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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-02-12
The EnsOIyent Act of 1875, and
Amending Acts.
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITcoDIAC LUMBER
COMPANY, INSOLVENTS...
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
FElHE Spool Factory situate at Petitcodiac in the
Il Parish of Salisbury County of Westmoreland
and Province of New Brunswick, belonging to the
above estate This establishment includes the follow
ing buildings: factory three stories in height 4OX
80 feet, filled with machinery for the manufac-
ture of spools. engine of 80 II. p, two large
and new sets of machinery specially arranged for
the purposes of turning out large quantities of spool
blocks at low cost, Scotch blocker, Scotch
fnisher, two American roughers AMI three Ameri-
can fnshers, three elevators and all tools required
to accompany the above, all In complete working
der; also Dry House so MOO, small do. 20 y 80.
store house 40 X 100 blacksmith shop 20 %, and
lumber shed 25 200.
Such land as may be necessary for the purposes Of
the business will also be sold with these buildings.
This factory is entirely new situated the line of
the intercolonal Railway syty-ive miles from the
City of st. john and can be supplied with excel
lent spool stock at very low rate. Dated this 26th
day of January A. ID. 1880. Z. MCLEOD.
ia30dlmo Assignee.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-02-12
MAINE CITIES.
lettings bv Press Correspondents.
BATH.

Ball-Jottings-The Robin Hood-Econom-
ical-Business Notes Gossip-Accidents
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-02-12
AS A POLITICAL JOURNAL

the PRESS viii be devoted as in the past TO dis
eliminating support Of the Republican Party and
will stand through thick and thin for an honest and
stable currency and the equal rights of ali sixena
throughout the length and breadth of the Republic
1t will always speak out for education, good morals
and just laws believing that the safety Of the nation
depends upon these things.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-02-12
STONINGTON LINE
FOR NEW YORK.
AHEAD OF ALL OTHERS.
This is the Only Inside Route
Avoiding Point Judith.

Steamboat Express trains leave Boston from Boe-
ton Il Providence X. r. Depot daily except Sunday
ut $50 p m, connecting at Stonington with the en-
trels new and superb Steamer Rhode Island, every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday and with the ele-
CANT and popular Steamer Stonington, every Tues
Away. in advance Of all other lines. bag
gage checked through
Tickets procured at depots of tl,sron q Maine Ard
Eastern Railroads, and at Rolys & Adams % Fl
change St., and W. ID. Little Co.'s, 491s Eachang.
Street.
L. W. WILKINS, g, RARoCK
Gen: Passenger Agt, NV Yeyk. PRECEDENT.
octl dH
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-02-12
s. R. NILES,

Advertising Agent,
FREMONT ST.. BOSTON.
Co tracts for Advertisements Newspapers In al
cities nd towns of the United tates Canada ana
British Provinces.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-02-12
As a Commercial Paper

the PRESS viii contain full MARKET REPORTS
and MARITIME NEWS. The growing importance
of Portland as distributing center for Maine and
Its fast increasing wholesale trade make daily pa
per at this point of special importance every
chant and business In the State who proposes to
keep up with the times.
In a LITERARY and SCIENTIFIC WAY the
PRESS stands high and its general news and infor-
nation are abundant and accurate
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-02-12
HOTELS.

Portland Daily Press
1890.
For several years the PORTLAND DAILY Press
has been the largest and complete daily Journal
published in Maine; and its Publishers announce
their determination that it shall be in the future as
t has been in the past beyond question the
BEST NEWSPAPER in MAINE.
All its Departments will be more thoroughly con-
Quoted and no effort or expense win be spared to
make the PRESS more valuable and desirable.
The PRESS has a larger and stronger EDITORIAL
FORCE than any other paper in Maine and has I'M
excelled facilities for collecting In all parts of
the state.
The BUSINESS, AGRICULTURAL and MANU-
FEATURING interests of Maine win receive the
continued attention of the PRESS.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21

