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The Portland daily press., 1879-09-04

THE Argus is intimating that Chief JUS
ice Chase was Greenbacker, and quotes
from speech made by him. 1t strikes us
that his Judicial opinion delivered from the
bench is more to the point and of more val
lie. But the argus is shy of recorded opin-
ions, even its own, nowadays. In this
connection it is profitable to recall the fol-
lowing from its columns:
The publication at this time of the protest of
Chief Justice Chase, Justice Clifford and other
associates against the proceedings to reverse
the legal-tender decisions, so called, brings
freshly to mind facts which, with the changes
since, are certainly of an encouraging charac-
ter.-May 7. 1878.
Chief Justice Chase was certainly not in
favor of legal-tender notes i'll time of peace.
The argus is. What did the Argus think
of Government money three years ago.
Read:
The great disclosures at Washington, on which we
commented very recently, are proceeding with re-
lentless persistence and growing importance The
utter mlsafety of trusting Governments with|the
issue of paper to circulate money is being demon
strated more and more every day.. ). Econo-
mist
The Economist then shows that there can be
no such risks from the coming of gold and sill
yer as come from the attempt to make money
by printing promises of the Government on
paper, the latter being process to which no
effectual limit can be placed, and is therefore
a power as vast as it is dangerous to the public
welfare.-Argus, June l, 1876.
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EDUCATIONAL.

Xowgsg ladies Seminary.
FEyHE MISSES SYMONDS with MISS CARRIE j.
z DREW an accomplished and successful teach
er, will reopen their school for young ladies, on
personally or by mail, at No. % Pine Street. Port
land aug2dtd
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CLARENCE HALE, Esq,

WILL SPEAK AT
RAYMOND, Bryant's School House. Thursday,
Sept. f.
BALDWIN, Quaker Brook School House, Friday,
Sept. 5.
CASCO, White School House. Saturday, Sept. g.
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a. G. RRAnsTREhT, Egg.

WILL SPEAK AT
SEBAGO CENTRE, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2.30 p. M
BRlDGTON, Saturday, Sept. q.
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HON. yyHE. P. FRYE,
WILL SPEAK AT
LIBERTY, Thursday, Sept. 4.
BELFAST, Friday, Sept. o..
BANGOR, Saturday Sept o.
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HON. w. z. EUNE

HON. w. z. EUNT
WILL SPEAK AT
GREAT FALLS, Gorham, Thursday, Sept. 4.
COUSENS' ISLAND, Yarmouth, Friday, Sept. 8,
p. m . rr,r-,,,, - ,,,..
Friday, Sept. 8, 7.30 p m.
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HON. HENRY w. BEAAZs,
of New Hampshire,

SEBAGO CENTRE, Thursday, Sept. A, p. m.
EAST DEERING, Friday, Sept. 5.
BRIDGTON, Saturday, Sept. g.
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Election Monday, September 8
FOR GOVERNOR,
DANIEL =. DAVIS.

FOR REPRESENTATIVES,:
MOSES WI. BUTLER,
AENEON A. STEOUT.
REUEE s. NANCY,
8. A. TRUE,
JOHN e. COYLE, Jr.
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HON. FIRED N. DOW
WILL. SPEAK AT
STANDISH NECK, Friday Sept. 8, 2 p. m.
CUNDY'S HARBOR Harpswel, Saturday, Sept. 9,
7.30 p. m.
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WILL SPEAK AT
BRUNSWICK, Friday eve,. Sept. 5.
The Portland daily press., 1879-09-04

GEN. JOHN D. PERRY
WILL SPEAK AT
DUNSTAN CORNER, Thursday, Sept. 4.
CAPE SCHOOL HOUSE, Cape Elizabeth, Friday,
Sept B.
STANDISH, Saturday, Sept. 6.
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FOREIGN.
Austrian international Exhibition
Fraudulent Paris Banker.
New Tobacco Bill to be Presented in
the Reichstag Before Easter.
Plague Commissioners from London Leave
for Astrahan Monday Next.

