The Portland daily press., 1865-01-04
ORIGINAL AND sBLDOTED.

81 President Lincoln pays $l279 income
tax, and Assistant Secretary of War Watson,
$202l.
There is q report, probably unfoundsd,
that Mobile was captured by Gen. Granger on
Christmas day.
R-A house on the Fifth avenue, New York,
was sold last week, furnished for sos, 900. Pc
troleum
H-Ths Warren Coordination Company APP
peared at the Chestnut Street Theatre in Phila-
delphia Monday evening. q
| % The Lewiston Journal, little more than
half the size of the Press, is So year by mail,
and 50 when delivered by carrier. @'ss =
| EThe salary of the Rev. Mr.. Battles, pastor
Of the Universalist church at Bangor, has been
raised to 81 800.
EThe Boston Traveller Office had insur-
ance on it for Sl4. 900. The presses in the base
ment of the building were but little damaged.
- The failure has been announced at Glas-
gov Of Messrs Stirling, Gordon & Co. for $780,
900 from losses on produce s@s
| RMr. David Stanwood, aged 76 years, of
Brunswick fell in the street, near the McKeen
road in that town, on Tuesday, about r. NJ,
probably in fit, and died Immediately.
| EOne hundred and thirty-six persons died
in Providence. the past year, who had attained
to seventy years and upwards. The Oldest was
ninety-nine os.i 'asa Pa qsa q - assa
ga Miss Fowler refused to leave the
steamer North America until her brother, sick
soldier, should be taken Off His life was thus
saved. s051eVi3 aIG III 4baa4
90 The Washington Chronicle says there il
little doubt that breech- leaders will be estab-
hshed by authority as an indispensable arm of
the public service. 4@6AnASs NhA
RBurlington, VT, has received~ city char
ter, which is to be submitted to popular vote
Of the people. Hitherto there has been but one
city in that State-Vergennes.
RA man named Fitz was putin jail at. Gin
cinnati on Saturday fer a debt Of $40. j On Sum
day night he hung himself In his pockets we're
found gill in greenbacks. . a.
RWhy is it that while everybody is wishing
for long life and laboring to secure it, no one is
willing to grow old, and most men-the women
do not-are striving, by artificial means, to con-
ceal the evidences Of increasing agefo srsA
HIt is 7leasing sight to see q boy ten years
Of age with his trousers patched all over and
his face dirty. INDUCING in the luxury. Of smok-
ing long nine. It looks like manhood early
developing.
ElMr: VIM. +. Haggett Of this city. received
letter on Monday last from his son, Lieut.
Frank =. Haggett, stating that he had been re-
leased from prison in Texas, where he had been
confined since May s, 1865. gAa EAnS 1s@9s1
| RThe Augusta (Ga.) Sentinel says that "all
| the rice on the plantations around Savannah
fell into the hands of the Yankees. Some esti-
mate the amount at five hundred thousand
bushels -
| ~ Reports say that Gen. Butler is severely
denounced by all the officers in Porters seet, for
not capturing Fort Fisher after the feet had
silenced the guns. The whole thing viii proba-
bly, undergo investigation q "3V
RThe Montreal Gasette SAYS: SIT is ru-
mored, and we believe correctly, that the Minis
in this ct ~ q me SESSIONS
decision: and that they have reolnested him
70 furnish them with copy or ms 5ads-s.s-s,
~ uen' cameron has issued q cruel order m
LOUISIANA iorOiddng omeers 10 draw, for their
own USE more than one gallon of commissary
wnisKey per month; as they have heretofore
averaged fifteen gallons, the suffering must be
terrible aH TITO
A gentleman at the Davenport" exhibi-
Won IN LONDON wanted to test the substantially
81 spiritual forms py disenarglng his revolver at
ne spirit hand but the manager prudently de-
ciinea such . test while the audience laughed
'0a. 10y ,9.s@ 80 'aa'i ~ h1F.aA
or a. r w ths 49, ons 10 DssS as.
yesssls have han lost -Sosa .o.s1 &c
sse ono The ru,nhsr - ,nsn ,ost
i nine leaving th;rtv-ona v;dows and 6fty-o;.b.
children K7a| e 90 800 =
H-Mr Noves 81 tba ssco Dsmoero, ~ace,t
w dsces..d -, . SON W. Nos.. ~ 80
saco. On The dav Of b;s death b;s fa,bsr ~
ce;ved news of the daa,tb ~ . vouroar son vbo
had been serving q bospital steward to Maine
regiment.
rrThe attraction which, has drawn the full
houses At Deerine Hall for the last ten niebts.
has been compounded of two elements, sleieht o.
hand and sl;obt 3, money y = z n Y and
lottery. in the proportions OF one bart Of the
former to ninety-nine Of the latter; about the
same proportion that the prizes have borne to
the blanks. ssa7pa saf4 1olsea sd
B The pulpit for the new Universalist church,
now at Mr.. Cory's Furniture Warehouse, is
one of the most elegant pieces of workmanship
thatwe have ever seen. The design Is sineularly
chase and beautiful, and the article is a perfect
gem. The material of which it is made Is black
walnut and Vermont variegated marble
x-Tt = sa;d lob.,s,s n ,as. On r, " 49,. ~
hack 70 The water q tbe;r o,vr acco,,5. tsv III,
wa;t IN 4 eo,a s q tb.m y "a 49,, .or.a
scc;dentsl Given 5,stapce on The hs..h ,;ss;..
40 ~. 81 H. 80 tbsv IA
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