The Portland daily press., 1866-01-10

B- The Territorial Committee have bill
before them for the admission of Utah as a
State 1t prohibits polygamy.
w Messrs. Raymond and Davis of New
| York, Stillwen of Indiana, and a few other
Republicans voted on Monday with the Demo-
crauc members against resolution which de-
clared it was the sense of the House that troops
should not be removed from the Southern
States until Congress had declared that the
proper time had come.
DB- Gold went down with the mercury dur
ing the late cold snap. The mercury is going
| up again; it is hoped the gold will keep ON go
| ing down till it reaches zero.
EY- A half million dollars in the new fifty
cent fractional currency will be ready for dis
tribution next week. This new issue bears up
on it very fine likeness of Gen Spinner, the
| U. s. Treasurer. at u 2"
gT Papers from Victoria, Vancouver Is
land, of Nov 28th, bring accounts OF new and,
as then considered, very important discoveries
of gold ON the Big Bend on the Columbia riv-
er. II is stated to have been demonstrated that
the new gold field is easier of access from Vic
toria, more promising in its yield, and of great
err extent than the Caribou tni'i ii-gHe'7
B- If you ask young lady to walk out
with you, she first looks at your dress, and then
thinks of her own. There's where she's right.
~ The hypocrite in religion kneels, like
the first rank in regiment, only that he may
take better aim at some one who stands oppo-
site to him.
gB- The Ways and Means Committee have
before them bill prepared by Secretary Nc
| Culloch for funding into four years six per
cent. gold interest bonds, all the liabilities of
the government. q s'--
EB- An elderly and good-natured spinster,
on being rallied as to her Single blessedness, %
declared, Il never yet have lost heart, because
1 have always kept in constant remembrance
the fact that Naomi, the daughter of Enoch,
was five hundred and eighty years old when
she got married" Ia TQTTIi0g2Hl
Vs. Chief Justice Chase denies that he has
asked for the pardon of Ketchum, and says he
never in any manner expressed any wish in re-
gard to it. f,rr,rEy Il IYnEursE
-EB- A young man by the name of Edward
H. Durham recently entered into butter
speculation in Chicago, obtained $4,000 in
credit and money to purchase for other parties,
and then mysteriously disappeared. sl,5q
Boston Herald says the. speech on Monday Of
Mr.. Shellaberger, of Ohio, in the House, against
admitting the late rebellious States into the
Union until they have adopted universal suf-
fage, was received with great applause among
the members. {aF or
l., EB Says facetious exchange sit has
been asked us, What was McClellan's favor
lite song while he was besieging Richmond?'-
| Of course we said az once, Thou art so near
and yet 30 far '"----
| Ca A Scotch gentleman who called on the
| late President Lincoln, and heard with great
| satisfaction some compliments paid to his coun-
trymen, ventured to hope that Mr.. Lincoln
could trace his genealogical tree back to Scot
fish root "Ah," said he, laughing L was rails
ed ON the prairies, where there are no trees at
| ALL" sd
- Vs. A man noted in the circus business as
the forty-horse driver lately died in Philadel-
phia. His name was Charles johnson, and his
age SO years. gef.--aar.
EE The recent ice embargo at St. Louis has
revived in good earnest the discussions about a
| bridge spanning the Mississippi at that point
They think it will pay, though it cost three mill
| lions of dollars.
| GV- A Democratic Christian in illinois
wrote to colored brother, protesting against
his worshipping with the whites, and saying
II and many otherswould think quite as well
of you, if you would tend church amongst your
own kind, and after we leave the world, if it is
the will of God that all races should unite and
be equal, I am willing to submit" The impli-
cation is that in this world he does not choose
to submit whether it be the will of God or not.
EV There has been heavy snow storm on
the Plains in western Kansas and Nebraska
About 100 soldiers coming in from Fort Kear-
ney were terribly frozen, and the road beyond
that fort is badly blocked by snow drifts. But
Halladay's stages keep!going, over and through
them. "a et.fT 4s.ft,fg lee
EH- Recent experiments in the British ma
Wy proved that the thick oil of petroleum, the
residuum of the third distillation, is the best
substitute for coal in generating steam
GY- If an acorn be suspended by piece Of
thread to within half an inch of some water
contained in hyacinth glass, and permitted to
remain without being disturbed, it within few
months burst and throw root down intoathe
water, and shoot upward its tapering stem
| with beautiful little green leaves. A young
oak tree, growing in this way on a mantle-sheli
| Of room, is very interesting object.
i EY The Legislatures of Virginia and Mis-
sissippi have passed stay laws, operating against
the collection of debts, and especially inimical
to the interests of Northern creditors. Other
Southern States may very likely do the same
The Nation, commenting on the fact, pertinent
ly remarks:-" What is singular is that the
States which are most addicted to stay laws
| are the very ones which are most in the habit
of grooming over their want of capital, and
| wondering why the solid mem of New York
and Boston do not invest amongst them more
freely -efaref s.7if
EB There is a rumor that the President
will appoint Judge Sharkey to the vacant place
in the Supreme Court. Possibly; but the SEN
ate has fortunately voice in that matter.
DT A great many valuable letters and 9TH
er writings are written in pencil. The follow
ing simple process will make lead pencil writ
ing or drawing as indellible as if done by ink -
Lay the writing in shallow dish, and pour
Skinned milk upon it. Any spots not wet at
first may have the milk placed upon them1ight-
ly with feather. When the paper is well wet
over with the milk, take it and let the milk
drain off and whip off with the feather the
drops which collect on the lower edge. Dry it
carefully, and it will be found to be perfectly
indellible. 1t cannot Re removed even with
India rubber. 101s Ha&uEg s7
g- Young Kansas furnished for the war
1864 men out of total population of 10Y ,2O6
or about IS per cent. @-s @4 c
B8- The committee appointed by the direc-
tors of the Chicago Board of Trade to investi-
gate MIR. H. ii. Days plan for the passage OF
Niagara Falls by a canal and inclined plane,
have reported that it is entirely feasible.
EB- One of the best literary papers in the
country is the Philadelphia Saturday Euening
| Post. We use our scissors upon it with per-
feet looseness. There is satisfaction, if one
must steal, in rejecting that the pilfering pro-
pensity has been INDUCED upon good articles