The Portland daily press., 1872-02-15
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. Is, 1872.
A dangerous Kind Of Terror.

Dangerous Kind Of Terror.
Cen Anderson gave himself too much
cradit for timidity when he assured the rail-
road committee that he does not dare to fight
a newspaper, and that it is ''like having law
suit with the Devil and holding the court in
Hen'' 1t will be extremely difficult for him
to cause it to be thought in this vicinity that
he fears to fight newspaper or anything OF
anybody else, even with the odds so unpleas-
antly against him as he indicates. Our own
impression is. that in case he engaged IN htl-
CATION with the disreputabe person mention
ed, he would proceed straight to the sultry |
domains of his antagonist and bully the judi
ciarv of those parts into nonsultlng AUD
Clootie on the very first day Of the term.
Once there was a sea-captain who sail
ed from Maine town, and VINO hau
been arraigned before the police court Vi
nearly every seaport town on the AZ
lantic coast on the charge OF assault. he
was man of reckless physical courage,
and when addressed by strangers In
manner betokening the smallest de-
10 attack and dispense them, no matter
what their number or character might be.
When called upon, previous to sentence, to
account for breaking half dozen heads, it
was his invariable practice to address the
court thus: "May it pleasey your Honor, have
the misfortune to be very timid man. am
easily frightened at all times, and especially
when passing through the streets of large
town. When accosted by strangers, reuer
become angry, but my terror Is SO ertrene
that l completely loose my self-control 1t
wasin one of these paroxysms offear, for which
am in no degree responsible, that the unfor-
tunate accident occurred by which the four
estimable gentlemen who have appeared
against me are temporarily deprived of the
use of their eyes and, am sorry to observe,
of some of their limbs. trust that my mis-
fortunes will not be made by the court the
ground of any ill-timed severity" The result
was that the court usually learned for the
first time how much more terrible passion
fear is than anger; and that the respondent,
after being solemnly warned to control his
womanish timidity, was besought to depart
out of those coasts.
1t shall be our care to awaken the public to
the dangers that threaten from the fears OF
Gen. Anderson and the other stout gentle
men who are interested in the Ogdensbmg
loan. When they became frantic with terror,
we are afraid that broken heads and bloody
noses will be far too common, while such
havoc will be made of our municipality that
nothing but the pieces can be found by the
most patient investigator. Look out for
yourselves, fellow citizens, when Gen. Ander-
son gets frightened!
THE PRESS of Monday morning roundly
declared that
The present liability of the city ON account of
railroads is $2.S64, 900.
The Augusta correspondent of the PRESS
on Tuesday wrote that at the hearing before
the Railroad Committee. Gen. Anderson
noticed the city debt He did not propose
TO go into the figures, but the Mayor had de-
clared that it amounted to $1,34O,000, and that
this was amply secured.
The figures heretofore given by the Adcer-
tiser are $1,314, 900, for which 81, 340,0 900 is
evidently misprint. We are still of the
opinion that the Mayors right and the PRESS
wrong.-Adrertiser.
IF the Advertiser supposes that it can mys-
tify the question at issue by this childish and
altogether unworthy trick of ignoring the diff
ference between the city debt proper, and the
debts which Portland may be obliged to as
sumo on account of its loan of credit to rail
roads, it puts low estimate on the inteli-
gence of the people. Its effrontery in under
taking to say that it has heretofore put the
city debt at 81 ,314, 900 is amazing. Can't you
remember what your own columns contain,
Mr.. Advertiser?
THE Transcript says that the friends of
woman suffrage in Maine have made good
opening of the agitation which they mean to
keep up till their just claims are recognized.
Sin Massachusetts" adds the Transcript,
''the cause last fall showed strength enough
to defeat the nomination of Republican can
didate for Governor, who had squarely OPP
posed it. Little has yet been done in Maine
in calling public attention to the matter, but
it is intended, next summer, to hold conven-
tions and begin earnest work."
THE Supervisor of Schools in Oxford Coun-
ty says, in communication to the Democrat,
that there have not been so many young men
and women in the schools for many years as
now. This is an encouraging sign. There
has been nothing more remarkable I'm the de-
cline of our common schools than the early
age at which, during the last ten years, pupils
have ceased to attend.
CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE is said to have dis
missed all thought of becoming President,
and favors the nomination of Judge Trum-
bull as the opposition candidate. But Trum-
bull is a Grant man.
THE woman suffrage advocates look upon
the vote ofthe House, on Monday, by which
they were refused hearing at the bar of that |
body by majority of only nine, as great |
triumph.
WoMANs rights have obtained hold earlier |
in the thriving County of Aroostook than in |
other parts of our State for we notice that two |
of our exchanges speak of Jessie Drew, Esq. |
1t is quite probable however, that the veteran
politician at Fort Fairfield has been made the |
victim of bad-orthrography.
Mr.. STANLEY, the representative of the New |
York Herald in the work of searching for DIR.
Livingstone whose death has been announced
by cable, was remarkable man. When Sher-
idan made his marvellous campaign against the
Indians in midwinter Mr. Stanley went with
him, and in company with two soldiers rode
alone through hundreds of miles of bleak and |
snow-clad prairie to send the tidings. When |
the English made war upon Abyssinia he join
ed Lord Napier, went through the campaign |
and sent the press the first news of the fall of |
Magdala. He visited Persia and the sites of |
Ninevah and Babylon for the Herald, and his |
success his zeal, his genius, his courage, fitted
him for the mission in search of Livingstone
WEDNESDAY the House took the first action |
in reference to what our report denominates the
European and North American '1and swindle."
This action is rather late in the session; but as
the questions growing out of the claims of the
Company have already brought on a conflict
between the State authorities and the agents of
the corporation,at is of the first Importance
that a searching investigation be made at the
hands of the present Legislature, that all these