The Portland daily press., 1870-11-07

L-te.t >ews b, Nal
Twenty-six persons were injured at Cher
bourg on Friday by an explosion of cartridges,
caused bv car+les, ness.
The French people have subscribed "a O00,.
900 francs to the loan just coutrac ed in E. +
land. Tue people of Paris have not been able
to subscribe owing TO the siege.
Brrads,uff, Fl ON Iceland are being imported
into France
The people Of the depar' ment of O'se are
Withholding supplies fron the F,encb, prefer
ring to sell them for Gas b to The Prussians.
The Papal Zouaves which arrived in New
York on Friday from ally, lett Tor Montreal
SATURDAY morning.
Baz iue s.ys Gambetta lied in his charges
ana IN mutations in his proclamation to the
French army.
The Commercial Exchange building rebuilt
in Philadelphia since the great conf gr alton = :,
year ago had . narrow e>cal g from dest, uction
Saturday morning. The building took fire in
portion stored with lard oil, but the e ,mes
were exiting uished before reaching the upper
torres.
Secretary Boutwell, has issued circnlar to
customs officers directing that owners and i'm
porers Of goods shall, in addilion to the can
collation. mace b, the Inspector, write the
.me aud month and year Oh each stamp.
The great overland eastward bound tIa,n on
the Central Pac f. railroad was tpped and
the express car robbed between Verdi aud
r. u" Friday u'ght by ba' d OF blghwayueD
who boarded he traiu al Verdi and Or. senliug
pi>t0's at tue b. aGs of the CONDUCTOR aud
brakeman detached he express Car aud robU.d
it Of about $4,000 in com The robbers es-
caped but u patty has been organized 10 give
them hot pursuit.
Terrific gales and rains have prevailed in
San Salvador. Ship Maco, from Maco, Chiua,
WI b over ,Our hnnared Coolies put into Huno-
u in const gu. nee Ut stless OF weather. She
Is en- rOuie for CallaO.
American war steamer Resaca was at
Auckland in the Beginning Of Septen Der,
having visited the FL Islands.
A grea food fortnight siuce caused inn
mense destruction to the crops and other
property in Victoria.
The new gold d'ggings at German Reef, Aus.
tralla, are very rich.
Con- balance in the U. s. treasury Saturday,
$gS 900. including $14 735 OOO coin cerllf-
h. M. D,gglns, formerly agent Ut the Man
hattao L fe Insurance c. at Cincinnati, has
brought snit against that company tor S25 900
damages or prosecuting him Tor emb. zzI--
ment. higgins was a. q litted of tue charges
al his trial in june '68.
Allen abd Gallagher at half past seven Sat-
urddy morning met Oh al Island opposite I he
arseual below ST. Louis and fought, Allen VIM
n'ng IN 16 rouuds. Time, 26 2 ID nutes :
A ut fifty persons were presebt Gallagher
was badly punished, but Alden was not hurt
Barney Aaron and Geo. Collius second
Aen and Nike McCool acted Tor Gallagher.-
Al eli got the first blood and first K mock down.
Gallagher has g'ue to his training quarters in
CHI rye of Els friends A urse of 500 was
raised ON the ground for Gaaagh her, OF which
Allen subsc ibed $50
d. RojAs remaias Capt. General of Cuba
aud the report of bis d-par ure IS uuiounded.
la be Ven la Abajo heavy WINGS have pre-
vailed and used much damage The insur-
gent Ieaoers Cuerto and Rodrigo were killed |
at Crer aga. De Lapats, Ramon, Armas and |
,se N adal were captured at Cinarrops. TIE |
un er guerillas operating ia the mountains |
caDiur, d aud killed the Cuban Gen. Gabriel |
Fourtaue, at impor ant parsonage Of the re-
bel ion aud IA others. 1t Is repurt.d that the
9 inan Gen. Parro and others attempted O |
leave the country. They had already embark |
ed when they re prevented from departing
BY their own part:zans
AN interesting case, Involving the on estion
OF the power of tea her to enforce the use of
the Bible in Schools, will soon come before
the court in Caledonia county, Vt. Miss Katie
L. Brown was engaged to teach scbonl for
three months in one OF the districts 10 St
j, hnsbury, aud taught about two weeks
Complain was made by some of the pareuis in
the district that heir children were compelled
to read the New Testament Conversation in
regard to the subject of comp1a Mt was had at
several times between the prudential commit
tee and the teacher and inally resulted 10 The
dismissal Of the latter, and upon the grouhd
that she was unwilling to xcuse seven OF the
scholars from reading the Biole with the other
members of the school. Miss Brown sued the
district or tuli pay under the contract. The
trial before the magistrate took place on The |
31s ut., when he defendants gave Judgment |
and appealed to the county court.
The wreck of the Cambria was discovered
on "Wednesday, q, five miles off Innistrahul
I-land, where she foundered, lying upon her
side III five faiboms of water. 1t is probable