The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-12-12
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.
sI-on the frst page-The Mains sth

u8 Oh lhS iouIIu paSe-lIines written on
reading the call Of the Governor of New
Hampshire for Soldiers.
DH@The Steamship Great Eastern Is adyer.
tlsed to be sold at auction on Jan. l4th by Or
der OF the mortgages.
Ig Forty-fve persons were united with
the Baptist church at Wells Depot las t Sab
bath.
w hev. ID. j. Prescott, late pastor of the
Baptist church at Kennebunkport, died on the
9th inst, of consumption.
SE-The gunboats Sabago, Grand Gulf and
Vicksburg, have left New York in ,s,rsuit of
the Chesapeake.
EB- The damage Of the Androscoggin
railroad is so far repaired that the cars are ex-
pected to run to Pennington this week.
I-Mr. c. N Porter of South Paris was
thrownTom his wagon on Tuesday afternoon
and broke the bone of one leg, as we learn
from the Democrat.
| ~ Mr.. Geo. Ii. Pearce will lecture upon
the subject of temperance at the Methodist
Church, in Saccarappa, OF. Monday evening
next
sB The Skowhegan Clarion says, at a
meeting OF the citizens f Skowhegan held on
Wednesday last, it was voted to exempt from
taxation for a term of ten years, money sutii-
cient to build woolep factory for that place.
Gy- We learn frorh the Kennebec Journal
that the Ladies' Aid Society at Augusta have
received fifty dollars from Mrs. Anna Sever
ance, widow OF the late Luther Severance,
now residing in Honolulu, Sandwich Islands.S
sVThe Copperhead members Of the Ma
tional House of Representatives cast their
votes for Biihop Hopkins, of Vermont, for
Chaplain. Our private opinion is that copper
head democracy is beyond the reach ofprayer,
and will die without benefit of cler gy
ErThe Aroostook Pioneer says Silas Lake.
Esq, OF New Portland, is erecting large pub
lie house at Mars Hill township, about six
miles from the mouth of the road at Alya.
He has purchased large tract of land from
which lie is making one of the best farms in
that section.
20 1T will be seen by reference to our ad-
vertising COLUMNS that measure, are to be ini-
tated to secure a proper observance of the
ISL OF JaLuary-the anniyey sary of the Eman-
cipaton Proclamation-ole Of the marked
evelts of the age. We ,hal report the mat
ter again.
GB~The cnance Of the escape of the captu-
rers Of the Chesapeake will be very small, as
she is slow craft making only eight or
nine miles an hour. The Chesapeake is pro-
peller Of about AGO tons burthen, and II feet
draft and Is 10 year, old. She is estimated 10
be worth 100000 and is owned in New York.
~ The citlzeps of Kennebunk always re-
spond literally 10 the calls of charity or patri-
otism. They have sent 1870 barrels of vegeta-
bles to the Sanitary Agent in this city. They
have also appointed, committee of twelve to
make collections for the suffering freedmen of
the Southwest.
II The Saco Democrat says various arti-
Giles have been fonnd In the possession of Jack
Smiths wife, by officer Tarbox, which are
supposed to hove soon stolen. She left Farley,
Vt, at the time OF her husbands arrest, and
went to WATERFORD, where the goou, ware
found. The two Smiths are in Jail in this
city, awaiting their trial for horse-stealing.
sTMr Harmon of the Common Council
has handed us brief communication accom-
panied by his minority report on the affairs of
the almshouse, with request that we would
publish it as an act of justice. 1t was receiv-
ed too late to be conveniently inserted this
morning, but we will cheerfnlly comply with
his request in our next.
Bracket, of Co. B, 18th Maine Regiment, died
at South Paris, on the Sth inst. He was taken
prisoner at Gettysburg and sent to Richmond,
where he suffered the barbarities of rebel
cruelty and to which he fell victim, at the
age Of twenty-five years, Notwithstanding he
to his home, in Sweden, in the care of Judge
Woodbury., when he died.
sB-The best concerted plans of men and
mice sometimes fail, as several recruiting bro
kers have learned since the order Of Gov.
| Coburn has been issued, stating that no town
| or city paying bounty Of over 5000 for vol
unteers, shall be credited with recruit here
AFTER enlisted or now unassigned, whose resi-
dence is other than the place 10 question I'M
less the quota Of the city or town in which
said recruit resides, shall have been previous
ly filed.
1Gov. Pierpont in his message before
the old Virginia loyal Legislature, just organ
lied at Alexandria, urges the emancipation of
all the slaves in that state, and the calling of a
conversion for adapting the constitution to
the new order of things. He further says
that he has reliable information from large
portion of the state that as soon as the domes-
tic violence is suppressed there will be more
than enough of capable men, who have never
bowed to secession, to welcome and carry on
the government Of that state and that of every
other count y.
gyFernando Wood, in a speech in New
Jersey last week, denounced the war demo-
Gratis and urged his friends neither to accept
their friendship, influence or votes. He OPP
poses the war in TOTO and declares that it was
the duty of the people to refuse another man
or another dollar for the purpose Of carrying
on the war. The Newburyport Herald says
it is not impossible that Fernando's words may
be presented, when Congress shall assemble
aud he may then want the vote OF the war
democrats to save his seat. The Herald fur
Their says the people will tolerate no man who