The Portland daily press., 1869-04-26

I'ne News
The eight hour question, it is said, will be
definitely settled at cabinet meeting Tues
day.
Rear Admiral Joseph Lanman has been di-
rected to regard himself as detached from the
command of the Navy Yard at Portsmouth,
N. II. He will command the South Atlantic
Squadron.
The Massachusetts, legislature is still strug-
Cling with the new liquor law. The Senate has
amended the act SO as to permit the sale Of
lager beer.
George M. Weston OF Bangor, Me-, and Hen.
ry Brooks Adams, son of Charles Francis Ad-
amsl are among those who have written to
Senator Sprague in support of his recent con-
duct.
The official Republican majority in Connec-
ticut is Ali.
Mr.. Gladstone lately went down into Wilt
shire, England, and received an overpowering
quantity of local incense A reverend gentle
man made speech, in which he said it was
"a very memorable occasion, for they had been
honored with the presence of the Premier of
this great country; and he thought portion
of the school fund might be used to place q
brass plate where Mr.. Gladstone had that
evening sat-
Admiral Farragut, who has been confined to
his room for over three weeks from severe
attack of neuralgia, within the last four OF
five days has been unable to leave his bed.
A newspaper correspondent describes Mr..
Young, son of Brigham, who is now visiting
Washington with one of the numerous Mrs.
Youngs, as gentleman of high intelligence
and handsome appearance, with the air of an
English gentleman.
The most doleiul European news is that the
Empress of France has the mumps.
The Prince Imperial has learned enough
telegraphing to send message from Paris to
Lyons, inquiring the state of the weather.
Whereto the eager Lyonnese operator re-
sponded, "Sun of Austerlitx? Long live the
Prince Imperial!"
There is an Anti-Masonio Society in West
Waterville, Maine.
John Stuart Mills book "o on The subjection
of Women is announced to be nearly ready
Edmund Yates has introduced gross Carl
cature of Swinburne as one of the characters
in his last play.
IA AlO az n AHocDuky, MASS, OH Iludy SVo-
ming, destroyed two carriage factories and the
dwelling house of j. r. HINTON, with their
contents The loss was $1,000.
The rumor that Attorney General Hoar has
resigned has proved to be canard
Carlisle of West Virginia owes his defeat for
the Swedish mission wholly to the efforts of
Mr.. Sumner. Mr.. Pile, whose nomination for
minister to Brazil was rejected, will, it is said,
be appointed to some less important mission.
The New Yorkers are to try once more the
experiment of starting comic paper
The Trustees of the Cornell University have
been corresponding with John Stuart Mill
with view to his accepting chair in that in
stitution.
A velosipedist has driven his machine from
London to Glasgow in seven days.
The Piscataquis Observer states that Joshua
Nye, Esq, late State Constable, has entered,
as licentiate of the Congregational Church,
upon the work of the christian ministry
Henry Welcome, who was convicted Thurs
day at Burlington, Vt, of the murder of Perry
Russell, took part in game of cards with his
fellow conyicts upon his return to his cell, as
if nothing had happened.
The Newburyport Herald says there is reas-
on to believe that the question of extending
the Boston 8 Maine Railroad through that
city i receiving such favorable consideration
from the directors as to give every reason to
believe that it will be done before the cold
season shall close this year. From the point
where it will cross the Eastern Railroad, to its
termination at the north end, will be three
miles. The cost of laying out the new road for
the new track will be about $50, 900, some por-
ton of which will fall on the city.
A gentleman who was at Baltimore Friday
when Gen. Lee addressed the citizens in favor
of a railroad, says that the rebel leader re-
csived perfect ovation. The ladies insisted
upon kissing himself, including some old and
ugly ones, whoss embrace could not have been
desirable, while the men chesred with the old
yell SO familiar to the ''boys in blue