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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1877-04-22

81 las noticias que nos llegan de
Europa no fiIesen de suyo alarman-
tes, la baja del papel que representa-
la deuda de las. naciones que mar
chan i la cabeza del comercio, Ingla-
terra y Francia. nos indicaria suli-
cientemente la proximidad de la gue-
IRA. Los tltulcs franceses, al finali-
Ear ell mes de mario, Sc cotizaban de
1880 p.% 4 "a, y los ingleses de
SO 3I5 al 81 y 4 estos tipos habian
estado durante todo ell pasado mes
en- que Sc confaba Ell ell buen exito
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1877-04-22

E Ageaae habla con encomio. de
la Reuista Conaercsa1 que redaeta
nuestro ilustrado amigo el Sr. E. Al.
y que Sc imprime en- nuestra inn
prenta. NADIA hablamos querido de-
cir de este notable documento que
tan preciosos datos contiene y con
la cual Sc engalanan cada ounce dias
nuestras columnas, favor que agra
decemos 4 SUI propietario.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1877-04-22

Aplaude con calor Eg Agente el
proyecto de erigir I'm monumento en-
Caparra ell memoria del hccho glo-
rioso que aquel sitio represents !;
cree que 4 la Diputacion Provincial
pertenece tomar Ia inicIativa en- este
patriotico pcnsamiento y de no ha-
cerlo ella, opina el colega que debe
costearse por suscripcion particular
de 4 cincuenta centavos, ofreciendo,
EN- case de que Sc adopte este medic
de arbitrar los fondcs, slls columnasf
y Ia cooperation de sus redactores.
Estamos en- estas ideas de acuerdo
con N Agente y tambicn. 81 ftiere
necesario, pcndrlamos nuestras co
lumnas y escaso valimiento { tlispo-i
sicion de quienes mtentcn realizar
dicha idea.
Recuerda tambien qle al resta,-
rarse el convento dc Santo Domingo
Sc encontraron los restos del ilustre
Ponce de Leon y que fi,e nombrada
una conlision con el fin de buscar
punto d prop6sito para lcvantar I'm
monumento en que depositar tan
preciosas cenizas ignorando los ira
bajos que haya hecho por fin, CO.
pia parte de Ia mcmoria que public6
cl Ayuntamiento de la capital en-
1878, en- que SC designa Ia plazucla
de las Monjas como lugar adccuado
para situar dicho mausoleo, habien-
dose consignado doce mil pesos para
Ia obra en- cl ejercicio de f1873-74
quedando solo pendientc de los estu-
dios que debia hacer el Arquitecto.
I.amentase el colega del riesgo que /
corren de perderse los venerables
restos del Conquistador, y recuerda ]
d IL Corporation municipal .el inelu-
dible y sagrado deber que ticne con-
traido de pagar este tribute de graz
titud al primer Captain General de
Puerto Rico. Somos de la misma
opinion. Ell que plant6 aqul y de-
tendlo heroicamente con sll espada
ell pabellon castellano Ell que echo
los cimientos de la ciudad en- que vi
vlmos, bien merece una sepultura
4 sus grandes merecimicn-
tos. Ell fue el Herman Cortes de.
Puerto REQ, la prirnera personifi-
cacion de Espala en esta isla: hon.
rar su memoria es honrar 4 Ia pa
tria.
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!" IIflllfIRl lLlsIGl.
EXPEDICION
De Los
CATALANES Y ARAGONESES
CONTRA TURGOS Y GRIEGOs,
D. FRANCISCO DE MoNCADA
ooNDE DE OsONA.
{ loONTINuAcIoN.

