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The New York herald., 1877-10-14

Antoine, gives vivid Of the first blood shed
The fall Of young soldier by shot ared from the bar
ricade under q misconception, and the return hre,
which killed the Deputy Baudin, the defence Of tho
subscription to whose monument In 1888 made NJ.
Gambctta famous. Victor Hugo's narrative, evidently
derived from NJ Scholcher and II. Nader do Montjau,
who were eye-witnesses, confirms the tradition that
Baucin, In reply TO scoflng remark OF "A bds s
vingt csnq francs ~ cveied al the crowd OF Deputies
by some passersby, exclaimed, "Vo,s aiier ro,r con
ment on meurt pour v,ngtcinq frame" I" Dwelling on
the reluctance OF the soldiers FIRE and their max
ing no prisoners when they captured the barricade
Victor Hugo says:--
AL this solemn commencement Of the conflict last
glmmer OF justice and right stili shone. and military
probity shrunk with kind OF sad anxiety from the
crime In which IL was launched There is the .trresse
oi good and tnero Is tho Tvrognerie' Of evil This
drunkenness later drowned the conscience OF the
army. The French army Is not fitted for the comms-
sion Of crimes When the struggle was prolonged anu
barbarous orders OF the day had TO be executed the
soldiers had 10 be supened They obeyed not coolly,
which would have been monstrous but with anger,
which history will allege their excuse, and with
many, perhaps, there was despair underlying that
anger.n
The New York herald., 1877-10-14
PREPARATION TO MRS. WARD.
THE CHILDREN OF THE MODERN ABELARD AND
HELorsE AGAIN UNITED.

From the Chicago 1ntcrOcean, Oct
IL is with great pleasure that tho InSy-OcedB an.
pounccs the ventilation gwen to the Ward matter
has not been without least good effect The two
little ones the twins, Wine and Florence, have been
reunited, and are now at the Douglas Asylum where
they were 0rst lett under ORDERS awaiting the return
the world OF TIER mother rne nrst TO learn
OF tho restoration OF Florence the Mrs. ~ before
re! erred 10 IN those columns; the LADY with whom
MRS. Ward found shelter the very day her husband
and womany heart the wronged woman poured
her tale oil woe the time her grief was strvuR
Don her; at tho time when the first flush Of blttcr-
ness at her husbands treatment r0ueed the wOmAnly
instincts Of motherhood aud caused her to speak
out; at the when her mouth had not been sealed
aud Judgment blasscd-thc same lady who has been
ana IS sl one OF Mrs. Ward's most stapch trends.
ON Monday Mrs. b. went TO Douglas Asylum 10 see
little Wnlic In response TO request IRON MIRA Wnrd
that she would do The Mother Superior a. The IN.
sttuton received Mrs. r. very kindly and treated her
with marked courtesy throughout expressing pleasure
at beng aDle TO state that learning that Wine anu
Florence we're Mrs Wards children. which fact she
not previously aware Of tho last named infant had
been reclaimed from tns family of Mrs Lane 10 vnom
u had been gwen, and reunited 10 her brother both
being tnen held 10 await the wishes Of Mrs Ward
This is good news, indeed. Whatever exceptions
might DO taken TO what has very recently transpred
In connection With the case they are readily passed,
seeing that rcpAraton has beou made Tor hat wus AZ
The time Justly denounced " ~ inhumsn acl
The New York herald., 1877-10-14
From the London Timcs.]

PARIS, sept 80, 1911
The Hrst part OF Victor Hugos "Histolrc dun Crime
Deposition dur T6moin, Is 10 appear tomorrow, and
the remainder on tho I'd of December. The preface
explains that the work. written by hand still
from the struggle against the coup d'stdt,"
the l4th OF December, 1851, and competed
tho 5th OF May 1852; that IT has undergone very
little revision, and that ts publication has boon delayed
by an accumulation of abors, and bereavoments.
"Iu making tho narrative OF past things coincide win
the things OF to-day has chance had any sharsy We
nope not" Ono chapter, entitled LA Barricade st.
The New York herald., 1877-10-14
A STARTLING COINCIDENCE.

