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The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11
PROPOSALS.
For Dredging at the ssGut' opposite Bath,
i'm Back River, Maine.
U. S. ENGINEER OFFICE,

U. S. ENGINEER OFFICE,
Portland. Me-, June 7, 1879.
SEALED PROPOSALS, in duplicate, addressed to
- the undersigned, will be received at his Office
in Portland Me-. until IL o'clock A. M. on Monday,
the 23d day of June, 1879, at which time and place
they will be opened in the presence of bidders, for
about IL, 600 cubic yards of dredging.
One copy of this advertisement must be securely
attached to each duplicate proposal, and must be
mentioned therein as comprising part of it.
Blanks for proposals. and specifications contain
ing detailed information, may be obtained at the
office of the undersigned, either in 453a Congress
Street, Portland, Maine, or No. 26 Pemberton
Square, Boston, Mass. One copy of the specifica-
tions must be securely attached to each duplicate
proposal, and must be mentioned therein as COM
prising part of it.
Proposals must be accompanied by bond with
two sureties in the sum of twenty-five per cent of
the amount of bid, in accordance with the act of
Congress of April 10, 1878, and in the form pre-
scribed. proposal unaccompaned by such bond
will not be considered.
The successful bidder will be required to enter in
to a written contract with the United States with
cent of the entire amount of contract within ten
days after being notified of the acceptance of his
proposal.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed envelopes
and indorsed Proposals for Dredging at the Gut
opposite Bath, Mane.'
The United States reserves the right to reject any
all proposals. also to disregard the proposal of
any person known to the Department as a sJaihng
bidder contractor;'' or of any other person who
will not faithfully promptly and satisfactorily per-
form the contract. GEO. THOM,
Lieut.. Col. of Engineers,
je7d1w Bvt. Brig. Gen. U. S. A.
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11

Gen. Grant, says the Toxic Times, has by
his reputation acquired the special regard of
the able Viceroy, who is reported to have
expressed the determination of placing his
steam launch at the disposal of the republican
guest to convey him from Tientsin to Tung
Chow, compliment never paid to any one
before. 1t is added that Ii has not on any
previous occasion taken the liberty, even ON
his own account, to bring the proclamation of
steam engine within twelve miles of Peking,
course which he now proposes to adopt in
honor of the ex-President of the United
States.
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11

THE Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times writes: "There has
been something accomplished this week in
Congress, and the question of adjournment
is somewhat more settled than it has been
since the assembling of the extra session of
Congress twelve weeks ago, although the
time is yet in great doubt. The point gained
is that the Democrats have at last made up
their minds that it will be useless and even
damaging to them as a party to trifie with
the appropriation bills any longer, and the
majority have come round to the position
held by Bayard, Alexander Stephens and
others from the first. The party has done
all it could do to secure the repeal of laws
obnoxious to them, and having failed, they
have at least placed themselves ON the record,
either wisely or unwisely, and now they do
the most sensible thing by getting out of the
mess as best they may. 1t would have been
better, as it seems to me, had they come to
this resolution weeks ago, and thus saved
themselves from the charge of party disor-
ganzation-a legitimate charge considering
the quarrelling and pickering they have in
dulged in in their almost countless caucuses.
Although the bills by which it is expected by
many that Congress will be able to soon get
away are not yet, at the hour of writing,
wholly formulated, enough of them is known
to judge of their character. What the Dem
ocrats are now trying to do is to cover up
With phrases their retreat from the position
srst taken, that they never, never would
desert the stalwart Micawber-in other
words, that they would stay in Washington
forever and never vote dollar for any pur-
pose whatever while the exasperating laws
relating to the army at the polls, the Super
visors, Marshals and test oaths for jurors
were still in operation. Now the trouble is
to arrange certain phrases that will not
mean anything, but which will sound loud
to take the places of the political sections of
the two appropriation bills. Care will be
taken not to make the phrases and sophis-
try so strong as to incur more vetoes from
the President, but to make them so plain
that the people, on an average, will be salts
| fed with them"
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11
PROPOSALS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT U. s. Life Sdring)
.Sercice Office of Gen. Superintendent,
Washington D. c., May %, 1879 }
Proposals for the Construction of
"a Life Saving Station.

