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

| iginal jurisdiction. The inability of Il
President would be difficult point to
decide if it proceeded only from bodily in
| trinity through sickness or from injuries
| The main business Of the government is
| done through the secretaries, and the
| Supreme Court has decided that the sig
nature OF the Secretary is sufficient, with
out the signature Of the President, in the
| business of the department. The case
arose when the Secretary, OF his own act,
without the Presidents signature, with
drew a certain reservation of public land,
a portion of which had been assigned for
fort y presumption suit grew out of
this, the claimant pleading that the with
drawal was the act Of the Secretary and
not of the President and, therefore, was
null and void. The Supreme Court sus-
tanned the sutliciency of the Secretarys
act. Judge otto cited eases where APP
peals lie to the President, which appeals
are never acted on 10y the President, but
only by the secretaries. lie considered
the subject Of the Presidents inability and
how it was to be determined as full Of in
terest and not without danger, inasmuch
as partisanship and faction would scarcely
be kept out OF such question, whether it
came before the Cabinet or Congress-
Northport is not the only place ii which
an admission fee is charged to camp
meetings. out in Ohio the plan did not
work we'll. \ colored brother, named
Hart, was making Il terNent prayer, when
he was interrupted by the finance com
mittee and reminded that he crawled
over the fence instead of entering by the
straight and narrow way that led through
the gate. They demanded ten cents from
him and ten more for his wife. but he re-
fused to pay and was dragged off the
grounds. pom this the spirit OF the evil
one entered the praying brother and his
wife, and they armed themselves with
clubs and other missiles Of war, and went
for the collectors Of shekcls. knocked the
! ticket taker down. scattered the tnan-
cers, thrtshed the presiding elder himself
and then resumed their work Of recalling
sinners to repentance.
A correspondent of the st. John, y.
b., Telegraph has asserted that 'Ethe
| people We're of the opinion that on rivers
where hltcheries are established there
had been a steady falling off in the catch
of salmon, and that they looked At results
in the light of cause and effect" This
| prtposterous statement hardly calls for a
reply, but Mr.. Everett Smith, Il former
| fish commissioner of Maine, ana an enthu-
siastic fish culturist, in communication
to Forest and Stream ei1ectually diSposrs
of the New Brunswick ignoramus Mr..
Smith says
! The planting Of seed cannot render fertile waters
| barren and for practical results accomplished By
| fish culture applied to salmon fisheries would
| call attention to the work OF the Department of
| Fisheries in Maine When the work Of restocking
| the PenObscot river with salmon was began by
| the Commissioners of Fisheries for Maine the eggs
were purchased OF Canadian officials. But the
| salmon have greatly increased in numbers owing
| to continuous and systematic protection and art
| fetal propagation, 50 that now the Maine Commls
| sloners are enabled to procure from fish caught in
| Maine rivers all the eggs desired for stocking pur
poses and at a cost of less than tenth formerly
paid for eggs purchased in Canada for the same