The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-06-12

AUGUSTA, j une IL, 1865
To the Editor Of the Press:
Your correspondent returns from little
| Western tour to find the "rare and perfect
days of June" as delightful in our little CAPT
tai as is the great" metropolis of the "migh-
ty" Northwest; he finds the grass as green
among the hills and rocks of Maine, as on the
| rolling prairies of Iowa and Nebraska he
| finds the enthusiasm for Grant and Colfax no
less, and the confidence in overwhelming vic
tory under this banner the same ON the banks
| of the Kennebec as in every city and settle
ment which he visited in the Missouri and the
Mississippi.
a'. LAW COURT.
The law court for the middle District closed
its session in this city Tuesday morning, after
a short but busy term. The annual consulta-
ton of the full bench resulted in the DISPOSE
ton of a large number of actions, but no decis-
ion was rendered in the cases of Lawrence vs.
Cooke and Delaney vs. Alden. 1t is not be-
Ieved however, that new trial will be grant
ed in the latter case, but the defendant will
probably be obliged to disgorge as per verdict
of the last jury
G. f.. A
The Cushnoc Fishing Association held its
annual election of officers yesterday afternoon
VITA the following result: Admiral, Gen.
John G. Caldwell; Vice Ad., Dr. Geo. E. Brick
EFT; Sailing Master, Geo. E. Weeks; Surgeon,
Gen. B. F. Harris; Paymaster, G. r. Par
fridge; Chaplain, w. P. Whitehouse; Marine,
Chas. True; Landsman, H. A. Dewitt.
JEREMY DIDDLER
A fellow of gentlemanly bearing, calling
himself Arthur Sinclair, appeared in our city
a few days ago, representing to one of our
citizens that he had just returned from Cali
forna, and that he was an intimate friend of
sour citizens" brother residing there. He al
SO claimed to be man of large property and
to be the owner of the Sinclair House in New
York. His visit here was for the purpose of
taking to wife one of the fair daughters of
Waterville, to whom he had became engaged,
in Paris, where gorgeous wardrobe had been
provided for the bride, which he described
with great particularly to his lady acquaint-
ances here, for "our CITIZEN" glad to hear from
his brother, had treated him with great cour-
tesy. The day before the pretended wedding,
being obliged to start for Waterville before
the banks were open here, (all his funds being
in the bank) he borrowed from sour citizen"
twenty-five dollars and gold watch This watch
having been left with the jeweller for repair).
Making similar representations to "mine host
at one of our hotels, he hired from him team
and twenty-five dollars more, and made ar
for an elaborate wedding supper
the next evening. Nothing further has
been heard from him, except that he left
Waterville for parts unknown, without paying
his bills. The team has been recovered, and
sour citizen" and mime host" see the joke.
MEDICAL.
The "Hon." S. d. Clay, alias bud, has just
returned from New Hampshire, where he has
been successfully engaged for the past month
in medical lectures. Being versatile genius,
he is equally at home in the political and med
ical sphere. His associate, DR.. Richard Clay,
prepares an elaborate discourse on hygenic
questions, which Dud, with his melodious
voice delivers with great eclat; his imagina-
ton as in his political efforts, supplying any
little hiatus occasioned by the absence of facts
or a slip of the memory. DAMON.