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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-19
,rrom mERcHANT's EXCHANGED

Ar at New York 18th, ship Eureka. Mnott Tybee;
barone Ada Gray, Race, Buenos Ayres; sch Jennie
Beasley, harrington Matanzas.
Ar at Key West 18th inst, bareue Daniel Draper,
from Havre, for orders.
Ar al Havana 18th inst barque Susan Blasdell,
Sawyer, Glasgow; Henry Knight Ames, New York
Sid nth, brig Eliza Morton, Leland, for New York
or Baltimore; 13th sch Grace Bradley, Vesper, tor
Fernandina. -
Ar at Cardenas 18th inst, sch Aldine. Dennison,
Newport. E; 18th, barque j FL Chadwick, Brooks,
MatanZas.
AR at Cienfuegos 9Th inst schs Stephen Bennett,
from Porto Cabello; j F Baker, New York.
Brig j Pettengill, Hall, at Matanzas from Phila
dephia, reports when three days out picked up the
captain and crew, IL men. of a Br barQue, loaded
with sugar, which sunk the day previous.
Ship Vigiate, of Bath. 99l tons, built at B0wdon-
ham in 1867, metaled in 1874, has been sold on Ger
man account for $50. 600.
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MEMORANDA.

Barque Everett Gray, Loring, from Boston for
Gloucester. Eng, Is now 50 days out, and has been
given up lost. 1t is hoped the crew were saved by
some other vessel, but the chances against it..
Capt Lorng owned one-eighth of the vessel and was
insured $25OO. Most of the other owners had no
insurance. The vessel registered 592 tons and was
built in 1871 at Yarmouth, where she was owned
See other columns.
Brig Jas Miller (of BelfasD Parker, at New York
from Rio Grande, reports,-Crossed the Equator Dee
22d in lon 4U 3d. had continuation Of Sc gales from
lat 80 to SO, during which sprung lower tOpsailyard
and lost whole suit of sails
Sch Bedabedec from New York for Salem, which
went ashore On the Horsenecx, struck three times,
parted both chains and then went ashore about halt
way between Gooseoerry Neck and Westport harb0r.
She has valuable assorted cargo, and remain tight.
wrecklng party with lighters. at work on her
and expected to have her off 18th.
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For New England .

lower lake region and middle states, slowly
falling barometer, westerly to southerly winds,
warmer, clear or partly cloudy weather and
possibly occasional light snow or rain in the
second district,
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LOUISIANA.
No Change in the Situation,

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 18-Senate committee
is actively engaged in closing its laoors. A
large amount of testimony was taken, princi.
pally 10 relation to the election in Louisiana.
No change in the situation here and none
probable until reports of the committees have
been made and acted upon.
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mETEO rkOLOGKCAss

INDICATIONS FOR THE NEXT TWENTY-FoUR
HOURS.
WAR DEPT, OFFICE GRIEF SIGNAL
OFFICER, Washington, DC,
Jan. 10, Il A. MI
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LONDON. Brig Zetland-72,92O gals refined oil.
PONCE. RI. Sehr Hattie Ross 24l7 shocks and
heads, $3.50 hoops.
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At Sing Sing yesterday Henry Ludwig was
blown to atoms by an explosion OF nitro-glycer-
inc.
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Providence Print Cloth. Market


PROVIDENCE, R. l., January 1S.-The Printin,
cloths market quiet but strong at 49c cash for bes
standard and extra ca K "a cloths.
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K OR E IG N.
THE EASTER QUESTION.
The Tsrks Reject Finally the Powers

CoNsTANT1NoPLE, Jan. 1S.-The grand coun-
Gil to-day, after an animated DEBATE, unani
mously rejected the last proposals of the Euro
pean powers, as contrary to the dignity, integ-
rty and Independence OF the Empire. Several
speeches were made but perfect agreement pre-
vailed,
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New York sroch and Money qarke,.

81 600 Eastern Railroad new 3Ss e, ............ 81
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Daily Domestic Receipts.
Boston stock Market.
[Sales at the Brokers' Board, Jan. 49,

By water conveyance-1OOO bush cornmeal to g
W. Itrue e. Co.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM AUGUSTA.

