The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-07-04
ORIGIN AND SELECTED.

sH-On the first page Letter from the
goth Maine; Letter from the Lakes to Passa-
maquoddy.
sB-On the fourth page - the Florida's
Cruise, ballad now first publis he'd from a
manuscript copy found aboard the' Archer"
sBeVice President Hamlin arrived in Bos
ton yesterday on his way to Washington.
srTrains will run over the Kennebec road
to this city to-day and back, for single fare.
srPassengers on the York & Cumberland
Railroad will be carried in the regular cars to-
day for one fare the round trip.
B-We shall issue paper Monday morn
ing containing full accounts of the incident 8
of the 4th
SrTwo 100-pounder Parrot guns have
been mounted at Fort Popham, at the mouth
of the Kennebec.
gg- Private Ezra Jones of Co. G, 10th
Maine regiment, was killed near Haymarket.
Pa, last week, while repelling a rebel attack.
sB- Vallandigham arrived at Bermuda.
June 10th, in the rebel steamer Lady Davis,
from Wilmington, N. C.
ga dispatch was received yesterday az
ternoon, stating that Vicksburg had been cap
tured. Subsequently another dispatch was re-
ceived contradcting the report
sB-Rev. d. E. o. Haven, editor of the Ii
ons Herald has been elected President Of
the University of Michigan, and will probably
accept the office.
sB- The Pennington Patriot calls upon the
Copperhead brotherhood to come to that office
aud procure +. o. j. Smiths great speech for
five cents copy. Each purchaser will prob
ably be allowed premium of handful of
peanuts.
sB- One of the coaches connected with
the Penobscot Exchange, at Bangor, tipped
over yesterday morning, filed with passen-
gers bound to the depot, in consequence of
the breaking of an axle, and quite a number
OF severe bruises was the result. No bones
broken.
LEA valuable horse belonging to Edwin
Noyes, Esq, of Waterville, was found drowned
in the Messalonskee few days since. His
fore foot and head were tied together to pre-
vent jumping. 1t is supposed, we learn from
the Mail, that he had been drinking What
place is that Watervillel The very cattle
drink-like fishes.
sBrBro. Lincoln. of the Bath Times, who
has abiured old baehelorism and become full
proportioned man, no longer minus "better
hall" has our acknowledgements for liberal
slice from the bridal loaf. May the future
lives of the parties be as sweet as this token
that poor slave of the quill is not forgotten.
~gr A chap in New Hampshire recently
struck out an entirely new branch of business
and made it profitable for few days. He
rode round the country towns, and whenever
he foundan available detect in a road he very
carefully tipped over his wagon, set his horse
loose, and tumbled himself over in the road
with severe "internal injuries" The Select
Men of several towns paid him handsome
sums rather than stand suit.
aB-The Argus intimates that somebody
has been sold by the story about cheers for
jeff. Davis at the copperhead meeting at
Brownfeld. We have the testimony of an
eye and ear witness that such cheers were ac-
tually given, and that one of the speakers fire.
quently referred to our Southern brethren"
and the northern abolition helhounds"
10 Special attention is invited to the decs-
ion OF the Supreme Bench of this State, which
we publish to-day. The decision was sent to
the Governor the day it bears date, and we
have been fortunate enough to receive an ear
ly copy. 1t will be seen that the Copperhead
efforts to raise money to defeat the govern
ment in raising recruits, are all against the
law, and fall to the ground.