The Portland daily press., 1863-06-01
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED


Our misrepresentation in Brazil.
sg- On the fourth page-Night, a study in
three-fold rhyme, by Thos Hood; Miscellany.
1s-Several sheep died from cold one night
week before last.
LEA new WOODEN factory is to be built at
Machias, at cost of S55,0 900.
gB-The New Hampshire Legislature viii,
meet on Wednesday next
20" The Penobscot Baptist Quarterly
Conference holds its neyt meeting in Bangor
tomorrow.
TB The postofiices at Mortified, Washing
ton county, and Fryeburg Centre, Oxford
county, in this State, have been discontinued.
ga Yankee doctor has recently got ma
remedy for hard times. 1t consists of ten
hours labor, well worked in.
Sy-Thc Sebec WOODEN Factory we under
stand have in their employ 90 hands constantly.
This is pretty we'd for Piscataquis -IPiscata-
quis Observer.
SD-The annual State Convention of the
Sunday School Teachers of Massachusetts,
will bc held in Pittsfleld on Wednesday and
Thursday, the oath and 18th of June next.
LEA Convention of the Wool growers of
Maine is being agitated. The Farmer SAYS
Norridgewock is suggested as the place and
June the month in which to meet.
SyTen churches in this State have given
S2467-two-third the amount needed for the
endowment of F. w. Baptist Theological
School.
DrThe Eastport Sentinel says that COW
raised by John Folsom Of Monticello. Aroos-
took county, was sold at St. Andrews, N. b.,
for s54 She weighed alive 1900 pounds.
sB-The Sanitary Commission calls loudly
for bed-sacks, quilts, socks, wrappers, mosquito
netting, prepared vegetables, crackers, Jelly,
bay rum, beef, MIX, wines, liquors and fans.
IThe Skowhegan Clarion says, Bangor
rGoices in Brewery, new mandatory
just started" As the boys would, say that's
rather rough amusement.
gDr The railroad embankmcnt south of
this city is now used instead of the "long
bridge" for the passage of trains. The work
has been thoroughly done and is one of the
eatestimprovements of the day. Halowell
Gazette.
sy-Gen. Rosecrans, the Government de-
clares, is SO vgilant and well informed as to
the movements of the enemy, as to render the
escape of Bragg from his front without his
knowledge quite out of the question.
SThe laboring classes, "the mudsills" of
the State of New York, have at this moment
over SS0,000,000 to their credit in the Savings
Bank-a larger sum than all rebeldom could
raise.
Sr The case of Gen. JEFF. c. Davis, for
shooting and killing Gen. Nelson, has been
continued until the next term of the Louis
vile Circuit Court. The indictment charges
Gen. Davis with manslaughter
sB- The following explanation appeared in
a Philadelphia paper of the 9th ult: ain
consequence of the prize fight in Maryland,
there was no meeting at the Democratic club
room, last evening"
gB- Cyrus NJ. Osgood, formerly of Water
vile, and son of the late Nealand Osgood,
was killed by shell, near Camp Grove, La,
while serving as pioneer in his regiment. on
the 18th inst
sB- We learn from the Bath Times and
Sentinel that Mr.. Geo. f. Benson of Bowdoin,
had his foot SO badly crushed while at work
upon stone at Fort Popham that amputation
may be necessary.
sB0The teachers of the Granite State pro-
pose to visit Boston and Cambridge on Friday
and Saturday of this week and will visit the
schools of Boston under the direction of the
Superintendent, Mr.. Phibrick
Gy-It is stated in the Bangor Wing and
Courier that Mr.. Edward ii. Bailey, lately
moved into the town of Dxmont from West
Bangor, committed suicide by hanging himself
in his barn, from the great beam.
GD- Thomas Sims, the slave, who has re-
Gently rescued his wife and family from Vicks-
burg, Miss, was advertised by his old master
who offered $500 for his arrest-in Vicks-
burg paper, a copy of which has been received
by gentleman of Northampton, Mass.
sr Summer tourists will be pleased to
learn that the leading hotels in Montreal and
Quebec have concluded to charge United
States travellers prices simar,to those charged
in Boston and New York and take States
money at par.
BACON BY THE CORD. - In his advance
from Port Gibson Gen. Grant captured two
immense piles of bacon, each covering an area
of $500 square feet, piled as high as the forest
trees, and each containing by estimate, 10000
pounds.
~y- Gen. Banks is said to have found at
Alexandria, piled up on the levee, "a mile of
cotton five bales high" He is bu.ily engaged
in transporting it to New Orleans, and we may
soon expect decline in the price of this sta
pie.
sB-The Machias Union learns that young
man named n. Leighton Jr., belonging to
Jonesport while at Addison Point in a ves-
sci, had his arm SO badly shattered on Friday
last, by the accidental discharge of gun. that
it was found necessary to amputate it just
below the elbow.
.8-The X. & P. Railroad Co., saws the
Bridgton Reporter, are about to erect a new
passenger depot on the land purchased of Ty-
Ter q Rice, near the Gas Works. The com
pany intend to change their track TO the pre-
sent location of the Cumberland and Oxford
Canal which is to be filed up