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The Portland daily press., 1879-03-20

Panch Young Smythe-"Whst, not skat-
ing, Mrs. Marrable?" Mrs. Marrable "a fAscin-
ating widow of over nine-aud-forty, but who
doesn't look it)-'sNo; Pm too old for that sort
of thing" Young Smythe-"roo old? What
do you call too DID, Mrs. Marrabe?" Mrs.
Marrable (modestly )-"Don't you call twenty
eight too old, Mr.. Smythe? L dop'
The Portland daily press., 1879-03-20
C,.we,I,. slippery Elm A. Lozenges

aud Lungs. Consumptives will find them soothing
aud healing, use then, freely. In travelling, the
Church Ccncert and Lecture Room. don't tail 10
The Portland daily press., 1879-03-20

cdc, dntimonials Bt0odrO0t Lo6eli0 or Opaa3eS but
give them Slppery Elm Lozenges in abundance. Large
boxes 25 cents Sent by mail. postage paid, 10 any
part of the U. S., upon receipt OF price. CASWELL
q CO., Boston, Proprietors. For sale by an Drug
gists ja29d3m
The Portland daily press., 1879-03-20

Chicago journal: Chicago trade with Mex
co has opened up. A "Greaser" was shaved
got his hair cut shampoo, his locks dressed
with tonic at city tonsoral palace this week.
and ended off by buying bottle of patent hair
restorative. Balance 10 favor Of American
trade, S1.75.
The Portland daily press., 1879-03-20

San Jose Herald: Talmsge says: "God
thought so much of Cinnamon that he created
800 100000 of them" By the same MODE of
reasoning we can infer that He thought so
little of Talmage that He only created ore of
him.
The Portland daily press., 1879-03-20

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The Portland daily press., 1879-03-20

not control the election of Speaker.
THE Lynn corpse seems to be that OF
multltudinous young woman.
Cap and Bells.
Little Jack Greenback
Thought he would lean back
Ard wait for the speskersbip pie;
When put in his thumb,
he looked very glum
And Ginning that all the plums had been taken by
the Democrats) he said "what big fool am !"
Boston Advertiser.
ST. Louis Paper: The population of Chicago
now is---''That's base lier'
The telegraph Is yet an iofant.-BOston Post.
Register.
Syracuse Times: The willy banana now
hangs in the confectoner's window, preparing
to throw its skin out on the sidewalk
Yonkers Gazatte: 1t will be fashionable
this season for organ grinders to wear their
monkeys with tails looped up in the back.
Nothing makes an editor so mad as an
original poem, with here and there line in il
so long that he can't burn it up without leav-
ing the stove door open.
There was once young stndent of Latin
Who stuck pins in he cushion OF satin
On the chair that his kind teacher sat in.
The teacher sprang high;
But way up to the sky
Went the yels from that student of Latin.
-Yonkers Gazette.
San Jose Herald: Talmsge says: "God
thought SO much of Cinnamon that he Gre ated
800 100000 of them" By the same MODE of
reasoning we can infer that He thought so
little of Tamage that He only created ore of
him.
co has opened up. A "Greaser" was shaved,
got his hair cut, shampoo, his locks dressed
with tonic at a city tonsorial palace this week,
and ended off by buying bottle of patent hair
restorative. Balance iu favor Of American
trade, S1,75.
Panch: Young Smythe-"Whst, not skat-
ing, Mrs. Marrable?" Mrs. Marrable "a fAscin-
sting widow of over nine-aud-forty, but who
doesn't look it)-'tNo; Pm too old for that sort
of thing" Young Smythe-"Too old? What
do you call too DID, Mrs. Marrable?" Mrs.
Marrable (modestly )-"Don't you call twenty
eight too old, Mr.. Smythe? I dol"
Boston Transcript: 'See the moon," said a
lady to her nephew, a bright little boy of five,
as they sat looking out the window the other
day. '"The moon?" said the little man. "You
can't see the moon in the day time" "Yes yon
can,'' continued his aunt; "there it is over the
trees" The little fellow had to admit that he
saw it, but added, "Taint lighted, anyway"
Punch: Alarming Spread CT Imperialism!-
Uncle who has passed all his military
life in Indis, and just returned (-"Off a.
ready, George? What's your hurry, my boy?"
Nepbew-"Why, you see, uncle, I've got a
Speakers order for the House of Commons. l
want to hear Uncle-"Dear mel You
don't mean to say that old rubbish is going on
s.illp'
Boston POST The new dollar notes to be
issued by the Empire of California will have
10 the centre picture of Emperor Dennis /.
Over this picture will be the inscription, "Pool
your issues' Beneath it will be the words
"The Chinese must gc.'' Around the edges of
the bill will be a row of wash.tubs, with Meli-
can women presiding and a swarm of dead
Chinaman at their fact
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28
PERSONAL.

