The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-06-27
ORIGKVAL AND SELECTED.

e. ~ MhueW lsfulnlng the grape crop around
Cincinnati; SO the spectators say.
II Quebec papers report the crops in that
vicinity in favorable condition.
90 In the reading room Of the British Mu-
scum ALSO volumes are read daily.
representations in Federal Bonds-Tbe medi-
tations of JEFF Davis.
81 california papers say that the wool clip of
hat states unusually heavy this season.
% The LIST Maine Cavalry is now ON duty as
a corps of observation in Chesterfield county,
Virginia. -sas
HF- The Hoosac tunnel is now being bored at
the rate of go feet a month The rising gcner-
alton may live to see through the mountain.
ID The day line of steamers between New
York and Albany have twice as many passen-
gers this summer as last @
B- Never despise the day of small things.
Lord Palmerston, when for the first time he stood
for seat in Parliament, had but one vote. &
80 The fashion in Paris is to make dresses
without sleeves. The fashion has been to make
them without waists y
& 4 Brigadier- General Francis Fessenden has
been put upon the beard for the examination Of
officers for Hancock's Corps
IS
~ Mr.. Jacob ]. Brady Of Fayal, was gar
rotted and robbed in New York, on Friday
night. asa aa s eie 3agEN
81 Good authority says that General Grant
will make quite a tour in July and that for the
first time in his life he will visit the New England
States. lils M -t
| ~ The Duchess of Argyles little girls have
senta box of clothing to the colored children in
America, worth about e2O, which they made
themselves.
~Over the tomb ofFrancis Saville Kent the
father caused to be erected headstone on which
was inscribed the remarkable Scripture text,
"Be sure your sin will ind you ont
20 The north and west of France have suffer-
ed from the bad weather, and the produce from
the crops will be less than that of fair average
| year. IS 6sssa s. sala ~
~ A letter from Mazzini recommends the
Italian question ssto be put before that of Rome
and breaches immediate war upon Aus
tria." Is sa
~ man complaining Of son stroke, was
asked what he meant, as he looked in good
health. Twin boys by the favor of my wife, %
he answered
GESir John Richardson, the Polar voyager
and friend of Sir John Franklin, died recently
Of apoplexy, in his 18th year, at his residence in
the Lake district. 81 4sa
EVA Richmond letter writer says that
marked feature of the times is the indifference
that is displayed by the people of that city, as
to the fate Of JEFF Davis ssse
EClass Day at Harvard was celebrated on
the sd, The day was fine, and the festivities
connected with this, the fayorite of Harvard an
niversaries, unusually brilliant. xF
80 In Philadelphia, on Saturday, gunner
named Dawley, had both arms blown off while
firing salute in honor of the late Admiral Du-
pont. lsk 5a
In the sale of government steamers at
Washington, on Saturday, the double engine
propeller, Resolute-eighty- one feet in length
was purchased by T. J. Southland, esq, of Rich
mond, Me. Her price was $4,000.
gThe Jersey City Times having complained
that its articles were appropriated without credit
BY other papers, an exchange offers the consol-
ing reflection that to publish paper worth
stealing frsm is something to be proud Of
GT-The Calais Advertiser states that mill
owned by ], Granger, esq, was swept away in
the late freshet, also that the mills of Messrs.
Hall, Waite and Others were greatly endangered.
The freshet in the St. Croix was heavy. aas sA
EY-The New York Evening Post proposes for
toast for July S: Andrew johnson, the greatest
tailor since the world began; he is most success
fully repairing the war-worn breeches (breaches)
of the American republic. a9e
majority of s2a7 for the new constitution. The
home vote is nearly equal, but the soldiers vote
is almost entirely in the affirmative, making out
the majority. a sa6 a.ai l@tNn w
ESothsrn, who will be remembered as the
original Lord Dundresry, has brought out new
drama in London, entitled Brother Sam, -
with immense success. The swell nobleman is
laid on the shelf, and Sothern, as brother Sam,
| becomes swell commoner.
EH The advocates of womanls rights will be
rejoced to learn that great principle has achiev-
ed adecided triumph in an unexpected quarter.
The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has
submitted to his popular assembly law giving
the women Of his empire a rigntto vote. .
EVA committee Of ladies has been formed
in Paris under the management of Madame La
boulaye, to manufacture and export clothes
for the liberated slaves of the United States. -
The committee will send no money only
clothing siasis f s i.ssssa s.63 ss4sSs
| VThe exciting contest at the fair in Chica-
/ go, between the friends Of Sherman and Sberi.
dan, for the magnificent gold-mounted pistol,
given for ''the best General" finally closed Tues
day night, the vote standing: Sheridan, $40;
Sherman, AT; with two or three hundred scat
tering. assT aeIo9 8fsaH8 StIyGs
R The Portsmouth Chronicle says Friday
afternoon. as the Ia O'Clock train from Salem
for Boston on the Eastern Railroad was APP.
preaching the Swampscott station, man de
liberately laid himself down on the track before
the engine and vas run ever, being crushed in q
most terrible manner. It was impossible for
any one to recognize him.
- The Philadelphia Sketch Club has offered
prize of $4,000 for the finest work of art illus
trative of the great rebellion Contributors
must be residents of the United States, and must
send in their contributions by the first Of Dec,
1866. The listof contributors will be closed on
the first of Oct next. Pictures and stationary
| will be eligible to prize. 81
81 One hundred and twenty honorably dis
charged wounded or disabled soldiers are now
employed in the New York Custom House. COL
lector Draper is giving the preference, in all
cases Of application for places, to men who
have served in the army, provided their abilities
and qualifications are such as to make their ap-
| pointment suitable. DASH l6l5s 80
William Davis, steysdore residing in
Bangor, while assisting to move a vessel at
lfor IL o'clock on Saturday night, near Robin
4 sons wharf in Brewer, fell overheard and was
drowned. His body was recovered at about s
o'clock Sunday morning. Deceased was about
80 years of age, and leaves a wife and three