The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-02-16
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Referring to the late martyr President
the Philadelphia Press says +: Murdered at the
moment of victory and forgiveness, his death
was at once proof of the ingratitude Of
slavery and of the danger of liberation to
treason" tl- = is.t.gs
EAn anti-monopoly meeting was recently
held at St. Paul, Mimi, at which was seriously
discussed a proposition to ship wheat directly
from that point to New York and Boston. A.
report made at the meeting said freight could
be carried from New York to st. Paul for $1.30
per LOO pounds, and one leading line of trans
portation hints at even lower rates. Transpor-
tation lines are also talked Olivia New Orleans;
the times from st. Paul to New York, tits be-,
lieved, need not exceed twenty-seven days. sss
Eg-The N. Y. World settles the negro prob
lem in this elegant and classical style "Sure-
ly chaos cannot be very far off when glib
| tongued mulattoes like Douglass, and born
idiots like Blind Tom, are glorifed by white
men at the expense of their own race"
E~It is said to be notorious fact that many
white men at the South are SO troubled with
negro ON the brain, that their own offspring are
| darkly colored.e loA s-at E'
| ISH 4uC ldSe cdiC Va uCSi oCo Al tAlO dhCy VI
Virginia was made by agentleman of Staun-
| ton, April 9th 1865. He sold two negro chill
dren, aged nine and twelve years, for 5000
cabbage plants. ,4--~,yY
| GY Hon. John Minor Bolts is to appear be-
| fore the Reconstruction Committee and give
his views at length on the condition of affairs in
| Virginia. e. 'at FIT .. s3 yog3 g 4a'2h
ET-The New York Sun proposes that the
sixty-nine Congressman who have speeches to
| deliver on Reconstruction to be sent in body
to Fortress Monroe, and there read their speech
es to JEFF. Davis, the unhappy victim to be al
lowed only half an hour for each meal and six
hours sleep each day, until the whole six
ty-nine speeches are delivered. Those who be-
lieve that hanging is too good for JEFF. Davis
would pity the unhappy wretch who was thus
doomed to listen. oL
EyThe Chicago Journal says the last sea-
son has developed the feasibility of raising
cotton and tobacco in Southern Illinois, and
that large crops of both these products will be
planted the coming season. +, elg'gt
GY-A shrewd CONFECTIONERY Waterbury, Eng
land, has taught his parrot to say pretty crea-
ture" to every lady who enters his store. His
custom is rapidly increasing. .... .. -l.,
gR-President Stearns of Amherst College,
who has been absent some months in Europe,
reached home after stormy passage, Jan. 30
and had an enthusiastic reception by the stu
dents. "a 4 O. W. .I'JLA
gY-A greenhorn standing by a sewing ma
chine at which young lady was at work
looking at the machine and its fair operator
at length gave vent to its admiration with
by golly it's purity, specially the part cover
ed with caliker"
EY- The farmers of Lake county, Illinois
are suffering severely from the destruction Of
their sheep by prairie wolves. In Ella, Avon
Benton and Libertyvllle their depredations
caused panic among the owners of large
focks of sheep. Two wolves have been shot.
EY-By the death of DIR. Mott, Rev. Gardner
Spring, ID. D.. is now left as the sole survivor Of
the founders of the American Bible Society.
EEY- Elk Brigadier General f. d. Osband
who was reported murdered by the southerners
last month near Skipworth's Landing, Miss.
writes as follows, under date of January %
1866 1.-THE telegraph informs me that am
murdered man. decline the honor. am
neither shot nor otherwise murdered"