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Clearing House Transactions.

The Clearing House Of the Portland Banks report
the transaction OF business as follows to-day;
gross Exchanges. ..........."......S 95,137 90
Net Dalahces. l4y49Z 10
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Curiou. Kind Of Civi, Service Reform.

Curious Kind of Civil Service Reform.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2S-An Albany dispatch
reports that VIM. Haskell will probably sue.
coed Postmaster Craig; John Palmer, late
Grand Army Commander, will supercede Col
come internal revenue collector in Iplace of
Lathrop. All the present incumbents are in
favor of Conkling,
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".
IMPORTS from January to Aug. 81.
Foreign bales. ,.19,523 3O.49;
Domestic, bags and bales. 1876 20593

In New York the volume of business for past few
days has been of rather disappointing proportions.
The few buyers present have employed their time
mostly in quest Of medium clothing and combing and
tions is rather SMALL they have, in many instances
been compelled to seek other markets. Fine Woods
are STILL in measure, neglected, though there are
some buyers that will take them at lower price,
In Philadelphia there has not toen so much activi-
ty in the market since our last notice. the manufac-
turers having purchased cautiously. Supplies have
been arriving quite freely from the West, and the
stock is beginning to accumulate. Medium combing
meets with good demand but unwashed is dull and
is materially reduced. Carpet Woods are very quiet
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MARRIED..

In this city, Aug. 81. by Rev. Dr. Carruthers Will
lis A. Putnam OF Harrington and Miss Katie j. Full
lerton of Hopewel, Albert County, N. B. [St John,
NIB, papers please copy.l
In Bath Aug. 20. Allen G. Cobb of Lynn and Miss
Mary H. Small Of Bath.
In Gray, Aug 25, James H. Colley and Miss Ada
Nj. Ellis.
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The WoOl Market.

BOSTON, Aug. 2s.-[Reported for the Press 1.-The
following is list of prices quoted this afternoon
Domestic-Oho and Pennsylvania pick-lock SO "a
4Oc; do choice Xxx IS a S7c do fine 80 a 36c; me
dunn 35 SIC; coarse 2e q soc; Michigan extra and
Xxx 80 q 34c; fine 80 q 33c; medium SO a 34c; COM
medium 80 q 3lc; common % q 3Oc; pulled extra
30 q 3Sc; superfne 80 42c; No !, Is q zoe; comb
ing fleece 3S a 45c; Fine deaine 40 q 42c; California
combing 40 q 41c: Smyrna washed 16 q 2sc; do un-
washed II q lie; Buenos Ayres Is @ soc; Cape Good
SOC.
There is firm feeling for all kinds OF delaine and
combing selections, but dealers are sold up pretty
close, and there is not much available stock for
manufacturers to draw from. We look for steady
market, as the demand is likely to be fully equal to
the supply.
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MEMORANDA.

Sch L Knowles, Chase. from New York for Ham
burg, put into Falmouth, E. 26th inst with loss Of
sails bulwarks stove, and cargo shifted.
Sch Helen Mar. from Rockland for New York, with
Hme was run down and sunk Oath, p m. off Old
Seal Point, by schr Fl Foster Coombs, from New
York for Rio Janeiro. Crew saved. The q sus.
TONED some damage and put into Boston.
Sch Adeline Hamn. Lewis, from South Amboy for
Portsmouth put into Bristol, RI 26tb. in distress
having sprung aeak 18th, off Point Judith. Proba-
bly, discharge for repairs.
Sch Hattie Giles. which recently arrived at Jack.
sonve with loss OF maintopmast, is to have the low
ermast taken out.
Sch W HI Jordan, Richardson. at New York from
Baltimore while lying at the latter port The first
mate. Torrey, fell down the hold and died from bis
injuries 3d. He was 80 years of age and resident
OF Deer Isle, Me.
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DIED.

In this city, Aug. q, Genevive daughter of Lindel
G. and Alice Foote, aged years months.
lFuneral services Thursday afternoon at o'clk,
at No. So Congress strs 1T.
ESQ., late of the firm of o. A. g W. E. Richardson.
In Bath Aug. 26, Mrs. Hannah, wife OF John Sonia,
aged % years II months.
In Hallowell, Aug. 90 Miss Emma D.. daughter of
Samuel Currier, Jr., aged 10 years.
aged 36 years.
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Boston Bank stateme MT.

=, BOSTON, Aug 2S.-The following are the footngs
inns week OF the Boston National banks, as returned
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FROM MERCHANTS, EXCHANGE.

