The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-11-24
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED

state and N ah0nal AFFAIRS
hos q ORIGINAL AND SELECTED
EI-There has been sudden decrease in the
applicants for pardon at the Attorney GEN
erals office and also at the Presidents house.
None of any Importance have been granted for
some time. I'D, <, <. - -
BB-It is said that Secretary McCulloch's
report,wili be one Of the most interesting
documents ever issued in the financial his
tory of the Government 1t is nearly COM
pleted. III e HISS
One paper box establishment has con-
tracted with paper collar manufacturers to fur
uish II 900 boxes daily for year. This gives
some idea Of the extent of thepaper collar bus
mess. 5 ,,Evv
GB- General Howard is reported by the
vicksburg Herald as saying that the condition
of affairs in the Southern States will just fy
neither the supervision of the Freedmen's Blu
reau nor the withdrawal of the United States
troops. This opinion is significant and worthy
of consideration. hG1 2g.- -da9iJ
gB Major General Steele has been assigned
to the command of the Department of Oregon,
rendered vacantby the death of Major General
Wright. s..-,.........i
The request of the ballet girls of the
New York theatres for an increase of salary is
to be granted.
The editor of the SIN General" column,
in the Boston Advertiser gives notice to all gar
rioters and highwaymen, that he always carries
at night aten-barrelled revolver in his breast
pocket Warranted to go of, unless the robber
Does a Spanish stilettoup his sleeve, and brass
knuckles on his left hand; and that he wears a
cast-iron hat and has two steel spikes in the
back of his coat collar. Heis also followed at
a considerable distance behind by large and
very savage dog.
BY French papers say that M. Dupin is dy-
ing, and that M. Thouvenel is also dangerously
i'll. = 3aNFGS VlRG - i)fB{1
EEA one-armed soldier in Philadelphia got
drunk and fellinto cess-pool, twenty-five feet
deep. After lying there some hours his groans
attracted the notice of policeman and he was
with some difficulty rescued from his perilous
and not over pleasant position.
gY The "chivalry had tournament al
Fredericksburg, Va, last week, the sashes
swords, saddles, horses, ETC., being mainly loan.
cd by the United States officers there. In re.
urn for this kindness the chivalry voted moi
70 admit United States officers to the ball in
the evening. afsa8 ifs a
gThe New Bedford Mercury reports an
instance of economy A man of immense
wealth in one of our large cities was sick All
length after some weeks of illness, he died dur
ing the hours of night A child, only heir te
his vast setate, sat by the window, the mex
morning, watching the advent Of the physician
As he approached the house the bereaved one
lifted the sash and cried out, @It's all over, Doc
tor, you needn't come ip." -.-
Rogers has just taken casts of his new
statuette, Taking the Oath and Drawing Ra
tlons," work which he regards as his most ar
tistic and finished production. Copies of i
will soon be obtainable at the print stores.
GT The Euening Post mentions among ar
items in New York that w. Fl. Beard has re
Gently finished clever picture entitled "Su
sannah and the Elders" It represents coupl,
of grave and dignified old owls, perched on tn,
border of stream, gazing with purblind eye
through the reeds and rushes lining its banks
at white and graceful swan, floating calml.
on the surface of the water.
EE-Itis said that several reconstructedrebel
have filed claims at the Treasury Department
for balances due before their participation il
treason.
BThe Heralds Washington dispatch, poo
authority, says the feeling against England fo
allowing the officers and crew of the Shenan
doah to escape is one OF undisguised insult ant
hostility. All agree that they must be 'give1
up to our authorities under the extraditio1
treaty.
BB-The "Hole-in-the- WALL" at the Capitol
where for thirty years senators obtained stimu
| lants to carry them through prolonged ant
| stormy sessions, has been completely demol
ished to make room for the improvements in tn
| Congressional Library.
| 1t is proposed to honor General Howart
| by endowing and naming after him professor
ship of theology in the Theological Seminar,
| of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Gettys
burg, Pa, and on the strength of this, the afore
said institution is seeking for contributions
! BY- So many Americans are in Canada buy
ing cattle, that the Toronto Globe is afraid tn
farmers will be tempted by the high prices t
sell all the stock they have.i.4s
| gB-Edward A. Pollard, formerly of 9TH
Richmond Enquirer" but more recently of For
Warren, is about to become editor of 9Th
Memphis Avalanche"
EB-The carcass of whale was washe
ashore at Plymouth the other day, on the Ian
of Mr.. Caleb Holmes The finder claimed hin
and SO did Mr. Holmes The question was lei
out to Hon. Jacob n. Loud, who decided i
favor of the owner of the land. The fish wi
yield forty barrels of oil. S1-35ia-p
ER-Gen. Carl Schurz in his report to tn
to the President, states that if negro suffrag
were to be forced on the South it would requir
large standing army to carry it out
R-Official dispatches to the State Depart
ment from various foreign consuls show tina
the cholera is rapidly abating throughout Eu
rope. In Paris, it is ON the decrease, and Q
Barcelona, Spain, it has ceased altogether.
GB- A dispatch to the Boston Herald says til
PRESIDENT has directed the suspension of th
issue OF pardon warrants except by special OF
der to the contrary. The suspension is under
stood to be caused by the fragrant breach {
faith committed by some who have been mar
doned. Twenty thousand pardons have thu
far been granted. ElleI lr aa 45
R- The Boston Herald's special dispatc
SAYS the government regrets that our Consul
Liverpool accepted the Shenandoah. In dom