PUBLICATION OF VICTOR HUoo's TERRIBLE AR
RAIGNMENT OF NAPOLEON III. on THE EVE
OF THE ELEoTIoNs-A NOVEL CAMPAIGN
DOCUMENT.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-29

THE Colorado Legislature is considering a
couple Of interesting experiments-the let
ting OF women vote, and the requiring of all
its voters to read and write the English Ian :
guage intelligently,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-29
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM. IN ADVANCE

Congressman McCrary, one of the fathers
OF the bill, has a thousand times more faith
that Hayes would be elected under Il than If
the two houses came together with no under
standing whatever. He will not accept a
place on the commission himself
Now" said Mr.. Conkling, "no senator
concerned in framing this bill now before the
Senate holds any other doctrine than this of
Mr.. Pinckney--that it is the duty of Congress
70 ascertain what the state has actually done.
. hnls nriounai can 40 no more, except by
trampling the constitution under foot.n
Because mean to maintain at every stage
OF these proceedings that the Republican
candidate has been chosen president, because
believe him patriot and good citizen.
therefore wish to take title for him which
snail be SO clear that no one can say that he
has clutched power.-Senator Conkiing.
We believe Hayes and Wheeler were fairly
elected. We believe the commission will de-
eide the disputed votes in their favor. Until
it decides otherwise, we shall not admit that
Republicans can lose anything BY fair arbi-
tration. If it should decide Otherwise. wa
hope to be able to yield gracefully to n iudg-
ment OF higher authority than our own
Boston Advertiser.
An influential New England manufacturer
now in Washington is credited with the state
ment that if the electoral bill become a law
and the Presidential difficulty is thus peace
ably and honorably settled, an immediate and
general revival of business will directly fol-
low, and that this will continue and grow up
into lasting prosperity il Congress will fol-
low up this work with a sound financial
policy.
The Persians have fable OF poor man
WHO sa t down at the gate of Paradise for
thousand years on the watch for IL to open;
then, while he snatched one little nap, it had
opened and shut! The fabulist must have
had forecast of the United States waiting
through long period of depression for a
happy opportunity, which, when it comes.
finds it engaged in miserable strife, which
prevents its receiving the full benefit of that
opportunity. The exchanges of European
capitals have eyes like ElJah's to detect the
omen oil little cloud; and since the cloud of
war was seen in the East, the drawing in of
sails, the return of enterprises, has been
tremendous. If it had not been for the Presi.
dental trouble in America the flow of money
westward would have risen to flood. Now
a vast deal OF the money which has ebbed
from Spain, Turkey, Austria and Russia has
crept into holes, there to abide for some time
TO come.-M. ID. COn,vGy.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-29
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, JAN. 20. 1877

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned 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
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-29
THE London Times has returned to dj

The London Times has returned to dis
cussion of the use to be made by the
United States Government of the Geneva
award surplus. 1t says: "When an accepted
board of arbitration has decided that par
ticular sum shall be applied to a particular
purpose, the presumption is that it can be
fairly applied to no other Now, the Geneva
tribunal awarded the sum of more than
e3,O0O,oO0 as compensation, not for ma
tional, but for individual losses; and, in truth
the amount would be preposterously small if
it had been intended to make good the iDju-
ries sustained by the State. Congress will,
therefore, have to decide whether it can hon.
orably divert any part of the surplus from the
purposes defined by the tribunal to which it
submitted its claims. If Congress should
give compensation to unfortunate insurers or
shipowners, where is it to stop? What will it
say if crowd of the New York traders con-
tend that, by prolonging the war, the Ala
bama reduced their incomes by thousands of
pounds? There would be no end to the de-
mands that might logically be made if any of
the surplus should be distributed among the
claimants who were insured" The Pail
Mall Gazette thinks that the Times has been
caught mapping. 1t replies, "The under
writers satisfied the insuring shippers and ship
owners to the full extent of their direct losses
But the Geneva Tribunal decided that Eng
land was responsible in damages for those
losses, and the damages were paid on their
account. 1t is clear that the underwater
stands in the place of the loser whom he has
satisfied, and that his claim to his share Of
the damages is as sound as that of his princi-
pal. This, however, is the contention which
the commissioners ct Washington have re-
jected, and which the Times does not under
stand"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-29
The COMPROMISE RiII.

