The Portland daily press., 1864-03-02
ORIGINAL AND sELE CTED.

rEeP. S. Gilmore of Boston, was announced
to lead q grand national concert in New Or
leans on Washington's birthday.
np-It is proposed to use the Great East
ern in laying the Atlantic cable, which will
weigh six thousand tons.
swDr. Edward Hitchcock, President of
Amherst College, died on Saturday last, at
the age Of 10.
There was grand Firemans Ball in
Biddeford last week, at which some 800 per-
sons participated in the dance.
B-J. b. Ham, Esq, has been nominated
for reelection as Mayor of Lewiston, by the
Union caucus.
sB- Hon. Edward lEyeret Acknowledges
the receipt Of 81 ,402 from various individu-
ais, mostly of Boston and vicinity, for the re-
lief of the loyal suffering of East Tennessee.
B-We understand that fastidious young
lady sp-town peremptorily declined to go be-
tween decks, on board new ship, because
she would see so many naked knees exposed.
GvOur little King-ly friends, Metela and
Theo. p, have issued their little Lady's Book
for March, and it shines like new fve-cent
piece.
Mrs. Van Benthuysen, "the eloquent
refugee" whose lectures are highly commend
ed by the press, and who has testimonials from
Gen. Butler and others, is expected in this
city soon.
B-The Argus yesterday INDUCED in
very poorly concealed chuckle over the recent
Union reverses in Florida-It is natural that
it should sympathize with the success, how
ever temporary, of its northern rebel friends.
Capt. Paul L. George, of New Hampshire,
died at his residence in Contoocookville, on
Sunday evening, of apoplexy, at the age of
about flfty-six years. He was well known
in military and political circles.
s1-During the present session of the Leg
islature, companies have been incorporated
for the manufacture Of glass, for the refining
of sugar, for rolling railroad iron, and for
buildidg a dry-dock, all in Portland.
rB-Every wholesale merchant in Portland
should commence forthwith liberal system
of advertising, so that by the time the country
merchants get ready to make their Spring
purchases, they may know what facilities are
afforded in this city.
sV-We learn that the Both Maine regiment
that left Portland nearly week after the
29th, reached New Orleans only a half an
hour after the 29ti. But one man was Lost
on the passage, and he cut his throat in a fit
Of insanity.
% The everlasting ding-dong of an auc-
ton bell under our sanctum window is won
derfully inspiring in the preparation of edito-
rails. If our articles should exhibit more
than usual ring, let it be ascribed to that
bell.
sB The Courier had singular leader last
evening, in which hostility to President Lin
coin is plainly revealed-as plainly as anything
in its columns, except it be its troubled spirit
because the Press is treated with favor by the
Union people Of the city and State.
LEA friend laid upon our table copy of
the able Report on Agriculture, for the tenth
year, by the Secretary of the State Board,
Mr.. Goodale, but some one who appreciates
good thing better we fear than he does the
precepts Of the good book, appropriated it
before we had an opportunity to look inside
of IT,
agrBelfast Journal says, Mrs. Alexander
Black, of North Searsport, lost her husband
three years ago, and was left with six chill
dren. On the 26th of January last, one died
of diptheria, in one week four more died, of
the same disorders and on the 18th of Feb, her
remaining child departed. We have not
heard of a more painful instance of the ravag-
es of this terrible disorder.
sBrThe Argus says the split in the Dem
ocratic National Nomination in 1860. was at
Baltimore and not Charleston. Not so. The
split occurred at Charleston on the adoption
of the platform, and the subsequent difficulty
at Baltimore grown out of the vote allowing
seats to the new delegates from Louisiana,
Alabama, &C., instead of those who had pre-
viously seeded at Charleston.
Gym. E. w. Locke, the patriotic Ballad
list, has just returned from the West, where
he has been singing to cheer the hearts of our
Union soldiers, or to aid the benevolent eff
forts in behalf Of our suffering heroes, and he
proposes to visit the towns on the route be-
tween here and Augusta, to lecture and give
concerts, which he proposes to make as really
gratuitous as possible and save himself from
loss.
sB-The Bangor Wing says the European
& North American Railway Company have
purchased all Mr.. John NJ. Woods interest in
the Penobscot Railroad, including all stock
and bonds held by him, and all stock and
other interests in the & n A Railway Com
pany. All suits growing out of Mr.. Woods
contract and various suits with the Directors
and other parties including the town of Orono,
are discharged.
rE-The Mercantile Library Association
never weary in well-doing, have made arrang-
ments for course Of three lectures on the
subject of Temperance, one by John B. Cough
and two by Miss Evans, one of the most re-
markable and talented young ladies of the
age. The first, by Miss E., will be given in
about two weeks. The Association proposed
to give the proceeds of the lectures for the
aid OF the suffering people in East Tennessee,
but upon second thought they decided to
make generous donation for that purpose
ire spectiyc of the lectures.
20 We have received communication
signed "oberlin," calling our attention to an
offensive article in the Argus of the 9th of
February in relation to the female missionaries