The Portland daily press., 1864-09-19
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

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" Admiral Stringham, visited the Kittery |
Navy Yard on Friday, and received the usual I
salute.
q Pittsburg, Pa, has forty-six foundries, |
forty-six tons of metal and paying |
81 .O00, 900 wages annually.
sT-h is reported that one house in Dubuque,
Iowa, has 90, 900 lbs. OF butter and another as
much more, holding on for higher prices
ErThe show of cattle at the, Vermont State
Agricultural Fair, is said to be the finest ever
made in that State ,st.
p Mr.. Frederick Buckley, the celebrated
violinist of Buckley's Ethiopian Minstrels. died
at his residence in Boston, on Friday morning.
R-The Sagadahoc County Agricultural Fair
win be held Mt Topsham, on the 18th, 18th, and
18th of next month. .aeaaas saf 30 satilssol atl|
eBThe proprietor of New York grog shop
was accidentally shot dead by his bar-keeper on
Thursday last.
Y-Isaac Allard, senior, formerly well known
citizen of Belfast, died in the Insane Hospital at
Augusta. on sunday, Oct. 18th, of congestion
of the brain.
R-Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher declares
that, although he respects Mcclellan for gentle
manly quality, his letter of acceptance stamps
him as unfit for President. rig ''. tlsfiaa
ETA man named Patrick Doyle, direct from
Ireland, jumped from rail car near Manchester,
n. H.. on Wednesday last, when at full speed,
and was instantly killed. ...-..t .....5.
E-The Biddeford Journal says there are 81
grog shops in that city, every keeper of which
Iyssa
them.
- Accounts from Caprera are that Garibaldi
continues in a very delicate state of health.
He can only walk about with the assistance Of
crutches.
81 rhe choirs of the Freewill Baptist socie-
ties of Biddeford and Saco exchanged ''singing
seats last Sabbath. as the clergymen exchanges
pulpits.
e The Somerset Farmer says Mr.. Samuel
Farnham, Of Canaan, single man, about 40
years Of age, committed suicide by hanging on
Tuesday last. ssH
~ The robber of the American Express Co.'S
safe in Rhinebeck, n. Y, proves to be an en-
ployee of the agent. Most of the money has
been recovered.
- The Treasurer of the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions expects to
be able to report at the annual meeting in Wor-
cester, THAT there isno debit
% Samuel Goodwin, who has been employed
in the rivet shop at the Kittery Navy Yard, has
been arrested for stealing copper from the yard
lie was held to bail in the sum of 5000
y Four young Kentuckians seeded from
Exeter Academy the other day, because col
ored lad from New Bedford was admitted to the
institution.
ZEE. B. Turner, Esq, of Texas, to whom
SO many of our people have listened with the
deepest interest, addressed public meeting at
Huntington Hall, Lowell, ON Saturday evening.
n At the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Portsmouth Steam Factory, held on Tues
day of last week, the affairs of the corporation
/ were reported to be in very satisfactory condi-
ton. cess ss
II e. Mr.. Greeley says the Lincoln platform is
/ Union. Peace and Liberty. The Advertiser says
/ Mr.. Greeley has correctly stated it, and then
| goes on to find fault with it. wethink the peo-
pie Of Maine willnot object to such platform.
~ The Lewiston Journal says Mr.. Graham,
who was injured Monday week in firing salute
in honor of the fall of Atlanta. was able last
Monday to walk to the polls and cast his vote
for Cony and the Union ticket.
= Daniel +. Ellis, son Of DIR. Ellis Of Bruins.
wick, has passed the examining Board OF Sur
geons for an appointment as Assistant Surgeon
to serve in a colored regiment raising in Ken.
lucky.
/ S-Mr. Geo. IL. Pearcc, an eloquent and ear
nest advocate Of Temperance from Canada, will
labor in this state during the month of October
| His services can be obtained by addressing n,
editor Of the Temperance Journal
RrThe New York Democratic Committe.
have issued campaign editions of bishop Hop.
kin's Bible View of Slavery" and "Prof
1 Morse on the Ethical Position OF Slavery in thu
Social System Siraws show the direction o
the current.
gEGov. Bonham. of South Carolina. call
upon every man between sixteen and seventy
/ years Of age who is net in soms Confederat,
designated places to be organized for actual ser
vice.
EVA visitor to the White Mountains, she
| was refused q room at hotel, while there wers
spare rooms in the house, proposes to test tn,
I question in court of justice whether or not
| landlord is bound to take in an unobiectionabl.
| traveller
VA "peaes" democrat on reading McClel-
lan's letter Of acceptaIee. said; 81 would rather
have Lincoln than Mcclellan; for lincoln would
get through the war sometime. and tsep VIC
should have peace; but Mcclellan would never
/ get through 90
FAt the annual vota of the students Of
Bates College for Governor. GA Monday, las
votes were thrown, of which 100 were fos cony
and Is Tor Howard This is a fair specimen Of
the political Opiaions of intelligent young
men.
RIt is said S2o. 900 have been beqqeathed 10
suppress intemperance in two prominent places
in Massachusetts,. What pity somebody could
not bequeath a corresponding amount Of m oral
principle and unwavering hrmDess and determi-
nation to 60 with the money.
H-The floor of hall in Springfield, NY.
in which Sanitary Fair was being held a few
evenings since, gave way, piling the fair and
the fairies in unseemingly confusion twelve feet
below. About fifty persons were injured. one or
two Of them fatally.
V-of the $50 soldiers in hospital at Mont
pelier who voted on Tuesday, 9th inst, not one
voted the Copperhead ticket. They did the same
thing in Burlington, and Judging froa. the re-
turns received from Brattleboro', the soldier,
voted the same way there.
y Col. Quincy, of WHOM the Boston Courier
speaks sneeriDgly, was formerly resident Of
this state, then Democrat, but like almost ever,
other brave and intelligent officer of that polti
cal persuasion who has fought tie rebellion, he
soaa became converted to the support Cd the
Administration and its policy.
% rhe Armyspl Navy Journal Of last week
says: 1--WE know that the lieutenant uenersl
believes he has the enemy in his grssp, We do
not spssk from idle rumors, or from conjecture