The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-06-09
0RIGINAL AND SELECTED.


RGrsen peas are selling in Peersburg, Va,
for fifty cents peck
RSaysthe ADVOCATE, sssome ministers are
more ready to go where the Lord would have
them, than to stay"
H Another mammoth land companyis form
ing in London, with the object of attracting
emigrants to Canada. 81 ~ &1.tA A III
y The railway carriage in which Queen
Victoria travelled to Scotland was lined with
lavender-colored silk. n lf}S3H
ga little SON of Eliphalet Prey, of Gardin-
er, fell from ladder in that city, and disocated
his elbow. MARS NaefT caF2 dfrrssfs IN
H Arrangements have been made with the
Maine Central railroad to take passengers to and
from the Baptist State Convention soon to meet
in Lewiston, for half fare. g laets so q satah
Ey-There are now at the Bangor Theological
Seminary forty three students, classified as fol-
lows; Resident Licentiates, 2; Senior Class, %;
Middle Class, IL; Junior Glass, 8. ~ usct 81.
u special to the Boston Postsays all doubt
in Fred Seward s case is atan end He has rap.
idly recovered within few days, and is enabled
to converse freely and suffers but little pain.
H-An Indian doctor who had been practice
ing several months at Passumpic village w.,
in male attire, was arrested and found to be a
woman. ~ 2 ~ 81 ia
- The Legislature Of Michigan has passed o
law authorizing county clerks to subscribe for
and preserve two or more of the newspapers in
their respective counties. VIZ a 4
80 The Gardiner Journal says that on Friday
last, Mrs. Emma, wife of George Stowe, of Old
town, had one of her legs fractured below the
knss, BY being thrown fromgs carriage while
riding near Gardiner.
- II anybody is doing any thing in acongre-
CATION he is sure to divert attention from the
man who is speaking-a suggestive Illustration
Of the proverD that deeds are Of more account
than words liens Adv. ~. ~ .iaio hA9 we
RPresident johnson has promoted Lieut.
John s. Hay of the9th Me. Regiment, (editor of
the late st. Croix Herald. } to Assistant Quarter
master in the regular army, with the rank Of
Captain.
| HThe Whig says q little child Of N. NJ.
Craig Of Oidtown, was drowned in 4 spring in
his fathers cellara day or two since. He was
absent only about ten minutes when hewas found
but life was extinct.
- Says the Pennington Chronicle, the house,
barn, So, Of Mr. Hunt, between Pennington
and East Wilton, were burned with almost all
their contents, Oh Sunday evening. The fire re-
suited from defect in the chimney. Loss be-
tween $4,000 and $1,000. Insurance $780, I
VParson Brownlow says he would ssrather
trust the poorest black now in Tennessee with a
| vote fl,ay, = ,,o;oev,Fia o.,,<;o~ l.,% -
rebel, who has sneaked back into the Union
without taking time to wash the stains of loyal
blood off his hands,"
- An Augusta correspondent of the BAN
gor Times objects to the proposed testimonial
to Gen. Howard, as an act of bad taste, and as
placing the gallant officer in the attitude of q
mendicant. We don't see it; and would sug-
gest that in passing the hat around the Augusta
gentleman be excused from contributing. aaI
ETA few days since a returned soldier pur-
chased new pair of boots at q store in Buffalo,
and left his old ones but soon after returned and
called for them. When they were brought him
he ripped open the lining and took from beneath
81 $50 in greenbacks, in denominations Of $50,
$500 and 81 900, which he had placed there and
forgotten.
EThe Philadelphia Pres, after carefully
reviewing the precedents-in law and fact-affor-
ded BY thecase of Aaron Burr. and his Iacquit-
tai on mere point Of law, and the bungling
manner in which the case was prepared for
trial, comes to the conclusion that there is nc
possible loophole for the escape Of Jefferson
Davis. ..
s~zs-Tha NJ ~. ~; . iaa,n. a.. IL ~. VI =
preaching Commencement at Oakland College;
CAL, Rev. Heratio Stebbins, formerly Of thi.
city, will deliver an Grafton, and Mr. William L.
Crowvii, VI eaanuel Crvwvll, Esq, of Bath,
apoem Mr.. Crowell graduated at Bowdoin
College in 1860. and is young man Of fine
| promise. 0e.tA
RThe Worcester Spy, after complimenting
very highly President Johnson 3 amnesty proc
lamation, and chiefly for it's leading purpose to
break down the social and political oligarchy
which Aourished under the slave system, says
when he "enlarges his sympathies so as to en-
brace class which has suffered even more thar
the poor whites from whom he sprung, and
shapes his policy as to cover all the deserving
people of the land with its benefits, he will wiz
SAcs :" AAS4h AAOtuluS dtEtduy
liant career will compare the gratitude of al
good men, and the consciousness of doing essen
tial service to a race which needs help and knows
how to appreciate and reward it. 9 SISlJ
ETA lady of property on the lower part Of
Middle strert, complains that when yesterday,
in response to an invitation in the papers, she
disnlayea = aas, draped in mourning, aud bear
ing for a motto the words taken from the muir
dered Presidents late inaugural, itwas wrenched
from its place by brutal fellow, and when she
complained he defended his act on the ground
atshe was only a did woman ? She further
says when she appealed to the police for protec-
ton her request was treated with silent con-
tempt. She thinks SO long as she pays her
taxes IS loyal, lavsobserving property-e vper,
she is entitled to some protection from the laws,
although she isassd77d wsmany We do not
think it worth while to publish her communica-
ton. or to. be more specific at this time j.,