The Portland daily press., 1865-03-06
Original AND sELgCTrD-

ufer 1t hOlds gall on. Avs
- Paper collars have gone down :. o.,
Hall. Linen ones will go down in doo.1ar. =,
RWm. P. Frye, Esq, has beey nor,;no.s5
for Mayor Of Lewiston.
80 The town of Paris has fillea ;ts ono..
der the last call. 1N
B-The Readings of Miss King. who 10 10
read in this city The present week. are yerv
warmly commended by the Boston TraascriDt.
BThe ladies of the little village of Fort Fair9
held realized $3.50 from Sanitary Fair held
week before last
tS A Portland steamer, the General Howard,
is employed by government on the Cape Fear
river.
- They have "basket dances" in Bath. All
attending carry baskets containing their own
refreshments.
% recruiting officer in Bath heads an
advertisement, " Peace Commissioners Wan
ted"
81 The stern post of the Kearsage, contain
ing the shell fired by the pirate steamer Alabama,
has been sent to the Navy Department at Wash
ington.
Howard, which passed the House, was lost
Through accidental non-action on the part of the
Senate, s7l noea
- Chicago is very busy with preparations
for the coming great Northwestern Fair, in aid
Of the Sanitary Commission and other military
charities.
R- Mr. Ebenezer Southland of Wiscasset, fell
into fho hold of brin OF Rats H.
last. and was seriously though not fatally in
jured. 5as
IAN Inaugural supper was served at the
City Hall, Bath, on Saturday evening, which,
with songs, sentiments and speeches, caused the
hours to pass pleasantly.
The New Bedford Mercury says: There
are now in port thirty-nine whaling vessels.
For twenty of these masters have already been
engaged, and several are now being fitted for
sea-"
| 9-A sudden death occurred in Belfast last
week. Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Stevenson retired to
rest in usual health, but late in the night Mr..
Stevenson was awakened and found his wife
| lying dead by his side
The Quartermasters of the 9th Maine and
18th Indianna regiments, while engaged in
scouting on their own hook near Fort Anderson,
onthe Goth of February, made captiyes of two
seoesh soldiers whom they delivered over to the
nearest Provost Marshal within our lines.
H0f Ill blockade runners built upon the
Clyde for little honest traffic with our South
ern brethren during the last three years, 20 have
been destroyed and 48 captured. Some of them
which were intended to run the blockade, have
been watching it. bag ls
81 According to the Mobile -Nea0s, there is a
perfect exodus through Texas into Mexico Of
"the gallant youth who are the reserve guard
of the sunny South, and who will do the
fighting after their brave fathers and elder
brothers have fallen" @
V Capt. VIM. A. Granger of the 9th Maine
has been appointed A, D. C. on the staff of Gen
Ames who commands the I'd Division in the 24tl
Army Corps. Capt. G. has been in the servic,
nearly four years and both as an officer and &
private he has demonstrated no ordinary amount
Of bravery and energy,
B A private in the 18th Indiana who partici
pated in the attack on Fort Fisher was found no
to have discharged his rife during the entir,
engagement. When asked the cause he said h,
was told by his commanding officer not to fir,
until he received orders, and he had acted accor
dinghy.
BA private letter from Fort fisher, Feb
2lst, says: 1.-THE I'd division is commanded b,
Gen. Ames who is very popular since the fall o
Fort Fisher, as the truth is he really did mucl
more than Gen. Terry to accomplish that result
Get up and get is the order of the day here
Sherman has no idlers in his department.
e There are several fine colors produce;
from the residuum of petroleum. One is
bright and fixed cerulean blue, aud is called tn
Humbolt color Another delicate color is
light blue called ''azulne," which, as well as tn
popular "magenta," is now produced from pc
troleum. A fourth, called "roseine,' is in cours
of experiment.
RThe grand procession which was to hav
taken place in New York Saturday butdidn't OF
account of the rain, was to be taken advantag
of for business purposes, One of the feature
was to have been cigar machine. turning GU
Havana CD cigars as it went along the street
while the proprietor was to be engaged in givip,
them away to soldiers along the line of march
Mr.. Barnum was to parade an elephant graf
and q walrus.
H-We have before us copy of Ell LocaIista
a little paper about one-fourth the size of tn
Press, published four times a week at Santo Es
piritu, on the south side of Cuba. at So a month
or $l2a year, in coin. 1t is printed entirely il
Spanish, dead languageto us, but we can max
ousthe Fotograftas q .dmbrotipos card of Mr.
Burnham, our Portland Photograph artist, VIII,
depending season there in "plying his ayoca.
ton"
/ % In the proceedings of the Massachusetts
legislature we read that "a message was received
from the Governor transmitting communica
ton from the Governor of Maine, enclosing ,
copy of an act of the Legislature of that Stat
repeating the act to promote the safety oftrave
on railroads, commonly known as the third raj
restriction" Itseems to us Gov. Cony need
lessy went out of his way to inform Massachu
sets that Maine proposes to follow her lead ant
to become subservient to her interests. Butthi
"bid" for Massachusetts aid for the E. & N. A
Railroad will not avail. The friends of that roat
have rolled in the dirt for nothing. They have
cut their friends in order to secure ew ones, bu
success is not yet won.
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"The Portland Press says there will be nc
| draft in ho lot n;cfr; NJ l1x.- -. -