Mr.. George T. Barnes, member of the
National Democratic Committee for Geor-
gia, has been giving to the committee and
the public some very interesting statistics
concerning the condition of the colored
race in in that State He says: Accord
ing to the estimate of the School Com
missioner of Georgia the wealth of the
South in 1870 was only three-ffths of
what it was in 1860, and nearly one-third
of our population consisted of recently
manumitted slaves, owning no taxable
property. In Georgia the proportion was
greater. Yet in the face of these obsta-
cles we have accomplished great results
in the education of the colored people
In 1873 there were enrolled in our public
schools, colored scholars, 10, ,755; in 1874,
42,374; in 1875, 50,35s; in 1876, 57,s97 !;
and in 1877, 1880. take these figures
from the School Commissioners report of
1878. Since the Democrats have
been in power the funds appropriated to
school purposes have been sacredly ap-
piled to these objects. But such was not
the history of the Republican Legislature
elected under the reconstruction acts. In
1870 they took from the Treasury and ap-
piled to general purposes $242,O37.92
which belonged to the school fund. = :
No one is allowed to vote in Georgia who
has not reached the prescribed age and
paid his taxes By the Comptroller Gen
erals report of 1879 we had 1892 COL
ored polls, and according to returns made
by themselves under oath to the Tax Re
ceivers of their respective counties they
owned Sal, ,l99 acres of land. This is an
average of more than Ito acres to each
colored poll in the State. When you
examine the Comptroller's report for q
series of years you again discover 9 steady
and rapid increase in the acquisition Of
land. In 1874 the colored population of
Georgia returned to taxation 33s, ,769
acres; in 1875, 396, ,65s; in 1876, 457 ,635 |;
in 1877, ass, s,9ss; in 1878, sol, 800; and
in 1879, 54l,l99. These figures abund-
antly prove that under Democratic rule
in Georgia, the Southern State giving the
largest Democratic majorities, the colored
race is rapidly advancing, both in acquisi-
ton of knowledge and wealth.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21

Gainesville SUM-
AT least nineteen-twentieths of the
taxes to carry on the State and county
affairs are paid by those who are not
reckoued among the Radicals-some of
them are Republicans, but not Radicals.
The number, character and complexion Of
those who would agilely, delightedly, and
with Tannerian appetites spring into Off
ces, and cleave to them, if DIR. Conover
were elected Governor, can be readily
counted. Il il for this small number of
hungry ofhce-seekers that the Taxpayers
are expected to live and labor. The prop
erty Of the country 10 TO yield them ex-
travagant means of support and revelry.
And this by means of the votes of nom
Taxpayers, who have nothing to lose and
no inEasest IN economical and law-enforc-
ing g0ysznnenk What commentary on
rightsouasesl
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21

STALwART SENTIMENTS. = Judge Rich
ardson, of the Court of Claims, 4 stall
wart of the stalwarts, said TO Massa-
chusetts friend: 1t looks as thougE Han
cock would be elected, and l hope lie will
be. he would make better President
than the other man." Senator Logan said
only two or three days ago to q friend
who asked him what he thought iDf the
situation am afraid they've gol Gar
field"
The Boston ROss contains letter
from ex-P Poetmaster-G General Horatic King
in which be declared in favor of ths cleo
tion Of General Hancock, and gives his
reasons Why Garfield sheuld not be elected.
lit seems that Senator Conkliilg has
authorized member Of the Natiosal Re
PRhlieaa committee to state that lie viii
make fcnr speeches IN IDdi8na and three
in Ohio. General Grant, it ia saia, win
preside at the first meeting in The West
at which Senator Conkling speaks! 1t is
now given ont authoritatively that the
National committee win send NO money
TO TIE South, and that no RepEiblican
speakers will 60 there under their auspi-
ca The CRY Of . "solid South = is the
only stock in trade which they hare left,
and i Is quite natural that thsyldo not
yiah 70 psrt with l. Mr. Blainl. after
the election ip Maine, win stump The
Wet. going = far = Cali9ornia. Gen
sral Ger6eld hes informed ths NltfienAl
eeNnittse thet - considers r vifstly I'M
poFta9t % carry Indiana in Qcsobsf. and.
heiRnipg il 4 few dayu. ths eonmissee
Niill paqF 81 thsir aysiIsble eash iipio thas
sssss - - i ften e. : sad xisA
thss ht aPeakssk Isl
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21
The Railroad Contractors Nation

