The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-12-01
WASHINGTON,
HEAVY SEIZURE OF smuceDrp GOODS,

WASHINGTON, Nov. &c. Information ba,
been received here that T. r. Tool, Assistan
Special Agent of the Treasury Department
seized in New York Friday 81, 900 wards O.
fine Lyons silk, together with a large humble
OF French clocks. This is said to be the larg
est seizure ever made in the United States
The total value is estimated at $40 900.
MOVEMENTS OF GEN. GRANT.
Gen. Grant and Aid de Camp Comstock left
here this morning on the way to Boston. They
Will stop at Philadelphia tonight
THE ALABAMA PROTOCOL TO BE REVISED.
A sketch of the protocol sent here by Rev.
erdy johnson is not satisfactory 10 this gov
eminent, and amendments accordingly have
been sent by cable.
CIRCULAR TO ARMY OF OHIO
The following circular to the officers of the
Army of Ohio has been issued:
Arrangements have been made, under direc.
tons OF Lieut.. Gen. Sherman, for a social re-
union OF the ofticers OF the Armes of Tennes-
see, Cumberland, Ohio and Georgia, at Chica-
Co. on the 18th and 10th December. All army
and corps commanders and many other prom-
nent officers are expected to be present, and
the undersigned hopes to meet as many as pos
slble of his former comrades in arms
(Signed) J.. M. ScHoFIELD,
Major General.
SUIT AGAINST DEFAULTING CLERK.
The United States have entered suit
against e. b. Olmstead, late discussing clerk
OF the Postotiice Department, to recover $685.
O00 ~O'
THE SITUATION OF AFFAIRS IN CUBA
Cuban affairs attract much attention here,
put no one appears to know the plans of the
revolutionists, or even whether they have ac-
credited representatives in this country. The
following account of the condition of affairs in
Cuba is from reliable source:
Hacana, Nou. Is, 1868-The seat of the pres
ent war is in that part of the country lying be-
tween Neuvitas and Xibara on the north, Pu-
erto Principe on the west, Manzanilla Baia-
mo, Ligandi and Santiago de Cuba on the
south. Captain General Lersundi remains
faithful to the Queen who appointed him. but
is impatiently awaiting the arrival of his sue
cessor AS yet he has received no orders con-
corning the suppression of the rebellion, but
he is doing all in his power to suppress it. Tel
egraphic and mai communication with the
mentioned region is controlled, and nothing
made known except what is favorable to the
Government Everything in the neigh
hood of Havana is quiet The wealthy por.
ton OF the inhabitants, who are opposed to
emancipation, are forming volunteer associa-
tons TO follow the regular troops to the front.
1t is asserted that the planters and wealthy
me n in the interior are all heart and hand in
the outbreak, and there is unquestionably a
revolu donary force of over thousand men in
the field. Heavy rains, which have lasted
over twenty days, have made the roads almost
impossible, and have prevented military oper-
atoms on either side. The ultimate designs of
the revolutionists, even if they have any, are
not know in Havana even by leading Lber-
ais. Some are of the opinion that the insur-
gents are in the interest of the Spanish Junta,
and that upon the arrival of Dulce. the Cap
tam General appointed by the Junta, with a
large land and naval force, all will return to
their homes Others, and they are the more
numerous, seem to think that the movement
is for the independence OF Cuba and her estab-
lishment as an independent State Admiral
Hoff is here on his flagship, the Contoocook,
ready to act in any emergency 1t is under
stood that he will send the Penobscot to Neu-
vitas to look after American interests there
should there be a general outbreak in that
region.
GEN. MEADE's ANNUAL REPORT.
Gen. Meades annual report states in detail |
the prominent events which have occurred in
his department. He says: During the whole
period of my civil administration, extending
over a space of eight months there were tried
by military commissions in the.three States,
Georgia, Alabama and Florida, only 80 per-
sons; of these but fl teen were convicted, and
of these fifteen the sentences of four were dis
approved of, and eight others RENTED. OF
two referred to the President of the United
States, are still awaiting action, leaving but
one person convicted and in confinement for
violation of civil law and tried by military
commission, on cessation of military authori-
ty. This simple statement of facts i deem a
complete refutation that military power was
despotically and arbitrarily exercised. AS with
sne rights OF persons SO WIN tnose OF property:
it was my duty to izeaously guard the rights
of individuals without reference to any consid-
Grafton but that of justice and law as far as
could comprehend it.
THE NAGLE-sTANToN CASE.
To-day in the Circuit Court the case of John
Maggie, Jr., against E. NJ. Stanton was, on mo-
ton of e M Stanton. discontinued the plain
tiff to pay costs. Nagle owned farm in
Prince William county, Virginia, which was
occupied for a time in 1866 by United States
troops, alleged to be under the orders of the
defendant as Secretary of War, and he claim
ed damages for the driving away of the cattle
and iniuring of the crops.