The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-01-26
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED


sB- On the first page-Baron Rothschild's
Entertainment.
sB- On the fourth page-Bereavemen an
original poem; the Jessie Scouts; &c.
SgrLetters from Washington and Augusta
are unayoidably left over for another number.
sgr The Bangor Wing says an attempt
was made Friday morning to burn one of the
schoolhouses in that city.
20 The Mayor of Bangor has received
$1,000 of postal currency, which will be put in
circulation through the banks in that city.
SEcThe Ellsworth American says $4,000
box shocks were manufactured IN that river
last year, and about rs 100000 feet of lumber
sawed during the season.
g- Fort Caswell said to have been attack
ed by our gunboats on the 14th. is situated at
the entrance of Cape Fear river, on a sandy
island, and completely commands the channel
of the river. 1t is one of the delences of
Wilmington.
DEATH OF MAINE SoLDIERs-The follow
ing are among the names of soldiers, who have
recently died in the Washington Hospitals !;
Joseph H. Cobb, Co. d, 25th Me-; Ebenezer
S. Allen, Co. d, 10th Me-; Pliny f. Drew, Co.
A, 9th Me.
The new Merrimac in the James River
is pronounced a failure-so top heavy as to be
useless, careening at a fearful rate. This re-
port comes via Richmond, and according to
the usual mode of Interpretation must be I'M
derstood to mean-mischief
SB- With the Argus, Belfast Republican,
Machias Union, Arson Advocate, Hallowell
Courier, and two or three more papers in the
field, preaching the blacklist kind OF secession
treason, il was hardly worth while to revive
the Bangor Democrat. 1t is done, however,
TO crafty the spleen q few men, who are
filed with political bitterness, and have plenty
of money. Let 'em bleed.-lWaterville Mail
sELevi Merchant, aged %, Edwin Mer-
chant, aged 49, and Thomas Wallace, aged is,
were drowned on Sunday, the 11th inst, by
the swapping of their boat in the breakers at
Alleys Island, Moose Peake Reach. Their
bodies were found the next day and were
buried from one house. Levi was married, and
leaves a wife.
svThe Bath Times is informed by Mr. ].
S. Lynch, that he has discovered vein of
Plumbago, or black lead, eight inchesin thick
ness, and valuable specimens of copper, on the
land owned by Mr.. Charles Donnell, West
Bath. company is being formed for the
purpose Of testing the value of the discovery.
Mr. tha 81
and the copper ore is from Is to 20 per cent.
sV The specimen of wood paper which
accompanied our Boston correspondents let
ter, published to-day, is triie darker than
that on which the Press is printed. but very
strong and serviceable paper nevertheless. A
little wad OF the pulp came with it, and chip
of the old block, showing fine, even grain,
and variously pronounced by experts bass,
birch and maple.
svThe Boston Journal says the statement
that Lieut.. Henry NJ. Bnney, of the 10th Me-,
has been dismissed the service for desertion,
does injustice to an excellent officer. Lieut..
Binney was wounded and taken prisoner at
Harper's Ferry. He was afterwards paroIed,
has been since exchanged, and was appointed
acting aid-de-camp to Gen. Wool, on the l4th
inst.
sE-The barn of George W. Pierce in
South Thomaston, with about eight tons OF
hay, was destroyed by fire last Tuesday even
ing. His dwelling house was saved by tear
ing away shed. Loss about $780, No in
surance. The Rockland Gazettee thinks the
fire caught from the carelessness Of some ske-
tiers, or sportsmen in that vicinity, who may
have gone to the barn and left burning
match or dro ped spark from pipe or cigar.
RoBBING A Posr-oFFIcE.-U. S. Marshal
Clark arrested at Lewiston on Friday, a youpg
man named Charles L. Stevens, for robbing
the boxes in the post-office in that town of a
number of letters. The young man was
brought TO this city and win have an examina-
tion to-day before U. s. Commissioner VIM.
ii. Clifford, Esq. We learn that he has recent
ly returned from the 18th regiment at New
Orleans, and is but about Is years of age /.
is said he does not deny his guilt.
sV The Waterville Mail tells sad story.
The Rev. Ephraim johnson, of Pittsfield, heard
that one Of his two sons in the army was sick
in New York hospital, and that the other
had lost leg at Fredericksburg. Starting
Immediately to find them, he met the dead
body of one, and hurrying on to assist the liy-
ing son, was robbed of his scant purse by the
way, and reached Washington only to learn
that the second boy was dead and buried
Kind friends assisted him in his need, and
promised to send the body home to him. The
coffin came-but by some mistake the body
was strangers.