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The Republican journal., 1877-12-13

\ correspondent of the London Times.
who visited Plevna with the last supply
train which entered that fortress, gives a
graphic account OF what he saw. His de-
scription OF the horrors of the road thither,
strewn with murdered Bulgarian OK driv-
ers OF the convoy that preceded the one
he accompanied some of the wretch es,
whose crime probably was stealing to
save themselves from starving, with their
Threats cut and some stoned to death
makes ones blood run cold Yet scarce
ly less cruelty was inflicted by Osman
Pacha upon his own wounded braves.
Something more than thousand of
these poor fellows were lying mixed to-
gether in large building welterng in
unspeakable filth, having been left with
out surgical or other attendance for a
week, when the Englishmen with the
convoy made a protfer to Osman Pacha
of the services of the Stafford House So
cietys volunteers and stores, and of those
of the Red Crescent Society. The Turk
ish commander declined the offer, stating
that he intended to send those sufferers
away to Sofia by the returning convoy,
and he actually did send away a large
number of them.
The correspondent says: | was riding
down the street when the third CONVOY
of 1000 started from the town, and trust
it may never again be my fortune to wit
ness such a miserable crowd as | saw
here. The wretched soldiers stretched
cut their hands for pity and assistance
as | rode by, and, though | understood
but little Turkish, the pitiful "Amaa,a"
shrieked or groaned, with the appealing
hands and writhing faces were more than
eloquent.
The town is forlorn and distressing to
look upon, but the people have become
accustomed to horrors. The camps around
the town are cheerful in comparison, tho
"the neglect of sanitary precautions and
of decent consideration for the dead is at
once painful and shocking. The spectacle
of dead bodies stripped absolutely naked
and left to rot, is not creditable to camp
which is otherwise well ordered. | have
not seen any body in the near neighbor-
hood of the camp which l could identity
as that of a Turk, but the unburied
corpses of Russian soldiers are by no
means uncommon even in places where
their burial would be at once safe and
easy. Fever, ague and dysentery are
common diseases not only among the
troops, but among those who, for char
ity's sake, share their hardships."
The Republican journal., 1877-12-13
England and the Eastern War.

The fortunes of war, in the great East
ern contest, though occasionally to some
degree favoring the Turks, yet have a
strong and decided general drift towards
the success of the Russians. In the win
ter contest, now going on, the soldiers
who are trained amid the SHOWS of the
North are more than a match for those
who love summer sun and soft winds.
The position of the Turks is so alarming,
and the attitude of their adversaries so
determined, that England, whose eyes
have been keenly fixed upon the com
100, believing that in his extremity he
may rely upon British aid, casts anxious
glances towards London
a significant remark was made a few
days ago, to a deputation, by Lord Der
by, who is the British Secretary for For
eign Affairs. 1t was to the effect that
the government saw no reason for de-
parting from its neutral course, as neither
Constantinople or the Suez Canal were
in danger. This is significant, because
it shows that under the apparent apathy
of England. there has been a keen watch
fulness of matters in the East England
evidently does not believe that Russia
has undertaken this vast and expensive
war for the single purpose Of asserting
the rights Of a few Christians of the
Greek Church, resident in the dominions
Of the Sultan; but has suspicion that
the Cars purpose, is the traditional poll
cy of Russia, to acquire territory and to
share in the opulent trade that flows from
India and the far East. An essential to
this is the passage from the Black Sea to
the Mediterranean through the Bospho-
rus, which passage is now held and guard
ed by Constantinople and its fortihca-
tons. The preservation of that strait to
Turkey, and the SueZ Canal to herself
are now the great objects Of English anx-
iety, the aim of her diplomacy, and if
need be of her arms.
If England be tried by the standard of
her own practice, it will be found that
she has small argument in her favor when
she assumes to limit the ambition of ano-
Their nation. She has been a most insati-
able and remorseless absorber of islands,
countries and nations A rooon+ ,rt;oIo
in the Chicago Times commenting upon
England's ambition says:
Not reckoning Ireland. Scotland or Wales as
British colonies, her earliest foreign acquisition
was Newfoundland 1888 her latest, the little
Dutch republic of the Beers. In three hundred
years she has acquired the following foreign prop
nrt,- A1,,nr
The Republican journal., 1877-12-13

