The Portland daily press., 1870-05-24
News by iac Eaics. Mails.

There was frost in various parts of New
Hampshire Sunday night, but it is hoped not
severe enough to iniure the blossoms.
The report that Gov. Bullock of Georgia has
sold the State Railroad of Georgia to the Adj
ans Express Co. is deued.
James McCauley was killed Sunday night
in his own house in Philadelphia by Peter
McCue and Thomas and Hugh Gold Some
quarrel about pasturing horses caused the as
sault.
The California excursion train left Boston
yesterday morning and was two hours late at
Springfield on account of hot boxes.
The Methodist Board OF Bishops will meet
at Dayton, Ohio, on Wednesday, for the pur-
bishops will be present but Bishop Simpson.
Geo. w. Blunt has been reelected Commits
sioner of Pilots in New York.
1t is runored that the Canadian government
will commence at once the survey Of the Sanlt
pr .p1c~e consCrucC Il can;tl on the Cana
dian side.
A London dispatch says nearly half the cot
ton shipped from Indian ports goes by the way
of the Suez canal, and only small portion of
this went to the various ports on the Mediter-
ranean.
A fire in Wenham, Mass, Monday morning,
destroyed dwelling house, barn and out
houses occupied by Mr.. Hodgdon, and the dry
goods and grocery store CT Fowler Rice A
valuable horse, carriage and several tons of
hay were also burned. Small insurance.
Colonel Aff1ey, the American Commander at
SAINT Ste. Marie, has notified Col. Bolan that
number of suspicious characters have passed
through the canal and the guard has been
doubled and the volunteers have been warned
to be in readiness for Fenian attack
The Spanish Minister for the Colonies ia the
Cortes on Saturday denied the rumor of con-
certed action on the part of Great Britain aud
United States TO effect a mitigation of the So
called Spanish horrors in Cuba He stated,
however, that De Rodas, Captain General of
Cuba, had repeatedly invited Anne lean COM
missioners to visit Cuba and examine into
these alleged cruelties and see for themselves
how utterly false these stories were.
A special dispatch to the New York papers
says that City lives were lost by the burning of
the steamer War Eagle at La Crosse, Wis, on
the 18th inst. The railroad and steamboat
are concealing the fact that a large
number of emigrants were burned on the lower
deck and many were drowned. A newly mar
red couple bound for ST. Paul were burned in
a state-room.
The sixty-first annual business meeting of
the Massachu etts Bible Society exhibits an
income the past year of SIS, 900, and balance
On hand over expenditures of $780, The So
,iety has circulated about Al 600 copies of the |
Bible within the year. The old officers were |
reelected
The British House Of Lords by four maiori- |
", have refused to legaIize marriage with a |
deceased wife's sister.
A Madrid dispatch says that at the final
meeting of the Deputies with the ex-Regent
Ispartero on Saturday at midnight, the latter
rave his decision positively declining the prof
cred crown of Spain. His final decision caused
considerable excitement, and the unsettled
tate Of feeling which has prevailed throughout
pain for so long time is revived to greater
xtent than ever.
The New York papers devote considerable
pace to the approaching court martial of Col
{. J. Bailey for divorcing his WIFE Gen.
sherman has preferred charges against him of
onduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman.
lrs. Bailey is daughter of jacob Brown of
Delaware. There were married three wears
go, and soon after Col. Bailey was detailed to
'ort Warren, Boston harbor, where he be-
anne jealous of his wife, according to her
atement, and forced her to confess lie and
gree to mutual separation. Within two
onths however a reconciliation was effected
rough the influence of army officers, who
ere DESTROYS of hushing up the scandal. Col.
alley met his wife at the house of Rev. Mr..
ushing, the principal of the Aaburndale
,minary, where a benediction was pro-
,unced, a blessing invoked, and both agreed
live in peace and harmony. Within week
j. Bailey again became jealous and privately
t divorce from the Delaware Legislature
the act was rescinded by unan-
IONS vote of both houses, and she now claims
pport as a lawful wife.
The Greek brigands who murdered the Eng ,
n aud other prisoners, made confessions be-
re pelpg executed. They said their leader
sis'eu upon a ransom being paid for the lives
the Ehghsh and Italian secretaries by and
rough the advice of persons high in authori- I
and welding great influence with the oov- a
nment of Greece This information nroduoo,
ceiling of deep concern in London. esneci.uu v
the different diplomatic Headquarters .nd u
ious complications will grow out of this an I
Advices from South America say the rebel
n in the province Of Entire Rios has ended. L
n. Lopez, commanding the revolutionary a
ces, after the assassination of Urquiga, pro- Il
lined himself Emperor Of the Province of ;.
tire Rios and was recognized by the national e
of the Argentine Confederation. T
is action of the main government is thought C
be a stroke of policy, inasmuch as the coun- Q
of Entire Rios is almost entirely unproduc-
2, and therefore contributes but very lin
revenue to the republic, and LONGER con-