The Portland daily press., 1864-12-30
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btan afS1u NeW AVTk.
E On the first page an original story; ON
the last some poetry that we think good.
90 The blows lately struck by Sherman have
staggered the rebel sympathizers in Canada. las.
well as the rebels themselves
H Over 200 were realized from the ladies'
fair at Palmer last week, for the benefit of the
Christian Commission.
E Gen. Sherman having successfully re-
treated into Savannah, nowprOposesto continue
his fight up to Augusta.
RTwo merchants Of Louisville. KY, have
been fined $500 and costs each, for making frau
dnlent income returns. EE ~ n q
The prize money of the Mobile Bay en-
ssgement amounts to one years pay for every
man engaged in the fight. 0Sel. GLOSSARY >
" The Union men Of Kentucky, are to meet
in Convention on the 9Th Of january, to
make thorough organization of the State.
90 The Gardiner Journal suggests as an APP
propriate title for history of the late Campaign
in Tennessee, The Works Of 7Romas-HoOd
81 Rev. o. Pitts is to assume the pastoral
care of the LIST Freewill Baptist church in New
Sharon. sSSSaA1 S40I INA 81
EThe Lowell Courier contains an able edi-
torisl on our Senatorial question, in favor Of
Mr.. Fessenden's election, The Courier regards
Mr.. +. as one of the nations strongestmen.
E The Lewiston Journal, edited by Hon.
Nelson Dingley, for two years Speaker aof the
House, contains column leader, strongly. adj
vocating Mr.. Fessenden's election to the Senate.
R0ne Of the first papers from beyond the
limits Of our own State that we open, is the
Concord, N. H., Monitor neat, racy, newsy
sheet every way worthy Of . liberal supports.
The Dover Gazette says Mr.. Daniel Hus
sey, while picking up stones on his place at Lit
tleworth, n. Il, found under one 2 nest Of sixty
three snakes.
Il R-Capt JAMES DHuMMoND Of Both. has been
mentioned for Mr.. Danes successor as State
Treasurer. Capt. d. is an honorable, honest,
high-minded man.
EThree shocks Of an earthquake were ex-
perieneed at Victoria, v. l., on the I'd ult. IT
must have been very severe, as the main peak of
Mount Barker sank about 1900 feet. r II x
~ A new whiskey distillery at Dubuque,
Iowa, cost S3o0,OoOsto 500. 900, and when in
full operation viii pay $500 in taxes on its daily
product.
RThe Calcutta Engiiahman says that the
culture Of cotton in the northwestern provinces
of India has increased fifty per cant. daring the
past year. q ~ - y
TAMemphis correspondent says that Ten
nessee holds out inducements to industrious and
worthy emigrants that no other portion of the
Union or Western territories offer.
ETIt is said That A.. T. Stewart Of N.Y.,
lately paid an income tax of $3.50 900 upon net
income Of $4,000, 900. He does q business Of
$50 900 900 year, and has $l4, Oo0, 900 invested
in real estate sSf EflHs % " m 60 ssefFrsa
E-The Pennington Chronicle says Hon. r.
dispatch informing him Of the severe and dan
gerous illness of his son, Capt. N. G. GoodsnoW,
in the army Of the Cumberland 20 y s.e's a7o
The War Department has sent officers to
Savannah to take charge of the railroad stock
and property captured there by Gen.. Sherman,
and make arrangements for such repairs as are
deemed advisable 4 u u 8IJ-EC
EAt the close Of the Freedmens Fair ct
Chicago, the wife Of Gen. Sherman was presen
ted with an afghan valued at $3.50. Theodore
Tilton, Frederick Douglass and Anna Dickinson
each received valuable presents
!: 5 RA kind friend recently, from the best Of
motives, advised us to drop out thsitem column
in the Press and fill the space with long articles
in order to make it more interesting. How
would that suit the general reader
II Ta al meeting Of the stockholders Of the
Rockland Bank is called to sesif they win form
banking association under the laws of .lshs
United States The same is true of Lincoln
Bank, Bath. gsss hsarees s9lilIss eas as
R-The Maine State Press is about the only
weekly paper in the State that has not advanced
its price, proposed to do SO, or reduced its size
The price is 50 invariably in advance, and it ID
the largest paperin New England. ~ 4
EThe soap factory of Messrs Briggs &
Cornish in Bath, was destroyed BY freson We'd.
nesday evening last. The loss, says the Times,
was about $1,000; insured $4oo Mr.. D. W. vining
had about $500 worth Of stock destroyed, or
which was no insurance. .r crs ~
EA German chemist in Cincinnati has dis
covered simple process by which the purest
white syrup may be obtained from Indian corn,
and graduated sugar from the syrup. The right
to use the discovery has been purchased by Q N.
Y. company for $4OO, 600. ''''s ,,ssssls5 y &
EThe Augusta Farmer says that. on Sum
day morning last the stable belonging to Thos.
Giddings, Jr., at Weeks Mills, with two tons Of
hay, and woodshed belonging to Hosea Malcolm
ance. = = : = Z = \ - 2 - p "
The Belfast Age disclaims all intention OF
Il La
Of its "sprsad eagle lectures and says il was
. mere joke. The Age of course knows It's own
meaning but we are mot the onlyone who thought
its language unfortunate for its aroEed pur-
7 pose. e4a3 g sI9i 5dtmoFi 81 1Eed 1905 is
r. B-The rebels begin to see what is before
them, and the terrible calamities which they
have brought upon themselves. The Richmond
Whig,, in its leading editorial says &c If the
fate of Carthage il to overtake US; it must not
come until our women, like those of Car
thage, shall have given their hair for bow
strings" ny Tisl iahld 7isa.o aroma
81 - An eccentric individual named VIM. Cilley
died recently at Lockport, N. Y. He lived alone,
kept a grocery and willed his property, valued
at $4,000 to his relatives in England He kept
his specie buried in the cellar ID an old boiler
Among the deposits in this private vault we're
| over fifty thousand three cent pieces. Undoub-
tedly there are millions of coin buried in this
wayin various parts Of the country / Z ~ q
/ MRS. Jane Thurston--s lady not unknown
to fame - proposes the publication of new
book, for 81 per copy, entitled the ''Star in the
East, which, we understand her to say, will re-
veal the only salvation for the nation. She So
lcits subscriptions at the stores Of Bailey 4
Noyes and s. H. Colesworthy. She proposes to
publish as soon as subscribers enough to- pay
the cost are obtained. eAA
A B-Report says Mr.. Dingleyoof Lewiston, ]