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Year: 1874

Tue EDITORIAL ASsoCIATION.-An Edito-
rial Association was organized at Salisbury,
Md, last week, by number of the newspaper
men of the Peninsula. We give the proceed
ings elsewhere. The attendance was small ;
only eleven representatives from the forty odd
daily and weekly newspapers published be-
tween the two bays. The meeting was large
enough, however, to put the organization on
its feet, and having done thus much We fee
pretty sure it will go. The meeting to be held
In Wilmington next month will make a credit
able showing, we doubt not. The publisher,
will be awake to the Importance of the move
ment by that time. They will have no elec
tion or other more absorbing matter to draw
of their attention, between the announcement
and the meeting, as was the case in this frs
instance Besides, Wilmington will be NOR,
convenient for such gathering. Salisbury wa
q little out of the way for the Inauguration O
such move, though the editors of that tow
will receive their full share of commendatio
for bringing it about.


u There is community of interest" anon
the publishers of the Peninsula, as there
among the members of other kinds of business
which may be managed better by concert {
action than by individual effort. Therefore le
us put our heads together once or twice a yea
and see what good we can accomplish, nc
merely in our exclusive line of duty, but fc
the section in which We live, move and hav
our being.


Every matter of general interest that ca
come up must become absorbing to tE
editorial fraternity, because they hold ii
means of communication by which informatic
Of such matters finds an outlet Theref1
caucus among them now and then might
good. For instance, there's the question
Peninsular consolidation. Hardly had Il
editors organized last week when this subje
was brought forward. 1t is evident that th
issue will be an absorbing one in time, and it
well enough for the editors to consult togeth
on it, in solemn council. They have got
present it to the public and they should ha
It thoroughly digested, using every means
their power. Thus they may be able to mai
their meetings profitable not only "to L
trade" but to the BODY polite and corporal
Year: 1874

life, and inasmuch as presented my views on
this subject so fully in my address to the leg
islature, it is perhaps unnecessary for me to
add that in this, as 10 all other cases that may
arise under this section during my term of
office, shall follow the practice of the two
chief magistrates who have occupied this
chair since the enactment of this provision
of law; if your advice shall be adverse to
such commutation, whatever may be my own
views the law will then make it imperative on
me Immediately after the Oath inst. to issue
my warrant for the execution of the sentence
of death on said convict.


If on the contrary your advice shall be that
the sentence be commuted to imprisonment
for life, l shall accept it as conclusive in the
case; for whatever might be my own judg-
ment, it would hardly be expected that, in a
case of life or death, 1 should take the re-
sponsibility Of issuing warrant for execu-
ton against the advice of that body which, by
express statute, is required to "review" the
case for the purpose of deciding whether the
sentence shall be executed or commuted.


Gentlemen of the Council, upon you prac-
tically rests the grave responsibility of deter
mining what disposition shall be made of this
case. l doubt not each and all of you fully
appreciate the weight of this responsibility, :,
and will reach such a conclusion as will COM
mend itself to your judgment and conscience.


After the address the Council listened to
the report of the committee of the Council,
who visited the scene of the murder, and also
visited Wagner in Jail. Wagner was found
to be in good health, Notwithstanding the
contrary. The stories he told the committee
they aft erwards found we're utterly false.


To-day Judge Tapley of Saco, will ap-
pension of the death penalty and the commu-
tation of the death sentence.
Year: 1874

The following 10 the Presidents pfoclana-


ton to the New Orleans Insurgents


Whereas, It has been satisfactorily repre-.


