The Portland daily press., 1863-06-03
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has been discontinued.
| sgPressed hay is sold in Augusta for S14
| per ton. 1t is worth $40 in Houlton.
IRev. is. Kalloch, who formerly preach
ed at the fremont Temple, Boston, is now
preaching in Leavenworth, Kansas.
syr All the Notifications in Boston harbor
are to be put in immediate Geographic COM
munication with the city.
sfThe county of Penobscot is said to be
entirely free from debt this year - the first
time since its organization. Fortunate county.
aH- 1t is stated upon the authority of a
private letter from Washington that the quota
of Vermont in the coming draft will be 200.
gg-The drinking saloons of New Orleans
are closed every evening at 0 o'clock. The
Fra says: The dainking public werein dilem-
ma; but it was dilemma ,cithout any horns.
lp From January LIST to June LIST 1868,
24,093,133 feet of lumber was surveyed in
the Bangor market, according to our exchan-
ges.
sg 1t is understood that the negroes in
the District of Columbia propose to organize
regiments, provided they are allowed to Sc
lect the officers.
IrAbout ten million feet of lumber be-
longing to s. r. Bearce & Co., and to James
Wood & Co., are now afoat on the river be-
tween Lewiston and Dixield, says the
Journal.
GIT is stated as remarkable fact that
Capt. Bartlett's command, Co. c, consisting of
men from Chelmsford, Tyngsboro, Dracut and
Tewksbury, has not suffered by the loss of
man during their nine months service in the
9th Mass. regiment.
nB- President Lincoln sent down his little
son with beautiful bouquette of rare and fra
grant flowers, and wreath of evergreen
decked with flowers, to be placed on the coffin
of Gen. Berry, who fell while gallanly lead
ing charge at Fredericksburg.
sy-According to the Murfreesboro cores
pendent of the Chicago Tribune vallandig-
ham admitted that his was a necessary and
justiiiable act on the part of the government.
He claims, however, that it was in defiance of
Constitutional rights.
Sy-- In the town meeting at Gray, Monday,
it was voted 1913 to Sc, to pay bounty of
$500 to every man drafted under the conscrip-
ton law. This is only about half the vote of
the town, many Republicans refusing to take
part in what they considered an illegal pro-
ceeding.
sY-A correspondent of the Register tells
about seeing Capt. Charles j. Arms, of Nor
witch, in the fight at Charlottesville surround
ed by the rebels, of whom he killed no less
than fifteen before he was himself slain. This
was remarkable, but it was not the most sur
prising part of the story. Since he was killed
he has written home saying that he is ready
for another fght!-I Hartford Post.
sB-The Olathe( Kansas Mirror says that dur
ing the past year every town in the county has
been sacked, and one burned; that sixty of its
citizens have been killed by the rebel bandits;
that 100000 worth of property has been de-
stroyed or carried away, and that a reign of
terror has prevailed in nearly all parts of the
county during that period.
sg-The York Hotel, Saco, has changed
hands-Capt. VIM. F. Pike, and II. G. Rice
are the new proprietors. Mr.. A. G. Lewis
formerly of this city is to keep the hotel, which
is being thoroughly repaired. The Demo-
crat says "Mr. L. has had experience in the
business, and the house under his care will
doubtless continue to he a favorite resort for
people visiting our place."
gg- A Connecticut officer, belonging to
the 18th corps, accused by "Dunn Browne"
the Richmond correspondent of the Springfield
Republican, of contributing with the 18th to
the failure of the army at Charlottesville,
writes to the Hartford Press, expressing his
surprise that Brownies account should differ
so widely from any other. Originality is
Brownies forte. That's what's the matter.
nB- The Washington correspondent of the
New York Commercial says all the prisoners
taken in the battles on the Rappahannock
have been exchanged, and it turns out that
the number captured by us is just about half
of that taken by the enemy. They claim to
present list in excess OF eight thousand,
while ours is little more than forty-five hun
dred.
V- According to an official report made
to Rear Admiral Davis, the line of coast guar
ded by our blockaidng fleet is three thousand
five hundred and forty nine miles long without
counting the indentations Of the harbors and
ports. There are one hundred and eighty nine
openings in the coast, either rivers, bays, har-
bors, inlets, sounds or passes. 1t is honorable
to our navy that it has guarded this coast so
jealousy and so effectually as to make the
whole world and the rebels themselves unwill-
ingly acknowledge the blockade effective
SpThe medical bureau of the War De-
partment has proposed for the instruction of
examining Surgeons complete list of phys
ical defects, which exempt men from the draft.
This list includes myopia, otorrhea ptosis,
hypertrophy of the tongue, hydrosile, and 9TH
er terrible diseases not commonly known in
this regien by these names. Whenever an
English version appears we shall make haste
to publish it.
sy. A dispatch from St. Louis of May II,
says that some days previously party of
Usage Indians went into Fort Scott for am
munition. They reported that they had
fight with the guerrilla Matthews, and had
succeeded in killing Matthews and twenty or
twenty-five of his gang. A correspondent of
the Leavehworth Times says: "They chopped
off the heads of eighteen rebels and piled
them up together. did not learn that they
took any prisoners"
sB- The Richmond Wing ridcues the
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