The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-04-08

ORIGINAL AND SELECTE ID.

sT- On the first page-Letter from the
9th Maine Regiment; Copperhead Demon
stration in Connecticut.
sBe On the fourth page-Song of the Old
Folks: Hunting in Africa; Apologize for the
Season; Startling Discovery; Prices Current.
the S. j. Court now being held at Bath.
sBc Boston has appropriated for public
schools the current year, S424,l75.
sE-About dozen new vessels are to be
constructed this season, at ST. Andrews, N. b.
~J. P. Morse, Esq, of Bath, says the
Times, has laid the keel of a new ship of 300
TONS
~ Vanity Fair has followed the John
Donkey and the Lantern. ats history" says
the New York Post, twas fash, a flzzle, and
finally, ashes!'
I- Little Rhodar-loyal to the core, and
the smallest of Uncle Sans numerous family,
will pay two millions annually of internal rev.
enue.
lv- A national bank-the first in Mass
was organized at Springfield, under the new
law of Congress, on Saturday last. Capital
$4,000.
sB Bangor is the headquarters Of a new
society entitled the "Penobscot Sheep Keep
ers' Association" the object being the promo
ton of sheep raising in that county.
svThe Lowell Carpet Manufacturing
Company have increased the wages of those
employed by them in many of the rooms, ten
or twelve per cent.
sB-Mr. Sweat is reported in his speech of
Monday evening, to have repeated the stale
clap trap that the soldiers from this State are
"for the most part Democrats"
agrA Union League has been formed in
Oldtown. The Lewiston journal says there
are copperskins but no copperheads in Old
town.
sy-Among the refugees who have lately
applied to come within our lines in Virginia,
was the vile of jackson, the murderer Of
Ellsworth, who it is said was destitute and APP
pealed for charity TO sustain life.
sr News from the Gulf states that yellow
fever Is assuming a malignant form in the ex-
IRENE Southern States. In New Orleans the
most rigid sanitary measures have been insti-
tuted as preventive.
nJ- Miss Cobbe, who wrote the English
womens "Rejoinder" to Mrs. Stoves "Ad-
Dress" has just brought out two volumes of
complete edition of Theodore Parker's
Works, in London.
~ Four persons were sentenced to the
State prison during the recent term Of the Su-
preme Court at Norrigewock; one for assault
with intent to kill, one for larceny of cloth,
and two for stealing and slaughtering an OK.
sI- JEFF. Davis it is said is already blind of
one eye from disease, and an abscess has form
ed close to his sound eye, which, it is thought,
will destroy it also. That he is also afflicted
with diseased heart no loyal nan will doubt.
sH-Ths Bath Sentinel learns that Sumner
Adams, ESQ.,, OF Richmond, has closed a con-
tract with Captain Casey, for furnishing for
Fort Popham some 400, 600 bricks the pres
ent season.
sH-Mr. John Carleton, gun manufacturer,
Brunswick, fell on going into his labratory
on Friday last and broke both bones of one Of
his legs. The bone was set by DIR John ID. Lin
coin, and Mr.. Carleton is doing as well as
could be expected Bath Times.
IL despatch to the Journal from near
Falmouth, April Q, says "the bright sunshine
has nearly melted OFF the snow, but the mud
is very deep, and the roads are almost impass-
able. The troops are healthy, confident and
devoted to Gen Hookerv
@r The Times says that B. C. Sewall, Esq.,,
Of Bath, has found it necessary to enlarge his
mills to accommodate his increasing business.
He has one of the best Touring mills in the
state, and also does large business in grind
ing and putting up salt.
sv- The Providence Journal states that
large unfinished brick dwelling house in that
city, owned by J. s. Remington, was blown up
with powder and partially destroyed about IL
O'Clock Monday night. Damage about 81
600.
sH-It is said that our friend Kimball, who
did not receive the Democratic nomination for
Mayor, proposes to enforce the law against his
democratic brethren for "cruelty to animals"
III iottiue MIN out thc otuci hiSut W eAuit
over CAROLS nomination.
sE-The copperheads Of one town in Penob-
scot county have nominated Marcellus Emery,
Of the Bangor Democrat, for Governor. That
county could present score Of more worthy
candidates, and not go out of the aboriginal
settlement on Oldtown island to select them.
sY- When the Connecticut copperheads
enunciated their UNANIMOUSLY reasonable plat
form, and placed Tom Seymour upon it, the
Providence Post, the leading Democratic pa
per in Rhode Island, prophesied the defeat of
the party so long as it should occupy so unen-
viable position.
sD-Rev. r. A. Ballou, for five years pastor
of the Unveasalist church in Augusta, has
rendered his resignation to take effect July
LIST. Mr.. b. is editor and joint proprietor of
the Gospel Banner, to the interests of which
paper he proposes hereafter to give his exclu
sive attention.
sH-The trustees Of Westbrook Seminary
are authorized, by an act of the State legis-
lature, approved March IL, to prescribe col
legiate course of study for young ladies, and
to confer upon all who shall complete such
course, the honors and degrees usually grant
ed by female colleges.
Y- "Otho" entirely mistakes the character