Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-09-26
News From New York.

New York. 25. In the Protestant Episco-
pal Diocean Convention to-day, Rev John
| Cotton Smith delverhd a sermon in which he
| held that the best interests of the church
would be promoted, not By oppression but by
the largest liberty.
At a meeting of the Municipal Reform AS
| ISOLATION to day, various suggestions were
| made as TO who would be fit nominees. bur
10 definite conclusion was reached.
Comptroller Green denies his intention OF
closing airy hospitals or charitable insti;u-
tions, and says that he intends to adopt some
means to furnish those In need with funds.
The official statement shows decrease in
counting expenditures for the year ending
Sept. lat, compared with the previous year,
| of nearly 100000
Spencer Peters, arrested for completely in
the sale of bonds stolen from Minneapolis
bank, is said to have gwen information rela-
tive to a large number OF forgeries including a
large amount of railroad bonds sent to Eu-
rope, and reported to have been returned
here aud disposed OF in small lots.
Frederick Heggie, the alleged murderer of
Frederick Joseph Segfreid, is placed on trial
The charge is that Heggie after getting Seq
freid to will him $50 900 worth Of property
occurred in 1869. The bondy was recently
exeumed and enough arsenic said to be found
in the stomach to kill sixteen men.
The investigation into the Bienville dis
aster is postponed until Tomorrow
The story that Forester would confess
who the real murderer of Nathan is, provid-
ing he was pardoned, proves untrue.
T0b III g.
says he sees no reason for a change of venue.
The trial will take place next month, but Nc.
Keen fears he will be unable 10 conduct it on
account of his health.
The English crieketers left BY the O'Clock
train tonight for Boston
Daniel Pfreins, chaned with causing the
death Of Edward Wellington, has been dis
charged from custody the coroners jury nd
ing the case one of justfable homicide.
The jersey City Water Board have order
ed chemical analysis OF the water in the
Passaic reservoir, which is said to be impure.
In the National Council of the Order of
United American Mechanics this afternoon,
Philadelphia was selected for the next annual
meeting.
The d mocratic and Liberal Conventions
of the 9TH Jersey District, were unable TO
agree upon nomination for Congress. The
conference committee recommended Robert
Gichrist but the democrats disagreed there
TO and selected Noah d. Tayor.
\ lengthy address to the Democracy of the
the United States, was issued to- day by the
Committee Of the Louisville Convention. Ii
explains the object Of the assemblage in that
city, opposes the Baltimore platform as I'M
a IL, ct e
democratic party did not demand the nomina
ton of Greeley and the adoption of his plat
form, and says the watchword is not ''any-
thing to beat Grant" but anything to pre-
vent Greeley from beating and destroying the
democratic party. Grants election, it saws,
would be less calamity than that of Gree
ley, and If the former is chosen the response
bility rests on the Baltimore Convention
which refused the people either nominee or
platform. The address concludes by invok.
ing all democrats to vote for O'Connor or
Adams.
AT the Conference of the so.called indie
pendent Democrats TO day, Hon. James
Worrall OF Pennsylvania, presided, and j IL
Wilson of Ala, was secretary. Mr.. Worrall
made a speech in favor of Grant and Wilson.
A large number of letters from persons sym
pathizng with the movement, were read. A
national committee was appointed, as also
committee for New York, Hon. J. A. Gil
man of Va, WAS chosen chairman of the
former. Resolutions were adopted endorsing
Grant and Wilson and the Republican State
ticket, and a committee was appointed to pre-
pare an address to the independent demo-
crazy.
Gen. Burnside in reply to certain remarks
of Mr.. Greeley at Pittsburg in regard to the
Veterans Convention, issued letter to day
denying that any word or act of said conven-
ton justifes Mr.. Greeley's remarks. Gen.
Burnside Gays, in view of the fact chat Gree
ley has charged US with desire to engender
feelings of hate towards the survivors of
those who were in armed rebellion against
the government, we desire to reiterate our
wish that all differences may be oblierated,
with this one single condition that under no
circumstances will We support a man for
Chief Magistrate of the nation who in thu
hour of the country's greatest danger did not
appreciate the situation, and by words and
acts step forward to its defence.
FROM WASHINGTON.