The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-10-19
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Out IS 900 70 100000 week.
Rwendell Phillips gives the first of the Bay
State Course of Lectures in Boston. on Tuesday
evening.
EJosh Billings says, "I argy in this way,
if man ia right, he kant be tn radical, if he is
rong, he cant be TO conservatin
TThe Aroostook Times says a farmer in |
that county will raise 1000 bushels of potatoes
on 10 acres of land the present season.
ssy Hon. Horace Porter, a well-known citizen
of Kennebunk, died at that place on Thursday
last, in the 10th year of his age.
GEMayor Burlington of Fall River, was robbed |
of Sl6O as he was standing on the platform of |
the horse cars in Boston, on Friday.
EF-H appears from the published vital statis-
ties in Ireland, that the longevity is greatest
among the poorest people. - Eo.7sa :. q
eS-Mr Geo. o. Kimball of Loudon, N H.,
accidentally shot himself on Saturday last, and
lived but a few minutes
7e5r.Gardening for ladies' is all very well,
Int the dears are more inclined to agriculture
than horticulture, on account of partiality for
husbandry. ~ - rrTft 23r fYsrrf' 81
Gg-From returns already received it appears
that from eighty-fve to ninety in one hundred
of the soldiers have voted in fayer of the Union
tickets. .fsrsse ri
ry-A man named Valentine has been arrested
on suspicion Of his having murdered O'Grady,
who was found dead on the railroad track in
Rutland, Vermont, about three weeks SINCE
Ey-Much sensation is noweaused in SanIFran-
cisco on account of the Chinese temples there.
This is the emily Christian city in theworld where
idolatrous worship is openly carried on. I-
ER-The Boston Courier, Mcclellan organ,
styles the voting of the soldiers in the hospitals
| as ssneither more nor less than scoundrelly
| farce.pa N rES G@ Il
81 Judge Rice administers consolation to the
Mcclellan mourners tonight, at the City Hall.
On Intervening of Noyasth they with fit cam
didates for 'sextreme Junction" ilguo7aas75
| RPotatoes in New Orleans on the 9Th inst,
sold for $14 a barrel, and retailed at i've cents
| apiece
EESlavery has been voted out of Maryland.
4 OF course Democracy, as now defined, goes with
it.
81 The Waterville Mail says Mr.. c. M.
Morse continues as Superintendent of the Maine
Central Railroad, Hon. A. P. Morrill, having de-
clined the Office. @ - n & ~ = ~ ~
4 EItis said the Rothschilds, for whom Au-
gust Belmont is agent in this country, have
500, O00, 900 invested in the Southern Confeder-
acy. - hoes ElaESGaAassB . =, g%fsFW
/. - Mr. Freemantle, who shot his wife in Bos-
ton, on Friday, and attempted to take his own
life, died from his selfinficted wounds on Sat-
urday. saoisa9 rBs aniyqgns tSf asiiiissi aSV
"a Gov. Cony has appointed N. Nj. Hartwell,
| - 49, 10 Nan, asoosr1,
to visit the army and receive the vote of the
soliiers. :, fpta "a ~ a1qsq
l. Hiram Ruggles, Esq, of Carmel, has just
received the sword which was worn by his son
1t Ruggles of the First Maine Heavy Artillery,
in the fatal charge which caused his death.
E The rowdyism on the covered bridge in
Z Saco demands the attention of the police. An
example made of few of the scamps would
soon cure the evil complained of by the Demo-
crat rAegf ~c4~sEhT Fro RE
gTThe Toronto Leader states that on the 18th
man named James Plunkett, residing. in that
city, fell down the stairs in his residence while
in state of intoxication, broke his neck, and
instantly died. -
- The opposition to the increase Of fares by
the horse railroad and omnibus companies in
New York, has been such as to induce them to,
sell tickets at the old price, adding only the
4 government tax.
IT, EThe correspondent of the New York Her
aid with Gen. Buffers column says but one idea
seems to animate the new levies swept into Lees
ranks, and that is to get inside of our line as
soon as possible. s f S q q la9li
RWhy don't the ''Little Mackerels'' put F.
o. ]. s, upon the stump He hasn't illumina-
ted the stump at all this season. The Union
men could well afford to pay the expense of a
meeting if he were trotted out.
R-Maj. Gen. Sickies, in an able letter to the
Union League of Philadelphia. says: s.My voice
and vote go with my sword in protesting against
the Chicago idea of cessation of hostilities,-
and the recognition of the Southern Confedera-
cy.''
4 80 The elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indiana, have already settled the case of Mr..
Lincoln reelection. The story is as effectually
4 told as if the whole vote in November had been
cast, and so the friends of the Little Napoleon
and of an anticipated disgraceful 'speace," may
as well give it up Nine cheers for Mr.. Lincoln!
Il Baltimore Clipper. WIS daaaf6 siriafaa8
RT The silver from the Masonic Jewels found
in the ruins Of the Winthrop House in Boston,
after the fire several months ago, was sent to
the United States mint, and half-dollar pieces
coined from it, which havebeen sold to the menu
bers of the different lodges. encampments, &C.
These are the only fifty cent pieces coined this
year. rFs4 'rsys4a uvHgr~4i pisfHf
- We learn that the town of Windham has
filled its quota putting in thirty-six three years.
men out of the forty-six it was called upon
to furnish under the last call of the President.
Such patriotism ensures the downfall of the re-
| hall; n fho cfohl oh IF
dom over the length and breadth of the land
j e Rev. A. W. Poole, to whom we referred q
few days since, has called our attention to the
article and said that inference was drawn from
the language that he had never been ordained.
Westated that he had never been settled pas
tor, which is true, but did not say or mean that
he had never been ordained. 2
i 81 The Lewiston journal says the Andres
coggin railroad is doing an excellent and con-
stantly improving business. During the months
of August the gross receipts were $15, 1882 81,
against $l1 .o37 AS in the same month last year,
with net earnings for Aug. 1854, of $S.s22 So,
Z against SIS, s79.49 in Aug. 1868. biasis
e. The San Francisco Alta disposes Of a
story lately in circulation about General Hooker
in the following decisive manner: s,1st. Gen.
Hooker's wife was not rich when he married her.
nor at any other time. I'd. Gen. Hooker's wife
was not a Mexican. Sd. Gen. Hooker's wife is
otdead. 4th. Gen. Hooker never had a wife.
5th. ten. Hooker is not a Croesus, never was,
and never will be.''s ia sg 1esl glHsm A
4 The Chicago Journal says the only men
in Kansas who will go for Mcclellan in the
coming election, are those who tried to make it
aslave State, under Old Bucks reign. They
are what was then termed the Border Rufians''