The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-01-13
ORIGINAL AND ELECTED

sg- Barnum's trained whale at the Aqua
rial Gardens, Boston, died few days since.
L. The Journal speaks of street sweep
ing in Boston, and flies are no rarity in the
houses.
% Gen. Tom Thumb is to be married in
Trinity Church, New York, to Miss Lovina
Warren, the dwarf lady. The General is said
to be worth 100000
10 The National Advocate, Jacob Bar
ker's paper in New Orleans, has been sup
pressed by Gen. Banks, much to the satisiac-
ton of the Union men in that city.
sgrThe Bangor Wing says Messrs. Hunt
and Warren, on Wednesday, sent off by cars
one hundred horses purchased by them for the
cavalry service. They are still buying horses
for the same purpose.
sBr We find among the recent deaths of
soldiers at the hospitals in Washington, the
following Jas. Barbour, Co. b, 10th Me-;
j. c. Maskan, Co. |, 4th Me-; Isaac Wilson,
Co. K, 10th Me-; James NJ. Walker, Co. G,
10th Me-; Chas. f. Stepes, Co. d. 9Th Me-;
David Cutting, Co. C, 2sth Me.
sf The Bath Times learns that it is in
contemplation the ensuing spring, to run
five o'clock P. M. train of cars from Skowhe-
gan to Bath, to connect with nightly line of
boats TO Boston. Mr.. Moses, the President of
the Bath and Androscoggin road, stated at the
meeting of the Bath City Council on Friday
evening, that parties were ready to put on one
or more good boats, if such an arrangement
with the Portland and Kennebec road could
be made, about which there can be no doubt.
We have samples of printing paper be-
fore us, from three different kinds of material.
One is ninety per cent, straw, another ninety
| per cent. wood and the third is one hundred
per cent. prairie grass. They are all very
white, even, and soft, and the grass paper is
tougher than common paper from rags. An
intelligent manufacturer of paper suggests to
us, that he shall not be surprised il the result
of the present paper panic should be the rejec-
ton altogether Of rags in the manufacture of
news paper, and the entire adoption of new
material. "King Cotton" will be degraded In
deed when he can no longer sell himself to the
rag-mani
"Shaver's Patent Eraser" is decided
| ly one of the most convenient articles for
the writing-desk whether for the coun-
| ting-room, the studio. the sanctum, or the
| school-room, that has yet been born of the
inventive brain of a "live Yankee" Itcombines
an eraser, burnisher, paper cutter, paper folder
and pencil sharpener, and can be used for Ell
Their Of these purposes as conveniently as can a
| penknfe for the purposes for which il is inten-
ded. 1t is no hunibug, is not complicated, has
neither joints nor springs, is as compact as the
simplest pencil, and can't fail to please. The
inventor aud manufacturer is Mr.. A. G. SHAY
| er, New Haven, Conn. For sale in all well
regulated book and fancy stores.
-y-The new ship Geo. Griswold, 1900 tons.
sailed on Saturday last for England, full ireigh-
ted with contributions for the suffering opera
| tives of Lancashire. She took out as a part
of her assorted cargo, 1900 barrels of flour.
| While Englands merchants are subscribing to
build "290s, and, while her shipyards are tur-
ming out pirates TO prey upon our commerce,
and while her vessels loaded with munitions
of war are trying to run our blockade into re-
bel ports, our ships are sent on errands ofmer-
cy to feed her starving poor. But then John
| Bull Is a christian gentleman, and has long
! shed tears over the sins of Jonathan for dar-
ing to elope from his protection and guardian
ship with the Goddess of Liberty,