The Portland daily press., 1865-12-28
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED

EB- Gen. Grant is to leave Washington for
the Mexican frontiers, Immediately after the
holidays. Com. Winslow has already sailed,
leaving his flag ship at New Orleans to bring
on the General - IT, a5 go. %
gY- 1t is reported that Mr.. Harlan, Secreta-
ry of the Interior, will soon retire from the Cab
met, to be succeeded by Senator Doolittle, of
Wisconsin. B hob l.. >arftf>{ sid
io EY-i A bill has been introduced into the
Tennessee Legislature, providing for a marble
statue of Andrew jackson, to be placed in the
Capitol of the State of Tennessee, and upon
which shall be inscribed 1.-The Federal I'm
ion, it must and shall be preserved" az
EY The Alta California says that cinnamon
colored bears were frequently trapped on the
Sierras during the fall. sHllf q y a.ifW
EE- A little screw steamer of only twenty
eight tons burden, drawing less than three feet
of water, lately arrived at Matanzas, Cuba,
from England. She is called the Shamrock
EB- William Gilmore Simms is making
collection of the leading war poems written in
the South during the rebellion. y, ="
GB- Secretary Stanton has issued an order,
setting apart all the ground upon which the
massacre of Fort Pillow occurred, for the pur-
pose of erecting monument thereon to the
memory of the soldiers who fell, and those who
were butchered there. =" 30 tl-i'l73c
gB- Bishop Potter of New York has deliver
ed a sermon denouncing "operatic singing" in
the Episcopal churches of that city ia31
E4- The Nashville and Chattanooga Rail-
road has begun suit against its late president
for one million dollars damage for permitting
. the rebel government to use the road and its
machinery during the war. N ...,
BB- The N. II. Union State Convention is
to be held at Concord on Wednesday next,
Jan. Sd. - fa
EB The Independent Democrat at Concord,
N. H., which was greatly reduced in size dur
ing the war, has been restored to its former
generous dimensions, and is now one of the
largest, as it has long been one of the best, pa
pers in the State. 1t is radically right on all
the questions of the hour. 1D5 a5qa
gB- They have got twenty inches of snow
in St Paul. with prospect of continuous
sleighing until spring. III 5Hi5If 81, iz,e- -
"a EV : Hon. M. 81. McAllister, Judge of the
US. Court for California, died in San Francis
CO Monday. i. .,-... t...,. -.-
W The Dalles (Oregon) papers say that
enough of liquor has been sent across the noun
tains to keep every human being in Montana
drunk all winter. " 'ot1- sllao1-
W Raphael Semmes, of Alabama notorie-
ty, is to be tried by a naval court martial on "a
charge and specification preferred by Secreta-
ry Welles The charge is violating the usages
of war. The specification sets forth that after
hosting the white flag on the Alabama he escap-
ed to avoid actual surrender and did subse-
quently, without having been exchanged, en-
gage in hostilities. -:.f. .r II
va Rumors are in circulation that removals
will soon be commenced of United States Off
Gals appointed at the request Of members of
Congress who are known to denounce the poll
cy of the Administration. We don't believe in
any such rumor, but if the President should
propose to use his power to punish loyal men
while pardoning rebels by wholesale, possibly
he might find an obstacle in the Senate difficult
to get over. lD.ag I-c. 81 ...f -sgi
Va The Boston Transcript says "the Cattle
OF England, in view of the laundering manage
ment of the cattle disease by their owners,
+ 'hink Of having meeting for the purpose of
consulting on the cause and treatment of the
malaay' and the appointment and education of
physicians from their own ranks. Indeed, put
pair OF spectacles on an OK, and he would
look as wise as many physicians who have ex-
perimented IN the disorders of CATTLE" 1t is
not sure which party has the most reason to
complain of the transcripts invidious compari-
son, the cattle or the physicians referred to.