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-25
CITY ADVERTISEMEN
COASTING IN THE STREETS.

CITY MARsHAL's OFFICE,1
Portland, Dec. 81, 1876.
TENHE following streets have been designated on
Il which boys coast with sleds during the
winter, and on others. If detected in coastng
be enforced:
On Mayo street.
On Fox, from Washington to Back Bay.
On New High, below Cumberland street.
On Mellen street.
On Pleasant to Centre street.
On Atlantic to Fore street.
On Fore from Atlantic street.
On Grove, from Congress to Portland street.
On Clark, from Salem to Summer street.
dec23dtf G. X. BRIDGES, City Marshal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-25
Sale of Unclaimed Goods.

DISTRICT OF PORTLAND AND FALMOUTH
CUSTOM HOUSE, Portland, Dec. IS, 1876. {
TIME following described merchandise remaining
Il in Public Store unclaimed for period Of one
year, MORE will be sold at Public Auction, at the
Office of the U. S. StoreBeepers, Custom House
Building, on TUESDAY, the 9th day of January,
A. d. 1877, at 10 O'Clock, A. M, to wit:
Case DagIerreotype dnsstr,uments, st Chest and anldi
Clothing, Box Old Clothing, Bundle Old House.
hold Effects, Chronometer, Feather, Case con-
tanning Cutlery and small Ware, Case Cigars g. O0O),
1 Bundle chronological Charts $780, 1 Box Cigars
Q0O), Bottles and 1 Flask Brandy, 2 Bottles
Brandy, Bottles Wine, Small Sewing Machine, 8
Demij0hns and Keg Wine.
Descriptive Catalogues can be obtained at this
Office. 1. WASHBURN, JR., Collector.
de18 d3w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-25
The National Traders Bank.

1ne NatlOnti lfHOef'S bank.
fNHE Shareholders of the National Traders Bank
Il of Portland, ale hereby notified that their an
nual meeting will be held at their Banking Room
Tuesday the 9th day of January next at three
O'Clock P. NJ, to choose five directors for the en-
suing year, and to act on any other business that
may legally come before them.
EDWARD GOULD, Cashier.
Portland, December s, 1876. dld
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-25
Merchants National Bank.

FYNHE Stockholders in this Bank are hereby noti-
Il fed that their annual meeting for the choice
of directors and the transaction of any other busi-
ness which may legally be brought before them will
be holden at the Bank on Tuesday, the 9th day of
January, 1877, at 10 O'Clock A. M.
CHAS. PAYSON, Cashier.
Portland, Dec. s. 1876. dc9dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-25
CascO National Bank,

FEyHE annual meeting of the Stockholders of the
IL Casco National Bank of Portland for the choice
of Directors and transaction of such other business
as may legally come before them, will be held at
their Banking House on Tuesday the 9th day of JAM
uary, 1877, at 10 O'Clock A. M.
VIM. A. WINSHIP, Cashier.
Portland, Dec. sth, 1876 dc9dtd.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-25

0S FANCY GAgDS ~ styles with name 10
~ cts. Post pad. j. b. Hustled, Nassau, Rers
Co, N Y. de23d4wt
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

The senate committee on territories
has agreed to report bill establishing the
territory of Pembna.
The nomination of Richard III. Dana,
ir., Of Massachusetts,, for minister to England
was rejected by the senate.
Full returns of the election in Rhode
Island for governor give Ieppcll, republican,
1857; Howard, prohibition, 6,3S5; Beach,
democrat, 1902.
The house committee on military al
fairs has unanimously adopted report trans
ferring the Indian bureau from the interior
department to the war department.
The house committee on public lands
has agreed upon the bill granting to the
territories of Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho and
Montana two townships Of land, of seventy
two sections each, for the purposes of collec.
ton.
The order issued from the war depart
ment transferring army headquarters from
st. Louis to Washington, has been amended
so as to direct the adjutant.general and in
spector.general to report to the general Of
the army.
An order "by the president" was is
sued on the 9TH as follows: "The headquar-
ters of the army are hereby re.established,
and hereafter, in time of peace, shall be at
Washington city, and all orders and instruc.
tions relative to military operations or affect.
ing the military control and discipline of the
army, issued by the president through the
secretary Of war, shall be promulgated through
the general of the army"
AS it passed the house, the bill restor'
ing to the pension list those southern veter
ans Of the war of 1872 whose names were
dropped from the rolls during the late un
pleasantness, does not allow them any ar
rearages OF pay and they begin to draw
pensions again only from the date OF the
passage Of the bill. 1t appears, however
that the widows of those who have died in
the interim will be entitled to arrearagc'
from May /, 1865.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-20
NTllItEAD A OF SONG

