The Portland daily press., 1867-01-10
VARI ETIEs,

The Memphis Post(a Union paper) has
received evidence sufficient to cause 1t to
believe that the rebel General Forrest has
been wrongfully accused of responsibility for
the Fort Pillow massacre. The evidence
shows that he did all that he could to prevent
tne massacre, even to the shooting of one of
MS own menin the effort to restrain them.
"A new prodigy has appeared in Paris In
the person of a violinist named Joachim. of
whom it is enthusiastically said that The
effect ne producecd is unspeakable; he subdued
crushed his public; he held his auditors
painting, intoxicated, under the master charm
OF his hddle-bow; nothing-surely nothing In
the last twenty years-like this has been heard
in Paris
According to the Swiss journals the EN-
press Charlotte is going to leave Miramar
soon, and be removed to the establishment of
Freiargier' r'(cantonio of Neucfhatel) where she
VII be installed with part of her suite In a
separate building.
IL there had been an Atlantic cable tale
graph during the last war with ENGLAND the
battle of New Orleans would not have bean
fought General Jackson won his victory
niteen days after peace was made at Ghent.
M. Laboulaye, who has done so great and
disinterested service to our country by his va.
rious publications, has Just issued a Franct
eoiuon Oh Franklins memoir of himself, of his
correspondence, and of his principal writings.
IL Is eiaborately reviewed, with extracts. in all
the leading Frenchjournals.
The New York Evening Post commentino
on the Presidents veto message saws. ctr
VIII De noticed, in the first place. that the Pres.
oeht insists In this case that Congress shall re-.
spect the Will Of the people of the District of
ooiumbia; and 1t will occur to many person
as singular that he does not himself respeot the
VIII OF the people expressed In the late elec-
tions."
On the 10th ult., the fog in London was
so dense and dark all day that pasljeht was in
oispensioie, the steamers could not run, and
most OF the omnibusses were stopped for hours.
IL was much the same at Liverpool, while in
the country the day was bright and clear. A
London fog is like the dark day in New England
in the last generation, only they have dozens of
them there every winter.
In London singular accident on the nm.
derground railway has alarmed the manv tbopo-
ands who use that mode of convevsncs =,
preference to the omnibusses. An iro, ,,;,auu
laid over the road fell as q train wa. nsss;ro
underitand crushed the last compartment M
a paper bandbox, killing three per.ons and
PROBABLY the guard of the train, who lies with
ootn legs broken at the hospital. Aeentleman
VINO mad taken his seat with the others felt
sucn presentiment of evil that he got up.
apoiogized tc lady as no passed out. and
saved his life by taking another compart-
ment.
The Parisians have taken a Yankee idea
into their heads. A new lecture-roorr has been
built in the new heart of Paris. 1t Is provided
with an organ and orchestra, in order to pre-
eede and follow with music
The Noniteur says that all the wood nec-
essary to build the temporary covering to pro-
tect che Holy Sepulchre, during the restora-
ton of that hallowed edifce, hes reached .Js.
rusalem. 1t is intended to complete tb. work
before Easter.
The Springfield Republican thinks .Jobn
Bright will have an extra cursing from tory
John Bull for the great snow storm I'm Eng
land last week For is it not clearly one of
'ne american institutions that the great COM
moner is trying to introduce into Britain?-
Many thick headed Britisher will denounce
1t as one of the "blarsted" results of our war
The Mobile Register would add to the in
scription, "We win hold the town till we
starve," on the medal presented to General
Th0ma', "wsss sorry you didn't"