PORTLAND. Dec. IL. In the United States Court
todayJ. +. Frye, Postmaster at Stockton was sent
enced to twenty days imprisonment in Belfast Jail
for selling postage stamps at discount.
The above is the public record of a
transaction, which we learn to have had
its beginning in the following manner
Mr.. Frye was owing something over a
hundred dollars to Dresser, Mcclellan &
Co., Of Portland. They agreed to take
and did take of him sufficient postage
stamps to cancel it, the stamps being
reckoned at Il considerable discount. I'm
der the regulations of the department the
salary OF postmasters of the Stockton
class is regulated by the regular ana le-
gltlmate sale of stamps, at their face
value. An average of about forty per
cent. on these sales constitute the post
masters salary. But they are forbidden
to sell them at less than their face 1t
will be seen that if the postmaster can
make private sale Of a considerable
amount, at the rate of say ten or fifteen
per cent. discount, both the buyer and the
Official make pretty good margin. The
transaction with the Portland firm came
to light III consequence of the stamps be
ing exposed for sale in quantities that at
tracted the attention of Detective Bige-
low BY aid Of the United States laws
he compelled the firm to state how they
came in possession Of them.
The offence of which the Stockton post
master has been convicted is very com
mon one, as those who are accustomed
to receive small remttances through the
mails, especially newspaper publishers,
have occasion to know. 1t does not
wrong the government, in one sense, and
yet i'll another it does. The authorities
have OF late been making eXertions to
stop these transactions, and Mr. Frye
happens to be the one who is to 90 into
durance, to warn others from the path of
official sin. We believe that the depart
ment regards the clandestine sale of
stamps as a sufficient cause for removal
from office.
The Republican journal., 1877-12-13

The death of Hon. John H. Burleigh,
Of Berwick, by a sad accident, is pub
lie calamity to the section in which he
lived, and which he benefited by his en-
terprse and business sagacity. He was,
besides, an able man beyond that sphere,
and had made a reputation in the ma
tonal councils, where, by the standard
Of public estimation men so quickly find
their place, and where mediocrity never
rises above its level. AS a Republican,
he had frequent occasion to differ from
the majority, but had the satisfaction,
during his life time, Of knowing that the
brains Of the party We're recognizing the
correctness of his views.
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The Constitutional Amendments.

1t will be remembered that, at the Sep
TENDER election, the people voted on two
constitutional amendments, in re-
gard to elections, that ''no person shall
vote at any election in this State unless
he has paid poll tax within two years
preceding the election in which he pro-
poses to vote, provided said tax has been
legally assessed upon him." This was re-
iected it not receiving even a majority
vote. The other was in regard to munich
pal Indebtedness, that "no city or town
shall hereafter create any debt or liabili-
ty, which, sngly, Or in the aggregate
with previous debts or liabilities, shall
exceed five per centum Of the last regular
valuation of said city or town" This was
accepted by very large majority
At the present session of the Governor
and Council the votes were counted, and
the following are the official returns on
the two amendments:
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Total

In Asia she governs IN India alone 100 sol 04S
subjects, scattered over 904 049 square miles; and
and her other Asiatic dependencies-Aden, Ceylon
Hong Kong, Labuan Perrin, and the settlements
in the straits swell this to total of 1913 362 02i
subjects and a domain of 929, 939 square miles In
Europe she has 1861 6l subjects in Gibraltar He'll
goland and Malta giving her a total area of one
third of the surface of the globe and nearly one
fourth Of its inhabitants.
Her policy has been to make her colonies pay
for themselves and pay her for permitting them to
do so. India will be compelled to foot her famine
bills as soon as the government can invent an ad
ditional form of taxation and devise way to col
lect it, Her colonies 60 times the size of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and
under the discreet management of her ministers
they never cost her less than two million pounds
per year the largest items in the imperial expense
being for Gibraltar and Malta.
When Russia settles her account with Turkey
and directs her arms and emissaries eastward.
England must then fight for her Asatic domain or
prepare to surrender its most profitable section.
India will not fight for England. England must
do that for herself. Russia can out match her four
to one and Germany will not interfere except for
English embarrassment.
The world at large has held, ever since
the question was agitated, that England
has no right to keep Russia from enjoying
this great water highway, more than she
had, half a century ago, to arrogate to
herself the title of "mistress of the seas. 4"
Even English liberals take this view of
the question, and it has been boldly de-
clared in recent speech by John Bright.
But of all the apprehensions felt by
England, the most sensitive spot is that
which concerns the control of the Suez
canal. AS the short road to her eastern
possessions, the artery for her commerce,
and the route for troops and ships of war,
she will hold and control it at all hazards
Since she bought controlling interest in
its stock, her policy has included an over
sight, for her own advantage, Of that ar
tificial river. Still, it is difficult to see
how Russia alone, even if victorious over
Turkey, can seriously threaten England
backed by her powerful army, and still
more powerful navy. But the complica-
tions of European politics, and the inter
ests of the great powers, may give rise to
unexpected events. One thing is certain
that when England believes that her
honor or interest compels her to fight, she
will fight terribly. The world in arms
would no more intimidate her than it did
when she defied and conquered the first
Napoleon, and sent him to eat his heart
out on barren rock in the ocean. What
the result of combination against her
might be cannot be foretold, but the pluck
Of England can be counted on always.
The Republican journal., 1877-12-13

