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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

The wonderful state OF preparation for
the emergencies of war. with which the
Russians astonished the world and partic
n!arly the French a few years ago. is still
kept up. Not only in their army very eff
fectlve. but they know Just what it has to
overcome in case of trouble with their
neighbors. This belief recently received
a wonderful confirmation. A distinguished
Belgian officer who was about to issue a
work on military science. applied to the
French Minister of War for plan of the
defences Of Paris. This was refused. on
the ground that it was state secret. But
the officer bethought him of the well-in-
formed government of Berlin went thither
and was furnished at once with plans OF
all the Notifications of France. The French
are dismayed at the fact. 1t will be re-
membered that when the Prussians inya-
ded France, they not only had maps of the
whole country, with tables of it's products,
but had plans Of all the bridges, and du-
plicate bridges exactly fitted to put in the
places Of those that might be burned. "In
time OF peace, prepare for war"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

matter Of general belief among men Of
all parties. Yet it was attempted to cover
it over by convenient affidavits, so that its
naked deformity might not shock the sem
sibilities OF the Board of Canvassers.
| know, sir, that it was not imaginary,
bat a real fraud that was committed at this
precinct, and | violate no personal conf
dence in making this declaration. know,
further, that Comptroller Cowgirl, a men,
Der OF the board, was personally consulted
upon the fact of this fraud having been
committed, and that he gave his assurance
that, il it were plausibly covered up before
the case came before them tor adiudica-
ton. it should suffer no scrutiny or dis
count at his hands. As this fraud was per-
petrated in the Second Congressional Dis
trict, take pleasure in saying IN this
connection that | do not believe the hon
orable Republican candidate for Congress
in this district had the remotest knowledge
OF its commission. Purging the vote OF
Alachua County Of this well-known fraud,
the Iilden electors would have been elect
ed by over 800 majority.
The board should have rejected the en-.
tire vote of Alachua as false and traudu-
lent in consequence of the preparation OF
this fraud, and as Democratic frauds were
undoubtedly committed in the county OF
Jackson, as will appear to an unbiased
mind in reading the testimony taken by
the committee, these two counties, Ala
chua and jackson. should have both been
thrown out for the same reason, and il
the exercise OF 4 power and duty incum
bent upon the board. BY this Just anC
careful proceeding the vote in the State
would have stood. 1uN majority in favor
OF the Tiden electors
The Democratic Governor elect, MIR
Drew, was peacefully inaugmated at Tai
lahassee on the second day of January
last and | thank God, and the good PEG
pie of our State, that Florida does not pre-
sent the alarming Spectacle OF TWO riva
Governments upon her soil, both claiming
10 represent the sovereign VIII OF the pee
pie No one can toresee the future mis-
fortune that may betall the State OF Sontf
Carolina and Louisiana in consequence O
their dual governments, though it IS ny
opinion that whether Governor Hayes O
governor Tilden will succeed to the Pres
nlency, in neither case will the kepubi
can claimants be able to maintain thei
authority, whether rightfully entitled O
not. The pressure will be too great, botl
upon them and upon the President, ant
the policy of q Republican Administrator
necessarily will be TO secure peace ant
reconciliation at the price of any conces
sions involving the rights of Southern Re
publicanz."
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22
Softly DER the ripping water,
Glides my tiny barque SO small
Waited by the winds III heaven
And chewing the LelmsInan,. rlIl


