The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-03-26
News Items by Mail.

Ex-Gov. Curtin has resigned his position as
Minister to Russia and is on his way home.
Elder Knapp is under the weather, and try
ing to get up revival in health.
The Pennsylvania association in Washington
has elected delegates to the Republican Con-
yention of that State and Instructed them to vote
for Gen. Grant for President and John Scott of
of that State for Vice President
Thirty-eight converts from Romanism, all
Cubans, were confirmed by Bishop Potter of the
Episcopal church in New York, Sunday
A New Orleans paper, speaking of man
who left this country with Slidell as his Secre-
tary, and has remained in France ever since,
says that by his death the United States loses
a valuable citizen.''
A son of John Bright is in Washington and
receives hospitable attention from Senator Sum-
ner and other friends of the great English Com
moner.
In Lawrence, Mass, on Saturday last, Col
Beal, the State Commissioner, made several
seizures of liquors from various dealers. The
total amount taken was 22O gallons of ale, 60
gallons of gin, IL gallons of wine, 70 gallons of
rum.
HAn uptown family in New York advertises
for an experienced cook, "who can dress little
boy five years old" 1t is said that one of Bar
NUNS cannibals boards there
1t is computed by the Isaac Newtons of the
present century that over $500 has been paid
during the past thirty years for the printing in
the Congressional Globe of the single word
laughter
The immense land slide on the line of the
Paulo Railroad in Brazil, has buried thirty
miles of the track, and will require at least
three months to putt in repair again. The
road runs through the coffee producing region
and it is feared that the accident will affect the
United States market, as the most of the Bra
lillian coffee comes to this country.
The conclusion of General Brownlows tele-
gram to Calcutta from the Looshai district, in
the recent conquest of which he has taken
prominent part, is peculiarly Christian-like, as
that phrase is understood in India and China
Twenty villages were destroyed Our task is
accomplished" The gospel of Him who went
about doing good labors under Some dsadvan-
tages in that part of the heather world.
The dispensing of soup by the city of Boston
will be stopped Saturday.
spoken Saturday, so miles from Cape Ann.
The Rev. Peter Cartwright has not only re-
covered from his late alarming illness, but bids
fair to be able to continue his ministrations.
There is remarkable revival of religion in
Topeka, Kan, where the revivalist Hammond
Is preaching. Pretracted meetings are held
All the liquor saloons have been visited by
clergymen and children, and prayers have been
offered in them.
1t is affirmed by very good authority that
Prince Frederick Carl has informed the Italian
government of Germany's willingness to form
an alliance with her in case France should at
tempt any measures for the complete restora-
ton of Rome to the temporal power 'sThe
Catholic Unity" gravely announces that there
is project'of marriage between the Prince
Imperial 1.-THE son of Napoleon Third) and
Prussan Princess who shall bring him as her
dowry Alsata and Lorraine.
G. c. McAlpine's house at Conticookvlle, N.
H., was burned Sunday.