SEALED Proposals will be received at this office
- until Saturday, the 18th day of June 1879, for
the construction of life saving station at Little
Cranberry Island, Me. The building must be fin
ished ready for occupancy on or before August %,
1879.
Each bid must be accompanied by bond in the
sum of $500 with two good and sufficient sureties
conditioned that the bidder shall enter into contract
without delay and give such bonds security for
the faithful performance thereof may be required
if his bid be accepted, or by deposit of $500 u s.
currency bonds to be returned 20 the unsuccessful
bidder, after the award of the ract and to the
successful bidder after his contract and bond for the
faithful performance of the terms thereof shall be
approved by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Specifications and plans and forms of proposal and
bond can be obtained at the Office of Collectors of
Customs at Portland, Bangor, Bath, and Ellsworth,
Maine OF j. NJ. Richardson, Superintendent of Life
Saving Stations Portland, Maine, and Captain j. H.
Merryman, U.S.R.M., No. 16 Broadway, New York;
also upon application to this office.
All proposals must be endorsed Proposal for the
construction of Life Saving Station at Little Cral
berry Island, Maine' and addressed to the General
Superintendent United States Life Saving Service,
Washington d. c. The right to reject any all bids
waive defects if it is deemed for the best inter
ests of the Government to do So is reserved.
S. /. KIMBALL,
my29e0d6t General Superintendent.
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE II.

We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all indispensable, not necessarily for pubca
ton but guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11

THE San Francisco Chronicle has taken
the trouble to hunt up the record of Mr..
Dennis Kearney's life and finds that as first
mate of the clipper ship Shooting Star he
was brutal and cowardly officer; as a
drayman he denounced the men who were
anxious for an increase of wages; as an early
reformer he spoke in favor of the Chinese
and was one of the most unrelenting oppo-
nents of the first anti-coolie club
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11

THE following editorial paragraph from
the Cincinnati Enquirer is brief and almost
pathetic: "Mr. Tilden: Sir, you would
greatly relieve many anxious hearts by tell
ing whether the Ohio ticket meets with your
annrnual y
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11

ALBANY Journal: ''It is said that the
Portland (Me.) argus, once hard-money
Democratic paper, is likely to support the
Greenback candidate for Governor
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11

THIS is the way Tom Ewing was put in
nomination for Governor of Ohio, according
to the special correspondent of the New
York Times:
In the midst of the confusion man in the
gallery, blessed with powerful voice, cried
out that he had been excluded from the floor
because he was Ewing man; that he could
not come upon the stage, but that from his
place among the rank and file of the party he
nominated Thomas Ewing. Col. Len Harris,
the defeated Democratic candidate for Mayor
of Cincinnati, was then recognized by the
Chairman and invited to the stage. He fell,
rather than walked, upon it, and, coming to
the front, began to humble incoherently
Louder, louder" cried the crowd, but still he
could not speak above whisper, and at last it
was discovered that his tongue was paralyzed
by whiskey. He was drunk. Still he munlbled
on and still the crowd cried, go on with
your talk" "Speak up, old man, and have
some style about you," till at last the Presi-
dent, taking pity upon his truly miserable con-
dition, forced him into seat, declared that
the name of Tom Ewing had been placed in
nomination by Col. Harris, and so the leader
of the Ohio Democracy in the contest about to
begin was introduced to his party friends.
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11

IT is well understood by the Greenbackers
that the potato-bug is a direct result of the
robber resumption act.
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming represent
iournal.
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11

GOVERNOR GARCELON was called upon
by many Democrats yesterday. He doesn't
see any reason why he should withdraw
from the contest for the governorship
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11

IT is the St. Louis Post that gives Thur
man the unkindest cut of ALL 1t says he
'shas a glorious future-behind him.
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11
PROPOSALS.

