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The Portland daily press., 1878-05-13

AMERICAN NNEWsPAPERs.-Pette News
paper Directory for 1878 is now out, bound in
handsome volume of about 400 large pages.
Very fine engravings are given In it of Mr..
Pettingll, Thurlow Weed, Samuel Bowles,
George w. Childs, Bayard Taylor aud Henry
Watterson, and also woodcuts of James Cor
don Bennett, Sr., Charles o. Rogers and Bret
Harte. The Directory gives the following
newspaper list, which is an interesting exhibit
OF the division of papers through the country:
In the New. England section there are 725
newspapers, OF which Is are daily, tri-weekly,
10 10 seml,weekiy, 52I weekly, semi-monthly,
50 monthly, b-monthly and Is quarterly.
Middle Section-216 daily, s trl-weekly, 80
semi-weekly, LAO weekly, AZ semi-montbly,
% 40 monthly, IL bi-monthly, 81 quarterly.
Western Section-2jS daily 30 tri-weekly, So
semi-weekly, 2743 weekly, AZ semi-monthly,
24S monthly, 1 quarterly: Total, 1881.
Pacific Section-65 daily, 2 tri-weekly, Z semi
weekly, 2i9 weekly, semi-monthly, II
monthly, 1 b-moathly, l quarterly. Total
3i4.
Southern Ssctiou-12S daily % tri-weekly, 81
semi-weekly, 1926 weekly, Is semi monthly,
106 monthly. quarterly. Total, 1,526
British America-44 daily, 15 tri-weekly, IL
semi-weekly, $50 weekly, 4 s5mi-monthly, Al
monthly, b-monthly, quarterly. Total,
1872
The total number, including the papers in
British America, is S,6l5.
The Directory also contains list of all the
papers by counties; a list of all the daily pa
pers; list of the weekly aud monthly papers
having Calculations of over 5 600 copies; a list
Of religious weekly papers; a list Of agricul-
tural and horticultural publications, and COM
prehensive lists of leading European and Aus.
tralasan newspapers.
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As a very important source of strength
and security, cherish public credit. One
method of preserving it is to nse it as
spnringIy as possible; avoiding occasions
of expense by cultivating peace, but re.
membering also that timely disbursements
10 prepare for danger frequently prevent
much greater disbursements TO repeI ii +;
avoiding likewise the accumulation of
debt, NOT only by stunning occasions of
expense, but by vigorous exertions in time
of peace TO discharge the debts which un-
avoidable wars may have occasioned, NOT
unRenerousiy throwing upon posterity the
burden which we ourselves ought to bear.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
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HE Democrats begin to feel relieved.
Glover has suspended his investigations for
the present and is now trying to prove the
good character of one of his experts, Moore,
who is called to answer to two criminal in
dictments. As it is thought that at least a
hundred thousand years will be required to
find good character for Moore the Demo-
Gratis who have escaped exposure feel pretty
confident that they can worry through.
The Portland daily press., 1878-05-13

The falsehoods of the Neu Era are so
many that it takes days to expose them all.
Here is another instance of its Justification of
hgores. 1t quotes President Grant as saying
in his message of 1873 that the contraction
of the currency from 1869 to 1878 was $500.
100000. President Grant said no such thing.
He said that the contraction was sixty-three
millions. The attention of the Era has been
called to its Justification of figures but it per-
sists in the falsehood' 1t is apparently en-
deavoring to win the blue ribbon as the boss.
liar of the age.
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''Such medium (irredeemable paper mon
cyl has always been liable to fluctuation. Its
value is constantly changing; and these
changes, often great and sudden, expose in-
dlviduaIs to great loss, are the source of ruin
Gus speculations, and destroy all confidence
between man and man."-Chief Justice Mar.
ob0U
The Portland daily press., 1878-05-13

IT is with no little surprise that we see
Chase's Chronicle copying the impudent for
geries of the Ne,o Era on the Times and
World. The Chronicle promptly withdrew
the fraudulent quotation from the the Atlan.
TIC Monthly after the fraud was exposed in
the PRESS and gave the impression that it
meant to be honest. We are inclined to be.
lieve that the Chronicle-Maker'' must be
absent and that some subordinate published
these proved forgeries,
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THE Greenback club at South Windham
has disbanded. The members took to study
ing the matter calmly and concluded that
they had been mistaken, and deceived by the
misrepresentation of the unscrupulous men
who head the movement. So, like straight
forward and sensible men, they simply aban-
doned the foolish business.
The Portland daily press., 1878-05-13

1t (pdper money! tends to aggrarate the
inequality Qffortanes; to make the rich richer
and the poor poorer, to multiply nabobs and
paupers, and to deepen and auiden the gulf
achich separated Diues from Lazarus.-Thona-
as Fl. Benton.
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Convention of the Reform Clubs
-oB THE
STATE OF MAINE.

