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ltion 10. would restore the three repubiicai
senators from Cumberland county, who wer,
Illegally counted o:s- by the Governor ant
Council
Tie answer TO question , would entitlt
Vanceboro, in Washington county, to b.
counted. and would seat the republican rep
resentative in that district and the republican
senator wrongfully counted out in Washing
| ton county.
| The answerfo question would restore the
disfranch.sed towns of JAY, Webster. Lisbon
stoneham, Searsport and Pennington, and
seat five republican representatives from
those districts; and together with the answer
to question eleven. would seat the republi-
can senator from Franklin county.
The answers to questions and demon
strates the utter ilegality of the action of
| the Governor and Council in DISTINGUISHING
Cherryheld and Jersey. and would seat re-
publican representatives from those districts.
The answer to question . wsuld restore the
Republican representative from the Show
hogan district.
The answer to question 10 holds that the
senatorial return from Westbrook was lille
gally rejected and if needed would affect the
senatorial election in Cumberland county.
The answer to question II decides that the
Governor and Council acted Illegally in re-
jecting the returns from New Sharon, Her
sey, Webster and Lisbon, and in acting at all
on those eases without giving the notice and
opportunity for hearing which the republic
cans have steadily demanded. This answer
would seat two republican representatives.
The answer to question II would give the
| republican representative from the Fairfield
district the seat of which the Governor and
Council deprived him.
Roster OF the Macedonian Phalanx of
state House RUNNERS.
A peep at the roster of the Governors
body-guard reveals the fact that there has
been no comparison TO it since the days of
Falstaff. The list is as follows. and includes
many well known to the police, seven of
them having served in the State prison, one
of them being deserter from the L. s. Army,
several of them mere boys and so on:
John johnson, Inspector.
X. W. Black, Commander.
William Britt,
G.. Il. Morton, Aid,
Frank whitney,
John f. Pinkham, Musician,
Cnas. NJ Carter,
George Uersom, Deserter
Manley Pike,
Thomas McGraw,
Richard Goodwin,
Daniel Berry,
Robbie Martin Drummer Boy,
James Granger,
Mark Harden,
Joseph s. whitney.
George Martin, .Ir.,
Harlow W. Hall, Drill Master.
II. Augustus Brick, Sutler,
Frank Mckinney,
Frank Colby,
Hiram Lockwood,
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BY TELEGRAPH.
Associated Press kilograms 20 the Daily
Kennebec Journal
ANSWER OF THE SUPREME COURT
TO the QUESTIONS PROPOSED
TO THEM.

BANGOR, Me-, Jan. 3. 1850.
The following is the full official text of the
unanimous opinions of the Supreme Judicial
Court, finished and signed this afternoon in
answer to questions submitted by the Cover
nor:
To the Honorable Afoaeo Garreioa Governor
of Name:
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MAssACHUsETTs.

Death Of Bishop Haven.
BosroN, January 3. Bishop Gilbert Haven,
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died to-
night.
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which is the true and genuine return, are they
required to treat either of them as valid?
Ans. When two list. of votes are returned
to the Office of the Secretary Of State by the
clerk of any city, town or plantation, and
both are duly certified, the return first re-
ceived at the Office of the Secretary must be the
basis of the action Of the Governor and Coun-
Gil. If defective, or not true copy Of the
record, it can be corrected, or the defects
supplied only in accordance with the provis-
ions of the statutes relating thereto.
This Government rests upon the great consti-
tutional axiom that all power Is inherent in
the people" 1T is government Of the
people. by the people and for the people !"
and if administered in the spirit Of its found
ers, sit shall not perish from the earth" It,
constitution was formed, to use the apt express
sion of one whose memory is embalmed in
the hearts Of his countrymen, ''by plain
people" and ''plain people" must administer
| it. The ballot is the pride, - well ~ the
projection. of all. 1t is the truess indication
Of the popular will. The Official returns re-
quired from the municipal officers Of the sew
eral plantations, towns and cities, are and
will be made by ''plain people, and nsde,
too, in the hurry and hustle and excitemeni
Of election. The. are mot required 70 be writ
ten with the scrupulous nicely Of writing
master, or with he technical securaey d
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the time OF the meeting AT winch the elec-
ton was had, but two selectmen of that
town?
Ans. When a majority of the selectmen
are absent from a meeting for election pur-
poses, or being present neglect or refuse to
act as SUCH and to do all the duties required
of them, the voters at such meeting may
choose SO many selectmen pro tempore as
are necessary to complete the number COM
petent to do the duties, X. S., c. 4, sec. 20.
In case of the death or the removal of all the
selectmen, two would be sufficient and COM
potent to act. The inquiry is, '.if the return
would be valid when there should be but two
selectmen at the time of the meeting at which
the election was had" If the other select.
man had deceased prior to the meeting, the
survivors might act. and their action would
be legal. But the canvassing board are to be
governed by the returns. Evidence would
not be admissible to prove the fact that there
were but two selectmen Of the town. The
Governor and Council cannot officially know
that there are only two.
Ques e.. Can aperson ~ho is not citizel
of the United States at the time, be legally
elected or constituted selectman Of . town
Ans. person not citizen may be elect
ed or constituted selectman, SO that his on
cial acts bind the town and are valid 80 far u
affects the public-such an one would be u
officer de faao and clothed with apparen
right. His acts would bind the town. Dam
rs. Derby, "a Maine, s.: ian officer de fact
| il one who comes into olRce BY color Of le
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WASHINGTON.
Hayti Recoxnizel.

