The Portland daily press., 1862-12-23
ORIGIN AL AND SELECTED.

Maj. Gen. Cong Army of Potomac

Sr We learn that Lieut.. Chas. II. Howard
of Gen. Howards staff, was slightly wounded
in the battle at Fredericksburg. A fragment
of his pants, and penetrating the calf. He is
now on dnty. Gen. Howard was uninured.
sg- The Argus is brilliant To prove that
its article signed "Bddeiord" was not written
in its own office, it proposes to exhibit the
original manuscript! as though an editorial
forgery would be perpetrated by the types and
not in the manuscript itself. That won't go
down, neighbor.
Sy- The hospital returns published to-day
will be found new and interesting. They are
perfectly reliable and accurate. Similar re-
turns from other hospitals will be forthcoming
The Maine Soldiers Association, considering
great deal of good, and is worthy of unlimited
confidence.
SHOCKING GAFFAIR.-Wednesday afternoon,
as Mr.. Herman Shottler, who resides upon
Western Avenue, was trying to drive a hog
out of his yard, the animal made a furious at
tack upon him, knocking him down, biting,
and otherwise injuring him so severely that it
was thought he would not survive. Mr.. Shot
tier has been an invalid for some two years
past, suffering from a paralytic shock, conse-
quently was unable to defend himself Bath
Times.
sr Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte. whose
life has been devoted to PATHOLOGICAL studies,
has published an elaborate work on the Basque
and Finnish languages. He has already pub
lished, it is said, no less than twenty-seven
different works in the numerous dialects of
Italy, and thirty-one in those of England and
Scotland. A number Of books on similar sub
jects have been printed at his own expense on
his private press in London.
sg The case of the knife with new blade
and two new handles, and the pcrplexing ques-
tion about its identity have come up ina new
form in the experience of poor boy, who APP
piled to a Boston police officer the other night
for shelter in the station house. "See, Cap'n,"
he said, "You see, first my father died, and my
mother married again; and then my mother
died. and my father married again, and some
how or other L don't seem to have no parents
at all, nor no home, nor no nothing"
rY- Recently while the court was in ses-
sion at a certain town in New England, the
sheriff was startled by the following mandate
from the Bench: "Mr. Sheriff, renovate the
fire, as the pedal digits of the Court are be-
coming frigid:
Dissolve frigus, ligna super foco
Large reponeus."
"Yes, your Honor" replied the official ad-
dressed, adding after moments reflection, 81
beliece So"
NlY- Various underlined rumors of the dis
covery of plot or plots to assassinate the En-
peror Napoleon, have been rife of late. The
following melo-dramatlc account of the busi
ness is certainly true to the French character
and possibly true in fact.-His majesty has Il
iheater attached to his palace at Compiegne
and always has company of the best actors
during his sojourn there. While they were
lighting up the theater one evening, the chic
of the police discovered three suspicious look.
ing men in corner of one OF the boxes
"Who are you?" asked the chief of the police
"We belong to the secret police, and are sent
here by the orders of the chief, Monsieur b.
"Ah, you know NJ B.? Gentlemen, be
SO good as to show what you have about you
Revoivers, eh? That is what / expected
| Gentlemen, arrest you. lie chef de police
c'est moi"