The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06

that she has returned to Frankfort from Gene
va and has taken private apartments in the
former city instead of going again to the hotel.
Minister Washburne will not go directly to
Paris after his arrival in Europe but has been
given leave to go to Homborg spring.
The income tax returns give Gen. Grant s
income at 1856.
Hon. George Folsom, famous as jurist, his
torian and politician, died at Rome on the 27th
of March last. He was descendel from a
prominent and leading family of New Hamp-
shire, and graduated in 1922 at Cambridge
University. After leaving college he studied
law in the office of the Hon. Ether Shipley at
Saco, Me. While pursuing the study of his
profession he evinced his prediction for his
torical research by writing history of the
early settlement of that portion of the country
and in doing so he corrected many mistakes
which had found their way into the history
of the District of Maine, by Governor Sulli-
yan." Mr.. Folsom finally moved to New York
civ. and entered upon the practice of his plo-
session. but gave a very considerable portion
of his time to the study and investigation n
American history, and became one of the most
active. and efficient politicians in the State
evincing rare powers of craftsmanship. He
was an early and honored member of the Re-
publican party.
A few days since, while train on the Ken
lucky Central Railroad was passing through
the long tunnel nine miles from Cincinnati
young man attempted to kiss girl who sat
in front of him, when she seized his hand and
bit large piece out of the back of it. A mo-
ment afterwards, when the cars emerged from
the dark passage, the young man was observed
wrapping up bis bleeding hand, and explained
to his inquirihg friends that the window had
fallen upon it.
Paul de Cassagnac, Paris editor, has been
called liar 800 times, has been spit on in the
street seven times, has had his nose pulled four
times, and has been four times horsewhipped.
The Indians of New Mexico are disaffected
especially the Navajoe.
The London Times Wednesday morning had
another leading article ON the Alabama treaty
recently rejected by the United States Senate
The writer sharply criticizes the speech Of
Senator Sumner, and concludes as folows:-
''The question is one OF law and not one Of
IceinS. IL TeudluS 10 Ue SuOWu budb OTedt
Britain can be held answerable for infractions
of law or excess over the ordinary practice Of
both countries.
Thomas LeFray, late Chief Justice of the
Queens Bench in Ireland, died Tuesday at
the advanced age of SO.
The trial for murder Of H. j. Chaloner, who
shot Ensign Whitaker for seducing his sister,
terminated at Quebec Tuesday night. The
jury was locked up until morning when they
rendered verdict of not guilty. An attempt
was made by the dense crowd of persons in
the Court room to show their appreciation OF
the result, but the demonstration was quickly
put down. Chaloner was loudly cheered out
side the Court House.
Thomas Drew, who has been imprisoned for
refusing to testify before Massachusetts Leg
isative committee, and who was brought be-
fore Judge Gray on writ of habeas corpus,
has been remanded to the custody of the
sheriff, the Court holding that he could be
compelled to testify.
A Liverpool Snowman has on exhibition a
gallery of wax work, representing distin-
guished Americans. An American gentle
man, in aluding to his visit to the show,
writes: :-"I found General Grant ticketed No.
340' and General Lee NO. $780," both of them
were bad likenesses; but the joke was that the
numbers were misplaced, SO that Lee stood for
Grant and Uice Uersa. But the oldest of all
was that ? fine wax face of Jefferson Davis
was labelled Abraham Lincoln. 1 expostulat-
ed with the manager for such a state of things,
but he was exceedingly wreth at my interfer-
ence with the arrangement and naming of his
figures
The dsafected Republicans have united
with the Democrats in Washington, and hope
to defeat the regular Republican ticket.
The tariff men propose to form and organize
clubs to counteract the influence of the reform
leagues recently organized. They say that
Great Britain must be fought by high tariff
instead of gunpowder.
A destructive hurricane occurred the other
day above Wickliff's landing, Kentucky
sweeping away houses, fences, &C., with the
greatest violence.