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Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05

DIR. SAMUEL A. MUDD, the physician
who attended Wilkes Booth and set
bis leg after Lincoln's assassination,
aud stterWard was sentenced 10 the
Dry TortugaS and pArdoned by Presi.
dent johnson, has been nominated to
the Legislature by the Democrats of
Charles county, Md.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05
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Thursday Morning, october 4.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-20
The Story Of M0hammed.

We briefly record the story of the founder of
the present Mohammedan religion: Arabia
never was conquered by any foreign nation.
Its sands have been its security, and the pov-
erty of the scattered people offered 10 tempta-
tion. 1t was always the native country of TO-
nance and superstition. In it Sabeanism, or
star-worship, prevailed for indefinite ages til,
overturned by Mohammed, who was born at
Mecca in 500. His father was Abdallah and
his mother Amina, both of good family and
great personal beauty. His grandfather, Mo-
talleb, who took charge of him, died at the age
of ITO. His uncle, Abu Taleb, brought him up
as his own son and took him with a caravan to
Egypt and Syria: and he afterwards served in
campaign under his uncle, who was the COM
mander and guardian of the ancient temple of
the Caaba. At % he married Cadiga, rich
and noble widow, and lived in opulence. The
religions of the Arabs were the ancient Sabean-
ism, Jewish and Christian. AT forty he an
nounced himself prophet, and taught the
Unity of God IN opposition to the Trinity, and
discl8imed the reverence bestowed on Ezra.
His first converts were his wife, his cousin Ali,
his servant Zeid and Abu-Bekr, man of dis
tinction, who made five proselytes. He now
preached in public the belief and worship of
one God, in the courts of the Caaba, and began
to produce the Koran. This, he pretended,
was brought to him ready written by the angel
Gabriel, and its hOrd composition in splendid
Arabic language imposed on the vulgar. The
Koresh now sought his life, and he fled with
Abu- Bekr to Medina in 622 (the Hegira) where
five hundred disciples met him. Here he adopt
ed the kingly and sacerdotal Office. established
a mosque and publicly preached. He banished
seven hundred of his opponents and buried
seven hundred alive, chiefly Jews, seizine their
wealth. He soon after had battle with one
thousand of the Koresh forces, and defeated
them in the battle of Beber in 623, after which
he had one thousand warriors, but at the battle
of Ohud was defeated, and Medina was be-
seiged by twelve thousand and defended by
three thousand; but the beseigers being baf-
fled, ten years peace was concluded. Two
years after he gained victory at Muta over
large army of the Eastern Empire; and in 629.
with ten thousand men, took Mecca, and de-
stroying the three hundred and sixty idols in
the Caaba, consecrated it to his own religion,
called lslamism. In another year all Arabia
listened to his pretensions, and he now marched
with thirty thousand men against the Eastern
Empiie, securing peace by his approach.
He returned to Medina and performed the Pill
grimage of the Valediction, with train of
1140 900 believers. Soon after he was supposed
to be poisoned by Jewess, and died at Medina
in 632, aged 63. He was regarded as q man
adorned with every virtue. Philddelphia Pre- s
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-20
He succeeded Hendricks in the Senate.

He succeeded Hendricks in the Senate. At
the expiration of his Senatorial term he was
made Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in
which capacity he served under Secretary
Brlstow. lie was a man of commanding
personal appearance, being six feet four inch
es IN height and weighing over 300 pounds.
He was finished scholar, OF great and re-
fined mental culture, with genial dsposi-
tion.
There Is no sense in shutting our eyes to
the fact that the infationists are organizing
everywhere, and that the only thing which
induces them to do so is the cry for the
reconciliation Of silver. If that cry is to be
listened to we must prepare to make our
account with the greenback movement again,
to fight once more the tedious and perilous
battle which appeared so near an end, and to
give up all hope of ledeeming the national
promise of resumption in 1879. II any one
seriously supposes that a halfway house
exists between silver initiation and greenback
imitation, to which the country can 60 and
there stop, it can only be because he has
gravely mistaken the situation.-N. Y. Times.
-Kimball esq of New Hampshire, has been
found gulty-probably by jury OF his peers
of murder in the second degree. kim
bal, killed his wife by whipping her with a
whip stock, an ox-goad and heavy walnut
cane. This killing, which used up three
weapons, lasted for three hours and was
transacted in almost every room of the happy
home in which it occurred. 1t is not pre-
cisely stated what is a murder in the first de-
gree in New Hampshire, but it is gratifying
to observe that the Judge. in passing sem
tence did not assure - Kimball, esq.,, that
he left the Court "without concession by or
reflection upon him." We hope the case
may not fall under the observation OF the
English committees on Bulgarian atrocities"
as it might lead to international complca-
tions.-N. Y. World,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-20
News and Other Items.

