The Portland daily press., 1863-10-12

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sB-Jacob Grimm, a distinguished German
author died in Berlin on the 18th of Septem-
Der, at the age of seyenty-nne. ~
SB-Geo. A. Howard Esq. one of the most
prominent business men of Providence, died
in that city on Thursday last.
Ig-Its believed that the magnificent
undertaking of the Atlantic Telegraph Com
pany is about to be crowned with success.
% Senator Wilson replied to Mr.. Blair's
Rockville speech in an address before the
Loyal League of Washington, on Wednesday
y sg- The Nashville Press says Gen. Hook
er arrived at that place OH the I'd inst. and
/ that he is TO take an active command.
@g~ 1t is reported by deserters that Mr..
Holden, Of the Raleigh N. ca Standard has
been assasslnated' A
q Extensive preparations are being made
for cutting lumber on the Penobscot waters
the approaching winter. a1- tt'f 80
/ sV-Ebenezer b. Lamond of Warren has
been arrested and bound over for trial charged
/ with obstructing the draft.
( sB-It is said Mr.. Ellis who was assaulted
in Augusta last Saturday night, is in danger
1 Gus condition.
| ia young man named John Grady fell
down the hold of a ship in Houghton yard in
Bath on Friday last and was severely injured,
| as we learn from the Times. So
! sB- "Isalph'' Of the Courier says John
/ Ford, Ellen L. Murphy, Joanna McGrath and
Alonzo r. Dimick, convcts of the State Pris-
on have been pardoned. t -
sB-Special efforts are to be made, and extra
inducements offered, to secure the enlistment
| of the fishermen Of Maine and Ma ssachusets
| in the Navy. -
sR-Hon. II. J. Raymond of the n. Y.
| Times is aiding by his powers Of eloquence as
well as by his pen-the Union cause in Penn
sylyania. fTT
ng-A St. Helena letter in the New York
Journal of Commerce reports the capture of a
Greek SLAYER on the coast of Africa, by
British gunboat, having on board 5s4 slaves.
| ga lot of sos bales of upland cotton
part of the cargo Of prize steamer Kate Dale,
was sold at auction in Philadelphia OH We'd
nesday at prices ranging from 81 IL to 92 IA
cents per pound. tsE "a
.E- Gen. Cox, Department of the Ohio, has
issued an order directing the court martialling
of any military officer who disgraces himself
and the army by associating with females Of
bad reputation. - Aot't a'f 'lst
Sr The Oxford Democrat says the store
of J. W.. Eaton and contents, in Andover,
were destroyed by fire one night last week.
Supposed to have been the work of an incen-
diary.
aVThe Eastport Sentinel says the friends
shut their eyes to the rapid progress Of the
monster intemperance. Like every other vice
| it needs TO be constantly combated 1H
sgThe Newburyport Herald says James
Bush Of Amesbury, a man of about three score
and ten, leaving an estmable wife and fam
lily, has taken a Miss Rcbecca j. Wormwell,
about is years Of age aud left for parts I'M
known. -.-., -t.-e-rl r-.~T
sB-The Great Eastern, il is reported, is to
be sold at auction. The company that should
purchase her would be in the condition of the
man who won an elephant in rattle who
wasn't able to keep him and couldn't sell
him.
LIZ correspondent Of the Ellsworth
American writes as follows: drowned, in
fremont, near Harwood Island Sept. 4th,
while engaged in netting pogges, P. Gardiner,
aged is years. son of Capt Daniel r. Freeman
of Steuben, and Franklin, aged II years, son
of Mr.. Franklin Haynes of Ellsworth
GI- DIR. Rideout, of Somerset Mills, sawed
all the fingers from his right hand, while at
work on a shngle machine on Friday last
The bright side of the affair is, as we learn
from the Gardiner Journal, that the HUnion
Tree of the village school exhibition, bore
him a purse containing 500. Such trees
should be cultivated with great care as they
are rarely to be found. Man
ayThe n. Y. Weekly Argus and the n.
Y. World have been united. The World has
evidently been in feeble condition for several
months, and needed something TO Irvine
around. The "Woodsr FROM which it obtained
its principal support fail to yield subsis-
taHtt slucc tuc kto tueiiI uituS hoSto vi IT,
cent elections and federal victories hare damp
ened their ardor
nE- The Boston Advertiser says twelve
vessels loaded with coal for the Boston retail
dealers, have arrived at that port from Port
Richmond, Penn, during the last three days
The captains state that there is plenty of coal
coming from the mines, and there is no trouble
about getting their cargoes when chartered to
load coal at Port Richmond. Freights are
now 1925 and coal by the cargo t2,240 lbs) at
s. to $3.50 per ton. There is no good reason
why the present price of coal should be
maintained. lo Ctl
sy- A new railroad and steamboat line be-
tween Boston and New York is being estab-
lished. Its route is to Providence and Bristol
by cars; from Bristol by boat, touching at
Newport directly to New York, where they
will arrive in time to connect with all the early
trains South and West This is to be called
the Merchants line; the advantages are said
to be, leaving Boston at a later hour than any
other line getting full nights sleep on the
boat, and the shortening of the route TO some
extent.
Sr The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Air Line Railway Co. was held at