The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-01-25
E O r. e IG N.
Spain and the Cuba Rebellion.

| BERLIN, jar. 24.-Spanish diplomatic repre-.
| sentatives at the various courts here have
| verbally informed the governments that after
the defeat of The Carlists which is expec ted IN
| a short time, Spain has hopes to be enabled to
| quell the Cuban insurrection through increased
| reinforcements. No foreign complications are
anticipated, because The United States has dis.
tinctly repudiated the idea of annexing Cuba.
Spanish Elections.
MADRID, Jan. 24.-The second ballot which
was required at Barcelona took place yesterday
The Sagastist candidate withdrew and Senior
CASTELAR, was therefore probably elected. Seniors
Canavos, Del CASTILLO, Lopez, De Ayala. Rom
ero Robetdo and Anglia, a former minister,
Baio Abauker, Gen. Pavia and the Marquis
Sandoul are elected from Madrid. The minis
terial journals estimate that the new Cortes
will embrace about 35 Sagaststs, 16 Moderates
and 3 Republicans. The remainder will be
supported by the government
Cuban News.
New YORK, JAM pa Santiago, Cuba, let
ter of the 14th lust. has the following:
Fourteen hundred Spanish soldiers arrived
yesterday. They are all boys. The French
Admiral with two frigates was in port with
view to inquire into the assassination of a
Frenchmaa named Rycaundaud.. The French
officers were not permitted to speak to any one
in the city, or to attend any balls or gatherings
except the promenade on the Plaza Sunday
night. The Governor offered the Frenchmen
chairs on the Plaza. but not a man would sit
uOWu. IucIc dIo OpdulSu SuEUOdUS De-
de the Tornado in port, aud the city swarms
it'll soldiers
News were received here yesterday from pri.
vate sources, that the Throvener plantation,
six miles from Colon, had been burned by the
rebels.
Mexican News
HAVANA Jan. M-Advices from Mexico to
the 9TH inst are as follows:
The journals are still discussing the move
ments of Porfino. They assert that he is will
to place himself in the presidential chair. but
he is without funds.
His movements are closely watched. Four
hundred soldiers have been sent to reinforce
the Mexican troops on the Rio Grande
A meteor recently fell at San Gabriel Chloe
1t struct an arched building used as woman's
Jail and destroyed it. One woman was badly
injured
Foreign Notes.
There were three shocks of earthquake at St.
Thomas on the 9TH inst.
A Bonapartist association styled tie Conser-
vative National Committee, has issued a mani
festo that they will support President McMa-
hon until the expiration of his term in 1880.
They will then demand that appeal to the peo-
pie be made for deter mining the future form of
government for France.
The Emperor and Empress of Brazil, with a
number of intimate friends, sail for this coun-
try the latter part of March.
The ambassadors of the powers collectively
will support a note to the Porte to which re-
ply will be required.
Should China fail in rendering indemnity
and infcting punishment for the plundering
of the German schooner Anna near Annoy, the
German government lntimates that its de-
mands will be eXacted by force.
The cremation of the corpse of the late Chew
alier Rossi was conducted publicly in the mon
umental cemetery at Milan, yesterday.
La Liberte publishes report that another
conspiracy against the the life OF the Prince of
MIL b,CfN ItpnN IN bAt.x
Gambetta and other Republicans are appre-
hensve of a bad effect in the provinces if
the radicals succeed in electng all the Senators
for Paris, and are seriously working to bring
about compromise between the various Re-
publican sections
The German Reichstag has passed the amend
ment to the penal code providing punishment
for offences similar to Duchesne's.