The Portland daily press., 1869-11-18

JUbepH ID. AuamS has Ueen nominated for
Mayor of Portsmouth by the Republicans.
Mobile was visited by heavy gale yester-
day, which did considerable damage, blowing
off roofs, &c. Several lives were lost
A Washington dispatch says that within a
short time it has been discovered that four ma
val paymasters are defaulters to the govern
ment to large amount. One paymaster sta
toned on the Pacific coast is short about four
hundred thousand dollars The amount the
other three are short is not known.
Nine colored men were arrested by the Bos-
ton police Wednesday for a long continued lar
ceny OF goods from the Boston and Albany
railroad depot. On searching the residences
of these men, about $4,000 worth of goods of all
description were found. The men had been
employed by the corporation.
A large large sale of wines belonging to the
Clement March estate took place at Ports
mouth on Friday. Madeira of 1928 sold at
$1O.62 per gallon; Of 1910, $40; of 1898, s14.25;
and OF 1920, $3.50. Two lots of 1906 were
sold at S17 per gallon. The bottled wines we're
sold by lots Mr.. Eldredge took ten lots Ma
deria, vintage of 1850, at $14 per gallon.
An advantage of four feet was all that saved
heavy passenger train on the Hannibal & St.
Joseph Railroad, on Friday, from being sent to
destruction by running into the river while
the draw of the bridge across the river was
open. The Waterman, not hearing the whistle
of the train, had not turned the danger signal,
and the engineer ran the train on the bridge,
and approached the yawning gulf, beneath
which flowed the Mississippi, and only by q
few seconds saved himself and the lives of all
on the train from frightful leap.
On the authority OF Gen. Grant, it is said, a
statement is made that the Presidents message
Will not exceed two columns of an ordinary
newspaper, or twenty or thirty pages of cap
paper He will confne himself to facts and
accommodations, and will not indulge in
elaborate arguments upon any subject. The
message will be sent to Congress in manuscript,
and will be kept open until the last moment.
IN order that any new matter arising may be
incorporated if necessary. While the plan OF
the message has been all mapped out in his
mind, the President has not yet devoted much
time to its preparation.
A shocking accident, or possibly four muir.
der, occurred near the Hannibal & st. joseph
depot, at st. Joseph, No. on Tuesday night.
The locomotive was backing down when the
engineer heard a scream and the next moment
saw horribly mutilated corpse in the rear.
The wheels had passed over the breast sever
ing the body in twain, and had also cut off the
right arm. The name of the deceased was
Michael Hardy. On Tuesday he came to St.
Joseph, having some $25 or $50 in his posses
sion, and it is probable that he was deceived to
that out-of-the-way place and foully dealt with
and robbed. To cover their guilt the williams
placed his body across the rail.
The N. Y. Herald asserts with al serious
ness that the Cub n Junta is in possession of
a private letter written by a prominent mem.
Der of the Madrid government which states
that Spain, realizing her inability to hold Gu
ba, is determined not to let the world be a
witness to her weakness in yielding to an in
snrrectiOn, and therefore is about to send n
formidable squadron to the United STATES with
a peremptory demand for the Spanish Gun
boats, believing that Jonathan will not sur
render them, but at once "get his back up."
hurrah for Cuba, and give Spain an excuse to
gracefully submit to unavoidable circumstap-
ces.
The Washington correspondents have ascer-
tanned upon what they call good authority that
since Mr.. Motleys advent in England, no effort
has been made to renew negotiations for the
settlement of the Alabama claims. Reverdy
johnson, who is watching the movements of
the State Department with regard to our re-
lations with Great Britain, is preparing a
pamphlet giving the secret history of the nego-
tiations of the treaty signed by himself and
Lord Clarendon, and which was rejected by
the Senate. In this he will show that he acted
all through under express instructions from
the State Department, and that several import
ant suggestions which he made, and which in
his view would have secured such a treaty as
would have been acceptable to this country,
were disregarded by the State Department.
MIR. johnson will not publish his statement
until after the appearance of the Presidents
message.