The Portland daily press., 1864-02-24
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ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

Oh AL AND
IP. 7. Barnum the great Snowman, will
lecture at Biddeford on Wednesday of next
week.
srRev. NJ. G. Steere has entered upon his
labors as pastor of the Universalist church
in Lewiston.
eTeWe learn that Rev. Mr.. Smythe and
Mr.. Revel will attend the Cumberland County
Temperance Convention at Gorham to day.
To- Mrs Elizabeth Merry, the Saco Demo-
crat says, died at Shapleigh, some time in
Oct. last, at the advanced age of 104 years.
Rather late but the fact is worth recording.
gD- The Lewiston Journal says business
continues very lively. Cotton mills are now
doing large business, and there is brisk
demand for labor of all kinds.
sg"The Oxford Democrat says Enoch
knight, late of the Portland Courier, is now
in the navy where he holds position of pur-
ser.
srThe grand jury at the present session
of the S. j. Court for Knox county found
bills of indictment against fifteen liquor dealers
The most of them have been arraigned and
pleaded guilty.
sE- A gold $40 Franc piece was lately
thrown into the subscription plate at DR..
Adams church, Brunswick The Lewiston
Journal thinks the giver hasn't heard of the
premium on gold.
rg- Mr.. Charles A. Tucker of Elliot, was
severely injured at the Kittery Navy Yard, on
Saturday last, by the fall Of a temporary addi-
tion of one of the ship houses, as we learn from
the Chronicle.
hy- The number of people in Sweden, says
DR.. Teft, who cannot both read and write, is
very small, and the common people of that
country seem as well posted in relation to our
war, its issues and its probable results, as the
corresponding classes in our own country.
sB- In his admirable lecture upon Europe
and America, DR.. Chaplin says there are two
things that separate the peoples of England
and the United States, the Atlantic Ocean
and the London Times,-and both are well
adapted to stir up the bile.
sD-The special election to fill the vacan-
cy in the Pennylvania state Senate, caused
by the resignation of Major Henry White
now prisoner at Richmond, took place Fri
day. DR.. st. Clair, the Union candidate, was
elected by about 1900 majority.
~ Attention is called to the advertisement
of l.. Dresser, 90 Exchange st. Mr. Dresser
deals largely in all articles in the Jewelry and
Fancy Goods line, and in addition to other
attractions presents every one purchasing two
dollars worth or more with book valued at
dollar.
latter received in Washington from the
army of the Potomac says that nearly all the
18th and 18th Louisiana rebel regiments have
deserted and come within our lines during
the past month. The reason assigned by the
deserters is that they had read President Lin
coins Proclamation.
sTThe Bath Times says the ship Mary f.
Riggs, which cleared from that port on the
10Th inst from New Orleans, had on board
1857 bales of hay, amounting to 554 tons, and
300 bushels of oats. This is the largest car
go ever shipped from the Kennebec, and the
largest ever sent out OF New England on
board vessel OF equal capacity.
sB-The Oxford Democrat says J. C. Mar
Bile, Esq, has rebuilt his powder mill at Buck.
field, in a substantial manner. He hes put
in what is termed an iron mill, which is so
imbedded in solid timber, that an explosion,
should oneeoccur, could do comparatively little
damage The new mill has just been put in
operation.
sBr The Brunswick Telegraph says the
Directors. of The First National Bank of Brans-
wick the Maine Bank have voted to increase
their capital stock fifty thousand dollars, in
addition to the present capital of $4,000, and
Old stockholders are given to April LIST to
subscribe for the same number of new shares
as they hold for the old.
aB-The funeral services of Rev. Charles
Packard took place on. Sunday last at the
church where he was accustomed to preach.
and his remains were carried to Brunswick,
at which place he had expressed a wish to be
buried, He was a brother of Prof. Alpheus
S. Packard, of Bowdoin College. In every
relation of life he was universally respected,
and his sudden death will be mourned Ly
large circle of relatives, friends and acquaint-
ances.
prThe enrolment bill as reported by the
Conference Committee was passed by Con-
gress on Friday last and only awaits the Pre-
sident's signature. The three hundred dol
lars Communication remains in the bill. Those
enrolled from but one class. Black men are
to be enrolled. If the slave of a loyal man is
drafted, the latter receives certificate of the
fact and the bounty of 500, and the slave be-
comes free. Free men of color who are draft
ed, or who volunteer, are credited to the dis
trict. The only exemption allowed are, those
exempted as physically or mentally unfit, those
actually in military or naval service of the
United States at the time of the draft and
those who have served in the army or navy
two years, and have been honorably discharg-
ed.
ATLANTIC MoNTuLY.-The March No. OF
the Atlantic Monthly has been received. Its
table of contents presents rich bill of fare.
Among the most readable articles are; The
Queen of Galifornia-The Brother of Mercy
Ambassador in Bonds-On the Relation of
Art to Nature-Our Observation-Disclosures
The Convulsionists of St. Medard-Home and
Home. papers-Our Soldiers--The Peninsu-
la Campaign, &c.