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ta'ma 'mEati.xo WnIk ne Ia au1l. shapc, tfaesac, M
Hsst.. naron dull and so@sr;e Il e; I. u 'e' Vsss
~Wnitkr-!H good dtmnnh; q ns.t ,",. x,.d...
buf1t" ~" SsS N1twAuKEf.
,t,,v.rxxx. Feb, H. a-FLoiR-QnTet.
WtstK-Wllcat wrak, op:ntd dsGneg w. ano sH. Ht
*sAKs ~ aan. NJ d. ii. H. tom sten1ef; No. =,
4te; W., ~. ". gnomtnst Il e,c; Warren. s6e.
Peavls!oX1-toEk aaii a4h aenffhmt hrwst ~ oxsHS.
$ii:M is.nEtT ssMEinsr mr. l. hra: Wraf i1nJl In.
Hairxxsre-Fiosr, ID, Un btls, wheat. d, adobus
hutFALn.
nryYAlo. Feb a1-ukttS-MnSn ~ I Girt nnd
tcly ronh " n rors HI or track ii G1A t14c
faFjsy yefy l1ll.
,...,~ ra1, cr,,-rLurR-iju,j md unchanged.
ttnsiS-EoTn arm. oats IN tau 9ennamH'. ns
, 1877-02-21
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS,

40 A4S &AtV ~ ~ 4Fk"k"S'
CHICAGO. Feb. l9.-l noto tho probability OF
the passage Of \ blu to transfer tue tndebtsa-
meas ot municipal corporations to tic State
Government, 10 certain lnanucr, form, etc.
This measure u 20 maultestly unjust that fec!
II to be my duty. and the duty Of every cttIssn
Ut the State. 10 protest aga!ust its bccolaing Q
lay. lts effect would bs y epts b0nqs g ,!',. 1n;'
oi fraud. i. would deprive tue several H.
dentsa somn,aDtt!cs q tue sigst to 1t'l.. ,a ,la
ilcnriyo them of this prtyIfrge
"a opportunity cf nsEot!attia;E .ia;.o, w't w!tS
ihe iinanri4l cvultiun u ths community 'n':ht
b, secured u xoal! work gscat iS1a;'ffs t. ~ ~
tle eyeut tho State could NIT icriyo sufficient
rsysnas tsoa sas Indebted eoan'tss is1 u
meet tic obligations thus incurred, Or elso dc"
aa ,hs p,yeai shstss, i roa1 ~
or icss degree. II u communicate IN c1sst Il
nut 10 prniplr. u u mo1s,tosay. oo1,.
iv' =. D, lKWla.
, 1877-02-21
LOGAN, CHANDLER, CARPENTER.

@t tHb hH}spF " q ~ 4tt1AAts
Chicago, Feb. Iv.-Logan for Secretary Of
War, Chandler for Secretary OF tho Treasury,
Carpenter TOR Attorucy-Gencra1-wouaan't this
be spendldi These nte three names waItcl. the
Republican pasly Of Illinois, Michigan. snd
Wisconsin hare lain upon theshclf. They ase
three names which hare weighted the Republic
au party down morr heavily, auI lmpcrllcl it,
sutrcss more seriously, during tAr late snnra4s
IRON fear that Gos. Hayes, III tho event Of i1is
elcstIou to tle Presidency, would allow his Ad-
mtnistrattop to b. run by these very men, Or
men OF tltclr ilk) than the names Of any othct
Republicans, ur than the npn,cs Of any otlcr
hundred Thousand Republican, In the land. AM!
now il Cur. Hayes will on!y take these defeated
politicians up, particularly our o"n devoted
son, and make Cabinet Ministers of themt n
rM ID great tsvrk, a,us all ths p<yt's WI rs!ylee
We Republicans, Al you know. Mr.. Editor
have been talking great deal during tte past
twenty-lour muiths about retotm, and Gol
kuowi there has been nssd enough t9F sucl
talk,-out When Ecu the party. III this statt
put up John 4. Logan tor te-clertton TO tht
United States Senate, and now, that be IL d.
feated. moving heaven md Garth to force bin
upon Gov. Hayes a one of hts Cabinet Minis
,'' REPUBLICAN,,
, 1877-02-21
Death of thu hoy with the Monster Had

