The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-26
l TOWNSsIAN,

The Erie programme is now thirty days from
New York to Chicago.
The Emperor Of France has nearly recover
cd from his recent indisposition.
Yesterday a colliery explosion near st. Et-
ienne, France, killed IA persons.
W. w. Hobbs, Esq. of Maine, has resigned
his position as clerk in the Third Auditors Of
fee, to take effect Sept. 80, 1869.
A Cincinnati policeman arrested man the
other day by knocking him over tho head so
violently that he died.
The Egyptian question is over The Sui
tan and the Viceroy of Egypt are entirely re-
conciled.
General Delafeld, United States engineer,
is lying dangerously i'll at his residence in
Washington.
Most of the leading Confederate army Off
GERS have excused themselves from attending
the reunion at Gettysburg.
Brattleboro, VT, is full of celebrities Har-
dee, the Rebel tactician, Mrs. James Fiske,
Jr., Gen. Hooker and Gen. Hunter are among
those who frequent it.
I Gen. Grant arrived in Boston yesterday, and
Immediately took the train for Concord The
Tallapoosa also arrived in Boston yesterday
with Sherman, Robson and Admiral Porter.
The New York papers say that Mrs. Com
modore Vanderbilt is a lady of reputation as
writer, and was related to the Vanderblts be-
fore her marriage. She is about thirty years
of age, tall and rather slim, fair complexion,
with dark hair and eyes
| A freight train on the Jacksonville, Indi-
ana, road Tuesday broke through the bridge at
| Pleasant river. The engine passed over in
| safety, but the tender and thirteen freight cars
were wrecked. A brakeman was injured but
not seriously
| Gen. Sickles, whom the Madrid Imperial calls
zone of the improvised heroes of the Poto.
mac" has, as mark of especial favor, beer
| permitted to drive small basket carriage and
a team of ponies, placed at his disposal by the
Regent through the royal gardens of La Gran
ja
The Dublin Express contains an account o
theforcible removal of girl into nunnery il
Belturber, county Cavan, by her mother, aidet
by crowd who dragged her through tn,
streets, Notwithstanding her screams ant
struggles. Her father, who is Protestant, i
about to take legal proceedings to recover her
1t is related by correspondent that Will
the young King of Greece is quietly ndulgip,
| his taste for velocipedes at Corfu, his domin
ions are are overrun by gangs of brigands
making it unsafe to venture outside the chic
towns The rich they plumber and hold TO
ransom; the poor are massacred or compele,
to join the bandits. "
Elihu Burritt has set on foot an Interna
tional Land and Labor agency for the purpos
of facilitating the settlement in this coun
try of English farmers, mechanics and labor
saving agricultural implements and ma
chinery, and, in a word, to render cheap an
eesy the interchange of the skilled industries
and the productions, both mechanical and nat
ural, of the two countries.
The New York Tribune, after considering
large number of crop reports. comes to til
following conclusions: "The rains at the Yves
do not seem to have been general or heavy
and in many quarters the drouth there con
tinues unabated, while from Maryland, Viz
ginia, North Carolina. South Carolina, Geor
gia, and Alabama, comes an unvarying stor,
of drouth and distress. The corn crop is doubt
less damaged throughout large section be
yond the possibility of recovery
The London Times speaks as follows of tn,
English crops: "We may look for year o
| suficiency, if not of abundance The harvest i
within 3per cent. of the average, and with :
continuance of the present favorable weathe
it may still improve. All the crops excep
wheat are luxuriant With good corn import
ed and sold under so shillings per quarter W.
can easily afford to lose little home grown
wheat for the sake of full stock of food ani
| better pastures"