70
Ar at Delaware Breakwater 9th sch Nellie f Saw.
yer, Bunker. Matanzas for Philadelphia.
, Sid I'm Cardiff 9th, barque Gen Fairchd, Kelley,
Rio Janero.
gins, New YORK.
Sid tm Cadiz oath. brig salistra, Partridge, for
United States.
New York. 7
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Daily Domestic Receipts.
kOaton StOcIs VTarLet

w True 81 Co. ~
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[Sales of the Brokers Board, August 2s.1
First Call.
II Boston u Maine Railroad 167I
8 Portland. Saco 81 Portsmouth Railroad 49,. S.
Eastern Railroad. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2s IS 1o1
Eastern Railroad new bonds). ......,.,, TO1 G IT
Second Call.
3 Boston and Maine Railroad. .......,.,,.10 1911
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Portland Daily Press Stock List,
Corrected by WOODBURY. & MoULToN, Investment
Bankers Cor. Middle and Exchange Street.
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FIS II Il K MEN.
DOMESTIC PORTS.

Ar at Port Mulgrave, Ms, 24to. sch Alice M Gould,
from Portland for North Bay,-(reported at Canso
same date.)
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MARINE NEWS.
PORT OF PORTLAND.
Wednesday, Aug. Is.
RRJUEn

Wednesday, Aug. Is.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Franconia, Bragg New York-passen-
gers and mdse to Henry Fox,
Steamer City OF Portland, Pike, Boston for East
port and st john NIB.
Sch VIM GVrrison, -, Batimore-coal to Gas
Company.
Sch odell, winsow Perth Amboy-coal to order,
Sch Alice Oakes Marson, Perth Amboy-coal to
S Rounds & Son.
Central 4 r.
Sen Teaser, Orr, Perth Amboy-coaI to Rounds &
Sch Benedict, Crockett, Woodbridge, N j.
clay to Portland Stoneware Co.
=, sen Alaska, Hamilton, Reimbursement to A
Sch Fair Dealer. Pond, Boston, to load for Castne.
Scn Lyndon, Simpson, Boston, to load for Calais.
81 sen snow, Jr, Griffin, Rockport, Mass.
Sch Venelia. Mayo. Bay Chaleur-35O bbls mackerel
Sch Harriet Rogers, Nutter, Cherryfeld-stayes to
Nutter. Kimball g Co.
Sch Banner, Handy, ROckport-lime to Portland e,
Ogdensburg RI.
Sch Shepardess, Thorp, Bristol.
Sch Exact, Kimba Boothbay.
CLEARED.
Sen Waldemar, Duncan, dloucester-C W McKen-
ney.
Sch Il Hodgman, Frye. Harrington-master,
Sen Radiant, hardy. Northumberland q Tabor.
Son. ~
[FRoM OUR CORREsPCNDNET.l
CRANBERRY ISLES, Aug 24-Ar. schs L Fos-
Maggie Willard, Squirting. Shore with $50 bbls; Ivy,
Stanly. with 80 qtl cod fish.
Aug 25-Ar, sch Harriet Rogers Nutter, Millbridge
for Portland.
{ July 26-Sld, sch Harriet Rogers. for Portland.
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Rice W fb. -. To 8
ls Saleratus.

Turks isd.]P
pd bush. ODD 2 90 q 2 374
| CCaddiiz, dq.pd: 2 90 a Q %
IGadlz in bind l 37A 175
Duty paid. l so q 1 s74
In bond, :. 1 374C9 175
IGr'nd butter II y how
Llv.fine sack l 10 q 200
Clover, lib. -. s@ 81
Red Top bag 2 90 "a 2 q
I'll. Grass, bu. l So "a 1 GO
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Dry Goods Who Iesnle Market.

Corrected weekly BY LOCKE, TwITcHELL s. Co.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-30
The War ON 1he Lumber nntere.a.

The Secretary of the Interior and
Commissioner of the General Land
Office have appeared before the House
Committee on Appropriations, and ap-
piled for $40, 900 to ''contine operations
against depredators on public timber
land" so the dispatch reads. It means
that the war of the Administration
against the lumber interests of Missis-
sippi and other States on the Gulf coast
is to be continued if Congress will fur
nish the material aid. The class engage
ed in this industry have been ter
ribly wronged. The proceedings against
them have been vindictive and in
discriminate; alike against the in
nocent and guilty. On the Mississippi
seashcre mills have been forced to sus-
pend operations by the seizure of timber,
the owners of which are prepared to prove
that not q log in their possession was cut
from Government lands. The mills have
ceased business and large numbers Of
labOring people who are dependent upon
them for support, are thrown ont of en-
plo7ment. While bankruptcy threatens
the mill owners, starvation Is staring the
operatives IN the face. The men whose bus
mess has thus been broken up are denied
the speedy trial to which the laws Of the
country entitle them, and there Il no |
0ros1ack ar innrnadfafa relief fsan0rnr.
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A MOBILE paper having copied with.

