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The Portland daily press., 1880-05-19
xLvIth CONGRESSES Session
SENATE.
WASHINGTON. Nav Is

WASHINGTON, May Is.
The bill to remit the duty on salt used by
western men in curing beef the same as is done
in behalf of those who cure fish on the coast
was reported adversely and placed on the CAL
endar.
The Kellogg. Spofford resolutions were taken
up. Mr.. Salisbury supported them.
Bill to prohibit gambling in the army was
placed on the calendar.
Bill for statue of Gen. Daniel Morgan for
the CowpeDS' centennial was passed.
The Kellogg-Spotford resolutions were laid
aside until tomorrow.
The House resolution fixing adjournment
May 81 was read once but Mr. Conkling OBJ
jected to its further reading because it was
worded as a joint instead of a concurrent reso-
luton. 1t was therefore laid on the table.
Conference committee on the post office ap-
preparation bill was appointed.
River and harbor bill was received from the
House and referred to the committee on COM
merce.
1t was agreed sessions should begin at II a.
m. after Thursday.
Committee on appropriations was given
leave to sit during the daily sessions of the
Senate for the remainder of the session.
The pension deficiency appropriation bill
was passed without amendment.
A bill was introduced constituting the act of
March 3, 1873, to place colored men who en-
listed on the same footing as other soldiers as
to bounty and pension so as to extend It's pro-
visions to such soldiers in their claims for
military service.
Several amendments to the District appro-
priation bill were non-concurred in and the
bill was returned to the Senate.
Mr.. McLane stated that he had found in a
paper copy of a letter addressed to him and
Mr.. Ellis as members of the Pacific railroad
committee by ]. A. George, charging bribery
and corruption upon the Congress which had
passed the Texas Pacific bill. No one but
himself and Ellis had seen the letter, so the
man who wrote it must be the only one who
could have had copy of it. He would report
it to the committee for action.
The House went into committee of the
whole on the agricultural appropriation bill.
Bill was read for amendments but the COM
mittee rose without decisive action.
House took recess till evening when a
session was held for the consideration of the
pension bills.
Adjourned after agreeing that the members
of the court of pensions shall hold office six
years.
The Portland daily press., 1880-05-19
A Bar-room Straw,

A Quincy saloon-keeper takes more than
usual interest in the coming Presidential cam
paign, and is continually taking "straw votes. +"
There being quite crowd in his saloon last
Saturday night, he got out his blank tickets
and ballot-box and said:
Here, now, you fellows march up and
vote"
The crowd came promptly up to the bar, and
one of them said:
How do you work the blanked thing"
Just put down the name o. your fayorits on
one o. them strips of paper and then shove it
into the box. After you've all voted, we'll
count 'em, you see?"
The voting progressed briskly for few mo-
ments, and then the judge of election declared
the polls closed. Somehow the crowd failed to
understand the saloonist's meaning, for when
the counting was finished the vote stood:
Whisky ....................7
2v,aoo whiskey........ ........................l
mi.oAy stIat.:
Muishey anu Snugar. ....,,,,,.,,,..1
whisky and strip and bitters. ..............1
D.. N' Il
M
Samei Tilton (the barkeeper's vote) ...........l
The precinct was promptly counted QUIT
Quincy Modern Argo.
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WASHINGTON.

Horace Maynard to be Appointed Post
master General.
WASHINGTON. May 1Sth.-The President
has decided to appoint Horace Maynard, of
Tennessee, now minister to Constantinople,
to succeed Mr. Key as Postmaster General.
The Donnelly-F Finley Investigation.
In the Donnelly- Finley investigation today
an expert admitted he did not now believe the
anonymous letter was written by w. S. King,
and said that it was not impossible for Finley
to have written it.
The Portland daily press., 1880-05-19
NEW YORK.
River Thieves Sentenced.

nIV6I ILIeV05 OoIIOOf1CoUs
New YORK, May 1S.-The four river pirate
captured on the schooner Victor were sentenc-
ed to State Prison for ten years each.
Judge Church's Funeral.
ALBION, May 1S.-It is estimated 5000 people
attended the funeral of the late Chief Justice
Sanford E. Church.
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Another PENNSYLVANIA Town Burned.

