The Portland daily press., 1867-09-16
The odd Fell.w., Excursion.

The Eastern Star and Machigonne Encamp-
ments of this city left Concord, N. H., Satur-
day morning, accompanied by about 20 mem
bers of the Concord Encampment, arriving in
Portsmouth about half past ten O'Clock, where
they were received by Strawberry Bank En-
campment, accompanied by the Portsmouth
Brigade Band, G. H. Thompson, Leader After
parade Of over an hour they were escorted to
Odd Fellows Hall, after which the Encamp-
ment with their friends partook of sumptu-
GUS dinner in Congress Hall.
After the cloth was removed Past Grand
Master B, M. Parker made few remarks and
was followed by Pstrisrchs harness Small
Hall, Sanborn, Cummings, Read, Osgood and
others of the Portland, Portsmouth and Con-
cord Encampments. A visit was then made to
the Kittery Navy Yard, where they were re-
oeived by the officers of the yard with all due
respect At halt past O'Clock they took the
cars for home; arriving here at quarter, past
eight o'clock. At this depot they were receiy-
ed BY the brothers of the Maine, Ligonia and
Ancient Brothers Lodges, who, in regala
turned out in strong numbers, and escorted
the Encampments to the Lodge. bn iota"
The reception of the Encampments has been
enthusiastic in every place they visited, and
the members speak in the highest terms Of the
inequalities and courteses extended to them
every where while absent from the city
THRATRE.-Messrs. Bidwell & Locke have
engaged the charming Marietta Ravel for six
nights, and she will make her first appearance
this evening In the character of the French
Spy. The reputation of this lady as an accom-
plished artistic is worldwide, and she has at
tracted crowded houses at all of her perform
ances in the great cities, 4. Welook for a crowd
ed house this evening. and advise all who wish
comfortable seats to secure them at the box
office to-day. 4-....4r,r
In the after-piece of "Nan, the Good.for-
Nothing" that charming and excellent actress
Miss George Langley, takes the. principal
character, and she is sure to bring down the
house. In the rendition OF characters she as
sumes, we know of no more promising actress
than George Langley. sas s.as q asa
MERcANTILE LIBRARY LEcTUREs.--The Lee
ture Committee of the Mercantile Library AS
ISOLATION have beer diligently engaged in Sc
curing lecturers for the course to be delivered
in City Hall the coming season Arrange
ments have already been made for lectures
from Rev. Messrs. Beecher and Chaplin, Geo.
w. Curtis and John b. Cough, and negotia-
tiOns are going on for others. We are assured
that strenuous efforts win be made by the COM
mittee to secure reading from Charles Dick
ems in the regular course of lectures His
agent, who came over to this country, was not
authorized to make any engagements for him
and did not Mr.. D. will decide, should he visit
this country, whether to give readings or not
The uncertainty in this matter will cause some
delay in announcing the regular course
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I STORE BREAKINa AND ARRrsr.-Two lads
named John Leonard and Timothy McCarty
broke into the shop of Cornelius Conley. on |
Summer street, Friday night, and riaed the |
contents Of the money drawer, amounting to |
seven or eight dollars, Saturday morning |
officers Davis and Sterling arrested the young
shelves and recovered all the money they had |
'tOlen. The young rascals broke a pane of |
glass in the window snd remove the fastening.
,hus gaining an entrance to the shop. $50 e
FOREIGN ExPoRTs.-The total value of for
ign exports from this port last week amount-
d to $1O1 ,371.32. Included in the shipments
we're 800 sugar box shocks, 2576 shocks and
reads, 30 hoops, 600 bds do, IA BID De- tie do. 564
So # lumber, 10 M pickets, 90, 25O shingles. 10
4 laths, 3 cooper's windlasses, $3.50 bbls -four,
cases dry goods, 26 bxs medicines, 1 bale pa
er, cases cigars, bxs sundries and 1919 bags