in Boston last week. Alas for the truant
school boy 49,. Christmas crowds are fast
gathering....T arrangements for the
Cat Show are completed, and January
2lst is the time when Puss comes to the
front. Novel and interesting adverts-
ing is plentiful in the papers Fault find
ing readers are making bitter complaint;
but a little wholesome growl sometimes
makes newspaper lively...The weather
at present is fully capable Of taking care
of itself, so we let it most gloriousIy alone.
RI-EIE
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Genera1it1es.
" atcrvilIe is swarning with tramps.

Indiana has the largest state school fund of any
state i'll the union. 1t amounts to sS,80,S72
Georgia keeps Il hundred thousand dogs for
whose annual support thirty thousand sheep are
necessary.
New York court has decided that wedding
presents are the property, not of the husband and
wife, but of the wife alone
The wife of Capt. j. B. Minot, of Topsham, hung
herself in barn Saturday morning, She has been
partially insane for some months
Albert JOY, under sentence Of death for the MUIR
der of a man at Gloucester, has had his sentence
committed to Imprisonment for life
A portion Of the $4,000 appropriation for Fort
Preble will be expended in altering the guns
mounted in the Notifications, to rifles
Among recent postal appointments in Maine are
Geo. A. Ramscll, North Fassalboro; Mrs Mary A.
Hodgdon, Seal Cove Hancock county.
The level OF the Mediterranean Sea has sradu
ally fallen four inches since the opening OF the
Suez canal, and serious changes on its shores are
feared
While Sir Edward Thornton in England re
Gently he was offered the place of British minister
at Madrid but he preferred to remain at WaSh
ington
The Governor of Maine has pardoned James Do
herty of Portland in the State Prison for larceny
Charles +, Gorham of Saco, and Felix Allen of Old
town, in jail for liquor selling,
4 large barn owned by Simon L. Cleayes, ri
Biddetord, and situated in kennebunkport Wa.
destroyed by an inCendlaTy fire Saturday morning
The dwelling was fired but not burned
Wild geese that had become exhausted by tn,
storm alighted in Newburypor on Monday 2fth
nit, and killed by clubs the rain having
soaked their feathers so that they could not fly
Sitting Bun is getting tired of Canada and want
r1V he ANA
The Republican journal., 1877-12-13

The Governor and Council, in the mat
ter of the representative from the class
composed of Washington, Hope and APP
pleton, have thrown out the vote Of Wash
ington, for informality, and declared Hi
ram Bliss elected. Had the vote of that
town been counted, Nehemiah Poland,
Democrat, would have been elected. We
are not aware of the particular informal
ity which is alleged in this case; but in
the many contests which have arisen, the
points have been pretty well settled to
cover all possible contingencies. They
should be really serious departures, to
Justify the disfranchisement Of a whole
town.
The Republican journal., 1877-12-13
Skilful Surgery.

