The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-09-20
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,the-eomrnissary department at Washington,
has been appointed United States Consul at
Jerusalem. rs
~ An old woman was brought to the lock.
up in Detroit the other night for Drunkenness
and disoEderly conduct, who asserted her age
to be100years. Shswas gray-haired. wrinkied,
and decfepid; but notwithstanding all this,
she was bound to ago it whilesyoune. 80
A young and saucy Miss, just from sar-
atoga, says she has given many young man
the inter-mittess fever. 4 Is Il 9GSfR.
Ia Housekeeper's situation wanted by
young lady. Marriage a preliminary requi-
site. SfG4 ~ ~ - A. ~ ~ y = 49,
GwA lady in Philadelphia fell from buggy
hit the back of her head and would have dashed
her brains out but for her waterfall. s
~ Morris Ketchum is reported to have
said to his creditors eff could have nv son
back, with his good name, and you were all
paid in full would die content" Such is the
last ambition of one Of our great fnaLciers. A.
lifetime of activity, an ample fortune its re-
| ward; and now. all would be given for a sons
good name /
CO. During the last twelve months. the Fifth
Avenue, IAOtci, NoW AOth, HAS cleared $I75,-
600, the Metropolitan s14o, OO0 the st. Nicholas,
| $4,000, and the. Astor House, $125pOO. s-i4-
The cranberry crop is about to be gath
cred on Cape Cod. Dealers are offering sf2-
per barrel for this fine fruit q
The report that Gov. Holden of North
Carolina, is nativeof this state, lis contradic.
ted by the Newbern Times. He was born and
raised in N c. esSott . t0F
By--A New Bedford paper lays "We- may
somewhat increase our whaling business but
we shall never again see as large an amount Of
mess win flourish; but it cannot give employ
ment to our capital, nor employment to our
labor. It certainly cannot support, and will
never create, any increase Of population"
B9 Kentucky mechanics are about to emf
CRATE to Indiana, to establish a pattern manu-
factory in New Albany.
CY-A Wisconsin paper estimates that in the
year 1850 Milwaukee will contain $4,000 souls
within its corporate limi.s, and that Wisconsin
win have 1886, 900 inhabitants. IN
Asahel Burroughs Of New London. Ct.
aged sixty three years, who has been sailor
nearly all his life, is now living in small sloop
built by himself, called the @who Would Have
Thought at p he sails, fishes, and anchors
as he chooses, and makes permanent and soil
tary home on board the craft VI EEK.1aE
MA San Francisco paper says that on the
alluvial bottom of Kern River there is q field,
Of 100 acres of cotton which looks fine and
promising. The State OF California offers
bounty of $4,000 for the first hundred acres of
cotton; also $4,000 for the first hundred bales
Of, 800 pounds each. T1lare and Los Angeles
| Counties can, it is said, raise cotton success
fully. 's' ..aasets ens' sfsfese 'se,ss'
The next number Of Harper's Magazine
win contain an article on Jefferson Davis
written by Major-General Jordan, lately the
chief Of staff 70 General Beauregard, whose
relations with the rebel president were not al
ways an1icable. asl q a1es- ea 1g saift M
D Letters recently received from,the, fani-
ly of Judge Bates, late Atsorney-G General, rep
resent the health Of that gentlemen to be such
as to create the most serious apprehension
gB-A dangerous counterfeit of hundred
dollar compound interest note, bearing date
May IL, 1855, was received at the Treasury in
Washington on Friday. There were two bills,
one Of which came from Boston and one from
Philadelphia. both the face aud back are
printed in paler ink than the genuine and on
careful examination the lettering on the face
appears defective. In Troy, N. Y, well-execus
ted counterfeit compound interest notes for one
dollar have been detected 8 .A9YEI
ISL Professor Lows, who has been making
short balloon ascensions from the New York
Central Park, has in process of construction .
bridal car, and announces that the next sensa-
ton will be the performance of the marriage
ceremony in the clouds. a
BBsA gentleman wallxing on Broadway
stepped place of melon slrin and fell to
the pavement t'sWaifer'' of the Cypress ct
once exclaimed there's another individual
trying to do the European tour at home,-he's
just taken a trip on the r7sind' y
The Savannah Republican of Sept IL,
contains card dated Darien, Ca, and adj
| dressed by the officers of the 9th Indiana In
fantrysTet Vols, there stationed, to VIC
Towle, Asst Surgeon 18th Me- Vet. Vols, ex-i
pressing the heartfelt thanks of the regiment
to Surgeon Towle for his assiduous care and
promptness in rendering them professional aid
whether in camp or on the march, regretting
the necessity of parting with him. and bearing
u1AO AAAOo1 CltdIdttST
as humane and skilful man.
Ca The Boston papers of yesterday are:filled-
with accounts Of the dedication of new City
Hall Of the "Hub" which took place on Mon
day. The new building whichis avery hand
some structure in the noble and dignifed style
Of the Renoissa,acs, has 'front.' on School ST.
13S feet in length, with central projection
81 IL feet in length by II IL in depth from the
line of the wings. The depth of the building
from front to rear is 109 feet. The finish and
arrangements of both exterior and interior are
of the highest style of modern art. 1sHza ~
gave notice invitations from Richmond
and Charleston, S. c., for the President. to
visit these places. Andrew johnson had better
keep away from those States for the present A
dispatch from Augusta, Geo., says, '.three fast
young men from the first families called ont
Capt. Heasly, of 33d u. s. colored troops, and
brutally murdered him |" A President would
be greater prize, for he is not bullet proof A
military commission may hang the three: but
the event shows the existence of much indi-
vidual recklessness. Time only will effectually
heal public sentiment - Portsmouth Jour
nal. g. ss.o
BB Gov. Wise has spoilt fifteen sheets of
foolscap, in a remonstrance to Gen. Grant.
against the confscation Of his Homestead" in
Virginia proper, and has now gone to his
demonstration the Eastern shore. he don't
believe in Furnishing shareholders for mere re-
bellion. 81, Flsy E.s, sg.s.ssa t,@$st,.sxs
% The Newburyport Herald describes an
elm tree in Byfeld, Newbury, on the premises
Of Benjamin Pearson, Esq. which is said to be
the largest in the United States 1t measures
forty-twe feet at the base, twenty-six feet two
feet from the ground, eighteen feet sixteen feet
from the ground, is one hundred feet high, ana
shades circle three hundred and thirty feet
in circumference. 1t is believed to be considl
erably older than the house it shades, which is