The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-12-28

was laid to gather up and preserve every one of
these corruscant gems has fulfilled his promise,
this inimitable production will appear in full
IN the pamphlet which will be issued few
weeks hence. cannot forbear quoting one of
MS Don Hots, which has the double merit of
ornamentng with new tint of humor sub
ject which has ELECTED variety of facetious
interpretations already, and illustrating very
napplly the art of putting things in such
way as to disguise a misstatement in the garb
OF truth. Speaking of Washington he said
that great and good as his biographer had
made him appear there ,cas but one instance on
record Of his eUer having told the truthP'
The Japan ese ambassador responded to a
call in few pleasant words and called out
Mr.. Murray, the Minister of Public Instruc.
tion in that empire, himself a Yankee, who
followed with some appropriate remarks touch.
ing the growing friendship existing between
the two governments
And then came the toast of homage to the
Army and Navy" purposely withheld till the
banquet had made some progress, in order that
the best features of the entertainment should
not be exhausted too soon. The instant it was
announced all eyes were turned towards Gen.
Sherman and the great audience sprang to
their feet and signifed their admiration for
him by prolonged and vociferous cheers. The
great soldier, accustomed as he is to facing
multitudes, and receiving ovations, seemed
momentariiy embarrassed by The earnestness
OF demonstration. But as he proceeded with
his address he quickly recovered his composure
and continued in that natural, unconstrained,
almost colloquial style which invests with
such charm everything he Gays. His speech
was strong, practical, animated and patriotic,
and was listened to with deepest attention by
the thoughtful and intelligent men to whom it
was addressed 1t will constitute valuable
chapter in the forthcoming pamphlet.
The sentiment "the Reconstructed Republic"
was followed by the reading of an interesting
letter from Col Simons of Charleston, s. g,
the commander of the corps which attended
the Bunker Hill centennial. His regiment is
composed largely of soldiers who served in the
Confederate army, a circumstance which
added to the significance of the terms of
loyalty and fraternity with which his patriotic
letter abounded 1t was received with emphatic
manifestations of satisfaction and reciprocity.
Gen. W. f. Bartlett of Pittsfeld, Mass,
spoke to the toast feelingly aud ably, pointing
out the desirableness of proftiDg by the les
sons, and utilizing the fruits of the civil war,
without retaining any i'll will towards the act
ors in it.
The respective Presidents of the sister socie-
ties were welcomed with a quotation from
Shakespeare-"For saints have hands that
pilgrim hands do touch" Mr.. Pellew of st.
George quickly slipped away before the call
was made, but Mr.. NJ ,Donough of st. Nicho-
las, Robert Gordon of st. Andrews and Dem
mis- McMahon of St. Patrick's in turn gave
earnest of the friendship of the Knckerbocker
the Scotchman and the Irishman.
The toast to the "Press' was next 10 order
and Shakespeare was called in requistion to
supply text for it. 1t would be hard to ind
better:
"Be curst and brief; no matter how witty SO
| it be eloquent and full of invention; taunt him
| with the license of ink: = as many lies as
will lie in thy sheet of paper, although the
| sheet were big enough for the bed Of Ware in
| England, set 'em down; = let there be gall
enough in thy ink; though thou write with
| goose pen, no matter"
The response of Gen. Hawley was so mas
terly delineation of the responsibilities and
| defects of the modern newspapers that think
| your readers ought to have the whole of 1t, and
| by and by when the short hand notes are writ
| ten out and revised shall send you copy for
| publication ia the PRESS. The clear and forci-
| Bile way in which he set forth the damage that
| is being wrought by the indiscriminate abuse of
| public men, will furnish food for thought to
refec ting people. He said, and said truly that
| the newspapers of our time were producing
wide spread Generalization, especially among
the young, by falsely representing that pretty
much everybody IN official station was corrupt
and knavish, and this 'flicense of ink was do
ing more to sap the moral foundations of socie-
ty than any other agency of evil in our midst.
woman usually last but never least on
the programme, received glowing panegyric
from Chauncey NJ. Depew, one of the fsvorite
orators of New York, who is always fluent,
eloquent AMI racy. Whether he has an audi
ence of thousands or of hundreds, whether he
speaks on the platform, in the social circles or
to jury, whether his theme be political, his
.orical or miscellaneous, he is equally brilliant
and epigramatic. He ranks with, or very
near to, Choate as knight oflthe dinner table,
and in readiness of improvisation he has no
superior.
The regular list having been completed the
new President, Col. Borden, was duly invested
with the insignia of his Office and delivered his
inaugural. He then gave as a sentiment
"Bunker Hill and the Centennial" which
called up Geo. Washington Warren, of Charles
town, with whose remarks the festival closed
at about quarter of an hour after midnight.
The President and Gen. Sherman evinced their
enjoyment of the affair very clearly by staying
till the Presidents hammer fell. Both were
cheered to the echo as they took their leave,
and both expressed their hearty satisfaction
with the whole proceedings. YARMOUTH.