The Portland daily press., 1865-05-24
oRrGINAL AND sELE0TnD.


quarter.
RThe initials of the late President, A. T.,
represent All Lenity; those of President john
son, A. J.. All Justice.
Steps are being taken in Cincinnati to.pur-
chase and give to Gen. Sherman q handsome
residence. ..--a..s..u-
% The people of Eastern Louisiana are over
joyed at the termination of the war, and the ut
most good feeling prevails 49,
EThe dwelling house of Stephen Harvey Of
North Berwick, was destroyed by FIRE on Thurs~
day evening last. Loss about 5000. 4A
Ey-The Savannah river has been opened, and
railroad communication from Savannah to
Charleston viii soon be complete. n'
H-It is rathera curious fact, suggests an ex-
change, that JEFF Davis should have attempted
to become his own mother-in-law. sa
n 81 Col. Forney says that in four years of war
fifty years Of prejudice against the negro have
been destroyed. y sssraa
The Bangor H1hig observes that severa
astrologers and soothsayers have predicted Pres
ident lincoln sdeath-after its occurrence. ~
.Br"A Bachelor Of 80 years., writes to the
Country Geatlemaa for a recipe for bean soup.
A lady correspondent replies, SECT wife that
knows how to make it,'AUsf
~ President johnson, in granting respite
to the Indiana conspirators. said he was only
lcarrying out purpose of Mr.. Lincoln, and it
must not be taken as precedent
- General Sherman army, on their return,
marched from Richmond to Alexandria, o dis
lance Of one hundred and sixty niles, in 8 little
over seven days8tsiaais a3i5di b ssua aTEIs7
j % There are 100 students in attendance on
the Summer term of lewiston Falls Academy.
The Journal says the Institution increases its
good report with every term. H
EA correspondent writes us from Rocking
ham county, N. Fl. !, that grass and grain look
first rate - full two weeks earlier than usual.
The indications are that the apple crop will be
light. t8s45f0s 80 sfssw e@wN
RA writer in a Richmond, Va, paper gives
four reasons why JEFF. Davis should not be hung.
The first is that it would be q monstrous injus
tice to hang him He is no criminal, probably,
and has not committed treason r.
e7-Itis said that one hundred million gallons
of whiskey are annually manufactured in the
United States. The duty is 50 per gallon; and
yet only twenty millions of revenue are collec-
ted from this source.
% The Richmond, Va, Republic says: 1--WE
want no qualification of the fact that the negro
is emancipated; for his partial servitude would
bring us no advantages, and absolute abolition
may bring us much benefit a
"A new use has been discovered for petro-
leum, by German physician; that it will cure
the itch by applying to the parts affected. 1t
has created a great deal of itch-itch for specu-
lation.s = sss.k sf1 1 IL
@ t3-The Maine State Press - large quarto
paper-will be issued to-day. We commend it
to the country reader. 1t is clean sheet. that
we seldom allow 70 be soiled by the slightest
reference to the vile rebeI-sy mpathizers of which
the country, unfortunately, is not yet free.
be 81 The Hoalton Times says the sudden dis
appearance of the immense consumption Of
horsefesh in army operations, has produced a
great stagnation in the horse market, and prices
have fallen off twenty-five per cent. within
weekal sts5ss basi1toT fsiassmmo9 egg 81 :
y-The latest reports Of the changes in the
Cabinet state that Hon. Charles Francis Adams
is to succeed Secretary Seward; that Senator
Summer is to be Minister to the Court of St.
James; that Preston King will succeed Secretary
Welles. and that Mr. Stanton goes out certain.
II The Free and Accepted Masons of the
State Of New York held . celebration at the
Academy of Music on Saturday night, ON the
occasion Of giving a welcome to DR.. Albert G.
Mackey, of Charleston, who has been such a
good friend to Unisn prisoners during the war
ErGenerals. Grant and Meade, in their testi-
mony before the Committee on the Conduct Of
the War, speak in the highest terms of the man
ner in which Secretary Stanton has discharged
his official duties. His merit may safely. be
measured by the extent Of the abuse heaped
upon him. $3.50 iages siA STassa at
EIt appears that c. c. Clay was not cap
tured, bat wrote to General Wilson that having
learned that arewart had been offered for his
apprebeusiona as an accomplish in, the assassina
ton of President Lincoln, and feeling entirely
innocent of suoh charge, he would at once give
himself up for due examination and trial
Il An unsophisticated ccuntryman the other
day, coming to Washington, saw military Off
Ger, followed alta respectful distance by two or
derlies, in full gallop. "Good graoiousi'' said
he, ''havn't they caught him yet 2 was in
about three weeks ago, and they was runnin'
after him then" 3ssaaes 5f.aasas aHFzs
~ If correspondents sometimes fail to see
their communications in type, it must be attri-
buted to one Of two causes; either that we can
not possibly find room for them, or that the
subject matter has already been fully considered
! in our cclumn,-that is, if they really contain
any subject matter, We cannot promise publi-
cation of articles relating to mere personalmat-
tiers, or Of merely local interest eos.Y
eve would say to 81 NJ. X that, in our
Judgment, the copperhead editor whom he
quotes and whose vile penis allowed to defame
the iliustrious dead, slain by an assassin hand,
is entirely unworthy of notice, and to copy his
language would be tc give him notoriety of
which he is totally unworthy. Let him 60.
His damnation is certain, and he win not have
to wait for the scenes Of another world to re-
ALIKE it. a.sse e1 -
RAt the commencement of the war Cow
Aiken of s. c., was supposed to be one Of the
richest men in the south, and the largest slave
holder, his 'sblack cattle" numbering 1000, and
his annual income, being 800, 900. He has prob
ably remained as true to the Union as man in
his circumstances well could remaining passive
"Hon oOtioh oouiu uo no gnu. ne IL now, II II
said, reduced to penury. His lands he is said
to have divided among his slaves, while his per-
onaIproperty which wasimmense- melted
away, leaving him in want in his old age.
BA correspondent at North Fryeburg, in
forms us Of newly discovered mineral spring
inthe town of Peru, and speaks very highly Of
its medicinal qualities, and of the gentlemaDly
department Of the proprietor. Perhaps the pro-
prietor might object to having his name pub
lished, as modest man, and therefore we insert
this item instead Of the Communication of our
correspondent. When the owner Of the spring
is ready to have its fame and wonderful quail
ties made known, he will doubtless inform the
public by regular advertisement A