The Portland daily press., 1868-02-17
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The hundreds of mariners who navigate
the Connecticut and Long Island sound, pass
ing many times back and forth to New York
during every season, will be glad to know thas
the legislature OF New York, as we'll as the
common council Of the metropolis, is making
forward movement to cleai the channel at
Hell Gate, that the entrance to the port of
New York may be as good as it now is at tho
Narrows- 90 .sa,, -.
Santa Anna Is still in Cuba.
From the character of the "Revolution.-
the new woman's rights paper which Is pub
lished and edited by Susan B. Anthony and
Z. Cady Stanton, we should be inclined 10
think "She Stoops to Conquer" would be an
appropriate name for it.
"A yivandiere, who accompanied the armies
of the First Napoleon. has just died In tho
Asylum OF La Salpetriere, at the age of 1O4.
She went through the Russian campaign, and
was at Waterloo.
With the aid OF her new steamship line,
Baltimore aspires to become the first tobacco
market in the world.
The Queen has written letter of condo-
lence to Mrs. Charles Kean on the loss of her
husband. Epistolary commseration is the
full extent of the humane action or feeling Of
which Victoria is capable. Her Oldest son Ia
not even capable of that, but has all the viy-
tues of George Fourth.
Horace Greeley has been reelected Pres
ident OF the American Institute without op-
position. r....
"A correspondent who Is shocked at tho
terrible and, as he says, needless torture Of
criminals by hanging, suggests that hereafter
they may be made to touch wire communi-
eating with twelve Leyden jars, when death
by electricity would be instantaneous and
painless. ...
-Soup-houses are being established In St.
Louis.
"A daily paper has been started In London
on novel principle. 1t proposes TO insert,
free OF charge, advertisements Of reputable
shopkeepers, being paid by tie latter a oom-
mission on the amnnnt of purchases made BY
readers --40 VIII receive from sellers checks
sbore :, ;o,o,7Sperative system, emitting them to
sion by lottery. VI reserve commls-
The project of connecun
the Mississippi by way of tho Fox askes VITA
consin rivers is revived. The canal throulssc
Illinois, for the same purpose, would cost eigh-
teen million dollars according to the report OF
government engineers. while communications
could be opened by way of the rivers above
mentioned for quarter of that sum-
Maiden, Massachusetts, wants to chan-a
its name to Everett. Its memory will bs
Green however it change.
The Muscatine Qowa) Courier tells the
10 II T. 8.
a gentleman from Winterset, and the spot it
self is located In Madison county: "Some ten
or twelve years ago, when the country was
new, and 'snaix' plenty, an assembly Of the In
habitants took place for the express object Of
Shaking the country Dividing into two par
ties they repaired to the rocks one early spring
day, and at it they went, the unders.a nding
being that the part with the least number Of
rattles should pay for a grand dinner. The
work went on for two days. On the evening
OF the second day both bands came in, and as
result of their labors they actually piled up
the enormous number of one thousand one hun.
dred and sirty-three rattles, which, of course
was the number of srakes killed. If any ono
can beat this for snake story, we would like
to see it," .7-L .-s.. .. f--.,.
the Treasury pay rolls.
"A Russian decree, recently published, or
ders that the naturalization laws hitherto val
i'd in Poland shall be superseded by the Rus
sian laws on the subject.
After Mr.. Frederick Douglass lecture at
Ann Arbor, a short time ago, q SON of Uni.
ted States Senator attending college there,
stepping upon the platform, advanced to Mr.
Douglass, extended his hand and remarked:
| "My name is -, am the son of United
States Senator" "Are your" said Mr. Doug
lass; IL have reason to believe that 1 am, too"
-"can water run up hil?" asked nine-
year-old of Paterfamilias. mo, my son." was
the reply. "But the Mississippi runs up hill,
if my maps right" persisted the youngstsr.
GAN rivers that run toward the Equator must
run up hill, it the Geography is right about
the shape of the EARTH" Papa scratched his
head, and concluded that bedtime for chill
| dren had arrived.
| Boston is accused OF being Trains birth
place.
1t is lucky for Weston that he didn't start
from the Post Office for Chicago at this season
of the year. He would unquestionably have
| given up the whole enterprise before reaching
| Congress street.
"A Partisan actor used q handkerchief
bearing the portrait of the Emperor, while
| acting on the stage. A sub-prefect who was
| present reported the seditous act TO his supe-
rior, and the latter to the ministry, and 80 the
| handkerchief became an affair of state. Tie
actor being threatened with arrest, if the of.
fence were repeated, procured new and lsss
1 han nd biaf Gg.N
| still is peace.
Scribe, the French poet, 'hired house in
the country to pass the summer. As soon as hs
was fairly installed in it, he went in search of
a farmer who had milch COW. Having found
one, he stated his want. NV good man.
my servant will come eyery morning to
buy pint of milk very well; il Is
eight soas.' But want pure milk, very pure
In that case, 1t is ten sous You will milk
IN the presence of my servaLt?' 'Oh, then it
will be fifteen sous"
MIR. George Peabody, of London. with ALI
his liberality, does not, althoul still an Amer.
lean citizen, pay an income tax to our govern
meat, as all other American citizens residins
abroad are required to do
Henry Ward Beecher is a prohibitiopIs.
The Macon tGa.) Journal says that the
German labor imported into the country has
proved failure. Mat paper believes the Ia.
bor question win be settled in few years, and
the negro will prove the best laborer to bo OBJ
| tained.
The printers in PittsAeld, H., have al
been converted during the recent revival in
that place.
The birthday of Abraham Lincoln was oel-
ebaated by the Lincoln Association, of Jersey
| City. Wednesday evening.
The number Of persons who are relieved a
the Boston soup houses has reached over three
thousand per day.
Frost has thus far spared the Indiana
peach buds.
vermont coined money as lats .as 1877,
later than any other State,