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The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27
[From the Cleveland He;ald.l
An Ohio View.

The central figure at this moment in Nation.
al politics, around which clusters the most
lively interest," is undoubtedly Roscoe Conkliuc.
Putting himself at the head of his
forces in New York, selectiog his officers with
skill and discretion, he made open declaration
of war against the non-politics order of the
Administration and de6ed its power A large
majority of the Republicans of New York
rallied to his support, and such leaders as Gov
ernor Morgan, Lyman Tremain, and others
made common cause with their chief. The
State Convention was called, and the friends Of
Senator Conkling and the friends of the Pres-
dent made vigorous light its control Perhaps
in the whole history of political triumphs il
would be impossible to find one more brilliant
tnan tue success OF Senator Conklng in this
contest. The President was not only defeated
but his Administration was rebuked in the
boldest terms. At once the prophets of evil
took alarm, and insisted that the ruin of the
Republican party was assured in New York
and its dlsintegration complete. Mr.. Conklinp
appealed to the people, took personal charge Of
the canvass, infused into it his own vigor and
vital power, crystallized his forces and as
signed them TO duty The result was a solid
Republican vote at the polls larger than the
State had gwen two years before, when entire
harmony prevailed in the party.
In due time the Senate met and the issue be-
tween the President and the Senator from New
YORK was renewed. This time the President
seemed certain OF the advantage for 10 a con-
troversy of this character he could RELY largely
lease ofDeed upon hls Democratic friends We
will not goover the details of the New York con-
troversy aud the vacillating course of the Presi-
dent. Suffice it to say he was stubborn where
concession was needed and ready to concilate
when hrmness was Indispensable As Mr.
Conkling rallied the State Convention around
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27

THE obelisk excitement in New York has
come to sudden end, it appearing that the
Khedve has not made the offer he was cred
tied with. But the story has been taken as
pretext for much fine writing. Whoever
reads these words that Mr.. Curtis has to say
from the Easy Chair of Harper's Magazine
will not regret that the story of the Khedive's
offer, however bold a fiction, was started:
IAN Egyptian obelisk in square of the city
would be but curious estray. 1t would, in
deed, be full of interest. The loiterer would
find himself floating away, as he gazed, to
realm of awe aud mystery. Palm trees would
hang BY a river-brink and Sakias sigh. Cam
els would plod heavily along, and dusky-
faced figures in bright drapery move slowly
BY. Old kings and mummied Pharoahs
would turn to him werdly, like the ghosts of
Hudson's men to Rip Van Winkle, and un-
known birds spread brilliant wings and float
away in radiant sky. Whoever had seen
Egypt would see it again as he behed the obe-
lisk, and he who had not crossed the sea
would have vague and alluring foreshowing
of all that Egypt is. The magic spell of the
obelisk would be complete. The mountain
would have come to Mohammed."
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 27.

We do not read anonymous etters 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 preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27

IT is reported that Governor Colquitt of
Georgia will appoint Robert Tombs honorary
commissioner to the Paris exhibition. This
is reconciliation with vengeance. The Bit
terest rebel in the South man who does not
even profess to accept the results of the war,
is to represent the nation at foreign capital.
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE

HOWEVER much we may desire the down.
fall of the Ottoman empire we cannot grieve
that the Turks got one more chance at the
Servians before the end came. The cow
ardly conduct of the Principally has alien
ated the sympathIes of the world.
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27

HAMBURG BUTLER will have his fill of in-
vestigations. Not only the massacre is to be
inquired into, but an examination will be
made of the corrupt transactions connected
with his admission to the Senate. Conover's
name is uDpleasantly mentioned in connec-
tion with the seating of Butler, and even the
amount of the ''slight pecuniary considera-
tion'' he received is stated.
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27

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
o,nrr
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27

THE arrests made by our police Christmas
Day suggest the nursery Song of Sixpence
and the "pocket full of rye" 1t isn't at all a
pretty dish to set before the police judge, es-
pecially as the four-and-twenty blackbirds ex-
hausted their repert0ires Christmas night.
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27

The Poughkeepse girl who sued her lover
for breach of promise supposed shs had bsen
courted by man, but he swore to being only
eighteen years of age, and won the suit.
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27

The movement to force Secretary Schurz
from the Cabinet is said to be growing in
strength every day. 1t is believed if Schurz
leaves, EVarts and Key must follow.
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27

The land-owning citizen is now being inter-
viewed by the small boy in reference to con-
tract for keeping the walk clear from snow
during the coming season.
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27

Cordial, but equivocal. Mamma-"Look,
Cissy, here is the dear doctor coming. What a
favorite he is! See, even the littls chickens run
to meet him." Cissy-"Yes, ma; aud the little
ducks cry, 'quackl quackp'
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27
Cap and Bells.