A MOBILE paper having copied with
out comment, disparaging allusion in
connection with the slanderous accuse.
ton that she had repudiated a just debt,
and that the Confederacy was thereby
disabled from borrowing money abroad
with which to prosecute the war for the
establishment of independence---the Meri-
dian Mercury embraces the occasion to
say
1t misbecomes an Alabama paper to re-
preach Mississippi with the reputation OF
her debt in 1870 since Alabama repudiated
her own d. BIT in 1875, Notwithstanding it " as
legally contracted. The State-aid law was
passed by the Democrats in 1867, and
under this law, Endorsed bonds were issued
to the railroads. All that the Radicals did
was to raise the amount from $4,000 to
SIG, 900 per mile. Many of the bonds were
issued by Gov. Lindsay, a Democrat, in aid
of roads engineered by Democrats, but they
too were repudiated. We are aware that
Alabama denies that she repudiated her
public debt, and insists she merely
compromised it, but compulsory set
Element is reputation. Aiaba a, by
her Constitution of 1875, so restricted
the rate of taxation, as to preclude even the
raising of enough revenue TO pay the inter-
est upon her bonded debt, and having done
this she dictated her own terms to her cred
itors. They had no option in the matter,
and merely accepted the terms offered be-
cause the constitution OF 1875, by restricting
the rate of taxation, rendered payment of
the public debt impossible. This was re-
pudiation, coated over with a bubble. We
hope Alabama newspapers will not fling
dirt at Mississippi for repudiating her
debt, but will remember their own State
recently repudiated debt legally contract
ed. One pot should not call anoth er black.
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Senator bills Railroad Fence
Measure.