Hearing ON Bill for State Board of
HealIh-PIoposed Amendment TO the
Liquor Law-Rai1rOad Matters.
Especial Despatch to the PressJ
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Oct 80, off Mauritius, sch Sadie Caller, Weber
from Port Darwin for Reunion.
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ing of fish from Duck pond, in Westbrook and
Windham; to protect fish 10 ST. Croix river;
act amending the lobster law so that it shall
prohibit the preserving of Holsters between the
18th day OF July and the 18th day of Septem-
Der OF eacn year; circumstances against d's
continuance OF office of fish commissioners; act
to amend charter of Union Mutual Life ms.
Company; act additional to Oh. 40, r. s., relat-
ing to life insurance; petition of John a. Walk
praying for law to protect citizr ms from dam
age by ball playing in the streets; of Penobscot
Ind ans for change in election laws; of North
Waldo Agricultural Society for change of char
ter; resolve relatInp to purchase CT Maine Re
ports from volume Is to volume 20, so of each;
act changing name of Maiue street Methodist
EplSc0pa. Free church in Lewiston; resolve in
relation TO binding of acts and resolves of the
state; petition Of Mayor of Bath for power to
appoint city marshal, deputy marshal and po-
icemen; act authorizing Woolwich to elect di-
rector in Peoples Ferry Company; TO legaIlze
doings of proprietors of Methodist MEETING
House," Mechanic Falls; against Calais court
bill: act amending SEC. II CD. 116, relating to
regulation of fees ADD costs; pet,tloo of certain
cltizeus of East Macbias for law to protect
cranberries; act to amenl chapter 241, laws of
1874. relating to cemeteries; to uthorze Ln
convile Railroad Com pany to build wharf in
tide waters Peoobscot bay relating to appoint
ments and duties of port wardens; petition of
town of Lexington for reimburse ment of money
from state; of Caleb Sherman for refundlng by
field Plantation; resolve in favor of town of
Chester; petition of town of Llnneus for REIN
pursement for money paid state in 1864; of Pc
hopscot indians respecting salary OF their Gov
ernor; resolve for reimbursement of Penobscot
incian Agent; petition Penobscot Indians to
amend game laws; In regard to affairs of their
cnurcn; 10 regard 10 their poor people; petition
certain citizens of Vnahaven for act prohibit
ing sale of native vices and cider; Of certain
citizens of Winterport for amendment of liquor
law. Of DpnISoD Panar MaDDfac ~
ny for right to flow Trip pond in Poland; act
to incorporate Bath Trotting Park; to amend
sec l ch 314, Private and Special Laws 1873;
memorial, statement of facts in case of Mrs
Spencer G. Bowers of Washington, Me- petit
ton to make free Merrymeeting Bay bridge; of
inhabitants of Somerset county for aid to build
road from Flagstaff TO Dead River Plantation;
act to free Arrowsic bridge with bill accom-
panying; petitions of members of Cumberland
Bar and citizens of Westbrook to increase sal
airy of Probate Judge (also cltizens Cape Eliz-
abeth and Bridgtop) petition foE repeal of free
high school law.
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of The two houses in front of the Clerks desk
aud upon each side of the Speakers platform
Such joint meeting shall not be dissolved until
the count of the electoral votes shall be COM
pleted and the result declared, and no recess
shall be taken unless a question shall have
arisen in regard to counting any such vote or
otherwise under this act in which case it shall
be competent for either house actIng separately
in the manner horeinbefore provided, to direct
recess of such house not beyond the next day,
Sunday excepted, at the hour of ten O'Clock in
the forenoon. And while any question is be-
ing considered by said Commission either house
may proceed with its legislation or other BUSH
ness.
SECTION g. That soothing in this act shall
be held to pair or affect any right now exist
ing under the Constitution and laws to ques-
ton by proceeding in the judicial courts of the
U nit-d States the right or title of the person
WHO shall be declared elected, or who shall
claim TO be President or Vice President of the
United States il any such right ex SITS.
SECTION Z. That said Commission shall
make its own rules, keep record of its pro-
ceedngs, and shall have power to employ such
persons as may be necessary for the transaction
of its business and the execution of its powers.
Accompanying Remarks.
The report of the JOINT Committee of Con-
gress accompanying the bill expresses belief
that the law proposed cannot be justly assailed
as unconstitutional by any one. Our fidelity
to the constitution is observed when we find
that the law we recommend is consistent with
that instrument. The committee say:
10 all just governments both public and pr-
yate rights must be defined and determined By
the law. This is essential to the very idea of
such government and is the characteristic
distinction between free and despotic systems
However important it may be, whether one
citizen or another shall be chief magistrate for
a period prescribed upon just theories of civil
institutions, it is of far greater moment that
the will of the people lawfully exl ressed in the
choice of that officer shall be ascertaiped and
carried into effect in a lawful way. 1t is true
that IN every operation of a government of
laws from the most trivial to the most import
ant, there will alw .ys be possibility that the
result reached will not be the true one. The
duty; the count may not truly declare the law
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-22

