The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-07-28
ORIGINAL IND SELECTED.

ORIGINAL IND SELECTED.
BB Wigfall, the notorious, Numbered into
the truth when, in the Senate of the q. s. in
1861, he said: "South Carolina NAV be made
the graveyard of freemen, but before God. II
will not be the habitation of slaves" Perfaetlv
true, but not as the drunken Texan intended.
vs. The criminal statistics of New YorD,
show a fearful increase of all kinds of crime in
that city. The number of trials from the first
of January to the end of June this year is 396
228 cases resulted in conviction. ~ "a NJ
B Sixteen years ago Lieut.. General Grant
was mining for gold on the north fork of the
American river, California. He dressed in
blue flannel shirt and coarse miners rio. and la
bored away for about two years, literally carr
ing his bread by the sweat of his brow. He
was not successful, however. -s3
~ A Washington dispatch says: "John
Covode has reached here and laid before the
President partial report of his observations
in Louisiana He gives it as his opinion that
true peace and union will not prevail there till
the negroes are allowed to vote. 1t is nnder-
stood that be also advises that Gen. Banks be
allowed to come home"
s EY- A park, on the plan of Central Park.
New York, has been projected in Halifax
Three hundred acres of land near the North
West Arm have been suggested as a proper
place for such an in, titution.
Ca A man in Kansas sells liquor in pun-
barrel instead of glass, that he may eyade the
law, and make it appear that he is selling by
the barrel A
"a In the Superior Criminal Court at Con-
cord, Mass, Judge Brigham sentenced Samuel
E. Bryant, of Medford to the State Prison for
life, for setting fire to tenement house i'm Med
ford, some months since.
Va At Jordan, New ork, recently, a young
woman named Emma futile, died from aneur.
ism of the heart, produced by excessive laugh
ter. '-- e tsNe " H44f
John Stewart, arrested upon q charge
of having muir 1ered the Joyce children in We,t
Roxbury, has been discharged from custody BY
the Justice at Dedham, upon motion of Dis.
trict Attorney Harris, there being no proof O
the prisoners guilt. So that terrible crime
still remains enveloped in mystery.
B The proposition recently introduced in
to the British Parliament, for the imposition O
an export duty on coal and iron, suggests to q
Richmond paper the propriety of our govern
ment placing an exportduty on cotton. y
% Amherst College sent of her Alumni
ninety-six men to the late war, of whom TWEEN
tyfour have fallen either in battle or by disease
contracted in the service. oql5 aaiss L .l5a,
BB-In Montgomery Blair's recent attach
upon Mr.. Seward, we have fresh illustration
of that gentleman's gratitude. When Blail
was in the Cabinet, and half the loyal NORTH
was deneuncing him, it was Mr. Seward who
stood by and upheld him against the public
pressure Blair isnow. discharging the obliga
| tons thus incurred. m r.s. .s..,-.....rs
| "a Yale College, following the example o.
Harvard, holds this week memorial service il
honor of her dead who have fallen during the
war. There will be an Grafton by DR.. Bush
nell, dinner, and other ceremonies. Z. 5a.ssa
vs. A smuggler named Adams, who had
been arrested at Island Pond, VT, slipped
away from the officer having him in charge, al
Derby line, the other day, and took running
start for Canada The officer followed close be.
hind, but the smuggler crossed the Canada line
ahead of him, and SO gained his liberty.
VS. The Miss McFlimseys who have pretty
ankles will be graifed to learn that the fash
ion makers are trying to introduce the Peasant
Skirt, which doesn't reach the ground by sew
eral inches.
BB- Hon. Montgomery Blair announces that
he has linked his fortunes with the anti-savery
party of Maryland. He expects to ride into
Congress on that nag.
E3 The people of the Shenandoah Valley
are SO destitute of the necessaries of life, that
agents have been sent from home to Baltimore
and Washington, to ask contributions.
Va The Massachusetts, tobacco crop will be
small this year. .- t...., ~, =. :.
Vs. Queer demonstrations by dog at Dan.
bury, Connecticut, the other day, attracted .
man to place in some woods where boy. was
lying sick and insensible. Restorasives were
applied which saved the life of the boy, who
was year before the master of the dog. 'sS
The oldest enlisted man in the United
States army is Sergeant John Mills practical
musician of the First United States Infantry
on duty at New ORLEANS. Sergeant Mills be-
longs to Haverhill, Mass, and entered the Uni.
ted States service in the year 1908. Lieut..
General Winfield Scott entered our army the
same year. f,s,sgt oattvs