The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-18

antee.--N. Y. Tribune.
The News.
Mrs Senator Sumner is spending the sum-
mer at Newport.
Ex-Secretary Stanton is at Wolfsbo1o
Springs, New Hampshire
Mr.. Plat, newly elected Virginia Con-
gresham, and Mr. Budd had rough-and-
tumble fight at Petersburg the other day.
millions in pensions, the public debt will porb-
ably be increased three or four millions this
month.
The annual meeting of the Vermont Editors
and Publishers Association will be held at
Brattleboro, Vt, Thursday evening August
Goth, 1869, at o'clock. At the last annual
meeting Henry Clark, Esq, editor of the Rut-
land Herald, was appointed to deliver the
usual address, and Ed. P. Alderman of the
Record and Farmer, poet, with A. A. Earle, of
the Independent STANDARD, as substitute.
At meeting of the Commercial Bank of
New Brunswick, which was held on the Sd
instant young lady named Ladds, of Hall
fax, astonished the other stockholders present
by stirring speech 1t appears that she was
stakeholder to the extent of $4,000 She
spoke with the utmost accuracy and compo-
sure, though with much animation.
The Salisbury Beach gathering, which this
year as formerly will attract its thousands, is
fixed for the 18th of September; and the COM
mittee have extended invitations to many dis
tnguished speakers to be present and address
the people. Last year thirty thousand as
sembled on the Beach, on this occasion; and
this year probably larger number will be
present.
The Newport Neavs says that news has been
received that President Grant will be in that
city this week, the guest of Gov. Morgan on
Narragansett Avenue.
The Hartford Post says that in consequence
of the rigorous enforcement of the Sunday lq-
uor law by the police, drunkenness on the
Sabbath is much more infrequent in that city
than formerly.
George Peabody, Gems. Sheridan and Meade,
Gov. Hoffman, Mayor Hall, Hon. Asa Packer
and others are mentioned as likely to be pres
ent at grand ball at the Continental Hotel,
Long Branch, Friday night.
The National Educational Convention met
at Trenton, N. j., Monday. The opening ad-
dress was made by J. w. Buckley, President
of the National Superintendent Association.
The minutes of the last meeting, held at Nash
vile, were approved. A paper was read from
the Rev. Charles Brooks, of Massachusetts,,
advocating the adoption of the New England
system of free schools every where, and calling
upon Congress to grant public funds for that
purpose.
George William Curtis is considered up to
almost anything. He is now mentioned for
President of Michigan University.
Special trains are now employed in con-
veying the enormous Maryland and Delaware
peach crop to New York and the eastward.
Tne crop will exceed 100000 baskets, or $780,
900 larger than last year.
A Louisiana paper, estimates the cotton crop
at an excess of half million bales over that of
last year.
On the 18th inst. the Lehigh coal operators
at Mauchunk, Pa, notified their miners that
they could no longer carry on their works on
the basis heretofore agreed upon, which al
mining and u IA per cent. ON sales above So
per ton in the New York market, and yester-
day, the 18th, 5000 men employed at Heazleton
struck work. No person can be hired to enter
the mines to get out coal unless the Miners
Union is willing. The operators are bound
hand and foot If man is discharged the
Unions consent must be obtained. The men
| are allowed to work only certain number Of
hours per day, and no miner is permitted to
take cut more than twelve tons each day.
The Pope has decided to hold universal ex.
hbition of Christian art next year.
| United States steamer Albany, formerly the
| Contoocook, Admiral Hoff commanding, has
| arrived in New York from the West Indies.
| The press of Paris regard. the recent amnes.
| ty DEGREES of the Emperor as an abandonment
of the past policy and pledge for the future
The funeral of Marshal Mel took place yes
| terday.
Hon. Joseph Howe and Hon. VIM. McDou.
gal have left Ottawa for Thunder Bay to in.
| spect tbs road now building from that point t.
| Red river.
The Rideau canal has been repaired and
navigation is resumed.
| Trade in all kinds of agricultural nipple
ments this season has been larger than last
season. Stocks have all been we'll sold up
and there is but small amount, comparative
| ly, to carry over. The California demand fol
heavy machinery, such as gang plows cult
vators, &C., has been good, and the home trade
| for hay machinery has been unprecedented
| A1toOatber boo -
| ty and profit, and the advantages of labor saw
ing machinery is seen in the large full crops O
nearly every description, of which the markc
is daRtS .supplied.
| A cohseanNh seen incorporated to work
the iron Iaines of-California.
A St. Johns, Newfoundland, dispatch say.
the news from the wreck of the steamship
Germania up to Monday night represent only
one bar of silver to have been recovered since
Saturday, making twenty-eght bars in all
The ship has settled down in nine fathoms O.
water. The cargo coming up, consisting Of
sewing machines, clocks, tobacco and cigars, i.
almost worthless. The officers of the Germa.
MIA report that another ste amship struck near
the same place on the same day, but got of
~AAu PAoSOCuOu vi LICK NOydSe. 1ue Captain VI
the Germania is still at the wreck. The Cleo.
patra sunk in shoal water and her captain is
eHdeavoring to secure the property.
The betting on the International boat race is
five to two in favor of Oxford
The Epoca and other newspapers of Madrid
deny the existence of negotiations between
Spain and the United States relative to Cuba
1t is said that the Government desires the res.
toration of order in Cuba before CONSIDERING
the subject of cession to the United States.
The rumor of proposition looking to an Ibe-
rian union is officially denied
Sir John Young, Governor General of Can
ada, was received with considerable military
display at Halifax Monday Yesterday he at.
tended the opening of the Windsor & AMMAN
oils Railroad.
1t is stated in the Italian papers that great
progress is making with the Mount Gents tun-
mel, the working being actively carried on
night and day, and that there is every proba-
bility the line will be opened in the course of
next year. To celebrate this event it has now
been definitely decided that universal exbi.
bitiOn shall be held in Turin in the sprnp of
1872.
Queen Victoria, at her last state concert at