The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-03-03

in addition have a lien upon" individual
property, despite the apparently adverse
ruling upon this point by the United
States Supreme Court III the Memphis
bond case. Those who interpret that
decision as sustaining or tavOring repudia
ton place a wrong construction upon it.
But the creditors of the city need not 90
to that length to obtain their dues, us we
have shown. Reputation in this case
would cause an increase instead of de
crease in taxation. and every taxpayer
should have this fact impressed upon him
before he goes to the polls one week from
Monday next.
Tomorrow President Garfield will be
inaugurated at Washington with the
usual forms and ceremonies, but with
more than die usual evidences of popular
good Will. The procession bids fair to
exceed any demonstration of the kind
ever witnessed at the national capital,
and the public and private decorations
are Oh Il grand scale. President Garfield
Will assume the office with the good
wishes of all whose good wishes are worth
having, and with the general conviction
that he will prove one Of the best Presi-
dents this country has ever had. The
Inauguration ball. which takes place to-
morrow evening, will be in the National
Museum Building. which covers several
acres, and is admirably adapted for the
purpose. The President elect arrived at
Washington Tuesday morning.
The murder of which the details are
given in another column is one Of the
most horrible in criminal annals. 1t
prompts the Portland Advertiser to ask
and We fully endorse its remarks
VIII the Legislature in session, 90 quietly
home and allow this epidemic Of crime to rage un-
checked tor iwo years longer Capital punish
ment is not abolished. Charles Merrill is not to be
hanged but his gray haired mother has been con
demned 10 death by our humane law, without
Judge or niy is it not time 10 pro.ect the vic
TINS instead Of the muIderers
Captain " II Waldron, seni r editor ct the
Lewiston Gazette died at II p. M Friday. He
was 50 wears of age. a native of New Hampshire,
and had been connected with Journalism since his
seventeenth year H. learned his trade a print
er in the office Of the Dover n. Il Enquirer, and
subsequently removing to Boston was one of the
five compositors who started the Boston Her
aid on the cooperative plan. In 1912 in com
pany with Dr. Garcelon he published the first
number of the Lewiston Journal in which he re
tanned an interest until 1857 when he sold out to
Mr. Dingley Mr.. Waldron also founded the
Brunswick Telegraph and for time publisher
OF the Portland Advertiser He STATED the ia
zette, with winch he was connected al the time Of
his death, IN 1872. His death is supposed to have
resulted from the effects OF wound received the
day before Gettysburg, when Captain Of Com
pany l. 10Th Maine lie leaves a widow one son,
and daughter, the wife Of Charles E. CoIvert, of
the Gazette, He good citizen and his loss
will be generally felt.
The Union Chronicle has recently directed at
tenton to the fish business of Portland. which has
attained greater magnitude than we had sup.
posed Over $1,000 barrels of mackerel we're
packed in 1880 and some dozen firms are engaged
IN packing, and IN the wholesale fish business
The mackerel actually packed in Portland last year
are estimated at market value of 500 0Ou and
competent persons place the value OF the Goldfish,
mackerel herring aud fresh fish handled III 1890 at
rising g o100 900 These fish are brought to Port
land by some five hundred sail of which about one
hundred owned in that city and the remainder
chiefly along the coast. These vessels represent
an invested capital of over 81 900, 900. and are
manned by more than twenty five hundred sturdy
men. Half dozen firms are engaged in fitting
out tisherm n tins branch of the business amount
ing to not less than 500 900 year. Substantially
all the mackerel brought into Portland are taken
with seines aud the proposed prohibition of sein-
ing would, it is cOntended, destroy this important
industry.
Congressman Murch has been making some big
strikes for notoriety Of late. First he attacked
the Washington, ID c. Gas Company and called
for al investigation into the affairs of that con
Germ. His next move is thus described in a Wash
ington despatch Of the 9th ult-
The House Committee on Public Buildings held
meeting to day to consider an allegation made
by Murch that he had been corfuptly approached
in the matter of his vote on a bill to enlarge a Ger
tain government building Murch prefers the
charge against George Jones' of New York Treas
prer of the Greenback Executive Committee
New York nearly escaped panic last week
caused by stringency in the money market
Secretary Sherman relieved the pressure by order
ing the purchase at market rates of ten millions of
bonds The trouble arose from the national banks
surreDdering their circulation in anticipation of
the passage of the funding bill and thus curtail-
ing their resources. In other words. only the
prompt action of Senator Sherman averted panic
due to Democratic legislation
Some twenty or twenty five Democratic Con
gressmen, all members Of the next House have
organized themselves into Free Trade Congress
sonal Alliance. whatever that may mean As
the organization was perfected at dinner table
and Hon. S Cox was chosen president we ex
pect there is Joke somewhere. That is why we
Laugh
Our George continues his sketches of Washing
ton this week Reading his letters is the next
best thing to visiting the National Capitol yourself
SUDDEN DEATHS Senator Matt Carpenter of
Wisconsin, died at Washington on Thursday morn
ing, from Bright's disease. He called on the Pres
ident the preceding Friday. At Milwaukee, Car
penters residence flags were at half mast near
ly all public buildings and many private residences
in respect to the late Senator. Preparations are
making for the greatest memorial demonstration
ever witnessed in Wisconsin, when the remains
are brought home Senator Carpenters life was
insured for about $50 000 On the day of Senator