Ofrsei6 de parte de los suyos venir
con ochccientos caballos y dos mil in
fantes, y plestar juramento de fdelidad
a general de los catalanes. Las con-
diciones fueron que Sc les se1alase
euartel ( parte dopda pudiesen yiyir
1unios con sus familias que de las pre-
sas Sc les desc la mitad de 10 que Sc
daba a soIdado catalan que siempre
que quisieran golver 4 su TERRA pudie-
sen, sin Due seles hiciese yiolencia para
detenell6s. dido 10 propuesto por ell
turco, de comun consentimiento les adj
mitiaron & su seryieio, ofreciendo cum
plir las condolences con juramento
Con csta respuesta Ximelix yolvi6 4
pasar Il estreoho y { pfevenir su gente
81 tknko que a armada ll6gaba, y POGO
deapues, embarcados on los navios y
galeras que se pudieron iuntar, llegaron
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8

del protocolo. Pcro arroia Ia Tur-
qua por segunda yez el guante Ia
|fu de las grandes potencias, y he
|aquf que los consolidados franceses
|descienden & 67.10. La Ultima CO..
tizacion (67.9O) que conocemos l8
de abril) nos desmuestra una peque-
1a subida.
Calculando la deuda de la Francia
en- unos 5000 mil millones de- pesos,
cantidad que estimamos aproximada
1 Ia verdad, Sc We que el 6 p.s6 que
han bajado sus valores al simple anna
go dc guerra constituye una perdida
para la Francia de 800 milloncs de
pesos agregnese otra perdida por To-
menos ig,ial con Ia baja que habran
tenido los tltulos de ferro-carriles, de
los municipios, deuda flotante &c. y
consideren los lectores que sera de
Europa 81 estalla Ia guerra ctlando.
probablemente una sola nacion tiere
antes de dispararse el primer cano-
nazo una depreciation en- sus val0res
cquivalentes quiz;s 1 600 millones
de duros.
A Ia subida de so centimos b, %
que Sc nota EN- los fondos franceses
del dia | I al Is del corriente, no CO.
rresponde alza algnna en- los conso-
lidados ingleses. En- alnbos dias Sc
rcotizaro1 de 943 1 945. Tenemos
pues enpocos dias una baja de 2 p.%
en- los acreditadisimos tltulos bfitl-
nicos, al parecer sin tendencia al al
"a, 10 que nos parece I'm mai sfnto-
ma. 81, pues, Dios no evita la giie-
IRA, Europa perdera cantidades fabu-
losas. inmensas fortunas acumnladas
con el sudor de muchos aiios.
Mucho sentimos esa ominosa pers-
pectiva que SC presenta; por desgra-
cia la paz armada es va insosteniblc.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1877-04-22

Z I,lsaeioaalia,d espsi7sla ( s n J,
laeg 81 z. q Atodos los 4,
s'spreihos' como hasta
peTmanecieIo
Ests - .o pens
m;ente e az. ! ! J oesl1 4gaaSIo
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-26

IT is stated that not only Russia and Tur-
key, but also Austria have given extensive
orders for rifles and ammunition mar ufac-
tured in the United States, that cash pay
ment accompanies the order in each instance,
and that large shipments of these muniments
OF war had been duly made, with all reason
able puuctuallty. Some of the British Jour-
mails, complaining of this, Inquire whether
such commodities can be produced at a
cheaper rate in the United States than in
England? Labor is cheaper, iron and fuel
are as low-priced on the other side of the
Atlantic, yet the American manufacturers
undersell their competitors abroad. Backing
this is a complaint that Germany and France
are particularly active and successful in pro-
ducing Birmingham specialties. The trade.
Journal Iron says: "Frapce is buying steel
from Sheffield, and making goods for the
Edglish markets on English patterns.
American competition is even more
serious, for it would appear that
the Colonies show distinct preference for
certain goods of American make. Australian
and New Zealand buyers are now requiring
that portions of their orders shall be filled
with articles manufactured in the United
States, the American goods having a better
finish and otherwise proving more salable
than those of English make. This is a hard
blow for our makers of mining and agriculiu-
raj tools, but the preference of Australians
for American hoes, spades, and picks is by
no means a new thing''
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-26
MagazineNOtices.

