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The Portland daily press., 1865-09-28

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91--litsla ia h. Gladius." :
A still more summary dealing is that of NV
friend, Rev. Muscular Christian NV friend
boards at the village hotel, and not long since
he was visited by a tall, solemn-l looking ind-
vidual, who announced himself as the general
agent of the Aurora Borealis Aid Commission
for supplying the destitute inhabitants Of the
the North Pole with palml-ieaf fans and ice
cream freezers. He also said that he suppos-
ed thatit was convenient for him to stay there
until he could present the subject to the
@Certainly, the landlord would be hpppy to
entertain you,D blandly responded my friend.
An, yes, but want to stop with you. | al
ways stop with the ministers, M
9HWell, 4 will let you occupy one of my
rooms for a dollar and half a day." q as'sg
But don't mean that; mean for you to
entertain me as other ministers do they don't
charge me anything" l i R
With that my friend turned and looked him
square in the face and said: gsss8t
what is your salary, sir? e2s 4. ~
Two Thousand dollars year and my ex-
penses paid" iif lsg.li'i,,G -
aWell, sir, my salary Is Just eight hundred
dollars year, and If you don't leave this room
instanter, shall proceed to pntyou o1t.'
"WhatP calculated the general agent, lift
ing up his hands in holy horror, ''is that the
Ne
junction of the apostle, sAs much as lieth
within yoTL, live peaceably with all men. P'' ~
sNfay be not, replied my friend. 1But I
am very sure that the apostle never meant all
men to- live with me, and ] interpret the taxt
to mean, AS much as don'tIie in you, put 'eTn
cut and / shah Immediately proceed from the
exposition to the application unless you
leaVe.n -s- Eli .ga:'I 6ss
The general agent left. Reader, don't nnder-
stand me as endorsing the Rev. Muscular
christians course. Imust say that / think it
saatle Aattle too severe. have in contemplation
~ lniusr us remedy. propose buying asix-pound-
IN, in1 1piiting itbefore my front gate, and load
Sponas sls ~ ,at WITH blank cartridge. When hr:
sNs oif This bisASs M his appearance win tonch It
IN ms ms. wIl, think, in most eases, scare
1s, sb.,, e thon I ne sAould continue to advance,
terIv TIr retreat treat M'H " thsy h,y family execute mas
enough provisions stored ~ ias. Shall ..,.;I ~
enemy raises the siege, AMI retires Iss.s 'i''' ~
GLADIUs
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-28

|. - "SpONGEVILIE, Aug. 5.
aas Rep. Mr.. Gladias: Dear Bs..-- i am a i
Baptist in good standing, and am engaged in
the commission business. Can you inform
me what is the price Of beans IN your village
An early answer will greatly oblige, -
iiea Yours in the bonds Of Gospel love, ,.ga !,
i "a SP0NaE
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-28

u sasai adi 10 ono isos a!i gaiaobiane9 igR
eredW .4Ilzam aA'laa 10 i II g4iaus9 edi
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-01-13
War News and Peace News.

Exciting war news is about as scarce as
gold and silver coin Just now; but instead
thereof we have all sorts Of rumors OF
Peace. Blair senior. and Blair junior, are
fitting about between Baltimore and Rich
mond, as lively as uneasy sparrows, seeking
fer peace, it IS avefcd, from both sides In
addition 10 these energetic gentlemen, we
have Horace Greedy, the indefaticablc and
earnest peace advocate. striving after the
same happy cad. The latter has been in
Washington of late, attracting considera-
bic attention from his we'll known views,
and earnest desires for termination of
hostIlities. 1t does seem that the present
is an opPoytnne moment to bring about
sach glorious contamination as an hon
cradle peace, for the rebellion has received
50 many and such hard knocks Of late,
that the leaders thereof are sending abroad
appeals for help on any terms. Now there
Is re government i'll the world that can
give these foolish fellows that nave been
feeding on. corn huSks SO long, such easy
terms, au4 guaranty to them suuh sure
protection IN the future as Uncle sam and
We HAY e.pee: TO see tie sigrifcan, meet
Inc Of the citizens Of ~ayannahdHplicatcd,
and tic people Of the States in rebellion
demanding 4 return to the bosam Of the
ed t.aion.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-01-13

