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The Republican journal., 1877-02-01
Presidents Message on Compromise.

WASHINGTON, Jan. %. The following is the
Presidents Message concerning the Electoral
bill:
TO the Senate of the United States =
/ follow the example heretofore occasional
" presented of communicating IN this mode my
approval of the act to provide for ami regulate
the counting of the vote for President and Wee
President aud the decision of the question,
arising thereon. because OF my appreciation oi
the imminent peril to the institutions OF thr
! country. from which i'll my judgment Il act
affords Il wise and constitutional means OF es-
| cape For the first TIME in the history of our
! country, under the Constitution rs It now l.. a
| dispute exists with regard TO the result Oh Inc
! election of the Chief Magistrate Of the Nation.
1t is understood that upon the disposition Of
| the disputes touching the Electoral votes cast IN
| the late election by one or more of the states.
! depends the questions whether one or the other
OF the candidates for the Presidency Is the law
| full Chief Magistrate. The importance OF hAN
| ing clearly ascertained, by procedure regula-
| ted bv law, hich of the two citizens has been
/ elected and of having the right Of this high oi-
| lice recognized and cheerfully agreed in by all
! the people OF the Republic, cannot be over e-l!-
! mated. and leads me 10 express to Congress anu
| to the nation NV great satisfaction at the adOj
| ton OF measure that atlord> an orderly means
Of decision ot a gra ely exciting question: W MS
| the history OF uur country in tS earlier peTloN
| shows chat the President 81 the Senate A4>
| counted the vote and declared their Standlus.
| our whole history shows that in no Instance ui
| doubt or dispute has he exercised tho power ul
/ delIding. and that the TWO Houses OF Congress
| have disposed of all euch doubts aud disputes,
although IN u0 Instance hitherto nave they
! been sRrh Ehai their discussion could e--rnit1!-
! is have affected the result.
! For the Iirst time then. the Government "i
! liz, uit1d States is now brought to meet tur
question a, one NjIal To- thr yP- uIj. ana This uu-
der conditions NOT the bet calculated 10 pro-
/ ouct an agreement or to induce calm feeling .n
the several branches 0l the Government ur
t,rfttt tlt4 AIt 90.
The Republican journal., 1877-02-01
The Selection CT the Fifth Justi o.

WAsHIHGToN, Jan 49, Associate jus
tees CLIFFORD Strong, Miller and Field,
designated by the Electoral bill as the
four members Of the Judicial branch OF
the Commission were in secrrt confer
encc for two or three hours to-day, but
adjourned without arriving al deter
mination of the question which Of the As
sociates should be chosen to be the fifth
member. 1t is probable they win make a
cholce to morrow morning OF Justice
bradley, and promptly communicate the
fact to Congress. 1t is believed he would
have been selected to-day had it been an
thoritaiively asce1aineI prior to the ad-
jour,lment of the conference that Justice
Davis would positively decline The posi-
ton if offered to him
The Republican journal., 1877-02-01
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Observations OF Men and Things.
Ply OUR GEORGE


EN OUR GEORGE.
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| ocean, nj least this is notion oil mine. Tie Is
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The Republican journal., 1877-02-01
Tho Decrease of Our Cod-Fisheries.

