The Portland daily press., 1870-11-21
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Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Altoona, Pa.
had snow Saturday; the latter town enjoyed
four inches.
Joseph s. Craft, the Oldest lawyer of Pitts
burg, died Friday.
A house at Newport, N. H., owned by Solo
mon Dean was burned Saturday morning.
Boulton's flour mill at Toronto was burned
last night. Loss $4,000. te..s-t
Three of the Camden, N. j., election rioters
have been held in $4,000 each for trial by the
United States Court at Trenton.
The N. Y. Times says that the recent action
of the New England branch of the Tract So
ciety suggests the policy of going still further
and winding up its affairs, as tract societies
have outlived their day aud are behind the age.
In New York, on Friday, Thomas Porter, II
years old, was committed without bail, having
made seven distinct attempts at murder with
in the last ten months.
The New York police arrested 1437 persons
last week.
Among the mails brought by the steamer
Calabria were 2000. balloon letters from Paris.
The steamer City of London took out $751;
600 in specie on Saturday.
The North German Consul General at New
York on Friday RENTED $l4, 900 in gold to the
sanitary commission at Berlin, making total
of $4,000 in gold since the opening of the
war.
A Havana letter Of the 18th says that $50 in
surgents near Santiago lately laid successful
ambuscade for Spanish company of sixty
men, of whom ten were killed, fifteen wound
ed and sixteen, including the captain, were
captured and subsequently shot. The military
commission at Havana has tried and sentenced
to death a large number of the prominent
leaders in the rebellion, including President
Cespedes, GEMS, Gramonte, Quesada and Jour
dan, who were also condemned to lose all their
property, as were Seniors Lemus, Ayestaran
and General Figuerado, recently deceased. :.
The New York Workingmen's Union have
unanimously adopted resolution condemning
thai part of Mr.. Mundella's recent address
which says every man has right to decide for
himself whether he willor win not be mem
Der of trade organization, saying the doctrine
put forth by that gentleman has already done
the trades unions of America the greatest
possible injury. The subject of arbitration, as
explained by Mr.. Mundella, was also unani-
mously condemned, it being the general opin-
ion of the speakers that advances by the work
ingmen toward compromise only made en-
ployers more unyielding. Strikes were declared
the only refuge for workingmen who were I'M
justly dealt with.
It has been officially ascertained that letter
for the removal of Mr.. Motley is on its way to
England, but until it is received by him he
will be regarded as the representative of this
Government at the British Court.
John Stuart Mill, in an article in the Lon
don Times, protests against England's embark
ing in a war with Russia on an existing provo
cation, especially as the demands made by
Russia thus far seem mostly of consideration.
Mr. Froude also write to the Times and urges
the Government to change front rather than
enter on war.
The Mobile Board of Health have. declared
yellow fever at On end and that it is safe for
absentees to return.
The President denies all knowledge of the
reported dispatches sent to Mr.. Motley at Lou
don, in reference to the Alabama claims.
All the departments at Washington will be
closed on Thanksgiving day.
The Vienna journals are all vigorously anti
Russian.
Gen. Sheridan has left Pesth for CONSTANT
nople.
IMPORTANT CRIMINAL TRIAL IN NEW HAMP-
sHIRE.-One of the most important and inter-
esting criminal trials that ever took place in
New Hampshire occupied the Court at Ply