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Meesrs. A. w. Tenney, Calvin E. Pratt and
John Winsow were elected directors of the
New England Society of BROOKLYN last night.
Final arrangements for prize fight between
Paddy Ryan, the champion of America, and
John T. Sullivan of Boston have been con-
cluded. Ryan selects the ground and the
fight is for $2500.
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The following quotations OF stocks were received
yesterday by Woodbury. g. Moulton tmembers of the
Boston stock Exchange), corner of Middle and Ex-
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built at MIllerldse pz Master Dyer. for cent David

built at Mllbridge by Master Dyer, for Capt David
Strout, and others.
The new schr in Beams yard at Camden, is to be
launched to day, 9th. Capt Geo Jameson is TO COM
mand her.
schr of 500 tons is to be launched from the
yard of Goss g. Sawyer, Bath, on Saturday Dext:
Capt II Thorndike, of Rockland is to command
her.
Sch Trade Wind. of Rockland. is being rebuilt and
strengthened. The keel has been heightened and q
new stern put on.
Geo W Cottrel Belfast, launched 9Th inst, sch
Of 400 tons, named Lucia W Porter.
Sch May Monroe, of Rockland 1858 tons, was sold
by auction at Rockland Sd inst for S27OO, TO Capt
VIM Monroe She is in need of extensive repairs,
which will be put on immediately.
IFRoM MERCHANTS EXCHANGED
In Hampton Roads 9Th. sch Maggie Danins Dali
ling. Pensacola for Philadelphia. -.
Ar at Marseilles prev 10 9Th inst brig Don Jaeln-
to, erosion, Rosario.
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SPECIALTlES.

~ - ~ ~ - - 1s
DONGOLA BOOTS, water
proof.
CANADIAN. OVERSHOES,
for Gentlemen, Ladies
and Children.
WATERPROOF BALMO-
RAILS for Gentlemen.
FRENCH CALF CORK
SOLE BOOTS for Ladies.
PEBBLE GOAT and French
Kid. Hand Sewed Boots
for Ladies.
SIDE LACE BOOTS i'm
French and American
Kid and Goat.
The only stock of fine, fancy
SLIPPERS i'm Maine.
rCHILDREN'S Spring Heel
Boots i'm Calf, Straight,
Goat and American Kid.
DANCING PUMPS i'm Goat,
French Md and Patent
Leather for Gentlemen
and Boys.
Misses French Kid School
Boots with low heels:
very serviceable.
COlOred Boots and Slippers
for Ladies and Children.
Nubian Waterproof Black
ing, pOlishes without
brushing.
M. G.. PALMER,
$50 MIDDLE STREET.
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Fre.h Beef Marke,

Corrected for the PRESS daily by Wheeler, Swift
& Co., Commission Merchants in Chicago Dressed
Raaf Esraukl;n Wharf.
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BY Telegraph.l
LIVERPOOL, IDec. 7-12.30P. Motion market
tending down; Uplands at 66sd; Orleans at 6M q;
sales g. 90 bales; speculation and export OOO fu-
lures firmer.
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SAILING DAYS OF STEAMSHIPS

MINIATURE Almanac. DECEMBER 8.
Sun rises. High water. Up NJ. 1.02
Sun sets. Il Moon RISES I.lS
INIT M LNXN
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,odie levies an asst. of SOC y share.
The Wool Market.

Boston, Dec. y-[Reported for the Pressl.-The
following Is list of prices quoted this afternoon
Ohio and Pennsylvania
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PORT OF PORTLAND.