The DEAD OF THE YEAR.-The year
just closing has witnessed the deaths Of
many persons distinguished in the walks
of art, science, letters, and all the learn
ed professions. Thaekeray, Hawthorne.
Morris, Lander, Sehoolcrait, Mrs. Kirk.
land and Catherine Sinclair are lost to
literature Silliman, Hitchcock and
Strive TO science Hunt, Roberts and
Husson to art Meyerbeer to music
Robson and Wallack to the stage; Arch
bishop Hughes, Thomas Starr King. Potts
and the Winslows to the church Sedg-
wick, Wadswo,th, Rice, Mcpherson, Biz.
ney. Ransom and Totem to the army
Storer, McCluney, w. d. Porter and
Carven to the navy; Giddings, Lovejoy,
Quincy, Hulseman, O'Brien, Tallmadge
and Dayton to craftsmanship or diplona.
cy; "Mudsill" Hammond, Clay, Marshall,
I. Butler King, Gist, Stuart, Polk and
Morgan to the rebels !; the kings OF Sand
which Islands, Bavaria and Wurtemburg
to the throne Newcastle and Carlisle to
the English nobility, aud Malakof to the
French; Spoke and Gerard to the ranks
of intrepid explorers and travellers
Horublower and fancy to the bench I;
and William Curtis Noyes to the bar
pere Enfantin, the head of the St.
Simonians, is also numbered with the
dead aud the names of Ticknor, Vatte-
mare, Senior, McCulloch, Ampere, GRAFT
tan Sealsield aud Leech swell the list.
New York Evening Post.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-01-13
Tor;:, o: Proposal, Guarantee,
Hi,. Certificate.
I1rao1gnl.

fft.29Sdt
The underSigned---whosepo post
office address is. county Of
STATE d. proposes to convey the
mails Of The United States, from July /.
la65, to june 81. lej9 ON route No
betaeen d-, under the adj
vcrtiScnen; of the Postmaster General.
dated November Is. 1854, with CELEBRITY.
certainty, and security for the annual
sum of --,loIlars.
7ie p-oaosa. Is .s13s ,sts n. d k-q,c,,4ge 9th,
of4Hsc et fte mr., He m, II IA mail 4 be car
ri,d a., ali s,tr pavt as an rstrsnce to tie r.ie
a.'i serr,r, ant 3 CTR osst'4i erImnafi3H Of the
iair asi t4st-atilas attacked to Tie o@e0t.st~..'.
p4tcd (eisned.)
Ga.r5h;,s.
The undersigned, residing at.
state Of. undertake that if thu fore
going Lid for carrying tie mail on route
&n,---!e accepted by thu Postmaster
General. the bidder shal. prior to the lst
day Of july ie6J, cutter into the required
mitigation or contract 10 perform the ser
wee proposed, WIKI good and sufficient.
sIrc.irS.
r. ~. i,r7t4a.i77 aia,'.a nv IL ,llf.af,oa.
"a =fst.lt=s e,za7ef iy s-frst 4qaer tte 25fh
81 q - tte - = G-s..sst N .ia'g - Isis.
Dated t>Sna1 By two suasantoF>)
C7fr-5ate.
Tae undersigned, postmaster At
STATE u, e-7tiiics, Uxpf& MS
OATH OF ofFI,I.. that h., Is acquainted
vita the abeYe g5araafors. and knows
ta.a 20 L. nea "a property, and ah.e to
make good t..a!t guarantee.
p..,d (S:sa-l)
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-01-13

- A Washington correspondent says
there is a very much larger quantity Of
cotton in Savannah, THAI was reported at
first. 1t is supposed that it will all 10
sent to New York for sale on account Of
the Federal Government. and that all the
claimants will receive certificates Of tho
agents appropriation Of the property, at
present Savannah prices, to he paid for
at future day, on proof of ownership.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-01-13
Southern Good Sense.


