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The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24
SENATOR WALLACE of Pennsylvania i.

SENATOR WALLACE of Pennsylvania is
Justify shouting for the ''freedon OF elec-
tions." What he means by the phrase he
had an opportunity to show eleven years ago.
Just before the election of 1857 he as chair
man of the Democratic committee, issued a
confidential circular to the county commit
tees, instructing them to get out voters.
"In very slow districts" said he, 81 would
suggest special contract with active men,
thus: In 1866 the district polled 160 Demo-
cratic votes in 1865, 12O Democratic votes /;
now for every Democratic vote over ITO
polled we will pay fixed sum the day after
election. See that your agents have all Demo-
CRATES assessed, naturalized and their taxes
paid" The plan worked beautifully. A
number of railroad laborers were brought in
to contested district and supplied with
forged naturalization papers, newly manu-
featured and stained with coffee to give them
the appearance Of age. The frauds in one of
the Senatorial districts were so glaring that
an investigation was held, the seat given
to the Republican candidate, and the coffee
pot meth cd OF making voters exposed. Mr..
Wallace wants the liberty to try his little
trick again, without interference by the law.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24

The Democrats are nothing ii not inconsis-
tent. Now they are rejoicing because Grant
won't run. Fifteen years ago they
were fighting mad because he wouldn't run,
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24

SENATOR EATON has given notice that he
is going to prove Webster held the extreme
State Rights doctrine, and thought the
Union mere confederation of sovereign
States. Is the next campaign to be fought
over the State Rights question, and did the
war settle nothing?
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24

Nh. DE La MArvR is astonished at tho
general condemnation with which his bill for
the issue of more greenbacks has been re-
ceived, aud now says he offered it without
reading it. An intelligent and conscious
titus representative. truly!
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24

THE ST. Louis Globe says the Grant move
ment began to boom IA years ago
when the Democrats, in convention assem-
bled, at Appomattox Court House, Va, pre-
sided over by Robert E. Lee, accepted the
situation.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24

THE swarm of bills reminds the Spring.
field Republican Of the Egyptian plague of
lice. Plague of frogs would have been better
for the bills are nearly all greenbacks.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24

WE are promised an outbreak of the
plague in the valley of the Thesis.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24

RUsKIN has just discovered Walt Whitman
and thinks the American Turneresque.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24

A BosToN paper has accused Charles Sum
ner of bad manners. Is the end of all things
at hand?
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24
Cumberland County Organization
REFORM CLUBS
AT
Yarmouth Village, Tuesday & " ednesday.
APRIL 29th and 3Oth.

Fully realizing the good results arising from our
earnest and persistent labors in this great and good
work in which we are engaged, in rescuing and re.
storing to manhood all those who are addicted to
streng drink, and also of making homes and fami-
lies happy which were once sad and unhappy by the
Clubs in the County will be fully represented and
awaken a new impetus in order to make more
progress in fulthering this good cause of Temper
ance. The citizens of Yarmouth will give all
hearty welcome and will cater for all delegates A
cordial Invitation is extended to Clubs throughout
the State, also to all who are. wish to become
friends and workers in this noble temperance w0r6
Arrangements have been made with the railroads
for the following rates of fare for the round trips
Grand Trunk R. R., one fare.
Portland & OedeDsburg R. r., one fare.
Delegates on the Portland 81 Ogdensburg R. Il.
will be furnished with return tickets by the Secre-
tary. VIM. M. DOW, President.
FRANK w. THAYER, Secretary.
Gray, April l4th, 1879.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24
The Condition Of Labor.

