The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-04

The town of Cisco, ON the Pacific railroad,
was burned Tuesday.
A bronze medallion bearing the heads of
Washington Lincoln and Grant has been pre-
sented to Mrs. Grant by exSecretary Bore.
Buckwheat cakes will be scarce this winter,
as the crop of buckwheat has been materially
damaged.
-Four hundred colored people are to sail from
Savannah for Liberia in the American Coloni-
zation Society's ship Golconda in few days.
The Paris Constitutional says the English
government are at present occupied with the
question of The Dalmatian instruction, and
bat Count Bismarck has lost much of his in
fnence in German politics. b
The disbursements by the government for
October were for civil and miscellaneous pur-
doses 81, Ole, ITO; army IS 514,7l5; navy 49, 1o4-
6S1; Interior pensions and Indians 81, PIP, 9s5;
total $12 1892
Gov Chamberlain lectured before the Ex-
celsior Association of Manchester last evening
The G. A. r. escorted him to the hall and
after the lecture Ex-Gov Smyth gave a recep-
ton. The veteran soldiers of Manchester
comp'imented the Governor with serenade
. I'd called upon HIM en- masse
Joseph Coffin and his wife, Anna, and Geo.
Vannyomaline, were sentenced at st. Louis
Tuesday in the United States Court, for deal
ing in counterfeit money, the former to five
Years in the Penitentiary and the two latter to
one year. Coffin has probably given crcula-
ton to nearly 81, 600, 900 of spurious money
since 1857. .+.. ....
A libel suit has been entered on the civil
docket for Rockingham county, N. H., the
parties to which are j. Fl Carpenter against
John Fl. Bailey ct ais Carpenter claims $4,000
damages because of documents sent by de-
feDdants to Washing ton to procure his remov
oil from duty as purchasing paymaster at the
Kittery naval station.
New England Postmasters were appointed
Tuesday as follows: Harvey s. Crowell, at
Winsor Maine, vice L. E. Bicknell, resigned.
Samuel Libby, at Orono, Maine. vice Bepja-
min M. Foss, resigned. Andrew J. Berry of
Smyrna, Maine, vice Levi Berry, resigned.
Noah w. Villas, at Concord, VT, vice William
S. Howard. resigned. Daniel w. Batcbelder
at North Danville, VT, vice J. NJ Poor. re-
signed.
The popular impression in Paris is that Ma
poleon will propose plan of disarmament in
his speech before the sessions of the French
Legislature, and that the idea is likely to be-
come general. 1t is said that Lord Clarendon
conveyed the assurance of Englands approval
of such course to his Majesty, and that it
will be agreeable to Russia. The tendency of
Napoleon's policy on the movement is said to
be effectively for the embarrassment of Prus-
sa
Judge Slower, of the Superior Court in Gin
cinnati, has granted an injunction restraining
the Board OF Education from carrying into ex-
ecution resolutions prohibiting the reading of
the Bible, re ligous books and the singing of
sacred music in the public schools. The ground
on which the petitioners prayed for an injunc-
ton is that the trainers of the constitution by
declaring in that instrument religion essential
to good government, denied to the Board of
Education the right to exclude all manner OF
religious instructions. The case will be heard
Thursday.
The Nashville correspondent of the Cincn-
natl Commercial says that upon the evening of
Andrew Johnson's defeat an excited old gen.
tleman rushed into his room and acted as if he
nad concluded to go crazy upon the subject.
'Iheres no telling" he exclaimed, "what this
id Nashville can do when she gets her head
to it. She's succeeded in defeating the great
est man in the United States, and elected a
clever little fellow, who will be plume lost
among them big radicals at Washington. I
say it's a id shame" after saying it he rush
ed out again to continue his lamentations else
where.
March place" is magnificent country-seat
in Greenland, New Hampshire. Its mansion
"one of the most costly in New England. For
q nozen years past it has been occupied by
0oiohei Clement March, who was made mil
lona.re by three inheritauces, to witt First,
$loo,ooo from a New York uncle: second,
800 600 from an elder brother. third nearly
$2,OO0,00O from an uncle who died at Madeira
Colonel March made the most of this ;mmense
fortune. He furnished his mansion in ,rost
gorgeous style. People living in his nepbbor-
hood called him the New Hampshire Prince"
Misfortune, however, overlook him. He was
induced to speculate in stocks in New York
and Philadelphia, and in short time his es-
tate, valued at $500 600, was bankrupt.
March Place" was sold under the hammer,
and It's late occupant went out into the world
poorer ana sadder man than ever before.