The Portland daily press., 1865-01-24
ORIGINAL 4AND SELECTED.

Original AND SELECTED.
q The mercury fell to "a degrees below zero
at Dover, in this State. on Tuesday last week.
VM. Renan has gone to Egypt with his wife
to spend the winter. He will visit Thebes.
- Sometimes society gets tired of man
and hangs him. Sometimes man gets tired OF
society, and hangs himself
81 General Butler turned over TO his sue
cessor $500 ,o0o.i the proceeds of taxes on suit |
lers and other trades, and other monies.
y Public meetings are being held in Boston
to consider the question of annsring that city
to Rorbury!
- The Lewiston Journal says the new depot
of the NJ. c. Railroad at Auburn is one of the
best of its size in the State. ~ ~
~ Hon. B. G. Bailey, of Bath, has been elect
ed President of the Sagadahoc Agricultural and
Horticultural Society for 1865. ,,4sesg isT q
~ A railway is to be built from Rome to
Tivoi the classic and favorite place of resort of
the Roman citizens.
H For the Especial Safety Matches which
ignite only on the box, the Post suggests the in
scription, ''Strike but Here" 5d yak
81 The National InteIligencer, under its
new manag cement, contrary to the general ex-
pectation, promises to support the war policy
of the Administration.
e pestilential fever has succeeded the late
storm in Bengal. The fish in all the tanks south
of Calcutta died, and the water became taint-
ed. -ao,----
IpoR The Savannah postofhce has been re-
opened by order of the Postmaster General, and
James G. Mills, of Savannah. appointed Post
master. ,selel saesss aal s sI.s
R A member Of the committee on the con-
duct of the war says the language of General
Butler before the committee indicated great hos
tility to Gen. Grant. = oA'&t~ Atssee3
/ GE- The trial of Henderson, the New York
navy agent, before court martial, comes on in
May. Caleb Cushing, it is said, will be one of
the government COUNSEL Rol Hlss 81 IT, aaidn e
~ A bill taxing state bank circulation very
heavily is being prepared in the Treasury De-
| partment, and will be received with favor oy
| many congressman heretofore opposed to such
j Is measure II DIS. Boston Adv. sBFEsRszss /
- The waist of the Empress of Austria is
but fifteen inches round-just as big as an or
binary stove-pipe. She must be very prudent
woman, for we have always been told that they
were characterized by little waste.-lW Wing.
a ~ The, price of hay per ton in Belfast is
from SIS to $40 Potatoes are selling at 80 cts
per bushel Wood isselling at from pc to 81 for
green hard wood, and 81 to So for dry. SO
1 says the Age. ,s. --ss.~.-s.
R A movement is on foot among prominent
Pn,ladelphians of both political parties, to give
dinner to those democratic congressmen who
shall vote in favor of the proposed constitution
al amendment prohibiting slavery. Is =
- A new Journal is to appear in Paris, to
be called La Presse Gailicane, and to be de-
voted to urging greater hberality in religious
affairs The motto is from Cavour-s'A free
church in free state. ys9 sdi d
Il III E3- AWasbington dispatch says the report in
the New York papers that orders have been issu-
ed against the inspection and publication OF in
3 come returns, is incorrect No such orders will
be issued while the law remains unchanged.
& e Mrs. JEFF. Davis is reported to have thrown
her arms around the neck of Mr.. Blair, sem, and
to have kissed him. Does this explain why the
old fellow is so anxious to keep going to Rich
:, mondf | o
81 The tunnel under Lake Michigan, at Chi
cago, for the purpose of introducing pure lake
!, water for the supply of the city, is progressing
at the rate of twelve feet per day. One thou
sand one hundred and thirty feet are finished.
e The Richmond Examiner says: "Deep
was the error of the Southern States when they
surrendered their Convention and put in its
place a species Of apooden clock wound up to
six years, and out Of the peoples reach during
all that time" ...-.-f..-F..
q r. 81 DIR. Bellows has received an anonymous
contribution Of Eve Treasury notes, with coupons
attached, of hundred dollars each, being $500
with interest, with the request that it be dis
ereetly applied to the furtherance of Liberal
!, Christianity I8ff ~ sa si5s H 81
E Seven Protestant places of worship were
open in Paris on Christmas last They were the
English church, the Episcopal church, the Wes-
leyan church, the Congregational church, the
!. church of Scotland, second English church,
and the American chapel III A Ii 81
e. The New York Evening Post says the
publication of personal incomes under the rev.
enue tax law, is not only to be regarded as judi
cious but as useful, for it may. serve to detect
: skulkers and thus aid the revenues of the gov
ernment. car ssg-es 3gal Of i asai hsii, tfels b
T Some scoundreis placed distractions up
on the track of the Easterp railroad, a few miles
out OF Boston, on Friday evening, whit evil
dent intention of throwing off the train. Little
damage was done beyond the detention of the
train for half an hour SO owl emu
i EMr. Payson's speech in the legislature the
other day, fell still born, NO member deemipg it
worthy of reply or notice. MIR. P. said the pres
emit struggle is not Gods war but the Devils
war; sThafs So" if the war belongs to those
who made it. 1t was "forced upon us by the dis
unionsts Of the South -ry
E Dr. Franklin's celebrated RECIPE for cheap
Safeguarding runs as follows: ''St in the hall in
your night clothes, with both doors open SO that
you can get good drait-your feet in pail of
ice water-drop the front door key down your
i back-hold an ieiele in one hand and ring the
Z tea bell with the other. He says you can't tell
the difference with your eyes shut, and it is a
great deal cheaper.
- The Washington Chronicls has published
= from the original manuscript, an essay upon the
advantages of public over private education,
written by Edward Everett when twelve years
old. No doubt Mr.. sEveretts manuscripts will
prove as yoluminous as Theodore Winthrop's,
and that dozens of books will be attributed to
his pen net word of which he ever wrote, and
of which be would, if living, be heartily asham-
ed. a9ilAfig@ ni2a aias.5 g h3aei.a
= The Montreal Chronicle says one of the
first articles of freight which arrived in Three
Rivers by the Three Rivers and Arthabaska
Branch of the Grand Trunk Railway, was the
coffin of the Hon. Mr.. Turcotte, which was
brought from Montreal. When we consider the
fact that the road owed its existence TO that la
mented gentleman, and that he barely lived to
see it opened for traffic. the coincidence is strange
as it is painful. Iae K. 5,sa,ss5.
B lady of Lyons, France, who had been
whipped and beaten by her husband, lately
wreaked revenge thus: When her spouse was
asleep in bed she tied him thereto with stout