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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-28

They were soon strung out In a long line as they
sailed up the aud business did commence
until they turned the stakeboat and had to trim
sheets Tor a peat home. There was not very much
breeze but sufficient to keep them IRON drifting The
following 10 the time OF arrival corrected time Of tue
Yachts
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-28

AMBLEk PARK RACES.
FOURTH DAY.
AMBLER PARK, Pa, Sept 81. 1871
The FIRST race for OF the "a Glass; pu
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-28

Difference IN favor OF the Dare Devil 5m. Cos
The judges were Captain Harvey Hudson Tor the
Waltcr +. Davids, AMI Mr. Schuyler Tor the Dare
Devil DR.. Augustus Van CORTLAND acted as referee.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-28

SANE DAy-Purse 81, 5OO, for horses that have
beaten 22l $3.50 the hrsl 1915 to the second S225
to tho third, and $3.50 to the fourth horse mite heats
best three IN i've, in harness
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-14

W.. l. HHTIy1an, Clerk, Mrs III. r. Yerger's.
!, A. B,aand' Reading Clerk, DIR. Cranes.
Sanl WVO9Sgher, Journal Clerk. .........-
Z A. DurbMa bMatthews, Enrolling Clerk, ..-
y. Manam, Sergean.-at-Arms,.. ........--
W.T.. HoIIansry (col. Door Keeper. -
Iand, stmaster,
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-14

\ Porter, Secretary, ,."............R Residence
y I Brown, Jr, Assistant, ,.........Residence
" Langley, ,..Serge Residence
Hary Taylor, (col. ol.)...Door-Keeper,.....--
r Holland, Postmaster, r,..................---
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-14
c,S.ATKvE DIR ECEORK.

,crats in Roman, Republicans in Italics
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-13
Current Comment.

We don't wish to ltken Mr.. Blaine TO Gull
liver or the mighty state OF Maine t. the
little kingdom of Lilliput. But certainly the
Senator he's efectually extingushed the
flames which roared so furiously forth the
other day from Etna at his bidding, and if
the President cares to PISS that way now we
don't believe they will ss much as scorch the
hem OF his trousers.-N. Y. World.
The Maine Convention has made two
things plain-frst, that a large portion and
probably majority of the Republicans of
Maine, are vehemently opposed TO the Pres
ident's Southern policy; and second, that the
party means to stick together and avoid an
open breach with the administration. 1t has
further shown that the President has body
of earnest and influential supporters in a
state where the tide has been supposed to be
running heavily against him. The advocates
OF hearty endorsement resolu ton got q
hearing for themselves and raised breezy
discussion. Their proposition was finally
bundled together with a counter resolution
declaring Packard and Chamberlain's titles as
good rs Hayes's, and laid upon the table,
on motion of Mr.. Blaine. The platform
adopted is onf the whole judicious. 1t
is of clumsy bulk for campaign uses,
but contains good deal of Sound Republican
doctrine. Especially commendable are the
clear, decisive specie payment resolution and
the one opposing further land grants. There
is sharp cut at the Democrats for refusing
to vote supplies for the army and then cali
ing for its services to put down the recent
riots-a cut so direct and stinging that we
suspect it was administered by the hand of
Mr.. Blaine himself. The general drift of the
platform is obviously away from Hayes rath-
er than towards him. True, there is some
thing said in approval of local self.govern-
ment, but it is the New England town that
is referred to. and not the larger conception
of a state. Civil Service reform is also COM
mended, but in the same breath the conven-
tion says in effect, with a sef-complacency
that is rather ludicrous, "look at our Federal
officers up here in Maine; see how good they
are and take them for models" The prac-
tical work of the convention in renominating
Gov. Connor can be unreservedly praised.-
N. Y. Tribune.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-13