The writer thinks this entitled To a place
in the columns Of the journal. Let us see.
The first line is well enough, except that
it sadly lacks originality. In The second
there is n nonsensical double adjective. 1t
IS enough to say that u barque is Tiny"
without adding that she il, $50 small -
and thus overlooking the little craft with
verbiage. The third line il COMMONPLACE
again And in the fourth there il an error
IN making the harque obey the helms
mans call, ~ though she were a cosset
sheep The vessel obeys the helmsman's
hnd, and he oheya the orders of the pilot
or officer OF the deck. 1t il easy enough
TO write rhymes but rhymes are not
always poetry; and however much we
may admire the apparent facility with
which practiced writer's throw eff poems,
they are nearly always the fruit of study
and patience, As Sheridan once sad,
easy writing is often id hard writ
NC The trouble with beginners nearly
always IS that they are unwilling to be-
stow the needed labor upon their produc-
lon9--to be their own critics, to write
and prune all ,tnmeanng and superfuous
words. And more than that, they should
iirat he sure that they have cot IDEAS to
emhody which.are worth the labor
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

A despatch signed "Gobble" having been
published and attributed to Gov. Grover of
Oregon, in which the writer promises to
make certain decision regarding the
electoral vote. the Governor telegraphs
under date OF the 18th, saying that he
never sent any despatch in cipher, or with
fictitious signature
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

Lot acted upon in the House on Monday.
1t wa reported. but was postponed to
TUESDAY, by the Democratic ma ioritV.
ihe question oi the acceptance OF the
count came up IN the Senate on Monday,
and Senator Sherman offered \ resolution
that The count Of the Commission stand as
the Judgment of The Senate Senator ker-
man moved 4 substitute, that the vote be
not counted as reported, and supported
his motion in an earnest and lorcble
speech in which he SAID the decision was
in effect that there was no power in Con-
Gre9S to obtain the trlth and put down
fraud. Mn Thurman said such 4 return
ING board as that of Louisiana was utterly
destructive of a Republican form Of gov
| ernment 1t had committed frauds and
nulii.led the provisions OF the constitution
ul the United States. Senator Bayard
made a strong speech on the same side
| Senators Sherman and Morton made very
bitter partizan speeches in support OF the
finding OF the Commission. The Sherman
resolution was finally adopted.
| On Tuesday afternoon the two Houses
met and the count proceeded, Louisiana
and Maine being counted for Hayes OBJ
| lection was made to the vote of Cross
man. one of the Michigan electors on the
ground Of holding an Office of trust Oh
profit. The bodies separated and voted
tanned. Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri
and Nebraska We're then counted. The
vote Of one of the Nevada electors was
objected to, on the ground that he was al
office holder, and the two Houses again
separated, and the House OF Representa-
tives adjourned to Wednesday.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

The prospect of . general European
war will drive emigration to this country
Notwithstanding the "hard times" 1t is
said that the Mennonite exodus from Rus
STA ere long will be unprecedented. Fifty
thousand will come to America in the
spring. fourteen thousand Of whom will
90 to Kansas
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

L. II. Simonton, Esq, of Camden is de
livering II very Interesting lecture ON
"Wine and It's Evils and I'm effective
one IN the interest of temperance Why
don't the temperance people engage him
for Belfast?
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

The engineers strike on the Boston and
Maine Railroad has ended, rs it deserved
to, in the triumph of the corporation, and
the defeat of combination that attempt
ed to dictate to the company the manner
in which its business should be conducted.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

We have been for two weeks without
the usual letter from Mrs Hustled or
Washington correspondent. She is prob
ably ill, but we trust will soon be able to
resume her pen.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

The shooting of Packard, the bogus
Governor of Louisiana, to which some DO
litical significance was sought to be at
tached, was only the freak OF Mobile
clerk, crazy drunk Packard received onIy
a flesh wound in the knee.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

1t was pretty rough dose that Abbott
offered to the radical members of the
Electoral Commission in those resolu-
tons, but they swallowed it without wink
mo
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

The chances of Hayes being made Pres
ident by Wells are said to be about even.
The chances of Wells going to jail for the
perjury and forgery whereby he carried to
Hayes the vote Hayes must keep, to be-
come President, are about ninety in the
hundred The two events should properly
occur about the same time, so that the OBJ
servation of the country could be equally
divided between the creator of President
in the penitentiary and the creature of
James Madison Wells in the White House.
brooklyn Eagle
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

Mr.. Hartman, proprietor of the new
Globe Hotel, Bangor, was complimented
by dinner from his friends. ut the open-
ing of the house.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

Rear Admirals Davis and Gouldsboro
nave died the past week, making six
deaths in that grade of the navy in five
weeks.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22
Generalities.

