The Portland daily press., 1869-02-26

A gossiping writer says that Grant doesn't
smoke so much as he used to, and that he
grows good-looking
The liquor law committee of the Massachu-
setts Legislature will report in favor of restor-
ing the law repealed in 1868.
The Connecticut Democrats have nomina-
ted Senator Dixon for Representative in Con-
gress from the Hartford district. The Repub.
licans have nominated s. B. Beardsley of
Bridgeport as their candidate for Congress
in the fourth district, where p. 7. Barnum
was defeated last year.
An italian murderer confined in Sing Sing
attempted suicide Wednesday night.
The vote in the Cortes thanking the retiring
provisional government and authorizing Mar
shall Serrano to form new ministry. stood $50
to 20 against.
The North German Parliament meets ON the
4th of March. The Prussian Diet closes its
sessions on the 9th of March.
General Sherman and his Secretary. Col.
Dayton, left st. Louis Thursday morning for
Washington. General Sheridan did not ar
rive in season to accompany them as had been
expected. 1t is thought General Sheridan
will be assigned to command that military di-
vision when General Sherman assumes the du-
| ties of commander-in-chief at Washington
| Hydrophobia still prevails to an alarming
| extent in New York. There was another fatal
case Thursday.
About four hundred Chinese women arrived
in San Francisco by the steamship China.
They were taken from the ship under guard
| of the police to places designated by the head
| man. An effort was made to seize some of
them and some of the rival parties were
wounded. The police prevented a general
| fight. Great excitement exists in the Chinese
| quarters OF the city and several arrests have
been made.
There is said to be every reason to believe
that Gen. Grant will restore all of the Dis
trict Commanders who were removed by Mr..
johnson, including Generals Sheridan and
Sickles, and Terry will be replaced in Vir-
ginia.
A Washington special to the Worcester Spy
| says that Senator Fessenden asserts that he is
not going Gen. Grants cabinet. His opinion
| is that Mr.. Hooper will get the New England
appointment but some think Gen. Hawley has
as good chance as anybody
The use OF earth instead of water closets in
the Pennsylvania Hospital has led to the dis
covery of the remarkable curative qualities Of
dry earth. Sores and wounds that yielded tc
no other treatment have been dressed with dry
earth with the happiest results.
1t is reported that President johnson is te
be the President of the Memphis and Ell PasC
Railroad Company, the joint resolution fol
which passed the House Wednesday and is
now pending in the Senate; and it il added
that Mr. johnson will 60 to Europe to negoti.
ate its bonds.
The Bangor Whig learns that the snow il
the woods is some five or six feet deep, making
very heavy work for the lumbermen.
The Hartford Post says it rather likes the
proposition to make Alaska penal colony
Let's divide up the New York roughs between
Alaska and Patagonia, go that they can CON
tinue to make their influence felt at the poles
An Augusta dispatch says that Senator Ian,
of Kennebec, in his remarks yesterday on tn
act to amend the charter of the Somerset
Kennebec railroad, charged r. B. Dunn, Pres
ident of the Maine Central road, with boastinl
that "the Maine Central was all right it own
ed the Legislature" Mr.. Dunn was presen
and after the adjournment slight "unpleas
antness" resulted, but fortunately no lives wer
lost in this railroad collision, although it wa
thought to be narrow escape.