The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-12-22
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

" On the first page - Provost Marshal
General Is report; The Set of the Tide; Cen.
Meade's Policy, &C.
sE~ On the fourth page-Mscellany
sB~A monument to Robert Fulton Is to he
erected In Trinity Church Yard, New York
ay- 1t is rumorcd that General Burnside
has resigned his commission in the army
ayWThc rumored supersedence of General
Meade as commander of the Army OF the Po-
tomac, Is said to have no foundation In fact.
90 Gen. Banks was at New Orleans ON
the 10th inst, in the best of health, rumors of
his illness TO the contrary, notwithstanding.
sTThe reader win see that Mr.. Wsodman
has accompanied his letter by a donation of
fifty dollars in aid of the freedmen.
sg~ -Four Federal officers attempted to es-
cape from the Libby prison at Richmond by
bribing the guard, but the rebel played false
and their object was frustrated.
To- Gov. Smith of Vermont has postponed
the execution of Barnett and Kavanagh, which
was to have occurred at Bellows Falls on Fri
10Y Vi ioso hcSht TN JAIL SVti.
W- The FIRST Parish Church in Bangor
has relieved itself, within few months. of a
debt of ten thousand dollars, and is now wait
ing for he'"comins man" as pastor.
sy- The Biddeford Journal says the old
ship Alabama, (rechristened New Hampshire.)
which has been on the stocks for forty-five
years, will be launched at the Kittery Navy
Yard next Thursday, the Path inst.
aV-A iourneyman printer, employed on
daily newspaper in Boston, has received in
formation that legacy Of 1850 is awaiting
his acceptance, and that there is more to come.
Rather STAT take that.
sy~Rev. G. ID. B. Pepper pastor of Baptist
Church in Waterville, has entered the service
OF the Christian Commission for few months,
and will spend the time with the army of the
Potomac in administering to the corporal
and spiritual wants Of the soldiers.
sgThe Argus is evidently afraid of the
light, and opposed to the Sanitary Commits
sion. How else are we to account for its fling
at the proposed course of lectures on the
condition and prospects of the country, the
proceeds OF which are to 60 exclusively to
the Sanitary Commission?
@ The Oxford Democrat SAYS seventeen
men in Stoneham, who were at work in sha-
wing red oak slaves, learning the inducements
that were offered to enter the army the whole
number threw down their shavcs and enrolled
themselves for the national service. We trust
they will use the shooting iron as dexter
ously as the shave and do good service III the
country's cause.
" Skowhegan paper says Hon. Il. w.
Norris OF that place, has been appointed by
Gov. Coburn, Commissioner of Maine to meet
the authorities Of Penn. and commissioners
from the other loyal States, at Harrisburg, Pa,
to adjust and proportion to the different States,
the expense Of preparing the cemetery and
the monument at Gettysburg, in honor of the
dead of the memorable battle at that place.
sV-A brief note from some unknown per-
son in New York, says, "Please inform me If
the Chesapeake" leaves Browns wharf every
Wednesday and Saturday, as advertised in
your paper?' We hope the fact that he
writes from the Anew York Hotel" is not to
be considered indicative OF his status. That
hotel, In this region, is understood to bask in a
decidedly southern atmosphere. We would
say to our correspondent, whom we understand
to indulge simply in SOAK, as ARENAS
Ward has 1t, that it is no part of an editor or
publishers business TO look after advertise
ments. to see that their propositions accord
with facts. That is the business oi-ths adyer-
tser