The May number OF the atlantic Monthly
has paper by Mr.. c. G.. Coffin, the we'll
known journalist, which will be found very
uncomfortable reading by those who claim
that the laborer to-day in this country is in
far wose condition than at any previous time
during our existence as a nation. The
charges 80 freely made by trades.u unions and
labor-leagues and Greenback orators that the
poor are suffering exceptional hardship be-
cause Of low wages, that the extensive use of
machinery has thrown thousands OF men out
of employment and brought them to starva-
tion, ard that the employed are more SUBJ
iect to the employers than ever befoie, are
met and fully disproved. 1t is demonstrated
by indisputable evidence that the working
man possesses greater advantages now than
at any previous time for earning a comforta-
BILE living, for making his way 10 the world
and for educating his children. Mr.. Coffin
shows that the mass of the people are better
fed, better clothed, housed, and in possession
of more of the comforts Of life than at any
other period; that the earnings of the present
are greater than In so recent year as 1850;
that the cost of articles that enter into living
has not advanced in proportion to earnings,
and that these changes for the bet
ter have been brought about BY, the
development of our agricultural inter-
ests, by the invention of machinery, and by
the accumulation of capital and its conse-
quent investment in great industrial enter
prises. Since 1860 the wages of operatives
have increased twenty-four per cent, and
the cost of living but fourteen per cent. The
volume of trade for this country has in
creased four billions of dollars, and has in
creased five times and half since 1887.
The earnings of labor and capital aggregate
not less than $4,000, 100000. Manufacture
ing is increasing five times as fast as the
popuIation. KaiIroadlng, teiegraphy, pho-
biography, photography and like inventions
have opened avenues of employment to mil
lions of men and women. In the manufac-
ture of cotton alone 9.500OOO spindles are
employed against 100000 forty years ago.
Thus it seems that the accumulation and
the Invention of machinery result in great
increase of the number of laborers employed,
IN the opening of new avenues of employ
ment, and in the general rise of wages in
proportion to the cost of living. The great
truth that the comfort and interest of en-
ployers and employed depend upon the
equitable and friendly working together of
capital and labor receives a new proof.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24

The Bangor Commercial announces that
gentle Spring has made its first base.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24
Cap and Bells.
WAITING FOR THE NAV.

WAITING FOR THE MAY.
Come with your perfuned robes, winds of Nav.
(Pall her wide open and give her sand1
wrapped IN your tender arms. bear me away
Into some fairy enchanted land.
Where the slumbering winter can awake.
Where the snow-clouds never loom no and break
Where there "*s amt enough winter to frost cake
Give me ticket to that fair land
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24
THE PRESS
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL "a.

We DO not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address Of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
Dut as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24

New Haven Register: 1t don't seem posi-
BILE, but in few days she will pin nice little
apple blossom in your button-hole, and Won
will be unable to tell for the life of you which
blush you most admire.
Burlington Hswkeye: 1t is month devoted
to and by the immortal gods set apart for
weather, and sometimes in good April, that
6ristle around, there are eight kinds Of climate
in one day.
Norrstown Herald: The Burlington Hawk
eye has also gone into the prize question busi-
ness. 1t offers chrome for the first correct
answer to the question "When are YOU going
to pay that little bili?" We don't want the
chrome, bat hsre is the answer, ''Oall around
next week."
Harvard Lampoon: Physician (who has
just examined an Irshman's lungs)-sThere
seems to be some trouble here-pueumonis, or
something of that sort. Have yon ever ex-
perforated blood?" Irishman-"Och, yes. sir!'
Physician-"How long ago?'' Irishman-
'About eight years ago." Pbysician-"Did
you feel sck?" Irishman-"Ocb, did that!'
Physician-"Whatw was the matter?' Irish.
Ai"n Hdu tootu pullou.
London Punch: Esthetic cDisenchantmepts:
Lucy has posed the little rustic model, and
Mary, Maud and Madeline. sit pencil in hand,
ready to catch and transfer to paper the child's
expression of wonderment and delight as it
listens for the first time in its life to the mur-
mur of the shell. Lucy-"Now, darling, put
the pretty she'll to your ear and bark to what
it says!' Rustic Model-"Lor L. that ALI
Why. beer jug can do that!"
1t is very wrong in the London World to say
this: "a curious saving of labot has been eff.
fected BY Messrs. Nurdin and Peacock. In
their tilted cart which makes the rounds of the
West'end squares, may be seen. seated next the
driver, a Japanese-lookiug youth in European
costume. This is the editor of the Whitewash
Review; and as he delivers to the kitchen % aid
a. the a.ea-gate her supply Of eggs, be receives
batch of fashionable gossip which has been
prepared in the pantry and stlll.room."
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24

