The Portland daily press., 1869-03-27

roy's Democrat is on its last legs. He has
made the mistake of writing bis paper for The
people of the Five Points, forgetting that the
Five Pointers cannot read.
"A New York exchange noticing an address
soon to be delivered by a popular editor re-
marks that ''those who have never heard De-
mosthenes or Cicero should hear the leg.tl-
mate successor of those high old boys
The velocipede, it is now said, produces
hernia; and young men and boys are cautioned
not to exert themselves imprudently, upon the
new vehicle, in trials of speed.
First Italy and then Austria asserted the
right of recognition Of civil marriages. Ard
now the people of Spain demand it a. the
practical entering wedge of religious freedom.
"A saw mill at Helena, Montana, which
furnished building material for nearly all the
country, has been destroyed By
fire, and it will take months to import new
from the States and sec the mill
again in operation,
81 hope" pathetically said a fayorite bur
lesque actress of New York city to a friend,
shat the public will some day permit me 10
put on clothes again, and let me ast once
more"
Eugene Sues posthumous novel, about
the publication of which there was a long law
suit before the Courts Of Switzerland ard
France, has at length been issued at Paris,
The title of the book is, Camilla, or the Mys-
teries Of the Heart" 1t is very interesting,
though somewhat different from the style In
which Sues later works were written Victor
Hugo accepted the dedication Of the novel
few weeks previous to Sues death
The Hanoverian nobility express Their be-
tired of Bismarck and King William Of Prus-
sia, by giving the names of the two distin-
guished Prussians to their dogs and asses.
The last number of the New York Ledger
contains the opening chapters of an original
novel by the Rev. DIR. Tying. The gentlemen
of the clerical profession seem to be addicting
themselves to romance writing of late. Mr..
Beecher led off with Norwood; Higginson,
the Reverend Colonel, is publishing his aMal-
bone in the Atlantic. By the way, DR.. Tying
is cousin OF Col. Higginson. If Hcomparisens
were not odious. we should say that the DR.. ID
rather outshone in this field by bis cousin the
Colonel, If bis first chapters may be taken as
sample.
The Marchioness de valette, wife Of the
French Minister of Foreign Affairs, whose
death has just been announced, was originally
New England village girl Her maiden
name was Fowle, and she was born in Rhode
Island. At an early age she went over to Lon-
don to reside with an elder sister, who was
married to an opulent American banker.
While still in her teens the beauty, intelligence
and accomplishments of Miss Fowle attracted
the admiration OF Mr.. Samuel Welles, M
American banker in Paris, who subsequently,
married her. For some years she presided
with infinite grace, tact and dignity over the
elegant mansion Of Mr.. Welles, and her house
was the envied resort not only Of Americans
in Paris but of all that was distinguished In
the society, literature and art Of the French
capital. In 1s41 Mr.. Welles died leaving hls
large fortune to his widow and their only sen,
then quite youth At the close Of the fol-
lowing year Nine. Welles, then In the mefidi-
an of life handsome and distingtl woman,
married the Marquis de Ia Valette, already
rising member of the dipl omatic corps By
her rare esprit, and varied experience she was
eminently fitted to adorn the prominent post
tion to which this marriage raised her In the
height of her prosperity she was always gra-
cious and hospitable to her countrymen and
never Indifferent to the welfare OF her native
land. Her son and heir, the Count welles de-
Ia valette, married two years since daughter
of NJ. houher.
Prosecutions, both criminal and civil, are
to be instituted by the passengers of the horror
ship "James Foster. The consignees will bs
sued for damages, and those Of the ofaears,
who are still alive, will be sued for for homi-
eide or cruelty. II is certainly time there was
some penalty for the outrages often perpstrat-
ed upon emigrants 10 passe niger ships.
The Bishop of New Jersey, 1t is said, has
given notice that he will refuse at confrma-
ton to lay his hands upon the piles OF false
hair and chignons which disagure the hsadsof
SO many young ladids seeking admission to
the Church and communion. IN
1T is reported from Germany that tho gam
bling establishments are taking measures to
prevent the publication Of intelligence Of the
suicides committed by despairing losers
AT recent evening church service 10
Boston, Whittier's 1.-TWO Rabbis" was read ct
the conclusion Of the sermon.
San Francisco has no free delivery Of lst.
ters, because no carriers can be got at the low
salaries offered by the government.
An absent-minded minister In PittsbufR,
Pa, dropped his sermon into the post-ofaos
the other evening, and carried his letter into
church and the pulpit before he saw his mis-
take.
"A traveller down in Jer sey, riding past one
of the "sand barrens' remarked, "what poor
cuss the fellow must be who owns this farmr
Not so poor as you think cried the owner,
rising up from behind fence, 81 only own
half of itr'
Everything" says correspondent, de-
scribing Albany, sis up here. II you 20 to
bed, you 60 up very much: If you 20 t. the
almshouse, you go up; likewise to the peni.
tentiary. There is a great deal more going N
in Albany than coming down, except whes
you come down with your stamps"
They have some funny expressions in
Texas. They never carry" anything Less
than oxen or mules, or the like; tasy .spaok'.
them. East of the Mississippi they are "tot
ed" Aspringy place is "seep;" II the scr.
tace water filters into the well, ID "sesps'' In
If anything gets fast in the mud 1t Is ssboge.
ed, and done" is the commonest of adjsct-
ives. I'VE are done tired" "Tbe kitcbsn 10
done swept" THE baby is done woke np.''
Nineteen Protestant girls were received
into the Catholic church in Philadslphia on
Sunday. 4at 4r..fL ~
Francis Joseph Of Austria Is the best liu-
guist among the sovereigns Of Europe. he
speaks eleven languages fuently.
1t is said that the number Of extreme hlt-
ualists in England is exceedingly s@si'.
Out of bss churches In Londc= only eight usa
incense, and only fourteen are In favor OF Ea-
cbaristic yestments. The old fashioned High
Cburchmen have, therefore, some ground tor
the ouiuiou that advanced Ritualism is snly
one of the eccentricities of the day 3
Not the least unique contribution to mod.
ern literature is the following notice, posted
on the window shutters Of an certain store,-
"Closed on account Of the Sheriff"
One of the papers in speaking of a man
who jumped overheard says be was 'propsiIed
bp financial embarrassment"
The Poles threaten to give up smoking
rather than use Russian tobacco. .1
Prominent Republicans in New HamPsb'se
make haste to disavow any connection with
the new political movement In that stats--
Having lust beaten the Democrats 10 theit
nineteenth successive contest, they are sAtis-
ned with things as they are.