WEDNESDAY, Dec. z.
Arrived.
Sch Starlight, Blake, Boston, to lay up.
Sch Adeline, Babbidge, Boston.
Sch Harriet Rogers. Nutter, Boston.
Sch Sarah Louise, Hickey Boston for Calais
Sch A Haynes Lunt, Provincetown
Sch j W Sawyer, Orchard, La Have Banks, with
&C, 900 lbs fish. go
Sch Alice NJ Gould, Jewett La Have Banks with
80, 600 lbs fish.
Sch Parole, (Br) Bissett, P e Island for Phila-
delpbia.
Sch Montezuma, Maxner Montague. PEI. for
Boston.
Sch Il Townsend Smith, Kempt, Ms, for New
York.
Sch Atlantic. Smith. Calais for Boston.
Sch Sarah Frankling, Condor, Vinalhaven for
Boston.
Sch G W Lewis, Hutchins Bangor for Boston.
Cleared.
Sch Albert Il Wsite, Dodge. New York-Mark
Emery. -
Sch Chieftain (Br) johnson. Thorn's Cove, Ms
MASTER
Sch Julia S. (Br) Mcintyre, st John. NB-master.
Sch Louisa Frances, Thorndike, Rockland-ken-
sell & Tabor
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SHIPBUILDrNa Messrs Hutchns & Stubs. of
Yarmouth. are to build osrque of 500 tons to
be commanded by Capt Horace Davis OF Knight
VILE Cape Elizabeth. Also. oarque of $50 tons:
to be commanded by Capt Dyor. of schr Ariadne. of
Portland Both vessels are 10 built In the strongest
manner and will be first class in every respect.
schr of 140 tons, for the coasting business is to
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"Mr Sweet"
Guiteau-"Who was the second?"

"Well," said Guiteau with broad smile of
satisfaction, las they have both been dead a
great many years my father was ahead"
Guiteau was about to interject another little
speech, when Mr.. Scoville endeavored to stop
him and was told, Don't be punching me uD-
der the table. please, when want to speak"
and after short pause, II tell you what it is,
Scoville, you have got to abandon your theory.
That's all there is about that He was a
smart man and everybody knows it, only he
was badly cracked on religion"
The court then adjourned until tomorrow.
Los ANGELES, Dec. THE Daily Times
this morning contains an interview with JAS.
W. Scoville of Chicago, cousin OF Guiteau's
counsel, at present visiting this city, ScoviIle
gave an interesting account of a personal ex-
perience of many years with the assassin and
described him as cold blooded, selfish and
thoroughly disreputa5le with no other aim in
life than to become notorious. He expresses
himself very strongly on the subject Of Gui-
teau's insanity saying he was perfectly sane
and always had been 30. Scovile condemns
his cousin, Geo. Scovile, aud says he desires
the vindicatioD of the law in the speedy hang
ing of the assassin.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. THE police have
captured band of 10 persons provided with
complete uniforms of army officers and crosses
of the order of st. George. They had evident
~ intended T., participate in and disturb the
festivities of st. Georges Day, Friday. Ex-
ceptional precautions have been taken in con-
sequence of this discovery.
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continue as during the past year, its applica-
ton to the payment of these bonds can be
made at the discretion of the Secretary, and to
that extent the government will be relieved
from the necessity of paving any premium of
the consequent redemption of its bonded debt.
1t is not improbable that the subject of th @
funding Of the public debt in bonds bearing
rate of interest less than that of any vet issued
will be considered by Congress during the pres
ent session. When that subject is taken up it
is respectfully suggested that it should be
borne in mind that the bonds now outstanding
known as the extended 6s and 5s, on interest at
the rate of IL per cent, possess quality
seldom found in a debt against government
ment has to call them in for payment at any
time, or to postpone payment Of them for
years.
THIS IS A VALUABLE PRIVILEGE
TO the government, and it is to be considered
whether it will be wise to give it up. The
possession Of 1t enables the government to ac-
commodate the payment of that portion of the
public debt TO the varying state of the public
means. 1t would be difficult, probably, TO
market a loan at a low rate of interest which
should be redeemable at the pleasure of the
government. Indeed one of the requisites of
loan proposed at low rate is that it be issued
for long term and made irredeemable until
the expiration thereof.
1t is part of the information that the de-
parjmeDt has from men engaged in financial op
erations that new loan at per cent. would
be taken up if it was by its condition ire
deemable save at long term. Emphasis is
put by them Oh this condition-most have put
1t at twenty. Some have suggested term of
forty years with an option in the government
to pay at the end OF ten. For these reasons
this department makes no recommendation of
legislation for the refunding o. the bonds now
outstanding bearing interest at 81 per centum.
1t does recommend that if new loan at low
er rate is vffered there be given to the bonds
long term of payment. During the fiscal year
there have been received by this office for final
count and destruction redeemed United States
legal tender notes, national currency and
miscellaneous securities amounting to $780,
139.4l6.i4
The attention of Congress is also called to
the presence OF pleuro-pneumonia among cat
tie in sections of this country, and TO the neces-
sity of more direct legislation authorizing
quarantining of impor ed cattle 1t recommends
such increase III appropriations for the life saw
ing department that it may not retrograde, as
the superintendent's report says it must do I'M
less the present scale of salaries and other ex-
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-07

LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD.
UNION
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A STATE DETECTIVE FORCE.