Senator Edmunds says that the bill enables
the Republicans not to cheat the other party,
but to beat it.
Bill Eaton hissed by Democratic legislators
in Connecticut! Who would have believed
it?
George William Curtis approves the Eec-
toral bill. Amid the din of political discord
his mellifuous ''Yea" is as sweet and sooth-
ing as the '1ascivious pleasings of the Lutte"
Senator Alcorn said that unless the bill
had passed, he and several other Republicans
would have voted against Hayes, not wishing
| the Republicans to have the office of Presi.
dent except on the fullest proof Washing
| ton Special.
Harper's Weekly approved the plan on the
ground that some sort of tribunal was abso.
lutely necessary since one party claimed that
the House could decide on the electoral vote,
and the other party insisted that the Presi-
dent of the Senate had sole authority in the
premises.
A Pennsylvania Democrat writes the
Tribune to say that the compromise bill has
| put off the fighting for four years. He thinks
Hayes will will be inaugurated under the
decision of the tribunal, and that the Demo
| Gratis will submit without an appeal to arms.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-29
STATE NEWS.
ANpRosooaaIN COUNTY

The iron bridge at Mechanic Falls is nearly
completed
The Androscoggin Poultry Association has
completed its organization with the following
officers: w. L: Goulding President Moses
Bearse, Vice Presidents; G. f. Goss, Cores
Secretary; Is. w. Parker, Treasurer; G. w.
Curtis, Auditor The above with O. r. Jeller-
son and Geo. M. Golf constitute the board of
directors. The first exhibition occurs on the
10Th and Goth of February.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
Scarlet fever is still raging in Fort Fairfield
| and many deaths have occurred.
Last Tuesday morning league & Trickey,
merchants of Caribou, seized a locomotive and
| other rolling stock of the New Brunswick Rail-
road Company for damage from loss of potatoes
shipped in bulk last fall from Fredericton for
Boston. In consequence of the seizure and
the threat to seize all the company's property
coming into Aroostook county, trains will not
| be run into that county.
KENNEBEo COUNTY.
DR.. l.. G. Whitman of Gardiner was thrown
from his sleigh Wednesday and had an arm
broken.
Fred Parriday. employee on the Maine Gem
tral railroad. was struck by bridge at West
Waterville, Friday, and seriously bruised.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
A house owned by F. II. Smith of Orrington,
was destroyed by fire Wednesday night Loss
| 5000; no insurance.
The mercury was 40 degrees below zero at
Orland Friday morning
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-29
THE WORLDS CHOICE.
A CENTENNIAL DECISION.

Competent judges representing the civilized people
of the world, appointed for the knowledge of partc
ular arts Sciences convened at Philadelphia for
six months, to decide upon the comparative merits
Of the various inventions of mankind, awarded to
the manufacturers of Bensons Capcine Porous Plas
ter, after careful test and comparison of this re-
markable remedy with ordinary porous and other
kinds fpasters, the highest and only medal above all
foreign and American competitors, on the ground Of
derful pain relieving, strengthening, and curative
properties. Remember that this decision was made
by four practical and skilled physicians.
Remember that nostrum was allowed to be ex-
hibited at the Centennial Remember when you are
suffering from any ache or pain that Benson's Cap
cine Plaster is the best remedy ever devised for all
external difficulties. Sold everywhere. Price 25
cents. W, T. PHILLIPS & CO.. Agents.
ja1 eod&wlm
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-29
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
CascO National Bank

AT PORTLAND,
IN THE STATE OF MAINE,
At the close Of Business January 20,
1877.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-29

The Saratoga trunk has invaded England
and been worsted. Two ladies summoned a
cabman in London for declining to take them
and their trunks, the cabman declaring that
the packages were each as high as table
and covered the roof of lis cab-that he
could not carry them five miles for fourpence.
Sir William Rose, the sitting magistrate, gave
his decision in the cabman's favor, saying
that it was never intended to turn cab into
baggage.van.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-29

REPORT OF THE CONDITION
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-29
The AdODted Plan.

