The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-05-04
ORIGINAL AND sELEO1ED.

% The steam car between Augusta and Gard
ner. is to resume its trips in a few weeks.
1.-THE Ohio Legislature has resolved against
the pardon of the rebel leaders
EThe BARRIERS in Boston are to close their
shops hereafter on the sabbath.
RThe whereabouts of Jefferson D.-between
Cape lookout and Cape Fear. EDWY4NeE
The course of the rebellion wn the val
ley of the Perdito.
EA great French physician recently asked
and obtained four hundred thousand francs to
| go to Russia and attend o patient.
80 The influx Of gold from California and
foreign countries now averages million dollars
ayeek.saEsn4 a08 Essfssa sI6szgsa0
R At Bath there are eleven vessels on
the stocks, four of which are nearly ready for
launchlngsao Won fosed AHus3 raa82 aat 1f9A !
EVA billiard saloon has already been opened
by representative individual in Charleston, South
Carolina, 81. pals 's 50 gls sIsiaL s
President Pierce is reported to- be en-
gagged to be married to a Boston girl daughter
| Of colonel in the United States army. o. &c 2.
| RThe money stolen and carried of by jeff
Davis, is said to have belonged to .depositors in
the Richmond banks. -
@The mantle Of charity-nots large enough
tocover Canadian Judge, though he may be
Glad with Confederate Waistcoat ( Westcott).
6Orders have been received at Augusta for
the discharge af all soldiers MOI there, whether
mustered into the q. 8. service or not. .aaiblss
RThe Cushnoc House, Augusta, is UNDER
| going very extensive repairs and being greatly
| improved. i saaA e isaif9ssss ea5aSsc. =
RrIti stated by the Chicago Tribune that
Mrs. Lincoln intends to make Chicago her
| q The story of Edwin Booths visit to WASH
ington to secure the body of his brother, proves
| tobe without foundation He has net been at
| Washington since the assassination. i aasTos 81
+ g. 1t is stated that for the first time
since the suspension of specie payments, the
supply Of cents at the Haint in Philadelphia ex-
ceeds the demand. :, ~ - =, -. .e.,,,
| H-The Concord On. H.)i Monitor says the
| principal business Of the Massachusetts Legis-
ture may be classified as follows: LIT, to draw,
pay; I'd, to straighten Boston out. 1as e9 4.
EBy the death of Booth one man has es-
capped being made q hero BY the copperheads;
possibly he has escaped the fate Of presidential
| nomination. sal al aws
VReturn Of the census taken last year In
Iowa, 50 far as they have gone, show an increase
| in the population Of the State of over 100, 600
since $780, -a,vs t4s,.-o.r s.,4 s - ,s..s =
1 EWe harn't seen the claim put forth in .
copperhead paper since the fall of Richmond,
| that the restoration Of the Democratic party to
power isindispensable to peace. 4avaz9 is 4
| EVA fund is being raised in Chicago for the
benefit Of George F. Robinson, the heroic soldier.
who risked his life and was desperately wounded
in saving the life of Secretary Seward.
E-Itis said that one manufacturing estab,
lishment at Patterson, New Jersey, has received
orders for $500 900 worth Of oil-well- boring
machnes.nae9ae "a saisq siGi 2 sa iislls9ss s. +
EOn the last page will be found poem by
John Neal, Esq, addressed to Rev. John PIER
| pont, and on the fret page extracts from Rev.
DIR. Shailer's Fast Day Sermon.
| EMount Baker, California; has been for
some time in state Of active eruption, and its
formerly sharp point has been fattened down
/ ten or fifteen hundred feet. lssass
| R-Theage of Miss Walker, recently deceased
a. tbs Ar,sno1;s H,s,;+sl 90. =, ~ IL,
Of deaths IN ves,s,av,s Pres. at s xs.s
should have been 49, s ~ 3. 80 $50
rrWe iptsnds mo ;n; i = ths sd,.v,; :
/ va...rd I. q q, s;..n,..;o :. oooo
vas v,;s,s, and shon,d1 havs h..,, 1870,
$500. 81 +. -s-'-.,e = ''''sa
/ ey-The N r. Times is very anxious that the
Government should catch DAVIS. u Let ii send
| Jake Thompson after him, then. ssSet rogue
| to catch a rogue, kaa 81 &
R-Robert J. Walker promises an explanation
Of his peace negotiations with the infamous Sam
ssIs - q nssa ny
Jersey City Times. 81 49, ,'T5 s 4; h,
| EThe Bangor Whic saws a picksrel or pike
| which weighed 50 pounds. was taken from a
pond ;n~west Northse,d.- and tte- t;s,,srr,.,