The Quarterly Convention of the Reform Clubs of
the State of Maine will be held at
Norway, ON Wednesday and Thursday,
June 5th and 9th.
Fully apprecatjng the good results arising from
earnestness and sincerity in this great and gori-
GUS work. we earnestly hope that all the Clubs in the
State will be fully represented, keeping in mind our
motto "Charity for all, and malice toward none."
One and one-third fare for the round trip on the
G. r.. R.
Return tickets will be furnished by the Secretary
for the Portland s. Ogdensburg, Portland g. Roches-
ter and Grand Trunk Railroads.
Per order State Committee,
FRANK KENDRICK, President.
GEO. W. MURCH, Secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1878-05-13

Mr.. E. II. COVE of Biddeford has been led
by the falsehoods of the Ne,o Era into the
belief that the forgeries on the World and
Times published in the Era are genuine quo
ations from the editorial opinions of th ose
journals. Mr.. Cove, who assumes to give les
sons in finance should assure himself of the
truth of his statements before he goes in
to the business of teaching. He also dis.
plays lamentabe ignorance of the history
Of England. He ought to know that the
English people have been steadily gaining in
freedom and power since the passage Of the
first Reform Bill.
The Portland daily press., 1878-05-13

"Capital may be produced by Industry and
accumulated by economy, but only jugglers
will propose to create it by legerdemain tricks
with ."-Thonds Jefferson,
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EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersigneG by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon US by demanding
credentials of every person claiming represent our
The Portland daily press., 1878-05-13

THE Camden Herald has not yet informed
its readers as to the true condition of the cur
rency OF Buenos Ayres. 1t has had the facts
before it for two weeks now, bat willfully
suppresses the truth, doubtless for fear sit
might injure the National party" The
course of the Herald is very dishonest, to say
the least.
The Portland daily press., 1878-05-13

sc. B. S" OF STANDIsH is another man
who has been misled by the impudent false
hoods of the Ne,o Era. In communica-
tion to that paper he says that our interest
bearing debt has increased five hundred and
ffty-one millions since 1865. He should
know that the statement is stupendously
incorrect, and that he has been deliberately
deceived by the Era which states the interest
bearing debt as billion of dollars less than
it was in the aforementioned year. The
Understanding debt in 1865 was over two
billion instead of over one billion, as may be
seen by consulting the official reports.
The Portland daily press., 1878-05-13
TIE RMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE

THE we ight of the testimon which is
brought out by the House investigating COM
mittees is illustrated by an incident which
took place before the committee that is look
ing after the public printing. Finley, the
Democratic expert, testified in regard to
certain lot of paper that had been purchased
that it was far below the standard, his COM
parson really being eq uValent to testifying
that it is worth only one third as much as had
been paid for it. He was then furnished
with sample of paper by the government
expert and asked to tell the committee what
he thought of that grade. He promptly
pronounced it exeee ut and in fact good
enough paper for anybody. At this point he
was astonished at being informed that it was
exactly the same paper he had just con-
demned,
The Portland daily press., 1878-05-13

a paper currency is q great curse to ana
people and a particular curse to the laborer
of any country, for its depreciation aloays
falls upon the Laborer.-Andre,p Jackson.
The Portland daily press., 1878-05-13
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING.. MAY ls.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and adj 1ress of the writer are in
all Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not sed.
The Portland daily press., 1878-05-13

Paper emissions by the government are
of a nature SO liable to abuse, L may say
so certain to be abused, that the wisdom of
the government will be shown by never
trusting it elf with so seducing and dam
gerous a power"
ALEXANDER HAMILTON,
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THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,
Published every day Sundays excepted) by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING CO.
AT 10s EXCHANGE ST., PORTLAND,

