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The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
REPORT ON THE NEUTRALITY LAWS.
Nomination of Lieut.. Gen. Era,, In tho
New Rank of General.
WASHINGTON. Julv D.

= sor7bfWAsHINGToN, July 25.
The House Committee on foreion afa;r,
have reported bill amending orr na,,,raI;,S
law, striking out some of the more s,r;m:,
ent features and making it conform, in soroo
particulars, to the English statute ON thar
subject.
Up to one o'clock, no report had been
made on the credentials of Judge Patterson,
the Presidents son-in law, acting private
secretary of the President. ~ : Ieaf I'd
Cooper took his seat in the House this
morning as a member from Tennessee.
The President has signed the bill to aid
IN the construction of telegraph lines, and
to secure to the Government the use ofthem
tor postal. military and other. purposes.
lhls IS In the nature of general law. He
has also signed the bill reviving the grade
OF General in the u S. Army, and this
afternoon, nomnated to the Senate, 1t.
Gen. Grant for that office, and Vice Admit
raj Farragut to be Admiral in the navy, un-
der a recent law -,
| The Secretary of War reports the number
OF prisoners held and died on both sides dur
ing the war, as follows: - - :
Number OF Union prisoners in the South,
zo,94O' reOei prisoners IN the North, 100000;
Union prisoners died, 22,576: rebel prisoners
died, 26,436.
a 1t was with much difficulty that a Quorum
could be procured in the House TO-DAY, 95
members being necessary to that purpose.
Both houses are now rapidly dispatching
business with view to closing up this week.
The House Committee on Territories in their
report on Utah affairs say the u. s. laws are
deflantly violated; that armed force is neces-
sary to preserve peace, but propose to post
pone any recommendations until December
next. Witnesses testified that hostility to the
United States is taught by Brigham Young,
and those faithful to him. Gen. Conner be-
lieves the leaders authorize and justify homi-
eide. "A special order issued by Brigham
Young was put in evidence, declaring that so
teansters belonging to Gen. Johnston's com
mand should be massacred. Fortunately the
men designated to execute the order revolted
at the atrocity, and placed the original order
In the hands of a Federal officer
Judge Stansbury has been confirmed as
Attorney General.
The nomination of Gov Randall as POST
master General was not acted upon. lr.9'ot
The following nominations for postmasters
IN Maine have been confirmed +, 4 -.s.
Chas. Q. Norton, at Eastport; Dwight B.
Bernard, at Calais; Samuel S. ThElow, at
Belfast. ..-.
The Senate has withdrawn the name of
James u. Fry from the President, to whom it
had been sent for commission of Brevet
Major General q iEI}t. INHUll 1,l1
Senator Cragin. of New Hampshire, is living
dangerously ill here OF typhoid fever -
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

CHURCH scJEIs4 AcTIoN.--At a meeting Of the 81
Parish Church and Society held in the vestry
Of the Chestnut Street Methodist Church, Ju-.
ly 23d, the following resolutions were passed: :
Resolved. That our sincere and heartfelt
thanks be rendered to the High Street, Gen.
tral, and Chestnut Street Churches, for their
sympathy and brotherly love manifested
toward us i'll the recent calamity which has
befallen us in the loss Of our. house of worship;
also,- Y, e..a.-r III, .r i, s.5l.s-. 49,
. Resolved. That we accept the invitation so
kindly extended to us by the Chestnut Street
evenings for our weekly social prayer meeting.
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26
80 New York Market.

