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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-28


Mr. SARGENT QRep, CALI called up the House bili to
provide for tn sale OF desert lands IN tho states u Cali
i0rnIa Oregon aud Nevada, aud the Territories o? WASH
ingou, idaho Montana, Utah Wyoming, Arizona, New
mexico ana DAKOTA. Ii was Amended. Mr.. ClIAFEEE
the, moved postpone The further consideration Of tho
bin until the fist Monday f s.eubrr next Rejected
Yeas, II: NAYS, 33. several Gnjmpprtant amendments
were agreed 10, aud tue bali was read thiId une ana
passed. a..
Nr. OGIEsBY Dem. H. presented the credentials OF
David Davis elected Senator from the state Of Illinois
Nead and placed on tc.
The mrndments of thc House to the bin TO provide for
the preparation AMI publication OF new edition ~ the
Revised statutes Oi the United states were cOncurrcd III,
AVID thc BIN WIS pn .>ed.
SIR. cUNkLiNG Ucp, y " submitted resolution,
ll,t.uvtur the Committee on Public Buildings ana
GrouuGs 10 inquire what Legislation any l. needed In
regard the ste fora pdbAc building az Albany " y
i reed 10. 49,
In ANTHONY Gcp., r. ~ submitted resolution, in
,irucIlng the Committee On Public buildings AMI
t,rouuGs to inquire into the cNpcdcncy " purchasing
one CONTAIN of 81. AugJss R"rthodi now al PEi.adc
pima and p,a,' 1t H. one ol the public paris Ia this
div. Agreed TO-
Mr.. GORDON Dem. Gal presented the credentials Of
th. Hon. y. +. MORGAN, ttOr-Cvt nom Alabama.
Tie ~cuatg t.cE, a. l:ij, notion OF -iI CONNLlEG
went into executive session, ana when lEt doors Mrr"
.cn,,ur. ,hc senate, AT 90 p H. took recess ul1i 70
tpluuIfpW morning.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09
The Eastern Situation.

The gravity Of the Russian defeat at Plev
ma has undoubtedly been magnifed. 1t is
hard to -hAliope ts1at tho ropuise Ur an as.
saulting column Of $4,000 men with loss OF
perhaps 5000 men seriously imperils an army
of 100000 and is destined to result in any
thing more than temporary check. The
ease with which the Russians crossed the
Danube, their rapid advance toward the
Balkans, and the easy capture Of Shipka
pass had about convinced the world that
they wers to encounter no serious re-
sistance to their victorious advance beyond
the Balkans. The defeat at Plevna came
like a thunderbolt from clear sky, a fact
that greatly heightened its effect and clothed
it with much greater significance than it de-
served. Correspondents have also accom-
plished good deal in the same direction.
The Gar is described as almost broken
hearted over the disaster and wishing him.
self at home in st. Petersburg. One news
paper man seems to have been present at a
dispute between him and the Grand
Duke Nicholas as to where the responsibility
of the defeat belonged. The Grand Duke
told the Gear it was the result of running the
campaign on a political instead of a military
basis, and intimated that il he would
60 back to Moscow and leave the army to
him all would be well. And the corresponds
ent adds that the Gear concluded to 60.
Doubtless both of these tales are the result
of lively fancy. The resources of the cor
respondent engaged in writing up the Dan
ubian campaign lie mostly within him. He
is allowed few facilities either by the Rus
SLAMS or the Turks for observing the move
ments of the combatants and still less for
communicating them to the outside world.
Therefore he finds it moro profitable to sta
tion himself without the lines where he can
have the liberty to write what he chooses.
Consequently his facts are often erroneous.
and his predictions, even when based on ac-
curate knowledge, are likely to be infue need
very much by his hopes or fears and there
fore not very valuable.
That the Russians have met with reverse
there is no doubt, but that it will seriously
disarrange their plan of campaign as is fire..
quently predicted, is not probable. They
hold all the positions they held before theil
| repulse and the strength of their army is moi
seriously impaired. Their is no reason, for a
weakening of confidence in their ultimate
triumph. They still have greater armies
better organization and more lasting re
sources than the Turks.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09

