The Portland daily press., 1867-07-02
Varieties.

The Boston Advertiser calls the houses
built by railroad conductors "fare-y palaces"
Butter Is getting uppish again.
q "A singular evidence of the rapid extension
of the Engliah language Is shown in the fact
that in future it is to be the basis of study in
the public schools of Japan, and that Amsri-
can school books are to be used without any
attempt to translate them into the native lam
guage. The Japanese Commissioners, who rs-
Gently visited this country, after official con-
sultation, gave Messrs. G. p. Putnam & Co. an
order for supplying their government with the
books hereafter to be used. The first shipment
OF these books has already bssn made by way
OF the Isthmus and San francisco. It consists
of sixty cases, weighing about ten tons
"A letter from Havana, dated June IL, Is
published In the New York Times, alleging
that great preparations are on foot in Cuba
for the revival Of the slave trade The writer
says vessel was recently fitted out for such
an expedition In Portland, where she took on
board the requisite outfit of water casks, &c,
and cleared for Cuba, arriving in due course of
time, with cargo of blacks picked up by the
way. The same letter mentions rumors that
vessels were then fitting out N Havana, Matan-
zas and Boston, and that one had sailed few
weeks before from Boston to the coast of Al
rica. 5N.4...
The Department of Agriculture publishes
the following summary of statistics bearing
upon the prospect of the staple crops in this
State: .-...-
Twelve counties Of Maine report about the
same acreage of winter wheat, but six per cent,
advance In condition of the crop over the same
date last year. Spring wheat shows ten per
cent. less both in acreage aud present cordi-
tlon. Oats three per cent. decline in acreage,
aud five per cent in condition. Rye one per
cent more acreage, and four per cent increase
in condition. Apples not SO promising as last
year, though the acreageis five per cent. larger
than last year.
The issue ofthe Third National Bank of
Philadelphia has been stopped, owing to the
many counterfeits upon the bank
The citizens of Burlington have shown
their appreciation of the Vermont University
by subscribing over $4,000 for it within e few
months.
The question as to whether yachts coming
from foreign port are required to pay the
usual fees of thirty cents per ton on coming in
to New York has been referred to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, and 1t has been decided
by him that the law does not exempt them
from the usual charges under such circum-
stances.
Mr.. Browning, Secretary of the Interior,
Is reported much improved in health, and tel
egraphic dispatches have been received from
Quincy, Illinois, saying that he will be in
Washington by the middle of next week.
Justice Wayne of the United States Su-
preme Court is very low, and physicians think
he cannot live long.
The Albany Times relates that husband
in CLYDE, N Y, has discovered and adjusted
scandal in his household after an improved
fashion. He surprised his wife and a man Of
profiigate character in relations to each other
that proved the woman to be no longer worthy
of his protection. He drew a revolver and
presented it at the guilty pair; but instead of
shooting either, he extorte1 from both an ad-
mission that they were willing to live with
each other Then he made the man swear TO
support, treat well, and never desert the wo-
man, AID turned them both out of doors, with
charge never to cross his path in life again.
Salmon in Sitka brings only s225per hun
dred pounds. 1t costs less than the wood
used in cooking it. Old Isaac Walton would
have revelled in Walrussia.