The Portland daily press., 1865-06-17

ORIGINAL And SELECTED.

duced their prices fifty per cent.
% rhe Arab girls who came to see Napoleon
wore nosegays in their ears.
81 1t is said the Boston Hotels are about to
reduce their charges fifty cents per day.
~ The Ocean Bank, Kennebunk, has been
authorized asa National Bank, with capital of
100000
RQuartz rock has been found in the town Of
Moscow, on the upper Kennebec, which yields
sl7oO worth Of gold to the ton.
ETA farmhouse in an English village lately
met camel belonging to menagsrie. and
dropped instantly dead with fright.
~ Mr.. Manager Murray has been rendered a
complimentary benefit by leading citizens of
Bangor.
e Our young felloW-to wnsman, ]. s. White,
esqs has just returned home from a threemonths
trip to Mexico. iss
B-It is reported that President johnson has,
in an interview with Quaker delegation, ex-
pressed his present opposition to negro suffrage.
HIn Portsmouth for the year ending March
31st, the deaths we're 1888, and the births ITO.
The balance is against the city es
81 The new Territory of Montana, which
claims to have been settled but three years, now
contains n.is thousand inhabitants besides In
dams. rs sssos. ~
81 sd soldier named Geo. Rich,
while ridino Bangor ON Thursday, by the
breaking of q elt of the carriage was thrown
out and fractured one Of his legs. -
Rumor says that G. M. Delaney, the Au-
gusta bounty-broker since conviction and SEN
tence has been Internationally pardoned by the
President
81 An attempt was made at Chicago recently
to murder j. Winslow Ayre, an important
witness against the Knights of the Golden
Circle
BCol. B. F. Martin Of Manchester, N H.,
has sold his paper mill in that city, to Hud-
son Keeny, Esq, of Pepperell, Mass, for $685.
900. saea s9a -
RThe large saw-mill of Wright s Co., at
Saginaw city, with million feet of lumber,
was destroyed by fire ON the 14th inst. Loss
500, 600. s os. asasa Hsqe EeF
EA special to the Boston Herald says that
President johnson informed the colored delega-
ton from Richmond that their wrongs should
be redressed, and the evils remedied of which
they complained. yil5a .laaa
4 - The Biddeford Journal says Messrs Rice
Pike have commenced repairs on the York
Hotel, Sace. The house is to be thoroughly re-
modelled. and the lower story is to be fitted up
for stores and the second story for offices.
50 George Holiday, a boy of l6 years, shot
his father, Gavin Holiday, in Saugus, Tuesday
afternoon, and then killed hipself 1t is the be-
lief Of these acquainted with the facts that he
had become insane in consequences OF sun
stroke Ifs 49, ST
50 The Hon. David Culver, Counsellor from
the Fifth District, N. H., composed of Grafton
and Coos Counties, died suddenly at his resi-.
dence in Lyme, on the 18th. He was at his post
of duty 10 the Council Chamber on Friday pre-.
ceding. Fil2 - ~ sfak
THE Raleigh IN. CO. Progress says that Il
is really surprising what quantities of cotton
and resin are exhumsd in the neighborhood o
that city since it come into Federal possession
and how the warehouses begin to be crammet
with those articles preparatory to expectation.
I The Belfast dge says two trading vessels
hailing from that city were seized by the Cutter
at Castine, few days ago, in consequence o
complaints made by people Of the islands, tina
they were selling liquor without license. The,
are now in the hands of the U. s. Marshal, ant
will be libeled.
81 The Aroostook Pioneer says man namet
I. Frank Whittier, at Richmond Station of thu
st. Andrew 8 railroad, poisoned his wife by ad
ninistsring apoison supposed to be strychnine
She died on Friday, I'd inst, The Pioneer say
: the deed was perpetrated under the most aggra-
waited circumstances.
81 Among the delegations at Washington
from the South is one from Savannah, askin,
that the action Of General Sherman in setting
aside certain islands off the coast of Georgia and
annulled. frs ssss lssa use Of freedmen. may be
they met with very decided reDuT from til,
President and Secretary Of War.
BThe New York Times suggests that it will
be found that John Mitchell-recently arrested
in that city-is held to answer for giving aid and
comfort to the enemies Of the United States, es.
pecially in regard to the treatment Of our priso-
ners. The government, the Times is informed
is in possession Of testimony upon this subject
which made his arrest matter of absolute ne
cessity. @ we Aa
ga Scotch gentleman is now in Washing
ton who has authority from citizens of Scot
land to invest forty thousand dollars at once in
the purchase of Southern lands. He says there
will be considerable emigration from his coun-
tryss soon as things in the South are well enough
settled to warrantit, and he is confident that
five million pounds sterling will be invested in
lands in Virginia and the Carolinas within the
next fifteen months. s8ss 8@88
HIt is said that Gen. Stoneman has replied
to Gen. Sherman, and says not only that If he
had obeyed Sherman's order to Join him at RAJ
leigh he would have left the door wide open for
the escape Of JEFF. Davis but, also, that by act
ing in accordance with his own Judgment in dis
regard Of this order he actuallyso disposed his
troops as to prevent the escape of Davis beyond
the Mississippi, and insured his final capture by
the command Of Gen. Wilson, 81
Cd The Oxford Democrat says the store of
Stephen d. Hutchinson, esq, OF Paris, was en-
tered on Wednesday night, and goods stolen to
the amount Of two or three hundred dollars
The thieves pried up the window on the back
side Of the store, and entering the back room
csmeto the large door which was bolted. Through
this door large hole was bored, sufficient to re-
csive the hand, when the bolt was removed and
the main store entered. The goods taken were
boots. shoes, sheeting, cloth and ready-made
clothing.
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