The passage of the plan for the tripartite
commission by both houses of Congress by
SO large majorities is subject for profound re-
joicing. Even those who opposed its passage
did so in no rancorous spirit, and are dis
posed to rejoice over the success Of the bill
though they were unable to vote for it.
They will rejoice with its friends if it accom-
plish the desired object. Should the event
justify the hopes Of the friends of the meas
ure, to the Joint committee the credit will
be given for plucking the flower safety from
the nettle danger; for it is not to be gainsaid
that the country was in peril, and that hasty
and ill-consdered action on either side might
have precipitated conflict which would,
evenif it had not forced resort to arms,
have seriously weakened republican form
of government in the affection and respect of
the people. That an agreement was possible
in the excited state OF the public mind goes
far to demonstrate the superiority of the re-
publican over other forms of government; for
ip case of disputed succession elsewhere
war would in all probability follow.
The Republicans have evinced patriotism
and unselfishness in this matter which were
to be expected from them but which are on
that account none the less to be commended.
Even those Republicans who opposed the
plan did not object to the result aimed at,
but were in doubt as to The legality of the
means employed. Whatever credit may
come to the bill is due to those representa-
tives of the Republican party who proposed
and carried it through. They have set an
example of unselfish patriotism which has no
parallel in history. That it will result in
their temporary disadvantage even is not to
be feared. For the strength and justice of
their case is so apparent that there can be
little doubt as to the decision. The Repub-
licans will hold the government by title
which even the most cavilling cannot ques-
ton.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-29

LONDON, with all its municipal extrava-
gance, is much more economically governed
than New York. In the English metropolis,
the total yearly cost for 1875 was covered by
eleven dollars per capita. The tax in New
York is thirty-four dollars head, and the
city debt is s126 for every man, woman and
child of the population. In all that respects
the safety of life and the security of property
Engand's chief city is much superior 10 our
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-29

SINCE TIE electoral bill was reported the
Southern Investigations attract little atten-
tion. The general feeling is that as matter
of constitutional law the tripartite commits
sion will decide that there is no power in
Congress to go behind the certificate of the
state, and that, therefore, the Investigations
into the election will not affect the decision.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-29

If Tilden doesn't find his way to the Pres
idency it will not be because liberal sums
have not been offered to get him there
Judge Levisee, of Louisiana, was offered
100000 and W. B. Nash, of South Carolina
refused $50, 900 to vote for him. But, bott
being Republicans, they both spurned the
bribe. When, however, $4,000 was held ur
as bait for the bogus electoral vote of q
Democrat, Cronin, nose and all, jumped al
the offer. 1t does make difference in what
school one Is educated.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-29

We DO not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as 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, 1877-01-29
$2,2O3,123 IS
STATE OF MAINE.

cousFA STATE oS CT egnaAnkEsD, MAIZE; IS.
1, William A. Winship. Cashier of the above
named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true 20 the best of my knowledge and
belief. VIM. A. WINSHIP, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 25th day Of
January, 1877.
VIM. T. SMALL, Justice of the Peace.
Correct-Attest
1. P. HARRINGTON,
sAMUEL iAs Hn7I E E. ,sPRINSe, J IS Directors
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$1,917,s64 30
STATE OF MAINE. 1

STATE OF MAINE,
CUMBERLAND, IS. !
1, B. c. Somerby, Cashier of 1.-THE Canal National
Bank of Portland,'' do solemnIy swear that the
above statement is true the best of my knowledge
and belief B. G. SOMERBY, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before ms this 25th
day of January, 1877. GEO. G. PETERS,
Justice of the Peace.
!. &H: II I. ! ahH$SSbt' aiHS$f, Directors
iaoe dat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12
Bids for street PAWN. and Resur-
facing

