The Portland daily press., 1869-08-03

The News.
Mrs. Senator Ramsey, who is avery beauti-
full woman, drew the critical gaze of no less
than Dore himself, in Paris recently.
Miss Ida Lewis has received a nag from Flax,
Jr.
Dickens edits All the Year Round alone.
His assistant is sick.
John, one of the Harper Brothers is serious1
ly i'll.
Chief Engineer John w. Moore has been or
dered to the Kittery Navy Yard. gFF4fFs
Hon. 1. 8. Tullock formerly of Portsmouth,
N q has been appointed Collector Of Internal
Revenue for the District of Columbia.
The Lyon shoe manufacturers receive with
favor the proposition to introduce Chinese la
Dor.
Hon. Neal Dow of this city has been lectur-
ing in Montreal ti -
Mr.. j. e. Waterhouse, agent for Portland
Water Works has been at Montreal a number
of days securing laborers for this company
He left few days since with fifty, and has
previously taken seventy-fye for the same OBJ
ject.
Mr.. Charles Brown formerly express agent
in Portland, has accepted position on the
Vermont Central, as conductor of one OF the
elegant palace car trains recently placed upon
that road
Walter Brown the oarsman passed over the
Lachine Rapids, near Montreal. in canoe
with an Indian last Sunday, feat not often
accomplished
Henry Keep, President Of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway and one Of the control
ling spirits of Wall street, died at his residence
in New York. Friday.
The dreaded cotton caterpillar has appeared
on the sea islands of South Carolina
John P. Hale ex-IIinster to Spain will
spend several months travelling on the conti-
nent, before returning to this country. y
The Hon. William NJ. Evarts, late United
States Attorney General, is in Hartford as the
guest Of the Hon. Henry q. Deming. ss's'
There win be four negro members in the vir-
ginia Senate, and fourteen in the House. Two
of them are Conservatives, and the rest are
Radicals. sf sLH Isa8
The Democratic candidate for Lieutenant
Governor Of Vermont is tinsnith at Burling-
ton, and seizure of $500 worth Of his manu-
iacturcd ware was made the other day, on the
charge that the rivets used in making it were
The Boston coliseum has passed, according
to the terms OF the contract into the hands OF
the builders.
A Cuban army. IL being fecraited i IN New
York under the pretence that the men are en-
listed to support the claims of Don Carlos to
the throne of Spain. saaM 4 AIS a
The principal topic of iiscussionon the clos
ing day Of the session of the American Philo-
logical Association was the aboriginal Ian
guages Of America and the best means to pre-
serve them from destruction. and oblivion.
Several interesting papers were read on the
Subject and brief discussion followed. The
languages Of both North and South America
we've examined, and an effort was made to
trace resemblanees between them. II was an
nounced thatthe association had feeeised an
offer Of a valuable pathological library as
gift. The remarkable paper on the new
beautiful and unexpected method in the
formation of langusge,' was not read. The
author modestly asks for half million dollars
for his discovery, but the association has not
become rich enough to buy at that price
Quick work Of an Iowa coupIe: courtship
of fifteen minutes tnd divorce after six hours
of welded life.
The Democrats of Massachusetts hold their
State Conyenti0n ut Worcester on the oath
inst. .tsa-;2 FEfsyF sss ~ .dHaa0kga II
Fifteen Thousand negro insurgents attacked
Puerto Principe, Wednesday night, and were
repulsed after ahard fight They captured
and destroyed proyisions amounting to $4,000
in value. s ! !. ~ es,ss.. .s-S ,-.,se.,
dispatch Of Monday from Cascob, Conn,
t0Fba ho1w wofn
the crew of thr Abby Larrabee, Capt Carlisle,
from Bangor for New York, which was capsiz-
ed of Capt. Gains IslapdFin the tornado of
the 10th ult, was found on Muscle rock, in this
harbor, and brought to this place on Saturday.
On the right arm was found the mark A. e.
Il. in heart crossed by two anchois and star
above. Alter the inquestethe body was buried
in the grounds,of the Second Con xregational
Church of Greenwich
1t has bee rdmored in Washington that bel
ligerent rights wouid,be accorded to Cuba by
our government within ten days, and betsIt
that effect were offered. The rumor, however,
had no foundation, as. the Cuban question has
not been before the Cabinet for at least three
| weeks. xaS - xsss4 z
George Peabody, w. w. Corcoran and Jay
OoSAO "tO dAAohs oAtO BIZ W the call IOf the
International Exposition to be held in Wash
| ington next year. s
rnere Is some discussion going on relative N
the annexation of Brookline to Boston.
Lightning created quite disturbance in the
telegraph Office at Burnett Station, Wisconsin,,
the other day. The electric fluid passed into
the Office on the wires, which it followed until
reaching the cut of, when, assuming the shane
OF ball Of fire, halt as large as mans head.
1t passed between Mr.. Cole, the station agent.
and Mr.. Radcliffe, the operator through the
open window at which tickets are sold. into the
passengers sitting room, where It exploded
with report as loud as that of a cannon
Inc death of Isaac Toucey was caused by
cerebral disease. He remained, however, per-
fectly conscious until his last moment He
leaves no family. His possessions were very
considerable, and he has made IN his will some
very generous donations-one being $4,000 to
Trinity College Hartford. He was q regular
attendant and communicant of the Episcopal
| Church. agi l4l ~ si q Z sis3..,;sfT II +.
Horace Greeley has just returned from a trip
through Virginia He states that tironth has
prevailed for several weeks in a portion, Of that
State, and the average standard of corn is mis-
cradle. he saw ten thousand acres that will
not yield five bushels to the acre and much Of
it scarcely an ear Of sound corn. Wheat and
oats are also light. He thinks. Northern en-
terprse and settlement in Virginia will main
ly concentrate around the mines of iron, coal.
copper lead, gypsum, &e., &C., aisdlhere alone
can fortunes be rapidly accumulated! . .
Two cargoes Of slaves hfve2 recently been
landed in Cuba.
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