The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-10-03
VARIETIES.

r-i VARIETIES.
Two new volumes of Froudes History of
III anu VIII appear early in October. They
vol,,,'' 1ntitled THE Reign of Elizabeth"
III, and ~ being the ninth and tenth
Eor neS ass " The History of England from the
~ oiSey 70 the death of Elizabeth" f
.a@o' is at his estate of Val Richar
oo0upiea IN wrrang the. eighth and last hoot
vi ms memoirs. This volume is said y, 60,
with curious chapter on the personal raIa-
tions of the writer with Louis philpins
Edmund Kirke" is to be the corras,.
ing editor of the new magazine annonrooa
some days ago. The publication win be ed;tod
in Boston, but issued in New York.
Miss Maria 8. Cummins daughter of the
late Judge David Cummins, died on Monday
at her residence in Dorchester, after a long i'll
ness. She is best known, perhaps, author
Of "rhe Lamplghter," a novel which was pub
lished in 1858, and passed through several edi-
tons, both in this country and in England.
Among her other books were mabel Vaughan, %
"El Fureidis," and Haunted Hearts," Oflate
her writings have been chiefly confined to con-
tributions to the Atlantic Monthly and Our
Young Folks.
THE French papers state that when La
Marmora surrendered the direction of the
staff of the Italian army to Cialdini, the two
generals, whD had never pulled very cordially
togethcr, interchanged some sharp remarks.
La Marmoras parting words were: Il trust
you will be more fortunate than / have been;
at any rate you will enjoy the very great advan-
tage Of not having General Cialdini under
your orders.'' f.-. ... ,.-...l
In Cincinnati, within the last six weeks,
out Of two hundred applicants for marriage Ii
censes, forty were unable to write their own
names. 10 ti''
= Postmaster Cleveland, Of Hartford, ad-
dresses the rebels through that secession or
gan the Hartford Times He says that we
should meet the Southern people with kind
ness and assurance. The kindness is not al
ways SO evident, but the assurance of a John
son man never deserts him. ...
"A novel anchor, newly invented, was tested
In baltimore harbor, recently, with great sue
cess. The anchor is triangular shaped, with
SIX hukes which work on pivots, and when one
side is imbedded in the soil, the upper part
closes, thus, it is claimed, preventing fouling.
which is the cause of many ships being lost.
% There Is now in the Brussels exposition a
picture by Ansdell, entitled the "Death of Cse-
sar.' A large mastiff is laid out upon the
steps OF q pedestal on the top Of which there
is dog, whose name, Pompey, is craven upon
the stonework Grouped around this pedestal
are a number of dogs, all posed in attitudes of
grief Critics express their regret that Ans
dell has gone so utterly to the bow-wows
"A juvenile African elephant, only thirty
eight inches high, arrived at New York last
week, consigned to a circus manager
iHi-The Mobile Tribune having requested Mr..
Semmes to resign his Office of judge of pro-
bate, he responds that "such resignation would
affect the honor, not only Of himself but of all
his fepow-citizens, and of his proud, if suffer
ing State5a and that he has no intention what
ever Of rssigning the trust which his fellow
citizens have eonfided to him. t .u. n1I
y The death is announced of the brilliant
French writer Leon Gozlan. He was found
dead in his room on the 18th ult, although he
previously appeared in good health. Gozlan
was in his sixtieth year. His tales, no vels and
plays are almost innumerable, and he contri-
buted at various times to almost all the Paris
ian Journals. f'' l''+ .f
Some specimens of red sandstone were re-
N~fAsiy ohVhoh OpCH III l6du mime at memDnlS.
Tennessee, and enc fA...ts - contain a nat
rified human hand, in a perfect state of preser-
walton. In other cases parts of animals were
found aud also one black snake some five feet
long, was found, of the consistency and weight
of the stone. .l4 G.- .,..
1.-The death of Hermann Goldschmidt, a
German astronomer of celebrity, is announc
ed. He was born at Frankfort-on- the Main,
June II, 1902. He studied painting in Paris,
under Schmorr and Cornelius, and in 1896. be-
came resident of that city In 1s47 he be-
| gan to devote himself to astronomy, since when
he has discovered ten asteroids, and has point
ed out over ten Thousand stars that were want
ing in the celestial maps OF the Academy of
Berlin. His discoveries were made with an or
dinary spy-glass, from his attic studio. The
French Academy bestowed ON him its grand
astronomical prize.
The relative size of the Cleveland and Pitts
burg convention is shown by this: The tent
used by the Cleveland convention, and which
was not third full, was taken to Pittsburg BIZ
the Cleveland delegation, and was barely large
enough for the accommodation Of that deleea-
e2-Mr. VIM. Cameron, of Petersburg, Virginia
JUST returned from abroad, brought home a
par Of ostriches, which he turned loose upon
his lawn, The Index says, "two interesting
colored children and several pigs are missing
SINCE 5.t 4. .e t.. ... ..I = 500. l. ~ .
/ Y Lewis Gidley has translated into Latin the
whole Of Foes Raven" in a measure which is
cheerfully described as being "a five line stanza
| oftrochaic tetrameter, with a trochaic dimeter-
hypercataletic' 90
The Prince de Condos body was sent to
England on ice from Sydney, N. s.w.
1T Is believed that the Russian Gen Moura-
yieff was poisoned. s
The st. Croix Courier says that some peo-
pie are still digging for the pirate Kidd's treas
ures down in New Brunswick.
~ Intelligence has been received at Washing
ton that son of the Marquis de Montholon.
(French Minister,) an officer of the Imper;aI
Guard OF the French army in Mexico, has been
captured and shot by the Mexican liberals.
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