The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-07-10

of SLOT. He is going through the Bankrupt
cy Court, and win petition for his release.
The discarded ends Of cigars are carefully
collected in Paris, ground and sifted, and then
used in wine shops, where any person taking
glass of wine has the privilege OF smoking any
amount of tobacco gratis.
Spanish Journals assert that the objects OF
the conspirators at Valencia were the over
throw Of the Bourbon dynasty and the union
of Spain with Portugal Eleven citizens and
eight soldiers had already been brought before
the triburalsEE yEHAK HE 4
THE EXECUTED CONSIDERATIONS.
We put ON record the names Of these com
| spifators and the charges against Them
| Their names were David E. Harold, George
e. Atzerott, Lewis Payne and Mary EsSuffatt'
and the charge against these atrocious crimi :
ais, was conspiring with one another, and with
jefferson Davis, George n Sanders, Beverly
Tucker, Jacob Thompson, VIM G. Clearly,
Clement -GsoClay, George Harper, George
Young, and others unknown, to murder bra7
ham Lincoln, Andrew johnson, VIM. 81. Sew
ard and Ulysses S. Grant The Commission
found the four who, have been hung, guilty Of
| the combined offense alleged against them.
| q lAtzerott was condemned for watching Mr..
johnson with intent to kill him, on the night
Of the assassination of the President, the 14th
of last April Payne's sentence Of death rest
ed upon the murderous assault upon Mr.. Sew
arc. and members of his household Mrs. Sur
raft was proved to be guilty of receiving and
aehtertaining the conspirators knowing their
terrible plot, and afterwards aiding them to
escape from justice. Harold was found guilty
lnofu assisting John Wilkes Booth to murder
| Abraham Lincoln, and subsequently aiding
Booth to escape. The 'considerate, Judgment
of mankind win approve the execution Of
these terrible criminals m -
All those who have read the testimony and
| followed theEfhysstigation.before the Military
Court must be strongly impressed with the
I belief that the verdict against these criminals
will forever connect JEFF. Davis, Thompson,
Tucker, Clay and some others with this terri
Die deed Of blood, such as the world has Sell
lSdom witnessed. We have no desire to kick a
man after he has fallen, nor to heap upon him
crimes ofuwhich he is mot guilty saAndwe
hope Davis Is clear from this atrocions Sin ii
the sight Of Heaven; but ,circsmstantisl evil
i.dence developed in this trial is such that the
most candid and intelligent minds cannot be
entirely free from suspicious of hisguilta lsAnd
surely, Sanders Co. who are in Her Majes7
| TVS Canadian dominions, must have trembled'
when the news of this execution reached their
ears. 1t will be difficult task for them to
convince the world that they are Innocent q
1 the blood of the lamented Lincoln.
We are strongly impressed with The opinion
| that they will be exceedingly cautious about
stepping over the line, q We think the Cana
dams, at least all those who have not sympa-
thized with the rebellion, wond be glad to- rid.
themselvesdof such characters, and the time
may come when these conspifators against our
government win find Canada not very conn
Portable place to five iii Public opinion there
has undergone great change since the rebel
| lion collapsed and its Chief was Imprisoned
Southern sympatlHzers .g0ws less ihl1OAIadal
every day. and the time may not he far dis.
tant when Sanders and Company will be COM
| PEELED to seek refuge in some other country
w. fisJ rshich thew NAV So
journ. Traitors are not fit to live in any jiaIlu.
There's no place they can properly call home.
We hope the Canadians will have spunk
enough to drive them out Of their country,
eandYmake them miserable wanderers upon the
earth. ssrebroI. n4sfEIfyv .sea5vo2 Il. oro.
p THE TUNE CALLED AMERICA. sd''
]2aA writer I'M the July number of q 9strs III
Home,Y utters some words of1vigorous protest
Y against the servility or stupidity which. con-
sents to accept this hoost una countably smug-l
'gied foreign product as National Hymn
We confess to, having been more than once
4 both annoyed and mortified by the same
lEthing For the spirit-stfrriing air of aGod save
the King" in itssproperK Zine and place and
under itspropeis naaae, we haxea cordial res
| pect and liking: and do not blame our
British cousins foro singing it enthusiasm
but when we have the same thing dressed. up
in anew set ofrhymes, rather unme Gaming and
labored at the best, baptized america" and
labelled a qnal aud hear it given
out to be sung on all sorts of public and patri-s
otto OCCASIONS we lneW not whether toregard,
it with more, Of modification disgust. tTlie
writer alluded to very pertinently asks, Us it
then for as, if we have national sentiment
toexpress, tobegg borrow, orsteab the con-
secrated British air for our yehicle2 To do
ITsoindicates good deal more Of poverty than
we ought To confess, and puts lis in a. Kind of
falsetto thatisno altogether of the voicesnS-s
We think so too, and we do most earnestly beg
Igmd lbeseech all managers Of patriotic assem-
blages to give this hymn the go-by. Ifthey have
amy British guests to whom they wish to pay
delicate compliment, let their bands play,
'fGod save the Queen, 'sswith ashearty will,S
.butlto utter the beatings of their own patriotic
hearts, in heavens name let them choose some
thing else. .a4xAa 3 4oo9
Itmay be objected that if we throw away
this we have no national hymn. Well, what
of that |? 1T mayo be true that we have nos
grand anthem which can adequately express
the noble pride, the fond affection, the
deathless devotion which swell the heart Of
the American when he thinks IF his glorious
native land, but certainly the tune called Ann
erica is no more cspablszof, this than a jews,
harp is capable of rendering Haydn's ssCreara
ton" And we need not beiina hurry There
IS time enoughO National hymns are not
made to order as one gets q coat from the tail
sorssMH we have that whichisto be expressed
we shall have the expression IN time. Mean
while we have several airs which, as far as
they go, are thoroughly national and genuine.
So long al wehase the lively saucy aYankee.
Doodley the stirring 4Hail6 Columbia,9 the
brilliant and varied "Star-spangled Banner"
fand the majestic Battle Hymn of the Re
public, T SO suggestive Of the tramp Of march
ipgu thousand, we neednot feel ourselves re-
.duced to the necessity of begging, borrowing
or stealing tune not equal to anyaof them. 3