The Portland daily press., 1869-06-09
THE news:


birthday on the 9th inst. She received callers
all day, was serenaded by band in the eve
ming and was the recipient of many presents
from her visitors. s1ss1s.4.=ss-
Dom Piatt's new paper will support nepu,
lican principles with reasonable earnes.noss
Almost Immediately after the siiver.pou.1
lie was laid and the golden spikes ariso. =
the Pacific Railroad they were quiety saKen
mn AGAIN deposited with Nevada's SILVER nam
~. = cor and sent to San Francisco, while
oo.,,,,on wooden tie was substituted and
,be g last rail- secured to it by common iron
spike. .a. a.
The east wing of the Gray Nuns convent AZ
Quebec and also the chapel attacneo snere.o
was destroyed by Monday night. Loss S~OoV!.
Two men were injured by falling timbers, one
seriously.
tits rumored in Washington that Turner,
the colored man who was recently appointed
postmaster at Macon, Georgia, has been re-
moved. zat s
Mexican advces state that Congress has
confirmed Marischal as minister to the United
States. alss s ss-s
Attorneys General West, of Ohio, has given
an opinion that the visible admixture law
passed by the last Legislature of that State,
does not in any manner affect the right of citi-
asas- of rrepondcrating Caucasian blood to
vote; that it changes the penalties for illegal
voting, but does not change the suffrage quail
fcation.
The Republicans elect their entire city tick
ter and Surveyor by a large majority, probably
over 3O00 Nine colored men were elected,
namely: Register, one Alderman and z mem
bers Of the common council eqss
The last French election news is the best
The distinguished Liberals, Pages, Favre and
Ferry have been elected by the ballot, and old
Thiers, who defes classification, is also sue
| cessful.
Sprague was serenaded by the workingmen
of Newark, N. j., Monday night. He made
his speech. ~ Z.
The following announcements were made re-
Gently in the Paris Journalist:
Sir Elihu Washburne, ambassador of the
| United States, has arrivedin Paris. "a.
| There is due talk of the impending marriage
of Madame Lincoln, widow Of the late Presi-
dent of the United States, with Count
Schmidtville, Chamberlain Of the Duke Of
Baden. sias SIS
The New York Herald zstyles Senator
Sprague "a John the Baptist acting as
forerunner to his illustrious father in-law.-
Fancy the Rhode Island Senatorclad in sheep
skin raiment, and feeding on locusts and wild
honey"
No one will be surprised to find democratic
journals quoting the Imperialist with approx
ing comments. -. NO, 8
George Peabody is coming to this country
as a messenger of peace. 49, ~
The Southern papers mention q duel which
took place at New Orleans on Tuesday Of last
week. Mr.. Paul Alhaisa, an operatio manag-
er, challenged the editor of the Epegue, Mr.
Canonge, because of q severe musical criti-
cism written and published by the latter. The
combat took place with swords, and resulted
in slightly wodnding Mr.. Canonge 1t is ru-
mored that another rencontre will take place
at an early day. aey sai as
4 Two distinguished co,ored men living in Gu
ba have published a sard maintaining that the
victims of the late murders in that State were
treacherously slaughtered because they were
Republican, and because they possessed a suf-
ficient ay4out of integrity to defy both bribes
and tbeeats. They end with the appeal: God
sepx us deliverance at some time,' ssi oa
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gone to Hamburg for the benefit of his health.
1 Alaska has been demoralized by the advent
of Americans. Itis reported that Gen. jeff
9. Davis, who in command there, win be re-
lieved Immediately, it being represented to the
President that the greatest abuses exist there
and that the officers and men are living with
profigate women that the Indians have been
treated with inhumanity and that other gross
outrages of an indecent character have been
/ committed sA ts4s a +; s.;f., ss
The loss by the robbery of the United States
depository in New Mexico is 100000. w ger.
The American Institute of Homeopathy, the
Oldest medical association in the country. met
Tuesday in convention in horticultural Hall.
Boston, President Dr. Harry D. Paine, of
New York, in the chair. DIR. David Thayer, of
Boston, delivered an address of welcome. The
attendance is quite large. ss,sf, ,.r.rs
The regency bill was read the first time in
| the Spanish Cortes, Monday 1T ID rape-.4A
rnat the Duke OF Genoa is candidate for the
throne s sf.sa .a.s f..,s,s. ..s,.s
Miss Ida Lewis, of Newport, was made the
recipient, Monday, of two hundred. and eigh-
teen. dollars, contributed by the officers and
soldiers stationed at Fort Adams, in apprecia-
tion of her services in saving the lives Of Sen,
geant Adams and private MeIauahlir $50.
10Th of March last. 5.s5afss bsG Ffs
A Wssri-. -ou correspondent says there is not
the slightest doubt that such men as Fowler.
Ross, Henderson, Van Wrinkle, Sprague, etc.
have determined to, in the end, break loose
from the Republican party. Behind them is
supposed to be q more important man. A Lead
ing Democrat recently said, g the Chief JUS
tice is onr man for 1872 /" It is certain" he
continued, that no one opposed to the war
could ever succeed, in the Northern States at
least" ..,.5 +. i,.,s,,,..
The Manchester Eng. } Guardian relates that
when Reverdy, johnson arrived in London.
though representing an administration which
had only few months to live, he contracted for
residence in Portland Place for a period OF
five years, at much higher rent than that paid
by his predecessor The agent of the owner ]
though little Of politician, shrewdly intro
duced clause in the lease providing for the
payment of large sum as compensation in
case the Minister left England before the lease
expired, and under this stipulation Mr.. john
son was obliged to pay forfeit of more than
$4,000 ,,,s-, s.,ss, .,.o.s sssasss ssed,.