The Portland daily press., 1867-09-16
Varieties.

B. 2
The New York Gazette says that #. NJ
Finch, the author of the poem "Blue and Grey,
in the last Atlantic, is an ex-Circuit Judge
and distinguished lawyer of indianapolis, and
that &c. Il. H." of the Round Table, is a young
man of22, clerk in book store in the same
city. He wrote the famous letter doubling the
authorship of "Griffith Gaunt," which so ex-
cited the wrath Of Charles Reade; also the
article upon the "Immoralties of Swinburne's
Poems." His real name is Geo. G. Hippard.
Oliver Wendell Holmes is going to put
his Guardian Angel between covers in Octo-
Der. l... .... -.......,.
"A writer in the last number of the Lon
don Quarterly ,discoursing Of Mountain Climb
iBg," recites the fatal accidents which have
happened to Alpine travellers during the past
eight years. The whole number of deaths dur
ing this period was thirty y-three-twenty-two
travellers and eleven guides.
Tho health of the Hon. Thaddeus Stevens
is visibly improving. The Philadelphia Press
says: "In day OF two he visits his iron works,
in Franklin county, and in November he will
be ready on the floor of Congress to arraign in
the name of the people the false and desperate
Executive" t
Some people, who write very acceptably
Tor grown people, fancy that all they need do
to make their style quito the thing for children
Is to water it a little. TheessFas never grea-
ter mistake. IL you have little extra cream,
put il in. fE "
Louis XIV, playing at backgammon, had
doubtful throw; dispute arose, and the
surrounding courtiers all remained silent. Tho
Count de Grammont happened to come in at
that instant "Deeide the matter" said tho
king to him. "Sire,' said the Count, ayour
Majesty is in the wrong" "How," replied the
king. "can you thus decide without knowing
the question: sBecause," said the count,
had the matter been doubtful all these gentle-
men present would have given it for your Ma
jesty," II 3as JH 8ita8 thssl.1os sa.d
| Lady Wallace sent very civil message to
Mr.. Harris, the patentee of Covent Garden
Theatre, offering him her comedy for nothing.
Mr.. Harris observed that her ladyship knew
the exact value of it. a g.sua..lt t rre'
-"Hotel de Horse" is the name of q livery
stable in New York. ..t..l -es e..t
1t takes two hours to wind up the English
Parliament clock. The dials are twenty-five
feet in diameter, and the hsar bell weighs If
teen tons. ~, ,.,+... s.,....t.
Some one in Dublin has been making
chemical analysis of street mud. He found
there was great deal of moisture in it. aaa
General Mcclellan has rented his house
for another year in Dresden, and entered his
children at school there for 1S67-6S.
Ai-One of the earliest martyrs of the rebellion
the young and brilliant winthrop-in Lis
admirable story of John Brent, bursts into
raptuous eulogy on the charms OF the miner
al springs of the Rocky Mountains, and reach
es his climax ofdelght in these words: "Cham-
pagne to that. More justly satyr to Hyperi
on; a staGe-moon to Luna herself; Democrat
&c platform to the Declaration Of Independence;
anything crude, base and sham, to anything fine,
fresh and true
The envelope used by the King Of Burmah
in sending letter to the viceroy is said to have
been a carved ivory tube, eighteen inches long
and two inches in diameter. cased in cloth Of
gold. and that again in bag of heavy crimson
silk. The Now York Times suggests that it
would be very appropriate style of envelope
for use by the common council of that city, be-
ing elegant and sufficiently expensive.
"A story is told in private circles about a
/ wealthy but ill-informed American who went
TO Paris and applied for lodgings at one of the
most aristOcratic "old family" mansions Of the
| city, where he read the words "Hotel be Grill
| lon" over the door. Haughtily dismissed, he
next applied to another of tie same sort, the
| "Hotel De Bossy," unaware that the custom Of
| placing the name over the door is one of the
| old observances Of the French aristocracy. At
| this juncture some one informed him of his
blunder, and great was his chagrin. Subse-
| quently he met a friend who recommended him
to go to the "Hoted du LOUVRE" which is
| really public house of entertainment. But
| ignorance had succumbed to wisdom. 'No.
hang i'll" was the erudte reply, I'm up to
that, you know; you don't get me to apply for
board at Louis Napoleon's palace"
The Boston Transcript learns that Presi-
dent johnson will soon issue proclamation
pardoning Union soldiers who participated in
the war. ....-.
The items Of shat little bill" against Eng
land, the Alabama claims, fill ten closely
printed columns of the New York papers. I'D
The reason Cinnamon are so anxious about
the safetv of their cue or "pig tail" is that its
loss il A sign of criminal punishment in their
"Jn San Francisco, the other day, bet be-
tween two gentlemen, named Higgins and
Hayes, on the election, that the loser should
play hand organ the entire length of Mont
gomery street, was decided. No such crowd
was ever before seen in the city. Collections
were taken up along the route by prominent
men of both political parties for the benefit of
the orphan asylums, and many thousands Of
dollar, were received. Silver was showered
from the windows and house tops, and business
was suspended for hours.
Il "A titaniferous sand has been found in the
| Portuguese Island Of Santiago, in the Cape ds
Verde archipelago. This sand is composed O
extremely small grains, jet black, but not crys
taline, accidently mixed up with few coloreS
particles. 1t is attracted by the magnet, though
all OF its grains do not possess this quality o
this sand 81 per cent. is metallic iron, and it !
thought it can be utilized with profit.
On the railway to be built from London &
Liverpool, trains will run the whole distance
I without stopping, in four hours and a-haii
being at the extraordinary rate Of sighty-on'
: | miles an hour AZ
, Miss Fray, the original OF Dickenss MIS-
, Flite has at last obtained some property iron
1 | the law courts, from whose sessions she vii
now retire.