-.I.,..fa 10. New YORK. July 25.
Z Cotton-dull; sales 800 bales.
Flour-sales 1900 bbls; sound grades steady;
other kinds 10 a 2Oclower. Western so. Round
Hoop Ohio 8 90. 3 -,
Wheat-2 &c lower; sales $1,000 bush Mil
waukee No new 92a a 1 95; Milwaukee No 2
70; new Amber, Maryland and Jersey 2 II a
Corn-steady; sales 196, 900 bushels. Mixed
Western "a SAG. =
Oats-l a &c lower; sales so 900 bushels.
Beef-unchanged - '-..i IN, IN.
Pork-saes {, 400 bbls ra4 f.s5-f
Lard-dull. 5r- 81 ei-e -s.g
Whiskey-quiet t3rs 't.if
Sugar-quiet; sales 400 hhds Muscoyado at IL
II 10; 400 boxes Havana at 1O2 a TO- "a
Wool--quiet; sales IS, 900 lbs, at sri a 81 for
domestic fleece; so 62a for pulled; 575 81
e for extra do; % for Texas; rs for Georgia; SIS
65 fsr tubbed; 20 for Cape.
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

The County Committee will be in session at
the Hall on the day of the Convention at
The chairman OF the several town committees
are requested to forward the names of their
delegates to- the chairman of the County Com
mittee as soon as they may be chosen.
LEWIS B. SMITH. Portland Chairman. 2
HORATI0 HIGHT, Scarboro. 80 5ias
3sWLLLIAMs SMALL, Raymond vl1
SAMUEL R. JACKSON, Brunswick.
SAMUEL GARLAND, Windham.ib ~
- CHARLES HUMPHREY, Yarmouth. Z Z
A9E. Il. STAPLES. Bridgton. or ie9aft ed
1N 3 Union County Committee. aGsS oiel
Portland, July II, 1866. ?, ss = eod&wtd
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26
The Caunfx Offices.

To THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS.
Would it be asking too much of the Coun'
ty Commissioners for them to come forward
and lend helping hand to rebuild the coun-
ty buildings? The writer has conversed with
gentlemen from different towns in the county,
and has not found one who has not expressed
an entire willingness that the County should
bear its part Of the expense in repairing the
county Offices. 1922 2h'7"o"7 E.
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

EXCHANGE STREET.-We understand that
the committee on laying out new streets have
agreed not to widen Exchange street between
Middle and Fore streets, principally by reason
of the withdrawal ofthe petition Of those
AUDITORS who originally asked for it. So this
street will probably be built up on the old lines,
and business will drift off to the more commo-
dious streets to be opened below and above.
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

=, MANUFAcTURING.--The business of Little
Haley q Brown, paper manufacturers at Var
mouth, has increased so rapidly, since the
starting of their mill few months ago. that
they have foundlit necessary to make extern
sive engagements. They propose to raise the
dam which supplies their water power, two
feet, double the size Of their bleach-room, in
crease the capacity of their machine-room,
and add two 36-inch engines. They.will also
build stoek-house and put in three drainers.
When these improvements are completed,
they win be able to turn out one and half
tons Of white hanging paper per day. %
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

MAYOR STEVENS received yesterday from
w. W. Leland, Esq, letter enclosing a check
for 81 DOS, the proceeds of an exhibition of
tableaux wants given at Saratoga by the lady
guests of Union Hotel, under the direction OF
Mrs. Gabriel Kent, Mrs. w. W. Leland, and
Mrs. W. P. Dole. The fund is to be applied to
the relief of sufferers by the calamitous fire in
this civ ss4r IN I.1asts fs.t s,.tse
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26
~ A WAR INcIDENT. The following anec-
dote is now current in Florence:

iG a WAR 1NC1DENI' AH0 IoiloWmS AueC-
dote is now current in Florence:
A ballet dancer at Venice, while dancing at
the theatre there, had bouquet thrown to her,
tied with aribbon in the Italian Jcolors. She
Immediately kissed the ribbon, which created
ence. After the performance, she was called
to the police Office, and sharply reprimanded
for this act of patriotism. She excused her
self by saying that in kissing the bouquet she
had only followed the universal custom ron
such occasions; but the authorities would not
accept this excuse and told her that at anoth-
er time she should not kiss the bouquet, but
tread it under foot. The following evening
another bouquet was thrown, and the dancer,
in compliance with her instructions, trod it
under foot, again amid frantic applause. The
ribbon round the bouquet was, however, this
time not red, green and white ribbon, but
black and yellow-the colors Of Austria.
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

