The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-03-30

Remains of lake dwellings have recently
been discovered in the Lake of Zurich Arms
have been found in great quantities, tools, from
saws in flint to needles in bone, ornaments,
chlldren's toys, the remains of stored-up fruits
OF various kinds-nay, even cellar or recepta-
Gle full of corn, and loaf of bread composed
OF bruised grain, and preserved by carboniza-
ton. By the side of these relics are found the
bones Of animals, many belonging to species
extinct before the rise of history. -...
The Galignani of Paris have recently
made good investment of portion of their
profits, having built and endowed hospital of
twenty-five beds for the English poor residing
in Paris
that violent typhoid epidemic prevails at
present at the school for young priests of st.
Sulpice, where many of the clergy for Paris
are educated. Some of the young men have
died lately, and large number have been sent
to their homes ~ 1t9 .a.-a -.r
The friends of Mazzini in Genoa, saws the
correspondent of the Nord, having commenced
preparations to celebrate his election for Mes
sina by public manifestation, the police au-
thorities intimated that they would not permit
any such demonstration, and would, if necessa-
ry, disperse any assemblage of this kind by
armed force. t-N@ *
The Cronstadt Messenger describes the OPP
erations lately carried on for the recovery of
the sunken war ships at the entrance of Sebas-
topol harbor. More than half dozen of these
hulks have been raised, and one thousand two
hundred guns have been rescued from the
depths of the Black Sea- with large quantity
of copper and other available property. There
does not, however, appear to be any attempt at
reconstructing the abandoned city even as a
mercantile resort. .l-s it
DIR. Anderson, of Breslau, has been invited
to a chess contest by the famous Austrian
chess-player, Herr Steinitz. A sum of $500 is
to become the property of the winner, and the
game is to be played in London either at Easter
or in July. -e'4...t .-aH
The King of Italy has conferred the title of
baron on Mr.. s. 8. Kirkup, an English artist
residing at Florence, whose attention of late
years has been dIrectel to the investigation and
illustration of the poems of Dante. -+7-
Some touching relics of the London" have
been discovered sealed up in bottles on the
coast of Quiberon. They were messages writ
ten by persons on board when all hope had fed.
One, dated the 10th of January, is signed D.
w. Lennon, and runs thus "The ship ia
sinking; no hope of being saved. Dear par
ents, may God bless you, as also me, with the
hope of eternal salvation" Another, dated the
18th, reads, "F. G. M'Millan, of Launceston,
Tasmania, 18th of January, 1866, to his dear
wife and his dear children. May God bless YOU
all Farewell for this worldi Lost in the
steamship" London" bound for Melbourne =
A third is the following effect :-"H. j. DEN
is to Jh. Denis Knight, at Great Shelford.-
Adieu, father, brothers, and sisters and my
Ed. Steamer London, Bay of Biscay.
Thursday, 10 o'clock. Ship too heavily laden
FORTS size, and too crank; windows stove in
water coming in everywhere. God bless my
poor orphans. Request to send this paper, if
found, to Great Shelford. Storm not too vio-
lent for ship in good condition" e..,...l