SELMA, Aug. THE Democrats carried
Dallas county yesterday by 300 majority. In
the Presidential election the county gave the
Republicans more than 1000 majority. Yes
terday,s election was the most peaceable and
quietest ever known.-As ssociated Press
Dispatch.
1t was Montague Tigg, il we remember,
who complimented his friend Cherry Slime by
admiringly exclaming of his elucidation of a
subject, that he had chit it full in six
words" Here are six lines that describe
Alabama affairs as concisely as half a dozen
columns possibly could. The last sentence
especially, is gem of lucidity of statement.
The transmutatlon of IA four thousand Re-
publican majority into three hundred Demo-
cratic within nine months, is a tribute to the
pacifying influence of the new dispensation
that has a profound historic significance.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-13
Cumberland Co. Republican Convention.

The Republicans of Cumberland County and all
others who intend to act with the Party in the Sep
tember election are invited to send delegates to CON-
vention to be held in
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-13

Vacancies in delegations can be filed or'y by
actual residents of the towns they represent.
The County Committee will be in session at the
Hall at o'clock in the morning of the day of the
Convention, and i'll there receive credentials of DEL
egates.
d. W. MERRILL,
HENRY G. BREWER,
MATT. ADAMS,
JOIN WOODBURY., Republican
r. G. SCRIBNER, County
GORDON X. GARDEN, Committee,
ISAIAH s. WEBB,
iSAs'L DINGLEY, Chairman,
l.. B. CHAPMAN, Secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-13

THE Democracy of Bangor under the in
spiration which flows from the Commercial,
have resolved that the present prohibitory
liquor law is undemocratic (they should have
spelled it with large d. in principle and
practically unsuccessful in suppressing in
temperance, and they recommend these
views to the Democratic State Convention.
The capacity for committing political suicide
which the Democrats of eastern Maine are
developing is something very remarkable.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-13
RECEPTION Aall, City Building,
PORTLAND. Thursday, August 16, 1877

At 10 o'clock A. NJ, for the purpose of nominat-
ing four candidates for the Office of State Senator
County Commissioner, Register Of Deeds, Treas
ufer. Also to choose County Committee for the
year 1875 also to act upon any other business proper
to come before the convention.
The basis OF representation will be as follows:
Portland and each of the several Towns in the County
will be entitled to delegate and for every 70
votes cast for Selden Connor for Governor last year.
fraction Of 40 or more will be entitled to addi
tional delegate.
This basis will give the following number of dele
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-13

CINcINNATI's railroad investments exceed
those of any other city in the country. Her
whole debt is 22,944,OOO, of which S17,2S5,
900 has been incurred in behalf of the
Southern railroad, which is a very doubtful
investment for years to come. Taxation is
over 500 per $1,000 at Cincinnati, which, with
the migration of the pork zone north to the
latitude of Chicago, must give a severe
shock to the prosperity of the city. The
nearest approach to Cincinnati in railroad
investments is Baltimore, with $9,520, 900, on
most of which the city is paid interest
regularly.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-13
THE PRESS.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations. The name and address Of the writer are in
all 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., 1877-08-13

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
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-13

THE town of Macon, ILL.,, some years ago
subscribed 100000 to the capital stock of the
Hamilton, Lacon & Marshall railroad. The
subscription was made in good faith, but it
was subsequently discovered that there was
no legislative act authorizing it, and the leg
islature was applied to cure the defect, which
it did. Bonds were issued and sold to peo-
pie who purchased them in good faith. The
Supreme Court has decided, however, that
the legislature had no right to pass the cur
ng act and consequently the bonds are le-
gally void. The moral obligation to pay
then is of course as strong as ever, but towns
do not heed moral obligations, and so the in
nocent bondholders have to whistle for their
pay. Of course il any individual citizen of
the town of Macon had done what they have
oil done collectively he would no longer be
trusted and would be tabooed from all respect
able society. But the repudiation of thous-
and people is very different thing from that
of one, though there is no reason why it
should be.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-13

THE latest advocate of reconciliation is
Sitting Bull. He is willing to be forgiven
provided the government will let him come
back with the houors of war. He only asks
that he and his band be allowed to retain
their arms and ponies, and that immunity
from punishment be guaranteed him. His
idea Of reconciliation indicates thorough
familiarity with Southern sentiment.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-13

Mr.. RANDALL's friends are trying to
better his chances for the Speakership by
representing him as in favor OF the Texas
Pacific Subsidy.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-13
NOTICE TO STOCK RAISERS.

