The Portland daily press., 1863-08-15
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

nB- First Page, Sermon by Rev. r. w.
Clark.
sB- Fourth Page, Arkansas Love Letter.
Poetry" She comes from St. LOUIS
sy- The Oxford Baptist Association will
be held at Canton, commencing Sept. LIST.
sy- Union County Convention at Alfred
to-day.
gB- A barn in Otisfield, containing eigh-
teen tons of hay, belonging to Mr.. Smith, was
destroyed by fire on Saturday last.
sg- The United States General Convention
of Universalsts will meet in this city on the
18th of September.
syr The rebel loan in England suddenly
collapsed on the receipt of the news of the fall
of Vicksburg and Port Hudson.
sy- Secretary welles has just completed
contracts for building feet Of some half
dozen very swift ocean steam gunboats, to be
completed in about three months.
gg- The loyalists Of Lincoln County are to
hold mass meeting at Newcastle, on Tuesday
next, which will be addressed by Hon. Lot NJ.
Morrill,, Lewis Barker, Esq, and others.
sY-There Is crowd of visitors this summer
at the Pool and Old Orchard ,Saco. 1t is in con-
temptation to put up spacious hotel at each
place, the coming season.
sD- There will be grand Union Mass
Meeting at Belfast ON Saturday, Angus. 22d,
which will be addressed by Gen. o. o. How
ard, Hons. Lot NJ. Morrill,, of Augusta, and F.
A. Pike, of Calais.
II Sergt. Eben S. Allen, Of Bath, Co. d,
Sd Maine regiment, died of his wounds at the
third army corps hospital, near Gettysburg, on
the 4,h inst. His left leg had been amputated
above the knee.
gT Two freight trains on the Grand Trunk
Railroad were thrown from the track on
Thursday evening, one in Gloucester, the 9TH
er in South Greenwood. No person was in
jured, but the freight aud cars were consider
ably smashed.
- The Boston Courier gives rs "a cheer
ing sign,' the TACT that In Missouri Democrat
has been elected to Congress "who is just such
politician as Vallandigham, and as bitterly
hostile to every Republican sentiment as
man can be-" Cheering! To whom? To
JEFF. Davis and every rebel in his Confederacy,
and every Copperhead out OF it.
LEA correspondent of the Boston Travel
Ter, under date of Camp Ground at Yarmouth,
August 18th, 1868, says: "This morning Rev.
John Allen, OF Maine, gave very earnest,
practical sermon on Preparing the way Of the
Lord from Luke 4th, Sd verse. Somewhat
eccentric as a speaker, there is wthal a vein of
whole-souled, hearty energy about him which
always insures the most wrapt attention from
the congregation.
~ Contrary TO general expectation, the
price of cotton has advanced since the capture
of yicksburg and Port Hudson. The discov-
cry has been made that a large portion Of the
cotton has been destroyed, and what there is
left is so remote from the railroads aud navi-
gable waters, that it will be long time before
it comes to market. Mddling cotton is now
quoted at sixty-eight cents, and middling fair
at seventy-two cents.
sB-At the annual meeting of the Portland
and Oxford Central Railroad Co., the follow
ing officers were chosen:
President, F. w. Pelton, Boston.
Treasurer, f. G. Lucas. Boston.
Clerk, s. C. Andrews, Buckfeld.
Directors, T. w. Pelton, Boston; f. O. j.
Smith, Portland; A. II. Morrill,, Buckfield; A.
F. Cole, Buckheld; Otis Hayford, Jr., Can
ton.
sE- Frank S. Douty, the only son of the
lamented and brave Col. Douty, Of the LIST
Maine cavalry, has, on the recommendation of
Hon. J. Ii. Rice, Representative in Congress
for the Fourth District, received the appoint
ment of midshipman ia the United States ma
Wy, and entered the Glass Tor the present year
in the naval school at Newport, r. /. This is
but an act Of justice 10 the only remaining son
Of brave and gallant officer who fell with his
face to the enemy.
sg- The Bangor Times tells a good
story of DIR. Wilbur, member of the Board Of
Enrolment in the third district A drafted
man presented himself for examination who
was so deaf that il required the utmost power
OF the doctors lungs to make him hear. The
doctor stopped and commenced a critical ex-
animation OF one OF the drafted mans knees re-
marking in low tone, shat is sufficient to
exempt any man. "Glad to hear you say so, .
| said the deaf man who had suddenly recovered
| his hearing; "what did you say was the trou-
BILE with my knee, DIR. Wilber?' at is per-
| fectly sound and good replied the doctor, 81
was only examining your ear" The man paid
his $500 and was exempted
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