| WASHINGTON, January 3. The President
has recognized Ebenezer d. Bassett, consul
| of Hayti At New York.
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VERMONT.


WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, January .. A
son Of Albert Durkee of Stratford, VT, aged
IA. while carclessly handling . pistol which
he supposed TO be unloaded, shot himself, the
ball entering his heart, killing him instantly.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-05-14
FRIGHTFUL VENGEANCE.

A few weeks ago a respectable
old peasant farmer in Roumelia,
smitten by the charms Of a young
gypsy girl belonging to a tribe
who had squatfed in the neigh
borhood of his farm, induced the
maiden to listen to his addresses,
and finally obtained her consent
to become his wife. He received
several warnings from sundry of
her gypsy lovers, couched in
threatening terms, but was so in
fatuated by her surprising beauty
that be disregarded these mont
tons and married her. On his
wedding night a number of stall
wart gypsy youths broke into his
house, seized him in his bridal
bed, bound him to plank, and
deliberately sawed him IN two,
having previously strangled bis
young wife before his eyes. On
tie same night the tribe struck
its tents and decamped, nor have
the authorities as yet succeeded
in laying hands upon the pelpe-
traitors of the crime.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-05-14
A TOMB FOR A DAY.

One of the most thrilling ad-
ventures in the annals of mining
happened at the Zeile mine, near
Jackson, Cal on Wednesday last,
At the morning shift, Nocolaus
Noce, an Italian, with a number
Of other miners, went to work on
the 240-foot level. Noce, it
seems, was separated from his
companions. They had been at
work but a few minutes when the
premonitory symptoms Of COM
ing cave, such as the creaking of
timbers and falling of small
pieces of rock told them that it
Was time to seek safer quarters.
In Withdrawing they were not
forgetful of Noce, shouting to
him to get out of dangers way.
He, however, did not realize the
nature of the trouble. The cries
of the comrades conveyed the
idea that something was wrong
and he retreated toward the face
Of the tunnel. No sooner had he
got out of the way than the crash
came. One-half of the ledge
next to the hanging wall came
down with a laundering sound,
crushing the heavy timbers like
match sticks, the cave involving
about thirty feet along the ledge
rearing an effectual barrier be-
tween Noce and his companions
and liberty. 1t was not long be-
fore the awful nature of his stu
alton dawned upon Noce. He
was cut off in tunnel, a lone
prisoner in one of the recesses OF
the mine, with hundreds of tons
Of rock and debris choking up the
only possible outlet from bis cell
From the cave the tunnel was
sixty feet in length which would
afford air for day or two. He
was we'll provided with candles,
having two or three with him,
and he began to contemplate the
prospect Of having to subsist by
eating them. Meanwhile the es-
capped miners had communicated
with. Superintendent Rose,wand
within fifteen minutes hundred
men we're picking tunnel to the
rescue. About I o'clock in the
evening an aperture was made,
and Noce crawled our of his
s'tomb for a day -
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-05-14