Secretary Morrill, is entirely ont of danger
and is randly recovering.
Twenty-Five men IRON the vicinity OF Fairfield
are going to the Black Hills.
Evcov p Morrill, has purchased fine
residence in Augusta, and will remove there.
, l., - . r>,1o ,o,,,rar +bo lo,,1
because siu Mas igii"ro of1sed to ontortnn
tGt ,I " w a y I'M i'o'N'
9ulia " arg HOWE
An INSPECTION of the fortitications at New
orll is said to have ueyeloped the fact that the
"lliiaiiieh' = "caN "n" iii9"'i'' ioh''
Nine iron ships are contracted for, to be built
at Chester. They can be built in this country
as cheaply and is well as in England.
Roar1 and lo,,oins aro ,bir,v.,brce and one
third Der cent, c6eaHer in New York CITY. at the
present time than they were last year
The probability is that the simmer uopuI;l-
tion of Roothhay and the Islands nf Pontbbav
Uarbor will be at least 1000 ncyt season
Thomas l-ork"oo diGd at the Rhode Island
aims house saturday. OF hytroph"h!a. lie was
bitten in the thumb bN his dog about TIVE week,
man dird of paralysis III fem>\ iN1nl' last
week, who was The father OF :" 'hjltiren. lhe
local papers don connect ttv luAIN,lo with
the children.
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~ o''i7 nv 49, y. 49,, ~. -. me ~"
~ ~, " i",'''u ~ IL ',
iosl II an III Speeuia'loh' anu j. low 'itfk III
$40 per week.
-.. . ,,-,,
lassy stewart Il farmer OF NheaIland roun-
y. O'io III ~ 'ttl "iirHttH ~ pltl llls I
"llpe 10 secretary 'ha"N'tt 20 "F'"F Il Il.l
case Ill MS l"N"I-
There We're twenty .eight divorces granted ;lt
| the recent Term or rha -,iT,re,nr Iuli,,i ,,'tr
| in Augusta. twenty on pelitiou al lhp Vil,.nI
| niqht IN nptitinn al tha hl.hYnJ
| \ WateWllle sent ,rman who has Just rrturn-
| ed from tAhiorniA, says he interviewed many
| kennebcrkers there ana thinks he ha'. ",rl
| We'll enough alone l,V etaNtn" 1T houp.
p,l, All ,a 81 L% l''i, n 6t nt .
of other duties. he vacancy will soon hc hH,l.
| ON the farm OF Nathan WigGn, in Statham.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22
Now. OF the City and County.
1t weighed over ten pounds

