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Last week two orphan boys OF this
place named John Crosrp and William
Hol'yfeld, orsomo ION years Of age, took
it into their heads % Nisi' a playrollow OF
theirs now living at Portland, aud with
this object in view skipped out without
leave on license, taking tho pike towards
Tunuelton. Being ignorant Of roads, dis
tances and directions, they driGed TO
Rowlesburg, tho CO to Newburg, and IL
nally, after tho hardships OF four days
tramp, 90 back la a sad plight 10 King
wood.
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nc Ono Excilement

The Ohio Excitement
Way out in Ohio there's trouble for Shor-
man,
Who pulls up his collar and pulls
down his vest,
Prepared for the cohorts of Ewing and
Thurman
Who poster him terribly there in the
West.
No longer he boasts of the bloody shirt
banner
Which erst he had horne in the from.
Of the fray,
His foes, i'm the most inoxousablo man
ner,
Have forced him 20 pa, the red en-.
blem away.
In vain he may search every regiments
ruS;Cr
ofmcn who came forward tho uuion
10 save,
Tom Ewing ne finds, but no trace of
Charles Foster,
And he learns that Rice lcf, a good leg
in the grave.
Gold dollars and grconbaclls together
arc cleaning,
Squeezed out Of Ito clerks who have
little 20 spare.
And Haye,'s mild count,nance blandlv
Il, beaming
Among tho big pumpkins and pig, OF
the Fair.
In vain for Gods bountics he claims all
the credit,
Big crops and Americas labor and
skill;
\ heavy accounts TO bc placed TO his
debit,
For people remember Frauds yic@ Y
still.
Wha; moro can he do? There has not
bee a blunder,
And he and Charles Fostor take balm
to thojr souls,
Till rondorous Thu imam COMES forward
To thunder
Al deputy marshals and troops at the
polls
Now he and his ads must be mp and rc
doing,
Out hetc in Ohio his battle is fought,
John sherman must fail with The riso of
Tom Ewing,
Ana all hi. fine scheming como quick
~ To naught
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Aug, %, 1879,
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25
philadelphia North American.
The Meaning of 1t.

For more than ten years the battle for and
against honest money has been kept up in eve
ry way that could be made troublesome, and in
every case the Democratic party has favored
irredeemable rags, and opposed the entire fis-
cal policy of the Republicans. 1t is useless to
point out how, at each recurring Presidential
election, the Democrats mounted a hard-rnoney
candidate on a soft-money platform, since the
whole drift of the party was in favor of State
banks against the national banking system,
against resumption, and in favor of paper
money imitation, for political reasons, pointing
to the ultimate reputation of the war debt.
With the brilliant success of resumption and
the funding measures there has come sweep
ing tide of business, bringing employment to
both labor and capital Mr.. Tilden foresaw
this clearly, and wanted his party, at any sac
rifce and by any means, to get into power, to
secure the credit of it. Now, although he
failed to get possession of the executive depart
ments, his party has controlled Congress, and,
instead of seeking to help the restoration of
business credit confidence and activity, it has
alarmed the whole country by its desperate at
tempts at wild initiation, free trade, repudia-
ton, etc. These attempts have all been bat1ed
by the StateSmanlike ability and shreWdneSS OF
the Republican leaders in Congress, and of the
Administration. 1t was in Ohio and the West
that the Democrats made the most trouble, for
the purpose Of playing If the west against the
east. 1t is in the west that the imitation here
sizes are rebuked by California, Colorado, Iowa,
Michigan and Ohio. Now the same Demo-
cratic elements of mischief propose for 1880
revival of the game played i'll 1868, 1872 and
1S76-that is, to nominate an eastern hard-mon-
ey man like Bayard to take away tho flavor OF
initiation and reputation. 1t remains for the
November elections in Pennsylvania, New
York and Massachusetts, to stamp the seal of
reprobation upon all further Democratic shams.
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25
Gen. Hawley on Scratching
from his speech at Utica.1