Senator Bills has introduced a meas.
ure of no little Importance to persons
living along the line of railroads, and
to the corporations themselves. 1t is a
bill requiring the tracks to be fenced to
prevent the killing and otherwise dam
aging Of stock. We feel sure that the
measure will be found in the end saw
ing to the companies and at the time
greatly beneficial to the property owners
along the roads. Under judicial decisions
the companies are responsible for injuries
committed upon property by their trains,
and with commend0ble spirit they have
shown willingness to indemnify the
owners. We can speak advisedly of the
New Orleans, jackson and Northern
Road Gncluding the late N. o. J. & g.
N. r. r., and the Mississippi Cen
trail Cornpanies,) and the Vicksburg
and Meridian. The former, at least,
has expended large sums ia compromis-
ing and paying claims of this description.
A Inv Of this kind will put stop to this
constant drain upon their resources, se-
cure property owners against loss, and
prevent litigation. Similar laws to the
measure introduced BY Nj. Bulls are IN
force in llinois, Indiana, Ohio. psnnsyl-
vania and other States, and we are 10
formed thnt their effect has been sslutary,
and railroad companies and property
owners are alika satisfied with the result.
The bill which 1e6rs The marks 81 care
lul pEepaEa. ion, will be found IN lnother !
s0lnmn.
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The following is the vote in the United
States Senate on the resolution declaring
that the public debt could be paid le
gally in silver without violating the
contract with the bondholders:
YEAs--Allison, Armstrong, Bailey, Beck,
Booth, Bruce, Cameron OF P~nnsy lvania,
Cameron of Wisconsin, Chaffee, Coke,
Conover. Davis of Illinois, Davis of West
Virginia, Dennis. Dorsey, Eustis, Ferry,
Gordon, Grover, Hereford, Howe, Johnston.
Jones OF Florida, Jones of Nevada, Kirk
wood, M'Creery, MDonald, M'Millan, Max
ey, Mathews, MerrimOn, Morgan, Oglesby,
Plumb, Ransom, Salisbury, Saunders,
Spencer, Teller, Thurman, VOORHEES,, Wal
lace and Withers-43.
NAYs-Anthony, Barnuns, BGyGrd, Blaine,
Burnside, Christiancy, Conkling, Dawes,
Eaton, Edmunds, Hamlin, Kernan, Lamar,
N PhersoR, Mitchell, Mnrrll, Paddock,
Randolph, Rollins, Sargent, w adleigh, and
Windom-22.
The Democrats voting nay are marked
with italics. Pending the question, Mr..
Thurman of Ohio, the acknowledged
leader on the Democratic side, stated
that it had been argued that injustice
would be done to those who purchased
bonds since 1873, if the Government
should pay its bonds in silver, but he
(Thurman) would endeavor to show,
when the bill itself should come up for
consideration, that the payment Of
the bonds in silver would not do
injustice to any one. The vote
on the resolution lacked one of two
thirds and is supposed to Indicate a
failure to pass the Bland bill over the
Presidents veto when it shall have passed
the two Houses. The money power will
make a herculean effort to prevent the
measure from becoming law. It paid
half a million of dollars to demonetize
silver and overthrow the established
coinage of money so as to enhance the
value of gold, and it is not to be suppos-
ed that they will surrender the advantage
they thus corruptly obtained without ex-
hausting every means at their command.
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TURKET is in very bad condition
The rapid rush Of the Russian hosts int
the very heart Of Roumelia has sent con
sternation among the disheartened Mus
snlmen and by thousands they are fleeing
to ConstantinopIe. II is stated that TO-.
900 fugisives. chiefly women and chill
dren. were brought IN one day in open
carts through terrible snow storm from
Adrianopie. The government Of Turkey
i pomerIess to help these suffering people
o. to repel the invader, and Il Is OILY .
question Of time when she win be conn
pletely vanauishsd unless there Is outside
Interference o. she surrenders at discre.
hon.
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Here is the silver bill rs it passed the
the House of Representatives by vote
of 183 to 81. It is now before the SEN
ate and will pass that body by decided
majority, but we fear, not by vote large
enough to overcome an Executive veto.
The effect OF the bill will be to restore
the coinage of silver and make it legal
tender for all debts including United
States bonds, as before the passage OF
the demonetizing act of 1873.
| AN ACT to authorize the free coinage Of the
silver dollar, and TO restore its legal tender
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assem- bled, That there
shall be coined at the several minis of the
| United States, silver dollars of the weight
OF four hundred and twelve and half
grains troy of standard silver, as provided
| in the act of January eighteenth, eigh-
| teen hundred and thirty seven. on which
shall be the devices and superscriptiOns pro
| yided by said act; which coins, together
with all silver dollars heretofore coined by
the United States of like weight and nomi-
| nal value, shall be receivable for all
debt and dues, public and private, eX-
eept where otherwise provided by con-
tract; and the owner OF silver bull
lion may deposit the same at any United
States coinage mint or assay office, to be
coined into dollars for his benefit, upon the
same terms and conditions as gold bullion
is deposited for coinage under the existing
laws.
See 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsis-
tent with the provisions of this act are here
by repealed.
Taking the vote of the Senate on the
Matthews resolutions and the vote in the
House in favor of this bill, as the sense
of the country, veto by the President
would be an arrogant defiance of public
sentiment. To meet this emergency
here is the remedy proposed by B. F.
Butler
IF the President of the United States
should deem it his duty in exercising the
veto power to prevent the enactment of a
law undoubtedly demanded by large ma
jority OF the people of the country, 1t would
be the duty of the representatives of the
people to resort TO the power reposed in
them, and how can this be most clearly and
forcibly done? Plainly by refusing to vote
one dollar of supplies to the movement, or
rather, making the appropriations for car
rying on the Government conditioned on
the passage of the silver bill or such meas
ureS as are demanded by the people In
that crisis shall favor lacking on to every
appropriation bill the vetoed measure and
stand by the withholding of money until it
becomes law.
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AFTERNOON SESSION.