Belfast has been unusually gay TINS winter III re-
spect to dancing
Full moon this week, boys, and lots of girls hank
ering for sleigh rides.
Maple sugar has come to market before the juice
Of the tree has begun to move.
There are about fourteen. barrels of liquor at the
jail now that will be destroyed,
The drought in this region continues. No rain
ha> fallen for nearly or quite four months.
Wells and cisterns are very low, and snow has to
be melted in many cases. for the family wash.
Two Young rowdcs disguised in womcns clothes
are in the habit OF proving the streets at night
1t now costs fifty dollars q week Il to set
dr. IS an apothecary when he don't know enough.
The lectures Of the yceum course are giving salts
f.ciou and There .rr some very excellent ones yet
10 come.
ptiryr Howard, list week, iu compliance with an
ori,r from be Police Court. DESTROYED -iN keg' OF
Ii iucr st tn, 4i
ray latest freak OF fashion I. ito write notes with
white ink OH black rapr-csreciaiIy Tor those who
want 70 keep duGI,.
The day before the Whitaker house took hre the
Belf,,t Savings Bank took mortgage uron the
building a. security Tor 10000
ilI. f. cke has moved his watch and jewery shop
to- the room adjoining Mcponat4 barnes. shop,
where lloratio expects m~ llienj- 10 call
The ..u.p to Billy mactu,den, by Waldo luna
te. is respectfully declined Rill, is being punish
ell enough, without letting loose crazy poets.
portion OF M, ,argocs OF ice for large vessels,
laAdug at liza etine 4 Bicktord'>, have to be Iigh'
rrsd on 10 th, Iadd! Of the harhor IN smslIye'sels
lay u,sar l.,l.,. Hrd Tho streets very quiet. II
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w ''" ""'7' ''''"'' A''l p" '' ''''''
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toni! dal7 'I' pa7' anu eyer come
taia. harr7 Baker ot Eeltast Na- on :atUrday
IA cir,ted County lemptar ol the waldo County
oaae ol ,.dod lrmplaI-. lhe Soc ton va h-ld
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a t4r,tlu. oi lie. cunt, ,ounll ana Cu operative
t,,au T.. ut IL, VIII be n-ld at Morrill, ueyting
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

The President has packed up his effects
and is all ready to vacate the White House
on the third Of March. But very bad
odor will remain.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

Bangor dispensed to the hungry in two
weeks ending Jan. 3lst, 500 gallons of
soup and 485 loaves of bread.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

a case recently tried at Exeter, illustrates a
large class of jury trials. 1t was suit for
trespass in passing over piece of land two
rods wide. The defendant confessed 81 dam
age. 1t took four days to try the case, large
number of witnesses being examined The
jury were out all night, and then compromised
on verdict of 1906. Cost to the county, $500 :;
to the parties $500 more
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

A good deal Of poetry is received at this
office which does moi get into print simply
for the reason that it is not good enough,
and the editor is unwilling to risk upon it
his reputation as 4 Judge Of poetry For
instance we have before us, sent from 81
neighboring town, some verses which open
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

The Portland dailies advertise Union
Gospel Meetings under the head of ZEN
tertainments.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22
Some Excitement at Ellsworth.

The Legislature, at its recent session,
changed the day of the municipal cleo
ton in Ellsworth, from the last Monday
of March to the first Monday of the same
month. We are not aware that any rea-
son, sufficient or otherwise, was offered in
support OF the act But there certainly is
reason against it in the fact that the lum-
bering business, SO largely engaged in by
the inhabitants, makes quite unavoidable
the absence Of a large portion of the vot
ers. Mayor Young comes to the rescue,
as chief magistrate, with an edict OF the
most comprehensive nature, as follows
PROCLAMATION.
Whereas The Republicans of the City of ELS
worth. did, through their Returning Board, by in
tindation and fraud, Knowingly and wiltully steal
the City Government the year prior to my election
and
Whereas The Republican Legislature of 49,,
through the influence of our Representative and AT
torney General, changed the time for our annual
election from the last to the first Monday in March,
thereby changing law Of fifty years standing-no
withstandng the remonstrance of the CITY Govern
ment and majority of the legal voters-simpy to
dsfranchse some two hundred and fifty of our fell
low citizens who are at wors numbering fifty miles
away; and
Whereas, Samuel j. Tilden was honestly elected
President OF the nted States the eth day of last
November, and will be inaugurated the 5th day of
March next, the day upon which the new Republican
law compels US to elect municipal officers for the
year 1S11;
Now, therefore, l. Monroe Young, Mayor of Ellis
worth, most earnestly invite and invoke each and
every voter OF the City of Ellsworth in the woods
out, who voted Tor OF believes that Mr.. Tden was
elected last November to assemble in Ellsworth, at
the City Hall, Monday, March 9TH 1877, at eight
o'clock A. NJ to vote for municipal officers said
day, and also to celebrate in the afternoon and even
ing, in Hancock Hall the inauguration of Tilden and
hendricks and the immense popular majority which
they received.
Given under my hand and seal this fourteenth day OF
M. I. MuSEny Y"rSo, Mayor.
Ellsworth, feo, 1t. ISL.
We hope that being thus invoked, in a
cause ~ sacred rs the preservation oi the
| right Of franchise, those voters who are
making war upon the giant trees on the
| tributaries OF Union River, will shoulder
| their axes ami come out I'll Ihe woods
| When t5lendowpr asserted that lie coulC
"call spirit from the Vastly deep" the
matter OF fact Percy desired 10 know
whether they would probably come ut tht
| call There Is no doubt that the lumber
| men will "gather at the river To th,
end that the call may be Widespread, VIZ
| give it the benefit OF our circulation.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

