The Portland daily press., 1869-02-06
Tho News.

Holbrook of Idaho was taken to the bar of
the House by the Sergeant at Arms, Thurs
day, when he was censured by the Speaker
This course was unprecedented and added
much to the solemnity of the occasion.
The lightning treated New England quite
impartially Wednesday night. 1t was exceed
ingly vivid at Tyngsboro', Mass, where, at the
railroad station, about 2 o'clock OH Thursday
morning, current of electric fluid passed in
to room where large cross-cut saw and
bar of iron were lying in juxtaposition. Pass
ing between them, they were SO thoroughly
fused by the heat that they could not be sepa-
lated by hand.
At Burlington, Wisconsin, Nina Rausch,
little girl who has excited much interest as
remarkable case OF suspended animation, has
been found to be dead. 1t is supposed that she
lay in trance at least twelve days previous to
her death.
The latest accounts say that Mr.. Cushing
has been completely successful in obtaining
from the government of New Granada the
right for American citizens to cut a canal
across the Isthmus of Darien.
A cannon ball, weighing six pounds, was
found in the stomach of a cat fish caught in
ths Mississippi river last week. The ball was
enclosed in a sack or membrane, and was
probably swallowed during "the late difficult
ty."
A bill has been introduced in the New York
Legislature to prevent the watering of railroad
stock.
The mammoth OK General Grant has been
given to the National Committee to be
roasted on the 4th of March, but there is de-
sire manifested that he may be reserved for
some charitable purpose rather than slaughter.
Anna Swami, the Nova Scotia giantess, is
about to visit England. Miss Anna, although
but q years old, stands about nine feet high,
and she proposes to astonish the citizens of
London by holding few public levees in that
city. . 1850 -et
Hon. DanielD Pratt, the new Senator from
Indiana is a native of Palermo in this State
The United States Supreme Court has for
hidden Judge Underwood of the District
Court of Virginia to release any more prison
ers under sentence from the State courts.
The New York Chamber of Commerce has
adopted resolutions inimical to the project of
bridge over East river and requesting the
| United States Senate to suspend action in the
| matter until after the further action of the
| Chamber.
A crowd of froughs attempted to rescue Boyle,
the Michigan murderer, from the custody of
| officers in New York, yesterday.
| No lives were lost by the St. Patrick's Hall
accident, Montreal, but thirty persons were in
| jured, some of them seriously
/ A violent snow storm has prevailed in Mon
treal for the past few days. All the trains were
blocked up and yesterday no mails had been
received for 4S hours. In the neighborhood of
Ottawa and Quebec, the storm was also very
| severe.
The President has finally given directions
for the pardon of DR.. Mudd. N
| The soldiers do not like the idea of being car.
ried from New York to Washington to witness
the inauguration of Grant, in freight cars, and
will charter steamer from that point ~
Yesterday, Benjamin Fowler, formerly o.
Lowell, was arrested in Bangor for passing
counterfeit money. He is one of gang who
for some time past have been flooding Bangor
with worthless bills, and other arrests are an
| tici pated
Indiana has adopted peculiar, and it is sale
| successful, method of extinguishing the lobby
power 1t forbds all special legislation upo1
any subject. There are only general laws, un
der which any citizens may act, such as gen
eral railroad law, general banking law, gen
eral ferry law, a general law Incorporating lit
erary societies, and so forth.
Kentucky has appropriated 100000 for re
pairing the State capitol at Frankfort.
The Georgia Legislature has refused to sub
init the question of eligibility of negroes to tn
Courts.
Latest adyices from Hayti are favorable t.
Salnave.
A lady in Baltimore either lost or had stolel
from her ten $1,000 bills yesterday. A Thousand
| dollars reward is offered for their recoYery