The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-06-28

Portsmouth, also in this county. The U. S.
Courts also hold sessions here, and the Collec-
TOR OF Internal Revenue for this district, Mr..
covering, resides and has his office here.
'1Ae'er also boasts its Free Public Library,
supported by the town, and having its loca-
.ioh IN the old Court House edifce, an excel
,e"' building of wood, in good condition
IL 'ohSiSts OF 5000 volumes, annually increas-
i"S' ana is open two days and evenings each
week This excellent institution disperses IN
,iectual and moral light freely to all the in
habitants
robinson Female Seminary is ne"
-, poehtial institution endc wed by the late
"hAaln Robinson, native of this town and
oiisihaIly printer by trade, who went many
years ago to the South, where he acquired a
fortune. He died during the war of the rebell-
ion,-to which he was forced to contribute
some $4,000; but he left by will the bulk Of
his property for the endowment of Female
Seminary in this town, in which the orphans
and the poor are to have the preference. A
line building is projected, to be erected by the
trustees of the fund, which now amounts TO
about S240000. The best lot of land in town,
which they desire to obtain, is owned by the
widow o. the brother OF DR.. ]. T Gilman, Of
Portland, since married to Commodore Long
of the U. s. Navy.
Quite an interest is felt through the State
relative to a new apportionment and even re-
construction of the Legislature of New Hamp-
shire. AT present the Senate contains only
twelve persons, while the House of Represen-
tatlves consists of three hundred and twenty
hvel The one is too small while the other IL
too large. Only think, Manchester sends sew
enteen and Portsmouth ten Representatives.
Exeter sends as many as Portland did a wear
or two ago. 1t has been suggested that the
people here could not do better than to follow
the example of Name in this respect, and
raise the humber of the Senate to thirty and
reduce that of the House to one hundred and
fifty.
MIR. w. o. Hills, the inventor OF the Air
Alarm for prisons and banks, resides here, and
have recently visited toe county iaiI In the
rear of the town, ON which his alarm is placed
The jailor spoke in the highest terms of its ef-
ficacy. Mr.. Hills is expecting to attach 1t to
several State prisons soon. Yesterday took
an early morning walk, particularly for the
purpose of seeing the old house of Gen Cass
who was born and brought up here. The house
stands on street. named for the General--s
large dwelling house, which has been some
what remodeled. The room Is shown which
Gen. c. occupied when boy The finest and
earliest vegetable garden in the town sur
rounds the mansion, and it is improved by o
German. Gen. Cass visited his old home fire.
quently during his life, and was here but a
Jew years previous to his DEATH He stopped
at the squamseot Hotel-a very good house at
which am staying, (and paying my bills, pre-
sided over by Major Blake. had an intro
duction to MIR. Hoyt of the Exeter News-Let-
ter, visited his office aud was glad to tind him
in the full tide of newspaper success.
Altogether am much pleased with my visit
of day in this ancient town, the residence of
Nicholas and John Taylor Gilman, Gen. Fol
som, Gen. Peabody, Benz Abbott and others,
all able men, Generals in the Revolution, Sem
ators of the old Congress, Governors, and men
OF culture. r.