The Portland daily press., 1879-04-07
.Gieanfugs from the Mails.


.Gleanings from the Mails.
One of Gordon Pashas officers sent to break
up the slave depots in the neishborhood of Bahr
ell Gazal, Egypt reports an engagement with
Sulerma, one of the chief slave traders and
owner of twenty-five depots, in which it is
stated that the women alone awaiting importa-
ton into Egypt number 10000, and that the
Egyptian forces mum bsrcd 1910 and were in
troached, part of them being armed with
Remington rifles. On the morning of the % h
Of Dect mber, Sulerma with II 900 men attacked
tue entrencnments, aud after numerous as
saults, IN which the Arabs, under the personal
leadership OF Suerma, fought with desperate
courage, the attack was completely defeated
and the assailants fed in disorder leaving 1887
dead on the field. Tbs Egyptians lo,. 20 men
The English privy council has issued an
order which will continue in force two months
according to which cattle brought from the
United States to London may be transported in
Victoria docks to another vessel for conveyance
to the foreign cattls market at Dsptford, and
the cattle SO transferred shall continue to be
deemed foreign cattle. The slaughter OF cattle
on the quay will not therefore be necessary.
The Montreal, Portland g. Boston railway
has been served with an Injunction restraining
them from leasing their road to the Southern
, Railway company.
Lots of people passed fat-looking pocket
book In Watertown Conn., street on ALL
FOOLS day with knowing chucke; but an old
countryman. who took the trouble of dismouut-
ing from bis wagon to pick itup, was rev arded
py the sight OF over $500 10 gosd money.
Justin Mccarthy has been elected membsr
OF the House of Commons by the Home Rul-
ers
Some of the Adventists have settled on
Jury IL as the day OF the ascension of all the
righteous.
Grace Holbrook has recently shocked the
people OF Berlin, Mass, by clipping with her
uncle. Grace is 10 and her uncle is 40.
The life insurance companies which had po,.
icies on the life of COL Walter Dwight of
Binghamton, N. Y. have been trying recently
TO have the remains disnterred to gee if any
evidence OF suicide could be found. The Bipg
hamton coroner declines to grant their request
On the ground that foil autopsy was made at
the time OF Col. Dwighfs death. The Eouita-
Die company has paid it's policy, bat the other
companies have united in refusing payment for
the present
If Gen. Fitz John Porter is reinstated ba
will be entitled to $4,000 in back nav.
CHARLES O'Conor has written an opinion in
favor OF the holders of Tennessee State bonds,
sustaining the validity of their lien on the
principal railroads in that State,
When the will of the late Theodore Marsh
Oh fassaic' N. D., was opened it was found that
ne mad made liberal provision for his four
norses' he stipulated that $500 year should
be set aside for each, payable in monthly in
staiments; that they should have the use of his
farm for their lives, besides $25OO to build them
asnitable stable. It will require an iuyest-
ment OF $4,000 to secure the income for tho
horses.
touching incident in the Cleveland lOhio
ponce court the other day was the venerable
Judge Tilden's prosecution of his own son for
stealing coat and then pawningit. After ex.
aiming his son and saying that he was satisfied
tnat the young man was guilty, Judge Tilden
burst into tears and could not control bimself
for some minutes.
forty failures were reported 10 New York
during March, with total liabilities of $3.50 4so.
and assets Of $2ll,754. Compared with the
preceding month, March shows decrease in
number of eight. and $4SO,OOO in liabilities.
During March, 1873, eighty-fve failures were
reported In which the liabilities amounted to
S. 100000
movement for the repeal of. the union of
Norway and Sweden has been initiated at
copenhagen. A meeting recently held there.
presided over by the poet Bjornstsn. Biornsop.
was OF a very stormy character. About 1900
persons were present, who appeared about
equally divided, and who greeted M. Biornson,s
declaration that awe Norsemen want our fac
pure and unsullied-away with the emblem of
the union," with mingled cheers and proans
and Kisses. Bjornson made very bitter per-
sonal attack on the King of Sweden. The
disturbance was SO great that discussion was
impossible.
In Great Britain land Ireland during 1878
119O,SS6. 4O1 gallons of liquors of various kinds.
valued at $7lO, 944, 500, were consumed.
Friday was very exciting day for the Brook
Ign Presoytery consequent upon some very
damaging testimony given against DR.. Tai.
mage by I. W. Hathaway. Mr.. Hathaway
was formerly an elder in the Tabernacle and
President of the Young Peoples Association.
lie had 1ncllnations to preach and the Taberna.
Gle undertook to educate him. While be was
away studying, DR.. Van Dyke Published an AZ
ticle rejecting Oh the Tabernacle. Coming
Dack to Brooklyn one Sunday Mr.. Hathaway |
went into the Sabbath school and there met
with cool reception. At loss to know what
it meant he inquired of Mr.. Talmage, when the
latter informed him that the Tabernacle held |
him responsible for DR.. Van Dykes article. in
asmuch as DR.. Van Dyke said the information |
on which 1t was based came from him. This
Brother Hathaway denied and asked Brother
Talmage to accompany him to Dr. Van Dyke,s
residence to demand an explanation. This
however, Brother Talmage utterly refused to /
do. Hathaway then went to DR.. Van DYKE |
alone, and the latter denied that he ever told
Ialmsge that he had furnished the facts He
said that Talmage had told him that Hathaway
was man in whom no confidence coud ba
placed, and that he had defaulted in the Taber.
nacle funds. Going again to Talmage thu lat
ter denied using the word defaulter, and saa
DIR. Van Dyke was notorious la.. Hatbawav
then said he should bring the matter befora tho
Presbytery, on which Talmage said, "You can
not afford to do this, we will turn upon Won and
kill you if you do" During Hathaway's tes.i,
mony Mr.. Tslmage was very much excited. and
at the close sprang to his feet and characterizad
lr as pack of lies. He offered to prove all the
,harges against Hathaway which he had made
and intmated pretty plainly that she Taberr
1acle former elders character was ratber veal |
a some points.