The Portland daily press., 1863-01-01
Stock Market.

sr An old unknown man was killed by
the train on the Lowell and Nashua r. R.,
near the New Hampshire line, on Tuesday
last.
Mr We know that some of the fattest
jobs in the way of buying and selling steam
boats and other vessels to government, are re-
ported to have been done by Breckenridge
democrats. and bitter opponents of the war.-
Bangor Wing.
GEN. BANKS RETURN TO THE NORTH
The New York Post says that after the arrival
of Gen. Banks at New Orleans, the question
of the future movements of the expedition
were discussed among the general officers in
his presence, when he remarked "Gentle-
men, we shall never return as we came (point-
ing down the Mississippi, and we are not go
ing to Texas"
POSTAL ORDERs.-One of the first bills that
will be enacted after the Congressional recess,
will be that establishing money order Off
ces." Orders are to be issued for sums not
more than thirty dollars. For orders not ex-
ceeding ten dollars the commission is to be
five cenrs; more than ten and not exceeding
twenty dollars, the charge is to be ten cents; !;
and more than twenty and not exceeding thr
ty, fifteen cents.
g-We heard a man say few days since
that he thought JEFF. Davis no more a usurper
than President Lincoln. We have heard OF
clergyman in neighboring city saying that
he would prefer the rule of JEFF. Davis to that
of the "Abolitionists"-the rebels call all
Northern men Abolitionists-but we did not
suppose lady could be found who would in
finitely prefer living under Jef7s adminstra-
ton to that of Lincoln's; but we were mis-
taken-we guess.
sI- The Boston Traveller states that on the
2lst of October, NJ. D'Arrest discovered at the
Observatory at Copenhagen new planet, the
10th now known to exist between the orbits of
Mars and Jupiter, but the first discovered in
any place situated in SO high latitude. He
proposes for it the name of Frea, the Venus
of the Scandinavian Mythology. No. 75 was
discovered by DIR. Peters, at the Observatory
of Hamilton College, New York, on the 22d
of September last.
LEA gentleman hands us two lottery tick
cts dated 1929 and 1880, bearing the imprint
"Maine State Lottery" 'for the encourage
ment of navigation" &C., as an illustration of
the mannerin which the State raised funds at
that period, or perhaps for private or corporate
purposes. The practice was very properly
long since discontinued in this latitude; only
the State of Delaware, We believe, now sane
tions the custom. 1t looks strangely enough
to see the autograph of one of our most hon
ored citizens on one oil the tickets as managers.
ga country correspondent sends US the
following beautiful sentiment-whether origi-
nal or selected he does not say: "Hope writes
the poetry of the boy, but memory that of the
man. Man looks forward with smiles, but
backward with sighs. Such is the wise provi-
dence of God. The cup of life is sweetest at
the brim; the favor is impaired as we drink
deeper, and the dregs are made bitter that we
may not struggle when it is taken from our
lips" The same correspondent also sends the
following:
'Tis sweet to sleep at glory's call;
'Tis upon her fields 10 fall;-
But sweeter far his sleep shall be,
Who dies defending Liberty
sT The New York newspapers of late
append the brief announcement, NO Cards, y
almost universally TO their marriage notices.
"These magic words" says the Journal OF
Commerce, "may be interpreted as follows -
Owing to the hard times and the high prices
of stationery, the happy couple herein named
have concluded 20 dispense with the custom OF
IL II. 90. 4
They trust that the virtue of economy will be
duly appreciated when coal is so a ton and the
other expenses Of housekeeping are in proper
ton, and all going up. The happy couple hope
that this explanation will prove satisfactory
but, should it cause the loss of anybody's
friendship, they will try to survive the afflic-
ton"
gV- The New York World contains cor.
respondence between John Van Buren and a
Southerner,.. in which the latter proposes a
basis of settlement of our present difficulties
We were interested to read until we came to
this: Propose reunion of all the States
upon the condition that the Constitution be
amended so as to confer upon each State
the right of secession" The writer asks i
his "plan of settlement" does not "present
strong ground upon which to invite foreign
intervention" and declares in P. S." that
" for myself, l never desire to see this govern
ment or this Union re-established unless the
right OF State secession be Incorporated as
part of the system-a clear, plain, indisputa
BILE right" He claims acquaintanceship witt
Fernando Wood and Gov. Seymour, to both o
whom he asks V. B. to exhibit his letter. TIL,
dose is too mnch for even Prince John" II
swalow-and the World objects to it-thougl
he endorses the patriotism of the wrl.sr.-
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