New Haven Register: 1t don't seem posi-
BILE, but in few days she will pin nice little
apple blossom in your button-hole, and Won
will be unable to tell for the life of you which
blush you most admire.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24

N. Y. Star: A mans curiosity never reaches
the female standard until some one tells him
his name was in yesterdays paper.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24

EVERY regulsr attache OF the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley T.
Puen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
manaaers will confer favor upon US by demanding
Credentials Of every person claiming to represent our
0urnaL
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24

(10En nprofts on 2Od days investment of @ m
S1VcO in Western UuoD, March q. q lOV
Proportional returns every week on Stock Options OF
$40, $50, 500, $500.
Official Reports and Circulars free. Address,
Il. Potter Wight IL Co, Bankers,
mh16d1y 35 Wall St., New York.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24
Never send in poem to. day that can be sent

Norristown Herald: A Pinafore hat sboul,
be trimmed with little buttercups.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24

II the Union waS worth hxhring for il is
worth paying for.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-24
Ca.welIs slipuery Elm Lozenges

them. m.AIways
your bedside /;
taken when
will stopy0ur
iolJy are they
C h / Id re n
them to sick
death aCiih
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-10-11
FALL ELECTIONS,

In addition to the elections already held
the following elections will take place in
the months of October, November anu
December:
Ohio, October 14--Statc Officers.
Iowa, October 14-Statc officers, men,
bers of the Legislature and one Congress
man to fill vocancy.
Maryland, November 4-State officers
and members of the Legislature.
Massachusetts, November 4-State Off
GERS and members of the Legislature.
New York, November 4-State officers
and members of the Legislature.
Wisconsin, November A. State officers
and members of the Legislature,
Mississippi, November 4-Members OF
Of the Legislature.
New Jersey, November 4-Members OF
the Legislature.
Pennsylvania, November 4 State Treas
urer and members Of the Legislature.
Louisiana, December 2-On the adop-
ton of the new Constitution. State Off
! GERS and members of the Legislature.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-10-11

~ A broadway publishing house i'll
New York is soon to issue a new edition
of the memoirs of Sargent s. Prentiss, or
iginally edited by his brother and pub
lshed almost q quarter OF a century ago.
Few persons of this generation know
anything of Prcntiss, who died in 1850.
and was in many respects a very remark
able man. He was considered in bis day
the most eloquent orator in the South,
and he probably was such, many persons
ranking him as superior to Henry Clay.
Prentiss was admitted to the bar in this
city at the age of 81. This edition will
meet with a large sale here.-Natchez
Sun.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-10-11
RIVER IMPROVEMENT.

The necessity of deepening the M:ssis-
sippi river, especially between Coiro and
st. Louis, is abnndant1y demonstrated by
it's present condition. Millions of bushels
of grain, intended by the owners to be
sent to Europe by the way of New Orleans,
have been forwarded to the Atlantic sea-
board by expensive railway routes, Sim
ply because the depth Of water from
Cairo to st. Louis was Insufficient for the
successful movement of grain barges.
The difference in the cost.of transportation
must fall upon the producers, because
purchasers for shipment must take into
consideration all transportation charges,
and prices at the various points of
consumption in Europe, are regulated
by the forces of fore gn compcti-
ton. 1t is for the interest Of our produ-
the lowest rates possible, and if the river
above Cairo be improved as it should be,
that lowest possible rate would be found
by the river route to this point, and the
ocean route which the Gulf Stream indi-
Gates.
On tho fifteenth of this month an i'm
portant River Improvement Convention
| will he held at Quincy, Illinois, to which
the mayors and boards of trade of the va
rious cities, situated on the Mississippi,
| Missouri and Ohio rivers, and their navi-
| gable tributaries, are expected to send
| delegates, in order TO determine What inn
| provements are needed to advance their
commercial and industrial interests.
Thus it is requested that the States, Ter
ritories, cities and boards of trade inter-
ested should be represented by able gen
tlelnen who not only understand the in
terests involved, but, who have the fac
| ulty to make known the nature OF the
needed river improvements, in order that
! their representatives i'll Congress may act
intelligently in the premises. The circu-
lar issued by Charles COX, ESP, chair
man Of the Committee on River Improve
ments, calls attention to the extent OF the
interests involved. He says:
s'The area OF these great valleys aggre-
gate two millions Of square miles Of the
most productive land in the world. The
annual product of this land at the pres
ent time is of the value of, hundreds of
millions of dollars, and in the future will
increase incidentally.
The navigable length of said rivers and
their tributaries is at least, 81, 900 miles
The shores OF eighteen States and three
territories are laved by their waters. re
| 1lrthcr epltomlZc INC prOullctlon OF tnls
area it may not be out of place to- state
that about ninety per cent of tho cotton,
tobacco and meat of the United States
are produced in these valleys. 1t there
fore bchooves all interested to lend thei1
cooperation to improve their great nat
ural arteries of commerce, so as.to hol(
the railroad monopolies in check an(
give to the hardy sons of the soil the full
fruit Of their labor, by providing fol-
them the cheapest of all-Water Trans
potation."
1t is further declared that cheap trans
pc. tltion is "tle supreme question of the
hour to the producers of the great val
ley, for without such Transportation they
have no assurance of d fair remuneration
for their labor and invcstncnts.-N.O
City Item.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-10-11