ATa meeting of the Executive Officers of the New
IN England Agricultural Society, held at Port
Nos "a, Is and rs, the premiums for sheep should
read instead of ''two years old and under three
advertised in the published Premium List-"two
years old and upwards"
Also that in all cases, the exhibitor OF horse or
horses and drivers having paid the entrance fee,
should be entitled to card of admission.
iy2Sdtf DANIEL NEEDHAM, Secretary.
, 1877-06-16

WoNANLY MORAL COURAGE The
Baltimore american directs attention
To the fact that Of all the suicides be-
iDg committed very small per cent
age is OF women. Men become dis
couraged because Of some sadden pc
cuniary misfortune. because of disap
pointed ambition, or because of fail
ure IL their attempts 10 obtain en-
p!oyment, aud take their OWE lives
Devoted husbands. wi:h large fami
lies dependent rpon them for support
and nothing with wh;cE, to supply
;Eelr wants. As often as others resort
TO selt destruction. In these instances
the act would be pronounced coward
lv, it people were not charitable
enough TO believe Il was committed
in a moment Of ireuzY. 1t is AT such
times that woman develops the true
herui,m Of her nature, She faces
the world and struggles against It's
adversities. Even when deserted, her
moral courage sustaiuS her, and when
she does raise hand against her
own lite, it is ofteDev 10 hide shame
on account Of a be rayal, or ir, IN
religious excitement, than any other
cause.
, 1877-06-16

Their COURSE. - The Hartford
Times says; II President TiIden had
been inaugurated, and had done (as
he would have done) jus: what Mr.
Hayes has, in removing the troops
from South Carolina and Louisiana,
there woald have been such a howliug
Fl ON lhe rad Gals as was not heard
even during The height OF Bob Inger.
sOll's and Baine's bloody shirt cam
pa;gD last summer. The poor negro
would have been served up roasted ,
fried. tricassed, and on the haIf-shell.
We should have been tod of the res
toralion OF the old ''slave>power," and
of the wholesale slaughter Of The in
DoceEts. And tens Of thousands Of
good pious Radicals would have suck
ed il all down, and been duly horri
ted over the buttomiess iulquity Of
The democrats. Mrs. Stowe would
have had 10 write another novel, Pc
lrUieum Nasty would have scared on
wings, Bob lngersoII would have
made his hearers hair stand on end,
the radical press would have brisIled
with vlrtuous horror and Indignation,
ami Blaine and Ben Butler would
have goue wild over tie situation.
As 1t Is, il is Hayes that has done it
all, and the party doesn't yet seem
10 have quite found out whether 1t is
atoOt or On horseback.
, 1877-06-16

WATCHED WITH IYrsREsr.-lt is dif
ficult TO see how Austria will be able
TO patiently submit to any prorracted
closing of the Danube against naViga
,ion and all commercial traffic. Al
most all the intercourse of that coun
try with Turkey has taken place up
on This busy stream, and trade has
been carried on that has become very
profitable. Next 10 Germany, Tur
key Is Austria best customer, buying
from her aboat So, 600, 600 worth an
nuai!y, and selling her about SD ,OU0,
600. While protesting against any
such restraints upon her commerce,
Austria DOES not relish the situation
any better because powerful neigh
hor imposes them. IL iS known how
not Austria alcne, bat other interested
powers, have expressed Themselves re
gardlng this action; and the result
will be watched with interest. IL Is
Dot Impossible, suggests the Boston
PoSt, that Russia has started wrh "a
more arbitrary policy than she intends
20 carry out, in order that easier
terms may be made with Tie powers
about her. She can afford to give
Austria swing on the Danube and
England all she claims for the Suez
Canal, if by so doing she can gain at
least their neutrality and perhaps their
co operation.
, 1877-06-16
LATEST MARKET Quotations.
Portland, June f2-