BRADFORD, Pa, May 1S.-Forty buildings,
comprising all except four structures in the
town of Coudersport Potter county, were de-
stroyed by fire today Loss $200,000 insured
for $4,000 No loss of life reported.
The Portland daily press., 1880-05-19

NOTICE.-For the past thirty three years,
CONGRESS" Yeast Powder has been extern
sively sold. 1t has always been made pure and
healthy, and is today without rivdal.
R-Slade' SEnglish Mustard ana Congress Yeast
Powder, are standard always relible.
The Portland daily press., 1880-05-19
New York stock and Money 1arise,

By Telegraph)
NEW YORK, May 18-Evening. Money loaned
from to 3 on call, closing att prime mercantile
paper 6951s per cent. Sterling Exchange active
1884 for short. Railroad bonds weak.
The transactions at the Stock Exchange aggregat.
ed 367 $40 shares.
me Following are to-day's closing quotations of
The Portland daily press., 1880-05-19

Ar at Delaware Breakwater 18TH barque Carrie
Wyman, Matanzas.
Ar at Pensacola 18th, brig Emily t Sheldon, from
Port Limon
Ar at Cardiff 18th inst, ship John Watt Sweetsr,
Hayre
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lsElINRANDA,
DOMESTIC PORTS.

Sch Helen, Low from Rockland for New York
which put into Beverly damaged by collision has
repaired and proceeded.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Portland DnIly Wholesale Market.

Portland Duly Wholesale Market.
PORTLAND May Is.
Sugars are steady at the recent decline at 95sc
for graduated and Sc for Extra c. Grain without
quotable change. Flour is firm and unchanged
Cheese easier at 13@16c. Palermo Oranges strong
and about SOC higher, selling at 5O96 90. Lem
ons are irmer but not quotably higher. Eggs about
1sc off. Strawberries retail at 25c y box.
The following are to-day's quotations of Flour
Grain, Provisions. &c.
The Portland daily press., 1880-05-19
Cincinnati Musical Festival
ASIA.

CINCINNATI, May 1S.-The fourth musical
festival began tonight at Music Hall under
favorable auspices.
The Portland daily press., 1880-05-19

Roston Stock Market.
Sales of the Brokers' Board May 1871
First Call.
] Boston & Maine Railroad ......,...12e
$4,000 Eastern Railroad 41as..... 90
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METEOROLOGICAI.

INDICATIONS FOR THE NEXT TWENTY-FouR
HOURS.
WAR DEPT, OFFICE CHIEF S1aNALl
OFFICER, Washington, d. c.,
May 10, A. M.
For New England,
Stationary or rising barometer, winds WEARING
70 east or south, partly cloudy weather and oc,
casionai rain, higher temperature.
The Portland daily press., 1880-05-19
DEATHS.

At Peaks Island, May IS, Mrs. Mary A., wife OF
the late John Bracket, aged 70 years and months
California papers please copy.
Notice of funeral hereafter.1
In Cape Elizabeth. May II. Mrs. Eliza j.. widow
of Robert M. York, aged 43 years.
Funeral on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Methodist Church, Ferry Village.
In Gardiner May 10. Angelina Cary wife of FL
bridge Berry aged 81 years.
In Williamsburg, N. Y. May 15, of pneumonia,
Mrs F. o. j. Smith.
The Portland daily press., 1880-05-19
MAR RIAEES.

In this city, May s, by Rev. c. A. Hayden Ather-
land.
In West Watervlle. May 49, j. Franklin Griggs
of Boston and Miss Clara A. Penney of West Wat
erville.
The Portland daily press., 1880-05-19

Closing prices at Portland Mining Exchange, b,
I. H. Mansfield s. Co., brokers, 81 Exchange street
Portland Me- Nav II.
The Portland daily press., 1880-05-19
Rece,pts Of Maine CeuraI.

PORTLAND, May II.
For Portland, 20 cars miscellaneous merchandise;
for connecting roads, "a miscellaneous, mer-
chandise,
The Portland daily press., 1880-05-19
Whining Stocks

Daily Domestic Receipts.
By water conveyance-10OO bush Cornneal to G
W. True & Co.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1880-09-18
CO M M r AL.

HONOLELU, SEPT. is 1880.
Business for the week continues in It's even course,
undisturbed by any transactions to speak Of break
Its quiet monotony. 1t Is sald that are passing
through the dues month Of the year and that other
portions Of the globe suffering the way but
this does not satisfy the hopes and ambitions Of
mercantile community, who have laid their plans
mensurate with the prosperous condition Of the country
only TO meet degree OF sthgnaton that Is not war.
rancd by the agricultural progress the Islands have
made II s this fact that makes duness the more
pcreeptlblc
Receipts Of sugar for be week ending 9th septem.
ber--iss5 packages. -........s-
number Of vessels are looked for ~ fully due
among which nrcthe barkcntinc Ella and steamer Ho
Chung from San Fnncsco the latter supposed to have
ten days later news than has been received here
The arrivals since last have been the Annie from
the Sound, and the Eureka from San Francisco with
foil cargo Of assorted merchandise among which we
further additions OF stock our already we'll stocked
market OF number OF fine horses offered this week
by 4. r. Adams, but one sold
The foreign departures been more numerous but
mostly In ballast The Consuclo for San Francisco,
took full cargo, mostly domestic produce valued Mt
s5o,2p. The Lady Lampson Is on the BERTH loading
rapidly expecting to get OF early next week to be
followed by the r G Murray.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1880-09-18

