The Portland daily press., 1869-12-29

The trial oi TIaupmau, for the murder of
the Kink family, commenced in Paris Tues
day. The court room was densely packed with
spectators at the opening of the proceedings.
st. Louis proposes to push its project for
Worlds Fair in that city, and is taking meas
ures to form an association with a capital of
100000.
During performance at the theatre in Bris-
tol, Eng, Monday night, there was an alarm
among the audience, and in the effort of the
crowd to escape from the building eighteen
persons were killed and many injured.
Washington dispatch says that at a meet
ing at the house of Hon. Samuel Hooper, Mon
day night, efficient measures were taken for
placing one hundred thousand dollars to IL e
credit of Mr.. Stanton's family for New Years
President Grant heads the list with one thou
sand dollars.
1t is stated that the Cunard, Inman, and
German steamship lines yesterday notified the
Postmaster General that after next Saturday
they will not carry the mails at the rates of the
new treaty. 1t is said that the Postmaster
will send the mails in sailing vessels rather
than submit to such foreign dictation.
Capt. Thomas o. Selfridge, who command
ed the Nipsic, one of the vessels detailed by the
government to confirm the survey for ship
canal route from the Gulf of San Bias to Pan
anna, made in 1864 by Frederick NJ Kelley and
Cyrus Butler, and also the lower route from
Caledonia Bay to the Gulf of San Miguel, is in
New York on brief visit, obtaining informa-
ton from engineers and others in relation to
the proposed work.
The London Times, considering the claims of
the American government against England
says that the case, of the Alabama is the only
plausible one presented, and even there the
fault is due to the Union cruisers for permit
ting her to escape. England, therefore, need
not fear resumption of negotiations or ref
erence of the claims to an arbitrator. With
the history of the affair fresh in the public
mind the assumption of the Times is character.
istic.
A very important case to stock brokers was
decided in the New York Court of Appeals
Monday, and the law has been finally fixed
upon much disputed question The sub
stance of the decision is, that broker who
sells out his customers stock after his margin
Is gone, but without giving him notice of the
time and place of the sale, is liable to the Gus
toner for the highest price of the stock down
to the time of the trial, because the customer
| owns the stock and the act of the broker is a
wrongful commission. This was test case,
| selected by the Brokers Board.
A meeting was held few days ago at Cam
bridge, England, at which very prominent men
in the University declared for repeal of all
the religious tests in the higher educational in
situations. They go quite beyond the scope Of
the bill introduced last session, and demand
free admission of dissenters, jews Mohomme.
dams, Atheists, to the highest scholastic posi-
tons. This declaration is as important as it is
unexpected, and indicates that the seculariza.
ton of the Universities will probably precede
and certainly hasten the disestablishment O
the church. Cambridge has beaten Oxford il
! this race.
The most destructive fire occurring at SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, in many years, took place Mon.
day morning, breaking out at two o'clock and
continuing late into the morning. Sever
large brick stores in South Salina street, own.
ed by Clifford, Hamlet & Grouse, were burned
or crushed by falling walls Five of them
were wholly destroyed by fire, o.ether with
most of their contents. Eight individuals and
| firms were losers in amounts varying from
| $4,000 to 100000, and about one hundred in
mates of boarding house burned, lost theil
clothing and other property. The total losses
amount to about $45OOOO, on which there is
| 1925 900 insurance.