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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11
The Tenth Census and Congressional Rep
reSentation.

one result of the tenth census of the
United States, to be taken next year. will
be to change the representation of many
of the States in Congress, in consequence
of the increase or decrease of population.
There is already good deal of interest
manifested as to the extent and character
OF these changes, and%ome very careful
" prepared estimates have been publish
ed. The most complete of these we find
in the National Republican of Washing
ton. To summarize the result of its cal
! culatlon 10y geographical groups, we find
| that the Northeastern States lose Z mem
bcrs; New York land Maine, New IIamp-
shire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Mary
land each leaving a representation Of
% members. The Central Northern States
gain i, losing | in Ohio and gaining | in
Wisconsin and Beach in Illinois and Mich
lgan, making a total representation of IS
members. The Northwestern States gain
ID; , in Nebraska, 3 in Minnesota, / in
Iowa, and in Kansas, giving them Il
representation of 30 members The Pa
cltic States gain ,; | each in California
and Nevada, giving them members.
The Southern States lose :, Texas and
Missouri each gaining 3, Virginia. North
and South Carolina. Georgia, Florida.
MISSISSIPPI, Tennessee. Kentucky, and
Arkansas each losing /, and Alabama and
Louisiana each losing ,, leaving them a
total representation of % members. This
calculation is So carefully within bonds
that the actual difference is much more
likely to be greater than less in favor of
the relative preponderance OF the North
ern and Northwestern States Ii is based
upon probable population in 1850 of
between 10000 900 and IL 200, 900 while
Mr.. Elliott, of The Treasury Department.
one of our .thleSt statiSticanS estimates
in the Statistical Atlas of the United States
the probable population as exceeding 30
oOO,00O Should this he the case the loss
of the Northeastern States will not cN-
ceed & members, while the central North
crn States will be likely to gain :, instead
OF =, and the Northwest -, instead of IL
and the South must lose T. instead of :,
to balance the account In that event
the representation OF the several groups
viii stand somewhere as follows:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

We recently published an account of
the cNcntiul voyage of the ship Templar,
Captain Armstrong, from New York to
san Francisco. during which those ON
board had q desperate contest With yell
low fever, the captains wife, a native Of
Hampton, and others. diving of the dis
ease. Capt. Armstrong was attacked,
and atci Til. crisis of the fever had pass
ed he remained helpless ana unable to
take command The first mate. an able
seaman finally gave up I'LL hope of COM
pletng the voyage and ordered that the
ship leg headed fer the mouth OF the Rio
dc "a Plata. Now the captains daughter
came to the front Miss Armstrong had
been attacked hy the dread disease. but
She had lived through it. and. though
still as weak and helpless in body as her
father i'll the adjacent berth. her heart
was stout, and She resolved that the ship
commanded by her father should sail its
cruise INTO the harbor of san Francisco
CunNalescent according to medical the
DRY. but still III fact helplesSly weak in
body. She gathered from the conN crSatiom
of those who attended upon her the de
sign ~ the mate to reach the nearest
port. She obtained her fathers consent
to command the ship, and 10y her orders
the first mate was relieved of his com
ntnd and the second mate pat in his
place. The second mate was also an eN-
penenced seaman. with the whole sum of
education, that OF being true in the time
OF danger. but slightly ut fault IN this
that after the bearings We're taken he
could not tell 10y the secondary audneces-
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11
Southern Blue-laws,

The blue laws of New England have
pointed many moral, if they have not
adorned tale, in the columns of the
Southern press. The blue laws originated
in Colonial days, and have been obsolete
for nearly if not quite century, but our
Southern contemporaries continue to quote
them as though they were still in force,
and thus have been enabled to have a
good deal of fun at our expense. Now
we have the laugh on our side. 1t APP
pears that there are on the statute books
OF the Southern State Of Maryland. laws
bath which are quite as blue as those
which originated in the colony of Connec-
tcut, and which the authorities are now
actively engaged in enforcing No eX-
curSiOn boats or trains are permitted to
run on Sunday, nor can any work be done
on that day. The newspaper Offices can
not set type or prepare copy for their
Monday morning issues between the hours
of twelve O'Clock Saturday night. and
twelve o'clock Sunday night the sale of
soda water by druggists is prohibited.
and even the slipping into back door
of saloon for a glass of beer has been
put a stop to. In Washington similar
warfare has been.waged upon the un-
godly and, really, we cannot help laugh
ing at the victims of Southern blue laws.
The Washington Sentinel. the organ Of
the German brewers, is naturally mdig-
nant at this interference with the vested
right of every American citizen to drink
and pay for his lager. and furnishes sta
tistics to show that there are not churches
enough in the National Capitol to seat
half of the population, in case it should
be determined to enforce attendance.
But if the Sunday laws are carried out,
and the sale of lager on Sunday put a
stop to, there will be no need for 50 many
breweries and they can he utilized as
churches.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11
Celebrating the Victory.