A corset manufacturer put his name on each
piece OF goods made. The Worcester Press
call this as unObtrusive as to advertise in an
evening paper.
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27

The whole number of any PERSONS ancestors
for fifty generations amounts to 2,362, ,749 O14,-
2l4,046, and 1t seems as though some US
oughG to inherit more than we do.
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27

Happy Thoughts!" Lord Vetisopht:
spray, Mithter Mudgold, wath not your father
soapboiler?" Mr.. Mudgold: 'Yes, my lord,
he was So" Lord ": "What a pity you
sren't one too! Don't you think sop Mr.. M
(after an interval of few minutes; "My lord
was not your father gsntleman?" Lord ":
''Yeth, Mr. NJ, certainly he wath." Mr.. NJ:
"What pity you aren't one tool Don't you
thiak sop Lord ": "You've been a long
time thinking of that, Mr.. NJ" Mr. NJ: "No,
my lord, thought so from the first time saw
you."
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27

Englishman 1-"'Ow hamusing-these Ha-
merican fox 'unts. What I'D they say in the
hold country at such 'unting, 'ey?" English
man 2-''Hi don't think it's hamusing at hall.
The Hamercans do we'll enough In some rs-
spect', but ate these limitations. wy, you
might as well bs 10 Hafrica among the hapes."
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27

The Doctor-You eat well?
Le Malade Imaginaire-Yes.
The Doctor-And drink well2
LIE Malade Imsginare-Yes.
The Doctor-And sleep well?
LIE Malade Imagnaire-Yes.
The Doctor (wrting a prescription Have
this made up and take it three times day,
Well soon stop that
A sympathzing friend writes to Mr.. Hough-
ton about the Atlantic dinner as follows: ST
see the papers are very hard upon you for leav-
ing outlthe ladies and introducing wine az the
grand Whittier banquet, bat think you are
right. remember in my younger days, at a
banquet given in my native town, the case was
reversed; the ladies were introduced and wine
left out, and it was universally admitted that
the ladies were vastly the more Intoxicating,
beside being thousand-fold dearer."
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27

Fable XCV. from the New York World: The
Villager and the Snake; A Vlllager one frosty
day found under Hedge Snake almost dead
with cold. Moved with compassion and having
heard that Sake OIL was good for the Rheu-
matiz, he took it home and placed it on the
Hearth, where it shortly began to wake aud
crawl Meanwhile, the villager having gone
out to keep an Engagement with Man round
the Corner, the Villagers Son (who had not
drawn aSober Breath for Week. entered.
and, beholding the Serpent unfolding its plain,
unvarnished Tail, with the cry, 'Pve got 'em
aganp fled to the office of the nearest Justice
of the Peace, swore off, and became an Apostle
of Temperance at 500 week. The beneficent
Snake next bit the Villagers Mother-in-law so
severely that Death soou ended her sufferings
and his; then silently stole away, leaving the
Villager deeply and doubly in its Debt. Moral
"A Virtuous Action is not always its only Re-
ward. A Snake in the Grass is Worth two In
the Boot
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27

The man who was playing Belshazzar with
Western travelling troupe resigned the other
night on account of the parsimony of the man
agement. He remarked that he doubted
whether lager and red herring composed the
feasts given by the ancient Babylonian mon
arch, and be for one didn't propose to sacrifice
historical accuracy to economy, any day.
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27
o p Il N
FRENCH & GERMAN LAUNDRY.

ME dry our clothes in the open air. and so need
w more water and fresh air than the other
laundres IN tue city, We have establisheda laundry
out of town, and will be prepared to commence
work on Monday, Dec. 10th. All orders left at W.
u Jones' 30 Congress Street, opposite Casco, or
Bradford Street, will receive prompt attention
dec7d3m FRAU Won HAGEN 81 co.
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27

She looked like the young lady who was seen
on street car an hour before with two brick
eolored lower vases which sAs was. taking
home to decorate. She hurried into the public
museum. drew forth pencil and paper. and was
heard musing as she took notes: eagle has
two legs-one tail-two eyes-one beak. Pic
ture OF hen can easily be enlarged to an eagle.
No eyebrows en- an eagle. Attitude-pensive.
She looked around for a minute and then went
on: "a fox has four legs-one tail-rwo eyes
-ons nose-two ears-mouth rather large-ex-
preston of face rather solemn and sorrowfal-
distinct eyebrows-sort of mutton-chop whis-
kers. General bearing seems to be courteous
and refined" She had small package of
yellow ochre and sash-tool brush with her.
and she has probably reached the top shelf Of
art by this time
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27

