The Portland daily press., 1863-01-23
ORIGIN AL AND SELECTE d.

NB- Gen. Rosecrans is 43 years of age, was
born in Ohio, but is of German descent
Gyr To break horses from pulling at the
haltar, hitch them by the bridle
sV-Mr. Mason Jones lectured at fremont
Temple, Boston, last evening, on John Milton.
% Senator Sherman stated in the u S.
Senate, on Tuesday, that CONSUMPTION act
should be passed ere Congress adjourned.
| Sg- Gov. Buckingham has been nominated
for reelection by the Republican State Con-
vention of Connecticut.
/ gB- A deed was executed in Hartford a
few days since on which the revenue stamps
cost $50
ry- Mr.. E. P. Hammond, the celebrated
revivaist, has been ordained in New York as
an evangelist
- Pennsylvania last season exported coal
to the value of$3I, 100000. OF coal and coal
OIL she produces more value than California
does gold.
ay- The editor of the Machias Union says
he very seldom gets drunk. We beg him not
10 mention 1t again, as it may injure his stand
ing in the secesh party.-(Free Press.
sg-John f. Seavey of Kennebunkport,
Me-, assignor to himself and George L. Torrey
OF the same place, has been granted patent
for improvement in jib and stay connection.
sB- The Gardiner Journal says Geo. W.
Richardson, son of Robt. Richardson. of that
city, was in Co. /, Massachusetts, AID, which
was captured at Galveston
sB- VIM. L. Yancey thinks matters look
gloomy in the South, but hopes the rebellion
Will succeed through the efforts of the north
ern peace men.
~ The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
has resolved to give suitable reception to the
officers oil the first ship from America with
provisions for the distressed operatives.
gB~ Leonard Scott and Co.'s Office in New
York city, with all their English republica-
tions, back numbers, DC, was totally destroyed
by fire recently.
sB- The paper on which the Bangor Wing
one of our very best exchanges-is printed
looks as though il was made of wood that had
been soaked in very dirty water
~ The Boston Courier is shocked at the
irreverence of Henry Ward Beecher for say
ing that Sod and the negro will save the Re-
public" The Courier would doubtless have it
the conservative without God
~ Among the recent deaths of Maine SOL
ders in the Washington hospitals we find the
names of NJ. Jones, Co. X, 10Th regiment =
Joseph II. Cobb, Co. ID, 25th regiment, and
James Thomas, Co. c, It'll regiment.
sB-The Rockland Free Press claims to be
the only Union Democratic paper published
in the State. The other Democratic papers
have all caved in TO anti-war, compromise,
! and secession.
~ The special dispatches from Augusta,
to the Argus and Advertiser, continue to be
in precisely the same language. Why shouldn't
they be9 Are not both papers hitched to the
same post?
sV- The "Buck and Brock" democrats who
few weeks ago were going to run Ben But
Ter for President. are now for having him
hung. They can't forgive him for saying that
the negroes must be freed.-IFree Press
II Mrs. Jane G. Swssheim. the we'll
known e,iitress Of the ST. Cloud. Mimi Dem
ocrat, is on her way East, delivering in the
principal cities lecture upon the subject of
the recent Indian troubles in Minnesota.
% George Francis Train appears to be
enjoying very comfortable degree Of oppo-
sition. He was bounded out of PENNSYLVANIA
at last accounts, and now Milwaukee news
] ha bas i,et
GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin.
sB- The Rockland Free Press says the reb-
els strip our soldiers of their clothing before
they parole them. Their clothing is SO ragged,
dirty and lousy that retaliation can't be in
dulged m, because our soldiers find the rene
| dy worse than the disease.
.5- 1t is said that Washington CORES
| pondent counted 140 Union officers in the
whiskey shops of Washington, most of them
drunk, during two hours. Probably the cor
respondent was in that peculiar state in which
objects seem double
Sg- The Augusta Farmer says barn own
ed by John Murphy in Jefferson. together
with nine head Of cattle, three sheep, all his
farming tools and some twenty tons of hay was
recently destroyed by fire. Loss about 81 900
insured $500.
sE- The New York Observer, which has
completed its 40th year, makes the remarka-
BILE statement that its founders, proprietors and
editors, and all who have had any responsible
connection with its editorial columns and
business management are alive and in good
health to-day.
sE- The amendment offered 10 Mr. Kings
bury's resolutions by Mr.. Lyman of Machias,
was not in opposition to the general spirit of
those of Mr.. X, but rather to give more in de-
tail the reasons why the Proclamation of the
President should receive the support of all
loyal men.
sg- A boy eight years old fell through a
hole in the ice at Athens, n. Y, accently, and
after floating under the ice for distance of
1l2 feet was taken out alive and conscious.
The little fellow kept his hand clasped tightly
over his mouth and nose, SO that no water en-
tered his body.
Sg- On Thursday afternoon last week, the
house owned by Mr.. John Goldthwaith in
Manchester, and occupied by Mr.. l. l.. Pierce,
was destroyed by fire. A portion of Mr.
Pierce's bedding and furniture was saved, all
the other contents of the building were con-
sumed. The fire was accidentally communi-