The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-17

forwarded yesterday, through Drex-
ell, Morgan s. Co., $500 to this Irish
Land League for the relief of the
distressed. A mass meeting will BE-
held in New York next week.
A special cable despatch from
Dublin says: The Catholic bishop
Of the diocese of Achonry, Ireland,
in acknowledging French subscrip-
ion fer the relief of the distress in
Ireland, dwells on the pitifnI condi-
ton Of his flock, and declares that it
is painful to have to stretch out the
hard towards America and France
rather than to fourishing England
whi,h yearly receives millions from
ireland as taxes.
THE MAIN MIXTURE.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Jan. 11.-Lewis
Barkea on behalf of his client,
Ebene2er Sproul. of Venzie, has at
tached the property of Z. F. Pills
bury, OF the Maine Standard, for libel
based upon an article in that paper
charging Mr.. Sproul with bribery.
Personal service will be made on Mr..
PillsDurT tomorrow. The case will
be tried in Penobscot county. 1t is
limited that the programme of the
Fusionists will be to send the Ser
geant-at Arms from the House to
arrest either Eugene Hale or Prof.
Young or both, and bring them into
the House to form a quorum. 1t is
now utterly impossible to secure a
quorum unless the presence of Re
publicans is secured, and that seems
hardly possible, as the failure to Sc
sure quorum thus far has more
strongly entrenched the RedubiIcans
in their position. The Fusionists
will exhaust every possible means to
legally elect the Governor and Coun-
Gil, which will be the signal for pro-
ceeding to business, which has been
suspended entirely. How such an
election can be held, and how it
would be regarded by General Cham
berlain, now acting as Governor. is
not known but that it is cOntpmpla-
ted Is gathered from consultation
with leading Fusionists and their re-
marks in the Senate. The feeling is
quite. general that members from the
cities will be allowed soon to take
seats. Major Smith, the Greenbaclx
candidate, left for home on Saturday,
but expects to return tie first or the
week. d. +. Davis remains on the
ground. On Saturday prominent
Fusionists applied to Gen. Chamber
lain for the discharge of the Augusta
police in charge of the State House,
expressing the belief that public
property was not endangered. Cen
eral Chamberlain informed them that
if the request was granted, he would
order two companies of militia to
take their place. An order was writ
ten for two companies to come by the
s O'clock train but the gentlemen
making the request changed their
minds, and the order was cancelled.
AUGUSTA. Me, January l0.-The
Agent of the Associated Press sends
the following in explanation of the
circumstances which drew from Mr..
Blaine his telegram denouncing the
charges connecting him with the
alleged attempts at bribery:
The special report concerning Mr..
Blaine. to which you referred in
your despatch to me yesterday, has
come to hand. 1t consists simply in
a statement that the alleged briber of
Swan was seen to go to and from Mr..
Blaine's residence about the time the
alleged bride was delivered. The en-
tire absence of significance in this
fact will be appreciated when | as
sure you from my presence and per-
sonal knowledge that Mr.. Biaine's
residence. from early breakfast hour
TO midnight of that day, and indeed
every other day during the week, has
been constantly filed by a very large
crowd, averaging from fifty to hun
dred and fifty persons, including
large portion of the Republican SEN
ators and representatives and their
friends from all parts of the state.
The large drawing rooms, conserva-
tory. reception room, dining room,
billiard room and halls haye been
Given M to the crowd of interested
Republicans, without limit or re-
straint. Mr.. Blaine himself spent
most of the day in his private library
with the Advisory Committee, and
Mr.. White says that he never saw
rim during the entire day-eycept
while he was passing hurriedly from
one room to another. Had / known,
tbe character of the report about
which you telegraphed to me, ! !