The Portland daily press., 1862-10-16
ORIGIN AL AND LECTED.


Postmaster at Midtown, in place of Mr.. Au-
nett, resigned.
sB- 1t is rumored that Queen Victoria will
abdicate in favor of the Prince of Wales, when
the Prince is married
sBr The Louisville journal says 1.-THE coun-
try may rest assured that confidence. placed in
Gen. Buell. and the other chivalric Union Gen
erals now in Kentucky, will not be misplaced"
rThe New Orleans True Delta of the
23d ult states that the restoration of the civil
law would commence that day by the opening
of three of the six district courts.
sg- Gen. JEFF. c. Davis, who shot General
Nelson, is still in close confinement at the Gait
House, Louisville, not being permitted to leave
| his room.
sgMr. VIM. A. Sampson, of Fort Fairfield,
has just put in successful operation at that
place, a steam grist MILL the first one in Aroos-
took County.
sg|'rhe Bridgton Reporter says that the
Messrs. Webb of that town have quite large
| contract for making cartridges for the Govern
ment.
sg-A correspondent of the Bangor Cou-
rier, writing from Garland, on Friday, says Mr.
Albert S. Parkman, of this town, hung himself
this morning.
CHILD BURNT.-A little child of Theodore
Smith, of Fremont Plantation, was so severe
ly burnt recently by falling into fire, kim
died in the field by itself and other children,
that it died few hours after,
"Alas," said a friend to us the other
day, in Kennebec city, "our daily is dead,
and we receive nothing now but its shadow so
thin that we are obliged to fold it up to mabE
| it visible to the senses"
~g-Hon. David Bronson OF Bath has gone
| to Maryland to spend the winter, so that, in
the feeble state of his health, he may enjoy the
benefits of a milder climate. Mr.. B. has son
in Maryland who is an Episcopal clergyman.
s- During the gale Of the 9TH, boat con-
tanning two men, WIN. Leighton and Isaac
Leighton. of Pembroke, was capsized near the
Falls, and before assistance could reach them,
both drowned. One lett wife aud child--the
other was single Machias Union.
ag- friend asks why the Argus and Adj
sault the Press. Don't know; do know, how
ever. that il is not the first time in the worlds
history that an individual has been found
bet,ceen tlco there's!
I-our correspondent at Fort Fairfield in
forms us that the Temperance people Of that
town have. by vigorous application OF the
Prohibitory law, shut up every rum shop in
town, and caused the keepers of some OF them
TO skedaddlc in double quick time into New
Brunswick.
gin almost every issue Of the Advertiser
the new editor whiningly intimates that some
body is suspected Of reasonable sympathies,
and, with a. much Of an air of injured limo
oeence as was manifested by the original au-
thor Of the query, in substance inquiries, is ii
II"
CONFERENCE Observation-Disclosures Of
Congregational (orthodoxl Churches, will be
held rs follows: Oxford, at Sumner, aud Pscat-
aquis, at Garland, on the 2lst inst; Hancock,
at South BrooksvilIe, Kennebec at Hallowell,
Waldo al East Searsport, and York, at Sanford
on the 2sth inst
- The Argus says il was "out Of good
taste for the Governor to allude TO the Pres
ident's proclamation, Ia his address TO the
Maine It'll. Out OF good taste to refer to an
important military measure in addressing mil
itary men! The taste of the Argus is pecul-
lar, If not perverted. Anything African
tastes good only when bound in guilt.
- Col. Kingsbury of the 18th Connect
cut Regiment gave orders before going into the
battle of Antietam that the name of every
coward and skulker in the regiment should be
published. The acting Adjutant accordingly
publishes the names of twenty-eight men de-
scribed as towards, deserters and skulkers in
the Connecticut papers,-a shameful record
sg- The high-minded and Hon" editor of
the Advertiser denominates this paper "a skulk-
ing press" because we referred to his own Ian
guage in proof that ice had not misrepresent-
ed him. The 'skull1' is very near relative
TO the coward" and in view of such deflni-
ingly bad grace, for the gentleman referred
to, to fling such epithets at his neighbors
sr The Argus comes promptly to the aid
ofits coadutor OF the Advertiser, to back its
complaints of ill-usage against the Press, be-
cause we did not take pains To procure inter-
esting matter relative to the recent reception
of the Maine It'll, for their special benefit Per-
haps it is very unkind in the Press, not to fur
nish activity for those journals, but we don't
see it in that light. The Argus didn't apply
for Gen. McCiellan's letter, because it would
not apply Tor it to an Office which, three
months ago, published criticism upon our
military operations. The Argus pleading con-
science after all the dirty work it has done
that is rich. Better tell the truth, neighbors,
if by so doing your reputation should not be
sustained, and frankly own up that you keep
no such appendage as Local" at your office.
A GALLANT EXPLoIT.-At the battle of An
tietam, when the gallant Maine Seventh, made
its desperate attempt TO drive the rebels from
their covert, and thea Major Hyde, then in
command,w forced against picket fence his
horse wounded and rearing, and the rebels
close behind him. Henry f. Hill of Presque
his superior, and with his sabre bayonet actu-
ally cut Off the upper rail of the fence and made
an opening through which Maj. II. escaped
The tall Sergeant doomed up above his fellows
at the late reception, and Maj. II. spoke of him
with the most tender regIrd feeling, doubtless.