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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-01

NATIoNA L BOARD OF STEAM NAVIGATION
The sixth annual meeting of the National
Board of Steam Navigation will be held at
Pittsburg. comm snciny Wednesday of next
week. This will be an important session as
several vital interests will be considered The
Board now feels that they are burdened with
unreasonable laws which they wish to ba rid
of. A large number of abuses will be discussed
including the question of free trade in ships;
the advisability of issuing federal licenses to
railway engineers, fremen and conductors, like
those issued to steamboat captains, pilots,
mates and engineers; the federal inspection OF
locomotives, bridges, etc the proper load line
for ships, etc., etc. The board includes the
membership of several thousand steamboat
owners and managers, and represents a capital
of $6O0,000,000. Delegations from all the prn-
cpal seaboards will be present. Capt. J.. B.
Coyle of this city is one of the executive com.
mittee but be will be unable to attend.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-01

ANOTHER arrival of choice Vermont Butter
just received at Wilson's, corner of Exchange
and Federal streets
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-01

SECOND PARISH CHURcH.-Rsv. William
Churchill Reed of Milton, Mass, will preach
tomorrow forenoon, and Rev. George @. Need
ham, the evangelist, will preach in the after
noon at o'clock,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-01

WE shall open this morning the best assort-
ment of dress goods that we have ever shown.
auq2Stf RINEs BROS,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-01
Representatives Nominated.

Gorham-Frederick Robbie.
Strong-William H. Dyer.
Palermo-Enoch B. Cain.
Liberty-Gardner G. Sherman.
Camden-U. B. Eaton.
Hodgdon-Benjamin j. Smith.
Surry-T. j. Bachelor.
Otis-Charlas Otis
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-01

MoHAIR Repellents in all shades, at Rine
Bros, No. 255 Middle street. aug2Stf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-01
sAGADAHoC COUNTY

Mayor Reed of Bath has succeeded in selling
the city per cent bonds at par, to the amount
of $4,000 the money to be used, of course, in
the payment of the city's 6 per cents, as they
become due. The city 6's have hitherto been
sold at discount sometimes as low as 81, and
the fact that the SIS have been sold at par is
the best evidence of the high credit of the
city.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-01
Banks.

Besides those designated in the lists taxed $500
and upwards, there are over Seven Hundred firms
and individuals who assessed from 500 to $500.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-01
SOMERSET COUNT
WALDO COUNTY.

@. A. Paul of the firm of Vose 81 Paul oil
Skowhegan, has made contract with an ex-
ploring party of New York to 60 to Mexico to
take views.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-01
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 1.
CITY AND VICINITY.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TODAY

NE" DsEhIIsEMENTS TO-DAx
MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES.
Another Arrival-Wilson.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Gold Medal-Samuel Thurston.
Dissolution of Copartnership-NelsonS s. Gould,
Removable W. Turner.
Dissolution of Copartnership.
Wanted Salesman.
The Crank Trunk Railway Co
Rare Chance for Business
For Sale-Good Building Lot
To Let-Good Rent.
To Let-House
Proposals for Fuel, Forage and StIaw.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-01

CARRIERS DELIvERY.-The following shows
the mail matter collected and distributed during
the month of August:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-01

Honlton, Woodstock and St. Stephens will be
finished first, and the line to st. Andrews will
follow. A part of the locomotives of the road
are now at the works in Portland being chang
ed. The trains will commence to RIM on the
new gauge about the 10th of September. The
rost Of changing the gauge will be about S75,-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-01
The following Is the County Tax assessed upon
the several towns in Cumberland County for 1877:

Making total OF $500 90 as the County Tax
levied on the above towns by the County Commits
sioners for the present year.
The following list comprises those whose tax is
more than 5000:
Brown. John B................,, S27 se5 IN
Boston Maine Railroad Co............. 9'325 90
Deering, James, heirs of.........,...., 5'9S7 10
Grand Trunk Railway Co............ 9.6lO 90
rortana Gas Light Co.. S,875 90
Smtn, 81: Jonn.. 9.8O5 so
Ihomas' Wiiiiam W..................... 5,825 so
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-01

The following parties and individuals pay be-
tween $500 and $1,000:
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-02
A PROCLAMATION.
By John N. Thayer, Governor Of the
Territory Of Wyoming.

