The Portland daily press., 1865-11-25


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gy-The World says that there has got to be
an opposition party very soon, and it is anxious
to know whether that party is to be composed
of the Radicals or the Democrats. According
ly it calls earnestly upon President johnson to
define his position very explicitly in his forth
coming message Under which king, Bezo-
man p
gRThe French town of st. Pierre, island of
Miquelon, was destroyed by fire on the 9Th.
One hundred and twenty houses were burned.
Loss four million francs t
EH-The Mississippi Legislature recently de-
bated two hours and half whether or not to
raise the Stars and Stripes over their capitol.
The motion was vehemently opposed, but the
majority seemed to remember that they were
not vet completely reconstructed, and consid-
cred tia matter Of prudence to postpone their
prejudices and vote for the flag. They showed
themselves more polite than the State mill
tia, which refused to organize under the Union
flag. -.sassfb8 2HssssE thsassma1
RIA move has been made in the Indiana
Legislature towards securing the constitutional
amendment making voting populationthe basis
of representation.
Once ON a time, little city boy. was
naughty, and his mother said to him solemnly
eff you are such a bad little boy, my son, you
will not go to Heaven swell" said he, pout-
ing his lips, II believe I'd about as lief stay in
town" M .eyff,g35 !f1r .Flgffag ussaf.r4
EB-The Providence Journal having sugges.
ted that Captain Waddell of the Shenandoah
should be left to the mercy Of the New Bedford
whaling captains, the. Standard of that city ex-
presses the opinion that, in that case, he would
never waddle any more.
EBA national convention Of wool growers
and manufacturers has been called, to meet al
| Syracuse, on the 18th of December.
| EB-There are already more than thirty can.
didates, bona .fde, for the Collectership of the
port of New York. The President has thus
the opportunity of making one friend and
twenty-nine enemies by single dash of the
| pen.
= EH. The names of James Buchanan and
| John G. Breckenridge were added to the list o.
traitors deserving death, appended to the reso
luton introduced into the Tennessee Legisla.
ture demonstrating against the pardon of JEFF
ferson Davis and others, and it was then passed
by vote Of IL to3 ESE(IAI, 4.
EB-Forty iron-plated vessels have this veal
been added to, the Russian navy.
EEA deed of trust or mortgage was recant
ly executed by the Great Western Railway
Company, the consideration being $50 900
The amount of revenue stamps required was
$4,000.
EE- Gen. Winfield Scott will spend the win
ter in Key West and New Orleans, q l,.ss ID
HIS Major Hough of Newbern, N. c., was
recently in Washington, and is reported t.
have said that the people in his State generally
look upon the recent elections there as farce
and expect that the whole programme viii
have to be repeated. None of the congress
men elect can take the oath. 3. F. Lehman
the only candidate in the State who could, wa
defeated by an overwhelming majority.
EBThe New York Evening Post in an anus
ing article on the reception" of Gen. Grant q
the Fifth Avenue Hotel the other evening, re
marks "It is our blief that there was only on
thing, at the great reception, harder to accom-
pEsh than to get your hat out of the cloak cup
board, and that was to get it in."
D-At the Gen. Grant reception in ,Ney
York the Post. overheard practical suggestion
from young lady. whats the use of al
these major and brigadier-generals walkin
about here nobody knows who are" said she
"why don't they have their names printed il
4 large letters on their backs ?"