The Portland daily press., 1865-01-26
Glimpses Of the Capitol.
( AUGUSTA. Jan. "a. lssa.

1lmPsos OF the Uapltol.
AUGUSTA, Jan. "a. 1885.
Quite spirited debate sprung up in The
House yesterday, on the subject of increase Of
salaries. The particular shape 10 which II
found its way before the House, was, on in
ofeasing the salary of the Register of Probate
for the county Of York, from 1925 to $1,000
per annum. The delegation of that county
were very generally Ia favor of It.. 1t was
supposed il might pass along without much
opposition, as Ii was county matter, and as
the county was willing to pay for it. But it
soon proved, that although it was little
cloud. not bigger than a mans hand, it con-
tanned diffusive principles suficient to cover
the whole House. m
The ground taken by the opposition was to
some extent, that this was the entering wedge,
to opening the door to general rise OF salar-
ies.in the State; and that this was no time to
commence that expensive amusement. Mat
tiers were evidently returning to their normal
condition, and soon there would be no occa-
sion from inflated prices. to add to the present
salaries.
On the other hand, said the friends of the
iDcrease-this is right in itself; and that high
prices had nothing to do with it. Tue salary
as at present, had been about so for thirty
years-while the wealth and population Of the
county mad wonderfully increased; and of
course the business of the Probate office.
And so they had 1t for an hour and half,
pro and con, drawing in the best debating tai
ent in the House. Messrs. Crosby, Webb,
Foster, Payson, and Others for the increase T;
and Messrs. Roberts, Eaton, Cram, and others
against. But the opposition had 1t in the end.
The yeas and nays being called, the bill was
indefinitely postponed-63 to 81. The mar
gin is so small, that predict this is not the
last of it-but that an attempt will be made
to reconsider and put the bill through. @A~'
The members of the Agricultural Board are
discussing with much zeal, the report of the
Commissioners on the Agricultural school to
be based on the donation of 100000 acres OF
land donated by Congressfor that puTpese.-
Several propositions are made in the report.
Among them one from Bowdoin College; of.
fering very literally to, accept the fund and
give large Accommodations to the agricultural
aud mechanical interests in return. Mr.. B.
F. Nourse, of Boston, offers splendid farm
of 425 acres in Orrington; F. o. J. Smith,
Esq offers farm of about 100 acres in Cor
ham. The Board is unanimously opposed to
connecting the school with any other Institu-
ton. The Legislature will settle the question.
this session, no doubt. : ~ s q
q 0pe ofstbe best jokes, in the way of distrib.
uting documents, has just come out, which
has happened since the days of the Political
Nostrum." A portion OF the edition Of the
State Prison Report was found to have disap
peared very mysteriously, and pages and mes
sengers were much exercised for some time In
solving the mystery. Atlast it turned out.
that large number of the missing documents
had been sent to the Banks and brokers of
other States, in lieu OF the Treasurer's Re-
porti These worthy gentlemen must have
feltas though somebody was giving them pref
ty broad hints to mind how they carried sail,
or they could plainly see what they were COM
ing to.
$50 ASsoht DS AOSSH1n1OuuluE du dheuum6lG
to the U. s. Constitution passed unanimously
in the Senate, after some remarks by Mr..
Stone, Of Franklin. In the course of his speech
he admitted the fact, "that never, before,
since Maine has been Stat has her Senate
been unit in political sentiment" shall
look upon The says, )Ht.as happy day,
when we are permitted, without one diseord
\ ant voice, to pass these resolves In favor OF
abolishlng slavery forever"
The Rebels are getting into pretty muss
among themselves = and like the Kilkenny
cats, are likely to swallow each other. Tha,
/ mild and amiable paper, the Richmond Exam.
liner, in the sweetest tones says, 1--WE are moi
afraid Of being conquered by the enemy SC
much as OF being defeated by jeff Davis
The editor of that sheet must be pretty well
1 scAred-for he has had no more doubts for sew
j eral months, OF having to cave In on the war
than he has had that his dear friend Davis i.
an unprineipled despot His clustering and
bullying has shown that plaiuly enough
Nothing marks that the end draws nigh more
clearly. than this quarrel in the household o
these precious sc94ndrtls o'hing will evei
make them hsng together again but the
toughest hempl The barney OF the Copper.
head papers north, nor the kisseson the vener
able phiz of Mr.. Blair. by Mrs. JEFF wilt bring
about harmony, Thai putty has lost its adhe
-ive qualities. fVanose or be hung, Is the
remedy for these leading traitors, and they
win not be long in making up their minds OIL
E snr. Hf-s:wsny aa.sfY "a $3.50