sented to me that turbulent and disorderly


persons have combined together with force
and arms to overthrow the State government
of louisiana, and to resist the laws and con-
| stituted authorities Of said State; and
Whereas, 1t is provided in the Constitution


of the United States that the United States


shall protect every State in this Union on sp-


plication of the legislature, or the executive


when the legislature cannot be convened,


against domestic violence; and


Whereas, it is provided in the laws of the
Uuited States that in all cases of insurrection
in any State, or of obstruction to the laws


thereof, 1t shall be lawful for the President


OF the United States on application Of the
legislature Of such State, or Of the executive
| when the legislature cannot be convened, to
call for the militia Of any other State or
States, or to employ such part Of the land and
| naval forces as shall be judged necessary for
| the purpose of suppressing such insurrection
or causing the laws to be duly executed: and
Whereas, the legislature of said State 10
not now in session, and cannot be convened
in time to meet the present emergency, and
the executive Of said State, under section 4


of article - of the Constitution of the United
otates, ana the laws passed In pursuance
thereof, has therefore made application to me


for such part of the military force Of the
United States as may be necessary and ade-
quate to protect said State and the citizens
thereof against domestic violence. and to en-
force the due execution of the laws; and
Whereas, it is required that whenever it


may be necessary, in the judgment Of the
President. to use the military force for the
purpose aforesaid, he shall forthwith, by proc


lamation, command such insurgents to dis


perse and retire peaceably to their respective


hcmes within limited time; now, therefore,
I. U. s. Grant, do hereby make procla-
| nation and command said turbulent and dis
| orderly persons to disperse and retire peacea-
bly, to their respective abodes within i've days
| from this date from this date, and hereafter


submit themselves to the laws and constituted


authorities of said State, and invoke the
aid and cooperation of all good citizens


thereof to uphold the law and preserve the
public peace.


In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal Of the United Ssates


to be affixed Done at the city of Washing


ton this 10Th day Of September, in the year


OF our Lord 1874, and Of the independence o (


the United States the 98th.


U. s. GRANT.
BY the President


Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State.
Year: 1874

New Bedford, Sept. 16. The Good TEN
plars of Mass. are holding their semi-annual
session in the city with good attendance OF
delegates from the different societies. The
report gives the membership over fifteen
thousand upon the question of politics. The
Grand Master in his address says:


1.-The discussion of the political duties in
volved in the Good Templars obligation has
been the fruitful theme in all our grand
lodges. Though membership in the order
should not conflict with any of the duties OF
citizenship, consistent construction Of the
obligation cannot be disconnecled from our
duties to the State.
Year: 1874

DIR. Edminster, at the Mansion House, is
building up a good professional business; his
skill and ability ensure the confidence of his
patients, and his success here in healing dis
eases is assured
Year: 1874

The Barroom Remedy for all ailment is
Rum Bitters, surcharged with Fusel Oil, a
deadly element, rendered more active by pun
gent astringents with which it is combined.
If your stomach is weak and liver or bowels
disordered, strengthen and regulate them
with Vinegar Bitters, purely Vegetable AL
terative and Aperient, free from alcohol and
capable of intusing new vitality into your
exhausted system. septl7-+&w4w
Year: 1874

Our readers will call to mind the recent
account of most distressing accident to
Charles Kitchen of China, by being thrown
from a wagon, having his thigh crushed and
leg broken. He laid in the road about two
hours before help came, and died soon after
being taken home.
Year: 1874

A little boy being away from home recent
ly, was questioned upon his return as to where
he had spent the day. He replied lie had
been to the funeral of Mr.. --, and carried
chairs, so that they let him in free.
Year: 1874

This year there is the largest yield of wheat
in Kennebec county, in proportion to the seed
sown, that there has been for thirty years.
The kernel is hard and we'll developed, en-
insect, and the straw is clean and bright of
that peculiar golden yellow that used to so
delight the eyes of the old-time farmer, and
that so cheered his heart. The season has
been very favorably, especially has there
with no driving storms or heavy winds With
a repetition of this reason, our Maine
farmers may produce their own bread stuff
and not be dependent upon the graneries of
the West.
Year: 1874