Judge Abbott dragged himself YEARLY into
the Riggs House about O'Clock. The express
sion on his face was n curious mixture Of an
ger, sorrow and disgust. ''IIaye YOU reached
a vote asked Your CORES pondenl. "Humph
yes, should say we had Louisiana to be given
to Hayes Of course" The yoteT' Eight to
seven" with Vicious intensity Of accent)
What DO YOU think Of it" 'Think of it,
with touch of scornl, 81 think it ia inta-
NOUS" "i9 there any hope now in Oregon or
south Carolina" None whatever" With
that the usually genial Judge turned soemnly
70 go up STAIR, remarking az parting shot,
"l don | envy them their record
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

Before this issue of the Journal had been
printed, it was known over the length and
breadth Of the country that the majority
of the Electoral Commission. by vote O
. to !, had approved and endorsed the &c
ton of the infamous returning board O
Louisiana. We give below the proceed
lngs from the excellent report OF the Bos
ton Post
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

The Ellsworth American SAYS that lat Nov-
ember Mayor Dung bet with MIR. A. Coolidge
Of lAmonie half II hushel Of cialls, that fidru
would have Il majority OF the electoral votes for
President. equal tn The electoral vote ol New
ork, or thirty-iiNe Votes The clam. in she'll
were to he carried hy the loser on hi4 back to
the house Of the winner. Il distance Of two and
half miles 10y land and onr-half milr acros,
the bay. MIR. Dung, satisfied he had l0st. last
Thursday shoul,iered his CLANS and started for
'oolid%e's and deposited item ut his ,luot
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22

LN'I VI. Ihr seventh lecture OF the Home ours,.
was given on Monday evening, ny Rev Mr. Bixby
Subject -"ihr Riddle of the sphinx" The Spbipx
sand the lecturer, was tabled monster of Greek my
lh"o&N, with the head of woman the BODY breast
'''' ana 'laWs of lion, the tail of serpent and the
wings "i 4 bird. 1t took II commanding position hy
tue highway, propounding riddle To all passers
ana dcVonrIng all who could not solve it, The riddle
was "Mhat is that which goes on four feet in th,
morning, two feet at noon, and three feet at night =
AT length 'Edipus, youth, guessed the riddle de
clafing it to be man, who crept in childhood
walked erect in manhood and aided the stems OF age
with q staf. The Sphinx then destroyed itself in
chagrin and rage The story had its counterparts
in all portions of Europe, and in fact Of the known
world, but especially in Greece, where heroes are
exhaustive review of the myths of all people in
every land showing great labor and careful prepars
ton. H. traced remarkable resemblance in them
ALL which could not have been accidental and which
he contended shew II common origin like the close
resemblance in the language of certain nations He
referred them all to the cradle of the race in the
table lands OF India, from which, far in the dim and
misty past went out the tribes that peopled Europe
ana the world. 1t was lecture to which no sketch
can 90 justice, and therefore obliged to dest
from attempting more than the most meagre men
toh. Inc platform will be occupied next Monday
evening by Ex-Governor Crosby, who will deliver a
lecture on ''The Prophecies"