The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-03-30
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A German Count has been arrested il
Louisville for mrrrying three ladies there, tw
in Baltimore and an indefinite number in New
York.
Boston is the concert-giving city of tn,
United States. This class ofamusements is at
tended by larger audiences than in New York
Garrett Davis cannot support the regula
Democratic party in Kentucky on account O
the utilization of that party with former rebels
and he has written letter indorsing the Con
sentative Union Democrats-Gov Bramlette
Lieut.. Gov. Jacobs and others.
Speaking of Henry Ward Beecher's pro-
posed expedition to the Holy Land, the New
York Day Book mischievously remarks: "If he
succeeds in making an entrance into thai
place, he should never trust himself outside
again, for he may never have the good luck t.
get in second time" . ~
The Staunton Virgiaian speaks of fata
and mysterious disease prevailing among the
foxes in that section of country supposed to be
caused by their eating the bodies of dead sol
diers. sa....4
One of the officers of the Bank of England
said the other day that ain all its dealings with
the United States, the bank had never lost q
dollar by an American" i-.s -,.i --a
Several prominent merchants of Charles
ton visited General Sickles on Tuesday, and
assured him they would heartily Cooperate
with him in the work of reorganization. Gen.
eral sickles replied that they military would
not interfere in political movements as parti-
sans. tlisi -l- r.
All the evidence elected regarding Booths
diary goes to show that it is now in precisely
the condition in which it was when taken froul
Booths body.
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Wendell Phil.
lips are both lecturing in Minnesota.
-Gerritt Smith has written letter urging
"a sisterly embrace between the North and the
South" with universal suffrage and universal
amnesty. s-..t le
The water has been let into the Chicago
Lake tunnel, and one of the papers "glorifies'
over the fact as follows: "No more fish, nor liz.
ards, nor frogs, nor filth nor grease, nor sand
No more odors of the foulest kind, but, in their
place, pure water, natures beverage, life and
health-giving waterl'
A G. Brown, the colleague Of jeff. Davis
in the U. S. Senate at the commencement OF
the rebellion, is out in letter urging the Mis-
sissppians to accept the reconstruction bill as
the conquerors have the light to legslate for
the conquered, and the latter have no rights
which the former are bound to respect.
The dog tax Of Mississippi produced twen-
ty-fve thousand dollars for the State treasury
last year.
f Tho patar of
and manuscripts is being carefully removed
from the old gentleamn's "den," where it has
been gradually accumulated, to the Capitol 1t
is a rare addition to our national library.
A Wisconsin Democratic paper says the
war was fought outside of the constitution
in other words, was unconst. tutonal This
is the common Democratic view. The war
was unconstitutional; of course the rebellion
against which the war was waged, ,cas consti-
tutionaH 90
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, describ-
ing his new organ, says, "Theswell died away
in delicious suffocation, like one singing
sweet song under the bed Clothes" .l r
There is grim humor in the fate of some
of the southern military gentlemen. DR.. Stout,
for instance, at one time Chief Medical Direct
or of General Joe Johnson's army, has been Sc
cured as superintendent OF Tennessee or
phan asylum.
"A few Sundays ago, as the congregation in
the Nashville Cathedral was quietly engaged
in its deyotions, the bell fell from its fastenings
and was caught in the timber-work above the
organ. A local paper says that the Worship
pers were very much startled"
r. a
the Northern or non-combatant wing of the
rebel army feel more dishonOred in accepting
the Reconstruction scheme of Congress than
the officers of the Southern wing, who were
engaged personally in the strife. Gen. Wade
Hampton courts the negro vote, and Gen.
Longstreet thinks it no disgrace to submit to
the law, but the editors ofour comprehend Jour-
mails look upon negro suffrage as an outrage
and submission to the law as an act of humili-
alton, ard advise their friends at the South TO
bring both questions before the Supreme
Court. itt
The revenue cutter Harriet Lane, which
was captured in Galveston harbor by the reb-
els, but which came into the possession of the
United States at Havana after the surrender
OF Lee, has been brought back to this country
by Capt. john Faunce, her first commander.
1t is said the en,eute between Butler and
Bingham was a sort of court fight, and the next
DAY the blllgerents were shaking hands and
chatting together as pleasantly as if they had
exchanged no severe words.
1t is rumored that Gen. Carl Shurz will
soon vacate the the editorial chair of the De-
troit Daily Post, and be succeeded by Hon.
William A. Howard.
The New Hampshire courts have decided
that a man may make his will ON Sunday with
out danger to his legatees.
The special from Washington to Boston
Herald, says considerable importance is
attached to the act that General Grant was
on the floor of the House Monday and ad-
Vised the members not to adjourn over
until December. Hethoupht that some pro-
vision should be made for meetipo at any
time in the summer.
-lhe Aoweii Ne'os says the State Consta-
Dies ieei conhdent that there is not place in
that city where liquor is openly sold
There were 1888 lost children brought to
the department for lost children in New York
from November 1866 to March 1867. of whom,
275 were unclaimed by parents or friends.
-Dinah Wick, widow OF Joseph Wick, a rev.
olutionary pensioner, appeared at the revenue
office in Nashville, recently and drew her pen
sion. She is 102 years old.
The Topeka (Kansas) Tribune states that il
has been informed that there are few ladies'
in different portions of the state, who are en-
gagged in raising funds, in quiet way, to ''bu,
out" some established paper, either ut Law
renee or in Leavenworth, to advocate thell
claims for suffrage H u.
Josh Billings on Preaching: 1t always adj
else snort sermons especially on hot Sunday
Ii munster kant strike lie in boreing forty
minutes he has either got poor gimblet OF
else he is a-boring in the rong place.
The rebel ram Virginia, or, as is bette,
known, the "Merrimac," is to be hoisted from
its preent submerged position by means Of tor.
pedoes. ....-
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