The Portland daily press., 1870-01-06
The Newa.

Anna Dickinson has bought out Mrs Stan.
tons interest 10 the Revolltion newspaper.
Fresh mayfowers have been picked in the
| woods at Gray within few days.
Hon. Woodbury. Davis is writing series Of
prohibition articles for the Congregationalist.
NJ. Emile Olivier, the new French Premier,
Is renegade Radical whom the people of the
district he formerly represented in the Corps
Lsgislatf have rejected.
| General George B. Mcclellan called last
week on the President, Secretary of War, and
General Sherman, and was cordially received
| by each of them. Tie was accompanied by his
father-in-law, Gen. Marcy.
| 1t seems that the adherents of Canada in
Winnipeg are stirring UP the Sioux Indians TO
| make raid on Pembina und st. Josopb, Da-
kota, in retaliation for alleged aid and counte
nance given by Americans to the insurgents.
The young ladies of Upton, Indiana, have
condemned themselves to eternal celibacy, by
resolving that they will hold no intercourse
| with any young man who uses tobacco in any
shape; plays billiards or cards; utters profane
language; drinks whiskey or lager; or stays
out late o nights.
Two young Texans who began farming with
out any cash capital two years ago, made $12CO
from their farm in Collin county, Texas, last
year. They raised thirty bales of cotton, and
cultivated twenty acres OF weat, thirty acres
of corn. twelve acres of oats, and vegetable
garden.
A Mexican correspondent of the New York
| Tribune says that Macmillan, instead of being
| betrayed at Queretaro by Lopez as is general
| ly supposed, really only made the latter indi-
| vldual messenger to bear to Escobedo, the
Mexican General, proposition to abandon
the defense of the town, if he, Macmillan,
could be permitted to escape with his lite.
The committee having in charge the raising
of fund for the family of ex-Secretary Stan
ton, complain that the citizens of Boston are
| doing little or nothing in the way of contrib
uting to it. They had reason to expect that
that city would raise at least twenty thousand
dollars, but as yet they have had no response
whatever.
Lopez has been driven from the soil of Para
quay. The Prince d Eu and Senior Paramhos
are expected at Montevideo on their return
from the seat of war. According to the very
latest accounts the war in Paraguay was at an
end. Lopez had fed into Bolivia with Ills fam
lily. An agreement has been signed between
Brazil and the Argentine Confederation. ac-
cording to which Brazil will withdraw IA 900
men from Paraguay, and the entire contingent
of the confederation will retire.
The freedmen's savings banks at the South.
says the Charleston Daily Republican, are do
ing much remove the old time impressions as
to the improvidence and unftnass for liberty
OF the colored people There are Twenty-Five
of these banks in various parts of the South.
all regarded as branches of the central insti-
tuition at Washington, and since the first one
was established in March, 1865, the total depos-
its in them have amounted to over ten million
dollars. The increase of deposits during the
last two years has been nearly one million dol
lars, and the accumulated surplus, or excess of
assets over liabilities, exceeds $4,000. 1t is
worthy of note that ten of the cashiers and
TWO or the assistant cashiers are colored men.
who have proved every way competent for the |
places, and have not in any way shown ten
dency to financial Irregularities