The Portland daily press., 1865-08-24
Original AND snIr.DdupD


BB Since forgery has jbecome !. soo,4,,,r
common, it may be on~w,,sther ~.
AFFINITY TO write ones name is blessing or
curse The evil does not result so much how
ever, from writing ones own name as the names.
Of other parties,
~ There is bat one bank ine OSLO. .lssnoD
business under the state law
va Among the least probable Sarato0a,- y,,.
mors is one that Commodore Vanderbilt and
A I. Stewart propose to build marble edifice
on the site of the burned United States hotel.
to bethe largest and finest hotel in Ame,ioa
and to be done in time for next season.
BY-The Liberal army in Mexico. have met
with recent defeats: The Confederates who
have gone to that country are generally becom-
ing M turalized citizens of the Empire, and act
for Maxlmlllan- CLOSER ,ssslIasg sst,s4 ri 5
B8- Col Stones ex-member of Congress. the
detaulting national collector who committed
suicide at Columbus, Ohio was formerly
prominent merchant I'M that city, church
member and enjoyed q high reputation for in
tegrity.
Bg John Forsyth, editor Of the Mobile Req
ister and Adqertiser, has been appointed Mayor
of that city, aErv ss.,,,.f ~ +
Z = % Tom Moore, the poet, used to tell good
story of the gentleman who, when he was short
of money and his relatives were stingy and re-
fraetery used to threaten the family with the
publication of his poems. The inyariable
and Immediate result was as much cash as he
wanted. 49, .s''0' ~ E lsi.ass 10 aot'af
III D3 It is reported that a woman in one of
the census districts on Long Island gave to the
Enumefator the names of twenty of her chill
dren, and then said she believed there were two
or three more, butshe couldn't just then remem-
Der them. da.i bea sznalss9s 5di Il sigst1is =
20 Beef-eating John Bull is threatened
with calamity which it will be hard for him.
to bear. A terrible disease among The cattle
is destroying them in such numbers that the
price Of butchers meat is likely to rise enor-
mously, and something like q meat famine is
predicted, d3ii csapifel uzsT eai7qs
EB-A writer in the Chicago Times asserts
that the damage to the crops has been greatly
exaggerated by the SPECTATORS; that the Weld
win be above the average, the injury last year
having been more serious than this The opin-
ion of large New York dealer who has lust
been through the great producing region is
given to prove this. q Fl T or y
EB Extensive discoveries of veins of gold
bearing quartz have recently been made ON the
Chaudiereg. III 10 sJiisG Il5Bfff
BB-The local papers of Bristol and Clifton, l
Eng, announce the arrival there of @Prince
Jerome Napoleon and the Princess Clotilda."
As thatla was in France all the time, there
is good deal of impertinent curiosity, in
which the Princess herself possibly shares, to
know who Plon-P lcn's mysterious companion
could be.igq .sitiqsi X y37.gf 81 ss.tss,t
g gB The genuine state esovefeignty Demo-
Gratis of Ohio, have nominated Alexander Long
for Governor. The N Y. World denounces
them as disorganized Z t'sAlb1
BBThe Albany Evening Joatrnal is now
printed on paper made of bamboo, imported
from the West Indies. sItispurchased by the
cord, and promises a great reduction in the
price of paper. All copperhead editors should ]
procure-a supply at once, and it will enable
them the more easily to bamboo-zIe their
readers. 2 sot assn ~ si,siN = IA