The Railroad Contractors National
Association has resolved itself into .
Hancock and English Campaign Club, OF
which Richard Dooley, Of Saratoga coun-
ty. New York, is President; John Mo
Carthy Scully, New York City, Record
ing Secretary; John Clafy, 4s Dey
Street, Treasurer, and Edward OShea,
40 Dey Street. Corresponding Secretary.
The Vice-Presidents. Secretaries, and
members of the Executive COMMITTEES are
from nearly every State in the Union. Il
was decided to erect . banner over it
headourters across Dey Street. The most
significant resolution passed ct the nrsi
meeting of the club was q follows:
Re.psssd. That the Vics-P -Prssidsnts g % @
feFcnt States, at present tne ~ss.
plovers of 1850 cifizens, anq mroQzn ~
cnnfineencies likely to be employen g 49, -;
o0D vciers before OctcheT, ere nexs1y - ,
- ssare csunpaikn clubs, enEru meM1s.s ;
enser reneTSIiy Into TIE spiSif - ecaSl -. -.
nefriotfsm ipspiEed ~ the n1plse,1o1 J. -. ssz
coek, ard diIixently VOL y 49, ~. n
elaiss fsr ~ s1ccesa - > Pr zlls :. - 4
-E6w XcEk &NM
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21

L. there any nee In fretting
At the thorns We ofien find
Mid the roses in our pathway!
Pluck the rose and "never mind"
If our life is dark and dreary.
And the clouds seem leaden-lined,
Hidden deep, earth's richest treasures.
We shan find them, "neyer mind"
As We rife memory's casket,"
1t IL hard to feel resigned;
But the past is gone forever,
We must bear ii, "never mind"
While the future lies before Us,
Need we care to glance behind?
4" Let Us gather up the sunbeams,"
Do our best, and never mind"
All our losses, all our sorrows,
Every act and deed combined,
Truthfully win be recorded.
Trust in God, and never mind"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21

Baldwin, September 81, Tuesday.
Hon. R. II. NJ. Davidson, Conservative Demo
cratic candidate for Congress, Hons. Wilkinson
Call, Samuel Pasco, ]. p Wall, A. s. Mann and
other distinguished gentlemen win address the
citizens of South Florida at the following times
and places:
Barlow, Tuesday, September 81.
Cork, Wednesday, September 22d
Fort Dade Thursday, September g.
Stewards Chapel, Friday, September "a
Leesburg, Saturday, September %.
Sumterville, Monday, September %.
By order of the District Committee
E. c. LOVE, Chairman.
Hon. W. D. Bloxham, Hon. G. W. Jones, A ].
Russell, Gen. R. Bullock, T F. King, A. s. Mann,
Col. S. NJ G. Gary, ]. B. Wall, Hon. G. G. Nc
Whorter Hon. c. E. Yonge, Candidate for Presi-
dental Elector, and other speakers win address
the people of East and South Florida, at the
following times and places:
McanOpy, Wednesday, September 22d
Ocala, Thursday, September 23d
Whitesville, Friday, September Gath
Leesburg, Saturday, September 25th.
Sumterville, Monday, September 9th.
BroOksvle, Wednesday, September Goth
Tampa, Friday, October 1st
Alfalfa, Saturday, October I'd.
Manatce, Monday October 4th
Pine Level. Wednesday. October 9th
Fort Green, Thursday, October 7th
Barlow, Saturday, October 9th.
By ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE.
Hon. W. D. Bloxham, Hon J. E. Yonge Hon.
P. p. Bishop, Col G. G. McWhorter, Col E. E.
Foster, Hon. c. W. Jones, and other speakers
will address the people of East and South Flor
ida, at the following times and places
Orlando, Tuesday, October 18TH
Fort Reed Wednesday, October 18th
Enterprise. Thursday, October 14th.
DeLand Friday, October 18th.
Palatka, Saturday, October 10Th
st. Augustine, Monday, October 18th
Green Cove Springs, Tuesday, October 10Th.
jacksonville, Wednesday, October Goth.
By ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE
Hon. Robert Fl. NJ. Davidson, Conservative
Democratic candidate for Congress, Hons W.
Call, S. Pasco, G. A. Stanley, J. F. Mcclellan
and W d. Barnes will address the citizens of
West Florida at the following times and places ::
Apalachicola, Monday, October 4th
Chattahoochee, Wednesday, October 9th.
Pensacola, Monday. October 18th.
Molino, Tuesday, October 18th.
Milton, Wednesday, October 18th.
Freeport, Friday, October 18th.
Eucheeanna, Saturday, October 18th.
Cerro Gordo, Monday, October 18th
Vernon Tuesday, October 10Th.
Orange Hill, Wednesday, October Goth.
Cnderwood's, Thursday, October 21st
Marinana, Friday, October 22nd.
Carpenters, Saturday, October 23rd.
Wewahitchka, Monday, October oath.
By ORDER OF THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21

Gen. J. ]. Finley, Maj. A. J. Russell, Hon.
c. p. Cooper, General William Loring, A. St
Clair-Abrams and other Democratic speakers
will address the people at the following times and
places:
Baldwin, September 81. Tuesday.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21

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stnri-9tthIp 5IoriNian.
TEISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.