Our bodies are not as vigorous, nor our
minds as clear as they might be. This
remark is true of at least two-thirds of
civilized society, and of these two-thirds
probably one-halt is laboring under bodi-
ly infrmities of character likely to shor-
ten the lives of the sufferers. This is a
melancholy exhibit and furnishes abund-
ant food for reflection. Can the evil be
mitigated 1t can. Lack of vitality is
the primary cause Of most of the physical
and mental suffering to which we are sub
jected, and therefore yitalizing medic
inal agent is the remedy required. Is
there such n medicine ? There is. Hos
letters Stomach Bitters will rouse and
energize the mind and body when the
life power of the system is in a compara-
lively dormant state. The languid fee
bic, desponding invalid is not aware of
the latent energies that underlies his de-
biity. He thinks there is no element of
vigor left in his frame, when the fact is
that his physical capabilities are merely
asleep and require waking. Let him
stimulate and tone his natural machinery



through the agency of this incompatible
invigorant, and he will soon feel like a
new man, or rather like man who has
received a new lease of life, and the req
uisite health to enjoy it. Many business
men suffer from chronic languor and de-
preston caused by too close application to
business. Hard students are eften OPP
pressed with melancholy from like
cause. Mechanics and working men are
affected in the same way as the result of
over-labor. To all who are in this condi-
ton, from whatever cause, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters will prove an invaluable
blessing. 1t is a perfect panacea for
physical debility and mental gloom. 1t
strengthens the body, clears the mind and
calms the nervous system while as II
remedy ior indigestion, biliousness, con-
stipation, rheumatism, and intermittent
and remittent fevers, it takes precedence
of all other medicines.
Year: 1874

Go AND SEE.-Mr. Isaac Pncus re-
turned this week, and invites the people
of Trinity County, through the columns
OF the JOURNAL, to call at his establish
ment and examine the immense stock Of
Spring and Summer goods which he is
now receiving. Pincus selected a good
stock, bought cheap and will sell cheap.
Read his advertisement and then go and
see for yourselves.
Year: 1874

PROPOSALS INvITED.-3ids for carry
ing the mail from Weavervlle to Arcata
will be received by the Post Office at
Washington until the 30th day of May
next. The former bids for the service on
this route were not recognized or have
been cancelled.
Year: 1874

w. D. 81 II. M. Co.-Chinamen will
not work in the rain, and for this reason
the crew on the ditch lost two days this
week. The work, however, is progress
ing on the ditch, reservoir and claim, and
everything will probably be in operation
before the end of the present month. In
the claim, fumes and under-currents are
being made and everything will be in
readiness to commence work as soon as
the water is turned into the ditch.
Year: 1874

lie CHARGES THAT THE DECLARATIONS DURING THE


GREELEY CAMPAIGN ARE NOT ACCEPTED AS


UTTERANCEs OF THE DEMOCRACY


BosToN, Nov. 3.-In speech at Woburn
last evening Speaker Blaine wered the criticism OF
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE and other papers. that he had
forgotten the Democratic National Convention OF 1872
saying that the Democracy had fairly aud fully
pledged themselves In authoritative abide
in good faith by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amend.
ments. He declares that no one In the country now
accepted the declaration of the Democratic party in the
Greeley campaign as any authoritative exposition OF
the creed and principles OF the party the leaders OF the
party had practically forsworn the promises Of that
year. many OF them regarding the whole thing as
huge joke; others denouncng asa confidence game"
IN poitcs, In which the Greeley party was allowed 10
pledge the Democracy To creed which regarded
He had therefore felt justified
IN not accepting the Democratic declarations OF 1917 as
an authoritative exposition OF Democratic faith. aud
the more especially since the widely -heralded
pedantic aud pretentous platform OF the New-fork
Democracy for the current year significantly omitted all
reference 10 the Constitutional Amendments.
Year: 1874

THE CALENDAR CLEARED-sUsPENsION OLA MINISTER
> PENDING A CRIMINAL TRIAL-THE CLOSING SER


VICES.


