The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-08-25
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.


grandson of the celebrated chief Red Jacket
He was formerlyan engineer on the Erie Ca
nal and was chief engineer of corps at the
time of the seige. of Vicksburg since when
time he has been upon Gen. Grants Stan. he
is at least six feet in height, man OF command-
ing presence, and his reputation as a military
engineer is not equalled in the country.
g5y-Tbe Boston Post says "the appointment
of ex-Vice President Hamlin to the ooliectof-
shin of this Port restores to that once some
4r;no of it's former dignity and character. An
office which has been filled by such men as
David Henshaw, George Bancroft, Robert
Rantoul. Jr, not to mention Others should not
he allowed to degenerate in Importance either
in the eyes of those who are from position or
ability qualified to fill it wen, or in the minds
Of those who are subordinate to it, or who do
business with that department of the Govern
ment." a9 ~ as
1.-THE present population of London is
3,O15494; of the borough of Liverpool, 476, 1858;
city of Manchester S54930. .Hs
@g-Gov. Brough of Ohio is again in criti-
cal state Of health. ro s,ds Il n ss
\ ~ Peaches were sold in Philadelphia on
s aturday at 81 to 81 rs per basket IS
There is one firm in Springfield which
makes fifteen hundred pistols week. e
"A hundred and twenty-eight liquor
shops in Worcester, Mass, have been warned
to close by the State eonstabulary. &
B The New Bedford Mercury mentions.
Gen. Banks as a candidate for the seat in Con-
g tess made vacant by Mr.. Gooch's appointment
al naval officer .Alf4 ae 3 ss7s tiAi
F@There is reason in everything. A young
fellow in Barnstead, N. H., cut his throat the
other day because he was going to be married.
A woman in San Francisco drowned herself
because she was not going to be married.
EY-The following threat was made use of
the other day by an excited pugilist: "I'll
twist you round your own throat until there
is nothing left of you but the extreme ends of
your shirt collar sticking out of your eyes,
His opponent left.
% The editor of a country paper put doz-
EN- saucy questions to political opponent, and
concluded with calling him brandy barrel.
Whereupon the opponent retorts, IF he has
that opinion of u.s. no wonder he is SO fond of
pumping us" rs ;f4ae
ut is now fayorite theory with the sa-
cans of England and France that the Seattle
distemper," at present prevailing in various
quarters, is either the origin of, or a twin
scourge with the cholera. 1t is a curious fact
that wherever this disease has appeared, the
cholera has quickly followed. Such has lately
been the case at Ancona in Italy, and at Man
chester, England; and in the latter country the
most stringent measures are being taken to
check the progress of the disorder Ia,
gg-The demise of Mr.. Schmidt having Gre
ated a vacancy in the Office of Consulate GEN
eral Of Prussia, the Prussian Minister at Wash
ington, Baron Won Gerolt has appointed
the Secretary of Legation, Baron Won Gra-
baw, the Consul-General pro. tenn, until adj
vices are received from Prussia on the subject.
Baron Won Grabaw has been many years in
this country, and his diplomatic experience as
| Secretary of Legation will qualify him for this
important place.
% According to the latest information on
such subjects, the chances that newly-born
infant, in England, will live for the space of
twelve months, are S51 to 149. Babies born in
France are not quite so fortunate, the chances
in their favor being only 800 against $780,
EThe conscience money paid into the
British Exchequer last year amounted to
e7184. IL fl- fEi
sBsB A man in France has just taken out a
i patent for luminous hats. They would, he says,
prevent the wearer from being run over by cabs
at night, and would to some extent enable a
saving in the lighting of streets with gas to be
| effected
BB-The population of New York city, by a
| la ILL. IL.
sunnosed- N 10y ooirt~i.-sa million souls
whereas the number will not exceed eight hun
dred thousand.
Va The class of Democrats in Ohio who
have nominated Alexander Long for Governor,
in their resolutions, declare the war a failure,
denounce CONSUMPTION, colonization, emancipa-
ton, and the public debt, propose to recon
struct the Democratic party on the basis OF
state sovereignty, and are said to be strongly
organized. They differ pm our Maine Demo-
Gratis chiefly in being more honest and out
/ spoken. They believe the war failure; the
Maine Democrats are laboring to make it so.
Bsy Frank Blair is ambitious for the next
United States senatorship. His friends boast
| of holding the balance of power, and hope to
secure his election by industrious fillbustering.
BY- The Louisville Press says ga Mississippi
Unionist, known to many of our citizens as an
excellent, conscientious, Christian gentleman
expresses grave apprehensions of the success,
| OF reconstruction in his state. Evil COUNSEL
lors, he thinks, will control the Convention,
and will do their utmost to bring back to the
restored Union, the heresies which proved so
nearly fatal to the old" s8 sdt aiiW .a
BB-The New Bedford Mercury suggests
that the Presidents kindness to the rebels is
meeting with such ungracious returns, that his
patience must soon be exhausted, and he be
1riven to slower, but surer method of recon-
sruction. s4 fr aasgssf
BB Gov. Pierpont-who seems to have gone
over to the rebel side of the reconstruction pol
icy, bag and baggage, recently sent Fayette
McMuilen, who was member of the rebel
Congress, to Washington, to ask the President
% withdraw the colored troops from Virginia
But then the Copperheads will applaud Pier
pont, for didn't he quarrel with and denounce
Ben Butler I 81 5-oaAaH 7zi1f sla
EBThe number of persons in Washington
and temporarily holding positions of trust and
emolument under Government, or who are paid
for transacting business with the Government
is five thousand. asdg s4osl ef So
AN INTERESTING TRIAL.
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