The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-07-05

American Government-May The principles
it contains become the gospel of the world,
for the happiness of mankind.
By Citizen-May the success Of the al
lies in Europe procure lasting peace to the
Universe
BY the General Desvieux-The memory of
the good Samuel Adams.
By an American-The union of France
and America-May it endure as long as the
SUBMITS of the Allegany tower, or the Mis-
sissippi rolls its waves.
AT nine the company broke up replete
with the festive spirit of hilarity which such
an occasion must necessarily inspire.
During the whole of this festal scene, the
Agents obliging and particular attention to
his American guests ought to be particularly
noticed, and the conviviality which he uni
versally disseminated will be long remem-
bered by every one present.
The Advertiser also contains this essay on
the Newspaper, which reads quantity in
these days:
THE NEWSPAPER.
A Newspaper is so true type of the ca
price and levity of mankind that it may be
styled their Coat of Arms. The Turkish
Koran is not half so sacred to rigid Mahom-
etans, Turtle Feast to an Alderman, or
Frog Soup to Frenchman, as a Gazette is
If this informs him of a naval armament
he toasts the commanders in half pints
apiece, wishes them success, gets drunk with
loyalty, and goes with his head full of 74s
6Fs, frigates, transports and fire ships. But
a Newspaper, whose contents are not
tinctured by authority, is necessarily so
much more the receptacle of invention
thence, we hear-it is said-a correspon-
dent remarks-Whereas, &C., all serve to
please, surprise, and inform. We hear can
alter a mans face as the weather would
barometer. 1t is said can distort another
like fit of the spasm-f can make some
cry, while suppose makes others laugh; while
a Whereas is like an electrical shock; and
though it often runs to the extremity of the
nation, in unison with the rest, they alto
gether form very agreeable mixture. But
particular and domestic occurrences form
very essential part of this folio; thus mar
riage hurts an old maid, mortifes young
one, while it consoles poor detected hus-
band, who is secretly pleased to find another
is fallen into his case. A death, If a wife,
| makes husbands envy the widower, while
| perhaps some of the women who censure his
want of decent sorrow, marry him in a
month afterl In fine, every person is put in
| motion by Newspaper. 1t is a bill of fare
| containing all the luxuries as well as all
the necessaries of life. Politics, for instance,
| have of late been the roast beef of the times
| Essays the plum pudding, and Poetry the
| fritters, custard, and all the ct ceterd Of the
| table, usually denominated trifes. Yet the
| four winds are not liable to more mutabihty
| than the vehicles of these entertainments;
| for instance, ON Monday it is whispered, on
Tuesday it is rumoured, on Wednesday it is
conjectured, ON Thursday it is probable, ON
Friday it is positively asserted, and ON Sat
urday it is premature. But Notwithstanding
this, some how or another, all are eventually
| pleased; for as the affections of all are divid-
| ed among Wit, Anecdote, Poetry, Prices of
| Stock, the Arrival of Ships, &c. Newspa-
| per is a repository where every one has his
hobby horse; without it, coffeehouses, &C.,
would be depopulated and the country-vil-
lagos, the Parson, the Justice, and many
others, lose the golden opportunity of ap-
| pearing as wise as QUIDNUNc.