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a,J',. Wi, = - ,s,'.i.'',!' ~ we
49,, '' =. ~, ~, ~ "a ''.o'i' ',,''
So. v@.=la..z.,.
nv : s'''i' - ''4.''! = '9ea'.i
err S9H'9i{' aud J25.:e what may be is
action in t.4t failure progress Of tie war.
hr il, peea'iar urrfl,l,rss. intcr..ts. and
i -,
-, : ~ ''z.=.'.3' ~ s'''''s IN Il.
es'iieA' OF tiir citizens making tie states.
are 4 agi. only - taFv are conpcsl,d Il ~
ne; and mite, IL the E4s,v rr,.=.,,r5.
-. .,....=.,.... =. -.
.'.'z5'' - 49,, - - >'s
t5'''' MS 40 ii'@'i - History when
t., tFzp5zis.4 ; broken, ana the masses
arc.tI5 fsE.. -. Act and sneak as thy
,,1..... w.. ..,.i,t, - -
.ae.e s''s ia' ON. 'too,'s 70 hsA' III = great
rtac!aog .'oJt on tli> me that the South
egn l5a.,4s llar be free n, We ar.. fee
m. ...'..,... ,fa.......7,
-" - -
>@'"ah'H 81 We Ct]eAs :" lake acton On
between Aim sal ~ ed HMM aetcr
=, ~ ,..,.-.,,-, III -
y i''''' 'e'' t"' III -
! e"51 III I.oi''s. ne 'o.4o"h5 Resolutions
We're adopted
E'serraS. bv iba f,rtapes or war aud
tie surrender of the CIV Nv ,L.. owl
ag.!,uritlc.. savannah masses ono, ,,,,,r'.
under the authority of The Emitted stst..
and. frIfsets. we heliryr,l,t the intcr,.,s
of the civ viii he Lr.. snh,cryeJ ,nd
pro,untrd by a FIJI and frco cvrres.;,,,, ~
Of our views il. relation /, o,,r pr,'.eT,
condition. We tb.r,tare lie n.arJ. If
savannah. in full meetiur as.eu,bltJ 5n
hereby resolve.
list. That We aeon, Ia. po.i,5nn. md
in The lan.sU,,.,c al H.. I,r,l,.l.,,t nr ,I,a
United >ta,.... SEQ. a. b.,. ..T,.are Lx
lavjrr down ,,,,r arm. al .e,l.,,,,,;,',, :.
III. rational authority u,.lrr ~. eam.5i, ~
ton. "leaxins an eiirstiar,, NJ icb remain.
to be adjusted hy the r,acrf,l uIe,ns If
legislation, conference. and yot..
Ee.aIrea2L ina. En;ng asido all
differences and burning hv.goncs in the
crave OF the past, We Mil u.s.. our br>t on
deayors once more +, b.iu., hacL I'm. ,,rn..
periv and commerce we once rniorct
R;soire9. 81. Thai We do maj mt onr.
selves in the positjon Of a conaD,FtJ en-.
asking terms of a canoueror, hat W. claim
the innunities and privileges contained in
the proclamation and MESSAGE Of The
President Of the Limited States. and in ali
the legislation of Congress in reIsrenrr ~
a people situated as Heare; and while We
owe on our part.a strict obedience o the
laws of the United States. We ask the IRE.
property recognized bv those laws.
ReSotred, ~. That We respectfully re-
ques' us eAee'ienc! Tue governor 10 call
sny constitational moan! IN Ii. - :!
ciye them an opportunity of voting man
thequestion, wieiher they wish the war
seaMren li'e NO sec'lohs u 'he e9uhlr! 70
EeseInsi I'M That Major
Sherman having placed as military com
maader 81. this post, BrlsadierGeneral
nsa1s,ssmrS NY y MS ufgahiiy as a
sitize,,s., done ali in his newer ~ nr ~ oa
them ana their property from insult and
mury' IL is ne unanimous desire of all
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-01-13
The following circular tslls ito own
VAR DEpARTMEsT, Prov. MARSHAL

