The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-08-22


Varieties. .-.......
"A Mr.. George Mcclellan keeps hotel
near Gettysburg, and it is said that the coinci
dence of his name with that Of general who
once advanced upon Manassas, has led many
English tourists to write home that "the ingra-
titude of the Republic has doomed its chief
tain to keep a village tavern on the very field
of his fame" The best of the joke is, that Mr..
Mcclellan is strong Republican, and does not
feel at all fattered by these bulls Of the John
Bulls. ~. r. .,.
Goodwin Smith has written letter in
which he opposes that clause in the Reform
Bill which enfranchises students in the city
Of Oxford. 1t seems that English students are
subject to the same weakness and immaturity
of character which led to the late Worcester
riot in this country. p" a.l3"
The engine drivers in India are perishing
ON their trains, on account Of the extreme heat.
A train arrived at Hoogly station, the other
day, with its fireman dead and the engineer in
a hopeless condition. syad sE7 pH g
Sidney, Fremont county, Iowa, is still there,
but now belongs to Nebraska, in consequence
of late freshet, which cut off the town and
several thousand acres of land from its eastern
attachment.
% George D. Prentice has ceased to write much
of any editorial for the louisville Journal. 1t
is more unreconstructed than he is. h
d The New York Evening Gazette says that
Mr.. G.. w. Evelett, a frequent contributor Of the
Round Table, is private soldier, stationed at
Fort Fairfield, in this state. He served during
the rebellion. sittaia'e4l ln5. 9ai5 uae Iai
Mrs. Lander (nee Jean Marie Dayenport)
is said to be the original Of the infant pheno-
menon Crummles in Dickens Nicholas Nickle-
by. She played as a child in England, and
was so clever that the author went TO see her;
carried away her photograph In his memory,
and drew his character from it at leisure.
Such is the story at least. H ai h.Ia del1Hl
A little six year old was sitting in repose,
last evening, upon the parlor steps, with base
ball in his hand, gazing intently at the moon.
"Pap he suddenly spoke, sis there only one
man in the moon?" aThat's the tradition, my
son; the man -in-the-moon is the only inhabi-
tant of that bright world we have ever heard
Of" After a moments pause he remarked,
with sigh-'He must be lonesome, pa, and
no one to play base ball WITH }a sBsj .s.
8 Miles O'Reilly has put up the following
ticket: For President4Uly s. Grant of the
Apple Tree, near Appomattox Court House.
"A man in Rhode Island has lost rib and
a leg by the same accident. George Legg's
wife has run away. ~ e.. ..r ...., .,.., .,
The vulgar rendering of the motto OF the
Order of the Garter, Evil be to him that evil
thinks" is simply absurd. In fact there is no
such word as honi. Honni, as it ought to be
written is not noun, but the past participle
of the verb honair, to disgrace, revile, curse.
The true Specification of Honni soft qui NAL
persse, as King Edward, if he ever said it, must
have meant would be, HE be d-d that thinks
any wrong ofit." .H.i''s '
"A boy died in Chicago on. Thursday from
injuries received from a blow by base ball
club The blunt end of the club struck and
ruptured the lower intestines, and, mortifica-
ton supervening, death ensued. Noble game.
Mr.. Dolby, the agent of Mr.. Dickens, ar
rived in the Java last weeF, and is now in New
York. he comes to prepare the way for
course of readings, by Mr.. Charles Dickens, in
our principal cities Mr. Dolby will look over
the ground carefully, and if it appears that the
enterprise will be attended with success or
profit, he will so report to Mr. Dickens, and
that distinguished novelist will visit this coun-
try and give readings from his own works. We
hope Portland will not be omitted from the list
of places which are to have the pleasure of
seeing and hearing the great humorist.
-"Do let me have your photograph" said a
dashing belle to a gentleman who had been an
noying her with his attentions. The gentleman
was delighted and in short time the lady re-
ceived the picture. She gave it to the servant
with the question, Would you know the ORR
ginal il he should callg' Tho servant replied
in the affirmative "Well, whenever he comes,
tell him am engaged"
The Papal Government, in reply to the re-
quest of Austria, has declared its readiness to
enter into negotiations with view to the mo-
difications of the Conc riat. 1t stipulates,
| however, that the rights of the Church should
| he strictly maintained. The Austrian Govern
ment, in answer, laid stress upon its wish to
be able to acquaint the Reichsrath, upon its
reassembly, with the progress of the negotia-
tions. s-lhE32q29f XT9F
Maria Sophie Amelia, ex-Queen of Naples,
whose death was telegraphed from Europe on
Saturday, was a beautiful yohng creature, not
more than twenty-five years old, with fine
brown eyes, dark hair worn very short, and q
most graceful figure. At the siege of Gaeta
she donned male attire, presided at the coun-
ellis Of war, and even fought with her husbands
soldiers. After the surrender OF Bomba and
Gaeta, and the ultimate overthrow of the
Bourbons on Neapolitan soil, the ex-Queen
and King removed to Rome, where It is said
the Pope was much shocked at the "fast' con-
duct of the young Queen. 1t is alleged that
his Holiness reprimanded her Majesty severely
for shooting cats out OF the back windows of
the Vatican. She rode horse astride, which
also offended propriety. % ~ a af
The Abyssinian captives have probably
been released, through a curious combination
of circumstances. A rebellion OF the Abyssin-
ians against their ruler has separated the Eng
lsh captives from their former keepers and
there is reason to believe that they will soon
be at liberty. A London paper of August
says: 1t is plain, from the intelligence now re-
ceived, either that Theodorus has taken the
initiative against some of the more po"ertul Oh
the rebel chiefs, or that the latter, wearied OF
his cruelty and rapacity, have closed upon MN.
| Mr. R.sssn ranorts that both at the Abyssnian
| Co,rt and AT Magdala "there is no lack of
fr;ands 20 the British, and altogether it ap-
,,oars ,olerably certain that bold move on the
mart of any one of the Abyssinian chieftains
poust have raised the country. There is then,
every reason to believe that In few days we
shall hear of the safety of our countrymen."
The Cincinnati Common Council has de-
cided by city ordinance that gas shall cost
| oply two dollars per thousand feet That Is an
enlighted council.
! A Catholic priest was said to be sun-struck
| :. q. ,;s LAT vuaatr from the effects of (which
he died. A shaven crown was one OF the causes
of the disaster