The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-04-13
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gHouse rents in Philadelphia are declining
in price
R-There is said to be great deal OF cotton
in Augusta, Georgia. Most of it is in private
hands, the government holding but very small
amount
EMr. Aphonzo McIntire Of. Tuftonborc',
N. H., was recently SO severely injured while at
work in mill in that town, by being osught in
the machinery, that he survived the accident but
one hour.
EAt the Kittery Navy Yard, all who have
claimed exemption from the draft on account OF
alienage have had their names struck from the
rolls, to make room for the employ ment OF hon
orably discharged soldiers. sD
ETThe Bath Times learns that the barn be-
longing to the aims house in Brunswick, was
consumed by fire cn Monday night. Three
cows were burnt and quantity Of farming
TOOLS The fire was set by an insane person. .l
R Rebel deserters are hired by the farmers of
Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the more distant
States, at prices ranging from eight to ten dol
lars month, government paying their fare to
where they desire 10 go. ~
The New York Tribune says that plenty
of farm laborers can be had now for $15 or $40
per month, who but short time ago demanded
$50 and $40. Men who would work for no less
than So per day are now glad to get $l.5O
~ Senator James Guthrie of Kentucky says,
'slave property is lost to Kentucky. The war
has destroyed it. Let it go, but let US stand by
the government and the Union. Let us prepare
ourselves for the change tina. has been wrought
and is now going on
EWe learn direct from Charleston that Nor
thern Union men do not consider it prudent in
that city, as yet, to open stocks of goods for
sale, because of the feeling prevalent against
them, which shows itself in incendiary fires Of
lamentably frequent occurrence asa5
| - Edward j. Pollard, late inmate Of Fort
Warren and editor of the Examiner, who re-
manned in Richmond and fourished in large
style at the Spottswood, was arrested on Satur-
day and, in spite of his indignant protests, sent
to Castle Thunder. sc1geD
e Among the passengers by the Asia. which
sailed yesterday from Boston for Liverpool, was
Hon. John a. Goodenow of Alfred, U. s. Consul
General for Turkey, on his way to Constantine
pie. c. J. Bridges. Esq, Managing Director o.
| the Grand Trunk Railway, was passenger by
the same vessel.
B-A friend writes us giving the name of 6
Bell-Everett man who, on Monday night, wher
others were Illuminating, put his lights in the
back part of the house and closed his front win
dow blinds. We will not call his name. Hi
poor soul will get more light when the Windows
to it are enlarged. s.lsd5 q
RWe learn from the Lewiston Journal, tina
Mr.. D. W. Blake of Turner was instantly killed
and Mr.. Charles Bradford received flesh wount
in the leg, by the bursting of acannon, while
salute was being fred at Turner village Monday
night. The cannon was of iron. Mr.. Blak,
was abou, IS years of age.
We understand that two ladies of thil
city, Mrs. Warren Richardson and Miss Mary
Richardson, started early Monday morning ant
walked ten miles and half, to Cumberland, t.
notify their friends of Lees surrender, carrying
out the first news of that glorious event. Sucl
a spirit is indicative of the quenchless patrio
tism which animates our people,
The Olean Advertiser, Cattaraugus Co.
New York, says the Cattaraugus Oil Compan,
have at last struck oil in their new well, in tn
town of Yorkshire. The yield at latest accoun
had increased from six to twenty barrels a day
and was still increasing. This well is in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the lands of the State 0
Maine Company, organized in this city.
Mr. Lincoln has told his "little story j
Richmond While seated in the parlor of tb
fugitive Confederate President, some one relate
said it reminded him of the negro, who whel
his preacher told the congregation there wer
only two roads, one leading to hell and the othe
tn damnation, exclaimed, ''Den dis niger tax
to de woods E
- 1t is with poor grace that men who apollo
gised for the New York and other draft riots
and who have never had one word of square.
edged condemnation for the great Southern riot
new turn about and whine, complain, and tall
of oppression because lawless set of men anC
boys, in a frolcking rather than malignaD
spirit, engage in reprehensible lark at the ex
pense of their friends. asd n0ta
your friend who has written us saying tina
some little complaint was made because the Pres
gave credit to none but Republicans for joyfu
demonstrations on Monday, had better ask tn
complainers to read the Press of Tuesday morn
/ ing carefully. We felt in remarkably amiabl,
mood, and think we were just to all parties. w,
said that Democrats and Republicans We'd will
each other in jubilant demonstrations, and W.
sincerely hope the good feeling then manifested
may be strengthened as events pass by, and thai
soon all, without exception, will rally round the
old flag together in joyfu and fraternal patrio.
tism. 10 sdtegni5na9 ~ n7n .a.se,is.,f
% Dixon" of the Boston Advertiser, in hi.
special dispatch, says, ,''Only two of the Rich.
mond ministers left the city on its evacuation
and services were held on Sunday morning and
afternoon in all the churches unframed by tht
FIRE, and they were generally filed, one or two
of them being crowded. The congregations were
at least half made up of residents of the city
mostly women, MANNED and old men, In all the
Episcopal churches, in the prayer for our ruler:
fireworks the President of the United States
| were omitted, except in the famous African
church, were the proper words were used and
received with hearty Amens from the dense con-
gregatioD." u a
We think Mr.. Latham, whose name has
suddenly become familiar to our people, and who
has been SO emphatically rebuked for his indis-
cretion-to use soft words very small often
der compared with the man who, in the city OF
Portland and in the blaze Of glory now sur
rounding our cause, will deliberately publish to
the world. as was done yesterday in a morning
paper, such language as this: tsThe Judgment of
the world is, that the cause Of the South has
heen just in the abstract, though impolite and
f9rlorn from the inception Of its measures of re-
dress. The trodden worm only testifes to the
same law of universal nature, which the South
shelters itself behind"
20 The Philadelphia Press says the new Mil
itary Governor Of Richmond, Brig. Gen. Geo.
F. Shepley, is one of those whom this war has
made familiar to the people, and whose early
promise hasbeen indicated by important SER
vices to the Government. He was Military Gov