The doctors in and around New York
are all discussing an extraordinary surgi-
cal operation which, beyond any doubt
or chance, has proved successful 1t is a
case of transportation of human skin
Dora Conrad, a factory girl, had her hair
caught in a spindle, and in an instant the
hair and scalp ofOnc side Of her head were
torn off. She was taken toS st. GATHERINGS
hospital, Williamsburg, where the doctors
consulted, and said at once they could do
nothing for her. But Dora had strong
constitution, was healthy, and high in
hope. After two days the physician in
charge told her that he could save her
life if she could stand the operation. 1t
was to cut the skin from her arms and
body and give her new scalp by trans
plantation. She agreed to the proposal
The transportation Of skin has but re-
Gently been introduced into surgery in
cases Of open wounds, and the operation
is an exceedingly delicate one In the
present case the scalp was not only torn
OF, but portion of the periosteum had
been destroyed. But the doctor saw in
this case of strong constitution instead
OF suppuration and decay granulation
begin and new flesh form. Taking ad-
vantage of these favorable conditions and
symptoms the doctor took two pieces
from Dora's own arm, and cutting them
into smaller pieces grated them on the
perlosteum, or skin of the bone, about
a quarter Of an inch apart, and in row
about quarter of an inch from the line of
the lower edge of the wound the engraft-
ed pieces being held in position with small
strips of plaster. In few DAYS the little
gratis sent out branches of live cutcle to
each other and to the sound skin, which
gradually increased until they bridged
over the space between them, and thus a
new skin was produced. The operation
was repeated from time to time for seven
months, two of the Sisters OF Charity
freely furnishing CRAFTS from their arms
for the purpose The gave flesh and blood
to save their patients life and restore her
to health. Thus the entire skull was again
covered with a firm, healthy, but hairless
scalp. There are spots where there is
no feeling, where the periosteum was de-
stroyed, and the CRAFTS came in direct
contact with the skull. The nerve sys-
TEN could not be rebuilt, the sense of
feeling established. 1t is stated that
there was danger of the upper table of
the skull dying in these places, but the
oil dressing prevented that. Dora Con-
rad is up and doing her old work at the
factory spindle as ever in a new
skin and a new suit OF hair that some
body else supplied.
The Republican journal., 1877-12-13

Efforts are being made to arrange the
affairs Of the Camden Savings Bank, sat
sfactoriy to all concerned Its deposits,
which amounted to about $3.50, 600, have
been impaired, in the judgment of the ex-
aminer, about $4,000, by unfortunate
investments. Judge Dickerson has been
petitioned, under the provisions Of the
statute, to make an examination, and
scale down the deposits to sound basis
He visited Camden, on Monday, for that
purpose
The Republican journal., 1877-12-13

street. A large pool is reported to have
been formed in Washington for the pur-
pose of buying gold under the belief that
the RECOMMENDATION of silver even without
free coinage will send up the price of gold
rapidly. One gentleman acting on this be-
lief is reported to have purchased $500,
600 worth of gold.
The Republican journal., 1877-12-13

The Lewiston Journal publishes an ac-
count of the Weber family, that has
branch in that city, and of their expecta-
tons of sharing in an immense fortune,
hunted up by an agent in Holland. There
is an amusing under current of incredu-
lily in the Journals notes which snacks
of an unbelief in anything more than the
material for good article These news
paper men don't believe all that they re-
cord.
The Republican journal., 1877-12-13
Russia Victorious.

Russian resources and military skill
! have prevailed in the Turkish war The
main army, under Osman Pacha, hemmed
in by the Russians, and at the mercy of
the besiegers, has surrendered, and Plevna
fallen. The disaster is regarded as ire
trievable, and the Turkish government
as thoroughly in the power Of the Car.
What the course of the conqueror will be,
or what will be eXacted from Turkey, is
to be decided in the future. 1t must be
time of supreme anxiety for England,
whose eastern interests need to be so
carefully guarded. There may be new
complications growing out Of the present
state of things, and possibly threatenings
of a general European war.
The sharp controversy that has been
going on over the question Of the election
of Edmund Madigan or P p Burleigh,
as Senator from Aroostook, was settled,
so far as the executive council is con
cerned, on Saturday. They decided that,
rejecting Eagle Lake and Van Buren,,
Burleigh had majority Of fifty four
But the eXultation of the friends of the
latter was speedily turned to mourning,
by the further decision of that body that
Burleigh had no residence in Aroostook
County, and could not represent it. 1t
was pretty clearly shown that he had
taken up his residence in Bangor, and
had never regained a residence in Lin
naeus, whence he had moved. So he fails
of certificate.
The Republican journal., 1877-12-13

Patterson told the President that his
policy had wrecked the Republican party
in the South. But if the Senator is Il
specimen timber, it must have been Il
rotten craft from the beginning.
The Republican journal., 1877-12-13

Hagop Harootun Acterlan is to lecture
in Augusta, the Journal says Perhaps
he knows something about the men who
left the tower Of Babel unfinished, and
why they didn't complete the lob.
The Republican journal., 1877-12-13

