The Portland daily press., 1865-03-27
ORygTyAL 1yD sELE0TEf,.


vA New Hampshire hunter caught rs minks
in five weeks recently.
gThe publisher of Napoleon's I" Life of
Cesar has sold IL, 900 copies of the work, and
has orders for $4,000 more. vive pEmpereur
gThe Wisconsin Indians, who have just re-
ceived their annuities, call the fractional paper
currency "papoose money
50 The prospects of the Western wheat crop
are said to be very good. A good deal more
than usual was sown last fall, and very little
has been winter killed.
EA Wisconsin paper announces the return
to her home in the town of marlborough OF q
young woman named Georgiana Peterman, who
has been for two years drummer in the 7th
Wisconsin Regiment.
R-The Knoxville Wing says that East Ten
nessee will present Hon. Horace Maynard to the
Legislature as her choice for one Of the senator's
from that State.
VPolitcal contests in New Hampshire have
been always closely contested. The majority
given to the governor elect in the recent election
exceeds that received by any candidate on either
side for twenty-four years. q
WINS
mond papers of Wednesday last to come through
our lines. 1t is surmised they do not contain
any confirmation of the so-caIled rebel victory
in North Carolina.
BA marketman recently undertook to sell
poultry at a reasonable price in New Haven.
The police thought he must have stolen his
chickens and had him arrested. He was dis
charged, however, on examination.
HGeneral Hancock is assigned temporarily
to the command of the Department of Western
Virginia. General Crook is restored to the
command of the Department of the Shenan-
doah. 49, - ~
q ETThe Democrat says the friends of Rev.
Geo. Briggs of Bryant's Pond, made him
donation visit recently, and left tokens of re-
CARDS in the shape of necessaries of life, and
greenbacks amounting in value to above one
hundred dollars
R-T The Biddeford Union says sad case of
drowning happened in Kennebunkport, on the
18th inst The little daughter of Oliver Benson,
while coasting near the bank of the river, slid
into the water and the current drew her under
the ice.
E9 OcCduSe tu6 tdl Will
his kite was called fool by the ignorant and
incredulous of his time it does not follow that
every jackass whose conceit does not pass cur
rent for wisdom, is Franklin or profound
philosopher.
Mr.. Warren Brown of Portland, has pur-
chased his partners {Messrs. ] D. & ]. H. Hop
kiDs) interest in the mill property in this vii
lage, which they purchased six years since of
Al I1...o ~ LA. n ~. = y
we understand, was 100000. We understand
this business firm has been highly prosperous
while in business.-[ Ellsworth American.
~ Rev. Frank Mcguire of Brooklyn, N. Y,
has received and accepted call to the pastorate
of the Universalst Society in Waterville made
vacant by the recent resignation of Rev. Mr..
Dillingham;. He went home to Brooklyn to
make arrangements to remove to Waterviile,
and was caught in the ''draft,'' but having fur,
nished a substitute he will commence his labors
next Sabbath.
RWe learn that Mr.. Francis Owen at pres
ent one of our Selectmen, is about to remove to
Portland, having formed q connection in bust
ness with Mr.. s. r. jackson, of this town, who
is about TO open coal wharf in that city. We
shall be sorry to lose Mr.. Owen, who is one of
cur most active, upright and respected citizens,
and a most excellent town of6cer.-[ Brunswick
Telegraph. tfsa
EThe Christian Commission, at San Fran
cisco, recently refused to accept ninety dollars,
said sum being the avails of private theatrical
entertainment; upon which paper of that city
says the Commission would suffer the wounded
soldier to perish with thirst because the man
who drew the water at the well was of doubtful
morality. Quite discussion has grown out of
this affair through the San Francisco papers.
t---M-9 "A " Aminsten IN. CO. paper says: tsSome
of our soldiers driving in the swamps back OF
the town, have struck mine from which have
already been taken several hundred barrels Of
turpentine and quantity of rosin. The supe-
riority of these mines over the Pennsylvania oil
wells is thatthe product here is found in barrels
all ready for market, the only expense necessary
in working them being the cost of labor in roll
ing the barrels out, Further explorations are
being made" sesef (.
The new mayor of Biddeford, Charles A.
Shaw, Esq, a sort of universal Yankee and
dealer in patent rights, delivers himself of an
inaugural address that fills five long, closely
printed columns in the Journal Of that city.
He INDUCES in two columns on national affairs,
and touches the highfalutin after this style !:
'sThe fact is, a disease of the most yirulent
type, politico-military in its nature has seized
upon the very vitals of the nation and racks
and tortures every fibre" - IS r,55o
GTThe Rockland Gazette says that on the
4th inst, Mr.. Daniel Teel of Cushing, found the
body of an unknown drowned man floating near
his shore. 1t was that of stout man about
six feet in height, and apparently about thirty
years of age He had on two pairs of woollen
socks, blue woolen drawers, a striped cotton
shirt, and woollen frock. A truss was found on
the body, and the man had apparently been rup-
tured on the right side. A scar was found on
the left shoulder. The body was taken in charge