The Portland daily press., 1877-11-14
News and Other Items.

Gen. Butler has promised to deliver an ora
ton at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, next Deco
ration Day.
Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby of New York, de-
nies that be voted for John MorIissey. He
voted for DR.. r. Ogden Doremus because he
could lot conscientiously vote fer either Nor
rissey or Schel.
| A lucky loophole has been found, through
which the great Gstues case may escape and
4 run up to the year 1000, aud the New Orleans
lsxCers are in hopes speedily to free themselves
Y from q, g charge of having settled within the
limits Of a single generation suit that had all
,ba, elemap,s # longevity equal to that Of
Jarndyce agt. Jar, uSoe'
In examining old do u"en'S IL Tue treasury
Department for the purp. u preparing =
| complete financial history Of y ,'
Capt. Bailey of the warrant office I,,oO
cred manuscript statement by Gen.
ipgtou of his accounts with the Federal z.
eminent during the entire period of the Revo-
lui1onary struggle. 1t is the original voucher
| filed BY the Father of his Country on the set.
tlement of his accounts, and includes a large
number of private expenses which, after refiec
tion, he concluded it would bs proper to charge
to the government.
The new m onumf mt to be erected to ex-Pres.
ident johnson at Greenville, Tenn, will be 26
feet high, with a base of granite and shaft of
Italian marble Upon the front is a scroll rep
reseutiog the Constitution OF the United States
and al open book with hand resting upon it,
suggesting the taking Of the oath of office.
Over the apex is the American flag, and sur
rounding the whole an American eagle with
outstretched wings.
The Legislature just chose In New jersey
has the power to redistrict the state, and will
probably ''gerrymander" it in the interest of
the Democrats after the old partisan fash.
ion.
They didn't like it out in Indianapolis that
Mr.. Hayes, instead of attending Morton's fun
eral, sent his son with an offering of flowers.
One gentleman remarked: "We do not live in
monarchy. There is no line of royalty that
man should delegate his son to attend funerA
al, as it he had been prince, to represent the
court"
Champagne Charlie is Just dead at Lon.
don. Charles Thorpe was born "a years ago.
His father left him $4,000 a year. Being
clever, he sought the society OF literary men,
and liking social glass his means enabled
him to choose cham pagne. Hence few years
ago, after his exploits bad been told so often as
to make him comparatively well-known about
London, some one embalmed him in verse and
Champagne Charlie'' was long favorte song
in the music halls. He never liked it aud al
ways denied that he was the original of the
song, and his friends deny it TO-DAY, in defer-
ence to bis memory, but it is true, neverthe-
less.
Prof. j. E. Todd of Tabor College, has exam
ined carefully the Colorado petrlfed man that
so excited the interest Of Barnum, and pro-
nounces it fraud-a second cardiff giant in
fact. On the other hand, Barnum has got Prof.
j. E. Taylor of Bridgewater to say that it is
genuine fossil, formed by mineral matter In a
mould produced by figure which "was once a
living animal organism" The figure is about
It feet high, and has features of a decided In
dian type" Barnum offers $40. 900 to any
sculptor who will produce fac-simile of it,
aud $1,000 to the poor Of Denver, aud a like
sum to the poor Of Budgewater if IL is shown
that il is not genuine fossil.
ODen hostllIties have broken out at Union
IN. " College between the secret society men
and the members of the Delta Epsilon or anti.