The Texas cattle raisers are sending to Wash :
ington their claims for damages by Mexican
cattle raiders for the past ten years.
There will be surfelt of state tickets in Iowa
this year, as the Republican, the Democratic,
the temperance party and the greenback party
each intends to put candidates into the field.
A large black bug has made its appearance
in the province of Ontario whose mission is to
destroy potato bugs and not to interfere with
the plants.
The priests in the Caucasus exhibit fur cap
belonging to theilate Schamyl to the mountair-
eers, and aver that it dropped from heaven, be-
ing sent to incite them to fresh rebellion.
The Philadelphia Typographical Union has
agreed to reduce wages to 40 cents per thou
sand in newspaper offices, and 35 and 81 cents
in book offices.
In district of Northamptonshire, England,
school board has decided to give glass of
beer to each of the elder pupils who at the end
of the day is at the head of his class.
Emperor William is having life-size por-
trait of himself painted, to present to Minister
Washburne, in recognition of his services to
Germany during the war with France.
The Chicago city council has prohibited the
retailing of fireworks In the city, imposing a
penalty of not less than $25 nor more than SlOO
for violation.
Illinois has passed law prohibiting news
papers from publishing those "divorce without
publicity" advertisements. A st. Louis law.
yer who engaged in the. business was expelled
from the bar for unprofessional conduct
Three South American towns, Calama, Chin
chu and San Pedro, are reported to have been
completely destroyed by the recent earthquakes
and tidal waves, and the Peruvian government
has lost A, 900 to 10000 tons of guano through
the sinking of vessels .andlthe damage done to
guano islands,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-20

Mr.. Motley's friends, many of them, will
already have learned, writes London corre-
spondent, that his death was painless and his
last moments unconscious. He died eight
hours after the stroke of paralysis, having
uttered at first first few words, and then
sunk into silence which was never again
broken.
President Hay es's latest and most aston
ishing convert is Dom Piatt and his Capital
newspaper. which advised his assassination
on inauguration day. Piatt now wants
Hayes's policy to have fair trial
and he declares that he has no sympathy
with the "white chokered, swalloW-tailed old
frauds of the Manhattan Club.'
"The CoaWier.Jomnalis still mad" SAYS
the Detroit Free Press "because most every
body puts three 'p's' in Culpeper. Stop
your grumbling. Isn't this the season for
peas"' Yes, it is the season for peas; but
we despise this way some people have of
Cutting the MARKET -Courier-Journal.
Scene-Oflice of the New York Extermina-
tor. Night editor to sub. "Have you
finished that Ragusa despatch, yet?" "Yes
sir; made the Turks advance on Krsjana.
poliez.' "All right; then write a Vienna
despatch that Nicsic was only revictualed
after great carnage" "Great Scott! Must
L revictual that place again?"
Ex-senator Pratt of Indiana, who has just
died, was native of Pal ermo, in this state,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-20
The French Crisis.

IT is evident that France is to pass through
another stormy period before she settles up
on her form of government. The scene in
the Assembly, Saturday, shows that the Re-
publcans have at last lost their patience, and
discarded the policy of restraint which has
won for them the admiration of the world.
They.lost their temper too on very slight
provocation. There is not another country
in the world where call to order by the
presiding officer of national legislature
would make men 'turn pale with passion"
as the cable reports, and produce scene of
the widest disorder. The Incorporate
course of the Republicans is greatly to be re-
gretted, for it frightens the timid property
holding classes and leads them to prefer a
strong personal government, like that which
MacMahon seeks to establish, to the turbulent
freedom of a government by the people.
This fear will be taken advantage of by the
reactionary party, in the coming elections
and may give them the majority in the new
Assembly.
The debate shows that the Republicans
look upon Theirs as their leader, and mean,
if possible, to make him the successor of
MacMahon. Their great mistake was that of
permitting him to leave the executive chair.
But two years have made great changes in
French politics. 1t was not long ago that Gam
beta was denouncing the man he now so
fervently eulogizes, as a superannuated in
triguer whose faculties age had dulled, aud
Thiers was calling Gambetta furious mad
man. Other Republicans were styling the
aged statesman ga rope-walking Judas"
whatever that means. They have now
found that Thiers is the first statesman of
France. 1t is to be hoped that their wisdom
has not come to them too late.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-20

