The Portland daily press., 1880-03-26
EUROPE.

The Cars Gift to the Prince Of Bulgaria.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 25.-The Gear has
presented to Prince Alexander of Bulgaria a
war steamer, 10000 rifles and several Krupp
guns.
The Russian Turcoman Expedition.
The departure of Gen. Skobeloff, command
or of the Russian expedition against the Tur-
comans, has been postponed until Friday. A
railway will be commenced simultaneously at
two points, from Krasovodsk to Tchikislar and
from the latter place to Chatteo. He has more
than double the usual proportion of artillery.
1t is believed no newspaper correspondent will
be allowed to accompany him. The press has
been notified to refrain from publishing any
thing about the expedition.
The Queen Gone to Germany.
LONDON, March 25.-Queen Victoria, the
Prince and Princess of Wales, and the Princess
Beatrice, left Windsor Castle for Germany this
morning to be present at the confirmation of
the Queens granddaughter the Princess Vic
toria of Hesse-Darmstadt, which occurs on
Wednesday the 31st inst. Her Majesty and
party went by rail in special train to Ports
mouth, where they are to embark for Cher
bourg in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert,
and thence proceed by rail, arriving in Baden
on Saturday according to the arrangements for
the journey as now understood. The Queen
will probably spend the night at the BIRTHS h
embassy in Paris, and proceed tomorrow by
way of Nancy and Strasbourg. The young
princess of Hesse-Darmstadt will be confirmed
with the full rights of the Lutheran church,
which do not materially differ from those of
the Roman church, and the spectacle will be
one of much beauty and solemnity.
The English Elections.
The election excitement has become very in
tense in North Lancashire and. extra police
force has been stationed in some of the towns.
The Afghan Campaign.
A despatch from Cabul says it seems beyond
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Tohkhtahol. The Afghan troops have de-
clared in his favor. Reports are rife of an i'm
pending attack upon the outposts between
Gundamuck and Cabnl.
What the New York Greenbackers Want
NEW YORK, March %. - The Greenback
State Convention yesterday adopted the fol-
1. That the United States should issue all
currency, and make it alike legal tender at
its face value in payment of all debts or dues
public or private, and that all United States
bonds about falling due, amounting to $780,
O00, 900, should be paid in legal tender money,
and we denounce as swindle and an outrage
upon the labor and producing interests of the
country any attempt by Congress to refund
such bonds into other bonds, and as being in
the interest of foreign and American money
lenders.
Q. That there shall be no banks Of issue,
State or national.
8. That the contract system should be abol-
ished on all public works, and in prisons and
penal institutions.
4. That we favor the regulation of inter-
State commerce by Congress, and transporta-
ton charges by the State legislature.
5. That we indorse the position of the
Working Mems Party of California with ref
erence to the enforcement of the laws for the
removal of the Chinese from possible contact
with honest labor.
6. That graduated income tax law should
be enacted and enforced.
7. That the laws regulating the hours of la
Dor should be enforced.
8. That the delegates from this State to the
Chicago Convention are requested to use their
best efforts to secure the adoption of a plat
form in accord Yith the principles and objects
herein set forth.