The Portland daily press., 1863-05-23
RIGINAL AND SELECTED.

v-On the first page-The Private Lib
raries of Portland; the Presentation to Col
| Cousens; Death of Van Dorm.
sB-On the fourth page-Gone, an obituary
poem; Buzzy Bee; Warning to Euchre
Players.
sgThurlow Weed is reported to have pur
chased controlling interest in the National
Intelligencer, at Washington.
lvThe post offices at Mortified, Wash
ington county, and Fryeburg Center, Oxford
county, in this State, have been discontinued.
sV-Obed Reynolds has been convicted at
New Bedford Of the murder of John Bullock.
The evidence was entirely circumstantal.
ly- All the able bodied contrabands in
Washington are to be put to work on the
abandoned farms in Fairfax county.
srHon. F. o. J. Smith was able to ride
into town yesterday, but was considerably
fatigued after he returned home.
lYeAdjutant Swartwout, of the 18th U. S.
reg, left for the field last evening in the boat.
Lieut.. Col. Greene will go the first of next
week.
sy- The Deseret Neus of April go says
that several tons of cotton grown in Deseret
will be brought to the States by teams. Its
high price renders expectation profitable.
sge The strawberry season has opened in
Chicago. The berries now in market are
from Southern Illinois, and are OF large size
and fully ripe.
sE- Cause and effect: The following ex-
PLANTATION appeared in a Philadelphia paper of
the 9th inst: SIN consequence Of the prize
fight in Maryland, there was no meeting at
the Democratic club room last evening"
LEA column of infantry will generally
pass over about five miles IN two hours, halts
included. A column of cavalry at a walk and
trot alternately makes about six miles per
hour.
sB- The laboriug classes, ''the mudsils' of
the State of New York, have at this moment
over SS0,O00000 to their credit in the savings
banks-a larger sum than all rebeldom could
arise.
sv-No guns have been sent away from the
armory, Springfield for some time, and the sup
ply in the arsenal is rapidly increasing. There
are now about 10000 on hand, 10000 of which
are packed ready for shipment.
eyRev. J. NJ. Durgin, of Gimanton, N.
IT,, who volunteered as private in the 18th
regiment, and was reported killed in the late
battle at ChancellorviIle, is now ascertained
to be alive and OH his way home.
q The Hartford Post says Vallandigham
who was captured by detachment of the red
1. L l..
rem, was taken Zouariter in modo, fort-iter
in re.
TWe learn from the Portsmouth Chron-
cle that in that region people are born before
they are married, and for this reason the list
of births precedes the marriages in that pa
per.
sVThe mercury stood only at "a in the
shade yesterday in the middle Of the day.
Soda was said to be "cool' notwithstanding
the heat, fact, however, of which we had no
demonstrative proof
NH-Wm. d. Blake of Camden, who muir
dered Freeman Patterson, received his SEN
tence on Monday to be hanged. He plead
guilty and therefore there was no trial. AZ
ter the sentence he was Immediately removed
to the State Prison.
svThe Ellsworth American says the re-
mains of Richard Tinker-the murdered War
den of the State Prison-with those of his
wife and daughter who died during the win
ter, are to be removed to that town for inter-
ment.
sy-Mr John W. Blood died very suddenly
a.. lslst.
| On the day OF his death he went to the field
with his little daughter TO plant some potatoes,
and while in the act of evening hill, he sud
| denly fell backwards and expired instantly.
His age was AZ years. Belfast Age.
sH-Hon. F. o. J. Smith of Portland, wrote
a letter of coincidence to the secesh meeting
held ia New York the other night, over Val
| landgham's arrest. Hon. +. o. J. S., compli-
ments New York, New Jersey and few
other States as the only States in which Free
dom of speech is allowed
y-Squirm as they may to deny it, the
sell-styled Democrats are now fighting against
the loyal and Union move ments of the peo-
pie of the State. Loyal Leagues, pledged on
ly to unconditional support of the Govern
ment and the restoration of the Union, re-
ceive their bitter anathemas.
DThe Boston Journal says, General
Burnside, in the arrest of Vallandgham, I'M
questionably became the minister of the just
Indignation of an outraged and indignant peo-
! pie. The act may have been injudicious, but
it was righteous" The case now lies with the
President. What he will do is not certainly
known. The Journal very truly says. "unless
he is prepared to inaugurate firm and de.
cided policy in dealing with domestic traitors
Vallandigham should be released. His incar
ceration alone will not turn the tide of trea
son. and might be regarded as case of indi
vidual prosecution. But let it be fairly under
stood that Government intends to use all the
power in its possession, both civil and military
to repress treason, and every one who has in
terests at stake, or who is truly loyal and pa
trio,c, will rally to the support of the Govern
ment Public sentiment will uuquestionabl,
sustain such policy, when the necessity fol
its adoption becomes apparent"