The Portland daily press., 1865-07-21
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

OF which there were 106 men, 102 women. 262
boys, and 1872 girls. This mortality is an in
crease of 106upon that of the previous week.
and of 30 compared with the corresponding
week last year.
They are complaining in Minnesota of the
grasshopper, yet the general condition of the
crops isreported as being good.
The Wilmington IN. CO. Herald says nearly a
million of dollars had been paid to the soldiers
there within short time. ia sn| I'VE
The American Telegraph Company have
taken charge of the Southern lines and EXPECT
soon to have communication through the inte-
rior between New York and New Orleans.
Attorney General Bowden of Virginia. has
given his opinion that, under the present Con-
stitution of the United States, persons who
held office under the rebel government, State
or national are not now eligible to any Office in
the Commonwealth.
AT balloon ascension in Belfast. Ireland.
Mr.. Croswell's balloon with ten people in the
car, effected perilous descent owing to the
valve at the top not acting properly. Eight of
the aronauts succeeded in getting out (some of
them severely injured), when the balloon again
assembled with two gentlemen still in the car.
and nothing had since been heard from it.
A Washington dispatch says that General
Buffers resignation was duly received at the
War Department, but returned indorsed mot
accepted" The General has, it is said, been or
dered to Washington.
The Chicago Times of Saturday has two col
umns of reports from the great grain growing
counties of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and
Minnesota, all of which encourage the expec-
tation that the forthcoming harvest in all.
that region will be one of the most bountiful on
record.
Among the colossal engineering projects of
the present day is a scheme for constructing
railway tunnel under the bed of the Severn.
for the purpose of connecting the South Wales
Union line with 1he Principally The tunnel.
will be about three miles long, and it is estima-
ted to cost e75O,00O. W
Reverdy johnson is said to have gone to
Richmond as counsel for the rebels whose prop
erty has been confscated.
General Carl Schurz, having resigned ms
commission, has been sent by the President to
travel through the South ON a tour of observa-
tion as to the working of emancipation, the
loyalty of the whites, the condition of the
blacks, and the fitness of the several states for
immediate restoration. s27'
A simple mode of keeping butter in warm
weather, where ice is not handy--inverta COM
mou flower-pot over the butter, with some
water in the dish in which the butter is laid.
The orifice at the bottom may be corked or not.
The porousness of the earthern ware will keep
the butter cool. 81 aa 81
A Western editor complains that his poverty
was very nearly exposed to the world. A pick
pocket relieved him of his purse, but unexpec-
tedly and considerably RETAINED from saying
anything about its contents. n4a3 IS
At ST. Paul, Mimi, drunkards and all other
persons convicted of slight offences, if not able
to pay fines, are furnished with aball and chain
and set at work in the streets. If that practice
prevailed here there would be large increase
in somebody's business. l-
1t was cowardice, calling itself conservatism
that led us into the war; and we may be very
sure that blindness, calling itself magnanimity,
will not lead us out of it,
The Mobile Neacs says an artist in that CITY
painted dog so naturally that the animal had
] the hydrophobia during the hot weather. He's
the same man who painted copy of a beer
bottle with such skill that the cork flew out,
just as he was finishing it.
Billings, in descanting upon fowls. saws Of
Shanghais: 1T costs az much to borrd one az
it duz stage boss, and yu mite az well UNDER
take tew fat tanning mill by running oats
thru it,
The taxes in Burlington, vt, this year, viii
be one and a half per cent ON the valuation.
The gold coinage at the United States mint
for June amounted to $4OO,7O0, all of which
was in double eagles. The silver coinage in the
same time was 1921 800, all in half dollars. The
copper coinage was $24,700 in cent pieces, $15,-
300 in two cent pieces, and SAT $50 in three cent
pieces. N
A son of Anak has been stalking about Phil
adelphia recently, to the astonishment. of the
natives. At the last date he had attained the
perpendicular altitude of seven feet and one
inch.
The rebel General Forrest, of Fort Pillow
infamy, is one of the applicants for Executive
clemency. The pardon of such scoundrel
would be an insult to every loyal colored man
who fought for the old flag, and a disgrace to
the nation. .a "a l3saN.s
Judge Sharkey, Provisional Governor of
Mississippi, is a man over seventy years of age,
of unimpeached personal character, but a fossil
into whose mind any advanced idea could no
more find entrance than an appeal for charity
to miser's pocket. SSNeSNFe
Commencement anniversary at Harvard Uni
versity occurred yesterday. ,. es
Among the arrivals at Washington on Tues
day, was John Minor Bolts who had an an
pointment with the President.
* Governor Perry, ex-Speaker Orr and other
gentlemen of South Carolina, are at Washing
ton. They wish for some pardons and some in
structions. H
The aggregate number Of troops of all bran
ches now within twenty miles of Washington
is less than eight thousand @ aaas5 ~
A suitable monument to the memory of the
late Mrs. Sigourney of Hartford is talked of
and contributions Of any size solicited 9a f45
Avery suggestive article on the character of
the present southern newspaper press will be
found on the first page.
The existing orders of some Of the military
commanders at the south, which require ne
groes to have passes from their employers be-
fore they can be allowed to pass from point to
point, will soon be superseded by an order from
Gen. Howard of the Freedmen's Bureau. is
sued at the instance of the Secretary of War.
inwhichit will be plainly said that nowhere in
the South shall there be required from negroes
any different pass than is required from other
persons. n -Fft -yrt e9a a ~ IEg obUos { I'll
The watering season is at its height, and Sar-
atoga and Niagara are crowded beyond almost
any former year. = RE s54 g aag.
What will the Massachusetts radicals do
next They are not content with converting
BLACK cattle into men, at the south, but al
ready they contemplate making a Governor of
one of their own Bullocks. ,r-
Massachusetts, during the war furnished 1877
1893 men for the army and navy; and was 5s3s
ahead of all calls when the war ended