The Portland daily press., 1865-11-28
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ORIGINAL AND SELECTED

lloiu bilo S1AlC u0Au~ wv . dppcuu uIc stdK Idth-
er to show who does not write them--that they
are not written by the editor - than to show
who does write them. Itwould be well, per-
haps for contributors to have their own mdivid-
ual signatures. ND eiiGfo lraTh1 ~
There is a coat in Staunton, Virginia,
which was worn for the first time many years
agoby a.certain man on his wedding day. The
garment has since been worn by his eight sons
and seven grandsonson the occasion of their
marriages. The youngest grandson lately sold !,
column article devoted to the improvements
and growth Of that city, from the statements in
which we infer very prosperous and promis-.
ing state of things. ..a.l Is II =
"Historicus," of the London Times, (Mr.
William Vernon Harcourt, has in press letter
to President johnson entitled "The Neutrality
Of England indicated
Is EB-Rev. @. Gushing of North Brookfeld,
now travelling in Europe, was suspected Of be-
ing a Fenian emissary while crossing from
England to Ireland, and underwent close
search and inquisition on the steamer. Moth
ing was found iu his baggage to excite suspicion
but blanketstrap which the officials did not
know the use of, and suspected to belong to
some military accouterments. ,J8315c,
re" Somebody writes from Galveston to the
Ecening Post - II have to-day seen Confeder-
ate colonel, with his fall uniform on, stars and
all, driving dray, with mule whose harness
was made of ropes. A late lieutenant general
Of the rebel army is a clerk in an express Office
at New Orleans, and the officer who drove off
Franklin and his fifteen thousand men at Sa-
bine, is barkeeper at Houston" saiiaoa1.
The Buffalo Express says "a prelimi-
nary survey Of a route for a canal from the
Mississippi river at Rock Island, across por-
ton of Illinois, to connect with the Illinois and
Michigan canal at La Sale, has recently been
made. The project is reported as entirely feas-
ible, and efforts will be made by citizens of
Iowa to secure the construction of the work.
Of its value to the commerce of the Vest there
can be nodoubt."
EB- The reported release of Messrs. Mallory,
Yulee, Lubbock, and other prominent partici-
pators in the rebellion, is untrue. Strong
efforts are made in behalf of Yulee and NAL
lory, but there are particular reasons for hold
ing them for the present.
EY Marshall o. Roberts was nominated for
Mayor of New York by the republicans on
Friday night. MflHI'
BR@ A Springfield couple, who had been
married just two years, were surprised on Fri
day with paper wedding, the latest invention
in the way of anniversary celebrations.
EY- The proprietors of the steamer st. John
have given $4,000 to the little girl from Mon
treal whose parents were both killed by the re-
cent explosion. ti.-,.i.t l..e ....e.s
Va Mon thwestern Indians coming down the
Missouri to ,visit the President prefer canoes te
steamboats, They wish to travel safely. III
4, 6, EB The deer hunting in the valley of Vir-
ginia must be uncommonly good this fall, for a
Charlottesville paper reports-that three parties
of sportsmen have killed eighteen hundred
deer within a few days. Perhaps it means that
eighteen hundred sportsmen killed three deer.
GH- Robert Dale Owen has an able letter in
the Boston Advertiser, entitled "The Constitu-
tional Guaranty Of Republican Form of Gov
EThe discovery of rich mines of cinna-
bar, or quicksilver, in Idaho Territory, is likely
to be Important, if present estimates ofits value
are confirmed. A letter from Ruby City, in
the Idaho Statesman of the 10Th inst, says,
sthe existence of vast bed of cinnabar ore in
the location before spoken OF, is beyond all
question" 80 'A'l's'A 90" ga"
EY- Jenny Kempton, the popular contralto,
has gone to Florence, Italy TO study fora year.
Mrs. Kempton, when Miss Jenny Twitchell,
resided in Bath, and she and her tather-a good
rnusician-were both members of the Univer-
salist choir in that city. 81 s.s I '4asf.i $500
VA Southern periodical is announced I'M
der the title of The Crescent Monthly 1t will
be published in New Orleans I'd. .It.'s
- EBTs An English Lunatic Asylum adver-
tises for night nurse, who can read music at
sight, and for male attendant who is a good
violinist.bftG y4noisHs BIO
EB-In California there are 100000 acres
ofCiand well adapted to the grape culture,
nearly half the extent that is cultivated in all
Europe ~ 10 ,,....-.s....
GB- Gideon J. Pillow is ready to let the past
rest and live for the future. The country ought
to feel obliged to him. d m .Xg,A,
EYThe st. Adams Messenger, says serious
apprehension is felt at the unexplained alb
sence of II. N. Hubbell, cashier of the Missis-
quot Bank, who went to New York three weeks
ago and afterwards visited a sister in. New
Jersey, since when nothing has been heard Of
him. =, II ' r = q (. .--....,,
BB- The spire to st. George Episcopal
Church (Rev. Mr., iTyng.s) recently, destroyed
by fire in New York, cost $7O OOO ~ .. .s,sj
- BB butcher named Cook, in Portsmouth,
has been arrested on suspicion Of having stolen
and slaughtered q dozen head of young cattle.
! va Aletter from Europe states that Mrs
Lincoln has ordered in Zwickau, Germany,
monument for the grave of her husband. Mrs.
Lincoln states that she has done nothing of the
Kind; that the whole matter rests with the
Lincoln MONUMENT Association. g ~ sss gaa
BB- Edwin G. Dow of Deering, on Friday
last, killed four wild geese at one shot on Dud-
ley, Pond, and wounded fifth, which was cap
tured. Il Z "a
va Henry Ward Beecher whom a rigidly
orthodox Virginian characterized the other
day as "a id theological privateer," is acquir-
ing world wide notoriety. An English wri-
yer IN frazer's Magazine gives the readers of
that periodical a detailed description of Ply
mouth church and its pastor, but does not
seem to regard the former as strictly religious
institution. i4fi-t
DB- Diptheria is very prevalent and very
fatal, in Roxbury Mass. slta -
Ey good story is told of a recent smash
up on Western railroad. A soldier who, in
coming from Baltimore to Rock Island. had met
with four accidents, was on this occasion in the
car that completely turned over Making his
way through window and gainino an rnricht