DPOPOSALS for furnishing materials for and put
Il ting on roof of new Trinity Church. Lewiston,
according to plans and specifications to be found at
the Office of Mr.. John B. Straw Lewiston, will con-
tnue to be received at said office until June 25th.
The committee reserve the right to reject any and
all bids. Per order Building Committee.
Lewiston. May 26, 1879 my28td
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11
The Democratic Call.

The Democratic State Committee "earn-
estly invite the 10000 Democratic voters in
Maine" to send delegates to a convention to
be held in Bangor on the first day of next
month. Most of these voters are in the
Greenback camp, and something more than
can urgent invitation is needed to call
them back. Proclamations are not taking
well with them this year. Last year the
Democratic leaders in many counties of the
State advised their followers to vote the Ma
tional ticket. They couldn't do it them
selves, they said, for they had characters to
sustain, but the rank and file might and had
best do it. And the rank and file did. The
leaders reasoned that Congressman or two
might be gained then, and that the wander
ers could be called back by whistle when
the standard should ne raised this year.
The whistle has been sounded. We have
yet to see how many will pay it heed. The
indications are that many of the Democrats
who went into the third-party movement last
year will extend'their vacation. Yet the Dem
ocratic State Committee offers very liberal
rejects the old Jacksonian and Bentonion doc
trines, and declares for Government paper
money In sodoing however, it achieves moth
ing The surrender is not complete enough
to bring back the men who left last Fall and
goes far arenought to ALLEVIATE many who votedfor
Governor Garcelon. The Greenbackers will
not content themselves with the substitu-
ton of Government notes for bank notes
in the currency. They demand that the coin
basis shall be abandoned altogether. And on
the other hand those Democrats who believe
in sound currency system, free from politics,
and contrived in accordance with the teach
ings of political economy drawn from tn
general experience of mankind, find them
selves excluded from the Bangor convention
by the terms of the call. Those left to take
part are the spoilsmen, who seek to keep up
the party organization in order to secure the
Federal Offices should a Democratic Presi-
dent be elected in 1880.
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11

''THE sixty thousand Democratic voters
in Maine'' That is CHASTITY sarcasm
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11

A CORRESPONDENT of the Cincinnati Ca
zette has found gentleman in the interior
of Indiana, who is disposed to direct the
negro exodus into that State and has en-
ployed over three hundred colored laborers.
He has several farms and carries on large
business, besides He says that the colored
men suit him better than any other class of
laborers. The growing dimensions of the
exodus he explains as due to the fact that
as soon as one gets foothold he manages
to let others know it. He says, further:
"You plant willow in your yard, and very
soon you'll have a dozen of them shooting
up, capable of being trained to your fancy
The negro settlements over the State have
grown in the same way A good negro from
the South, located in any part of the State,
will draw others after him. If / had time
and acquaintance, would induce some Re-
publican farmer in every township in
Indiana to employ good darkey, right
from the South, and in short time, instead
of 10000 colored voters, we'd have 10000.
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11

THE color line appears to have broken
down in Mcintosh, Georgia.
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11
$4,000 TO LOAN
On First CIass

On First Glass Mortgages or Good Notes.
Houses and Stores For Sale and To Let. Apply to
". III. WALDRON, Real Estate Broker, $50 Middle
StrSet, Up Stairs. sep24-eodtf
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11
DRUG STORE FOR SALE.

OWING to the ill-health of the Apotheeary occu;
nvino tbe Drug Store corner of Middle and
Franklin Sfs. desire to sell the entire stock of
nremissaS ABEL CHASE.
my15 dlWteoutI
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-11
YAIILTS CKEANED

A ND taken out at short notice, from "a to 70 per
N cord or So per load, by addressing
nov24dtf A, LIBBY & CO., Portland p. ..
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-06

