The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-06-16

. Didn't Ten. Sherman efectually spike
oopperhead twenty inch PARROT when he visited
and accepted the Inequalities of the Union
League Of New York city? Its hardly TO be
supposed the so-called Democrats viii put any
mere President powder in that gun. They must
look somewhere else for candidate. 80
B-If the loyal blacks whom the nation has
called to its aid in its extremity, are now to be
ignored and not allowed voice in the Govern
ment they have aided in saving, while red-han-
ded traitors are to be restored tc their former
rights, then as a nation we are not far from the
last ditch-of ingratitude and shameless inf
deity. 7vs ~rrrfF
- preacher whose parishioners did not
overcrowd his church, was interrupted in the
midst of his discourse by flock of geese en-
tering the open door and walking up the aisle.
He ayailed himself of the circumstance and OBJ
served that he could no longer find fault with
the people for non-attendance; because, though
they did not come themselves, they sent their
representatives. l7sstaf oT--e
50 The Chicago Times states that Hon. Rev.
erdy johnson has several times during the trial
of the conspirators taken objections to the tes-
timony admitted by the court, and Expressed
his surprise at the admission of evidence by the
Government. and the objections raised by the
defence" The moonshine of this statement is
seen in the fact that Mr.. johnson has not been
present in the court since the fourth day
Of the trial, nor since the defence vas opened. 4
~ Referring to Mr.. Buchanan's forthcoming
e y IN 49, C<t
in the Philadelphia Press: ''The venerable Sage
of Wheatland preserves mis- equanimity to the
last Wrapt in the robe Of conscious innocence,
and serenely convinced that if he was the last of
the line of modern democratic Presidents, he
was also the purest and best, he will no doubt
give the world work of some ingenuity and
labor. The Old Public Functionary is not q
prentice hand at making the worse appear the
better reason yss
50 Referring to that apostate Irishman, John
Mitchell, the Phi iladelphia Press says: "When
we reflect how many noble sons of Erin gave up
their lives to preserve refuge for their own
posterity and for the oppressed of other nations,
and that this base creature, in the face of this,
nevertheless, assisted with all his powers the
J asssssins of the South, and the enemies of Emil
grafton and of Progress, we think his presence
in any Northern community an insult alike to
his own race, to the native-born Americans,
to common decency, and to the laws of the
land" awr orE r#naI
The Belfast .dge says the Sesrsmont town
house was burned on Tuesday morning last
week about two o'clock, together vita the Sc
lectmen's Office, and nearly all the records and
important papers of the town. The age is told
there are strong suspicious that the fire was the
work of an incendiary whose object was to de-
stroy the town books and records. THERE'S 9
difficulty in the town affairs springing out Of an
alleged defalca,ion of the treasurer and collec-
tor, stated to be about $4,000, and suits have
been commenced since the fire in behalf of the
town against him and his bondsman. 800 1sas