The Republicans of Hallowell celebrated the
victory Of their party in the recent state election
Tuesday evening by general illumination of the
city and other Appropriate demonstrations The
same evening there was very large gathering Ia
Post Office Square Rockland with bontires, mus
lc. rockets and ringing Of bells. Short cougratu
latory speeches made by zen Davis Tilson
and T. K SImouton, OF Camden. In Augusta there
burning of tar barrels, ringing of bells a sa
late Of heavy guns, general illumination of resi-
dences and'places of business The demonstra-
ton was one Of great JOY at the result Of the cleo
ton. The Davis corporals turned out and proceed
ed by the Augusta band and Joined by hundreds Of
citizens marched to the residence of Senator
Blaine. After music by the band and continued
calls for Blaine, that gentleman appeared at the
door and addressed the assemblage making an elo-
quent congratulatory speech Later, Hon. Eugene
Hale, who was on the night tram rom Bangor was
screnaded at the depot and responded briefly
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11
Ridiculous Rust Mistaken Mcclellan

Last year we threw for Garcelon IN Belfast about
one hundred votes. This year we shall throw
double that number There is a disposition to
keep up the party organization. Mcclellan to Bos
ton Herald correspondent before election
Garcelons vote in Belfast last year vas
ll3. This year it was l37. The prophet
OF the Savings Bank corner has certainly
come to grief this time And then, to
think Of his telling the Herald CORE
spondent that there is a disposition to
keep up the party organization" after
he had sold it ont to the Greenbackers.
That was taking an unfair advantage Of
stranger. who could not be expected to
be posted On our local politics. But all
is fish that comes to Macs net, and he
took the stranger in.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

Besides Hon. Eugene Hale, tile Kepub
licans will send 10 the legislature many
able men. Dr. John G. Brooks of Belfast
is a gentleman Of experience in legisla-
tive ana banking matters, who will oc-
cupy commanding position. A. a
Strout, Esq. Of Portland. is one of tn,
ablcst lawyers in the state. The three
Bangor representatives, Messrs. Cutter
Lord and : &. Hatch, the latter eX-Statt
Treasurer, are well known as able men.
l.. II. Hutchinson Esq. elected from Lew
iston, is a we'll known lawyero of that city
Other prominent men viii be heard from
as the list comes in
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

ON THE SUMMIT OF 4 MAINE Noun
TAIN. \ ride 10 the summit Of Green
MOuntainat this season carries us through
woods radiant with green leaves and
flowers and full Of delicate perfume of
balsam and fern. -Four miles over a toll
cradle road and we are on the mountain
top. In making the ascent we look down
into Eagle Lake, which lies cmboSomcd
in the mountains, BOO feet above the sea
level. 1t is of beautiful oval shape.
and, seen from above, glStcning in the
sunlight, it suggests the smile of Il dia-
mond set in cmeralds As the mountain
top is neared vegetation becomes sparce.
but the scene is not dreary, for the pre-
valllng pink fedspar gives the huge bould-
erS warm tint, very pleasing to the eyes
ON the summit there is a rude cottage,
where a toll of one dime is charged for
each person who has come over the noun
tain road. In Il clear day the view is I'M
equalled from this point, 1922 feet above
the sea level. Seward old ocean spreads
out like a sea Of molten silver, with mo-
sale of emerald islands near the shore.
Looking landWard one seems to gaze over
the whole face of Maine. Katahdn's no
bic peak is plainly seen Il hundred and
twenty miles away, and the other hills seem
numberless and interminablc. Among
those distant hills the ripe grain seemeth
like a golden harvest, and there dwell
quiet, peace and rural bliss [Correspon-
dence Hartford Times.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

The most spitetul things that have been
printed about Mrs Sprague have been
written by correspondent who writes
over the signature Of Miss Grundy." A
recent letter from her ID the Philadelphia
Times is 50 malicious and scandalous that
we are surprised at the Times printing
it, Mrs. Sprague is a brilliant society
woman, Of somewhat imperious bearing,
and 'AIiss Grundy7 is retailer Of what
is called ''society gossip'-the tittle-tat-
tie of social circles, interspersed with
descriptions of frills and furbelows. At
some time, no doubt, Mrs. Sprague has
omitted to include in the list Of her guests
this professional gossip, who now retail
iates after the manner of her kind. The
injunction that-"those who live in glass
houses should not throw stones" is not
amiss in this case.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

Seth l.. Milliken, Esq, arrived home on
Monday morning. He devoted about 4
month to stumping, largely in Aroostook
and Washington counties. \ correspond
dent in the latter locality speaks with en-
thusiasm of Mr.. Ms speeches, and the
excellent effect which they produced.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11
And Nlcanor Lay Dead IN His Harness ;

