The Portland daily press., 1865-06-22

ure, we arenot alarmed, as the World APP
pears to be, that President johnson should re-,
tain some OF the power in his hands which
Congress has given him. Circumstances may
yet call for its exercise. Itis hardly time yet
for siayeholdsgs 70 have full ,swing. b
ORIGINAL IND SELECTED
/ sE The 0hristian Commission has begun the
work of selling off its surplus property. $40
q o. Among the late graduates at West Point
are Thomas NJ Tolman, Edward Hunter and
Malcolm G. Macarthur, of this state.
~ The famous Judiciary Square Hospital in
Washington is broken Ut, and the patients there
| in have been sent to other hospitals.
% There are not as has been reported, any
counterfeits on any variety Of national bank
| currency ID circulation. SI aseis.
la - The White Mountaip travel has already
commenced. and like vegetation is earlier and
more abundant than usual sdf IS
R The St. Louis papers give conflicting re-
turns Of the late constitutional election. One
makesout majority Of l64,against, and another
has 3s98 majority for it. s. -m
ES-The South Carolina Tax Commissioners
report the collection of over $4,000 Of back
taxes in Charleston alone since its occupation
by our forces ~ xa A9@
sfHUhless all the indications are unusually
deceptive the food crop of the United States for
the year 1865 will be the largest known to our
history. SA1 npA0O eAA -
: R,The latest statement about the condition of
President Lincoln s estateis to the effect that he
left about ss75,o 900, all invested in government
Tbonds. 1rcr,r g2 hams1o 81
/ t Charles l. cage Of Illinois, for some time
one Of the correspondents aof the New York
Tribune, has been appointed Consul at Zurich,
FSwitzerlanil. Aa shIaH
The Lines' from Freeport, according to
our rules would require payment Of $275..
Presuming the writer did not expeetlto pay we
4 lay. them aside. go
- Two distinguished liberals, Mr.. John
Stuart Min. j and MIR. Thomas Hughes csTom
Brown") are said by the knowing ones TO- be
sure of election, to the next Parliament. y b
~ Gov. Brownlowof Tennessee has issued 4
Proclamation ordering the election on the first
T Thursday Of August next Of . full delegation
to- Congress and members OF the Legislature in
certain districts in which thereare vacancies.
\ c. Col. N g Taylor, well known here for
his eloquent appeals in behalf Of the Union
Sufferers of East Tennessee announces himself
| a. candidate for Congress from the third dis
4 trict of Tennessee.ass zsai,sada4 aayEy ..t1 ~
R"F. B. in his, or her. acrostic on JEFF.
Davis follows the ch-traiter so far beyond the
United States that we do net care to follow him
Then his lines are too decidedly fiery to be COM
/ Portable this hot weather a152 IA fmip >
fW 81 Hotel keepers, railroad conductors and
fsother accommodating gentlemen are not ex-
pected to dead head strangers on account of our
iepaper,l We understand some of them have been
! imposed upon in this regard. --@
ga telegram from Holmes Hole to Boston,
states that two men have%been arrested there
upon suspicion that they were connected with
the murder at West Rexbary. They had stolen
aaboat from Cape Cod. NV -
| EgEzThomas Ainsley who was arrested on Mon
day on suspicion of being connected with the
Roxhury tragedy, was discharged from custody,
no evidence leading TO establish probable cause
Of his complcity Whit having been discovered
4 ETTAe North and South Atlantic Squadrons
have been consolidated and put under the com
mand of Acting Rear-Admiral VIM. Radford
The East and West Cult Squadrons have also
been consolidated under the command of acting
Rear Admiral s. z. Thatcher. saaf Oh
~ The Athenean Society of Bowdoin College
celebrated its 59th anniversary on the 10Th.
Horatio 8. Dresser of Portland delivered an
Grafton on Progress by Conflict and Henry
| ", sSaseylof Standish. read 4 poem; subject
s'Pbsntasmagoria.,'
RA good looking lady gave birth to . fne
healthy boy in thecars on the Eastern Railroad
Monday afternoon, when hears Boston The
4 lady apologized to the conductor of the train,
saying she bad made 3 mistake in her calcula-
tons Mother and child are doing well, at last
aecounfs- 2E4AhHa 10 sass.
lsos q Gov. Brough Of Ohio poinfedly declines
reelection to the great regret and disappoint-
ment of his friends. The New York Post says
the most prominent candidate for the nomina-
ton is Major General Cox. He has the prefer
enee of the Ohio troops and Of large GLASS of
Union citizens. m
RThe steamer recently built BY Messrs. Geo.
\. Patten q Co., now lying at their wharf is a
beauty Those who haye examined her say she
Is thoroughly built, the finish excellent, and the
arrangements for freight and passengers all that
could be asked We learn that the same parties,
hayeo commenced on the frame, for another
steamer.-[ Bath Times - Il
ETA gentleman brought to our office yester-
dag astalk of rye grown on the farm of Dea.
Isaac Smith, in Litch6eld, which measured 7i-2
feetin length The head was pretty well devel-
oped, but the kernel was mot filed cut, Mr..
Smith has field Of this tail rye quite as tall,
probably as that scoming through, which ''s
body met a body in the song osssis - = - Y
rui ESr The Portland & Kennebec Railroad is said
to be in first rate condition, and tits now provi-
ded with several cars Of the monitor pattern
che most approved carsyet made. Mr.. Noyes,
the Superintendent, is a man of indomitable
energy, who is well acquainted with his business
and heis fast bringing everything connected with
the road under the most thorough system. The
conductors are all men Of the most gentlemanly
and accommodating spirit. 1919 .n
~ The Saco Democrat "thinks" ssthe peace
of the Dead Seasiahe apeaee0 Of plantation des>
.potism, the peace Of the grave yard of LibertyR
would have been more 'glorious9 than the sac
rifce of half million of men, and a national
debt of four thousand million of dollars" We
thought there was an evil verse than poverty
or death. ABut it seems the Democrat would
rather livea slave than die to secure freedom to
his posterity. u ARHsFsAesxE
Wsone7ofthe Copperhead organs in this
ciy has an article en- the Dissolution of Loyal
Taar ,~-l.-