a POISONED ATMOsPIIEkE.-lIeat
moisture and vegetable matter are neccs-
sary in the production of that subtle poi
son known rs malaria. 1t seiZes the
cor stitution of tho exposed, produces q
peculiar effect upon the nervous system,
poisons the blood, paralyzes the stomach.
locks mp the liver and bowels, and pro-
duces that condition known as chills and
fever, which assumes q periodical form
returning at STATED periods There is
but one remedy known that vii! remedy
without producing any unpleasant eff
fects, and that article is known as Days
Ague Tonic, which never fails to make
prompt aud permanent cures without
the use of any other drug.-2t.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-10-11
PLATFORM
Adopted by the Democratic Convention
at Baton Rouge.

Resolrc2, as heretofore declared, that
| our designation of Democratic party OF
| Louisiana is 81 significant of the power OF
the whole body Of people, and is used to
| express our determination to secure every
| citizen of the State the equal rights
| guaranteed to him by the constitution OF
| the United States and its amendments
| and the laws made in pursuance thereof,
and to promote reform in every depart
| mcnt OF the State Governments.
| Rcsolrcd, That the Democratic party OF
Louisiana has no other object in view
| than to preserve for the present genera
| ton and for postcrity the National Gov
| eminent according to the spirit of the
| Trainers; to protect and guard the rights
of tile States as determined by the CON
| stitution and the decisions of the courts
| of Justice; to promote and advance popll-
| lar education; enforce Il proper suborCi-
| nate of the military power to civil au-
| thority protect the purity of elections,
and encourage and develop the material
| resources of our people.
Rcsolred, That the Improvement of
the Mississippi River, the building of
levees on the bank, so us to afford ease
and safety for commerce, and Il channel
for navigation as we'll as to protect the
valley from humiliation, and The keeping
open of the mouth of the river, is p work
| OF natural Importance, evidently war-
fahtea ny q J"ss Gohstfnc.ioh OF ai arr .,I
!, see1'oh oi INC coiis.il"'lon ., r VIC
Omteu states, WHEN coniers upon Con
gf6ss me poWef 10 tesuilte coihiheice.
ton of all citizens of Louisiana is earn
cstly 1nVlteu, IN o!aef 10 secure Inc
aaoptlon OF tne CONSTITUTION no" onefeo
lor lnelr conslueratioh, ara 10 provo ny
q, Sto'it ''nu otcl lio''i'InS PopuHIi 'ooo
tilat me people OF tne ot;t.e nave eSer1
cisco !he'l e.. liSn.lui power 10 oruain an"
cstaollsu ier themselves a1 otsanic ILL.,
s1t.,lnemS OF government, anu 10 90 nwaS
"i, iu u Sn -. oo f ''U ,nu
coi1>ti .!,:I VI iooo 40 =" ioiio u "1onS
a'n ni;ilo;'ry oppression. &c 49,,
, nesoaos", nay 70 nc c"un'iHS ol 'ile
G,et,oiti vo1e ~ ioui si' , - IVY ~, W
nu!ne,t o d. il'SeS 1oi lie5',neh9 oi nc
~ UnlItn states, anu WIN. y. Wlleeler lol
vice Iresinent, was notor,o"siH Il lra'!'
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-10-11