But that fighter wasn't amy more dead
and ready for burial than was the late
Fusion concern when the polls closed on
Monday night. The party that allied it
self With fallacy in finance, with theories
implying that the government cannot pro
tcct itself against violence and revolution
and with supporters of the dangerous
herrSN Of the EXTREMIST state rights, de
served to die. The tusionists, true to the
purpose of attaching to themselves any
thing and everything which might afford
the hope of few votes. was amere party
Of patchwork, made up largely Of fiat
lunaticS. communists. - cent silver dol
lar men, disappointed office seekers, and
of every form and shade of morbid dis
content men who seek to place upon
government the blame for which shift
les>ncso and sloth is mainly Responsible
This array. led and directed hy few
men. whose brains sought to make of it
an instrument for their ellen alton, had the
hardihood 10 appeal to the people for sup
port. The result is Just what might have
been expected The tuSioni>ts of Maine
set their fortunes on the hazard OF the
battle. and went down. exhausted, help
less and hopeless.
We have often heretofore called the lit
tcntion of Democrats tothe war that thry
arc perhaps unthinkingly aiding to wage
against their own interests and the inter-
cstS Of the country. There ARE, a we
have before said. many true ana wen
meaning men who would never lend
themselves to such PURPOSES. could the
matter hr made plain to them. This class
ought to draw lesson from tie lesson Of
last Monday. The ease went ID the jury
OF the country, ana the verdict is against
fusion.
The Republicans OF Maine, under the
lead Of AIr Blaine, have not only been
true to themselves ana to principle. hut
have done great service 10 the country.
They have stood like a bulwmk against
the assaults Of the motley hosts, ana
hurled them back The country viii
thank them for the great services
There is not much to bc feared from
Greenbacll fusion, Or any new combina-
ton pr its clements. The victory Of Mon
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11
Ridiculous Rust Mistaken Mcclellan

Oldtown, the home Of Smith gave him
2l9 over Conner last year and now Is
over Davis, Corinth, the home of Davis
had fusion majority last year and now
gives % for Davis over ALL Lewiston.
the home of Garcelon gave him 9l- last
year and 81 this.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11
Ridiculous Rust Mistaken Mcclellan

one thing is conclusivey settled 10y
Mondays election, and that is, after next
year We are to have biennial elections
and biennial sessions Of the Legislature
i'll this State. Next years local contest
will Of course be an active and exciting
one, and as it will be followed by the
Presidential election, we certainly ought
to get enough of politics to last US two
wears
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

John l. Watts, a we'll known and pop
ular trader at South Brooks, hitherto a
Democrat, cast his vote and used his in
tlucncc for Davis on Monday. See the
ratio of gain in that town, for which old
Republicans and anti-fusion Democrats
alike worked
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

\ loolhardy venture has come to grief
Capt. Goldsmith and wife, who under
took to cross the Atlantic in the little
boat Uncle Sam, We're picked up at sea OFF
Newfoundland on the 2lst of Aug. by an
English vessel and taken to Liverpool.
They had suffered terribly. The boat
and contents We're abandoned.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11
Ridiculous Rust Mistaken Mcclellan

The decent and onint Io,iro citi1nns of
RcIf,st ho,a now am o,,,or-,n;+v - CON
rr,sr I'M in,,nadiata observation-disclosures ~
RonnhIio,n ,-i.ror,- MN ,boso u.hiob u,
Win C,raonhacl, snc.os. 1as+ >rordav
9i,b+ H..It,s, was - nrla,I, and won
I,oh,,od ,s ~, AMI o+ha, do, with noth
mo rnnsn,I .avD tha o,rnos, in+erosr u
ro5,, IL. rn..,I. H. lI..;a,, ,,;l,.
year ago our public square and streets
Illustrated pandemonlum broke loose.
Drunken roWdleS hootcd, yelled and i'm
suited those who would not join their Of
1les policemen We're crowded, insulted
and beaten: a huge bonfire hlazed in
the square made up Of the property of
people who dared not interfere. Citizens
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

After buying all the voters that they
could, you will see how the Age this week
will yell out 'C-o-R-R-U-p-r-I-o-N '-the
only refuge of the beaten.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

While the Greenbackers are demand
ing the abrogation of our national bank
ing system, the London Economist is urg-
ing its adoption by England.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

The vote Of Maine last year was Con
nor, STOOL; Garcclon, y ,20o; Smith,
ll,Nl scattering, 36, total 1916, l69. The
majority against the Republican candi-
date was over 1900, equivalent to 90,
GOO majority in Illinois, to 20, OOOin Penn
sylyana, or to 100000 in New York.
There We're certainly heavy odds against
which the Republicans had to contend.
We have returns from POO towns, which
have voted as follows:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

Later advices from California confirm
the election Of four Republican members
of Congress. The delegation in the last
Congress stood three Republicans and
one Democrat
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

Professor Bateman came to the city
after election all charged with a gloritica-
ton speech. 1t stuck in his throat, like
Macbeth's amen.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11
Ridiculous Rust, Mistaken Mcclellan I.

