The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-03-11

College; Letter from the Twentieth Maine
he Bowdoin Militia.
sV- On the fourth page-Original Poetry;
Dr. Russell in an Illinois Justice Court, &c.
ggr Some twenty cases of small pox have
ecently occurred in Cherryfield.
sD- Gen. Haynau, the Austrian woman
whipper, has shot himself at Cassel.
.sy We don't see why the papers call Geo.
| Francis Train rattle-pated. There is nothing
in his pate to rattle.-[Prentice.
ny- The Lewiston journal thinks Judge
Barrows Of Brunswick, will unquestionably
be appointed to the vacant Judgeship.
ng- Mr.. Wyman of South Vassalboro,' has
made some very good paper from sorgham
stalks.
nT Pennies are scarce in Conn.,, and the
merchants substitute nugmegs. Look out
for counterfeits.
u The 10th Maine has now 900 men fit
for duty, more, it Is said, than any other three
years regiment from Maine.
nV- 1t has been said that the animal food
supplied to our army is very inferior; but the
soldiers declare that the beef is bully.
sB- 1t is proposed in New Jersey, under a
charter from the Legislature, not only to make
paper, but also to make cloth of wood.
sv- Mrs. Jane P. Thurston, who has ad-
vertised an unfailing remedy for the rebellion
for $500, called at our office yesterday to see
II her offer had been accepted
u The rule by which the copperheads
Judge of the constitutionalty of a measure is
simple one. If it is hard upon the rebels it
is plainly unconstitutional.
| sy- The Bridgton Reporter is uxuriating
on pckerel and perch caught in the lake at
that place. The Reporter, probably, takes
them with Fly.
rY- The amount of lumber annually cut
on the Kennebec anc Penobscot waters has
been about 200,O00,000 feet. Last season it
| was only go, OO0O00 feet. The present season
| there will be cut about 100.000,000 feet.
o. A man in London has written to the
| Star claiming to be lineal descendant of the
last Grecian emperor, Constantine XII, who
fell in 1853, in the defense of the capital. The
family name was Palaologus.
sH- The Chicago Tribune is informed that
there already exist not less than 500 clubs Of
| the "Union League" In that State, and that
the organization is extending with surprising
rapidity throughout the loyal States.
o. Gen. John A. Dix has written a firm
and manly letter in favor of vigorous prose-
cution of the war, and deprecating the divi-
sions created by his old political friends at
home.
u The first salmon of the season, weigh
ng twenty-five pounds, was caught in the Pc
nobscot on Friday last, and it was purchased
by Mr.. Woodward of the Penobscot Exchange,
Bangor.
sB- The Hartford Press says of disap-
pointed candidate for nomination in the Dem
ocratic Congressional Convention of that dis
trict, that he is " sick of the campaign-sick
| enough to throw 1t all upp
1B- 1t Is stated that Gen. Burnside was at
| the Hutchinson concertat Washington, Friday
night, and called for the John Brown song,
which was received with enthusiasm, and the
audience rose TO their feet and gave nine
| CuctfS iOT DuTusiut.
- A marble bust of the late President OF
Harvard College, C. c. FELTON,, from Henry
Dexter's studio, was placed in Gore Hall libra
ry last Wednesday, in connection with the
proceedings incident to the Inauguration OF
President Hill.
OF At various places the rebels have had
blocks of wood painted to resemble cannon
and we,not to be behind them in stratagem have
titled to resemble Generals.-Louisrille Jour
nal.
ny-The invalids of the Maine It'll in the
hospital, who were able to bear it, were treat
ed yesterday to a sleigh-ride. They were ac-
companed by the band of the regiment which
discoursed h.-e music as they rode through
the streets of the city.
sI- A gentleman hurrying through the
clustering snow stormon Saturday evening, was
met by friend who asked. "Well, what will
this amount to?" The party aecosied in
stantly responded, "It's Natures great 7th OF
March speech, demonstrating that there is a
"Northr-lBostonT Transcript.
sE- The North Franklin County Agricul-
tural Society held their annual meeting at
Phillips, on the 4th inst, for the election of Of
ficers. Peter A. J. Norton, of Strong, was
elected President, and H. o. Butterfeld, ESQ.,,
of Phillips, Corresponding aud Recording Sec
rotary.
| LEA great deal is said about the extrava-
gance of the War Department. The Nash
! vile Union. in crticisng this iault-fnding
spirit, calls attention to the tact that the Utah
| expedition, which consisted OF 10000 men,
and lasted only a few months, cost six mil
| lions of dollars. At the same rate, the cost
| OF the present war, with nearly a million of
| men, would up to this time have been seren
billions Of doltars'
sy- We perceive that the Hon. Stephen j.
| Field, now chief justice of California has been
offered the office of U. S. circuit judge Tor
that State. Judge Field is u son of the ven
| cradle Rev. DIR. Field of Stockbridge, Mass,
whose sous have all risen TO distinction in va
| rious professions. They are David Dudley
| Field, lawyer in New York; Rev. Henry NJ.
| Field, d. d., our neighborly editor of the Evan
| gelist; Cyrus w. Field, who hopes to lay a
second sub-Atlantic telegraph; Hon. j. Z.
| Field, recent speaker of the Senate of Massa-
| chusetts, and Judge s. j. Field of California.
| Who shall say that ministers sons do not turn
out well Pm. Y. Independent.
| SEE woman In another column picking sambuc-
Grapes for Speers Wine. Tits an admirable article
used in hospitals and by the first families in Paris