The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-03
Thirty Yenrs since.

A citizen recently left at the PRESS Office a
file of 1.-THE American" newspaper for the year
lS43. The paper daily and weekly was pub.
hshed in Portland at No. Union street, by
y. l.. Sanborp, and its editor was Benjamin
kingsbury jr. At the head of its second page,
IN big type, one reads: "For President, John
| Z. Calhoun of South Carolina, subject to the
decision of national convention, whenever
held, wherever held, and however voting"
The convention decided for James K. Polk, it
appears. On the same page is large cut of a
roaring lion harnessed to a chariot, and driven
by knight in full armor. 1t heralds an "Un.
PARALLEL Geological Exhibition, for two days
only, on Mount Joy, near the Observatory, un-
der splendid pavilion capable of containing
10000 persons" Did the people of Portland
crowd that pavilion at twenty-five cents a
head? With molasses at II cents and New
England rum at % cents the inhabitants
ought to have been able to put by much spend
ing money. But those were hard times, as
three solid columns of petitions of bankruptcy
testify. The outlook too, was hazardous, for
the Mlllerites had announced the final smash
for April of the next year.
has just arrived with eleven days later intel-
gence from Europe. We are told that "Mr.
OConnell continues to furnish food for CONVEX
saton and alarm 1.-THE Puseyite schlsm has
received a heavy blow and great discourage
ment of late, MIR. Newman having gone over to
the Catholics" ''DIckens-the immortal Boz
is now publishing story called Martin
Chuzzlewit, which is intended to caricature our
people, our institutions, our habits, and our
soil. Child, at the Portland Bank Building has
the last number" At home politics run high.
Daniel Webster, "the ajax of New England
federalism, ha returned to his old camp,
bringing with him all the arms and ammnui-
ton he took away" In Pennsylvania ''the
Democratic majority on joint ballot in the leg
islature is %. In Delaware 1.-THE Wings have
elected their candidates in Wilmington city
for the first time in five years." The Wings
are claiming that money secured the recsnt
Democratic triumph in New jersey" Senator
Linn of Missouri has just died. A letter from
Boston announces that massachusetts is good
for Democratic Governor. Senate and House
for 1913" In the United States Senate Mr..
Buchanan has just presented "A memorial
from a number of citizens of PENNSYLVANIA,
complaining that the greatest want of the
country was the want of proper currency,
and proposing to the government of the United
States to issue stock or certificates of loan to
the States to the amount of 100000
founded upon the public domain, as affording,
proper basis for sound currency" That was
the off year, the inflationist year with the
Pennsylvania Democrats Doubtless the next
year found them hardmoney men. In
Maine Edward Kavenagh has been elected
President of the Senate and David
Dunn Speaker of the House. The edi
tor congratulates his readers that George
Bradburn of Nantucket has just closed a
course of lectures delivered to full audiences,
at our City Hill, on the subject of slavery,
without the slightest symptom of disturbance.
We regard 1t as the triumph of he down-tred-
den right of speech, aud we rejoice that the
right has been indicated on the ground where
it was so fouly insulted, Portland again stands
erect" The Argus it appears, is engaged in a
vain attempt to chew up Virgil ID. Paris.
Its conductors are f. o. j. Smith and Elpha-
let Case, and correspondent of the American
pleasantly terms these gentlemen ''the Judas
Of Maine and the traitor from Massachusetts"
The editor has word or two of depreciation of
the unfortunate dissens ion' in the seventh
district, Washington and Aroos-
took, it appears, having nominated Shepard
Gary for Congress, and Hancock having nomi-
mated Leonard Jarvis. In the city, we are in
formed, the corps dramatique from the Ire
mont Theatre Boston, are performing. In lit
,rature the reader is directed to "Titnarshs
Irish Sketch Book" recently published. At
hat time evidently the face of Thackeray had
not appeared from behind the mask of "Mich-
bel Angelo Titmarsh," and that apocryphal
gentleman was held to be a reality.
The foregoing news is embraced in one num-
Der. The papers for the whole year are per-
fece bonanza of information.