The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-07-18
Varieties.

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The New Orleans Tribune calls for the
election of eolored mayor and colored mem :
bers of the city council, in order to secure the
| opening of the public schools to the childrea
of the freedmen. 1t is now five years since
New Orleans first came under the control of
abolitionist rulers, yet nothing has been done
to remove this odious discrimination against
the rights of the colored people.
| Thus far three newsboys and broken
down lawyer have been recruited in New York
for the fillibustering expedition against Mexi-
| co.
| AS well-dressed gentleman was passing
! through New York Park, few DAYS ago,
putting freshly-lighted cigar, he was accost-
| ed by ragged urchin, who desired lighe for
well-chewed and burned "butt." The gen.
tleman stopped, passing the cigar to the boy,
who lighted his relic, and quietly handing the
latter to the gentleman, made off with the
| good cigar. t..
Gov. Andrew of Massachusetts is talked
of in Washington for the responsible post of
Minister to Mexico. His nomination is favor
| ed by leading Republicans. ...
President Anderson, of Rochester Uni.
Presidency of Brown University: 81 felt that
those who had invested in me when Twas com
paratively worthless had right to the benefit
of any rise in the stock"
The New York World processes to discern
connection between the facts that James
Gordon Bennett is growing obese, and that the
Herald is urging the widening of Hell-Gate.
Tho Temperance movement in Maryland is
rapidly on the increase, and from all section,
OF the State advices are being received of the
formation of Societies. Divisions and Lodges.
These associations are all expected to be repre-
sented in the General State Convention.
which assemblies in Baltimore August %, and
it expected that that body will be composed
of some of the very best men in the State
The surveyors of the Portland and Og-
densburg road are now at work in Danyille,
Vermont, near st. Johnsbury, searching for
the best place for locating the road through
that town.
The New Orleans Tribune publishes list
of the creditors of Jacob Barker, of Louisiana,
who has been adjudged a bankrupt on his own
petition. The list, giving a line to each cred
itor, fills three columns of the Tribune, the
debts ranging all the way from one dollar to
ten thousand.
The Logan Reporter" paper published
in Stockton by the Logan Lodge of Good Tenn
plars, justities the vote of Stockton and OF
Waldo County against the amendments to the
Liquor law, on the ground that ''the merely
coercive power is being used too freely in the
Temperance movement"
what brought you to prison, my oolored
friend?" "Two constables, sah." eyes, but
mean had intemperance anything to do with
it?" "Yes, sab, dey was bofe of 'em drunk"
One of Lambs best things was his reply
to French infdel, who presumed in his pres
ence to set up the character of Voltaire in OPP
position to that of Christ. "Yes," stammered
Lamb, "Voltaire was very good Jesus Christ
for the F-F-F-Frenchp'
Tom Hood said there is NO man in Ger
many more inhumanly abused than the Jew.
He is wronged, pelted and hooted at-he Is
robbed, taxed and spit upon; and all for what?
Because he believes in the Old Testament, and
won't eat pork sausages. ..........-
The Rhenish provinces of Prussia are in a
terment over a recent act of NJ. Bismarck. In
the interest of the Prussian treasury, the min
lister declared the sale of tobacco in these
provinces a government monopoly. AS this
would deprive many families Of their liveli-
hood, great commotion has been excited. 1t
is thought that the offensive measure will b.
promptly rescinded. ...t-
Mamma" Charlie, 1 was very much
shocked to hear you singing Pop goes the
Weasel in church" Charlie-"Well, mann
ma, saw everybody was singing-and that
was the only tune knew" .a....
The phrase 'bottled up" is found in Car
lyle's life of Frederick the Great. In vol. 8,
page 22O, the author says; "Lehwald was fln-
ishing with the Swedes-had got them all
bottled up in StralsHnd."
AN interesting experiment in the new ap-
plication Of motive power to steam vessels has
just been tried at Troy, by means of small
propeller constructed for the purpose. The
Improvement consists in quadrupling the
number Of screws-that Is, instead of working
boat with single screw at the stern, two
screws are applied at either end of extra keels,
which are set on both sides of the bottom, and
directly under tho craft. 1t Is claimed that a
very great increase of speed is gained by this
new arrangement. The inventor, a Mr.. Ar
mold, has been eleven years, it is said, perfect
ing this improvement.
Major Rsthbone, of the United States Ar
my, and Miss Clara Harris, daughter of Hon.
Ira Harris, were married in Albany on We'd
nesday Chief Justice Chase was present.
Both bride and groom were with President
Lincoln's party in the private box at Ford's
Theatre on that fatal night of April, now SO
tragically historic. The bride is the daughter
of Judge Harris by his first wife, and Major
Rathbone is the son OF Mrs. Harris by her first
husband.
"A very singular consequence of supersti-
ton is recorded in recent Paris paper. 1t
appears that the Paris Omnibus Company find
their receipts sensibly diminished on Fridays,
owing to the popular superstition of its be-
ing an unlucky day for travelling. The aver
age difference between the numbers carried
on other days and those on Fridays Is no less
than twenty five thousand in favor of the lucky
days: ,g.t ,-
of government was established on the Potoma,
there have been started and perished in the
District Of Columbia, no less than one hundred
newspapers. The names of the papers now
Published there are as follows: The Daily
Globe, the National Intelligencer, Chronicle,
the Express, the Star, the Constitutional
Union, the Times, Republican and the George
town Courier.
Chattanooga was visited BY thunder
storm on the 14th ult An old darkey forget
ting that Chattanooga was taken" shouted,
"Fore dc Lor' dare comes ole crazy wild de
Yanks agin. He gwine to finish de place die
time"
AN accordeon race is advertised to come
off in Hartford soon. George Fl. Grimes and
Ferdinand weffer are to play at each other on
that dulcet instrument till one "caves"
Among the conundrums for Sunday, In
circulation, is the following: Why do we know
that Pharoah was carpenter7 Because he
made Joseph ruler
A snake about fourteen inches long, of the
copperhead species, was found in bunch of
hannas one dav this week in Proyidence