The Portland daily press., 1867-04-12
Original and selected.

of the blacks very much improved since she
wrote Uncle Toms Cabin. "a "a
Omaha In 1853 was the site of an Indian
village. lthasnow a population Aof 10000 in
habitants
Inc argus parades a list of cities that have
achieved Democratic victories. several of them
never having voted any other way, 1t does
not include in the list Detroit, Dubuque, Jersey
City, Cincinnati, st. Lonis, and many others
The three first of the above cities have for the
first time given Republican majoritles, over
coming Democratic majorties varying from
| a few hundred to a thousand or more.
N is s,id Senator Wilson's speech in Rich
n,o,d was listened to with as much apparent
| interest and respect it would have COM
minded in Boston. ..l .u4lluaa 10 su8iis1
20 The new Governor General of Cuba is said
TO be favorable to the slave trade, and since
his accession to power, SIX thousand Africans
have been landed on the island
Some of the boldest of the Democrats
in Connecticut talk of trying to elect Isaac
Toucey OF Hartford to the United States sen
ate, next year. lf4 1UoieyiE aftisa17
-7E. A. Pollard, the Richmond fre-eater
editor and historian, has been arrested for
board bill by his father-in law III 5g57 ir.1
The charter elections of Ohio generally ex-
hibitit Republican gains. In Dayton(the home
of Valandigham)the election resulted in the
success of the whole republican city ticket,
by majorites ranging from 100 to 600, showing
an AVERAGE Republican gain of 13O
"A planter in Pulaski county, Georgia,
works for one of his old slaves.
A North Carolina CORRESPONDENT of the
Washington Chronicle says that the greatest
hailucination prevails among the old slave
holders as to their ability to control the vote
of the freedmen. fttae iGn, $3.50 1d dgfei
= Manufacturing enterprise is lively in
North Carolina. New factories are going up
all over the State. ..f+... -. flt.e.fs ls i.,fr
Governor Marshall of Minnesota has APP
pointed Mrs. Dewitt C. Smith, widow of a
Union soldier, State Librarian.
Minors can marrys in Louisiana. The le-
gal age for the bridegroom is fourteen; for the
bride twelve s' H2tF ''i
--Marders in Texas average eleven week.
--Gov. Morton, of Indiana, has been invited
to address the colored people of the District of
Columbia, on Tuesday next, the anniversary
of their emancipation. Delegations of colored
people are expected from Baltimore, Rich
mond and other places. Really, the negroes
are acting very much like white men, Isn't it
time they were looked after? r.f
Ex-Governor Brown, of Mississippi, who
has written a letter advising the people to ac-
cept the military reconstruction bill, says
he knows the doctor, i. G., Uncle Sam, and
fears he will order worse dose if this is ne
10, "a +oyr
Bury your troubles deep, but don't linger
around the place of burial. I9H 5J iiD q IHlf
The turn in the tde,'' as the Democrats
termed the Connecticut election don't seem to
have been followed by the expected iull flood
which the victors Were looking for. Rhode
Island, an adjoining State, has gone more
strongly radical than usual, and Michigan. in
an important State election, has been remark
ably emphatic in the radical direction. AS yet
Connecticut is solitary and alone
One hundred respectable citizens of Taun-
ton, Mass, have petitioned for the surrender Of
their city charter. 3l 0I l.ls ,-a-alfyGl
The Empress Carlotta is worse instead OF
better. Her fits Of insanity are more violent
and the lucid intervals more rare. balm Il boo
THE Wisconsin Senate has indefinitely
postponed the bill for the removal of the eapi-
tai to Milwaukee. ii. .,........ mad, .,,.-.,
Governor Oglesby of Illinois has appoint
| ed April 15 the anniversary of Mr. Lincoln 8
death as a day of fasting, humiliation and
prayer in that State.
"A dispatch from Washington says Mrs.
salisbury appealed personally to Senators not
topress the resolution expelling her husband
from the. Senate for drunkenness, promising to
ta-e him home, and that the appeal was ire
sistible. 81 aH ID a.s5 ,5s0lgo bnG au3bn0a
1T seems, the Democratic mayor, elect Of
Cleveland has come into office Oh has beer. He
is brewer, and opposition to the Sunday
liquor law secured his election. .. 49, ,-...i ~
The Russian American treaty was ratified
by the unexamped majority OF 81 to ., Sena-
tors Fessendeh OF this State and Ferry Of
Connecticut, voting against it. Mr.. Sumner
reported in our Washington correspondence
to-day standing ont firmly against it, it ap.
pears, as Chairman of the Committee on For.
eign Affairs, gave it his full support 81 ,ooi
President johnson has wisely, determined
that his next visit North shall be private, and
that under no circumstances will he, make q
| speech .f.o-.r ,....... ,,,,,, E.,,
| AAfpiilt JoHtS 10 living III SoCoLldnu. az
Those people who think our relations Will
Austria are suffering because the Senate re-
iects all the Presidents appointments for thai
mission may find relief in knowing that the
Office is not vacant; that Mr.. Motley is still
there, attending to the duties, and will remain
till successor duly commissioned shall APP
pear TO take his place. 81 81 .sig EHG Gvii5'
"A shoemaker out West has advertised for
"a female who has q knowledge of fitting boots
with good moral character" s.l5 9uI,y don.
Two years ago Mr.. English, the Demo-
cratic. Governor elect of Connecticut, was
burnt in efligy by tie copperheads of that
State, for his vote in Congress in favor of the
abolition of slavery. Verify, the tide has turn
ed when the same men who thus treated him
elect him Governor!
The N Y World, which is anxions to Sc.
cure the vote Of the colored men, has discover
ed that a negro don't smell any worse than a
white man--the cleanliness of both being
equal. Nothing like the ballot t0perfume
either a colQred man Or a filthy white for
Democratic nostrils. We expect soon to see
our, Democratic politicians, just before cleo
ton, button holing Sambo and sitting ON a log
by his side, the same as they have heretofore
done by the Irisbmen and the Canadian
! Frenchmen.
An exchange says Nasty proposes to
change his base TO Connecticut 1t seems quite
likely, from the action of the legislature, that
the "N. Roads" politician and divine may re-
turn to his old residence at Saints Rest
winch is in the Staff of Moo Jersey e d .il
By the suffrage amendment to the Ohio
constitution as finally passed, desserters and
drafts sneals are prohibited from voting for OIL
against its ratification. 49,, -. 49,.
1t is stated that in the recent election at
St Paul, Minnesota, there were fraudulent i'm
portations Of Illegal voters amounting, in the
aggregate, to over five hundred This accounts
for similar increase of the Democratic major
ity. s.eH p ha~ @dJ O. sod '..Ui
| The Transcript says Scion Single must
look sharply, or the State Constables will seize
his bari of apple sass djno2 8fi 4naG ait
They have on exhibition at Virginia City,
Montana, a lump of pure silver weighing nine
/ ty pounds. ..t, .s .1d sis. flr-ls ...f ,,r
"A vessel of eighty tons has recently passed
through the Suez Canal. ..i ...- ..
The plain English ofthe Connecticut Dem
ocratic victory, should probably be looked for
III the lack Of voters for the Republican ticket
while the Senate resolution for the expuI-
sion OF MIR. salisbury for drunkenness, was
| pending, he offarn5 Al. :