Field Marshal General John Steinmetz, one
Oh the most distinguished soldiers of the Ger
man empire, died on Friday night Of heart dis
ease at the baths of Landeck, in Sllesia. He
won MS held marshalship in the last campaign.
having command of the first army corps.
The agent of the Chicago & Northwestern
Railroad in Boston has received a despatch
from the general passenger agent, stating that
'at no time during the strike was any of our
trains stopped or delayed. Every passenger
train was run as before and since, and not
Northwestern man, from the lowest track labor
er to the highest officer, struck or took part in
the strike. The Associated Press reporter at
Chicago is 81. w. Smith, brother of Charles
W. Smith, general freight agent of the Chica-
go, Burlington & Quincy Railroad "a rival line),
and that accounts for your reports to contra
ry effect"
Miss E. I. Burke, wealthy lady of Cleve-
land, Ohio, was missed from her room at Oak
land Beach Hotel, Providence, at half-past fou
yesterday morning. At u her lifeless body was
found in the water near by. She probably
jumped from second story window of the ho-
tel and drowned herself She was an invalid.
News comes from San Antonio that Capt.
Nolan, who was lost on the Staked Plains, has
reached Darble Lake with a loss of two men 25
horses. The party was Sc hours without
water.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09

THE spirit of rioting is not just now mon
opolized in America, for we hear of serious
outbreak in Belfast where the Home Rule
question, which is only fought with the
tongue by the Irish members in Parliament,
was fought with murderous weapons. The
Nationalist Monday held demonstration
in Belfast to celebrate the birth of O'Connell
and disturbances occurred. Houses were
wrecked, number of persons wounded, and
the streets had to be patrolled by the troops
during the night The cable dispatches do
not define the cause of the trouble, but it
occurred very likely from quarrels of the Ma
ionallsts with the Home Rulers, who are
charged with cowardice by their more hot.
blooded opponents.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09

MR.. TRABUE, Independent candidate for
State treasurer of Kentucky, has solved the
whole financial problem in novel and in
genious manner. Attrition is the basis of his
system. He advocates the abolition of all
federal taxes, ,and the issue instead, OF enough
greenbacks for government purposes, these
greenbacks to be allowed to wear out. II
they are made of poor paper and kept mov-
ing attrition will destroy enough of them
each year to allow new issue large enough
to nav government expenses.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09

ENGLAND seems to breathe some easier
since the Russian defeat at Plevna, and the
speeches of Lords Salisbury and Sandon at
the Conservative demonstration at Hatfield
were in marked contrast to the bellcose tone
of a large portion of the British press after
the Russians had crossed the Danube and
when it was thought they would encounter
little opposition in their march toward Con.
stantinople.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09
News and Other Items.

1t turns out that the "B L. q. E." posters
signed Blood" which so terrified the Boston
authorities during the recent riots and occupi-
ed the police for many hours in the night, pull
ing them down as incendiary, were only an ad-
vertising dodge by the publisher of a new book
called "Blue Blood
Probably the youngest railroad directors in
the United States are james Blair Preston,
aged II. and ". II. Blair, 10 years, who are d.
rectors of the Paulnskill Valley Railroad.
They are grandsons of Mr.. John |. Blair, who
owns the road
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09

PITTsBURG came near furnishing tele-
graphic Casabianca, only the boy had too
much sense. He was the operator in the
Pittsburg railroad Office, and on the night OF
the riot was shut up therein. He kept tele-
graphing, doing his duty without the slight
est regard TO the mob surrounding him, till
at last they fred the building, when with a
touch of humor he sent his last message,
sFire's too hot; good night" and got away
t.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09

SAMUEL FooT, LII. D., OF Geneva, N.
z, formerly a member of the New York
court of appeals, has written an open letter
to the publishers OF the North American Re-
vieao severely criticising their course in OPEN
ing its pages to Judge Black for such villifi-
cation and abuse of distinguished and up
right citizens as are contained in his article
entitled ''The Electoral Conspiracy" Mr..
Foot thinks that the publication of such ar
ticles is entirely inconsistent with the high
national character which the Reriew has
heretofore maintained.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09

TUESDAYS election in Alabama shows a
Democratic gain of 1900 in one county over
the vote at the Presidential election. Then
the Republicans carried the county by 1000
majority, now the Democratic majority is
300. The disintegration of the Democratic
party at the South which was confidently
predicted few months ago has not yet be-
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09

SENATOR LAMAR has apparently seen the
error of his ways and is a. hopeful convert to
the doctrine of the supremacy OF the nation
over the state. He told the Mississippi Con-
vention the other day that if the time should
ever come when the South should be COM
PEELED to choose between her own local in
terests and the welfare of the nation at
large, he believed she would sustain her pub
lie men in subordinating the former 10 the
latter,
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

