The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-01-02


ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.q
eBTo calculate God help the poor" is one
of the cheapest Of charities.
R The Texan rebels are spinning cowhair
mixed with cotton, asa substitute for WOOL.
Q 81 Dead = the Continental Monthly maya
zine. VVGT4lk TrlgFY
B-The amount Of special income tax paid by
residents of Portsmouth, NJ; H., is Sic, PAL 10. r
E The surest way of gaining mems re-
spect is to prefer your own appreciation to
theirs. sss-sa q ses-se-T--
IA petroleum prince in West Virginia
has ordered his china decorated with the insignia
Of his good fortune, striking ie.pr 80
3 ETwo-thirds Of the people Of Mobile are
said to be longing for capture. There are about
seven thousand troops there.
~ Mr.. harrington, the newly elected Lord
Mayor Of Dublin, is o member Of the Society of
Friends. shfHk Viii HMM ikKi3
Eight thousand dollars is saved to the ma
ton this year by emitting the usual Christmas
gift of knife to each government clerk.
51oET The Episcopal Seminaries in the South
are closed, all the inmates having been, drafted
into the rebel army. = W Eng
- 0The present consumption of gas in Boston
is about 100000 feet daily. In the shortest
days it reaches 1 100000 feet.
E The Ohio people are moving to pre-
sent General ,Sherman fine farm in Fairfield
county. s'seN, -
81 The water in Lake Cochituate was lower
on Saturday week than it has ever been before
since the water works were completed. 81 ryft3l
RThe price of gas in Boston after Jan. rss;
will be So per thousand cubic feet and the gov
eminent tax. s5s5sa 5~eag,l ~ 3 800 ~ 81
:. RThe .Argus speaks of the price Of tur-
Eesp at Richmond. How win you swap watch
kies, neighbour esisggls
5 There were nearly three hundred cases Of
small pox in Brooklyn, N. J. in the month, Of
December. 3 AtA S.
} R Edwin Forrest is playing in Washington.
A good many members of Congress. it is appre-
hended, are also playing-noti in the theatre but
ON themonte tables. ~ r4RyEsrxr fvrs
g4'Secretary Fessendep has signed warrants
the LIST of December, except those for the pay Of
the army proper.
= ETurkey observed thanksgiving lat least
the American residents in Cons,antinople didso.
Turkey has long played conspicuous part in
our thanksgiving festivals.
VThe Chicago Tribune urges the Hon.
Elihu B. Washburne, the present representative
trict of Illinois. as candidate for senator.
B-The time for the recruitment OF Haneaesr's-
cnrzsss origsaally fxed for this month, has been
extended to the end of January. The officers
are confident that the full corps will be raised.
Ewe regret to learn that Capt Thomas
Skolfeld Of Brunswick, an old and honored
shipmaster of that town, is FRUSTRATED by So
we're stroke Of paralysis. nsoi els wsh 9,
EThe residence Of the late Capt Isaac Mer-
rift in Bath, was sold at auction few days
since for $500. Dr.. Samuel Merritt Of San
Francisco, was the purchaser ~,
H-JeE. Davis has issued proclamation say.
ing that the confederate government assumes
the responsibility OF the acts of the persons who
undertook to seize the steamer Michigan on Lake
Erie last summer. Il o'ca 81 iisg bat
EThe Boston Liberator contradicts the re-
port that that paper and the Anti Slavery Stun-
dard are to be merged on the first of january,
although it is allowed that such union was
under consideration.
T Dan Rice, the circus proprietor, was
mulcted in the sum of 1921 66 in the Superior
Court, at Worcester, this week, in suit brought
by man whom he elected from his tent during
performance some months ago. saA z4so9
EYFor few days past the Boston Post has
dropped out its column headed stAll sorts of
Paragraphs.'' 1t seems to US this is dropping
out the sbetter half and the Post is something
like the play of Hamlet with the part Of Hamlet
omitted.
e. The editor, of the Portsmouth Daily
Chroaicle informs those weeklies with which he
has e.ehanged. that he can do SO no longer, and
the exchange must stop unless they pay the
difference, as he prefers paying cash for their
papers rather than make SO uneven an ex-
change. "a ssif 49,, e 4.2 b. ssl slA
~ Mrs. Cowan, widow of the late Capt.
Louis o. Cowan, who lost his life in consequence
Of exposure in the service, is now the post mis-
trsss at Biddeford, by Presidential appointment
We have no doubt unless the citizens generally
object, that President Lincoln viii retain her in
the situation. ss. sss.a sarsa,oss te,s II.
E The Emperor of Russia has issued an
ukase, extending the abolition of serfdom to
Trans caucasia, the only province Of the Rus
sian Empire where that institution now exists
While the Antocrat is extending the blessings of
freedom, a certain class Of politico-philosopher
are for perpetuating the rack and the thumb
screw. 9A14 ololo osaslisYa sssds
20 Thecoroners jury in the case Of the New
Haven railroad disaster in New York, have rec
commended that the speed of railroad trains be
limited by law to twenty-five miles an hour out
side of the city, and five milesa an hour within the
city limits; and that more stringent provisions
be madefor the inspection of the rails, as secur
ity against breakage. 35uaa1s /
4 The public will be glad to know that the
Katahdin Iron Works which have been idle and
useless for several years, are now in the most
thorough repair and turning out iron daily.
of dollars have been expended in
putting the farnacein blast, for the manufacture
Of q superior class of charcoal pig-iron; one of
the best iron masters in the country is employ ed
to make it, and there is now every reason to be-
lleve that the property will be a credit to the
New England States Il Piscataquis Observer.
q The reporter of the drgus Gays George
Thompson abused our country. The fellow is
ninny. The hardest thing Mr.. Thompson said
was quotation from John Quincy Adams. His
whole address betrayed heart deeply in love
with Our country, and because he loves It and
would see 1t perpetuated forever he exhorted us
% doour work thoroughly, and not leave it to
be done over by our children as we are now. do
ing, in blood and tears, work which our fathers