A good story is current in Lower Peoria, ILL., ,
which has the additional merit of being strictly
true, at least so it is said. 1t seems that's Mile
sian gentleman of somewhat advanced age has
" son, who recently went to his father and pro-
ceeded to inform him that he proposed to COM
NIT matrimony. On receiving the announce
ment the old gentleman said: swell. NV son.
to whom?" "Miss Jane SO and So" re piled
the sou, naming her. 'Do you love her?" was
the next inquiry, to which satisfactory an
swer was given. rs she good girl?" ''Yes;
as nice girl as there is in Lower Peoria"
SWELL my son, how are you goiug to support
her; has she any money!" "Yes, father; she
has $1,000 that / know Of" Then" said the
old man rising from his seat, catching hold of
his son and yelling out the words, ''Grab her,
my boy; grab her. Don't wait to ask anybody's
consent" Inasmuch as the wedding came of
couple OF days ago we assume that the son
followed the fathers advice and grabbed" her.
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-27
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-11

WHEN Mr.. Dawes, of Massachusetts,,
offered his amendment to the electoral
bill restraining tho commission from
reviewing the action OF the returning
boards, Mr.. Thurman replied that it
WAS IA dagger-thrust at the heart of the
bill and he he added that, with such
limit upon its jurisdiction, the bill
would not get Democratic vote in
either chamber Mr.. Conkling also re,
Piled that this was not only one of the
bones Of contention, but the very mar.
row Of it" But the high joint" ignore
the "daggerthrust" and have no likins
for the marrow of It," and the fraud
must be solemnly confirmed.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-11

TnE certificate is the recol ded title o.
election, and must stand unchallenged
and unimpeachable, said Evarts. From
the moment tho certificate was sealed
no power could arrest or reverse the
vote, and IL must be opened and
counted as it was deposited, said Ev.
arts The certificate must be true and
genuine, argued OConor, and the cleo
toral commission is empowered 10
inquire into its authenticity, rs Con
gress which delegated its powers to the
commission is thus empowered; and
the Irish advocate, speaking as bril-
liantly and as nobly AZ a Curran or a
Grafton, was right.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-11


The stLouis RepaJhcm thinks that in
the point of not going behind the GER
tiGcaies the decision cuts both ways.
If the commission cannot 20 behind
the certificates in the case Of Florida,
it cannot in the case of Oregon, and
consequently Tilden will obtain from
the latter state the one vote needed to
make his majority We do not see
how this result can be avoided without
such n sacrifice of consistency as the
commission would hardly dare to UNI
dertake. The reservation rs TO the
eligibility Of electors applies very forci
bly, to Watts, whose election is claimed
by the Republicans, but does not apply
TO Croni2, who holds Gov. Growers
certificate, 1t may be held that Gro.
min was not elected but no one dis
putes that he was eligible. which Watts
was not--and under the decision Of the
tribunal there can be no inquiry as to
how 'Crouin came to 60 1.-THE governors
certificate,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-11
They tell this story in Washington Of

They tell this story in Washington OF
Mr.. Halstead OF the Cincinnati CONNER
eiai: lie attended u social gathering
last Saturday evening, and was intro
duced to number OF Southern Con
gressmen US the editor of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, They complimented hi
paper, of which good many, they said
were taken in their section, and Mr.
Halstead, modestly blushing at the
compliments showered upon him, said
he tried to make good paper, and was
glad il suited them. Our readers will
understand that ualstead's paper is
bitterly Radical.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-11
Communities Take Notice

Every mom,nt of delay makes your cure
more hopeless and much depends on the
IudiCious cholg of II remedy, The amount
OF testimony IA favor of DIR. Schenck's Pull
monio syrup, an cure tor Consumption,
far exc eds all that can b. brought To sup
port the pretenllons OF any other medicine.
See DR., SchendS's almanac, containing the
certificates of many persons of the highest
responsibility, who have been restored 10
health, after being pronounced incurable
by physicians of acknowledged ability.
Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup alone has cured
many, ~ these evidences will show; but the
cure Is ofteu ptom oted by the Employment
OF two thor remedies which DIR. Schenck
prov ides for tho purpose. shese additional
remedies are Sohtnck's Sea Weed Tonic and
Mandrake filis. by the timely use OF these
medicines according TO directions, DR.
Schenck certileSthat most any case of Con
sumption may be cured.
DR.. Schenok "a professionally at his prin-
cipal OHIO. corner sixth and Aich streets
Philadelphia, every Monday, where all let.
te,s for aivice muut he addressed.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-11
uonpu ncapops Tor "A 0r,nl Sncce ~