# was only broken chord OF song
That sang itself, the lNclolB u"!
over and over IN my hrNll
And always In the same SWEEP why
Always beginning low and toll ..id,,,u
1.-Two A tCulpry ipOkCn " Love, Goo"'hb"''
And ending In glad aud joyous NlralhSi ,.t.l,,
Ikea morning pSalm when the Wol'" u "'h'"'
And the hours OF the day were woven III
Nv ihpmystic thread Of the haunting song,
rhni somewhere out Ol the yani'hcd past
sent forth It's witchcry clear NnI N''""H
something akin to the song ol nIdH .....,.,,,
" hen the sky Is flushed with lhr ,nWlub """"
Yet sn,l ns the thoughtful hour whlch toln"
When the last red light ol the day Is gone
beautiful echo that driltcd back
From the ilt-Oil shore Oi the long NS"
over the wide amt rugged waste,
Where never the winds ol Ilhln'HN h'o"'
Ernrinp tho odOr uI wildwood lluNorNi
The laughing song Of the mountain rlll
The yrrcu GLAD fields where the cowsliw grow,
And the glcam OF waters Calm and sun
Sitting alone in the twilight STILL
Whose mantle covers the earth WIN GlAE,
NV heart is touched and my eyes grow dllll,
As the glow ol the sunset fades away
And feel the presence ui unseen guests
That out ui the shndowy regions lhtonH
And ! know they have crossed from the lNllh''
shore
On the slender thread of the sweet od song
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-20

MANUFACTURING THE SCALES OF
WILD ANIMAIs.-The very large sums
of money paid by the authorities of
Blair and other counties in the noun
famous regions of the state, for scalps Of
wild animals the past year, has canscd
an investigation, which has revealed a
well devised and carefully executed
method of defrauding the treasury. In
one instance in Blair county the skin OF
colt, which had died, was taken and
deity cut up and manufactured into
ears, and palmed off upon unsuspecting
justices as those of a veritablc fox. In
another case real fox skin was con-
verted into ears and made to answer for
large number OF Reynards. The hide
of black cat was utilized and enlarged
to represent any number of skunks,
while fox ears were split up to do double
duty. One family of pseudo Nimrods,
it is alleged, has drawn from the county
treasury, since the first of January, one
thousand dollars. Some eighteen or
twenty warrants have been issued for the
arrest Of the persons engaged in tins ne
farious business, some of whom have al
ready been arrested and lodged in jail.
The officers of the law are still in pur
suit of others, with strong hopes OF their
capture. An information before a JUS
tice of the peace shows that in one town
ship since January |, 81 ,4jO has been
paid on scalps, three-fourthssf Of which wa
to one family.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-20
The MalIct and the Speaker.

