The Portland daily press., 1870-12-19
News bv Latest Mails.

l fourteen L ullaQelpnla nrms, manufacturers,
commission houses. and obbess inz-Ahe4 -shas
trade have suspended within the past two
weeks. Their united liabilities amounted to
$773, 900, and none of them will pay over so per
cent. These failures have caused great excite
ment and alarm in the city.
A German sportsman of New York has sent
King William 3OO-pound deer.
Rear-Admral Sam'l L. BTeese,U. S. N, died
at Mt. Airy, near Philadelphia on Saturday,
aged 76. He was native OF N. Y. entered the
service in 1910; was present at the battle Lake
Champlan, and also at the capture of Tuspan,
| Tobasco and Vera Cruz in the Mexican war.
| BE was lately port admiral at Philadelphia.
/ The entire stock of the American Steamship
Co., in Philadelphia, has been taken, and dou.
BILE the amount was offered.
The Eastern Railroad will pay dividend Of
per cent on the 18th inst, aud un the same
day the Boston and Maine will pay dividend
Of 5 per cent.
| Chief Justcs Chase, in letter dated Dec.
9Th. considers it doubtful whether he will be
able to deliver the inaugural address upon the
unwilling of the statue of Professor Morse in
New York, on the 18th of April. His health
seems mendiDg, but its restoration must neces-
sariy be SLOW. The subscription for the statue
now exceeds 81 000
The receipts of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company. for October were $673,665 95,
aud Ihe net profits were $221 415 H. against
SOL 1893 81 for the same month 10 1869
Oliver 7. Field of Trey, life insurance
agent, was found dead in bed at his boarding
house in Hudson, N. Y. He.had large policy
on his lite.
Judge Cardozo, of New York, has granted
an order requiring the Great " esern Mutual
Lille Insurance Company to appear before him,
on Monday,and show why the Company should
not be dissolved and its business wound up
under the general insurance law, and mean
while enjoning them against transacting bust
ness. State Superintendent Miller states that
the liabilities cover all the capital which the
law requires Companies to keep intact, and
there is further deficiency o. $26,12O.
1t is understood that Attorney General Ak
erman rendered his requistion before he lei'
for Georgia on Friday, and it is reported that
Senator Carpenter had declined an appoint
ment to the Office
gang of dock thieves boarded the schooner
G. Clemens, lying at New York dock Satur-
day morning. Capt. Moore and William Cain,
one of the deck hands, attacked the thieves,
and Capt. Moore was dangerously Shot Cain
wounded one thief but all escaped
A quarrel in the Methodist church at Rock
vile Center,L l., eliminated Friday night in
the fol chile election of Rev. Mr.. Kelsey from
the church. Each of the factions claim the
old church.
twenty-five prisoners at the New York
Tombs we're sentenced on Saturday, in the ag
gregate to SO years imprisonment, by Recorder
Hackett and Judge Bedford.
Deputy Marshal Phillips, of Washington,
on Saturday arrested Roderick r. Butler, Rep
resentative from Tennessee, on a bench war
rant, the Grand Jury having found two indct-
ments for forgery. Butler expressed his sur
prise that such charges should have been made
and showed the deputy the power of attorney
for collecting certain pension monies. Butler
was required to give security in $4,000 for his
appearance at court. Representative Stokes,
buffers colleague, was sent for and gave the
required security. The trial will take place
uuiins Tue present term of the Supreme Court.
De'roit despatch says that Francs H. H.
frmrose' VINO plead guilty to embezzng $23r
O0O from the Grand Trunk Railway. has been
sentenced to State prison for three years He
says O e. Martin, former Division sunetir.
tendent, received $17 900 of the money. Mar.
tin has fed to Canada.
Jack Mclaughlin, one Of gang, and for
whose capture large rewards have been offered
by the State of North Carolina, was killed Fri
day near Argyll, by Henry BIggs. McLaugh-
lin had forced Biggs to accompany him on one
of his predatory excursions, Biggs beng I'M
armed Stopping in swamp they built fire and
lay dow n to rest McLaugh him fell asleep, when
Biggs secured his pistols and shot him dead.
The affair caused much excitement and much
rejoicing in Robson county where McLaueh-
Inns many bloody deeds has made him the ter
TOT of all good citizens. A company of U. S.
soldiers are still in the county aiding citizens
i s forts to capture or kill McLaughlins con-
federates
Two OF the most notorious sboplifters in the
coun,ry, g'vlpt; the names of Bridget Burke,
aias Sarah Clark, and Matilda Berger, women
aged respectively 20 and IS years, were arrested
WhlIe plying their avocat,ons in the store of II
H. HOugbton & Co.. in Boston on Saturday
They lett New York Thursday and after their
their arrival managed to ''accumulate" five
overcoats, three fur collars, a tippet two opera