The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-14


sonal performance of the first viciousnesss He
and his business agent helped two girls, pupils
inlthe Pacific female seminary at Oakland, to
escape out of the window of their bedroom late
at night, went off with them into town, and
spent several hours of the night in their COM
pany. The girls were detected, and the per-
Torrance discovered, when they went to get
back into their room at daybreak. The girls
are children Of prominent citizens in San
Francisco; they have been expelled from the
seminary; other citizens have Withdrawn their
girls from the school; and Gottschalk proba-
bly, will have no more presents, or diamonds,
OF complimentary dinners. The affair is Califor-
MIA all over.
1.-THE Indiana State Fair was held at Fort
Wayne lastweek. SecretarT McCuIloch and
$4,000 other aHoosiers@ were present, and the
aggregate receipts were nearly $4,000.
BY-The Secretaryof the Treasury has un-
der considerations plan to amend the ware
house system, so as to permit goods to be trans
ported in bond from tie Atlantic cities to the
Pacific coast. - - =. e
BB The Postofice Department is prepared
to reopen the old postal routes in the South,
but finds it difficult to secure suitable persons
who can take the prescribed oath. why not
qualify them to take the oath by pardon +?
EY- 1T is stated that Senator Sumner will
speak in New York within two or three
weeks 5cts sA-a
BB- A returning soldier was killed within
sight of his own door at Manlius, n, Y, one
day last week, by falling under the car from
which he attempted tojunip in his eagerness to
greet his wife and children.
I The editor Of the paper, the Cosmopoli-
tan, which is to be started in Paris, is to be Mr.
Fuller, who is described as the sjeint slanderer
of America with DIR. Macl1ay."., ss- Z
EB- The New York Ifibune's Nashville de-
spatch says that on Wednesday the Tennessee
Legislature tabled resolutions indorsing the
policy of President Johnson,as embodied in his
reconstruction Of the Southern States. The
resolutions were passed repudiating the Presi-
dents policy by avote of % to IS.
4 BB- All the government shops at sayannah
have been closed, and the machinists, carpen-
tiers and The workmen discharged
"a During the recent bathing season at
Llandudno, on the coast of Wales, prize was
offered for the best lady swimmer in a fifty
yards racs. Theprize was won by)a little girl
but eight years old, the daughter Of a London
banker nv III X III Q Al
% When the news of the barbarous execu-
ton of President Barrios on August, %, at San
Salvador, reached Nicaragua, the rage of the
people knew no bounds and the Guatemalan
ambassador who had been instrumental in OBJ
tanning his surrender, was shot dead by the in
furiated mob Two years ago. when Barrips
was persecuted by Carrera as recently BY his
tool Du mas, the president was saved by the
: wife Of the American copsulat San, Juan who
caused him to be sheltered on board an Ameri-
can man-of-war. l.s lexesl re
% A poor fellow having got his skull frac-
tured, was told by the doctCr that his brain was
visible when he remarked. sDo write tofather,
for he always declared L had nome"
Va The London Court Journal says that
Mr.. Charles Dickens, who is now in Paris, has
had a sunstroke. He was quite insensible for
some hours, but we are happy to say, speedily
recovered, and is now qnite well. Mr. Dickens
is great walker, and does his ten or twelve
miles every day before dinner.
gB-A new steamer, called the City of Paris,
viii, n.the course of a few weeks, be added to
the fleet of the Inman Company. Another
new. vessel has been ordered from Clyde Ship
building firm, and when completed She win be
called the City of Antwerp.
Vs. Nineteen sisters of charity left South
anipton ON the 18th ultimo in the West India
steamer Seine, toattend on the sick and lying.
Many Of them were persons of high standing
They were clad in coarse garments, with large
white bonnets. n o.a st.a4.s;E
The hideous practice OF waking" is still
carried on in London by the Irish. In recent
instance the body of man who had died Of
| drink was kept for week. He was stretched
out on a board, with his face exposed, and 9
tallow candle on each side of him. The friends
of the family were focking into the room, about
twelve feet square, to the number of ten al
once, during the whole time, night and day
BB When young man marries, the demon
utters fearful cry { His fellows Immediately
crowd round him and inquire the subject of his
grief Another son of Adam" he answers
shas inst escaped out Of my clutches" - AraI
| Prouerb. 4t-
EB- Elk President jeremiah Day of Yale
College, who is now in his ninety-third year
was in Hartford the other day. and astorishei
some Of his friends by walking all about the
city and up Asylum Hill. f4 aHA
ER Lord Palmerston is recovering from the
'gout but Earl Derby has it worse than ever
and. has lost the use of his limbs for tn,
present. 1s4A.AEf0S
"a English omni uses have been establish
ed, which run from Jerusalem and Bethlehem
TO neigh boring places - - - - \ - 4
/ BR Philadelphia uses an average of 81, 1870,
600 gallons Of water daily.