viii make regular weekly trips in the
Bayou during the entire season, connect
ing reg ularly at Trenton with the Mann
moth sidewheel Weekly Packet FRED
A. BLANKS, of g. 90 bales capacity. No
danger Of any delays in your shipment.
Rates same as other boats and guarantee
to land freight at Pit. Pleasant THREE
DAYS from time Of shipment from New
Orleans, water permitting. Freights
shipped from New Orleans Wednesday
will be landed at Point Pleasant Satur-
day evening. .a.
Steamer Willie passes Point Pleasant,
going up, Saturday eveing; going down,
Friday morning Of every week. a .if''
For further particulars inquire of
p" ~ e JOHN A. MEEK, Agent,
feb2O 6m Point Pleasant.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-05-14
S. II. W. Meek's
@ b N r. RAL Il EN- G Y

d For portable and stationary engines
Of different styles, saw and grist mills,
cotton gins, wagons, buggies, cane and
sorghum mills, evaporators, and improv-
ed agricultural implements. Persons de-
sirous Of purchasing would do we'll and
recei. e advantages by buying through
this agency. Address,
ri GeIsa,s9l s.. I. w. MEEK,
Hamburg, Ark,
by letter, who will promptly respond in
person. Refers to Messrs. John Bussey,
A. I Bussey, W. A. Harrington, Col. J.
VIM. Brown and Hon. Jas. Bussey. '''
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-05-14
g G"WM. FAGAN.'
Built expressly for the trade

built expressly for the trade
GUS HODGE, Master.
L. p. DELAHOUSSAYE,- -------. Clerk.
The Steamer ".Wm. Pagan" will enter
the bayou on the first rise and will con-
tinue her trips, throughout the season.
Thankful for the liberal patronage ex-
tended to the old boat, the "Bastrop,"
the owners of the Steamer "Wm. Pagan"
would respectfully solicit for the new
boat continuance Of the same.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-05-14

Can there be any greater do
tage in the world than for one to
guide and direct his courses By
the sound Of a bell and not his
own judgement and discretion.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-05-14

D Energy will do anything that
can be done in this world; and no
talents, no circumstances. no op-
portunities, will make a two-leg-
ged animal a man without it.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-05-14

The happiness Of your life de-
Ponds upon the quality of your
thoughts, therefore guard ac-
cordingly, and take care that
you entertain no notions insult.
able to virtue and reasonable
nature.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-05-14

The Mobile Register thinks
that without great efforts upon
the part Of the Democracy,
Grant stands a good chance to
carry Alabama if he be nomi-
mated.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-05-14


I patented the we'll for charity's sake
and will put them down on the follow
ing terms LIST. Ten per cent. of the
profits shall be deposited with the au-
thorities of the town, city OF parish in
which they are made, said fund to be APP
propriated to the benefit of the poor and
helpless. I'd. The balance, 80 per cent
to be deposited in any safe bank subject
to my order or my agents order. The
reason that so small portion of
the profits are lett where they are
put down is that there is not more than
one tenth Of the United States that they
can be put down in. 1t is plenty and
will clothe the naked and feed the starry
ing wherever they can be used. Not one
cent shall be appropriated for education.
While | don't wish to sell territory can
give employment to thousands for roy
atty. A. CURTIS.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-05-14

The "They Say Sos" are the
vipers Of society. Eliminate
them from au'ong us, and this
earth would have q smack Of
paradise about it.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-05-14

1t is said that there are one
hundred different ways OF cook.
ing onions, but, unfortunately,
there is only one way Of smelling
them.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-05-14

