The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-07-26

~ narper's Weekly contains very spirited
illustration of the destruction of Lees commit
nication by Gen. Wilson's raiders, drawn on the
imagiaafion and engraved on wood. The men {
handle the heavy rails, torn from the sieepers,
as though they were made of seasoned pine.
EgThe Argus is exceedingly muddy on the
case of Mr.. Vallandigham; so muddy that we
fail to see any point or force in its reasoning.
The severity of the drought, and the dusty con-
diton Of the atmosphere afford explanation.
The dry wind has affected It's ipssr'nd. u
gg-0n Sunday afternoon, during the Sabbath
School exercises at Town HAIL. a man lay dead
drunk on the Common in front OF the hall Il
was good lesson for the children as they passed
out, but hard one for rum sellers.-T Wateryille
Mail
EY-An exchange says trader refused to sell
a woman joint of meat because she avowed
copperhead sentiments. She might have had
loyal children, whs ought not to suffer for the
sins of the mother. That is carrying loyalty to
an extreme. n
Summer visitor at Brattleboro, said TO
patient of the lunatic asylum, supposiug him
to be farmer: s'You have fine pair of cattle
there ''Ah, yes, sir. but they are not what
they used to be. Why | can remember when
that off OK was bob-taled mare''
. sg-It is asserted that vast numbers among
the better educated of the Catholic clergy of
france and Italy are not merely opposed to the
temporal power of the Pope, but regard the
dogma Of the Immaculate Conception with
scarcely concealed contempt
y Hobart W. Richardson, formerly connec-
nected with the editorial staff of the Press, and
recently a clerk in the Land-office st Washing
ton, is now in this city, and will be employed
here by the Government in making astronomical
and tidal observations. Mr.. Richardson is
gentleman of rare scholarly attainnents.
ET-A Massachusetts, paper, speaking Of the
late exhibition of the Normal School in Salem,
and the class just graduated, says the State can
not count on much service for herself in the
ranks of instructresses from this class, for they
are, most of them, too good looking to live hived
up long in school house.
-F-The Loyal Sunrise says few nights since
Mr. Gray of Washburn, shst bear in his hog
pen making too free with his pigs. The skin
measured feet in length and feet between the
extremties of the fore legs. The claws are fully
two inches in length, and would be excellent
weapons to fight rebels with were it not that the
owner is dead,
EY-The Malsys have at last good character
given them by an English traveller. 1t is more
than the Malays give the Lnglish, for according
q II. Il.
the Union Jack arrives in their harbors. ga gong
is sounded warning all respectable women to
keep in doors till the vessel is of. Events in
most cases justify these precautions"
EY-The Richmond Examiner of late date
said, '.For the first time in our varied experience
we saw on Tuesday barrel of flour hauled up
Governor street III hearse When we came
TO recollect that -four was five and six hundred
dollars per barrel, and that the struggle for
bread was one of life and death, we better APP
preciated the connection between the hearse and
the barrel of -four
The pantomimst who has been perform
ing such wonderful feats, in strength, agility
/ and comedy, at Deering Hall, has acted one
pantomime that throws all his previous efforts
in the shade: he has stepped out, leaving his
bills unsettled, and saying nsrsr irord
7 There lie quite company of gaping friends who
would like to cal! him in front of the curtain.
When last seen he was heading towards Bath.
egrGen. Mcclellan, in his West Point ora
ton, which the New York Herald has compared
10 the sublimest periods of Pericles, speaks of
( ''the first Grenadier of France, or that other
Russian soldier who gave bis life for bis COM
rade." This reminds the Tribune of the follow
ing: John, how many are there in your class
at school - "0nly another little girl and me,
sir.n
sgAn old farmer from the West, who knew
President Lincoln in days by-gone, called to
pay his respects at the Presidential mansion
( Slapping the chief magistrate upon the back.
he exclaimed, swell, old boss, how are you ?"
Old Abe. being thoroughly democratic in his
ideas, and withai relishing joke, responded,
! $50 I'm an old boss, am I " hat kind Of a
boss, pray?'' ''Wby an old drqn boss. to be
sure was the rejoinder
Because Horace Greeley and Major Hay
very foolishly mixed themselves with Geo. n.
Sanders X TO-, al tue tllltoh iinusc. tHc argus
sneers at the suggestion that the object of The
rebels was to affect the Chicago Convention. No
doubt Mr.. Greeley's motive was very different
from theirs The New York World, Gov. Sey-
maur,s organ and the friend Of Little Mac"
don't hesitate TO suggest, that one of the objects
of Sanders x Co., was to get control of the
Chicago Convention. and nominate an out-and-
out copperhead break up the democratic
party, az thcy did four years ago at Charles
ton.
% The Argus, with an assumed solemnity
worthy of an English judge, asks If the Press
really means TO assume and stand upon the
PLATFORM that war should continue until Free
dom and the Union are made one and insepara-
BILE, and the cause of the war is destroyed root
and branch. Most assuredly il does, dear, and
you are at liberty TO make the most Of it, Now
having answered you, please be equally frank in
answering the following: Would yoH have the
Government of the United State propose nego-
tiations with armed traitors, or consent to con-
slider terms of peace with them upon any other
basis than that of an unconditional surrender
to the authority of the Government and the flag
thereof?
DANIEL LEACH, Esq Superintendent of