The Portland daily press., 1870-06-10

The American Institute of Homeopathy is
in session in Chicago.
4Disse nsions have already broken out in the
new Portuguese Cabinet.
The American Free Baptist Missionary So
ciety met in Cincinnati yesterday.
A special from Paris to the 7; :bune says the
Roumania massacre story was only joke.
New York merchants want war vessel sent
to Venezuela to protect our interests there.
Gerard Depeyster, son of the late VIM. A.
Dapeyster, committed suicide in New York
Friday morning.
The corner stone of homeopathic medical
college was laid at Cottage Grove Hill, ILL.,, on
Wednesday.
L. G. CallicOtts time in prison has expired.
He will be remembered as a prominent poll
tican found guilty of internal revenue frauds.
The coroner's jury having investigated the
recent death of Maria G. Covell, colored, find
that she died in Boston from the effects of an
abortion procured by DR.. Asa Z. Newhall OF
Lynn.
The International Typographical Union have
lodged the question of color by voting to leave
the matter of admitting or rejecting colored
members to the subordinate unions.
An employee of the government printing Of
flee at Washington suddenly died Thursday
morning while sitting in front of hotel. An
hour afterwards the driver of an ice cart was
run oAer and instantly killed in the same
square.
The annual meetings of the following reli-
gious bodies are now being held in Toronto
First General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church of Canada; Wesleyan Methodist Con-
ference; Methodist new Convention; Confer
ence of the Congregational Union of Ontario
and Quebec.
A special dispatch from Martinsville, Morgan
county, Ind, states that on the 9Th Mcfarland
filed motion in the Court of Common Pleas
for a new trial of the suit granting his wife a
divorce. He alleges that there is no proof that
the publication was ever filed, that no notice
was given him of the pending suit, and that he
can show that Mrs. Calhoun committed PERU
jury as witness. Mel arland has employed
the ablest counsel in the country.
The Cuban agent denies that the Cuban
bonds were deposited in Washington TO influ-
ence Congressman to recognize the belligerent
rights of Cuba, but to purchase arms. He pur-
chased the arms and agreed to pay in Cuban
bonds at a certain value on the dollar The
contractors failed to fulfill their contract and
the bonds were withdrawn from the company
where they were deposited Mr.. Butler's in
vest;gation had nothing to do with their with
drawal.
Preliminary meetings were held in Montreal
Wednesday night to afford the people an op-
portunity of expressing their opinion respect
ing the Fenian raid and providing for course
to be taken by the government to prevent fu
ture raids. Several speeches were made on the
comments of the English press on the raids, on
President Grants proclamation, and especially
on the remarks of the London Daily Ne,os and
Saturday Revie,o respecting Gen. Lindsay's
speech were condemned. The action taken by
Mr.. Thornton, thanking President Grant for
his promptness in stopping the raiders, was
considered disgraceful. Hon. Mr. Morris said
that the Canadian government had already
stated the case in strong manner to the i'm
perial government and intended to send a cab
met minister to London to represent their
views