The Portland daily press., 1865-04-07
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

man SAID 10 the skunk when he ran away.
~ A good nom deplume for rebel cores
pondent-Die-on.-
~ The Calais .adysrtiser speaks of the az
tivity in business in that city
4The last rebel danse-Lee's retreat from
Richmond to the tune of Goblin around"
90 Sherman dashes ahead like mighty war;
horse; and there is no curb upon him-not
bit.-[ Prentice. ~
E~One of the newspapers calls Gen. Sherman
"tLe hammer OF God. There's NO trip to that
hammer.-Prenilce. Wf atEs .ra i-4lf & ffl
Ey"My lord" said the foreman of Welsh
Jury, when giving in their verdict. 1--WE find the
man that stole the mare not guilty"
EThe old saying Of '.,here's q cat under
the meal'' has gone out of fashion; it now is
s'there's rat under the hair" ii5lo ~ s Il 81.
Z H-The Empress of Mexico drives little phse-
ton drawn by six mules, two in the shafts, and
four abreast in front. M
- Says the gallant Gen. Sherman, s'The
hand that shoulders the musket must take up
the ballot" to o,7 ..tfs lssfr. =
B-Why are copperhead editors and orators
like one Of the plaques of Egypt2 Because the
low-cusses are whitening blight to the land
Portsmouth Chronicle.
81 An abolition lady has sent us oar own
photographcut all to pieces. The lady in this
case cut prettier figure than she ever did be-
fore in all her life.-Prentice. sraf
HIt is stated that, from an inspection Of the
Stratford Register, it is found that shakspeare's
widow subsequently married a shoemaker Of
the town. named Richard James. IS
GT Formerly the adage that ''the early bird
catches the worm,'' was 10 good repute, but
there seems some probability now that the worm
will have the EARLY bird. - o
BLet no one fail to read the account of the
battle of Five Forks, on the first page, copied
from the graphic description in the New York
World.
VGen. Shepley of this city, the telegraph
has stated, has been made Military Governor Of
Virginia, or of so much of it, including Rich
mond, as has come into our possession.
RGov. Smith, of Rhode Island, carried ev-
cry town and city in the State by an overwhelm-
ing majority on Wednesday,. The opposition
tickets were headed by Ambrose E. Burnside
and Edward Harris.
; RA Pennington correspondent writes the
Lewiston Journal !: /" have never seen our
usually staid, quiet town SO much excited as on
the Journals announcement on Monday that
Richmond had fallen
Hon. N. Wood, [now Of Bangor] having
received and accepted the appointment of Ma
tional Bank Examiner, has resigned the office of
Director and President Of the Oakland National
Bank to take effect On Monday NEXT Gardiner
Journal re-
E"My son" said fond parent 10 his Off
spring, after having surveyed the wonders of
I'm rs ,1nr, e&ntD al
can tell me which Of all these works Of men
pleased you the most / will give you half
crown" s'The veal and ham pies, = responded
young hopeful; "give me the money"
VA Connecticut editor, having got into
controversy with contemporary, congratula-
ted himself that his '.head was safe from DON
keys heels" His contemporary astutely in
ferred from this that he was unable to make
both ends meet .et
give learn from the Machias Union that
two sons of Mr.. Geo. Pettigrew of Libby's Is
land, young men of % and % years old, were
drowned last week by the swapping of boat
in which they were endeavoring to reach
Lubec.
B-lst Lieut. Miles McKenny of Bangor, LIST
Maine Heavy Artillery, tried for cowardice and,
absence without leave, has been found guilty OF
the charge and sentenced to be dismissed from
the service. with loss of two months pay and
emoluments.
~ The editor Of the Boston Courier, we are
told, insists that the prospects of the rebellion
are improving since the evacuation Of Rich
mond $50 to thunder with your old ark"
said graceless copperhead to Noah in the time
of the food, ''thers amt going to be much Of
shower ssH 1901 eaiaacs asu x a s 7n
They have a new way Of tearing down old
buildings in Lewiston. Says the Journal, SIT
being desired to tear down an old building in
the rear of Jones' Block, strong rope was
placed around it, attached to locomotive, and
the old building was summarily overturned and
leveled TO the ground"
RM Mr.. Barker, organ builder, Paris, is the
inventor of a mode of applying electricity to
the action of great organs. go that the largest
organ may be played as easily as the piano,
and the pipes may be distributed anywhere
through a church. The invention is now
being applied to great organ in course Of
construction for the church of ST. Augustine in
Paris. 8
% The Augusta Farmer says Maj. sLittler,
Maj. Gardiner, Chief Marshal Libbey, and sew
ercl clerks in the various military Offices in that
city, have been summoned to Washington a.
witnesses on the ease of George M. Delaney,
charged with fraudulent transactions with Gov
eminent, and now ON trial before Military
Commission convened by special orders from the
War Department. ~ 49, tTT-Y ryI
RGen' Shepley ON assuming the duties Of
Military Governor at Richmond, issued an order
stating that the first duty Of the armies Of the
Union will be to save the city, doomed to de-
struction. He assured the citizens Of Richmond
that with the restoration of the Union they may
expect the restoration of that peace, prosperity
and happiness which they enjoyed under that
Union of which the flag is the glorious symbol.
BT The Bangor Times speaks Of the success
of the E. & n A. Railroad. Success /! Almost
the only thing that promised success--aid from
the General Government was shamefully aban-
doned by the manipulators Of that enterprise,
in their zeal to transfer TO Boston the adyanta-
ges enjoyed BY this city; but the scheme will
rnisscarry, disappointing the people of Bangor
no less than those Of the 'sHub.''
81 The toll imposed by fashion, if imposed
bypoyerty and necessity would be regarded as
the most irksome thing imaginable Take, for
example, the gay and fashionable bellies Of Paris;
they work harder than galley slaves Think,
says some thoughtful writer, of young mar
ried lady. with rapidly filing nursery, going
out night after night, coming home on Monday,
say, at one O'Clock, ON Tuesday at four, on
Wednesday at midnight. on Thursday at three,o
Friday at four, winding up the weeks work
on Saturday by coming home in the broad day.
light at seven O'Clock, and commencing the new
week with an afternoon concert, dinner and
soiree 3}c Ac8.l0AW
81 The Bath Times says that Wednesday
forenoon the staging on the bow of the new ship
in Rogers u Reeds yard in that city, gave way