Morning journal and courier., 1880-09-16

may be learned from the fact that on Tuesday peremptory telegraphic orders were received in Portland from New York and Boston to sell bonds of the State of Maine.
 The Massachusetts Republicans acted wise- ly yesterday in renominating Governor John D. Long. He has made good governor.
 One after another of the ordinances oper- ating especially against the Chinese and their peculiar industries has been declared void in the courts of California. The last to meet this fate is the one prohibiting laundries in wooden buildings.
 While the Republicans have no cause to re- jolce over the returns from Maine, the Demo- crats cannot fairly extract comfort from them. The representation in Congress re- mains as it was-three Republicans and two Greenbackers. The Republicans have the Legislature and will elect a United States Senator. At this writing it is also not cer- tain that Plaisted has even small majority. No 'trevolution'' about this
 The Washington correspondent of the Bos- ton Advertiser tells how the ex-rebels in Washington received the first news from Maine. Says he: f'Men who have been in the background since they came out of the old capitol prison; men who all through the war richly deserved to be in it, were vigorously celebrating to-day men who rejoiced when Lincoln died, and who glorifed Wilkes Booth, were reeling about the hotels and bar-rooms. The seedy army of those who prosecute Southern claims were out for a dress parade. Men by the score, whose faces never lighted up during the war, except when there was news of a rebel victory, were busy hand shaking and congratulating their fellows. In short there has not been such general pleas ure among the classes indicated since the day when the Democrats regained control of Con- gress.
 Russia has furnished, her etofore, to England and to other European markets large qusnti ties of wheat. For some years her competi tion with this country has been lessening. It has been supposed, however, that peace and ordinary crops would at least enable her to export large amount of grain. During this present month two vessels from American ports have landed cargoes of corn in Revel, and it is said by Russian papers that the north and middle portions of the empire will need foreign breadstuffs. It is not to be ex- pected that an agricultural country like Rus sia will in any portion of it, for any consid- erable number of years, require to import grain. but the fact appears to be that this year the United States will find market there for portion of it's surplus crops, end this implies, of course, an ample field in Great Britain. It appears that this season the quality of grain is poor in England, and the quantity below the average in France. While there is not much likelihood of extravagant prices, the indications are that we shall have a demand for all nearly all that we shall have to sell
 Soapstone butter is the latest. Dealers in New York city who handle large quantities of Western butter have noticed of late that the fifty pound tubs, which generally weigh from fifty to f1fty-two pounds each when full, now frequently weigh from ffty-six to sixty pounds. This increase of six or eight pounds in the same bulk occurred, it was noticed, only in western packages but even the most experienced butter buyers could detect no foreign substance in this heavyweight" article, and gave up the problem as a mys- tery. Recently a prominent butter and cheese dealer of New York city in Western trip discovered the fraud. A firm in Cincin- natl is engaged in manufacturing powdered soapstone, he says, which finds ready market in supplying legitimate demands, but now the farmers and butter-packers use it to adul- terate their butter. This powdered soap stone, sample of which was given Tribune reporter, is white and fine and tasteless, and is sold at S2O ton. From six to eight pounds can be thoroughly mixed in every tub of but ter so as to defy detection. It greatly in- creases the weight without affecting the bulk very much. The reporter ascertained the names of certain butter packing firms in Gin cinnati which are now using the soapstone in this way It was also ascertained that the powder is now being quietly sold directly to some dairymen and farmers, and that the adulteration is now going on in the churning room. This is worse than ole omargarine.