The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-03-20
Current Notes.

fxor burnside will contest the Rhode Island
senatorsbip with the representative of the
bouse of Sprague Hosts of people will be
pleased to have him succeed.
The Springfield Republican speaks of Hen
nv Wilson in terms of heartfelt affection say.
ing that the word "faithfur' describes and
sums up his life and character. He is the
survivor of Charles Sumner; and in this con-
nection, it says that sin almost every respect,
the careers of tie two Republican Senators
from Massachusetts present curious contrasts.
The senior was born to wealth, culture, high
social position; the junior worked his way up
from the cobbler's bench. But they had this
in common. Both feared God, loved righte-
business, and hated iniquity.
A Washington correspondent of the Albany
Journal says that the cred tape'' of the de-
partments is necessary to keep depraved
men from plundering the national treasury.
1t don't always succeed.
The New York World devotes three col
umns and half to the proof that the cost Of
one drunkard to the community is $4,000.
Now that New Hampshire has beer heard
from, the New York World would think it a
waste of money, apparently, to insure
democratic victory in the next presidential
canvass for siXpence. Such faith as this
ought to have been utilized before now-say,
in getting the rocks out of He'll Cate
Springfield Republican
Mr.. David A. Wells, in an article in the
April number of the Atlantic Monthly, pre-
sents picture of the evils of an irredeemable
hxyr oloti tho nYppriQprQ Ot
the Republic of Texas, which tried every
variety of promise to pay, now suggested by
infationists at Washington, and had the poor
consolation at last to find it required fifteen
dollars in treasury notes to buy three glasses
of brandy and water without sugar. Gov
ernor Sam Houston, when urged to sign
bill authorizing a large issue, wisely said,
''The government will never be able, by all
the issues it can make. to satisfy the de-
mands of private speculation and interest"
The Boston papers of Thursday publish the
the report of Mr.. Forbes on the Simmons ap-
pointment. 1t contains no new facts but
shows that Gen. Butler gave the President to
understand that he had consulted the Massa-
chusetts delegation and they were in favor of
Mr.. Simmons or not opposed. Mr.. Forbes
concludes that if the mission of the commit
tee ''has had no other result, it has establish
ed beyond controversy the fact that one man
in Washington arrogates to himself the func-
lions of your whole delegation, and assumes
alone to represent the old Bay State in its
affairs"
The New York Legislature questions the
propriety of allowing the Grand Trunk Rail-
way Company to purchase real estate in
Buffalo, on the gronEd that it is a foreign cor
poration. Probably the real cause is that the
corporation is a dangerous competitor for the
railroads terminating in New York city. The
fact that produce from Chicago is landed in
Liverpool cheaper via the Grand Trunk than
the New York roads, is not pleasant one.
There are 80 RAILROADS which do not pay
the interest on their bonds. There is quite
movement in Northern Pacific securities to
Europe where the bonds are taken by parties
who avail themselves of the privilege of -ex-
changing them for land. The traffic on the
eastern portion of this road pays something
more than running expenses and the cou-
struction on the western end is proceeding
slowly.
The New York training school for nurses,
the establishment of which attracted general
notice year ago, reports that out of 70 ap-
plications for instruction only 20 were of a
character to be accepted, and 10 of these have
dropped out for various causes. The other
10 are proving the value Of the tuition by
great proficiency and rapid improvement.
The Boston Globe says that owing to the
vigilance of Congressman Kelley of Pa, a
huge land job with an innocent title was
stopped and referred to the Committee of the
Whole. The purpose of the bill is to secure
several million acres of mineral lands by bogus
presumption.
Theodore Tilton's story, Tempest Toss
ed" is to be given to the public in book form.
We haven't read it; but it is sufficient to say,
perhaps, that Theodore wrote it, and it is
nothing in the nature of biography or auto
biography. The public should never forget,
however, that Theodore is not, as formerly. a
member of Plymouth church, and candidly
canvass the question whether man who is
thus unfortunate can write book worth
reading. Chronicle.
Somebody by the name of O'Brien from
Indiana, has thought it necessary to intro
duce bill in Congress prohibiting Govern
eminent from dressing their servants in liv-
cry. Mr. O'Brien is more cruel than patriot
ic. The officials, doubtless, care nothing
at all about the garb of their households, but
what a CONSERVATION there will be in the
bosoms of the John Thomases of Capitol
Press.
That America sympathises with the feel
ing of Irish nationality is as we'll recognized
as is the feeling ITSELF We have welcomed
the exile to our shores. We have given him
all the material and political advantages he
craved. We have guarded the affairs of his
faith. All We have asked in return is that he
should respect our institutions and incorpor-
ate himself with our nationality, without re-
quiring him to forswear the love he still cher
ishes for the land of his fathers. We are not
sick of the experiment we have made. He
has strengthened us and we have enlightened
him.-Rochester Chronicle.
The Springfield Republican concludes that
great advantages can come from electing Mr..
Adams to Mr.. Summers vacancy. 1t would
make deep impression on the country, and
Messrs. Dawes and Hoar.
Stanley gives his deliberate opinion that
DIR. Livingstone is dead. Next.
The plow makers and CHANGERS Of the West
are having an unpleasantness, because the
first party won't sell at wholesale prices to the
second party. Let them come East to buy.
1t is stated that the jury in the Powers
Cary case came to their verdict by marking
the damages on pieces of paper aud dividing
the aggregate by twelve. 1t is further Stated
that one or two marked nothing and several
merely nominal sums.
TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT IN BANGoR.-A
spicy time was had at a ladies' temperance