The Portland daily press., 1869-11-23

The French elections continued Monday
without disturbance.
Burbank's new hotel, six stories high, at
Pittsfeld, Mass, was blown down during the
severe gale of Saturday morning
The Secretary of War has ordered the dis
continuance of the U. S. Arsenal at Baton
Rouge.
By special kilograms through the French At
lantic cable from Florence and Madrid, dated
Sunday, we have reports of Cabinet crisis in
Italy, of the conferences of the King with lead
ing statesmen and the formation of a new Min
istry by Gen. Meneafrea, as well as the asser-
ton of Madrid journal to the effect that King
Victor Emmanuel has accepted the throne of
Spain on behalf of the Duke of Genoa
A Cargo of 97U coolies, sent by an agent num
Calcutta, has arrived at Demerara, but the
scheme of immigration does not find favor
The governors of Bermuda, Barbados and
Jamaica proposed to send convicts from their
islands to Demerara to serve out their SEN
fences, Demerara to receive the benefit of their
labor, but the governor declined to have the
colony transformed into penal settlement.
Cholera, yellow fever and small pox are said
to be raging fearfully at Santiago de Cuba,
three hundred deaths having occurred from
cholera alone within thirty days. 1t was found
impossible to give the dead proper sepultnre,
the bodies being covered With only few in
ches of EARTH Az consequence the stencil
from the cemetery has become almost a pesti-
lence.
Among the incidents of the storm at Albany
was the DANCE done to Townsend's foundry.
The roof and the walls of the fifth story were
blown down. The lower portion of the dam
aged building was used as machine shop, and
the workmen were all at work at the time.
and the crashing of the timbers and walls Gre
ated panic in the workshops, causing the
men to make hasty exit from the place. The
upper story was used for the storage of pat
terms. Fortunately no person was injured.
The patterns were more or less damaged. The
total loss is estimated at $1,000.
President Cespedes has forwarded to the Gu
ban Junta a casket of jewels valued at $25, 900
in gold, which he desires to have sold for the
benefit of the patriot army. Among the arti-
Giles of great value is cluster pin containing
about twenty diamonds, for which he paid
$1,000 in gold. Several diamonds and seal
Rugs of rare designs and workmanship, and a
number of watches, chains aud unset stones
are among the collections. Donna Cespedes
contributes four bracelets, one of which is
worth &c. 900, and is most beautiful work of
the jewelers. art. Several patriotic leaders Of
Cuba have contributed valuable ornaments,
aud even the soldiers in the field have Of
fered their watches, chains, seals and finger
rings to be converted into cash TO. the aid of
the cause. The money value of these patriotic
offerings is little short OF $4,000.
A dispatch from Suez, Sunday, announces
the arrival OF the feet. None of the vess. Is
were obliged to employ pilots. The only diff
Guilty they had was owing to their numbers.-
Some were crowded on the banks several
times, but they got off without trouble, the
sandy bottom neither holding them nor hurt.
ing them. On leaving Ismaila several steam
ers fouled with each other, but no serious dam
age was done. The water in the canal between
Suez and Ismaila is full twenty feet deep at
the sballowest spot, and in several parts it 10
less than twenty-five feet in depth, but at all
these points the bottom can easily be deepened.
Steamers drawing fifteen feet can navigate the
canal from Port Said to Suez with ease in fif-
teen hours. The water does not wash away
the banks as much as was apprehended. The
complete success Of the great work exceeds all
of the operations. The canal is
now clear Of shipping, the entire feet being
anchored in the harbor of Suez. Yesterday
statue of Waghorn the Englishman who first
proposed the building of the canal, was to be
erected, and on to-day the feet was to start on
its return to Port Said. There, statue of
Ferdinand de Lesseps, the builder and presi-
dent director of the canal, will be raised
With this last ceremony the fetes of the inaug-
uration will probably terminate. Empress
Eugene will return through the canal with
the fleet, her yacht LAigle taking the lead, as
on the downward trip.