The Portland daily press., 1863-07-28
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

Tennessee.
Last page-Poetry, didn't know what
he meant.
sB- Mr.. f. Wright has been appointed
Postmaster at Parkers Head, Phipsburg.
sDr The Episcopal church in st. Stephen,
was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night
last.
aB-Will Bro. Rowel of the Hallowell Ga
zette please accept our hat? We defer to his
superior righteousness.
T-Rev. DIR. Bacon of Now Haven has in
preparation fife of the late Admiral Foote,
which will be published early in the fall as we
learn from the N. Y. Post
rE-The Advertiser says "Westbrook cred
it will outlve the credit of the greenbacks."
This is the first intimation of that paper that
its editor-F. o. J. S.--contemplates removal
from the town.
Among the drafted in Brunswick we
notice the name of Prof. f. c. Smyth, son of
Prof. Packard, Judge Orr and four Pennels.
Bro. Tenney of the Telegraph, we see escaped
either by exemption or good luck
gTThe Bath Times says an Eastern fish
erman fell in with the partly consumed bark
Tacony and stripped her of rigging, cables
and anchors, portion OF which were sold to
Mr.. Charles Munroe of that city.
srOn the Goth inst, Messrs. Ticknor &
Fields will publish volume, entitled "Hosp-
tai Transports, compiled and published at
the request Of the Sanitary Commission !; and
austin Elliot" new novel by Henry
Kingsley.
sY-Rev. DIR. Lord has resigned the Presi-
dency of Dartmouth College. He has done
so none too soon. A man who will defend
slavery and virtually apologize for rebellion,
is not 1T to train the minds of young New
Englanders.
sBThe dphthcria has been prevailing to an
alarming extent in Gouldsboro Its ravages
there have not been confined to children.
Among the victims are Miss Charlotte l.. Hill,
Miss Emily Stevens and son of Capt. S. S.
Sargent.
sB-Tbe Bath Times says about 5000 tons
of stone have been taken from the ledge that
has deem reduced 10 that city, preparatory to
the erection of brick block by Oliver Moses,
Esq. The stone was mainly used in building
wharf for Mr.. John Lombard, nearly oppo-
site the Custom House.
sE- Amongthe rebel soldiers at Vicksburg
at the time of its surrender was Mr.. Benz. ID.
Chase, formerly of North Yarmouth. He was
resident of Washington, Arkansas. His
friends have received letter saying that he
has been parolled and intends to come North
in a few days.
wA pettifogging lawyer by the name Of
Andrews, OF Virginia, was very active in the
New York riots in stirring up the mob, and
particularly in leading on the crusade against
the negroes. The Post and other respectable
papers in that city say that he is base fellow
who has for long time been living with no.
torious colored courtesan.
u-Of four sons Of John Wilson, Esq, of
Belfast who have enlisted in the service of
their country, one fell at Port Hudson, one
at Gettysburg, one has been discharged for
disability and one yet remains in the service.
May he be spared uutil this "cruel war is
over is the earnest prayer of many loyal
friends of the deeply afflicted family.
syWe learn that in the course OF u rev
days, Miss Kate Reynolds, the fayoritc ac-
tress, supported by an able company, will re-
appear at Deering Hall for brief season.
That she will be greeted by Overlooking
houses cannot be doubted by those who wit
messed her wonderful success during the four
or five weeks of her recent visit to the city.
sV- A lad by the name of Henry Drew Of
Richmond, was so badly injured by gun in
the hands Of playmate a few days since that
he is not expected to recover. Caution should
be exercised in placing loaded firearms within
the reach Of small boys, as accidents from
their careless use are getting quite frequent
elsewhere than in the army.
rg- The enrolment in the fifth Congress
sional district, embracing Hancock, Washing
ton, Waldo and Knox counties is completed,
aud the rolls have been forwarded. The num-
mem berenrolled is about eleven thousand, the
Der to be drawn about three thousand. The
headquarters of the Provost Marshal is at
Belfast, where the drafting will commence in
few days.
.g-The Wesleyan and Beacon St. chur-
ches of Bath will make an excursion TO this
city on Thursday. They will arrive at about
10 o'clock A. NJ, and march TO Deering
Grove where they will spend few hours in
pleasant and healthful recreation, and return
in the afternoon. We trust their friends here
will do all that may be necessary 10 make the
visit pleasant one
% The capture of General Morgan, the
noted guerrilla chief, whose numerous raids
into the free States have startled the nation
and seemed TO defy alike its wisdom and its
power, is one of the most gratifying events
of the present. eventual month. He has given
active employment TO Union force OF five
times his own number, TO head off his depre-
dations and checkmate his reckless and dash
ing movements.
git is asserted by Baltimore correspon-
dent of the Few York Commercial Advert
ser, that Gov. Aiken of South Carolina, the
richest man in that state, and the owner of
S000slaves, is in the Libby Prison at Richmond
for refusing to submit TO the traitor tyranny
OF JEFF. Davis. Mr.. Aiken, it is alleged, adheres