W. r. DAVIS registered OF the Riggs House yester-
day.
GOVERNOR II. G. YARMOUTH, Of New orleans, is
quartered ut Willard's.
GENERAL AP. CArEsBY JONES, the well-known
AcrdtNr, is at Atlantic City.
LIEUTESANT p. GARsT, u. 8. NJ swung his ham
mock Mt the Ebbitt House yesterday.
T. a. PHILLIPS, of New York, and c. C. Wool
worth, Of Brooklyn, are booked ut the Riggs House.
c. s. DooLrrTLE and w. Knopp. of New York. reg
istered at the st. James yesterday.
COLLECTOR BADGER, of New orleans, passed
York
Miss CARRIE LINTON has left Bedford Springs and
Will spend the remainder of the summer in the
mountains of Virginia, near Winchester.
DIR. TRIPLErr, of this city has gone to Saratoga
upon invitation of the American Association tor the
Advancement of Science, to deliver lecture upon
Physiology before that body.
II. ID. DAVIS and wife J. VI. Coleman aud wife, of
Bostoa s.. X. Hammond, New York, John X.
W. and Stephen Ierkcs, Kentucky, ure at tho
Arlington.
w. J. LEWIS and family, Plttsburg; Mrs. w. A..
Smith, Mrs. X. q. Watts aud Miss q. l.. Watts, ST.
Louis, Mo-; ID. ii. Layton, Plttsburg, aud W. B. Car
ney, wiio and nurse Norfolk, registered at the St.
James yesterday.
AMONG tho arrivals at willards yesterday were
Frederick Baxter, of Philadelphia George II. Dent,
New York; j. A. Green Pennsylvania; l.. g. Duff,
Chicago; Edward Watson and wife, Indiana, and
Edward Wilhelm, Buffalo.
T.. W. Rondthaler and daughter j. W. Coman,
North Carolina; w. ). Stokes and wife, Phiadcl-
phiG, and c. J. Cowes and son. North Carolina, are
stopping ut the Ebbitt House.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28
POLITICAL NOTES.

FLORIDA has two Republican papers.
THE Southern policy of Mr.. Hayes works we'll in
Yazoo.
THE ticket Of the Centralia Il) Sentinel for 1880
IT is suggested the Okoloaa States ought to be re-
moved to GuZOO City.
A GOOD boom from Maine will be n splendid starter
for the canvass. And it's coming.
DAN VOORHEES, does not regard Senator Conkling
as naughty man. This Is good authority.
EwGNG is Offering his wares to the people of Ohio
at less than actual cost and finds but few takers at
that.
one way the Democrats have OF keeping their cour-
age up.
REPUBLICANS are pleased that Senator Blaine is
taking good care this OF the Maine chance. IL
Is habit he has.
SECRETARY SCHURz has a remarkable facility for
making exact statements and of lucdly explain
ing political questions
SECRETARY SHERMAN made q campaign speech at
Stenbenville, Ohio. Over the stage was the motto:
" OHIO welcomes the next President"
BARKsDALE, who shot the bul.dozcd Captain
Dixon will now, no doubt be Il formidable rival of
JEFF Davis for the United States Senate.
Now that the South has begun to bull.dozo her.
self the enjoyment is not delightful But curses,
| like young chickens, will come home to roost
| TIE colorcd people ofJackson, Miss, have a news
paper. 1t Is edited by j. j. Spcllmnn is called The
! Peoples journal. and IS Republican in politics.
MES who were prominent in the Grecnback-
| Labor party last year In Pennsylvania and New
York begin to have dreadful haugdog look.
| NEARLY every Republican paper has denounced
and rebuked the HuiCkeye for its persistent as
saults OH Secretary McCrary," says The Dubuque
| Times.
| WITH man like Ben Butler for Governor OF
Massachusetts,. his administration would be noted
| as sensational, extrayagant and highly dcmoral-
| izing one.
| IN all of the discussion of candidates there has
not been the least intlmatiou that any Republican
would bolt" if dissatisiied.-BUGao Commercial
| Idrertiscr,
| For fear that the Republicans of Maine and Ohio
might not bo able TO carry the elections in those
States themselves, the Mississippi Democrats have
come TO their rescue
CARRY the news to Congressman DE La Mayl
and the Greenbackers in Maine that their party IN
tho West is getting so weak that 1t Is almost de
priyed of locOmoton.
IT would be shocking for the military to inter
fero with the elections IN Mississippi; aud certainly
the natives have guns and ammunition enough fol
all practical purposes.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28