p Though shaking like an Aspen
Leaf with the chiIls and fever, the victim
of malaria may still recover by using the
celebrated specific, Hostetter's Stomach
Bittcls, which not only breaks up the
most aggravated attacks, but prevents
their recurrence. It is infinitely prefera-
bic to quinine, not only because it does
the business far more thoroughly, but al
SO on account Off it's perfect wholesome
ness and invisorating action upon tho
entire system. Testimony is concurrent
positive and ample showing the decisive
nature OF it's effects, and that it is no
mere palliative. Physicians concede its
excellence and there is Il constant influx
of COMMUNICATIONS from persons in every
class of society avonching its merits, and
bearing witness of its superiority over
other remedies for malarial disease. 1t
is especially POPULAR thronghout the
West, wherever fever and ague prevails,
as it does in many of the tairest and
most fertile portions Of that vast region
I'm.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-10-11
EG7s@ The mysterious disappc;

Ee5~ The mysterious disappear
ance Of James Redpath from New
York has revived some startling in
cident- in Lis history The fact
that he was I'm extreme aholitioust
is we'll known. The New York
Sun says that he was with old John
Brown, both in Kansas and at
Harpel's Ferry. 1t is, perhaps,
not generally known that, filled
with The fires Of his own prejudice,
he travelled through the South for
the purpose of learning what he
could OF the peculiar institution,
and was for nearly year connect
ed, in the capacity of a reporter,
with one Of our city journals. Dur
ing that period the writer of this
article was daily thrown in con,
tact wi d him. He was slight,
delicate, small. sized man, OF nigh
ly nervous temperament, and
though he kept his own counsel
never making the slightest allusion
to slavery, it was noticed that he
was a constant visitor 10 the auc
ton marts where slaves were dis.
posed of, and he watched the pro-
cecdings with intense curiosity
He was at the head Of an exten-
sive lecture bureau at the time he
disappeared. New Orleans City
Item.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-10-11
REGISTRATION NOTlCEE!!

NOTICE is hereby given that the office
~ of Registration will be open at the
Court House until the Sth inst and in Inc
wards of the Parish as follows:
1th ward, at j. M. Rodney's store, Oct.
18th and 14th.
9th wa1d at LeBails store Oct 18th and
10th. '''''
10th ward at Brick Church Oct. 18th
and 1Sta. VI
21st. '''''
4tl ward laurel Hill Oct. 22d and o3r,1
9Th ward, Irr'smill Oct 24tIl and 25t h
2n't ward, j. a. PLANTS Oct. 9th and
2Sth. anu
'}rd ward, Baincs Precinct Oct. Goth And
And he balance Of the time at IN.
So"r' HOUSE Ii. MeC. WILSON.
Registrar.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-10-11

tyNone Of the booms Of the present
year are more astonishing than that made
by the circus delicacy known as the pea
nut. AS the peanut stands, it shows a
crop this year of 49,, 900 bushels in Vir-
ginia, Tennessee and North Carolina,
against S74,634 bushels last year.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-10-11

rY1The Galveston News reports that up
to October l, Col. John d. Rogers, Treas
urer of the 'I1ood Children Fund.-" had
received, in contributions from eight
sources, the: sum of S235, of which Sis
were the proceeds of an entertainment
given in San Antonio.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-10-11
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

UWe are authorized to announce MIR.
THOS. RAYNHAM ST., as a candidate for
the office of Justice of the Peace, of this
he 1st ward, subject to the action OF the
Parish Convention.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-10-11

ryYellow fever at Concortlia is still
raging with all average of seven new
cases and three deaths daily. The relief
fund on the 9th had been exhausted and
the Towards are calling for outside aid.