The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-09-26
ORIGIN AND SELECTED.

gR On the nrst pagan lncluetlt OF the
! War; Letter from Soldier.
sg-On the fourth page-Miscelany
aB- John Morgan is to be held for ex-
change for General Neal Dow.
lg- A stage line has been put on between
Danville Junction and Lewiston.
eg- A Brass Band has been organized at
Skowhegan.
To- Rumsey's Minstrels are drawing full
houses at st. John, N. b.
gy-Tom Thumbs private fortune is now
estimated at S25O,OO0. twan
gg- The trial of s. V. B. Bennett, at Nash
ua, n. H., for the murder of Mary A. Gibney,
resulted in disagreement of the jury.
Pr Washington letter says Gen. Grant
will cooperate with Gen. Rosecrans, and a
most decisive blow will be struck
-Kennebec county gave the largest I'M
ion majority of any county in the State
354S. Penobscot stood next, with 1928.
sV-The Lewiston Journal says the bust
ness in that city is very brisk and labor focks
in from all parts of the State.
y- A. d. Chase OF Moscow, Co. K, 9th
Maine, died at Morris Island on the 18th inst,
oftyphoid fever.
sg-A boy twelve years old, was taken to
the station house in Hartford few days since
laboring under an attack OF derium tremens.
lgeThe sum of $4,000 is being raised in
Newburyport to establish free public library.
Four gentlemen have subscribed $1,000 each.
sEThe Brig Thomas Turrell made the
passage from the West Indies to New Haven,
CT, in seven days, the quickest time on record.
.TRev d. B. Byther has removed from
Addison, where he has resided for three years
past, to Massachusetts,. rntT
evThe next term of the Supreme Judicial
Court for Washington County, will commence
at Machias, ON the 9th of October.
.BpIt is said the amount of the embezze-
ments of Mr.. Z. Noyes. now reaches one hun
dred and twenty thousand dollars.
srThe Boston Post wishes the gentleman
who asked him to save for him the "returns
from Maine" to call and take them as he does
not wish to look at them any longer.
sH-The 21st Anniversary of the order of
the Sons OF Temperance is to be quite gener-
ally observed on Tuesday. Goth inst, through
out the United States and British Provinces.
~The St. John, N. B., Telegraph, 1.-THE
wish being father to the thought) says the
Confederates appear to be again in the ascen-
deucy, but we don't see it. ~ ss llfrF
lE-Real estate in Williamson, Mass, has
a decidedly downward tendency. Some ten
or twelve acres of land took a slide into the
gulf during the late rain.
sV-Lincoln's the only county in this State
that claims a Democratic majority, is also
the only county that has no newspaper pub
lished within its limits. itifs4 II y
srThe Bangor Wing says large droyes of
cattle from Aroostook and New Brunswick
have passed through that city for the West as
often as two or three times week.
% Mr.. Laird's steam rams, which he has
been building in England for Jeff. Davis, are
to be stopped to await the result of judicial
examination.
IL Mr.. Edward F. MCDOWELL of Newbury-
schooner Camilla, when off Mount Desert, on
Saturday last and was drowned.
sB-Thc Lewiston Journal says deserter
who was converted at the Camp meeting at
Northport, went Immediately to the military
authorities and confessed his sins.
sE-Mehemet Ais widow owes $3.50, 1000
small debts. The brute of Sultan refuses to
pay the sum for her and tells her "to spout her
jewels"
ng-A warehouse in Princeton, belonging
to Rolfe d Peabody, containing quantity of
clapboards was destroyed by fire on Saturday
last.
~ son of Mr.. VIM. Phillips, about five
years Of age, was drowned in the Kennebec,
just before Carratunk Falls, on Tuesday eve
ming of last week.
sBrA correspondent. of the New York Tri-
bune says the Texas expedition set sail for an
other point on the Texas coast Immediately
on its return. 41 tf Hs3&
SyThe annual meeting of the American
Board OF Commissioners for Foreign Missions,
will be held at Rochester, n. Y, ON the 9th of
October. Through aud return tickets at half
fare are obtained in Boston.
% At the Supreme Judicial Court, now
being held at Alfred, on motion of John NJ
Goodwin, Esq, Melville c. Day, of Biddeford,
was admitted TO practice in all the courts in
the State.
SVThe house of Mr.. Michaud, on the road
from Fort Kent to Ashland, took fire and was
destroyed on the 14th inst. Two small chill
dren persisted in the flames, as we learn from
the Aroostook Pioneer.
sB-The new Telegraph line between this
city and Washington will be in working order
between the LIST and 18th of October, the sys-
TEN used will be that known as the "relay
sounding"
grT Two daughters of the Rev. J. H. In
graham were found at Jackson, Miss, when
our army entered there, dressed in clothing of
the meanest description, and subsisting on
corn bread and molasses
sv A statement of the Comptroller of New
Orleans shows that the expenditures of the
city under Gen. Shepley and subordinates for
the year ending June, 63, has been 81 ,O97, $3.50
less than under secession rule the year before
s- The editor of the Gospel Banner says
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