To the People Of Wyoming:
By virtue OF the authority conferred upon
me by, an act Of Congress entitled A Act to
provide for the superintendent of the Terri
approved June 10Th, 1874, and also by the act
OF the Legislative assembly of the Territory
t q, w nnmhsr o entitled m : AZ n, Act ,S. to increase
Council and House OF Representatives of the
Territory OF Wyoming" approved December
Territory, do hereby make known and de-
clare the following pportionment for mem
iatives OF the Territorial Legislature, to be
elected at the general election, to be held on
the irst Tuesday in September neyt:
members of the Council.
h County of Carbon Will elect one menu
h County OF Laramie will elect 1--WE MEM
bers of the Council.
The County OF s~weetwater will elect one
membe OF the Council.
The County of pinta VIII elect two MEM
bers of the Council. p
In addition thereto, the Counties of Carbon
trict. and will elect one member of the Coun-
MEMBERs OF THE HOUSE.
The County of Albany will elect six mem
bers of the House of Representatives.
The County OF Carbon will elect three MEM
bers OF the House OF Representatives,
The County of Laramie Will elect nine
members OF the House of Representatives.
The County OF Sweetwater will elect three
members of the House of Representatives.
The County OF Uinta will elect 1--WE menu
bers of the House of Representatives:
In addition thereto, the Counties OF Carbon
and Sweetwater will form one Representa-
tive District, and will elect one membsr of
the House OF Representatives.
In testimony whereof / have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Great Seal OF the
Territory TO be affixed.
Done at the City OF Cheyenne this sixth day
of August, eighteen hundred and seventy
seven, and OF the Independence of the United
States the one hundred and second.
JOHN ii. THAYER,
By the Governor.
tSEAL.l GEO. w. FRENCH,
Secretary OF Territory.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-02
CHEYENNE MARKETS.


Corrected weekly by whippl & Hay, Whole
sale and Retail Grocers and Commission
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-02
New Advertisements.

plh NOC Magnificent $3.50 Rosewood Pr
! InlNOS anos sl75. fine Rosewood Upright
HHH Pianos ittle used cost SSO0only
UhUANSsi23 must be sold. Parlor organs
only SO. Nearly New Set Reed IL stop, Sui
Bass & Octave Coupler Organs, cost over $3.50
only SIS. Lowest prices ever offered sent on
10 days test trial. You ask why / offer sc
cheap? 1 reply Hard Times. Result sales
over 81, 0O0, 900 annually. War commenced by
monopOlists. Beware anonymous Circular
Write for explanation. Battle raging. Full
particulars free. Address DANIEL F. BEAT
TY, Wnshington. New Jersey.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-02

Miles
Cheyenne to Lodge Pole Creek .................. lG
Lodge Pole Creek TO Bear Springsr"".-... 20
Bear Springs to Chugwater II
Chugwater to Hunton's Ranch. .......... .. Is
Hunton's Ranch To Phillips Ranch .......... y
Phillips Ranch to Cottonwood Ranch-.... ~
Cottonwood Ranch TO lkhor .................. y
Elkhorn to Wager Houn ................ Ii
Wagon Hound TO Fort Fetterman. ....-........ Ia
Fort Fetterman to Sage Creek s-................. Ii
Sage Creek TO South Fork Cheyenne River IL
South Fork Cheyenne TO AntelopeS pringst u
Antelope SPRING. to Dry Fork OF Powder
hlNer..."......-. =
Dry Fork of Powder to Old Fort Reno......... Is
Fort Reno to base of Big Horn tango. ~
.2gl
NO wood and but little water
I Water poor and scarce.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-02

mo wood and but little water
I Water poor and scarce.
National Republican., 1877-11-12
"And Yet He Is Not Happy"