i'f'4iNt i'NA''' NS't's'
| quote az follows
! 1t would, therefore, appear that while the
| river fisheries have been deprecated OF de-
| stroyed hN means Of dams or by exhaustive
! fishing, lie goldfish have Disappeared in equal
| ratio. This is not, however, Tor the same rea-
| son, rs they are taken only with the lire, at Il
rate more tlnn compensated by the natural fe-
cnndty OF the lisa. | am we'll satisfied. how
ever. that there is Il relation of cause and effect
/ between the present and past condition of the
| two series Of fish and i'll this am supported
| by thr opinion Of Capt. | $. Treat, of East
! port, by whom, indeed, the idea was first sug-
| &esied 70 me. Captain Treat n successful
fisherman, and dealer in fish on 4 vely large
scale. and at the same time 4 gentleman of
| very great intelligence and knowledge of the
many details connected with the natural his
| tory OF our coaSt-tlSheS, in this respect worth
| lily representing Captain Atwood. OF Province
| town, 1t is 10 Captain Treat that we owe
| many experiments on the reproduction OF ale
| wives i'll ponds, and The possibility of keeping
| salmon in fresh waters fer period 0t wears.
| The general conclusions which have been reach
cd az the result OF repeated conversations with
| captain Treat and other fishermen on the coast
| incline ire to believe that the reduction i'll the
cod and other ~heriea, 50 IS 10 become praeti-
tlE 4 failure. j. due 10 the decrease on our
coast in the quantity. primarily. of aieWiVe
and, ~econdIriy, OF silAd aud salmon, more
| t!lan to amy other cause.
4 1t is well known TO the old residents Ut last
r" 'a Fo ,nhly 10 ".H J, i%"Is ~" r"il
ly l:ay ana on Passport, where only stragglers
are nov to hp caught. The same is the ease at
the month ol The i'enobScot River and at other
| points along the coast, where once The fish
rant I INV wh Nc HOOK i throghot the Greater
part Of the Year That period vas before the
nr lg IF t1 '" rTI"s shaI an lmon esme
ejaIly the former. The Saint CroiN River was
GnD u w., Sc .s III and The same NAV
w saj, u the Little EiNer, the outlet Of Boyn-
Tbe l IN " HD Is one core of rouslcrlb Size
a!l was Visited hy immense numbers Of ale
tent. on their passage upwaTrl, while the waters
q thr adjacent pay were A'iH@ "l'h the Young
Ihe iii themselves enter the waters Of the
trrms !, May on Jnne, Ht h heiu ' nnt th NV
may be taken by the drifl-nat~ along the shores
aN early aS Malcn ana April; anu. luutel' IL Is
The Republican journal., 1877-02-01

The compromise bill il now 4 law, and
the editor Of the Bangor Wing leans out
OF the office window and minglca his tears
with the icy kenduskeag
The Republican journal., 1877-02-01

u There Wa some feeling manifested il
the Republican Congressional caucus tha
selected Mesats Garfield ana Hoar for the
Electoral Commission Frye OF this Stat.
made bitter speech, insuItinu to tie
Democrats, and 10 the Republicans VII,
voted i"r the bin He wanted Hale pu
on the commi sion with Garfield. In
Hoar, very conservative man, was Sc
lected instead
The Republican journal., 1877-02-01

IN 1870 MIR. Wheeler said: "rhe So
called canvass made by the returning
''''t3
board IS entitled 10 no respect mhatereY."
Now he wishes he had never said so.
The Republican journal., 1877-02-01

Senator Chrisfianry put it very cor
rectly and iorcibly, when he sad -"i viii
say that This bin, being equally and obyi
onsly fair to both parties, that party which
shall REJECT it, without Offering something
equally fair VIII. if ihe other party ac
crpts it, i'll my judgment, forfeit the mp
port of the people, and necessarily. if not
descryedly, go down
The Republican journal., 1877-02-01

Horace White, in i letter to Tie Chicago
Tribune, gives the impressions of Il friend
who lately dined with MIR. Tllen, as lo!-
lows "ihat MIR. Tillen il very little dis.
composed on the subject of election that
he thinks he was elected 70 the presidency
by the people, and that il the people ga,
'1"Fh 10 see nm deprived OF tie oiice h.
can afford to be deprived Of it,"
The Republican journal., 1877-02-01

"Maine stands erect . says The kenue-
bee Journal, in reference to the vote Oh
the compromise bin. Straight A. 4 ram
rod, and aching much as though she Want
ed 10 be pushing home cartridges. But
these are the days OF peace, my boy and
Uncle Sam is going to treat his children
as well as he did john Bail, and stick to
arbitration. bullets are not to tly around
Washington. nor corruption to hover on
paper credit wings about Augusta.
The Republican journal., 1877-02-01

