The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-01-20
ORIGrMAL AND sELECTED.

last year, Ior white paper, was $426 600.
RSixteen years ago Gen. Grant was setting
type in an Ohio printing Office.
- Henry Winter Davis threatens an sannihi-
lating speech against the navy department ,
BSnow is two and half feet deep in the
woods in Vermont. and the roads are in bad con-
dition. BtfI- ftf III II q w
gA little girl Is and boy OF IL were con-
victed of selling liquor by Lenox, Mass, jury
last week. isfsa .sl q, .f.s-. ,.,.., .,srss,, -,
H The national conventions of the Fenian
brotherhood met in Cincinnati on Tuesday WITH
closed doors. sas1 es wi, 3Last
HA proposition is before the Missouri legis-
lature to enlarge the limits of St. Louis from IA
to AZ square miles, awo atI .fssaN 4.saga
BGen. Terry. thehero Of Fort Fisher, is
native OF Connecticut, and is thirty-seyen years
of age.
70 Albert G. Allen, Esq, formerly of New
Hampshire. has become the editor Of the Nd
tt0RGl IntetlageHcer. hshasfafu1o iisw -aeo Iss
R Mrs Darlington says she hopes her friend
Judge - wont take cold, but he never
goes to whist party without losing his rub,
bers. aiAi a'ssi4e e. 11aed ipodgiW lpG 4
BAmong the lost ON steamer Melville, were
VIM. W. Bishop and two dau ghters, of Provi-
dence. Mr.. Bishop was the only brother of Gen.
Burnside's wife. s 4sT i,'. sAl .ssle'. aaa ~
~ Robert Bonner, publisher of the New
York Ledger, pays a tax on an income of $685.
900. Rev. Dr.. Bellows income is put down. at
$500 eExFErHF ~ -. w
- Mr.. Sumner had strongly urged Edward
Everett for the French mission, and it was sup.
posed to be theintention Of the president to ask
him to accept it, for short time at least. 8biAg
~ As an appropriate tribute to Mr.. Everett,
the Washington Chronicle accompanies the an
nouncement Of his death with very extended ex-
tracts from his Gettysburg grafton u s . ~
~ Gen. W illiams of this State, has been ap.
pointed Inspector General Of the armies opera
ting against Richmond. and will be located at
City Point. qqss .H3TAw 1dIHBH aEYIIa A
ETA boy in Augusta had his arm torn from
the socket by getting it caught ina water wheel
of sash and blind fsctory- His name was Cole
man Austin. -
IAN exchange says Collins who escaped
from the State prison is said to be in St. Ste
phens. Why then is he not demanded under the
cAtfUQltlOu treaty --S1ffl A+fs --AA
10 Senator Foot announced his intention, in
his last speech in the Confederate House, to re-
I tire to some 'sequestered spot - JEFF. Davis
seems disposed to aid him. in 6llding the said
spot sls 80 e. Eng q gies'ss as52h la
10 The advertiser advocates q division OF. the
Union allowing the revolted states to goin peace.
1t illustrates its idea by reciting the difficulty
between Abraham and Lot, as the argus did
enoe to set forth the same ideas6ss yaaas ssli 1O
The loaded shell fred into the ruddef- post
>of the Kearsarge by the pirate Alabama, has
been sent to Washington, as q present from
Capt. Winslow to Mr.. Lincoln, the latter
having expressed wish to have it as a trophy.
RThe Little Rock (Ark J Democrat says the
recent election of VIM. L. Snow TO the United
States senate from Arkansas, was farce. only
sixty votes being cast, while it required seventy
six to form quorum. ~ * .,,,a,. u, -.
The Gardiner Journal is troubled to think
the Press should labor against its own interest,
Weadvise our friend not to fret his gizzard.
We hope we may ever labor for what is right,
truthful and just, and if our interestdon't liein
that direction it ought to suffer. aoss 80 ~
% The first decision of Chief Justice Chase,
in the supreme court of the United States, was
that West Virginia is legally state The de-
cision was given on the question of placing the
name Of that state on the list when calling the
docket. 2 "5N n aita 4iiw msA7 sa.yesl sd
HThe Saturday EUeaing Post mentions as
among the most appropriate and beautiful slast
words" spoken by the dying. those of a stage
driver in California, when his bed was surroanl
ded by his brethren of the whip: !" Boys, I am on
down grade, and 1 can'treach the brake.''a
RrWe are indebted to Rev. Giles Bailey of
Gardiner, for neat pamphlet containing the
proceedings of the Maine Uniyersalist Conven-
ton, at its annual session in June last, with an
abstract Of the proceedings of different sessions
from 1856 to 1863. y .se
BIn his speech in New York, soon after the
Presidential election, Gen. Butler suggested that
the fullest amnesty should be granted to the
rebels till January 9Th, after which the door of
mercy SHOULD be shut. 1t is q singular fact that
his own removal dates Jan. ssh 3.agq
- Bishop Potter and the Episcopal clergy
men Of New York and vicinity have sent petit
ton to the president for the release of Rev. Mr.
Hudson, the Shakesperian lecturer, achaplain in
the army Of the james, who has been confined
by.orderof Gen. Butler IN X, y sss =. so. as
% Morocco is to have q telegraph Before
deciding upon this innovation the Emperor CON
suited his astrologers,w decided that it was an
inferal invention and would bring calamity; but
the Emperor disregarded their predictions or
dered up the wires and posts and threatened to
behead anybody who damaged them isS.A7s 81 =.
The Boston Transcript says q one-legged
skater may be seen on the Public Garden Pond,
almost any pleasant afternoon this winter, exc
cutting his outward rolls and backward move
ments in q manner which might well put to
shame the efforts of the numerous bipeds by
which he is surrounded. 80. :.
B-sI No" must excuse u.s. We prefer to
make no reference to the case to which he calls
attention. The disposition to snarl and find
fault is evidently chronic. If we allow i'll ma lure
50 often aimed at the Press, to pass unnoticed,
we don't think ether aggrieved parties need ask
us to open our columns to redress their wrongs.
The publication of the internal revenue
income returns in New York has made great
stir, and one excited individual was heard to re-
mark: 81 tell you the whole thing is wrong, and
Illventure to say, that if such publication Of
names and figures were made in Paris, the poorer
classes would get up a revolution within twenty
four hours thereafter''d LA a0kSsiia g5og4
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sYWe publish to-day letter from new cor
respondent at Washington, though heis an, old
hand at the quill. or course we are not expec-
ted to endorse or disapprove his opinions; he
writes from different tand-pont from that
occupied by us, and we regard his sentiments as
simply embodyipg the prevailing sentiment in
the atmosphere in which he moves. The other
letter he refers to must have been miscarried. y
% Acity contemporary which has claimed
divine authority for slavery, which has insisted
that slavery is the normal condition of the negro
and that without slavery. his condition yvonld