The Portland daily press., 1868-01-07

Since the adjournment of Congress every
thing has fallen back into the same old dull
routine that always characterizes this enter
prising city during a recess of that honorable
body. The strangers, who for month pre-
vious to the adjournment, had been tarryins
in OUT MIDST to the qualification and pecunia-
ry profit of hotel propretors have departed;
the busy whirl and hustle of politics have sub
sided and the city looks almost as gloomy
and deserted as a circus-ripg after the show
has packed up and gone. The holidays how
ever were celebrated with the usual amount
Of "fddling, teaSting and masking" with an
occasional sprinkling of a row by way OF varl-
ETY.. During the week the Departments iran
on half time"-the clerks being permitted to
leave their desks at noon, and the season was
set apart for enjoyment and "a good time gen
orally" The festivities OF the week culmnat-
ed in New Years day when the festive board
was spread, and every body "made calls" on ev-
erybody else to be RECALLED with "feastS OF fat
things and goodly viands. Cake by the ton
and egg-nogg by the hogshead were offered
IN on the shrine of friendship and during the
day and evening sail went merry as a mar
rage bell" But all things must have an end
and we have once more settled down to the
stern realities and business of life.
SECRETARY srANToN's CASE.
The report on the case OF Secretary Stanton
has been made up and will be presented ir
the Senate on Monday next by Senator How
ard who has charge of the matter. The Re-
port not only exonerates Mr. Stanton from tn
charges preferred against him by the Presi
dent, but reflects very severely on that func
tionary. The matter will have to he acte'
on by The Senate in executive session and Nj;
Howard will call for an executive session
once. Mr.. Stanton has also written a defenc
in which he relates his dealings with the Pres
ident so tar as relates to the matters involved |
in the charges and it is said that he has madt
out a strong argument not only in his owl
favor but against Mr. johnson. The charge |
will in all probability not be sustained an,
Mr.. Stanton will be reinstated but on ac
count of his kindly relations with Genera |
Grant as well as the unpleasant situation h |
would place himself in by returning to tn |
war office, he will at once resign his place |
resting content with his vindication by tn |
Senate.
EMBRoGLIo.
There is a general deadlock in the munic
pal affairs of this city Just at present. Som
four years ago Congress passed law estab
fishing colored schools and requiring the may
ors of Washington and Georgetown to distrit
ute the school money of those cities anon
the white and colored scholars according |
their respective numbers. Mayor Wallach G
this city chose to interpret the law to su |
himself, and withheld the larger portion due tb
colored schools. AH the last election, howe> |
er, the Radical party elected their City Regis |
ter, whose duty is to countersign the Mayor |
acquisitions for funds, and he refuses to sig |
any requistion until Justice has been done |
such schools. The consequence is that neitl |
er the teachers of white schools nor any cit |
official can draw a dollar from the city trea:
ury and general newspaper war is ben,
waged With great ferceness on both side
The rebels and nigger-haters all side with tt |
Mayor, while the union party as warmly SUI
port Mr.. Boswell the City Register.
CoPPERHEAD LIE.
To show the awful extravaganza of Radio |
misrule, a paragraph is going the rounds |
the Democratic press, to the effect that IL
Special Investigating Committees authorizl
by the last session OF Congress are costing Il
nation millions of money without accomplis'
ing cents worth of good. 1t is stated til Il
the committee raised to inquire into the tran
fer of Southern railroads to rebel compani
by the President, has already cost over $40(
600. Now the simple fact is that all those |
vestigating committees have cost up to Il D,
present time less than 10000 including the e.
penses Of the Judiciary Committee on the su {.
ipcf of i91111o rba ,o1a ;
committee as am credibly informed was on
$23, 199. A las how great fire little matt |
Will kindle!
a NOVEL IDEA.
During the winter there will be several d,
egations of Indians here from the far West I, |
visit their Great Father; and to receive fro4.
the humane and credulous Commissions, |
sundry little presents of gaudy blankets ard |
ammunition. Some benevolent Quaker peopl, |
have obtained permission to erect in the l. |
tent Office number of looms, and will deyo |
their time to teaching the female portion lf |
these noble savages" the art of weaving. D Il |
you ever hear, Mr.. Editor, of pouring water |
the back of goose in the hope of wettng T. |
through?
DEMOCRATIC PowwoW.
The "unterritied," under pretense of eel
brating 1e battle of New Orleans, are to ha'
jolly green -corn-dance" on the 9Th insta i, |
and already the hungry sachems of that tril
have begun to assemble. The performance
will take place at the Metropolitan Hotel al
the President has "signified his intention II, |
be present" The chief fugleman and stag
manager of the affair is Tom Florence, and u,:.
less he "shuf1es off tits mortal coil" befor
that time from over-exerton, rare and RAJ, |
entertainment may be expected.
PERSONAL.
Ger eral Sherman arrived here Yesterday |
He will have consultation with the Pres
dent to-day, preparatory to his leaving for IL |
West to settle matters with the Indians Gel
Meade left last evening for Atlanta to relie,
Gen. Pope. Charles Dickens is to favor u
with four readings sometime this month
Hons. e. f. Plllsbury and Bion Bradbury als
in town. CAsCo.