Matthew purp, the nIollsier-headed boy, IL
d.aa. liz was is years Of age, aud was cor
taluiy curiosity, II not . nonstrositY, 20 fa1 -
bis cfaniuul WIS conreruel. It Is said that lug
head WIS nearly iour Ieet In circumference. md
wcjshcI quite eighty pounds. H. wa. of frls.l
uarSptage. When weeks old his head began
growing much more rapidly than his body, a1ll
continued to grow up u within = few weeks Of
aas W. s never abls to Sit up. tut conI,l muvs hls
bead from right tu left wlile lying vu Liz pillow.
nusng the CcntepA!al Exhibition Ut fhiiaaci-
phla hs was takcn theEc by speculative pessons1
but tho uplert4kinG did not provv successful Z, y
exhibited fus y few days. Ills bo>ly Ut the tlinu
ot h!s dsAta weighed xhout ons-latt ~ snush NJ
Ills head.
, 1877-02-21

Of butter ready fo1 ttc market The G,G;ecr
A. ~, notwithstanding mue nowr'
"Hot any - all. Theze VA i;e crpn't "a t,sls: i,
VIZ i, ii tn sent crr2i d'1' 70 Isayl1Hd but the
thuush ti,ry hut D. now. Viii b. Of hencat to our
~ 7nr s..aoss WERE DECIDED.
row.n dsssy.aeu. Tic new ..un W. ea.lnx INTO
oJi proats. The dsrInen pet.tIoned n. England,
:, S ss Is , .h 'fs,s
Swtat / v. wonld not bny il. ..,, -.
lint It vii come out all right" said tae
~, thers any p,ts'fss e.: :xs!H.t n. i hsts'' a..
i - III " family, II ''a. good ba,ttr as
IL dna d9. ~ witli n!1 knife. sna the report:
Ike scribe he conld not hare detected s taste from
III! { sls:r + INF 1attsr," .a'd the packer,
''So. We cxportit entirely, bnl now shat thrJ
81 s ssd r, PIX Is s.tsss sssn,ei'e.. Ths III i,
| wattl II cent? t,et pound. ,,., .,,. .. =.
French butter. to!d to thc hivh toned a = pei
| POUND. ia faIi 10 be largely made Of olcoMArxa.
| ii 20 cents.
| Though tho packer claims he has put mons on the
ho,re market. yet II j. not imprbbahlc that much II
t.nc!H,,asl h..n sent s0.1uN pounds of oil "a St.
Louis to get rsn Of rafin: The foya1ty. detective
| nf the Tinted asatcs Dairy Company traeed II Il
| Wisconsin, where the
! DAIHYMKx had WORKED IF Up
and sold II for rtImp creamery butter knd ~ snet
It Eaay be on yons taeis thla snasninx. The chstg
10 made that Chicago buffer mcn hare worked tnt
low-puEc tnlIow-lnto their butter. II this charg
lc well grounded, It ia not unfair to assume lhn
tho oleoinarxarne j. ulcd In the tane way. or tn'
Nt!Afght unIcr anoshcr nainc. II Il be = pure ~
healthy ~ II claimed for Il, VIII cos,ceal ' ideni
ri Hnttef-nen answer, "llccausc there Ia
prejudice acainss IT, The question tneu become
Important, "Is the prejudice we'll foundedt"
, 1877-02-21

plain 10 The wrnlthy merchant who listen. ia hIs
duplication how 1,r. the h,neAt tunth. l'tok Prc.
tnlnn, nsrr tht wcof!ly Err hrnt for hcant5 ami
health years Irfnrr at thr F'ca.u h ~ 'hn.r. "
It might happen thai f'r pr ;'1,,h babies n nfrr
yrAfs Will nnIfr III whl+ky ring. and tut shr I'M
sucre--fnI Infants will I'll IN tlr1nd aaty oyer
their cxpln1ts. The rntnrlnnnsrs may "a intn tn
fcinsnrance bnsInrss. and. after wr, tn" policies
on tic Premium hst!cr, then grown to n'snno2n.
burst MP and show As.rtA nt. NM n Il !snpess!e'c
that thoat who secured ths awards may hn h"rnsa
fc.ult Of ths show tioct not prove any:
thnv, and the tide, of tho years that
arc cnmtag may te ftefahtcd with treasures fos
viii bring ia.tfny appiness afer tho prtge Infants
have squsndcred their Sio or 81 each In souad
Ent. howevcr Tho future s,ny shape It, tho baby
shw will always have Of css ntcrcrt to ihoee
conccrnc and IN udef that they tny afflsn fthti-
liz at tic fcsuit, THE tninEHE c0ndeHsea tho Gu
tcftainmcnt into tho following
, 1877-02-21
BLUE GLASS