WAR DEPARTaEST, Prov. MARSHAL
GEN. Washington, Jan. I'd. IS. {
CIRCULAR No. THE attention OF
Acting, Assistant Provost Marshal Gen
erals OF States, and Boards Of Enrolment,
is called to the fact, that the quotas assign
ed under the call Of December 10, 1864,
for 800, 900 men, must not be reduced ex-
eept by actual entistmeais in the Army.
Navy, and Marine Corps, since he 1911
allims.
JAMES b. Fry,
Froyos.-ilashal General.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-01-13

The necessity for ala Organization militia
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-01-13
SOLDIERS VOTE.

The "Resolyes providing fer an amend
ment Of the Constitution to allow soldiers
absent from the State to vote for Governor,
Senators, Representatives ond County
ohcers.". changing the organic law of the
State is reviewed fovorably at considerable
length. The denial of the right of suffrage
to soldiers is designated as spirit not far
removed from that which would disfran-
chise a people. The whole number of
votes thrown by the soldiers was four
thousand nine hundred and fifteen, OF
which due return was made, accompanied
by certified poll lists showing the name OF
each person voting.
~. THE NATIONAL CEMETERY.
The sum of $2.5oO appropriated by the
Legislature of 1851 for the national CEN
eterY at Getty is found inadequate,
owing to the depreciation Of our currency.
Action is asked upon the subject such as
the dignity aud honor of this State requires
in the premises. Action is also asked
upon some plan by which the names and
memories Of our fallen soldiers shall be
preserved.
MILITIA.
The necessity for an organization militia
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-06

We see many evidences in the
Northern press that our late enemies
no longer cherish in their hearts a
bitterness towards us, but, on the
contrary, evince q commendable dis
position 10 cultivate smicabae rela-
tionahips. II bseomes us TO meet
that spirit cordially and consign the
dead past to oblivion. We clip from
leader, in the New York Times, this
paragraph:
There are o great many Southern
ers IN this city trying to make ar
rangements for a resumption of bust
nesss. AS a general thing, their
conduct is manly, frank and sensible
calculated to win the confidence
and respect of every generous and
just community. Nine in every ten
Of them have beea utterly ruined ~
the rebellion. Most of them cast
their fortunes into the struggle sor a
cause which they believed to be right,
but which they see and acknowledge
to have been fatally and finally de-
feated. They have lost position, in
1fuence, property, children, friends
everything which makes life desirable. desirable
Under such circumstances, weak men
sink down into abject despair, or
drag out the rest of their lives in the
safe obscurity of foreign lands. The
defeated Southerncrs meet their ca
lamity in more manly style. They
show in their defeat, rs they did in
their struggle courage, desperate
tenacity of purpose, and that high
spirited readiness to meet al the re-
sponsibiities of their conduct, which
never fails to command the respect of
the world.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-06
To the Frcednacz.

From the Raleigh Progress, we take
the following excellent advice to the
| freedmen Notwithstanding the t-
rades of such papers as the New York
Tribune, we imagine that the negroes
viii find truer and more practical
sympathy from their 5ermer masters
and mistresses than from the whole
host of tsnatics who @e endeavoring
to make trouble and get money by
exciting I'll feeling between the en-
pioyer and the employed
GAS the friend of the freedman, we
advise hiM to have thought for the
rlgors of winter, now fast approach
ing. 70 the colored man who has q
wife and six children a dozen cords
of wood and few barrels of corn will
be worth all the conventions, loyal
leagues, and universal suffrage prayer
meetings ever held We would not
have the spiritual wants of the blacks
neglected, but We leave them to the
preachers for that !; and we leave them
to the radicals here, as well as at. the
North, for their political rights. It
Is their physical wants we think Of
and we would admonish then, to be
up and doing before the freezing time
comes. Easy enough to loaf on the
streets and sleep on the common when
the thermometer is at 80, but when
the mercury falls to 20 or below, warm
blankets, warm houses, corn dodgers
and bacon sides will go much farther
to make ye African happy than the
wild hunt after equal rights-om pa
per.
4'Think of these things, colored
men and colored women, and 90 to
work to lay up something for the
many rainy days that are coming. To
hungry, shivering person, bushel
OF meal and q load of wood is worth
more than the right of suffrage
Work hard, be frugal, behave and be
content with your condition, or you
Will soon secure right that will ex-
terminate your race in this country
the right to starve.''
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-06

