The Portland daily press., 1866-01-04

week VI UoV. Andrew s administrator Witness
ed mob to break up John Brownmeeting-
during the last, bells and cannon announce the
death of slavery" 81
B8% Gen. Fitzpatrick sailed from New York
for Chill, on Saturday, Dec 3Oth.
8s% Gen. Gideon j. Pillow writes to Gen.
Howard at Washington, that he has been sue
cessful beyond his most sanguine expectations
in engaging labor for plantations in Arkansas
and Tennessee. He has already engaged about
400 freedmen, and has full confidence in maxi
ing success of the work He has given, in all
cases, the freedmen part of the crop of cot
ton, and allows them land for the cultivation of
vegetables and corn for their own use, without
charge therefor.
E- Both the new United States Senators
from Colorado are decided radical republicans.
Mr.. Chaffee was formerly banker in Mchi-
gan, and went to the original national free soil
convention at Buffalo in 194S as delegate; he
has lived in Colorado five years, has been
speaker Of the Territorial House, and is now
president of a national bank there. =.
E% A poor blacksmith in Ohio recently in
vested few dollars in two acres of oil land
out of which, in a few months, he made S14O.-
600. rrr E-fEts i-t--
B3" The Chinese gourmands have, it is said,
method of cooking turtles that even a Lon
| don alderman would esteem rare. A turtle is
put into water at first only moderately warm
and covered over with lid Just sufficient to
admit the animal all but the head and neck
Within reach of his mouth is placed bowl
filled with highly spiced wine. As the water
becomes warmer the turtle gets thirsty and is
| thus induced to drink the spiced wine, and with
more and more eagerness, until he becomes so
| completely saturated with it that when cooked
every part OF his body is impregnated with a
delicate flavor of wine and spices that is high
~ priced s. Xxx
EB DIR. Bellows says, "the ratio of native
born soldiers, in the whole army, was eighty
per cent of the whole" The percentage of dis
abled men demanding or requiring an asylum
is, according to the best testimony, ninety per
cent. of it of foreign birth
| gB- A letter from Boston in the Christian
Mirror, says within ten days Judge Russell, of
the Superior Court, has passed sentences upon
rogues, ticketed for the State Prison, amount
ing in the aggregate to too hundred and eiql,ty
| gears. Most Of the men sentenced are CARROT
ers. 5aa ssslQ .aG0IJ afe
vs. The people of North Carolina have
again, with great unanimity, affirmed their de-
votlon to the things that make for peace" The
acts declaring secession null and void and that
abolishing slavery in the State were referred to
the people, and both have been adopted with al
most no dissenting votes For the first, the
vote was 1897 yeas to 1910 nays; for the lat
ter, 1927 yeas to 1886 nays. 'IlN'''t' 'iiA
GB" THE disease Of which Hon. Henry Win
ter Davis died suddenly at Baltimore on Sat-
urday last, was Pneumonia Mr.. Davis was
born in 1877. He was very able and even
brilliant man. -lA .l.ta
Er A writer in the Nashville Banner. who
had been pardon-seeking says:-"Had a per-
sonal interview with the Chief Magistrate, and
asked him for small pardon if he had any
left. Chief Magistrate wanted to know what
position held in the rebel army. The answer
was faint, somewhat hesitating and little
shaky, I was quartermaster.' Chief Magis-
trate chuckled and turned his head to conceal
a sardonic smile. MY ancient and venerable
friend he said, if you think that your depart
ment of the rebellion injured or endangered the
Union cause your innocence is pardon in it.
SELF" z-s
GB- The latest novelty in hair-dressing is
called the ZEBRA" 1t consists in twining
among ones own locks tresses of false hair of
a variety of colors, and mag become fashiona-
Bile. ""
| U.s. Gen. Butler is still able to Joke in a
| quiet way, and says that if there had been more
bottles tightly corked," in and about the Off
GERS quarters of our army during the war, it
would have been good thing for the country.
! M D. Conway in his last letter to the
| Round Table says CT saw Dickens the other
! day. Time is beginning to tell on him; the
crows have left, plentifu1iy, their tracks on his
brow; he has always an anxious look"
! U.s. The construction of the Eolian Harm
isvery simple. Two strands of strong sewing
silk, well waxed, single and double twist, fas-
tened to four pegs, one inch high, on an inch
board as long as the width of your window
Atone end the pins should have a thumblet
SINH er to violin pin, to enable you to draw it
taut. Place it in window, the sash sting on
the pins and when the wind blows you have
such sounds as the angels love. s.s...s5-F
E8Y- The Toronto Globe says Mr.. Gait and
Mr.. Rowland are to visit Washington immedi-
ately after the Christmas holidays, in connec-
tio2 with the Reciprocity Treaty. Communi-
cations are being exchanged, it is said, with the
governments of the several Maratime Provin-
ces, as contemplated by the Confederate Coun-
Gil of Trade, in order to secure united action on
the part of British North America Represen-
tatives from the other Provinces will probably
meet Messrs. Gait and Rowland in this city to
settle upon the course to be pursued
BF The Queen of England has had spe-
cial private fortune of quarter of million of
pounds left her by Mr. Neeld ,..-.
GB The Saturday Press says the Fenians,
lately spelling for fight, are now fighting for