Of fhe b!ue color ii the sky n developing animal
mud vegetable litr, 1n arscsuK disease; aud In re.
stosInx hcal.h IN hcuio anl chtunic dtsoIdars TO
exptfimrnts oi lie,l 4, J. rieasonton and olhcfs,
tvtwecn lAe ycats 1871 and 1s7u. Vol. Svo.
ssTrsasnr! Of Wisdom, Wit, and Ilumor, Odd
comput utlxus,s, anil Fr0yssts." Authors, Ntl: Sub.
jpri1, ,:iiti; QnotatiolJ, 10, eUD. Compiled and
arranged by AIau Woolesss. l!oyxl sYu. clath,
g. 80
FUR pa,o ~ booksellers generally. o. wi!i bc ttnt
BY mall, pusta.e prepaid, on receipt Of price.
Publishers. u.4. U.u, and e2.S Aarhst.st, fh,.A'
pHi9.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-01
MACvEAGH's REPLY.

BENJAMIN +. BUTLER.
j. r. G.. Pitkin, Esq, Uuited States Marshal
New Orleans. La.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-01
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

1T is believed that the neutrality of Servia
is cover for active and effective preparation
to assist Russia when the proper time arrives
The valuable services rendered by Roumania
IN holding possession of the strategic points
on the north bank of the Danube until the
russian advance was ready to occupy them
gave to the army of the Gear without the
striking OF blow or the loss of a man i'm
mense advantages which would otherwise
have cost a series of great battles to secure.
The same programme seems to have marked
out by Servia, whose troops have occupied all
the important points along the frontier
against the time when the Russian advance
after crossing the Danube shall have reached
the Servian borders. 1t looks very much as
though this were the sort of neutrality that
Servia is in point of fact observing.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-01

The current crop reports from the South
indicate that the prospects for good crops next
fall are better than have been seen for years.
Cotton is promising; wheat and corn, where
they are sown to any extent, are good, and
the sugar-cane is said to be in a much better
condition for a large crop than at any time
for ten years back. With crops so encourag-
ing as this, the Southern states ought to be
able to pay little of the interest on their
dahfc
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-01

AS means of preventing collisions at sea,
an English inventor has devised system of
helm signals, which move automatically with
the rudder. Every shifting of the helm to
port or starhoard is at once shown at the
head of the vessel by red or green light be-
fore she answers her helm, thus giving an
approaching ship notice of what course she is
about to steer. The signals act independ-
emily OF the regulation masthead lights.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-01

The British Government always protects
its citizens. The British Consul at New
Orleans has ascertained that Mr.. A. McCul-
land, an elderly Scotch gentleman, was
among those murdered in Kemper county,
and Secretary Evarts has been officially re-
quested by the British Government to cause
formal invetigation into the circumstances
attending the assassination of English sub
jects in this country. Mr.. Evarts has repli-
ed that due inquiry shall be made.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-01

A SOUTHERN Colorado paper is anxious
for the college professors to come out this
summer and explore those wonderful mounds
containing petrifcations which have lately
been discovered. The mound already opened
containing the petrified sea turtles and cocoa
nuts, forms one of vast range, or rather
group, of great numbers OF a similar kind,
and bear unmistakable evidence that it had
once been an island of the sea. They are
situated some fifteen miles from the base Of
sizes. The one visited was estimated to be
some four miles around its base, and had
about two acres on its surface covered by a
thrifty growth of pine, pinon, cedar, fir and
juniper trees. Huge cacti, growing to the
enormous height of six feet and in full bloom
were also found growing on its side; while
above the animal petrifcations, petrified and
agatized wood was found in large quantities.
In portions of great centres of population
in Northern China and India an immense
number of people are now subjected by the
presence of dreadful famine to sufferings
from which Americans in the midst of all
their peculiar disasters and depressions, haye
been happily exempt. The idea that mil
lions of human beings are in danger OF per-
ishing from lack of food can scarcely be
realized in this land of plenty. But in India
it has required the prolonged exertions of the
British government to prevent famine from
numbering her victims: by hundreds of thous-
ands, and it is said tn At the efforts TO relieve
the Northern Provinc es of China have only
been effective to very limited extent.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-01

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THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE l, 1877.

