The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-04-09
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

| sE- On fourth page-Lines on Spring, po-
etry; Touching Incident; Items.
sE-East Tennessee sufferers are now daily
receiving supplies purchased with the liberal
contributions of northern cities.
| ga colored oratress has made her debut
at Syracuse, n. Y. "The heroism of colored
men," is her theme.
aB-An effort is being made at Pennington
to secure the sevices of Rev. J. W. Hanson,
Unversalist clergyman.
sv-The spring term of the Bates College,
Lewiston, will close on Tuesday next, 18th
instant.
rH- 1t is said the seat of government of
Mississippi was recently removed from Jack
son in a carpet bag.
Jason Hamilton, of Saco, has received
the appointment of Deputy Sheriff for York
county.
sr The steamer Katahdin made her first
trip from Boston to Searsport on Wednesday
last, and run up to Hampden on Thursday
Major Eliphalet Rowell, Paymaster in
the U. s. army has been assigned to duty, and
| has his headquarters at Baltimore.
svMr. Collins has laid his plans for uni
ting Europe and America by continuous tele-
graph lines. before Congress.
To- The Senate has confirmed Nicholas L.
| Humphrey, of Cumberland, this State, as
| Consul at the island of Trinidad.
sB-An agent of the Russian government
recently obtained several workmen and ma
chininsts for Russian establishments, at Mys-
tic, Conn.
sB-The City Council of Lewiston have Or
dered an inquiry into the expediency of pro-
curing steam fire engine. This is step in
the right direction.
nD-There are now seven daily newspapers
published in Washington, and it is proposed
| to start another, to be called the Conserva-
tive, and to be edited by George d. Prentice.
sB-General Rosecrans has suppressed the
| New York Vindicator which was sent to the
subscribers OF the Metropolitan Record in
his department.
sy Hereafter all matter intended for Can
ton mills, should be directed to Canton; and
matter to 60 to the Point, must be directed to
Canton Point.
sI-C. r. Whidden, Esq, was elected Mayor
of Calais on Monday last. The Union candi-
dates in every ward were elected by decisive
majorities.
I-Gen. Hooker's friends propose TO give
| him public dinner on his return from the
West. Better postpone the feasting until
after the fighting is over.
Ca young soldier from Aroostook coun-
ty says he was rejected from the U. S. service
because blue was not becoming to him. Per-
haps he would prefer "butternut."
OF Tea and coffee have recently taken
big stride upwards, so have sugar and milk
| This fact causes serious Inconvenience to
housekeepers, but an excellent antidote for
the evil is pure cold water.
% Returns from every town in the State
| of Connecticut have been received. They
| give Buckingham majority of $685. in a to-
tai vote of 73,5SS. Eighteen Union Senators
| out of q, and 1856 Representatives out of 235
are elected.
sI- Old collins dug up in the London
| graye-yards are ground up TO adultcrate cof
fee. They are cheaper and better-favored
than peas. The drinkers of such coffee can
boast of getting the fragrant beverage direct
from the bury
gE-Gen. G. w. Cushman, OF South Paris,
the Democrat says, met with severe acct
dent last week, by which three of his ribs
were broken. He was ascending to scat
fold when his foot slipped on the ladder, and
he fell to the floor, striking his side upon
timber.
nB- One of the best remedies for the high
prices OF provisions is bean broth, beef shin
soup, Goldfish and potatoes, and plenty OF,
bread, the material for making which is not
unreasonably high. These things are healthy
substitutes for roast beef sirloin and mutton
chops.
@ The following is one verse of re-
jected poem sent to down-east editor. He
thinks it unrivaled, considering its brevity,
for the number of subjects of which it treats:
"Turpentine comes out of pine,
And pitch comes out of knots;
Mosquitoes breed in stagnant pools,
While horses die of bots"
sE- A New Zealand physician was lectur-
ing lately on the ignorance of people on
their own complaints, and said lady once
asked him what his next lecture was TO be
upon, and being told the circulation of the
blood replied that she should certainly at
tend, for she had been troubled with that
complaint for long time.
TMaine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts,, Connecticut and Rhode
Island, have declared Enthusiastically for the
Union, and their determination to stand by
the President in his efforts TO suppress the re-
belliou. The fact that New England stands
unit for the establishment of the republic
on the foundation of freedom, ought to re-
joice the heart of every loyal man.
aH- A man named Joshua Wright, says
the Pressure Isle Pioneer, Who lives in Maple
ton, was arrested and brought before Justice
Cook, on Friday, charged with having COM
mitted a cowardly assault, on Saturday, 2Gth
ult., upon the person of one Patrick Powers,
a man upwarps of seventy years of age. He
was required to find suretes in the sum of
$500 for his appearance at the S. j. Court