The House then went into Committee of
the Whole. Nine bills were on the Calender:
nve were passed over. The sixth was that of
MI, stevens, to enable the late rebel States to
regain their privileges in the Union.
lending motion to lay aside, the House
took recess until o'clock.
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

Y A MAN at work on board the steamer John
Brooks, lying at Sturdivant's wharf, found
wallet containing six thousand dollars in notes
and bonds. The owners name was found
therein and the property was returned. The
generous soul Of its grateful owner rewarded
the humble and honest finder with fifty cents.
and his heart still expanding, the amount was
increased to seyenty-fve cents. Such liberal
ity should not be allowed to pass unnoticed.--I
Star 90 c23T1y1 GF'hissJ = 53l 5 tr stta ~
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

have substantial buildings and neat squares
By this course permanent work of charity
will be accomplished, by which every citizen
will be benefited and the cause of humanity
advanced. j p. B.
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

THE ALUM SAFEs.-Attention is invited
to the testimonials in favor Of these safes,
published in another column. 1t will be seen
that they have been subjected to very severe
tests and have given good satisfactionI NJ
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

The ADvERTIsER.-The publisher of the
Portland Advertiser has broken ground for a.
new Office on his lot on the westerly side Of
Cross street. He will set it 10 feet back from
the street to make allowance for the proposed
widening of that street, which is to be an i'm
portant one for business in the future.
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

A HORSE owned in Biddeford, engaged in
hauling rubbish from the ruins, was run over
and killed by the cars on Commercial street,
yesterday.
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26
UNION REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS
baa FOR GOVERNOR, II
JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN,
OF BRUNSWICK.

For Members of Congress:
list Dist.--JOHN LYNCH, of Portland. 3
2md Dist.-SIDNEY PERHAM, of Paris.
Bird DISTANCES G.. BLAINE, Of Augustn
9TH Dist.-JOHN A. PETERS, Of Bangor.
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

A PLAN of the proposed Improvements in
relaying the streets in the burnt district, as
made by the City Engineer, may be seen at the
Merchants Exchange on Commercial street.
Citizens are invited to examine it for them
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

Universaist Society of this city to be distributed
by Mr. Woodman among sufferers OF the latter
society by the fire. Eel
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

COTTAGE TO LET on Cushing's Island
See advertisement.
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

ONLY $4,000 for first class house on
Brown street. See advertisement. -ssal-s
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

LET THINGS AL0NE.-A boy went into the
new Press office yesterday morning, and by
meddIng with one of the card press es, got his
hand badly damned. 'oes sds ., sr 5
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26
CUMBERLAND COUNTY

CUMBERLAND COUNTY s I.
second senatoriaI District Convention.
The Union voters Of Cumberland county are
requested to send delegates to Convention to
be held in Portland, in . 8l 81 L ,aas.5a
M DEERING HALL, sgoh
Wednesday, the 15sln day Of f. ugust, 1860,
at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, for tue purpose Of
nominating candidates for %
al75,ha9 s. SHERIFF.. gTgts ooIdF ..Ia 8
70 asa CLERK OF THE CouRTs:d odF y
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 9lails
Is s5a COUNTY TREASURER. elss 10 Rsi
.'s'a4 Four SENATORS. ~ h9a '12I3a af 81
Also, to elect County Committee for tn
ensuing year. 2as.. - sagaa sioaI 81 !.
Eeach city and town will be entitled to send
one delegate and an additional delegate for
every seventy five votes cast for Samuel Cony
at the Gubernatorial election of 1854: A frac-
ton of forty votes win be entitled to on addi-
fiOna1 delnpafp f0l1OWG .-sSas4r
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

BIDDEFoRD is a pleasant place-in fact a
sweet place. Candy flies through the win
dows there as hail does in some other towns /;
at least shower of sweetmeats came through
the windows of our printing Office there yes
terday possibly from the cart of an agent of
j. w. Perkins, who was seen driving down
the street about that time.
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

