The Portland daily press., 1865-10-06
ORIGINAL. AND SELECTED,

l. G5g--"Why," said a pefsonthe other day, $50
cial equality do you suppose be-
cause such men as Ben Wood, Chauncy Burr
and the ike, vote, every decent man is obliged
to speak to or associate with Them"
Governor Andrew has definitely declin-
ed the presidency of Antioch College.
b. A-coroner's jury in Oneida County, N.
Y, recently returned a verdict that certain
deceased man ""came to his death by excessive
drinking, producing apoplexy in the minds of
the jury" aol,ssi-i5se e.
Vs. Evidence accumulates that the negro
freedmen cannot take care of themselves
Fourteen hundred helpless families have ask
ed the military authorities at Fortress Monroe
for leave to bnyla for dwellings in Virginia,
for which they offer the hard cash. i,
gaF- A coal mine has been discovered at the
foot Of the classic Mount Olympus, thirty miles
from Salonica. It is a most important discey-
cry for the Mediterranean steamers, which can
obtain their fuel from it. The mine is already
successfully worked.nr8F
re- Two hundred English factory opera
tives arrived IN Boston last week from Liver
pool They go to Lawrence, Mass, and Fish
erville, N. 81. One Lancashire man had wife
and thirteen children. The wife was also am
operative, and so were several of the children.
Another family numbered fourteen persons
twelve being children The children Of most
Of the families have worked In the cotton mills
in England, and intend to follow the same bust
ness herese ysseD sgsh, e
E- A terrific storm passed over Grand
Chemere, in Louisiana, few days ago, doing
immense damagea The people living in adj
joining counties are preparing to rescue the
victims. 1t is supposed that the inhabitants of
the place, amounting to several hundreds, have
been Submerged BY back water from the Gulf
B A French physician alleges that he has
discovered a complete cure for phthisic. His
remedy consists simply Of raw mutton or beef
deprived of tendon, and given with diluted al
cohol. The dose varies from one to three hum
bred grammes per diem. The new remedy is
said to produce after short time, the most
marvellous results. t = ~
- U.s. tbs stated that an agent, appointed for
the purpose, has purchased thirty thousand
acres of land in Texas, for the establishment of
a. colony of Poles. This tract is situated near
the town of Palestine, in the upper valleyof
the Trinity, and is REPRESENTED stobe admirably
adapted for the culture Of cotton and cereals.
/ rs Sir Morton Peto and the party of Eng
flish gentlemen who have been making,a tour Of
inspection at the West, have travelled over
5000 miles of our railroads in twenty-two DAYS.
Ia The American song of q Old John
Brown has been devotedto new purpose. A
Fenian song now popular in Ireland asserts
that John Browns Knapsack was No. 49,"
thus FeviYing the gmemory,0f the m ovemeut Of
90 and the American war in the mind of the
hearer.j eHG ai b4et 10 tdgH0d HUE
BB The leaders of the New York Democra-
cy have gone to Washington for the purpose Of
seeing the President and getting some reward
for their resolutions" The Tribune says t nat
the President thought of attaching them to the
Freedmen's Bureau, and issuing regular RAJ
lions to them, and suggested that Mr.. Haskin
/ would be goodlperson to deal them out. ~
E- A very interesting piece of sculpture is
on exhibition in Boston. 1t is a carving on a
piece of Heryse's Oak celebrated by q well
known passage in Shakespeare. This famous
Oak, after having stood the blasts of many
centuries, was Frustrated by one of more than
ordinary fury, which swept through the forests
of Windsor in 1853. Great has been the ankle
tyof thousands, since its destruction, to possess
fragments Of it; but few, who had not "a friend
at Court could be gratified with even a small
fragment. In this exquisite piece of sculpture,
Shakespeare is finely represented, as are also
Herne the hunter, and his horse and hounds
The carving is a present from gentleman in
London to a literary gentleman Of Boston @
Ia "a pair Of dwarf elephants, not much
larger than Newfoundland dogs, recently arr
rived in London from the interior Of Africa