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

4 BE The funds now in the nands Of the
Douglas Monument Association in Illinois,
| are sufficient to complete the portion of the
Il monument about to be commenced, and it is
thought that when the work is advanced, mon
| ey enough may be obtained to complete it.
rs Gov. Andrew seconds the suggestion of
| the erection of an equestrian statue i'm e0m--
| memoration of Col Robert G. Shaw. and has
| invited the friends of the movement to meet
| him at his room in the State House for con-
sultation in relation to ways and means.-----
gg- The Democracy of Jefferson was the
friend Of the poor man; the Demseracy of to-
day is in favor of making the laborer the prop
erty of the capitalist q s1gs4ws2
gB The Washington correspondent of the
Tribune says it is confidently believed by per-
sons IN high Official position that a formidable
combination exists to force through Congress
bill for at least q partial assumption of the
rebel debt.
W General Howard estimates that. 10 900
| freedmen have learned to read and write since
| the war commenced.
80 The New York World speaks of there
fusaI Of Connecticut teextend the right Of stf-
frage to all citizens, as "a gratifying result
No better evidence is needed of the decadence
OF real democracy in the so-calledC Democratic
party, Othah the fact that itsets itself against
all progress, and has become the guardian of
negro slavery and the aristocracy of wealth.
Mary Eldridge, aged 16 years, has cut at
Ashfeld Mass this year, with machine, over
city acres Of grass, for her father and the
neighbors, without assistance. That is cutting
apretty wide swath for one so youngss4as w
| U.s. A South Carolina editor says that
money ID now so scarce in their State that
when two dollars meet they are such strangers
to each other that their respective owners have
| to Introduce them. si
laborers receive ffonn thirty-five to forty cents
an hour, and consider the employer under obi
cations to thank them for their condescension?
| BB General Hooker Fighting Joe"-who
on the field iof strife feared neither man nor
devil hasicapitulated at last, andbeea consign-
ed to a life captivity. He was lately married
to Miss Olive Groesbeck, of Cincinnati. Here
after. he will be Fequiredrto fight according TO
the niiid Democratic ruleAholding up the
solve" branch with one hand while welding
the sword with the other.
B8- The Tribune understands thatoga large
number of pardon-blanks have been ordered to
be printed, and that fac-simile of the sigma
ture of the President has been made which will
BE used in afRdhg lhis name TO ltheseJdocu(
ments." The Tribune suggests that this will
be called pardoning by machinery. Inview of
this rumor, which wesnspect of being canard
the Indianapolis Gazette asks, twas there ever
such ridiculous farce-such a serious farce,
we should say perpetrated before by Gov
ernment?"
U.s. During the month Of September the
Patent Office issued $50 patents, an unusually
large number for single month. IA i h iq.;, sTl
Ia One hundred and ninety Georgia rebels
were pardoned ON Monday, so says a Washing
ton dispatch. The indications are that rebeil-
ion will prove political blessing to the South;
they may Jose their slaves but gain IN political
power in the House of Representatives. At
least, such will be the resultif HconseryatiyeT!l
councils prevail. Conservatism now means
paying premiums for rebellion. 80 no. ,gJ
EB- Gen. Slocum processes to believe that
the Democratic party is a unit in support of
President Johnson policy They are just.
| about that in the States where elections have
been held, unit in the most literal sense of the
word. y 80 ss45q .a9l.ia .ssiliienp vraail 4,
| % Judah p. Benjamin is a candidate for
admission to the English Bar. His specially
will probably be Jew-leps.-[ Monitor. ssi'al .
| B Helmbold, the Extract of ,Buchu man.,
occupies thewhole of the first page oflsatur-
days journal with his advertisement. 1t is
large space to be given simply to an extract"
-[Concord Monitor ? lss efaJod09 ,sEiaoa
BB- The Concord Monitor says the result of
the Connecticut vote on the negro suffrage
question is not what we could wish to an
nounce. Itshows that bigoted prejudice still
exists against colored men, and that the State
lis not yet prepared to do justice to some who
have fought, that white men might stay at
home at their ease. We do not despair, how.
ever, that the time viii come when this will be
| made right Black laws win be as easily re-
pealed as "Blue laws. when the people are ed
ucated up 70 the proper standard. = 81 -resaL
EB- The World prints four column sketch
by Southern writer, Of Mosby, the notorious
guerilla The article il simply fnlsone and
disgusting laudation of one of the most brutal
and bloodthirsty characters developed by the
war, Mosby was a mean thief and murderer,
who3somehow managed to cheat the gallows-
The Worlds pufsfy Of such a brute shows where
its sympathies rest.--[ Elk. Paperygnioo
rs Says the Indianap Ills Gazetet::. "a RE-
| constructed rebel, named Pendleton is up for
Congress in Virginia He latelymade aspeech,
in which he said that four'of the Yankee Cen
erals adworth, Morrow, Robinson and Rice,
icampedon his place five months, winter before
last, and that three of them were killed shortly
afterward,o at the battle of the Wilderness
which he regarded as special providence in
his favor, Of course he was glad of IT,. He
4 Q IlsThaddeus Stevens hell Cat This man
we presume has been .pardoned.',r He viii
makeAa nice member Of Congress- He is pro-
snounced a healthy loyalist, " God save the
country from such loyalistsp,"" n.4To
W- A man complained Of his pillow at a
hotel in the oil regions. "Those pillows are
made of cork, as an experiment" blandiy re-
sponded the land ord, "and I am sorry to say
they are failure. c,,y = rgxrxsys
Bg- A little girl, aged four years, recently
died in London, from the fright Of seeing an
Episcopal clergyman suddenly emerge from
the vestry into g church, robed in his white
surplice. The child screamed, was carried
from the church in commissions, and died the
next day. a'saa sai % agi'9.9 @a @ less1 Il
~ 90 What do you intend to do with Jefer-
son Davis9,y asked an Englishman of q return
ed soldier the other day. 1T would be blasted
cruel to be hanging him, you know. Now,
what do you intend to do with him?" The
soldier replied that they proposed to borrow
the island of ST. Helena and shut him up there
as the English did Napoleon Icy ~ 81, s.-''. (
1ys5H The white caulkers of Baltimore, who
were out on q strike against the employment of
black caulkers, have reconsidered their action,
and gone to work again at $3.50 per day. '-' '-A
il CO One hundred and eighty houses in Par
| Is are engaged In the misunderstanding of niann-