The Portland daily press., 1870-12-15

Bonner's last advertising dodge is the publ
cation of anecdotes about himself.
The New England Society of Washington
held its annual meeting on Tuesday night
Secretary Boutwell, was chosen President.
Lewis d. Moore of Maine a Vice President and
S. l. Kimball of the same State one of the ex-
ecutive committee.
The commander of one of the French vessels
lately lowering on our coast, with the suspect
ed intention of watching and intercepting
German shipping has written to the French
minister at Washington that the vessels were
driven in by stress OF weather, and had no in
tention of abusing the hospitality of our wa
tiers. This fact has just been officially made
known.
The Springfield Republican opposes the
election of chapains in legislative bodies on
the ground that they are an unnecessary orna-
ment: those who most need praying for never
appear until the chaplain has left.
As young man from Springfield was riding
across the Agawam bridge, Sunday night, two
men seized his horses bride and summon
ed him in the dash dialect to get out of that
buggy as they wanted the establishment for
their own use. He replied in their own COM
prehensve style that he wasn't through with
it, and offered to prove the fact with six
shooter. They accepted the demonstration
and left the young man to pursue his way I'M
| mOlested.
The meanest swindle yet was the one which
Charles q. Emerson of Island Pond recently
played on Miss Rowe of Manchester, N. H.
| He informed her that her brother had died in
| Kansas, and telegraphed to her fer money to
| pay the expressage on his body, which she for
| warded. She then went home to Island Pond
| to attend his funeral, and there found that he
| was not dead.
| The quarrel between Cheney and Selwyn of
the Globe and Boston theatres at the Hub, al
| though not named tn the Boston papers, gives
| color to their dramatic criticisms. One paper
| says that Eechter's Don Caesar at the GlObo
| is the poorest personation he bias given in Bos-
ton, and another whice lauds it extravagantly,
makes good point on Selwyn for permitting
Jem Mace to give display of sparring on the
stage of the Boston, between acts.
A serious riot occurred at the municipal
election in Atlanta, Ca, on Thursday, the
trouble originating in the attempt of lot of
country negroes, who had come into town, TO
vote illegally. Upon being demonstrated with,
they drew their pistols and fred on the police,
badly wounding one man, when the ring-lead-
| ers were arrested and confined in jail. Their
rescue was attempted by their companions
| who numbered over thousand, and when the
| crowd rushed on the station-house, the police
| fired upon them, killing four or five, and
wounding twenty or thirty The rioters then
| broke and fled.
Gloucester reports that the herring fishery
| is the only one which did much in November
and that still employs quite a respectable fleet.
The winter fishermen have begun their sea-
| sons work with the usual number of vessels
and iattering success, owing to the favorable
weather thus far.
A queer story is afloatfin connection with
the high church troubles in Hartford. 1t was,
of course, supposed that the protest against the
supplied choir at the Church of the Incarna-
ton, which was signed by most Of the Episco-
pal clergy of the city, originated with them;
but it now turns out that it was written by
Bishop Williams himself and sent to Hartford
| will, hQr oct hiatt oil oft foon n
it, would sign it, and forward it to Rev. Mr.
Knight, the offending high church PASTOR
This was loyalty done, and now the bishop has
"gone back" on himself, Withdrawing his OBJ
jectfons to the surpliced choir, and leaving the
ministers to shoulder Athe responsibility of
writing the protest which he wrote for them.
AS might be expected the affair has caused 9
great sensation.i in Episcopal circles.