The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-01-17
re afterwards thrown into the

river.
E- Jenny Lind is announced as suffering
from serious indisposition, and Is completes 10
seek a milder climate among other valetudina
rians at Nice
Esxs- The Providence Journal reports an in
cendiarv attempt to burn Dr. Halls Congrega-
tional Church in that city on Sunday. A bum
dla of RAGS saturated with camphene had been
placed on the belfry stairs and ignited, but the
smoke was fortunately discovered before the
church was closed, and a confagration was
averted
GB John Seayer, of Portsmouth, agrees to
walk one hundred miles in as many consecu-
tive hours. If he fails he pays $50 for the priv
ilege of trying; if he succeeds he is to receive
800, which is certainly very cheap price for
so much labor
Vs. The manufacture of tape is now extern
sively carried lin Worcester and vicinity.
gaF" TIL, Hartford Press says:-"A ragged
little fellow was seen skating on one of our
ponds lately, without shoes or stockings, his
skates being strapped upon his bare feet, who
said it was jolly good fun, and that his feet were
warm enough if he kept on skating"
ET~ There is good deal of truth and JUS
tice the remark of the Machias Republican
that such men as Thaddeus Stevens, Senator
Sumner, and every other man of this class, are
most invaluable in all the halls of Legislation,
and in all other public as well as private stu
atoms, as acting pioneers to clear the way for
the more lazy laggards who are sure to come
up to the most extreme position after awhile.
E Hon. James Harlan, Secretary of the
Interior, has been elected U. s. Senator by the
Legislature of Iowa, for six years. This will
not require his immediate withdrawal from the
Cabinet, as his term will not commence till
March 4, 1867. Ex-Gov. Kirkwood has been
elected to fill out the uneXpired term.
E- The war in New Zealand continues
New gold discoveries are reported in the is
land.
U.s. The Governor of Nebraska favors the
organization of State Government.
Ey~ A rumored plot to rescue JEFF. Davis
has caused the detective force at Fortress Mon
roe to be made more vigilant. The harbor is
,atroled by an armed steam tug, and the senti-
nels have been increased.
GY~ Gen. Sherman denies the report that
his appointment as Superintendent of the Lou
.siana Military Academy, before the war, was
lue to Bragg and Beauregard.
| EY~ Steam communication between Sar
francisco and the Sandwich Islands has beer
| opened Madame Anna Bishop was passen.
ger by the first steamer.
GY- The people of Boston, in the exercise o.
that philanthropic spirit which ever distin.
| cuisines them and has made Boston model
city, promptly poured out of their abundance
70 supply the wants of the three hdndred res
,ued souls taken from the sinking ship Graft
| tude, in mid-ocean, of which account has beer
| given in our telegraphic column. Heaven will
reward them for such deeds.
| EB- 1t is stated that Macmillan is omitted
from the Catholic sovereigns to whom the Pope
| sends customary Christmas fluctuations. Per
| haps His Holiness feared His Highness NIGH
change his postoffice address before letter
| could reach him.
GB- We see it stated that the wolves an6
| panthers have multiplied to such an extent il
John Browns tract" that they not only trai
the deer in packs but even have the audacity
20 "put an occasional appearance" in barn-yard.
| on the border. HF
BB- A dispatch from Washington to the N
| Y. Tribune, says that on Saturday night DO,
was left at the door of Senator Summers pri
vate room, addressed to him, and containing
| finger cut from the hand of negro, wrapped
in note calling the Senator by an obscen,
| name, and stating that the writer sends him .
piece of one of his friends, and "if that bill O
yours passes, will have piece of you"
Vs. series of editorials, said to be writer
| by Ex-Governor Magrath at the instance o
General Sickles, arguing that the confederac,
would have been misfortune to the South
have been published in Charleston, creatin:
considerable comment.
| EvA Washington correspondent telegraph
that Senator Wade's mysterious visitor was .
maniac, that he also called upon Gen. Banks
that he says he was lately discharged from tn,
Charlestown Navy Yard, and that ne Is now II
custody. str 81.
| G@ Anew Orleans despatch says the Liv
erpool and New Orleans steamship line ar,
building new vessels to make trips in eighteen
days. -'
ET A national bank has been organized al
Galveston, Texas.
| GF 1t is discovered that an official at the
New York police headquarters has been selling
| appointments for sums varying from $3.50 to
| $500 each.
DB- The Washington Star says that all ru.
mors of Secretary Stanton's poor health OF
contemplated resignation are pure canards.
| BB Senator Wade pronounces the story O
the attempt to assassinate him as nearly all
imaginary.
eB@ On Saturday morning last, Mrs. Cobb
wife of Rev. Sylvanus Cobb, slipped and fel
down fight of stone steps, at her residence il
East Boston. Her shoulder was dislocated ant
her face bruised.
EB A man named John M. Williams, wa:
found drunk in Endicott street, Boston, last Sat
urday night with $17SO in gold, and $15 il
bills on his person. He was returned Cali
fornian.
"a The Concord Monitor says David L
Cogswell, of Henniker, N. H., committed sui
eide Friday forenoon, by hanging himself in s
cider mill. He was IS years of age, and al
times has suffered much from depression OF
spirits He was man of good abilities and 8
substantial citizen.