The Counting Room of the Press will
be mt PartingtOn's' um"er Lancaster Hail,
uu,iI other arrangements can be made.
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

FIRST BAPTIST CHURcH.-The building
committee from this society is busy arranging
the preliminaries for rebuilding the church.
1t has been decided to give up the old lot in
Federal street. Four others have been offer
red, but no choice has yet been made. We
learn through the Star that liberal citizen of
Portland has pledged himself to contribute
$1,000 whenever the society get ready to build
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

M rs. Colby's Bonnet II ooms will be found
81 az NO; g. Cotton, near Free street, where she
yers tne Dalance OF her stock, at very low prices
settling the same - - - imIas - A,
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26

The Spanish Government has prohibited
the sale of newspapers in the public streets.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-08-25

The LORDS PRAYER.-How many
millious aud millions of times has
that prayer been preferred by Chris
tians of all denominations So wide
indeed, is the sound thereof gone
forth, that daily, and almost without
intermission, from the ends Of the
earth and afar off upon the sea, it is
ascending to heaven like incense and
a pure offering. Nor needs it the
gift of prophecy to foretell that
though 'heaven and earth shall pass
away, these words of our blessed
Lord shall not pass away till eve
~ petition in it has been answered
till the kingdom of God shall come
and his will be done on earth as it is
in heaven.-Montgomery.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-08-25
NJ At a late meeting of the

~ At a late meeting of the
Franklin Institute in Philadelphia,
Professor Morton, in referring to
novelties in science and art, gave a
description Of the new and exten"
sive water works of Paris. On q re.
cent visit Of the municipal authors
ties to the subterranean reservoirs,
they were successfully illuminated
with the electric light, atfording
splendid views of the many bridges,
docks, canals, &C., together with the
various mechanical contrivances
necessary to carry on the stupendous
works.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-08-25

ANCIENT SHIP BUILD1Na.-The an
clients seem have outdone all succeed.
ing attempts-the Leviathan of 1858
alone excepted. Some of the galleys,
from descriptions left US, were superb.
Ptolemy Philopater had one built
which was four hundred and twenty
feet long, and twenty-eight broad,
and required complement offour
thousand rowers, four thousand
sailors, and three hundred soldiers {;
but that of Hero, constructed by
the renowned Archimedes, con-
sumed wood enough to build sixty
large gallcys, and it was fitted up in
a style that throws the most splendid
of our vessels into a wide distance.
There was not only banqueting-room,
galleries, baths, library and spacious
gymnasium, finished and furnished
with the most admirable skill and
costly materials, with stables, fish
ponds, mills and and gardens; but
there was q Temple of Venus fitted
up in a gorgeous style, the floor be-
ing inlaid with precious stones, the
walls of cypress wood, ornamented
with choice paintings aud statutes.
The warlike appurtenances of this
marine monster were on a cores
ponding scale of formidable gran
deur. The vessel was surrounded by
iron bulkwarks, Ikea rampant,
massy, and strengthened with eight
towers, and there were machines
sufficiently powerful to project a
stone three hudred pounds weight, or
q dart seven feet and a half long,
q distance of half q mile.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-08-25

OLD AND New" Why do the
Arabs of the. desert live on, pa:
asked a roguish girl of her father.
"They live on the sand which is
(sand-wiches) there" he replied.
eyes, but, pa, how do they get
'em?
"WelI, really, Nelly, you have me
there. give itup."
"Why, pa, you know the sons of
Ham are bred and mustard in the
wilderness"
"Come, come, my daughter, that
is too killing. Don't say another
word"
ooh, yes, do tell me what they
eat upon their sandwiches :"
".Eat Oh 'em; why, what do they
on 'em?"
Butter, to he sure"
"Butter! How do they get their
butter
Why, you know, pa. that when
Lots was turned into pillar of salt,
all the family but her ran into the
wilderness.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-08-25

