The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-05-22
PHOTOGRAPHIC ITEMS,

Capt. Shufeldt. commander of the Tehuan-
tepec Surveying Expedition, has arrived in
Washington, and reports that thorough sur
vey has been made OF this route, and he is sat-
isfed that an inter-Oceanic surface canal can
be built across the isthmus with no more ex-
pense than the Importance of the work will
justify. The surveys are entirely original, de-
PENDING upon no previous explorations, and
the supply of water taken from a source never
before thought of for this purpose. On the
voyage from Havana the wife of Capt. Shu-
feldt died and was buried at sea.
Half a mile of the Sugar River railroad from
Bradford, N. H., out, was completed on Sat-
nrday and an engine ran over it for the rst
time. kegF
The miners have accepted the proposition of
the Delaware, Lackawana and Western Rail-
road Company to resume at % IL cents per
diamond car, and all the cofleries OF this com
pany will begin operations on Monday next
It only remains for the Delaware g. Hudson
Canal Company men TO vote to accept the
same terms, and the resumption will pe gen.
eral throughout the entire region. 80
Mayor Davis of Cincinnati has created great
excitement among the Germans OF that city
by his orders to discontinue the pleasure gar
dens on Sunday evening. 1
The State Police bill, with the force reduced
to seventy, has passed to be engrossed in the
Massachusetts House. E F
The investigation into the assassin alton Of
"
The new government loan will be placed on
the official list of the New York stock board
Monday.
Henry Clews & Co. ar. now sending s., 900, )
600 bonds to Europe.
The drought throughout Central Illinois is
vey severe, little rain having fallen for several
weeks. E1lt t-i
The dist;lIers of Pekin, Illinois, have settled
suits against taem by paying the government
81. 800 and agreeing 10 pay $50. 900 more June
1st
A Philadelphia dispatch denies the report Of
great railroad consolidation by which the
Union Pacific was to have new western
outlet.
Among the bonds stolen at the recent rob.
berry of Adams express in Columbus, Ohio,
were the following: U. 8. 5.20's each of 500
withcoupOns, Nos. &c 848 and GA 289 of the is.
sue Of July LIST, 1866, and Nos 1888 and 1884 Of
the issue Of May 1, 1862.
Last week, at Marble Hill, Mo-, an unsuc
cessful attempt was made to rescue a couple
ut Illicit distilers from the custody of the U.
8. Marshals Shsts were exchanged and ar
officer was wounded in the leg. ~ -
Col. Diokey of st. Louis was shot and dan.
gerously wounded by robber while riding to
Clarksville, Ark, few days ago. . r
Montreal proposes to grant 81 900, 900 to the
Northern Colonization railroad.
The conscience fund of the u. 8. Treasury
Department. was increased $50 on Saturday BY
a remittance from CharlestOwn, Mass.
The Ontario legislature was prorogued or
Saturday.
Earl De Grey, Sir Stafford Northcote and
Gen. Schenck will sail from New York on
Wednesday. ~
Jay Cook. McCulloch & Co. have been an
pointed foreign financial agents of the Navy
department.. iN az. -,-.-,-- :
On Fleetwood Park, Saturday, Goldsmith
Maid beat American Girl in three straigh
heats; best time, 222 IA. stJA
It is believed the Senate will reach a vot,
ON the treaty by Tuesday or Wednesday. 1
was discussed for four and half hours on Sat
urday.
The Vallandigham platform is not unani
mously favored by the Ohio Democracy.
The Empress of Russia is in Berlin.
The German parliament has declared AL
SAGE and Lorraine to be coded to the Empir
| forever.
British brig Eliza Hunter was fallen in will
| in a sinking condition. Her crew was takel
| off by schr. Emma and landed at Antigua.
A merchant of Lima, Peru, was robbed O
| $4,000 in gold and diamond jewelry at tn
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, on Saturday
| The divers have at last succeeded In reach
| ing the treasure of the English ship Hussal
sank in East River during the revolutionar
war, with $58O0, 900 in specie on board.
| The workshop and engineers building a
the naval academy at Annapolis were injure
by fire Sunday morning to the amount q
| $780, 600. ;