The Portland daily press., 1866-08-16
VARIETIES.

The Saco Democrat is quoting sumner
against the Louisiana Convention of 1864, as
the devil is said sometimes to quote Scrip
ture, for a special purpose. The authority of
the convention may be questioned as much
as you please; but, gentlemen, are you in IA
vor Of having that question tested by the
courts, or by the mob? Please come to the
point.
-Of course mono but Western paper
could have given us the following in mo-
tice of the death of a prominent citizen:
"He was the father of eleven sons, five of
whom married five sisters. He had one hum
dred and eighty-nine grandchildren; and at
his funeral, two weeks ago last Sabbath, two
horses were stung to death by bees, and an
other came very near losing his life by the
same"
Among the fashionable arrivals that are
frequent IN Paris of late, are Englishmen
bringing their own rowing boats by rail- for
their amusement on the Seine.
The working classes in Newcastle have
already commenced to register their children
by the name of Gladstone"
"A French Sdrdnt has discovered the means
of rendering the hardest and toughest meat
| soft, namely, by adding while boiling two tea
| spoonfuls of alcohol to each killogramme and
| a-half Of flesh. ...lr. slI -,
The Legislature of Tennessee granted a
| charter for a college for colored people, to be
| known as the "Central Tennessee Methodist
| Episcopal College" A site has been secured
on the summit of College Hill, at Nashville,
| adjoining the grounds of the Military Acade-
my and a very handsome college building Is
| soon to be erected The college proposes to
| furnish a general and theological education.
4Southern respectabihty is wen Illustrated
| by the case of q man who was recently ar
rested in Memphis for whipping his wife, and
| gave the policeman thirty dollars not to walk
on the same side of the street with him
| while on his way to the lock up.
"A man in Hartford advertised recently
that on receipt Of a certain sum, he would by
return mail instruct any applicant how to
| make fortune. His directions were: "Ped-
die cigars half Havana and half homemade,
as did, and always be ready to pick up o
stray chicken."il4 sara $40 liud
"A French gentleman asked Hungarian
! friend in Paris whether the time had not
4 come when Hungary could avenge herself on
Austria. ''Ah, mon eher,p replied NJ de s.,
| 1--WE have our revenge; we have given Austria
Benedek!" The general is a, Hungarian and
fought against his countrymen in 1848.
1 Tho most extraordinary instance of pa
| tience on record, in modern times, is that of
| an Illinois judge, who listened for two DAYS
| while couple of wordy attorneys were con-
tending about the construction of an Act of
the Legislature, and then ended the discussion
by quietly remarking; Gentlemen, the law
| is repealed" rl lE ft.t 4s4t0
-Cigar-shaped railroad cars are suggested
as a means of decreasing the atmospheric re-
sistanee, which is said to much retard the
| speed of the trains on the present plan.
Some of Shakspeare's plays have recent
| ly been translated into Hindostanee, and are
published at Bombay.
The Philadelphia convention is not
nominating convention. Ifi were, the Dem
ocratic plan of nominating General Sherman
for the Presidency would not be likely to pro-
mote harmony. The South Carolina Column
bian says, referring to this scheme, eff there
are two names which we should select to
typify all that is fiendish in human nature.
they are those of Sherman, the arch-incendi-
ary, and of Logan, his tool"
Gen. Dix, referring to the exclusion of the
Rebel representatives from Congress, made the
singular mistake of asking the Conven ton of
Rebels and Copperheads at Philadelphia. Il
this sis the government we have been fight
ing to preservep To which the convention
responded with the utmost sincerity, in one