The Portland daily press., 1865-11-11
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ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

H. 81. =
- The election news continues to- grow
better and better. The New York World says
it has no disposition to count its wounds or
conceal them. The poor dead corpus of a once
honored Democracy awaits burial. 1t is al
ready corrupted, and decomposition is far al-
| vanced. r,.r.- ~.v
"Perley' telegraphs from Washington,
The election news has had an excellent effect
here. The reconstructed rebels and their
friends evidently abandon all hope of aid from
the now powerless Northern Democrats, while
the Union men feel confident that the Presi-
dent can but see who are his supporters"
The Revenue detectives on the Northern
| frontier are almost daily discovering new meth
\ odsof smuggling A few days since one hun
bred barrels of -four were seized, over sixty of
them containing tin cans holding from three to
| five gallons Of spirits.
Mr.. Seward is said to enjoy immensely
the result of the election in New York 1t
shows how feeble has been the influence of the
malignant Blair to injure him in his own state
He stands nobly vindicated - e
EY The st. Louis papers announce that
Maj. Gen. Blair has resigned, and that his res
! ignation has been accepted. ts,z~- III
Y~The Water Cure establishment of Dr.
Munde at Florence, Mass, near Northampton,
was entirely destroyed by fire few days SINCE
The fire originated in bath room, and the loss
is quite heavy. gncITY0I eGa Cd
| GE-Mr. Souchard, the French Consul in
| Boston, has returned from a visit to France and
has resumed his official duties. 7''5'''7
EY-The Boston Post bears defeat with its
accustomed philosophical equanimity. 1t says
"The elections in New York and New Jersey.
For farther information see Republican
| papers" -s1ieis
| BB- The Bird of freedom gave loud
screech when the returns came in Tuesday
night Boston Post :aeJ -7l ~
GB%The Louisville Journal says "the Legis-
lature of South Carolina has abolished slavery
Now letiit adopt the Constitutional Amends
ment prohibiting it throughout, the United
States, and the State will then present herself
to the people of the country regenerated and
Disseminated" \, 81, 30. s5,5r,
Washington correspondence says that
Gen. Butler contemplates removing perma-
nently to Washington, and that he has been
negotiating for the purchase of eresidence
there. vnhrIt hvr grvEf
- A Democrat in New York, who was i'm
patiently waiting news from the Massachusetts,
election, said, after hearing a few returns read.
"Our Democratic fayors from the Bay State
are couched in very small figures u .l.4.ei
pEg-A dispatch says when President john
son received the official returns from New Jer-
sey he clapped his hands, exclaiming, Good
good r' Why shouldn't he His true friends
have triumphed.
Ia James Mahan was crushed to death on
Monday last at the rolling mill of the Nashua,
N H., Iron Company's works between heavily
loaded car and the wall of the building. Both
arms and legs were broken. y~,7-s -A, scr, /"
B A Missouri railroad has adopted the
system Of making each passenger pay one cent
to the conductor on account of the government
tax. The st. Louis Democrat presunes that
no one will begrudge the amount, as it goes
towards paying the national debt,