Ice, with mercury about zero; new sardine industry; long live...

Chaplain Chase writes to the Rockland Gazette that the Maine fourth regiment is in a fine condition of efficiency and health, and that the members have got accustomed to military life, in which they enjoy themselves very much. The remains of Jacob Taylor, a member of the 8th Maine, who died at Port Royal, were brought to Belmont, his former place of residence, arriving on Monday.