THE American Bar Association at its re-
cent meeting in Saratoga resolved in effect
that it is desirable that the several States
shall, by concurrent legislation, secure uni
formity in the acknowledgment and authen-
ticatiOn of deeds and other instruments af-
fecting real estate and in the mode of exc
cutting and attesting wills. No reasonable
man will dispute the desrability of this
proposition. But it is worthy of remark in
this connection that in many of the
Southern States the so-called reconstruction
constitution and laws, which were nearly
all modelled after the New York code, re-
lating to these subjects have been abrogated
or repealed. The reason for this was n
hatred of that code, because it was looked
upon rs a Yankee invention and Northern
innovation. Tho States in question have
therefore returned to their dHte-bcllum
methods, glorying in their independent ad-
herence to State Rights, and utterly regard
less of the convenience and desirability of
simple and uniform systems. Perhaps if
the Association in question had agreed to
adopt the old-iashioned, cumbersome style
of the South, they would have struck re-
sponsive chord, As it is, they have arrayed
themselves against the customs which pre-
vailed in the Confederacy, and that settles
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28

fiicn.e and respect for their sincerity.
Their treatment of the laws and other re-
suits of the war; their threat that they
will give the Nation no peace and quiet
until the war measures are wiped out I;
their virtual Acknowledgement of the Re-
publican party in the South by outrage and
violence, without any recourse or in
demnity for the wrongs perpetrated
tho attempts of the late session
Of Congress, which is under Democratic
domination, to break down the power of
the Government to protect the rights of its
people in the election of Federal officials
all these things and more have led the
people who saved the Nation from the
secession Of State sovereignty to distrust
the South and guard every avenue that is
liable to bring to the Nation a repetition of
past scenes. 1t is nonsense for the South
to expect that the Government and the
loyal people of the Nation will trust them
implicitly so long as they cling to and
assert State sovereignty as superior to Ma
tional supremacy in any and all matters
relating to the Federal Government We
are either Nation with supreme power
over every inch of American soil, or we are
what secession attempted to make us--a
dismembered Government, with States that
contend for their own sovereignty, and thus
disturb and break our National unity. The
Republican party contends that this is a
Nation, and in accordance with that be-
lief Secretary McCRARY guards the army
against the heresy of State Rights.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28
LAND OWNERS OF THE UNITED KING.
DOM,

A correspondent, who signs himself Nov
of THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN labor under
q misapprehension in regard to the number
of landowners in Great Britain and Ireland,
and the acreage held by each, and has taken
the trouble to collate the following from mis-
celaneous statistics of the United Kingdom:
The total number of landowners in Eng
land and Wales is 972 S36. OF these 7O3, ,2S9
are put down as holding less than one acre; I;
25,S39 as holding so and less than 100
acres; 4,799 have 800 and less than 1000
acres 223 have 10000 and less than 10000
acres three have between 10000 and 100 900
acres, and one has 100000 acres and up
ward.
In Scotland the number of landowners is
1872 13l, of whom 113,0O5 hold less than an
acre; 1918 between so and 100 acres; 591
between 1000 and 1000 acres; 103 persons
hold between 10000 and $4,000 acres
and Al between 10000 and 100000 acres,
while "a are the possessors of upward of
100000 each
In Ireland there are 6s710 owners, OF
whom 80, 144 have less than one acre G,S92
one acre and less than 10 acres 2,7l6 be-
tween 500 and 1000 acres 1S5 between
10000 and 10000 acres; IA between 10000
and 100000 acres, and three over 100000
acres. The total number Of owners in Eng
land, Wales, Scotland and Ireland is
1,l736S3.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28
FEDERALISM.


