The Portland daily press., 1869-06-01

A National Institute of Letters, Arts and
Sciences" has been founded, and Motley,
Bryant, President Woolsey, Prof Henry and
Grant White are among the corporators
The Defews of New York, father and son,
who were convicted Of an offsnse against the
revenue laws and pardoned by President
johnson, and whose pardon was revoked by
Grant before it reached their hands, are again
in court, Clarence Seward, their counsel, hav-
ing brought them before Judge Blatchford on
writ of ha6eas corpus tor the purpose OF test
ing the legality of President Grant action.
John Russell Young has started for Arizona
on business for Jay Cooke & Co.
Jay Cooke s. Go, are to engineer the North
ern Pacific Railway.
Anna Dickinson is worth 100000. An ex-
change suggests that this has nothing to do
with the numerous offers of marriage she re-
ceives.
Mr.. Blaine, Speaker of the House, has gone
to Washington again.
Brick Pomeroy wants to be the Democratic
candidate for Governor Of Wisconsin.
Secretary Stanton has SO far recovered from
his recent illness as to be able to ride out.
The Spanish minister says that it is the in
tention of the present government to admit
Cuba to representation in the Cortes, and
treat her in the future, not as a colony, but as
portion of the mother country itself
Some rebel sympathizers in Washington,
determined not to be thwarted in their desires
to honor the 'lost cause" Sunday visited
Mount Olivet Cemetery, where Mrs. Surratt
and Wirz, the Andersonyille jailor, are buried,
and strewed thei graves with flowers
General Howard described on Friday night
to the students of Howard University the first
battle Of Bull Run and the campaign at York
town. In accordance with request by the
students of the University he has consented
to make this lecture the first of series, and
will speak next on the battle of Fair Oaks,
where, it may be remembered he lost his right
arm. rt " s.l
General Logan, as Commander-in-Chief of
the Grand Army of the Republic, will issue
an address in day or two setting forth the
position of the Grand Army in regard to dec-
Grating the graves of Rebel soldiers, and TAX
ing strong ground against the practice.
The Colombia Senate is discussing the 18TH
mus Canal question. The President expresses
a great desire to have treaty with the United
States on the subject considered Many SEN
ators favor giving the canal grant to private
company, rather than have it pass into the
hands of a foreign government.
Chill has recognized the Cubans as belliger-
ents and decided to grant them ali the usual
privileges Senior Sala Valene, a Cuban Com
missioner, had arrived at Lima sometime pre-
viously to ask the loan of the Peruvian moni-
tors for the use of the Cuban insurgents but
the request had not been complied with.
Elder John Vance, of the Alfred Commune
ty, was ons of the speakers at the meeting of
Shakers in Boston last week.
The California papers have become so much
accustomed to earthquake shocks that they
serve them up in three line items.
Six attempts have been made, during the
past year, to assassinate King Victor Emman-
uel. The King OF Italy is especially afraid
lest poisoned dishes should be served to him at
the dinner table, and for this reason especial
precautionary measures have been adopted
At public dinners the King has not recently
touched any food. and the wine which he
drinks there is taken from his own cellar.
The Prussan government proposes to impose
special tax of one per cent, upon the bonds
of the United States held in that country
The case of Gen. Ewing large sized Dem
ocratic politician, against the notorious Perry
Fuller, involving dispute about the division
of certain plumber gained by lobbying, will be
tried this week and rich developments are ex-
pected.
A Panama letter says that Mosquera's
chances for the Presidency are Frightening
daily. His election will be an insurmountable
bar to all United States treaties on the subject
of Darien Canal, as he cordially hates repub-
licanism.
Ancficial report has been received of an en-
gagement near Double Mountain, west of Fort
Griffin, between a scouting party from the fort
and band of Camanche and Kiowa Indians,
in which fourteen Indians were killed.
Ole Bull has accepted an invitation to parti-
cipate in the Peace Festival.
The Liverpool Mercury publishes list Of
fourteen ships which have sailed on voyages
across the Atlantic since last October and
have not been heard of SINCE They are sup
posed to have foundered, with all on board.
1t isstated that Prof. Goodwin Smiths pri-
vate letters to England are gloomier than his
Beehive communication. He has been instru-
mental even in deterrilg the English mechan-
les who were engaged to work on the Cornell
University from coming over.
San Francisco claims, through her Mayor, to