THE certainty Of large Republican ma
jority in the next French Assembly seems 10
have opened the eyes of the government to
the gravity of the crisis which would result
from reactionary Cabinet being confronted
by an Assembly largely Republican, and M.
Dufaure is to attempt to avert it by forming a
ministry of concilation made up from the
Left Centre and the Moderate Right. Find
ing its bull-dozing measures to carry the elec-
tions likely to be of little avail the govern
ment is now very ready to compromise.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09
Reception Mnll, City Building,
PORTLAND, Thursday, August l6, 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
urer. 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 one for every 10
votes cast for Seden Connor for Governor last year.
fraction of 40 or will be entitled to an addi-
tional delegate.
This basis will give the following number OF dele
gates and apportionment:
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations The name and address Of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09

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 our
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09

The working m en- of Louisville, KY, did
good days work Monday. They defeated
five Democrats at the polls.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09
GRANITE HALL, Augusta,

GRANITE HALL, Augusta,
Thursday, August 9th, 1877, at IL A. M. :,
for the purpose Of nominating candidate for Gov
ernor, to be supported at the September election
and to attend to such other business as may properly
come befor the convention.
The basis of representation will be as follows: Each
city, town and plantation is entitled to one delegate
and one additional delegate for every seventy-five
votes given for the Republican candidate for Governor
1876. A fraction Of forty votes over the number
which is entitled to delegate, will be accorded
delegate. Substitutes can serve only for towns Of
the county in which they reside.
The Republican State Committee will be in session
in the ante-room Of the Hall at 10 o'clock the morn
ing Of the Convention.
By order of the Republican State Committee.
JAMES G. BLAINE,
Chairman.
j. o. SMITH, Secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09
CH A Il G. O "A L..

Charcoal burned to order until Nov. 3Oth-any OF
sne ionowing grades: Grey Birch, Stick,
S,aha1s Sa ~ and Il Iurf-burned; $15 per hundred
D9snes S 1 o,s Of not less than fifty bushels; Maple
per bushel additional ~ NV ~O' avian ''
will satisfy all who will favor mo with +bo;r
orders, both as to quality and onsntiv and tbe lt
tie money you have haye to to give these warrants
ought Dc an noce FL renn 70 all who good
order. AddIess L. y. MCDANIEL
juy3dtf Hollis Centre, Me.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09
WANTS.
Wanted.
LOST AND FOUND.
There was a Nice shawl Saved

A the Campmeeting "blowdown'' Sunday. As
"A there were SO many owners and none cor Id de-
scribe the shawl it was brought to this city AMI the
can by describing it have it sent to her by
calling at No. II Hancock st, Portland, M e.
au7d3t* ]. II. MCDONALD.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09

Vacancies in delegations can be filed only 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 will there receive credentials of del
egates
D. W. MERRILL,
HENRY G. BREWER,
MATT. ADAMS,
JOHN WOODBURY., Republican
r. G. SCRIBNER, County
GORDON r. GARDEN, Committee
ISAIAH s. WEBB,
.SAn'L DINGLEY, Chairman,
L. B. CHAPMAN, Secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09
THEz
Union Lubriicator
MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

Also for Carriages, Wagons, Carts, Drays, etc.
This LubricatOr combines ecOno-
my, durability, and perfect
fabrication
without friction, cumming or running. The absence
of all friction renders it an indispensable auxiliary
for cooling journals and boxes on Steam Cars. The
coldest weather has no effect on this Lubricator.
1t has been conceded by those that have thorough
y tested this article that is superior any ubr
Gator offered to the public and that it is saving Of
30 to so per cent.
The Company manufactures three different grades,
designed severally for Steam and Horse Cars, Ma
chinery, Trucks, Drays, Carriages &C., all CT which
is secured by Letters Patent, granted 1876.
All goods guaranteed as represented and put up in
convenient packages for the trade.
Orders addressed to the Union Lubricator Co., No.
6 Haymarket Square. Boston, or W. W. Whipple
81 Co., Agent, 81 Market Square, Portland, will be
promptly attended to.
We are permitted to refer to the following:
PORTLAND, June Is, 1877.
10 the Union Labricdtor Co., Haymarket Square,
Boston.
We have thoroughly tested your Lubricator on our
road and find it to be of great merit running weeks
and over. 5000 miles without replenishng, thereby
saving in time and expense We can safely recon-
mend its use on all railways.
HENRY 5. BENNETT, Master Mechanic.
w. H. FESSENDEN,'
Treasurer Portland Machine Work.
i. ID. WILSON,
Foreman Portland Machine Works.
HENRY S. CLAY.
Livery Stable Keeper. Z Market Square,
S. P. CHADBURN,
Proprietor Stages Portland to Bridgton.
IRA CLAY,
Truckman at Milliken & Co.'s, Commercial st.
FRED CUMMINGS,
Cumberland Paper Co.
W. 5. JORDAN,
Cumberland Paper Co.
WfNSLOW MACHINE WOKS,
je23dtf Union Street,
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09
Cumberland Co. Republican Convention.

