The Portland daily press., 1866-03-17
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

g eK-Anong the papers left by the late Hem
nv Winter Davis is speech, in his own hand
writing, in which he argues, with mastery
ability, the necessity of granting unrestricted
suffrage for all loyal men, both black and
white at the South. He claims there can be
no encouragement for loyalty or peace to the
country until the nation accepts this doctrine
The speech will soon be given to the public
Gen. Spinner states that there are, to
his knowledge, only about 100000 lying in
the National banks belonging to Government,
instead of $7O,COO,O 900, believed by Controller
Clarke. ..1r. f. -
Va Mr.. Sumner, having made an elaborate
speech against the Blaine amendment, and
helped to vote it down in the Senate, has since
proposed another on the same subject, which
probably in his opinion, avoids some of the OBJ
jections which he found fault with in the other.
To most persons the differences will appear
trivial st,, 90 .-
gy-The farce of supporting the President"
has proved very unremunerative to the actors.
Here is what the Buffalo Express says of recent
elections in New York 1.-THE Union Republi-
can Party of Erie County, has never in its his
tory been so strongly intrenched in its con-
seriousness of right: and in the unity and har-
mony of its determination to stand by and de-
fend that right, as now. The effort made by
the Copperheads within the last fortnight to
delude a portion of our friends to q new al
lance and thus divide and weaken our forces
not only has signally failed but has forced the
Union Republican party into more compact
and impregnable position. s4lr 81
EB The Philadelphia boOt-blacks were re-
Gently feasted in stlye- by the Young Mems
Christian Association. The supper was given
at the "Swathmore Mission" rooms, and the
boys "deported themselves with signal deco
rum. 5.l....f +. 4.
"a The London Times is evidently severely
hurt by Mr.. Bancroft's address, of which it
says, ironically, that,it will scause the British
lion to put his tail between his legs and howl
with anguish" F'2 4 -,'i slafi 7ifiii
20 The legislators of North Carolina are
said to deport themselves after the primitive
style. In the House of Commons. as the lower
chamber is called, members nifty be often seen
whittaing sticks and smoking their pipes la
stage Yankee. ga, ...-,-,. 20 l7n- 9''1
GY Prof. Simpson, of EdinborO', whose
name is SO widely known in connection with
the anBsthetic properties Of chloroform, has
been created baronet.- i..F Aaal~
EY The Fifth of April has been appointed
by the Governor Of Massachusetts, as day of
fasting and prayer. l}N 0OG IL -ase Hel
:, Mr.. Charles Hapgood of Chicago for
merly of Petersham, started on journey round
the world last May, going overland to the Pa
cife coast with the "Colfax party" and thence
to the Sandwich Islands, Japan and China.
He had reached Egypt the last of January,
and is now in Europe, says the Worcester Spy
Sy--. The marriage law of Pennsylvania is
undergoing change simple agreement
between a couple in the presence of witnesses
has been held to be legal marriage heretofore,
but that sort of thing will be done away with,
and the services of clergyman or magistrate
will now be required. For marrying pair,
either of whom is intoxicated, $500 fine and
six months Imprisonment will be imposed. ,a
EY-The City Council of Boston have under
consideration the proposition to establish a
legal bureau which shall have the charge and
care, under the City Solicitor, of all the legal
business Of the city, and the superintendenee
of matters which pertain to such a depart
ment. j Sc * sskE.5 s-= 7
The Boston Aduertiser says many good
things, and among the rest that "a 6asso may
perhaps be said to resemble a moderately fast
trotter whenhe gets low down in his forses."g
SBy- Lord Derby is said to have made his
celebrated translation of Homer while suffer-
ing from severe attack of govt The book
seems to furnish internal evidence of the truth
of the report. - f1 la'
sEB- A woman being eDjoined to try the eff
feet of kindness en- her husband, and being
told that it would heap Goals of fire on his head
replied that she has tried boiling water, and it
didn't do q bite good" -
/, The Washington correspondent of the Bid
'deford Union, says President johnson has been
in mortal terror ever since his Inauguration,
several plots have been discovered, and anony-
NOUS letters threatening assassination have
been frequently received. Itwas therefore ne
cessary, for the Executive peace of mind, to con-
ciiiate the rebels at all hazards. n17Q 2