We see that Assemblyman Young has
introduced bill to establish State de-.
tective force. We presume that the prin-
ciple of this bill is the same as that of the
measure which has been proposed at two
previous sessions. We have frequently
expressed the opinion that law of this
kind was much needed, but the Legislature
has hitherto appeared to think that it
would be unduly severe upon highway
robbers and enterprising rural burglars
and assassins to handicap their exertions in
this way The ground of the bill is simple
enough. Experience shows that the coun.
ty authorities are frequently unable to
cope with the graver class of crimes. They
cannot bestow the time required upon the
pursuit of fugitive criminals, and conse-
quently crime often goes UNPUBLISHED, and
especially in the cases of robberies of stages.
a State detective force would be able to
follow up every clue in all these cases, and
would supplement the county authorities
very usefully. The bill is, we believe, a
good one, and we think it eught to be
made law.
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FAIR S FIGHT.

The Nevada Senatorial canvass appears
to be in a peculiar condition The passion
ate yearniugs of the Legislature TO wit.
ness "coin fight" have at last brought
Mr.. Sutro to Carson, with dubious and
considerably hszy programme. At first he
seems to have thought Fairs position i'm.
pregnable, but subsequently he consented
to enter the contest Professionally, with the
intention of seeing whether the caucus
could be broken. Fairs fuglemen had
secured the signatures of a majority of
both houses to an agreement to go into
caucus for U. S. Senator, but it is now
asserted that this does not bind them to
vote for Fair. The most obvious explana-
ton of the situation is that some men,
bers want to make Fair pay heavily for
his election, and that they have called
in Sutro to play "bIuG game upon him.
Iti5 not supposed possible to defeat him,
but there is considerable talk of making a
contest in the United States Senate, on the
ground OF bribery. II we may Judge from
Nevada Senatorial traditions, such con-
test would be a serious one, for it is not.
and never has been, pretended that the
boys who assemble at Carson on these
occasions are controlled by other than
venal considerations, and we believe it has
been usual to hand the coin about in quite
an open and free.and.easy way. As nobody
supposes that Colonel Fair if elected, will
be chosen for his conspicuous fitness, or for
any other reason than because he is wealthy
and can pay high for votes, he would prob
ably find some difficulty in maintaining his
position before the Senate, should his seat
be really contested.
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NEws 81 Tag MosNING.

IN New York yesterday Government bonds were
quoted at l12f for As of 1907 lOl4 for IS of 1851
ing for as; sterling, 81 sOa4 81! silver bars,
lI0i.
silver in London yesterday, SIT; consols
os 1915 per cent. United States bonds 1olg Is,
ll65 i4s, ll5s
In san Francisco half dollars are quoted at dis
count to par Mex can dollars, 9O@9lc.
At Liverpool yesterday wheat was quoted at9s Sd
Cql0s for good to choice California.
Mining stocks we're in better favor at San Fran
cisco yesterday morning, if prices can be taken as
criterion Most descriptions were from Sc to 75c
better than The best rates Wednesday mornit &.
The volume Of business, however, was not very
large.
During 1880 there were laid in the United States
1901 miles of new railroad track,
August swenson was killed in the Sierra Nevada
mine yesterday.
A go-az-ynu- please walking match is in progress
at Bode.
The stage between Bodie and Virginia, New, was
stopped by road agent Wednesday night, near
Aurora.
Edward Murphy was hanged for murder yesterday
in Umatilla county, cFegon-the first white man
ever executed in that county,
Red Bluff experienced a severe earthquake shock
last evening.
Incendiary fire at Santa Barbara.
Mrs Meerhoffer was hanged at Newark, n. j., yes
to-day for the murder OF her husband. Frank
hammers, her paramour, was executed on the sane
gallows Immediately after.
Daniel F. Sullivan and Patrick Hayes paid the
death penalty from the same scaffod yesterday, al
Philadelphia.
TIE Queens speech upon opening the British
Parliament Yesterday will be found in full in thu;
mornings RECoRD-UsIeS.
farmer was robbed of his horse, saddle and
money Wednesday night near Napa by highway
man.
An Israelte has been elected President Of the
Municipal Council of Berlin
slosson viii noe sccept vignaux's terms for
billiard match, and returns to New York.
mob broke into prison in the Argentine Re
public and killed four slaves who had murdered
their owners.
The strike at suncook, N H., continues, and thu
excitement increases.
a mother and daughter were burned to death b,
their clothes taking fire. at Coalyille rs.
An explosion OF yarnish at New York YESTERDAY
terribly burned four men.
5ET here is deadlock in the Indiana Legislature.
The President has nominated Nathan Golf, Jr., o
West irginia, to be Secretary Of the Navy.
The Governor of Massachusetts,, in his message
f1yors giving property holding women the right Q
suffrage.
3 ship has been wrecked near the entrance of th,
Thames, and eighteen lives lost
Frank n. Brown was sho: and killed at williams
burg, N. Y yesterday, by his father.
Silver to the amount Of 2G5 600 ounces was pur
chased yesterday for the New Orleans Mint.
The glish steamer Harreda and the Spanish
steamer Leon collded at sea, near Cape Roca, botf
sinking.
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KERNAN's SILVER BILL.

