The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-11-07
ORIGINAL AND sELEoTED.

E-The last number of The Nation contains
an interesting and able paper on the subject of
"State Sovereignty" which, dated at Florence,
and bearing the initials g. P. NJ, is doubtless
from the pen of Hon. George p. Marsh Amer
lean Minister to Italy.
EB- The revenue of the United States, from
all sources except loans, for the three months
ending Sept. 80, was $146,0O000O, by far the
largest sum ever received during any similar
period. Theinternal revenue receipts continue
large, and for the present month win amount
to $25,OOOOOo or $3O,OOO,OOO. eb g-s-ig
EB-Ad dentist of Edinburgh has patented an
ingenious modification of forceps which ad mits
artiicially cooled air through its points to the
gum SO as to deaden sensation previously to the
extraction of the tooth, and thus render the on
Grafton painless. ~ z ~ ~ ~ w
B- The story about Gettschalk's running
away from California on account of an intrigue
with some boarding school miss, is declared to
be pure invention of the San Francisco news
mongers, not having the slightest foundation in
fact.
GB- A man named Jameson, in Cincinnati.
wishing to curtail household expenses, adopted
a novel mode to effect his object. He kissed
Mrs. J. would see him. Observation-Disclosures
servant girl and twelve dollars per month saw
ed. s7 Na4ta.5 go stia' sih4 - ssAsa e.
BY- Aeronauts have found that rain-clouds
sometimes let water fall by the bucket full, to
separate afterwards into drops, while, under
opposite states of cloud formation, rain begins
high up in fine drops, which coalesce as they
fall. aigqea fAel.3. = itsA1
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BB Miss Hettie Robinson, the contestant IN
the famous Rowland will case, of New Bed
ford, has an annual income of four hundred
thousand dollars sand yet wants more She is
a dear creature n .M
gB-The New York Tribune enters into some
calculations to show that cotton planting in
this country is to-day the best business on earth
vfari better than gold mining in any State or
Territory.
gB The New Bedford Mercury says the
Arctic whalers have done poorly the past sea-
son, even those that escaped the pirate Shenan-
doah, while the vessels just arrived from the
Atlantic, and those yet to come, will make the
compensation complete. The bark Al. r. Tuck
er, which arrived . few days since, after a vow
age OF seventeen months, having sailed for S15-
900, brought in cargo worth, at present prices.
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in round numbers, $40 ,000
BB- The New York Worlds Washington
dispatch of the 6th says that the cabinet has
had under consideration for several DAYS the
trial ofsJeff Davis. 1t is divided as to the
course to adopt. The President is opposed to a
trial by military commission, but several men,
bers favor this mode. Definite action will
probably be decided in few DAYS,
DB- The New York Heralds Washington
correspondent says about a million of dollars
in tive-cent notes will be sent South to supply
the demand existing there.
\ ~ The female clerks in the Patent Office.
it is said, are to be discharged, as the BUILDING
is to be devoted to other purposes. % az
EY- Wirz denies that he is the person who
was convicted in Switzerland of embezzlemert
and was divorced, as stated in some of the
newspapers. He says the person alluded to
was his cousin.
BY-It is now stated that Mr.. Gushing has
not gone and is not going to Europe; that he
is quietly preparing for q. winters soiourn at
Washington. esn< I'M
BY- The Mississippi Legislature has ap-
pointed a joint committee to petition President
johnson to pardon Jacob Thompson. 4Jake"
should first seek pardon for stealing the Indian
Trust bonds Iii probable the Virginia quon-
dam rebels viii soon ask for the pardon of John
B. Floyd True, he has stepped out" but then
where he has gone there may be the deyil to
pay, and how can he pay him whore there Is
nothing to steal .sf5ef.g xa8sI