Mr.. GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS appears to
be about the hardest man to please that can be
found among forty millions Of yeSpie. lie
sruy pe Oil good terms with himself, but
there his reconcilability ends. He entered
the Rochester convention in perfect amity
with Mr.. CURTIS, but he soon involved
himself in differences with the great
mass Of the delegates to an extent that
overwhelmed him in signal defeat He
came out of that encounter badly punished :;
but still he gratifed his own pugnacity,
and that with him is good deal, even if he
h compelled to retire to repair damages
During the late election he was unhappy
lest Senator CoNKLING might possibly be
recognized and enjoy some benefit from the
result, and when the smoke of battle cleared
away, and an inventory of the dead and
wounded had been taken, it was ascertained
that history had repeated itself in another
defeat to the high hopes and aspirations OF
this Ishmaclitish rciormer. CoNKLING had
won and CURTIS was disguised. CoNKLING
like MORDECAI, is still found sitting at the
gate of popular favor, and this modern HA-
MAN would speedily slaughter all the Re-
publcans who sympathize with him if he
had the power; but, like his prototype, he
Is is exposed to the fate of an execution
upon the galows of public opinion.
Now that the election is passed, we find
Mr., CURTIS as unhappy over the nomina
tions made by President HAYES for til,
customs officers at New York city as he wa:
at Rochester because CoNKLING had found
his way into the State convention. He is
lectorship, but he says Of the appointments
Of MERRITT and PRINCE there is un'
doubted change, but no reform" "True
o Kingw and yet he is not happy.
National Republican., 1877-11-12
The Saving Of Life.

There is no branch of our Government
that has done, is doing, and promises TO do
more genuine good than the Liie-Saving
Service. Last year was the most calamit-
Gus of the six years that this department Of
the Treasury has been established. There
were los disasters to vessels within the
limits of the district guarded by the SER
vice; 729 lives were saved out Of 751 i'm
periled Those saved were sheltered and
nursed at the stations. More than half of
the property endangered was saved. The
whole cost of maintaining, the lile-Saving
Service during the year did not amount to
one eighth the value OF the property saved
Next Thursday these lite-saying stations
along the coast arc opened, and the crews
enter on their duties. On the more danger
Gus portions OF the coast ltheir watch is
kept up until May |, 1873. We heartily
Join in the. suggestions Of the New York
Tribune to its readers to send books and pa
pcrs for these hardy men, who have proved
their efficiency in saving life and property.
The Tribune says: "Thc stations are l0S in
number placed, from necessity, on the
hlcakcst and most dangerous points on the
coast, and manned each by keeper and
six surtmrn. The houses are furnished
with only the barest necessities for comfort
The rules of the service require the constant
presence of the men at the station, except
when patroling the coast. Nothing can be
well imagined more bare and dreary than the
daily lives of these men will be during the
coming winter months. We Wesuggest that do,
nations of reading matter to these stations
would be most effective way of doing good
and giving pleasure. Books, new or old, o
history, devotion, travels, fiction, volumes
of magazines, or newspapers, would serve
the purpose A good woman who died in
Philadelphia year or two ago, left a frient
behind whose name we do not know, hui
who we arc sure is worthy of having friends
both in heaven and on earth, and thi'
kindly soul last November, instead o
building monument over her dead o.
giving her the testimonial OF u stained-glas'
window, sent in her memory little case o
books to some of these lonely stations. W,
should bcheNrtily glad if some OF our readen
would 20 on with this work They woult
National Republican., 1877-11-12

