The Portland daily press., 1870-10-24
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The brig Hanson Gregory, Captain j. B.
Gregory, from Rockland, Me, for New Orleans
with granite, went ashore on the Florida reefs
Monday night and lost three of her crew.
Letters from Port au Prince, Oct 9Th, state
that President Baez has either been assassinat
ed by his own people or he has fled from the
city of st. Domingo. The Presidency has
offered to M. Delmonte but his acceptance has
not been made public. Itis,also reported that
Baez has committed suicide and perfect pan.
ic prevails in st. Domingo Great Joy is be.
ing manifested by the Cabral faction at the dis.
appearance of Baez.
John Ferris, utterer Of forged checks, has
been sentenced to ten years hard labor in the
Massachusetts, State Prison, the full extent Of
the law. He made an appeal for mercy but his
residence of fifteen years in the institution un.
Ger three previous sentences neutralized the
effect of his plea for sympathy. The case oil
ex-detectve John M. Dunn, the accomplice
was postponed week.
The N. Y. Tribune sums I'D the action Of The
Unitarian Convention on christian Fellowship
as deciding the whole cues ton in favor of the
largest possible liberty consistent with chris
tiaD profession, leaving it to each individual to
decide the latter for himself
Two hundred men were killed in the recent
negro instruction in Martinique and 80 pris.
oners are now waiting trial.
Propeller VIM. Cowie was badly damaged by
fire at her dock in Oswego Friday night.
The Arc de Tliomphe, at Paris, is now to all
intents and purposes an iron-clad fort
The Cuban army in New York is operating
now to find out how candidates for Congress
stand on the Cuban question.
The Pope accepts the advice of the neutral
powers and will remain in Rome for the pres.
ent.
The receipts of the Fair in New York for the
German wounded amount to 100000.
1t is feared the war vessel recently seen at
sea dismasted was the q. S. corvette Shenan-
doah.
Iron ship Hecuba, Capt. Walker, which left
Calcutta on the first of July last for New
York. with general cargo and $4,000 sterling
foundered on sunken rock in Stry's bay on
the 18th Of September.
The diamond fever at Cape Good Hope is
increasing. Extraordinary gems have been
discovered
The probability is that Gen. O'Neil will
soon resume his old place among the "On
to Canada" Fenians of the United States
Upon the occasion of serenade at Burlington
VT, the other night, be made speech, in
which he declared himself very much xratified
to find that he was still honored by those who
had been with him on the Canadian border,
and had been witnesses OF his conduct
throughout the movement.
Another incident in the life of the late Gen.
Lee is related by Hon. H. w. Hillard, of
Georgia. 1t seems that fan offer to place an
immense sum of money at his disposal, on con-
dltlons that he would reside in New York and
represent Southern commerce, was declined
by the General in the following terms: mo I
am grateful, but have a self-imposed task.
which 1 must accomplish. I have led the
young men of the South in battle; 1 have seen
many OF them fall under my standard. I shall
devote my life now to training young men to
do their dutv in life"