The January number of BlackacooTs Mdqa-
zine, just repuolished in this country by the
Leonard Scott publishing company of New
York, contains two of those striking short sto-
ries for which Magazine is famous, one entitled
The Shadow Of the Door. and the other
WEAKNESS; tale of France. The Woman
Halter is continued. The more solid articles
are entitled Inside the House o. Commons,
George Sand, and the New Year; and there is
one poem, Cupid Schooled. 1t is altogether an
excellent number.
Mr.. Whittier begins the February issue Of
the Atlantic Monthly with a .six-page ballad
called The Witch of Wenham, a charming
poem in his best vein. The same number has
a short poem, A Dutch Picture, by Mr.
LoDgfellow, and one by Edmund q. Stedman,
entitled News from Olympus, gracefully and
teuderly treating in the light of Schlimanns
discoveries the Hellenic gods. A timely and
characteristic poem by DR.. Holmes on the
Presidential queston-How Not to Settle 1t
appears at the end of the magazine and is full
of good ssnse and humor. In Studies of Ami.
u.al Nature, Bayard Taylor contrives to assem-
BILE many fresh aud amusing anecdotes Of
animal sagacity, and argues for better under
standing bstween men and brutes The
Political Condition of South Carolina, by
South Carolinian, is an article of great and
immediate interest and is the most comprehen-
sive and impartial statementIof the Southern
situation which has yet appeared The source
from which it comes, and the remarkable can
dor and freedom from party bias OF the writer,
will ensure it wide reading and the most
thoughtful consideration. Mrs. Kemble's chap
ter of "Oli Womans Gossip is unusually
GOOD this month, and Henry James, Jr.'s nov
ell ''The American" draws near to its climax.
Mr.. Howells enlivens the magazine still furthe
with the first act of new comedy y-romance en-
titled "Out of the Question: to be finished in
two more parts Besides these contributions,
we fiud readable account of "Chrst Eve
in Sicilian Abbey" by Luigi Mont, lately
American Consul at Palermo. Edgar Fawcett
and Mrs. Pratt contribute poems. and there is q
striking anonymous poem. entitled "Tne Old
Grave" The new department. "The Contrib
utors Club is full of clever things. After
that, there is a "Sunset Song" by Celia Thax-
ter, set to music by Julius Eichberg. There is
an unusual number of book reviews, and the
editorial comments on art and "Musie" ara
also well worth reading.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-26

RICHARD GRANT WHITE declares that
"Troilus and Cressida" is Shakspeare's wis
est play in the way of worldly wisdom. "For
good, downright sass" says Mr.. White in
the same connection, ''there is in literature
nothing equal to the speeches of Thersites."
The Galaxy article from which the above
comments have been taken is the last of the
series, and unusually interesting because it
gives The opinions of Mr.. White, himself a
distinguished commentator on Shakespeare,
as to the merits of the various editions,
Many will be surprised to learn that he ad-
vises strongly against Dyce, who, during his
lifetime, was warm friend OF Mr.. White.
and frequently refers in his edition with ad-
miration TO the labors of the latter in the
field of Shakspearean criticism. In the judg-
ment of Mr.. White, the ablest of all the liy-
ing editors of Shakespeare is William Adds
Wright, who has been largely concerned in
the Cambridge edition. The German critics.
Mr.. White thinks, are the worst of all.
Ulrici and Gervinus he particularly con-
demnS,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-26
News and Other items

A statue of Burns was unveiled in Glasgow,
Scotland, yesterday.
The dwelling of Nathan Norton in Green
land, N. H., was burned yesterday. Loss S9,-
500.
The relatives of the seamen of the steamship
Colombo, now over fifty days out from Hull,
have put on mourning.
Beede's steam saw mill at Island Pond, VT,
was burned Wednesday night. Loss $4,000;
insured $4,000
A building in South Framinham, Mass own
ed by ex Governor Clafin and occupied by the
Haskins Rubber Company, was burned yester-
day. Loss $4,000.
A meeting of bankers, merchants and others
interested in the settlement OF the debts of the
Southern states was held yesterday in the New
York Clearing House, and a committee was ap-
pointed to confer with the proper officials of
the defaulting states and devise some plan for
settlement.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-26
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