Senator Herman has introduced bill in
regard to the silver coinage question, which
strikes us as practical and timely. He
proposes that the Secretary of the Treas
airy, instead of being obliged to coin from
two to four millions OF sil7er dollars every
month, as now, shall be permitted to limit
the coinage to such amount as there may
appear to be demand for. This would
settle the matter so far as future coinage
was concerned, for since there is no de-
mand for silver there would be no more
s' buzzard" dollars minted. 1t is, how.
ever, equally necessary to provide for the
enormous mass of silver now in the Treas
ury, and this Senator Herman does not
appear to have thought OF. For the pres
ent perhaps it would suffice to stop the
useless and mischievous coinage of silver,
and when that danger was arrested it might
be possible to induce Congress-if it had
no partisan controversies on hand-to at
tend to the whole silver question seriously.
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A Vessel Missing.

ASTORIA, January 6th.-The Glenfruen
was off the bar December 9TH, the same day
the Star Of the North, Balmere and Largs
were lowed in, with all the pilots on board
these vessels The tug Columbia offered to
tow the Glenfruen in, but the Captain said
he wanted pilot, and would not take tug
A heavy blow commenced the same night and
continued several days. The tugs have been on
the lookout for her, but she has not been seen
since. Her foretop-gallant and jibboom were
gone: otherwise she was apparently not
disabled. Considerable wreckage has come
ashore on the Clstsop beach the last two days,
consisting OF a deck plank looking quite new,
with oakum still attacked; holdings, stan
ehions tipped with blue paint piece of deck
ten feet square, with two iron beams; several
ships stores, and portions OF two charts of
the Irish and Scotch coasts. The Glerfruen
is wooden vessel. Sea captains here are of
the opinion that ths wreckage does not come
from the Glenfruen, but helQaged to an iron
vessel,
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THE SAN FRANCISCO DELEGATION.

The Assembly has done well in sup.
pressing the San Francisco delegation ar
rangement, and it had very plausible
reason for doing it. The San Francisco
delegation in past years has seldom been
anything better than machinery for put
ting up jobs upon the city, and for check.
mating the efforts of interior members to
Illustrate such jobs. No good to San Fran.
cisco has ever come out of ii. but much
evil, and therefore it was in the interest of
the city to putan end to the scheme. This is
one of the rare instances in which a pro-
vision of the new Constitution has proved
beneficial.
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House..

WASHINGTON, January 6th.-The House weHt into
Committee of the Whole on the funding BILL gen.
eral discussion being limited to one day. Kelly op-
posed the BILL There never had been more mis-.
leading statement of qu stion than that the issue
was whether Congress has the sagseity and honesty
to borrow at per cent. the money it had been pay
ing and for.
Hatch offered an amendment allowing State banks
to circulate notes ON depostiDg 6 per cent.
bonds with the United States Treasurer. Ordered
printed.
Chittenden said he would offer an amendment
repeating all legislation taxing the capital and de.
posts OF banks and providing that the tax on notes
OF national banks issued on bonds shall not exceed
onehalf per cent, and that the total amount of sill.
yer dollars authorized by the Act of February 1878,
shall not exceed Slo0, 600 goo.
After an extended debate the comm ttee rose.
Tucker stating that tomorrow being private bill
day he wolldson Saturday to go into COM
mittee to consider the funding bill By sections.
The Speaker again laid before the House the re-
ply of the Postmaster-Genersl the House resolu-
ton in reference 20 the abuse OF the franking
privilege.
Brown demanded the reading, pending which a
motion was made TO djourn.
Brown asked that the document be printed in ths
Record.
Springer objected, and the House adiouT.ed.
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,o,el and ;nreniona ;dea =

