The Portland daily press., 1870-06-23
News by the Latest Mails.

Seventy more Chinese arrived at North
Adams, Mass, on Wednesday.
Col. Fisk's 9th New York Regiment will
participate in the Fourth of July celebration
in Boston.
Europe Wednesday. They will take rest of
a few months, the lady having already refused
engagements in England.
The Senate judiciary Committee have de-
cided to report Mr.. Ackerman's name back to
the Senate without any recommendation. The
committee are about equally divided on the
question of confirmation.
Mr.. Ashbury, of the yacht Cambria, has
been negotiating recently for Liverpool pilot
as navigator in the coming transatlantic
voyage.
beautiful but hot, dry and unfavorable to grow
ing crops.
The Paris journals publish the recent speech
of Senor CASTELAR, in the Spanish Cortes in op-
position to the plan Of The Government for
gradual emancipation, but favoring the imme-
diate freedom of every slave in the Spanish
territory. He quoted the proclamation of
Abraham Lincoln amid loud applause.
The Council of State of Neufchatel has
voted by large majority in favor of the sep
aration of the church and state.
The Committee of the Cincinnati Chamber
of Commerce appointed to investigate the
charges against certain railroad companies of
discriminating against Cincinnati, has report
ed to the Chamber that there was discrimi-
nation on the Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleve.
land Railroad, as far as Bellefontaine, and ad-
vises Cincinnati merchants to employ other
roads, as far as possible, until satisfactory ar
rangements are made.
DR.. Walter ii. Foster, of Philadelphia, mys-
teriously disappeared recently from Yonkers
while visiting that place with the intention of
investigating in real estate. A boat in which
he went out fishing, on June 9th, was found
Tuesday near Dudley's Grove tied to a post.
DR.. Foster was native of Portland, Maine.
He was a temperate and had considerable
money with him. Foul play is suspected and
the police are searching the woods in the vi
cinity for his body.
The bill reported to the House by Mr..
Schenck changes the bureau of Internal Rev
enue into Department with a Commissioner
to be its head at $8 600 per annum; an assist
ant commissioner at 81 500 per annum; five
heads of divisions, $4,000 per annum; ninety
five male and fifty female clerks and twenty
five supervisors at So, 600; assistant supervisors,
not exceeding twenty five, to receive not more
than So per day. The bill also provides for
Revenue gaugers, assessors and collectors
The number of assistant assessors employed
at the time of the passage of this act shall be
permanently reduced by the discharge of all
officers of that class assigned specially to the
assessment of taxes which have been abolished
by law; the Commissioner is required to re-
duce the number of assistant assessors in pro-
portion ito any reduction of the service of as.
sessments which has been made or may here
after be made by The repeal of any portion Of
the internal taxes.
The reunion of the printers of Maine and
New Hampshire is fixed for July 21st and 22d
at Rye Beach, and a visit to the Shoals
Speaker Blaine is to be the orator, and Vice
President Colfax is expected to be present.
The New Hampshire Medical Society closed
its annual session at Concord, Wednesday,
| which was more fully attended than for many
years. DR.. w. H. Fl. Mason, of Moultonboro,
was elected President, and DR.. G.. P. Cam, of
Concord, Secretary. President DR.. W. w.
Brown, of Manchester, delivered the address,
and essays were read by Dr. Robinson, of Con-
cord, and Others
The New Hampshire Leg isature, by a re-
solve of the House, closes its session on July