The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.


of his leg above the ankle. ) y
4 EB- January and March, of the, present
year, have two full moons each, and February
none. An exchange calls this "a curious phe-
nomenon of nature" The only thing curious
about it is that the moon fulls on the first day
of Jan. and March, and half way between comes
the 30th of Jan, leaving the short month with
out full moon
EY" A resolution has been introduced in
the Kentucky Legislature, requesting Green
Clay Smith to resign his place in the United
States Congress. The reasons for this move
are his radical Republicanism and the extreme
measures he has advocated in putting down
the Democratic and Conservative. parties at
the Presidential ard other elections
By- The Concord Monitor learns that ex-
Gov. Colby of New Hampshire met with q Sc
we're accident Tuesday afternoon at mill in
New London. He accidentally stepped back
into corn cracking mill, and caught one foot.
In his efforts to extricate it, it was so badly
torn that it had to be amputated VIZ r 4
90 Dixon" Washington correspondent Of
the Boston Adoertiser, predicts that the pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution in rela-
ton to apportioning representation and direct
taxation will be killedif vote is ever reached,
1t requires two-thirds vote to pass it.
GB- The Secretary of the Interior has pre-
pared list of cities containing more than ten
thousand inhabitants, with their manufac-
lures. 9{r frs lsrF ~ s........
GB- A suit has been instituted against Mr..
Mercer by one of the female emigrants to the
Pacific, to recover passage money and the value
of some furniture shipped.
DY- Gas made from crude petroleum is be-
ing introduced into Chicago. The Post of that
city says that the light of the petroleum gas is
fully four times greater than the light of the
coal gas, and thatit can be ma le at avery much
less cost.
B9 Brig. Gen. Hawley, of the Hartford
Press, it is said, stands good chance of receiv-
ing the nomination as Governor of Conn, by
the Republican convention, which meets on
the 14th of Feb. - F8
DB A Galveston letter says that cotton is
soplenty in the interior that all the means for
bringing it to the coast are quite insufficient to
meet the requirements of the owners of the
staple. ans ,,g. ,~..-.-
VS. General Sheridan reports to the War
Department that there was considerable excite
ment on both sides of the Rio Grande in conse-
quence of the Bagdad affair, but there was no
danger of any serious trouble l49Ea
GT- The clerk of an English church who
had to read the first lesson in the public service.
always used to make hash of Shadrach
Meshach and Abednego; and as the names are
5Welve times Sepeated in the third chapter of
Daniel, after getting through the first time. he
afterwards styled them the aforesaid pentle.
men" .3AI- ILeg1 olA or
0 GB" A bachelor and young ladv bouobt
some tickets in partnership in lottery at 2 re.
cent fair at Milwaukee, agreeing to divide the
proceeds .equitably They drew double bed
stead, baby crib and lunch basket, and the que :
toni how to divide them, or whether thew
shall not use them "sintly."
DB Miss Frederika Bremen, SO long known
as novelist of high order, is dead. She was
a native Of Abo, in Finland, but spent a part of
her earlier days in Sweden and Norway, and
became teacher in Stockholm "The Neigh
bors" made her widely known in the United
States, and in her visit to this country in 1850
and 1851 she made many personal acquaintan-
ces, with whom she remained in friendly cor
dependence to the last Her works down to
1858 filled twenty volumes in the German edi-
ton issued at Leipsic, and were trans lated into
several of the languages. " Ho, s2
gB- Mr.. Garrison advocates the dissolu' 90.
Of the Mass. Anti Slavery Society, and t. "a -
nation of Suffrage Society. In a spe..cp
fore the, Anti-Slavery Society in Boz 49,. ~ ~
other day, he differed f-om Mr. Pit 'von' :,
most every point. lips on al
gB- Chicago has the lar
actory west of New v sese canoy manu-
cons of confectionery OK. IL ni''AeS 'ii 'e''
El5@ An excbr every day. sis R55
question fn, .nge propounds the following
aet drv w, logicians:-Can man keep his
rzv- - lien he has a creak in his boots ?
ne Mr.. Vallandigham says that Will e the
I Jmocratic party is sure to come into power
again, it will not be through President ohm
son, or by reason of anything he may chance
TO do, or to leave undone. That hope expired
within two weeks from his Inauguration" &
EB An eccentric clergyman, lately alludine
in his pulpit to the subject of family govern.
nent, remarked that it is often said, "There is
no such thing nowadays as family govern
Duo ~ % Ae1ioO, odAo nC, ItloC =
There is just as much family government now
IS there ever was-just as much as In the days
Of our fathers and grandfathers. The only diff
ference is, that then the old folks did the gov.
erning, nowit is done by the young ones"
B- A frequent cause of dispute between
the United States and Prussia, arising out Of
claims of military service from naturalized cit.
liens returning home on business or visits tc
friends, has been partially removed. Hitherto
L ten years absence depriveda Prussian of his
rights as Prussian subject, without relieving
aim from his duties as one. The government
mas now decreed that the duties shall cease
with the rights, so that an emigrant returning
home after aten years absence will be secure
against claims for military service.
zEE7 The rebel General Longstreet will ney.
or again recover the use of his right arm, hay.
ing become paralytic by severe wound in the
aeck.-[ Exchange. aa1 -e,' .,i'F ri
Our readers will recall the words of the pa
Tiotic song: ,li- .r1h79 aFo hs1a ~
SHOULD ever traitor rise in the land, rai s.
Cursedbe his homestead, withered his hand. ,
p While it initiates against our humane prin.
siplss to rejoice in the affection of any body
however mean and degraded, we want it un.
ierstood zoe belieue inthat song.-[ Jersey City
Times. s6
vs. Interesting to scandal-mongers- the
Strong divorce case is to be tried over again.
gF Nearly all the white troops have been
withdrawn from Kentucky, which is now gar.
risoned by negroes a. ,-+,.,.....-.-s.
u Lord PalmersIon had accumulated
when he died fortune of G12O9OO: as Rooer,
said, ga very pretty sum to begin the mex
world with" ss- .,4rlasta $50 30 u Il 5;5... =
gB The four murderers of Mrs. Hoffman
Ill under twenty years of age, were hung q
Nashville, Tenn, on Friday last.
"a Southern Congressman elect, it is re
16rted, are getting dismayed about being ad
nitted, and are packing their trunks to leave
or home.
CO. It Is stated that a number of empty
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