EpIroR SATURDAY PREss-Sir: For three
years prior " shis memorable year Of 1850,
Kona has had it's share Of adversities and
drawbacks, in the shape Of deaths, and gem
srsi scarcity Of both food and wator. sad were
1t not that . majority Of the people had sue
ceeded in securing a small nest egg, by
their traffic ip coffee. tobacco and ava, and
also by catching few fish, the distress
among the natives would. no doubt, have been
somswhat heart lrsndiny. But for the most
part Of the time since his year commenced,
Kous has been blessed by very liberal share
Of rain aud moisture, which has continued at
intervals, up to the present time, and there still
is good prospect Of more rain; and native
productions Of all kinds, are in thrifty condi-
tion, and are looking finely and the people
here are jubilant with the prospect OF a good
supply of the Hawaiian staff of life, in the
near future. But the prospect in the coffee
line, is anything but encouraging; as the
blight SO we learn from different sources -
has made an iudiscriminate attack on tho cof-
fee trees in chose localities, known heretofore,
~ the principal coffee sections of ths district |;
consequently, the quantity OF coffee raised will
probably be far less this season than usual !;
and = as matter OF course = the price OF
that much coveted article, will he somewhat
enhanced.
Yours very truly,
OBSERVER.
Kona, Hawaii, September 9th, 1850.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1880-09-18
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IMPORTS.

cs dry goods roll hoops Ehlers Co sao fruit 90
apple. Rss sreS nj q bds
% ,9e watnp ss 9S.eT s MAY
and hardware es sewing machines, q Wells; cs
nr and frames m pkss pkgs anS Vepeta
bss cs ndsc, II Mackay; 90 mats rice 80 pkgs hard-
cotton rood yeSeta
bt.s pkg brocms, cs brushes 50 cs bread 25 tins
amps ss
s %dss bos sf 'sTs
ssss S+GsS5ss a@a s'
M tS Sags u shrs
and coin, ordcr $40 plg groceries etc TO various
Chinese firms.
20 shingles. posts ftiumber. in unna oa''"'
From San Francisco per Eureka September 1l-s2
furniture and hardware Wilder i Cos ia Is dry goods,
Grinbanm 4 Co; seS pkgs groceries 100 bbs lime
1874 m shingles Allen q Robinson; pkgs furniture,
Il Adsms; 25 bbls beef, A j Cartwright a66 pkgs
Castle Cooke; 80 c. and . bbls coal oil Dillingham;
Coz I4i cs groceries 100 bgs beans l5 SKIS bran and
ps l I i Ps' afg.
snddicry Msekay cs machinery, 81 pkss hardmraTe,
O b1s potatoes irwin iSo cs coal OIL I'tsn
Maefarane NJ C9 81 pkgs hardware, g segeken Co;
rams a nj bricks, 50 cs bread II Hackfeld Co; I8
horses buggy sets harness 80 ss oats and bran 10
Rtss Sss
mon Davies; cs dry goods so SKIS beans, ll5 SKIS
gies harness. 1870 bale. hay tons oats, ii Neucr; So
es coal oil 75 bSs ash SO SKIS oats 50 and % bottles
spirits, safe, 3O3 pkgs groceries, to various chinese
firms, l2 pkgs sundries to order.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1880-09-18