on an average, seVenty-three
flights of stairs daily and pre-
sented her case to a hundred and
twenty or thirty different persons
every day. No book agent ever
rivated her IN the extent of her
unselfish recklessness of shoe
leather has never been surpassed.
Palermo is not rich city, and
$4,000 seemed to the Palermitans
an enormous sum. Few men
We're able to Withstand the noble
wife's entreaties and tears, and
almost every one to whom she
appealed gave her something, It
it was only a franc. The money
however came in slowly, and
when the week of grace came to
an end, Signora Malenchini had
collected only little over $4,000.
Promptly Oh Monday night the
city express wagon brought the
ears Of Signor Malenchini to his
mortified wife's door. The mis-
cradle woman was almost in des-
pair, but she took the ears with
her and exhibited them to the
persons on whom she called-not
of course for publication, but as
an evidence Of good faith. Thus
stimulated, the charity Of Pal
ermo revived, and the good wife
secured in a single day nearly
$500.
The brigands kept their bar
barious promise. Day after day
fresh samples Of the unhappy
Malenchini arrived in Palermo,
and were duly delivered to the
wife. Day after day
she dragged her weary limbs from
house to house, begging for
money to save at least her hus-
bands life. At a late hour on
Thursday evening she obtained
the last dollar, and went to her
desolate home with the full sum
of $4,000 in her pocket.
She was, indeed too late to
save the majority of her hus-
bands organs. His ears. nose.
lips and eyes were gone, but
there was yet time for the loving
wife to save his head aud bring
him back to her devoted arms.
But she was wise as we'll as low
ing, and she made up her mind
that it was wrong to encourage
brigandage. She said to her
mother, who had shared her
anxieties in collecting the ran
som; els my husband in his
present state worth $10,0O0?|
Had | not better refuse to take
him on the ground that he is so
extensively damaged? With the
money now In my possession I
can get handsome trousseau
and whole husband. Is not this
my plain duty?" Her mother
hesitatingly said that it was, and
Signora Malenchini, after notify
ing the bfigands that on the
whole she mu t decline to accept
The remnant of husband still in
their possession, ordered mass
to be said for his soul, and tried
to meet her loss with resigna-
ton.
Such is the power Of love in
the heart of true woman. What
man can read this touching story
and still sheer at woman's fdel-
ity?- n. Y. Times.
Enarpv will do anukhinoy n a.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-05-14
The latest puzzle is this !:

The latest puzzle Is thus:
Hard Eggs
Boiled. Man
The trick is to get the eggs in
side the man without breaking
the shells.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-05-14

To those that wish to go into the bus
mess, the plain facts are l am &c years
old and can dig and brick 30 feet in sand
in 10 hours with the assistance of two
common laboIers. This is we'll three
feet in diameter, requiring Sc brick to
the foot. The price l ask is 50 per foot
which no one, knowing the cost of dig
ging, etc, and the disposition to be made
of the profits, can say is too much.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-05-14
What they are Represented to be =?

We, the undersigned, who have had
wells made by Mr.. Curtis are satisfied
they are the best wells now in use, if
bricked with good brick and mortar.
They are everlasting wells, cutting off
all seap water, and if we wanted a per-
manent well would prefer this to any
other, and consider they would be
cheaper than recurbing an old we'll. We
have been using said wells from one to
six years and are perfectly satisfied with
he III.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-05-14
A Devoted Wife.

they have lost faith In woman,
and no longer believe that the
accident of sex entities her to
immense and invariable respect.
These are the depraved wretches
who hint that woman is some
times frivolous and tickle, that
she does not, in ali circumstances,
tell the truth, and that she loves
the bonnet which perishes with
the using, more than all the
treasures of wisdom. If there
really is any man so utterly bad
as to enter tain these views, let
him rea,l the touching story of a
brave Sicilian wife to her unfor-
tunate husband. If it does not
melt bin to tears ana wiring from
him the confession that there is
nothing in this world so bright
ami beautiful as woman's fidelity
then he is indeed a lost and
wretched man.
About a month ago, Signor
Carlo Malenchini, rich proprie-
tor, residing in Palmero, was cap
tured by brigands. He had
gone a few miles outside the city
walls to inspect an olive grove
which he had some thoughts Of
buying, and having fallen into an
ambush, was carried by his cap
tors into the mountains and held
for ransom.
Signo: Malenchini had been
married rather less than a year,
and his wife was not only one of
the most beautiful women of Pal
ermo, but she was, at a moderate
estimate, three times as good as
she was beautiful. She loved
her husband devotedly, and no
matter how late he might be de-
tanned at the Office or the lodge,
or how often he was obliged to
attend dinners given by the New
England Society or the Evangel-
icai Alliance, or other respecta-
BILE bodies, she always sat up for
him, and gave him a smiling well
come. She never firted and, in
fact, never did anything to which
the sternest critic could take ex-
ception, and public opinion unan-
imously pronounced her a model
wife.
When this young, beautiful,
and tender creature received a
letter from the brigand chief de-
handing ransom Of $4,000 for
her husband, her suferngs may
be imagined. The brigands gave
her week in which to raise and
forward to them the ransom, and
announced that at the end of the
week, in case of the non-arrival
OF the money, they would begin
to mutilate her husband. They
promised to cut off his ears On
Monday. his nose on Tuesday,
and lips On Wednesday. On
Thursday they undertook to put
out his eyes, and on Friday to
finish the job by cutting of his
head. Most women, On receiy-
ing such an atrocious letter
would have had a tit Of Mysteries
at once, but the Signora Malen-
chini was incapable of such
weakness, and without a minutes
delay, she began to raise the sum
necessary to secure her hus.
bands safety.
The sale of all his personal ef-
fects brought only $4,000, and it
became necessary for her to ap-
peal to the charity Of her friends
and the public. For more than
a week that noble woman spent
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-05-14
Regular Bayou BarthOl-
OaneW Packet.