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 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, 1877-06-01

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
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iOurnal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-01

deavor on the part of the president to do all he
can to make him speaker, and if he fails Gar
held will have nobody to blame but himself for
not remembering that "a bird in the hand ia
worth two in the bush"
NOW, my dear Mr.. Pitkiu L call upon you,
Dy tne love you bear to the Republican party
anu US principles, in memory Of the many
sacrinces you nave made during and since the
war as Union man in louisiana for the safety
OF the country, and not for the sake of holding
office under the United States, rot to throw
any lmpediment in the way of tho Presidents :
fainlling all the bargains which his subordipates
made, as necessary steps la inaugurating his
Southern policy. which is to be Of so great and
incalculable advantage, not snly to the party
which you love so well, but also to the country,
for the union and pacification of which ycu
nave gwen the best days of your manhood.
write thus to you because thought l detected
10 your note TO me an unreasonable tone of
complaint that you are thus to be sacrificed.
Rememcer that Abraham was about to sacri-
nee his only SOD, Isaac, the child of his old
age, to what he believed to be the will of God
and the necessities of his people, and the Good
BOOB does not make mention Of any unreason-
able con- plants or Outcries Of Isaac on the
occasion; and so, when you find the President,
in obedience to the call of the country and the
pubic exlgency for its pacificatiOn, deems it
necessary to sacrifice you, and take away your
once and give 1t to one who wore the gray
Wnen you stood in the blue, you ought not to
KICK and squlrm any more than Isaac did when
ne lay upon the altar under the knife of his
father, Abraham. am sorry that L cannot
write you any other words of consolation, but
such as have give unto you.
am yours truly.
BENJAMIN +. BUTLER.
). \. q; Pitkin, E:q., Uuited States Marshal,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-01

- have Just read your letter in the New York
Times. Your Informant happens to have told
you the exact opposite of the truth in every
statement respecting me- Col. Wharton did
not aid at New Oileaus, bat was one of the ad-
herents OF the Packard government to the end.
he did not manage or transact any kind of bus
ness Tor me; he did not receive any promise
from me in respect to any office. 1 have not
asked the President to appoint him marshal.
so much for that portion of your letter. Where
am known do not need to deny the silly
slory ABOUT the use OF money, or declare it to
De- as you well know 1t to be, base and cow
ardly falsehood. For those who do not know
me, perhaps ought to add that apart from any
repugnance on my part to the crime, there were
two practical difficulties in the way of nay COM
mittlDg it. had no money of my own to
spare, and it is only military cOmmandant in
New Orleans in time of war who can safely ap-
proprate any considerable amount of the prop
erty OF others to his own use. The fact is that
the enemies of reconciliation in Louisiana
waste their time in trying to discover or invent
some kind OF bargain with which at once to ac-
count for its success and to discredt it, Strange
as 1t may seem to some of them, political re-
suits are still attainable in this country by
stralghtforWard and honest Methods, and the
country will judge the result we secured by its
fruits in comparison with the fruits of the op-
posite policy, comparing the four years to come
OF honest and lawful government with the eight
years ended OF hatred, intimidation, outrage,
corruption, anarchy and murder. Therefore
from the bitterness of good men misguided,
and of bad men disappointed, appeal to the
genuine judgment of the American people and
l await their decision upon the subject of our
Iabors In Louisiana. not with misgivings or ex-
cuses but with confidence and pride.
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-22
COMnrtIIy AssnM II.