The Republicans Of Cumberland County and all
others who intend to act with the Party in the Sep
tember election invited to send delegates to
vention to be held in
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09
TO LET.
Offices 10 Let.

CEVERAL good rooms for offices, zone f1rnlsnea,.
y in Cahoon Block, next east OF City Hal. Waer sg
Closets and Sebago water Kent reasoHaoi&1 g. hpp;ld
70 VIM. III. Jerris, Real Estate Agent, in the Dui,a
ing. ""7o
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09
Republican State Convention.

The Republicans of Maine and all others who pro-
pose to support the candidate of the Republican par
ty in the pending election are invited to send dele
gates to State Convention, to be held in
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09
Grounds to Let,
Toilet.
To Let,

gEVHREE First-Class Tenements; good sewerage
IL and Sebago. Apply to ANDREW BENNETT,
Corner Pine and Bracket Streets at Residence SO
Salem Street. audit
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09
HOTEL TO LEASE.
TO Let.

The New England House, Portland, Me,
Address AUG. P. FULLER,
de2Sdtf Portland, Me.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09
TO Let.

gE1O family without children-fve rooms at NO.
Il s. NEW HIGH ST., with modern conyenien-
ces my23dtf
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-09

NIRST Story No. II Middle ST., In very nice 9ruei
Pant ia month"; Key at Jewett Bros. Store, cor
ner of Ino,ia and Middle SITS. ausoui"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-06-12
MISSOURI.
THE River Is Up"

st. Louis, June LITTLE latest ac-
counts from the west say the river below
Kansas City is still rising and doing
great damage. The water is higher
than any at any time since the flood of
1849. The town of Harlem, opposite
Kansas City, is six feet under water
and will likely be entirely destroyed.
All railroads in the vicinity of the river
are greatly damaged by washouts or
submerged tracks. The people living
on bottoms along the river are moving
to the bluffs and taking what property
they can with them.
Judge Miller of the United States
Circuit court left Leayenworth yester-
day for Omaha, without rendering any
opinion in the case of the Union Trust
company of New York VS.. the st. Louis
Iron Mountain and Southern railway.
Judge Dillon, of the United States
Circuit court has refused to grant q
writ of habeas corpus in the case of the
United States VS.. Schaeffenberg, late
Z. :. Marshal of Colorado, now in the
Kansas penitentiary. .
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-06-12
Proposals for HaY.
UFFIcE CHEYENNE AND BLACK Hills
STAGE, MAIL AND EMPRESS 20.

OFFICE CHEYENNE AND BLACK Hills
STAGE, MAIL AND EMPRESS 20.
CHEYENNE, WYo., May 2G, 1877.
Sealed proposals, in duplicate, to fur
nish hay to this company, will be re-
ceived at this office until 3 O'Clock,
June 21st, 1877, or Mt the offices of the
company, by their agents, at the fol-
lowing named stations: At Cheyenne,
for Cheyenne, Nine Mile Ranch, Pole
Greek, Horse Creek, Bear Springs,
Chugwater, Bordeaux and Eagle Nest;
at Fort Laramie, for Fort Laramie
Station, Government Farm, Rawhide
Buttes and Running Water; at Hat
Creek, for Hat Greek station and the
stations between there and Mountain
City; at Custer City, for Custer Station,
and all stations between there and
Deadwood.
Proposals for less than % tons will
not be received. The hay is to be free
from weeds, brush and old grass; to be
put in good and well built stacks at
each station, not less than seventeen
feet high, nor less than twenty feet
wide at the bottom of stack. The hay
to be measured by the company's agent
after thirty days from the time the
whole amount contracted for shall be
delivered. Not less than % tons mol
more than 30 tons at each or any sta
ton; 512 feet, measured the usual way
OF measuring hay in stack, per ton.
GILNER, SALISBURY, PATRICK y Co.
~ LUXE VOORHEES,, Supt.
may27-dawtd.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-06-12

HEADQUARTERS DEPT. Oh THE PLATTE
OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMAsTER,
OMAHA. NEB,. lime g. lS--.

