The Portland daily press., 1864-10-11
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED,


B'The Alliance Insurance Company, Boston,
have voted to wind up their business.
80 General Hooker says, "No one will con-
slider the day as ended until the duties it brings
have been discharged E3l0.Fs
e Ex-Gov. Washburne has recently presen-
ted to the townof Washburn, Aroostook County,
valuable library
81 There are at the present time one hundred
and sixty-six suits for divorce upon the docket of
the Supreme Court for Suffolk County.
EYSweet potatoes are now so plenty in Phila-
delphia that they can be purchased cheaper than
the white ones. aqon are fra&e
- The shoe business in many of the large
towns in Massachusetts, is nearly at stand
still. - +
- tits proposed to call the Hall now nearly
completed in Calais the ''Phoebean Hall'' in
honor of the ladies who have been mainly instru-
mental in causing it to be built. ssi me-
% The Bangor Wing says it is rumored that
Captains Gray of Houlton, and Brastow of
Brewer, were killed in front of Petersburg few
days since. vsrv rg - 5. 49, V va
R-On Wednesday evening, colored man
named Brodhead was stabbed, and tits supposed
mortally wounded, by David Lawless, in lager
beer saloon in Norwich, Conn. pa %
90 The London correspondent of the Phila-
adelphia Enquirer says the wonderful Peace Ad-
dress that is to be sent to the United States, is
signed to great extent by young boys.
81 Mr. j. E. Short has been a conductor on
the Boston and Lowell railroad IS 1-2 years,
having commenced the second year after the
opening of the road.
RWe are obliged to let the Dodd conspiracy
case, and Gen. Heintzleman's testimony in rela-
ton to the peninsular campaign, 60 over till to-
morrow.
Thela latest Intelligence from the western
armies gives the most confident assurance that
the soldiers vote will be overwhelmingly for
Mr.. Lincoln.
- A battle flag borne by the LIST Louisiana
regiment was presented to the National Conven-
ton of colored men, at their session at Syracuse
last week.
EgrA horse valued at $4,000, belonging in
Manchester, N. H., was killed by being thrown
in his carriage at Riverside Park, Brighton, on
Thursday last. y0 rrarT rD5
- As one of the Portland steamers was COM
ing up to her dock in Boston, ON Saturday morn
ing, Cornelius Dacy had his foot torn off by
being caught in line attached to the steamer.
RThe Farewell Gathering in behalf of Rev.
Mr. Southworth, of Westbrook, had been mo-
ticed in our columns. before the communication
in relation to the pleasant affair cameto hand.
~ The Postmaster of Lawrence has been
placed in an awkward position. He has received
by mail q letter directed to 'sthe handsomest
young lady in Lawrence
RThe City. Fathers of Coburg, C. W., while
holding late session of the City Council. re-
Gently, had an infant wrapped up very carefully
placed at their chamber door, probably left by
one of the city mothers.
-E-It is said that the gold medals presented to
the Japanese Embassy while in this country last
year, have found their way into an Industrial
Fair at San Francisco, where they are on exhibit
ton.
:, gEIt is said that accounts of the. disbursing
officers of the government are over a year be-
hind. The Secretary of the Treasury will put
on an increased clerical force for the sake o.
bringing them up. rs ial 3. aos
Mcclellan should be known as the man of
! treacherous memory. When asked where he was
during great battle, when his men were falling
by hundreds, his answer1was, do not remem-
| Der i''sid a q lleamif ~ bsis3las vatlsfa9.
The late panic in Chicago was occasioned
by extensive drafts made upon the banks by
spectators, who will hereafter be cut short in
their supplies of money and consequently b
obliged to sell at market prices.
B-The Portsmouth Journal says Rear Ad.
miral Pearson, recently Commandant of the
Kittery Navy Yard with his family. will leave
this week for Panama in one of the Californis
steamers "a
81 1t is said Secretary Fessenden, since his
appointment, has removed more than thirty
clerks, who had used official position to exac
fees or gratuties from merchants, and abolished
upward of $50 needless offices.
sBTheSt. Paul Pioneer, copperhead, in thu
exercise of an admirable discretion, says, ''W'
shall not again open our columns during thil
campaign to any elaborate defense of our candi
dates record
% The National horse show in Providence
closed Thursday, witha trotting match for $1,000
between Prince, of Hartford, and Lady Emma
of New York. Prince won in three straight
heats. Time, 2.3l Ia, 1882, 2.30 Ia ..o
- Eleven copperheads of Dayton have ske
daddled to Canada. That they should thus
evade the calls of their country in its hour O.
perilis what might be expected; but have they
no bowels of compassion for sinking party
EWhy are greenbacks more valuable than
gold, even at its present prices? Because wher
| you put greenback in your pocket, you doublt
it,-and when you take it out again, you find il
in creases. ~ ~ -
RLev DIR. Moore, of Milford, N. H., now
in his Seth year, has put in representative re-
cruit. Born during our revolutionary struggl,
he still retains the patriotic fire and love o
country cherished by our fathers of thai
period. ADAa Ae4
- The Naval Court of Inquiry in the case Of
the Commander of the U. S. steamer Pontoosuc
will report him guilty of negligence inremalnine
in Eastport harbor some hours after he was mott
fed that the pirate Tallahassee was at Halifax
1t was not proven that he was intoxicated
RThe Louisville Journal of Sept 80, says
that Sherman has Concentrated his entire com.
mand for a bold advance and an eagle-like swoor
down upon the enemy under Hood. This blow
will be marked with despatch, and, it is believed
will prove decisive.
Eat Littleton, N. H., recently, the copper
heads entered the hall in which Mr.. jackson
JEFF. Davis coachman, was speaking, broke VI
the meeting, beat the speaker and swore the,
would kill him, but he escaped through a bach
door. :.
RThe Boston Post exults because the Wood
Fernando and Ben--have been thrown over
board from the Democratic ship. On the eve
ming of the eighth of November, the nation will
exult because the ship itself has gone after tn
Woods. --