The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-03-22

Gov. Chamberlain will repeat his lecture
on the Surrender Of Lee at Music Hail. Bos-
ton, next Wednesday.
The President will soon begin to appoint In
dian agents from the society of Quakers, Sc
lecting in all cases persons recommended to
him by the leading men of that sect, with
some of whom he has had much correspon-
dence.
The troubles in Andalucia still continue
At Jerez De La Frontera the opposition to the
military CONSUMPTION eliminated in little
battle between the insurgents and troops. The
engagement was of short duration, but was
very fierce. The insurgents was defeated and
routed; 600 of them were taken prisoners
Memoron, at the head of 900 Carlists, had ap-
peared at Patma, in the mountains near AL
meria. Troops have been dispatched to that
neighborhood.
The Governors of many of the States have
selected the eighth of April for. Fast Day.
Senator Harlan of Iowa, who went to Wash
ington with the reputation of being a very
honest as well as very able man, having
been accused of laying up good deal of treas
IRE on earth by the use of his senatorial in
fuence in behalf of the lobby, denies that he is
at all rich.
Woodstock VT, has two candidates for Gov
elnor, besides Gen. Peter T. Washburne,
whose name is not received with such univer-
sal favor as was anticipated. One of Wash
burne's rivals is Julius Converse and the other
is Frederick Billings.
King Victor Emmanuel made promising
beginning at Naples in 1860. He offered to
90,
vided that twenty young patriots could be
found to accept them. The marriages took
place, but the money has never been paid
After waiting this tolerably long period of nine
years, the deluded patriots are bringing the
matter before a jury, and the suit is now being
tried in the courts of Naples.
The latest dodge of thieves in Boston, is to
ring door bell violently, and on the appear
ance of the inside party TO assume look of
alarm and announce that the house is on fire,
thus hoping to alarm the inmates while the
rogue darts in steals something and then alb
squatulates.
The Concord Statesman sums up the full
election returns as follows: Whole Governor
vote, 67,829. Stearns, Republican, has 35773
and Bedel, Democrat, 32,057, and there are 30
scattering Stearns' majority is thus S715
For Congress, Elias majority in the First Dis
trict is 100; Stevens in the Second District,
1900; and Benton's, in the Third District, 600.
The Senate stands ten Republicans to two
Democrats; but there is probability that the
Democratic candidate in the Eleventh Dis
trict may be proved ineligible. The House
consists of 1913 Republicans and 139 Democrats.
Republican majority, "a.
In his lecture on Cooperation, Thursday
night Horace Greeley alluded to the large
number of cooperative tailoring establish
ments in successful operation in London, and
stated that the clothing which he had on las
he did so the speaker carefully stroked his old
white coat was purchased in one of the above
mentioned establishments during a visit to
that city twenty years ago, come the oath of
the present month. That coat is almost of
age.
Gen. Sheridan is in New York for day or
two.
Cincinnati has repealed the ordinance com
polling commercial travellers to take out Ii
eense.
VIM NJ. Tweed, Jr., has been appointed re-
ceiver of the Union Pacific Railway Company,
pending determination of the suit instituted
by James Fisk against the company.
The burglar Wilson, who pleaded his own
ease before Hartford jury the other day, when
receiving the admonition of the Judge, prelim-
mary to the sentence, cut it short by exelaim-
ing, "D-n it,give me my sentence; don't
want any lecture herep'
The Post Office Department has received Of
fetal information of the completion of the
Union Pacific railroad to Ogden-forty miles
north of Salt Lake City and eighty-fve miles
minus for short time past
Rev. Justin P. Moore, for nerly resident of
Sidney, Me-, is the city missionary of ism
Francisco
Both General Grant and Mrs. Grant were
quite indisposed Saturday.
Prince Louis de Bourbon, brother of Don
Carlos of Spain, and grandson of Charles the
v, is in New York.
Louis Phillipe's son, the Duke of Aumale, is
a regular contributor to the Lordon Times,
and writes sharp articles on Louis Napoleon.
Among the visitors at the White House Sat-
urday was an office holder who desired re-
nswal of his commission, and who introduced
himself to the President as "Mr. Blank, the
Postmaster at Blank" "Ah," was Gen. Grants
reply, "and if you are Postmaster at Blank,
why are you here?" The que stion took the
wouid-be applicant so aback that he stammer-
ed out something about having come on to nav
his respects, and backed out He took the
evening train tor home.