The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-07-13

The latest in regard to the position of |
the English ministry on the Irish Church |
Bill is to the effects that the Ministry
IN not compromise in any wayto impair the
orincipal involved. 1t is rum0red that three
II the ministry were inclinsdyto yield some
ding but they were promptly overruled
Still more rumors come tous about change
inthe French ministry but We have nc. partic-
ulars up to this moment The French news,
however. seems to refer to the matter as athe
crisis"
Benefits yacht made the run to Queens- 4
town in little over twelve days.
In four months Allen and McCoo1e are to
fight again in the roped arena. sfFHs
Gov Walker Of Virginia expresses great
hopeiulnessi of Virginia, in the course of his
Northern visit which he is now making.
The vote on the question of introducing the
system of lay delegates into the councils of the
Methodist Episcopal Church stands as follows,
according to the latest return: In favor of,
52.SO6; against, Is, 845;maority in favor of; 3d.
| 960.
The total receipts Of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way from the LIST, of January to the 18th of
june, 156 days amounted to e576,943, and DUR
ing the corresponding period last year to $780,
| 746 an increase in 1869 of upwards of 97,197.
! The increase would undoubtedly have been
much larger if the past winter had not been
so severe, interfering with the running of
| trains. SPA
1t is now deemed certain that the report Of
disaster to the Powell expedition was entirely
| false.
There was great fear yesterday that the lager
beer would give out at the great German festi-
j val at Baltimore. : ---i ss--T'-
| The last irish news gives an account of ri OF
GUS proceedings at Belfast, between Catholics
and the Orangemen. At Galway, also, there
were Fenian demonstrations.
The President, with his family. will leave
for Long Branch tomorrow. ~
Gov Walker has been in consultation with
the President at the White House, and the
fact has made considerable talk amongst Cos
siping politicians sii4Ist's e esi-'f
A dispatch from Havana says that the clos
ing of the ports retards the receipt of molasses.
The telegraph tells how 100 men went to
Cuba in brig from New York, ran up river
twenty miles, found cholera SO prevalent in
the Cuban army that they would not enlist,
had-a little fight on their own hook with the
Spaniards, got away and home to New York
safely, with only the loss of two men by cholera
on the way.
The Oxford boat crew have gone into active
training. says our latest London news.
| Stephen Porter was drowned Saturday night
at Whitehall, while bathing. He was the son
of Methodist clergyman, IS years old.
1t is now stated that J. Ross Browne, our
Minister to China, will not be removed, if
Hon. Vim. A. Howard resigns the appoint
ment sA- = sassssAazss s-s--tsfSsy
All through the South and west there are
great complaints Of hot weather.
Soyer's lumber yard at Newark, n. j., was
burned yesterday. /, Loss $1,000 .sssss8
A little son of q Mr.. Sullivan, lin Brooklyn,
was killed Sunday by Lightning. lA 2
The latest dispatch from Brest states that
the Great Eastern was within thirty miles of
| land. $3.50 $50 = = = : :. = 1.-s's ss
A tunnel on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
caved in on Sunday morning, near Cambridge
Ohio, and detained travel somewhat
There was collision on the New York and
Boston road Sunday night, doing some dam
Page but destroying nolixes 1Alsa2a
/ a uioBdpSu W euO 0OSbuA oOuA 1idi 1dce cNC-
ming from Portsmouth contains the following
news items: Hon. John Fl. Bailey Of this city
has assumed the duties Of Collector Of the port
of Portsmouth and district of New Hampshire,
which includes the Canada border; also Su-
perintendent Of Lights at the mouth Of the
harbor, including Boon Island and the Shoals;
and the employees of the different depart
ments paid their respects to him this forenoon,
at which time he indicated. an economical
management of the. government affairs under
his control and strict performance Of dirty
COL A. n. Young, Collector of Internal Reye-
nue. of this district is confined to his house in
Dover from an attack of neuralgia of the chest.
The yellow fever patients on the Narragan-
sett are improving. No more cases are re-
| ported. assssaaf
The New York journal of Commerce thinks
it the hight of absurdity for the Democratic
party to make any further resistance to negro
suffrage. Itsays: Men of sense understand
the folly of contending with the past and inev-
table. Politicians who, as q general rule,
have aElaa rr.ssa.r,.r..-s.
no sense beyond the scent of the nearest
| fesh-pots, are the creatures who commit the
| the ridiculous blnnders of the California Dem
oeratic Platform" 1lsl ZEs4sE1