The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-01-25
DAILY PRESS.
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eatar lay Morning, January q, 1868.
PORTLAND


nv A<nst u sne CnAsairys
Col. White of Richmond, who ehallens,
Gen. Butler, the Southern gentleman who
fought duel in NeT York the other day,
District Attorney Martin, who shot Judge
| Busteed, the man that murdered Chief Jus
| uee Slough of New Mexico, Mr.. Chanler, VI.
u, oi new York, who heroically told Mr..
'"'iail ot Indiana, ON the floor OF the House.
tnat lie "ouid take an early opportunity to
imbIue his hands in his (Nr. Julian'sl hearts
best blood, Mr.. Fernando Wood, who receives
the Speakers reprimand with gloomy. FIRST
class Southern seowl, copied WITH Chinese
fidelity from the blue -cloaked Southerners
that used to stride in supercilious state
through the streets Of Washington before
the war, the young men Wise, who with
touching flial pety avenged the wrongs Of
their sire by bringing brace of revolvers
to bear upon the historian OF the lost cause
what shall be done to preserve them all I?
They are the last OF great race. In a few
years you can no more expect TO SEE one
than to see tie signers OF the Declaration OF
of Independence. They win be as scarce as
centaurs and satyrs.
The human race has an undoubted predi
lection for preserving specimens Of lost arts
and lost races. Consequently we have the
ancient Esy ptian in a tolerable state of pre-
servation, and, possibly, genuine sword blades
OF Damascus. Megatherinms are reasonably
plenty, and any good natured mineralogist
will give you fossil trilobite that was ex-
tremely venerable in years when Methusalah
was baby. This sentiment OF respect for
antiquity which, by the way, is zone of the
best in our fallen nature is the secret of the
high estimation in which the "oldest inhabit-
ant" is always held. He represents a sener-
alton that has passed away. 1t follows that
young and middle-ased humanity takes of
its hat to him, if decently well-bred. Now
the gentlemen OF whom we are speaking ale
not only representatives of past generation,
but OF strikingly peculiar race with as dis
tinct characteristics as the Gypseys. In 1900,
II this distracted globe hollis together till that
date waH preserved fire. eater will be more
valuable than anything IN H4srnum's Muse
um, and will be equal to the combined attrac-
tions of the what Is It," the infant gorilla,
the Chimpanzee, the sea-serpent, and the
Happy Family" with General Thumb and
Commodore Mutt and their respective wives
and families thrown in. II
But let US not despair. 1t can be done.
Long live France! Her Emperor is but an
indifferent sort of perso.iaee, but what clever
blades her sacdns are! They know every
thing; they can do everything. ". About, in
a work recently translated by one of our coun-
trymen, tells us how a man in the prime of
life, may be subjected to certain process that
will keep him in statu quo for thousand
years and day, Unnecessary. Put him under
the receiver of an air pump and expose him
to extreme cold; after all the moisture of his
body has been expelled by this process, pass
him through the hot air of filrnace-and
there he is. He may how be boxed up, prop
erly labeled and handed down to posterity as
remote as you please. II he is ever wanted.
put him into tub of warm water, and he
will come out, as good as new, with the man
ners, language, habits and customs of his own
generation. OF what value would genuine
photographs of Cleopatra, Aspssia, or Helen
of Troy be in comparison with "desiccatelo
Chanlers or Woods, coming out of rosewood
boxes, fifty years hence, aud sending sanguin-
ary messages to the mild-eyed, harmless peo-
pie of that milennial period! eAlions, Fer
nando, please step under the receiver