The Portland daily press., 1870-03-16

se Nnita sa i med its readers
te4s Ff'1ee Arillas aseh Elko, ON
hl 70 sar g, inca ~, on the
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Aere, -.,J voted again on Tuesday
lat 1t is not ready to become city. Ihere
were 791 negative votes to 1o7 affirmative.
The Jews are very much excited on account
of the dolngs of the convention that lately as
sembled at Pittsburg for the purpose of insist
ing that Christianity shall be recognized in the
Constitution.
| Temperance is in a bad way in New YORK.
| The Tribune says: "The Assembly OF our
State Friday passed, with slight Amendment
the Senate bill repeating the Excise Law. ~
| takes 65 wears TO pass bill, and this one re-
oo;rod e7-e6 democrats and one Republican,
| mr. Franklin of Erie.) This bill in effect
throws open every grosshop on Sundays and
all NIGHT, though pretence is made of shut
| ting them from 1 a. m. to a. M, and forbid
ding the sale on Sunday of anything stronger
than Lager Beer. Liquor is King in our State
this year, and rules despotcally, as Kings like
to do. But this is not the end"
Pollard, the Southern historian, is out with
a card in which he repels the insinuation Of
Dom Piatt that had we put in the war Grant
d. Co. at the time we did Mcclellan, they
would in all human probability have come
out as well plucked as he was.
The Times, Herald and World vigorously
assail the Funding bill, add predict its signal
defeat; the Tribune favors its passage
| Mexican advices represent matters much
more favorable for Juarez. The Zacatecas
and Potosi rebellions are nearly suppressed.
1t is not supposed that Congress will ad
journ before the LIST, OF July.
John Bright's bill, in the British Paria
ment, proposes to remove "all words which
import the masculine gender" from the cleo
torial laws.
A dispatch states that Secretary Boutwell,
publicly expresses the opinion that specie re
sumption will not occar this year, notwith
standing the recent decline in gold.
Vermont Republican papers mention il
connection with the next Governorshp o
that State, Hon. John W. Stewart, of Middle
bury; Hon. Geo. W. Hendee, of Morrisville
the present Governor, and Hon. Julius Con
verse, of Woodstock.
The New York papers publish long detail
of another imposing plan for Fenian inva
sion of Canada, the invading forces to be con
centrated at New York, Chicago and Buffalo
A Washington dispatch says that something
mysterious is going on at the Navy Depart
ment, an expedition having been fitted GU
for some place unknown.
The Senate Executive session Monday a
ternoon was principally taken up in debat
ON the nomination of Mr.. Solomons, of Ill
nois, to be Governor of Washington Territ,
ry. His confirmation was opposed by Sen;
tor Cole, but was finally confirmed by sma
majority. Mr.. Solomons proposes to tai
about thousand Germans from Ohio, Ii
. diana and Illinois.
Officer Wright, of the Hartford police fore
has eloped with young widow, leaving
wife and three children. He left the city la
week, telling his wife that he had got pos
ton as travelling agent and would probabl
be absent three months, but might return i
fortnight. He left his resignation as police
man with his wife to be delivered to the pre-
per authority, in case he did not return i
the time last mentioned. Of course he ha
no intention of returning, and it is suppose
the guilty pair have gone to California. Th
woman is about % years of age, good-lookin
and had about $17OO in money left her by he
husband.
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