The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-07-26

ORIGINAL and SELECTED.

easter. n. H., on the lotn INST.
Eg-The prospect of the mackerel fishing this
season is very encouraging.
~ Refreshing rains have been experienced in
the great Northwestern States.
1.-THE harbor of Sebastopolis nearly cleared
of the ships sunk there during the Crimean
war.
sY-The Dutch refners furnish the English
annually with sixty-fye thousand tons OF
sugar.
% The harvest has failed both in New South
Wales and Victoria, and -four Is in great demand
there.
"a" Silver has been detected in the saline resi-
due of the water of the Dead Sea, after eyaps-
ration.
E3F~A friend inquiries if The prophet alluded
to the present time of greenbacks and currency,
when he said, 81 will take away all thy tin."
ry-s'A word in your privat-eer,'' as Capt.
winslow said to Sem mes when he fired a ll-inch
shell into the Alabama.
R-Prof G. W. Taylor, well known as a pro-
fessor of the art of self-defence, died in New
Orleans, April IS.
- Forty nine students graduated at the re-
cent commencement at Dartmouth College, out
of l0l connected with the senior class.
- Gen. Mcpherson was killed by sharp
shooter, while accommodating in advance of his
( lines.
| y Gen. Smith was relieved from the COM
mand of the 18th army corps in consequence Of
INSTRUMENTATION to Gen. Butler.
| n Many of the cotton mills in New Hamp-
shire have stopped operations, on account Of the
/ high price and scarcity Of cotton.
= Music Hall Block and several other build
ings in Springfield, Mass, were destroyed by
fire on Saturday night, Loss $780, 900.
u The price of admission to the theatrical
and other places of Amusement in New York,
has been increased one-third.
H~Gen. Candy is supposed to be about to
make move on Mobile with fifteen or twenty
thousand men.
IVA bear was recently trapped on the Green
Mount aims. which weighed about two hundred
pounds.
1Charles A. Litcbfeld, of the 18th Me.
/ TtSlHeHSs VI ItNlston. uieu III view olietnS, on
the 9Th inst, of small pox.
gSeth T. Beedy. the Loyal Sunrise says,
has been swindling the people of the State, by
pretending to be a claim agent.
s9-The Lewiston Journal says boy named
Charles Andrews was drowned in the canal in
that city, on Saturday. while bathing.
BrThe women in Aroostook County are TIL
ling the soil and intend to thrash the wheat.
while their husbands, fathers and sons are
thrashing the rebels.
The following Maine soldiers died In the
Washington Hospitals ON Friday Chas. ".
Allen. LIST Heavy Artillery; John Hannerworth,
3lst Reg't.
rB-Gea. Mcpherson, recently killed near At
lanta, was one of the bravest, most efficient and
most successful Of our general officers. His
loss will be severely felt by Gen. Sherman.
EY-A brother of Gen. GIANT, who recently
visited the General at his headquarters, asked
him, ulysses, how many men have you ~ 81
have good many % replied the wise man.
1.-THE stringency in the money MAJ ket is
not bad indication. 1t will tend to check
speculation, and is an indication that the cur.
rency at least is not being largely expanded.
g-Correspondents must exercise patience.
Except matters of news character We cannot
premise prompt insertion of their fayors. We
will do the best we can.
gThe Universalist Sabbath School and their
friends will make their annual picnic excursion
on Friday, to Cupboard Island, leaving Galt's
wharf in the barge Comfort at Q O'Clock
EF-The shipping of the United States has
been reduced since 1850, from 2.2l9, Isl tons, TO
GA, SIC tons, not so much by disaster, or
capture, as by transfer to foreign flags.
T"Punch's'' plan to avoid collision and
other accidents on railroads, sto set President
of the road, or Director or two, the cow
catcher Of every locomotive.
gan aristocratic French lady could not un-
derstand why poor people should starve 10
death, and said before she would do so she would
eat corn bread and beans
81. S. White, Esq. of this city, is lecturing
on Temperance in the eastern part of the State.
His lectures are spoken of in terms of commen-
daton By the press.
B-Thee are in England and Wales "A, Cos
lunatics under care, in public and private insti-
tutions The Commissioners in Lunacy report
that it is largely increasing of late years
~ James p. Newell, of the list Me- Heavy
Artillery and Frank Jewett, of the LIST Me. Cav
airy, both of Bath, are in Libby Prison, Rich
mond.
/ 1.-THE barn of Dir. b. n. Harris, in Wins
low, was struck by lightning on Monday of last
week, doing no injury to any of the animals in
the barn, but killing hog forty feet from it.
Mr.. Augustine Perkins, for over twenty
years cashier of Ticonic and waterville banks,
died on Sunday, 18th inst, at his residence in
Wateryille, after long illness, at the age of s.
years.
DIR. Atwood Crosby, of Benton, recent
graduate of the Brunswick Medical College,
has recently been appointed assistant surgeon
in the navy, with orders TO report to the receiy-
ing ship Ohio, at Boston.
g~The following deaths of Maine soldiers
have occurred at Hampton Hospital within
few days: A. c. Vandne, 18th; George Alien,
do. D. b. Graves, 30th; Frank Frasier, 18th; Geo.
I Hubbard, 3oth; James Bell, 18th.
EE~The New York World, copperhead, refer
( ing to the late Clifton House farce, says ''the
rebels naturally feel deep interest in our pres
idential election, and their emissaries are in Cam
/ ada with a view to influence its result"
p Pennsylvania papers say that the hay
crop of that state, now mostly harvested, will
be immense and of the best quality. Farmers
/ call n tho host hay Season within THAR rameu,
I brance.
20 The hay crop of this state, although not
as large as in some years, is of good quality
and has thus far been secured in first rate con-
diton. In the western part of the State the
yield will be above an average