The correspondents with the Russian
Army of the Danube begin to despair of ever
being able to accurately forecast military
movements in that quarter. So secret are
the plans and intentions of the commanders,
and so rigid the censorship over press dis
patches sent forward from within the lines,
that it would not be surprising if the attempt
should be made and the crossing of the DAN
ube effected a day or two before the news
papers found it out or were permitted to tele-
graph the facts. One thing seems to be en-
tirely certain: that the Russians are all
ready to cross the river, and the only thing
left the correspondents is the privilege of
wondering why they don't do it,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-20

RUSSIA is glad to get her little five-per-
cent-loan of S75,OO0,0O0 taken at seventy
cents on the dollar. and has, in fact, placed
it in the hands of a syndicate at much
lower figure. The United States offers a
four-per-cent loan of $7OO,OOO,OOO at par,
and the syndicate thinks itself aggrieved
because the public is given any opportunity
at all to subscribe to it without paying a
premium.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-20

The first official act of the Sultan since
the proclamation of the religious character
of the war, as illustrating that phase, was
contained in proclamation, addressed May
81, to the soldiers and sailors despatched to
Soukoum Kaleh. In the course of this proc.
lamation the Sultan said:
Never has more signal opportunity been
given you of making your names illustrious, of
achieving career in this world, which is per-
ishable, and gaining your salvation in the 9TH
er, which is eternal. You are now marching
not only under the standard of the Ottomans,
but under that of the Isamish You are de-
puted to fight for the delivery of your CO.
religionists. Your sovereign. therefore, eDvies
you, tor, as the verse says paradise is shad-
owed by sabres," which means that you will
win Paradise by your victorious blades. God
will help you, and the spirit of the prophet
will be satisfied of two things-that you will
either sacrifice your lives for the deliverance
Of your oppressed brethren, and thus fulfill
Gods orders or escape death and remain victo-
rious. In either case you will receive your re-
wards, whether in this life or the next
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-20
THE PRESS
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 20.

We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-20

VEsUv1Us threatens another eruption, and
there is a prospect that Pompeii will be
buried again. Only one-half the city has
been exhumed, and its reinterment will in
volve an immense loss 10 those who have
been interested in digging it out from the
mass of mud and volcanic deposit that en-
veloped it eighteen hundred years ago.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-20

ALL the talk in Europe about patching up
a peace seems to have faded away into thin
air. The most sanguinary are likely to have
all the blood letting they will want to see,
now that nothing seems left but the terrible
ordeal of battle.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-20

Mr.. ARTHUR ARNOLD, an extensive
traveller in Persia, writes an interesting
letter to London paper upon the state of
affairs in that "far-famed Eastern land.n
The only innovation attempted by the Shah,
after his return from Europe, was the
establishment of "Boxes of Jcdgment'' for
the reception nf petitions and complaints by
the peasantry, but they have proven utterly
imperative for good, for the lower classes
are under the heels of those in authority,
and dare not murmur when w-onged. Mr..
Arnold thinks that nothing would be more
popular in Persia than war against Turkey,
with the object OF annexing that part of the
Province of Bagdad in which those shrines
(Nedjif, the shrine of Ali, and Kerbela, the
shrine Of Housseid) stand, and it would not
be surprise if Persia were some day to lose
the rich northern Province of Azerbajon,
upon which the Russian troops at Bayazd
are now looking, and to seek some compen-
sation in the dire ction of Bagdad."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-20
Two Grand Performances each day at 2
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Doors open one hour previous.

DOOro Upel One nOuT preVlOus
Admission, so cents. Children under q
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extra. Comfortable seats for 1000 people.
In order to avoid the crowdng at the box office on
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advance at HARDING l.. WATTS Cigar Store, cor
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Win Exhibit at Rockland, Monday, June 25, Bath,
Tuesday, June 26. Augusta, Wednesday, June 81.
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June 30. Dexter, Saturday, June 3d. and aiterward
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-20

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS Is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersigned 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
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-20

'.All quiet on the Danube" is becoming a
little monotonous, but there will be noise
enough before many days.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-20
Current Comment.

FRESH honors greet Gen. Grant at every
step of his visit across the water.
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Because of the overwhelming proportions of the
GREAT LONDON. and the great outlay attending
its transportion and daily exhibition. it will only
ulation is fully adequate to insure its expenses. But
excursions and regular trains will be arranged for,
upon all lines centerng at the place of exhibition, at
gratey reduced rates of fare and cupon tickets is
sued at all railroad stations which will enttle the
purchaser to admission into all the payiions. 1t is
hoped this will obviate all difficulty and give all an
opportunity to attend these stupendous exhib-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-03-06
Chapter I62.