speeches 0f Jefferson ard the alien and seditlou
laws, where. lie said, free government was founded
on jealousy. and not confidence lie said his
theory Of government was that the people Of tile
United States should look with Jealous eyes upOli
every one whom they placed ~ power, On late
occasion he had bcci, told "Y0i can trust the SUI
prcme Court. can't your lie had said "N1;" AMI
lnr II had been almost run out Of tile party.
What was the sequcl2 They had been oyerrden
and broken down, and man who was not elected
wa now Presidents but, he added he Is the bpst
President we have had In twenty five years Loud
NJ IIooKERs amendment was then rejected
ayes 3S noes l37.
Mr. HOOKER said he, hoped the other side would
vote IL the House on this proposition.
Many voices on the Republican side, mo objec-
tion r. =" No Objectlonr
Mr.. MORRISON offered an amendment authoriz
Ing the heads of,Departmens to detail clerks fOr
temporary service in the Surgeon Generals once,
and had read letter stating that applica-
tions for pensions were detained ten months
for the Surgeon. Generals office to furnish
tho necessary Information to the pension bureau,
through an insuiicieIcy of force In the former of
fee.
The amendment was adopted without dissent
Mr.. ATKINS offered ns All additional section an
amendment providing that now or hereafter no
officer appointed, assigned, or detailed for stati
duly or as aide shall receive any additional rank,
regular rank In the army, and that oil laws In con-
fict with this provision be repealed.
Mr.. CONGER made the point OF order that II was
new legislation and not IN the interest OF economy
The CHAIR ovcrrnled the point Of order, and
the section was agreed TO.
On motion OF Mr. ATKINS, the committee rose
and reported the bill to the House.
The previous question was ordered on the bill
and amendments.
On submitting the question OF adopting the first
amend dmrnt offered by Mr. SciLEICiiER to stri Ike
out the clause restricting the army TO the number
actually On the rolls on the list OF November, the
yeas and nays were demanded from the RepubIi'
can side.
Mr.. ATKINS attempted to explain the situation
OF the amendment coupled with the late one pro
posed by Mr. CLYMER but tho regular order was IN
sisted upon.
Mr.. B1OrNT moved to adjourn. Not agreed to.
Mr.. SPRINGER moved to reconsider the vote
ordering the previous question.
Mr. CONGER moved u lay that motion ON the
table. Agreed to-yeas ll2, nays lO6.
Mr.. EDEN then moved that tho House adjourn,
which was agreed to-yeas l3l, nays 49,
Before the announcement Of the vote Mr.. ATKINS
asked unanimous consent that the bill and amend
mcnts be printed IN the Record.
Mr.. GARFIELD. That ought 10 be done. -.
The SPEAKER then announced the vote and at
four o'clock the House adjourned.
National Republican., 1877-11-12
NampiOu's Kingdom

The associated press dispatch from Co
lumbia, s. C., OF the sth INST, in regard to
the case of Congressman SMALIs is full of
Misrepresentation and designed 10 deceive
the Northern public by false pretcnsiOns Of
fairness in the court and impartiality by the
Jury. SMAIls, under the law, presented q
petition for the transfer of his case to the
Circuit Court OF the United States, upon the
plea that, owing to the excitement in the
public mind, caused by iutammatory arti-
cles in The newspapers and the prejudice
thus excited in the community against him
because of his race, political opinions, and
prominence as Republican, and the desire
Of Democrats to make him vacate his
seat in Congress, TO which he
was honestly and fairly elected
The dispatch claims that the presiding
Judge is Republican, alleging that he was
elected by a Republican Legislature. The
truth is Judge TOWNSEND never was Re
publican, and every intelligent man in South
Carolina knows that fact, and no one better
than the Associated Press agent who sent
the dispatch in question. He was elected
when WHIPPER and Moses were elected, MS
Democrat, because there was no Repubi-
can in his circuit competent to serve as
Judge. Out of the eight Judges elected, four
Of them only claimed to be Republicans, and
three OF the latter deserted the party in less
than year after their election and voted
for TILDEN and HAMPTON. Out ol
these eight Judges there is only
one of them who claims TO b,
q Republican, and he is a Northern man
In these trials Judge TOWNSEND has dis
graced the bench by his rulings and pan
derings to the morbid hate and desire il
the community to punish leading Republi
cans. The dispatch referred to hr'he
states that "the grand jury has indictec
National Republican., 1877-11-12
EectiOIlaIisul.

