The Portland daily press., 1864-04-22

GB Gen. Shepley arrived in Washington
Wednesday, with important dispatches from
Gen. Banks.
ag-A dispatch states that the greater por-
ton of Hickman, KY, has been burned by
guerrillas.
Sy-One of the raciest, richest and most
neatly printed papers in the State s the Rock
land Free Press, A. x Z. Sprague publishers
and proprietors.
sg~On Tuesday forenoon, Mr. Charles NJ.
Call, OF Pittston, was killed in that town by
the rope Of hay-press striking him and
brecking his neck. He lived only about flf-
teen minutes. lie leaves a wife and three
children.-Gardiner Journal.
sB- The Bangor Wing learns that the
house acd buildings of Michael Hogan, of
Bradford, were destroyed by fire on the 10TH
Mrs. Hogan it is supposed, went back into
the house after some money, and was burned
to death.
SBr 1t is the opinion of well informed la
dies that men who stand on hotel steps and
on the corners of the streets, gazing impu-
IDENTIFY at them as they pass, bear unmistaka-
BILE ear-marks of loafers. No well-bred man
could be guilty of such thing.
sBr Capt. Nathan Walker of this city, has
been assigned to the command of the g Con-
struction Corps" of the LIST Division, 9th
Corps, and ordered to report to Division
Headquarters where he will be connected
with the general staff.
sB- The Manchester American, in speak
ing Of the alarming increase of intemperance
in that city, says the dearer the liquor the
more dearly it is loved; the more costly, the
poorer, and the quicker it will kill, the faster
it is swallowed.
sB- The City Council of Augusta have
voted to subscribe two-flfths of the amount
necessary for the building of new hotel in
that city, provided the balance OF the sum re-
quired for the purpose shall be previously
subscribed and paid in.
nH-Geo. L. Stearns, Esq, recruiting agent
for colored troops, has resigned his position,
giving as a reason that the colored troops are
not used fairly. He should remember that If
the negro does not get all he is entitled TO,
the government is making long and rapid
strides in the right direction.
sE-It takes the rebels to understand their
Northern allies. The Montgomery (Alabama)
Mail, in recent article on the necessity of a
rebel invasion of the loyal States, says: LET
US invade them with our whole force Mis-
souri,, Kentucky and Maryland, and he cop
perhedds ,ciu siceH our ranks"
~ On Wednesday, Patrick Dwyer, en-
ployed at the Navy Yard, while at work
scraping the hatch combings on board the u.
S. steamer Colorado, was suddenly seized with
q fainting fit, and fell from the berth-deck to
the fre-room below, a distance of twelve or
fifteen feet, striking upon his head, killing him
instantly. He leaves widow and two chill
dren, residing in this city Portsmouth
Chronicle.
sB-The speech of Speaker Colfax, in the
House of Representatives on Thursday last,
in condemnation of Mr.. Longs speech. is said
by those who listened to it, TO have been one
ofthe ablest and most eloquent ever made by
him. During its delivery the whole audience
were wrapt in attention. The galleries were
densely crowded, and some ladies made their
way upon the floor.
sv On Wednesday evening, April 10th,
the people OF the First Parish, Yarmouth,
gathered at the Parsonage, almost en- masse,
and after spending very pleasant hour in
conversation and the singing of patriotic
songs, presented their pastor, Rev. George A.
Putnam, with roll Of bills, containing
Sl66,20, as a token of their love, and an evil
dence of the happy state Of feeling existing
between them.
sy-Bro. Sayward, the "N.P. w." of Maine
editors, because our most poeticsl editor, has
received from lady most sweet and beau
tiful bouquet of fragrant pinks, embossed in a
cluster of geranium leaves. The graceful gift
was source of much pleasure, and after en-
joying il awhile" says he, "we transmitted il
to gladden. other hearts, and awaken hope and
cheer in other minds. May the white-handed
angels be ever near the delicate giyer and ar
ford the means of highest satisfaction in her
gentle ministries"
sE- Even the Press has at last discovered
"breakers ahead" financially. Its remedy is
10 destroy the State banks Argus.
"All liars shall have part in the lake." &c.
Pray, neighbor, do not forget this. The Press
remedy for "breakers ahead" was the avoi-
dance of rash speculations, SO that, whatever
necessities may be laid upon the banks, BUSH
ness men may not be overwhelmed with liza
bilities that they cannot meet. While the
Argus with its one hundred green eyes, saw
only hostility to the State banks in our article,
one intelligent gentleman assured us the arti-
Gle referred to would have more weight but
for the suppositon that it was in the interests
of the State banks, and hostile TO the national
banking system.