The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-02-08
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

nTOn the first page-Jenny Lees Mis-
take.
DV-On the fourth page.-Miscelany
GB- The value of foreign exports from this
port last week amounted to S153,935O9.
Gv There were 1927 births, and 1921 mar
riages in Boston last year.
9- Almanacs for the current year are sell
ing in Dixie at 81 each.
eB- An evening paper does Mr.. Lynch
great injustice in claiming that its imperfect
telegraph abstract of his remarks on the re-
moval question was the speech delivered by
him on hat.subject.
sB-A collision occurred on Thursday last
between two trains near Manchester, N. H.,
by which a couple of locomotives were placed
hors du combat. One was a freight and the
other passenger train, but no person was in
jured.
nT-Miss Anna f. Dickinson lectured in
Cooper Institute. N. Y, a few evenings since,
and the immense hall was crowded haitian
hour before the time to commence. In con-
sequence of the crowd the doors had to be
closed and bolted. VIM. Cullen Bryant presi-
ded.
n1e Wigfall has made speech in the rebel
Congress on the subject of national honor.
The Evening Post suggests that he spoke from
the most disinterested and magnanimons mo-
tiyes, as honor is thing for which he has no
personal concern, and the value Of which he
can know only from its entire absence.
aJ- The Rockland Free Press says that a
correspondent writes to that paper that james
H. Trefethen of Monhegan, caught, the last
season, with his own hands, four hundred
quintals of fish," There seems to be no dan
ger Of starving in Maine, il one pair of hands
can draw $1,000 or $500 out of the sea in a
year.
VWe are informed by Judge Rice, Pres
ident of the Kennebec aud Portland Road,
that he is using every possible eudeavor to Sc
cure additional rolling stock for that road,
but that it is utterly impossible to secure pas
senger cars for several months. The road is
doing an excellent business, and we hope
those owning it are receiving satisfactory re-
turns for their investment.
~ The Bangor Wing intimates that we
are caluminator, because we said its mana
gers were Kennebeckers, and had shown a
willingness to subordinate Penobscot to Ken
nebec. We have intimated no more than the
Times, the nearest neighbor of the Wing; no
more than gentlemen of the highest response
bility in the eastern part of the State have
| said to us.
sI- The Somerset Farmer says Matthew
Allen, brakeman on the freight train Of the
Kennebec & Portland road, was seriously If
not fa,alIy injured by being knocked on the
| up-train on Tuesday afternoon last. As the
train was nearing bridge in Richmond, he
was on the engine looking back in such po-
sition that his head struck the bridge, knock
ing him some distance from the track and
against some rails.
~ The Bangor Wing alleges that the
| Press is the only paper in Portland that has
shown any particular anxiety in favor Of the
removal of the Capitol, and argues from this
that Portland itself cares but very little about
| it. Well, If the Press has misrepresented
Portland feeling we cannot help it, but we are
| willing to leave that matter for our own fell
low-citizens to decide. We shall hardly ac-
cept the Wings Interpretation.
IA young man living in one Of the towns
of Lincoln county, says the Rockland Free
Press, enlisted, and in the battle Of Gettysburg
received wound by which he lost one Of his
legs. He is now attached to the Invalid Corps
and at home on a furlough. A few days since,
he had occasion to be passing through the
streen Of notorious copperhead village of
that county, when he was noticed by knot
Of the "varmints," and one of them remarked
in loud voice, pointing to the soldier, "there
are some of the fruits of this warr' The sol
der turned around, and with the blood mount
ing to his fine manly countenance, he retort-
ed: Gentlemen, l do not complain Of my loss
believe l have made this sacrifice in good
cause; and If do not complain, can see no
| good reason why you should" He then pass
ed along, leaving the disloyal pack to their re-
| Elections.