The wise men at Augusta are to make
short work Of it, and adjourn on the 1th
al February, so they say.
The Republican journal., 1877-02-01

\ man near Portland came near being
frightened % death one night recently By
some nnearlhiy yell3, which fairly made
his hair stand erect He thought all the
demons in Tophet had broke loose Sum
monin& his neiahborJ armed with shot
Guns, the sounds were found to proceed
from 4 tom cat that had got his head
Wedged into an empty tomato can.
The Republican journal., 1877-02-01

The whi3ley thieves are all coming out
Of prison, ~ the occupant Of the White
li"nse il about to leave. I.a.t week Nc
Donald. the Presidents old eh,lm, was
pardoned out Of the Missouri penilentiary.
What Il spectacle Tor the country, and the
world
The Republican journal., 1877-02-01

A Portland fish dealing firm has made
= shipment Of live Holsters by steamer to
England, as an experiment
The Republican journal., 1877-02-01

The farmers OF Connecticut haze combined to
resist the collection Of notes which numbers of
them were induced to sign by one Mahan. agent
of the Granite Agricultural Works of New
Hampshire, who distributed among them in
return worthless moving machines and other
trumpery.
The Republican journal., 1877-02-01

Maine strength doesn't acco mpIish much in
Congress nowadays. Boston Post.
But it gave the right side OF the com
promise one Burleigh supporter.
The Republican journal., 1877-02-01

The absentees Were Schumal5er, Odell,
| Wheeler Lord and Bass Of New York
/ Collins, Ross and Egbcrt Of pennsylva-
MIA. Stephens of Georgia, Hayes OF Ala
bama, Cason OF Indiana, Wigginton OF
! California, King of Minnesota and Phil
| lips Of Kansas.
1t was announced that had Stephens of
Georgia been present he would have voted
| ior the bill.
| COMPOSITION OF TIE TRIBUNAL.
| Now that the bill has passed. the mem
| bers Of both political organizations are
agitating concerning the composition of
the Joint tribunal The Republicans of
the House have issued q call for IL caucus
to take the matter under consideration to-
morrow, and the Democrats will caucus
| Monday night There will be an effort
made, which will probably be mutually
agreed upon, to have the Senate and
| House Committees made up Of three Re
publicans and two Democrats OF the Sen
ate, and three Democrats and two Repub-
| icans oil the House The effort will also
be made to let the tribunal, SO far rs the
| House and Senate are concerned, he the
majority CT the two Committees which
| framed the bill Morton, however, has
| pronounced the measure unconStitutiOn-
al, and it would not he quite fair to put
| him on the Grand Commission Obiec-
ton is also made to Hewitt on account
| OF his personal relations with 1ilden.
serving with the House Commission and
it IS suggested that he be dropped ana
David Dudley Field take his place 1t is
among The strong probabilities that the
tribunal will be composed a3 follows
On the part OF the Senate, Conkling, Ed
munds. Frelinghuysen, Thurman and Bay
ard on the part of the House, Payne.
Field, Hunton, McCrary and IIoar On
the part of the Supreme Court, Clifford,
Field, Miller, Strong and Swayne 1t is
believed that the election OF Davis to the
Senate will operate against his being
chosen the odd Judge, otherwise he might
have been selected
TIE ELL CENTRALLY SATISFACTORY
The passage of the bill is the talk in all
the hotel Hobbies tonight. There is a
feeling of satisfaction that whoever turns
up holding the winning card the public
will abide by the result The friends OF
both parties have n terrible feeling Of
doubt. although the Democrats are ex-
ceedingly more sanguine than the Repnb-
licans, and Ter the reason that they have
Just cause while the Republicans have
not. 1t is believed that the tribunal will
endeaVor TO reach 4 conclusion by the 22d
of February
G.,.
The Republican journal., 1877-02-01
States manship Win.

