The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-10-25
domestic News.
EW YORK.

VII AMI NlClNITY.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24-At the Court of Gan.
erai sessions, m the case of Jackson, Tor shoots
ing archibald Douglass, counsellor John Ora
ham put in an affidavit of the prisoner. charo.
ing Recorder ii sckett with prejudice from no.
liticai causes, influenced by Mayor Hall, who
Is personally preludiced against him, and
moved that the Recorder leave the case to
another Judge, but the motion was rejected.
The examination of the four New Bedfoul
seamen of the ship Robert Edwards. for SETTING
lire to that vessel at sea, was postponed until
tomorrow on account of the absence of wit
nesses.
The Assistant Treasurer commenced the nre.
payment OF the November interest without re-
bate this morning. At noon ST. 567 OOO had
been paid, chiefly on account of registered in
terest.
Morgan Jones declines the Tammapy and
Mozart nominations for Con ress from the 4th
district.
A carriage containing five persons was ever
turned into the basin of the large fountain in
Prospect Park Plaza, Brooklyn, in consequences
OF the horses taking fright last night, and one
OF the party, girl of SIX years, was drowned
A locomotive on the Northern railroad, New
Jersey, exploded near Piermont last night.
killing owen Sullivan, fireman, and wounding
three other persons.
The fare to San Francisco waz roduoa5 To-
day to $136.
The Episcopal Board of Missions held their
annual meeting to-day. The receipts last wear
were $95 987 and the expend: lures 1881 .86f more.
The deficiency to October was $2S.216, One
hundred and seventy-two missionaries are now
IN tne neld; forty among the Indians and
twenty among the freedmen.
The Republican Congressional Convention
10 the 9th district met again tonight but split
into two parties, one of which nominated H0r-
ace Greeley and Thomas Stewart. Neither
are likely to accept In the 9Th district the
Republicans after heated debate, in which
the claims of Julius Wordsworth of the Young
Democracy as a candidate was advocated in
vain. Gen. Wilkes was nominated.
The Lee memorial service at Cooper Insti-
tute this evening was attended by q very large
Rev. Dr. Marshal of Mississippi, Thomas A.
Hoyt and Mr.. Drake of this city delivered adj
dresses, the spirit of which was that the death
OF Gen. Lee furnished fitting occasions for rec
onclllation of all sections Of country and the
burial of sectional and partizan feelings arts.
ing from the rebellion. A series of resolutions
was adopted and ordered to be transmitted to
the Governor OF Virginia and family of Gen.
Lee.
A SIGNIFICANT MEETING.
Gen. Blu Ter, Secretary Robson. Senator
Conkilng, Collector Murphy and other promi-
nent Republicans held protracted meeting at
the Custom House to-day in reference to en-
forcing the federal laws at the approaching
election.
HOWL OF RAGE.
Mayor Hall issued another proclamation to-
day, distributing it profusely about the city in
the form of a autographed circular, in which
he accuses the Federal authorities of frauds in
the census, and deliberate attempt to pre-
vent a full registry in order to belittle as much
as possible the vote and rank of this city. The
Mayor asserts that a fair census would show
the population to be at least million ana
quarter with 100000 voters, and appeals to
every citizen to register himself on the an
pointed days and thus prove these facts.