BERLIN, March The new tobac.
co bill will probably be presented in
the reichstag before the Easter recess
other tariff bills afterward. Liberals
and Freetraders desire compromise
PARIS, March THE chamber Of
deputies voted 225,OOO francs for par
ticipation in the Austrian Interna.
tional Exhibition.
Henri Lacay, banker, and president
ofthe Tribunal of Commerce, became
a fraudulent bankrupt and absconded
Amount of his deficit not known.
LONDON, March THE plague
commissioners leave for Astrahan
to-day.
Queen Victoria will embark al
Portsmouth on the 18th inst for Cher
bourg. She will probably be absent
about month.
H. i. Taryer, tanner Of Canter.
bury, has failed. Liabilities, el6,OOO.
James McHenry has issued cir.
cular inviting the bond and share
holders of the Atlantic and Great
Western railroad to meet on the llth
inst. to decide, among other points
upon the power Of trustees to depart
from the reorganization scheme dated
July p, 1875.
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COLONEL PERCY wINDHAM.
Why Mr.. Stanton Removed Him From His
COmmand---An Old Mystery
Cleared Up.

New York Sun.
The recent sad fate of Colonel
Myndham, better known as Sir Percy
Wyndham, recalls an episode in his
strange career that to many persons
has remained mystery. 1t will be
remembered that he served for a
while in the Union army as colonel of
"a New Jersey cavalry regiment. and
acting brigadier of cavalry brigade
to which position he had been adj
yanced for his consummate knowledge
OF cavalry maneuvers at the earnest
solicitation of officers in high rank
In 1863 Wyndham was with the army
IN Virginia, in command of 1000 men.
lie was held in high esteem, both for
his bravery and military skill; was a
general f;Ivorite with his superiors
aud expected soon TO be advanced to
the rank of brigadier general. Sud
denly, to the surprise of everybody, he
was ordered to Washington, and there
granted an indefinite leave of absence
by Secretary Stanton. No reasons
were given for this. He remained in
Washington for some days, suffering
from the most terrible chagrin, which
he endeavored to alleviate BY plunging
into dissipation. At last he deter
mined to visit his command, and was
received cordially by his brother off
GERS but after he had been in camp
two days an order came from the sec
retary OF war to the commanding gen
eral that Wyndham should at once
leave the Union lines. If he did not
do so, he was to be put under close ar
rest and sent to Washington immedi
ately. Wyndham resigned on his re-
turn to Washington.
Some time before his death by
drowning on the lakes few years ago,
Mr.. Stanton's private secretary in
formed an employe of the war depart
ment, under a promise of solemn
secrecy during his lifetime, of the
cause Of Wyndham's removal. Mr.
Stanton had private information, given
nm such manner as to insure the con
cealment of the names of the inform
ers, that Wyndham had entered into
a negotiation with the Confederate
government to surrender his command
for the sum of thirty thousand dol
lars. Mr.. Stanton could not, getting
his information as he did, place Col.
Wyndham under arrest, and try him
for this highest crime Of which sol
dier can be guilty, so the only road
open was to remove him from com
mand, The private secretary said he
was in doubt as to whether or not
Judge Advocate General Holt was
aware of the matter, but believed Mr..
Stanton acted under his advice. The
gentleman to whom this story was told
is in government employ and in po-
sition Of high trust.
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LEADvILLE.
What an Old Sport Says About the "New
Eldorado.'

