The Portland daily press., 1869-11-16

| The father of Gen. ButterfieId died at Utica
| N. Y, Sunday, aged 81.
q. Buel, bank cashier at Cleveland, Ohio
shot himself Monday morning Losses during
the late panic was the cause.
The freight agent of the Camden & Ambov
Railroad at Freehold, N. j.. was killed by fall
ing from train.
The wife of Frank Rzzi, butcher of Mem.
phis, was found dead Monday MORNING with
ner mead crushed. Its believed her husband
had murdered her. as he had fed.
report comes from Cuba that on Thursday
several cornfelds in the vicinity of Sas Cruces
were burned. Since that time four Cinnamon
were discovered in the act of firing another.
Ahey were seized and Immediately executed.
Commissioner Delano, Simon Cameron and
the other delegates to the GEORGIA State Fa;r
have arrived safely at Macon, Ga. the countrv
VIII be glad to know. The telegraph has been
exercised Tor the safety for the distinguished
party for a week.
at Des Moines, Iowa, Sunday evening. n
freight train ran into an eastern bound passen-
ger tram ON siding and demolished Pull
man car and two other cars. Fifteen or TWEEN
ty passengers were more or less injured. but
fortunately no one was killed.
meeting was held in New York Sunday
evening to discuss the movement of the Catho.
lies OF the city TO remove the Bible from the
pubhc schools and substitute the Douav ver-
sion. 1t was stated that out of 1855 900 apDro-
priated by the Legislature last year for chart
table schools, 5000, 0GO was received by Catbo-
lie Institutions
In the case of ex-mayor Anthony OF Leaven-
worth, Kansas. against Gen. Thomas Ewing.
for false arrest the jury on Saturday returned
verdict for the defendant. This was an ac-
ton for $50 600 damages, based on the arrest OF
Anthony while mayor, during the war, by
United States detective who took him to Mis-
souri,, where he was discharged by Gen. Ewing.
then in command of the district.
A shrewd burglar, confined in Queen S coun
ty Jail, New York, was discovered on Friday
last to have obtained a saw from outside con-
federates, with which he had sawed a hole
through the floor of his CELL He had also. in
some means, obtained keys which unlocked
all the cells in his ward, and with the assist
ance OF his fellow prisoners he had almost COM
pieted tunnel leading to the outer world
through which they intended to escape
a letter from Mexico states that extensive
preparations have been made in the CITY of
Mexico for the reception of Mr.. Seward
Rooms have been assigned for his service at
the National Palace, but in case he should pre
fer private quarters, suites have been provided
for him in one of the most elegant private resi-
dences in the capital. A gentleman of dis
tinction has been dispatched by President
Juarez to meet Mr.. Seward and escort him to |
the city. This is the only instance in which a |
foreigner has been made the guest of the Mex
can Republic.
Further particulars of the disaster on the
Pacific Railroad at Oakland, California, are
'eceived. Eleven dead bodies recovered from
he wrecked cars have been taken to the dead
house in Oakland. 1t is estimated that twenty
PERSONS were wounded. The scene of the dis
's'er is described as heartrending, the cars re-
'ealng slckening scene of crushed humanity.
statements are given regarding the
ause OF the disaster. II is alleged the West
IN Pacific was ahead of time and shonld have
waited at Dumon's station for the nassaoa of
he Alameda train. Another statement attrib-
ties the fault to the station master at the
oint where the Alameda and Pacific roads
onnect, who said that "the Alameda train was
ehind time, and he'd be id if he'd wait for
y" and went into the house for breakfast
While he was in the house gravel train passed
own and he supposed it was the Western Pa
lfic train. When tie Western Pacific train
anne up the engineer inquired whether the
Alexandria train had passed, and the station
'aster replied, CAN right; go ahead