The Portland daily press., 1864-06-07

The EAST MAINE CONFERENCE of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church commences its seven
tenth annual session in Bucksport this week on
Wednesday. Bishop Ames is to preside.
THE BLOCK SHop of Mr. L. d. Harris, in Cal
s,was destroyed by fire last Thursday morning,
with all its contents Loss about $4,000. No
insurance
DURING the recent furlough of the Second
Iowa Cavalry, two hundred marriages took
place in the regiment, there being twenty-nine
marriages in one company alone.
An EsTERPRIsIYG but ignorant South Ameri-
can has sent to an Albany locomotive shop for
one hundred "cow catchers." He expects TO
use them in taking wild cattle on the plains of
Paraguay, in place of the lasso
The RICHMOND papers state that the confsder-
acy has released some of the criminals from the
prisons in that city, and sent them into the
army. The greatest criminals in Richmond,
though, have never been inside the prisons of
tina: city.
LIEUT.. Henry 0. Ripley, formerly compositor
in the office Of the Free Press, Rockland, died
in the Hospital at Washington, on Tuesday of
last week, of wounds received in one Of the
late battles. His GOODNESS and bravery in the
hour of danger, are highly complimented by
the press.
THE soldiers of the colored regiment now sta
toned at Fort Parapet, La, have commenced
the publication of little newspaper called the
"Black Warrior" Among the editorials is one
on the Sort Pillow Affair." 'sThey have flung
down the gauntlet" exclaims the ''Black War
rior, we accept it.
A FREDERICKSBURG correspondence the Hal
lowell Gazette, says: Rev. Mr.. Cutler Of Show
hogan, and Rev. Mr.. Beard, of Bath, are here,
working with win; and I can assure their
friends and people that, much as they appre-
ciate their labors at home, at the present time,
here is the place for working ministers as well
as all other professions.
The NEwBuRYPoRr Herald says: "The fisher
men are on strike Several vessels are now
ready for the Labrador, and their men were en-
gagged; but when it come to signing the ship
ping papers, they demanded fifty dollars q
month, when the owners had been talking of
forty. The owners proposed forty-fve, which
was finally accepted.
Mn. CALVIN ROBINSON of Calais, while at
work in a sash and blind factory, at that place
last week, got caught in one Of the belts of the
machinery, and had one Of his arms so shock
ingly mangled, that it was found necessary to
amputate it at the shoulder. He had, some time
before several of his fingers cut of by cir
cular saw.
lr Is said that the cathedral in Mexico, Is the
largest building in America, it being Eve hum
dred feet long, four hundred feet wide and seat
ing thirty-thousand persons. One picture hang
ing on its walls is SO ornamented with pearls
that it is said to be worth Sl4 900 900, and the
most extrayagant magnihcence is displayed
throughout the whole establishment
BLAcKwoop's Magazine for May has been re-
ceived; published by Leonard Scott & Co., N.
Y. Contents: Chronicles of Carlingford; For
syth's Life of Cicero; Tony Butler. Part ID;
Song of Matrimonial Matters; A Groan over
Corfu; The Great Indian Question; Cornelius
o'Dowd; How to make Novel, and the Posi-
ton of the Ministry. 1t is an excellent number
anu the articles interesting.
THREE CHILDREN, Eta Z, aged ., daughter
of Col. Thurston Libby, Louisa, aged Q, daugh-
ter Of Col. Fillebrown, and Mary, aged ~,
daughter of Rev. Mr.. Tuns, all of Auburn,
were drowned last Saturday in the Androscog-
pin r;re- =. .hn. s.issa- h,- tho ransiyiDg of n
boat In which they were sailing, accompanied
by Col. Libby. He saved his youngest child by
swimming to the shore with her, while the
Others were clinging to the boat The others
could also have been saved if they had not got
frightened and let go their hold upon the boat
Assistance was rendered as soon as possible,
but they sank before il reached them. We con-
dense these facts from the Lewiston Journal
Az IMPORTANT replevin suit Executors of the
late David Pingree VS.. John Goddard) was late
ly tried in st. John, N. B., in which the Colonel
was allowed to plead his own case. Goddard
and Pingree have carried on the numbering bus
mess together for several years, Goddard atten-
ding to the collection of stumpage, marketing
of lumber, &c, and paying over to Pingree his
share of the proceeds. About the time that
Colonel Goddard began to raise his celebrated
cavalry regiment, there was large amount of
lumber in ST. John unsold, upon which there
was due Pingree quite sum of money. The
logs were sold, by order Of Pingree's agent, at
ruinous prices, to raise the sum due Pingree
The Colonel understood himself, and had writ
of replevin served upon the logs Goddard
gained his case.