When n candidate for II high ullce IL so
we'll liked and SO popular with the masses
as to make his defent difficult in n fair and
honorable fight, mean and cowardly men
are not wanting who delight in manuGnc-
turing lies ana slandenng his good name.
There are also those whose seltishness
prompt them TO prostitute their honor, per
vert truth, and ignore right, for the sake OF
inlurlng competitor In business, whose
prosperity they envy, and with whose bust
ness sngaclty they have not the talent to
successfully compete In M honorable way.
These thoughts are suggested by the mean,
cowurdly attacks made upon rue ana my
medicines, by those who Imagine their pc
cunlary prospects inJur Il by the great pop
ularity Winch my standard medicines have
acquired, ana the continued growth OF my
professional practice. Narrow-mIn led prac-
tit!oners of medicine, and manufacturers of
preparations which do not possess sufficient
merit TO successfully compete for popular
favor, have ros)rtod to such poWardly
stral egy as to publish all sorts Of ridiculous
reports about the composition OF medicines.
AlmanRcs, "Rgceipt Books aud other
pamphlets, nre issued and scattered broad
east over the land, wherein these contempt
iOle knaYes publish pretended analyses o.
my medicines, and receipts tor making
them. Some OF these publications. are given
Understanding names, pretend to be issued
by respectable men OF education and posi-
ton, for the 90 Oi the poOplc-the moro
compile ely TO Dliud the reader B. the IeRl
object n their circulation. which In to in
jule the sale of my medicines. "lhe Popu.
lar Health Almauno' ~ the high s2uuding
name OF one OF these publications., which
contains bogus receipts, without II grain Ol
truth In them. Not less devoid Of truth are
those which have been published by one Dr.
IT,, OF Detroit, in the Wchigm fumcr, and
by other manufacturers OF medicines, In
several sO-called journals OF Pharmacy
They are all prompted by Jealousy aud III
torly TAIL IN aCuOmpli hing the object
of their authors, for, Notwithstanding
their free circulation, my medicines
othcrs manufactured In this county,
and ave constantly increasing ia sale delplte
the base lies cOncoctUd and circulated by
such kuaves Tho people ilnd that these
medicines posses genu ne merii accomplish
what their manufacturer claims for thtm
aud a'e not the vile, poisonous nostruns
Wutch Jealous, narrow ninded physician
and sneaking compouuderS OF competing
medicines repres mt them to be. Among the
large number of pretended analyses publish
ed II is n significant Idd That no two have
been at all alike-conclusiVely proving the
dishonesty of their authors, II Is enough iOI
the people 10 know that while thousands
| yes, | may truthfnlly say millions, have
taken my medicines and have been cured,
no one has ever received injury from their
| use.
RV. PIERCE, NJ. D.,
Prop etor of Dr. Pierce'S Medicines, Worlds
Dlspensary, liuttnlo, New York.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-22
rifle Informal.

The Providence Press relates the fol.
lowing story Of gallant colonel of a
Rhode Island regiment during the ear.
lier portion of his military life "The
regiment being at order arms, our
colonel desired to put the column in
motion. He therefore gave the order
forward, march, and rode OIL without
looking behind him, No mar moved
in the ranks and after riding short
distance Colonel - discovered this
fact. lie turned, saying VIVA have !
done nowY and was informed that il
was impossible, from n military stand
point, for II column to move when at
order arms oh, we'll rejoined the
matter-ot-fact colonel, pick up them
things and come along, They came.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-22

The question is frequently asked in
what contingency can new election of
president be ordered The constitution
provides that if the House of Repre-
sentatives shall not choose president
whenever the right shall devolve upon
them, before the fourth day Of March
next following then the vice president
shall act as president, as in tho case of
the death or other constitutional disa-
bility of tho president The tenure OF
Office Of the president and vice presi-
dent expires by limitation March 3,
In the event Of no election the presi-
dent of the Senate acts as president
until one is elected Tho law of 1892,
as applicable to the present time, pro
vides that when the offices of president
and vice president shall both become
vacant the secretary of state shall forth,
with notify the executive of every State
thereof specifying that electors of presi'
dent shall be appointed or chosen
within thirty-four days preceding the
first Wednesday of December next
This, of course, does not supersede new
legislation whereby an earlier election
could be had
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-22

"What Is cold deck and 4 BOB tail
ilushP young lady, the light OF II
south Hill home, asked the Other sVen.
lug, looking up from newspaper she
was reading. "why,n said her older
brother, "a cold dec" and 1t was
worth fifteen cents for student OF hui
man nature to note how suddenly he
checked himself, aud what a variety
of conflicting emotions played over his
face AS he bent over his book, and pre-
tended not to perceive the sharp
chances of suspicious inquiry which his
father shot at him over his speotacles,
while the silence was 30 profound and
awful that the other members OF the
family looked up and gazed around in
dumb Amusement. An excess OF
knowledge IL oitimes burden. What
does man want to make himself Il
walking encyclopedia ior?-- harrington
UdtUkGyC