From his speech at Utica.I
I have no doubt as to CornelI's ability to
govern the State. He is square, sensible and
honorable man in his way. "Oh," you say,
che isn't this, he isn't that, he is mt the other"
Neither are you andI. None are perfect. He
is not perfect man, but he is honest and has
all the essential qualities for Governor. Now
why in the world should any Republican de-
cline to vote for him? If there were fraud,
dishonesty and corruption in him, why l
should say skill him., "scratch him, "cut
him." But if he wasn't nominated exactly as
you would like, that's no reason why you
should scratch him. You wouldn't stop on the
eve of battle, and compare the records of
your colonels with those Of the opposition. 1
remember of serving in the army under gen.
erals whom did not like and whom did not
believe fit to be generals. L did not refuse TO
fight nevertheless. 1t is very singular meth
od-killing the party to defeat Mr.. Cornell.
They were not half SO anxious to nominate an
other man before the Convention. But now
that Cornell is nominated, they want to kill
the party to defeat him. Ii before the Con-
vention they had held meeting and conference,
appointed committees, written newspaper arti-
cles, made collections in favor of some other
man, what would there have been? Why, a
machine! I have been in politics thirty years.
and haven't known of any other machine
Why you say this man sits in a chair, puts his
feet in another chair, lights his cigar and talks
of how the next convention shall be run. Well
if you don't like it, put your feet in chair,
light your cigar, and talk about running. the
convention all you please. 1t is good thing
we have politics in this country, or we should
have the Dead Sea which exists in Mexico
and Spain. Talk of reform by killing Cornell!
Why, it is like the Feejee Islander who had
If.n tn1I
was not right for him to have two wives. The
next day he returned and said it was all right
"What have you done with your other wife?"
said the missionary. "Me eat her." he replied
picked up New York paper the other day,
and read the history of Robinson. He appears
to be an exceedingly independent gentleman
who has tried all the parties and finally found
rest in the Democratic party, where he be-
longs. He reminds me of the New York brok-
er who, when asked by his wife at 2 o'clock in
the morning why he came home drunk, re-
piled; "Why, my dear, there was no other
nlaca omen -
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25
The Red Flag.

Mr.. w. M. Springer of the National House
of Representatives and Mr.. r. NJ. Springer
of that other discredited institution, the
New Era Of this city, have more than name
in common. There is a remarkable similar
ity in their imaginations. Perhaps that i'm
agination is a family trait. 1t is certainly OF
the same order. Congressman Springer let's
his play over the Ohio election. Editor
Springer brings his to bear upon theMaine
election The Congressman declares that
the Republicans carried Ohio by the pur
chase of voters. The Editor says The same
of Maine. The Congressman does not give
the number of voters purchased-it cannot
be less than twenty thousand The Editor
is explicit, and says in that letter to the Chi
cago Sentinel from which the PRESS has al
ready literally quoted, that no less than thir-
tv thousand votes were drawn from the
Greenback party in Maine by bribery, by in
timidatioE, by the agency of brothels and
tippling shops, and by other and similar
means indicated by him in that shameless
epistle.
The total Greenback vote in Maine was
about forty-seven thousand. Had the thirty
thousand bribed and terrified voted the
Greenback ticket the total would kave been
seventy-five thousand. Thus we are asked
to Believe on the authority of a Greenback
editor, that nearly one-half of the Green
baclers of Maine, that over thirty thousand
of tie voters of this State, are bribable and
have been bribed by money, by rum and by
other and viler means. We are asked to be
lieve that nearly one-fourth of our voters
are in the market, that one man out OF every
four in the State is for sale. We may be
pardoned for doubling that, and we do not
ask to be pardoned for calling the man who
makes the statement foul-lnouthed SLAM
derer.
The Press does not assume to that inti-
mate acquaintance with the Greenbackers
of Maine possessed by their chiefs, and ora
tors, and the editors of their papers But 1t
will not believe that more than one-quarter
of their number are in the market lthas
sometimes accused them of Haunting the red
flag of the communist. 1t has never ac-
cused them of hosting the rid flag OF the
auetioneer That accusation is brought by
the man from Illinois who edits one of the
leading Greenback papers of the State. In
the name of the people of Maine we de-
nounce his charges as false. He may be
classed among the Suckers; the voters of
this State cannot be. Ii his namesake, who
asserts that Ohio was carried by corruption, is
as reckless in his assertions as Editor
Springer, his assertions will command ~
little weight as Wises balloon. These men,
similar in name and in disposition, seem to
have followed the injunction: Look into thy
heart and write.
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25
A Cats Investigation of the Bee
Culture.

