The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-02-09

O&kA2AAAL AND SEG8V1G0s
9Music of the season sounds from light
catarrh.-l Boston Herald.
Cd The lady who fell in the street said it was
very cruel Tor peopleto say her injury was siighs
when IL produced modification.
Ex-Governor Blaisdell of Nevada is said to
have attained the respectable height Of six feet
and four inches
9Governor Low of California is fortunate
in the matter of salary; it is no less than $1,000
in gold.
% Several well-executed counterfeit fifty
dollar greenbacks have lately appeared in SPRING
field, according to the Republican.
9Th rebel Congress has passed a bill to
authorize the mailing of newspapers to soldiers
in the field, free of postage.
RDr. Livingston is delivering public ad-
dresses in England, urging liberal contributions
for African missions.
50 The Emperor of Russia has ordered
medal to be struck off to commemorate the
suppression of the Polish rebellion of 1864.
80 Hon. W. D. Snow, the newly-elected u.
s. senator from Arkansas, was in New York on
Saturday on his way to Washington. 81
81 An Alabama paper asks, ssHave we a
Bourbon among us :" And Richmond daily
replies, in melancholy tone. mot a Drop"
81 The Concord Monitor reports that Gov.
Gilmore is last recovering from his severe i'll
ness.
81 Admiral Goldsborough is in Washington,
projecting the organization of the European
feet, which he is to command.
R<TT~Tho xck,I ,.,,,c,.s es., -.
peace commissioners, all cry out Justify for war
war. .sfassts rqsysagsa Is
Authority has been granted to the Maine
National Bank, Bath, to commence business
with capital of 100000. B. C. Bailey, Pres
ident, H. A. Duncan, Cashier.
% Hope our friend of the Bangor Whig is
not afflicted with jealousy. 1t is bad spirit
which disallows complimentary word to a
neighbor.
"a The War Department still declines all
offers to recruit batteries of light artillery, as
Gen. Grant does not wish any additions to that
branch of the service at present
10 The deepening of the summit reach of the
Welland Canal, to bring it down to the level of
Lake Erie will probably be completed during
sAAS SuhAaC1 VI 1COO.
WMiss Lydia Colby, keeper of boarding
house in Lowell, was accidentally killed Sunday
morning by falling down the cellar stairs of her
house. M 653
ETA substitute broker in Albany, New York,
has returned $4,000 to the Provost Marshal
for ten men who ran away after being en-
listed
RThe latest Richmond papers announce the
return of the three rebel peace commissioners
and the explosion of all negotiations for peace
They urge vigorous prosecution of the war.
q At the Washington Navy Yard, series of
interesting experiments on steam and boilers are
being made, conducted by officers detailed by
the Bureau of Steam Engineering.
" The U. =. screw-frigate Minnesota, so
guns, Commodore Joseph Lanmon, from Fsrt
Fisher, has been ordered to the Kittery Navy
Yard for repairs.
90 In medical literature there is just out a
curious book by DR.. Chapman, on ''Sea Sick
ness" which the author thinks he can altogether
prevent by the application of ice in water-proof
bags to the spine.
VThe alien law just passed by the Canadian
| Parliament excludes from Canada all Southern
refugees who violate the right of asylum by or
| ganizing aggressions upon the territories and
peace of the United States.
80 According to the Richmond papers, Mr..
Wigfall. in the rebel House, in reply to the re-
mark that they were not fighting for slavery,
declared that he was fighting for slavery and
nothing else
HA lot of land was sold ON State street
Boston, few days since for $923O per. square
foot. curious Broker subsequently, ascer-
tanned, by actual trial, that sixty-ive American
silver dollars will cover foot square.
81 The City Council of Bath, on Tuesday
evening, voted to pay the following bounties
to fill the quota of the city under the last call,
to wit $3.50 for one years man; $3.50 for two
years men 5000 for three years. men.
~ Experiments have been made to ascertain
the relative merits of coal and petroleum gas
for lighting the Government buildings at Ottawa,
Canada, and the decision is in favor of coal
gas.
The Ohio Legislature has extended an in
vitation to the escaped journalists, Messrs Rich
ardson, Browne and Davis, to address that BODY
on the condition of our prisoners at the South
and their personal experiences among the
| rebels.
RThe Newburyport Herald says the Eas-
tern Railroad is working well out Of its difficult
ties into clear water and good times. In the
last ten years it has paid half million of its in
debtedness and increased its property $25O, 1000,
making it 750, 900 better of than then.
| % The Congregational society in North An
dover, Mass, have decided to build new church
and subscription has been started to raise the
funds. Davis Furber led off with the sum of
| $4,000 and others have subscribed literally.
An unknown friend has promised new organ.
R single fact illustrates the estimation
| placed upon the item column in the Press. An
| exchange in sister city, makes up similar
column headed Homemade and Stolen Items.
0fthe only six loaded or Homemade contained
in oAe of its weekly issues, five were copied YER
batim from the Press.
E0ne Of the Massachusetts, soldiers serving
under Sherman, writes; ave are on the move
again; probably another of Gen. Sherman's
retreats. We are living better than we did at
Savannah; and itsweetens forage to Massachu-
sets men to know that it is taken from South
Carolina"
R In the special dispatch from Augusta
published in the Press yesterday morning, it
was said the vote on ratifying the anti-slavexy
amendment to the Constitution, in the Senate,
was "mainly in favor of it, 1t should have
been unanimously in favor of it. The House
vote was correctly reported, 1903 yeas, IS nays
EDemocracy has been understood to respect
the people; their intelligence. their sovereignty
and their will and yet every man in Congress
with one exception, who voted against allowing
the people to pass Judgment ON the question Of