The Portland daily press., 1867-07-11
Varfeties.

Gen. Sickles has mailed the President q
letter which he has written on reconstruction,
il which he favors universal suffrage and uni
yeIsal amnesty.
The Indian Bureau is preparing report on
the Indian troubles, and it is believed that it
will show that there is no necessity tor ng
on volunteer troops to aid in suppressing the
disturbances. j 81 ..s IS -taag5
The honorary degree Of D.. c. L., has been
conferred upon MIR. George Peabody by the
University of Oxford.
Within the last three months upwards of
sixteen thousand emigrants have left Queens
town, Ireland, for the United States, being
two thousand more than during the CORES.
ponding period last year.
"A letter from Osaka, Japan, to the Phila.
delphia Press says that when Gen. Won Val.
kenburgh, thelAmerican Minister, was Intro.
duced to the Tycoon, the latter dignitary wore
a pair of gold pantaloons. Poor fellow!
The N. Y. Times Washington cores
pondent says that the House and Senate Re-
construction Bills have been closely compared
and the expression among the coolest and
most reliable men in both Houses is in favor of
the Senate bill. 1t is believed that it 10 unwise
to interfere even indirectly, with the Presi-
dents clear constitutional power to command
army officers as he shall see Gt,
An African lady entered the depot 1T Lam
caster, Ohio, ana wishing to have her baggage
checked, asked the agent, us you Dc gentle
man wat mails de trunksS" 1853. 5.-.
Chung Loo, native Burmese, who has
been educated in this country, and 10 now de-
livering lectures, imparts the following infor-
nation: u notice the ladies of this country
sometimes paint to improve their complexion.
They do 90 with US, using for that purpose
powder made from species of fragrant wood.
Kissing is unknown with us as practical in
this country. Our language has no such word
as kiss. The corresponding endearmsnt in
Burmah is to press the lips and nose to the
cheek Of the fair one and inhale the perfume
To ask for kiss we say, "give me smell"
The Wisconsin State Journal says: Evils
consin is better represented in the United
States Senate at present than it has been for q
long time past. Senator Howe Is present and
Senator Doolittle is absent"
Several Austrian officers in New Orleans.
the remnant of the garrison at Vera Cruz, left
on Saturday for Havana, where they propose
to organize movement against the Juarez
party in Mexico. They claim that they will in
a few days be again on Mexican soil allied
with powerful party, and under the lead of a
powerful chieftain.
"A funny correspondent of New York pa
per says he has been to see the King of Egypt's
state scow-boat, now lying in the Seine at
Paris, and that the second larboard oar, a high,
iy poished tblack) and intelligent informant,
gave him to understand by signs that General
Mcclellan was studying the strategic capa-
bilities of the Red Sea, with view OF preyen-
ing crossing whether of the Israelite. or of
Pharaoh he could not quite make out, 4
Capital punishment has been abolished IN
Portugal.
Butler Evans, the lead g Shaker at Leb
anon, N. Y, says that he foresaw trouble a few
weeks before Mr. Lincoln's death, and wrote
to him to come and stay among the Shakers
few weeks. The letter is now on file in the
State Department, and had the invitation
been accepted Mr. Lincoln would not have
been murdered.