Cincinnati EnQuirer.l
Following are extracts from pri-
vate letter, written on the 25th of last
month by former Cincinuatian, who
is now in Leadville, Colorado, the
New Eldorado. " Speaking Of the
town and things generally he says.
never in my life saw anything
like it. 1t is almost impossible to get
through the streets, night or day. the
people are SO thick. There are a great
many spectators here with money.
and good class Of men generally.
Every thing is kept very orderly by
the police. There is a good city gov
ernment, and everything is quiet. The
town is full of old time sports, but
none of them have hitched on to any
thing much. | think, has done
better than any of the rest If he had
kept at himself he might have been
rich as it is, he has good prospects.
He has large house on the principal
street, which he rented last July for a
year at $500. Bill Smith and some
parties have fine mine here, for
which they gave SIS, 900, and have re-
fused Sl50,000. Smith bought the
mine with cash payment Of $1,000,
and has sold off to one man ten per
cent, for $500, and to another fifteen
per cent for $780,"
Here is how the gambling interest is
progressing. He says.
There are eight or ten public 81.
looms, with all kinds of games, and |
think all are making money. have
seen four good games Of faro. Nv
tells me that would rather
have either of these games thaa all the
games of faro either in Cincinnati or
1t. Louis. Two of them are S25 limit.
with $50 on clubs, and | saw in an
hours operation last night three $50
bets split. | know the games to be
the best by far that | have seen in ten
years.
This is a good place for a small
man with a little money to operate
with. = This is a CAV place
duu thSiV 10 plSHtl VI money mere.
Every days stages bring in from 200 to
300 people. By the lst of July there
will be no standing room. | saw a
man last night who told me he landed
here on the lst of last September with
S3 in his clothes, and he is now the
owner of a frame house, for which he
has refused 5000 a month rent. To-
day he has received $4,000 cash for
one-tourth interest in mine. The
other ,wners wouldn't sell at these
figures. You can't imagine the ex.
citsment that is going on here. Just
think of an old dummy coming here
from Denver, and inside of year hay
ing an income daily of $1,000. He is
now lieutenant governor of Colorado.
IL is wonderful. No man ever saw
anything like this before. If | get
my fins in, old boy, l won't forget my
good friends in Cincinnati"
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That Of a 'heathen Chinee," if belonging TO
one OF our race, can scarcely be described as
attractive. But worse than this, i. is the in
dex Of disordered liver, of liver that needs
hand, prompt, efieaciOus. A course of Hos
tetter's Stomach Bitters will expel the misdi-
rected bile from the blood and divert ii into
the proper channel, open the bowels, remove
the dyspeptie symptoms which invariably ac-
company biliousness and counteraets the rap
IDLY developing tendency to dangerous con-
gestion Of the liver, which must always exist
when the skin and whites Of the eyes assume
this yellow hue. The pains through the right
lower ribs, side and shoulder blade, the nau-
sea, turred state Of the tongue, and unpleas-
ant breath which indicate liver complaint, in
short al! its disagreeable eoncomitants are soon
remedied by this sovereign corrective, which
in addition to its regulating properties Is A
superb inyigorant, and pure and agreeable
medicinal stimulant, appetizer and nervinc.
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PERSONAL JOURNALISM.
A Controversy at Little Rock Which il is
Said Led to a chaIleSe.
Special to tn, Cincinnati Enquiror.J

Special to the Cincinnati Enquirerl
LITTLE Rock, ARK, March g.
For several days past hot controyer-
sy has been in progress between the
Gazette and Democrat, the two Dem
ocratic dailies at this place, growing
out OF the testimony taken before the
Bribery committee in reference to the
senatorial contest, Judge Peck,
junior editor Of the Gazette, is
charged before the committee as
being party offering a bribc. The
controversy has come down to strong
personalities, the Democrat of Tues.
day containing severe reflections on
the character OF Judge Peck.
1t is said that during the day a
challenge was sent to Professor Mitch
ell, editor of the Democrat, by Judge
Peck, but the missive was treated
with contempt. AT 6 o'clock this
evening Colonel Dick johnson. senior
editor of the Gazette, came to the
Democrat counting room with a letter
for Professor Mitchell, who was sit
ting behind the counter. General
Blocher, senior proprietor of the
Democrat, intercepted Colonel John
son, who demanded an interview with
Professor Mitchell, stating he had a
communication for him. The Gener-
al told Colonel johnson to get out,
which he refused to do. " You'll 60
tOa id dead moral certainty" re-
marked the General, catching him by
the collar. Colonel johnson put his
hand in his pocket as though to draw
a weapon, when the General caught
his hand, held it fast, and forcibly and
rapidly elected him, telling him that
if he wanted fighting that he and his
crowd could get it. Colonel johnson
returned to the Gazette Office, but a
short distance away, and the princi-
pals and friends have been on the
streets until this hour, but as yet no
trouble has occurred, though all agree
that it is inevitable.
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The lrishmen of Savannah propose
to erect a monument 20 the memory
OF their countryman, the brave Ser
geant Jasper, whose deeds during the
Revolutionary war were among the
most conspicuous and romantic of the
struggle for independence in the
Southern States In June, 177G. dur
lng the assault by the British on Fort
Moultrie, Jasper leaped over the
ramparts in the hottest of the fight
and, sei2ing the flag which had been
shot away and had fallen outside
liked 1t again in its place which en-
eouraged his comrades to prolonged
resistance. He was offered com
mission by Governor Routledge. but
he declined it because, as "adversity
had been his only schoolmaster, liberty
his only schoolmistress,' he could not
mingle with those who were his "su-
periors in education and manners
without exposing himself to deserved
contempt Gov. Routledge there
upon presented him with his own
sword, which he wore about his person.
AT another time twelve Americans,
under the conduct Of ten British sol
diers, were on the road to Savannah.
where they were to be tried under the
pretense that they had deserted the
royal cause Jasper and his eomrade.
Newton, followed their trail, and as
Che guard and the prisoners stopped
for water at spring two miles from
Savannah, the two men each seized a
musket, shot two of the guards and
dashed out the brains Of two more
With the butt ends of the guns, and
getting possession of the remaining arms
compelled the six others to surrender,
and released the prisoners. In 0cto-
Der, l779, the French and Americans
attacked Savannah ana were repulsed.
IN the retreat Jasper saw the colors.
which Mrs. Elliott had given him, and
which he had promised to guard until
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WASHINGTON, March For Ten
nessec and the Ohio valley easterly to
southerly winds, falling barometer,
slight rise in temperature and partly
cloudy weather, with local rains in the
Ohio valley.
The lower Mississippi and Ohio
rivers will fall slowly.
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River Telegra,ns.