The total sum contributed by the people
to pay the governments obligations, and
to meet current expenses, since the year
1860, amounts to the enormous sum OF
IS, ,l07, ,SSS,S23.
The total sum paid to the government
since its foundation, during the period Of
n years prior to the war, amounted to but
81, 2,053, GS0,5lS.
The average annual cost OF the govern
ment to the people before the war was
S26, 81 ,306.
The average cost since the war has be- n
1864, ,S49, 2O2 per year.
The cost of running the government for
the year 1861 was Sl.3O per capita of the
whole population.
The cost of running the government
per capita for the last twelve year since
the war has been 500
The interest bearing public debt in 1865
was 2,22l, ,8ll ,9lS, including legal tender
treasury notes.
Amount Of intcrest-bearing public debt
June, 1879, was 81 1861, Ala, 100
Amount of intcrest.bearing legal tender
treasury notes retired since 1865, $780,
1j7000
Amount of Greenbacks retired since
1865, $S6,006,9j0.
Increase of coin bonded debt since the
was 1855, 1927, ,7lj,7OO.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-06
MARCHING STRAIGHT FORWARD.

Though apparently beaten at many
points the Grecnback cause is stronger
than ever. We have learned whom to
trust. We have shown the enemy that
there is an "Old Guard" that never sur
renders. The people are better informed
in regard to their rights than ever before,
and congress, at its coming meeting, will
be compelled to listen to the demands Of
labor.
The presentation of the soldiers petit
ton will renew the agitation of the mon
ey question, because it demands an in
quiry into the respective rights of soldier
and bOndholdcr. The battle will wax
fierce in congress; investigation will sure,
ly follow the inevitable agitation. The
Greenback cause may be out-voted, but its
devoted advocates are not dlscouraged:
"We're beaten back in many II fray,
But newer strength we borrow,
And where the vanguard camps to-day
The rear shall camp tomorrow"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-06

From the Chicago Express,
wish you would tell me what there ia
in Greenbackism, that makes it SO tena-
cious OF lite,-that when dead, it will not
remain so, but seems to spring into new,
and more vigorous life.
There is in the greenback movement,
that spirit Of life, which causes the oak to
spring from the decayed acorn, the spring
time teeming with life to leap from the
tomb Of winter, the morning light to
spring from midnight darkness, symmetri-
cal worlds from chaos and confusion, the
eternal spirit rom the form corruptible.
Truth crushed to earth, will rise
again"
This is why the spirit of Greenbackism
survives it death, and comes forth strong
er and more glorious in the resurrection.
Greenbackism to-day, means what an
dependence" did during the war of the
revolution. 1t has a far broader and deep.
er meaning than the color of the back Of
paper money, or even the question of who
shall issue it. 1t means govern
ment OF the people, by the people, and for
the people, instead OF a plutoracy, solely
in the interest of usury and untaxed cap.
ital, to rob and oppress the masses. 1t
means to emancipate the laboring and
producing classes from the robbery and
oppression OF the specie standard, which
has brought poverty, ignorance and deg
radiation to all the laboring masses of Eu-
rope.
ltmeans to pay the public debt
1t means to stop the interest burden.
1t means that the people shall become
prosperous and happy through means of
an abundance OF currency to carry on their
home trade and commerce.
1t means that the debt due the bond
holder is no more sacred than the debt
we paid to the soldier, and that the mon
ey which paid one is good enough to pay
the other, and that it it makes the bond
holder poor, he can then sympathize with
the widows and orphans who have been
made poor through paying him more in
gold interest than the principal of his
bonds.
1t means more. 1t means to save the
republic from the rule of despots whose
hands are always raised to clutch it when
ever an opportunity presents itself The
London Times regrets that the country
was not wrested years ago. 1t says;
what grand opportunity was pre-
scnted in the republic Of the United
States for some ambitious military chief
tain TO have seized the reins of govern.
ment at the head of million trained SOL
diers Injured in war. He could then have
established the strongest central govern.
ment in the civilized world"
IL is not too late yet for that same mil.
itary chiettain TO try. He is slow oI
speed, and slower Of thought, but after.
thought though II il, the signs Of the
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-06

times indicate that the vision leads him
as the star in the east did the shepherds Of
old.
Greenbackism means to defeat his aspi-
rations and the plundering schemes of hiS
royal hackers.
In short, greenbackism means the resto-
ration of the government to the people,
the abolition OF debt and usury, and the
emancipation of labor from the oppression
and bondage ofan untaxed, over.reaching
Money Power.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-06
plondln sam nI.kIng nIs Neek.

