The Portland daily press., 1869-05-03

headed by Garrett, of the Baltimore and Ohio,
united with the Orange and Alexandria road,
is endeavoring to obtain possession of the Vir-
ginia and Tennessee Railroad, so as to divert
the Southwestern trade from Norfolk to Balti-
more. Col. Forney says Gen. Robert E. Lee
iayors the latter movement.
Geo. w. Paschal has published a pamphlet
addressed to the people of the State of Texas,
announcing himself candidate for the Unit
ed States Senate. Among other things he de-
clares IN favor of the new constitution by the
people, the election of none but republicans to
the. State offices and to Congress, the election
of Andrew J. Hamilton as Governor and the
removal of the disabilities of every friend of the
general government.
Mr.. Greeley stoutly defends John Russell
Young, managing editor of the Tribune,
against the aspersions of his enemies.
The British consul at Havana says that the
Spaniards have fred into and sunk British
vessel
The new Pacific Railroad Commissioners are
General G. f. Comstock, late of Grants staff;
Hiram Walbridge of New York, General Jas.
f. Royd of Kentucky. Samuel M. FELTON, of
Pennsylvania, aud General Edwin f. Wins
low of Iowa. They depart for an examination
of the roae early this month.
The Commissioners of Internal Revenue Fri
day promulgated his decision that the money
used by brokers is liable to a tax of one twen-
ty-tourth of one per cent. as capital. 1t will
bring in from $40, 100000 to $l0,O00,0OO yearly
of income.
Amasa Sprague, brother of the Senator, is
exceedingly democratic in his habits, making
friends with all sorts of people.
Gold has been discovered at Savannah, Mis-
souri,.
Among the many changes in the govern
ment printing Office recently made, A. ID.
Brock of Maine has been put IN charge of the
patent Office printing.
Mrs. Slower, daughter of ex-Presdent
johnson was married to Mr.. William Brown
at Greenville, Tenn, on the Goth ult.
The friends of Frederick Douglass are tax
ing steps to have his statue placed among
those of other eminent men on the Lincoln
monume Mt
Horace Greeley says he declined thePacific
Railroad Commissionership because he had
other business to attend to, and that he rejoic-
es in the appointment of Gen. Walbridge in
his place.
Commissioner Capron will distribute this
year from the experimental gardens of the De-
partment of Agriculture over thirty five
thousand plants, besides thousands of scions of
fruit trees. He has sent these plants and sci
ons to persons who will report on them, and
has discontinued the indiscriminate distribu-
ton of plants and garden seeds to all appli-
cants
The regular Republican candidate for Con-
gress in the Alexandria district of Virginia is
Gen. Whittlesey, formerly OF Maine, and Mr..
Wallack, late of the Washington Evening Star,
is running as an independent Republican.
The papers say that everybody is going to
Europe to spend the summer, because it is
cheaper to do SO than to stay at home.
The New York Times is gratified to hear
of the destruction by fire OF the town of &c You
Bet" California. 1t seems to regard the con
fagration as evidence of the just wrath of
heaven upon the people for giving the town
such name
Sir Samuel Baker, the English traveller,
is about to make an expedition up the river
Nile to carry out an undertaking which prom
ises to surpass all previous African explora-
tioas in the splendor of it's results, scientific
humanitarian and political.
Willard, the Boston, artist, has finished
Howard's portrait for Bowdoin College. 1t is
favorably spoken of. Gen. Grant proposes to
give the same artist sitting.
The Golconjs, a vessel built by the Coloniz-
alton Society for carrying coored men to Afri
ca, has been chartered again for mercantile
voyage, there being no negroes who desire to
leave the country.
A prominent member oe the Ways and
Means Committee says that the Government
has concluded to recognize Cuba at an early
day.
Valmazeda, the Spanish commander of the
Eastern Cuban department. is as good as his
word. He has already begun to carry out his
policy of shooting all Cubans found away from
their homes.
The President of the Columbian Republic,
with eight of his ministers, has been impeache5
on eight different charges
The mails from Rio Janeiro contain deails
of the war in Paraguay. The partizsas Of
President Lopez were numerous and actfve in
Cerroleon and Logoa, districts wbre they
were pursuing guerrilla warfare. The allies
sent gunboat expedition up the Panama
river which had returned and reported no for
discovered on the banks. Paran-
hos, with 200 men, was on tlr eve of marching
for Villa Rica, which was sill in possession Of
the Paraguayans.
Mr.. William a. wheeler, well known by
his long connection With the Bangor Whig, is |
now discharging TIE duties of general editor of
the New Englanl Farmer in Boston. His po-
sition involves less labor than responsibility, |
and is mucbhore agreeab than the duaies of
a daily iopsnalist. Mr. Wheeler is in the en-
excellent health. Il
Application having been made to certain
ofS1als connected with the Government by |
gents of the Cuban insurgents for the pur-
chase of munitions Of war, tie President has
given directions to said officials to sell all war
material not wanted by the Government to
my parties who wish to purchase The agents
we're accordingly notified they could have all |
hey desired provided they furnished the nee
ssary funds.
Poor little Mr.. Young, of the Tribune, has
he endorsement of II. G.'s initials in that
,aper. The senior editor says that all the |
harges against Young are probably false, and |
hat be will not be discharged from the estab-
ishment till his guilt is proved.
Count Bismarck, the German Prime Minis
'er, became the personal friend of Mr. Motley, |
'he new English Minister, when they were |
10Th young men and pursuing their studies at |
Berlin.
Delmar, late of the Bureau of Statistics, has
been turned out of employment by the Free
Trade League.
Thomas A. Doyle, Mayor of Providence, has
,ut himself on the side of Sprague.
VIM. W. Virgin, of Norway, Reporter of
Decisions, is said'to be candidate for posi-
ion as one of the commissioners to revise the
tatutes of Maine.
state News.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.
The venerable Rev Elijah Jonas oor, ~ Al. a |