The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06

BY the lawslof Iowa, any person starting
prairie fire, and allowing it to get beyond his
control, is subject to imprisonment for thirty
days, or fine not to exceed one hundred dol
lars.
Mr.. Brough having turned the story Of
Joan of Arc into buresque about woman's
rights, London critic, indignant at the prof
anatiou, suggests Millions blindness Luther's
earnestness, Knox's energy, and Savonarola's
melancholy life and doom as frameworks for
the burlesque writer's of the period.
"A Mohammedan nobleman, with two wives
in India, was bold enough to take q third
when on late visit to England. Hele her
behind on his return, but she followed after,
and on his proving divorce she claimed her
dowry under Mohammedan law, aud got 1t.
The English papers are now discussing the
propriety of doing away with branding in the
British army. A soldier absent from his COM
mand for more than three weeks, even If. he
return, must, in accordance with the present
regulations, be tried for desertion, and if found
guilty may be branded with d. although he
remains in the army. The idea that such a
practice should need to. be discussed" before
deciding to abandon it is nearly incredihlss-Tt To
would be wloily SO anywhere but in England,
where precedent can preserve almost any
species Of barbarism.
-Brignoli's concert tour through the South
is great success, his net profits for less than
a month having been over $4,000. De Viva,
his manager, has returned north to take charge
of the Parepa-R Rosa concert troupe.
Mr.. A. G. Asbjornsen, of Christiania, an
nounces Norwegian translation Of Bryants
poems
An English ritualistic curate purchased
coffin for the purpose of Stimulating the DEATH
burial, and resurrection OF our saviour Dy en-
tombing himself from Good Friday until Eas-
ter. His vicar heard of it, and prevented the
absurdity. .r
THE trustees of Cornell university are try
;no To get John Stuart Mill for professor in
that institution.
Cuba pays Spain over $32, ,OOO,O 900 annually
in taxes The cost OF collection will equal the
receipts this year.
In Sketches of Early Life in Boston,
published in Appleton's Journal we learn
that persons leaving home without leave were
fined. 1t seems that Thomas More, in his
utopia" seemed to consider a regulation Of
this sort highly desira BILE in perfectly-organ-
lied community. He says: "But if any be
desierous to visite either theyr frendes dwelling
in an other cite, or to see the place it selGe;
thew easelie obteyne licence of their Sipho-
grauntes and Tranibores, onlesse there be
some profitable let. No man goeth out alone,
but a companie is sente furth, together with
their princes letters, which do testife that they
licence to go that journey, and prescribeth also
the day of their retourne.
Henry b. Blackwell, best known as Lucy
Stones husband, has just come back from
Florida, and advises against emigration there.
He states that the sea coast is healthy, Is bene-
fetal indeed to persons with weak lungs. or
with pulmonary complaints; but inland, and
especially on the rivers, he regards as un-
healthy. He reports that most of the settlers
on the St Johns river are very sick of their
experiments, and anxious to retarn. He does
not regard the interior OF Florida as desira-
bic place for small families from the northern
States. Persons who wish to manage large
sugar, cotton, or orange plantations, can
doubtless do we'll in Florida, but not small
families. who must work the soil themselves.
Mr.. j. L. Motley has been elected a MEM
ber of the st. Petersburg Academy of SER
ences.