A Washington letter to the Boston
Herald says: The little maIlct with
which the presiding officer in the house
punctuates its proceedings is fatal III
strument in the hands Of Cox. 1t Is
curious to note the power OF weakness
which comes out in the handling OF the
gaveI. To use it promptly, at the right
time and sparingly, is the secret OF sue
cess in the chair. The slightest lntcm-
pcrancc with the gavel vitiates quickly
the power of any presiding officer. Mr..
Kerr understands this, and never an
noys the house by frantic hammerlng.
Mr.. Cox's way is to keep up a petty
rounding, which would give blindper-
son in the gallery the impression that
somebody was putting down carpets be-
low. Kcrr's gentle and deliberate, but
emphatic and forcible manner, would al
most enable him to dispense with the
ravcl in the ordinary proceedings OF the
house. When there is disorder, Kerr
does not jump up and pound and blus-
teringly add to the confusion, but he
sits quietly in the chair, tells the house,
| i'm pleasant tone of remonstrance, that
.there is 50 much confusion in the hall
that it is impossible to 90 on with the
business of the house," and remains 81
lent until members have settled into
their seats and the confusion is dimin-
i,hed 50 that any members voice can be
heard across the hall. A prominent
member of the house insinuated to me
the other day THAT Mr.. Kerr was bette
speaker even than Blaine; that Mr
Blaine excited the house by his rapl
manner and his energy of uttcrance, ire
quently arousing antagonisms, and ado
| ing heat to the debate. The house ieare
Mr.. Blaine; it respects Mr.. Kerr, Al
his speakership is thus far more succes
full than many of his friends thougI
it could be.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-20

..,,,ii, 1 nj
"totu,cg " r $" ns 70 provide that no person shall
be prosecuted, tried or punished Tor any
otnSe except oS,,'iNt l''c '''.e'""' t,,.
us'leoo '''"' ,' Lo,, r unv Ln committed, After
discussion thchill passed. The impeachment
managers presented themselves ~ we ',or "
the hoUSc, W." ''Iuui"H" En,.nal,,n,nt
ehh.r''i",r ''', ,i',,'n ", h,I h,nn ryhihiicI
against WV" p''N""l ,,l unt mo nrcsid.
ana rcn" y" w, ''tI' ''m ,,, ,I,,,' .,r,,t, wnuld
ny "'"'Il nv" ,r,,,isr. lur notice of
take or"cr ~ Wv n't",, ~, ,,o Lnmso If rcurc.
Wn'h """'H Wv S,I,,, frn,,, thc committee
sehlhllNcS' h'' ''"'".,'p ,,,n,,,,i nf iu.
on expenditures ~ w. W, ii',,, i Mo o,,,Iny.
tcc, reported u o''l W ,TS"'I'o , ,,',,,rm,nrnt
mcnt ol SpeclNl t"unSv' W. ,'n ' SSrr,iGratr n}
ANA HWlholi"'nS :. '''I ,,,, AMI rruuiriur,
the Judge tlat ~ ~ ",.''@"' 'I In hi. nynln,
lhe Ju"gc aISp " ',I n, ' nurhnw instnncrd the
I'ntoh o' tio n''.i w., .a,' ,'hcrn nnr ol thc
WHISKY lllo'N W Wy ". C,,n If tyruty.siy
,Tov",rd Tov,"' i'I J"lInrs, The hill passed. The
house then went into committee OF t''' WM",' m,1
ON the legislative "ll'lol'"''',TIa ,I, nnmmittrc
"uu n'"N'"I ,H ~, I" h"n"o ionE recess. The even.
Inc, sn..inn wns consumed in discussion of
the salary bill. The prcNlurh, Su''' !"
fixed at twenty-five lh"uNun" u"'nI,r u"r " I'., ,'"
effect after the fourth of March, lH|r four,
teen pages 0l the hlll were uIHPoH'" ''' ""'
the house adjourned.
T, thn housc. ON the 9TH, Mr.. Cox
,,,', .t,,, ,,,,, u,;rliu,, mn oI
reported olIl 10 rcSu."'' Wv "'",'"7 A.,
the national banks, lie explained 'ha' Ihc
object nC thc hill was to facilitate liquidation
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-20
EAST.

The New Jersey legislature has de-
feated the bill to tax church and educational
property. Vote, AZ to l6.
A reduction of ten per cent in wages
of brakemen of the Lehigh Valley railroad
caused the men at Sugar Notch and Fairvlew
to stop. They stopped all freight and coal
trains, but let passenger trains pass. The
roilroad authorities obtained warrants and
the ringleaders were arrested, since which no
trains have been delayed.