The Portland daily press., 1865-06-22

arIn some Of the cities Of Georgia from the
lack Of more convenient currency, tbs news
boys are selling their papers at three eggs
apiece.
TPhotographs of the Interior chambers Of
the pyramids have been successfully taken with
the aid Of the light obtained from burning mag
nesium wire.
80 The Italian governments has forbidden
dramatic pieces to be played in which any Of the
characters are monks. as their approximation
may give offence to the Vatican. = z = -
81 There are 4o55o2 persona living in the
crowded tenement houses in New York, and
100000 more in attics. lofts. etc. They are
packed in at the rate of $40, 900 to the square
mile. snssssM sEuanA
"A correspondent. speaking Of Gen, Sher-
man, says his pictures are like him. .sif only
his whiskers were q little redder, and 4 greater
hostility to the War Department thrown into the
expression Of his face ~ 4ssa Gil
|lia - A Catholic gsntlemansin England died re-
Gently. s. His son was in Rome and with the Pope
when he received the news, so His Holiness tele-
graphed his benedictiop to the family Of the d.
ceased! This is the first instance in which bles-
sings have been sent by telegraph.
s1The rebel General Dick Taylor, on being
asked whether the Trans Mississippi army ought
20 be surrendered, quickly replied -. Yes;
surrender as soon as possible. You are only
saitting.up with corpse Isat up with it until
il was blue, and if you delay much longer it win
become too offensive for ecent'burial,,
+ CD That infamous sheet, the New York Nsus,
insults every loyal man by speaking OF JEFF.
Davis as 1.-THE formidable chief and ruler Of
| great nation in arms, = and shows its contempt
| for every soldier BY speaking of Lee - the real
responsible author Of the Libby prison outrages
las ''that model and mirror Of modern soldiers,
that peerless Bayard Of his tine.'''Is 1aa
~ good story is told of Northern mer-
chant who was eating his dinner at the Battle
House. at the time Of the recent explosion in
1 Mobile. Although badly cut BY the flying frag-
ments Of the windows, he managed to rush
to the telegraph Office and send message
his partner to "ship nothing but glass and
putty. This duty done, he tainted, and has been
in brain fever ever since. ssbss sS4
~ Ex-Gov. Magofin of Kentucky, the
toughest of living conservatives, has come out
in favor OF the abolition of slavery in that state
and the passage of the antiaslavery amendment
to the United States constitution. He declares
it vitality important to the peace and prosperity
/ Of Kentucky to make quick work Of it, and in
tends to take the stump in behalf of abolition at
once. H. b+s
+ gan exchange tells the following story of
Gen. Sherman. He once took great offence at
having his manners, and particularly his habit
Of grufness, compared to the manners of q
Pawnee Indian, and expressed his contempt for
the author of the slur in q public manner. He
was much chagrined shortly after TO find that the
correspondent who had been guilty of the often
sive comparison. had heard Of his contemptuous
criticism, and had amended il by publicly apol-
Iaogzing 70 thewhOle raceof Pavneesg
j E John Jackson recently died in Castipe at
the age of 100 years. He was q native African,
says . correspondent Of the W,hiq, the SON OF a
chief was tattooed as was the custom for male
cniioren OF chiefs TO be, in that quarter of the
globe. He was kidnapped when abey, taken ON
board vessel engaged in the trsfac Of human
flesh, carried to Brazil with several other VIC
tins, and he and his companions, both male and
female, sold into slavery. Some thirty-three
years ago he came to Castine, where be married,
and has remained ever since. He has ever sus-
tanned the reputation Of being shrewd, but
honest and upright man. aas Hsasa
60 The Chicago Iimes--the paper suppressed
for its treason BY Gen. Burnside -reioices over
the arrest Of John Mitchell, and seizes the op-
pertunity to kick him after this style: .sHe has
s done more to smbitter the contest between the
i North and South than all the other editors and
demagogues Of the South. In addition to this,
he is an Irishman, and has proved false to his
people by endeavering to break up country,
4 which, more than all other countrieshas proved
I refuge for his oppressed countrymea." After
reading this language of the Time one is almost
constrained to exclaim: ''See how these traitors
love one another
4 81 The Rutland, Vt, Herald says the papers in
all parts Of the State represent the prospect of a
large crop Of fruit this season as extremely
good, There never was finer growing time for
everything. The farmers, all as one, acknowl-
edge the fact They hayenot the heart to grum
bic syllable, Moreover they feel remarkably
independent. Some Of the butchers say they
could buy cattle, and sheep at lower prices in
Brighton than they can in Vermont. The farmer
has no anxiety about selling His pastures are
luxuriant, his pockets are plethoric Of green
backs, and placing himself in q comfortable at
titude he says to the butcher. if you want a
sheep or q steer You can hayeit for SO much
take If or laayp n = II l,a NJ, :, y a. ~,