The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-09-01

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Capt. William Hall, of schooner Richmond of
| this port was made recent victim of the extor-
| tons that are practced upon American shipping
| in Cuban ports. The Richmond chartered to
go to Baracoa for a cargo of fruit for New York.
| She was in ballast, and with view to making
everything straight and in conformity to Cuban
exacions, she put into lnaugua and cleared thence
| for Baracoa. having her papers all right as Capt
| Hall supposed The Spanish law had required
vessels arriving at Cuban ports to have their man
| tests signed by the Spanish Consul, where there
is such an official, and if not, to be certified by
three merchants, to the effect that there is no
Spanish Consul at the port and none residing with
in thirty miles Capt. Halls manifest was in ac
eordance with this law, but on arriving at BaracOa,
he was informed that the law had been changed,
so that after July LIST, all manifests not bearing the
consular attestaton. were required to be certified
by local official, having seal at the port of
clearance instead of by three merchants as before.
No notice of this change in the law had been pro
mulgated in advance of its taking effect and Capt.
Halls conslgnee at Baracoa was not himself aware
of it until it was in force. Nevertheless, Capt.
Hall informed that his vessel would be fined
800 q for this mere technical defect in her mani
test-a defect for which he was not responsible,
and could not have remeded, because he had no
knowledge, or means OF knowledge, that the law
had been changed Capt Hall finally submitted
to the eXtortion, and paid the fine, under protest
leaving his consignee to endeavor to get the
amount of the fine refunded Other vessels in
the same position as Capt Halls were also "fined
and objected to the same outrageous swindle by
Baracoa customs collector.
As soon as formal statement of the facts
be prepared the kchmOnds case will be presented
TO the State Department, which will be asked to
demand reparation 1t is time that these Cuban
custom house buccaneers brought to an ac
count and that the Spanish government were called
upon TO guarantee 10 American shipping It's
ports the rights TO which it is entitled 1t is said
that these outrages are never attempted by Cuban
port officials upon BRITISH vessels because they do
not dare to outrage English subjects Is it not
time that the Spanish colonies taught as
wholesome a respect for the American flag as for
the red cross of England
Capt Cyrus Averill, Of this city, in com
mand Of the bark Surprise, has, we have been told
also been heavily fined recently in Cuban port
but by his own. and New Y ork parties energy sue
ceeded in having the fine cancelled Rockland
Gazette.
YORK COUNTY
York county is noted for lots of things She
raised the only American ever knghted, and she
has raised many men who have been benz lighted
She furnished the last Democratic Congressman
from Maine; for particulars of which, see ancient
history TO be sure he elected from Cumber
land, but he native of York
The principal products of the soil are rocks and
blockhead politicians in the northern part of the
country. Atkins and pudding headed politicians
in the central, and summer boarders and mutton
headed politicians in the southern tier Of towns
1t is said by the wicked and ungodiy that in the
extreme southern part OF the country the potato
IS the 1aFofl'e crop OF the reason mat when the
honest Granger goes out to dig his potatoes, If he
finds none he digs little deeper and gets clans
Either potatoes or CLANS he is quite sure TO fnd,
Tor if the season is too wet for potatoes it is Just
right for clans, and if too dry for clans it is just
right for potatoes.
1t will occasionally happen that he finds neither
potatoes nor CLANS, but he is bv no means dis
couraged thereby: he goes away for a few weeks
less well filed with cells Holsters and fish and
they nav as we'll as either potatoes or clans
When fine census man comes however the Gran
ger j. in doubt whether TO record himself as a
farmer clam digger OF lobsterman Arsns
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ZEN VI Ia i'7'0 y N''''
The heaviest explosion that ever occurred at the
powder mandatory OF atson Burilll, x Co,
at arren, took place Thurs lay. There are some
SIX or seven buildings, and WORK was gong on Ill
all OF them, when the coming mill. or keeling
mill, as 1t Is usually called, exploded with Il tire
mendouS conclusion, com 4etely demolishing and
blowing III the ends OF the packing house and two
other buildings al no great distance. These were
filled with powder, and that neither exploded IS
little less than miraculous. There was one man at
work IN the coming mil, named Samuel Mank, OF
Warren. He was thrown 800 feet across Georges
river. and instantly killed His body seemed TO
have struck the ground some fifty feet short OF
tio II o'oPPe0' 1Iis p'oN Il aloiis ho LNonta,l.
was found near the place where he first struck the
ground The body was Otherwise horribly man
ged being NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as a human being.
and little else than mass of bloody ouiyering
flesh One arm was missing and has not VET been
touud Mr. Mank resided in Warren and leaves a
widow and two chldren The canse Of tho exnlo
sion cannot he definitely ascertained The loss
viii be about $4,000
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No executors u the estate Oh me lale COL ran
els I'M OF Exeter hled the hTst inventory III the
PROBATE once IN ms city to-day Inc executors
were hon + W HIN and Heo Hlli, Esd and
the inventory amounted TO something over 500,
wv III TINS connection we would call attention
70 some prominent points III the He OF the late
to hlll. winch are worthy OF attention from the
youth OF the iand. Inc large fortune winch he
leaves was made en'lIeiy from farming and depos
itllg III me banks the money received from the
products OF the farm lie was never Spectator
III real estate stocks, or anything else but lnvarl-
AMY placed ms money IN banks and there 1t grad
ualiy multiplied inns Is striking instance show
ING that here III Name young man may engage
'iI $50 "nu 'e "a
competency bat great wealth A singular feature
OF the possession Of Col Hill is that for sixty wears
prior to his decease he kept in small trunk in his
house some three hundred silver dollars He was
undoubtedly believer in the dollar Of his daddics
Bangor Commercial
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Pohucs, temperance ana religion were strangely
mixed at the Greenback camp meeting at Lake
MMahocook saturday and sunday, according to
The Argus report OF the proceedings. Rev. Gilbert
De La Martyr was not present and the attendance
was rldlculously small On Saturday the exercises
opened at r NJ. Sewa Colt called the meeting
~ Uiu'I' A. Al i'in mn Pieslueu anu hiaue re-
CIInicJ AN hnur and a half He dwell npon the no
fidnaI hankin, sysam and nan IF rsfi'ndin nq 10,
national debt and declared fLe Grennhant T.r,,
f".
I'M. neorle and hv and nv in tha 9an + tb iab io'
yah the American neonle would heco,ne vntorrios
The newt sneaker was IA nanioIs Of Virainia an
followed i'm Tho same line of aroument Innorsss
man ladd payc the closnp address attackInF, H.
,,iJ I,arti,s -,n1 veh,nentI1 r,;,,r IN t "s l',e
hackers present in The tigbt SUNDAY Raw Iohn
Allen preached in the morning In thn > II tharn
,vas a tamneranrc service at wbinh H. p nror
of FarninGton. presided The sneakers war. Inn
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