The Portland daily press., 1869-12-03

The Salem Gazette publishes births and gives
the names of the babies when furnished
The last steamer from San Francisco for
Hong Kong took out $3.50 barrels of -four.
Three and half miles of snow sheds of The
Union Pacific Railroad were completed this
week.
President Grant and Hon. w. IT. Seward are
to receive rings made of the "last spike" of the
Pacific railroad.
The Rev. Mrs. Hanaford is about to orlain
her own son to the work of the ministry-he
first instance of the kind on record.
The New York municipal election occurs
next Tuesday, but no officers are to be elected
on general ticket.
The California Pioneers, on their return
home, adopted resolutions of thanks for the
.o's-.-~ins received on their recent excursion
East.
In Chicago Wednesday evening" Capt. Ben
'A 'i'-- owner of several lake YES
sells, shot and killed noreu ,o,,oa Dbl,
Pfeiffer in dispute in drinking saIos-
Victor Emanuel, during late sickness, was
married morganatically for the eighth time
This is German custom which is only legal
way of recognizing sinful relation.
Governor Flanders, of Washington Terri
tory, has vetoed over 100 acts of the Legisla-
ture, including the whole of new code of
laws prepared by commission and enacted bv
the unanimous vote of both Houses The Re-
publican party in the Territory is discouraged
at the action of the Governor, which is sup.
posed to be political movement.
A party of Englishmen, anxious to find a
haunted house, have inserted the following ad-
vertisement in the London Times: ITO Pro-
prietors of Haunted HOuses-A few gentlemen
wish to have the opportunity Of visiting a
house said to be haunted, situated in or near
London, for the purpose of scientific observa-
ton
Mr.. Whitsow, Indian Agent at Dacotab.
says that formidable alliance has been CON-
cluded between the Northern Sioux and Crows
for war against settlers in Eastern Montana
and Wyoming. The Indians are instigated to
this by an out-lawed halfbreed named Rem
shaw. This alliance threatens tho extermina-
ton of the whites.
New York dispatch states that there is
considerable Excitement in that civ. orders
having been issued to the officers commanding
the troops in the forts in New York barbor. to
hoid their forces in readiness to move, supplied
with ten days rations. The destination of the
troops is not stated. Similar orders have been
sent to Fort Trumbull New London and Sack
etts Harbor
"A lew nights since brokers' Office on Mont
gomery street, San Francisco, was robbed of
$5I0OO in gold, which was all the robbers
could carry away. 1t was ascertained that the
robbery was committed by parties from Chi
caso brought there for the purpose, and one of
them was arrested while on his way to the
cars with his share of the plumber. The police
have since succeeded in recovering the whole
amount stolen
Ben Wood, the prominent New York DEM
ocratic politician was at the Internal Revenue
Bureau Wednesday, trying to get the Com.
missioner to let up on his demand for $4,000
tax and penalty against Woods policy sbons
Wood got no satisfaction further than that tIe
collection of the tax would be proceeded with
In the manner most efficient for the Gov,rn-
ment, and that he could seek his remedy il the
courts.
The petition which the British Colrmbians
have addressed their Queen, prays for arnexa-
ton chiefly upon the ground that tie debt of
their small colony is a million and a half, and
its general financial burdens seventeen pounds
per head; that their population j. deserving to
the United States, and only 500 out of 10000
whites now remain, and that heir want of a
favorable reciprocity of trades killing the col
ony by inches.
A Rio de Janeiro letter Of October 23d con-
firms the reported slaughter by Lopez of
women and old men, Col. Monjole, several of
his field adjutants, and some belonging to his
own body guard, upon suspicion of being con-
cerned in a conspiracy against him. The war
being considered to be over, the iron-clads, or
most OF them, are steaming down the river
Parana, on their etnrn to Rio de Janeiro.