The Portland daily press., 1865-05-25
OBfsfNAL AND sELaC1ED.

"a
~ wOrkmen's strikes are the order of the
day in Paris.
a contemporary calls JEFF. Davis the shes
70 of the Confederacy
81 We are indebted to Mr.. J. H. C. Gross
Tor files of late Halifax and other Provincial pa
pers.
W Hon, lJamesG. Blaine has our thanks for
aiarge number Of valuable bound volumes of
public documents.
u The American residents of Honolulu OBJ
served April IS as day for special rejoicing
over the good news of the fall of Richmond.
- Next week is Anniversary week in Bos-
ton,-commencing on Sunday, May %, and
closing up Friday, June I'd. 80 sessF5
~ The Togus House in Chelsea will be open
ed the present season under the direction of Or
rim Emerson, ESQ, of Pittston.s 8 kAy
\ - Harper & Brothers will soon issue from
the press the concluding volumes of Carlyle's
frederick the Great.'' az
- A friend on the upper Penobscot sent Us
six new subscribers, cash in advance.-persons.
who have heretofore taken an out>ot the-State
paper, but are disposed to try home article
- Aen"i0son' ooioreu' nag ieoo,0.1
%ooo uamases from the CITY OF d nrookiyp'N ~ -
for injuries sustained by the anti-draft riots in
1885, % e3ssaz sae JsA @Wa -os
R Artemus Ward, the great Snowman, is
/ goiAg to Europe. He knows how to do large
business on the smallest kind of capital better
than any man we know Of
= Gov. Andrew of Massachusetts, has de-
cned an invitation to deliver the next annual
orauoh before the I'm beta happa society oi
Bowdoin College. 70 aa.ep3s ere tra
u B. F. Hatch, NJ D., the husband of the
celebrated Cora I. v. Hatch, has just obtained
q legal divorce atthe hands of the law in the
4 State of Rhode Island ss5 esaaas
j ~ The parties charged with assaulting John
Mason of Greene, by forcing him to walk under
Union flag against his will, have been fined
Il each So and costs. 2 "a NUifAglld
4 ~ Gen. Meade was so much, ahead of time
on the occasion of the grand review, that he sa-
b luted empty chairs on the platform as he pass
ed. s,essswW
b I'd 81 The Grand Jury Of the United States Cir
cult Court Of the District of Columbia have
brought in bill Of Indictment. against jeff
9 Davis for treason. -
~ Col. Patrick r. Quincy, formerly of Lew
s iston, but more recently the gallant leader of
tho OH Mos. Rs,;,.a,t has hao,T -, so;,,.od
; VIC Gun Daess's "es''Aon'' mus Deon apPoin'su
District Attorney for Suffolk County, Mass.
Mz-A minister had a abance To marrv o;th.r
~ two sisters Ono wac ya,.,, ,,rattS h+ w.
o;ous. the other was Mons hi sc,iS IL
took the former, concluding that ssthe Spirit Of
God could live where he couldn't!''nos 81
Cd The Richmond papers represent the wheat
crop OF Virginia as promising aluxuriant yield,
but the breadth OF land sowedlast fall was much
less than IN former years The harvest is near
at hand. ~
B Inc Mcnmond 'sVnag Of SATURDAY says
tnat zen. MuiIord arrived mere rom fortress
monroe .ne previous uay, having passed 'nrougn
pueler pu'cn zap Oanai on the steamerciyde.
Inns - 'ne nss' steamer sla' mas passed tnrougn.
80 20 very polite Boston deacon is said to have
been once heard to pray on this wise: "O Lord,
- u,.ssse' ous we "ouio
s,ss -, 0A - 'oiS lnu'n
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Va 1'e ups y 'n' A''ononU w"ss anu
7 T'rr.'' 80 eY,''' " 'an'' ''"1lns WY
s'ss'a''o ~ w way ieseAuilns Inc
uipss' o".''s snee's iSSueu ironi'na CITY When
xy-A celebrated iudee had a vsrv st;rov w,fs
On one occasion she received his friends in the
j., drawing room with single candle. "Be pleased
second that s W as Soc 70 ,es " nave
stands'' =
oE7 B-pr. Mead was once assailed in pamph-
: let by Dr.. Woodward. The Doctors met.
ngas ensued WIN SWORDS a: Mead dlsarTng ms
"Neyer said WOOD @ III; mi a om yo 1,r
patient Z JJK}
- Among the incidents OF the Grand Mill
3 tary review at washington was the passage Of
the Maryland Brigade without any salute rom
= ITS commander-for Gen. Dennison could only