| Wheat-Market quiet, the range OF qnotsiions be
! ing - l0Gs % per GENITAL
Flour -Qnotable, best brands, IS 90 2 hbl; good
outside and country brands, s. so; tine and super
6ne a. GOs6 so Prices steady
Oats-Cboice, 60 cents; common, S5Ss5se- MArksl
duh
Ra,-Cioioe timothy, baled, sls SoSlS; loose,
IArd-oregon made, fresh, in 10 d tins, ls9 lSc
, b N kegs, lasiSc.
Driei Apples-In sacks 5 kegs. g. . H.
Apples Ripe-ouctahle at : al > per beS iol
shipping according 10 quality
Driei PlumbS =" ith pits, 4S5c; pitiess, lo(s l2c
2 %.
Dairy Pruiucs Butter, solia lss 3Oe y n brine,
lssOe; rol;, 22le27e; CHEESE, quotable at 5sl6c :
D. Msrketquier,
Bacon Market well supplied Mt llh q i2'se ior
sides 4srI5c toc hams. and Sase for .ionlaeFs.
Chickens well supplird at ss eUSeS SO per
dozen, according to qua ity-
1 Eggs-Jobbers pay lie and sell At lSe per roz-
| Fresh Meats-Beef, lress-d F5c e II on foot
/ 9r2Sc; dressed hogs, 6S69e = n; mutton SHEEP
! s2S2 50 T. cad.
Hops Quoable at l6Gl7e.
| BaTley-Choiee brewing, 81 G7h feed. 81 % e
Mill Feed-Bran. ssO&22 so y ton shorts, .27 50
Gs30: chop p4iddiiugs, etc, S32 a0eSo5 OIL cake
meal, $40
H les and Furs- We quote bez. selected hides AT
ice ? n euls !. off; green. salted &c; elk. 6sSc
4 % deer 20a25c I q for dried and 5nS7 &c zach
green mrk skins, 50ltsl each otter, 81 each, ee-
/ yer. 7IGl Is . D..
Wool Receipts light, bat increasing. Quotaole at
| aaG24 for extra choice, and lSSS22 Tor eOmmnn 70
good bury excluded.
, 1877-06-16
NoIIce OF Distribution.
TERRITORY OF EASHINGFON,
CouRLq of MGlla HalIu. D.

TERRITORY OF EASHINGTOy,
County ot RGlid Haiia, d.
IN PRQB1TE = In ns RatieT Of tie Estate of
GEORGE WARNER, deceased
CITATION: On reading the du verified petition
" o. MATILDA ANN WARNER, nl-i in this
Court on The 18th day OF June, A ID. 1871 setting
fort.. that GE0RGE WARNER, her husband died
nIestate IN the oJnnty OF ala ALA IerrItorj of
Washington, ON the pa day OF March, A ID 1877 !;
that dee1snt II the tins uf his death resr.en.
Of said county eaying real and personal there
ID valued e. about s2lOG5 that ali OF said property
l. community properly II having been acquired since
deeetent marriage Ith p titoner, and praying for
an order distributing and assigning all OF sad pro-
perry 70 petitioner te survivor Of sarl deceent
accOTuIng To law And appearing 70 the Court that
no good reason exists u ssue letters II at.Dinisl
uln IN tie matter Of said estate II Is Orlered thai ali
peTsous interested IN the esIats OF said GEORGE
WARNER, deceased. be and appear heicre tie Pro-
bate Court OF sail county VI Waila Wals on III N
DAY, the I'd day OF July = d. l577, 1t the hour Of
one oeloek = ,of that day, then abl there to show
cause II ANY there be, why orrr OF stributlon of
the property describe n said I.ition should not te
male as IhereD prayed for. Further that service OF
this citation be made al persons luLerestI in SAID
estate, bY publication or TINS Urdsr IL the walla
~alls sIATKsNAS, weekly D-Wspaper printed and
Huoi,seed IN the city county. Of Wall. waIia
ashiEgiOn Irfritory. 70 four SUCCESSIVE weeks
pTiM 70 ssid 2Si day OF Jniy, a ID. 1871. Dated
Halla Walia, Ju0e Is, n 1871.
>siv t. GUICHARD, Probate Judge.
, 1877-06-16
The Tesas-paeinc Railway.

