The Portland daily press., 1865-12-07
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

3 E"The Bangor Times may rest assured
that Mrs. Harper, in her lecture in the City
Hall, did not give utterance to such language
as the Argus attributes to her. She did say,
however, that when white man proposes to
grind down the negro he is very apt to seek
shelter behind the bible or the constitution
In our account of Gen. Kilpatrick's lee
ture we omitted to speak of the singing by Mr..
Shaw's Quartette Club. 1t was capital and
had the rare merit of exceeding appropriate
ness. Both pieces-all three, come to think of
it-were in accordance with the eternal fitness
of things" The first piece complimented the
copperheads, and we marvel that the Argus did
not magnanimously reciprocate the compli-
ment. The second piece was decidedly comic,
and sung with marked effect, and then Orally
around the Flag" was called for and sung with
the spirit and the understanding also" +. Our
friends of the Quartette must see what kind Of
music takes best with the audience rivets them
the most fxedly to their places, and pays the
best dividend in applause. 1CkDNa
EH- Our compositors are thankful class of
persons, and to-day will be INDUCING in this
sentiment according to the requirements of
authority. OF course the Press will not be is
sued tomorrow. 1
EY-T The Bangor Times says that "the match
which was made at the close of the billiard
tournament in Augusta on September last, be-
tween MIR. r. I. Williams of Bangor, who had
won the golden cue, and Mr.. Chas. E. Smith of
Augusta, is at an end, owing to the failure of
Mr.. Williams, through mis-construction, to
nop ,y.1u uitI, tha IF fba Pi11iard
Congress-" Maine Billiard h,.mbugi re- ~.
BB- Bills of the old American Bank, Hal
lowell, to the amount of about $4,000 have been
Handed in to the Receivers appointed by the
Bank Commissioners. b,r4 81 49,.
"a The Clerk of the Weather has probably
made mistake, and substituted the programme
of the sunny south" for that of New England.
So far our Northern winter has revealed only
southern elements. ,,-.- $780,.
10 The Machias Union intimates that people
never complain of the high price of thing
they can do without. They eat butter at fifty
cents pound and growl at the high price, and
| then smoke quarter dollar cigar and, think
nothing of the expense. lasu 7iis
EB The Ellsworth american last week con-
tanned an excellent article appealing to the
people of Mt. Desert to interest themselves in
the boat movement.
The Machias Union calls for move
ment in reference to preventing the River from
being filled with saw dust and refuse wood.
EHW We received fine fat turkey yesterday
for Thanksgiving, for which we were indebted
to- our own good health, which enabled us
honestly to earn the money with which to pay
for 1t. As we dine on it to-day we shall expe-
rience no abatement of the zest of the occasion
by reAectingth we are mendicant; or what
would be more natural with an editor, that
somebody had thought to buy out favor with a
fowl. ..l...,. f.e.-Eg .f.a..ss. 5--,,...
BYThe Mirror learns that l. n Felch, ESQ.,,
recently proprietor of the Courier of this city,
is dangerously ill, having suffered from severe
hemorrhage of the lungs.
GB Mr.. e. HI. Turner Of Bath, in attempting
TO step from car at Yarmouth Monday fell
and broke his collar-bone and dislocated the
shoulder joint. Sg'54, F.HfsiT 81 r.