The Portland daily press., 1865-04-06

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part by the people themselves, at cost of not
far from $3.50, 900. Some Of them are valuable
and durable The one at Honolulu is built OF
coral rock, and may stand for centuries.
10 Miss Anna E. Dickinson lectured in Lew
iston on Monday evening. Her subject was
Woman in her Sphere The Journal compli-
ments her uveryIhishly, but says "she received
$1oo for her lecture, and positively declined to
make any allowance for the expenses incurred
in consequence of her failure to ap pear last
Friday evening as she promised
R The intimation of an evening paper that
the editor Of the Press was in any way pecu-
niariy interested in the recent exhibition of DIR.
Won Week, is an unmitigated falseheod, ex-
HALTED only in its efrontery and baseness.
We have never had any more idea of investing
in such speculations than we have had in
taking stock in cholera speculations in Aroos-
took: E
ETA great jubilee meeting was held in Faneuil
Hall on Tuesday to rejoice over the fall of Rich
mond and the triumphs of the Union cause
Mayor Lincoln presided. Speeches were made by
Col. Quincy, Hon. Henry Wilson, Hon. Rob't C.
Winthrop, Judge Russell, Frederick Douglas.
Rev. DIR. Kirke, and others, and a letter was
read from Governor Andrew. 1t was great
occasion. lfh} 100
R In the Executive office at Columbia, c.,
Gays the Providence Journal, was found letter
from D. NJ. Seymour, of Hartford to Gov. Gist,
dated Nov. 80. 1860, and inclosing $1,000, which
Mr.. Seymour begged the Governor to invest in
South Carolina 6 per cent. stock, with which
the State was raising funds to oppose the gen.
eral government. Mr.. Seymour writes at some
lengthin defence Of the position of South Caro-
lima, and expressly states that he sends his
money for the express purpose of aiding the
State in her effort "to defend her rights" m
20 Osceola, the famous Seminole Chief, died
in 1888 at Fort Moultrie, in Charleston harbor,
and letter-writer who has recently visited the
place says: "Inside of Fort Moultrie is o.
ceola's grave. a plain slab of marble with an
iron rail fence. Everything around it had been
knocked to pieces by our shells, but not one
had touched it or even clipped the flowers around
his grave. The inscription on it was this: sTo
the memory of Osceola, Indian Chiettain, died
in Fort Moultrie, 1885, p
gParson Brownlow favors Horace Maynard
for U. 8. Senator from Tennessee, and says that
Mr.. Maynard has lost everything but his honor
by his loyalty. or Col. N. G. Taylor who is
also candidate, Mr.. Brownlow says he was 50
rebel sympathizer, and called upon the people
Of Tennessee in February, 1862, to unite and
stand by the South. Subsequently he repented
and was delegated to collect money for the d-s-
titute people of East Tennessee, for which he
received twenty-five dollars per day and ex-
penses. He gave an acknowledgement of hav-
ing received $40, 600 for his services, with which
he has been able to purchase a comfortable
farm in New Jersey, where his family now re-
side"
eR The scenic and mechanical arrangements
Of the stage for the production of the "Work-
men in Paris, at Deering Hall, are on a mag
ni6cent scale. The steam engine in full opera
lion, is decided novelty under such circum-
stances. The piece itself is one of the sensa-
ional character, full of thrilling incidents,
to very large class of people if not
IS universally pleasing as some of the old
standard comedies. The principal parts are
veil sustained-some of them admirably. There
s less poor playing and real defects in acting
n this play than in any of the elaborate plays
ret brought out by this company since their long
eason in this CITY, Next Monday. they open for
week, more or less, in Portsmouth; mean
snie the Hall is to be put under repair. When
ney reopen we hope the managers will take
'nc'ent measures to stop the annoyance of hav-
y twenty-five or fifty pair OF heavy boots
numbering along the naked fsors of the gal
ely every 'lme the curtain rises, to the serious
liscomfort OF the large number who wish to
ear "-S'- "