The Portland daily press., 1866-04-05
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

60 Af'Dashaw ay" temperance society has
been formed in Upper Saltwater. A cores
pondent Of the Bangor Wing says A members
have been enrolled a. two meetings, some of
them past the meridian of life, and many who
had previously been addicted to Incorporate
habits. AfA.
ca Hon. John Ware has just presented to
the town of Athens a church bell, weighing
loco lbs, and costing about $1lOO.
sBY@Two small fires in Bangor Tuesday
night The Wing thinks if the Chief Engineer
would clear out few roughs who serve as vol
unteers the alal ms might ce, Sc.
a vs. Geo. w. Leonard, arrested in Fairfield
on charge of setting fire to barn owned by
Mr.. B. f. Noble of this city, has been ac-
quilted. -rs- s.sto5 =. is.- i.s d vesI
EF-The National johnson Club has per-
| fected its organization. Montgomery Blair is
President, and Charles Mason, Secretary, and
among the Vice Presidents are Bion Bradbury
of Maine, Lewis W. Clarke of New Hampshire,
| Al. Willard of Vermont, James S. Whitney
of Massachusetts,, w. G. Lawrence of Rhode
Island and w. D. Bishop of Connecticut.
E9- The Bangor Times calls paragraph
which we copied recently from the Eastport
Sentinel, an "unmitigated falsehood" The
paragraph runs as follows:
The Bangor Times is doing its best to
1 keep open the breach between the President
i and Congress. In nearly every issue it takes
occasion to denounce the Radicals" It seems
to enjoy such work as heartily as does the Port
land Advertiser. e
The Times will not deny that 1t has spoken
very severely of the Radicals. Of the tenden-
cy of such denunciation, every man has Alright
to judge. We are very far from siInputing to
the Times any intention Of Numbering recon
Citation of the President and Congress- But
in sober sadness, we cannot resist the convic-
ton that the tendency of its course has been
in that direction. The President appealed to
i the people. 1t was fitting that he should re-
ceive from the people an announcement Of
their desire for equal rights for all men, wher-
ever the American flag flies, SO plain and I'M
mistakable as to relieve the executive mind Of
every shadow. of doubt. Since the publica-
ton of the second veto message the Times has
been clearly and indubitably on the right side.
Up to that time its position was necessarily
unsatisfactory to Republicans who desired
that the response to the President should be
decided and unanimous, as it substantially
Twas. lsgi ~. 4sjg g ID alatH .g1sddglas bs.s
CgI Ice in the Kenneboc broke on Monday.
EE-The Rev. William II. Collins has re-
signed his charge Of Trinity Church in Lewis
ton, but will continue to act as the Rector un-
til the first of May. f
Va The Lewiston Journal relates sad in
cident which occurred a few weeks since in
Durham. "A drunken man set out from Bath
for home, on one of the coolest nights OF. the
winter His horse left to himself, took lum-
Der road leading into the woods, and reaching
the end of the road, halted, Nearly twenty
four hours after, eunfortunate man was found
leaning against tree and so badly frozen that
both feet and both hands were amputated to
save his life. The informant of the Journal
states that brother of the same man was by
a singular coincidence SO severely frozen the
same night in Harpswell, as to be obliged a
submit to amputation of some Of his limbs :.
va ae Wateryille Mail says young man
from West Waterville, formerly member Of
4 the 18th Maine regiment, who lost a leg in the
battle of Fredericksburg, timed himself while
walking round the outside of Boston Com.
mon, and found that he accomplished the. feat
j in little less than fifteen minutes, going upon
an artificial leg made by himself The distance
is one lille and an eighth yris ,r,sore,eY
D-The stock is now being taken I'D for a
railroad from Wiscasset to Richmond. The
4 Bath Times would prefer to have the junction
at Bath and urges the people of Bath to work
for that object. aJZYI.