The Portland daily press., 1868-12-04


The tonnage returns of the last fiscal year,
sho y 28118 vessels, with an aggregate Of ,318,-
300 TONS OF this Maine returned 378,847, New
Hampshire 13847, Vermont 4,S47, Massachus-
etts 476,937, Rhode Island 47,25l, Connecticut
si9s7, and New Yo'k 1475,l94.
The rumor that Gen. Grant will offer seat
In his Cabinet to Charles Francis Adams
should be taken with liberal seasoning of
salt
Mr.. A. 4. Stewart is not satisfied with doing
the largest business of any dry goods house in
the world, but has Just opened to the public a
store VIII ch for elegance and size is not sur.
passed anywhere. The building covers two
acres of ground, is about 200x 300 feet, and
eight storl. high, including the lowest floor
used for storage.
On the 4th of October General Lersundi re.
ceived the following telegram sent from Pau
by the ex-Queen Isabel r.: 81 count on your
tried valor, and loyalty to preserve the integri-
ty of those Antilles, without any change in
their political government Within few DAYS
I shall return to Madrid" This telegram,
which Lersundi required the employees of the
telegraph company to keep secret, explains
the conduct of Captain-General Lcrsundi up
to the 18th of October, when he determined to
recognize the new government at Madrid, after
having learned that all the probabilities point
cd to its becoming an accomplished fact. He
acted in this after the fashion of Don Jose de
L. Concha
The election for members of the Spanish
Cortes takes place on the 18th inst
Gen. Spinner declares that the experiment
nf 1aviu ,Ia ;,,4 II,
the Treasurer of the United States has been
complete success. Indeed, in many kinds of
office work, such as counting fractional cur.
rency and detecting counterfeits, he regards
them as preferable to male clerks, some OF the
e males doing more work and better work for
$500 per annum, than many male clerks do
who receive double that amount He adyo-
Gates that the pay of clerks of both sexes for
like responsibilities should be assimilated.
A Washington special says that the Clerk
of the House has not yet received the certif-
cate of Menard, the colored member elect from
Louisiana. 1t is doubtful if Menard's name
goes upon the roll, as the election is regarded
rs nullity. The House will not indorse the
November elections in louisiana
The Philadelphia Inquirer SAYS that that
health of Secretary Stanton has been so com
pletely shattered rom his long and arduous |
services in the War Department, that he could |
not endure the labor and responsibility of an
other Cabinet Office, even if he had any desire
ior tnen' which he had not for any public of
fee whatever.
A petty punster, whose ears will doubtless
be clipped by the new Mayor, says that New
York city is now governed by Oakev Hail
Tammany Hall and Alcohol.
The temperance men of Illinois proposed 10
form an independent party.
j. w. McClurg, Governor elect of Missouri
is opposed to restoring the franchise to the
Rebels at present.
General Grant has recently reiterated in the
most emphatic manner his views respecting |
the treatment of the Indians His remedy for
the wrongs inflicted by rascally agents on the
savages is to transfer the Indian Bureau tn the
War Department.
Secretary Seward and his friends are.po;np
after Grant takes his seat.
General Sheridan has issued field orders
note in which he thanks his troops and con-
graduates General Custar on his recent victo-
ry over the Indians. The following property
was captured at Indian village: 875 horses,
1923 buffalo robes and skins, 535 pounds OF
powder, 1850 pounds of lead, 1000 arrows, 700
pounds tobacco, besides rifles, pistols, bows,
lariats, and an immense quantity of dried
meats and other provisions.
The New York Herald reporter has had a
conversation with Senator Cameron and elicit
ed the information that the night before the
vote was taken on impeachment, he said, Gen.
Grant visited Ben Wade to urge on him the
resolution of General Sheridan to his com.
mand in Louisiana as soon as he (Wade) BE-
came President Butler, Mr.. Cameron said,
came near being the present President, Lin
coin wanted him to run on the ticket In 1884
for Woe President, but General Butler then
thought the Vice Presidency an exceptionable
place.