The Portland daily press., 1865-08-11
oRIGKNAL AND SELECTED.

to stand any chance to be married.
Report says Mrs Surratts counsel who
were supposed to have done service gratuito,is-
ly obtained from her an Acknowledgement for
$500
General Meagher made speech in ST.
Louis last week to an Irish society, in which
he cautioned Irishmen to beware of COPPER
heads, and not to be drawn into opposition to
the government He came out boldly for negro
suffrage, saying that democrat who should
deny the negro the right to vote is not worthy
to participate in the triumph of the nation. AZ
The British public is mildly indignant
because railway conductor kept an express
train waiting half hour for the arrival of the
baggage Of a single passenger, who happened to
be an earl's son-in-law. sa4
Vs. Lord Palmerston will be 81 years old
next October, has been nearly fifty years an ac-
tive politician has not lived the life of an an
chorite is gray as badger, falls asleep in his
seat in the House, and ought to be, suggests an
exchange, fixing his thoughts on a state where
in there are no calls to order and no divisions
EBThe Mt. Holly Herald tcopperhead) pa
thetically asks, referring to the Democratic
party in New Jersey, we suppose, "Have we
constitution" Well, we should say, not much
left, to speak of. Your party once had a pretty
sound constitution, but it has taken such un-
concionable doses of Southern dirt and treason
that it is mere wreck now. - Jersey City
Times. lAfi+
G@ Randall Jaggard of Pittston, Penn, is
a successful snake hunter. He has already
sent sixty rattlesnakes to the different cities of
| tb;s State this eaason and hos az hic borsa N
large cage filed with living reptiles After
catching the pets, he extracts their fangs and
renders them harmless.
| git is known that the twelfth diamond
for magnitude yet discovered in the world was
! found by an Irishman in Manchester, opposite
! to Richmond, on the james river. The pecul-
lar appearance of the stone, even Sin the rough"
attracted his attention. and, after nearly throw
! ing it away as common crystal, he sold it for
some 5000.
A negro woman who was baptized few
sundays ago at Huntsville Ala, came forth
from the water shouting, "Freed from slave nv
freed from sin, bless the Lord and General
| Grant" 3sdhaJ
Vs. "Wife," said married man, looking
for his boot jack, after she was in bed, II have
a place for all things, and you ought to know it
by this time" "Yes," replied Sheer ought to
know where you keep your late hours, but 1
don't" ialt aygas 81 .eapAal >
The Erie (Pa.) Observer says that 81. d.
Sherman, of the famous SHERMAN well, /" is re-
ported to be worth 100000 Five years ago
he was poor man. .-ireaia
B8f The Red River Northwestern, published
in British settlement north of Minnesota ad-
mits that their traders furnish the Sioux In
dams with ammunition, and says that they are
compelled to do so to save their lives. They
have no military organizations and the Indians
come in large bands SO they have no other al
tentative.
BY-The latest arrivals in Paris are poly
pus who manufactures vinegar, and seal
with bright green whiskers, the color of Tit
tlebat Titmouse's head, after his unfortunate
experiment with the dye. These specimens
were sent over from Shanghai by the French
Consul sneral. E4A N#NWkgt0
EB@ Washington was excited and agitated on
Monday by the false report that Gen. Lee was
in the city. la asl su aaI
The New York Daily Neacs indorses Mr..
FL. S. Foote's argument in favor of negro suf-
frage. ~.
Bg Moseby, the guerilla, came into Alexan-
dria on the train from Culpepper, on the 9th,
and was Immediately arrested.
Eg"The secessionists of Washington are
quietly circulating a subscription for the bene-
fit of Mrs. JEFF. Davis, WHO'S reported to be in
reduced circumstances. Application was made
by Mrs Davis to visit her husband at Fortress
Monroe but the request was not granted.
B-At recent meeting of the London An
chronological society, men of scientific aspira-
tons gravely announced that, in their opinion,
the white race in America is degenerating, and
will probably become extinct. The new census
will tell different story. VIZ
The captain of vessel now unloading
in New London has hive of bees which came
ON the vessel at City Point in May last. When
in port the bees go ashore for food; when at sea
he feeds them on molasses. si3 a9.lsa3el
20 granite monument of neat design has
been placed over the remains of those victims
by the Pem!berton Mills disaster at Lawrence
who could not be recognized after they were
taken from the ruins. The monument cost
800 and bears the following inscription "
In memory of the
UNRECOGNIZED DEAD "a
who were killed
pp ~ I Tne fall OF the ssgass
Tan,ar1 fott, ioea fA-
nxy-In tho siarro Nevada 49,
trees Visitors who u in insert I, a,e 81 I;
the bark, and inclose the tree by an iron rail
have the privilege of naming tree. Mr.. Benz
G. Howard of San Francisco while on visit to
the Sierra recently. chose one 400 feet biob and
81 in circumference, whose bark was two feet
Tho t,oo 80 a. ~, !. :, '' 'I 'es0nei