The Portland daily press., 1867-05-08

on account of the eight-hOur law in Illinois. "a
"A Boston paper publishes a Paris letter
which says that our American mechanics have
carried off the first honors in the department OF
locomotives-the gold medal having been
awarded to the locomotive America" contrib
uted by the Grant Company of Patterson, n
J. There was stiff competition for the honor
France, Austria and Russia having each sever
al machines, but the "America" outshone them
all and took the gold medal. - "a, tssi 81. p
Z -Four hundred thousand dollars have been
secured in St. Johnsbury, VT, towards the con-
struction of the Vermont portion of the Port
land and Ogdensburg railroad. f-.,......
An unusual ceremony, il is said, is to be
performed at Hartford, Conn, on Saturday
next that of Christian woman renouncing
her faith and embracing the Jewish pcrsua-
sion.
The Agricultural Department is in receipt
Conformation from all sections Of the country
that the wheat crops this season will be the
finest produced in this country for many years
Capt. CIV. Gold of Baltimore, has obtain
ed passport, and intends to go abroad next
week in miniature schooner of two tons bur-
den, only "a feet inches in length and 7 feet
beam. He will be accompanied by two men
and boy. '''' h' '7isAi
,s In 1920 Boston contained 10000, inhabi-
t,nts; in 1910 the population had Increased to
$1,000, and now the population amounts to 2OO,-
Co., The increase of material wealth and pros
perity has kept pace with the increase in popu-
lation. 1cAhi 9n' ~ pL''h''
Referring to Portland, the Worcester Spy
says: LAST year it was Frustrated by a con-,
fagration which swept away the accumulated
treasures of the city and the fortunes Of many
Of its citizens. In single year it has been al
mostrebuiit, and preparations have been made
in the spirit of confident enterprise, to recover
the losses by that disaster. n Without waiting
for bank accounts to be restored and ware
houses to be filled, its first official act has been
to loan the credit of the city to the amount OF
q million and half in aid Of railway enter
prisess designed to bring business to its mer-
chants and commerce to its port." 'i1Ia "H' ~ d
The extensive empire Of Brazil has been
added to the area Of freedom Slavery has
been abolished by imperial edict. n'h t9A1 nom
"a There is in Pepperell, Mass, d child ten
months old, whose mother grandmother,
great-grandmotheri and 1great-ereat-g grand
mother are all living. The latter is not yet
eighty-cne years of age.c sAsa" Wal h2ha5i
Mr.. James W. Marshall and Captain SUIT
terIwere the first to discover gold in California.
The formerilives on q little farm near Coloma;
CAL, not oyerburdened with wealth, and the
Latter, once the richest man in California is abb
sOlutely q homeless and houseless wanderer.a 70
The Washington correspondence of the
Philadelphia, Press says Gen. Butler has been
actively at work in search of facts concerning
the assassination of President Lincoln, aand
has obtained positive evidence that it never
was the intention of the conspiritors to in
clude Vice President johnson among their
victims, and that the movements of Atzerott
about the Kirkwood House, with the various
indicating plot against the life
of Mr.. johnson, were purposely put forward
as blind.
IF we may credit the New Hampshire
George Peabody sawed wood at the
Columbian Hotel, in Concord, to pay for a
nights lodging, fifty years ago. ' '''' ~
- Chicago had just 27s Deaths in, the month
of April last year, and the same number in
the same month this year, il' ''i'."d '''
Friday was set aside as "hangman's day" in
the recent execution of the three murderers
In Cincinnati, which occurred ON Tuesday. 1t
Is the hrst instance in Ohio when any other
day than Friday has been selected for an exc
cution. Probably Friday has been decided
against because of its being an 'unlucky dav.. -
Judge Underwood of the U. S. Circuit
Court for the District of Virginia, has allowed
a writ of habeas corpus to be issued ON the ne
tition of Jefferson Davis to that effect His Pc
titon sets forth that his health has been greatly
impaired by bis confinement, that he has yea
son to apprehend the government does not in
Tend to proceed with his trial OF the the ap-
term of the court at Richmond, and
that his life would be imperilled by longer de-
Law. The writ is returnable at Richmond on
Monday, 9th inst 10 siiisaGH 'i4@ tiA'' Pc e.
An exchange thinks the most appropriate
hymn for this weather is From Greenland's
icy mountains" 4r ir oH .sHt5 as9dj -.
A strange epidemic prevails among the fe-
line race IN the environs of Brussels. Cats
are dying IN large numbers and very rapidly,
AFTER continual vomiting, spasms, commissions,
ana other symptoms resembling poison. Won't
somebody import that cat-malady, and scatter
1t among some of the back alleys Of PortIandp
The following somewhat remarkable adyeer--
tsement appeared ina late number of a news
paper: Lost by poor boy tied mp in a brown
paper with white string, German flute in
an overcoat, and several other articles of wear
ing apparel ioi a-ri ,s.a-4fe ',zi I'D. as0
The Buffalo and Erie Railroad Company
have adopted for their trains an Invention cali
I'd the "Hand Station Indicator" The names /,
Of the stations are printed on white clothwhich
revoives behind an opening, showing the name
Of each station as it is approached.