The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-12-16

In the Temperance Convention at Bloom
ington, ILL.,. on Wednesday, it was determined
to organize q temperance party, whose object
1t will be to prevent the importation, manu-
facture and sale of liquor, and resolutions were
adopted expressing the views of the advocates
OF prohibitory legislation, and demand made
that separate clause be submitted with the
new State Constitution, prohibiting the use of
intoxicating beverages in that State
Mazzini, the Italian patriot, is recovering
his health.
At recent Milwaukee wedding between a
bridegroom of61 and bride of 81, the couple
danced a reel with great spirit, the bride re-
marking that she always wanted a young hus-
band
Sallie Anderson, sentenced TO death for ar
son, discharged on writ of hdbeds corpus
by Judge Underwood of the United States
district court Of Virginia on the ground that
the proceedings of the court that tried and
convicted her were vitiated by the fact that
the magistrates who constituted it were dis
qualified to hold office by the 18th constitu-
tional amendment. There are said to be 159
convicts in Virginia prisons who may claim
d uisCudISe ou tuc SAINT SrOunu. b
AT tire lust rrootins of the Doray4 -ee Suror-
vsors in San Francisco. misunderstanding
occurred between two members, j. B. E. Cav
ellier and P. Ell. Canoyan, resulting in the
| formers challenging Canovan. The challenge
was accepted and preliminaries agreed on, but
friends of both parties interfered and the chal-
lenge was Withdrawn.
Five hundred persons were killed in Cadiz
before the surrender of that city to General
Roda Sunday morning, the fighting having
continued five days. Over 10000 people have
left the city,
The rebellion continues at Augusta, A1kan-
sas. The rive: steamers do not venture near
the town. Even the Memphis Avalanche de-
nounces the conduct of the insurgents.
The latest rumor is that the Peruvian IRON
clads" are Intended for the Cuban insllrrec-
ton.
Gen. Rosecrans, The American Minister was
received with great honor at Vera Cruz. He
started on the 28th for the Capital in special
coach with guard of fifty men. ~
1t will crafty many of our readers to learn
that Mr.. Charles c. Perkins of Boston, has
been elected to the Institute of France. The
institute comprises five academies, the French,
Inscriptions and Bellies Lettres, Sciences, Fine
Arts Moral and Political Sciences. Mr.. Per-
kins has been chosen a member of the Acade-
my of Fine Arts, and he is the first of cur
countrymen to be received into that depart
ment of the institute.
Havana dispatch OF the 14th says: "Re-
cent encounters in the central district have
not been decisive. The troops suffered fear
fully. Count Balma2. da is in Nuevtas aud
demands reintorcements. A rising has taken
place at Santa Espiritu and the revolutionists
say one has also taken place at Macgna and
that Villa Clara and Trinidad are prepared to
rise. The instruction is now within $50 miles
of Havana. The British Consul notifies the
subjects of Her Britannia Majesty that they
should make immediate registration. The au-
thorities require $2,OOOOOO for immediate use,
and have authorized the Spanish Bank to
make an additional issue OF paper to that
amount"
j. e. Devices, Representative in Congress
from the 4th North Carolina district, was Mon
day indicted by the Grand Jury of the U. s.
Circuit Court tor violation of Post Office laws
and abuse of the franking privilege.
The friends of General Fremont assert that
he will certainly succeed General Dix as min.
lister to France