Quite number Of people assembled on last Saturday
to witness the muchalkedof trotting match between
the noted horses " Commodore and Oliver" 1t will
be remembered that these horses have been matched
two former occasions. On the llth Of June "Commo
dore beat oliver and on the 3rd Of July "oliyer"
beat "Commodorc. The race was called al about half
looked in excellent conditon; "Commodorc in his
former races being very lnme In Of his hind legs,
but ON this day good Judges pronounced him looking
better than ever since he landed from San Francisco
After scoring several times the start given with
oliver in the lead, which he maintained I'll! he
reached the wire winning the heat In 235 announced
from the stand, but outside watches timed 237I Com
modore acted very strange In this heat and ii seemed
impossible TO make him trot. When the second heat
was called "Commodore" refused to be led out to the
paddock. After considerable scoring the horses
finally sent OF, Commodore" again having q bud start
and he acted Wild and mort like crazy horse ill he
he passed At go gait, He soon closed the gsp and
passed Oliver on The homes,,etch. When near the
was called dead heat, much TO the surprise OF Com
modore friends but 10 the delight Of OLIVER men,
who no doubt expected TO the race at an end after
this heat "conmodore's" driver made protest
get another saiky and tbs third and fourth we're
troted aud given to "Olivcr," time being nounced
from the stand as s.3it and 2,s6, In the third and
fourth heats "commodore" acted very badly-he
seemed actually crazy his mouth vide open and hs
horse VIII say that he l. dead game horse, and from
In" way he acted and circumstances attending this
race there Is doubt but that there job" put up
on the i,ts horse. Many things coming to light since
The race leave no doubt but that these foni play
somewhere fhe judges have not ~ yet given their
written decision on the race 10000 -, .oxvw
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1880-09-18
Early-closing Movement.

We understand that movement is on foot to
obtain few hours relaxation on Saturdays
from the long hours that employees in most of
the business houses here are subject to- Con-
sidering the early hour at which business
commences. and the trying nature of the
climate, it would appear to be the interest of
employers to consult the health of those who
do the actual routine work of their respective
establishments. and allow them n few hours
relaxation on Saturday afternoon. In many
business centers it is rule amongst bankers
to close at noon or mt | p. m. on Saturdays,
thus allowing merchants and Observation-Disclosures
to get away about an hour later. We are glad
TO see the question started, and are pleased to
learn that the heads of several of the leading
houses i'll the city are prepared to discuss the
matter with view to combined action in
bringing this suggestion to pass.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1880-09-18

A VERY valuable paper appears in the
August number of Nineteenth Century. 1t is
headed can Englishman's Protest." and is
written by Cardinal Manning, evidently
though not avowedly. referring to the recent
election of notorious Atheist lecturer to q
seat in the British House of Commons.
The Cardinal writes: "I may be asked
what is this Theism of the natural order. I
answer, that COP exists; that He is good,
wise, just, and almighty that He is our Law
giver and our Judge; that his law, both eter-
nal and positive, is the rule of our life; that
we have reason, by which to know it in its
dictates of truth and of morals that this law
binds us in duties to Him, to ourselves, and to
all men that this law is the sanction of all
personal, domestic, social. civil, and political
life in word, without God there is no society
of man, political. social or domestic Society
springs from God, and lives by His pervadng
will @
"Deny the existence of God and =
formal 'sffirmations' are no more than so
many words. without God there is no law
given above the human will, and therefore no
law; tor no will by human authority can bind
another All authority of parents, husbands,
masters, rulers, is of God. This is not all. If
there is no God, there is no eternal distinction
of right and wrong; and if not then no
morals: truth. purity, chastity, justice, tenn
perance ARE names, conventions, and impos-
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1880-09-18
PASSENGERS.


From San Francisco; per Eureka Sept Ill Bur
Dowsctt. Rily, Stlntes, I d Milton, Hughes.
From Maui, per Kiauea,hou. Sept 11-Hon S g Will
der, W ii Comwell, Mrs W ID Alexander and 2 children,
Chas McCnlly Mrs Moss Miss Chamber lain Miss Moss.
man, p Baldwin, Mr. Cushington Mr. Peterson, Aka
nai. .lurte ba9
=, From windward Ports, pc, Likelike Sept ia-Mr
. Grady, Arnold and family, Mr. ] Arnold and wife,
Kerchon: g W Pilipo and family, Capt Freeman, II
Whitney. + Conrndt. Mr. Kanhanu, master Kauhanu,
Mrs Capt Cutler, Mr. j Smiihics, Rev A o Forbes Mr.
KMsmaMnolha, Kan " Nj Ta.ts, e sheldon, aG Williams and
.rson, G A Brown, Mr. Hatch Mr. Reddington, e II Fox
Miss Wilder, Miss Mccoppn, Milton, Master Frear.
For Maui, per Kilauea-hou Sept is-Miss Barney, Mr.
Peck. 't' 'l
For Windward Ports, per Likelike, Sept H-w II
Reet and servant, T Lcnehan, Roth, Castle and
Tyifs, MsWsSne, " Mewsyne, r Baldwin, Captain
g X,Ceoks Geo Leonard Geo Dunn and wife Mrs
seepnesd, Ahsna' ,WA
For San Francisco per Consuclo, Sept 18th will
iam., OTIS Hsyndsn, Raystein, y II Fuller, wife
yadsoM, Jas Mills, Harris, eoldSten Pittsburg,
w Honicke.
Fo! Port Townsend, per Camden, Sept i6-John
0tacn. GFFtH fFtt WFFrhHefnrfn Fl
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1880-09-18

