The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-08-31
VARIETIES.

An exchange thinks it very unreasonable
that the Louisiana Unionists should protest
against being ruled by "prisoners of AGAR under
parole" when it is the manifest intention Of
the johnson party to bring the whole United
States under that rule.
Rev. Theodore s. Cuyler recently said:
wish could be permitted to write in golden
letters, among Crawford's superb marble
groups on the forefront of the capitol, those
noble words of the Sultan Akbar-"No man
was ever yet lost in a straight road!"
jean Ingelow gives jolly little dinners
three times week which she styles Copyright
dinners"
Henry Ward Beecher having been an
nounced as chaplain of the johnson Soldiers
Convention, the Soldiers and Sailors Union
of Washington have requested General Gran
vile P. Moody, the Fighting Parson of the
West" to serve in the same capacity at the
Union Soldiers Convention.
The Southbridge Journal suggest to the
benefit of those who dislike the name of the
johnson party" that the "DemIohnson par
ty" would be more significant and appropri-
ate name.
The President is on his travels and making
speeches all the way. He has the rare faculty,
as the Boston Advertiser says, of pleasing his
friends and deighting his opponents every
time he opens his mouth. An Irish friend re-
marks that "Every time the President opens
his mouth he puts his foot in it," which
may be true.
Democratic Committees at the South APP
To boua Yporo thor, +box, oo,, 49,,
tend to here. The Toledo (Ohio) Blade says
gentleman arrived there not long since, who
had left his home at Bowling Green, KY, on
receipt of the following notice to quit:
Mr.--. Sir,-You are hereby notified to
quit this State within three days. Iffound af-
ter that period, your life will be forfeited.
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
The movable ambulances of the Prussian
army contain 10000 beds, which are stationed
here and there, as occasion requires in small
temporary hospitals, to avoid crowding and the
accompanying evils. Six thousand beds have
been sufficient thus far, it is said, to meet all
the wants of the army
"A man who fought on the right side during
the war, says the programme at the Philadel-
phia Convention was made up of prayers, 1
peech, 9i46 drinks and a benedictlon.
"A dispatch from Chicago says that trouble
has arisen among the managers Of the Doug
las monument celebration. The Masons con-
tend that as the ceremonies will be conducted
by the order, the proper person to lay the cor
ner-stone is j. r. CORN, Masonic Grand Mas
ter of Illonois, instead of President Johnson
They also declare that, unless the programme
be altered, they will take no part in the cere-
monies. 1t is reported that the Committee of
Arrangements have decided to grant the re-
quest of the Masons.
Meetings are being held and petitions cir
culated in various parts of Georgia, calling for
the enactment of stay law, giving relief from
the payment of debts
Certain Vandal excursionists from Glas-
gov to Burns monument at Ayr, have carried
away the back of one of the monument chairs
on which was series of paintings illustrative
of the poets works, by Stevens. Recently, af-
ter large party had left the grounds, it was
found that an attempt had been made to enter
the glass case containing the few relicts of
Burns that are in the monument.