The Portland daily press., 1865-05-26
.AND sELEQrED..

H- Coal rstails in Chicago at SO per ton. 4
ROn the 23d Of April the ice about Crons-
tadt began breaking up. Z ~ - s-S
4 E-A chamber of commerce is in process of
organization in Halifax. 1 ga z
81 Wendell Phillips is said to be worth nearly
million dollars Il ioYfOl Z soAVsNA54 "a
: TB-Jef Davis wore petticoat, and it is, said
that be was at the same time in a great hustle.
RJshn Irvine, Co. E, 14th Me. Regiment,
died of measles, at Savannah, on the Sd inst.
EwThe great, sIobe heel, JEFF. Davis in his
new costume. -
B-A Roman Catholic Church has been opened
! at Nagasaki, Japan.
EThs head- quarters Of tkeIre cohfsderacy
are now established at Fortress Monroe.
RG Gen. John A. Logan has been assigned to
the command of the Army Of TENNESSEE H w
~ Cherries arestwenty cents quart in Rich
mond.
Eg-aThe Balaaes' is the title Of 1 new polit-
icaI weekly journal just started in Washington.
% How tesxtend domestic trade---increass
tfewages of your servants.
RBrooklyn. New York, has now more than
600 miles of streets, and offers great induce
mepts to Contractors. Al Afa w
9'The Gardiner Journal supposes the Con-
federacy was reduced to- its slast shift. = when
Jefferson D. donned his wife's clothing.
R-It is not our fault that the articles in to-
days paper run long. They viii repay d care,
full readings notwithstanding their length.
10 Telegraph communication has been re-
established between New Orleans and Washing
ton, aftsra h interruption Of four years.
4 - The report that the rebel executive, JEFF.
Davis, has rendered the editor Of the Argus the
post Of private Secretary, needs confirmation. -.
~ Achilles was Vulnerable in the heel. JEFF.
Davis appears 70 have suffered from the. same
defect.
- The Congressional Committee on the Con-
duct Of the War, has adjourned sine dill. having
3 n Alexander H. Stephens has taken tempo
rary lodgings,as the nations guest, at Fort
Warren. sa' na911 sasfsl oas 4adi .siiasq eas 6
ID The New Bedford Msfcury says 7Jea.
Davis cannot figure as military hero in history,
but he has nude his mark on dress parade. sd
THE Louisville Jouraal suggests est that JEFF.
Davis. even If pardoned, can never again be
elected to Office, because our people are not fond
) Of petticoat government. 40 Z 4tid Shtn11l
93bgy- A Cincinnati paper suggests that JEFF.
Davis has altered the Georgia costume Il used
to be shirt collar and d pair of spurs, but he
substitutes petticoat for the COLLAR svifs5as'
- The Union leagues in California have q star
ted movements for the erection Of monument
to Mr.. Lincoln on the Pacific coast, at q cost Of
o quarter of million dollars. sA ,gsar1d54
81 .EF-A Washington despatch to the yTroveller
says it is probableth Gen. Lee win be indicted
for treason by grandjarygin Richmond lin a
few days. s,oY w.z .,..,as .s,,ss Il,
: q The editor Of the Lewiston Journal saws
when man is tipsy it is usually conceded that
he feels well, feels rich feels independent. Does
our contemporary speak from experience I is6s t
: gE-Garroting is said to be quite fashionable
again in New York. Garreting4 will soon be
fashionable in this city, il increased hopserooln
is not soon prosided,sbisaa .oisIss,1d 81 = y
Ey-It is reported that at q prayer-neeting on
the Potomac recently, an old negro spoke, and
referring to the war, said Massa, i haint got
religion, but I thank the Lord for this mighty
great fuss '5e4sqq ae3d agssv fag3fas 81 ayss
R-Ssvehty disabled and discharged soldiers
are now employed as clerks, messengers, carriers,
collectors, Sc, in the New York post-ofhce.
The Collector has also given places to q number
in the Custom House. e =
ET-When JEFF. Davis made his triumphant
entry into Montgomery, he threatened that the
Yankees should feel Southern steel, but, really
they didn'texpect to find itin a hoop skirt, says
Prentice. sfn
= E-A letter from Mobile says that the people,
there have no money to purchase anything with,
and thereis nothing in the interior to exchange
for goods-one cargo of which would surseit
the market 4@,.te.
~ The Committee on the Conduct Of the
War exculpate General Butler from oil blame in
the Fort Fisher affair. hereport says: @From
all the testimony before them, the discrimination
Of General Butler not to assault the fort seems
to have been fully justified by all the facts and
circumstances then kno ~ OF Ak ward ascer-
tanned"