The Portland daily press., 1868-04-25
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"A Philadelphia letter says that sedate anil
sober city is feeling the thrill of modern i'm
provement, and Chestnut street is actually be.
ginning to lose the Philadelphia cnaracteris.
tics, which, until lately it has retained. The
Fhladeiphla papers are joyful over three new
marble stores, devoted to crockery. dry gooas
and saddlery, which have just been opened in
the upper part of Chestnut street. To ae-
complish this number of quaint old man
sions OF former days have given way The old
Burd mansion-probably the most notable OF
its kind, and a building thoroughly character
istic-is no more, and in its place stands q
huge structure OF the orthodox bandbox shape,
commonplace and uninteresting. 1t is to be
hoped that whatever is done, old lndepen-
dence Hall will be spared.
The number of letters mailed in Canada
has increased greatly since the reduction in
the rates of postage.
In the Canadian House of Commons, a
few days since, the Committee on Fisheries
and Navigation presented report recon-
mending that tonnage fee of four dollars per
ton be imposed on American vessels fishing in
Canadian waters.
The Ladies' Literary Club, of New York,
held its first meeting at Delmonico's on Mon
day. About thirty ladies were present
Among them were Mrs. Robert Dale Owen.
Mrs. K. Oakes Smith, Mrs. j. G. Croly, Mo.
Jas. L. Field, Madame LIE Vert, Miss Ka;e
Field, and others. The ladies partook of luncA,
and deliberated upon a name for their associa-
ton. "Sorosis, which had been attributed to
the organization, was voted too fanciiul. "rhe
Women's League" was declared in favor of by
majority. 'The Women's League" will be a
purely social organization. 1t has no connec-
tion, present remote, with women's rights,
or kindred theories. Affiliated sooiAtias viii
be formed in other cities, and the New York
society will meet once fortnight.
The Queen of Saxony has expressed dis
pleasure at the untidy, disheveed style of
wearing the hair which has lately come into
fashion. Having frequently to receive Eng
lish and American ladies, who sometimes APP
pear with their hair hanging loosely about
their shoulders, her Majesty has established
regulation that all persons with such coiffures
shall not be admitted at court.
There is full-blooded Tullahoma indian
from Southern California in one of the classes
of the Iowa State University, this session.
|
suffrage at Worcester, Mass, increase in in-
terest, and are attracting more than local at
| tention.. On Tuesday evening last Mr.. Ste
phen s. Foster made an eloquent address in
support of the movement, and afterwards he Id
| a brief conversational discussion on the sub
| ject. Mr.. Henry Chaplin, in his remarks on
taking the chair, said that among his ac-
| quaintances he found many intelligent and
educated women who dreaded the responsible
| ty of the ballot, and this caused Linn to waver
in his faith in the practical application of this
new movement. We are glad to see that this
important question is being brought into the
| field of serious and candid discussion, and
hope the example set in Worcester will be fol-
| lowed.
| Brigham Young does not number undue
modesty among his failings. In recent
harangue he says: "When L speak of tho
saints include myself. profess to be a saint
with the rest of my brethren and sisters, and
my public and private life is the proof whether
L am truly a saint or not
Everybody who has seen Dickenss Dolby
will recognize the correctness of the New
York Nails description of him, which says
that she is one of the few handsome English
men that have visited America. He exactly
represents the American idea of an English
man, being tall, portly, full laced, blue-eyed,
rosy-cheeked, smiling and hearty in his man
ner"
When sentence of death was passed on
Brown. the murderer of the little girl, Angie
Stewart, at Canaan, N. w. the hardened
wretch replied, GAN right" They might kill
his body, he said, but thev could not kill his
spirit After he was placed in the murderer s
cell" he said to bystander: "Why didn't they
make it tomorrow? What do they want to
keep me so long in this sinking hole for?"
Sir Morton Peto has at length resigned
his seat in Parliament. A Boston paper, re-
felring to his visit to this country, says; "Of
all the extraordinary delusions OF our
time, the delusion that Sir Morton Pc
| to was ever a man OF boundless wealth
is the most notable. The truth is, that
he was power in the financial world, not on
account of his property, but on account of his
debts His creditors were interested in his
success, and he was sent over here by them to
shift, if possible, his debts on to American
shoulders, or to get up here an excitement as
to the value of his American investments,
which would react on England, and enable
his creditors to negotiate his stocks and bonds
in the LontlOn market. That he was practi-
cally a bankrupt when he first came over to
this country, was well known here to a few
business men conversant with the gossip OF
the London Exchange.
An odd illustration of tie seasons aineI-
ence" is afforded by Australian paper Oh
last February. saturday, the first IL says
"was probably the hottest day that mas oeeh
exneriepced this summer, During the great
or mart of the day there was not breath OF
wind and the rays of the sun appeared to
haot nnon the earth.'" To this succeeds a list
Of deaths and other casualties caused by the
intense heat
"A fervid young convertiu Minnesota, dur
ing a recent revival, feeling great interest in
the spiritual future of friend, whose profess
sion was that of a trapper, made public sup
plication for him in the words following: Lord,
there is Mr.. l., who traps for living
Lord, he traps wild animals to support ms
family. o Lordl trap hiln!"
| The New York Evening Post says lnS'
"after three months of sharp and deadly cam
paigning, the great stockholders have suddeL-
ly signed treaty OF peace, and secretly form
ed league, offensive and defensive, against
the rest OF mankind"