The Portland daily press., 1870-11-01
News by Lnlest Mails.


The safe of the National Bank at Pine
Plalns, N. T., was blown open by burglars Sat-
urday morning and robbed of several uudred
dollars worth OF postage stamps.
Two tilibustering schooners from the United
States have been captured near Neuvitas by
the Spanish authorities. They were laden with
arms and clothing for the insurgents. Forty of
the crew were captured
The damage of the hurricane at Matanzas is
estimated at SIX mil ions of dollars, and within
the jurisdiction of that city twelve Millions
Bodies are constantly washing ashore.
A man named Bytinger, living about nine
miles from Limi, Ohio, murdered his wife last
Monday IN most shocking manner, threaten
ing at the same time his children if they di-
vuged his crime. Following his directions
tre children put the body under the house and
remained silent until Saturday when they
communicated the facts to the authorities.
DR.. Seymour was shot and wounded Satur-
day night in st. Louis by Maxwell aud Nor
man Walsh. the father and uncle of young
lady to whom Seymour had shown marked at
attention with dshonerable designs.
Heavy rains have fallen in ST. Louis during
the past three days. Yesterday morning dur
ing violent shower high wind prevailed
which blew down malt house attached to
Book & Greisdck's Brewery burying thou.
sand bushels of malt in tie ruins.
Gov. McClurg of Missouri has written let
ttT ~ Tue 1MteS opposing C00 Lno CODStltutlOn-
al amendments enfranchiSing rebels
Milton Turner, a popular colored orator
90 Meetings. side in the Missouri campaign,
who has taken strong grounds against the
constitutional amendments during the canvas
came out in favor OF them in a speech Satur
day night and announced himself as an inde-
pendent candidate for Cong ess.
The telegraph tells of snow storms on Mon.
day at Concord, Plymouth, Bradford and War
II or of mt, oh VII,
our inches fell Snow also fell for several
hours at Calais, Me.
The Prohbtory Congressional Convention,
session at Salem, have placed John G.
Whittier in nomination lor Congress from the
Fifth District.
Two horse thieves escaped from Portsmouth,
N. H., Jail Friday night.
1t is said that the cotton mills have accepted
from the firm OF Francis Skinner & Co. the or
prevent the firm from gong into bankruptcy
ar" viii promote the interests OF the other
creditors.
Geolge A. Turner, of Lowell, Mass, while
returning to his boarding house about eleven
O'Clock Sunday night, was followed by two
roushs on Fayette street. who assaulted him
with clubs and stones, inficting severe bruises
about the head, knocking him senseless and
r"bbing him of $193, and left him. He was
subsequently assisted to his boarding house.
Turner is recently from Montreal.
At Louisville, KY, ON Saturday, an attempt
was made to eject party of negroes from the
street cars, and in the affray that ensued sew
eral on both sides were dangerously wounded.
F1nally the negroes were put out.
The Cincinnati, Ohio medical students have
been very much annoyed at the presence. OF a
female student at the Hospital lectures, and re-
sorted to bIsses to show their contempt for her.
She persisted, at last gained their respect, and
is now allowed equal privileges with them.
One pegro was murdered by another at Bal
timOre, Nd, on Saturday. The throat of the
murdered was cut almost from ear to ear
GREAT FIRE IN Boston, Early Monday
morning very destructive fire broke out in
Chamberlain's stable on Mason street, in the
rear of the Adams House. The building was
destroyed, and the fire communicated to the
large boarding stable of Fl. G. Minis, close by,
which Was badly damaged. The Adams House
was injured about $4,000 by the flames. From
Minis stable the flames spread to the brick
houses Nos. and Mason street, occupied as
saloons and German boarding houses. The
flames spread like wildfire through these
houses, giving the inmates, including several
females, barely time to escape with their live
and only in their night clothes. They huddled
together in the street and were temporarily
shielded from the inclement weather by horse
blankets furnished from the stables. There
were over sixty horses in the stables, twenty OF
which were burned to death, sixteen of them
in Chamberlain's and three in Minis stable
all in charge of Mr. Minis. A large number Of
sleighs, carriages, harnesses, robes, &C., stored
on the premises were lost. All the horses lost
were valuable animals, and some of them ap-
praised at high figures. The amount of the
loss is not estimated.
THE circumstances leading to the correspond.
ence between Sec'y Cox and the President are
detailed in the Washington correspondence OF
the Boston Adoertiser on Monday. Through.
out the summer the politicians had been work
ing for the removal of Cox, and previous to his
leaving Washington in September for short
vacation it became apparent to him that Gen.
Grant was inclined to yield to the pressure.
Shortly after the latter LETT the city, an order
clerks 10 his department, regulating the alb
sences for voting, was peremptorily revoked by
the President, at the instance of Senators
Chandler and Cameron, without any consulta-
tiOn whatever with the Secretary, or any sub
seuuent communication with him on the Sub
lect, further than the bare order of revocation.
The President, at the instance of the same pol
iticians, also interfered with the policy of the
Indian Bureau, placing the Secretary in a
very awk ward position. Mr.. Cox finally con-
Ciuuad to place the questions involved before
tue Ares1dent in such a way as to ascertain
wnother it was the wish OF the Executive to
support MIN in the contest, or to abandon the