oT.i fURTLANDs
TERMs Eight Dollars Year in advance, To
mail subscribers Seven Dollars Year If paid in ad-
vance.
THE MAINE STATE PRESS
is published every THURSDAY MORNING at $3.50 a
year, Ii paid in advance at $500 year.
RATES OF ADVERTISING: One inch OF space, the
length of column, constitutes square"
81 so per square, daily first week: rs cents per
week atter three Insertions less, S1.00 contiDu
ing every other day after first week, so cents.
Halt square, three Insertions, less, 70 cents; one
week, Sl.00; so cents per week after.
SP SCIAL NOTICES, third additional.
Under head OF "AMUSEMENTS'' and "AUCTIoN
SALES, 50 90 per square per week. three insertions
or less, $1.50.
Advertisements inserted in the "MAINE STATE
PRESS (Which has large circulation in every part
of the Sta e for S00 per square for first insertion
and % ce uts per square for each subsequent insertion
Address all communications TO
POR LAND PUBLISHING co.
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To Let.

TyOUR good rents from four to ten rooms each, at
IL from to 13 dollars Apply to w. W. CARR,
1877 Newbury Street. ap13dtt
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RESOURCES.

STATE OF MAINE,
CUMBERLAND, IS.
1, b. c. Somerby, Cashier of ''The Canal National
Bank of Portland,'' do solemnly swear that the
above statement true to the best of my knowledge
and belief. B, C. SOMERBY, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9Th day of
May, 1878. G. G, PETERS.
Justice of the Peace
Correct attest
y W: S5Ss Il AsS$SSb 4 a5R$aSi &$RSi Directors.
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TO LET .
House to Let

EO DC K6eEtcUs
A VERY desirable front room, with large acove.
"A Bath room upon same floor. Apply at
jan7dtf 606 CONGRESS ST.
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TO LET.
no Let.

o. House with eight nice rooms corner of Will
hV; mot and Lincoln Streets. Apply to
WAl W. P. HASTINGS,
ap29dtf 1441 Exchange Street.
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BAKER WANTED.

A good experienced loaf bread
baker is wanted at w. G.. CORR'S
Bakery. Pearl street.
None but strictly temperate and
of good character will be accepted.
I11uA
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Dissolution of COpartnership.
EXCHANGE DINING ROOMS,

[FOR NJ ESLY JOHN SON'SD
This popular saloon having been
refitted and pairates, IS aRaHh open
TO the public, Ehe pre- sent pro-
pvietOEs will eudeav0r to nesEi the
liberal patronage heretofore be-
slowed and propose 10 Increase IDS
popularity by generally reducing
the cost of food, while fully nfaIEn-
tanning The quality aud quantity.
40 EXCHANGE STREET.
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COMPREHENSIVE.
NOTICE

1NO I IOHe
NOTICE is hereby given that the firm of Eus is
IN & Castell is dissolved. Claims against the
firm may be presented to the subscriber and all
parties indebted to the late firm requested to
make payment to JOSEPH CASTELL, JR.,
Portland, April 13 1878 ap15d1m
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WANTS.
Wanted.

A TENEMENT for two families or a single tene-
IA ment Of five or six rooms. Apply to
my11J3t MARElN, PENNELL & co,
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For Rent.
10 Let.

HOUSE on line of Horse Railroad in Woodfords
III Corner containing seven rooms all in good re-
pair. Enquire of j. III. REED,
my4dtf Woodford's Corner
The Portland daily press., 1878-05-13

XNE desire to establish general agency in Port,
w land, or vicinity, to control the sales OF a
staple article Of daily consumption. Any energetic
man with small capital, may secure permanent,
paying business. For particulars address EMPIRE
MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 1872 Fulton ST.,
New York. my9d6t
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REPORT OF THE CONDHEH N
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BOARD.
Board.
Board UD Town
TO LET.

Tenement 10 Let.
CECOND floor of No. Carlton street, seven rooms
- with gas ard Sebago. Apply on the premises.
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SOUTH AMERICAN NEWS.
serisus Riets 10 Chiii-rwe vsiea.
noe. Beichiag Forth firc-ltenis
frOtn Panama.