THE earthquake has caused more
damage at Iquique than was former
ly reported, considerable property,
including stores, quays, and ten
thousand tons ofuitrate of soda ready
for shipment in the harbor, having
been destroyed. The railway com
municatious were SO much damaged
that it will require month to repair
them. The earthquake extended
along the Peruvian coast at the foot
Of the Andes, that favorite region for
such convulsions of nature.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-22
! rrTrlncr wxR.'

Dr. II. v. RedfeId writes an 10
terestiig letter, 10 the Cincinnati
Commercial on The effects Of the Eu<
ropeani war On he South. He fssnd
i Georgia planter Of the fest nAgni
tude disgusted beyond measure be-
cause corn and -four had gone up so
per cent. and cotton had gone down
20 per cent. In Columbia, S, o.,
he, encountered philosophic and
matsrialistic old negro who worked
about on odd jobs, made from so to
rs cents d day and had to supposs
himself and family out Of that, with
meal at 80 cents-- it hadibeen 40--
. peck. Corn bread and cheap mo-
lasses, he said, was all the food Of
many colored families. He did NOT
want his family back 10 slavery, but
IL he could get back to the paternal
rnle Of Ahis old mater would prefer
bondage to freedom, with corn meal
at 80 cents q peek. Under the In
stitution, he said mournfully, he new
err heard Of wars nor the price Of
corn meal, but the master always
had plenty. d Himself he had the
pailneh Of an Aldernnan,' and the
mules were SO fat that when he tried
to ride them he would roll off. He
might not see the return Of slavery,
but his children would be forced
back into it by hunger. A young
mulatto dissented from the sad sage's
opinion and held that the young COLI
ored people would die before they
surrendered their freedom. DR..
Redfeld inveighs on the costly error
repeated this year, 10 spite Of the ads
vice and appeals of the press Of
planting cotton and not food or fod-
der, and contrasts strikipgly the case
Of the Tennessee planter whom he
met and found rejoicing ia the pos.
session Of 500 acre field Of corr,
representing crop Of $4,000 bush>
els, that atths war price of 65 cents
was a fortune. eyes, concludes she
correspondent, Eyes, East Tennessee
win be largely benefited, for il is 2
corn growing section, and has the
great Southern market Immediately
at hand.a But the South, as Sec
ton, will be hurt, The benefit Of
spots here and there where corn is
grown is inadequate compensation
for the injury brought upon the
planters aud laborers Of the cotton
States"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-22

AN extraordinary discovery of
ancient coins has just been made ON
the Montrane estate, few miles
from Culpar Fife, in Scotland, the
property of Mr.. Allan Gilmour. In
draining portion of land the labor
ers struck on what appeared to be q
bowlder, but subsequently was dis
soveredto be pot A stone was
grimly wedged into its mouth, and,
on being removed, it was found that
the vessel was filed with coins, the
total number of pieces being nine
thousand. Most Of them have the
appearance Of a well worn sixpence,
few are OF the size Of a form,
though not quite the size Of shill-
ing. They are all silver, and, so tar
as has been ascertained, Of the
twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth
centuries. 1t is supposed they were
used in the reigns of Robert H.,
Robert Ill, and David IT,, and have
lain in the earth more than three
hundred years.
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DOWN THEY GO. !

