The Portland daily press., 1870-05-23
TELEGRAPHIC ETEMs.

In Boston Friday decree of divorce was
granted on the libel of Mrs. Serene Lewis VS.
DIR. William ii. Lewis, the parents of little
C0rlnne Lewis, whose abduction by her father
few months ago created so much excitement.
In the Methodist Episcopal Church Confer
ence at Memphis, resolutions proposing the
election OF two additional bishops were adopt
suit.
The Bavar'an Chamber by q vote of 76 to (7
has rejected the bill to abolish the death pen.
atty.
The lower house of Holland has passed the
bill a6ollshing the death penalty.
In reply to inquiries concerning the proper
method of cancelling beer stamps the Commits
sloner of Internal Revenue says there need be
no other method used than that hitherto prac
tised
Correspondence is soon to be published show.
ing that politics had nothing to do with the
disappointment of Gen. Hancock to the
command of the Pacific Department..
In the Reichstag the Austrian Government
has accepted the proposition looking to the alb.
ontion OF capital punishment, except in cases
of malice aforethought and assassination of the
sovereign OF the confederation.
The Republicans of Richmond. Va. have
nominated city ticket headed by George Ca.
boon for Mayor and L. III. Chandler for Cor.
poratiOn Attorney. The election on THURSDAY
is likely to be an exciting one.
The laborers on the Kansas Pacific Railroad
at Kit Carson's, Col, refuse to work on the
road another day unless furnished with arms
for defence against Indians, and are threaten
ing to seize the trains and come east. Gen
Sheridan is therefore asked to send 500 stand
OF arms to these men Immediately, the railway
company becoming responsible therefor.
John Warren, Fenian, who claims to be a
naturalized American citizen, has sent a me-
mortal to the Senate for redress for arrest and
Imprisonment for two years by the British
Government.
John D. Herman, one of the bondsmen OF
Susisky, the defaulting city treasurer of St
Louis, has been sned on Susisky's bond. He
refuses TO pay, on the ground that the defalca.
ton was known to the city officers several
months before it was made public.
Ella Buckley recently recovered $50 900 from
the st. Louis Republican in a SANDER suit; and
now her sister Sarah brings an action for $25,
600 against the paper claiming to have beer
equally slandered with her sister.
One Perreau, an agent of Reil's, has arrived
at Chicago for the purpose, it is supposed, O
hurrying up Gen. O'Nel in his attempt to in
tercept the British troops which are on thu
way to Red River. He says Bishop Teche'.
mission was failure. 1t is also reported that
Gen. ONeil will be Joined on the frontier by
1000 well equipped California Fenians.
Thomas II. Butler has been elected Secretar,
OF State OF Tennessee, after three days ballot
ing.
The Central Pacific Railroad has purchased
the California Pacific Railroad.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church now in session in Philadelphia will, i
is said, send committee to the Southern
Presbyterian Assembly at Louisville with res
olutions looking to an organic union of tn,
two bodies.
CarlOtta Patti will sail for Rio Janeiro from
New York to-day.
The Albany Argus makes the Democrat
majority on the judicial ticket IS, 900.