PANAMA. Nov. IA severe earthquake
was felt in Manzules Antigua October
o. Twelve houses were destroyed. in
Guiding u church. hospital, and the pub
lie school. city buildings and many
others. The damage done will exceed
500. 900.
PANAMA. Nov. s.-The elections in
Nicaragua resulted in favor Of the Gov
eminent candidate. General Zavols. No
interference was attempted on the part
OF the military. and good order prevailed
throughout the country, although party
spirit ran high.
Advicss from Chill state that serious
riots. resulting in the killing and wound
ing OF eighty persons, occurred In San
tiaso. Mounted police and cavalry were
called out and made several charges be-
fore the mob were dispersed. The trou.
BILE originated in an attempt 10 lay vio-
lent hands upon the writer Of certain ar
ticles in relation to the boundary quss.
ton, in which he took grounds favora-
BILE to the Argentine Republic.
While the schooner Little Minnie was
on her way from Gobla to Colon with u
crew and passengers OF seven persons,
she capsized. All on board were
drowned except n colored man.
The Captain Of the Warrior reports
while passing through B~ocahulvas. near
Trinidad. that he saw the ship Pandora.
OF Liverpool. ashore, and in two hours
saved 2l0 coolies from her. The re-
maindsr had been landed previously.
The Pandora was ON her way from
Trinidad to Calcutta. loaded with coolies
whose term OF service had expired.
Advices from Salvador state that the
VOLCANOES OF Izalico and Santa Ana are
in a state OF tremendous activity. On
the latter four or i've distinct openings
emit fire. smoke and ashes in volumes.
For miles around ashes are falling. and
the air Is filed with smoke. darkening
the day and making the scene gloomy
and terrifying. The inhabitants in the
neighboring villages are terribly alarmed.
The Valley Of Cauea has suffered fear.
fully from ~grasshoppers. All growing
crops have been completely ruined;
sugar cane. corn and wheat in the upper
portion OF the valley and all sorts OF
grasses 40 that cattle only subsist in u
hall starving condition. The prices OF
provisions Of all classes are exorbitsnt.
.,l - suuar .atat.. anil l.rg.. haetanIas
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kING KILLING.
The As.sssis OF King uumbcrt An
lss~raatiossiist- a Plot to ktii
All European sossseigns sus.

The Assassia OF King uumbert An
Iss-raatiosaiist- "A Plot ca Ktii
All European s~ossseigns ~
peeted.
NAPLES. Nov. Is. Several letters
from members Of the International
Society have been found at Paussaunte's
abode. and more Iniernationlists have
consequently been arrested. The King.
previous to the attempt upon his life,
had received two letters intimating that
the attempt would DO made.
RoNx. Nov. iS.-Popular indignation
and excitement throughout Italy over
the attempt to assassiuate the King il
very great. The assassin is n member
Of the international Society. He denies
having any accomplices or instigators.
King Humbert has received thou
sands OF congratulatory kilograms, in
Guiding one from the Pope. The Pa.
triarch Of Venice has ordered q 10 deum
to be sung. The Vatican organ, 0bser-
rdtors Romano. is especially vehement in
condemning the crime.
BERLIN. Nov. ls.-The belief is pre-
valent that a plot exists for the assassin
alton Of all sovereigns. II is stated that
the Prussian Judges, when examining
Nobling's case. were led To believe in the
existencs OF q central organization for
this purpose. Investigations are still
going on.
FLORENCE. Nov. ls.-During the pass
age OF the procession in honor OF King
Humbert's escape down win Nazionale a
bomb was thrown among the corps OF
veterans and exploded. Two men were
killed and several slightly wc--Ied.
NAPLES. Nov. lo.-It is reported that
the Italian Embassy in Paris was warned
Of the probability Of q Socialist attempt
upon the Kings life.
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Ilngersoll on Labor.

