The Portland daily press., 1864-11-17

We NSS~AS tAV "a tASey was NNAAcu NY LQe S1uo |
Of fhackeray ------.-....-s---..-----.-.-
B-It is said the Boston Courier will after |
the present week appear as an evening paper |
20 Thurlow Weed is said to be prospecting |
about the National InteIligencer.
a. DIR. Hollands new lecture this season is
called s'Cost and Compensation
ERSome Earlier Remains of Archbishop
Whately y have been discovered among his 4
papers, and will be published
RThe advertiser denies the report that the
proprietor of that paper is negotiating for the
purchase of the Argus. * II
Snow fell to the depth of two feet in some
portions of Worcester county, Mass, on Sunday
last A.s.e-ezs -. s-.s4gs.-s Ea
% Mrs. Major General Butler was once known
upon the stage as Miss Hildreth, young ac-
tress Of originality and promise. Is
90 Richmond papers Of Saturday assert that
General Grant is changing large bodies Of his
troops. swfsgR eag xa
~ Contributions to the Sanitary Commission
were made at the polls throughout California on
election day
B-The reported death of Gen. Wright of
New Jersey, member of Congress elect, is CON
tradicted.
- Garibaldi declined the splendidIy equipped
yacht which his faiends in England purchased
for him. s5A J@Jfs@A
RGoy. Gilmore of New Hampshire has put.
four substitutes into the army representing him-
self and three Of his sons. g4 Il u
HNew York cast $50, 900 votes at the Presi-
Dental election. Quite an army could be OBJ
tained from that State alone if needed
% Rev. H. W. Beecher recently gave as
reason for not belonging to the democratic party
that he was a democrat.
RThe cash donations received at the Sailors
Fair in Boston, were on Tuesday night $3S. 900.
it closes Saturday.
WA grand banquet was given to the officers
of the Kearsarge by the Boston merchants, ON
Tuesday evening.
BMr. Lincoln's majority in the State Of
New York is by the returns so far received
5000.
E-Mr. Secretary Stanton is reported not so
well, his illness having taken an unfavorable
turn.
% Secretary Sewartl's name is mentioned by
gossipers in connection with the vacant Chief
Judgeship.
R" Metal shirt bosoms'' are advertised in
New York, and of course they have been paten-
ted. 1t is not stated whether or not they are
bullet proof
HGen. Sherman's movements are shrouded
in mystery, and trouble the confederate author
tiles at Washington quite as much as they do
the quidnuncs. MI pAT 6mo IkT oa
80 An exchange says Mcclellan receives the
smallest vote of any Presidential candidate ex-
cept at the election in 1904, when Pickney, the
Federal candidate, had only 14votes. IA q e11s
| 81 The Montreal Witness says that the comfy
of nature demands that the Canadian Govern
ment take active measures to prevent aggres-
sions in the United States from its borders.
% Bishop Crowther, the new black bishop Of
the Niger. has been received in Africa with
much cordialty. He made an address to the
pastors and people of Sierre Leone.
EThe steamship Jura, wrecked fortnight
ago near the mouth of the Mersey, was the ninth
vessel lost by the Canadian line within the last
seven years.
| General Scott once more begs
to be spared by correspondents,-pr principally
applicants for autographs.--ashec cannot answer
one in thirty of the letters he receives.
81 Mason Jones, the Irish lecturer, who will
be remembered here, is lecturing in London, OF
the past, present and future of the American
| war. n - -rrrv --r ,---
| % A rat attacked lady while asleep at Ma,
chias, a few nights ago, and bit her severely il
the neck and ear. 1t also attacked child in al
adjoining room.
R The editor of the Bangor Times called an
afghan which article now figures at al
fairs-a "horse- blanket and excited the indig
nation of the fair. sp BOZ
The greatest peace man of the day is Gen
caused that city to be as quiet as Pompeli. Sucl
is the force of character.-[N. Y. Post.
| EThe Congressmen-sly old rats-are pre-
tending to their wives thai living is SO dear il
Washington the ladies must remain at home th
season. Boston Post.
RSir Peterby made it a rule never to look al
bad picture, having found by experience that
| whenever he did so his pencil took tint from
| it. Always apply the same rule to bad books
and bad company. gyCs d
VSuppose man should steal fifty dollars
| from you, and that you should then challenge
him to toss up with you for your whole fortune
That would be parallel case to dueling, as
remedy for an insult.
RIn sheridan's Army the Maine Regiment
gave Lincoln 300 votes to 20 for Mcclellan. Ohio
and New Hampshire regiments voted in abou
the same proportion. In one Iowa regimen
Mcclellan got but two votes.
EA woman was found dead in her bed lately
/ at Bordeaux, and the doctors assert that ysh,
| died from the effects Of the smell of ounces
1 a large basket of which was found in the
room.
Between 100000 and 500 900 people entel
the city of London every morning to theil
daily occupations-eO0,0 900 of them in convey
ances, involving the daily employment of between
| &C. 600 and 10 600 carriages.
RThe Advertiser sneers at the clergymer
who took part in the recent Union celebration,
Suppose they get up Copperhead Fast over
the result of the election, and see how many cler
gymeu they can get to join them. sz
| - Goodwin Smith, our English friend. said
on the day before the election: Tomorrow will
be the most eventful day in the history of the
world-and,'' he added, ST think the bright.
est.' snoc5 4aIGsfGIua bhh
\ - General Butler was required to give secur.
/ ity in 100000 as executor of his brothers
will in New York on Monday, and Edwin D
Morgan and Henry J. Gardner were accepted as
4 sureties. .
4 HA Chaplain in Arkansas says, that man
| buying furs was conversing with q woman Al
\ whose house he called, and asked her ssif there
4 were any Presbyterians around there p, She
hesitated moment, and said she guessed not
her husband hadn't killed any since They're
4 lived there
| % The coppcrhead papers speak of the Union
celebration as a izzle. Perhaps they call the
demonstration of the Tuesday previous a fzzle
Union men are very well satisfied; if the copper
heads are then perhaps the millennium will soor
be along.
~ The Bangor Democrat boasts that the
democrats threw an immense vota in +ha .o,,,