The Portland daily press., 1865-02-02

gE Why are chickens liberal Because they
give peck when they take grain.
~ Why does the new moon remind one of
eiddy girli Because she's too young to show
much reflection. -i4A--
~ Ellsworth gives each man who volun-
teers from that town note for $400 on in
terest. -
EThe United States Steam Frigate Mime
sofa is reported 70 be coming TO Kittery Navy
Yard for repairs.
RThe one and two dollar notes to be issued
by the Treasury Department to national banks
will soon be delivered by the sngravers.
+ ETA Boston newspaper carrier recently re-
covered $500 of man whosedog bit him while
he was leaving his paper. - eaE .aem sileot . n
} RThe statue of Horace Mann viii be com
pleted. and placed before the State House in
Boston next summer ''7i' s < 1s
RThe new Charleston water works are much
troubled by cells, which continually block the
steam pump and pipe. as.54oa & xsas 81. ses9 -
THE Boston and Worcester Railroad last
year, carried two millions one hundred and
forty-two thousand passengers asi
RIt is said that President Lincoln's son,
Robert, intends entering the army soon as an aid
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on the staff Of Gen. Grant. q go7i aRa 7aeo-g
BThe Richmond Sentinel feels gratifed in
stating that JEFF Davis and Vice President Ste
phens are on good terms again.
81 E8-0ne Of the Southern papers thinks SHEER
man only second rate General - Well, but he is
making great progress. Prentice
EThe rebels are angry with Lamar Of Sa-
vannah for, as they say, taking the oath of allie
glance to save his cotton. sstg4ls 7a i 8 i
i RA colored woman has been fined in New
Orleans for telling fortunes while in mesmeric
state. Boston is no longer puritanical. a1 81
RCol. Isaac Dyer. Of the 18th sRegt., re-
turned home on . furlough on Friday last, for
the purpose Of recruiting his regiment up to the
minimum standard. II Clarion, ~ rw
Cd The Lewiston Journal very justly say Isl
that Gen. Butler, by his covert attacks ON Gen.
Grant, many of those who have been and
who would continue to be, his best friends. 80
~ The Bobbin and Spool Mandatory of
Messrs. Gilman s Fall Of Lewiston, was de-
stroyed by fire on Saturday evening last. Loss
about $500. Insured for $4,000. 4, IS s,., -
90 The editor Of UNCONVENTIONAL paper at
the West says: GA man needs grace to edit re-
ligious paper properly at any time, but especially
when he has the rheumatism y nsa
HSeyen million percussion caps shipped as
ordinary freight from New York have been
seized at that port suspicion of being intended
for the rebels. asg4a4 agNkt .1s.J 70 FL
% The article of Mr.. Poor in favor of extern
ding the tsbroad gauge" to Boston, which we de-
clined, has been publishedin full in the Aduer-
tiser siagHia1 1.tA $50 u - stle9 aa9 gae 41lq
f RA lady skater on Philadelphia pond
recently had three of her fingers cut entirely
off by another skater passing over them as she
fell. NJ.
81 Boston has 104 churches and halls opened
on Sundays for religious worship, and the aver
age attendance is 6s,475 The population of the
city is 175,000. E H ~
RHon. John h. Clifford of New Bedford,
has been nominated to fill the vacancy in the
Board of Overseers of Harvard University,
created by the death of Mr.. Everett 9ns.
H-The editor of the Portland Argus, has
sued the Press for libel in impeaching the loyalty
OF the former; if the truth is allowed in justif-
cation, Bro: Foster may rest in peace Law
renee American. 1eqssS-aya q 49, III @ls z
~ Nothing was SO much dreaded in our
SCuOO1-DOJ udy Do W NC puui1AC0 W bAttiAS NC
tween two girls. All, the force of education
{ In after years we learn to submit to such things
without shedding tear.-l Bangor Times. s
~ Foote acquired the disgraceful name of
"Hangman Foote," because on the floor of the
2. S. Senate he threatened John P. Hale,
brother Senator, with halter which he carried
in his pocket. 5si IL * .se.lsi,s.ss... q 4 Y,
y Every southern journal which reaches us.
brings US evidence of the widespread unpopu-
larity of JEFF. Davis. The newspapers of South
Carolina and Georgia vie with those Of North
Carolina In heaping censure upon him.
RWhile workmen were engaged on Sunday
in hosting ice up a staging on wharf in Hart
ford, Conn, piece of ice, weighing 400 pounds,
fell and struck man named jerry Corners on
the head, instantly killing him. "
9All bulls are not Irish, nor are they issued
by Popes. Il A Yankee photographer in New.
York announces photograph thus: Hughes,
Archbishop, lying in State at St. Patrick's
Cathedral, New York,-taAen from lDfe.'' 1885
RSome Canadian girls attending school in
Detroit having been refused transportation over
theriver for want Of passports, Mr.. Seward has
decided that they are not travellers, under the
rule, and need no papers. 419s ss.g .sl NJ
= 81 A Deputy Marshal was shot in Ulster
county, N. ", a few days ago. by deserter he
was pursuingg The wound is a severe one. The
deserter was captured, with several others in
leagpewth him. 0n81 .gQU Ia Ie1l
80 The New York Atlas, Of Jan. 18th, q
democratic paper edited by Arson Herrick, a
member of Congress, came out fat-footed in
favor Of. the constitutional amendment abolish
ing slaverysyetaH aelt y sEe sses = ns
% The Maine Farmer takes strong and en-
phatic ground against, connecting the State
Agricultural College with Bowdoin, or any other
institution in the state It advocates an indie
pendent State Institution. g essce.f s.seM (.
EThe old Dennis house on Spring street,
Gardiner, was totally destroyed by FIRE on Sat-
urday afternoon of last week. Three families
resided in the building who lost most of their
effects. The house originally cost $4,000.
~ The total amount Of matter which passes
through the New York post-efhce, and is han
died by the clerks, is not far from forty-ive
tons daily, as has been ascertained by weighing
It for the past few weeks. ia sss4 saf
E9i E Capt Humphrey Lambert Of this town.
received news a few days since of the death Of
his Oldest son Horace, by drowning He was on
board the u Ship Colorado, and IN attempt
ing to lower boat, it was swamped, and he was
drowned. His age was % rSkowhegan
Clarion. o lsI sE3va srsisy6q ar8-{ $50 -
e. The Lewiston Journal states that Mrs.
) Judith Gunner, woman about so years of age,
was found dead in her shop on Monday morning.
She was in her night clothes. frozen to death.
when found with an empty rum bottle by her
side. "a aIyf sa5
IL az The rebels north photographed the capture
of Fort Fisher to Halifax. Instantly the mer-
chants there chartered the fastest steamer in port
to carry the news to Bermuda, Nassau and
around generally, to keep the blockade runners
/ out of the trap.