r %
Failure of a H6an with Eight Hundred
~ : Ttsusand Doliars Income,
New York corrssponashea 6fshs Bdsion Journal.
One Of our heaviest real estate
menghas bssd aAdsr thss h6sfow for
some months. To-day be has aban>
Ldohsd Tie fight, and given mp everys
thing teshis creditors. Hs was .
very successful cotton broker, All
the money be made he put into real
estate. His revenues we're very
large. His income was eight hum
dred thousand dollars year. One
building, near Trinisy Church, yield
ed him - rental of ninetyl thonsand
dollars per apnum, Everything hs
touched turned 70 gold. He was
loaded down with cotton. One day
q merchant handed him check Of
three hundred thousand dollars TO
cancel 4 contract. Hetook it. With
10 ten days cotton surgsd up and hs
made q torture. He owned an els-
CANT house ON Fifth svsaue: He
crowded It with paintings, statuary,
and works, Of arts. Not content
with this, he was induced BY spec>
ulator to take bold Of . railroad. He
bought bonds ct sixty. Soon after
they went down 10 fsrty, sDd the
gentleman bought all ha could lay
bis hands on. He took the road.
He proposed to run it. He found it
unfinished. He equipped it; spent
three hundred hundred thousand doll
lars in locomotives and rolling stock.
Ruin CAPE to him as il GENES to ev-
cry one who dsbbles 10 outside mat
ters. The panic completed bis de-
moralization. His fine New York
property was was snOrtgaged for
more than it was worth. To-day DO
has ceased TO struggle. Few men
will bswarned and few men will be
the wiser for all this. Here 10 man
who few months ago had . royal
income Of eight hundred thousand
dollars year. He wanted to make
it million. Tosday he is hopeless>
ly bankrupt. sa5 @
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-22

Z The great tobacco faetory at Sc
vile, Spain, where cigars, cigarettes,
and snuff are made, is a Government
establishment. 1t is a two>story ana
misunderstanding building. The top
floor is devoted to the manufacture
of cigars, and 1900 women are
found at work there daily, while at
the tables on the lower floor, where
cigarettes only are made, there are
1900 more women, mostly gypsies.
There is a room where the youngest
or feeble babies Of the women are tai
ken care Of during working hours,
although the majority have their chill
dren close by them, either in cradles,
lying on mattresses, or strapped 10
chairs. The most noticeable feature
of these women is their hair, which
is most deliberately dressed, and, ex>
cepting the very old ones, decorated
with red or white flowers.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-22
FORCE OF HABIT.

Sir George Stanton visited a man
in India who had committed MUIR
der, and in order not only to save
his life, but what was of much more
consequence, his caste, he submitted
to the penalty imposed this was,
that he should sleep for sew en- years
on q bedstead without any mattress,
the whole surface of which was stud
ded with points of iron, resembling
nails, but not so sharp as to pene
trate the flesh. Sir George saw
him in the fifth year of bis proba-
ton, and his skin was then like the
hide Of rhinoceros, but more cal
lous; at that time, however, he
could sleep comfortably on his ''bed
of thorns," and remarked that, at the
expiration of the term of his SEM
tence, he should most probably con
tinue that system from choice which
he had been obliged to adopt from
necessity.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-22

GRASS PApER.--San Francisco
capitalist have now taken in hand
the erection of mill for the manu-
facture of paper from Tule grass.
Experiments made are satisfactory
as to the quality Of the "news" made
therefrom, while the supply of the
raw material is practically inexhaus
tible. The vast and increasing use
Of printing paper on that coast as
well as elsewhere renders this enter,
prise Of Importance as we'll as feast
BILE.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-22

ALLIGATOR AS A STEADY DIET -
The shooting of alligators in the
swamp, in St. Charles parish, LOUIS
lana, is Of more frequent occurrence
now than formerly, the colored peo>
pie preferring the meat Of these ami
mails to that of any of the wild game
in our woods. They assert that it is
more sustaining than beef, and more
tender and savory than chicken OF
fish. ier>JoMnag.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-22

A PREcoCIoUs CALF.-The Fort
Valley Mirror says that Mr.. Henry
Harris has q calf twelve months old
on his plantation in Macon county
which is remarkable animal. A
short time ago her uddsr began to
develop, and when milked, oil was
obtained from the front ones. Il is
strange phenomena, and we would
be glad to bear an explanation from
some one who is eonveFsant with
cowology. She now has large,
plump and well developed bag and
10 giving milk 10 increased quanti-
ties. If We had a calf that give such
milk, we'd dress her 10 the finest
silk. r. 'aeA99u
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-22

THE Ostrich can travel immense
distances, though its range of feed is
ordinarily limited to space of 20
or 30 miles from its headquarters
Il can run at the rate of 46 miles 10
the hour. 1t can dispense with wa
ter, though fond of bathing, and
nothing comes amiss to it in the
shape of food seeds, berries, fruit,
grass, leaves, beetles, locusts, small
birds and animals, lizards, and
snakes"-the process Of tritnratioa
and digestion being aided by sand
stones, grit, bones, and even pieces
of metal.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-22

EDUCATION. --Accustofn q child as
soon as he can speak to narrate his
little experience, his chapter Of &C.
cidents, his griefs, his fears, his
hopes to communicate what he has
noticed ia the world without and
what he feels struggling in the world
within. Anxious TO have somsthing
to narrate, he will be induced to
give attention to objects around him,
and what is passing 10 the sphere of
his instruction, and to observe and
note events, will become one Of his
first pleasures and this is the
ground work Of the thoughtful char>
acter.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-22
FARMER SMITHS WILD GEESE.

