The Portland daily press., 1865-02-11

sentatiyes OF the people $35 per week for board
in Albany.
81 1t is said that Stewart, the Merchant
Prince Of New York. is taxed twice his weight
in gold. ' tss,5s. 81; 49, M
80 March 4th comes ON Saturday. The Inau-
guration Ball, at Washington, will take place
on the Monday evening following.
% Senator Howe of Wisconsin, is urged by
western influence for Secretary of the Treasury
Mr.. Howe is Maine boy, and formerly prac-
tised law in Readfeld. = 1885,
81 Idaho is too large, SO the people of that
Territory seem to think, and accordingly the
Territorial Council propose to present memo
rial to Congress asking that it be divided.
- The Richmond N1ig, in referring to
President Lincoln, styles him ''the Illinois acct
dent" He is about the worst accident which
could have happened to Mr.. Jefferson Davis.
~ An orationby George Bancroft and poem
byWm. Cullen Bryant are expected to be among
the features of the Dante sixth-centennial festi-
val of the New York Century Club.
90 The Philadelphia street railway companies
think they have solved the negro question by
scheme of running every fifth car for the special
accommodation of colored people.
70 The Pope 'sencyclical letter has been styled
bull against the civilization of the 10Th centu-
ry. 1t will prove as effsctual as an attempt to
dam Niagara with bullrushes.
% The TrGueller says the wife Of one of our
citizens on Friday, gave bir h to fine. hearty
boy, and the father has determined to name him
oks
81 20 The Boston .AdUertiser says race course
for the rapid men and horses of Portland has
been established on the frozen surface of Duck
Pond.
" Gen. E. W. CAN'T of Arkansas, lectured
in Boston Wednesday evening, before the Y. NJ
Christian Association. Subject--The North and
the South.
90 Rev. Mr.. Adams, ia a temperance lecture
recently in Portsmouth, N. H, stated that there
were enc hundred and twenty grog shops in
that city, and $35o,oOO was paid annually for
RThe Brunswick Telegraph says if the
war had accomplished no other good, it should
be credited with the determination of burning
auid-an intolerable nuisance, and fearfully de-
structive of life" hns swan ).
FIT issaid that new cartel has been con-
Guided between General Grant and Robert Ould
for officers and men, and an exchange will
at once takeplsce till all on one side are exhaus-
| ted. y-a39qa srs e!icet Oh
ga petition signed by nearly all the bankers
of Chicago has been presented to the President,
urging the appointment of Hugh McCulloch
Comptroller Of the Currency for Secretary Of the
Treasury.
% During the past year, says the Quebec
Chronicle. there have been built at the various
yards in and around that port, "a ships, banks.
1 brig, and steamers, a total of 80 vessels, a
falling off from last years operations of 20 YES
sells and 81 ,342 tons.
ga young lady of Philadelphia strapped
her skates so tightly as to almost check crcula-
ton. The result was very serious. On leaving
the ice she could not use her feet, and has since
been confined to her bed. It is feared that the
amputation Of both her feet will be necessary.
gY-It is said the day when Mr. Toombs will
call the roll of his slaves in the shadow of Bun
ker Hill monument, has been indefinitely post
poned He is more likely to call that roll by
the lake where Beauregard proposed to water
his horse. - ~ siDi
gB-The adoption of the amendment to the
Constitution is to be celebrated in Newburyport
on the 22d inst THE anniversary of the birth
| of Washington. VIM. Lloyd Garrisoni is to de-
liver an Grafton, and John G. Whittier will write
| a song for the occasion. .Hfs.i
u Col. F. D. Sewafi for several mouths Ac-
! ting Assistant Provost Marshal General of Com
necticut, has been relieved from duty there, and
left recently to take command of the first brigade
Veteran Reserves, at Washington. Col. Sewall
| is citizen of Bath.
W The first volume of the diplomatic cores
pondence of last year is printed. 1t makes q
volume Of 900 pages, and there is to be another
volume of the same size. Il It shows Mr. Seward
to have been the most indefatigable in follow
ing and thWarting the rebel diplomats abroad.
~ A person who saw John c. Breckinridge a
few weeks ago says that his appearance is that
Of person in the habit of consuming vast
quantity Of bad whiskey. Considering the pres
emit price Of stimulants at the. South, says the
Boston .Adrertissr, the statement must be re-
ceiyed with caution. r-
81 The Louisville Journal is entirely conf
dent that the constitutional amendment will be
adopted BY the requisite number of states, and
says that those who are fighting the battles of
slavery can raise no grievous cry of wonder that
slavery should be lostin the very blood shed to
maintain it.
- A soldiers view of peace negotiations is
thus reported " Discussing the probable re-
suits of the conference, this blue-coated Scion
remarked You'll never get peace out of them
devils that's worth having till you lick it out of
them A multiplied Endorsement of that's so,'
eyinced the entire accord of that line"
- The Brunswick Telegraph learns that
Lieut.. VIM. E. Smyth, of that town, 10th Regq-
lars, has received an appointment on General
Towards staff, and that he will accept the same
as soon as exchanged if not already So At
present Lieut. Smyth is on visit to his brother
Edward in Kansas. -.5 s-s 65a-
~ The municipal valuation of the city of
Chicago is $4s, 732. 7s2, an increase over 1863,
of nearly eleven and half millions. The pop
ulation is now 169,353, more than double what
it was ten years since. There are 19 Public
Schools, maintained at an expense of $95, $50 81.
The number of children enrolled is l5,45l;
average attendance 1894. az
s 90 Kossqth writes to Secretary Seward as
follows:-s'It was always my conviction that
nothing but the sword could decide between the
conflicting principle OF freedom and slavery In
the United States. The time has come for bloody
but unavoidable arbitration. pray to God to
give his blessing to your endeavor, that the
curse and stain of slavery be forever removed
from your country, and the democratic principle
shall not befounnd wanting ip the TRIAL to which
we And it exposed 8.29'
gThe Vienna papers publish the will of
half pay Austrian officer, which has created