The Portland daily press., 1869-06-03

An inebriated man walking along the streets
at night, regarded the moon with sovereign
contempt: 'You needn't be SO proud ole fell
low" he said. You're full only once month
and am full every night"
The Illustration of Paris publishes an en-
craving of great spreading tree near Carlo,
under which, according to tradition, Joseph
and Mary and the infant Jesus took shelter
stands on ground belonging to the Isthmus OF
Suez Canal Company, was marked to be cut
down, but the Empress Eugene has purchased
it standing, and now pays keepe to watch it
The Paris Gaulois says that the Prince of
Wales, before leaving Paris, invited the Prince
Imperial to visit England, and that the EN-
peror Napoleon accepted the invitation.
1t is reported that General Grants Quaker
agents are not doing very well with the Indian
tribes, because they bring rain with them
wherever they go. "Ugh!" cried Hole-in-the-
bottle, big Indian chief of the Arapahoes,
"Quake no good. Bring water. No whiskey." !"
Since the Great Western Railway of Eng
land changed from the wide to the narrow
gauge, its profits have materially increased.
Caballero de Rodas, the new Captain Gem
eral of Cuba, is At years old. Before the insur-
rection in Spain he was OF little note.
A Boston gentleman lately mads contri-
button of 81, 900 to the Conscience Fund.-" of
the Treasury Department at Washington. He
stated that he defrauded the Government out
Of that sum by incorrect income returns few
gears ago. He signed himself ]. M. Square,"
The debate on the proposed amendment to
the constitution extending the elective fran
chise to women was begun in the Massachu-
settsSenate, Tuesday Senators Griswold and
Pitman supporting the amendment, Senator
Dowse, the dissenting member of the special
committee on the subject, opposing it. The
gallery and lobbies of the Senate Chamber
were filled with spectators, most of whom were
won an interested in favorable decision of the
question.
A movement for the erection in Washington
of a monument to the memory of Union Pris-
oners who died in Rebel prisons is ON foot.
The owners OF the steamer Parit stoutly deny
that she landed any fillibusters in Cuba and
maintain that all her proceedings have been
strictly legitimate.
Gov. Stearns of New Hampshire is to be in
augurated to-day, and the Governors of Massa-
chusetts and Connecticut will be present at
the ceremony.
The Indianapolis liquor dealers are prose-
car-drivers, &C., for working ON Sunday. They
are determined II their business must stop on
Sunday, all otbe business shall.
The Pacific Railroad directors state that in
ninety days they will be able 10 put the road
in such condition that it will not be exceeded
in the country.
James w. Simonton, general agent of the
Associated Press, AZ started on an overland
journey to the Pacific coast.
The town of Corinne the last of the mush-
roem cities that sprung up and vanished as the
Union Pacific Railroad progressed, seems like
ly to become q permanent city. Though not
more than three months old, it has upward of
ten thousand inhabitants, a municipal organ
ization, several hotels, dry goods, auction and
commission stores, banking house and dai
ly paper.
The news from Shirley, Kansas, of the
murder of Buffalo-hunters by the Indians
should attract the attention of the "broad-
br:ms" who have gone forth to play the role OF
William Penn upon our Western frontier
1t is said that when Lord Byron sent TO
his wife the well-known touching lines
'Fare thee well. And II forever,
Still forever fare thee welll'
he inclosed in the same envelope butchers
bill, with the pencilled remark: "Please look
over this; don't think we had SO much
meat"
European letter has the following Cos
sip concerning q. 8. Minister Clay:
Clay became involved in an intrigue. A
wandering Irish woman wished to become his
mothsr-in-law, and he came near falling vic