One of the new fall bonnets in New
York "was made of fine grey felt,
powdered over with steel powder so
thickl y as almost to CONCEAL the felt.
The effect was very beautiful, like
moonlight upon the wrought silver.
This bonnet was bound around the
front edge and around the curtin with
a narrow band of mauve velvets,
trimmed across the top with brood
band of velvet of the same color,
ornamented with tuft of black oats
and steel flowers at one side, the
inside trimming to match, and strings
of maroon colred ribbon, Another
bonnet, somewhat similar in material,
was of white felt, powdered with gold
dust, and t'immed outside and inside
with golden oats and blue velvet. The
strings were of broad blue ribbon,
edged with blonde"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-06

At meeting, Tuesday evening. at
the Union League (of Washington
rooms of those preparing to leave for
their homes at the ensuing elections,
II was announced that all desiring
leave of absence in the several depart
ments can procure the same on appG-
cation to the chief clerks. Arrange
ments have also been perfected to
provide half rates of fare for all ira
Yelling to their several homes.
It is said that the Minnesota State
geologists have discovered gold in the
vicinity of Vermillion Lake, in that
State, in such quantities as to justify
the immdiate working of the mines.
The discovery has caused considerable
excitement, and emigration has al
ready set in to that point.
Davenport, Iowa, was good deal
agitated over the attempt of N man to
cut his throat and pull out the tongue
of his wife at hotel on Saturday
They were strangers and claimed to
be from Iowa City. He had been y
lieutenant in the Sd cavalry.
Rev. DR.. Sehon and Rev. DIR. Ne
Ferrin, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, have been pardoned
by the President.
Buoyant inscription for the Atlantic
cable-''To be left till called for.
Punch.
The revenues of Cuba for the fiscal
yeur We're $29, O21 ,588. .45.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-06
The MANuFAcrunE OF CHAMPAGNE.

HE MANUFAcTURE OF CHAMPAGNE.
= There is in New York house in
which is displayed a sign, st
Manufactures of Champagne" The
English Vine Trade ReoiesD relates
that this branch of industry is also
pursued in England. A chemist has
recently been purchasing low French
white wine Or sherry, with which the
market is at present glutted. The
operator places it in bottles of the
orthodox shape, and submits it to the
action of a soda water machine, by
which it is copiously charged with
carbonic acid, giving it the required
degree of effervescence, which, of
course disappears soon after the
bottle is opened. A tin-foil capsule
and an attractive label are then added,
which render this exhilirating beve-
rage fit for the market, where, to our
knowledge, it has been sold and is
now on offer.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-06

The Convention met at Raleigh, on
Monday, and promptly oganiEed by
electing E. G. Reads permanent Pre-
sident. One hundred and eight MEM
bers answered 10 their names- The
prospect now is that harmony and
accord of opinion on all, important
questions will prevail, that they Will
make the amendments and do all
things needfu3 to take the State back
into the, Union without delay, and
then adjourn The Convention is of
more than average ability, and few, if
any, politicians by tradeare members.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-06

ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING Two cases
Of accidental shooting have occurred
within short time, within a few
miles Of this place. In one instance
a wife shot her husband with pistol
endangering his life; two servants in
Go. D., 29th Maine Vet. Vols, now at
Society Hill, while fooling with q
r.heshot a fellow,servant, killing him
Observation-Disclosures Nep Era.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-06