GOLD has fuctuated very materially during
the last fourteen years. The advance began
in June, 1862, when from two OR three per
cent. above currency, it rose in July to 119.
After reaching 172 in 1868, it declined in the
same year to 1913. The upward tendency
again began, and in July, 1864, it touched
the unprecedented figure of 2S5. The closing
quotation Of that year was 244. The end of
the rebellion was followed for the most part
by decline. In 1868, however, it was rated
higher than in 1867, and on Black Friday,
1869, it ran up to 1921, figure not reached
since. Through 1870 and 1871 its course was
steadily downward, but in 1872 there was
temporary rise above lis, succeeded in the
same year by fall to 1889. The present
quotations are almost as low as in 1862.
With the steady decline of gold, as exhibited
during the last few years, there Is good reason
to believe that the resumption of specie paw
ments will take place in 1879, or in the near
futurp
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-26

THE London papers are making the most
OF a little furry occasioned by the killing of
German by some Frenchmen in drunken
sailors brawl at Smyrna, together with the
fact that the German and French represent
atlves were at cross-purposes in the Con-
stantinople Conference. Dispatches from
Berlin and Paris are printed to show feel
ing of bitterness that has found expression
in the press of both countries, but it does not
appear that there is any serious ground for
apprehending that either of the causes of
animosity will develop into anything like
warlike dimensions.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-26

EcLIPsEs FOR 1S77-The crop of eclipse for
1877 promises to be full and healthy one.
Here is the list: A total eclipse of the moon
on February 9th, visible in the United States;
partial eclipse of the sun on March 18th, visi-
BILE in Western Asia; partial eclipse of the
sun on August 9Th, visible in Alaska, Kam-
schatka and the North Pacific ocean,; a total
eclipse of the moon on August 23d, partly visi-
BILE in the Eastern and Southern states, and a
partial eclipse of the sun on September 9TH,
visible in South America.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-26

VERMONT has five centennial anniyer-
saries this year The declaration of New
Connecticut as an independent State was
made Jan. 16, 1777, the name of the State
was changed to Vermont June a; the battle
OF Hubbardton was fought July Z; on the
9Th the first Constitution was adopted, and
on the 10th of August the battle of Benning-
ton was fought.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-26

IF the Democratic party had possessed
the clear advantage of position which the
Republicans had in the law and the strength
of their case they never would have compro-
missed it. The Democracy always make the
most of their opportunities.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-26

THE Graphic unkindly says that the Ore
gon slush money has been traced as near to
Tilden as the Marsh money was traced to
Belknap, and as near as the Credit Mobilier
money was traced to Brooks and Colfax.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-26

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
a cases Indispensable not necessarytor publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve eommu-
niGations that are not used.
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THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, JAN. 26, 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 our
journal.
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If the compromise plan does nothing else,
it at least proves the magnanimity of Re-
publicans.
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20 let,

fsyHE BRICK HOUSE No. II Danforth Street
4. containing all the modern improvements In
quir at No. 10 Central Wharf.
ip diff
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FENHE Offices in Third Story Merchants National
n Bank, now occupied by j. & M. Rand; also
the front offices. These offices heated BY Steam
have gas, water and fire proof vaults Possession
given Nov 1st oct27dtf
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To Let.
TO be Let,

A FIRST-CLASS House corner Franklin and Cum
n berland streets. Apply to L. PONCE.
nov29 diff
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TO LET.
TO Let.

fhIHE well-known boarding house, No. 81 Free St.,
L having been lately repaired and put in first
apply to H. j. Libby & Co., or over First National
Bank, Middle street. dec5tf
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WANTS.
Wanted.
w aMted.

DY married man a situation as foreman on a
ID farm man to manage the farm woman to do
the work of the house Reference given Address
jan20d1w@ FARMER" Cumberland Mills
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w WaMted.
100 Agents, both Male and Female, to sell our
1OO useful household articles. They will sell
to almost every house. ANY one can sell them We
have agents that never sold anything BEFORE making
from four to five dollars per day and expenses
er needs them and wants them We have large
variety n. B-Business chances bought and sold
here. Call, or address with stamp, Il. F. BOWIE,
119l Exchange street. Portland. ja9dtf
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TO be Let.
Tn Let

NOW is your chance to get good rent all to your
~ self, small House, within minutes walk of
City Building; rent about $1,000 per month. Apply
to w. W. CARR,
deci5dtf 1871 Newbury Street.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-26

BOSTON.
Parker House. School sE. Ea. ID. Parker 81
Co., PrOpFiet0rs.
st. James Hotel-,5. e. Crecker, ksraprf;
etor.
fremont House, Trem0Ms 81. -GhRpss,
Gurney &E Go. Propriet0rs.
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BOARD.
Rooms and Board.