While the South theoretically is engaged
in the great work of renationalizing the late
insurgent States, it is practically engaged
with much energy and directness of purpose
in rendering them more sectional in their
social and educational interests than ever
before. The time was when the standard
school books used at the North were accept
able to Southern educational tastes. Then
one history of the United States could be
read by all the children at school in the
United States Now the programme at the
South is changed. A history of the country
which comprises the late war, unless written
from an insurgcnt standpoint, is taboOed, and
something entirely sectional in character
must be substituted.
The Port Gibson Miss RepeiLe, in refer.
ring to the matter Of school textbooks, IL
very urgent that history of Mississippi
shall be prepared as a textbook, and urges
that Col. MCCARDLE, an unrec,nstructed
Confederate, shall be engaged to prepare the
work. 1t says, on this subject:
There Is no man in the State more capable
than Col McCARDLE, and there is no work
that he can accomplish which will be oi
greater service to the people, and we trust he
will he aided in every possible way in the
mpleton Of n work so needed for the pres
ent as well ~ for the future. The thrilling
events of the past, which will go out of sight
as they 90 out of memory, can he and shoulo
be interviewer into our school-b1oks, as a cor
rective of the shameless ISLANDERS which ar,
abundant in the so.callcd Union text
books. The enterprise deserves universal en-
cOuragement, and we are not sure but that il
is entitled to State aid. Why nOtH
We are not inclined 10 add any eommen
to such proposition beyond the suggestion
that it carries its own explanation with i
and teaches how fast and how far recon
structicn, reconciliation, and pacificatioi
have progressed on the path leading t.
unity and harmony under one Union, on
Constitution, and one Government.
National Republican., 1877-11-12
DIED,

EDwARDS-On Thursday evening, November q,
tTi nj his ierlence In Tits city. about O'clock
L WIS A. EpwAnDs, surgeon U. g. A., In the my.
tJirih year OF bis ngc.
Funeral tb n (Mondayl afternoon. ut three O'Clock
from the New York avenue Pres ,ytcrlHn Church.
SPENCE-On Saturd ", the 10Th instant, ut his
rcsien'e, in thlS city. lion T. A. SPENCE, of Mary
Ian |, aged siSty-sevCn years.
HURT.-Sov, mbcr 0, Of pneu monla- Harry CLiF~
FoRD, aged three months and seventeen days, the
only child OF John X and Ida j. Hurt.
PARKER-In Oakland, California on Thursday,
NOVEMBER g. 1877. GRoRGE A. PARKER. a native OF
Delhi New York, for twenty eight years resident Of
Cali ornla.
THOMAS WOLF onIy son OF Dr. j. L. and Mrs =. B,
Wolf, aged eleven myntIs,
No: illo T. street nOrthwe T. THIS anerno1n a. one
O'Clock. RentiV es and friends Of the family are re-
spectfilly invited to At end
sNOwDEN.-on the 9th OF November, 1877, PHILIP
U. SNOMDEN. ngeI aeYenty.three years.
National Republican., 1877-11-12

The Washington REPUBLICAN Is generous
enough TO condemn the attempt to prevent the
confirmation of Mr.. WELSH by bearing false
witness against him, but says: "Onr opposi.
tion to Mr.. WELSH is simply on the ground
that we do not regard his AS an appointment
6t to be made for that important mission; and
for the further reason that he is not, by the
record, an orthodox Republican" The editor
Of the REPUBLICAN Is one of u number Of re-
jccted ofce-holdes and disappointed office
seekers who assume TO define orthodox Repub-
icanism. They are not likely to be accepted
% the party Electromagnetic State journal.
SO much of the above as relates to the
editor Of this paper is of the Cheap and
nasty" style of editorial effort that no re-
spectacle journalist should seek to emulate
We are reluctant to entertain any reference
70 ourself of personal, political, or official
character, for we now have no purpose or
ambition beyond the enterprise of making
good and successful newspaper. We are
satisfied with our prospects, and for us that
n sufficient.
But one word in reference to the statement
that "the editor of THE REPUBLICAN is one
Of q number Of rejected office-holders and
disappointed office-seekers," &c. 1t is not
In any degree true. The editor of this paper
has had some experience in otlice-hoding,
but never at the expense of his principles,
sense Of duty as man, or self-respect. lie
gave up one Office worth $4,000 year rather
than desert the Republican standard. He
has held one Office since, and that came to
him without his seeking, and that he sur
rendered by resignation without..reGret De-
velopments have been such of late in the
administration of government that no man
can now hold Federal position without the
Surrender of portion of his rights and in
terests as a citizen, and those who seek
offices under such circumstances are well
come to them.