The Portland daily press., 1869-05-17
The News.

The annual convention of the Alpha Delti
Phi Fraternity, one of the Greek letter colleg,
secret societies, was held at New Haven OF
Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Rev
l. N. Tarbox of Chelsea delivered the poem
and Judge William 8. Groesbeck of Cinein-
natl gave the Grafton. Chief Justice Chase
was elected as orator for the next convention
and James Russell Lowell of Cambridge as
poet. Tho next convention will be held al
Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y.
The Massachusetts, liquor bill has suffered
another sea change. The Senate has now re-
considered its vote refusing to pass it and refer
red it to committee of six.
The story of a triple alliance of European
powers against the United States is contra
dicted for the twentieth time
Henry S. Lane, formerly Senator from In.
diana, is to be one of the ten Indian Commits
sioners authorized by an act of the last Con-
gress.
Not an English paper has yet published
Senator Summers great speech on the Alaba-
ma claims. But they have all criticised it.
The Salem Gazette says, ga friend suggests
to us that no one seems to have taken notice
of the fact that the number of miles from the
Mississippi river to tho Pacific coast, is 1776.--
These figures present marked coincidence
with the most interesting date connected with
our country's history"
Annie Campbell, of Glengarry, has arrived,
at the great age of 126 years, and is as active
and diligent in her duties as many woman of
60, having frequently, during the past season,
MIXED as many as twelve cows daily. For
fifty years she lived as servant in the family of
John Murray. During her life she has mover
had occasion to consult doctor nor take a
drop of medicine, which last is good thing
not to take. She is kindly person and very
hospftable. But how oldl
Official dispatches coming from Admiral
Hoff are not favorable to the Cubans. He
says that our Consul-general, Mr.. Hall, re-
CARDS the instruction as nearly crushed.ss.
The sBniversal Peace Society held i4s ami
versary meeting in Now York, Friday. Al
fred Love of Philadelphia, presided. The pro-
ceedings are represented to have been utterly
without interest or Importance.
Col. Duncan and Col. Davenport, two large
men, who are candidates for the place of Su-
perintendent of the Interior Department, had
fight with canes on Saturday The latter
came out second best.
The steamship City Of Cork, from Liverpool,
arrived at Staten Island on Tuesday last with
600 passengers. One case of small pox had
developed itself on the passage. AS soon as it
was discovered the patient was isolated from
the other passengers. On the ships arrival at
this port the entire number OF passengers were
vaceinated and the ship frequently fumigated.
The vessel is still in quarantine
A new whipping post was ''inaugurated' at
Wilmington, Del, Saturday. Ten persons
Two hundred Lutheran ministers called on
President Grant, Saturday, made speeches to
him and ''took him by the hand"
Mr.. Howard, the now Minister to China
urges that the Chinese mission be raised to
the rank of the British Embassy. The Presi-
dent has adopted his views.
Since the LIST of January last 81 600 immi
grants have landed at New York from abroad
The number of arrivals since May 1st is 27,957
Tho Massachusetts Legislature will not ad
.iourn till the middle of June.
The Rev. Mr.. Hunnicutt is canvassing the
Richmond, Va, Congressional district as M
independent candidate for Representative
Horace Greeley, probably feeling that pro
lection is rapidly losing ground is about tt
publish treatise on political economy in tho
Tribune, one chapter appearing each week.
Bishop McIlvane, of Ohio, has arraigned
before an Ecclesiastical tribunal Rev. Mr.
Tate, a ritualistic clergyman. The American
Bible Union, which was in session in New
York, last week, passed resolutions sustaining
Mr.. Tate.
The latest case of conscience is that of al
old soldier who has returned to the Secretary
of the State of Illinois pictorial unabridged
copy of "Webster's Dictionary which, i
seems he "confscated" from the post library
when the rendezvous at Camp Butler broke up