The Portland daily press., 1865-07-31
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.


De- correspondent in Naples sends Us i
spirited poem on the Fifteenth Of Apripss
which from its too great length we are reluc-
family compelled to decline.
gFThe Spiritualists have discovered that
the eating of eggs by the medium causes the
spirits" to come out in greater force 1t aida
more phosphorus to the human body and con-
sequently to the medium. This egp-eatino
is the most sensible part of spiritualism vet
promulgated. D9e frg. ~
10 The Detroit Free Press, COMMENTING On
the notabilities of the recent Commercial Con-
vention, calls Mr.. Hamlin the Chosen cham
pion of anti-reciprocity," and describes him as
small, dark-complexioned and Insignificant in
appearance"
At confirmation held in church near
Quebec on the 5th inst, a veil worn by one of
the children took fire, and but for the promnt-
ness of a gentleman who suddenly threw his
coat over the girls head, she would have baen
burned to death. -eass ft
The Nation says of Mr. Johnson,s renlv
to the Virginia delegation that it contained "a
pretty positive intimation that it was easier for
camel to crawl through the eye of a needle
than for a rebel, who was worth more than
100000, to crawl under the Executive pardon.v
THE Worcester Palladium bslieyes there
is great danger to be apprehended from south
ern women on the restoration of neace To
which the Richmond Republic wisely adds !.
'The sex is proverbially dangerous. but man
kind have always shown a perfectly reckless
courage in encountering the dear erea-
lures" 800 FL. ga4
B-The jackson " Msssissippiasa" saws 1--WE
learn that unbleached domestics in this city
have fallen from seventy-fye to forty-fiye cents
per yard On which the vicksburg Herald
sagely observes "Unbleached domestics have
fallen here from eighteen hundred dollars to
zero per head"
1t having been announced that the pope
had excommunicated Macmillan, one of our
exchanges remarks that the Mexicans will
most likely do the same. sss4sss
E At Los Angeles, CAL, lately a iury. in
an assault and battery case, rendered the fol-
lowing liberal verdict "We, the undersigned
jury, find the defendant little guilty, and rec
ommend him to a great deal of mercy of the
Court" caal ia neE uItltgI x8Ff
Horace Greeley told Barnum the other
10y, 80 y -" ISL "ansins 70 go nsnlhg
- NV 'e'- p Du' u''u nesel iound a chance
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Vs. ou..sy = iSooisin contains
P'p.'" - 'No'o.S inAleS anu opt Iemaies'
10y osen.y uisiueu
~ auiilie s sne y0unsess eaugnter OF MI
T. =. DaSnun, was seriousiy injured IN Fair
,is'"p' oni'' " ns'uiy' ~ psing thrown
roin ner nofse' Du' nsse nope Is entertaln-
gu el' u ner reoosery.
SS 1o' S'"noA ''''s Do0n hiauc La y
ny " oS'oin 0olieS0.
Vs. Duiins i,iS ieoen' srip 70 anglers, y a.
poieon traveiled aitogetner over four hundred
and fifty-seven miles. 3 aaeaa
BF-- The time Tor Quitting work in the de-
partments at Washington is to be changed from
four to three 80 g '.ss
= 30 Governor Yates of Illinois made Wig
orous speech at Elgir on the Fourth, in favor
of negro suffrage, which has been published in
pamphlet form from the jacksonville Journal
Office, at three dollars hundred copies. il
EH-It is now stated that the President has