The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-16
ORIGINAL and selected.

senator Doollttle is to go on mission III
1t be asked, what to do his name suggests
an approximation to the true answer. we
have at the Russian Court Minister fielhpo-
Tertiary, and there is in Washington an ac-
credited Representative OF the Gar. besiaes,
the Atlantic Gable works admirably; and
though its tariff of telegraphlng Is high, its
use is less expensive than will be Senator Doc
l;t,le,s trip. What the Wisconsin Senator can
do in Russia, which Mr.. Clay is unable to ac-
complish with Mr.. Stewards instructions, we
cannot imagine 1t would be too much for the
Secretary of State to explain. The simple
fact is, that Senator Doolittle is to be paid out
of the public Treasury, for his devotion to "my
policy" Last August he sweltered in the
Philadelphia Convention; next August, he is
to enjoy cool breezes on the Neva.
The one American locomotive at the Paris
Exposition has been adiudged to be more
thoroughly adapted for its work than any OF its
rivals. 1t is to the generosity of the English
member of the Committee that the most Ger
dial recognition of the merits of the engine is
due t ltt- ' 15o
JEFF. Davis left the Senate JAN q, 1861,
took up his residence in Richmond as Pres-
dent OF the Southern Confederacy, May % fol-
lowing, fled from Richmond April 2, 1865, was
captured in petticoats, May 10, imprisoned in
Fortress Monroe May 10, brought back to Rich
mond a prisoner May II, 1867, and released ON
bail May IS d. III - -431'H -- Hjd"1
Tits stated by a London paper that George
William Curtis and Edgar A. Poe are the best
known and most admired of American writer's
in English Universities. -'-' .-l
The university of michigan, at Ann Arbor
has an aggregate of 1855 students, of whom 335
are in the classical and scientific departments,
$50 in the medical, and 1916 in the law. The
university is well endowed by the State, and
admission is substantially free,1 an admission
fee of $40, and an annual payment of the same
amount, being the only charges made in any
department to residents of Michigan. To those
from other states the admission fee is $50, the
annual payment $40. An effort is making,
with prospect of success, to open the unver-
sity to girls. an a-u- 81 .dt aJf
The New York World is aping the impress
i've style of the Tribune chief and cries out,
"Brother toilels and taxpayers, ponder these
things~ Mr.. Greeley's "Men and brethren, we
beseeeh you," is better. .iy5Hi W .c.z.i .
The effect of the recent strike at Chicago
has been SO to food the city with mechanics
from other parts of the country that there is
now large surplus of labor in the market.
The next result will be decline in the value of
labor, as always occurs where the demand is,
less than the supply o. l1.=s1.sI 4t ss ..43 .
The bookkeeper of a large firm in Chicago
returns greater income than all the members
of the firm put together s.--.ry0 10 j. sus |
"A French antiquarian has proved beyond
question that Joan of Arc was burned at the
stake in what is now the Place du Vieux
Marche, Rouen.
Some time ago member of Congress APP
piled to the post office to know why some of
his franks had been charged. The answer
was, Eve supposed, sir, they were not Of your
writing; the hand is not the same" "Why
not precisely the same, but the truth is, hap
pened to be little tipsy when wrote them
"Then, sir, will you be so good in future as to
write drunk when you mail free" s'o'-i ''' 49,
.-Pepys' Diary, or rather an abridgment of
it, is to be reprinted in New York, edited by
New York literary gentleman.
-Henry b. jenkins, the New York bank
detaulter and pretty waiter girl" man, died at
the Tombs last week, after an Imprisonment of
nearly two years. 20 ''t9
Sir HyppOlite La Fontaine, The last baron
ct of the royal patent in Canada, died at Mon
treal on Friday. --- ''A ~ (
"A gentleman in Boston visiting an Intel-
gence Office for help. had Bridget pointed
out to him. What can you do?" he asked of
the damsel. 81 don't want to talk with gem
tleman who asks such question" was the in
dignant reply. - -'.''''l' 'H4
The Russian American Telegraph Compa-
ny spent $3OOOOO0 before they gave up the
project The lines extend to the Simpson riv-
er, eight hundred and fifty miles north OF New
Westminster, the capital of British Columbia,
and there was no physical obstacle to their
reaching Behring Sea and the mouth of the
AMOR By their surveys the company have
ascertaincd that the Steekin river is navicable
for two hundred and fifty miles, the rivers
Knitchpak and Yukon one thousand miles, and
the river Anader two hundred and fifty miles
from their mouths. ,- - '.i-
An exchange thinks the new educational
be the highest school in the country. aih'ah
Edwin Booth is now performing his twelfth
week at the Boston Theater during the present
theatrical season. -''-" 80" 0h u "a .3iiii
DIR. johnson, being once asked whether he
was in the habit of saying nee-ther or ni-ther
laconically replied, ''nay-thur." H. .A1 A--i.
80 1t has been calculated that in Great Brit
ian salmon represents a value equivalent to
that ola good sized sheep, without imposing
on any one the trouble of housing and feeding
Where proper means have been used to facili-
crease has been very marked, the results in
the case of the Scotch and Irish rivers having
been most striking. .-,-,,...s
-Signor Ruffini has lately published vol
ume entitled "A Quiet Nook in the Jura,' a
chronicle of his yearly residence in Shrank-
steinbad. There is no plot says one of his crit
les; nothing but the simplest possible of all
storytelling, but his book shows that the hand
which wrote "Dr. Antonio" has lost none of its
cunning. i4ii uaiIa..sI IlmlI dl
The present style of couture is styled
Chignon-sense. ~ 81. If... nd ....- -.
AT no moment of difficulty does hus-
band know his own utter helplessness, or draw
so closely to his wife's side for comfort and
assistance, as when he wants button sewed
on his shirt collar. u i.a 'Ja.sl. h. au.a.-
"A Maryland negro named Lewis Charlton
had the proprietor of the Joslin House at Web
ster, Mass, arrested and fined, last week, for
excluding him from his table because he was a
"nigger." M ~ ~ --,4.....
. 1.-The voters of Royalston, Mass, discussed
one day last week. a petition "to see whether
the town shOII1d mi three bonaSt man in Moe
OF the present school committee" and on the
following day said committee had the satisfac-
ton of breaking down the door of one of the
school-honses and putting their teacher in
charge, somebody else having taken possession
and locked another teacher into the building.
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Wonderful Case of COma-A Young Indy