Mr.. GEORGE BowsEn has laid on our table
copy of his book entitled "The Hawaiian
Kingdom Statistical and Commercial Direc-
tory and Tourists Guide, lss0-sl :" 1t is q
bulky volume of between 600 and 700 pages,
embellshcd with number OF fairly executed
engravings, opening with copies from photo
graphs of the King and Queen, and compris-
ing some very truthful views of Hawaiian
scenery, which must, of course. have been pho
tographic also. As o whole, and considering
all the circumstances of time and place, we
must decidedly give Mr.. Bowser great
credit for the industry he has displayed in col.
ecting and collatng facts representing the
Islands. This we say irrespective of the mani
fold and very natural errors which stranger
just arrived here must inevitably fall into.
We may truly say, the publisher of this book
has done we'll, and by its promise we are led
to expect that his Forthcoming book " The
Illustrated Atlas of the Hawaiian Islands,
will be still more valuable than the present
work. But it may be remarked just here, and
particularly at this juncture in our Island af-
fairs, that whoever writes about us and our
surroundings should be exceptionally well
posted. No newcomer can give "the original
history of tine Kingdom and description of tho
Hawaiian race, their manners, customs, an :
cient religion, their myths and traditions and
their present condition and prospects. The
date at which this very comprehensive work
will appear we are told will be shortly an
nounced; and it is to be hoped that the enter
prsing publisher will avail himself Of all pos
sible facilities in order to give correct and
reliable work on the subject in question 1t
would be far better that no book at all should
be published rather than an incorrect one :.
And it may be remarked in this connection,
that the personal links between the past and
book as whole, it is we'll worth the price
charged
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1880-09-18

We extract the following passage from
"'The Life of the Prince Consort" for the
purpose of showing how Constitutional Gov
ernment is understood by those nearest to the
Throne Of Great Britain. Tho Prince is wri-
ting to his daughter the Crown Princess of
Prussa:-
"The notion that the responsibility Of his ad-
visers impairs the monarchs dignity and import
ance is complete mistake. Here we have no law
of Ministerial responsibility, for the simple
that we have no written Constitution but this
sponsiblity flows, rs logical necessity, from the
dignity Of the Grown and the Sovereign. The
hence ii follows that somebody must be responsible
for his measures, IL these be- contrary 10 law or
injurious to the country's welfare.
/" Ministers here are not responsible qua Minis
ters-that is qua officials as such they are respon-
sible to the Crown, but they responsible to
Parliament and tho people Of the country, as tad
the Crown, and whoever does 50 is responsible to
the country for the advice he has given. The So
called accountability of Ministers to Parliament
responsibility, but out oi tbs practical necessity
which they are under of obtaining the consent of
Parliament to legislation and the voting of taxes,
and az an essential TO this end Of securing its con-
fdence. 10y 70
In practice, Ministers are liable to account for
the way ind manner in which they have admin
istered the laws which they sonjointy with paris
the moneys that have been voted Tor dsnnite
objects. PA v6u .ue y0n
"They are bound to furnish explanations, to
justify their proceedings, TO satisfy reasonable
scruples, and the answer I'VE have as dutiful SER
wants obeyed the Sovereign riH aof Be wcepfsd
Have you acted upan conviction, or have you not 2
is the question II you have not, then you are evil
servants Of the Crown who counsel and do what
you consider wrong or unjust with view To retain
Your snug places, or to win the favor OF your Boy
eregn and this being so, Parliament, as matter
of course withdraws its confidence from them.
Herein, too, lies that Mipisterial power OF
which Sovereigns are SO much afraid. They can
say We will not do this thet because We cannot
BE- rsspoasible for il, BUt Why shoala Soyereign
see anything here " be afraid Of To him 1t is,
in truth. the best Of safeguards really loyal
servant should do nothing for which he 10 pot pre-
pared 10 answer, even though his master desires
It. Make indepeaasnce, not subservience,
the essential of service, and you compel the Min
lister 70 keep his soul free toward his Sovereign
ss you make him stsunch and patriotic. While
time-ssrver the submissive instsunasnts Of =
monarchs extreme wishes and commands-may
lead, and often have led him 70 destruction. 1
The Sovereign should give himself 10 trouble
about details, but exsycise broad genefal supsr-
vision, and see To the settlement Of the principles
on which action Is " be based Thie the
pezsoaally ruling Sovereign cannot do, because he
fs smothered in details, does not see the woi for
ths trees, and hes -