The Portland daily press., 1867-11-20
Varieties.

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/ The genuine spirit OF the old-fashioned
chivalry has just been showing itself, in Bal
timore, in the shooting of e. A. Pollard, the
Southern wziter upon the late war and its
Confederate chiefs, by John and Douglas
| Wise. These young gentlemen came up from
Richmond "to obtain satisfaction" from Pol
lard on account of his recent letter published
In reply to published letter from their unole,
| Gen. Henry A. Wise. Seeing Mr. Pollard
walking in the street, ,oith his riG upon his
| arm, they simultaneously drew their weapons
aud shot at him, one ball taking effect upon
his disengaged arm. Whether this dastardly
attack was made with the knowledge of the
| uncle is not known. There is, however, very
| little hope that the "chivalrous' young scoun-
drels will receive the punishment they deserve
Public sentiment, where they live, sustains
this method of Furnishing q blackguard by be-
coming yourself a rufian.
! Mrs. Elizabeth Stoddard. wife of Stoddard
the poet, win shortly publish novel Of Amer
icap Life, entitled Temple House." Mrs.
| Stoddard has, by her short stories, taken high
| rank among modern female authors, and her
new novel, which Carleton & Co, win issue,
| must win fresh fame for her. ss-rtf IS. -.f.. 81
| Two ladies and gentleman, In boat, In
New York State the other day, thought the
foul fiend was pursuing them in the water,
and they all tainted away, when it was only
stray OK which wanted to get into the boat.
--Gounod's "Romeo and Juliet" was brought
out in New York last week. The metropoli-
tan journals speak in glowing terresse terrse6. 5s and
opera, which was very faBRf6sefnt attraction for
Is likely yvt tq the s season. '''o- ,.' y
"A Paris correspondent of a London paper,
to illustrate the beauty Of three ladies of quail
ity, says that when they are together, Paris
not the Paris mentioned above, -ispuzzled and
ends by sending out for two more apples.
AT county fair in New Jersey, little
boy who was wildly running about and bawl-
ing loudly, was inquired why he wept. The
following reply touched all hearts: II want my
NANNY; that's what's the matter; / told the
darned thing she'd lose me-" usg f. U.
I'VE observe in Halifax paper the an
nouncement that Mr.. Dickens will commence
his readingsin Boston on the 9th proxino, "at
Steinway Hall, the largest building in that
city" 10 -i.1.
MIR. Longfellow's theoryof what is rsquir-
ed in the matter Of international oopyrieht, is
thus given by an English traveller: SHE would
have it declared that all English copyrights
shall henceforth be valid in America, and all
American copyrights in England. Nothing is
to be changed in the nature either Of Ameri-
can or of English copyright, only the area over
which the, run; each is hencefor'h to be valid
wherever the English language is spoken. If
a man should assign his copyright generally,
| both American and English copyright would
pass but be would be at liberty to part with
Que and keep the other, or to assign his Amer
lean copyright to one publisher and his Eng
lish to another. This is Mr. Longfellow's pro-
gramme, and he seemed to be hopeful about
| it," lfw 3hi z
| --One of the most common and unreliable
notices daily met with, is Back in ten ss-e,iin-
utes," without day or date. q, -f fsfi ssui1a.
| The New York Observer (Orthodox) is
shocked at the printing and putting of Henry
Ward Beecher's prayers, and remarks: eff this
is praying, the less we have of it in books or
pulpits the better"
John Paul, alluding to the decease of the
Brooklyn Press in less than three months
from its starting, says: 81 once owned news
| paper, and it took year for me TO run through
|. what little money had, but then 1 always
| was slow cuss. Give me a daily here and
think I could do better"
Mr.. Alexander T. Stewart has determined
to build block of dwellings in the upper part
| of New York as home for workingwomen.
The plans for the building have not been per-
fected but it is intended to make it the best in
| stitution of the kind in the world. 1t is said
| that Mr.. Stewart will also build large num-
Der of tenant houses on an improved plan,
| which are to bs rented to mechanics and per-
sons with moderate incomes at small inter
est ..t...,llg1 81. e.tl...5 ID. ..r. .5...t.I
The Gardiner breach Of promise case,
which is attracting so much attention, Is an
admirable commentary upon the dangers OF
flirting A gentleman who formerly resided
In Gardiner informs us that Mr.. Cookies con-
i duct is fully authorized by a local custom
/ which prevails in that city. From "a time
whereof the memory of man runneth not TO
the contrary" the young men and women have
been in the habit of forming special intimacie:
TO be broken off at the expiration OF from
three to five years, by mutual consent. Itmay
happen, unfortunately for Mr.. Cooke, that the
presiding jdstice will not regard this custom
as having the validity of law. q
The talk about the pedestrian feat now &C
complshing by Weston revives recollections o
an Englishman, Captain Barclay, whose ex
ploits in this line have never since been ar
preached In 1796, when only sixteen, h
, walked six miles in an hour Some years Of
terward, while in training for match of nine
ty miles in twenty-one and half hours, ne
, walked one hundred aud ten miles IN hine'eel
hours 1t is said that he walked Win III
; body pent forward so as to throw tne "eisn
/, ..l.I I.ao. 5is step was short, and hi
: CO - Iifted but few inches from thu
] -. His walking dress was about thi
q So az that worn by Weston. -1s.a4hN
= . rtis said that the Crown Prince Of Prussi.
gets his wife to write his speeches for him.
Goethe, Schiller, Herder, and all the oths
, German authors, who died before 1887, ar
/. now free booty for freebootsrs, the copyrigh
! of all of them having just expired.
, The La Grange Brignoli Opera Compan
has been very successful this season. Tn
Western newspapers speak in very high term
d of their performances. art3ti .- ...
'' "A lady advertises IN city paper that 81
, wants n gentleman "ior breakfast and tea"
: "A North Carolina rebel was relating no
"tbe Yanks" fred upon his company viii
= marching through thick wood. They glad
y ooeyed an order to lie down, out there w
{ nothing to shield them from the terrible vc
r leys of the euemy. "why didn't you get b
: hind tree?' asked q listener. "Tree, d
d devil" replied reb., "there wasn't trees enou'
!, for the officers"
d Gov Bullock of Massachusetts, is nom'n1''
for vice-President by q Conneosicu' paper
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