Tho compromise bill for ctnnting the
electoral vote has passed b0ti houses Of
Congress. received the Presidential sigma
lures, and become a .aw W. Shall never
know from Just what peril its saIutary
provisions have rescued the muMtry but
We do know that the situation has given
great anxiety to nany OF ii" best and
most patriotic citizens nI ne republic,
and that they regarded tie COARSE Of
events which the nrW law h.7 arrested ~
leading directly to anarchy, and 4 world
OF uainagined horrors lying BEYOND. How
great u matter the little lirt would have
kindled, can now happily hnhui = matter
OF conjecture
When the situation tpol, he alarming
shape which it wore for the eight on ten
weeks previous 10 HE yas3Ag, q! This bill
we expressed in these columns the belief
that there WAS patriotism enugh among
tie Republicans III CONGRESS - break
away from the rash and Evolutionary
schemes of Morton and Cnartier, and 4iti
in A fair and iu,r settlement a the ,lues-
ton. II affords rs pleasure to puint now
to the result th1t h4a been achieved II. III
suit that assures 4 peaceful en!t ION al the
question, and one that viii have the .u.-
qnirs@enre oil men OF al parties.
he effect which this nea. Arr Of l,,r.-
li''atlon Viii have upuu the future ul It'll
country Will be very Great tnd very craft
lying Ii win give lie people oI div
United State: renewed confidence iu tlr
stability Of thee Government ~ shn"ln2
that pnblic men ale capable Of mettin,
and successfully iea!in" with III -rmrncia-
that there are in tie institutions ali cla.
ticitF and Incorporation which ward oft 81
overcome dangerous sIiooi. Ihr eFlr-t
"ill be Very 3ailtry upon lorryn nation
which have Ion" pronhesi,-i Disaster t,
oar republican experiment ami ioot4,
with jealousy ard AiatHt upon ii. "toN II
and infIri lnrm
he effect upon bd-}li.s cannot br uihrl
than immcdiatal, beneficial Confidence
Will he restored the Wh,rl "a iudu Ii,
Will a%alh il"tr, ur% r"ifa"r viii inlt,,
itself INTO lIit.u III :ti inGn-tiiet, ,aplttl
Will unlock It's Treasures. :,u1t lllc collnll.\
vii! enter upon . new era oi prosperity
let Is rejoice and he glad t!Ilt c,,i::.sn!
The Republican journal., 1877-02-01

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authorized agents for prnrurins a,,ri 3.-ntfis
for the .tuGrli.,l.
The Republican journal., 1877-02-01

port on the follow ing =
Amendment 10 the Constitution limiting the
amount Of municipal Indebtedness to five PEI
cent. bill relating TO damages to persons OF
property by railroads in the hands of trustees
Dill relating to insane persons cOnfin ed in iails
resolve in favor of the Bath Military and Naval
Orphan Asylum for $780, aud $1,000 each tol
the Bangor Childrens Home and the Portlan,
Female Orphan Asylum; bill amenlalory, re-
latin& to allegations in indictments.
Adverse reports will be made on bills relat-
ing to liens on vessels Cor labor; relative to OH
sets; relative to admission of evidence on pc
tition-for the repeal of tax on dogs; for amend.
ment OF the law relating to haWkers and ned
dlers. The petition for amendment of the game
laws will be referred To The Commission to re-
wise the game Laws, 10 be appointed by the
Governor.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-13

Here is the style of Internal machine
with which an ingenious San Francisco
hoodlum tried to blow up a Chinese
mansion (wash-house) in that city
during the recent disturbances: The
interior of the machine consisted of a
quantity of fine wood-shavings filed
with gunpowder. The mass of shavings
and gunpowder was wrapped in three
newspapers, which had been saturated
in kerosene. A fuse also communicated
with the contents of the machine,
which extended from the house, through
the fence in the rear, to the sidewalk
where it had been fired. Fortunately
the fuse went out after buring a short
distance, thus rendering the incendi-
ary's scheme abortiye.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-13
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kind, Bill Heads, Letter and Note Headings,
Blanks Of every kind, Posters, etc, pffaied
on short notice. Having n new lot OF Tyfe
and Presses, we can do handsome work at
low prices.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-13
A Drug that Cures Bashfulness.

