The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-07
Original aud Selected.

The proprIetors of the new rolling mill at
Portsmouth, Ohio, are in possession of the true
secret Of Russian iron directly from the only
manufactory where it is made in Russia The
secret was sent to this country clandestinely
Ohio, and relative he had in the iron works of
Russia. It was sent word at a time in long
correspondence. Russia has heretofore kept a
close monopoly on this superior iron, and has
been able by it to extort from us as well as
other nations heavy revenue 'tii1 .ffl
The New York EUening Gazette says: "Mr.
Matthew +. Whittiers new book, which was
first announced in these columns some weeks
ago, is TO be poem of humorous character
instead of prose. lie has already given ample
assurance of his capacity as humorist by his
Ethan Spike letters" .d-.. 49,
v There is building on the Tyne vessel in
tended for exploring the sulphur mines in the
islands of the Red Sea. She is to be fitted
with large water tanks, and when she has
landed men ON those islands she will keep
them supplied with water from the main land
She is a vessel of three hundred tons, and
will be propelled by a crew.. JiBaH l8 .,.t.i
On the last occasion when Charles Keene
played Louis XII in Edinburgh, at the Theatre
Royal, after the attendants had proclaimed !,
1.-THE King is dead" devout Irishman e1-
claimed, Sand may the Lord have mercy on
his guilty sowl' as for the moment he
thought that the scene was real. 70 10 eooifq /
q The journeymen painters of Chicago, at q
late meeting, resolved to work but eight hours
day, and to demand nine hours pay. q sil
3 "A young man in GAINESVILLE, Ohio, wears
his hair rolled up on the back of his head like
young lady. 1t grows luxuriantly, and when
it gets to be three feet long he sells it to hair
dressers at good price. s47IIuir ldaGzar 4
Wheat is coming up we'll all over the coun-
try-and so is flour. 7V ..F} =, 3o.iG, an t
. The correspondent of the Tribune pro-
nounces the Paris exhibition success, and
thinks it superior TO that of 1862 at London.
b. Beef hasn't been 80 high as it is now since
the COW jumped over the moon" .5,,l.
The Cincinnati merchants are considering
the propriety of having law passed taxing
eastern drummers," requiring them to take
out a city license. ...,7Hr -sU-t54inss s,f
Z "A few days since, as the carpenters in the
shipyard Of Mr.. Sylvester Hardy, at Sails
bury, Mass, We're cutting up large stick of
white oak timber, they found full-grown and
well-preserved owl deeply embedded in the
wood. -n,ts' v.,.f..-,t .r.,f-.l..,f III. T.,
Tho majority of Wisconsin newspapers
are non-committal on the question of female
suffrage Those which have expressed opin-
ions are generally in favor Of ito ffl-...
2 Thousands of cattle have died in Kansas
during the past winter from exposure and lack
of proper food, which only proves the shiftlcss-
ness Of Kansas farmers.
When Sheridan taught school, he had in
one of his classes boy who always read
cartridges for patriarchs. "Stop," exclaimed
the wag OF teacher, "you shall not make
game of the patriarchs." +- gag 5tl'i
The New York Tribune proposes that the
argument of DR.. Miner against, and that of
Gov. Andrew TOR, license law, be published
together and distributed among the people,
The Springfield Republican approves the sug-
gestion provided anybody can be found to pay
the cost, but saws the result would be, as in the
universal distribution Of the bible among the
sects; everybody would rise up from its pc
rusal more firmly convinced than ever that
his side" is right. p" '"Ai %" .'he '4f.i
In quitting the lecturng field altogether
rs speaker Colfax is about to do, he leaves
some two hundred and fifty invitations unac-
cepted. r. T. a''i-. .tillp
The Lincoln cabin, which was built of
rails split by Abraham Lincoln and John
Hanks, and which has been in Phila5e,nb;.
since 1865, is to be exhibited at Paris by, Mr.
Hanks. .9alF 10
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ed up the Mississippi Valley as far as Dubuque.
Iowa. .iaIHta T5I lr t4F 7si HE ...i
The Winsted Comm Herald adds to its
Standing heads that of Divorces" and in
serts the list between the marriages and the
deaths. -sft li f0 lf.s gsi sf5JFqeo
-Thirty-four divorces were decreed at the
late term Of the Supreme court mt Worcester,
Mass. .. .t-,..,a.s..0s sac.
The journeyman tailors of New York, at
public meeting last week, passed resolutions
cendemning strikes as des sru ctve of the In
'erests of their craft, aud they proposed, as d
substitute, reconciliation, consultation with
employers, and finally arbitration. 'I.'iF
-'oVernor Pierpont has appointed John
on'cr' mnbatto man. a notary public for
.ne Guy OF Richmond AMI county of Uenrico
ohVer IS the first negro notary public eyer an.
pointed IN Virginia, aud is man of renecta-
bility and intelligence. Ht' Ial adl -
The New York Ledger for the 18Th. an ad.
vance copy of which we have received. con.
tains the first instalment of Henry Ward
new story, entitled Norwood: or
Village Life in New England" s.io p,
Orders have been received at ithe Kittery
Navy Yard to build new steam sloop of tie
second class, at that station. :.'.''.