Chaales Kaiser, who has the only hive oil
bees in town, says that, when he first got his
colony, his old cats curiosity was much excited
in regard to the doings of the little insects, the
like of which she had never before seen. AT
first she watched their comings and goings at
a distance She then fiattened herself upon
the ground and erept along toward the hive,
with tail horizontal and quiverng. 1t was
clearly evident that she thought the bees some
new kind of game. Finally she took up po-
sition at the entrance to the hive, and when a
bee came in or darted out, made dab at 1t
with her paws This went on for time
without attracting the attention of the rtnhab-
ltants of the hive. Presently, however, old
Tabby struck and crushed bee on the edge OF
the opening of the hive. The smell OF the
crushed bee alarmed and enraged the whole
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25

CONGRESSMAN SINGLETON of Mississippi
is reported as defending the murder of Dix
on by the Yazoo Democracy, pleading that
the assassination ''saved the country from
the consequences of q race ISSUE" lie is
represented as jauntily speaking of the out
rage as ''the incident of tie goth of july"
That is date that should be remembered
by Northern men.
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25
Cumberland County Convention Of Re-
form Clubs.
The next Quarterly Convention of the Reform
Clubs of Cumberland County will be held at
sACCARAPPA, OCT. 80 AND 81,
commencing at 1OL, O'Clock A. NJ.

Business meetings will be held in the forenoon and
afternoon and public meetings in the evenings of
both days. 1t is earnestly hoped that every club in
the county will be represented, as it is intended to
ventions ever held in the county.
AS our enemy Rum) is on the increase, it behooyes
every Reform man to arouse from his lethargy buck
lie on his armor and send forth such cheering words
to the downfallen throughout the county and state
that everyone who is dabbng in this accursed stuff
will realize where he is standing and be induced to
come and Join us in this noble work
Free entertainment will be provided for all dele
gates Per Order.
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25
mint-drops.

THE New Haven Union, Troup's new pa
per, favors union of Democrats and Green
hackers, provided the Democrats will make
CONCESSION w | not a concurrence
do just as well? The Democrats of Maine
are more used to that sort of thing.
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25

THERE is large demand at the Public
Library just now for Benton's Thirty
Years" and kindred works. Obadiah is tit
ting himself for a Eard-money campaign.
Before long the Argus will be crying for
maint-drOnS
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25
THEl PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER %

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publca-
ton but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munlcatlons that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25

The New York World in its deadly hos
tility to Tilden, intimates that the election
of Cornell would be a Tilden triumph. There
is infinite richness in the intimation.
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25

THE Boston Herald, which was in a state
of bewilderment at the violent language
used during the Maine campaign and the
jealous interest taken by the people of this
State in the political contest, is getting
warmed up itself and calls Butler by such
sweet names as liar, lnave, and hummer.
The Herald shouldn't do so. Organs, only,
grind those tunes.
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25

SECRETARY EvARTs appears to be in the
very forefront of the stalwarts. 1t took
some lively skipping to catch up with the
line of march.
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25

IT is said every bullet has its billet. Ac-
cording to Ben Hill those attached to the
Southern bullets were 6Hlets-d0ur.
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25

CINCINNATI COMMERCIAL on New York
election: ''Outside the State there is no
feeling against Cornell. He may be a stall
wart. or liberal, a machine candidate or the
choice of the party, as this nomination
would justify us in assuming. He is known
as Republican and the chosen standard
bearer of the party. Upon the result OF the
election in that State rests the hope OF the
Democracy to unite it with the Solid South
in the Presidential conflict" The CONNER
cial doesn't take into account the Portland
Argus and the Portland Advertiser.
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate signed by Stanley L. Pullen,
Editor. All railway steamboat and hotel managers
will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
of every person claiming to represent our journal.
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25

THERE was method in Buffers support Of
jeff Davis in 1860 and money in his support
of the war in 1862.
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25

BLAINE will have to take hold Of Ben
Hill again and shake the nonsense out OF
him
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25

New version, by the Chicago Times !:
Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first
make 'em lose pivotal state.
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25

THE October elections seem to have dis
sipated the dread of Butler entertained in
Massachusetts,. People are generally begin
ing to regard his cause as hopeless But
Ohio and Iowa may turn out to be OF real
service to him Massachusetts, Democrats,
relieved of the fear of soft-money ascendency
in the party, may think that they can now
afford to show their dislike of Repubicanism
by voting for the Claimant
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25

