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

standing at the door of his own shop on Canal
street; faulck Kelly was fatally stabbed by
uhfuly baneer-Un Of bis saloon whom he was
e]ecting; and twenty-three cases of small pox
were reported.
Mrs. Robert L. Lee, who was the daughter
OF George w. Parke Gusts, and the heiress
OF Arlington, has pettioned Congress to re-
store to her the Washington relics taken from
Arlington House by General Mcdowell and
now on exhibition at the Patent Office The
House Committee on the Judiciary have
agreed, it is understood, to report a bill re-
storing them to her. Many other relics and
scores of autographs letters were gobbled at
Arlington by the soldiers, and are scattered
over the country.
Several cases have been reported lately OF
young men occupying responsible positions in
Hartford, CT, who have stolen the funds Oh
their employers in order to carry on gamDins
| operations. In one or two cases the young
| man who, detected have effected settlement
NV extortipr. through the aid of the police,
money enough from the proprietors of the
| gambling houses to make up the amount stol-
en-. Postmaster Whitaker, however, who does
not believe in compromising crime, even with
the police, has had writs served on two of the
gamblers, who have been brought before the
police court and put under bouds to answer to
the charge of keeping gaming houses
The nomination of General Walker as SUI
perintendent of the census was quite a sur
prise tc various gentlemen who have been in
triguing and pipe-laying for nearly year to
| get this position. The general did good ser
vice in the field during the war, then became
one of the editorial staff of the Springfield
Republican, and was made chief of the Stats
| tical Bureau in the Treasury Department soon
after President Grant came into office. He
was OF great service to the House census COM
mittee during their investigations, and his APP
| pointment to this position is looked upon with
favor by Congressman who have most inter-
| ested themselves in the taking of the next GEN.
sus.
U. S. Minister attempted to obtain the body the
| of the Haytian President Salnave shortly after
the execution, but was attacked and prevented
from accomplishing his purpose, Their ebels SEEM
ing to take fiendish delight in keeping the
inanimate remains of their victim. The utmost
the Minister could do was to provide fcS the
safety of Salnave's wife, his children xelev
IL
were sent to San Domingo. The troops
who fought with Salnave in the battle near
Cuaba where they were captured, with Sal
nave, have gone over 70 Cabaral, the victor,
with the intention of attacking the Dominican
troops at Aqua. 1t is asserted that the au-
thorities at Port au Prince hold a letter
from Salnave offering $4,000 in gold drafts on
foreign houses to save his life.
A Havana letter of the 18th ult states that
after consultation of the colonel of the vol
unteers with the Captain General, at which he
informed them of the critical situation and of
his intention to march against. the Cubans,
they called their regiments together, but the
volunteers refused to march and suggested
that thousand more troops be sent from
Spain. 1t is stated that DeRodas has been in
structed by cable to have an interview with
the Cuban President Cespedes and offer him
the autonomy of the island. DeRodas has
gone to Puerto Principe, but don't believe Oes-
pedes will entertain the proposition. Four
hundred Spaniards were lost on the road while
the column was marching to Ciejo Avila. A
fight occurred recently in sight of Remedies
the Spaniards losing five officers and eighty
soldiers and the rest ran away.
The horrible and unprovoked murder in New
York of William Townsend, the grocer, on
Saturday night, mentioned in our dispatches
Monday, created the most intense excitement
in the Fifth Ward; general demand for ven
geance pervades the entire neighborhood, and
lynch law is even limited at, unless speedy JUS
tice overtakes the murderer, Reynolds, who,
by the way, is an avowed thief. The daughter
of Townsend, only thirteen years of age, was
present and saw the villain draw sharp knife
across her fathers wrist; she rushed forward
and seized it, but Reynolds drew the knife
through the child's hand, cutting the fingers
badly. Townsend, finding himself wounded,
cried out for help. when Reynolds plunged the
knife into his left breast, near the nipple, cut
ting from left to right, the point penetrating
the right ventrcle of the heart, and the blade
breaking in half, leaving the sharp end in the
breast. The ruffian then rushed into the
street, was holly pursued by policeman, cap
tured and taken to prison. Reynolds, although
but % years of age, has been three times in
State Prison.