AN ACT additional 70 chapter one hundred and
twsnty-ssVen Of the public laws OF eighteen hun
dred and seVenty-siN. entitled AN Act in relation
% Appeals from County Commissioner
Be u enacted. dc. as follows:
Chapter one hundred aud twenty-seyen Of the
public laws Of ghteen hundred and seyenty-six is
hereby AMENDED. 0y inserting amer the word AN
nulled in the sixth line OF said section. the word
and all o"als taken aud allowed In such cases are
hereby made valid. - that sat section. a. amend
ed, shall read follows;
The provisions Of chapter nnetyOne, Of the public
laws of Maine, approved January twenty-nine eight
cen hundred aud seventy three. shall not apply %
any relating 70 the location. alteration or Dis
Continuance Of any highway. pending AZ the date
Of the passage OF said act in which right OF
appeal WAS thereby annUlled: aud al appeals
taken and allowed IN such cases. are here
by made valid, but parties interested may.
Jointly or severaiy, apply ia writing 20 the county
commissioners in any county where such case was
then pending. within three months from the ap-
prOyA of this act for leave 20 enter appeal 70 the
next term of the supreme judicial court In such
county; and thereupOn, said county commissioners
shall cause All further proceedings 70 be stayed and
such parties may enter aud prosecute such ap-
peal in said supreme Judicial court. with all the
rights otherwise pro Eided by law provided however
that this act shall not apply % appeals in any case
where such highway has been actually built altered,
discontinued. contracted % b. built altered or
discontinued. lApprove Februar5 ., ls71l
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-03-06

payers. after the word cot" In the ffth line, so
that the section amended, shall read follows,
viz:
SECT. !. The governor. By and with the consent
Of the council, shall annually appoint one competent
aud practical engineer citizen Of this State whose
duty IL shall be. during the months of August, Sep
TENDER and October, upon the petition Of ten resi
dent tax psyers the selectmen or assessors OF any
town. county commissioners of any county, 10 in
spect aHy dam or reservoir located In such town,
which now Is or mag be hereafter erected for the
purpose OF saving water for manufacturing or any
other purposes whatever. and after personal exam
inatior, and hearing testimony of witnesses sum
moned for the purpose, 10 report forthwith 10 the
governor his opinion Of the safety and sunciency OF
said dam or reservoir
Section tvs Is hereby amended by inserting the
word alterations. after the word 'such,' in the
egh h line that said section, ~ amended, shall
read as follows, viz.
SKCr. 2. II after such personal survey and in.
speetion the engineer shall adjudse, determine and
report that any such dam reservoir Is unsafe or
dangerous 20 the lives property Of persons resid-
ing near or below such dam or reservoir, then the
owners occupants or leSsees Of such dam or reser-
voir shall Immediately make, or cause TO be made,
such alterations repairs and additions 10 said dam
reservoir such engineer shall advise and recon-
mend; and In default thereof. upon application OF
said engineer 70 any justice OF the supreme judicial
court the said owners occupants or essees shall Dc
enjoined nom the use OF such dam reservoir and
the water therein contained. until they or either OF
them shah comply WIKI the requirements OF said en-
gineer and the water contained in said dam or res
eryoir may be discharged therefrom, by order OF
said engineer IN such manner ss said engineer shall
direct as most conducive 10 the safety OF human
life and consistent with the protection of property.
[Approyed February I, lsI'l
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-03-06
Chapter I6J.

AN ACT % amend section one hundred aud fifty
three Of chapter six of the Revised Statutes. re-
lating 70 the powers of Town Treasurers.
Be L enacted &c, a. follows;
SECT. !. Section one hundred and dity-aree OF
chapter six OF the revised statutes Is hereby amend
ed BY inserting atter lie word thirty" in the last
line Of said section. the words sixty ninety 50
that sad section, as amended, shall read follows
viz.
SECT. 1873 The treasurer Of any town who Is also
4 collector, may issue his warrant 10 the sheriff of
any county 70 his deputy, TO a constable of his
town, directing him 10 distrain the person prop
erty of any person who Is delinquent in paying HE
taxes after the expiration Of the time fixed for pay
ment by vote Of the town: which warrant shan be
OF the tenor that prescribed 10 be issued by
municipal officers or assessors 10 collectors chang
ing such parts as ought 10 be changed, returnsble
10 the treasurer in thirty, sixty or ninety days.
SECT. . This act shall take effect when approved.
Approved February 8, ISL