The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-02-04


Boston feeds over twelve hundred INDECENT
persons daily at her police stations
The post office at Cazenovia, N. Y, was rob-
bed Wednesday night of Is letters.
The customs receipts last week were So, 7OO,-
766.
Reddy, the famous New York blacksmith
and rough, died Thursday morning.
Miss Matilda Whitman, an actress who was
burned accidentally at the Park Theatre in
Brooklyn few days ago, is dead.
There was large fire at Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa, last Saturday evening, entailing
the loss of a quarter of million of dollars
The crew of the wrecked brig Gen. Marshall
of Boston have arrived at New York from Ha-
vana.
A dray containing $4,000 worth of packages
was stolen in the streets of New York Wednes-
day.
Robert Patterson has been arrested in New
York for robbing the American Merchants
EXPIRES Co. of large amounts at different
times
The National Trotting Congress which or
ganized in New York, Tuesday, chose the no.
torious Isaiah Rynders President.
Senator Trumbulls bill extends the protec-
ton of the civil rights bill to the Chinese. 1t
ought to pass.
They are having religious revival in Chi
cago. The world would stand aghast at the
thought of disturbing their devotions.
1t has been fairly dem onstrated that vessels
drawing no more than II IL feet of water are
able to pass through the Suez canal with
safety.
A large meeting favorable to the consolida-
ton of Washington and Georgetown, D. c.,
was held in the former city Wednesday even
ing
The Independent of this week contains sew
eral cuts representing and satirizing Catholic
ascendency in New York and the favoritism
shown by the authorities toward the Romish
church.
The New York canal board report the esti-
mated cost of the completion of the Erie, o.
wego and Champlain canals to be as follows
Erie, $2,41s,62O; Champlain, 1924, 900; Oswe-
go, $124, 900. The work should be completed
in three years.
Mr. Bryant, the Georgia Republican of
doubtful associations, writes to friend in
Boston Assure our republican friends that
shall remain true to the teachings of my boy
hood. My object is to save the Republican
party of Georgia from ruin, and rescue it from
the control of men of infamous character. I
think 1 am pursuing wise course-time
alone can tell.
Government has assumed the defence of ex-
Commissioner Rollins in the libel suit brought
against him by Mr.. Buckley, because it is a
case involving national official for the dis
charge of his duty. The Internal Revenue
Bureau has asked the District Attorney of
Maryland to appear for the Government and
the case has been taken out of the Baltimore
City Conrt into the United States Court.
The census is evidently not favorite topic
with the Senators who have permitted the DR..
Hough House bid to be lost by default. AS
the matter now stands, the decennial census
will be taken by the Deputies of the U. S.
Marshals, who will commence operations in
June, under the law of 1850. Congress may
amend this law, but its main features will not
be meddled with.
A terrible accident occurred Thursday morn.
ing on the Boston & Albany railroad, half a
mile west of Chatham village. A freight train
going east broke coupling in the centre of the
train, and eleven cars ran back down heavy
grade, coming in collision with another freight
train, piling them all up in mass of ruins
with the engine, and instantly killing Miles
Phillips, conductor, Charles Sprague, brake
man, and Henry Libby, fireman. John LOFTY,
brakeman, was seriously injured and William
Booth, engineer, slightly. The cars were heav-
lily laden with valuable produce, which is re-
ported to be nearly ruined.
A Richmond dispatch OF the I'd inst states
that Mr.. Charles Thomas, living some eight
miles from Floyd court house, was forcibly Ia
ken from his home during the night and un-
merciiully whipped by party Of disguised
men. 1t appears that Thomas had been in the
service of the internal revenue, and upon his
reports several parties engaged in the Illicit
distillation Of whiskey were arrested and their
stills seized in that vicinity. To be revenged
for this the friends OF the victims administered
to Thomas the easiigation. The unfortunate
man was stripped, bound and received several
hundred lashes laid ON by powerful arms with
strong and pliable switches The bark, splin-
tiers, thorns and small fragments Of the rods
were found embedded in his flesh, which was
fearinily laeerated. Thomas. as soon as his
injuries would permit, took measures to arrest
the parties, some Of whom he believes he can
identity.