The Portland daily press., 1867-10-03

AT sunset, on Sunday last, began the jew
ish New Year, 5628. The first two days of the
year are kept as holidays, and constitute the
festival of the New Year. The chief peculiar
ity of the service on the first day of the festi-
val is the blowing of the rams horn. The fes-
tival of the New Year begins what is known
as the ten penitential days, which are succeed
ed Immediately by the Day of Atonement.
An interval of five days succeeds, after which
the Feast of the Tabernacles is celebrated.
The Washington Star announces that,
"pending the arrival of Congress, Washing
mgJon iS- h~-;~e temperance revival" The
New York Post thinks they mao Dctter r--ait
till after the Congress has assembled.
General Beauregard writes to Baltimore
paper that 'he is an outlaw in his own native
country" This is equal to the man who said
he was an Irishman, though he wasn't born in
his own native land.
Among the interesting subjects discussed
by eminent scientific men at the close of the
meeting of the British Association in Scotland,
was the question of the antiquity of man. Sir
j. Lubbock read paper on prehistoric man,
in which he expressed the following conclu-
sons-namely, that existing savages are not
primitive condition of man was one of utter
barbarism; that from this condition several
races have independently raised themselves.
Fanny Janauschek, a new tragic actress
from Germany, is to make her debut in New
York this week. She is an accomplished ac-
tress, brought into lis country by Maretzek.
Her repertoire comprises besides the heroic
characters of several dramas not yet acted up
on the American stage, Medea, Sappho, Mary
Stuart, Elizabeth, Deborah, (Leah), the Prin-
cess Eboli in Schiller's masterpiece Of "Don
Carlos" Judith, Ph8dre, Sc.
-Strakosch has gone to Pittsburgh with La
Grange and Brignoli. .eL.n
"A correspondent of the World says that
Geneva is Boston translated into French.
The British Association has given formal
approval to the desire that the storm signals of
the Board of Trade should be again transmit
ted to the ports of Great Britain, and exhibit
cd for the information of mariners. il4
"A letter from Albano, Italy, where the
cholera appeared so suddenly and so awfully,
is published in tho London Times. There had
been no case in September, and the letter was
dated ON the 11th of that month. The people
were beginning to recover from their panic and
to count up losses somewhat after the fashion
of AN army when an engagement is over. 1t is
found that the population has been more than
decimated. The correspondent says there is
hardly house but has lost an occupant, and
not family is known to have been left un-
touched. In some cases whole families of six
or seven have been swept away. The women
are all in mourning The Italians attribute
tba TO fI,a mil Of GOI aoIa -,
have any suspicion that their own uucleanly
habits have anything to do with it. 1t 1a
"A halter in Keokuk is as wise as was the
good Vicar of Wakefield in regard to the great
family picture. He employed q blacksmith of
that city to make him huge sheet iron hat for
assign. On completing the giant hat, It was
found impossible to get it out without tearing
down the shop-the door and window being too
small to allow it egress. aN aIT
Broad street, Philadelphia, is eleven miles
and half long, in one straight line, and one
hundred and fifteen feet wide, extending from
League Island, on the Delaware River, to the
northern boundary of the present city limits.
-Barnum has been advertising a new goril-
la in his "show," but the New York Evening
Mail declares it nothing but dog -nosed bab-
boon. etFa1 Ea 1a,I a....
"A correspondent of the Round Table very
pertinently asks: why does almost everybody
omit one of the rs in innuendo9" The simple
reason is because aalmost everybody" knows
no better. 4leas. e ... -s
1t is said that new method of shoeing
horses is coming into vogue in France The
boot is allowed to grow, but is to be surround
pI bV a thin airola Of In nrOfnet IL 0QalnSk
wear and tear. Ills. Uf.uHl
An ingenious Boston mechanic py the
name of Russell, has invented a POCKET ina
cannot be picked or blown up. Ladies as wen
as gentlemen can avail themselves OF this mar
vel of skill and ingenuity. ..lJ '.4
An adroit rogue succeeded in clever
| swindIe at Nashua, N. H., on Thursday, he
managed to bump his head against pane oi
| French glass in a store window, breaking IL
completely, and on the storekeeper demanding
pay for the damage done, claimed that nc nau
no money. On being searched, 500 Dill was
found in one of his pockets, which the NOR
chant took returuine the man 800 in change.
The latter then sneaked off, and the Sioo Dill
proved to be counterfeit
The Home Journal has n column devoted
to new engagements, in addition to the space
IL riyes to descriptions of marriages. Among
those last recorded are the Rev. DIR. divers TO
Miss Annie Thomas, the celebrated English
authoress; Mr. Taylor, of Alabama, to Mi'S
Augusta Evans, author of est. Elmo, ana tno
rumor of Miss Anna Dickinson's engagement
to a wealthy merchant. The following ''e'"
is inexpressibly amusing: ..
Estelle Anna Lewis, author OF NJ hathine
the Heart" etc., has been passing gn,s sio ike a
season at Havre' aIed nnsy ~ that the American
poetess is to ihe Count d k0Ssla Min,sr an
noSlsmaRS dsrns s ~l.ins ssi her sene model
Az. AZ III ,n,,ers This we know to be fact.