At 8 o'clock p. NJ. the House met.
The question which was pending before
recess, viz: the contest between j. r. Bu-
cnanan contestant VS.. Hon. III. A. Moody
sitting member from Pamela, was resumed.
Col. w. l.. Nugent counsel for j. +.
Buchanan, argued the case for his client.
Mr.. Moody made few remarks to which
Mr.. Miller OfPanola replied.
Mr.. Stands, charm an OF the committee
closed the argument in favor Of the report
of the committee which retained Mr.
Moody In his seat.
Mr.. Stands moved the previous ques-
ton, which was ordered.
And the question recurring on the adap-
ton of the resolution of the committee, viz /:
Resolved, That II. A. Moody is entitled TO
retain his seat in this body as a Representa-
tive from Pamela county, in the Legislature
of Mississippi.
And the resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Miller, of Pamela, moved to recon
slider. Lost
At 5:4QP. NJ, the House adjourned.
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It will be remembered that one Of the
chief methods employed to bulldozs the
Democratic House of Representatives
into the support of the eight by seven
Electoral Commission swindle, was the
pretenee set up by Republican leaders
that the President of the Senate had the
right to count the votes and that in doing
so he would be backed by the military
power of the Government under Generals
Grant and Sherman. True" said the
bulldozed Democratic Representatives.
''the House of Representatives is re-
quired by the Constitution &c
elect the President in case of disagree
ment between the two Houses, but what
are We to do? The army is collected al
Washington, the guns trained upon the
Capital; and the programme of coercion
is arranged"
In this quandary some of them surren-
dered at discretion, and others initiated
negotiations for terms, while few, faithful
among the faithless, stood out boldly and
voted against the fraud. There never
was body of men thrown into such pitt.
able confusion. CONSERVATION and mad
ness ruled the hour. Some who in the
first instance struck their colors, raised
them again, when they discovered they
had been ensnared others who voted
right at first, went over to the. enemy in
the last act of the programme, even after
the fraud had been discovered and
others were consistent in wrong doing
from the beginning to the ending of the
wretched affair
But time in this matter, as in every
thing else, is a wonderful dispelIer Of
error and triumphant indicator of truth.
The fact has come to light that
there was no cause for the panic. Sen
ator Edmunds, the able Republican
leader, knew precisely what he meant
when he said in letter to friend,
pending the question, that the Demo-
cratic House of Representatives had the
advantage, and the Commission was the
only thing that would rescue the Repub-
lican cause from the valley of the shadow
of death to which it had been consigned
by the people. Gen. Boynton, a Repub-
lican leader who was in the councils of
his party, has revealed the fact that nine
Republican Senators were firmly resolved
not to claim for the President of the Sen
ate, the power, to count the votes. These
nine added to the Democratic Senators
would have given a decided majority
against the revolutionary scheme and
thus left the decision of the Presidential
dispute to be settled by the House where,
under the Constitution, it properly be-
longed. Here is Gen. Boynton's positive
and uncontradicted statement:
The count by the President Of the Senate
was abandoned not because of the attitude
Of the Democrats. but because prominent
Senators positively refused to
support such solution. This is not gen
orally known, but it is nevertheless true.
Gen. Grant had the names Of nine Senators
loho aoould not ander aug circumstances, agree
to This plan. These nine men to-day are, in
fact, among the chief opponents of Presi-
dent Hayes.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-30

A COMMUNICATION has been published
in our columns from very distinguished
source signed "Pu6licola," protesting
against the re-appointment of the present
Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum
whose term will expire in short time.
We have not thought that such a thing
as the continuation of DR.. Compton in
Office was possible at the hands of Dem
ocratic Governor and Democratic Sem
ate. We do not suppose the present in
cumbent himself has INDUCED a dream
of being kept in place by the Democracy
after his persistent efforts to prevent the
overthrow of the Radical party in this
State. From the beginning to the end
ing of Republican rule, he allied himself
to the fortunes of the ultra wing. He
was appointed by AIcorn whom he
abandoned to support Ames; and in the
last desperate struggle of the military
adventnrer to keep the necks of our peo-
pie under his yoke. he importuned the
black legions Of the latter, when their
columns were faltering, to stand firm and
wait for promised military Intervention
from Washington. If these efforts 10
perpetuate Radical power in Mississippi,
had succeeded, his continuation in of
fce with Ames and the rest Of that
crowd would have been matter Of
course but as they were not, his retire
Inent was equally inevitable. Consid
aring his position, he has been 8 spared
monument Of Democratic maenanimity
1pF the past two years. The Democratic
Conservative party has within its ranks |
tnAAy pliysieiana Who have the necessary |
guelI l'eafipne foF shs Office. and upon lie |
shoulders If one o. this number the
fnMntA4 nliat soon fall.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-30

THE bill introduced in the Senate by
Senator Bills, and which has become q
law, providing for the sale of the re-
naming copies of the Revised Code Of
1871, now in the hands of the Secretary
of State, at one dollar a copy, is good
law There now remains on hand 2406
copies. Unless they are sold soon, they
will be entirely worthless, as SO many
changes are being made; and it is more
than probable that the next Legislature
will adopt a new Code. The law re-
quires 400 copies to be retained.