The Portland daily press., 1865-03-16
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

three shillings week. In Paris the rates are
somewhat less, averaging about four francs q
day.
BMr Henry Steinway, the eldest of the
four sons who, with their father, originated the
firm OF Steinway & Sons, piano manufacturers,
died recently
10 OWING to the long drought, the stock OF
wheat in California is very light. There is
scarcely enough for seed purposes. Flouris sl4
barrel. 80
% Last year the cities Of Troy, Utica, Roch-
ester, 0swego and Lockport, elected Opposition
Mayors now, they are all right. All of them
but Lockport gave majorities for Mcclellan and
Seymour last Fall
gBoston has had but two street commits
sioners for the past thirty years and more. The
present incumbent has served about ten years,
and his immediate predecessor served twenty
three years. sl sns e
EY-The Boston .adUertiser is authorized to
state positively that the report that Miss Osgood
is the author of emily Chester is incorrect.
The book was written by Miss Annie NJ Crane of
Baltimore.
EThe New Bedford Mercury understands
that one of the leading apothecaries of that
city is about to organize accompany to bore for
hair oil in the cellar of his shop. The divi-
dends are to be declared in oil all bottled and
labelled. bA
% The London .ftheneum says that "Ladies
heroes may be ranged in two principal divisions,
gloomy mesmerizers, who compel pretty women
to marry them by the power of the eye, and ir
reclaimable scamps, with whom all the fair sex
fall in love from their own delightful instinct"
90 The great victory in New Hampshire is
one of the most gratifying on record. The
Union men, after a very careful canvass, coun-
ted upon less than 5000 majority for Smith, and
800 for Marston, while the Ieault shows both of
these majorities nearly if not quite doubled.
1.-THE boilers and factionists in the LIST New
Hampshire district, who tried to defeat Marston
and re-elect Marcy, hove found themselves utter
ly powerless to stem the popular tide of loyalty
in that state, Hereafter they will be marked
men, who were willing to play into the hands of
the enemy in the time of war.
} % The Bangor Whiq, in q notice of the
caucus in that city Saturday evening, says the
jovial landlord of the Franklin House, Mr. Nc
Laughln, and P. p Holden, Esq, long known
as the democratic leader of Ward / being chal-
lenged before admission, made full confession of
Republican faith, swore by Uncle Abe and call
his measures and were permitted to pass.
RThe Argus thinks the managers of the
Independent Course got "sold'' in their last
lecture. Suppose they did, are they the first
who have experienced such calamity? Does
our neighbours recollection run back to the lee
ture last winter, by one Mr.. B. s. Osbon, OF
which he gave very long and very elaborate
report, all prepared and in type in advance OF
its delivery? With such recollection would
it not be well to be modest in his suggestions
about being ''sold''i
20 The Christian Mirror devotes nearly two
columns to playful yet keenly severe notice o
Henry Ward Beecher's structures on clergyplen
and the way they are manufactured from ssreg
ulation dough-" coming out of s'the properl,
built oven" "pretty cracker ministers TIL,
remarks of the Mirror are just. In any othe,
mouth than Mr.. Beecher's such language would
be considered undignifed, coarse and decidedly
vulgar, and would cause clergyman to be,
not Kissed from his pulpit, at least to be left t,
preach to empty pews.
% 1t is amusing to hear the varied PROPOSE
tons looking to removal of ssour national dis
grace in the recent affair of Vice Presiden
johnson at Washington. One would impeacl
him. Another calls upon him to resign. A
third demands apology before the world W.
deeply regret that Mr. johnson suffered weak
ness 10 overtake him, but the thing has bee
done, and suppose we should say to him simply
eco thy way and sin no more,' would not tina
be quite as well under all the circumstances
We have no doubt that many of those VIII,
blushed at Mr.. Johnson on the 4th, and con
demned his excess, had pint Of liquor in theil
stomachs where he had glass. He is not to b
justified or excused, but we have no respect 70
accusers that owe their own upright position
more to physical strength than to moral stamin
and inherent virtue.