The Portland daily press., 1864-12-12
ORIGxNALsAND SELECTED.

% 80 Ihe widow OF the late Hon. hu1ns- Choate
died at Dorchester, Mass, q few days since.
Hon. T. Darcy MCGEE has fully rseov-
cred from his recent severe illness. -..--s.s--.
The town of Haverhill has been indicted
for bad roads She viii learn TO- mend her
| ways 80 = 80 =
EThe different religious societies in Lewis
ton and Auburn are to unite in a Levee, the
proceeds to aid in making up, the loss of the
Auburn Methodist Society by the late fire.
Ell How She Loves Him. is the tide of
Bourcicault's new comedy shortly tobe brought
out at Wallack in New York and the Boston
| Museum. INAITn0q +
80 Rev. Mr. Dayenport's society, in Daniel
sonyille, CT. have paid off . debt Of 81, ESQ
during the year, and now has fund of over
$4,000 sfwaw7
HA gentleman in the coil region" of Penn,
inremitting che amount fora years subscrip-
ton, says, ga Maine man cannot afford to be
deprived Of the regular reading Of the Press y
HAt the charter election in New York on
Tuesday, less than fifty Thousand voters were
pooled against one hundred Fand ten Thousand
at the Presidential election in November,
R Commodore Pearson, who recently cap
tureathe piratesAt Panana, is the same officer
who was recently in command of the Kittery
Navy Yardy1now in command Of the Pacific
| Squadron. -" fAA4 -
b South Carolina has joined Georgia in de-
nouncing some of the acts Of jeff DAVIS She
is opposed to his proposed emancipation of
slaves and the abridgementi Of the freedom Aof
the press sssAs "a hssss a ans sssssa ssss p
- The Hast number of the Temperance
Journal-'sthe organ of the Grand Division of
Maine'-contains o single article on temper
ance,ibut fraction over half acolumn, and oil
the rest is taken from the Courier. e e aA5 =
IS ETA little girl, only two years and half
old. was recently lost in the woods near Queens
vile, Canada West. Is She was found alive
'after three days search, having subsisted on
| leayessgsani .Assg o can't bnAfi1c9
HA report that some persons had heard
Gen. scottspeak slightinglyso of General Grant,
has drawn from the former q letter in which he
expresses his high regard for the character and
qualities Of Gen. Grant. wea esa .NeasN asaM
+ The vintageof California is estimated this
year at over six millions Of gallons. tsis esti-
mated by the President of the Wine Growers
Association, that the state is. capable Of produ-
cling 8, 500, 600, 900 gallons.a
~ r A big cheese has been shipped from Cali
fornia for the use Of the ;army,,.sIts weight is
3,930lbs! 1t was made from the milk Of 600
cows, given at seven milkings. and is nearly six
feet in diameter. ~
II BrOn Wednesday night about IL O'Clock the
house, barn and store Of william Mansfield, in
Winterport, wereburned. AlIiR the buildings
saved exeept hay Insured sFheire was sup
posed to- be the work of an incendiary. =
Il rWhig ies 81 eva o. nstiRei - i19sqsa1 ora ven
H Joseph Jewell, seaman, OF, brig Robin,
i lying at Frankfort, was drowned Wednesday
evening" He jumped from boat 20 catch the
main chains, and fell short A strong current
swept him away Aged II. Belonged in Mon
EDf.e Gwin,F 7 ex -senator Of California, has
been made goaernor general OF 1.-The State of
Sonora by the Emperor Macmillan through
the influence of Napoleon nGwin is a rebel,
and mischief may Be meant BY his Mexican APP
pointmeut gslf2sssgs s3 x, ao,eeH esssTY6 All n
VWe are writing with d metallic pen, not
gold, cheaper than Gillottss sO3s, which we haye
used constantly for week, in Maynard &
-s D s,.,sI q 81 se,f.FF1R'Es--
gross. Ours was obtained at h. L. Davis's.v
~ A movement has been started in illinois
to erect monument to the martyr, Rey. Elijah
+. Lovejoy, who was killed in Alton, in that
state, by proslaveTy mob about twenty 1--we
years ago. He was brother of the late Hon.
Oven saLoSejoys and was native of this
State tn.s .uos.oos-. n sssl,a s.ssiI sii9s's
The .ddveft'ser makes fling at the
American Ieiegraph UompanyS4ryr making
the abstract OF the Message SO meagre. Is that
honorable, knowing, as It does, that the 4ele-
graph Company had no more TO do with that
abstract than the wires over which 1t was trans
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Mai. E,rm.r tba. no - ,, H. ~
J, Metealf Of Monmonib an INLAND nj :,
cranberriss, a. He chose ia 4eolds hsrren
SPOT in his field, set out The Scranberr;es and
let them take, care. Of themselEes., -Thev have
nearly cfo wdsd out the native grasses: ana last
wear he gathered about 20 bushels Of Graz ber-
Hes. This Y ear the CROP was Injured by fbe
drouth. g spo ef'a eAa Z '''s.1e's1s 70
grThgo Bosto1p Courier grefsrring 70 the
Government stamp tax. saws. sssThey would if
fbayoot1d.l stic ~ stafno an ON, .oul ~ IlNo
~ WAY, lVh Aooean has bsuCA uic btAm
there % indsilby that no political chemistry can
ss's is' isplrilaas snsln'strs may 20 AZ, but
tnere IL some uouDt even OF tnlss LOT the GouT2er