The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-11-20
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED

GBT he Boston Transcript, referring to re-
cent events at Tullahoma, quotes the saying of
Chateaubriand, that the first thing a Spaniard
does on landing in new countryis to build a
church, the first thing Frenchman does is to
build ball room, the first thing an English
man does is to build atavern; and adds, eff we
should extend hissgeneral idea to American
tendencies, it might be said that the Yankee no
| sooner lands in a country than he proceeds to
erect school-house, and that the negotiating
Southerner no sooner sees the school-house
/ than he proceeds to demolish it."
gThe Vicksburgs Herald soliloquizesA as
follows Shall Mississippi ratify the Constitu-
tional Amendment 4? We answer no, ten
thousand times NO p The Herald will have to
vote mo- more times than that to outweigh
the unanimous affirmativesof the people of the
United States.
va I'm Philadelphia court, a few days ago,
photographic views of house in Chicago were
produced in evidence, in suit against the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
I Do Sorghum planting will be extensively
carried on in Connecticut next year. Mills for
crushing and boiling have been built, and SYRUP
OF a fine quality, worth one dollar and fifty
centspe gallon, has been made this year. q
GB-The United States Surgeon-G General de-
termined some time since to send a model of
the Hicks United States General Hospital sit
uated in baltimore, to the Universal Exposition
in Harisin 1867, and has obtained space in the
American department for it, - A'9'''''"' S'''
EB-A London bookseller, who announces
lSaxe' Poeusin cheap reprint for the Eng
fish people, takes the liberty to print the name
y. Godfrey Sake" ,7seeing which the author
sadd,"I pardon the cockney for stealing the
poems, but for 3edeviling my name in that
affected style, would like to pull his piratical
nose for him w g-r4.Tf1 TT +
EB- Henry B. Harrison Of New Haven is
talked of for the republican candidate for gov
ernor, to succeed Gov. Buckingham. ylu goiI-,
A barber in England, during the preya-
lence of the cholera, expressed the opinion to a
customer on whom he was operating, that after
all, the cholera was in the hair; sgThen," was
the answer, ayop ought to be very careful what
brushes you use" "Oh, sir, replied the barber.
laughing, II didn't meanthe 'air Of the ed but
the hah Of the hatmosphere.~ d |e3 OH ~ =
I BB Bayard Taylor informs the editor of the
RMrdt Advertiser that he has raised the present
season a few plants of the real Latakia tcbac-
co, probably the first ever grown in the United
States. The seed was brought from Egypt, and
he considers the plants he has grown fully equal
to any he ever saw on. Mount Lebanon, from
whence the Latakia tobacco comes. 1t is quite
adistinct species, having a broad velvet Leaf
and pa e yellow blossom
EB''SYou can't deny that we have mustered
some of the finest armies ever seen ON the
| globe r haughtily said the rebel General Wade
| Hampton to General fitzpatrick, during the
| negotiations of Johnson's surrender to Sher-
man. Eyes" quickly replied the dashing cav
| alryman, "you mustered 'ens and zoe peppered
! ION, ~ E@ls . q
W One reason now assigned for the re-
markably favorable terms Of the reciprocity
treaty to the Canadians, is that Mr.. Marcy in
tended that the Canadians should enjoy the ad-
vantages of it for time and then his govern.
ment would abrogate the treaty, make the Ca
nadians uneasy, and insist on annexation. It is
1 evidently working that -[Trayeller. ~.
| EY-Miss Dickinson is said to be in the re-
ceipt of $4,000 annually from her lectures
| This pays better than running a sewing ma.
chine, or making army clothing at shoddy Gen.
| tractors prices. l.iii -, si1l 2 q Ail -
| gB-Spain has at last taken active measures
| to provide for the abolition of slavery; and as
the first stepin this great reform, the Spanish
Ministry have reported to the Queen that it is
the imperative duty of the government to seek
the extinction of the slave trade. The Ameri-
can eopperhead Democrats evidently intend to
be the last to give up the institution & '- -
The great oil well at Pithole, Pa, known
as the Frazier or United States well, stopped
flowing suddenly on Friday. 1t had beenyield-
ing 4sO barrels daily. This was the first well
struck on the Holmden Farm, and the failure
causes much excitement among the oil men.
gEThe Traveller says Ex-President Pierce
is dangerously i'll, although his symptoms are
more favorable than they have been 10y
TGen. Thomas has been ordered on an in
speeding tour of the colored troops in Louis
lana. He is man whom it is safe to trust on
such service.