Conspicuous among the highest example
OF success which the present century eau
shOv Ia HoSte terra stomach Bilturs. The
record OF Its triumphs over disease is TO be
traced In tho written acknowledgements OF
thousands who have experienced liz bench
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ity Is 10 Ia found In The vast aud growing
demand fer the article In Norh ami south
America, Mexico, Gnltenala, the West In.
dies, Australia and Europe. The asons for
= unparalleled success are cogent ones.
The accumulated evidence o. nearly thirty
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yennve; thgt II cradicatcs GyspepsIa Il, consti-
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aoun cractsa tendency togout rheumatism
urinary ant uterine disorders, thar ~ I'm
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mind whuo't iuVgorltcs tive body.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-11
WE give editorial prominence to n r,

give editorial prominence to re
view Of the situation printed in the
Philadelphia Tines, since it expresses
forcibly and well the phase that the
great national law suit viii likely as
sumo, Of course the South hopes that
louisiana can hot iudicially be declared
to belong to Hayes, but standing as she
does in the dark shadow of former
precedents, and remembering the stu
pendous and fearful conspiracy which
SO lately went down before the lofty pa
triotism ofCongress, she can not but
hope listlessly and doubtingly for right
and truth, justice and honor.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-11

When Louisiana joined the Union
seventy five years ago, she brought a
continent with her as dowry; an en-
pire extending from ocean to ocean
there were 1000 miles of travel within
her borders up the father ofryers; ! 1000
miles of toilsome march over the Rocky
Mountains, and 1000 moro along the
Columbia before her western boundary
(tho western ocean,, WAS reached, To
this empire the original colonies were
but Il petty principally Louisiana, as
she then came into the Union, was
larger by 100000 miles than the repub.
lie she welded -- Louisville Courier.
Journal.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-11


TnE Arguments Of Mr. OConor and
Judge Evarts seemed not to have con.
CURED in holding that the commission
possessed all the powers possessed by
Congress, and that where Congress
would be restricted in their examna,
ton into the returns the commission
would be restricted Nr. OConor said
What are the powers of this commits
sion? Those powers are distinctly and
fully and briefly expressed in this al
miroble document Che electoral biI)
destined to be the iNmortal honor OF
those concerned in the preparation, and
to pass into history with your act.
They are expressed in Lines rs and 70
of the House bill 'Tha same powers,
ifany, now possessed la that purpose
by the two houses acting separately OF
together. You have thus land this is
the tesD all the powers of those two
houses which could possibly exist un.
der law, rs fixed in the constitution and
in the preeXisting statutes for the pur
pose Of your determination, and this
brings us TO the question, What powers
are possessed by the two Houses, sepa
rately or together, in dealing with the
whole of this question touching el C
ton, rs it arises on facts which exist OF
which may exit and may be proven ?
Mr., Evarts said There is a consider
alton in this case Of whether the house,
OF Congress, in the matter OF the count
or the president of tho Senate, if h,
have authority at the time of thei
meeting for the constitutional duty o
opening and counting the votes, hai
any powers accorded by law for any in
PREVENTION of methods of proof What
ever may be thought of the question o
whether this subject of disqualification
OF this nature was proper for scrutiny {
the votes to be counted, and howcve
proper it might have been for the act
of Congress to provide for production o
proof in that transaction, and for tn,
manner in which it might be adducoc
and considered there is no act of Con
sress on the subject. and our PROPOSE
lion is, that at that stage of the transac
ton of election, Congress, the tw,
houses, and the president of the Senat,
cannot entertain the subject of nroof
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-11
Another Account OF the May.Bennett
DUpl

New York World; 1t is asserted
that when the seconds asked the prin,
clpals if they were ready, Mr.. May
twice replied that he was not; that al.
ter the second asking the snap OF a
pistol was heard but Mr. Mays second
thereupon advanced in front Of Mr..
Bennett and asked if it was his pistol
which had been snapped that Mr..
Bennett exhibited his weapon in proof
that such was not the case; that Mr..
May then spoke up and said his pistol
had accidentally snapped that after
this the seconds adjudEed to Mr.. Ben
nett the right to fire that Mr. Bennett
lcycIled his pistol, took aim, and then,
suddenly throwing up his arm fired in
the air, Whereby the duel ended with
no blood shed,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-11


A WASHINGTON letter says; Judge
Black ought to have Boswell around
with him. The ordinary dripping of his
conversation would make almost any
man we'll informed lie talks at all
times as he does before court. Old
saws and old couplets, refrains, and pat
quotations, historical facts and epigrams
are as common as plums in o Christmas
pudding ] asked him the other day
how Grant liked that part Of his de
Tense of Belknap where he'proved that
Belknep took no more presents than
the president II don't know he said
(" But Mrs. Belkuap told me one day
that Mrs. Grant said to her she didn't
see why thepeople made 50 much ado
over the little present that was made to
her baby. Why. said the first lady OF
tho nation, General Grant hls accepted