The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-03-11
Varieties.


"A man in Stafford, Conn.,, has made with
his penknife large picture frame, consisting
OF l5oO small pieces OF black walnut wood,
picked shaped and formed into stars
"A London litterateur, Mr.. Thomas w right
Is preparing work with four hundred Illus
trations, called "Caricature History of the
Georges; or, Annals of the House of Hanover;
compiled from the Squibs, Broadsdes, Win
dow-Pictures, Lampoons, and Pict orial Carl
catures of the Times" ~
brigham Young's annual message to the
Legislature of Utah is printed in the Salt Lake
Daily Telegraph of Feb. 25th. 1t is business
IKE docoment, ana-shHrs and nlAhT The
the favorable circumstances which surround
the Territory; declares that destitution and
want are unknown; that the Territory Is not
only free from debt, but public improvements
are extensive; that Indian forays are at an end;
calls upon the parent government" 10 lndem-
nifty those who have suffered from the lawless-
ness of the savages; gives the Pacific Railroad
highly favorable notice, and concludes as
as follows; "It would be gratefully received by
our people if Congress would act favorably
upon the many petitions which you have sent
to them for our admission as State, and lay
ing aside all narrowness OF opinion and bigot-
ry, do simple act of justice to brave and
industrious people-gve them the rights of
freemen, suffrage and representation in the
councils of the nations"
The best mental training, says 4 writer In
the last Edinburgh Review, is that which by
exercising the mind as an instrument for
the acquisition of knowledge, renders the
knowledge so acquired an instrument for the
improvement of the mind. The same writer has
this idea which contains much wisdom in few
words: 81 hold that boy is best educated by
learning something of many things, and much
of something; and thas man OF the highest
education ought to know something of every
thing, and everything of something"
The New York Tribune thinks Earl Rus
sells recent letter "may be regarded as the
strongest justification of Fenianism yet pub
-lished, since nothing better demonstrates the
rights OF the Irish to rule Ireland than such
public confessions that the English are entire
| ly incompetent to do so''
We have reports of serious troubles In
venetia. In Chirignago an assault was lately
made on the town house, the archives were
burned, the national flag torn down, and a
portrait of the King destroyed. The attack
was stimulated by the priests, it is said. 1t
would seem that the party of reaction needs
to be looked after as well as the party of ac.
ton.
| The last number OF the Revolution con-
tains a forcible letter from Miss Frances Pow
er Cobbe to the editors of that paper, express
ing the writer's sympathy with the cause OF
woman suffrage, but regretting that Mrs.
Stanton and her coadjutors should not pre-
sent that cause pure and simple, without mix
| ing it up withFenianisnl, legislation on moral
| ity, or the fallacies OF protection.
| Among the novelties in costume at Paris
masked ball was an aquarium worn by fash
ionable countess. Under an oyerdress of
transparent gauze was worn robe of eome
| pale green, shiny fabric, looking just like a
sheet of water, on which all the finny tribe
were swimming about. Even the sprat and
lobster were not forgotten. The head dress
was coral. The bodice was covered with moss
| and Shells e.
-Messrs. Charles Scribner & Co., of New
York, have arranged with Mr.. Bonner for the
republication from the New York Ledger of
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's story Norwood; !;
a Tale of Village Life in New England" The
book is to be published on Saturday, March
IA, and 1t will make a large 12mo. of nearly
six hundred pages. Notwithstanding its size,
Norwood is to be sold for $3.50 per copy. Mr..
Beecher writes brief preface to the book, In
which he gives an account of the way in which
he came to write the story.
Dr. Samuel Baird, who was sent to Vir-
ginia two years ago by the American Bible
| Society, now writes from Staunton, urging
Northerners to emgrate to the Old Dominion.
Extensive travels all over the State have
| convinced him that Northern industry and
energy cannot tail of obtaining most remu-
| neratiye returns from the erich resources"
| everywhere to be met with. Furthermore, the
people are very desirous OF securing tide Of
emigration in that direction, VIII extend a COR
| dial greeting to strangers coming among them
to locate and settle.
Earl Russels long expected letter on tho
Irish question has been published. His scheme
for settling the Church question is toendow
| all religions alike, after having disestablished
| the Protestant Episcopal Church, whose bish-
| ons should no longer have seats in the House
| of Lords. The Earl gives as his reason for new
er attempting to carry any such measure that
he was sure to have been opposed by the To-
ries, assisted by malcontent Wings. As re-
CARDS the land difficulty, he is not prepared to
enter into what he considers the conascation
schemes now so much favored; but he would
meet the tenant with a compromise, which,
| without giving him the fee simple of the land,
will protect him against any violation OF the
duties of the landlord, while securing to him a
full compensation for improvements II ejscted
| while still paying his rent
The first colored jury ever impaneled In
Memphis is now sitting in the Criminal Court,
ON a murder case where the parties are color
ed persons.