The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-02-13

The Boston Transcript well says that the
Republicans who labored to prevent the re-
election of Gen. Butler TO Congress are justi-
fled by recent events. * o9.oert 79i Z
Btigandage is gradually disappearing in
Southern Italy, : g -'f..,..z t..tg s..--t ~
a. movement for cheap bread, upon the CO..
operative plan, is among the latest New York
novelties. bi9ig oeassVa ed! Il 80. &c L.Ifa
The Halifax Chronicle referring to the with
drawal Of the troops, says @when the British
soldiers have departed from our shores, what
power is there to prevent us from Withdraw
ing from the Canadian Confederation 2" III,
Canadian papers say Prince Arthur viii
visit the Dominion during the summer. is
The State Department has received infor-
nation that John M. Utley, one Of the consul
lar clerks at Havana, I as been arrested for
treason and thrown into JAIL ~ -
y The reconstruction committee have agreed,
by vote of five to three, to report against the
admission Of Mississippi under the election of
last year, and will probably submit the ques-
ton to the House early next week. 43a 3dsa
The Ways and Means committee, on final
consideration, have decided that they would
unanimously oppose all propositions for ,ex-
tending the time for the withdrawal of whiskey
in bond. This will probably settle the matter
SO far as this Congress is concerned.
rnAlanson Stewart and Frank Fraser, work
meh employed in the Pembroke Mills, at Sum
cook, N. a., were burned to death on Thurs
day by the accidental ignition of naptha, while
repairing a leak in a gas pipe. ii haa ws4a 20
The Town Hall in Southboro, Mass, occu-
pied as school house, was destroyed by fire
on Thursday night Loss about $4,000 bas
Major sGen Barnes, United States Army,
died in Springfield, Mass, yesterday. bs.
1.-Two men, named Jos, Yates and Thomas
Turner, were instantly killed by the explosion
Of powder mill at Hayardyille, Conn, on the
18th inst
The Mayor Of Dublin win take advantage of
his first public levee to present Queen Vic
toria monster petition for amnesty of the
Fe1ian prisoners, signed by corporate authori-
ties Of cities and towns throughout Ireland. d
The Republican Convention of the 9th Con-
gressional district of Indiana have nominated
James d. Tyner to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the election of Hon. d. D. Pratt ito the
United States Senate. ,,,,,f c...,,.,,,, \ 60.
son The Persian army has gone to, Bagdad, and
uihiSh eAOUpS puSuluk ~ Gu6 I6rSla0
frontier. A~e t+.+ q
The Spanish Constituent cortes opened its
sessions at Madrid on the 18th. The city was
profuse'y decorated in honor of the event
Crowds of people were in the streets, and flags
3 were flying, and the day was regarded as a
holiday. The President of the Ministry, Mar
shal Lerenans, delivered congratulatory ad-
dress on the assembling of the deputies
~ Hamburger, who shot his betrothed in New
York Thursday, died in the afternoon, but the
gin is still living. ~ b eifi sH .she0a l9
1a The friends of John c. Brane. the hesa-
peake pirate, are usiog their utmost endeavo,s
to have him released. He is confined in the
county Jail at Brooklyn. and his become
mere wreck Of his former self, being afflicted
by disease, and compeiled to go about on a
cruieh' ale iooSszoaI "a zuw loia la5lG tgif d
Lucy Elizabeth (Shepard), wife of Rev.
Thomas Hill, late President Of Harvard Col.
lsge, died at Waltham on Thursday, at the age
of 81 years. She was woman of rare intel
lectual gifts and superior moral qualities