The Portland daily press., 1871-02-07
War NOles.

Gold is rising rapidly in value in Paris The
Parisians expect heavy money impostions to
be made by the enemy. The city is gradually
assuming somewhat of the appearance of it's
former splendor. The Prussians have been
energetic in promoting the improved sanitary
condition.
The elections for members Of the Assembly
| are proceeding with feverish energy and deter
| minatOn on the part of the electors. Ii is not
| possible to convey an idea of the general and
intense feeling of hatred and opposition to
Gambetta that is manifested by the people.
Trochu's unpopularity is very marked and
is SO great that threateniDgs to shoot him are
not unfrequent. Trochu wishes to retire at
once from public life and return to Brittany
The Cologne Gazette acknowledges n glow
ing terms the fact that the United States
Minister Washburne has during the siege of
Paris given the needed succor to seventeen
hundred Germans.
Paris letter of Wednesday says that Leui-
enn in an article publeished in the Desbats
writes that the republic is q failure and that
the Orleans family is the only hope of France.
There are now $4,000 French soldiers in
Switzerland. Tie men very badly clad
and the Swiss government has asked the
French authorities to send clothing for their
Use.
A letter so the Independence Beige from Ly-
ons says that one cause of the failure OF Bour-
bakrs campaign was the abscondng of the
army contractor with large sum of money.
Since the conclusion of the armistice tran
guilty has prevailed in Paris. The decree
closing the clubs has been rescinded because
the occasional open air meetings which have
been held threatened to become turbulent.
The Independent Beige says that the essen
tal points OF the Black Sea question have been
already arranged by the London Conference
The following statement comes from Ver-
saies official: The duty of the Frelch gov
eminent will apparently lead the administra-
ton at Bordeaux to an non observance of the
convention entered into by the Germans aud
the authorities at Paris The convention only
looked to negotiations for free assembly and
the arbitrarily constituted body under the die
tatiDn of Gambetta is not entitled to such a
title. Favre has informed Bismarck that he
will resciDd the decrees issued by .Gambetta.
The confusion is however probably only re-
movable by an adjournment of the elections
Gen. Sickles has presented his credentials 10
King Amadeus. The General was received
with distinguished honor and the address of
the King in reply was exceedingly compliment
tary to the United States.
Latest News by Mail.
On Monday Thomas Shannon, employed in
the Fl amlton Print Works at Lowell, was in
stanuy killed by being caught by belt and
carried over shaft. He leaves wife and
three children.
pree persons were severely and one fatally |
,n''ieo sunday night by the explosion of a |
kerosene lamp in the house of Dennis Hickey |
at Brooklyn, N. Y
oh saturday morning at o'clock the tber- |
mometer on Mount Washington st, nd at ao
deg. below zero, with wind 72 miles nor bo,n
The crew of the wrecked steamer Kansno
ton have arrived at Philadelphia
AT Evansville, Ind, Geo. Hunt stabbed his
wife Sunday because she had deserted him and |
became an inmate Of house of ill-fame. Az |
ter stabbing her he stabbed himself the wounds |
penetrating to the lungs in both cases. !
CoNGREss.-The proceedings in Congress on |