CONSUMPTION OF WHIsKEY.-It
appears by official report that the
amount of whiskey consumed an
nually for drinking purposes, is es-
timated as averaging a gallon and q
half per head to the whole popula~
ton of the United States. Large as
this may appear, it is shown that the
consumption in Canada and the other
British provinces reaches over a gal
Ion and quarter per head, while in
Russia it averages no less than two
gallons to each man, woman and
child Of the population. In Great
Britain, where the common people
do not, in general, drink spirits, the
amount consumed annually varies
from eight tenths to gallon per
capita. In that country beer is the
more universal popular beverage and
no less than %, 10000 barrels Of ale
and beer are consumed every year,
whereas not more than 5000. 1000 or
5000, 900 barrels are produced in the
United States.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-08-25

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ally urgent. . SPIDER breaks the line
by which be is held TO his xeh. and
drops directly down to the ground.
shutting mp his legs. and making
himself much rs possible like ball.
lie tl.en lies on the ground like a
pebbl,', and will not be induced to
move under any conditions. This
plan of not moving seems to be a
popular piece Of diplomacy in the
spider and the spider world. A very
GRITTY daddy-longlegs if thrown into
a web, seems Immediately to conf
prehend its danger, and will not
move muscls, tor if it did, the own
er of the web would instantly attack
him, and wind him up like a num-
my. A blow.fy is occasionally as
cautious, and thus prolongs his life
a few minutes. This very cunning
proceeding is, however, often the
cause of the spider himself being
sacrificed: for ifin his "drop" to es-
cape danger he happen to alight on
another web, he may try the lying
quiet plan, when, if the owner Of the
web in which he has dropped is on
the alert, he is at once wound up in
the inexorable folds, from which
there seems no escape. A spider,
when disturbed and alarmed, gives
out peculiar smell, very powerful,
and much like the scent of the bean
flower. 1t is possible that this odor
may bave al effect upon the creature
it seizes, probably producing sleep,
for many of the voracious insects
seem similarly provided-the ant,
for instance, having a strong pun
gent smell about him, which in.
creases in power when danger threat
ens.-Chamber's Journal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-08-25

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and covered with berts: . third q
rat fsSres. and q fourth q small vase
filled with fried grasshoppers- Next
comes n circle of dishes OF fish, in
tcr<persed with Others Of partridges,
hares and quails, which all have their
heads placed between their fore-feet.
Then comes q row of sausages Of all
forms, supported by one Of eggs,
oysters and olives. The walls of the
trinclinium, ore covered with fresco
paintings of birds, fruits, flowers,
game, aud fish of fall kinds, the whole
interspersed with drawings which
lend a charm to the whole not easy
to describe. On a table of rare
wood, carved and inlaid with gold,
marble, agate, and lapis lazuli, were
found amphore, still containing wine,
and some goblcts of onyx.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-08-25

APPLICATION OF KxowLEDGE.-A
very valuable pocket-knife was once
dropped into . deep well. How
shall we get it out Shall We have
tn draw the water from the well -
The writer prop cs~d TO use . strong
borse shoe magnet. near hy, ss<pend-
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movements. These observations
serve as q sort of relaxations from
the sterner duties ofa newspaper
office. They afford somewhat of that
diversion which the human mind de-
mands and must have, or it's delicate
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drops in, as if by chance. picks up
paper that happens to De lying on
the table, and when the man goes the
paper goes with him: Another
wants to see "if that advertisement
is all right" He falls to reading,
and in q moment OF abstraction he
walks OFT, abstracting our paper
without leaving the equivalent" as
the bnrnt-cork humorists would say.
Not that we care: we pub!'sh 4" pa
per just for the fun OF the thing :1ut
1T seems so funny to US. "Charge
1t, says one' who never had an -, ac~
count with US IN the world: Ihls
IS mine: says a1other' as II nc was
lnt'matlng TO BARTENDER VINO the
drinks were to be marked down to on
the bar-slate.
We are fearful now that some one
will imagine that we are telling these
things in a spirit of complaint. We
are not, pom honor. There have
been times when the perplexities of
business, or the state Of the weather,
or condition of the country, have
resnlted in prcat denroasiOn Of snirifa.