The Portland daily press., 1862-10-29
q ORIGINAL AND SELECTE d i.

o. Letter from "a Member of the Maine
Third" will appear tomorrow.
sr Thanksgiving in Massachusetts, Thurs
day, November 9th.
syrJudge Fox is now holding his first term
of the Courts in Rockland.
gg- Madame Anna Bishop, the celebrated
lorimo donna, it will be seen by the dispatches
copied from the evening papers, came to sad
death, recently, in st. Paul. MINI.
sB- The Saco Democrat says the large
brick engine house, in course of erection by
the Boston & Maine Railroad Company at
South Berwick Junction, is nearly completed.
sSA new wooden mill is being erected on
the stream about one mile below the village of
Great Falls, n. III. 1t is to be 10 feet long
and 54 feet wide, six stories high on one side,
and five on the other.-lSaco Democrat.
AB-A cargo of salt was entered at the Bos-
ton Custom House on Thursday the cost of
which was $3.50, but the duties on which was
$4,000, and the premium on the duties $40
more Worcester Transcript.
sB- The business men in Manchester, n.
H. have mutually agreed TO receive and pay
ont silver coin at premium of 20 per cent
allowing five cent pieces to represent cents,
ten cent pieces II cents, &c.
sESAny contributions which our friends
may feel disposed to make to Mr.. Wilson, the
pressman of the Advertiser who lost his hand
n few days since, will be promptly forwarded
TO him if sent to our office.
s-The Ellsworth Brass Band has fur
nished eight men for the war, since the ouen-
ing of the rebellion. Four in the 9th Maine;
one in the 18th, and three i'm the 26th Regi-
ment The Band is still in good running order,
and can do a good job Ellsworth American.
FIRE.-On Sunday morning about O'Clock,
fire was discovered in a low tavern, kept by
Alex. Emery in Saco, about six miles from the
village, on the Buxton road. In a short time
the house and out buildings were destroyed
The furniture was mostly saved.-[Courier.
rv- In our brief allusion few days since
to the water Loan" we must have "struck
a vein" in the Advertiser, for it has done lit
tie else since then but to spirit its jets of soft
water Yesterday it ran three columns full
Well, that is much more harmless than its
semi-treasonable teachings.
RE-oPENIYG oFTHE NIcARAUGUAN ROUTE.
BY California papers just received, we notice
that the old route to the Pacific by way of
Lake Nicaragua, is TO be re-opened. The first
steamer was to leave San Francisco Tuesday,
October the 2lst This route is 700 miles
shorter than the Isthmus route, and some days
less in time.
sB- Some of our Democratic friends should
go down South and demonstrate against arm
ing the slaves. Negro-arming" is unconsti-
tutional; besides, is it not degrading to the
white soldiers? But then they are armed on
ly to fight against the government and not to
protect and sustain it against rebellion, SO we
suppose no objection will be raised
DEATH OF A MAINE SoLDIER.-Alphonso
Clark, of Co. A, 26th Maine regiment, died at
the hospital in Newark, in consequence of in
juries received on the New Jersey railroad.
1t appears that the train containing the regi-
ment had nearly reached Newark, when stop
was made to wait for another train to pass
While waiting, Clark got off the train, was
struck by the engine, his right leg being
crushed to jelly and his skull fractured in
several places, the brain being exposed. He
was at once removed to the hospital, and re-
ceived every attention.