From the London World.
Never have l seen a more painful per-
formance than that which is now to be
witnessed in the old Exhibition building
in Vienna, where Blondin daily risks his
life on rope stretched across the vast
dome at giddy height Blondin has ex.
pressly requested that no net be placed
under the rope to break his fall should IN
accident occur. He says that he ihas
found by experience that the public do NOT
care half SO much for his performance
when the possibility Of a terrible accident
is not present to lend zest to the shoy.
He receives large sum OF money Tor
every exhibitions; and the more daring
his feats the higher are his wages. He
now traverses the rope without the balanc-
ing bar, walking backward blindfolded.
Blondin is followed everywhere by q Mr..
Thompson, who has made bet OF el0,OOO
that the hero Of Niagara will tall from
the rope and be killed ere he attains the
age Of sixty. Five years more and the
cruel wager will be decided cne way or
the other. for Blondin is alreadJ five
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-06

Americans who go to Italy next Novem-
Der will have an opportunity to visit what
l. promises to be the most extensive exhibi-
ton of Italian art ever gathered in one
place. 1t proposed to hold in Flor
n ence, ut the Pitt Palace an exhibition,
Q. in the most representative manner posi-.
|. bic, of all the portable art treasures OF
. Tuscany, from the earliest ages down to
y the seventeenth century. 1t will include
y not only paintings, statues, drawings,
T. canoes, CONS and intaglios, but also
y painting on glass, mosaicS, furniture, en-
NJ amels, carvings, pottery, goldsmlths
ID ware, velvets, silks, carpets and laces,
rs while among other things will be books,
s. manuscripts, musical instruments, carri,
" ages, cabinets, watches and objects in
h niella. It regretted that frescoes, which
N are found In such great numbers in almost
ID every town in Tuscany, cannot be exhib'
s. tied, but an effort will be made to COM
" pensate for this want by making sketches
Al Of the frescoes for exhibition and by run
Is ming special trains to the various places
b. whero the originals may be seen. The
d general purpose Of the Executive Commit
u Tee is to gather in Florence all that can
ia Illustrate the art Of Tuscany, of ancient
times, OF the middle ages, and of the Pc
riod OF the Renaissance. This will, OF
If course ,Iinclude the art Of ancient Etruria.
N Of which country Tuscany forms the greet
OF part,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-06

shirlew Dare in Toledo Blade,
A woman and stranger wrote me late
ly, saying she knew there must be many
rich women who had dresses to throw
aside which would be of use to her to
make over, and offering, if | had any such
among my acquaintances, to pay for such
things in any way she could, by pressing
ferns, gathering MOSES, ETC. Pressed
ferns and moses do not have the value in
town which they seem to in many places,
persons who care for such things having
plenty of leisure to gather for themselves,
As far as my experience goes, the women
who dress most literally take more care
and are more economical Of their clothes
than any other class. have recognized
u costume which cost at first $3.50 Eve
years afterwards, made in fresh fashion
and worn by lady who spends thousands
year on her dress, and | have no doubt
it finally went to one of the children in
the nursery. As a rule, those best off are
most saving, though perhaps that is the
reason they are so well off and have things
to save. All my own personal economies
in which take no small pride, as being
making a dollar scrap of material 90 as
far as creation intended it, were learned
from the example of the richest and most
cultivated people have met. Economy
is a fine art, if rightly understood, the
miracle of five loaves and seven baskets
over again, Of the flowers springing from
the spoonful Of soil on the ledge of the
rock, the ivy luxuriant over a ruined
trunk. 1t is sparing in unnecessares tC
spend right handsomely for essentials,
and intelligence sees even fashion coming
TO IFS aid.