Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-04-16
FROM NEW YORK.

new 1OEk, ID.
The weather is mild and cloudy, wind east
erly.
The formal protest of Capt. Lemaire of the
steamship Europe, filed by him yesterday, is
the same as printed yesterday.
1t is stated that ex-Congressman Kinsella
Of Brooklyn, sailed for Europe last Saturday.
letter from Nice states that the Yacht
Helen of America, built under the command
of Mr.. Herreshoff of Newport, recently won
race in that barber.
The schooner Maria Lunt sunk near Guilty
hunk, and whose crew were rescued by the
steamer Neptune, was built at Brewer, Me-,
in 1862, and owned in Bangor.
The temperance women yesterday prayed
for Beecher and Crosby.
The army and navy club banquet to Capt.
Lambton Lorraine, will take place next Tues
day evening. He sails for London the Satur-
day following.
Michael Marratt, indicted for extensive
frauds On customs, has fed, leaving four
cases of china ware. Suits are pending
against him for $4,000.
John HeckScher and Winneford Gray,
whose bloodless duel year ago, near the
Canada border, about a woman, occasioned
considerable comment, and who were both
indicted here, recently met in Paris and be-
come reconciled. The former was one of the
Europe's rescued passengers.
The Tribune says that spring trade will be
more dull than usual, ard general revival
of business is not expected until next fall.
Eighty destitute emigran.s from the lost
steamship Europe, were sent forward to the
West to-day. having beea supplied with
clothes and passage money.
Eighty hands were thrown out of employ
ment and loss Of $4,000 by the burning of
Prussian blue factory in Newark Monday
night.
A magnificent chronometer watch and chain
have been presented by the rescued passen-
gers OF the steamship Europe to Capt.
Thomas of the steamship Greece.
The Aldermanic Committee, appointed to
welcome Sir Lambton Lorraine this afternoon,
adopted resolutions thanking the gallant Eng
lishman for the manly and decisive action at
Santiago de Cuba, and rendering him the hos
pitality of the city. The resolutions are to
be engrossed, framed and presented to Lor-
rainc.
The Harry Barnes suit has been finally set
tied to-day, by the payment of $4,000 to the
government for the alleged under valuation
Of sugar. The judgment was $4,000.
The resolutions for the appointment of
committee to investigate the financial affairs
of the Erie Railroad, were introduced in the
Legislature at Albany to-day.
The outer walls of the Raymond street
Jail in Brooklyn, are reported to be in a fall
ing condition.
Elizabeth Mclean, 100 years old died to-
day.
The Boston mail of last night due this
morning at 6 o'clock, had not reached this
city at G o'clock night
A Havana letter contains Conchas ad-
dress to the Cubans in full but the tele-
graphic summary covered the points. His
reception in Havana, so far as the public was
concerned, was the reverse of enthusiastic.
Rumors of the resignation of Secretary
Richardson again made its appearance in
print here this afternoon.
The compulsory education bill! passed the
Assembly at Albany to-day.
A letter from the Lord Bishop of Douen
and Common, Ireland, dated March 23d, is
printed, in which he says he refused to give
Porteous a letter of testimonial to the coun-
try, he believing him an adventurer, and
recommends Episcopalian brethren in Amer
lea to avoid him. He thinks that the Bishops
in New York acted right in Withdrawing
Por.eou's license.
The Brooklyn Presbetery has adopted the
following resolution, bearing upon the case of
Sarah Smiley, preaching in Rev. DR.. Cuyler's
church:
RESOLVED, That while the Pfesbetery rec
ognizes and accepts with pleasure the avow-
al by the Lafayette Avenue church, of a pur-
pose to apply the injunction of the PRESIDE terry
and of the General Assembly in regard to
preaching by women, and exonorates them
from any intention of violation of the author
ity of these courts, we feel constrained to
say that in our judgment there was viola.
ton of this injunction when woman did ad-
dress promiscuous assemblage in that
church.
In the new Capitol investigation to-day, it
was shown that only three hundred and nine
teen barrels of cement were unaccounted