The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-07-17
VaI.ietieS.


1st of September. The rate will then be $3.50
in gold for ten words between any part of
Great Britain and New England and New
York.
The New Orleans Commercial Bulletin
says that the Southern planters, "profiting by
free labor, have now discovered that more
money can be made out of freedman's labor
than from that of slave"
The "White Fawn" peaceably expired at
Niblo's Garden on Saturday evening 1t has
been played 1S0 times.
-Ex Governor Buckingham, of Norwich
Ct., the Senator elect, has entirely recovered
from his recent severe Illness
An exchange hints that MIR. Hole-in-the-
Day, the Indian Chief, who was recently as
sassinated on the Plains, was an adventurous
Irishman named O'Halliday, and that he
changed it with view of putting on airs
among the Indians.
On the day before the battle of Sadowa,
half dozen Prussian generals rode to the
Prussan outposts, in order to reconnOitre the
Austrian position. Moltke was there, and SO
was Bismarck. Have you a cigar for me,
county" said MOltke to Bismarck. Bismarck
drew his cigar case from his pocket, opened it,
and hahded 1t to the old general. There were
six cigars in the case Moltke looked at them
very closely and finally picked ont one of
them. "The devil may catch Inc, Moltke," ex-
claimed Count Bismarck, "if you are not 60
ing to beat old Benedek. There was but one
good cigar in the case, and you picked it out"
Philadelphia claims the site of the next
Worlds Fair, proposed to be held in this coun-
try on the centennial anniversary of our na-
tonal independence, just eight years hence
The French, or metric, system OF weights
and measures OF length, surface, and volume,
has been adopted by the North German Un-
ion, and proclamation has been made to that
effect The measure was strenuOusly resisted
on various pretexts, but went quickly through.
DIR. Lieber, in au enthusiastic announcement
OF the fact, anticipates the time, not now far
distant, when our " hole "cis-C aucasian race
shall have one coin, measure, weight, ther-
memeter and one longitude, as it has already
one alphabet, one music, one education high
and low, one dress, one era, one Enumeration,
one law of nations, one division of time, one
domestic economy, and the same financial
concepts, so that the internationalization of
our race may be thorough, without, however,
the wiping out of the distinct nationalities."
Omaha and Douglas counties of Nebraska
have voted 100000 to aid the bridging of the
Missouri river at Omaha. s-.
1t is understood that Hon. w. P. Rowland
will shortly be sworn in as Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor of Ontario; also that Sir Francis Hincks
will succeed Lord Monck as Governor-G General
of Canada. a.. ..... ......4s .
/ The Boston Traveller says that the eldest
son of one of our wealthest manufacturers,
whose father has one of the most splendid res
licences in Boston, has gone into one of the
factories at Lawrence, as an operator, falling
right into line and doing duty and working as
hard as any of them, to obtain perfect prac.
tical knowledge of the business in all its parts.
This young man, if health and life is spared,
is likely to make merchant of the right
stamp, as his habits and character are both
good.
\ Alfred Lee, the wealthy colored man who
lately died at Georgetown, D. c., was half
brother of Gen. Robert E. Lee, the leader of
the rebel armies, and president of Washing
ton tVa.) college.
-Bierstadt, the American artist has been
well received in England. He has but recent
ly finished a view of the eruption of Vesuvi-
us, painted on the spot during one of the out
breaks of the mountain, which is among his
most effective and splendid efforts. ~ ....
"A Paris letter tells this story: "On the oc-
casion of a visit paid by Alexandra Dumas to
the office of the Figaro last week, that illus
trious writer was seized by the staff of the pa
per and locked up with pens, ink and paper,
in order that an article might be extracted
from him, as the condition of his release. At
the expiration of an hour Dumas handed to
the editor five articles and was Immediately
set at liberty.
An introduction into the street-watering
vessels of suitable proportion of chloride of
calcium and chloride of sodium Common Ia
BILE salt) will so affect the water as to increase
its utility. Three sprinklings day are often
times necessary to keep dust allayed with or
binary water, while with water medicated as
above, one sprInkling will prove effective for
two or three days.
Walt Whitman is ha ndled without gloves
by the London Saturday Review. Listen. "In
his fury he breaks out into mere perspiration
of words, and strings substantives together for
pages on a stretch, the result being a some
thing which is as much like poetry as an auc-
tioneer's catalogue. His conventionalty 10
that of the man who considers clothes conven-
tional and goes about without them" Served
him right.
Two clergymen, Rev. w. R. Alger, of Bos-
ton, and Rev. Mr.. Taylor, of Rouse Point, N.
Y, are reported to be at work independently
of each other on History of the Devh 1t is
+, matter of interest to their prospective read
ers to know whether these gentlemen have
better sources of information in regard to his
satanic majesty than others.
The Round Table calls DR.. Tying, the
Younger, that ecclesiastical demagogue,"
which is perfectly consistent with the well
known monarchical theories of that journal.
When the late collision took place on the
Sound, so-called gentleman on board the
City of Boston fastened life-preserver about
his vigorous frame, and silenced his wife, who
was crying for one, with the words, Don't
make such fuss about it. Perhaps you viii
pet one before long" Another stslwart fellow
took a life-preserver from young lady and
buckled it on himself. There was no such dis
eusting cowardice among the women.
"A New Yorker in conversation the other
day, remarked that there was actually danger
of his literally starving to death why, is
not your credit good at the butchers?" asked
his friend. "Its not thar" was the reply; "the
fact is, 1 have no appetite for breakfast, new
er have time to go home to dinner, and when
1 20 home to tea, 1 am generally to drunk 70
eat"
The Democratic platform of 1854 declared
tte war failure. The Democratic platform
of 1863 proposes to renew the war, tight it
over AGAIN and allow the rebels to win VIC
tory.