The Portland daily press., 1865-11-13

E~A Milledgev1lle (Ga.) letter saws specu-
lators and capitalists have been for long time
past buying up the State bonds of Georgia,
and are consequently working hard to adopt
the war debt.
10 Joseph Libbey aud Elias Note of jack
son, n. g., have been arrested, charged with
setting fire to the hotel burned in jackson,
during the difficulty about the draft two wears
since.
AN exchange says it is not a little no.
ticeable that since butter has held at its pres
ent high price, it has taken great deal of salt
to flavor it. The fact is the salt is a good deal
cheaper than the butter, and so a liberal salt
ingpays.
BGreen who murdered his wife in Hart
ford, Conn.,, on Sunday night, and then at
tempted to take his own life, is likely to re-
cover.
GB-It is said that Gen. Butleris going INTO
the law business in Washington.
EThe Portsmouth Journal says "After
lingering sickness of five years, the Demo
cratic Party died at sunset on the evening of
November 9th. Funeral obsequies viii be OBJ.
served in New Jersey, of which appropriate
the deceased are notified to attend. The
corner stone of that sMausoleum of hearts
will be laid, if the New Hampshire High Priest
is present"
Ey- Chief Constable King has notified the
BARRIERS of New Bedford that they must shut
up shop on Sunday. 1t is very easy to run re-
form into the ground. If BARRIERS should not
shave their customers Sunday morning, why
should the customers be allowed to shave
themselves? Why not step bathing, washing
ones person, combing ones head and even
dressing for church, on the Sabbath q,
Eg Thanksgiving in New Hampshire and
Connecticut which had been appointed for the
Both inst, has been postponed till Dec. 7th, the
day of the national Thanksgiving. .IA
EY" The Portsmouth Journal has been
shown q very fine specimen of Gold bearing
quartz, taken from vein in Lisbon near Lit
Teton, N. H.,-the gold could be seen very dis
tinctly with the naked eye, and with the aid of
glass it gave evidence of being very rich.
ton, revealed $50 to the ton.
BB~The Union victory in New Jersey Sc
cures U. S. Senator, and it is said Gen. Kill
patrick will be the man.
BY-The health of Preston King, Collector
of New York, is so critical that it is suggested
he may be obliged to give up his position.
ER The New Bedford Mercury remarks that
on Tuesday, hinst, Andrew Johnson's draft
was endorsed by Massachusetts,, New York,
New Jersey, Wisconsin and Minnesota Pretty
good paper, and safe to take.
Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher is now
acting Governor of Montana Territory in the
absence of Gov. Edgerton. "A St-- =. ~ft
y-Coal is selling at Chicago at 1922 to 1924
per ton and wood $14 to $15 per cord
I BB-A dispatch from New York announces
the death of George Arnold, writer for the
New York weekly papers, best known as aMc-
Arone"
Thanksgiving in Vermont Dec 9TH -
same as the National Thanksgiving.
EY VIM. johnson, only brother of Presi-
dent johnson, died at Galveston, Nov. 4th,
from the effect of an accidental gunshot
wound. 1aAi4--sL ~
Ia Josiah Capen of Jamaica Plain, fell
while walking in the public streets of Boston,
ON Tuesday, and died almost Immediately.
BB Levy upon being requested to blow his
cornet turned red and white and blew. - [Bos-
ton Post. 8