TO The Editor of The National Republican:
SIR: The first idea of a revision OF the Arti.
cles of Confederation by an organization of
means differing from that of a compact be.
tween tho State legislatures and their own
delegates in Congress, originated at Mount
Vernon, in this wise; The Continental Con-
gress had no power to regulate commerce.
either with foreign nations or among the sev
oral States composing the Union. This power
was left exclusively to the management of
each particular State, according to its own
views of its own interests or its local preju-
dices. Under this state of affairs commissioners
were appointed by tho legislatures Of Ylr-
ginia and Maryland TO form compact in rela.
tion to the navigation of tho rivers Poto omac
and Pocomoke and the bay of Chesapeake.
They met for this purpose at Alexandria, Va,
in March, 1875. While on n visit to Mount
Vernon, by invitation Of George Washington,
IA convention Of delegates from the several
States, Independent OF the Congress, was sug-
gested for eifecting an enlargement of the
mowers Of Congress In regulating commerce.
This proposal was made and adopted in the
legislature of Virginia in June, 1885, and at
once communicated to the other State logis.
latures. Tho convention held at Annapolis,
In September, 1856, In pursuance OF this prOpO.
sition, was attended by delegates from only
five States, viz. New York, Now Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware and Virginia, who
an comparing their restricted powers with the
reported accommodation for another con-
yention of delegates from all tho States, with
enlarged powers, to meet at Philadelphia, in
| May 1887,
Tho meeting of tho Federal Convention at
! Philadelphia, May Ia, 1857, was the cumina'
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28

EX-SENATOR FENToN, of New York, is q
delegate to the State Convention at Saratoga
on the Sd of September. His name has also
been used in connection with the Governor
ship, and IT is stated that Chautauqua will
press his claims upon the convention. out
of the multiplicity of the candidates there
should be no difficulty in presenting ticket
that will command the full strength of the
Republican vote, and that is all that is
necessary in connection with fair and
honest vote to secure Republican success in
the State A wise ticket and earnest work
will cook the Democratic goose in the En-
pire State.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28

THE Committee on Long Branch has COM
pleted its labors, incidental to which was q
revision of the rules of the House. In this
revision they have provided that the ma
jority shall enjoy "a better control over
that body than heretofore. This was to
have been expected. The rules as they
now stand are of Democratic adoption, prac-
tically, and have served the purposes for
which they were prepared for more than
generation But it is proposed to rob the
minority members of the few privileges
they now enjoy, so that our dearly beloved
Confederate Brigadiers shall be able to carry
things their own way without serious op-
position.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28
THE aSSAsSIN,s PLEA

The San Francisco Chronicle, the paper of
the DE YoUNGs, hasa two columns dispatch
in the New York Tribune, which pleads
hard for a suspension of public judgment
relating to the shooting of KALLoCH, but we
do not perceive anything in 1t which ut all
changes the aspects of the case from the
first flush of it. The points attempted to
be made are substantially these That the
shooting was justified because of KALI
LocH's assault upon the reputation of DE
YoUNG's mother; that the attack upon
KALLoCH's father was no justification of
his attack upon their mother, for the rea-
sou that they did not see it before pub
lished, but that having published it,
whether true or false they proposed to
stand by it, No attempt was made to ex-
plain or apologize to KALLocH for the al-
front, though whole day was allowed to
transpire that could have been utilized for
that purpose, and which would undoubtedly
have averted KALLoCH's assault upon their
mother. So rs they might and did not
make any effort to turn KALLocH's resent
ment aside, the inference is that the insult
was intended, and the succeeding conse-
quences were to have been expected. We
do not see that DE YOUNG has bettered that
feature ofhis case by his explanation.
The other point made is that the shoot
ing was not cowardly, because the assassin
braved all the consequences of the felonious
act. We opine that DE You've will fail to
find any considerable concurrence in the
popular mind in his view of the case. 1t il
difficult to conjecture anything more cow
ardly than concealing ones self in a CLOSED
carriage, then sending boy with a lie oil
his lips to decoy his victim within tn
range of his pistol, and then deliberatel.
shooting defenseless man from the win
dow of his carriage. If this is not tn
basest cowardice, we must find q new lexi
geography for characterizing such acts. Th'
civilized world will, we think, pronounc
the affair cowardly beyond mitigation.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28
VIE ANNIYERSARIES.
Pertinent Extracts from the Chronology of
the Rebellion,
1871

