The Portland daily press., 1871-06-03

The Suns Washington correspondent saws
that Secretary Fsh's resignation was aoce pted
by President Grant on Monday and that Judge
Edwards PierrepOnt will be appointed to iii
the vacancy. The Tribune denies that MIR.
Fish has resigned.
-, At the session Of the Insurance Convention
thursday night, form of blanks to be adopted
by all the insurance commissioners of the
United States was finally adopted.
George w. Lane and Henry A. Oakley have
been elected to fill vacancies in the Board of
Managers of the American Bible Society.
Among the Vice Presidents elected were Zen,
J L. Chamberlain OF Maine and Paul Dill.
lingham OF Vermont.
At meeting for arrangements for a grand
other States, Thursday evening, Major Saur of
New York was elected grand marshal. with
power to appoint twelve aids.
An old man employed as collector by the
Mechanics Banking Association, New York.
was robbed OF over $1,000 in currency and $500
In checks by three men on the corner of Broad
way and O. dar Streets Thursday afternoon.
One Inf the thieves named John L. Harford
was caught, but none OF the money recovered.
The Republican Committee of which Horace
dreeley Is chairman, propose to tender him a
complimentary sereDade on his return.
Williams, the mine inspector, left Pittston
when he found that his own iury would NOT
exculpate him. He was threatened with lynch
ing.
Thursday afternoon gang of San Francisco
boys amused themselves by stoning an inotfen-
siVe Chinaman to death. The party were not
interfered with until the man was dead. The
police are alter the gang.
In philadelphia, 800 knights Templar in full
regalia participated in the banquet to Allegba-
ny Commandery of knights Iemplar, at the
Masonic Hall Thursday evening.
Mr.. Stuart, minister from Paraguay. will
not be received by the British government, be-
cause he Is subject OF the latter nation,
A fire at No. % Commercial Place, in New
of $50 900.
Rev. DR.. Gather is making an effort to Or
ganize Provisional Council in thirteen States
OF the Union and in Canada, to comprise 500
membels Three hundred have already eu-
rolled. A preliminary congress will be held in
Philadelphia on the 14th, 18th and 18th inst
The objects of the association are for efining
and promoting unity IN the Christian church,
creating aud applying the science of Christian
morals, and developing and systematizing the
benehcent resources and agencies of the
church. DR.. Gather was here not long since.
and is now in Chicago.
Jim Mace appeared in the ring yesterday
morning at Kansas city in fighting costume at
the appOinted time, but his adversary not put
ting i'll appearance, the referee declared Nj ace
the winner Of the battle money.
A dispatch from Tucson, Arizona, reports
that the Cashies band, which was recently
routed and driven over the Mexican line, has
returned, armed with heavy rifles and needle
gus ana are committing numerous murders
ana that ten men had been killed and several
wounded.
AT Cincinnati Thursday, Father O'Niel. and
Bishop Wood of Philadelphia, of the Catholic
church, were thrown from buggy on Walnut
Hill and both badly Injured on the head.
The army will be reduced to thirty thousand
M men by the lst of July, as the law requires.
The men discharged are usu ally those who
have proved poor soldiers and the percentage
OF efficient men among the thirty thousand
will be very large