ADVERTISING RATES.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
The Proposed Brazilian Steamship
Line.

The encouragement of direct trade be-
tween the South and West, and the
South American countries, are desira-
bic for its effect in opening up new mar
kets for the productions of these parts
of the United States To this end, bills
have been introduced in both houses of
Congress, authorizing the Postmaster
General to contract with the Mississippi
Valley q Brazil Steamship Company, of
st. Louis, for semi-monthlv mail Serv-
ice from New Orleans TO Havana. King
ton, Jamaica, Port Spain, Trinidad, in
the West Indies, and para, Maranham,
Pernambuco, Bahia and Rio de Janeiro,
in Brazil, the contract to continue dur
ing ten years, with a compensation Of
SO for each nautical mile, providing
the compensation shall not exceed 3135,-
600 per annum. The Company Is allow
ed, under the provisions Of the bill, to
conduct also an express business and to
maintain river connections between St.
Louis and New Orleans According to
Washingtonsspecial this bill has the
approval of the Postmaster General and
the Secretary of State, and is likely to
receive also the support of the friends Of
the Ellis bill tavoring Mr.. Roach in his
efforts to secure the New Orleans as we'll
as the New York line to Brazil
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
Sherman Looking after his Fences
Down South

The following IS a copy OF letter
sent by the Sherman ring to a distin-
guished clergyman Of this State, under
the false impression first, that he is a
Radical in political sense, and second,
that he is a wolf in sleeps clothing, a
political parson who soils his clerical
robes in the polluted mine of partizan
intrigue, and wears saints livery TO
serve the devil in. The letter reveals
the plan Of the Sherman Presidential
organizers. 1t chimes his praises to
the tune in which sectional strife-makers
most delight. 1t Is modestly stated by his
mouth-piece, that he is the ''fttest man
among the candidates, and the candi-
date most fitted" He is the 'stalwart
member Of the Cabinet" He has APP
pointed more colored men TO office than
all the other members Of the Admins
tration put together" And like another
distinguished politician, if elected Presi
dent, he intends To give everything tc
everybody and especially the colored
people He assures his faithful leige
men, that the goose hangs high. True
the New York and Pennsylvania Re
publicans have declared for Grant, but
that is the '.second best thing they
could have done to help on the Sher
man boom. Sad will be the day, wheI
cold-blooded malignant and schem
ing demagogue like John Sherman i
placed at the head of the government
1t viii be remembered that he was tbs
chief among the intriguants who sci
aside the eight thousand Democrat,
majority in Louisiana, and procured the
vote Of the State for the Presidential
candidate whom she rejected And o
all the serviceabIe tools Of the money
power, he heads the list. He engineered
the bill demonetizing silver through tn,
I Senate in 1873, and since It's partial res
4 toration to its constitutional functions q
/ money metal, he has been unwearied anC
INSCRIPTIONS in his efforts to defeat tn,
successful operation of the law. Ht
is the Administration champion of tn
scheme to divest greenbacks Of thei
legaItender function, to contract tn,
currency in the interest Of the bond
holders; and the letter herewith publish
ed, shows that he is the one candidat,
who waves the bloody shirt as Il sign o
sectional strife in order that it may hell
him to the chief magistracy of the
4 Union
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
The Freedman's Savings Bank Rob
harV

