The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-06-21
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

ORIGINAL And SELECTED. !
Rlt is stated that Gen. Howard proposes to
settle the freedmen on the abandoned lands Of
Virginia as soon as practicable.
BM Theirs. in recent speechin the French
Chambers, urged the government to abandon
Mexico
F. 81 A Cincinnati man went to bed on the roof
of his house the other night, SO as to keep cool,
rolled over fell of, and was instantly killed. 4
Cd The Union Convention for the nomination
of candidates for State Offices in Vermont, will !
assemble at Montpelieron the 18th inst. ~
H-Notlong ago a man hung himself inDsr-
byshire in attempting rope trick after tie
fashion of the Davenport Bros. HnAh
@Itis said that Mortimer Thompson. ssDoe-
sticks. proposes to settle in Atlanta, Ga, as
editor of q newspaper.
BJohn J. Nicolay, late private secretary to
President Lincoln, and recently appointed coz
to Paris, was married in Illinois last week.
| GRA French bonnet maker told customer
who complained OF the price demanded for q
new bonnet: Consider, madam, it cost me two
sleepless nights merely to imagineit. ss
SB +. Emery, esq, Of Bath, has shown
the editor of the Times some specimens Of wheat
growing on his farm, which are over FIVE feet.
He says the field willaverage FIVE feet g
EGaribaldi, it is said, will shortly leave
Caprera for the continent. "A villa on Lake
Maggiore has been put at his disposal by some
of his many friends.,-A s. s2assSs3SNts, So
EFands have been sent to Louisville for the
payment up to the frstof June of all troops in
Sherman's army who do not 60 out Of service
under existing orders. ls# ~, as, s
BTwenty-one battle flags hang in the Rep
resentatives' Hall of New Hampshire They will
inspire the members with patriotism if not TO-
4 quence. al sesg .fssis
L. EAnumber Of the leading peace men of the
Northwest, members Of the order Of American
Knights, have accepted Mexican naturalization
papers and sworn fealty to Macmillan.
/ EIt is said that many Southern merchants
have visited New York recently for the purpose
Of canceling their obligations contracted before
the war. aAaa ao.lais9s4A N9i&ssa .sssaaN 9lt
~ High rents are disgustingall at Richmond
who have to pay them. Every one who has 9
house or store to let imagines that the entire
Yankee nation is after it, and charges accor-
dinghy. salms zoo7 y 9'9g
EYThe New York Herald Richmond CORES
pondent says there is no lack of candidates for
Congress, some Of whom would consider them
selves short time ago insulted to be called cit-
zens Of the United States ai ao 6sa &
4 E-Mr. Penney Of Mechanic Falls, has in
vented q monkey wrench, having the peculiar
angle and form Of the wreBch. 1t is said it
will eventually hold high place in the eatima-
tioa of mechanics. 5s
II 81 Edward j. Roye, colsred, who, twenty
years ago was a barber in Terra Hauts. Ind,
has been appointed Chief Justice of Liberia, to
fill the vacancy ocoasioned by the death Of Rev.
]. Boston Drayton.
loe - The Bath Times says that at about six
O'clock Monday evening, as the Ferry-boat was
leaving her dock on the Bath side of the river, q
lad by the name of Richard N. Gibbs, aged ID
years, attempted to jump ashore, and in doing
so fell overheard and was drowned. His body
was recovered. isa3e nag &
H-We are told that for the complaints for
which it is specially recommended, MilIer's
Compound Fluid Extract of Buchu is one Of
4 the best articles before the public 1t is adyer-
tised in our columns, and is wholesaled by
4 Phillips on Middle street. and retailed by drug
gists generally 9eH .aiens
RA Paris letter in the .Nor1 says "The
Emperor Napoleon astonishes everybody by his
unalterable health Bodily WEAKNESS, enor-
s nous heat, fatigue from work-nothing over
5 comes him. Heis always bright and we'll, the
first to be ready, while some of his suite appear
singularly fatigued. /" 4aase y .7o
g The Bangor Times says Capt. A. D.
Brock at one time editor Of paper in this
city and subsequently connected witha paper in
Bangor, has resigned his nosition in the army
ging editor of Forney Philadelphia Press.
ETA few days since we received the marriage
notice of clergyman with his name in its ap-
propriate place as bridegroom and also sigped
to the note, but no ten Philadelphia LAWYERS
could read his name, or tell whether it was that
OF an honest Christian or bloody Jew. Moral
/ v-if you would have your wife married to the
right man, be careful and write plain.
4 % The Journal says the Temperance eele-
bration in Boston on Saturday was grand sue
cess as far as regards numbers, but it was
great failure in every other respect. This was
4 partly owing to the heat, no doubt, but more
largely to the entire want Of capacity and judy
ment on the part Of those who had the manage
ment of the affair. The children were marched
g the Common from all parts Of the city, and
then kept standing in line in the hot sun until
many Of them fell senselessto the ground, COM
pletely Frustrated by the intense heat Some Of
the superintendent had the good Judgment to
march their schools home forry baf,ro ,,,,,,, -,
they saw how the affair was managed.