The attendance Of deputies at tho General Episco-
pal Convention yesterday morning was very small.
and with a few exceptions was confined to the
clergy At the beginning of the morning session
there were not representatives enough present to
open the business, and nearly half an hoT was lost
The day was principally occupied in clearing the
calendar of the unfinished business. A JOINT Com
mttee of Conference was asked for by the House of
Bishops ON the question of suspending q minister
pending trial for crime or immortality; but it was
finally agreed that it would be unjust to punish
before trial. and the inhibition was removed. The
dioceses were allowed to select their own Standing
Committees and the final closing services were held
in Calvary Church.
Year: 1874

Last evening the girl and her mother were sent for by Mrs. Bradley, and we went to that lady's residence to see her go through some of her manipulations. Of course the girl was in great distress. Her mother had told her she must confess everything. and there were several par ties present to witness her revelations. The stand was brought out, the girl placed her hands on it, and Mrs. Bradley placed her hands over the girls holding them fast. In this position the stand was moved by the girl readily and easily over the carpet to the piano Then the girl lifted her foot, and with the toe of her slipper ran lightly or otherwise over the keys. Stooping down she took the tea bell between her teeth, lifted it and rang it, and put it against Mrs. Bradley's face. Then she stopped down again, and with her forehead touched the knob of the tea bell, and showed how she rang that. Then she moved the stand into the bed room to the head of the bed, stopped down, took the edge of the pillow-slip be- tween her teeth and threw the pillow on the table, and then on the bed. Then she put out her foot, seized the leg of the bed and pulled it out into the room. When asked how she did it before without any apparent effort, she said she had prepared the castors beforehand, so that the bed moved very easily. Mrs. Bradley then sat down in her rocking chair and the girl went through the head-dressing scene. She says she used one hand only in dress ing Mrs. Bradley's hair, and worked with the other, but Mrs. Bradley is quite posi- tive both the girls hands were on her It may be the girl laid her face on one side of Mrs. Bradley while operating, yet she denies it. She also denies having anything to do with the crash on the piano when she was on the opposite side of the room and out of it's reach. Mrs. B. F. Fuller, who was holding her hand at the tune, and who was present last evening, says she is satisfied, and always has been, that the girl knew all about it. She has always believed her an impostor. Mrs. Fuller is a sister-in-law of Mrs. Bradley. To test the power of the girl we placed our hands upon hers, and she moved the stand. As we said, the girl was in great distress and excited. When she twisted the stand we felt a movement of the muscles of her hands, but when she drew it along steadily not a move ment or tremor was to be detected. She also favored us with 8 specimen of her writing, which corresponded with the notes purporting to be from the spirit of MT. Bradley
Year: 1874

Call the present law what one will, it yet is the law we have, and poor law is better than anarchy. But in truth-and I repeat it with emphasis-the present law is no more a license law than it is law of prohibition. It IS one thing or the other precisely as the people make it, a feature that should render it acceptable under democracy. If the people do no- thing, it will prohibit. Not all the third party men in the state can rub this seal of the bond; nevertheless it is a view they generally ignore. c. G00ley.
Year: 1874

have never been so much impressed with the vast resources of human skill and the indomitable enterprise of people, as on this occasion. when I visited all these works with the Engineers and Directors of tine company. We first inspected the dam which holds back all the waters of the Zuyder Zee. Here were steam pumps which raise 74, 600 cubic feet of water per minute from the into the Zuyder Zee

 We next went in Q steamer through this magnificent canal, 300 feet wide, and the immense sea gates to the harbor, and then along the lofty piers to their extremity, where the whole force of the ocean was roaring and fretting against their massive walls. Here we could stand and see the whole of this grandest piece of masonry in the world, enclosing an area of 25O acres. We passed on the canal thousands of acres of land which was few months before covered with tidewater, where now crops are gowing, and by the immense manufac- tories of concrete. As viewed it all I was filled with amazement at the daring which could undertake, and with admira- tion at the skill which could accomplish, such a marvellous work as this. If the Dutch succeed in making their harbor to stand, they will have become benefactors to the whole civilized world. They will have demonstrated the practicability of building artificial harbors. This. experi- ment will be of vast importance to the United States, with it's 15, 900 miles of sea coast Such are some of the great works of the Dutch people. They have to con- tend with the whole power of the ocean. They are constantly draining portions of it. Nearly one half of Holland has thus been reclaimed from the sea. The Har- lem Lake in 1849 covered an area thirty three miles in circumference In four years they pumped the lake dry, and it is now richly cultivated farms. In view of what has been said we wish to propose one problem; If the little kingdom of Netherlands can in ten years build the North Sea Canal, to save the commerce of Amsterdam. how long shall it take the United States to build the canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, to con- trol the commerce of the world?
Year: 1874




