The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-06
Current Comment.

The Delvan house bar at Albany took in
owes $1,000 during the two days of the demo-
cratic convention. Where are the ''reform-
ers ?"
The Albany convention leaves Mr.. Tiden's
health in precarious condition, and now
General Mcclellan, Mr.. Hendricks, Wade
Hampton and several other gentlemen who
have not been vaccinated against the PIesi-
dental fever, will be liable to break out with
it in very aggravated form.
Tweed will be "glad to see the old set back
again" too.
The poor, wornout name of reform has
been relieved from duty as fig leaf for the
New York Democracy.
General Toombs mixes up a good deal of
sense with his erratic talk. He says he Is
against subsidies, and is convinced that the
benefits 10 the South of a subsidy for the
Texas Pacific Road are greatly overestimated.
AS for going to the United States Senate, he
wouldn't il he could, and he couldn't if he
would. He is still rebel in spirit, and will
not ask to have his political disabilities re-
moved. OF Mr.. Key he speaks with charac-
teristic disrespect as twenty shilling law
Yer."
Pittsburg has just repeated her experience
of April last in defaulting the October inter-
est on her city debt. Her credit will not sus-
tain the strain of many such defaults.
General Mcclellan now denies that he ever
killed moth, says the Haackeye. 1t appears
that he had fairly circumyented the moth,
had laid his parallels up to within pisto,-shot
of its works, had thoroughly and closely in
vested it, cut off all avenues Of retreat or sup
plies, and then, just as he was finally on the
point of winning some OF its most important
works, with view to following the move
ment up with an assault and certain capture,
the provoking moth went and died Of old
age.
l see nothing in the Ohio canvass clearly
| pointing to result in favor OF one party CT
the other. All is involved in fog. 1t is
hard to estimate the weight Of negative forces,
| and here a negative force is like to be the de-
termining infuence-I mean the force of gen.
eral apathy. With two exceptions, l have
seen more or less OF. every political campaign
in Ohio for Is years, aud l never saw one as
dull as the present. The election is likely to
go by default on both sides, and how it will
go will depend upon which side defaults the
more.-E. V. Smalley in the Tribune.
Little-Big- g-Boston-Man-My name is Ad-
ans. Charles Francis Adams My father
was great father. My grandfather was a
| great-grandtather. too should be a great
| father. l have said.-GrGphic.
Another Cardiff Giant found In Colorado,
| with four inches of back bone. Interviewed,
| he remarks: "My name was Samuel ]. Til
| den, was once candidate for the presi-
/ dency; now / am on the shelf.
The following names have been announced
| as composing the editorial and reportorial
iorce of the Washington National Union:
Hon. John Lynch, editor-in-chef; E. T.
Peters, managing editor; G. F. Talbot, ex-
Solicitor of the Treasury, and james Du
Bois, late of the National Republican, asso-
ciate editors; @. M. Barton, news aud night
! editor; Mrs. Briggs C"Olivia") Woman's
department.; P. A. Julien, A. ], Clarke,
| Edward Remand, Thomas De Witt, local
| reporters; S. V. Moves, departmental re-
| porter, and r. W. Mitchell ("Bob Creighton"
of the Danbury Ne,cs,) paragrapher.
The Texas papers are not at all anxious for
war with Mexico. The Austin Statesman
says: "The war with Mexico will make
money abound for time in Texas. 1t will
make market for all the products of Texas.
1t will add, temporarily at least, to the value
of Texas property. II will bring countless
strangers hither who will never leave. 1t
will surely gather here all the thieves and ad-
| ventuTeTs and cut-throats of the continent.
| II will add to the United States Mexican
l province which will be more costly than all
| the Indian nations, and more corrupt TO the
| country's politics than were these late prov
| inces of the South"