The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-06
TtLEGskpHlC NEWS ITEMS.

The amount OF salvage claimed on the steamship
General Meade, Key West, Fla. Is $4,000.
Senator Fessenden addressed large audience at
Auburn Hail. Lewiston, Me-, on Friday evening.
chiefly on financial issues. Governor Hawley, OF Con-
necticut, followed him in speech.
The application to the United States District Court
for writ OF habeas corpus on behalf of DIR. Mudd,
Arnold and Spanger, confined at the Dry Tortugas
Prison, has been refused.
The pedestrian match on the Rensselaer, Park be-
tween Weston Payne, Haydock, Ferguson, Adams
and Bendon, which was announced Tor yesterday,
has been postponed till Tuesday, account Of the
rain.
The recent heavy rains did immense damage to
the lower part Of New Jersey IL Is reported not
. single mill dam Is left in Salem county. The rail-
roads are considerably injured and the trains de-
layed
Regina Matthias and Mary Matthias, OF Riverside
N. j. aged twelve and fifteen years respectively died
Yesterday morning from burns caused by the explo-
sion of q fluid lamp while 1lling It on Thursday
evening.
In Vermont complete returns have been received
from all but six small towns The republican ma
jority foOts up IB714 The six towns not heard from
gave 200 republican majority last year; therefore,
Governor Pages majority will be a round twenty.
seven thousand.
The Republican Congressional Nominating Conven.
ton at st. Paul. MIMI, on Thursday, resulted In
split; There were two Candidates IN the hed Igna-
mise IL effected Brecker, the democratic nominee,
Will probably be elected.
WIN. Murphy, aged about th,rty-nve years, formerly
a soldier In the First Connecticut artillery was
drowned In the Connecticut river at Hartford yes
tesday morning. Information is desired concerning
the relatives aud the place where the deceased re-
sided.
Frank Leslie, OF New York, has sued the proprie-
tors OF the Boston Post for libel claiming damages In
the sum ofs2O, 000 The obnoxious paragraph stated
that Mr. Leslie had arrived at Richeld Springs with
lady and two fast horses; and II ia asserted by the
prosecutor that the paragraph intmated improper
relations between the lady aud himself
The republicans made q large demonstration at
Portland, Me-, last evening, including procession
OF Tanners" aud O meeting at Atlantic Hall, which
was addressed by General CALDWELL of Augusta.
The democrats also arranged for a large meeting,
but postponed 1t on account OF the non-arrval OF
Hon. 5. D. Cox.
The Democratic Convention or the Twelfth Con-
gressonal district OF New York assembled In Hud-
son yesterday, and nominated Hon. Charles wheaton,
OF Poughkeepsie for member OF Congress. The Con-
ventton was very largely attended. The nomination
was made by acclamation and was received with
demonstrations OF applause by those outside % well
az inside the Convention.
At the recent session OF the Alabama Legislature
law was passed requiring the Governor to designate
or more papers ia each Congre ssona district In
which official advertisements were to be published.
No advertisement ls 70 be Of any validity unless u
appear In paper thus named. Under this law Gov.
ernor Smith has designated oil the papers In the
state and II Is therefore probable that judges ana
sheri1s can publish notices In whatever paper they
choose