The Portland daily press., 1864-04-23
Original AND sEbEETED.

gS Int bc"istou journal says eHOTta are
being made to induce Gen Dow to lecture
in that City upon the subject OF Temperance
sB-Sanborn's Block, Concord, n. H., in
which was the y. Ii. Patriot, was destroyd by
fire on Friday morning.
rBrThe 18th, 18th, Goth and 30th Maine
regiments are with Gen. Banks, on Red River,
Louisiana.
% Mr.. Mark johnson has been appointed
Inspector of Customs, at Hallowell, in the
place of Elephalet RowelI, Esq, resigned.
srThomas Wier has been convicted Of
the murder of Caleb NJ Dyer, the head Shaker
at Enfield, n. Ii.
~ The house of Mr.. George Bailey, in
Sweden, with most of its contents, was de-
stroyed by fire on the sth inst.
sB-The Wamosit Steam Mills, in Lowell,
were destroyed by fire on Wednesday morn
ing, 22d inst. Loss about S75 900.
svThe pleasant woodland haunt on the
south shore OF Quantebacook pond near Bel
fast, known as Camp Hiawatha, was burned
on Sunday night last.
GA Convention of the Union men of the
Sd Congressional District is called at Augusta,
on Wednesday, the 4th of May, to choose
Delegates to the National Convention.
grShip Morning Glory, of eleven hun
dred and fourteen tons, built at Portsmouth,
in 1855, has been sold in London, for e7S00
cash.
sEThe young lady who was found dead
at the hotel in Springfield, Mass, on Wednes-
day, was Miss Sarah A. Leonard, daughter OF
Capt. Luther Leonard, of Newton Corner
s5The "Hub" is out of joint. Represent
alive Alley has neither offered an amendment
nor intimated a purpose TO make motion,
for three days.
sBThe ship Frank Boult, having on board
detachment of the ID Maine cavalry, has ar
rived safely below New Orleans. She was in
tow of the steamer Continental, and was sep
arated from it in a storm.
sg- On Monday, Sth inst, the house for
merly occupied by Nihal Hoyt, in Rumford,
but more recently by widow Parker and her
son, caught fire on the roof, by spark from
the chimney and burned completely down,
as we learn from the Oxford Democrat.
sH- Mrs. Wilson, visiting her sister near
the paper mill bridge, went out early on FRI
dar morning, unobserved at the moment, and
jumped from the bridge into the river. She
went over both dams below, and was dead
when taken out. We hear that she had shown
symptoms of insanity, and that she leaves a
family of children Waterville Mail.
sH-A girl named Ellen Hagerty who has
worked as a hired girl in Readield, lately
went to Skowhegan and soon after died under
circumstances giving rise to the suspicion
that she died from the effects of an abortion.
The affair caused some excitement at Skow-
hogan, as we learn from the Clarion.
sE-In the list of contributors to the fund
of the East Tennessee sufferers, published in
the Boston Advertiser, we see the names oil
S. p. Brown. Dover, Me-, 500, and few citi.
zens of York, Me-. RENTED by Geo. Moody
S45. The whole amount acknowledged by
Hon. Edward Everett, up to Thursday last
is ss7,677 AZ.
IF The Biddeford Journal says the par
ties arrested for the assault on Merrill be-
fore mentioned, came near escaping from jail
Saturday afternoon. They were not at first
placed in cells, aud by means of piece Of
iron found within the Jail had made eonsidera-
BILE progress towards liberty before being dis.
covered. AS reward they were furnished
separate apartments until Monday.
eR-The "New Era" the paper recently es-
tablished at Washington, to oppose, at all
events, the reelection of President Lincoln
is said to be conducted by gentleman from
this State, whose most intimate associates
here have been and now are of the copper.
head persuasion; and who, last year, pending
our September election, often and earnestly
predicted the defeat of Cony and the success
of Bradbury.
sY-Should'nt the Evening Post be ashamed
of itself for its special pleading on the terms
of the call for the National Union Conven-
ton? We beg the Post to consider whether
these are times for reviying Homoiousian
and Homoousidh controversies. If we can
unite a majority of the people in party
pledged TO suppress the rebellion and extin-
guish slavery, and they accomplish these ends
we think Freedom and Democracy can't be
badly OFF.