From Colonel Robert j. Ingsrsoll's Speech on
"Mooushine Money!
sympathize with every honest effort
made by the children Of labor to i'm.
prove their condition. This Is q poorly
governed country in which those who do
the most have the least. There is some
thing wrong when men are obliged TO
beg for leave to toll. We are not yet q
civilized people. When we are, pauper-
ism aud crime will vanish from our land.
There is n thing. however. Of which l
am glad and proud. and that Is. that 30.
ciety Is not. In our country, petri6ed
that the poor are not always poor. The
children Of the poor OF this generation
may and probably will be the rich Of the
next. The sons Of the rich Of this gen.
Grafton may DO the poor Of the next. so
that. after all, the rich fear and the poor
hope. II is the glory Of the United
States that the poor man can take his
boy upon his knee and say: my son,
all the avenues to distinction are open to
you. You can rise. There is no sta
ton. no position, to which you may not
aspire. The poverty Of your father
will not DO a milestone about your
neck. The public schools are open to
you. For You there are education,
honor. fame and prosperity" These
thoughts render holy every drop Of
sweat that rolls down the face OF honest
toll. ] sympathize with the wanderers.
with the Migrants out OF employment.
with the sad aud weary men who are
seeking for work. When I see one Of
these men. poor and friendless-no mat.
ter how bad he isl think that some-
body loved him once, and that he was
once held in the arms Of q mother; that
hs slept beneath her loving eyes and
Weakened in the light OF her smile. l
see him in the cradle. listening TO lul-
labies sung soft and low. and his little
face is dimpled as though touched by
the rosy fingers Of joy. And then /
think Of the strange and winding paths,
the weary roads he has travelled from
that mothers arms TO vagrancy and
want. There should be labor and food
for all. We invent; We take advantage
Of the forces Of nature; we enslave the
winds and waves; we put shackles upon
the unseen powers. These slaves should
release from bondage all the children Of
men,
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LIyrSo in Paris, irrespective Of the
exposition. Is dsarsr than it used to be.
Comparing prices in 1877 with those in
1872. II is seen that in the period Of five
years game and poultry have risen in
prices % per cent; meat has advanced
from 4 to G per cent; butter 0 per cent.
eggs s per cent; and cheese. fruit and
vegetables Proportionatsly. Fish is hall
q cent q pound dearsr than 1t then a
The consumption per head Of population
has positively fallen in the case OF every
article Of food. except meat. Of which
the average Partisan now eats more per
annum than he used to.
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Oh, OF Course.
lrrOm the po,rOi, IRE. pres..l

lfae.3 has ~ NV Atts
A Detroit grocer. who has Q little
time to study human nature, and who
would have saved money IL ho only had
q little more time. wrote a note TO sew.
eral parties selected for the occasion to
the effect that he had lost his account
books and must depend upon their hon.
or to call and give in the balance against
them. One OF them replied that be
presumed he owed 80 or "a. when the
books showed that he owed S2S; another
thought there might DO = possible bal.
ance against him. though he had been
very careful to pay cash down, and YET
his account was Sli and yer Out Of
twelve or fourteen customers the grocer
found one who replied that be owed
So so. being 80 cents too much. He
then wrote to each that he had found
his books, and sent statement OF &C.
count; and as they dropped into the
store one al q time. each laughed, shook
hands and remarked knew II was
one Of your jokes. Of course. and 80 l
thought I'D give you q chance to play 1t
clear through"
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A GENTLEMAN from st. Louis. an ad.
mirer OF Edgar A. Poe. while lately in
Baltimore visited the graveyard where
the poet rested SC long before his bones
were taken to be placed beneath q monu-
ment. and there had q curious interview
with q sexton who attended to the re-
moval Of the poets body. The sexton
said that when the grave was opened the
remains OF Poe were found to consist Of
n tolerably well preserved skeleton
that was all. The sexton lifted the
head. and referring to the matter. said
Ellis brain ratified around inside just
like a lump OF mud. sir" His idea was
that the brain had dried and hardened
in the skull.
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A r~oEK.racxiSo establishment at Chi
cago contains n large dinins.room. well
warmed and suitably furnished. where
the workmen assemble a, noon and eat
the dinners they have brought from
their homes. Sometimes speakers are
invited by the employers to address the
employees, and the other day three tem-
perance speeches were made within the
hour. The pork.houses aud railroads
at Chicago look with disfavor upon ga
looms. and there are very few places in
the vicinity Of the shops and houses for
the workmen TO 80 to and squander their
earnings.
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runer.l .fn Au.a Mam..

NKw YoEx. Nov. i9.-rhe World says:
There were celebrated yesterday in old
st. Paul's the obsequies Of the widow Of
Rear Admiral Sloate. who is best re-
membsred as that Commodore who. with
Colonel Fremont. practically originated
the State Of California. She lived to the
age OF e~ighty-three. The funeral Was
attended only by her immediate relatives
and services we're performed by the Rev.
DR.. Mulcahey. The remains were fol.
lowed to the family vault in Greenwood.
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Tn. President. position.


NEW YORK. Nov. ia Tribune
Washington special says Secretary
Evarts. in a review OF the political stu.
alton. states that there Is to be a thor
ough enforcement OF the law in the
South. He says the attitude Of the
President 10 in reality the same now rs
It has been. He has been disappointed.
however. in the fact that the assurances
OF the Southern leaders have not been
kept, and he now intends to prosecute
those who have violated the rights OF
citizenship. Evarts regards tho future
Of the Republican party as very bright.
Az old fellow reading a newspaper
headline. "war against the Afghans:''
said he was glad Of IL; he never did like
"them circus blankets"