The Portland daily press., 1865-04-27
ORIGINAL md NEGLECTED..

40 Mrs. Mary NJ. Dyer has been appointed
Librarian of the City Library in Bddeford.
Br An English paper computes that there
are 100000 drunkards in Great Britain. =
~ In lsS6the population of South Australia
was 200. In 1864 it was 1854
B A new city is forming at Northwestern
Australia, to be called Palmerston.
~ The loyal Legislature of Arkansas have
passed the constitutional amendment
~ A Montreal paper says that ten Southern
rebels have on deposit in that city, ten million
dollars Yd gJoa&3a s7ass 5si4si4ss as
R Mrs. Lincoln, who is fast recovering her
accustomed strength. will leave for Illinois about
the last of May. 49,
R President johnson has put an eud to
speech-making by State delegations and taken
hold Of business in earnest. 81. i,iw
q The funeral of the late President Lincoln,
at Springfield, ILL.,, is appointed for Saturday
of next week.
V Rebel papers that have come to hand,
mention the assassination of President Lincoln,
butrefrain from comments efSs. a
~ A genuine American flag, made of bunt-
ing manufactured in this country, was raised in
Lowell on Wednesday. $50
H The obsequies Of President Lincoln in
New York, exceeded anything of the kind ever
before seen there.
R Peat has been successfully used upon the
New York Central Railroad, showing saving of
one half in fuel. tih s+taA0
RThe rebel Governor of Florida is reported
to have shot himself. There is room for other
rohoIs ~ ss,ro and do Ixor,;ao
R Letters intended for JEFF. Davis should be
sent to the care of Macmillan or Beelzebub.-.
he is on his way to the latter via the former.
- As much nitrate of silver as can be held
between the. thumb and finger, if thrown into a
vase. of water, will, It's said, preserve flowers
for fortnight 20
R..Ned BUntline's Ovn'", is the title of
new, large-size sensation paperin New York, ed
tied by 3. q. C. Johnson, alias "Ned Buntline''i
Trash.
- The Milford (Mass) Journal says that
Mr.. Wm.J, Mann, of Milford, started on Mon
day last to ride as tar as Minnesota on horse
back, and to return in the same manner. .
u The rebels called Selma, Ala, now in our
possession, the Pittsburg of the South, because
of the great number of manufacturing establish
ments there. Fith &H11 tG gea
80 The last seen of JEFF. Davis he was heading
southwest, with small bundle made up in cot
ton handkerchief, and with his coat tails at right
angles with his spinal column. ies ss 3
- The Wing says the Choral Festival which
opened in Bangor Wednesday, is great success,
and is most attractive. The attendance is very
large and enthusiastic. 4agsst ssaiaa5 q
e Gen. Palmer, the commandment of Ken
lucky. has ordered that hereafter no more guer
rillas shall be executed publicly. Hereafter all
persons sentenced to death will be executed pri-
vately. ~ ls eo # ~ sfta sse Z &
RFItis said that among Mr.. Lncoln's papers
has been found a. package Of letters marked in
his own hand writing. Assassination Letters"
While many of them threatened his life, others
warned him Of plots to take it. ~.
81 Sentries have been placed around the res
idence of Senator Sumner, in Washington. Mr..
s. is lending his valuable services in the conduct
Of the State Department, during the illness of
Mr.. Seward. saa- f4st 4ss
R When Sir Walter Scott was urged not to
prop the falling credit Of an acquaintance, he
replied, seThe man was my friend when my
friends were few; and win be his. now that his
enemies are many"
~ Three men and q woman havefbeen ar
rested for willful DETACHMENT of the tombs and
gravestones in Woburn MASSEY cemetery
They had done damage to the extent of $i5,-
900.
B-A monument rs to be erected in Washing
ton Square, Troy, in honor of the soldiers from
that city who have fallen in battle The sum Of
$l2,5O0 has been already raised for that pur-
pose. ,sgsa bnf slaaae ~ 81 4s1qt gs
ss 80 The Whig learns that the counterfeit fyes
on the Eastern Bank of Bangor, recently put in
circulation in Boston, are of the most dangerous
description, being SO nearly perfect that they
are with difficulty detected BY the cashiers
- S:hr. Harriet Newell, Capt. Gould, !arriv-
ed in Boston from Norfolk, reports the mate Of
Schr. Olive N. Gould, of East Machias, fellfrom
aloft and was drowned, on the 18th instant, at
sea. a9lA 2 ffssi r.,se.5 N z It
H The Augusta Farmer says q soldi r, name
not known to the writer, was shot at Camp CO.
burn one day last week, while attempting to run
the guard. The ball entered the shoulder, pro-
ducing severe wound. 1t iir ss5 ~. {
W@ DanlSu writer speaks OF q hut so mIsor-
able that it did not know which way to fall, and
SO kept standing. This is like the man who had
such complication of diseases that he did not
know what to die of, and SO lived on.-r Bangor
/ Wing. 1ss1 ia.a CIV sc s.
81 Robert G. Wiley, of the LIST Heavy Ar
tillery, was injured at Cherryfeld by tue prena-
ture discharge Of a cannon while firing salute
at the news of Lees surrender The citizens
promptly contributed $500 to his relief His
arm was amputated at the shoulder.
~ The Saco Democrat comes to us restored
to its former dimensions, Aside from its poll
tics the Democrat is an excellent paper; atten-
tive to tho local interests of the town and ycini-
ty, and seldom scurrilous except when tempted
and overcome by party spirit.
E The Chicago Post, true Democratic
newspaper, very 5rcibly remarks: ,'The assas-
sination of Mr.. Lincoln was part of the re-
bellion, just as much SO as the acts of Quantrell
in Kansas, the massacre at Fort Pillow, or the
murder of Gen. McCook.' ne .slgsg bsa.a
II It said to be a remarkable circumstance
connected with the assassination of President
Lincoln, that all the private boxes in the theatre
had beer engaged by unknown parties ON the
morning of Friday, and were unoccupied dur
ing that evening. r9tss ANa sesAA4
EA case has been tried in England which
turned upon the question whether the word
"team"' meant wagon and horses or the horses
alone. It was decided to mean the latter and
the Duke of Marlborough, who was the plaintiff,
lest the suit.
ET Says the Augusta Farmer, as the Provost
Guard were taking squad Of soldiers from. the
Jail in that city to Camp Coburn, for the pur-
pose Of having them clothed, a deserter named
Charles Hart attempted to escape, aud was fred
upon by the guard. 1t was reported that he has
since died, but II is incorrect. $50 7o
~ The Massachusetts, legislature, which as
sembled the same day that ours assembled at