The Portland daily press., 1865-08-17
ORTGINAL AND SELECTED.

Van Amburgh's chariot broke through
a bridge in Western Pennsylvania recentlv.
and two men and three horses were killed.
BB-Among the heroic deeds connected with
the recent disaster to the Pewabic ON Lake
Superior, was that performed by Miss Ada
Brush, daughter of a gentleman i'm Detra;t.
This lady not only saved her own life by expert
swimming, but that of Mrs. @. NJ. Wright.
whose husband was drowned with a LADY,
clinging to his neck. Miss Brush saw Mrs.
Wright struggling in the water some distance
from her, and with great presence of mind she
swan to her rescue, pushed floating spar up
to her, and thus saved her from the terrible fate
of her husband 81
BH-An old fellow out in Wayne county. who
has advertised" his wife six or seven times had
the assurance recently, to ask the genial editor
of the Lyons Republican to print the customa
ry advertisement for half price, in considers
ton of his being "a regular customer i'
EYA little fellow not more than five wears
of age hearing some gentlemen at his fathers
table discussing the familiar line, San honest
man is the noblest work of God" said he knew
| it wasn't true; his mother was better than any
man that was ever made. <0t
The Copperhead papers have made the
discovery no others having the news that
Edwin NJ. Stanton is responsible for the atroci-
ties, sufferings and deaths at Andersonyille.
| South Carolina. rs
| General Towards bureau is LAYING out
| a village at Camp Distribution, back of Alex-
andria, for the occupancy of the freedmen, and
will also lay out another near Fairfax Station
for the same purpose.
| Va The dangers incident to a seafaring
| people are seen in the fact that, during the
past century, 80 persons have been drowned in
EdgartOwn Mass, SO citizens of the town
have been lost at sea, and AZ have died at dis
| tant ports.
An average of sixty-seven persons out Of
every million commit suicide in England each
year. Hanging is much the most popular
method, twenty eight using the cord to thirteen
the dagger, twelve having preference for
drowning and six for poison. bf
BE-A Cincinnati despatch to the Chicago
Times says, The Hon. George E. Pugh has
received an intimation that the trial of JEFF.
Davis will soon take place in a civil court, and
he has commenced preparations for the de-
fence.
Eg Miss Mary Harris, recently tried and
acquitted at Washington travels under an as
sumed name in the West, to escape curiosity.
BB-In regard to the statement that the town
of Lincoln N H.. has furnished no men for the
war, it is said, that that town has had only one
man on the enrolment list. No quota has been
assigned it under the impression that one egg
should be left in the nest.
Elk. Governor Wickliffe of Kentucky, is
hard at work, trying to secure the pardon of his
brother-in-law, Senator Yulee, of Florida, who
is confined in Fort Pulaski.
Vs. Commodore Rogers is credited with the
declaration that with the dictator" and "Aga
menticus" he can thrash the whole Englisl
iron-clad fleet
EB The grapes in Ohio are rotting badly
The crop will be a failure. 0fi
, EY-G Good news for bad punsters-the Rus
l sian Chamberlain and ex-Secretary of State
Alexander Popoff, is dead. {.
GB-The New Orleans Tribune proves that il
; 1872 colored men were officers in the militia o
Louisiana, by publishing the commission o
Second Lieutenant John Louis Doriole, "free
, man of color" signed by Gov. Clayborne.
BYPaul Morphy, the champion chess player
has returned to New York, and is preparing al
annotated volume of his games. The rumo
that he was on Beauregard's staff is stated +
be untrue. e4.satfgHH
EB-It is reported that millions of feet Q
: lumber are lying blocked in the Wisconsin
River. They evidently need some of the Main
lumbermen out there to help them drive tn
logs.