The Portland daily press., 1863-11-30
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

IF The quota of south Thomastou is
filed
sg- series Of weekly temperance meet
ings has commenced in Rockland.
"a Several new and elegant buildings
have been erected in Houlton the past season.
sg- The statement that Col Walker, of
the 4th Maine regiment, had been discharged
for disability, is now said 10 be incorrect.
aB A Union Convention for the nomina-
ton of Governor, is to be holden at Concord,
n. H., on the 9th of January next.
lv Rev. DIR. Teht, L. S. Consul to Stock
holm, has returned to his home in Brewer. or
Bangor, for short visit.
gg- Gen. Ewell is reported dead. Reports
Of the death of rebel generals are not very
reliable.
sB- DR.. A. NJ. Palmer, of the 1st Maine
Battery, was among the Surgeons discharged
from Libby Prison, Richmond.
vH- The Methodist church at Rumford
Center will be dedicated on the 24th of De-
cember.
sy-The Gloucester Fishermen have cleared
about $500 each the past season. Three hun
dred dollaIs is usually considered good pay
IB@ The quota for Calais is probably now
filled, or it lacked but three on Wednesday
last, as we learn from the St. Croix Herald
GB- Mr.. Stewards report for Congress of
diplomatic correspondence since January last.
will, it is said, comprise printed volume of
two thousand pages.
sT- Caroline F. Knight, of Bangor, urged
the following causes for asking for divorce:
"Extreme cruelty, adultery, gross conduct,
intemperance and neglect TO support Her
petition was granted.
LEA man by the name of John c. Cove,
seems to be the terror of Weston and vicini-
ty. He has attempted to take the lives of
several persons. Why not have him arrested
and treated like any other criminal?
sI- Rum is used in the West Indies in
stead of turpentine in the preparation of paint.
An old topper of twenty years can testify, that
it is an excellent thing to set the color; he
''nose" all about it.
Co Prof Packard, son OF Prof. A. S.
Packard OF Bowdoin College, has been trans
ferred from the chair of Modern Languages,
to that of Greek Language and Literature in
Dartmouth College.
sg@ A secessionist, named Samuel Holmes
citizen of Stoddard county, Mo-, has been
sentenced to pay a fins of 5000 and work at
hard labor during the war, for harboring
guerrillas.
Iy- The Grand Jury in Grafton county,
n. H., found bill againsl Thomas Wer for
the murder, on the 18th day of July last, of
Elder Caleb NJ. Dyer, the head of the Enfield
Shakers.
Sy- Hon. Henry w. Cushlnan, u dstin-
guished politician of Western Massachusetts,,
died at his residedce in Bernardstown short
time since. lie was formerly Wing, but has
acted with the Democrats since 1888.
SB-The store of ID. w. Packard, in Hal
lowell, was entered few nights since and
twelve dollars taken therefrom. On Tuesday
night the Hat store of Mr.. T. Spaulding, was
entered and a small amount TAKEN
% A private dispatch received in Provi-
dence on Wednesday, from Gen. Burnside,
reports him all right as late as Tuesday. and
confirms the news relative to the strength of
his position.
10 Vast beds of peat have been discovered
near st. Paul, Minnesota, sufficient it is said
to supply the demand for fuel in the vicinity
for centuries. 1t can be supplied for $3.50, or
S.. cord. E-tfL i .-
nH-Mlle Camilla Urso, the unriyalled VOL
insists to give one of her concerts in Bath this
Monday evening. She will be ably assisted
If the people of that city do not turn out and
give her full house, they will do themselves
quite as much injustice as they do her.
- The Boston Transcript states that one
of the deacons in the First Presbyterian
Church in Newburyport left the Church in in
dignation on Thanksgiving day, because the
beautiful Presidents Hymn, written by DIR.
Muhlenberg, was sung.
aH@ Lieut.. Alden tells a good anecdote,
which we find in the Gardiner Journal, of one
of the prisoners who was taken at Chicka-
manga. Johnny Reb. was looking at one of
our guns, and remarked that he "didn't think
that the Yanks would use them big guns
much longer" "Why not?" inquired the
Feds. Because" said he, "the Confederacy
is getting so narrow that you'll fire clear over
it and hit your men on the other side.'