The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-05-03
ORIGINAL And SELECTED.

b 10 ~ - expected that The number OF men
employed in the Kittery Navy Yard will be re-
duced one half this summer.
% Mr.. J. B. Rice, one of the oldest actors
and theatrical managers in the country, has
been elected Mayor of Chicago.
4 % At the late inundation at Sorrel, in Cam
ada, thirty-fve lives were lost, and property to
the amount of $s3 ,000 -r---..s.ss-zssz-
~ Chief Justice Chase has gone to North
carolina to reorganize the national courts in that
State
% Gen. Grant announces that the headquar-
tiers Of the Armies of the United States will be
established in Washington. ID
4 The clergymen of Lewiston and Auburn
have addressed letter Of sympathy to Presi-
dent johnson. bnJsar aasl.gaa 2
81 Andrew johnson is understood to cor
daily accept the Monroe doctrine and to be
somewhat inclined towards making Mexico an
unsafe asylum for JEFF. Davis. sA
8A letter from s.Hance'' at Albany, came
to hand regularly, but by some unaccountable
blunder has got mislaid, so that its publication
is rendered impossible.
~ When President johnson presented "Sher-
mans Surrender" to thecabinet, he said: SIT is
not debatable. yet shallbe pleased to hear your
comments upon it. ''5s o- ~ 1859 ai
| ~ The correspondent of the Boston Post
states that s'the protocol of Sherman is coun-
terpart of JEFF. Davis's resolution in the Nash
vile convention of 1862
/ 81 The only papers yet known to have APP
| proved Gen. Sherman's peace negotiations are
the New York Neacs Ben. Woods paper-and
the Eastern Argus. aai ss.e y .8lseg y
HThe State House in Concord, N. H., has
been partially torn down for the purpose of re-
building, and the Statesman says sit somewhat
resembles dismantled IA, moored off the sheers
in the Charlestown Navy Yard
RAndrew johnson was the only Southern
Senator who openly denounced the secession,
and he declared in his seat that these leaving
Senators ought to be arrested--Gen. jackson he
said, would have hung them Z sH q
EWe have received several copies of the
Mobile Daily .Nsaos; "a small sheet edited by Mr..
E. o. Halle, gentleman well known in this city.
twill improve in appearance when paper and
other materials from the North is received. gts
! Hon. J. W. Patterson of Hanover, win de-
liver an Grafton at Concord, on the occasion Of
the approaching National Fast, we suppose, in
honor OF the late President Lincoln. The invi
tation was extended by the Executive Council of
| the State. ss9 @
E The Worumbo Manufacturing Company at
Lisbon Falls, elected the following directors re-
eently:-Oliyer Moses. Gardner Colby "A. d.
Lockwood. Freeman Clark, J G. Tibbets and
Edwin Plumer; Oliver Moses, President; G. C.
Moses, Treasurer aad = aV4H
F. 70 Portland has three pressing wants: 'addi-
tional houses to accommodate increased popula-
ton; large first class hotel to accommodate the
great number of strangers constantly in the city,
and large and well-appointed opera-house for
general amusement. aa sesa .e'qss
% Ford's Theatre at Washington is still un-
der military guard, and there is no prospect Of
its ever being opened again as place of public
amusement. The proprietor and three Of his
brothers are still lodging in the Old Capitol
prison. aT a.asestea z
| R An old sea captain yesterday expressed in
strong phrase his regret that Booth died by lead,
which had caused the death of so many good
men, instead of hemp, which is'reserved for ras-
Gals. But he comforted himself with the refec-
| tAOu, tudt uClltS ucdu, tucr6 WAS no CQAuC0 IOr
his escape on the ground of insanity New
Bedford Mercury. 3s s & 5-ffsfs sts
81 During the violent gale of Wednesday,
the 10Th, barn on the Green estate, on the Is
| land between the two bridges in Topsham. was
blown bodily over the bank into the river, with
( all its contents, even to the hens, who got out
and lighted upon the ridgepole, and were seen
floating off with the barn. = brunswick Tele-
graph, f sfagsf.. 1893 .fte1se
BThe disposition madeof Booth worthless
body--the best part Of him, by the way or
rather, the profound ignorance of the public in
relation to that disposition, will not favor the
future malcontents. and traitors should they be
disposed to make his resting place sacred spot
and erect monument to his memory
RThe proprietor of the Providence Press is
Governor of Rhode Island; the editor of the
same paper holds high state office, while one
| of the proprietors of the Journal is a U. s.
Senator. The Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor at the recent election, is editor of the
Providence Post
q The Raleigh Progress begs that the gov
eminent will not leave the people to their pres
ent state rulers, or their last condition will be
worse than their FIRST. 1t wants q military gov
ernor, and force to protect the polls, until
they can get rid of Vance and his co-traitors. It
says that all their sacrifices will have been in
vain if this is not done - si,se
HWe learn from the Argus that Mr.. Jones
Blackstone, watchman in the Laconia Mills,
Biddeford, while oiling up on Monday morning
last, was caught on shaft revolving 100 times .
minute, and was carried round with it many
times, his clothes torn of, one arm broken and
severely injured internally 1t was not thought
he could recover dT
R On Wednesday of last week, says the
Democrat, in Lower Biddeford, as young son
| Of John P. Ward, was at play on the bank of
the river, hewas suddenly missed by his COM
panions who became frightened and gave
the alarm. His body was recovered half an
hour later, but life could not be resuscitated.
Ell Hon. Benjamin G. Harris, the copperhead
member of congress from Southern Maryland,
was arrested on Thursday last by Major Waite,
4 of Gen Auger's staff, for reasonable conduct in
| dissuading paroled rebel soldiers from taking
the oath of allegiance and urging them as soon
as exchanged to return to the South, and make
further fight. NasE
/ BThe Chronicle says the Unitarian Society
in Portsmouth has voted to raise the salary of
the pastor to 81, 500; also to raises 500 towards
the national denominationsl fund. Whether
this action will have any influence upon the ac-
1 ceptance by the present pastor, Rev. Mr.. Nor
mandy Of the invitation of the LIST Parish in this
| city, we are not informed. mfH hle aslla
90 Some writer's don't seem to realize that
there is any end or limit to newspaper columns,
orto the patience of competitors, and so they
put no limitations upon their contributions
Says the Portsmouth Journal: ssWe have on
hand several communications of such forbiddine
lengths that we cannot insert them. We have
gone through one of them-and find it lust five
yards in length,