The Portland daily press., 1868-12-14

dOuSe-OI .IscptCccutdtiNcS tude was tciu1Skiy
occupied by the late Thaddeus Stevens.
> The murder of Mr.. Hilton Of Dorchester, n
a. whose mangled body was reported to have
been found in a field in Canaan, is authorita.
lively contradcted, Nothing has been heard
OF Kilton since he left the village.
The Sons of New England held meeti,
in Washington, Thursday night, to make
preparation for celebrating forefathers' day
and taking steps to organize Under a constitu-
ton. S. c. Fessenden was called tn the chair,
and Fl. L. Deane, Esq, and Second Auditor
French among Others partic pated in the
meeting.
Puebla, Mexico, claims that woman has
just died there at the advanced age OF one
hundred and fifty years. A year or TWO more
or less would be no object If the rest OF the
story could obtain credenee.
There are not dozen Quaker Democrats in
Philadelphia.
The Sums of New York, the Five Points
distr ct, voted 1900 for Seymour, $50 for
Grant.
The Springfield Republican, speaking of the
Presidents message, say 8 that it is "the poer-
est that ever issued from the American execu-
tive, unless indeed Mr.. Buchanan may have
sometime been as weak. The perusal of it
awakens frat, wonder that such man could
in any conceivable event become President Of
the Uni ed States, and will deepen the feeling
of qualification and relief that his dishonorable
term is so nearly ended.
Queen Victoria's subjects in Great Britain
number now plump thirty million England
twenty-one, Scotland more than three, Ireland
more than five millions.
Pollard writes as follows of Mrs. JEFF Davis
during Confederate days in Richmond: "Mrs.
Davis was brawny, able bodied women, who
lad much more Of masculine mette than of
feminine grace; her complexion was tawny,
even to the point of mulattosm; q woman
loud and coarse in her manners, full of social
selfasserlion, not the. one of her sex who
would have been supposed to win the deier-
ence Of delicate man like Mr.. Davis.
H. w. Grinneii, the American naval officer
who recently secured an appointment As Ad-
miral in the Japanese Navy has recently been
snsnended from his functions on acc0uus Of
the jealousy of French and English officers Ia
the same service. ,, g.. ~. s i.
The new Spanish minister to this country,
Senior Manricio Lopez Roberts, is the descend
ant of an En- ylsh family which ssttled In Ca
dig toward the end Of the last century: and
which became extensively engaged In com
merce. At an early age Senior Roberts went
to Havana and acted as private secretary 10
General Concha. On his return to SPAN he
became liberal editor and politician, and has
taken an active part in the recent revolution.
He ia a great admircr of the United States,
and speaks English fuently.
A woman suffrage convention was held at
Providence, Rhode Island. Friday, and State
organization was formed and differed
Green Clay Smith has resigned the Office of
Governor OF the Territory of Monta ma.
A cable dispatch says that the Turks have
Captured strong position in Sphakia, where
t1e insurgents had erected blcckhouses. They
have also seiz ID a quantity of provisions and
war material intended for the. Cratans and
have taken the possession of the two landings
ON the shore of the islands nearest to Greece.
1t is reported that in consequence of these adj
vantages gained by the Turks the instruction
IS dying out.
A London paner, speaking of JEFF Davis's
presence at horss-race, mentions that by a
OF a horse named after a"former enemy of his.
President Lincoln"
The latest version of the Menken's death
comes, at this late day, from Anna Cora Ritch.
lie, who says her disease was caused by the
strap with which she was bound to the horse
as "Mazeppa."
The Italian poet Dali Ongaro, is about to
visit this country; and it IS proposed that he
shall deliver course of lectures in New York.
Boston ami osher cities on the life and genius
Of Dante Hgs q
The latest news from Europe. per steamer
confirms the ctble reports of the precarious
health of tia French Emperor. "N,s only"
says writer in the Pail Mall G,zsrte, did
he fail to mount on horseback and follow the
hounds at the grand hunt the other day at
Conpiegne. but, contrary to his usual practice,
be accepted assistance while getting into and
alishting from his carriage. At tue shooting
party one could see that he walked With great
difteulty and seeming lamene-s, dragging bis
legs, which were spread rather wide apart.
after him as it were. and with his arms held
out to steady his movements"
The New York Tribune proposes to stop the
Worii's continued Tag about its having the
larger circulation. by submitting tina books of
both concerns TO the examination of Col Rob-
ert Hoe, and that the one which has the lar
gest cash receipts shall give $1,000 to the news.
boys home.
The monthly Treasury exhibit, shows an in
crease in the currency balance of nearly 49,
O00, 900, and decrease in the coin reserve of
S15,Oo0,OO0. It thus appears that the Treasury
Ii now wei! supplied with currency for cur
rent expenditures. The decrease of the coin
reserve is mainly owing to the fact that the
November interest is charged to this account.
A man named James w. Junnette, was
charged in the New York Police Court Fri
day, with polygamy in hayi 1g three wives
and with assertions and frauds to an almost
Unlimited amount. Two of the wives were in
court.
The Erie Railway Company have commerce
ed suit against Cornelius Vanderbilt for the
recovery of S4.500,000 alleged to have been
paid him to compromise the famous law suit
OF last summer and for other purposes by
Daniel Drew, Fraok Work and others, alleged
10 the complaint to have been authorized
The complaint is signed by Field and Sher-
man. plaintiffs attorneys, and sworn to by
James Fisk, Jr.
A modest and we'll dressed young woman.
lately entered Justices Office in Chicago. and
requested that the oath of total abstinence be
administered to her; she had a love for intoxi-
eating liquor which she could not abandon,
and wished to "swear OFF, entirely. The oath
was duly taken.
Thirteen prisoners charged with homicide
were brought into court toge lher in Philadel.
phia one day last week
The Treasurer Of the Orphans Home at.
Bath acknowledges with many thanks the
receipt OF fifty dollars In money as donation
from Mrs: A. Dyer of this city, at the hands of
Mrs DIR. Bacon.
A. j. AND THE NEWSPAPER CoRREsPoN
DENTS. -Forney's "Olivia" has been askin-
the Washington correspondents where they
get their news, and received the following re-
ply:
Why, we hunt for it; we go where it is like
Y 70 De iound-io the departments or to the