The Portland daily press., 1869-04-10
The News.

Horace Greeley announces that he will soon
give up lyceum lecturing.
Anna Dickinson's what Answer has
been translated into French.
Louis j. Bourbon and wife, have arrived
in Washington and Senator Sumner proposes
to show them the city. Louis is the coming
lion of the season.
Wendell Phillips ispraying for the iron hand
ola Peter the Great.
The New York Leg islature proposes to ex-
empt lagar beer shops from the operation of
the excise law.
Lieut.. Samuel Fessenden, second son OF
Hon. s. G. Fessenden, has recently been ad-
mitted to practice at the bar in all the courts
of Connecticut.
The Lewiston Journal speaking of the late
explosion OF locomotive boiler, says that an
engineer who has given the matter careful
examination states to US that he.found the lon
gitudinal seam of the boiler badly channeled.
He sofound part of the bolts in the stay rods
broken off, indicating great weakness in the
boiler. The line of fracture seemed to bs along
the bottom of the boiler, the sides turning out
ward. In some places the shred was channeled
three-fourths of the thickness of the iron.
William Scott, a nephew of Sir Walter
Scott, died at st. Andrew Hotel, Montreal,
on Thursday, aged GA years.
Both parties in the Indiana Legislature held
caucuses yesterday morning. The Democrats
claim that their course at the last session has
been endorsed by the people. The reelected
members refuse to qualify unless the Republ-
cans bind themselves not to bring forward the
negro suffrage question during the special ses-
sion. The Republicans refuse to make any
pledges, but intimate that the necessary legis.
lation would take precedence in the order of
business
The fire at the California Gold Hill mines
was still raging Thursday. Eighteen bodies
had been recovered t that time and seventeen
men are still missing, who are supposed to
haye persisted.
The New York Herald has story that Gen.
Blair and Gen. Steadman are both engaged in
the New Orleans fllibustering scheme against
Cuba. They are to sail in the fast steamer
Cuba asssoon as possible Those who are con-
tributing time and money to the enterprise say
they have no fear OF government interference
as they had arranged matters to their satisfac-
ton on that score before they commenced.
Horatio Seymour has SO far recovered from
the injuries received by him in the late rail-
road accident that he has got as far as Chicago
on his way home.
Thursday night two brothers named Mont
gomery and Byron Leach, murdered young
man named Price at singing school in Lib
erty township, Adams county, Illinois. The
two teaches went to the singing school and
asked for the teacher. He refused to 60 to the
door, and Price went out and was instantly
stabbed several times by both of the Teaches
He died almost instantly. The murderers then
fed The tragedy is the result of family
feud.
The stockholders of the Michigan Southern
railroad are to vote on the question of CONSOLE
dating with the Lake Shore road, an arrange
ment that has the unanimous approval of the
directors of the two roads. 1t is believed that
tae Buffalo 8 Erie railroad will enter into the
same arrangement. The entire length of the
combined roads would be $50 miles, and adding
branches about 900 miles, with capital of
$53OOOoOO.
VT, on the 21st inst.
There is a low house of prostitution in the
basement under the District Court room in
New York.
eprague's speech on Thursday is said to have
peen great bore to the Senate. He read from
manuscript which he said was prepared by
one VINO was better acquainted with the use of
words and the framing of sentences than him.
self
The indian appropriation bill. which has
passed both Houses of Congress. makes the
usual appropriations under the treaties made
before 1867 amounting to about three millions
of dollar and places two millions more ar tbo
disposal of the President with an additional
proviso authorizing the President to appoint a
committee of ten persons, eminent for their in
telligence and philanthropy, to exercise joint
control with the Secretary of the Interior over
all disbursements for the Indians.
A severe frost in South Carolina, Monday
night, did great injury to fruit The first crop
of figs was destroyed and peaches suffered a
like fate
FISK, the Magnificent, takes great interest,"
IN the Musical Peace Festival at Boston. anu
nas promised Mr.. Gilmore to do all sorts of
generous things with his railroads and steam.