The Portland daily press., 1875-02-19

Four vessels went ashore, and hfteen were pad
ly damaged by floating about among loose Ice.
The brig Carrie Purington OF Topsham went
ashore on the cape with ice piled up about her
seven feet high, but was finally gotten off.
Brevet Major General Geo. N. Macy died in
Boston Sunday. A few days since he fell and
a small pistol in his pocket was discharged, in
flicting wound which caused death. Since
the war he has been Secretary of the Suffolk
Back.
A fire in Hartford, Conn, Saturday morning
totally destroyed two blocks on Main street.
Loss $780, 900; insurance $l72,000, of which
S62. 900 is In Hartford companies. The fire de-
partment was greatly impeded by frozen by
Grants. r
Three men were injured Friday afternoon on
the new line of railroad between Fall River and
New Bedford by earth caving in on them.
James Long is so badly injured internally that
his recovery is doubtful.
A great fire occurred at Windsor, New South
Wales. Dec. 9th, by which over 40 families
were rendered homeless.
A fire at New Canaan, Conn.,, Sunday, burned
the store of Samuel Raymond, consuming all
the block north of the Budsall House to Rail-
road avenue, including the shoe mandatory
and store of j. & j. Benedict, Odd Fellows and
Masonic halls, grocery of T. w. Raymond, and
the drug store of Prudy. Loss $4,000
The wife of Michael McCartv was found Sun
day night at Portsmouth, n H., curled up on
the floor, having frozen to death during the
night. Her husband was in the lookup at the
time for drunkenness.
Railroad passengers report that sixteen busl-
ness houses were burned in Independence, Mo-,
Wednesday night. There is no telegraph office
there, and the particulars cannot be obtained.
Tuesday the ice blockade on Long Island
Sound was complete. The ice was from eigh-
teen inches to two feet thick. Steamers were
firmly wedged in. AT City Island many YES
sells have been ice.bound for weeks. No YES
sells were able to pass through He'll Gate Tues
day. Nearly all the Sound harbors are closed
I'D for the first time within the recollection OF
the Oldest inhabtant.
The house of d. B. Mellot was burned at Nc
Connelsburg. Tuesday, and three children
burned to death.
The British steamer George Battle, for Gil
path, is supposed to be lost with q persons on
| board.
| Two dwellings on Staten Island, containing
| eight families, were burned Tuesday morning.
Loss $4,000. There is much nervousness in
New York occasioned by the announcement
that all the hydrants are frozen in. The fire.
men do not attempt to thaw them out until
| fire occurs.
! THE BEECHER TRIAL
Tilton has been on the stand all the week
under the questioning of Mr.. Evarts. The on
| ly important revelations are the facts that Mr..
Tilton told Mrs. Morse of his wifes di shonor
| and expected her, as he expressed it. ITO tell
| all the world and that the "True Story" or a
portion of it, is in existence and that it con-
tanned no charge of adultery. Kate Gary, a
servant girl in Mr.. Tilton's house, testified
Tuesday that she at ore time saw Mrs Tilton
sitting on Mr.. Beecher's knee. The rest of the
testimony has been simply detailed rehearsal
of Tilton's published statements. D..
FOREIGN.
| The chief event of the week in foreign
| affairs has been the debate in the French AS
| semby over the Senate bill The Republicans
| insisted that the senators should be elected by
| the departments, but the government refused
| to yield that point. The result was the defeat
| of the bill ON its third reading. Great excite
ment ensued, and the ministry resigned, con-
| of confidence. 1t is thought however, that
they will be induced to resume their portfolios
The country is greatly excited, and revolu-
ton is not improbable
| The Spanish government has issued decree
| calling out 10000 men for military service,
| $1,000 of whom are to be sent to Cuba. %
The Dominion thinks of trying the Maine
| liquor law, parliamentary report favoring
| its adoption. t.
A case of much interest is on trial in the
French courts. Paul De Cassagnac, the noted
Bonapartist bravo, published an article in the
| Pays, Bonapartist organ, accusing General
Wimpffen of cowardice and incompetency at
the battle of Sedan. The general has sued
him for libel, and the case has come to trial.
| 1t is anticipated that the full history of the
disaster at Sedan will be told, and the respon-
sibility for it fixed upon some person.
The speech of John Bright in favor of the
disestabiishment of the Church of England is
| thought to foreshadow the policy of the Lib
eral party.
| A telegram from Singapore reports that an
emeute occurred among the Chinese prisoners
| in the Jail at that place, which was not sup
| pressed before 67 were killed and injured, in
| juted, including 16 wardens of the Jail.
| Karl Blind has been assaulted and hurt in
London by German fanatic.
A London despatch has report of serious
disturbance in Bethlehem, Palestine The
| Greeks made an attack upon the quarter OF
the city Inhabited by the Armenians and
several on both sides were killed.
The amnesty bill passed the Dominion House
| Friday night. 1t recommends amnesty to all
except Riel, Lepine and O'Donohue, who are
to be banished for five years.
| A letter has been received from Egypt con-
frming recent accounts of a reception by ma
| tive African king who manifested his pleas
ure by beheading 30 of his subjects and subse-
quently decapitating 20 more
| There is considerable uncertainty with re-
| gard to the Chinese succession, as the Empress
| is enciente, and if the child should be male
he would be entitled to the succession in pref
erence to the son of Prince Chun.
| In the sacking of La Paz, Bolivia, by the
revolutionsts, more than 700 persons, includ-
ing women, children and old men, were muir
| dered. Pilage was carried on four days.
| BRIEF MENTION.
Mr.. Mckenzie in the Canadian House re
Gently stated the government had decided to
| loan 100000 to the Mennonites, 5000 of whom
| had manifested their intention to settle i'll
| Canada if that sum could be loaned them
There are indications that the strike of the Fall
| River weavers will soon come to an end Star
walton stares them N the face unless they go to
| work, as the owners are unyieldng.
| CASTOR of Massachusetts, has signed the de-
tective police bill.-West Virginia Legisla-
| ture has decided to remove the capital of the
| state to Wheeling.-The National Grange of
Patrons of Husbandry In session at Charleston,
| S. c.. also Congress to aid in building levees on
the Mississippi and to pass the Eastern and
Western transportation bill--The Western
| Union telegraph directors have determined on
| a large reduction in rates.-The railroad COM
| missioners of Wisconsin recommend the re-
neal of the Potter law,