At Lowell, Mass, Mrs. VIM. H. Devlin found
dead in the house on Monday morning, is supposed
to have been murdered by her husband in a drunk
en- brawl on Sunday night. A child two or three
weeks old, also found dead at Devlns, was evil
IDENTITY stranged. The Examiner has decided the
mother and child were killed by violence. Devlin
was arrested at Rutland
The Republican journal., 1877-12-13

The many friends Of Hon. Joseph How
ard, OF Portland, formerly Judge Of the
Supreme Court, will be panied to learn
that he died suddenly Of heart disease, at
Browntield, on Monday afternoon. He
had just arrived by the noon train on a
visit to his brother and taking an after
dinner walk, was found dead by the road
side
The Republican journal., 1877-12-13

The missing steamer City OF Berlin
about which much anxiety has been felt
has arrived at Liverpool in tow of steam
er City OF New York. She had broken
her machinery.
The Republican journal., 1877-12-13
The Fisheries Award


| The Bangor Whg contains the follow
| I
| NY lttltl vi Illc SuDJtCU oi tlle i9iiclleH
! Award which the editor states is from the
| pen OF one OF the most prominent citizens
| of NVestarn Maine vhn is tbnrouyh1y
| ~ 'i''' - ''''
| familiar with the history and bearings Of
| a,,, ro1o+;o,e ,,;+h +ho p,;+;,l, D,or.;,,,o,,.
o''i iNi'''ioii' WIN 'iio 'i'O'ii i'N i'i'o7'
| TO the Editor Of the W hig and Courier.
| The five and a half millions must be paid--there
is no doubt about that tn" honor OF the ulted
rom SAVING Wlat II Knows 10 DC tfue (ahd what 1t
wit That it has been swinded In many cases
1t ~ d,isStple 10 llA W,, eer'nlhty 'e JUS, CON-
fully discounted, the data are uncertain and the
ra in nnI v'' vi t be II, tb
question But IN the matter OF fisheries there was
rom Wow Nv .a a,H +bt ,i,i = tI An ar'
easy ana ur,tnastinnahIa nroot Indgnd ly any,
Dossibln data mon any inteIlioent and honest
basis tha n1nount 1un fr,1r thn + nitad ,tae c,Id
unt have REACHED b.It q rnillon of dollars tu+ an
award at evcn mis- SIM, would unnp all thn facts
have been tarantIv uniust for II il M yrntpr, tn
saw +lat a., hn+ 49, S;ai,,+ ,rat a. ,,,lrl ,rt ~
nn+ ha fannd nh ,,t,, ,-a,;1,at;, ~ +b +a+
u,n,,lI il. tb,t M rrnatn, hnnnft NH NOT r,'a
tn thn p,ov;noos S,nb h,t,nnr ~ l.n,,, ,,,1s
ono 1-aar ayo tbn onininT, of lnaling n,arnbnts IN
the Lower Proyincrs and Of nromi6ent ott,;als If
Graat Rr,toin Tbaro is NOT fabnrman in Zou
Rr1Tsr;ail ~ Nna SI,,ti. ,rh Trr,rId 'nnlirt H.
have th traat1, r,to,ad and limos yacad ~ thnt
ware aItbnngb tbnro shonlI Iva mo- na,,In.nt Inv Ma
Irnited MATES far tb shino nri ri,r%es
trnst That while votint tn nav fbr award our
senators and Ronrnsant,tiTas viii thnroI,fi, van
can be done and that is t., rive notice for the ter
mination, at the earliest period allowed hv the
treaty. Of this clause leaving with Congress the
right to impose Il duty on all fish thereafter i'm
ported In this way only can Justice to our own
fishermen be done And LET our senators be eau
toned to sean well the provisions of any so-caed
Reciprocity Treaty that may b. presented in be
half Of the Dominion lest it proves as the last one
did to be simply u device for supplying lis with
the surplus products OF Canada on terms that dis
eriminate against our own farmers and producers.
I ndcr that treaty only Canadian SURPRISES were
The Republican journal., 1877-12-13

ADMINISTRATORS, EXECUTORS and GUARDIANS
desiring their published in the Jour
nal will please state to the Court
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Journal
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In Africa she began her grabs along the gold
coast i'll the first half of the 18th century: she
controls there now Of 242 $50 square miles,
and 10000 subjects-the most ignorant, super
stitous and squad in the world.
Her colonies iu Australia constitute in them