The Lancaster, Pa, Daily Intclhgencer,
IN entering upon its sixteenth volume an
peared in 4 new and handsome typo
graphical garb, With other improvements,
mechanical and literary The Intclli-
genccr is one of the oldest papers in the
country, and has in its office files Of the
weekly running back in unbrokcn success
sion to 1875. 1t is IAN independent and
straightforward exponent of Democratic
principles, and enjoys the confidence and
patronage Of 4 large constituency
Ridiculous Rust, Mistaken Mcclellan
The Chicago Times remarked the other
day, in the mild and dispassionatc manner
OF the Western press, that
The Bourbons in Maine have sold ont body
and breeches, to the rag tag baby initiation
mountebanks. Anything TOR the spos" is the
rule of their action In Maine, in California in
ONO and everywhere else. If, after all their grow
cling, dirt-eating and wallowing in the foul puddle
of the communistic blatherskites their unholv al
lance should fail in the outcone-which is very
probable-no protane explosives would compensate
for the dlsgracetul situation in which they would
find themselves deservedly placed by their un-
princ pied behavior.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

The Chicago Times speaks Of Rock
land as can aristocratic village on the
Maine sea coast" And now Fuller of the
Courier will be putting on airs.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

Chem steers" will have rest now
It's these tears that occupy the rag baby
party about this time.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

William NJ Hunt well known artist of Boston,
committed suicide at the Isles of Shoals Monday
by drowning himself in tank on Appledore is
land. The cause of the action is unknown
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

Has anybody heard from the Reverend
Scitz, of Norway The returns indicate
that the New Religion don't thrive, and
that the Seitz bath isn't popular.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

The election of Hon. Eugene Hale, as
representative from Ellsworth, will place
in the legislative halls of the state one of
the ablest men Of the country-of great
experience, a ready and keen debater,
and one especially able to deal with the
fusion nonsense heretofore so abundantly
dealt out in that body.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

The curiosity Of the Argus respecting
Simpson Democrats is satisfied 1t has
no more questions to ask.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

The names in italics are Republican gains
In the class OF Stockton and Searsport there were
twelve votes thrown for Joshua Jordan and one
scattering. They not included in the above
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

"Them steers" will have to go hungry
next winter-hey, Scion?
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11
Ship Building.


in this industry as in others, and it has
by no means regaincd the magnitude that
it formerly enjoyed. The returns of this
year Will not show as great an increase in
the tonnage aflOat as has actually occur
red, because the Treasury Register has
been carrying ON his books large mum
Der Of vessels which have been lost with
III the last fifteen years, but the loss of
which have never been officially reported;
vessels that have remained for years I'M
heard from, but which have never been
stricken from the tonnage lists because
there was sume< hope that they might
some time be heard from and other yes
sells which have lain up at their moorings
in state OF decay until they have become
useless hulks. Early IN the Year in
structiOns We're given collectors to strike
of the lists all such vessels, and it will
reduce the aggregate tonnage OF the nit
td States 10y many thousands. At least
| 10000 tons of such vessels We're reported
,,p;,' I ,,, ~, IT, ,, ,,,'' :. ~ ,r
'''''','> '''''' w. 49,,
the first nine months of the fiscal year the
my ''N9'', '''''' ''p''a' + 49, IT, /,
last quarter oil 'ne year indicate lIl''' '''lS
VIII DC l''Ie'9e" 70 "'''"' i'''"" loI'S,
INF th' "h"If E'''' II 94"ll'S' -'''''4
w ~ IT. A'tI' "''' 'o'''"- ~ " III
va ''e tonnage" % S'''''lH 1''NN''N "''i''
mas l"I'h from 'o"'''''' Ill '0''' anu ''o'-
'h1 IN Isl, 70 '3,l2' IN ilnt months "l
$50 inst ,h,lit. ana hoIf MT thn num
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

Reverend De La Matyr was reported
on Tuesday night as homeward bound,
with his coat tails out straight.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

\ new adaptation Of Burns famous
song is now locally popular ''Scots who
ha wi Wallace bled :"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

Penobscot county claims the banner,
and it looks as though she is entitled to
it. \ gain Of over 1900 in thirty towns
and gain Of six representatives is re
cord she may we'll be proud Of.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-11

The Greenback crop was greatly affect
ed by Rust.