Senator Bruce, the colored Senator
from Mississippi, with a pardonable
sympathy for his race, has introduced
a bill in the United States Senate APP
propriating $4,000, 600 TO reimburse
celored depositors for losses incurred
by the failure of the Freedman's Saw
ings Bank. Bruce may not know, but
there are other Senators who do know,
that the appropriation of this money
from the treasury Is unauthorized by
the constitution and would be fraud on
the taxpayers, colored as well as white.
The Freedman's Savings bank was con-
cieved in sin and brought forth IN inl-
guilty. The object Of the authors OF the
scheme was to plumber the unsuspectng
negroes by inducing them to entrust
their earnings with the corporation
under promise of safe keeping and
large profits. The head OF the
band Of robbers was the christian
soldier" Gen. Howard who was loud
in his abuse of the Southern whites for
alleged wrongs against the negroes, when
he himself was plundering them under
the guise of philanthropy. There Is no
shadow of claim against the government
for making good the losses. Besides
many Of the victims are dead, and an
appropriation by the government would
be simply another feast for the sharpers
and harpies, who are no doubt imposing
upon the credulity of Bruce, and using
him q. q catsnaW.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
Mississippi State Board of Health.
MEMORIAL To CONGRESS.

On the 18th, Representative Muldrow
from the lst District, presented the fol
lowing memorial from the State Board
of Health of Mississippi, in relation tc
epidemic diseases, for reference to the
Committee on Epidemic Diseases:
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, April ;. 1880.
To the honorable Senators and Representa-
tives of Mississippi in the Congress of the
United States:
GENTLEMEN The undersigned, mem
bers of the Mississippi State Board OF
Health, present at the regular annual session
of the Board now being held in the city OF
Jackson, deem it their duty TO inform YOU
that the National Board of Health has
promptly extended during the past year all
the aid needed by protect our State
against another epidemic visitation of yellow
fever We desire to express, in the most
emphatic manner, our opinion that the
affairs of the Rational Board of Health
have been administered with great prudence
and ability.
We believe that it would be unreasonable.
in the present condition of sanitary science,
to expect that or any similar organization
to accomplish in day results that can be
reached only through long series of years,
in which ripe experience, founded on patient
and laborious investigation, shall fully de-
termine the practical details of sanitary
work.
We therefore view with feeling Of great
concern the indications of a prejudced hos
tility to the National Board of Health which
have been manifested in certain quarters,
and We would most respectfully urge you,
i'll view of the recent sanitary legislation of
our own State Legislature, to support the
National Board in its laudabe efforts to car
ry out the work imposed upon it.
We would remind you that our Legisla-
ture at its recent session amended our health
statutes so as to confer on the State Board of
Health absolute power in matters of quar-
antine, and made liberal appropriation to
enable US to enforce these statutes.
We do not hesitate to say, in view of the
great responsibility resting upon us, that We
cannot efficiently discharge our duty with
out the aid and cooperation of the National
Board of Health, and that any action on the
part of Congress tending to restrict the
power or to withhold the means needed to
carry out the recommendations made in con-
nection with the National Academy of
Sciences by the National Board of Health
in its annual report would be regarded by
us as a direct blow at the most vital inter
ests of our beloved State.
Praying your earnest consideration of this
important subject, we beg leave to remain
with sentiments of the highest regard
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
The Code and the Codifer

Some criticisms were made NJ tbs
time the preparation of a new Code O
Laws was entrusted 10 Judge Campbell
and also at the time. when by Joint reso
luton of the two Houses Of the Legis
lature, he was invited 10 a seat in the
body. with the right of participating in
the debates upon its adoption. 1t was
said that his position rs a member OF
the Judiciary, rendered it improper, If
not unconstitutional, to devolve such
duties upon him, The objections are
manifestlv ill-founded. As Codifier,
he merely submitted written sugges-
tons which had none of the elements of
law until adopted by the Legislature.
and in participating in the debates he
simply explained the propositions sub
mitted with the reasons which had in
duced them. In no sense was there any
blending of legislative and judicial
functions. When the Code of 1857 was
prepared. the selection of the Codifiers
was entrusted to the Judges of the High
Court of Errors and Appeals. Among
those selected, was William J.. Harris,
then and during the entire session Of the
preparation and adoption of the Code,
one of the Circuit Judges of the State.
While still filling the office Of Judge, he
sat on the floor of both Houses of the
Legislature, and took part in the de
bates on the Code. Certainly, if there
had been anything unconstitutional in
his preparing Code of Laws for the
State, he would never have been selected
for the work by those distinguished
iurists, Smith, Handy and Fisher, and
if it had been improper or unseemly for
him to have taken part in the legisla-
,',-a debates, no man who knew William
r ne. can for a moment, doubt
that he woulo have been the first to
have recognized it. Our o el was
never adorned by man of lo4- go
ing, or higher sense of personal an.
official propriety.