The Portland daily press., 1865-12-22
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED


Good Shepherd. One of them fell and broke
lively young girls, made good their escape, and
the police can find no trace of them. on
gY- z. K.Pangborn, Esq, formerly of Bos-
ton, is talked of for u S. Senator from New
jersey, in case the efforts to unseat Mr. Stock
ton are successful Mr.. Pangbornis now the
able and versatile editor of the Jersey City
Times. taIAiGa dEGU6dAd
BH- In the castles and palaces Of the an
Gent ex-nobility of France, the tapestry fre-
quently presents memorials of their pride of
ancestry, On the tapestry of an apartment in
the palace of an ex-Duke of Choiseul is rep!
resentation of the Deluge, in which man is
seen running after Noah and calling out, "My
good friend, save the archives of the. Choiseul
family p tsa-t9 aibeitf oof
Baf- Halls Journal of Health expresses the
opinion that buckwheat cakes contain more
nourishment Tor less money than any other
popular article of food. - %aEMs
"a The population Of London, by recent
census, is 3yO34 $50; Liverpool, AIS, 341; Man
chester, S56,396;, Birmingham, ,sSO,S04; Leeds,
225, ST. There is no other city in England
| whose population reaches 100000.
By- The Russian-American telegraph ex-
petition was near 'Talla Lake on the 18th. of
November, all well The line has been COM
pleted four hundred and forty miles above New
Westminster, and the wire for four hundred
miles more was on the ground 1.iA
n "A late Southern newspaper contains a
whole column devoted to what is termed GA
brief Tribute to the Memory of ---, sketched
ac1aile sitting up auth the body" II--er
/ E- An exchange says Gen. Halleck has
"got into a row with the Catholics of New
York probably mistake for San francisco
A Catholic Fair was in progress, and two la
dies called on the Commanding General for
aid. The General said to them, II never give
anything to Catholic institutions. 1 am a
Protestant, and whatever have to give give
to Professionals" Gen. Halleck may be bigot-
ted; he may have been impolite, but we don't
sea how his frank refusal to give to an object he
did not approve was Insulting" or what right
the Catholics had to make row about it. ~
| va" Mr.. Fay, recently the agent for the
Davenport Brothers, is giving exhibitions to
show the manner in which their tricks are per
formed. 10 ylGT ri allsislI,J
| U.s. A line of steamers from San Francisco
to China is project smiled upon by the celes-
iials. BOA l.f4l. 5.sf % a5ss .ga5oa YoT fif.fa
EB- The wild cats in Canada would seem to
be getting rather impudent The Guelph
Advertiser states that as a Mr.. John Walker,
| farmer was driving along the road near o.
PRINCE, last week, with load of pork, one of
| these feline monsters was discovered gnawing
at one of the hogs. An application Of stout
| whip made it hastily retreat. faJEoTUkTs bn
S Hon. Geo. Brown, Of, Toronto, editor of
the Globe, has resigned his seat in the Canada
| Cabinet, in consequence of grave difference of
opinion on important public questions. to- 4 I
B8~ The Boston Aduertiser says there were
1854 cattle and 1927 sheep at Brighton and
Cambridge, which, with the large numbers
asst week. proved rather too much for Christ
masweek, and the market favors the buyer -
So the law of supply and demand holds good
notwithstanding the imitation of the currency.
ES~ If negro suffrage should be decided
against in the District of Columbia, by the vote
to be taken under the authority of the City
Government, we shall expect to see the cop
perhead papers exultng over it, and yet only
schite citizens are allowed to vote OF course
VIZ oAN oAAoooSioSy VI oldt City VIII OppOSG
but Congress is not required to submit its ac-
ton for the District to any such vote of APP
prevail raf .beoysF rrfsFg hoa.syg ioFf,
% Mr.. Cardwell, apparently DESTROYS to
hasten the acdon of the British American
provinces in the matter of confederation, has
addressed to them letter in which he states
that confederation would be of the greatest ad-
vantage to them in furthering the interests Of
renewed reciprocity. "In the opinion" he says,
"of Her Majesty's Representative at Washing
ton, the necessity of having to submit Treaty
of Commerce to the separate action Of the va
rious Provincial Legislatures would be seri-
GUS difficulty in his way, and the union of
the Provinces would afford the best hope Of OBJ
tanning such Treaty. 20 z iGaisaoa 5l',- % IA
Ey THE Boston Advertiser compares Herod's
wife to Ferian Organization, becaose she had
head sent her (head centre).
Bv The New Orleans papers say that the
Adams Express Company has loaned the sum
of ss2O0O,000 to the Southern railroads to ena-
be them to resume operations.