The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-01-30
oRxGIgAL AND SELECTED.

E Why is the devil a gentleman Because
the imp OF darkness could not be imp-o-light.
~ subscription has been started to erect
monument in honor Of the late Mr.. Everett
% By the new assignment the city of New
York has got to furnish 80 900 men.
VThe rebels have superseded Gen. Early by
Gen. Gordon.
The Everett Monument subscription has
reached about $4,000. uFeE2TEe
RHon. Daniel Marcy is sick, at his home in
Portsmouth.
VNumerous arrests have been made in Rich
mond of persons charged with disloyalty to the
Confederate cause. "a ~ IL
- The Brunswick Telegraph inquiries.
"where is the prophet who prophesied that we
were going to have an open winter ?'
% Washington rumor again sends Mr.. Sew
ard to st. James after March 4th, and puts Sem
ator Morgan at the head of the Treasury.
RThere has been a great snow storm9in
Misunderstanding quite unknown, even to the
Oldest inhabitant
R-Of one hundred and fifty men from the
Colorado, sent ashore to join the attack on Fort
Fisher, only twenty escaped unframed. q
RThe City Marshal Of Portsmouth reports
the arrest of 1877 people in that city during the
past year. Be 8Eal8s ,31eeaa8
RFour or five hundred soldiers were in the
Senate galleries on Friday. listening to the de-
bate on the question of retaliation.
RA special to the Boston Post says the
Committee on Elections have decided in favor Of
the admission Of the delegates from Louisiana. u
Gen. Terry, who succeeded Butler, and
reduced Fort Fisher, was New Haven lawyer;
showing shat Butler was not relieved at Grants
request, from West Point prejudice. rn
~ A carpenters shop ON French street.
Bangor, was damaged by fire on Friday evening
to theextent of $1,000 or $500. 4, Supposed to
be the work of an incendiary. Ia5J ~ bzsts =,
81 The New York Express thus moralizes !:
.The Boston and Worcester Railroad trans
ported 2,l 81, O9s, and only killed two of them.
Happy 2.l5l,O96. Miserable2s i
20 The Massachusetts, House of Representa-
tives have elected Rev. A. H. Quint, Orthodox,
OF New Bedford, preacher Of the next election
sermon. 81
81 The army Of the West is being transported
to Virginia. There is the head of the rebellion,
and General Grant means to strike it with all his
force. e
. B The Secretary of State has received infor-
nation that the Judicial authorities Of Canada
have committed Burley for extradition. This
assures speedy return Of amicable relations.
b H Prominent Northern Democrats are at
Washington urging their political associates in
the House to vote for the Constitutional Amend
ment on Tuesday. AAAF's9 tas2At y a
IS Hr The Charleston Mercury keeps up its
game of brag and declares: ssWe want no At
lanta or Savannah work mere. Let us step into
the arena for life or DEATH, .2.13s pa i,
R John Dougall, Esq, editor of the Mon
treal Witness, has been drafted, at fifty cents q
day, for service against the raiders. Mr.. Dou-
gall takes it easily zoS H 'elf y'la1as
HIt is stated that rebel money is SO plenti-
full in Sherman's camp that the men light
their. pipes with fifty dollar bills, and kndle
their fires with five thousand dollar Georgia
State bonds
90 The Artesian Well Company, in Chicago,
commenced boring for oil, few days since,
within twenty feet of the great well, and at q
depth of thirty feet struck oil of very fine quality
So says the Times. ss -s-s y~..,,-s-s 49,.
sd Secretary Fessenden has signed warrants
for all acquisitions. of the Navy Department
drawn prior to the first of january, and hopes
within few weeks to pay the army up to the
same date q s4 4 - - -"
e The Brunswick Telegraph says Gen.
chamberlain arrived home on Friday Goth, and
is now confined to his house, suffering much
from his wound "a very severe one and healing
slowly ~,
~ Hon. Levin 7. Waters, the newly elected
democratic State senator from Somerset County,
Nd, is on trial in Baltimore before a military
commission, charged with disloyalty, for hoist
ing rebel flag in that city four years ago.
One peace project said to have been talked
of both i'm Washington land Richmond, is to
allow the rebel army to withdraw to Mexico, ex-
pei the French and take possession of the coun-
try. % haam
n a B In Richmond at the latest dates, gold was
to Confederate paper as one to sixty, and coffee
$40 pound, dinners at the saloons from $40 to
SIS. and drinks SIS each. Soldiers, wages in the
same currency, $11 month
y BT The Lewiston Journal says Jacob Nash, of
Auburn, has been indicted for passing counter
felt money, and is now in Auburn Jail. He
passed $40 in $40 bills on lady, getting good
money in exchange
= % lchabod Howe, of Sherman, Aroostook
County, has been arrested, bound over and in
default of bail committed to, Auburn Jail, for
stealing two horses in Leeds some months
since b ."
70 We understand that some gentlemen Of
this CITY, in order to make the new Custern
House more suitable for the purposes intended
propose to donate some lands adjoining the lot
to the Government. The old Custom House lot
is deficient in width. 8. 3aass7sg ads aaa baas
% Mr.. Fields of Louisiana, has addressed
very humble letter to Mr., Dawes, chairman Of
the Election Committee, apologizing for his as
sault en- Judge Kelley, and begging that il
might not prejudice the interests of his beloved
State. so 554 ~ a.assW %
p R ColsnelE.aZ. G. Judson, at one time better
known as a writer of sensational stories under
the nom de plume of "Ned Buntline," is about
to-stsrt on a lecturing tour through the country
He has chosen for his theme The Romance and
2 Reality Of the War;, s9disa 50 sstessa
sB-A concert in aid of the Sanitary Commits
sion was given at Buxton last week, by Miss
Usher Of Hollis, assisted by Miss Bates, Mr..
Colby, Mr. Shaw and Mr. Marston of this citv.
Notwithstanding the severity of the weather
and the absence Of moon, the house was well
filled. ioss5 - s,.i4 'ssl'.es, ts
81 On the first psge we insert the story of
refugee, who writes us in private note that be
resided ten years in Charleston. that he was