The Portland daily press., 1867-08-16
Varieties.

the Leonard Scott Company, 140 Fulton street,
New York. .....t.I
....4'V Varieties.
Some editor says that the destiny of the
world often hangs on the smallest triHes. A
little milf between Charles Bonaparte and his
love Letitia might have broken off a marriage
which gave birth to Napoleon and the battle
of Waterloo. To which the Chicago Adver-
tiser says: eyes, that is fact. Suppose a
little mfr bad taken place between Adam
and Evel What then?" lna aasl.si. .I1,
The official investigation of the case of
Rev. s. M Merrill took place at Piattsburgh
on the 9th inst. The accused pleaded guilty
to all the charges, and all the specifications,
except three; affirming that he was entirely
unprepared for the inve stigation of these, and
asked that his case go then to the committee,
and he surrender his credentials. This was
consented to by the prosecution, provided the
depositions now taken and the testimony of
witnesses now present, be placed in the hands
of the chairman, and presented at the ensuing
session of the Conferences. This was consent-
ed to by the accused. The case then went to
the committee, who, after consultation, unani-
mously suspended Rev. s. M. Merrill from the
ministerial service and church privileges in
the M. e. Church until the ensuing session of
the Troy Annual Conference. l.a --a.
I. "A relative of the "Great American Pie
Bitter = at Lee, Mass, the other day undertook
to eat forty-eight CLAIMS while another fellow,
was opening six, and was beaten by only four
points; the opener having having completed
his task while the eater was bolting his forty
fourth clam. The pie-biter will bite through
sixteen bakers turnovers placed in a pile at
once. ....t
Great interest, says the Chicago Tribune,
is felt in the " Minnesota Northwestern Rail-
road" which is chartered to run from the state
line (where it unites with road from McGreg-
or, Iowa. through Austin, Geneva, Wilton,
Winnebago, Agency, Mankato, New Ulm, Red
wood, to Big Stone Lake, connecting there
with the great Northern Pacific railway, which
passes through the gold mining region to the
Pacific coast. The country over which it will
pass is comparatively level and of easy grade.
and is also among the most fertile lands In the
State. saa-..a-s ..a.ii-lif - as.t ~.
"A Western paper thus hits off a popular
fashion: '"The attention of the police should
be directed to Pant A. Loon. He's tight on
the streets daily-awful tight" aFsr
"A iady IA Fond du lac Mich, took o per-
cussion shell, which her husband, when he rs-
turned from the war, brought home from bat
tie field Of the South, to fill mp broken place
in the stove, in consequence of which an ex-
plosion took place, tearing the stove to atoms,
blowing the windows of the house out, and
playing sad havoc generally. Fortunately
none of the family were injured.
-In the outskirts of Philadelphia there is q
small Episcopal church entitled " The Church
of Saint James the Less" but the irreverent
urchns iOf the neighborhood call it "The Little
JIMMY In the neighborhood of the same
city there is a church which was largely built
by the funds of an eminent American fnan-
cier, who sold great quantities of government
bonds, and this church by the irreyerent has
been dubbed The Church of the Holy Five
Twenties." arau ai'd Ysnraaa ali
The bride path from the Crawford House
to Mount Washington is reported to be in a
very dangerous condition, and several severe
accidents have recently occurred there.
Charcoal is found not to be the perfect
water purifier it was thought to be. After a
time it returns to the water the impurities it
once had separated. ,d2 "''i
Walt Whitman has written "a Carol of
| Harvest, for 1867 which will appear in the
| September Galaxy. The poet celebrates the
return Of peace and plenty, and glorifes the
| agriculture of America in q stormy and joyous
carol. The poem will occupy five or six pages
of The Galaxy. 81. =, i.''n
| The Russian and French papers are engag-
ed in an animated controversy, respecting the
result of the trial of the assassin of the Gar
The Russian papers hold that the mild senteses
ofimprisonment for life was an insult 90 :, ;r.
sia. On the other hand, the Frepss.ted
sist that the laws were amply tbe Publishers
The Paris correspondence publishers
Gazette complains tb..a,, ,,,ac,ed the Great Ex-
( have al,aost entirs hoS -, .so.;o5;
nav "i :. 1l1can newspapers ana perioai-
no'''on 1reIy unrepresented IN tine Exnipi-
oa'' %, re thinks this is quite lamentaDie, teno
.op to lower the estimation OF the oni'o"
J STATES in, the minds of foreigners VINO nave
| strong conviction that the United o'a'eS pun"
| l;sb few books and have no htera'"ie'
"A New York letter gives tnis bit OF gossip:
an, F,iAav morning, as Seventh avenue car
nos oainc down town, young woman enter
ed clad in white As the day was unpropi-
tious for white raiment, she attracted some mo-
flee After riding down several streets car
rage drove along, having in it young man
ond tsgvo vounq women The car was stopped,
.,,o u,v an in white" got out and entered the
,o,;o1a which drove away The sequel of the
story is that young pair were Joined in the
bonds of holy matrimony," that forenoon. The
cold folks had no more to do afterward but to
swallow their anger and give their blessing"
The Paris correspondent of London
morning paper writes:-"General sherman
and his family have arrived for the purpose :,
visiting the Worlds Fair. This IS tne Se0c"u
| time the general has favored farls "i'n
| since the American war. lie Is ni'y Se"'.
| age and looks as young ana ireSn
| Tha v;v;duess of the correspondents in"sin@
| 80, anpears great, when one renects 'tnat
C,,,or.i Sherman is still on our western Dor
| der. Yonc,s infant daughter was riding
IN baby carriage along the brink of preci-
nice eighty feet high at Cincinnati Furnace,
| Ohio, on Thursday last, when the nurse left h
| for a moment. A gust of wind came along
| and forced the vehicle, with its baby occupan.'
over the fearful height, when, strange 70 say'
was found unhurt and the child uhin9u''u
wban s,und its dress was over It's eyes anu IL
was indulging in little cry
IT, Tallahassee (Fla.) Sentinel of the 9th
80 s.n,a @. ID. Murat, relct OF the
ps,noo Aohille Murat, died at her Jefferson
cann,v plantation, on Tuesday morning last
es,ar an illness of several months Duration
AZ the advanced age of 60 years and over, one
of the rarest gems that ever orr,amenteo inc
society of the South, one of the purest-minoeu
and most unselfish of her sex, blessing anu
an honor to the age in which she iVed' mas
, oo,e to rean the reward of her fervent pie'y
5 and her widespread benevolence' .a.