Pertinent Extracts from the Chronology of
the Rebellion,
1861.
AUGUST 2s-Great honors paid In 81 Louis
to the body Of General Lyon, passing through
that city ON its way East
1869.
AUGUST 2S-Flght at Readyville, Tenn; A
large force Of rebel cavalry undor General
Forrest We're routed by tho Twenty.third
Kentucky Infantry. General Schofcld as.
sessed 100000 upon Secessionsls aud their
sympathi2cr5 in 81. Louis County, for the pur-
poso of arnmg clothing and subsisting tho en-.
rolled militia aud providing for their families
Severe fight At Contreyile between Generals
Sigo aud Mcdowell aud the rebel General
Jackson; jackson was driven back with
greut loss, City Point, Va, entirely destroyed
by Commodore Wilkes. Twenty men of the
Second Virginia Cavalry attacked and routed
seyenty-hYe rebel cavalry At Shady Springs,
near Raleigh Court House. Va, Hernando,
Miss, occupied by the Federals,
1853.
AUGUST 23-Skirmish at Cedar Creek, near
Glenyille, Va. four rebels killed. Tho Lattle
at Bayou Meteor Bridge, Ark recommended
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28

General GRANT and were closing II up
quite summarily. This may be all right, If
General GRANT has been or Is being con-
suited and the other heirs, who are the peo-
pie of the United States are not prccluded
from filing and verifying their claims against
the estate. The people propose to have
something to say about General GRANTS
political future, and the Herald will have q
hard time in administering on this question
under its own peculiar policy of wrapping
the General up in something and laying
him quietly away.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28

early this morning and lasted till noon, when
the rcbols fled over the bridge and fired IL.
They lost 100 killed and wounded and 300
prisoners; Union loss, thirty-nine killed and
wounded.
1894.
AUGUST 25-A gang Of guerrilas, under
Anderson, created great excitement in North
ern Missouri by committing depredations. Tho
Union forces took possession of long section
Of the West Point railroad, near Atlanta, and
destroyed it for distance of twelve miles.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28

THE Democrats in the House have been
invariably worsted in every parliamentary
contest since they obtained control of that
body Hence it is they have resolved to
change the rules of that body so that they
may now be able to bull-doze their active
opponents in the minority with greater
ease.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28

DEPARTMENTAL officials are not deprived
of the right of suffrage at their homes in
the several States A synopsis of the law
and several pertinent decisions bearing upon
this question will be found on our first page
this morning.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28
How He NIp,eu IL.


"Nlp the Independent movement in the bud"
wrote Chairman Barksdale, OF the Democratic
executive committee, to his nephew, J. H. Barks-
dale and Nephew Barksdale, putting three sugs
in each barrel and fresh caps on the nipples vert
out and nipped 1t.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28

PARsoN KALLocH was bad man, very
bad man but he has been almost canon
ized us the result of the murderous assault
upon him by DE YOUNG. The moral of all
this is, that to be shot at is to be "vindi-
"cated," as it were and the more effect
ually one is shot the more sweeping and
exculpatory the vindication. 1t is to be
hoped that the innumerable gang of poll
ticians who need vindication will profit by
the lesson of these facts.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28

The New York Erening Post the Milwau-
kee Sentinel and other so-called Liberal
journals now agree that troops are needed
"in Mississippi" The world moves-in the
direction of Stalwartism
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28

Tom EWING has met with another serious
disappointment He visited some iron mills
near Richmond, Ohio the other day for the
purpose of explaining to the workingmen
thereabouts that a vote for him as soft
money Democrat would relieve their de-
pressed and calamitous condition, revive
industry and reform things generally. But
he found them all too busy, working night
and day at good wages, to listen to him.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28

If Secretary SCHURz should go 50 far on
his Indian inspection trip as to visit SIT
TING BULL, and if there should thereby en-
sue a vacancy in the Cabinet, and-but
what's the use of fling!
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28

IT is a noteworthy fact that all of the po-
litical assassinatons that have dsgraced
the history of this country from President
LINCOLN down TO the retributive taking-off
of DIXON, the Mississippi bull-dozer, have
been committed to advance the interests of
the Democracy.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28


Mayor Harrison's great bath-tub is not popular
with the Democrats. Soap and walter used freely
would convert one-thlrd of the party If Mayor
Harrison wants to be the dark horse" of the
Democratic party, sure pop just let him per-
suade the spiggots and the town hydTants to give
down a. sour mash" and "old crow'
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28

THE gushing lips of Senator LAMAR and
his fellow-Democrats of the Mississippi
delegation in Congress are still closed as re-
CARDS the murder of DIXON. Is it true that
these men dare not denounce this foul
crime? Or, are they plu cking up courage
to attempt to excuse it?
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-28
A Baslii YazoOk.

Mr.. Barksdale Is u Bashi Yazook who knows his
business. This Yazoo business is the most success
iul mode yet adopted TO prevent the bull dozing of
the negro, When white Democrats become thor
oughly interested in the amusement of shooting
each other the perfect safety of the negro is as
In.H