The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-11-15
ORIGINAL AND SELE oTED.

ONlU IN Al AND Sc L. T. at Il ID.
I-The Bangor Wing says the steamer
M. Sanford has been chartered by the govern
ment and will not return to that city.
q The new telegraphic line between
Boston and the White mountains will COM
mence operations Immediately.
rB- Rev. Mr.. Washburn, Missionary in
Turkey, will preach tomorrow in State street
Church.
GB-Mrs. Laura Deforce Gordon will speak
in Sons of Temperance Hall tomorrow at 3
and P. NJ. Free social meeting 10 IL A. NJ.
g- 1t seems TO be quite certain that at
least four and probably fire, of the nine Con-
gressmen just elected in Missouri will be
Emancipationists.
9E-For nearly week we have been absent
from our post Of duty, attending to impera-
tive private business; this will account for our
leaving many of the "friendly" ~ notices of
the morning city papers to pass unnoticed.
lrThe racy letter from the Federal Capt.
tai by ct. S. p" should have appeared several
the absence of the person to whose private ad-
dress it was directed.
srThis weeks Transcript contains SPLEEN
did poetical tribute to the heroic Seventh
Maine Regiment, from the pen of Florence
Percy; also fine poem in memory of Lieut.
Samuel Fessenden.
lg- We learn that in answer to invitations
from the Mercantile Library Association of
this city, Hon. Charles Sumner and Hon. John
Van Buren, have both declined to lecture be-
fore the Association the present season.
TEA private note from member of the
Maine 2Sth regiment, now at Fort Schuyler,
New York Harbor, says it is decided that that
regiment will go with Gen. Banks in his Texas
expedition. The time of departure is named,
but we may violate the 'rule" by mentioning it.
GIVE call special attention to the state
ments of Phoenix and North American Insur-
ance Companies published in our columns to-
day. These, with the other Fire and Life In
surance Companies represented by Mr.. Little
in this city. are among the best and most re-
'iopic iu tiic touHtiy
APPoINTMENT.-Lieut r. C. Shannon, Co.
III, 9TH Maine Regiment. who has been acting
Aid on Gen. Slocum's staff since last Febru-
airy, has been appointed Assistant Adiutant of
Volunteers, with the rank of Captain, and has
been attached to Brig. Gen. N J. Jackson's
Staff. The hosts of friends of Capt Shannon
in this city will be gratified at his promotion.
Gen. Jackson has made an excellent selection.
lV-It was unkind in correspondent of the
Advertiser to make that paper publish on its
fourth page, a fling at the Press, for ''strug-
Cling desperately to find something to I'll the
place that the advertisements cannot pos
sibly be made to cover" on its fourth page,
when the same fourth page of the Advertiser
contained three full columns of lead matter
in the shape of United States Laws, which
have stood there full two months, and for
which payment is made but for a single inser-
ton! We do not have to struggle so desper-
ately' to I'LL space with advertisements since
we took the Letter List from the Advertiser,
which is a standing certificate of the superior
circulation Of the Press.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE-At eight O'Clock last
evening fire broke out in the large wooden
block of buildings in Union Street, owned by
Mr.. Ira Winn, and occupied by Mr. J. Grant
as coffee and spice factory and by d. c. En-
cry, ESQ.,, Of Gorham, as machine shop.
The fire originated in the coffee and spice
factory, somewhere IN the vicinity, it is Judged
of the rooster. 1t spread rapidly, owing to
combustible materials of the building, and in
two hours the block was destroyed Mr. Grant
had just laid in quite heavy stock of coffee
and spices, to the amount of eight or nine
thousand dollars. A portion of the stock was
saved, part in a damaged state. He was in
sured for $4,000 in the Hampden 4 Conway
office, which will cover but small portion of
his loss.
In the machine shop there was large guam
tity Of valuable machinery, which could not be
moved before the fire broke in upon it. 1t has
but recently been occupied by Mr.. Emery
Mr.. Winn and Mr.. Emery both residing out of
the city, we could not learn the loss, but
were informed that some considerable nsur-
ance had been effected upon it within a short
period. A small house adjoining the coffee
establishment, owned by a son of the late
Joseph Gould, Esq, and occupied by two fam
lilies, was badly damaged by fire and water.
Our fremen, as usual, were prompt at the
alarm. America Hose Carriage was the first
on the spot, and No. @ lDavidson) threw the
first water The Steam Engine Falmouth
worked handsomely and did much toward
saving the adjoining buildings. The new steam
Engine Cumberland, recently purchased in
Manchester, gave out, from some obstruction,
In the midst of the fire, and had to be taken to
her house and fixed. Subsequently she re-
turned and played upon the ruins. The Mach
isonne was undergoing repairs. Great credit
Is due our firemen in preventing the flames
from reaching the adjoining wooden buildings
upon both sides Of the burnt block.