The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-19
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MAINE.
COMMANDMENT OF THE U. s. ARSENAL AT AU
GUSTA.
AUGUSTA, Oct. 1S.-Major WhittemOre of the
regular artillery assumed command of the
United States Arsenal here to-day, relieving
Col d. II. Buell., who is ordered West.
BASE BALL AT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES vIcTo-
RIOUS.
BRUNSWICK, Oct. 18.-The second match of
base ball between the Bowdoin and Dartmouth
College nlses, was played here this morning,
and resulted in victory for the Dartmouths,
by score OF 40 to 10. The first game was
played at Hanover last June and was won by
the Bowdons by score of &c to 16. The third
game will probably be played in Boston next
week.
PERSONAL
Commodore B. f. Delano and Commodore
John Lenthall of the U. S. Navy are here, the
guests of Hon. A. b. Farwel. They leave for
the Boston Navy Yard to- morrow
DEATH OF HON. MOSES M'DoNALD.
SACo Oct 18.-uon. Moses Mcdonald. ex-
member of Congress from the first Maine dis
trict and ex- Collector of Portland, died almost
instantly at the residence of Hon. Joseph Hob
son in this city this Pm
NEW YORK.
PROBABLE LOSS OF SHIP cULTIvAron
New YORK, Oct. 18-The following were
found on Rockaway Beach in a bottle:
March 20. 1859. Ship Cutivator lost in lat.
81, long. 30. Heavy seas; all hands took to
boats God save us and protect u.s.
(Signed) WIN. ROBINSON,
One of the hands,
Nn1 ta1,. g.
On the other side was the following :-"WhO
finds this please advertise it, so as to let our
families know of our fate
THE FAILURE OF L. NJ. HoFFAN AND CO.
The failure of L. M. Hoffan & Co. was an
nounced this morning; the firm was on the
bear side of the market and were carried down
by the recent huctuation in prices.
FORMATION OF NEW GOLD BOARD.
A resolution was adopted by the Stock Ex-
change, selling part portion of the Long
Room for gold transactions and instructing a
committee to consider the proprety of organ
izing Gold department to which association
members may be admitted.
GREAT FIRE IN BUFFALO
BUFFALO, Oct. 18.-The car shops of the
Lake Shore r. e were destroyed by fire yes
terday. A large number of freight and pasSen-
ger and freight cars, caboosas, sc, and large
quantity OF lumber, car material and tools
were entirely consumed. The loss ia over
red and fifty workmen are thrown out of work.
The origin Of the fire is unknown
QUICK PASSAGE.
The passage OF the steamship Pereire from
Brest is said to be the quickest western voyage
on record. She made it in eight days and six
teen hours,
STRIKE ON THE ERIE RAILWAY.
A formidable strike of the mechanics en-
ployed in the shops of the Erie Railway is in
progress. Not less than six hundred men have
refused TO work, four hundred at Susquehanna
and two hundred at Jersey City. 1t is alleged
that the scarcity OF the currency has prevented
the prompt payment of the men, and that the
company have been compelled at times to pay
as high as two per cent for it. The pay rolls
are said also to have been delayed by the freshet
and breaks in the road, but it is claimed that
all the hands were paid off on the 18th except
those at Port Jarvis, numbering one handred
and ten, and they were to have been paid Sat-
urday, but struck on Friday and were on the
following day paid and dismissed. The Sus-
quehanna hands struck in consequence thereof
and have been paid and dismissed. It is sup
posed that those at Buffalo, some two hundred,
are also on a strike. The officers of the road
say the strike will occasion no interruption to
the business of the road, and as applications are
numerous they will have no difficulty in filling
the places of the strikers with new men. 1t
appears that the Erie some months ago, inaug-
urated system OF consolidation of machine
shops, and that those at Patterson and Piermont
have been closed, and that the Port Jarvis shop
will soon be closed. The object is the reduc-
ton of expenses.
BUFFALO, Oct. 18.-The employees of Erie
Railway work shop in this city two hundred in
all, struck for regular pay at 9 o'clock this
morning. At meeting held this afternoon
resolutions were adopted stating their past
grievances and determined to hold off uutil
such a time as their object shall be accomplish
ed and the employees at Port Jarvis are rein
stated.
ARRIVAL OF FATHER HYACINTHE.
Father Hyacinthe arrived to-day on the
Pereire and proceeded very quietly TO the
house of friend. Report says he will be wait
ed upon by Populations from various denomin-
ations and societies and be requested to explain
his views on Roman Catholicism before their
congregations.
Father Hyacinthe is at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel where he will, it is said, remain in secu-
sion for ten days, and will then visit Boston
and Washington. At the expiration of his
visit he will proceed to Rome to seek admission
to the Ecumenica Council. He brought letters
of introduction to Gen. Dix and Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, and is personal friend of the
poet Lougfelow and other distinguished gentle.
men in this country. He does not speak the
English language. Fernando Wood was
fellow passenger and extended many attentions
to him during the VOYAGE which was yerv