The Portland daily press., 1864-04-06
ORIGINAL AND sELEtTEO.

MEeOn Fourth page-Corrected Markets.
ay-Bishop Brownell of Connecticut is con-
sidered dangerously ill.
sv Sam Cowell, the comic singer, died re-
Gently at Dorsetshire, England.
T-The foreign immigration to this coun-
try this year will be about 100000.
gan exchange says it is penal offence
to give an exhibition Of ventrloquism or
sleight-of-hand in Vermont
sB-Subscriptions are open in all the prin-
cipal cities in aid Of the Cape Verde Island.
er who are perishing for want of bread.
EyChas A. Clark, 9th Maine, is honorably
not dis-honorably discharged from the ser
vice.
10 Col. Varney of Bangor has declined
the Colonelcy of the 3lst regiment, rendered
him by Gov. Cony. So says the Wing.
W- A new High School building has been
erected in Concord, N. H., at an expense of
$4,000.
GA white OK, weighing 5000 pounds, has
been presented to the New York Sanitary
Fair, by the citizens of Livingston County.
sB- The little Kings,-Metella and Theo
l.,-are out with their little Lsdy's Book for
April, bright as new pin, and sparkling as
dew-drop in the morning sun.
ga law has been passed by the Mary
land Legislature to tax bachelors above TWEEN
ty-flye years Of age $40, and those above for
ty-fye years of age $40.
| n-Mr M,Huo1 Ca,stabla J;od x,arv
| suddenly on the Both ult in st. Stephen. He
had been drinking somewhat freely it is said,
| just before his death.
sEeThere was an explosion of gun-powder
in gun cap mandatory, in Waterbury,
Conn, on Friday last. Three girls persisted in
the flames, and one man, a laborer, was near
ly burned to DEATH
S1- Boston paper suggests the organiza-
ton of "a grand Loyal Ladies' League, COM
posed Of women who are willing to pledge
themselves 10 maintain, while this war lasts,
decent economy in their attire"
III The question whether the negro chill
dren of Troy shall attend the same High
School with the white children, is creating
quite sensation among the Lawmakers of
the State of New York.
sE- Secretary Chase has determined to
date the coupons of the ten-iorty bonds on
the day Of issue instead of March Ist. This
relieves the subscribers from the necessity of
paying back interest.
lFBy decision Of the U. S. Court,
greenbaeks are, beyond all question, legal
tender tor the payment Of debt. Those who,
have supply cannot put them to better
use, provided they owe the printer, than to
send them along.
rThe Saco Democrat says that about
$685. 900 worth of "waif," from the Bohemian
have been purchased by parties from that
town. Among the largest purchasers of these
goods are Messrs. T. C. Lane and others as
ISOLATED with him.
SB-The young lady who attempted to
commit suicide in Bangor few days since,
wasn't the victim OF unrequited affection or
anything Of the sort. The Times says she was
laboring under temporary delirum induced
by sickness.
lH- Connecticut is all right as our readers
have already learned. Gov. Buckingham is
elected by from 5000 to 600O majority, there
by committing that State to the support of
the Union and the Union candidate for the
Presidency, whoever he may be.
sY- The Portsmouth Chronicle saws that
on Sunday Sd inst, couple OF mems boots
mot mates) were washed ashore at High
Beach, Rye, each containing human foot
They had been long time in the water, and
perhaps were those Of the crew of the schoon-
er lost at Whales Back last year.
I-The New England Methodist Con-
ference admitted to its probation, for fun
membership, Saturday morning, the Rev.
John N. Mars, colored gentleman, long and
deservedly accredited as an able minister,
thereby conquering its prejudices and recog-
nizing the equality Of the human race.
ng-The New York Commercials Washing
ton dispatch of the I'd inst, says the Govern
ment intends to call out all the organized
militia force Of the State for 90 days, to oc-
cupy certain fortified points, and the militia
OF the District of Columbia will be called to
occupy Forts around Washington, so that the
veterans can be put into the field.
TGeneral Grant does not seem to fancy
the luxurious style of living prevalent in the
Army of the Potomac. He says he can
maintain his physical integrity on pork and
beans, as the soldiers do out west, and be-
lieves it can be done by them here. Cater
ers to the delicate palates of our officers are
in spasms at the report that the Lieutenant
General is about to Danish their wares from
the lines.
IF A retired cheesemonger, who hated
any allusion to the business that had enriched
him, said to Charles Lamb, in the course OF
discussion on the Poor Laws: "You must bear
in mind, sir, that have got rid OF that sort of
stuff which you poets call the milk of human
kindness" Lamb looked at him steadily,
and gave acquiescence in these pithy words:
Yes, am aware that you turned it all into
cheese several years ago."
sY Connecticut, like New Hampshire, has
buried copperheadism SO deep that all hope of
resurrection is cut OFF. Thus is disloyalty and
treason being whipped out of every Free
State. The men who have withheld from the
government their sympathy in its great con-
flict with rebellion, are everywhere being ig-
nored, and nothing but disgrace will be the
Inheritance left by them for their posterity.
- The Mayor of Calais recommends to
the incoming city government the propriety
and expediency of raising by tax, a sufficient
sum to meet every expense and every call
upon the city the ensuing year, without in
creasing the city debt. He isays it will be
easier TO pay now than at some future time,