The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-07-06

coming regatta at Worcester, Mass.
1t is announced that the Prince Hohenzollern
has accepted the offer of the Spanish throne.
The council will take the matter into cOnsidera-
ton. 1t is tolerably certain that the candidature
will be proclaimed without the sanction of the
Cortes
Latest News by the Mails.
By the steamer Peruvian, which arrived at
Quebec Monday moIning, we have English pa
pers to the 23d ult.
The Robert Il. Lee arrived st. Louis at IL %
A. NJ, Monday, in three days, eighteen hours
and fourteen minutes from New Orleans, beat
ing the Natchez's time on her last trip three
hours and forty-four minutes and the James
M. Whites famous time four hours and forty
five minutes. The Natchez was detained by a
fog one hundred and twenty-miles below St.
Louis and did not pass that point until $50
A. NJ.
The celebration of the Fourth at Woodstock,
at which President Grant was a guest, attract
ed a great concourse of people and was in
every way grand affair. Gen. B. f. Butler
was the orator of the day. The reception of the
President was very enthusiastic.
On the Fashion Course Monday Lady Thorn
beat Palmer, Wilkes, Lucy and American Girl
in three straight heats; time, 223 IL; 22s;
2.24 IL, for purse of $4,000 Palmer takes the
second prize of $1,000.
The Atlantics beat the White Stockings
Monday, 80 to 20; the Athletics the Mutuals
IL to Is, and the Olympics of Washington the
Unions Of Morrisa1ia IA to5.
nine year old daughter of Mr.. Beals, Of
Mattapan, Mass, was run over by railroad
train yesterday and killed, while trying to save
favorite dog from the same fate.
Abraham Rechberg, German, was killed at
Jamaica Plain yesterday in drunken row.
The rebel leader Bembeta entered Puerto
Principe jurisdiction again ON the 9th ult.-
Some royal guerillas started in pursuit and q
sharp fight ensued, lasting an hour and half
Bembeta, after reforming his line three times,
was finely routed. Sixteen Spaniards and
forty-s Cubans were killed. Bembeta's force
numbered six hundred. The commanding Of
ficer in the Holgun district reports that he has
| captured seven of the remaining men of the
second Upton expedition and has them now in
| jail in Holguin. Col. Lono who commanded
/ the fillibusters was killed
Mr.. M. E. Thompson desires us to correct Q
| statement that has been made respecting his
narrow escape from accident on the Grand
| Trunk last week. He denies that he and his
| friend in the wagon were warned or shouted
| at.
The National Hotel at Rochester, N. Y, anG
some stables adjoining, were burned Tuesda,
morning. Loss $4,000; insured $4,000. The
Union Elevator at Oswego was burned Mon
IL
wheat, which was insured Loss on building
l $4,000; insured $4,000.
Michael Reynolds was murdered in the street
| on Union Hill, New Jersey, Monday night by
| German butcher, in state of frenzy. Tit
act was instantaneous and unprovoked.
| Portsmouth, N. H., had horrible sensation
| on Sunday by the announcement that Mrs
| Eliza H. Barber, widow lady Is years of age
lame, and feeble in health, had been burned t.
death at her residence on the corner of Cas-
and Islington streets. Her acand- son had lief
her about half an hour before fire was discOv
/ cred in her room; she was then sitting at
table near and back to a stove eating strawber
| ries. Shortly before o'clock Mr.. David Mar
| shall, neighbor, discovered smoke ISSUING
from the house. He and others rushed into
Mrs. Barbers room, found it on fire and full O
smoke, the old lady lying dead upon the floor
her clothes being burned off and her bod,
blackened and burned to crisp Water wa.
brought and the fire was speedily extinguish
| ed. 1t was then found that the chair on which
| she had been sitting was scorched and a close
door aSainst .vs.;~s. Oh. IaIIen was pau,,
scorched and had some of the flesh from hel
fare qd bnrirr 70 hol
| rible spectacle. No doubt the fire was com
muncated to her clothing by the stove.
A collision occurred on the Tarrytown and
Hudson River road on Monday the expires.
train running into at full speed and demolish
ing number of empty passenger cars about t.
be filed with passengers. Several persons
were injured but none fatally, and all the
trains were delayed several hours.
The last rail on the extension of the Indian.
apolis and st. Louis railroad between Indian.
apolis and Terre Haute was laid Monday and
the first train passed over the road.
Chas. Mccarthy was murdered early on
Monday morning at the west shaft of the Hoos.
| ic tunnel Timothy Lynch has been arrested
on suspicion Both the laborers were in the
tunnel.
Murpby's situation for confirmation as Col
lector of New York remains unchanged.-
Washington advices represent that Senators
refuse to commit themselves in advance and
express their intention to hear both sides of the
case fairly and then vote accordingly, though
the Republicans generally are averse to going
on record against the President
Thirty out of thirty seven witnesses VIII oap-
peared before the Paris Council of Commerce
on international coinage, argued strongly the
adoption of 25 franc coin as the unitory gold
piece and the discontinuance of the five franc
silver piece. The council will recommend that
these views be carried into practical effect.
There was meeting of Americans on Mon
day on the grounds of DR.. Thomas w, Evans
of Paris to celebrate tho national anniversary
Ex-Governor Washburne of Massachusetts pre-
sided, and remarks were made by Consul Gen.
Read, Coils. Hoffman and Gore of the United
States legation, Murat Halstead of the Cincin-
natl Commercial, DR.. Evans and others. Min
lister Washburn was unable to be present. The
assembly was very large. The day was also en-
Enthusiastically celebrated by Americans at
Stuttgart.