The Texas Pacific Railway, as ii
arrears in The bill which was before
the last Congress, and which will
come before the present one, Is com
pos:re of severa! roads. The old Texas
Pacific was smaller institution 10
lich the United States gave mu-
nificent grant of 100000 acres OF
land. haS failed TO carry out It's
cuntTac,-,hat is 10 say, has failed 10
get itself completed within ;he pre-
.cribed time, aud consequently, of
right. both lis charter and i,s lands
are forfeit. Il comes before Congress
TO ask an extension OF It's charter and
takes that occasion, also, 10 ak Tor an
immense extension Of us line, ard for
Government assistance in building il.
IL wants three radia:ing branches al
the East, running respectively Ia New
Orleans, Vicksburg aud Memphis. Il
wants aGotner branch on the northeast
runulug to ST. Louis, and absOE blDg
the "Atlautic aud Pacific road, 10
which Il, ,OG0,0 600 acres of land were
donated by The Government. On the
wes; il proposes to ran 10 San Diego
on the Pacific, absorbing a portion oi
the Southern Pacific, which had an
other muniticent land grant. Such are
the outlines OF what is now known Is
the Texas Pacific Railway.
This road asks for 10 more lands
what it wants Is money wherewlth &c
build itself. 1t wants the Secretary
of the Treasury to issue to it lis OWL
bonds, guaranteed by The United
States, To the extent Of $50, 900 fOr
each mile Of the trunk line, $50, ,00t
for each mile of the Southern Paciti,
(San Diego connection, snd S25 600
for each mile of the Eastern branches
TabnIaied, the number Of miles fol
eacL section, and the bonds asked, are
as follows:
Main line, from Fort Worth to
Fort Yuma. 1877 miles S4 545 .00C
E4s' ern connections, 1918 miles. % 4j0, OGt
San Diego Extension, 100 miles. 5000. 00(
, 1877-06-16

WASTED WATER The amount OF
water passing ever Niagara Falls has
been estimated at l0G.000,00O tons
per hour, and It's perpendicular de.
scent may be taken a' 100 feet, with
out considering The rapids. which rep
resent a further fall CT $50 feet. The
force represented by the principal fall
alone amounts 10 l6.S00,000 horse
powers, an amount which If it had 70
be produced by steam would neeessi>
ta;e an expenditure of not less than
266, 900. 900 tons of coal per annpm,
taking the consumption of coal at tour
pounds per horse power per hour In
other words all the coal raised through
out the world would barely suffice TO
produce the amount OF power that An
nnally Iuns 10 waste al this wonderful
fall.
, 1877-06-16

TAKING THE CHAycEs.-There are
three vessels on the high seas, sailing
under the American flag, with arts
cles conrraband of wer on board,
hound for Turkish ports. One left
New York week before The sailing
of the Russian fleet from that port,
and may escape 0verhauling. The
other two lett afierward, and stand a
good chance To be captured. The cerr
tainry with which vessels can now be
traced Oh The ocean was made appar>
ent in the case of the City of Brussels.
She was sought and spoken hv sever
al ships outward~bound from England
which furnished her with needed sup
plies. If the Russians have any men
of. in the Mediterranean near Glib
ra!tar, it Is not seen how these Amer
lean vessels can escape.
, 1877-06-16

