The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-10-17
ORIGINAL AND LECTE ID.


ming the blockade at Wilmington, North Car
DINA, with the yellow fever on board
e An Ohio paper thinks that Buell. will
scratch the = out of Braggs name and make
big thing oft.
sg An excursion was made yesterday from
Lewiston to Brunswick, to accommodate those
wishing to attend the Sagadahoc County Fair.
lee Merriman, the philosopher of Brook
Ign Heights, says there have been fewer deaths
by lightning this year than in many other
years.
lY- Mr.. Allen Batchelder, an old and re-
spected citizen OF Fayette, suddenly dropped
down dead in the road on Saturday, Oct. 4th.
His age was rs years.
NYr An army correspondent of the Bangor
Wing writes that the Maine I'd Regiment came
from the late battle field of Manassas with but
157 men able to carry rifles.
eB-The Peoples party in Boston, says an
exchange, has appropriately called its first
meeting in the room of the Court of Insolven-
cy.
sB-On the first page will be found a very
interesting account of the experiences of the
Maine Fifth in camp life, on the march, and
on the battle field
lV- The Rockland Free Press says ''the
Democratic State Convention of Massachu-
sets, made the astonishing discovery that the
meeting OF the Governors at Altoona, is not
warranted by the Constitution"
g@The one thousandth anniversary of the
foundation of the Russian Empire was cele-
brated at st. Petersburg, Moscow, and Novgo-
rod on the goth of Sept. The latter place
the original seat of empire-was visited by
the Imperial family.
sB- The Augusta Age seems to be troubled
at the recent appointments of Provost Mar
shals in this State. We don't know the reason
of Pixies disturbance, unless it is because one
Of the duties of such officers is to arrest per-
sons for reasonable conduct.
sDe Among the idle rumors in circulation
is one that blood has been found on the vest of
Doyle, under arrest on suspicion of being the
murderer of the little girl Libby, which was
sent to Boston for examination. The chemist
who examined the vest found no traces of hui
man blood upon it Pennington Chronicle.
LADY's BooK.--The November number of
this popular magazine has come to hand, got
ten up as usual in the most perfect manner, IL
Illustrated with beautiful engravings, and con-
tanning one of Mr.. Godeys large double color
ed fashion plates, such as appear in no other
magazine in the country.
% The body of large man nearly de-
composed, has been found buried in barrel,
in field in Manchester, n. II. The ndica-
&. i
The Mirror says-"No clue to the mystery has
yet been discovered. but conjecture is on the
wing"
.r We have said all that we deem it nee
essary TO say in vindcaton of the courtesy of
the Press" against the attacks of the Adver-
tiser. We knew of what we were speaking,
and we spake only what we knew, and moth
ing that has since appeared in that paper rem
ders the slightest modification of what we have
said necessary.
U. S. SANITARY CoMMIssIoN-The follow
ing sums have just been received for the relief
of our sick and wounded soldiers.
From citizens Of York, $1,000
North Arson, 1900
Miss H. C. W., Portland. 1900
w. II. HADLEY, agent, U. S. San. Com.
October IL, 1862
/ DEATH OF CAPT. ANDREws.-A private
letter from Lieut. Morrell, of Co. K, 10Th Me-
Regiment, dated at Camp near Antietam,"
Oct. IL, states that Capt. Andrews of Somer-
set, of 20. F, died on the 10th of October.
at the hospital at Sharpsburg Diarrhea and
dysentery are the pests of the soldiers With
these exceptions the health of the regiment is
good. The body of Capt. Andrews is to be
sent home for interment.
% The annual report of the Smithsonian
institution for 1861 has just made its appear
ance from the Government printing Office
Professor Henry gives satisfactory account
OF the affairs Of the Institution, and among
the valuable papers which he announces for
early publication in the thirteenth volume of
Contributions" is one on "Mackintosh's Ex-
ploration in the Arctic Regions" another on
Ancient Mining on the Shores of Lake Supe-
rior," and one on the "Ornithology and Ento-
moogy of North America. - Cor. Boston
Journal.