The old saying may be true that
"a wild goose never laid a tame
egg" But something in the tanning
line may be done with the gosling
out of the wild egg. One specimen
result is given here, showing both
the force of training and domestic
habit and the curious power of iu-
stinct. The St. Louis Republican
relates the story ON the authority Of
Mr.. w. r Smith, q farmer near
Morley, Scott county, Mo-:
"Abous year ago, Mr.. Smith
captured two young wild geese, and
raised them with the balance of his
domestic goslings. The wild ones
became quite tame and took kindly
to the changes Of civilized life.-
They adapted their habits to the or
binary delights Of the barnyard, and
swan in The pond with the tame
geese, without showing DISPOSE
ton to go on q wild goose chase
At length, about the 4th of Novem>
Der, the weather began to change,
and after being domesticated some
eight months, the wild follows
prompted by an instinct to seek
a more sunny cline 90 the approach
of winter, spread theif wings to thu
breeze and started on q migratory
tour, flying southwark. Their de
parture was natural and to be sx
pected. After an absence Of twt
| months, early in January, crest wal
Mr.. Smiths surprise to find, on get
ting up one morning, that the tive
wild geese had returned to their old
haunts 90 bis farm. They not only
| returned, but eleven more wild geess
came with them as visitors, which
they piIoted safely from some South
ern bayou. The newcomers made
themselves at home. and were FED
and fondlsd by the children. They
come up to the mill at feeding time
to get their rasions, and gable ell
together, and put on all the airs o.
civilized geese who have had good
moral training"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-22

"FellOw>sinners," said preacher
"if you were told that by going to
the top Of those steps yonder point
ing to a ricksty pair Of stairs at one
end Of the ehurch) you might secure
your eternal salvation, ] really be-
lieve hardly any Of you would Try it.
But let any man proclaim that there
were a hundred dollars up there for
you and I'll be bound there would be
such q getting up stairs as you new
or did see.n Ia at
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-22

"WHAT are you believing about !
cried an irate mother at the foot of
the stairs after two boys vho had
been put to bed. ''@ go
Cause Jim wants half the bed,
bsllowed Bill. ana sa
well, said she, let him have it,
aud you take the other hail.
sYes, mother, but be wants big
half in the middle, and wants me to
sleep on both sides of him.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-22
General Advertisements.

DIR. Tut has been en-
gagged in the practice Of
medicine thirty years, and
for 4 long time was demon.
strator Of anatomy in the
Medical College Of Geor-.
pia, hence persons using
his Pills have the guar.ln-
tee that they are prepared
on scientific principles,
and are free from all
quackery.
lie has succeeded in
combining in them the
heretofore antagonists
qualities of a strengthen.
rug. faEgafive, assfG fny.
iiriMg hpnir.
Their first apparent ef-
feet Is to increase the APP.
petite by causing the food
to properly q ssimilatc.
Thus the system Is nour.
ishcd, and by their tonic
action on the digestive or.
gans, regular and healthy
Excavations are produced.
The rapidity with which
PERSONS take on flesh,
while under the influence
OF these pills, OF Itself in
dictates their adaptahililN
to nourish the body, and
hence their efficacy ia cur.
ing nervous debility, mel
ancholy. dyspepsia, vast
inc OF the muscles, sl,a
gishness of the liver
chrome constipation, ~
;rgth to the sNstcm. N"i
IN ray Street. New You
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-22

"T try to preach the milk Of the
Word" replied a city clergyman to
q parishioner who demonstrated that
his sermons were too long. eyes,
remarked the other, but around here
what we want is condensed mill. ~
Norwich Bulletin.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-22

Ours is the largest and most COM
plete Job Printing Office in the
State outside of the large cities. We
defy competition either in price or
quality of work. Send your orders
to the JOURNAL Job Office.