The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-06-30

30 Memmenger, the rebel Secretary OF the
Treasury, is played out and resigns
BLee has been made Gencral-in- Chief of
all the Confederate armies in imitation of Grants
position.
YFears Of pestilence are entertained in
Washington, and all Disbursements have been
forbidden.
BCol Bakers California regiment. which
enlisted three years ago, $40 strong, returned
Philadelphia last week with 135 men only.
% The wool crop will not be as large an
usual in Somerset county, but the deficiency will
be made up in the price,
FPartial returns of the recent election in
Nebraska indicate that the people are opposed
to the adoption of State Government at the
present time.
q The first Catholic Fair ever held in this
State opens at Norambega Hall, Bangor, July
A. and continues four days. ~
important business will prevent an adjournment
Of Congress to-day. ..,
- The machine shop of the Buffalo and Lake
Huron railroad at Brantford, Canada West, was
burned Sunday morning; loss, so 900. e
y Green cucumbers are excellent for the
cholera; they will bring on an attack when other
imprudences fail. Ul sfDNt 81
20 Secretary Chase announces that bids will
be received until July for the remainder of
the seventy-ive million six per cent. loan.
RHon. Jeptha Bradley, of st. Adams, state
auditor of Vermont, died at his residence on
Saturday last.
50 The Connecticut river is so low that an
old fisherman reports that he saw couple Of
suckers Tightening a shad over the bar
ETLast week, in 70 hours from Tuesday to
Thursday, All emigrants from Great Britain
arrived in New York. sm
. The Iowa Tribune, the leading German
paper of Southern Iowa, regulates Fremont
and raises the Lincoln and johnson flag.
q The Mississippi is again free from rebel
batteries and our steamboats, are running regu-
larly. ~
VThe Governor Of Georgia is becoming
desperate, and says that if compelled to resort
to extreme measures he will call out the militia
of that State to repel invasion.
q The Lake Superior copper region gives
promise of lively work this Summer One man
entered over one hundred thousand acres for
himself
y During the war of 1912, Mr. Madison
called Petersburg "the cockade OF the Union,'
in one Of his annual messages, on account of
the patriotic spirit displayed by its citizens.
EFThe st. John Globe says that Office was
broken open on Friday night, but the sum Of
SIT ~ in paper, silver and copper, was not
taken out for the reason that was il not there
8-The preliminary steps are being taken to
secure soldiers lot in Riverside Cemetery,
Lewiston, and erecting thereon asuitable monu-
ment to the memory Of Lewiston's gallant dead.
FA dwelling house, shed and hotel were
burned at Centeryille, n. j., on the 22d. The
Ere originated from drawing benzine by candle
light.
RrThe Machias Union will not be issued
next week, as the boys can't think Of getting up
such matter as is furnished them, during the
week of the Fourth Of July. n
e Very heavy showers, accompanied by
thunder and tightening have occurred north
and east of this city, but we have had no rain
to amount to anything for three weeks
ETA man cannot burrow in his counting
room for ten or twenty Of the best Year, Of his
life, and come out as mush of man and a. little
of mole as when be went in.
ETA bill has been introduced into the New
Hampshire Legislature. which provides that
whites aad blacks shall not intermarry, and in
case of marriage the issues shall be Legitimate.
FThe citizens of Norfolk went to the ballot
box one day last week TO express their prefer
ence between military and civil rule in their
city. The result was 3l6 in favor Of the former
alternative, and only against II. AA@
II The Charleston Mercury of June 10th
chronicles the three hundred and forty. seventh
day of the siege, on which a steady lombard
ment was kept up. ''During the past forty
eight hours it says, ''sixty-fye shells have
been fired at the city"
IL The New York Journal Of Commerce
speaks of the hot weather as the .t.pioca turn, =
when man feels as if he was made of tapiocs.
rather than Of flesh and blood, bones and
sinews.
81 The Providence Journal says Saturday
and Sunday were the hottest days they have had
in thirty-three years with one exception. The
Thermometer reached 96 degrees on College
Hill.
RThe wheat crop Of Maryland now being
harvested is fully an average one, and the corn
indicates good yield. The hay crop OF Fred
erick county is said to be the largest ever
grown. @
ESrThe principal speaker at the New York
Fremont ratification meeting on Monday even
ing, was DR.. 0restes A. Brownson, Who declared
that he was ready to vote for Vallandigham or
Fernando Wood TO defeat Mr. Lincoln. G
VA Miss Stevens, of Clyde, N, Y, pur-
chased her wedding outfit on Tuesday Of last
week, was taken suddenly i'll ON her return,
died on Saturday, and was buried in her bridal
robes on Monday, which was to have been her
bridal day. .aA # .tH
~ Thirty-hve young ladies dressed in white.
sung "When Johnny comes marching home,',
on the occasion Of the reception OF the 10th
Massachusetts, regiment at Springfield, on Sat-
urday last. Such a reception must have been
exceedingly gratifying
EFAn army letter to the New York CONNER
cial says that Gen. Foster. who is operating on
the north side OF James river, has worked his
way past Aiken's Landing. His role i. to assist
in the capture OF Fort Darling. and thus open
the river to our gunbosts, when Richmond falls
as a matter of necessity.
% The match game Of base ball between the
Freshman classes of Bowdoin and Bates Col
leges, come of on the grounds of the Bates
Club in Lewiston Saturday. Bowdoin was
the challenging party and won the game, which
commenced at Ia and closed at la. r. N.
The Journal says the game was watched with
much interest BY large audience.
1.-THE Lewiston Journal says james Colby
of Webster, was found dead in his field on Tues
day of last week. He left his house in the