The Portland daily press., 1863-02-19
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u On the first page--A Portland Boy at
Arkansas Post; Letter from Lieut. Dow, 9th
Battery; Letter from the Rappahannock.
T- On the last page-Poetry; An Ameri-
can Heroine; Miscellany.
sr VS. excellent article will appear to-
morrow.
ar J. T. Neal, United States Consul at
Kingston, Jamaica, died there about five
weeks ago.
1r The editor ofthe Saco Democrat (cop-
perhead) calls Senator Peters and Hon. S. II.
Blake OF Bangor, "mulatto democrats"
~ Sheep raising is likely to receive in
creased attention in Aroostook County, and
indeed, throughout the State.
.v The ladies of Bangor are to hold Tea
Party on the 23d, for the benefit Of the Sani-
tary Commission.
sg- Our Augusta Correspondent has for
warded long hospital report, which necessa-
rily lays over till tomorrow.
n The Leavenworth (Kansas) Register,
traitorous sheet, has been cleaned out by a
mob.
~ The Conway tMass.) Academy was
destroyed by fire on the It'll, together with the
books of the scholars. The building was in
sured for $500. Total loss $500.
II The Bangor Jefersonian has partially
changed proprietorshp, Mr.. Burr having be-
come sole proprietor. Joseph Bartlett, Esq,
fills the editorial chair.
rr The Boston Journal says the coored
military company now being raised in New
Bedford is expected to be full this week. A
meeting is to be held there this evening in aid
of enlistments. when ii Is expected Gov. An
drew will be present and make speech.
FIRE on FREIGHT TRAIN.-On Tuesday
morning, just after the freight train on the
Kennebec & Portland Railroad had left this
city, IL was found that some bales Of rags on
platform car had caught fire from sparks
from the locomotive. When the train arrived
at woodford's Corner, the bales were thrown
off, and the fire extinguished before any great
damage had been DONE
II We have been gratifed to witness a
Times. Nearly every day it contains articles
of much local interest, and it is doing much
to inform the outside world of what is being
done by way of enterprise in that city. We
wish it all manner of success. Bro. Lincoln
intends to merit generous support, and the
people of Bath should see that he is not dis
appointed.
sg- Hon. Joshua r. Giddings, American
Consul General for Canada, had a narrow es-
cape in Montreal on Saturday morning, the
14th inst. The hotel at which he lodges took
fire. and though Mr.. G. was awakened as
quickly as possible, before he could escape he
became insensible from the effects of the va
por and smoke, and was carried for safety to
another part of the hotel. He afterwards re-
vived, and the next forenoon was much inn
proved. Several of the inmates of the house
were nearly sutfocated by smoke before they
could be rescued, and one of them, servant,
has since died from its effects.
- Napoleon has no prejudices against
negro troops. He asked the Viceroy of Egypt
for temporary loan off black regiment of
twelve hundred men to garrison Vera Cruz,
but the Egyptian official could accommodate
him with but four hundred and fifty. The
Moniteur adds that the plan was "a measure
of humanity which is not amenable to the
least criticism" But the same paper and all
the government papers criticised the Ameri-
can Government when its generals proposed
to garrison the Southern forts with men not
qusject to the same yellow fever.