'WAY Down IL ALAENM The Sln. herD
correspuudent OF the Tribune, E V. SmalIey.
writes very iuteres er.ng letter tr III Ala
bAma, and as irs conclusions rather 20
against rhe poli;icll prrG,lrc' iUas of the au
thor, those whose hearts have been bleeding
tor the poor AtrIc-n eau nov stop the flow.
MIR SmalleY sales that negro can suc n
while mtn IN Ihr Cour's with just as good
prospects Of getting justice as though be psos
scg'ed "ne ot his own color, aud IN CASE of
Pers nal abns. OF Il urgro by a white maa,
thr former, as he w-ak-r party, is likely to
have the sympathy Of h. Court. Rigid inn
partinilty is observed il The apporrioument
OF he school fund between the two races.
The ate fund amounts 10 $3.50 0G0 n yenr,
is distributed to the counties, while the poll
tax makes Si00, 600 morr. Thrrv are two
Normal Schools for the education OF co'ored
teachers and one for the education Of wbi'e
teachers, while the colured psOpie have the
sdvantage Of AnUfher school for teachers sup
ported by Northern religions Society. The
Sta:e debt DOW is about $4,000, 600, upon
which che interest is punc,uaiiy paid. The
rate of taxation is 20 cents on the SlOO, and
the next yesr i, pyilI be reduced 10 40 cents.
The republicans levied about the same tax
when they were in power, but paid no inter
est on the debt. Under democratic govern
ment the moral and material interests OF Al
ALBANIA are in boprful condition, and the
State is continually working itself up to
higher level.
, 1877-06-16

The ABKASIAYS.-A dispatch says
the Russians surprised and cut IL
pieces one thousand AbkaSians. These
people number about 81 000, and &C
cupied country with an area of 1908
square miles. on the kUub?n, in ASA,
bounded south and west by the Black
Sea and north by The Caucasus. They
are descended from Greek coloniS,S,
and are described a. warlke, bat siu.
gularly erratic IN their social and gov
ernmenral habits. They are divided
into several tribes, six OK which, with
5400 fighting men, owe doubtful al
legiance TO Russia, The balance are
under q Turkish suZerainty. They
have NO regularly defined rights OF
property, but when the planting season
comes round each individual selects a
spot of land where he plants and puts
il under cultivation. They are in per
petual warfare with each other. Their
women are handsome, and when taken
prisoners are sold 10 the Turks. being
frequently passed off as Circassians.
Owing TO their irregular mode of cul
tivalion famine is frequent among
them. Notwithstanding the men al
ways 60 armed TO the teeth, they are
said TO be poor soldiers, unable 10 en-
dure any heightened engagement.
, 1877-06-16

VOLUNTEER SOLDIERs.-Gen. SEer
man thinks that without an army the
country would degenerate into mob.
This is an extreme view, bnt as 1t was
expressed at the banquet table, the
Genera. has right TO reconsider. IL
means, freely interpreted, thal wecau-
not do without the regulars Now,
General Joseph e. Johnston, who has
considerable reputation as a soldier, Is
not of that way VI thinking, In a re-
cent speech delivered at Dallas, Tex.
as. he said that she contest of tour
years decided the quesilon-to the salts
faction OF ali American military men
that ths militia, or volunteers were
the men to depend upon." Military
men, like doctors, Will disagree.
, 1877-06-16

DEAru OF MoTLEY.-John Lathrop
Motley died in England lately. The
DECEASED succreied Charles Francis
Adams as American minister to
England, heing appointed at the in
stance of Senator Snmner, but when
the qnarFel occurred between that
gentleman and ex President Grant,
Motley vas removed Motley's dis
tinction was achieved in literature.
He was bred to the bar but never en-
gagged in practice. He was highly ed
ueated, having received all the adj
rantages-of American and Europpan n
universities. His RISE Of tie Dmch
Republic brought him most money
anu fame. He was sixty three years
old aud a native of Massachusetts,.