The Portland daily press., 1865-09-28
ORIGINAL AND snr,nornp.

ORIGINAL AND snrnoTnD.
Anna Dickinsoris to speak IN Philadel-
phia on the Sd of October, on the Record Of the
Democrats Party during the Rebellion The
same address win probably be delivered in
New York. III
In Che British island of Jersey close
intermarriages have produced greater amount
of idiotcy and insanity, in proportion to the
population, than occurs elsewhere. with larger
nations These intermarriapes resuIt from the
insrlar position'of Jersey. Ag Sts
The freedmen at Augusta. Georgia, says
a correspondents, have established a, hospital;
and engaged physician, where poor and sick
freedmen are taken care Of 1t is supported en-
tirely by assessments upon the earnings of the
Escol6red people thenselvesa II n
7 % According to correspondence of the
Cincinnati Gazette, Vallandigh CHAM madeaspeech
at Bucyrus, Ohio, on the 21st inst, in which he
! said, "the Republicans had better not charge
Reputation upon the, Democratic party, lest
they SO familliiarize the people with the idea
that they resolve to repudiate the ,ohols de6ti'
His audience cheered the sentiment hear
lilly. g T8El# fEMs kfAa &
7 The Sherbrooke Gazette says son OF
JEFF. Davis is in attendance at Bishops Col
lege Grammar Schoolat Lenox, Canada, which
is about fifty miles beyond Island Pond.
! % John Neagle, a well known artist, died
at his residence in Philadelphia, last week, at
the age of seventy-one years. He was native
of Boston, and after brief residence in Ken
lucky and New Orleans established himself in
! Philadelphia, where he became celebrated as a
portrait painter. ET
B Under the head Of accident" the Bos-
ton transcript chronicles the prompt arrival Of
a railroad train. Is was an unusual event, UNI
expected by. haokmenn, porters and hotel
Keepers 15H01a ayAtis ssa
Bg~A number of the clergymen. Of Phila-
delphia repaired to the outskirts of the city one
alnorning last week, and engaged ina game Of
base ball. The Inquirer says They exhibited
much agility, and appeared to engage IN the
sport with much pleasure. SA
| EB~The Palladium press at New Haven was
recently stopped by an eel, which had crawled
into the water pipe which furnishes the power
for the wheel.
| EB~ A sea-serpent with head like bear
and swimming at steamboat speed, is reported
By Philadelphia paper to have been seem of
Atlantic City His snakeship is ratherlate to
promote the watering place business this sea-
| son.. No 50 50 ssga'gt gsg 0Mg3A
BB- The oldest inaabitant of Worcester
Mass, and probably Of the State, died on Mon
day, at the age of 107 years, six months and
eight days. His name was Frank Quirk, he
was born in Ireland and his mental and physi-
cal powers did not desert him while life re-
NAMED Ole, ~ i u
Jersey City has mania for ghosts. The
| two latest supernatural panics have beer
caused BY q stray racoon and an old white
| horse.
W A National Horse Fair is now in full
blast at Burlington, VT. The display Of horses
is said to be very fine. fssoCf xsae'1 r.
BS- A correspondent writes, the Boston Pos
that Col. Brown, of the Continental House,
1 Watefville, Me-, has been indicted for alleged
violation of the 9Maine Law This house ha'
always been a strictly cold water hotel, ant
why the Colonel has been snapped up is a mys
terry. He has closed his houseand ceased inter
course with outside barbarians." ,r,a,
4 ~ Bg~The World tries. to silence the 1fs6eni
by saying President johnson does not favor it
views. The copperheads are returning to tn
Buchanan idea, that the President is the state
and his voice issuperior to that of the people.
BB~ William, A. jenkins, Sugars Of age
committed suicide by hanging himself, Monday
at his residence, No. So, Mortified street, Bos
ton. No cause is assigned for the. act MI
Jenkins was a stuccoIworlzer, and leaves wifi
and children. -
W Bs1-S The New York Tribune understand
that the strikers on the Delaware and Hudso
Canal Co. and Pennsylvania Coal Co. hav
gone to work, and from present appearances
Espeeulaters in coal and coal stocks for a ris
will be disappointed in, their expectations Of
A short supply of COAL fss.- g -,ss
+ gB-Eiae widow OF the late Rev. Il. s. King
with her family, expects to leave San Francis
co for New Y ork, on the steamer Of the Sd Q
october, ~ .rFrsGF dsf4E
Ia Gov. Holden telegraphs that the Stat
\ election in North Carolina, SO far as heard from
is very satisfactory. To whom To-
i John Minor Bolts has written anothe
letter to Virginia, advising themto elect me
to the next Congress who have not been mike
4 up in the late rebellion. Any other, he assure
them, viii not be admitted to the next Congress,
B@When an infidel was on his death-bed
his confidence in hisinfdelity shaken, and som
of his friends advised him to hold on to the las
his reply was,S & have no objection to holdin
on, but wiz you tell me aohat am to hold 0,
6y9" An, there is the fatal want Infdellt
gives nothing to hold on byi iH
b The Democrats Of Massachusetts hold
State Convention to-day to nominate "a Govern
or. Three tailors IN Londen once met in
bock-loft and resolved as @soe, the people @
Englandpy .y-. ys ,..~r