The Portland daily press., 1866-10-30
VARIETIES.

n Travelled Parson" makes n oooa
ses1ion. A fashion is common in some ,,a".s
VI oermany putting on every bottle conto;,,'
cross fE.soH" h iaoei with deaths head and
,no1.a neS' as black as printers ink can
ne desires that chemists and
apo'"oo''ries should everywhere adont the
same custom and thus make impossible . ,o;s
.'Ae Dy even the most stupid bov tbat eve.
handled pestle and mortar. '"'' ever
The New Orleans Picavuno s..
Carme, the French billiard PLAYER 49, uS-,.' sa'
two years residence in this countrv ha. 10y 10y
ed two words of the English LANGUAGE Tho,,
are scratch" and cocktail"
The newspapers are circulating statsr,a,,.
that new book by Bulwer is Announced a.,
London" the Importance of which is somewhat
modified by the fact that it is Henry Bulwer
and not Sir Edward
The redoubtable "Brick Pomeroy' has
lost patience with the management of the
johnson leaders, and in his paper, the La
crosse (Wis9 Democrat, comes out with n lit
Tile plain advice, which he claims to give with
authority as having been "a copperhead from
the start He says principles are the thing.
not men, and he adds:
Inc sooner we cut loose from snecnlat;on
and come down to Legitimate. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
business, the better it win be for the conntrv
wasta aa a Eonseined. Is wrong and useless to
waste all our time and timber on johnson -
AS we ask for no Office, as we are NO on,.I;na,,.
for place, the President win pardon ts r. IL
ing frank with him. We prefer In bniid NJ
tne u, democratic m rather than the johnson par
W, ior tne FORMER we can depend on--the 1at-
ter we cannot The President sits like ! ch;Id
upon the shore, wonderingly WATCHING tba
ssmps OF opportunity go by. And they sail on
but he is not on board. '"-i ~
most earnestly do we ask the Democrats of the
United States to meet us once more in 1ot;oncJ
convention, reOrganize on the basis ~ nr;nc;
PIE, throw overheard the load of policv ruh-
Dish, and proceed as soon as possible fo fi;no
out tne democratic, constitutional banner de-
rao 'ne rights that belong to the States and
people, and rescue our loved country from the
grasp or fanaticism, puritanism iHtoleranca
cowardly su1jugationism, and probibit;no tor
iii enactments. s '@i
"A correspondent of the New York Times
writing from Augusta, Ca, says Alexander III
stevens recommends the adoption of the Com
stitutional Amendment by the Georgia Leeis-
lature.
Somebody having offered to vote the whole
Republican ticket if anybody would tell him
OF what use it will be to adopt an amendment
So IOhS ~ 1cS are uQWll-
ing to obey its present cardinal and acknowl-
edged requirements" the Tribune replies that
the use Of the new amendment is to make the
interrogatve gentleman and his Southern
friends obey, and claims the fulfilment of his
promise. .it...-....,
The wind carried frebrands and leaves of
books from the great fire in Quebec fifteen
miles into, the interior.
Ell Bohm, Long Island distiller has set
tied complaint against him by q. s. Revenue
officers, for the fraudulent distllation of wbis-
key, by the payment of $4,000. Roe & Shaft
er settle similar complaint by paying the
Government $4,000.
"A Montreal paper says that William F.
Armstead, the colored barber of the Ottawa
House there, absconded last Tuesday, taking
with him from $4,000 to $4,000 in borrowed
money, 500 in jewelry, and $500 in clothing.
He was traced into Vermont by one of his cred
itors, but Armstead's wife had taken another
track with all the plumber in her possession.