The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-12-12

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The latest news from China is serious. More |
hostile demonstrations have been made against |
the Christians at Tieltsin.
There is much complaint of lack of work at
Kitte7y navy yard.
Twelve hundred negroes have applied to the
New Jersey Colonization Society for pas
sage to Liberia but the society is out of funds.
Over twenty Newark brewers were arrested
Saturday for violating the internal revenue
laws.
Mccormick, Rep, has 951 majority for Con-
gress from Arizona.
Memphis policeman who shot colored
man for resisting an attempt to arrest him has
been exonerated from blame by the CorOner's
jury.
Steamship City of Washington took out
$425,00O in specie Saturday.
Hanlon, convicted of the murder of Marv
Norman, in Philadelphia, has been eentenced
to death. He protests his innocence.
The National Board of Trade had an animal
ed discussion on the resumption of specie pay
ments Saturday and then went to Niaagare
The New Hampshire State Normal School
Will not be located for a month Walpole Of
fers $780, 900 to have it there.
The trial of Woods and Sullivan in Boston
| for the murder of Brayley resulted in the disa-
| greement of the jury.
| A button factory in Brooklyn was burned
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| Loss $4,000.
A locomotive engine on the Virginia and
Georgia railroad exploded at Knightville Sat-
| urday, killing the conductor and fireman and
seriously wounded the engineer.l
The President, members of the Cabinet and
other dignitaries, attended the funeral of Gen.
| Walbridge which took place near Washington
Saturday.
Fred Smith, colored, was shot and killed by
i n nnlipnpoap in Nam NH q Nr;dav
arrest.
Col. Forney offers the Washington Chroni-
Gle for sale, desiring to give his undivided at
tentiOn to the Philadelphia Press.
A partial canvass of the Senate shows that
the Presidents proposition to purchase San
| Domingo by Joint resolution OF the two
| houses of Congress- does not command the ap-
prevail of all those who supported the treaty in
the Senate last session.
The N. Y. Tribune says the English mission
has been offered to Gen. Schenck, and he has
accepted it.
The instruction in Bolivia is increasing
A battle before the city ofPotosi was imminent
at last dates. The Caracol mining fever ex-
ceeded the California excitement
Montevdeo is still besieged by insurgents
| 1000 strong, who demand the arrest and BAN
| ishment of the actual members of govern
| ment.
Five negroes in Havana, on Thursday robbed
| a German merchant from New York and stab
bed him in the abdomen and escaped. The
man died next day.
At a meeting of the General Corn Associa-
ton of Montreal it was determined to petition
Parliament to repeal the duties on flour and
grain. 1t was shown that the mllers in Upper
Canada were obliged to import flour and grain
| from Chicago and Milwaukee to keep Their
mills running and that the imports Of flour
from the United States the past year were
L 300, 600 barrels against 149 GOO the preceding
| year.
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
have adopted a memorial to Congress in favor
of substituting the American steamship line tc
Australia.
De RoGas ordered two negroes who robbed 9
lady in her house last week, and who were
found guilty, to be garrOted. Cristodal Men
dora, ex-secretary Of foreign affairs, was execut
cuted at Puerto Principe; one hour before he
was shot be wrote a letter to his cOuntrymen,
| advising them to lay aside their arms and stop
| the useless effuson of blood. This act would
infiict no dishonor on them. He hopes his life
will be the last that will be sacrificed.
The London Times editorial on the Alabama
claims asks no indemnity for the insults heap
ed on England in consequence of the depreda.
| ton of the Alabama, aud Graves a settlement
of the claims not merely because they are just
but tor the purpose OF inaugurating an era OF
better feeling and closer unity between the
United States and Great Britain.
The Morning Post sees no hope of better re-
lations with the United States as the best
Americans avoid or are driven from political
life, while men like Gen. Butler WELD political
/ influence, and OstentatiOus courtesy is shown
to nations supposed to be unfriendly to Eng
land.
Five hundred cases of guns, Colts manufac.
turc, were seized by governments on their ar
rival here from America, have been delivered
| to the consignee.