The Portland daily press., 1871-04-17
News by Latest Mails.

The Senate has confirmed the nominations
of Benz. R. Cowan of Ohio, Assistant Secreta-
ry of the Interior and Joseph M. Livermore,
surveyor of Eastport, Maine and Passamaquod-
dy Bay.
One hundred miles of the Oregon & Califor-
mia railroad from Columbia River, southwark
will be completed by the 1st of May.
Indian atrocities continue in Arizona.
China mail steamer South America has ar
rived at San Francisco with Hong Kong dates
to March 18th and Yokohama, Japan, to the
oath. She brings forty cabin passengers ana
292 Chinese for San Francisco and II eastward
bound passengers, besides % Japanese stu
dents.
ID the New York assembly Saturday more
ing the bill ordering special election in the
10th assembly district was passed, 65 to 3D.
Messrs. Delano, Pierce, Prince and Winan
voted with the Democrats and six Republicans
were absent. Mr.. Winan said the Democracy
was entitled to a constitutional majority and he
would vote hereafter with them every time.
The citizens of Portsmouth and Dover have
voted to aid the Portsmouth and Dover rail-
road and the plan to do this by these cities is
to guarantee dividends on all tie stock, for
which authority will be asked from the legisla-
ture next June. The City Council have APP
proved the measure.
A terrific hail storm passed over jackson,
Miss, Friday night. Hail fell for fifteen min.
ptes. Stones measuring six inches in circum-
ference were found. Several thousand window
lights were broken and sheet-iron roofing was
perforated. Gardens fields, fruits and crops
are seriously damaged. Forest trees have been
stripped of their foliage and hundreds of birds
killed.
The examination of VIM. Emerson, Charles
Calvin and George Cleary, the three young
rascals arrested for committing assault and
rape on Harriet E. Whitehead on the 18th of
March last, was commenced Saturday morning
before the Police Court In Lowell The testi-
mony shows one of the most outrageous crimes
ever committed in civilized community The
victim. Miss Whitehead, a very good looking
young girl Of 1S, took a walk beyond the Agri.
cultural grounds on Sunday afternoon with
John Fergerson, an acquaintance, and in
thinly wooded lot some eighty rods from the
main road sat down beside roadway. In q
few minutes they were assaulted by party Of
seven or eight young roughs who pounded Fer
gerson, kept him at bay, dragged the girl into
the woods, threw her down, held her mouth
and in turn violated her person. The victim
of the outrage identified each of the prisoners
and gave clear account of the outrage. DR..
Pinkham, her physician, testified that the in
juries on her person, show bruises, great in
fammation aud prostration. Evidence was
also put in of their admission of the crime to
the off ,ers. Neither are over 20 years Of age
and sat in the dock smiling, manifesting the
greatest uncOncerp. They were committed for
trial IN default of $40, 900 bail each.
Steamship North American, from Portland
arrived at Moville on Friday. 4
The shipments of specie from New York on
Saturday were 81 $4,000
Two hundred German families are to found
a city near Nashville, Tenn, and begin the
work at once. f5
The Republican Senators will hold caucus
in Washington to-day ON the pending am
nesty measure
b. Jenkins, interpreter to the American Con-
sulats General, at Shanghae, died suddenly on
the 10Th of April.
Charles w. Wooley and j. G. Fiedeldy, two
prominent democratic polticia1shad an alterca
ton in Cincinnati, Saturday, growing out of
the election fund used in the recent campaign
in the first ward, which fiually resulted iu
blows and at last in Wooley drawing a pistol
on account of the unfair action of the crowd
around him. Neither Epalty sustained serious
injuries.
Levi Harrington, alias John Hastings, who
killed John Jones in Oregon county, Mo-, last
October and shortly afterwards murdered
man in Shebyville, Tenn, and few days
since another in Jacksonport, Ark, has been
arrested in Memphis.
james Mccullough, James Kerr and James
Murphy were convicted in Philadelphia on
Saturday of an outrage last Sunday on a lady
in that city. Mccullough and Kerr were sen.
fenced to fine of $1,000 and fifteen years in
the penitentiary; Murphy to like fine and
five years ia the penitentary. G
An organization composed of merchants and
others has been formed in Boston under the
name of "Anti-income Tax Association of Bos-
ton, its object being to test the Constitutional
ity of the income tax. Hon. John Fl. Clifford
was chosen President
Charles Frye's shoe mandatory, Marlboro,
Mass, was burned Friday night Loss $50, GOO;