The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-06

peasant who saved the life Of the Czat of Rus
STA, is spoiled by the fact that he did not COM
NIT suicides as stated, but was murdered by
being hanged in his own house
In the st. Adams market Wednesday quo.
tations for butter ranged from 80 to So cents,
the ruling price being 50. The shipment was
1646 tubs. fssFs
George e: Shackley, extensively engaged In
building dwelling houses in Boston and yiciE-
ity hanged himself in his stable, at South Bos-
ton, Wednesday.
Marble of excellent quality has been discoy-
ed at Leasenworth, Kansas. ksss69
Upon the arrival of the steamship Bremen
from Bremen, at New York, yesterday, seve-
raj thousand dollars worth of Struggled Jewell
ry, silk, &C., were seized.
The Laboring Mems Convention held in vir-
ginia City, Nevada, has passed resolutions de-
claring the importation of Asiatics and their
employment in mines and other fields of labor
must be discontinued or it viii bring an ssirre-
pressble conflict" likely to end in bloodsbed
and ruin. a
Prince Henri de Bourbon, brother in-iaw 10
Isabella, is preparing toreturn to Spain by
permission of the government. The Prince
has been seven times banished by the ex Queen
Cd account Of his radical opinions. M
Admiral Topete is striving hard to obtain
the Spanish crown for the Duke of Montpen-
sier.
1t is stated positively that Spain has refused
to sell Cuba ON any terms to the United States.
The iron miners at Port Henry, Essex coun-
ty, are on a strike and are forbidding industri-
GUS men to work.
The convention to complete the organization
of National Tobacco Association held its
meeting in Cincinnati, Wednesday night. The
ostensble objects Of the Association are self
protection against unfriendly legislation and
unfavorable discrimination in decisions upon
| revenue laws and the general advancement of
their mutual interests
Carson, Nevada, saw novel sight lately, a
white and colored boy hitched together a.
horses, and yellow Chinese boy driving them.
Is that prophetic Of the future relations of the
peoples they representa- zszail ksasa s.5s9
The Spanish Minister has gone to new York
to see President Grant and Secretary Fish
about the seizure of the Spanish gunboats
The ssnat1s corsultsan is rapidly winning ia
vor in France. 1t concedes three cadinal points:
its own officers and govern itself; second, it
will have right 10 initiate laws; third, it will
have power to control France. 1t will be thus
seen that tie sovereign power is divided be-
tween the executive, and the. legislature, and
the people are beginning to recognize, in fact
for the first time in the history of France, that
the constitutional reforms have been accom-
plished without force OF violence .,.. s@5s1
The army reunion at Gettysburg does not
take place till Aug. 23d. Yet officers not aware
Of the postponement are arriving in large num-
bers, and the works stalking out the field has
already begun. The position of the Iron Brig
ade has been accurately determined under the
supervision of Gen. Sol Meredith.
Eugene Carr, fireman. ON the gravel train Of
the Boston & Maine railroad, was run over By
the train near Newmarket junction yesterday
while trying to Jump on the train. The ampu-
tation of both legs WILDE necessary.
The Barbara Fritchie controversy is raging
again. A citizen of Frederick Citylwrites to
Gen. Hawley, of Connecticut, affirming that
there was such lady, and that she did keep
the Union flag waving "oyer the heads of the
rebel hosts" .s75ssaaf
1t has recently been ascertained that New
York city, although comparatively healthier
than many other cities of its size, is not in
creasing in population. According to the lat.
est figures it appears that the number of resi-
dents there has been enormously over-estimat-
ed, and perhaps owing in q great degree to the
tenement house system, the population does
not now exceed 100000. Hiss1