CAIRO, March Arrived Fannie
Lewis, Memphis, 10 pm; John B.
Maudc and Belle st. Louis, St. Louis,
II pm; Desmit, st. Louis; Hillman,
Nashville. Departed-Fannie Lewis,
st. Louis Maude, Yicksburg; Des-
nit, Paducah; Belle St. Louis, Mem
phis Hillman, Nashville. Weather
clear and warm.
ST. LOUIS, March T. Arrived
John A Scudder, New Orleans Red
Cloud, Memphis River stationary
Weather clear and warm.
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TIE number of paupers in London
has been increasing lately at the rate
of 1000 a week. During the first week
in February 9O,SA cases were relieved
against 1854 during the week before
Christmas. The suffering, however,
is not as great as in apparently more
prosperous years, since the organiza-
ton for relief has been much improved
of late.
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The Polar expedition projected by
James Gordon Bennett is one Of CON
siderable Importance, and is under
taken in spirit of enterprise that is
refreshing Lieutenant De Long
who has been placed in charge of ii
proposes to take an entirely new route
through Behring's strait Though he
may not attain the object Of his trip
he will have the satisfaction of giving
a little variety to Arctic travels, and
he will find it difficult to come tc
greater grief than have his illustrious
predecessors. The enterprise will
prove to be good advertisement for
the Herald, even if an open Polar sea
is not discovered.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-07

THE Catholic bishop of Alton has
issued a past:ral forbidding his people
to read the Ereeman's journal, the
Western Waterman and the Irish
World, all Catholic journals, as sub
yerSiye of the order established by
Christ in His church" The Irish
World is Fenian in its tendencies, the
Freoman's Journal is edited by con-
vertcd Scotchman, and the Watchman
by Catholic priest.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-07

A late English newspaper contain.
this statement: j.. S. writes
How few Of us realize that in the
recent disastrous engagement at the
Cape we lost more officers and men
than at Alma, and nearly equaled the
death roll at Inkerman, as the follow.
ing figures will show: Battle of Alma
% oflicers-362 total killed battle Of
lnkerman, 20 oficers-597 total killed
battle of the 22d of Jonuary at The
Cape, 30 officers $50 total killed.
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Total

New YORK, March 7.-l1:3O p.m.-
Cotton closed last evening quiet and
steady; opened this morning quiet,
and is now unchanged, as follows: Or
dinary, lie: good ordinary, 8 l3-16c
low middling, 9sc; middling, 93c;
good middling, l0sc; middling fair,
II 3-l6e; fair, 12c. Futures closed
last evening from 3 to 10 points above
the day before; opened this morning
steady; now quiet and steady at to
1 points below last evening, as follows
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The Oyertbrow Of ConI,Iing


Springfield Republican Washington Letter
While very little can be said in fav
or Of the direct results, the legislative
outcome of this session of congress vel
there are certain indirect results
certain incidental hapS and casualties
which may be counted as real contri.
buttons to American civilization. In
the first place, there is the vanquish-
ment and humiliation of Roscoe ConL.
ling. For eight years he has been
the boss of the American senate,
Supercilious, selfish and smart. he has
carried things all his own way; and
his way has not been the way of wis
dom, of purity or craftsmanship. II
has been the way of a New York po-
litical rowdy; a rowdy with some pol
ish and culture, but nevertheless a
rowdy. With rowdy's ambition to
dominate, and with rowdy's want of
principle. lie has instituted and
waged war against every Republican
senator who has not wheeled into line
under his leadership, and it being, as
he deemed, in his own interest, he
held up Grant-the gift-taker, the
demoralizer of his party, the cham
pagne-guzzler, the nepotist, the Jockey
-as another Sir Philip Sydney, sans
peur ct sans reproche. When HAYES
came into the Presidency, finding he
could not control him, he attempted
out of pique and vindietiveness TO
break him down, though in so doing
he was obliged to fly in the face Of
honest attempts to purify the civil
service Of the government But he
has overreIched himself. His supre-
macy in the senate has been over
thrown, even while bis own party IS
till in power. His prestige is gone.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-07

