The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-04-25
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED,

u IL IT. A Il A N ID Il l. T. T. L K ID.
sg-On the first page-The Sanitary Com
mission; Horrid Aboltionist.
sY-On tie fourth page-The Solitary, a
poem by n. Deering: Miscellany.
sHWe think man carries his modesty TO
excess when he is shocked by the naked truth.
sB-The Boston Post suggests that ten
thousand pumps instead of ten thousand
cows, supply that city with milk.
ga bill allowing soldiers TO vote by
proxy has passed both branches Of the New
York Legislature.
~ By ARGENT census the population Of
Lewiston is ascertained to be about s,700-a
gain of 1900 since 1860.
sE- Mr.. S. Z. Butler has become proprie-
tor Of the Bddeford Journal, which is one of
our best weekly exchanges.
sVTwenty shares of Lincoln Bank stock
were sold at auction in Bath on Thursday last,
for S96. 80 per share. Par value, 500.
svThe Springfield Republcan-the paper
which the Advertiser of this city claims for its
model-speaks Of the editor of the Advertiser
as "Foj Smith,"
cV II has been noticed in the recent West
ern elections that the soldiers have voted more
generally and thrown larger majorities against
apprehension, this year than they did last.
II The number Of emigrants who have
arrived at New York since the first day of
January last has been i7,662-an excess of
10,03l over the arrivals during the same period
of 1862
sH-The bark NJ. J. Colcord, reported cap
tured by the pirate Florida, and fitted up at
sea as pirate, Is clipper built vessel OF
about 400 tons, built at Rockport, in this state.
u The Argus copies approvingly long
letter from Fernando wood--the man who
declared recently that he didn't know the
meaning Of the word "loyalty."
u Judge Rice is holding term of the
Supreme Judicial Court in Pennington. and
Judge Barrows has gone to Machias to COM
tuthiS q tclili tHSaC oh l. utouoy ucAt.
sr The Telegraph says the freshet at
Brunswick was SO high on Monday as almost
to obliterate the lower falls in the Androscog-
gin. No damage resulted from the high stage
Of water.
sV They have double pig in Portsmouth,
with four ears, eight legs and two tails. Some
of the pigs this way have but two legs, and
though some OF their ears are very long, we
have heard of none with superauous num-
Der.
~H- News from the South indicate another
Immediate attack upon the Charleston forts
Six monitors are in that vicinity, and others
are expected to rendezvous there at once. A
large force viii probably cooperate with the
feet.
20 No. 22s of the Library of Select Nov
els, entitled First Friendship "a Tae,' has
just been issued from the press of Messrs. Har-
per & Brothers. in neatly printed, paper COW
cred, 25 cent volume, and is for sale by Hail
L. Davis, Exchange st.
The bark NJ. J. Colcord, captured by the
Florida, was a good vessel of 374 tons, built
at Prospect, in 1855, and was owned in Boston
by Messrs. Blanchard, Sherman & Co. and
others. There is $4,000 insurance (war risk
on the property at the Manufacturers Office
in Boston.
rB-In consequence Of the large increase
of our subscribers we have multiplied the num-
Der OF carriers in the city, which arrange
ment will take effect on Monday. As several
new carriers are on the routes, it will be
few days before they will become familiar
with their duties, and we bespeak for them the
indulgence of our friends until they get
broken in.
q The Biddeford Journal says the recent
rains have so swollen the Saco river that it
has reached point higher than it has been
since 1856. Water street, Saco, was partly
submerged, and Gooch Island and Springs
Island Biddeford, were flooded, greatly to the
annoyance of the residents there. The "side
boom" above the Railroad bridge gave way,
by which some 1000 or 5000 logs belonging to
Joseph Hobson, Jr., were lost.
sBe Referring to the mention of Hon. S. c.
Fessenden's name for the Clerkship of the next
House Of Representatives, the Rockland Free
Pres loyal Dem.) says, ut is highly compi-
mentary to Mr.. Fessenden that he should be
spoken Of for this office. 1t shows what his
record proves-that he was one Of the work.
ing members of the last House. We do not
hesitate to say that in our opinion he would
make competent and efficient Clerk, and the
Clerk being conceded to the East-since the
West is to have the Speaker-we do not see
why Mr. Fessenden should not have this
Office"