The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-03-23
Current Notes,

The New York Times predicts that from
this time forward, great dealo of money will
be sent TO Albany to grease the wheels of leg
slation. Among the jobs are the Erie Clas-
sifcation bill, Laws ferry scheme and the
Riverside avenue. The Times thinks if the
people come to believe that the members take /
brides, tneir fate will be sealed. This little
improperly hasn't sealed the fate of many.
The Hartford Courant in noticing the fact
that a jury in the U. S. Court at New Orleans
failed to find the Grant parish prisoners gull
ty, recalls the Colfax massacrein Grant par
ish)where about seventy-fve colored men were
massacred, says that the deed was the most
cruel and dastardly ever committed IN this
country in time of peace, and concludes tnat
ssthe result of the trial is The most discouraS-
mo mart of the whole sickening affair. If 1t
means ANYTHING, it seems to mean that no
iurv can be empaneled in Louisiana that Will
regard the killing Of colored citizens as
crime deserving punishment. -5..
The Boston Adcertiser says that the nomi.
nation of Judge Curtis by the Democrats
''will have the effect to concentrate the re-
publican vote upon the two leading candi-
dates, Judge Hoar and MIR Dawes, whose
friends now seem disposed to Try their strength
in the legislature without the help ola eau
Gus. Most of those whose first preference is
for Mr.. Adams have no objection to Judge
Hoar, and if the election were to be held to-
day would probably give him their votes"
That tough old fellow, Santa Auna is in
Mexico again under promise to behave him
self. He is seventy-seven years old and one
might think that at that age he could keep
quiet.
1t is encouraging. In 1871 the New York
Assembly employed 232 officers and now it
has but 102. Liberal Alvord wanted three
more men but the Republicans refused. Never
theless one should look after his friends. 1t Is
the first duty of ssgood' member to put a
|, few appointments "where they will do the
h--st good"
Mosc->e our exchanges approve OF Congress
man Woodfornis bin ear the codificaton OF
the statutes relating TO the Customs revenue
service. a.r ..ie 81 77
A German woman in Adrian, Mich, shook
her fist at the crusaders and drank a glass OF
lager while they We're praying; and the very
next day SIZE mistook naptha for vinegar and
was burned to death. Cause and effect? Let
us hear ffom the writers OF the average Sun
day-scho5l book.-Rochester Chronicle.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press
asks: "Are there not 100000 firms in Penn
sylvaaia that will give 800 each for the cen
tenIial exhibition? Try them by all means.
Many thoughtful persons throughout the
coa ntry would feel much more hopeful of the
political future if Senator Anthony of Rhode
Island, had remained President of the Senate
pro tenn. His successor, Matt Carpenter OF
Wisconsin, does not enjoy public confidence
to the degree that should pertain to the high
station and its possibilities. Tran
script ii ~
The Providence Journal prints commune
cation to the people of Rhode Island signed
by large number of respectable names and
urging Gen. Burnside as candidate for Sen
ator. Mr.. T. w. Higginson is one of the
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