The Portland daily press., 1865-01-13
lORIGrNAL lxD SELECTED.

80 The gold medal for Gen. Grant ordered by
Congress. has been received at Washington.
% 1t is stated that Gen. Butler was relieved
BY request of Gen. Grant.
gAt Denver City, Colorado, 75c in gold
wiil BUY an apple, and 81 so will buy pound
OF poor butter.
E3-1t is IA curious fact that exactly the same
number of persons committed suicide in Massa-
chusetts in 1861 as during the year 1862.
% There is said to be strong opposition in
Prince Edward Island and in Nova Scotis to the
confederation scheme. "a ra.3rYr
% An exchange says the most popular agri-
cultural fair is q farmers daughter. Who
wouldn't ATTEND such a fair
aHWaiter bring me some corn.'' said q
6oarder to green Irish servant. "Hey?" said
| Paddy, leaning down to catch the accent "No,
no-corn :" replied the guest. w9Hd
- Senator Gratz Brown of Missouri, has
written another letter in favor of giving the
right of suffrage to the southern slaves, in con-
nectiOn with their freedom. stssi ma
R-South American advices indicate that the
republic Of Uruguay will soon be entirely ami
hilated by Brazil unless some strong foreign
power interferes
HAs soon as Gov. Andrew heard Of the fall
| Of Savannah, he sent agents thither to procure
black recruits, and asked permission to do so
afterwards ii vi. :, s,-gss-r -.re.~e,,
9In England restriction is placed on the
gas companies by Law, SO that if the dividends
exceed certain percentage, the surplus falls to
the government.
81 The Printers Union of st. Louis, has
come to grief, and its members are allowed to
find employment where they please, and to work
for such prices as they choose to accept.
RCol. Forney expresses the 'shope and rea-
sonable belief that before the close OF the pres
eut session Of Congress, Georgia win return to
the Union, and have her Senators and Represen-
tatiyes in the national Congress. err
RThe Aroostook Pioneer says the house OF
B. d. Hallett, Of Castle Hill was destroyed by
FIRE on Monday, I'd inst The fire caught from
q stove pipe. Nearly all of its contents were
saved. igi
| RWhat purports to be an intercepted rebel
traitor at Richmond. The Louisville journal
says the letter is forgery. and Mr.. Prentice did
NO such thing. rs. b ,aD
| B The strange statement is made that Gen.
Dix has found every incendiary who attempted
to set fire to the New York hotels, but the whole
matter is to be kept secret till after the war; fol-
political reasons. . a saas-.e
E The Franklin County Musical Institute
will hold its annual session at Pennington,
/ commencing Tuesday and continuing four days
under the direction of Mr.. s. Wilder of Ban
gor.s sls /, is'ss. e s. .s s.5ss .4s'
| HThe CongregatiOaalist reports the num-
beriof Congregational churches in Maine 247
No. members 1876, additions in 1864, so6, BY
profession GIG, removals 1852 members of Sabbath
Schools 81, 4s7 q gf yea iq49
ga Nevada paper says that a zephyr
came into Virginia City, took up 2,2Oolb Cal
off the railroad track aud carried it up over
housetops and everything and dumped it down
half a mile of.
l. EThere can be very little doubt, we think
that the failure of the Wilmington expedition Il
referable to lack of harmony between the COM
manders of the naval and land forces The
whole thing needs investigation
VThe local editor of an exchange publishes
his market report in the following punnine
style: "Tin plates are fat, lead heavy, iron dull
rakes not much inquired after, camphene brisk
rhubarb and SIENNA are drug starch IS stifen-
ing and paper is stationary"
ROn Saturday last, the stockholders of the
Peoples Bank of Waterville, voted not to sur
render their charter to become one of the Ma.
4 tonal Banks. The Waterville Bank voted te
surrender its charter Immediately and organize
under the National system. doughty
| A ,bo,, - 4oA II
saw ragged boy with an uncommonly large
muller about his neck. He asked what was the
matter with him, and he replied that he had gol
the itch. The officer Investigated, and found
| important dispatches to Gen. Lee. s.sa
Correspondents who write for this paper
viii confer favor by observing Two rules LIST.
to write only ON one side of the Sheet, and, I'd,
to avoid abbreviations, write plain, spell the
words out in fun, and be careful Of pupctua-
ton Rse9h 1saH iosilee 7scEr sa3lI
R-A gentleman in Taunton has just received
$4,000 stolen from him between Baltimore and
Washington year ago. It was recovered by
detectives, but as they had made mistake in
taking his name, they were nearly year finding
the owner. II. sa eF, q s
RM Mr.. King, father of the Little Kings
who make the Lady's Book, showed us yester-
day that little book neatly bound in red morocco.
1t makes pretty volume Everytype has been
set from the start by little Theo. l., lad now Of
ten years. and the workmanship would do honor
to head on full-grown shoulders ~ =. -.
= HCan anybody assign q good and sufficient
reason why pound of clean white paper should
be cheaper than pound Of the poorest batting,
made from the waste of the cotton mills, and
requiring in its manufacture no chemicals, NO
bleaching nothing but the simplest mechanical
manipulation win the Argus answer iissIss )
81 In his admirable lecture of Wednesday
| evening, J. s. G. Abbott referred to the remark
of JEFF Davis that he would prefer the society Of
rattlesnakes and hyenas to that of Northern
freemen. Said Mr.. A., off Providence should
take him at his word, may God be merciful to
all mathematics and hyenas =, taEs
% Albert Merrill, Esq, of this city, has pre-
pared two poems, suitable for lectures, each OF
which we have had an opportunity of hearing,
and consider excellently adapted to please and
instruct popular audiences. Histopics ares Con-
servatism and Reform, = and Popularity" We
! commend them to the attention of Lecture COM
mittees who have not yet filed their lists for this
season. Transcript. ~ Iff 60
RThe Boston Daily Advertiser, speaking Of
the meeting held in Boston to raise supplies for
| the citizens Of Savannah, reminds its readers
that in IVA, when the sport Bill" reduced Bos-
ton almost to the condition of besieged town,
the citizens of Savannah contributed rice, which
sold for e2l6 in New York, and the sum was
sent to the sufferers in Boston.
RThe British government have examined
the plan proposed for uniting the British North
American provinces in one confederation, and
they accept it as being. in the deliberate judg-
ment Of those best qualified TO decide upon the
subject, the best framework of a measure to be
passed by the imperial parliament for attaining
that most desirable result. e,r
BMr. j. W. Co!cord, after an eight months'
absence from the office, has returned TO his old