The Portland daily press., 1864-04-21
ORIGIN AL AND sELECFKD.

o""N'oiu u, mas icil ior tne peninsula.
sB- Responsible parties in Saco contem-
plate the erection and opening of first class
hotel.
~ A temperance Convention is to be held
in Boston on the 9th inst.
sH-The Police of Portsmouth appeared
in new and attractive uniform, of navy blue
on Sunday last
Gg new Union paper, of the right stamp,
has been started in Louisville, Ky. 1t is called
the Daily Press.
Gy woman in Pownal, VT, protests
against having telegraph post in her door
yard, las every time she spanks her children it
will go all over the country"
% The total amount Of State Bounty, the
amount paid by cities and towns in this State
for bounties, and the State aid to families,
amount to 44,9s2,79.
sB- The question whsther the negro chill
dren in Troy. N. Y, shall attend the same
High School as the white children, is creating
quite sensation.
80 W. tSoih thal lllc DlIcCltIs VI the
Portland and Kennebec Railroad, have decid-
ed to run two trains day, to commence next
week. They have commenced running four
trips day between Augusta and Gardiner.
sE- A new religious sect called "Come-
CUTTERS has broken out in Pleasant Valley,
Connecticut. Their belief is a perfect life,
the only passport to Immortality" The men,
bers generally consider themselves elected
sV- A Richmond correspondent of the At
lanta (Ga.l Appeal, says that resident of
Richmond adyertises his furniture for sale be-
cause his rent was raised from six hundred
to five thousand dollars.
sB-A public library is about to be estab-
lished in Newburyport, Mass. Sixteen thous-
and dollars have already been raised and the
Tracey House on State street purchased for
the purpose.
V-Ten vessels this year have been lost
from the Gloucester fishing feet, valued at
10000. Seventy-eight men persisted with
them, leaving thirty-one widows aud fifty
eight fatherless children.
~ The church in De Ruyter, n. Y, has
recently decided, by solemn vote, that the
raising of hops is " detrimental to the welfare
of man, and prejudicial to the cause of
Christ"
sB-A New Orleans correspondent of the
Tribune says that that city will send delegates
both to the Baltimore and Chicago conven-
tions. The former will be instructed to vote
for Mr.. Lincoln, and the latter for Little
Mac"
sB-A young lady in New York, who gave
sensation masquerade party short time
since, thought to astonish the world by max
ing lamp post of herself. She appeared be-
fore her guests with jets of living flame, ema-
mating from her head dress.
II Samples of excellent paper have been
exhibited In France, manufactured from the
wood of the oak, walnut, pine, chestnut, and
various vegetables, without any addition Of
rags. A reduction in price of from fifty to
eighty per cent is predicted.
sI-An elevator is about to be erected at
Milwaukee, capable Of holding million and
half bushels Of grain. It is To be provided
with nine receiving and five shipping eleya-
tors, capable OF taking in 5000 bushels and
giving out 25 900 bushels an hour.
ig- Tx Marvel says: l have no faith in
cats they are cod-blooded race; they are
the politicians among domestic animals; they
care little who Is master, or what are the
oyerturnings, so their piekings are secure;
and what are their midnight caucusses but
primary meetingsr'
sE-Fort Pillow, captured on the 18th inst.
by Forest, is the third Of series of forts oe-
cupied by the rebels at the beginning of the
rebellion, on the Mississippi II is near Ran
phis. 1t was named after Gen. Gideon j.
Pillow.
I-The New York World, which supports
Seymour, but is opposed to the."peace-at-any-
price" Democracy, says: ave have no sym
patty whatever with the tenor and purpose of
Mr.. Longs speech. 1t does not represent the
Democracy of the North. We should repu-
date the name of Democrat, If it did,
sH-The Lewiston journal says three VOL
len mills are being built this season in Lisbon !;
one at Lisbon Factory, one at Lisbon Plains,
one at Little River. The two last are on Sa
battus stream. At Livermore q three story
building, IS by 50 feet, is well under way, for
manufacturing condensed milk.
sy-Mr. Bonner, of the New York Ledger,
contributed his celebrated mare 81 adv Wood
ruff to the Sanitary Fair. She was sold by
auction for $500, and her former owner slim
Irving" bought the purchasers bargain for
$1,000. Mr.. Bonner gave $500 for her origin
ally.
sE- A gentleman recently from Kansas,
says the inhabitants of the border towns are
living in constant state of alarm on account
of the bushwhackers, who by their raids have
broken up business operations, and carried
destruction and sorrow over many portions OF
that land.
sH-The Argus has no doubt Gen. Grant is
very DESTROYS fGen. McClellan's aid, counsel
and support. A military commander who
will not cucumber himself with baggage, not
even with dickey or a change of linen, ii is
not likely would cucumber himself with the
idol gods of modern democracy. Grant wants
working men, not ornamental appendages.
ryWe are requested to correct the state
ment that at the recent exhibition of the
Senior and Junior Glasses of Bowdoin Col
lege the nrst prize for English Composition
al Iax