The Portland daily press., 1869-05-15

Hon. Reverdy johnson has sent dispatch
Washington informing the Secretary OF State
Of his formal withdrawal from the Office of
minister to England. After giving in some
detail an account of the friendly farewell of
the Queen, Mr.. johnson says 'This termi-
n ,tes a mission which has been conducted on
my part with zeal and fidelity, which has full
filed to the letter the instruction of my gov
ernment, and which has aimed to protect the
rights, preserve the honor and promote the in
terests of my country"
George Hartang of Harrison, N j., had ten
dollars stolen from his pocket the other day,
and he suspected his son, sixteen years old, Of
the THEFT He took him before a magistrate
add desired to have him sent to jail, but the
magistrate recommended Otherwise. Hartang
then took his son and gave him beating,
from the effects of which, as it is thought, the
boy soon died. The case is being investigated
by the authorities.
Elections will take place throughout South
Carolina on the 25th of May for county Off
GERS. The Democrats are laboring to carry
the upper part of the State.
The liquor bill was again defeated in the
Massachusetts Senate, Thursday.
Next Thursday the ladies of Louisville, KY,
will decorate the graves of Rebel soldiers.
At the business meeting of the American
Anti-Slavery Society, Wednesday, Wendell
Phillips was chosen President. Peter Libbey
of Maine is among the Vice-Presdents.
A new element, which has been named jar
gonium, has recently been discovered by Mr..
q. IF fba
spectroscope. The earth, jargonia, is closely
allied to zirconia, and is found associated with
it in certain minerals.
Bismarck has ordered the male ballet
dancers in Berlin to cut off their mustachios.
A son of Secretary Seward, Frederick w.
Seward, late assistant Secretary of State, has
purchased the interest of Mr.. Thurlow Weed
in the Commercial Advertiser, and will take
the editorial management of it.
Parepa refuses to name any terms for her
appearance at the Peace Jubilee, saying that
no feeling except that of pleasure in joining
so great an undertaking can actuate any ar
tist
A private dispatch to manufacturing firm
in Springfield, Mass, states that Gov. Stan
ford and party had reached Sacramento with
a train of through cars on the Pacific Railroad
having made the trip from the head of Salt
Lake in 20 hours: The earnings Of the Cen
trail Pacific for April amounted to $3.50, 900 in
coin
r. L. Tabor, of Williams College, has in
vented machine, which is SO constructed that
it will write music as fast as it is played. 1t is
placed upon the piano, back Of the keys, and
works like the instrument used for sending
dispatches.
Hon. Robert G. Pitman, of New Bedford
the President of the Senate, has been nomi-
mated as Judge of the Superior Court, to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the promotion OF
Judge Morton to the Supreme Bench in Mas
sachusetts.
Nashua, N. H., has had two incepdiary fires
lately. The last being house of i'll repute the
Telegraph says it is no public loss, however
the Devil may regret it.
The health of Mr.. Dickens has improved
since he stopped reading.
Chinese laborers are employed in some O
the Louisiana parishes and give good satisfac
ton.
The English Minister, accompanied by seve
raj members of his legation and other distin
guished gentlemen, is visiting the coal minel
of Pennsylvania They are the guests of Sen
ator Cameron.