The Portland daily press., 1865-07-11
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The wheat harvest in Southern Illinois and
Indiana has commenced. The yield is enor-
NOUS and the quality unsurpassed. The wealth
er has been as favorable as could be desired
and the crop has been harvested in the very
best condition. as9lai toai si e siea' ssiaiae5 &
8 Mrs. Chloe Merrick, who has charge Of the
Asylum for children of freedmen at Fernando
ma, Fla, writes to Rev. Samuel J. May, Of
Syracuse, N. Y, that some of the planters in
Florida are behaving in very inhuman man
ner toward the negroes. + .afJd aFssta
The New Orleans True Delta says the agents
that were sent into the Confederacy. after the
surrender Of the rebel armies, to secure the
specie belonging to the New Orleans banks,
found that it had been appropriated by the
rebel authorities, some high Confederate dig
nitaries taking large sums for their own per-.
sonal benefit. The amount thus lost is about
1 50, 100000
The recaptured archives of the State of Ten
nessee tell many tale of rebel villainy. Gov.
gernors Harris's papers are full of the secret
history of the rebellion. Among other papers
on file, and endorsed by Harris, is a PROPOSE
ton to assassinate Governor johnson in Nash
yille.s . i' ! 81 z ,, ss s
3 During the war, while in command at Sa-
vannah, Beauregard passed many of his lei
sure hours with family, member of which
reports that after delivering himself of his
usual venomous speeches about the Yankees
and Abolitionists, he concluded thus: aWhen
I reach Massachusetts,, my first act shall be to
low 49,
will be the greatest and happiest moment of
my life" gs5 q p go sla..
An exchange thinks the government has
been guilty Of one act Of excessive cruelty in
Z -. -. 4 has set Trenholm, the rebel
oecretary o. the treasury, fee. Infnr- Or .
man, who has his name to obligations which
may be reckoned by the hundred millions, be-
ing abandoned to the mercy Of a pop,ilatie..
ton holding the evidences of his indebted
ness! - 40
The N. Y. Herald has discovered tho Oldest
person in the United States in. the person of a
Mr.. Nee ormick, who lives about two miles
south of Newburg. He was born August 6,
1751, and is now in tolerably good health. His
voice is very strong, hearing good, but his eye
I sight is very poor. His hair is not gray yet
/ He was married at forty-fve, and had fourteen
children, He has been very temperate in his
life, and has never felt the want of drink as
others do. 9gsalnc9 III aab--e q
John w. Forney says in the Philadelphia
Press that Santa Anna in his exile is to-day a
more respectable and efficient ruler of the
Mexicans than the Anstro-F French Iusurper;
land that it win be far safer to predict that he
will return to, than that Macmillan win re-
main in, sthe halls of the MOntezumas"
The New York Independent complains Of the
scarcity Of competent newspaper editors, and
suggests that the system of special course of
! training be adopted, with the view of fitting
young men for the editorial profession, as they
are now fitted for the legal and medical pro-
fessions. aFss "a .,sts IS. .'. w ~
The Clarsmont(N. H.) ADVOCATE says lady
in Unity not long since became the mother of
fine daughter. a. few days after, q copper
head neighbor happening in, said to the moth
er, "Well, suppose you'll call it Abe Linz
coln?" "No,p she replied, r m sorry can't.
Like your friend JEFF, it win wear petticoatsp'
Comprehend vamosed se5il5aa $40 a...s 81
Two rascals awaiting transportation to the
penitentiary from the Washington jail, prick
led their faces and applying some irritating
substance, gave their faces a swollen appear
ance, like small pox.s The jaiIor sent them off
immediately to the small pox hospital, and
while beds were being prepared the rascals
-eloped, : Isis9sas "a ~
A child was recently killed in a New Bruns-
wick town BY eating lucifer matches, ,s-.,s
Ex-President Pierce is frustrating in Ando-
yer, Mass Relatives of his wife reside there
The Buffalo papers report that their city
will soon become great salt emporium. They
say that in all the wells bored there for OIL
good veins Of salt water have been found. siss.
The New Hampshire iStqtesnaas,, says: Never
since New Hampshire became q State, was its
soil laden with more luxuriant crops, { "a b y
Henry Winter Davis delivered the Fourth Of
July. Grafton in Chicago, and took strong
grounds in favor of negro suffrage.
A wild man has been seen near Shawnee.
Niagara County, n. Y. Organized bands Of
men have been out to take him; but hitherto. /
by his feetness, he has eluded them. Great
excitement prevails near his rowing ground.
William b. Astor~ of New York, pays 4 tax
this year on an income of 81 100000, and Cor
nellius Vanderbilt on one of $576b51.e q 81 i
NAto = AiA~uOApuAdAc dA0 - 64l1dfb people,, I1oY
advertise show which consists OF al piano.
ramic view of the assassination of the late
President, and the, attempted murder of Mr.
Seward. ,sfs xs8n % 4
During the week ending yesterday thirty |
two National Banks were authorized, with an |
aggregate capital of $15,292175. The number |
Of banks now in operation is 1,41O, with al
nominal capital of 1852 1885, Twelve of |
these are in New England.Is ssa an
Avery successful balloon ascension was made |
from Boston Common on Saturday last post-
poned from the 4th Of July on account of the
high wind of halliday. Several Boston gentle-
men, including reporter of the Adrertiser.
went up with the aeronaut.
The Worcester SPY says that the niece of the
late Rear-Admiral Dupont, daughter of Com
modore Shubrick, q. s. N, is the superior Of
the Convent of Mercy in that city e4bas,e
The entire cargo of the Great Eastern, with
the Atlantic cable on. board, weighs $4,000 tons.
and her mean draught of water win be % 10
feet. She was to sail on her expedition vester-
day, July 10TH, @ ssi1s-ss.s HTEh
DR.. Mackay, who enlightened the world with
his letters on American affairs to the London
Times, is about to travel through Canada to
report ON the prospects of confederation. Sl
1t stated that Major-G General Meade and
staff will visit Cambridge at COMMENCEMENT.
The bust Of that old traitor, John Tyler. Is to
be removed from the Virginia State library.
Gen. sicizies reports that the South Ameri-
can Republics rejoice at the triumph Of our
arms and maintenance Of liberty,