The Portland daily press., 1869-09-21

The Pscataqua Fair opens at Portsmouth
to-day
James Gordon Bennett denies that he is at
all sick.
Great fire in Rochester, N. Y, Sunday
Loss 100000.
The Georgia rebels designate Gov. Bullock
as Ellis Bovinity."
The Nashville Press and Times (Senter) is
advertised for sale.
National Musical Convention in Boston to
morrow and next day.
Prim's effort to have France and England
join in protectorate for Cuba utterly failed.
Arizona was visited iby an earthquake on
the 9Th of September but no damage was DONE
From recent accounts it appears that the
Boston coliseum and the big organ still sur
vive, Notwithstanding the recent storm.
A report is in circulation that the candida
ture of the Duke of Genoa for the throne of
| Spain is a failure
Mrs. Ruth Hemphill, Of Henniker, N. H.
died Saturday at the age of 100 years, three
months and thirteen days. She was the first
| female child born in that town.
Charles Wentworth, aged H. and Fremont
Howard were drowned Sunday by the upset
ting of boat while fishing in Clay Pond, in
Manchester, N. II.
Improvident women in the Sonth are to Pc
| tition Mr.. Peabody for the privilege of par
| ticipating in the benefit of the fund given by
that gentleman to the Southern people.
The trial of William H. Kinney, to the muir
| der of his uncle George Woodssll in Clare
mont last winter, resulted in verdict of "not
| guilty by reason of insanity"
| Mr.. Booth, the editor of the Irish american,
was last Fridsy brought before the Court in
Dublin, and remanded for trial, on the charge
| of participation in fatal ARRAY at Tobber-
more recently.
When Napoleon seemed to have made UP
his mind to die, the other day, the partizans
| of the Empress and OF Prince Napoleon began
fiery debate as to the claims of the respective
| parties to the regency.
Haytian news is important. The city of
| Gonaives has fallen into tie hands of the in
surgents after ten days bombardment by the
Florida and Quaker City. Salnave is pressing
the seige of Aux Cages, but the rebels have
strengthened their forces in that place.
A Mr.. Chaffee, his wife, wife's sister and
| five children were found near Baltimore, Sat-
urday, nearly starved and half naked. They
| had walked from Leavenworth, Kansas, and
were on their way to Philadelphia. Their
wants were attended to.
| The speed of the recent disastrous gale was
| about sixty miles an hour. The storm was at
| Its height on the coast of Connecticut about
half-past four, in Providence about five, and at
Portland about half-past eight o'clock
Ex-Governor Seymour delivered, on Thurs
| day, the annual address at the Fair of the
Herkimer County Agricultural Society. Its
main object was to present the superior at
| fractions of country life over the great cities,
| and in closing Mr.. Seymour said that he found
| that the days have come when he must seek
enjoyment elsewhere than in the active pur-
suits of life, and that the enjoyment can be
found by him only in the country.
Recently some unprincipled person or per-
sons, supposed to be engaged in the Interior
| Department, gained access to the library room
of the Bureau of Education, and, taking all
the books and documents from the shelves
tossed them into confused heap on the floor
The works were valuable, and related to the
progress of science, art, literature, and COM
merce in the principal countries of Europe
the collection and arrangement of which had
cost Professor Barnard years of labor and care.
What makes the matter worse is that these
works were the private property of Professor
Barnard who, siuce he has been acting as
Commissioner of Education, has given their
use free of cost to the government