ofEttE StIr L All III :
OMAHA, NEB., June 3. 1877. }
Sealed proposals. In triplicnte, subJectto the
usual conditions, will be received ut this
office until IL O'Clock noon, on Thursday June
2Sth, 1877, or ut the same hour following for
difference In timel at the offices of the Quar-
termasters at the following named stations,
In the presence OF bidders, for the furnishing
ndde.ivery OF wood during the period COM
3lst, 1877, us may be required at North Platte,
sidney barracks, Fort Fred Steele, Fort
Eridger Camp RRorEipss; SsmP Robinson,
man, Cuutonment Reno, and Camp Brown.
Proposals Will also be received at tubs office
to the day and hour abovenamed Tor the de-
livery on the cars at the point nearest TO tho
mines, on the line OF the Union Pacific rail-
road, Of three thousand tons OF coal.
Also for the delivery In quantities as re-
! guired up to December 3ist, 1877, at Omaha
Depot or at stations on the Union Pacific X
r., east from kenrney Junction, Neb.. Of one
million q 900, 900 pounds Of corn.
Payment for The suppiIes depends upon Fl
future appropriation for the purpose ~ con-
Proposals for either class of stores mem
tiS St and rd for d9ha n less than the
A preference will be given 10 artirlea of do
nestle production.
The contracts Will be let with the prorlso
that the quantities contracted for may be In
creased Or reduced one-thlrd by tho CHIEF
time pending fuii delivery.
The right TO reject amy ana all bids Is re.
served.
Bids for corn should state the rate per one
hundred pounds-not per busiel.
Bids should be Endorsed on envelopes,
blank proposals nnd printed circu airs stat
Ing the kind and estimated quantities OF
wood required, and giving null Instructions
observed by bidders and terms ofcontract and
payment VIII be furnished "l application to
this Office or the Quarterrnnsters ut the vari-
II /. Ii.rpINaToN.
1891 ,hierQ uartermuster.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-06-12
HERE R CALIFORNIA.
For this Summer and Autumn.

DOCTOR d. V. GATES, Physician and
Surgeon, and a pioneer resident of Cal
yorRia & Nerada, is nor in Cheyenne 6
has opened an Office. Home for
tie Sick, Medicine store Sc Medical va
por Baths, on Eddy street, .
doors above the northeast corner of 17M
& Eddy streets. DR.. Gates treats all
cases Of sickness s. has been very sac
cessful for the paste gears in curingthe
various special t. chronic diseases which
a6iict the human family. Invalids &
men, s1on,ea & Children ont of health
are respectfully invited to call & en-
quire for further particulars & consult
free Of charge. n. B.-No poisons
used; no fiattery, deception or extor-
tion-but far, speedy, honorable treat
ment to each and erery one. Professional
visits in totrn or to country promptly
attended to night Sc day. Charges
moderate. Live and let live"
Ye who may I've afflicted with colds,
coughs, chills, drowsy feelings, bilious
ness, costiyeness, no-appetite, head
aches, neuralgia, rheumatism, fevers,
nervous disorders, loss of sleep, catarrh,
female diseases, diseases of the skin
& scalp, will find DR.. Gates Medicated
Vdpor Baths a pleasant, genial, per-
manent
s6-See the sign-Dr. Gates-No. Td
4 ~ Eddy street-east side. 50
Being a stranger here, DR.. Gates re.
fers to the following distinguished gen.
tlemen--all "auld acquaintance"-Ex
Governors & EMU. s. Senators:
Hon. Milton s. Latham,
Hon. Leland Stanford, G. +. II. r.,
Hon. Chas. Croker, G. p. II. r.,
Hon. B. b. Redding,
Senator Newton Booth,
Senator VIM. Sharon,
Ex-senator w. NJ. Stewart.
Ex-Gov. Blasdell,
u. S. Senator A. A. Sargent,
DR.. a. b. Nixon, Surgeon Il Physi.
cian-in-chief of, the California Rail.
roads.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-06-12
A Beautiful City.

Many cities have been called beauti-
full; many cities are beautiful, espe-
cially at this fragrant season. when
nature adorns them with new grace and
added beauty, but Denver can justly
claim to be the most beautiful city in
America during the months of June,
July and August, or until the failure
OF b latter rain'' robs our shade
trees Of their luxuriance. Denver News.
The Herald promptly endorses the
beautiful claim of Denver. 1t is,
moreover, tine best built town of its
size in the country. [Omaha Herald.
Well, yes; Cheyenne will see you
and go two better-on location and the
Black Hills.