The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-08-21
VARIETIES.

III a..
c-further o. opposition to President Johnson's
scheme of reconstruction begins to develon a.
self through the Southern States. The New.
bern IN. c. Daily Times, which has bitberto
' Deen most ardent supporter of "my policy."
now regrets to be compelled to confess that it
mas involved us in utter legal and political con-
fusion" ' f9 iio''
The ocean speaks eloquently and forever"
says Deeener. Yes, retorts Prentice, "and
there is no use Of telling it to dry up" Z.
i--"one ofthe hardest hits at Secretary Saw.
ard, since his detection from the Union MARTY
is the following resolution, adopted at a meet
ing at Kankakee, Illinois: 81 -. rs Md ~
"Resosued, That we sympathize with secre-
Sn lazy seward In and on account of the suffering
ne underwent at the hands of rebel assass;nss
it being accidentally dome 6y hfs 6;c,ss shn,,
not tnen knowing him." ..-l - =.
"A striking instance of the danger of being
found in bad company is before us. The Ros.
ton Advertiser finds it necessary to correct an
impression which has become prevalent bv
ssaung tnat the Rev. Leonard Woods, d. d..
OF Maine, who was one of the officers of the
philadelphia convention, is not brother Of
Fernando Wood. They are not even relatives"
l-Prentiee, at this late day, discovers that
Cleopatra was decidedly woman of Marc.
7 Two Canadian farmers have manufactured
cheese weighing three and one half tons. Tt
lion. Thaddeus Stevens has been renomi-
mated to Congress.
line residents latest proclamation as
serts that peace, order, tranquility and civil
authority now. exist in and throughout the
whole of the United States of America" This
while the fires of Memphis have hardly died
ont, while the blood of Unior, men has sc.rco-a
~ mad time to dry upon the pavements of
New Orleans, and while vigilance committees
IN Louisiana are busy notifying her loyal citi-
zens that their presence will no longer be tol-
Grated in that community Truly, order reigns
in Warsaw ..... =
The reply of the President to the deleoa-
tion who placed in his hands the report of
the doings Of the Philadelphia convention ia
IN some respects the finest specimen of the
0ohnsonian style with which we have yet been
favored The manner in which A. j. there
bespatters himself with praise and eiorifca-
ton somehow inevitably suggests the idea
that his Excellency has become a convert n
the principle of that wise maxim laid down in
tne sacred Book of Mormon: BLESSED is he
tnat bioweth his own horn, for whose bloweth
not his own horn, his horn shall not be blow
ed. A contented manisA A. j. BE has reach
ed, ne tells us, the summit of human great
ness. True, he does graciously acknowledge
the superiority Of Almighty God, but with
this exception there is no being above bimr
How grateful he must be to the pistol of Booth
which was to him the means of this sublime
elevation. n eVgn7 10 1gj-.[ . aIn G05 .q
Punch says: "We do not believe spiritual-
ism Or magic, but the other day veracious
witness actually saw young man turn into a
puotsc house. Transformation extraordinary"
BY an odd typographical blunder, an ex-
change says that the staff of certain distin-
guished union officer shave given him punch
bowel"
Ia Saratoga letter says: "There are but two
or three beauties. One we had stealthily ad
mired from corners, and behind newspapers
but when, to-day at dinner, she put both el
bows on the table and gnawed her corn from
the ear, we wept tears for the betrayal of our
hopes, and gave her up" -..,ff -,+ -,
The Memphis Bulletin, whose editor has
been warm personal friend of Mr.. johnson.
"learns that the President is not very hopeful
ofentire success in the Northern elections" 1t
adds that he expects some inroads win be
made upon the dominant party" this FAN, but
It Is to future elections that he looks for com
plete success. Wonder when they are to come
on h3Vn- uaod bGa Iiilfel4 t-iINt f1i.H
--AsSouthampton AUTHORITY says that when
her Majesty, the English Queen, was yery
Young she visited that town, and in converse
ton with the chief magistrate, she said sYours
is q very ancient town, Mr.. Mayor" Bis wor-
ship replied, Yes, missile, it have been" sI D..
Hon. A. 81. Stevens is open to ENGAGE
ments from lyceum committees this fall. A
chicago association has already secured him.
"A little more animation, my dear, whis-
cred lady s. to the gentle Susan, who was
walking through quadrille. "Do leave me
to manage my own business, mamma, replied
the provident damsel, II shall not dance my
ringlets out of curl for a married man." "Of
course not, my love, but was not aware who
your partner was. 49,, ~, a.. .....-. = 81
France and Spain have just completed
arectifcation offrontier," without war, with
out a single shot fired in anger; to the preiu-
dice of no one, except it may be to those achar-
tered libertines," the smugglers. On the 18th
of July were finally ratified at Paris the trea-
ties defining the boundaries Of the two coun-
tries along the great Pyranean chain, and over
the slopes Of the valleys where Nature has
marked no line, and which have been for CEN
turtles the scene of constant feud and quarrel
between the occupiers or invaders of grazing
lands or hunting grounds on both sides. ..4I