ACCORDING to a Newburg Judge
you must convict the liquor for being
Intoxicating before you can convict
the man for selling it., because the
Court z Brown, 342, and 8 Smith,
2ll) is not bound to take notice that
the liquor was q Jones, 6l5) that
sort of a liquor Is Robinson, 82).
Meanwhile the man (Hic, 7l4) who
drank the liquor was licking his wife
with a young maple tree a Equity
Reports, 9l7).
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LIVERPOOL, March 7-12:25pm-
Cotton opened to-day with fair de-
mand at previous prices, as follows
uplands, . 5-l6d Orleans, 5 7-l6d.
Estimated sales 5000 bales; for export.
1000 bales. Receipts, $1,000 bales ;
American, 81 900. Futures opened
l-32d better; now selling freely at
previous prices. Deliveries for March
and April, 5 5l1-2d; April and May,
5sd October and November, 9 9-16d
LIVERPOOL COTTON STATEMENT
For the week ending March Z, as
cabled to the Memphis cotton ex-
change:
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Expensive Sport.

CINCINNATI, March 7,-At Ironton,
Ohio, yesterday, twenty-five persons
who plead guilty to the charge of being
aiders and abettors of cock-fght
which occurred at that place Satur-
day, were fined from IS to $500 each
by Judge Harper. A justice of the
peace was among the culprits.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-07

THE St. Louis be-Democrat
being for Grant, is opposed to Sher-
man, and says; " No man who is in
in favor Of a one-term Presidency can
support John Sherman in 1880. On
the 4th of March, 1881, John will
have been President four years, with
Il. b, Hayes as chief deputy"
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New YORK, March IA fire this
morning in the bag factory of 7. S.
Atwater, q Bridge street, caused the
loss of $4,000.
PORTLAND, OREGON, March IA
fire at Fort Fairfield this morning
caused a loss of $4,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-07

j. w. FoRNEY, in his Philadelphia
Progress; Il was so much impressed
by a sincere beliefin Horace Greeley 5
integrity that when he ran against
General Grant for President, in 1872,
| could no more attack him, to use a
phrase | employed in that contest,
than | could assail William Penn or
Benjamin Franklin, and when |
mourned at his grave in New York,
on the 9th of December Of that year,
| felt a sad pleasure in the recollec
ton.
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The rivalry between the Gray and
Bell telephones is likely to be fought
out in Boston, where each company
has begun a lawsuit to compel the
other to cease the use of the disputed
invention. nrs.l
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Miss MARY ANDERSON gets this
unrestrained approval from the admir-,
ing Elmira Advertiser: Paragon of
'Juliets'i a princess among women, a
queen among actresses. Before thy
genius and power of personation does
the critical world bow in alteration.
and in the presence Of thy Juliet do
the people sit in approval 'lllJ
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A CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiseretions of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc., l will
send recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE This great remedy was discor-
cred by missionary in South America. Send
aself-addressed envelope to Rev. JosEPH 7.
lSMAS, Station d, Bible House, New York
City. eod-2-xxx-I
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THE Baltimore Gazette remarks,
apropos of an Ohio papers nomination
Of an ex-congressman for President .
Some men Of ordinary calibre have
been known to take five hundred
copies of newspaper containing a
well-written article nominating them
for the Presidency
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LONDON Truth We are told that
the price of meat is likely to increase,
as the United States will be pro-
claimed as an infected country. This
will be adding insult to injury, as so
far the cost of meat has been reduced
one penny pound, notwithstanding
all the tons that have come from
America
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-07

SOME idea of the size of the State of
Texas may be gathered from the fact
that though the population is mil
lion, there are only four people to
every square mile Of territory
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-07

About a dozen mechanics in Lewis
ton, Me-, whose funds are limited, are
trying 10 charter a box-car to take
them to California. Their plan is to
board themselves on the way, doing
lheir cooking in the car,
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THERE has been a great demand for
the report Of Senator Morton on the
Chinese question, but no one has been
able to satisfy it. Whatever became
of the partly finished document seems
to be an impenetrable mystery.