We should hardly expect to find in
the materia medica q cure for bashful-
ness, but o Tor cuca, as some prefer
to call it), which has lately attracted
considerable attention in PROFESSIONAL
circles is said to answer this purpose.
According to DR.. W. Tanner, whatever
may have been said from time to time
about the effects of cuca on the human
system, this much is certain, that IL
causes timid people, who are usually
i'll at ease in society, and particularly
so before strangers, to appear to good
advantage under these circumstances,
in other words it cures b%ashfulness.
Its effects on depressed spirits, he says,
are what might be expected from a
drug whose action is ''energy-giving
and notwithstanding" He has not
seen any corresponding mental or
physical depression attending its after
effects. Its action may be largely in
creased by combining it with an alkali.
1t may be that the alkali dissolves some
of its active principles that otherwise
would remain undissolved. Boston
Journal Of Chemistry.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-13
TUESDAY, SEPT. 10, 1877.
Perhaps the most remarkable snic

Perhaps the most remarkable suicide
on record has been committed in
Sweden. A Government official in the
district of Ripsa, wearied by pecuniary
difficulties, took a row with his wife
and children upon n neighboring lake,
ostensibly to pass a few hours in fish
ing, but after getting to a distance at
which he could do no harm to others,
he applied a match to a quantity of ex-
plosive material, supposed to be some
form Of dynamite that he had, unob-
served, taken with him, and blew the
boat and its occupants literally into
fragments.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-13
The Story Of Murphy, the Temperance
R~evivalist.

In 1869 l was proprietor of the
Bradley hotel, in Portland, Maine. On
the morning Of Sept. 3 a party of
travellers from the boat came up to my
hotel for breakfast. After they had
washed up and gone into breakfast l
found one of them had remained in the
Office, and he now sat with his face
buried in his hands. l asked him if he
wasn't going into breakfast, and he
said he had no money. | told him to
go in and get breakfast, and it would
be all right. He said he did not feel
well, and would like n glass of liquor,
and l gave it to him. | saw from his
face that he was recovering from a
debauch. He told me that his name
was Murray; that he was n tailor, pcnni-
less, and a stranger. | felt sorry for
him, and told him that, if he would
avoid drink and get work, I'd trust him
for a weeks board. He seemed CRATE
full, and soon got work in n tailor's
shop. Two days after, unknown to
me, he began to drink again, and a few
days later, while drunk, he insulted one
of the lady boarders at supper, and
after supper, when she was going to
her room, he attempted to outrage her.
My clerk rescued her, and raj up stairs
and took hold of Murray to get him
down stairs. He resisted some, but we
got him down to a landing eleven steps
from the floor, when he tried to throw
mt over the balusters, but failed, and
l threw him over. He did not seem
much hurt, and started to come up
stairs again, but l forced him back,
and called a policeman, and had him
taken to the station-house. That night
he wa very sick. A medical examina-
tion showed that there was a slight
fracture of the skull, and in a few days
the poor fellow died. l was tried for
murder and convicted of m%anslaughter.
In the first place, there was a great
rivalry between Frye, the prosecutor,
and Shepley, and Frye, would do any
thing to beat Shepley. In the second
place, people believed that Murray
got liquor at my place, and they were
fanatical enough to believe that a
liquor-seller ought to be hanged. The
fact is, Murray had a drop of
liquor in my house except the glass l
gave him the first morning. My case
was appealed, and / was let out on bail,
shepley being my bondsman by per-
mission Of the court, though it was
contrary to usage. But the charge of
murder hung over me. AL my
property had gone to defray the ex-
penses of my trial. My family was in
poverty. 1 was in despair, and took tc
drinking. l had always drank some,
but had not previously been dissipated
Three weeks after I got out my wife
died. That threw me into greater
misery, and l drank more. / drank u