The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-12
ORIGINAL AND sHLEorED

VISIONS OF the second clause, which gives to
congress the power to enforce the provisions of
the first clause. Mississippi is like CORPORAL
Stebbins on the Maine Law,-in favor of the
law but opposed to its enforcement. That state
is ready to declare in favor of emaneipatiop,
but opposed to any enforcement of its own dec
laration. ~ p lt D-k
EB- Referring to Democratic Endorsements
few days ago, Mr.. johnson stated, in CONVEX
sation with distinguished Western states
man, that of course he was very glad of it.
'If," said he, "the Democrats come to me, all
right; don't know that ought to object. 1
hope they'll endorse me after the meeting of
Congress as they do now"
GY- The following dialogue actually took
place, short time since, between a visiting ex-
aminer and pupil in school near Salisbury,
England "Now, the first boy in the grammar
class" First boy-"Here be, SIR Examiner
-"Well, my good boy, can you tell me what
vowels are?" First boy-"vowels, zir +? Ees,
of course 1 can" Examiner-"Tell me then.
what are vowels ?" First boy-"Why vowls be
chickens !" eatJ 1sl r.ggsess ID
EY-A wag in Appleton, Wis, supplied
farmer with four quarts of Hungarian grass
seed last spring, from which the farmer this
summer raised about seventeen million comely
mullen stalks.
ER-M. custer of Paris, has recently been
treating consumptive patients with raw meat
and brandy. NJ. Desmartis of Bordeaux, has
adopted similar, method of treatment, not
only in cases of phthisis, but also in general
scrofula, anemia and chronic dysentery. He
employs blood in preference to the flesh, and
flavors it with some aromatic substance, so as
to remove the unpleasant chalybeate taste. The
results are said to be marvellous, and are in part
corroborated by the experience of DR.. Montar-
gis, who is accustomed to send his phthisical
patients to the Partisan abbattoirs to drink
the fresh blood as it flows from the slaughtered.
"A letter dated at Augusta, Ca. Novem-
Der, %, says: "The close of the war found
more cotton, probably, stored in and about this
city than at any point in the South. One feels
justified, from all that is said, in estimating the
amount at fully fifty thousand bales; and many
dealers put the figure at sixty thousand, while
afew even fix it as high as sixty-fve thousand
Very little of this was burned, and most of it
was in the hands of private parties. Conse-
quently, there has been large business here in
cotton all the fall in which there is not very
much abatement" at.j
There is great excitement in California
over the reported discovery of an open mine in
Calaveras county. The mine is claimed by
seven different companies. h3 S,5s u
Thad. Stevens pitched into the Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher the other day for the al
legged fall from grace of the latter on the sub
jects of radicalism aud hell fire. In view of the
bitterness, malignancy, and uncharitable spirit
of old Stevens, his friends (if he has any) must
hope that Beecher's doubts touching the reality
of hell fire and the eternal punishment of the
wicked are well founded.-[N. Y. World j
% There lived on S. street, Chicago a
Woodworking man. who always attended to
business before pleasure. In this he was right
One day his wife was taken sick, and the next
day she died. The husband kept at his work
as usual, and after the funeral he returned to
his labors allow is this ?' asked one of his
neighbors. Cant you stop to mourn little?"
"No, sir" was the reply. Business .efore
pleasure" And the old fellow returned to his
bench. a l.4s a5
EB- Our little friend Bobby at the breakfast
table one morning broke out in new vein /:
81 don't want mother to marry again." he said.
"Why not ?" was asked with some surprise
Because" said he, "I've lost one father, and 1
don't want the trouble of getting acquainted
with another one" &stL lkAf' H
E8r A friend once visiting an unworldly
philosopher, whose mind was his kingdom, ex-
pressed some surprise at the smallness of his
&C
swing cat !" "My friend" was the serene,
unappreciative answer, 81 do notwantto swing
cat" -a
ca A Princess of Hungary once asked a
monk, who was scholar and w.t. to explain
to her the story of BALKAN and the ass, adding,
good father, can hardly believe that an ass
could be SO laxative" Madame" replied the
father, "your scruples may cease, when you are
informed that it was female" s''h --
W A Boston correspondent of the SPRING
field Republican gives publicity to the report
that Henry Ward Beecher intends quitting
the pulpit and entering into politics as profess
sion. The World suggests that it would be
more of novelty if announced that he is about
abandoning politics for the expounding of the
Gospel. s.
EY The Hon. Thomas Corwin, lately United
States minister to Mexico, being in New York,
was lately introduced to one of the English
railway magnates recently travelling in this
country as being an Ohioan. This term evil
IDENTIFY misled John Bull, who looked for mo-
ment good deal puzzled; however, his face
suddenly frightened, and Selling the hand of
Mr.. Corwin, he expressed his happiness at
making the acquaintance; then kindly in
quired whether his tribe were at peace with
the whites Mr.. Corwin's complexion being
rather Indian.
DY bill is to be reported in Congress at
once, allowing the same pensions for sailors are
now granted to soldiers.
DB A true list Of English subscribers to
rebel bonds has been published. The list in
cludes twenty-seven members of the British
Parliament
By "A large invoice of revolvers and metal
lie cartridges, intended for Fenian use in Can
ada, was seized near Niagara Falls the other
day. a-a raa
EBThe Union Republican State ticket in
Massachusetts,, had $1,000 votes; the other had
$1,000.
RAJ Two men who were wounded at East
Boston on Friday by the bursting of steam
boiler, died on Saturday. One leaves widow
and four children.
EB- The Fenians are in trouble Their
Congress" has proved to be quite as corrupt
as the American Congress when it contained
the southern bullies Some of the officials
have proved to be quite as adept at thieving as
Floyd. We look upon the whole thing as
burlesque if not a swindle, got up for the bene-
fit of few who, rather than work prefer to
subsist upon the many.
EB-F. A. Arnold lost his life in Chicago by
the bursting of grindstone. He was grinding
buteher-knife when the stone exploded.
LEA dispatch to the Boston Herald SAYS
the senatorial caucus will agree, it is learned, to
the House resolution on reconstruction, with
some unimportant notifications.
GYA Washington despatch says the State