The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-05-22
ORIGINAL AND LECTE ID.

sons Last Hours; Men-of- War in Progress.
q On the fourth page-Under the Leaves,
seasonable poem; Wit of the Bourse; Plea
for Moral Incapables.
D-Cotton has declined until the price is
forty cents a pound less than it was at its
maximum figure.
sv- Twenty-Five guns in all have been cap
tured by Gen. Banks army in the recent oper-
ations in the Opelousas country.
nB- James Hannng, a clerk in one of the
Washington departments, shot his wife on
Sunday, installing her for burglar.
IH- Col. Forney is mentioned in some of
the loyal journals of Pennsylvania in connec-
ton with the Union nomination for Governor
of that State.
nY-The new steamer Katahdin, to run on
the outside route between Boston and BAN
gor, reached the latter city ON her first trip on
Wednesday last.
.V The Lewiston Journal hears it stated
that it will require the hands of 800 men TO do
the work on the new stone dams, laid out for
this season.
IEr We are indebted to our Augusta cor
respondent Helios for the list of casualties in
the 9Th regiment; the list of the 18th regiment
had appeared in our columns.
sr new Journal has made its appear
ance, called the New York Copperhead and
representing the Vallandigham wing of the
Democratic party.
Nr Capt. Grosier, who has been stopping
at Bowdoinham for short time, while engag-
ed in pleasure scufile with friend, few
| days since, had both bones of his leg broken.
Expensive luxuries.-[ Bath Times.
ga Copperhead paper speaks of the
-emblems of loyalty hung up in his office. If
the emblems of disoyalty in his office were
hung up, the editorial work on his paper would
be suspended.
Nr We are pleased to learn that the libel
suit, brought by w. A. Barrows, ESQ.,, against
Rev. G. Quinnam. for an expression of opinion
based on the evidence before the council on
the Elder Morrill, case, has been withdrawn
bath Times.
IF Mr. John Hobbs, driver Of the stage
between Lawrence and Lowell, while on Wis
it to his home in Newfield, Me-. on Friday last,
committed suicide by poisoning himself Fam
lily difficulties are assigned as the cause. He
was thirty-five years OF age.
gY-The Gardiner Journal says Peter G..
Bradstreet has commenced an 500 ton ship at
Farmingdale. She is to be made of white
oak, and will be a frst-class vessel in every
respect.
ar The Governor of Texas, in a message
to the rebel Legislature, says that Texas has
sent 6S500 men to the rebel armies, or 800
more than the largest vote ever given by her
He supposes that only 81 1000 men of the mill
tary age remains.
sY-Capt NJ. W. Tyler, 37th Massachusetts,,
son of Prof. Tyler, OF Amherst College, won
great credit by his GOODNESS and bravery dur
ing the late battles on the Rappahannock.
Capt Tyler turned his back upon the prospect
of years foreign travel to join the army of
| the Union.
sY- Surgeon General Hammond has or
dered mercury and tartar emetic to be struck
| from the list of military supplies. He says that
mercury has been used in such excess in the
army as to produce mercural gangrene, and
that both these medicines have done more
harm by misuse than they have good by proper
administration.
LEA Kennebec paper learns that Joseph
Eaton, ESQ.,, President of the Somerset d
Kennebec Railroad, has made proposition to
the Directors of the Portland & Kennebec
Years or hire their road for the same time
thus consolidating the two roads under one
management.
AccIDENT.-As Joshua Edwards of West
Gardiner was coming by the house of Thomas
| Brann, about six miles from this village, on
Tuesday afternoon, a Cog ran out and fright
ened his horse, which ran, and the hold-back
iron breaking, began to kick. Mr.. Edwards
remained in the wagon till the horse had
| kicked the fender of, when he jumped out.
The horse kicked him in the face, breaking
his nose, and badly smashing his face. He
also had his arm broken below the elbow, and
the wrist dislocated.-G Gardiner Journal.
sBr The Gardiner Journal says that as
Mrs. H. B. Bradstreet of that city, and Miss
Robinson of Pittston, were passing down the
long hill into Augusta, near the railroad
crossing, they attempted to pass between two
teams, when one of them backed with such
force against the chaise as to capsize it, throw
ing both the ladies out, badly injuring Mrs. b.
and slightly Miss r. Mrs. Bradstreet, though
badly bruised, had no bones broken, and is
doing well.
% Yesterday was one of the finest days
ever vouchsafed by benefcent Providence to
ungrateful man. 1t was day to make the
husbandman rejoice, and to kindle his faith in
the never-failing promise of seed-time and
harvest, into perfect blaze of cheerful works
Such days are good for the blues, and but for
the sinfulness of man, which has deluged this
fair land with lraternal blood, he, like the sin
less birds, would have awakened within him
general anthem of thanksgiving and praise.
sr" Sky Rocket is altogether too lofty
and ETHEREAL for so prosaic paper as the Press.
He had better direct his communications TO
the Milky-Way Reflector. Muckrake" dives
as deep below Sky Rocket scars above our
range of thought We prefer trout fishing in
the purling brooks and clear fountains, to drag
ging in the mud and slime for sculpins, eels
and suckers. We have passed his " offering"
TO country farmer who will use it to manure
a hill of potatoes. The "Sunnet to the Stares,"
communicated by soaring genius, we shall
hand to some boy to elongate the tail to his
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