The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-03

The Abbott Rolling Mills in Baltimore were
burned Monday night. Loss 800 OOO SIEVE
raj hundred men are thrown out of work.
John B. Norman, the editor of the New AL
bany, Qnd.) Ledger, died Monday of apo
plexy.
The grand jury of Rockingham County, N
H., have presented the County jail at Ports
mouth as q nuisance
The New York Commercial saws that no time
since 1860, has Wall street experienced sucl
dizziness as now prevails
A cable dispatch states that the citizens OF
Frankfort, Weisbaden and Mayence, with the
surrounding country were visited with shocks
of earthquake during the night of the 31st milf
Sunday and Monday morning.
The Washington Republican gives currency
to the rumor than an opinion will shortly be
issued from the Attorney Generals office, de.
claring the salaries of judges of State courts
exempt from Internal Revenue taxation
Near Lexington, KY, Monday, Ryland Sod
hunters mules got into Joseph Robinson's
corntleld whereupon Robinson shot three OF
them. The two met soon afterwards and an
ARRAY took place in the course of which Rob.
inson was killed.
The National Baptist Sunday School Con.
ventlon convened at st. Louis Tuesday after.
noon. A very large number of delegates. rep
resentng nearly all the States in the Union
were present Preparations for the event were
made on an expensive scale, and it is expected
that the Convention will close Thursday even
ing with grand festival
The bronze statue of Bishop BrownelI, the
founder of Trinity College, will be unveiled on
November 11th. Addresses will be made by
Bishop Williams and Bishop Clark, and a
poem will be read by Prof johnson. The
statue was cast in Munich, and designed by
Ives. 1t is eleven feet high and represents the
Bishop in his episcopal robes in the act of pro-
nounci ls benediction. 1t cost $25 900, and
is gift to the College by Gordon w. Burn
ham, of New York, son-in-law of Bishop
Brownell. -...-.
Fidelity in the enforcement of the Internal
Revenue laws is characteristic feature of the
present administration, as it VIGOROUSLY was
not of the last. Here is an illustration: Taze
we'll county, ILL.,, for the year ending Septem-
Der goth, 1868, paid a revenue tax of $134.O 900
from all sources, and for the year ending Sep
TENDER Goth, 1869, paid q tax of $51S 900. Dur
ing the former year all of the distilleres in
Pekin were run most of the time and the tax
for the greater part of that period was two
dollars per gallon. During the past year only
one distillery was run continuously, and it
alone paid tax of $135,OOO, being more than
the whole county paid the previous year.
The Newburyport Herald says that on Fri
day and Saturday evenings heavy firing was
heard in the direction of Portsmouth, which
excited considerable speculation. opinions be-
ing divided whether vessel was in distress or
some political victory was being celebrated.
1t turns out that resident of Salisbury was
celebrating his acquttal at a court in Law
renee, OF charge of bigamy, which was pre-
ferred against him by worthy maiden lady,
who resided in the same house with him. aud
who felt scandalized at his bringing home a
new wife in the place of one who lad deserted
him, she not being aware of the fact that he
had previously obtained divorce from his first
love.
Letters from DR.. Livingstone to the Sth of
August, 1868, written on small pieces of paper
begged from the Arabs, are reported TO have
been received in England. The intelligence is
pleasing but the communications are mearre
in respect to general news. He REQUESTS that
supplies, nautical instruments, and almanacs
for 1869 and 1870 be forwarded to him. this in
dicating an intention to remain in the country
some time longer. He claims to have discov-
cred the true source of the Nile. He spent the
IN
try lying south of the Langanyka Lake, which
ne found to contain many small springs or in
ner lake fountains, which he claims to be the
true source of the Nile.
From the accounts of an eyewitness of the
naval engagement between the Hayten men
oi-war Salnave and Potion, aud the rebel
cruisers Florida and Quaker City, off Cape
haytien, on the 9th of October, it appears that
the Salnave not seeing any colors on the rebel
vessels, fired first blank CARTRIDGE and then q
hundred pound shell, and kept off to fire a
when the Quaker CITY kent AWAY
with the intention of running into the Salnave
She succeeded in doing this without apv ma
erial damage, her shell at the same time 90
ng clear over the Salnave, while this vessels |
'roadside went rlSnt through ner The Qua
ger City then backed out and ran. The Potion |
n the meantime engaged the Florida, explod- |
~ loo-pound shell on her deck, killing eigh-
cen and wounding twenty men, and complete
y uehioraizing the Florida's crew. The Sal
lave started in pursuit of the Quaker City and
iofioa' out not seeing the Potion following
'ame oack and found her disabled. She towed
ler into Cape Hayden and then started ont
liter the rebel vessels and chased them int,
st. Marks