The Portland daily press., 1863-01-02
ORIGIN AND SELECTED

as been UNANIMOUSLY chosen President of
araguay, to succeed his father
1R- A Division of the Sons of Temperance
., to be organized at Parker's Head, village
Phipsburg.
rBSLast Monday, says the Patriot, six car
Dads of the best kind of rock maple ship tim
Ier were forwarded from the Pennington de-
fot to Brunswick.
sV-Our carriers return their thanks to the
patrons of the Press for the general liberality
with which they were received as they went
he rounds with their New Years Address.
gv- The stanzas on the 4th page, by E. p
". should have appeared yesterday, but were
anavoidably crowded out after being put in
type.
sB- 1t is estimated that the number of op-
sratives out of employ on account of the cot
ION famine is-in England 100000, and in
.'rance, 100000.
~ When the Government catches jeff
Davis and gets ready to hang him, we would
.uggest that Ben. Butler be allowed to tie the
rope around his neck
81 Five tnOusanu Gefma0S nave DOtlned
Hon. Eli Thayer that they are willing to settle
% Florida upon the terms of his plan of restor-
ng that State to the Federal Government
One thousand of these Germans now reside in
st. Louis, Mo.
rr J. Melvin Ring, member of the Me.
7th was buried in this city last Sunday, He
vas the only son of widowed mother. His
uneral was attended by many of his fellow
.itizens. His disease was contracted while
down on the Peninsula Gardiner Journal.
% California is likely to rival North Caro-
ina in the production of rosin and turpentine
oregon could supply the world with the same
materials, taken from her resinous forests of
lr.
Sg- On Tuesday last the City Marshal of
Gardiner seized lot of liquors at the store of
:. NJ. Stevens q Co., in Pittston. How is it
hat municipal officer should have power to
make a seizure beyond the limits o his muni-
sipality?
SB The modest gentleman of the Adver-
User who does up the "Pen and Scissors" and
who would not dare to sneeze unless his supe-
ior should first take pinch of snuff, informs
he Boston Bulletin that the editor of the Press
possesses no ability to make road for him
elf, and therefore is obliged to follow in anoth-
ir's road and quarrel with the pavement"
sD-Wc heard a good thing yesterday of
one of the carriers of a city paper. A lady
gave the little fellow a three cent stamp. The
boy, not seeing the liberality of the thing,
handed her five cent shinplaster, remarking
that he did not wish to tax her too severely.
She felt the rebuke and gave the boy 'quar-
ter for his impudence."
STAMPs.--By an act of the present Con-
gress, approved Dec. 25th, no instrument or
paper issued before March l, 1868, shall be in
valid for want of a stamp, but to admit such
instrument evidence in Court, the legal
stamp must first be affixed. The penalty for
not using stamps, as given in the original law,
is not repealed or suspended.
.y- 1t is said the Confederates have used
!. money freely in England, TO influence and sub
sidise the press of that country. 1t would be
interesting TO know ifany of Jeff7s money has
been used in Portland for similar purpose 1t
is true that his late sanguiuary and retaliatory
proclamation has commanded more generous
words from one of the city papers than any
thing for a long time from President Lincoln.
% The editor of the rebel organ at Hal
lowell twits US about turning traitor to our
party and principles. That vile spawn of Sc
cession knows that when we were associated
with the democratic party, such fellows as he
accused us of "aboltionism," because we op-
posed the wckedness of James Buchanan,
just the same as he now does because we op-
pose rebellion.
TONNAGE DUTIEs.-By the 18th section of
the Tariff Act of July IA, 1862, after the Both
day of Dec. 1862 tonnage duty of ten cents
per ton is to be paid ON the ntrance of all
ships vessels or steamers in the United States
but said duty shall not be collected more than
once in each year on coasting vessels. fish
ermen, or vessels to or from any port in Mex
leo, the British Provinces, or any part of the
West India Islands.
sr The Washington letter on the first
page will be found interesting. We suppose
our neighbor will pardon the praise of FREE
mont, coupled as it is with good word for
Mcclellan. To show the gross injustice of
the Argus, sometimes, we will add that this is
the same correspondent into whom that paper
so numerically pitched awhile ago, because he
said painful rumors of treachery-which he
did not credit-were connected with Mcclel-
lan's name.
INTERNAL REvENUE.-We learn from Hon.
y. G. Marshall, Collector of Internal Revenue
in the lst district, the amount assessed from
Sept 1st to Sept. Both,
In this Congressional District, was s25 $40 6l
OF this amount, 24.6 .645 for licenses.
Amount assessed from Oct LIST to OCT llth 10 1914 0S
OF which, $3.50 was for licenses. .........
Amount assessed from Oct 1lth TO Nov. 1lth l6 s5 81
OF which, S3.y95 for censes.......
Amount assessed IRON Nov 1th TO Dec llth 15s52 06
Total amount from Sept 1st to Dec. 1lth s6s 452 SO
OF this amount, S32 ,357 81 has been assessed
upon persons doing business in Portland.
sB-The British steamship Caledonia, Craig
master, which arrived at this port Monday
from Glasgow, consigned to Messrs. G. d ID.
Shaw of Montreal, after discharging that por-
tion of her cargo to be landed here, sailed at
1890 Wednesday for New York. Outside she
met the British ship Anglesea, Capt. Bruce,
from Cardiff for this port, with coal for Messrs.
Edmonstone, Allan d Co.,-in dangerous po-
sition near Trundy's reef. Two steamtugs
had gone out to her. but were unable to tow
her in. The Caledonia Immediately turned
round, fastened to her, and brought her into