The Portland daily press., 1864-04-04

RThe government Is leasing the aban-
doned farms in Arkansas, and there Is every
prospect Of the growth Of large crops
aH- Saving is a habit, like smoking, or TAX
ing snuff or like extravaganza. Ii you begin
it and go on with it for little time, you come
TO have a sort OF passion for it.
Y-The 10 40 loan is being taken up very
rapidly, in all the large cities. The First Ma
tional Bank of Portland is prepared to receive
subscriptions See advertisement.
ERev. w. r. Clarke, of this city, adj
dressed on Thursday 3lst ult., the educational
meeting Of the n. E. Conference now being
held at Chelsea, Mass.
fTf-It is very pleasant, in these times of
high prices, for man to look confidingly up
on his wife and say he does not want any but
her.
sB-The Agricultural papers recommend
a pint Of rum for maternal swine, TO make
her amiable so that she will own her pigs and
not eat them up. The rum is apt to produce
an opposite effect upon human swine mothers.
lg-Col. n. G. Taylor addresseda meeting
at the rooms Of the Chamber of Commerce,
New York, on Thursday, ia behalf of the sul
ferers of East Tennessee. A committee of 30
was appointed to receive contributions.
TT The selection in the Argus of Thurs
day. from the Chicago Times, must have been
intended for Sunday reading; at any rate no
decent family would allow it In the house on
a week day.
GfPartons Life of Gen. Butler is elabo-
rate reviewed in the London Spectator. The
writer acknowledges that the book has en-
tirely changed his opinion OF Gen. Butler,
and compares him, in versatility and energy,
to Frederick the Great.
rEJohn G. Whittier, the poet, says that
while William Lloyd Garrison was in prison
at Baltimore, in 1880, Henry Clay wrote from
Lexington, Kentucky, to a friend in Balti-
more, directing him to pay the fine and costs
and liberate Mr.. Garrison" The fact has not
been publicly known until very recently.
ga bitter controversy is now being car
ried on between the Providence Journal and
the Daily Evening Press of that city, each, as
near as we can judge, claiming to be the or
gan of the Union party. Such quarrels ought
not to be INDUCED in until the rebellion is put
nown and the country restored TO peace and
security.
nv-The Saturday Evening Post gives
recipe for good, wholesome and cheap soup:
Take three buckets OF water, the more the
better, four onions, two long-legged collard
leaves, small beef bone, put them in large
kettle and smbke till the water boils; then
stir with tallow candle and add one pint of
salt that has been used in picking pork"
lrWe are glad to hear of the success of
the Boston Advertiser. 1t is one of the most
reliable papers in the country, and as a COM
mercial journal takes front rank. With ship
owners, Insurance offices and those having to
do with navigation, it long since became a
textbook and could no more be dispensed
with than could the Revised Statutes In
lawyers Office. See advertisement.
sB-The Gospel Banner scrupulously gives
credit for items Of from three to dozen lines
but copies two columns of Gen. BOWS speech
which was reported expressly for our columns,
anu ioi Which otifttN NC pait SaohJ NituOub
the slightest recognition of the source from
which it was obtained. Pigs may be allowed
to feast upon acrns beneath the oak without
looking up TO the source from which they
came, but clerical editors should set better
examples. We would remind Bro. Balou
that If clergymen and religious teachers prac-
tice such lsrcenies, they should not upbraid
lay sinners for their misdemeanors.
sg- The copperhead Times, of Chicago,
recently said, "Gen. Seymour at Oulstee was
defeated by the cowardce of the negro
troops.n The reporter of the copperhead
New York Herald, who was an eyewitness
of the same fight said, "The LIST North Caro-
lima and the 54th Massachusetts, the colored
troops, did admirably. The LIST North Caro-
lima held the positions it was placed in with
the greatest tenacity, and inflicted heavy loss
on the enemy. 1t was cool and steady, and
never finched for a moment. The oath sus-
the reputation they had gained at Wagner
and bore themselves like soldiers throughout
the battle"