The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-26
ORIGINAL AND sELF,orHD

Presidency IN 1858, Andrew johnson. rreneral
Grant, Secretary Seward, Charles Sumner and
Gov. Morgan.
B Major General George II. Thomas is
congratulating himself on his successful. STRAIT
egg inescaping the hon-hunters. He has trav-
elled from Nashville to New York and through
the principal cities on the Atlantic coast with
out suffering asinglepu public reception. For the
first time since the outbreak of the war Gen.
Thomas now allows himself the pleasure of a
reunion with his family. II II Il vi IL 4.
U.s. There are now published in Bombay
three daily newspapers in English, five week
lies, fyo fortnightlies. and three monthlies. be-
sides three daily journals in the Guiorati
tongue, a score Of weeklies, and numerous
other periodicalsin various native dialects.
~ Gov. johnson of Georgia writes to the
President that he desires the United States
military forces in that State to be- retained
whilst the State is being organized. He wants
the troops to preserve order. HI
gA delegation from Florida is in wash
ington urging the suspension of the order to
General Howard as to the occupation of the
Sea Islands. They want the freedmen kept
there temporarily, until an arrangement can be
made for their transfer to the State of Florida,
where their lsboris much needed by the plan
tiers.
By- The New York Herald mentions the sale
of the lot corner Of Fourth avenue and Twen-
ty-third street, about one hundred by two hun
dred feet for $4O 900, as that of the site for the
new Italian opera house. a sesA
Us The murder of Harriet Wilkes by her
paramour Levi L. Farwell, which occurred in
Washington few days since, proves to have
beena more diabolical deed than was at first
supposed. The evidence before the coroner's
jury shows that the murderer deliberately adj
ministered ehloroform to his victim while she
was asleep, then strangled her to death, threw
her body into closet, robbed her of. her watch
and jewelry, and then fed. The animating
purpose of the murder is said to have been the
refusal of the woman to marry him. he having
sworn thatif he did not marry her no one else
should az T. ssaia44g
E Evidence accumulates that the negro
freedmen cannot take care of themselves
Fourteen hundred helpless families have asked
the military authorities at Fortress Monroe for
leave to buy land for dwellings in Virginia, for
which they offer hard cash. q 4 51,fT lqgsf
IF you can't keep awake in church"
said preacher to one of his hearers, "when
you feel drowsy, why don't you takea pinch of
snuff ?" II think the snuff should be put into
the sermon r was the shrewd reply.
B-Fever and ague- have reappeared to an
unprecedented extent in that section of the
the country known as Tide Water Virginia"
The people are everywhere shaking, and the
mortality is largely increasing The cause of
the disease is attributed to the loss of labor by
the civil war, which has left the rank vegeta-
ton to grow up untitled and unchecked, and
without proper drainage. N u m
The Nation Qllinois) Gazette did not
appear week before last, because the editor his
assistant, his printers and his @deviT' all had
the ague and couldn't work; not even to the
tune of Ego the devil and shake yourself"
10 The total value of fire equipments and
fire department property in the United States,
is stated at $5O0OOO0; the number of tiremen
and attaches 100000; the number Of organize
lions 1000. .ggeaaglas alsGl :
~ A story sent By the Herald's special
correspondent at Washington, that arms had
been seized by the Canadian authorities at.
Niagara is as might be expected, entirely un-
true. Nothing is known of such seizure
5eithefat suspensionI Bridge or the town Of
Niagara.-[Toronto Globe.
EY- A recent decision of the Attorney Gen
eral allows the payment of bounties to all col
iored soldiers except to those who enlisted be-
tween June 10 and July 8, 1864. 81 sa :
5 BF When Michael Kirchmer was sentenced
in Buffalo, Saturday, to be hung on the oath of
November, he turned around and remarked.
cheerfully !. $50 I've got a month and a half to
Z live YETI AS he was going out he turned back
and wanted to speak to the judge to ask if he
might be buried beside his mother.
!, 20 The famous Dutch Gap canal Is to be
turned into the peaceful uses of commerce and
trade, by the citizens of Richmond, who are
about toincrease its width and depth to an ex-,
tent sufficient to admit the passage of the lar
gest vessels and steamers.
BB-In St. Louis one hundred tons per day of
cane are to be roughly broken down, to be sent
to paper mills The cost of the Gamer delivered
at Carondelet, is estimated to be less than five
dollars per ton, undried, in which condition ii
is blown. The cost of blowing, it is said, will
be under one dollar ton, and the yield about
one ton of paper to five of the undried cane
SER- Aregister has been compiled id the war
department, and is now in the hands of the
printer, which gives the name and rank OF
every volunteer officer who served since the
commencement of the late war The register
contains also such / official information con-
corning each officer as can be of any interest to
him or his friends. . =.
I'D As the steamer Queen, from New York,
was being unloaded at Liverpool on her last
trip, the dead body of man was found slowed
away among the cargo. The body was naked
and the clothes were discovered tied up in
bundle near the body. There was blood about
the spot, and the Indications were that the body,
had been placed there with the knowledge Of
those who slowed the vessel. A verdict of
found dead was returned..ps K1 =
si B5f7 Michigan has. one hundreds and two
newspapers dailies and .ninetys week
les aGfl'rlN ~ w D 1sgeM W ". e
BB-A new carpet is being put down in the
representatives hall at the national capitol
1t meaSures15e0 yards, and costs SIS per yard
$500, Ithas a green ground with orange, col
ored figures. = Y. IAb 9ii0 f495tI
Southern newspapers are rapidly null
tiplying in number.
oBB- The coal dealers in Newport R. T., on
Monday last, reduced the price of coal one dol
lar per ton. ~1-sA 100
EB-Turkey has been startled by rumor of
great innovation perpetrated by the Sultan.
tits said that heis having his portrait painted
by a French artist, M. Guillemet Hitherto all
representations of the human form have been
deemed profane by the true Mahometans.
"a Queen Emma of the Sandwich Islands
is the first royal parsonage who has ever visi-
ted Tennyson the laureate. ,.s.
- E7f@Two bushels of blueberries were picked
in Starls Coos County n. II. on, the 18th of
October. /. A.s-'N A ~
The e last evening papers had report
that Wirz has been found guilty, and is to be
hung on Friday. This is hardly probable, mas
much as all the papers, including the testi-:
mony, have to be submitted to the President.
who alone can approve or order a1racnt ;o,,s