The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-10-23

Laboulaye has been informed by the Minis
ter of Public Instruction that he will no long
er be permitted to lecture at the University of
France on the history of the American Consti-
tuition.
George Kessler was arraigned before the
court in Philadelphia Tuesday for voting the
Democratic ticket nine times.
The Tribune's Washington dispatch says the
Alabama claims are referred to the King of
Prussia and not the Emperor of Russia.
On Thursday an accident occurred on the
Morris and Essex railroad at Stanhope, N.
j., in which two persons were killed. A grav-
ell train ran into and smashed up passenger
train.
The annual meeting of the American Anti
quarian Society was held in Worcester, Mass,
ON Thursday, the President, Hon.. Stephen
Salisbury in the chair, The reports of the
council treasurer and librarian were read and
board of officers chosen for the ensuing year.
The only changes made were the election of
James Lenox of New York, Vice President in
place of the late Gov. Lincoln, and Hon. Hem
ry Chaplin, member of the council in place of
John R. Bigelow, resigned.
/ The Office of the Rapides Tribune at Alex
andria Louisiana, was destroyed three days
ago by mob. All has been quiet at st.
Mary's since the troops arrived. A large
meeting of ex-soldiers passed resolutions
Thursday calling upon thelUnited States and
General Rousseau to protect ex-soldiers and
loyal citizens.
The Executive Committee of the National
Board of Underwriters is in session at Chi
cagO.
Commissioner Rollins has appointed and
gro Internal Revenue Supervisor for Maine;
New Hampshire and Vermont.
Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, the authoress, is
about to publish life of Andrew Johnson
1t is said that William GLAND Bourne, editor
of the Soldiers Friend, claims the authorship
of the famous poem entitled "Tear Down the
Haunting Lie" which has been generally at
tributed to the late Charles G. Halpine.
The Springfield Republican says that upon
fastening the hook into the body of one of the
men buried in the central shaft of the Hoosac
tunnel, in order to pull it out, last week, it
caught in the neck and fresh blood it is said,
spurted from the wounds thus made The sto-
ry would thus seem incredible as the accident
occurred ABOUT year ago.
Connecticut as well as Massachusetts, will
hold its Thanksgiving festival on the 26th of
November and all the other States will follow
suit.
Next Monday the cars on the Central Pacific
Railroad will be running on over $50 miles of
the line.
The twenty-ffth annual session of the Grand
Division of the Sons of Temperance of Massa-
chusetts was held in Boston, Thursday. The
order now numbers 1915 members and 1900 Ia
dy visitors. The delegates took ground in ia
vor of forming national temperance party,
based upon the principle of prohibition, after
the great questions of the hour are settled.
Gen. Wettemburg of the Prussian army, ar
rived at Washington, Thursday, and was Off
cially recognized by the Prussian Minister. Tt
is understood that Gen. w. comes as a special
Envoy on business of great Importance. He
is accompanied by Prince Wettemburg, OF
Austria.
The daily Internal Revenue receipts do not
appear to be very encouraging at present. I'm
til within few days they have been averaging
about quarter of million per day, but
Thursday they fell considerably below 5000 900.
Yankee Locke, the well-known actor, met
with serious accident on Saturday last at the
Webster House in Gloucester. He was going
up stairs, when his foot tripped on the landing,
throwing him down stairs and breaking his
jaw.
The Revolution reports that Disraeli and
Queen Victoria are advocates of female suf-
frage. II this is true of Disraeli he has here
tofore kept remarkably quiet aboutit.