The Portland daily press., 1870-07-19
General News.

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association indorse the introduction OF the
Bible into the primary and secondary schools
as textbook" was tabled indefinitely. A
resolution was adopted directing how far
religious instruction should be given in the
primary and secondary schools of Virginia.
Our Hungarian competitors in the grain
markets tof Europe report that though the
prospects of the corn market are excellent,
and though a continuance of favorable wealth
er would leave them with a large quantity of
wheat and maize to dispose of, they will not
be in position to sell at low, or even at mod
crate prices. This is explained by the fact of
a high standard of agricultural wages, and by
the heavy freight charges made by the rail-
war, and the unfavorable harvest prospects in
France and England, our Western farmers
may congratulate themselves on one more in
fuence tending to raise the price of grain.
Austria has lately shared in the prevailing
tendency to national debt conversion, or uni
ficatioE, as ii is termed there. By the latest
accounts it was expected that the entire pro-
cess would require about year to complete
itself. The total amount of convertible stock
is about 81, 15O,00o,00O gold, and few weeks
ago two-thirds of this had been converted,
| With so formidable an amount of arrears. it
is not difficult to understand the disposition
of Austria to hold aloft from the contest
which threatens to break out on her frontier.
Her financial condition is not improved by
the determination of the Hungarians to keep
their own national securities strictly apart from
those of the empire, and in the words of the
national organ, "to bring to the knowledge of
foreign exchanges che fact that Hungary is in
no way responsible for the national debt of
AUSTRIA
The new movement for the revival of "Irish
Nationality" remarks the London Times, of
July 5, is said to be gaining certain degree
of strength. Originating with that Protestant
minority which so long relied on the connec-
ton with England for the maintenance of
their exclusive privileges, it is supported by
many of the younger priests, as well as the
organs of the lay Catholic Democracy, and
there is no Irish party to oppose it, As yet,
indeed, it has assumed no organized shape
nor has its leaders ventured to issue any for
NAL programme in their views. Still it has
already made itself felt in more than one con-
tested election, and is acquiring an influence
which it would not be wise altogether to neg
lect.
A sad accident, involving the loss of four
teen lives, occurred in the Bay of Gibraltar on
the 21st ult. A trading boat left Gibraltar at
noon on that day for Algeciras, having on
board fifteen men and three women, and
when off Orange Grove she capsized, without
any person apparently noticing the occurrence.
1t waa only when four of the men on board, |
the sole survivors of the occupants of the |
boat, arrived at Algeciras the same night, |
that the details of the lamentable catastrophe |
became known. These men, after the boat |
had upset, managed to climb on to the keel |
and remain there until dark, when another |
boat passed by, and rescued them and convey
ed them to Algeciras.
A long and eventful voyage is that in which |
the six-ton schooner-yacht Jennie Bonnie, of |
Maine, is engaged. She started over a year |
ago, from Eastern Maine, under command of
Capt. Carpenter, late of the United States ma
Wy, and has made a voyage of over 10000 |
miles, including the survey of harbors and in
lets, to New Orleans, and thence up the Mis- |
sissippl to st. Louis. This latter part of her |
voyage was made in tow of the steamer Mary /
Alice. The crew of the Jennie Bonnie con- |
sists ohiy OF the captain and a Communion.
VINO mess on board, and the object of her trim
IS to OBTAIN correct survey of the contour
of the continent between Maine and tha
mouth OF the Mississippi, and also of the Mis-.
sisipm river and the lakes. For this purpose
she takes a most circutous route, up and
down all the bays and inlets of the Atlantic |
coast, until her arrival at New Orleans. At |
one time last season there was a terrific storm
on the coast, when several vessels were wreck
ed. The little yacht weathered the tempest,
riding over the big pillows like a feather |
Capt. Carpenter is to proceed, after two or |
three days stop at st. Louis, to St. Paul, and |
thence across the grand portage to Lake Su-
perior, through lakes Huron, Erie and Onta- |
rio, into the st. Lawrence, and around to the |
coast of Maine to the point where she started |
from.
Boston had two murders Sunday night. |
Lewis Galadine was shot by Joseph Gallo in
Vincennes Bonivios saloon, at the North end. |
Three bullets entered his person and he died |
almost instantly. Gallo and Bonivio had been
convicted of larceny and were out on bail,
and number of parties interested got into
dispute touching the matter, with the above
result. Forty minutes after Thomas O'Con-
ner and Carron William Laughlin, between
whom grudge had existed for some time.
met on vacant lot on Friend street. and re-
newed the quarrel. From words thew came to
blows. Laughlin was knocked dou,, b |
O'Connor and fell in such way as to break
his neck After he fell two or three other
narteS heat and kicked him