Benjamin G. Green, the postmaster
OF Mystic, Conn, was sentenced to
ten years in the State prison at Hart
ford, Wednesday. for stealing between
$500 and $500. Jerry Townsend.
who stole 100000 got only seven
years. Green was tried before a.
United States Circuit Court, and
Townsend before Connecticut jury,
and that is the difference between
United States and Connecticut Justice.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-06

The South Carolina Presbytery
convened here last Thursday, the 29th
ult., Rev: S. S. Gaillard, moderator.
The body, though not as large as
usual, was very harmonious, and a
great deal of business was despatched.
Delegates were appointed to the
General Assembly at Macon, Ga, in
November next. Presbytery adjourn
ed to meet at Greenwood, S. c..
Thursday before the third Sabbath in
April, 1866.-Neube77y Herald.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-06

SAIhe Vicksburg Journal, of the 10th
ultlmo, contains an order from the
Assistant Commissioner of Freedmen
IN Mississippi, providing for negro
education by taxes laid on negro in
dustry and resources
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-06
COLUMBIA:
riday Morning. October 8, 1865.

A hOmlc1da1 mama OF the most
hightful character is now devasss;s.s Tin Z
the United States The cessation of
hostilities between the North and the
South, has by no means stopped the
effusion of blood On the railroads,
rivers and inland seas of this country,
the chapter of hon,icidal accidents
reminds us of Che bloody battles of
Grant and Lee. On many of the
leading railroads conflicts between
locomotives moving in opposite d.
rectiens are of almost daily occur
renee. Two frst-class engines, con-
stituting the motive power of passen-
ger 'trainsshalf mile long, dash at
each other like infuriated bulls. When
they strike, huHdredsof men, women
and children are suddenly crushed to
death, or manned for life Scores of
cars full of human beings are as com
pletely dashed to pieces as if they
had been pitched over the Natural
Bridge or the Falls OF Niagara.
Steamboats, also ''collide," las the
horrible accident men" mildly term
it, one boat cuts the other in two.
there is sad, gugrling shrek heard
for a moment above the noise of the
wind and waves, and hundreds sink
to their long homes in the depths of
the sea.
The work of taking human life is
going on bravely in the homes of vice
as well as in the work-sheos of the
land. Indeed, the Carnival of Death,
says the Richmond Times, seems to
be as fast and furious as it Was before
grim-visaged war emoothed It's wrin-
kled front.
But the most alarming feature of
this mania for taking life is that it has
seized upon the female sex. The
ladies' no longer permit the wrongs
inflicted by the sterner sex to be re-
dressed by magistrates and male rela-
tives. Indeed, it is now very hard to
determine which is the sterner sex,
as the ''gray mares" are everywhere,
IN pistol shooting, proving themselves
the better horses" The women of
America not only redress their wrongs
with the pistol, but they shoot with
the most wonderful accuracy and pre-
cision. OF the dozen or so men who
have recently been shot by women
for various offences, ranging from Sc
duction to forgetting to walk to
church with high spirited lady, all
have been struck at the first fire, and
In vital parts of the body. The
almost invariable and favorite weapon
is the beautiful little -barreled
pistol of Starke's patent, which is not
much bigger than front door key,
and shoots as strong as a "pocket
Colt" The gentlemen of this coun-
Try beng proverblally gallant, the
mania recently manifested by the fair
sex is treated as a good-humored
pleasantly.
The reason of this is that the pri-
yilege of shooting men who have be-
haved badly has not yet been abused.
Several of the men who have been
shot by women whom they deceived
and deserted, were, we think, very
justly punished.
But this mania, to which lovely
woman is fast falling victim, may
be carried TOO far. The pistol is so
convenient mode of redress of small
injuries that it may be eventually re-
sorted to by irate chambermaids, sales