The Portland daily press., 1865-09-15
oRrorHAn AND snLnopun :

gS WIZ mas TWO Catholic clergymen-
Fathers Wheelan and Hamilton admin an
religious consolatipn to him. Wa sho,ila
think it would need rs many as two. -aa5 thatal
viii want to be reinforced before they see the
end Of their work.-Newburyport Herald.
The coiorcd men of North eyaro,;,a. .,s
to hold convention on the 29th inst. for tba
purpose of soliciting the restoration Of NE
suffrage enjoyed BY them up to the year 1880. 4
% 1t is but little known that the tirss an
ti-sayery paper started in the United States
was published in East Tennessee n was
called the Ensoncipator, and published at
Greenville, the home Of President John so,, .v
Benjamin II. Lundy, Friend in ra,;oious
faith, and native of Belmont county Ohio.
1t was conducted with considerable ability q
i BS- Richmond papers make an important
correction in the reading of Wises letter to
General Grant Instead of saying, slong be-
fore the war indeed, I had made up nv mind
to advocate emancipation" he said, sslong be-
fore the war ended" &C., sc. 1t thus appears
the war had produced the conversion.
gB At Elmira, N. T.. lately, an INDIGNANT
husband applied to justice of the peace for
warrant against Baptist clergyman. his offense
being that he had baptized compliments wife
without his knowledge.
B8-A British army ofieer-Captain w. A.
Baker, of the Royal Bombay Engineers = h. $
at last settled an cften-disputed date-the year
in which the world win come to an end. In
work just published in England, entitled aThe
Day and the Hour; sor, Notes on SProphecy !. a
Sketch of the Future, extracted from the / :
ble," he imparts considerable amount of in
formation which is certainly 'ipor tant If rue."
The day Of Judgment, he tells us is fixed for
September 20, 1878; the hour, sunset: the
Translation of the Saints having previously
taken place, at one o'clock in the morning on
the 18th Of January, 1875. .ia t4i
Is Many mechanics and laborers have gone
from Canada to the Southern States, under the
impression that their services will be needed
for rebuilding the cities, ETC., laid waste during
the war. AIfH Is A5He0G
% Dion the irrepressible and imagina-
tive Washington correspondent of the Adpey-
tiser, has again emerged from eclipse, and makes
a series of announcements of the most as
founding character. Among other strange dis
coveries made during his last period of obseu-
ration is the fact that Andrew johnson is
President of the United States also that he
i'resolved on Immediately admitting the South
ern states to full representation in the next
session of Congress. Whether Congress is to
be consulted in the matter, the oracle does not
declare gis s. VI 81 sl,sI n s .s5s5
E- spottswood Augustine Washington,
Esq, died at his residence at Middleport. Ill,
on the oath ulimo, aged "a years. His father
was Bushrod Washington, Jr., son of Colonel
William Augustine WashingtoL, who was la
brother of Bushrod Washington, Sen Judge Of
the United States Supreme Court. The latter
was the son of Lawrence Washington, abrother
of George Washington. The deceased was as
near akin to the Father of his Country as any
one living. r.at sasVlsy
B1 Pit-hole, the great oil city in Pennsyl-
vania, was thus named in consequences of an
extraordinary pit or cavern that exists about
three miles from the city. In this pit stones
are thrown, but they are never heard to
drop. Its depth has not yet been fathomed.
EB- When Benjamin FIR nklin was post
master general he kept his own ledger, and it
is still in existence. A fac smile copy of it
has recently been autographed. sfss
Ia The rebel General Magruder is paying
visit to his sister in England, the wife of Lord
Abinger, who was formerly stationed with his
regiment in Canada, where he became enamor-
ed Of the robust charms Of Miss Magruder,
who will be remembered as formerly one of
the most portly. bellies of Washington. As
wife Of Lord Abinger the lady has become the
talk of London society, from her despotic treat
ment of her servants and the general irasoibili-
ty of her disposition. aatr
BB Gen. Runyon, democratic candidate for
Governor of New Jersey is a military hero.
and was within ten miles Of the battle of Bull
Run.
GB- Somebody's correspondent in Havana
writes that if he wished to describe the island
OF Cuba in a single line he should call it,
''The land of tho flea and the home of the slave"
B5Y- A company at Providence, r. l., are
building for the Erie Railroad new iocomo-
tive with Diclzenson's boiler, which is truly a
novel arrangement. The engine driver is
placed forward of the boiler, directly over the
spot where the chimneys of the engine now in
use are placed. The water tank, boiler and
coal box are all adjoining, SO that no tender
will be required. The engineer, in case Of ac-
cident by collision, will, If he is in fault, receive
the first fruits of his negligence.
E9- On Wednesday morning Catholic
priest named Peter Hamill, of Newburyport
Mass, made two attempts to commit suicide by
cutting his throat, on the mail train from Bos-l
ton to New York. He drew. razor-blade
across his throat making frightful gashes. A
passenger gave the alarm, and the conductor
attempted to confine him, when a fearful
struggle ensued. The mailman for such he ey-
identity was, leaped through the window Of the
car, but was captured and taken to New York,
where his wounds were dressed and he is now
at Bellevue Hospital, but still alive. -.l
j SB The Rochester Union re-aflrms the
story of the marriageof DR. Kane to Miss For
makes some further statement of facts in the
case, and says when the book makes it's an
pearance the public will be enabled to decide
whether the material portions of our ORIGINAL
statement, SO fatty denied by the family and
friends of DIR. ane, are a cQa,ard or no+n
GB A convention win be held IN Boston on.
Thursday and Friday Of this week, to discuss
matters relating to physical culture and human
health. The interest and prsseut prominence,
OF these subjects will give Importance to this
gathering. DIR. Dio Lewis will preside.
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.
g5-Fhe bridge at the Kittery Navy Yard
took fire on Tuesday, but being soon discovered
was extinsuished without much damage. The
freswas supposed to. have caught from the
pipe Of some smoker who probably emptied its
burning contents ON the bridge inst besoro a,,.
tering the Yard. .s is21i, =, llidy Il
Va The Kennebec journal is wrong in its
list OF Representatives taken from this County,
in giving the Democrats the member from
Scarboro and Windham. In that district I,;eut