The Portland daily press., 1870-01-08

The News.
Five frame buildings were destroyed by fire
in Chicago Thursday night. A fireman wa.
! seriously injured by falling from ladder.
Judge Cardoza, of New York, has rendered
decision in the Lewis kidnapping case, award
ing the custody of the child Corinne to her
mother.
New York journals object strenuously to
having their harbor filled up by the ambitious
Jerseymen who are making 1000 acres of new
land out into the bay from the shore.
A letter from Lopez, the Paraguayan dicta-
Tor, to his son in this country says that slavery
has not existed in Paraguay for twenty-eight
years. He adds: II shall remain in Paraguay,
| and die with the Republic, if we shall be de-
| feated.''
The temperance of Edwin Booth as Ham
| let, in his own theatre in New York, Wednes-
day night, was the occasion of one of the great
| est ovations ever rendered any actor The au-
dience was the largest ever assembled in the
theatre, and was very enthusiastic throughout
| the play. Fechter was present
correspondent of the London Morning
Post, writing from Ismailia, says that anything
drawing over fifteen feet of water must be
lightened in order to pass through the Suez
canal. Dredges, &C., so obstruct it that the
passage is dangerous The company decline
to take any risk whatever. 1t requires mint
of money to keep the work in order.
Charles Dickens made another speech at
Birmingham Tuesday morning. In the course
OF his remarks he alluded to the fact that
former speech of his had been misunderstood.
and he would therefore take the occasion to re-
state his political creed. He had no faith in
the people with small 81 governing, but
entire faith in the people with large "P'' gov
erned. He put infinite trust in the masses:
none whatever in the se-called ruling class.
The New York World says the second feet
OF Spanish gunboats went to sea at daylight
Thursday, but in few hours came back at
frantic speed. 1t is said that when few miles
out they espied a suspicious, raksh-looking
craft, which they set down at once as Cuban
pirate, and forthwith they turned about and
took to their heels, the Isabella which went as
their protector, making the best speed and
getting in ahead.
In examining the bills which were passed
about two years ago, providing for the survey
~ :" Ao~oo W. . SAip Odudl dCTOSS Tie lSulmuS
Of Darien, it is found that an appropriation of
$4,000 was made for that purpose, to be exc
cuted by the Engineer Corps of the army
President Grant has issued an order that this
money ne turned over to the Navy Depart
ment. The naval expedition has been ordered
to be ready on the 18th inst. Capt. Selfridge
was Thursday ordered to Washington to make
arrangements to leave for his destination.
Traupman,the most celebrated French MUIR
derer of the century, who is now under in
dictmentfor numbering the Kinck family, con-
sisting of both parents and five children, is
exceedingly Indifferent to his fate. He ap-
pears to have no fear of the scaffold, and has
made to his fellow-prisoners tho following re-
mark: eff I am condemned to death shall
not be executed, as 1 possess means of COM
hitting suicide which no one could prevent
me from employing; I am sure of escaping
any watch that may be set on me-" When
ever he refers to his crime, he does so in a care
less manner, without any signs of remorse
and speaks of it as an affair which did not
succeed in consequence of defective execu-
ton. He admits that he derived little profit
from the murder-a few thousand fra ncs only.
Il wanted the money" he said, ito construct
a new weaving loom, which would have been
the commencement of my fortune; should |
have invented other machines and then I |
should have become rich, very rich. 1 should |
have travelled, and there is not corner of the |
earth that would not have visited
An Havana letter of the 1st inst. saws the
general bitterness of feeling in that city, inten-
'ified by the continued burning of estates in
,he districts of Cienfuegos, Trinidad and Cinco
Villas, will soon cause an outbreak, it is feared,
ike the riots in January last; but the Cubans'
rms do not fail, especially in the western de-
'artment and Santiago de Cuba, where much
and fighting have occurred of late.
n another combat two companies operating
lnder Spanish orders marched over to the side
# the insurgents, who have been receiving
mall accessions of this kind from time to time
wing to the furnishing condition of the gov
troops. Trains of provisions are reg
larry intercepted by the patriots; and much
0 the disgust of Valmazeda his troops do not
tand their ground against the guerrillas.-
holera and yellow fever rage in the Santiago
Military hospitals, where, by the latest news,
seems that not less than a thousand persons
re sick. The Governor of Santiago refuses
my more passports. The emigration from the
VIZ mas hitherto been excessive. Since Val
IaAeu" assumed command in this jurisdiction
"ou'! Souns men have been executed, and it
e'''n'"'eu .hat while he was at Bayamo
hore 'nah thousand persons were murder-
usly put out OF the way by his com,ond
ne latest steamers from Nuevitas br;n, ,,,o /;
ews 'nas the cuoans had made an attack on
'uerto Principe from the gate of La Cuidaa y"