Bids were opened to day in the office OF
the District Commissioners, for the paving
with bituminous pavement, 2,0I4 square
yards on r, between 18th and 18th streets
northwest, said pavement to be 10 inches in
thickness when compressed: Ia, $50 square
yards or resurfaciDg on G., between Az and
water streets southwest, the surface mate
rial 10 De \ lrches thick when compressed:
lO,H69 square ards OF Is inch pavement on q .
between 4: aid Water street southwest;
GUS square yards of stone block pavement,
win gravel ard sand foundation, at the in
terstciion of T., III and / streets and along
Mount Vernon Square northwest: and 6 ,0ni
square yards of stone block pavement, with
base of hydraulic cement concrete.
The following are the bids for LAYING BIZ
luminous pavement on AMI q streets as
CeSCrl bed abO e: W. r. Davies & Co, -. /
per square yard; same, for resurfacing, -;
stone, 9Th street, Sis and SOB. Burns &
hopkins, stone, eth street. SIS and - 15.
Jonathan Taylor, street, bituminOus.
same new pavement, S2.05. Hugh Murray,
9Th street, stone, 100 and -; Henry HImber,
9Th street, stone, S113 and sash Thomas
joyce, TN street, stone, Sis and - IS. w.
II. GrOat. + street bitumiTOus - "a: q street
! ew pavement, $50 W. IL. Mphler, 9Th
street, stone. 81 % and $50. A. Pelitier. +
street, bituminOuS. S2.SSS: @ str It. resur-
facing, 7SL; new pavement s24SL, with ey-
tras. +. VI: DTaney, 9TH street, stone, with
hydraulic base, S255. j.. w. Bailey. +
street, bituminOus, a. 10; q street. resurftc-
Ing, %; new pavement, =. Is: eth street. stone,
50 35. Crawford & Hoffman, street, BIZ
luminous. from Al IS 10 S269; q street, re
street, bituminous. S2.2TaS2.j0; q street, re-
surfacing. 9Ic.aS1 30; new pavement, $2aS2.3I
No awards will be made until the bids are
properly scheduled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12
How a Sharper Was Fooled.

One Of those plausible sharpers who in
fest Washington and live By their wits At
the expense of gullible people, came TO grief
the other day, thus = \ shrewd German,
whom we Will call Hans, was, like many
another industrious fellow, these days out
OF business, and anxious 10 get something
TO do. In paper one morning he saw an
advertisement for manager" to take
charge of a brancn' Office in lucrative and
honorable business; references required.
Hans adj references in abundance. So he
answered the advertisement, but took the
prCcaution not to sign his own name. The
next mail brought a reply appointing an IN
terview. Hans was on time. So was an oily
tOngGed fellow, who proceeded 10 inform
Hans that he dolly Tongue) represented n
firm worth four millions; that they had
stores in New York and Philadelphia; that
III, V had made all their arrangements II
open a large branch store in Washington,
ard only wanted a manager; that they had
bad twenty-one applications, but Hans was
lust the man they wanted; IN fact, the only
man they would have, and would he take
charge Of the branch as a partner, on a COM
mission or on a salary. Hans thought Oily
Tongue was going rather fast on 80 snort
an acquaintance, buc Kept his suspicious
to himself and deity led Oily Tongue along.
Il would prefer to work on salary" said
Hans, moGesLly. Have you any money!
quefied Otly Tongue. mo, have no money
at all replied Hans; IL have nothing at all
but recommendations" "Um, ah - said
oily Tongue, thoughtfGlly; Now, if you
wanted TO 60 into partnership or on a COM
mission, | coGld close the bargain here and
now, but as you want a salary, viii have
to consult the president of our company:
come 10 the office at noon, and / will intro
duce YOU" Hans was there on time-So was
oily Tongue. He greeted Hans cordially,
and went back into the private Office TO bring
out the president. The president came Ouf;
tall, handsome, swaggery looking man.
Hespied Hans: CLEAN of intelligence flashed
across his face; he stopped suddenly, and
said quickly. GOOD morning, Hans: 1 VIII
settle that little bill of yours next week"
Then he shot back into the private Office and
shut the door with bang. Tears came into
the eyes of Oily Tongue. but speech failed
him. "EOuT fOur-milliOn company has bust
ed, ] think, ," said Hans with "A chuckle. as he
went out. The advertisement for a manager
mas been withdrawn, and the tall man has
changed his office.