ABOUT this time look out for fiattering
notices from State contemporaries. Here is
one from the Maine Standard: "Since the
marked improvement in the tone of the
Kennebec Journal by reason of the retire
ment of Howard Owen, the Portland Press
wears the palm for personal detraction,
scurrility and nastiness.' This is expert
testimony. The opinion of the Maine
Standard when unbiased, concerning per
sonal detraction, scurrility and nastiness' is
worthy of consideration, for those are the
only lines of goods it has handled since it
went into trade. The Standards sense OF
courtesy and regard for truth find further
expression in the following paragraph:
ssThe Portland PRESS threatens to resort to
the shotgun if the Governor and Council do
not perform their duty in examining
and counting the returns to their satisfac-
tion. If the shotgun were to be put to use
in this State to shoot pole cats, thepresiding
genius in the PRESS Office would be in i'm
minent danger"
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25

FIRST class in the constitution stand up
and listen to Prof. Hill of Georgia.
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25

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The Portland daily press., 1879-10-25

BY making our purchases early
i'm the season we avoided the re-
cent great advance in the price Of
wOOlens. Our customers by COM
pairing our -'Price List'' with
other firms will readily see the
great advantage gained by our
foresight.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-10
THE BONpHOLpERs FIRM.

It's not likely that the New York
bondholdersiwill. .seriously,conSider the
proposition of the Tennessee legisla-
ture to settle at 5O-and-4. They re.
peatedly telegraphed to Nashville that
they would not take less than 6O-and-G G
with coupons made receivable for
taxes, but it somehow happened these
dispatches did not get into print, or in
the hand of many members of the leg
islature until after the final vote was
taken. The legal opinion of Charles
0'Conor has had the effect to nerve
the bondholders for protracted and
bitter struggle. It's likely now that
they will recede from the Coe PROPOSE
tion of 6O-and-6. Mr.. Eugene Kelly,
chairman of the committee in New
York, has addressed a circular to each
of the bondholders in which he says
The legislature passed, and the COVER
nor has approved, q bin to compromise the
debt at fifty cents on the dollar in bonds
bearing four per cent interest, payable
annually in Nashville This bill or pro-
position is first to be accepted byt bond
holders and aftorward ratified by the voters
Of Tennessee before the Legislature will
pass law to make it cfiectual Your
committee recognize how important il is
that bonds issued in compromise by their
State should be sought for by Tennessee
investors. For the express purpose of
making such bonds desirable for rennes-
see investors, who it is well known, will
not now buy the bonds Of their State, and
10 the end that they may be largely held
AZ homo as q safe and remunerative secu-
Fity and for tax-paying purposes, and as
some equivalent to the bondholders foI
rehnquishing 50 large part of their claim
a forty per cent. your committee have
urged and insisted that the coupons Of
eoaiprsmise bonds shall be made receiy-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-10
METROPOLITAN NOTES.
Sherman's Movements Dishonest ON.
Cals---A Bit of Sport Among
the Boys.
Special to Cincinnati EnQuiror.l


Special to Cincinnati EnQuirorl
New York, April 8-John Sher-
man, secretary Of the treasury, who
arrived in this city from Washington
yesterday, accompanied by Chief Clerk
Upton, Of the treasury, visited the
sub-treasury at about II O'Clock this
morning, and had long interview
with General Hillhouse, assistant
treasurer for New York, and others.
The heavy bankers Of the city began
calling soon after. The secretary was
urbane, but almost entirely non com
municative as to any definite statement
concerning the object of his visit. He
said he should probably remain in
New York for two or three days, as he
proposed visiting the custom house to.
morrow. The object of his visit is
generally understood to be in reference
to the four per cent, loan.
There is intense excitement among
politicians over a report from Albany
that the governor has decided to
second Mayor Oooper's action in re-
moving the police commissioners.
Fanny Bassett, alias Birdie Bell, 3"
who shot Wash Nathan, is still miss
ing.
A cooking main between New Jer-
sey and New York began in pit in
East New York Monday night and
ended this morning. The conditions
were for each side to show twenty-one
cocks, fight all that fell in at weights
ranging from four pounds five ounces
TO five pounds ten ounces, for fifty
dollars each battle, and one thousand
dollars on the odd fight deciding the
main Seventeen matches were offer
ed At the commencement Of the
fighting the betting was one hundred
dollars to eighty in favor Of New Jer-
sey. Score New Jersey, ten; New
York seven,