The Portland daily press., 1866-01-20

CO On receiving the despatch announcing
the Introduction in Congress Of measure 70
putdown polygainy, The Union Vedstte' the or
gan OF the Gentiles of Salt Lake, printed it at
the head of its columns with the captions
"Bully for Congress |" "Glory Hallelujah p
Esse The Boston Advertiser thinks that was
yery abse nt-rninded man who falling into the
river. sank twice before he recollected he could
SWIM gs1
Ey- The House judiciary committee have
agreed to record an amendment to the consti-
tuition, providing that the actual number of
electors in each State shall constitute the ba-
sis OF representation in the lower House of
Congress. This is in accordance with the res
commentator of the Union caucus.
! 2 gS~ A correspondent of the Maine Farmer
styles Minnesota ''the New England of the
West"
EH- The Genessee Farmer says theloss up
on hay weighed July 10th, whencured enough
to be put in the barn, and again February Goth,
has been ascertained to be q IL per cent. So
that hay at $15 ton in the field is equal to
$40 and upwards when weighed from the NOW
IN wlnter.sX VA 10 E5ers yInsnl Il. q ais a z
DY~ The standard bushel of the United
States contains 2150.4 cubic inches The elm
perial bushel" is about 68 cubic inches larger,
being 221S.192 cubic inches. @ ssi,s..e % =.
| EB For score of years it has been the chief
end of the Democratic party to guard, defend,
| protect and thus perpetuate negro slavery, but
the institution having died by act of God and
the folly of its friends, the same party now find
no higher duty than to sit on its grave to prevent
Il fbo MOI aicS9 ms
| E- The man who claims liberty as natu-
raj right, and yet denies the natural rightof
suffrage, would make men free but take from
1 them the only peaceful means of defending
that freedom, and leave them to do it only by
brute feree.OA 3s0to yAIEk&G "a
E#@ The last definition of Liberty of the
Press" is for newspapers to aid the cause Of
4 treason for four years, oppose their govern
ment in all its acts to maintain its own life and
honor, and then claim a full share of public
patronage - Invasion of this sliberty of the
! press" is to withhold the patronage and confer
itupon those papers which have loyalty sup
ported the Government against its enemies-
Vide Boston Post and other Democratic papers.
By the way, who ever knew a Democratic adj
ministration to give dollars worth of patron
age to an;opposition journal?
GB" Henry Clay once said to Mrs. President
Olk:-"Madam, never heard anything but
praise of your administration, though occa-
sionally have heard some slight objections to
your husbands, ,x
+ BY-A woman in Harrisburg died from
fright at being told in a joke that her husband
had been accidentally killed. rs ~ adI = 90 :.
/ Bg- joker in the Washington Republican
sayshe would be perfectly willing to share the
fortunes Of war with the noble army Of con-
/ tractors. TO
1oiG V A Vermont sergeant wrote to New
York girl who pinned her name to some cloth
ing he received through the sanitary commits
sion, and the correspondence led to courtship
and marriage; and now the gsergeansfindsh
has good wife and cool half million in mon
ey besides 80 sssIoq snsai Of b94alsn, SIC A..
Il, EY- The Canadian Parliament has seen fur
Their prorogued to the 10TH of Feb. an 10 sII5