The Portland daily press., 1865-01-31
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

81 The Richmond papers are now sold at
fifty cents a number, or $50 a hundred
RThe Tacon theatre, HAVANA, is now occu-
pied by troupe of negro minstrels.
HEnoch Arden has been dramatised for the
American stage.
RSure way to get up ice screams-Slippery
sidewalks.-[Whig.
RThere are building at Kittery Navy Yard
eight national vessels including one monitor.
RThere is no truth in the gossip that Speak
err Colfax and the widow Douglas have made
match.
RGen. Mcclellan is accompanied to Europe
by that delicate specimen of American Democra-
cy, August Belmont. a4aHsf
RThe attention of commercial men is invi-
ted to the remarks of Mr.. Farwell on taxing
tonnage, upon the first page.
RIn Pennsylvania there are $4,000 public
schools, with $1,000 teachers and 100000
pupils.
gBThe subscriptions to the Everett Monu-
ment Fund, were reported on Saturday at
6,425. ..gsf -,.
EThe vote in the House on the anti-slavery
Constitutional Amendment is to be taken to-
day. Its adoption is very doubtful.
EThe ladies of West Waterville are to give
's'Calico Ball" in that place on Monday night.
The committee of arrangements and floor mama
gers are all of the feminine gender.
ENew Hampshire which supposed she was
out of the coming draft, has been ordered to
raise two thousand men. 2 q
EAmong the masqueraders at a recent ball
in New. York was "man of straw" labelled
"peace commissioner from Richmond"
EJ John Gilbert, the excellent actor, has been
appointed stage manager of Wallack's Theatre
in New York.
R-Theatres are henceforth to be closed on
Sunday by law in New Orleans and San Fran
cisco. 9a w bA m a ~
F Thursday next, Feb. 3D., is Candlemas
Day, regarded by many as midwinter, hence the
rural adage, "Candlemas Day, half Of the corn
and half of the hay 'rh ~ atl
R-Therecen kicks at Gen. Butler remind
one of the jackass kicking the dead lion. But
Ter is not dead however, nor is he likely to die at
present.
~ The Boston and Providence Railroad
Company have petition pending before the
Massachusetts, Legislature for an increase Of
capital to complete the second track.
EHon. Alexander H. Bullock has been invi-
ted to deliver an address in Roxbury the 22d Of
February, the anniversary Of Washington's
birth. - goo ssPbe s-
VThe winter in Europe has been very Sc
vere The Seine and the Loire have been frozen
over, and the railways clogged with three feet Of
snow sa-
E The shoe business at Haverhill, Mass,
after long season of quiet is again lively.
and many workmen have resumed their avoca-
| tons. rlls III (. 81 .ss5.
EAl lad named Edward Eaton was acciden-
tally shot at Concord, N. H., one day last week.
by boy named DUMMY, causing instant
death.
RThe Saturday Epening Gazette says the
new City Hall in Boston will cost over four hum
bred and twenty-five thousand dollars before it
is ready for its occupants. G33 lfs
T The tickets to the inaugural ball to be
given under the auspices of the Lincoln and
johnson Club in Washington are fixed at $40.
No deadheads. 3
EA theatre is shortly to be opened in Sa-
yannah by northern manager with northern
actors The Secretary Of War has given a
special permit for this purpose. i
EThe piano trade was never so brisk asnew.
The Chickering's, in Boston, are making about
fifty instruments week-at least that num-
Der has been their average during the past six
months.
EThe life of Rev. Elphalet Mott. D. D..
LLs-D., president Of Union College for the
long period of sixty-three years, is drawing
to its close. His infrmities seem to increase
daily.
/ ~ The Washington Chronicle says, 1--WE
understand that Gen. Butler goes back to his
home with the kindliest feelings for Mr.. Lincoln
and his Administration, and that he will there
await any call the Executive may make.
RThe Oxford Democrat says that a young
lady Of Greenwood, died a short time since on
the day she was to be married, and in ten days
afterwards her intended husband died of the
same disease diptheria.
| EWe have received an advance copy of the
.Nsio York Ledger for Feb. 18th, which con-
tains long, able and heartfelt tribute to the
late Mr.. Everett, from the pen of the great
American Historian, George Bancroft
1 RAdmiral Porter says he has found in North
Carolina telegram from Gen Lee to one of
the rebel officers, saying that if Fort Fisher and
Fort Caswel were not held, he would have to
evacuate Richmond. y sss@ As4At9N
EThe editor of the Piscataquis Observer,
abiding to the late snow storm, and in view of
the present aspect Of the weather, says, 'sa re-
ward has been offered for the man who predic-
ted an open winter
E The Commercial Bulletin reports that
counterfeit $500 bills on the Fourth National
Bank of Boston, are in circulation. We exam
ined our wallet and was gratifed at fading
no bills of that denomination. = Bangor
! Wing. 1900.
RThe Saturday Evening Gazette says, on
the authority of reliable gentleman from Yer
mont, that butter which has been held in that
State for the rise of seventy cents per pound
is selling at thirty, and cheese that sold for
twenty-five cents now brings thirteen.
RSince President Lincaln learned the facts
concerning the prisoners in the Old Capitol,
by the facts ELECTED in debate in Congress,
he has released more than fifty of them on
hearing the grounds on which they were arres-
| ted. HaaGn. ffagFR
~ Mrs Darlington in illustration of the prov
efb, 'a softanswer turneth away WRATH says,
''that it is better to speak paragorically Of q
person than to be all the time finging epitaphs
at him, for no good comes to nobody that never
speaks no good to NO one.'s 4.-a
EOn Friday shocking accident happened
| on the G.. I. r. r. at Mechanic Falls. lad ~
years old named Frederic Bonney, while at
! tempting to get upon a train in motion, fell and
| was thrown upon the track, the car-wheel pas
sing over him and killing him instantly: His
body was severed almost in two and his neck
broken.-[ Lewiston Journal
EA friend requests us to copy the following
definition of "Pastor" from Webster's Una
bridged: ga minister of the gospel who has the
charge of church and congregation. whose
dntu Is To watch over the nennla of his CHARGE