TlIRST-CLASS accommodations by the day or
IL week, at NO. ASHBURTON PLACE, near
the State House, and but five minutes walk from
State St. and the business parts of the city, Prices
reasonable.
Boston, Jan. %, 1877. d1w*
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WEST NEWFIELD.
West Newfield House, IL, G. Holmes, Pro-
prtefOr.
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PORTLAND.

SMOWHEGAN.
Turner EHcuse, w. G. kseselten, PxsDrf.
et0r.
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TO LET

10 Lei.
A TENEMENT of four or five rooms; two o
IA them connected; pleasantly situated, on 203
Cumberland Street, carner franklin Street; has
gas and Sebago water; flower garden in the rear
jan4 diff
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AUGUSTA.
Augusta House, State st. Harrison Eaks
err, Proprietor.
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HOTELS.

Elm House, Court. st. w. y. IL A. Young
ProprietOrs.
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THE MAINE STATE PRESS

TERMS: Eight Dollars Year in advance. Tc
mi subscribers Seven Dollars Year If paid in adj
vance,
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-09-19
Wednesday, Sept'r 10. 1877.
How the Sultan Mohammed w.
Proclaimed q War in Which He
Was Beaten.

The imperial archives at Vienna con-
tan Mohammed ", or. as he called
himself, "Mola Mohammed," issued
some two hundred years ago to the
then German emperor. Leopold, AMI the
king of Poland. This curious document
reads as follows:
BY the grace Of God. the ruler Of
heaven, We, Mola Mobammed, God Oh
earth. glorious and omnipotent emperor
OF Babylon and Judea. of the Orient
and the Occ;dent. King Of all Kings
on earth and in heaven. Great King of
Holy Arabia and Mauritania by our
birth glory crowned King Of Jerusalem,
Owner ard Master Of the grave of
Christ. the crucifed God Of the Infidels,
pledge our sacred word to The the
Caesar OF Rome. and to Thee. the King
Of Poland, and % all thy ptrtisans. a.
well as 10 the X ID Cock of Rome the
Popc.) his cardinals, bishops and all
his other many -colored assistants. and
announce that we are abolt TO invade
thy small REIN in war, aud that we
shall bring with us IL Kings and /,
300, 900 soldiers, both infantry and
cavalry: ard that with this army, of
which neither thou nor thy partisans
ever had any conception. We shall
without mercy or pity tread thy small
realms under the hoof- Of our horses.
and hand it over to fire and p,ilage
And first IF all We command Thee to
await US in thy capital City Of Vienna.
i'll order that we may there have thy
head cut Of Aud thou, also, little
King of Poland. DO thou the same
We shall extirpate thee and all thy
partisans by murder. robbery, FIRE. ra-
pine aud pillage. aud cause the very
last creature Of God, if it be Giaour,
to disappear from the earth. We shall
commence by exposing Ola and Young
to the most cruel fortunes. and then
put them ignominiously to death. Thy
little realm we shall take away from
thee. and destroy that of the Red Cock
and sweep from earth the entire popu-
.hon. and thee. and the King of Po.
land we will permit 10 live until you
shall be convinced that we have car
ried out all we have announced here
in. This wo say. that you may take
notice thereof. Given in our majesty s
capital and residence at STEAMBOAT, the
city that has $50 streets and lanes.
100 squares, 10 public buildings. 4S6
inns for barboring strangers, 1000
baths. 900 fountains, 1852 small and
large schools, 1900 mills and 4,t22
mosques. This large and strong city
covers space of four square miles
and is adorned by $50 turrs.s. This
city my ancestors have by force of arms
taken from the Infdels. having first
ravished and then massacrcd all the
women and children. And in defiance
of tho Giaours we shall henccforth keep
and maintain this city Given in the
18th year Of our life and the seventh
of our omnipotent reign.
MOLA MoHAMMED, NJ. =.