Will leave New Orleans every ten days
throughout the season for Lind Grove,
Plantersville, Point Pleasant, and all
way landings on Bayou Bartholomew,
the fast; fine and Al passenger steamer
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-04-16
POETRY.
THE TWO VILLAGES.

ovci the river, on the hill.
Lieth village white and still;
AIfaround II the forest trees
SILVER and whisper In the breeze; :
Over 1t sailing shadows
OF soaring hawk and screaming crow.
And mountain grasses. low and sweet.
Grow In the centre OF every street.
Over the river. under the hill,
Another village iieth still
There zee in the clouds at night
Glimm'ring stars OF household light,
Flies that CLEAN from the smithys door,
Mists that curl on the river shore,
And 10 the road no grasses grow,
For the wheels that hasted to and fro.
In that village on the hill
Never 10 sound OF smithy or mill.
The houses are matched with grass aud flowers,
Never clock to toll the honrs
The marble doors are always shut;
You cannot enter In hall or hut;
All the villagers lie asleep;
Never in dreams 10 moan or sigh,
/, Silent. and idle and low they lie.
In that village under the Hill,
When the night is starry and still,
Many weary soul In prayer.
Looks to the other village there,
And, weeping and signing. long tog go
Up 10 that home from this below;
Longs to sleep in the forest wild,
Whittier have vanished wife aud child,
And heareth, praying, this answer fall
- Patience that village shall hold ye ALL"
Rose Tsrry-
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A Joke On Burde.te.

Burdette said b" had lived for years with
in hearing distance Of barrel factories in Pc
oria, and yet never saw . barrel made until
one day he happened to be up in Wiscon-
sin. He was having vacation there, and
with some friends visited cooper shop
where single cooper worked. He found
the operation Of setting mp barrels very
interesting, and watched the cooper as he
placed the slaves around.
!" That doesn't look very strong" said
Burdette.
"I'il be. you q dollar voc can't kick it
down In three kicks" said the cooper.
81 wasn't to be bluffed," said Burdeette,
"and took 1t. Then kicked. Gracious.
that barrel few all over the farm and part
Of it It out into Lake Menitowoc, and /
don't know bnt some some cf It went out
OF the State into Minnesota. There
said !, Il did it,"
ST said in three kicks" replied the
cooper.
Burdette gracefully admitted the catch.
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4 MONARCH OF THE SEA.
THE LARGEST STEAMSHIP IN THE WORLD
NOW BUILDING.

THE LARGEST STEAMSHIP IN THE WORLD
NOW BUILDING.
The City Of Rome, the new steamer Of
the Inman Limo, now being built at Bar
row-in- Furness, Lancashire, Eng, will be
Q marvel Of marine architecture. The N.
Y. Herald says she will be the largest and
finest merchant vessel In the world. She
will be Q 900 tons larger than the Arizona
or the City OF Berlin, her sister ship, and
500 tons larger than the new Cunarder nov
being constructed on the Clyde. She 10 to
cost over s100, 900 900. IL 10 said, and will
bs as near perfection in tho way Of safety,
speed and comfort - 1t 10 possible for
steam companies and shipbuildsrs 10 at
tain. She will be completed in the spring
OF 1881, and 10 to be placed On the regular
line between New York and Liverpool.
The dimensions Of tho City Of Rome will
be: I.angth Of keel, 646 feet; length oil
over, $50 feet; breadth Of beam, 80 feet;
depth Of hold, SO feet Q inches; depth from
top Of deck houses to keel. 80 feet. Her
measurement will be 8, 800 tons. The hull
will be of the best iron and will be built
in the best manner, with II horizontal
bulkheads and two longitudinal ones. The
engines will be 7500 horse power, with six
cylinders, three Of which will be high pres
sure and three low pressure. II is promis-
ed that the new vessel will attain the
great speed Of 13t knots an hour. The sa-
loon and staterooms will be placed amid
ships and will contain every facility for
comfort and luxury. All the latest i'm
provements will be adde, and the cabin
will be splendidly furnished.