The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-07-09
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

| drews remarks at Windham, the types said
Franklin, for Thankful Hussey; she was the
wife of our townsman, Samuel Hussey, who
owned and occupied the brick house standing
at the corner of Congress and Pearl streets
She was in her day, one of the most influential
speakers or preachers in the Society of Friends
in this vicinity. Noah Read, whose beard
and hat" the Governor said, were big enough
to cover the whole town." was the father of
our former townsman Rufus Read, and the
Governor might have added that the respect
for this good member of the Sociey of Friends
extended much wider than the brm of his hat
or the boundaries even of the town.
WILL THE PEOPLE REsPoND.-In another
column will be found the Proclamations and
| General Orders of the Governor, and Com
mander-in-Chief We shall be grievously at
fault in our estimate of the patriotism of the
people of Maine if they do not respond right
gloriously to this new demand upon them
What a name it would give our noble State if
the full complement required could be raised
without the necessity of calling upon the en-
rolled militia Men of Maine! you country
calls. Rally to its defense! Don't wait to be
drafted, but grasp your musket at ouce, and
hasten to join your noble compatriots who
have already faced the foe, and emulate their
| glorious example.
u Let no one blame the publishers or ed
ditors because more extended Geographic re-
ports are not given The telegraph, be it re-
membered, is under Censorship. Two nights
since we received, as did other editors. a long
confidential dispatch In relation to the matter.
which satisfies us that much blame has been
bestowed upon individuals not entitled to CEN
sure, and which satisfied us also that the pub
lie may as well refrain from fretting this hot
weather, especially as no fretting will bring
relief; besides, fretting, at any time, excites
bad blood, and is very deleterious in its infiu-
ence upon the disposition.
V- The Houlton Times has seen a genu-
inc secession flag, sent to that town from the
Shenandoah, the handiwork of daughter of
Secessia 1t is made of ribbon, three bars. red,
white and blue, with blue field on which is
serpent surrounded by eleven stars, with the
inscription, Don't tread on me"-"We'll have
our liberties.' The Times thinks it very ap-
propriate emblem-a serpent flag made by
hayward daughter of Eve
Our WOUNDED. = The following Maine
soldiers arrived in Boston, Monday, where
their wounds were dressed, and they were for
warded to their homes by Col. Howe:-
Thomas c. G. Kurdish, Co. E, 9th Me-, to
Bucksport, Me. C. Ramsell, Co. X, Goth Mass,
to Cornish, Me. Thomas Brooks, Co. X, 9th
regiment, to Lubec, Me.
syr Such papers as the Boston Post and
the New York journal Of Commerce are EN-
phatic in their approval of the Presidents call
for more troops, but the Boston Courier con-
dennis the letter Of the Governors If the loyaI
States to the President, and thinks the call for
more troops is not the way to preserve the
| Union.
rB- We are informed by Quartermaster
Dodge, of the Tenth Maine, that Orderly Ser
geant Pratt, of Co. X, was accidentally shot
while on the march to Front Royal, and was
killed instantly. The letter containing this in
| formation was writtsn on the I'd inst
sE-Lieut. Col. Alfred w. Ellet, who has
succeeded to the command as Flag officer of
the Ram Fleet, is said by those who know him
to be daring, cool, and competent officer,
and well worthy the confidence his men repose
| in him.
s5-Madame Susini, Clate Miss Isabella
| Hincley) died in New York, on Saturday,
of typhoid fever. Madame Susini was a nat
i've of Albany, and received her musical edu-
cationabroad. She was married to Susin last
year.
SUBsTITUTEs.-The militia law of 1856 fem
bodied in the revised statutes of 1851 provides
that persons drafted for actual service must Ell
Their appear in person, pay $50 fine, or procure
an able-bodied substitute. We are not aware
that this provision has been repealed.
THE SICK AND WouNDED-The following
sick and wounded soldiers arrived in Washing
ton on the 5th inst. -
Serg't John c. Harmon, Co. A, I'd Me.
Lieut.. J. Foster, Co. Z, -"
Nathan Slower, Co. d, 9Th
sUGeneral Howard delivered an address
at Livermore Falls on the 4th. At the close,
collection was taken up for the benefit of the
sick and wounded soldiers, amounting to Sl27.-
As. There were 5000 persons present.
CONGRESSIONAL CoNvENTIoN.-The Re
publican Convention in the 4th Congressional
District is to be held in Bangor on Thursday,
August 2lst. This district is composed of Pc
nobscot, Piscataquis and Aroostook Counties
Hiram A. Turner, Co. A., Sd Maine
| Regiment, wounded in the recent battles. has
written his friends at Bath, saying his wounds
are slight, being the loss of one joint of one
finger, and slight flesh wound in the thigh
g-Gen. Hunter writes Gov Washburn
that Col. John d. Rust, of the Sth Maine regi-
ment, is quite sick, and has twenty days leave
to return North to recruit. He speaks in high
terms of Col. r.
sr The Skowhegan Clarion says they have
a baby in that place weighing 3Ss pounds, and
intimates that such specimens are not uncom-
mon. Bowels must be cheaper than brains in
that region.
rB- We understand that Major Cilley, who
was severely wounded near Winchester, is ex-
pected home in the course of week or ten
days. He will not lose his arm, as was at one
| time feared.
~ The natural seaport has got a new diet
-'frogs in crumbs" Lewiston Journal
Come down and try the "new Diet" Bro.
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