The Portland daily press., 1870-01-12
The News.

The National Intelkgencer is dead again.
Gov. Hayes of Ohio was nominated for his
second term Monday
The bill to repeal the law licensing gambling
houses has passed the Louisiana Senate, and
goes to the House.
The public debt of Massachusetts, has in
creased several million dollars during the past
year.
John johnson, Mayor elect OF Memphis, has
heen restrained from qualifying, on the ground
that ho is not citizen.
The Pope perceiving that the Ecumenica,
Council will not declare his infalibility, is
said to be on the point of decreeiag that dog
ma on his own account.
The annual meeting of the New York Tribune
stockholders was held Monday, and $50 900
were divided, making in all $163,OOO. The sal
ary of Mr.. Greeley was made $4,000, and Sam
uel Sinclair's raised to the same amount.
A jackson (Miss.) dispatch says Gov. Alcorn
refuses to be installed until the State is ad-
mitted to the Union. The Legislature will
ratify the fifteenth amendment, elect United
States Senators, and then adjourn until after
the admission of the State
A small house in Detroit occupied as gro
Gerry and dwelling house by Frenchman by
the name of Henri De Carissin, was burned on
Monday night, and five of his children per-
ished. His wife and two children escaped
with severe burns. Another child Was thrown
from an upper window and saved from death,
but had leg broken.
San Domingo advices report that great ex-
citement prevails all over the country on the
subject of annexation to the United States
President Baez was about to issue prcclama-
tion calling on the commanders in the various
districts to take the votes of the people on the
question. letter states that the British
agent has been detected in a conspiracy against
Baez to defeat the annexation scheme
The Paraguay question is looming up. 1t is
said there is proposition now under consider
alton in the Cabinet to renew the offer of me-
diation between the allies and Lopez, and in
case the offer is not accepted the United States
Government to withdraw its representatives
from the capitals of Brazil and the other allied
powers, and despatch to the scene a sufficient
naval force to reinstate Lopez in the possession
of his authority.
The New York Times says that the ironclad
"Miantonomah" has not been fortunate of
late. The other day she did her best to escape
from her mooripgs and drift among the ship
ping in the harbor, and had she succeeded she
would have sunk nearly as many vessels as
the Alabama. By way of still further de-
hec power of being dangerous to
friends, she ran down the gunboat Maria, and
did her work SO effectualy as to sink the Ma
ria in quarter of an hour Four of the crew
lost their lives, and the Captain only escaped
by jumping from her deck to that of the IRON
clad. If the Miantonomah goes on at this
rate she will be more dreaded by the rest of
the United States navy than a hostile fleet.
The same paper says that the British ronclad
Monarch" is an inconsiderable affair. not
worth much notice.
The ceremony of laying the last rail of the
Utah Central Railway took place Monday
Communication is now completed between
Salt Lake and the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Business was suspended and the day observed
as holiday everywhere. People from all
parts of the Territory came in to attend the
celebration. Brigham Young and his apostles,
the elders of the church, the saints and the sim
ners, Jews and Gentiles, all participated in the
rejoicing. Flags were flying, bands playing
and cannon firing. At one o'clock train ar
rived, bringing representatives of the Union
and Central Pacific railroads. Major General
Gibbon and the officers of Camp Douglas were
present At 2 o'clock Brigham Young drove
'he last spike into the last tie. There was
great cheering and salutes were fred. Elder
oodruf then de Heated the railroad to the
Lord. Several speeches were made There
we're some illuminations in the city at night
ind grand ball took place in the theatre.
A sad case of suicide occurred at Canaan.
New Hampshire, Saturday morning. Hon.
William Pickering Weeks, an old and widely |
'nown lawyer aud esteemed citizen, is report
ID to have risen early, and after making fire |
s usual; he went to his stable, took a halter |
rom horses neck, and from thence he went |
o scaffold where he hung himself from a
eam. The family, on rising, found the fire |
urnt out; and one of his sons, on going to the |
table, cut down the lfeess body of his father, |
e lying cold in death. A short time since |
lr. Weeks visited Concord, and was observed |
o be laboring under unusual depression of
pirits. 1t is said that for few years past he
las feared that he should come 10 want, al.
hough he was large real estate owner. a
nan OF accurate business habits, and usually
rompt in his judgments. He was about CT
ears OF age. He was born in Greenland, N.
l., and graduated at Dartmouth College in
S26, in the same class with Chief Justice
,hase. He has held many responsible State
nd town offices. Ia 1849 he was President Of
he New Hampshire Senate, and in 1850 a
member of the Constitutional Convention.
lie frequently represented the town of Canaan
n the Legislature. He read law with Judge
l. Hayes, at South Berwick, Me-, and settled
D Canaan in 1922
PerSOnnl.