The Portland daily press., 1862-06-26
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

sBr President Lincoln very unexpectedly
made his appearance in New York on Monday
evening last, and proceeded Immediately to
West Point where he met and held consultation
with Gen. Scott, and returned as suddenly and
MS quietly as he had come. Curiosity was
completely balked in relation to the object of
the visit.
e The Boston Station House Of the
Eastern Railroad, was burned on Saturday, to-
gether with several cars. Loss not far from
$4,000.
s The Lewiston Journal says that Hen
ry NJ. Stinson, of the 9TH Maine regiment, who
was taken prisoner at Manassas nearly year
since, arrived at his home in Auburn, ou Mon
day morning.
= Joseph Sweetsir of Biddeford, an old
man near 10 years of age, is now confined in
the county Jail at Alfred for debt. So says the
Journal
sy- The Clarion states that the sMeping-
room Of Mr.. J. F. Pollard of Skowhegan, was
entered by a thief on Friday night last, and his
pants carried off, containing $25 and a silver
watch. A gold watch was hanging up in the
room, but was not noticed by the rascal.
= The ST. John Freeman says "Thc new
Canadian Militia Law provides that ten thous-
and volunteers shall be enrolled, TO be drilled
twelve days in the year, and paid so cents each
for the men and 81 for the officers. Six dol
year are to be allowed for uniform. Arsenals
are to be constructed and the military instruc-
tors sent out by the Imperial Government are
to be maintained. There is to be a Brigade
Major, with a salary of s4O0 for each Military
District"
Edmund Read, aged about twelve years,was
drowned in the Kcnduskeag stream, near Mer-
rilrs Mills, last Monday aitcrnoon-Bangor
Wing.
New VEssEL.-Messrs. f. Longfellow &
Son have a vessel on the stocks in this place.
which win be ready for launching early in Ju-
ly. She is to be bark rugged, and will be about
325 tons.--Machias Union
gY A hard-sheled friend of ours is ner-
vously anxious about the color of the Press.
We have felt no anxiety on this score only that
it should be read!
- 1t is an old saw that "a hair of the same
dog will cure canine bite" On this prin-
ciple, we presume, ii is proposed to revive and
rejuvinate the old Democratic party to restore
the Union.
On the first page viii be found the inter
esting historical address of Mr.. Dodge, made
at the Masonic festival; also an interesting ar
ticle on our iron-clad gunboats On the last
page Poetry and ARENAS Wards Courtship
PASTORAL CALI.--Mr Alfred A. Ellsworth,
son of Hon. Jeremiah Ellsworth, of Bath, re-
Gently preaching at Dracut, Mass has received
an invitation from the Congregational Church
and Society in Milford, Mass, to become their
pastor. Mr.. Ellsworth was graduate of An
dover Seminary, of the class of 1861.
g~ The Boston Journal very petulantly
says if any one wishes to see remarkable case
of great guns going off at half cock, let him
read Earl Russelfs and Lord Palmerston's re-
marks on General Buffers order relating to
women, as given in our foreign dispatches. 1t
is plain that these and the other eminent crit
les of General Butler have no exact idea of
what they are talking about, and they do not
seem to be conscious of the propriety Of wait
ing for further information.