The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-12-17
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SPAIN.
PARIS Dee. 16.-The following official news
from SOan is published here this morning:
The country is entirely tranquil The adj
dresses prepared by the government to be tor
warded to the heads of various d. partmeuts in
the Provinces enjOining the necessity for the
restoration and preservation of order are con-
sequentlv withheld.
MADRID, Dec. 16.-The leaders of all the DO
litical parties have united la m Xxi ~ SO e,ua
pledge to use their influence to preserve peace
and order throughout the cou airy until the
constituent C0rtes has met and settled the
questions at issue.
The prompt and effectual settlement of the
revolt at Cadz has greatly strengl hened the
hands of the provisional government, and has
dissipated the alarm who profu sey prevail
ed. The Minister of Finance has already COM
menced the payment of the January interest
on the public debt in L)ndon and Paris.
The subscriptions TO the new loan b I'VE been
closed. They amount to 500 900 900 reals.
1t is officially aunou iced that the election OF
the Cuban deputies to the Cortes will be held
i'm mediately after the arrival Of Captain Gen-
eral Dulce at HI ivaua
CADIz Dec. TO- I'll fleet, with Gen. Dulce
on board, sailed yesterday for Havana.
GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON. Dec. 16.-A letter ttom Reverdy
johnson the American Minister, IT, tn L bu-
don Workingmau's Society is printed this
morning. Mr.. johnson justifies his friendly
Intercourse with John licd and other gentle
men friendly TO the South during the late civil
war in America by the example Of Generals
Grant aud sherman. in their treatment of ex
rebel officers. II he guilty of treason SO also
are Grant and Sherman. Gen. Grant has en-
tertained at hts own house distinguished con-
federate leader. He ascribAs the attacks upon
him in the American newspapers aud else
where to a secret dislike for the preservation
of peaceful relations between the two coua-
tries.
Da;lu TIL l. ~ n Io&t a., G,,o
cal portion of President Johnson message
and its treatm MT by Congress, com plains that
the reso 'utions condamniug repu liatiOn which
have been called forth by the message still
| leave open the que tion of payment of the ma
tonal debt in greenbacks.
John Stuart Mill has written a letter on the
| result of the recent election. He ascribes the
| defeat of the Workingmrn's candid ties to the
heavy expenses of an election canvass as now
| Conducted, an as a remedy fJr this evil he
| urges that the government pay all necessary
| expenditures and make all other outlay illegal
| and penal.
Mr.. johnson. the American Minister, in a
short speech at the anniversary OF the Freuch
Hospital. declared that Lord Clarendon was Of
| the same mind as Lord Stanley IN reg ard to
| the settlement of the questions between Eng
/ aud ATerica, and peace between the two cum
| tries was certain.
LIVERPOOL Dec 16.-Inteligence has been
| received here that ship Louvre, from Quebec
| tor Liverpool, was abandoned at sea.
| GREECE AND TURKEY.
LONDON. Dec 16.-The uitimatum addressed
| by the Sublime Porte to the government at
| Athens, demanded the disbandmentof the vol.
uuteer forces in Greece Within five days; the
prohibition of volunteering; the imm .diate
dismantling of vessels used for conveying sup
phi to the Cretans; the restoration of Cretan
refugees TO the island; the punishment of per-
| sons who assaulted aud wounded Turks h
officer at Syria, a-d strict conformity wit
| the terms of all treaties
1t is rumored IN Paris that the Greek gov
eminent, pressed by the great powers, has
yielded to the Sultan, but none OF the French
papers to-day allude to such a Concession.
The Moniteur says all the European powers
recommend King George to respect the rights
of nations, but they insist upon moderation il
Constantinople as well as in Athens. The
Moniteur thinks this harmony of counsels
among the powers is pledge of peace in the
| East.