y contributor 70 the Hartford Courant
~3ys IN eNpcnoh@ our llttle pay OF nay
"A twelve ieet cube, or thereabouts-l
ind each horse load reminds me by its
peculiar herba@e oil the part OF the mead
ow it came from, and the circumstances
OF its gathering in the regular inverted
sequence Of the hay harvest. The loads
that were perfectly cured give m account
of themselves in more aromatic sweet
ness. Those that were stored with a risky
excess OF moisture tell the tale in volumes
OF fine musty dust, especially in the mid
die OF the NOV, The heat there was I'M
doubtedly near the scaldlng point; the
hay shows n dull, brownish-green tint,
and has become very dry and brittle. The
sugar gums and dried juices belonging to
hay its best condition. and tending to pre-
serve the weight and strength OF its FIBRE
seem to have been quite consumed in the
interior parts OF some OF the loads, SO that
the young ones in one stormy day, with a
Year: 1874

\ correspondent OF the New \ ork Trh-
une, in writing about pigs. says: have
studied the nature of the hog, and, after
many trials and disappoinments, have
come to the following conclusion: First,
have the pigs dropped about the first OF
May, thus avoiding the cold winds Of
March and April. and the overlaylng oc


casioned by penning in early spring.
save by This plan about ten per cent, and
sometimes more. especially in a wet, cold
spring Second, have Il good blue grass
or clover pasture for them to run in, with
plenty OF fresh water. and feed libcrally
on corn Third. the following year have
4 good field OF rye to turn on as soon as
it begins to harden, and ii possible good
clover lot | feed no corn while they are
on the rye. In the meantime, have four
or five loads of coal ashes from the steam
mill or refuse from the brickyard, and
mix with salt and wood ashes BY the
first OF September they are ready for
corn, not fat, but healthy, and sleek as
moles. then commence feeding. each
day increasing the amount until they are
on full feed; never oyerined. but as much
as they will eat up clean. l give plenty
of fresh water and in six week, ! am
ready to market pigs, that average over
three hundred pounds each. | am not
particular about the breeds, bnt prefer 4
cross between Berkshire and Byicld. A
person may do better with few, but this
plan is for those who keep from sixty to
one hundred head, and feed no cattle
Year: 1874

"ST1CK-To-1T-1vENEss"- I'VE do not
belive there is anything which is more
needed by many Western farmers than
the steady pursuit and persisting in
carrying out Of . purpose, that pr:nci-
pie of hang-on which western educa-
tor is fond Of expressing in the words
Of his own invention, standing as a cop
tion of this article. There is too much
restlessness. We every day meet with
some farmer who has been on his farm
from six to twelve years, and is begin
Mig to get few comforts about him,
anxious to sell and to strike out to some
new place to better his condition, and
we often hear it, remarked of such a
one that be does pot know how to let
well enough alone;s Not long since we
met a farmer who bad opened farm in
mine different statss, and he is now but
little if any betteretf than when he left
his drst place. q course his life has
been one Of usefulness, as it has been
one t. bard work apd privation; he has
acted as pioneer, opening the way for
civilization and plspazing the way for
others. His work hss been no less
noble and worthy # praise than that Of
the missionary teacher Who leaves the
comforts of the E55t I'D submits to oil
the hsTdships .nA <fvations Of the
frontier, sacrificing his own interests
and comfort for .bose that some after
him. Yet We a not believe that it i
the proper thing dthat one should bea'
Ill the h,rdships that others may enjoy
Ill the luxuries.I


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