The Portland daily press., 1863-06-27
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pB oH tne nrst plge-W asningt0n Letter,
Industries of Freeport.
gB-On the fourth page-"Pax Vobiscum,"
an original poem; Bierstadt on the Prairies.
sB-Several hundred tons of powder have
been sent from Kittery Navy Yard to Cairo,
within few days.
Secretary Chase is removing clerks of
doubtful loyalty, from his department.
aBThe Oxford Democrat says Mr.. Daniel
A. Twitchell, Postmaster at Bethel, died sud
denly of dipbtheria on Saturday, June 10th.
gThe Clarion says the grass crop never
looked better on the Kennebec than it now
does.
Sy-Ex-Chief Justice Tenny presided at the
Convention in Noridgewock, for the choice Of
delegates to the Convention at Bangor
LEA lady editor down east says if the
men want their children to look like them, the
fewer jaunts they make to California the bet
ter.
srThe editor of the Skowhegan Clarion
says he made flying trip to Lewiston few
days SINCE 1t must have required strong
pair of wings for man of his weight.
ay-A letter from Portsmouth, Va, states
that the wreckers have raised the Germantown
and United States, and several guns from the
Congress.
sgr 1t is said that since colored troops
have commenced to be organized in the North
not sentence has appeared in the Southern
papers mentioning the fact.
IDelegates from Yarmouth to the Ban
gor convention:
E. d. Lane, Reuben Merrill, Joseph Young,
Samuel Baker, Wm II. Foster.
syThe following are the delegates to the
late Convention from Skowhegan, to wit !:
James Bell, Moses Littlefeld, G.. l.. Hill, Peter
Malbon, Amasa Bigelow, N. c. Steward, r. L.
Lyon.
John Forsyth of Scion, discharged
soldier, was making some demonstrations with
loaded pistol on Saturday last, when it was
accidently discharged taking Of one of his fin
gers and otherwise injuring his hand.-ISkow
hogan Farmer.
sg-The Copperheads frequently intimate
ahat when they come into power the war debt
will be repudiated. They evidently sympa-
thise with their chief, JEFF. Davis, the famous
Mississippi Repudiator.
sI-The Brunswick Telegraph says the
Peuciniam Society of Bowdoin College will
celebrate its Anniversary on-Monday evening
next, at Mason street church. Orator, Alvah
A. Dearborn, Harpswell Poet, Horace r. Che
ney, Lewiston.
sg-The towns of Sidney and Belgrade have
decided against the unpatriotic proposition to
raise money to pay the Communication fee of
$500 each to conscripted men. Both towns
indicate a willingness to pay that amount of
bounty to volunteers.
sH-The house of Mr.. S. S. Hersey of
Pennington, was struck by lightning during
the shower on Tuesday last. A Mrs. Green
wood, who was in the house was prostrat-
ed but not seriously injured, and cat near
her was killed. Damages to the house tri-
fling. So we learn from the Chronicle.
1y-We are requested to give notice that
the Loyal National League of Bowdoin Col
lege, and the citizens of Brunswick and vicin-
ity, will be addressed by Hon. LoT NJ. NOR
RILL of Augusta, and J. 7. GILMAN of Port
land, this Saturday afternoon, at 8 o'clock,
at the Railroad Depot in that town.
rThe Copperhead papers tell boastingy
that SAT 900 were subscribed by the Demo-
cratic Convention at Springfield, ILL.,, the
other day for the Sanitary Commission, but
the Chicago Tribune says not dollar of the
money has yet been paid over to that benevo-
lent institution.
rBrThe question is sometimes asked, what
has become of the gold coin? The panic at
Pittsburg uncovered some of this treasure
To prevent capture by the rebels the bankers
and Others oil that city transferred to Cleve-
land, Ohio, on the 18th inst. sl5,000,000 in
gold, and on the succeeding day s65000O.-
IN. Y. Post
.E-The following gentlemen have been
elected delegates to the Union or Republican
convention TO be held in Bangor on the LIST
day of July: Doct. Isaac Lincoln. Marshall
Cram. f. Everett, Z. Douglass, d. Elliott, W.
X. Field, b. NJ. Melcher. Isaiah Jordan, G. j.
Gilman aud j. l.. Swift Brunswick Tele-
graph.
sg-The copperheads of Pennsylvania but
few weeks since were reported ready to re-
sist the government and troops had actually
been sent into some of the counties to pre-
serve order. Now they are beginning to taste
the sweets of rebellion, and are likely to find
the minions of JEFF. Davis sympathising with
them more closely than is agreeable.
~ The new Congregational church in
Saco, built ON the site of the old one which
was burnt, is one of the neatest both exterior
ly and nteriorly that we have ever seen. 1t
was designed by Stevens of Boston and will
be ready for dedication the first of next month,
though the organ and bell will not be ready for
some time after.
sB- The Boston Journal says the comman-
der of the Tacony informed one of the cap
tains in his custody, that his vessel has once
been spoken in the night by a United States
gunboat, and that he knew at the time who
was hailing him. His answer to the hail was,
that he was a merchantmen bound from New
York to Portland.
sg- Many people who do not feel able to
endure the fatigue of ajourney to Bangor and
back the same day, are anxious to know if
they can go on Tuesday by regular train and
return Wednesday by special train, or Thurs
day by the regular, tor single fare. II Messrs.
Noyes and Cushman will inform us we will in
form the public without charge.