The Portland daily press., 1865-09-23
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ana straight and Level, IS hot eeisso0u W liil-
press q stranger favorably It's buildings are
generallv old and unin1posing, and were erect
ed by a past generation with very little regard
/ To ARCHITECTURAL beauty or uniformity. Free
stone is seen everywhere, as much So as line
stone in Montreal ,or granite in Boston. It
takes the place of marble in the cemeteries,
and of granite for Easements and doorsteps. 2
Back from the river few squares, the
ground rises gently, and streets are found OF
magnlficence and beauty. Several of them
are equal to any in the Forest City IN width
rural beauty and architectural taste WINE N
their ample gardens, neatly laid out anu nigh
" cultivated. they excel any streets in the
g down eastv metropolis Individual gardens
| in Portland may equal-perhaps excel-any
here but take the best streets together and
the palm must be yielded to this quiet city in
the heart of the old Nutmeg State.
The city must contain large amount of
wealth, and taxes, / have been told, are about
draw long breath, We down east readers
one per cent. = = = --
= esd GEN. Mansfield.
+ Next door to where my lot is cast-which is
with one OF the first citizens, and most enter
prising merchants of the city, with whose hos
pitable family stranger forgets that he is
away from home-is the mansion of the late
gallant Gen. Mansfield, who fell at Antietam
while leading his raw recruits ito the peril
GUS attack Gen. M. was an elderly man, and
for a long time had been in command of the
defenses Of Washington. His spirit chafed
for anore active post Of duty. He wished to
go into the field. AT Antietam he was graft
fed in this respect. With command made
up in part of raw regiments from the NORTH
some of them from his own city-he went into
the fight. As the "perilous ridge of battle =
was being reached, the men faltered. The
| gallant old veteran, who had seen hard service
in Mexico, rode forward at the head Of his
colmn, waved his hat in his hand to cheer on
his men, but at that moment the fatal bullet,
sent on its mission of death by rebel sharp
shooter, found its way to vital spot, and the
hero fell, and from that moment has slept his
last Sleep" His remains were sent home, and
the city of Middleton did itself immortal hon
or by doing honor to the gallant dead the fu-
neral being the most imposing Of any that had
ever occurred in that section of the State.
se UNIvERsALIsT CONVENTION. aa~aaasa
Since wrote you before, the National Con-
vention Of Universalists has continued in scs-
sion in the city, but closed its labors this af-
ternoon. Its session for 1866 will be held in
Galesburg, ILL. A large amount of business
has been transacted, and the denomination
has taken high ground in several directions
1t has inaugurated grand missionary scheme,
and proposes to raise 100000 during the COM
ing yearto carry out its plans. A Board Of
Trustees was chosen, and they were instructed
to secure an act of Incorporation.
Reports of great interest were read, on the
subject of Sabbath Schools by Rev. c. II. Fay,
of Providence, on the State of the Church by
Rev. E. G. Brooks, of New, York, and on Ed
ucation by Rev. M. Goodrich, of Canton The
illogical Institution. That by Mr.. Brooks was
very elaborate, and the reading of it occupied,
over an hours time. It spoke Of the effect of
the war upon all the Protestant churches of
the North, and dwelt at length upon the as
poets and needs and duties Of the church in
view Of the new social order Of things at the
South. 1t was pungent, thorough searching,
close in its observations, keen in its reasoning,
and heart-searching in itslappeals, while its
illusions to the gallant dead of the denomina-
ton, fallen in defence of their country, and
the equally gallant living, were touching, and
caused the unbidden tear to lglisten in the eye
of every listener. s~.
A meeting IN the State of the Country was
held last evening, managed by special Com
mittee of the Convention, at which series of
resolutions was offered, discussed and unani-
mously adopted. A copy of the resolutions
enclose. tThe resolutions are necessarily de-
ferred until Monday. III - ! II .xs5
The spacious house was crowded to its ut
most capacity, and the meeting continued
without abatement of interest for three mortal
hours. After devotional exercises the time
was occupied by speeches on the, resolutions,
-interspersed with singing,-the speakers, by
appointment, being as follows: j. T. Gilman,
Esq, of Maine, Rev. james Eastwood of VT,
Rev. G. Fl. Fay of R. l., Rev. G. II. Emerson
of Boston, Rev. j. 8. Gilman of Michigan, Rev.
A. c. Thomas of Conn, Rev. W. Spaulding
of Salem. A few remarks were made by
Mrs. Griffin from Washington, an agent Of the
Freedmen's Aid Society, who is laboring under
the auspices of Gen. Towards Bureau. The
meeting was spirit-stirring, the speeches brief
but pointed, and the enthusiasm was kept I'D
to the last. as-sfA 81 q
Is ff So CHRISTIAN COURTESY.
The Convention passed vote of thanks to
President Cummings of Wesleyan University
and the Faculty, for their courtesy and atten-
tons. They rendered the hospitality of their
house, las did many of other denominations
and invited the Convention to visit the Uni
versity and its spacious and beautifully laid
out grounds, which invitation was gratefully
accepted. This is Methodist Episcopal insti-
tufion, and is conducted on no narrow guage
but on that high and truly catholic ground
which characterizes the great denomination
under whose auspices it has long fourished.--
by invitation Rev. DR.. Fisher, President of the
Universalist Theological School in Northern
N. r, was the guest Of Rev. DIR. Cumming, the
President of this Methodist College, and Rev.
DIR. Miner, President of Tufts College, had he
been present, would have been the guest of the
same distinguished Methodist divine make
note of this personal matter as it is one of
the gratifying indications that 9the world
moves" SpURwINK.
,z ORNAMENTAL TREEs. v
In former communication, published in
the Press, on the subject of "Rural beauty in
cities" commended the example of Port
land, Augusta, and some other cities and