A novel and ingenious idea occurred to
the late Siamese ambassador at the court
of st James. During his stay in London
his Excellency appears to have been fasci.
mated by the gaudy grandeur of the Albert
memorial He instructed his silversmith
to fashion the model of the memorial in
fac smile so far as the general outline, but
to modify the details whenever they Jared
upon the feelings of devout Buddhist,
and to replace the central figure by q spir-
tied model of his Siamese Majesty. He
then transported TIE fac-simile to Siam.
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terrific explosion, scattering streams of fire
throughout the room, and burning in so ter.
rible manner four workmen that their lives
are despaired of. Their names ara John
Barrel, John F. Lamer, Anton Wintesebrick
and VIM. Brown.
SON Shot by His Father.
NEW York, January 6th.-Frank N.
Brown, aged 81, was shot by his father,
special officer Charles Brown, to-day, at
their residence, 10S Maryer street, Williams.
burg, while protecting his mother from the
latter's violence. He died this afternoon.
The father surrendered.
The SuncOOk Strike.
SuSeooK IN. II. J, JANUARY 6th.-The strike
continues and the excitement increases.
hundreds paraded the streets with clubs and
screaming, but the police checked the demon
stration. They were nearly all French Cana
dams. It is thought the mills will be closed
in few days.
SUNoooK, January 6th.-At half-past
o'clock, when the mill bell rang, most of the
strikers were at the gates of Webster &
Pembroke mills. Their leader, Joseph Kaye,
a French Canadian, acting in a riotous man
ner, was arrested by a special officer and
taken to the station, followed there by hun.
dreds of persons, throwing missiles and with
drawn knives. The officers were obliged to
draw their revolvers and use their billies
many times before reaching the station. The
prisoner is now under guard. The strikers
threaten to release him.
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age, and was compelled to go to work for
living. He lived in Pennylvania until 1867,
when he came to this coast. He resided
in California until about two years ago.
and then came to Oregon. In appearance he was
about five feet eight inches in hight, weighing about
100 pounds He had black hair and black mus
tache and chin beard The loss of his right eve dis
figured his appearance some, but he was, taken
altogether quite good-looking man. He never
denied killing French, but contended to the last
that the fatal shot fred accidentally in scuffe
with him. This is the first execution Of a white
man that ever happened in Umatia county, and
the second conviction. One Brown was sentenced
to be hanged in 1866, but his sentence was COM
muted by the Governor TO Imprisonment for life,
and he finally made good his escape from the Peni-
Tertiary. Three Indians were hanged in 1873
r1nlnuE-z
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NOTICE.

AN THE 10TH INST. SHALL OPEN a
W PRIVATE BANK, at the southwest corner OF
j and Fourth streets, in this city IL viii be
primarily Commercial Bank, and conducted on the
principles Of the Commercial Banks OF Europe and
the Atlantic States. 1t will be bank OF discount
and deposit will buy and sell exchange, effect oans
make collections and investments, and transact all
kinds of financial business fer its patrons. De-
partment will also be opened, to be conducted on
.he pr;aciple Of SAVINGS BANKS, in which interest
will be paid on deposits.
iaean4t JAS LAWRENCE ENGLISH.
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


WASHINGTON, January 6th-Eaton, from the Ap
preparation Committee, reported the consular ap
preparation bill. Placed on calendar.
The first bill on the calendar that Furnishing
tramps in the District OF Columbia.
The morning hour expired and the army appro
priatiou bill was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Appropriations.
Garland favored the bill for the relief of Fer
Holiday.
Morrill,, Mcpherson and Wallace opposed the bill
Teller supported it. He thought every claim
thai originated in the West regarded with sus
picion in the Senate. There had always been dis
position not to do justice to the West. This was
sectionalism that had mostly escaped comment
Pending the debate the Senate went into execu
tive session and soon adjourned