The Portland daily press., 1865-07-17
FoRH1GE INTnLLIGnNcE.

HOrOuS rival, under Jne tlJle Oh inc DUe. AiAC
its progenitor, it will give all sorts of private
iassliasnes from mustse xrfusize -qnartefss |
but at what periods or how it will take Its
fight, has not yet been disclosed l
Professor Schimper, of Strasburg, has re-
-esntlE gone to England, for the purpose Of as
pertaining whether there is any geological evil
denoe of .tlfe islands having passed through
two glacial periods. He also-intends to study
the Cryptogamio Flora of Great Britain.
The strike of the cabmen in Paris has ended
with the defeat of the jehus. A thousand new
drivers were introduced into the city by the
means.
1t is rumored that in one of the fashionable
watering places Of South Durham, Eng. two
young priests have recently been frequenting
the public promenades in the disguise, of the
Sisters of Mercy. s--' = : 49,
The city of Milan hasvoted a contribution of
fifty thousand francs towards the foundation of
national school to be erected in Turin for the
education of the daughters of the dead or
wounded in the struggles for national indepen-
dencea .ayl 4 HeT ri a9IO9 iAaJgAN
The first ascent this year to the Grands- Mu-
let's took place on the I'd june. Itwas by two
Englishmen, who first for the season trod the
SHOWS of this great hating place on the way TO
1 the summit of Mont Blanc.
The famous vessel Alexandra, intended for a
blockade-runner has been turned into a river
boat, and now plies between London and
Gravesend. She is novelty ON the Thames,
/ as she is the only boat that has cabins upon
| deck, in the American style.
| The close of the American war created quite
financial crash at Bombay by the consequent
fall in cotton. il s.ii al al zsluA MA s4luHW
/ A subscription has been opened at Turin for
medal for Garibaldi. Subscriptions are limi-
ted to ten centesimi or two cents each.
hesubmarine telegraph cable between Mar
sails and the Algerian coast has been laid. Di-
rect telegraph communication is now, there
fore, open between Europe and Algeria.
An English bridal pair-Mr. and Mrs. Ar
buthnot of London-left Interlachen one day
last month for an ascent Of the Schelthorn.
They had reached about half way up the noun
tain when Mrs. A. sat down to rest and her
husband walked on short distance with the
lguide In few minutes furious thunder
storm burst over them, and they returned as
rapidly as they. could to the spot where they
had left Mrs AFbathnot. They found her dead.
She had been struck by lightning, and killed
instantaneously Mrs. Arbuthnot was daugh-
ter of Lord Rivers.
The Young king of Greece will soon marry,
says rumor, the Princess Olga daughter Of
the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia.
! A movement is on foot in Italy to canonize
Christopher Columbus and make him the pat
ron saint of mariners. Il.
The Duke de Morny left $1S5,OOO a year for
his heirs. 384eg AglJ X Es5
The Belgian painter Wertz is dead.
A Spanish company is playing at one of the
The great Handel festival at the Crystal
Palace was attended by three young Indian
Rajahs, one of whom welded a lorgnette, a
little smaller than couple of Armstrong guns
dashed together. He succeeded in staring down
all observers. & lo5s g
Tits stated upon good authority that Prince
Metternich, the Austrian ambassador to Paris
and the son of the great diplomatist is about
to publish the memoirs of his father, which will
form one of the most remarkable histories and
biographies ever published. iii Agf lfikH /
The Pail Mall Gazette saysthat Rosa Bonheu
has been requested by the Empress Eugene II
paint likeness of Gladiateur The same paper
says that decree is preparing for regulating
the admission of women into the Legion Of
Honor in France.
Victor Emanuel presided at the opening Of
the italian National Rifle Meeting in Florence.
He drove to the place without any guard or
fuss, and hit the bulls eye twice out of four
shots. e4H
The work of the Emperor on Algeria has
been distributed amongst the members of the
Council, with q request that they will offer
their observations upon it. 1t viii afterwards
be discussed by the Council Of State.
A clergyman is on trial in Sweden for the
murder Of three or four persons by means Of
poison administered in the bread and wine Of
the communion.
French papers state that Maximilian's cha
teau of Miramar has been lent to Francis II,
ex-King of Naples and that is the reason why
!, Ell 600 were sent from Mexico to repair it
not that the Mexican Emperor had any idea Of
ever using it himself - - NS92sstsa3c
At Chaumont, in the Haute Marine, ser
want carelessly set fire to a cask of spirits in
his masters cellar. He called for help and the
neighbors rushed in, when the cask burst and
ten or more persons were burned to odeath
The great fair of Leipsic this year attains its
hundredth anniversary having been estab-
lished in 1865. Before that year the fair was
visited by numerous booksellers from all parts
of Germany, but Frankfort was then the great
emporium of the book trade, especially for for
eigners At present the German booksellers
i send their books to their different correspon-
dents as they appear, and meet.at Leipzig fair
to balance the accounts of sales during the
year.
A new English astronomer, Mr.. R. Proctor
of St Johns College, Cambridge, who has just
published an elaborate book on the planet Sat-
urn, believes Satirn's rings to be not continu-
Gus bodies, either solid or fluid, but multitude
of loose planets, grouped like bead necklace
round his equatorial regions, just as if we were
furnished not with one moon, but as many
moons as would span the whole earth.
+ M. Theirs declares that thedeficiencies insthe
French budget have amounted to three hun
bred millions of francs annually, for the past
three years. sis 10 sssl
A SAD STORY OF THE WAR.
At the anniversary dinner, at Gorham Sem
mary last week, Rev. DIR. Adams of Gorham
related several incidents of his four years ex