The Portland daily press., 1863-01-12
ORIGINA AND SELE TIE ID .

| er has risen so that Rosecrans receives supplies
at Nashville by water.
SY-Two nephews of Kossuth have arrived
in New York, intendngsto offer their services.
in any capacity to the Government, to aid in
putting down the rebellion.
nB- Thanks to our Bath friend for his arti-
Gle in relation to the late rebel Gen. Rains, the
gifted but misguided son of pious, patriotic
father. 1t shall appear tomorrow if possible.S
V-A fellow named b. f. Emery, with
several aliases, has been arrested in Philadel-
| phia, charged with numerous forgeres. He
was born in Bangor and is lawyer by profess
| sion.
sVThe Hallowell Gazette throws discred-
| it upon the common report that that city Is
about to throw off its city organization and
| re-adopt the more democratic form of town
government.
1y-Dr. Russell, formerly correspondent of
the London Times, but now editor of the Ar
my and Navy Gazette, has published the con
tents of his private note book in America, I'M
der the title of "My Diary, North and South"
| in two volumes.
| Sf The Boston Journal has seen a receipt
taken by Gov. John Hancock of Massachn-
sets in 1888, showing that he paid $50 for two
packs of playing cards to be used at a ball
| given by him at Concert Hall, corner of Court
street, which at that time was his property.
lVThe rebels, after the battle of Freder-
icksburg, paroled the federal surgeons that fell
stxfN fbn;r ha, +l, 81, .o1J
| This is contrary to all the usage OF war, and
| demands attention on the part of our military
authorities.
l1 Bombay has already been enriched to
the extent of nearly e4,0oO,OOO by the advance
| in the price of cotton, one Parsee alone have
ing cleared 100000 by his speculations in
that article, while other firms have done near
| ly the same.
gr Negotiations are said to have been en-
tered upon with view to marry Donna Isabel
la, the future Empress of the Brazils, to the her.
editary prince of MISUNDERSTANDING
member of the royal family of Prussia, and
brother of the late Queen of Portugal.
1e In consequence of the large draft made
upou OuI toluiilhS Ny Amy correspondence,
we have been compelled to delay the publica-
ton of several communications, much longer
than we intended. We will now work them
up with as little delay as possible.
sgThe term of the Supreme Judicial
Court for Washington county opened at Ma
chias last Tuesday, and after busy session of
t,vo days, says the Republican, adjourned for
the term. Not single case went to either Of
the traverse juries.
srOn Sunday, 4th inst, fire broke out
in the Grove Car Works, Hartford, CT, and
extended quickly to Evart's blacksmith shop,
Ravens saw and turning mill, and the build
ing lately occupied by Beach & Co., for grind
ing dye stufis. Loss $4,000. Insured heavily.
sy- The blockading feet off Charleston
consists of no less than fifteen vessels of the
most effective character Troops for the cap
ture of the city are understood to have been
under orders for some time, transports select
ed and supplies in readiness. QuousQue tan
dem?
s-"Satan rebuking sin," and SPOT calling
kettle black" have been regarded as extreme
eases of Inconsistency, i.,. n...ihar of them is
a printing to that OF the person claiming to be
Democrat, while defending the right of one
man to own another, to control his choice, and
to appropriate his earnings.
sg-Major Stephen ID. Carpenter, of the
10Th United States infantry, who was killed in
the recent battle near Murfreesboro', was a
native of Maine, graduate Of West Point and
entered the army as brevet I'd Lieutenant in
the LIST Infantry, on the LIST Of july 1910. He
was promoted Major, May A. 1861, and stood
twenty-first in the lneal rank
GB-One of the most approved recipes by
which to make a radical abolitonist. is said to
be, to take an old hard shell Breckenridge
Democrat, an honest one-though there is
difficulty in finding those of this type-put
him into the army and send. him down South
to deal with the REBELLION. Three months will
do him perfectly.
gE-" The Silent Procession" touches very
tender cord that runs through a large proper
ton of our New England Families, and in sem
timent il is unexceptionable; but the measure
is defective and its length is Objectionable;
S'i''' - s"S Auehot WIN iSNieW IL. connect It's
imperfect measure and improve its metrical
accent, we will cheerfuly insert it upon our
last page.
% We are told that a very large amount
OF rejected claims-reiected by Gov. Wash
burn and his Council-will be presented to
the new Council, and If rejected, that they
will be brought before the Legislature and if
possible log-rolled through. We hope the Leg
islature will have the good sense to kick them
so far ont doors that they can never be gath
cred up again.
B- The Boston Journal says that John
q. Adams, of Gov. Andrews staff, now in
Washington, received letter from his father,
Hon. Charles Francis Adams, Minister to
England, on Tuesday, from which it appears
that the relations of the Embassy with the
Court of St. James are more cordial and pleas
ant now than at any time previously since
Mr.. Adams went to London.
gB-Geo. w. Childs, Philadelphia, has issued
"The National Almanac and Annual Record
for 1862" work which will be found invalua-
BILE for business and professional men, and for
all others who would possess in the most COM
pact form, more facts and important informa-
ton than have ever before been compressed
into so small compass. 1t contains 500 pa
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