The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-09-02
MATTERS ABOUT TOWN.
City PROCEEDINGS.
In BOARD OF COMMON COUNCIL,


of Fire Department to construct well or els
tern, with pumps for same, in yard adjoining
building on Congress Street, used for Steam
Fire Engine; that S. Z. Spring, Esq. and Rev
Horatio Stebbins proceed Immediately to
Washington, with power TO furnish such aid to
our sick and woundad soldiers as they shall
deem expedient and that the Mayor, and al.
derman Putnam, and Councilmen Daveis and
Fox, be a committee to appoint such number
of persons to act as nurses as they may deem
expedient, TO accompany these gentlemen and
also to take such further measures as they
think proper with regard to our sick and
wounded soldiers--expenses to be paid from
the contingent fund instructing the commit
tee on laying out streets, &C., to locate the ex-
tension OF Boyd Street, on flats owned by
Gould & Boyd; that the Ward Room on Con-
gress Street, heretofore used by inhabitants of
Ward One, be designated as the Ward Room
of Ward Tpo.
Order for the Committee on Public Grounds,
DC, to enquire into the expediency of filing
enough of city flats near foot of Hanover
Street for purpose of wood and hay stand
Petition of j. b. Cahoon & ais. for the lay
ing out of Street on Vaughan plan. Refer
red to Committee on Laying out Streets, &c.
Adjourned to Monday evening next, at Z IL
o'clock.
sg- The public schools of the city COM
menced their Fall Terms yesterday.
cg- Rev. Harvey Hersey, of this city,
leaves this morning, to join the 18th Maine
regiment as Chaplain.
To- Five hundred Testaments were distrib-
uted on Saturday, among the soldiers of the
10th Regiment, by the Bible Society, H. Pack
ard, agent.
ID II
Agent for the State, LEFT this city yesterday az
ternoon for Washington, with IS cases of Hos
pital Stores for our troops.
gB- In Board of Aldermen, last evening,
the following named gentlemen were drawn as
Grand and Petit Jurors: John C. Proctor,
Geo. w. Smith, Grand Jurors; John b. Thax-
ter, Daniel Garland, Petit Jurors.
lr The 10Th regiment was to strike their
tents last night at II o'clock, to get ready for
the cars at this morning. We have heard a
report that they embark on shipboard at Bos-
ton.
TWENTIETH REGIMENT. - This splendid
Regiment have been ordered to supply them
selves with one days rations, and it is expect
ed they will leave this morning at O'clock
They will 60, unless later order detains them.
which is hardly expected.
LIEUT.. CHARLES HOWARD, brother and aid
to Gen. o. o. Howard, was in the city yester-
day, on his way to Washington. He is yet
quite lame from the wound he received at the
battle at Fair Oaks. The General, it will be
recollected, has already gone to his post of du-
ty.
sB-A few days since, joiner while at work
taking up the floor of one of the tents at Camp
King, found thirteen dollars-two SIS and 3
under the floor near the centre pole. 1t is
surmised that the money might have been stol-
en- from one OF the soldiers of the 18th Regi-
ment, and the thief fearing detection, deposit
ed it where it was found.
AMONG THE PEARS AND PLUMs. - The
young fruit thieves about town did good bus
iness at the west end, on Sunday night last, in
robbing pear and plum trees. The gardens of
number of our citizens in that part of our
city were visited by them, and several trees
were stripped. Look out, young rogues, or
the police will "bag" you.
1B- The committee selected by the City
Council, last evening, appointed the following
named persons as nurses to our wounded and
sick soldiers. They leave for Washington this
morning in the first train, in company with S.
E. Spring, ESQ.,:
Franklin Fox, E. L. o. Adams, Elias Chase,
John c. Phoenix, Charles w. PIERCE, Henry
Mitchell, Thomas G. Loring, Henry Ii. Bur-
CESS, Arthur Libby and Mrs. Davis.
Mrs Davis is sent by the lberality of Hon.
S. p. Shaw.
sE- Samuel E. Spring, Esq, we learn, will
leave in the morning for the same destination,
and for the same noble purpose, of looking af-
ter our wounded brothers. And what re-
bounds to his honor and patriotism, he offers
to furnish an excellent nurse, and pay her ex-
penses to Washington, and compensate her by
the week for one year, if her services are re-
quircd for that length of time, in her ministra-
tions to the sufierings of our volunteers. Such
conduct is worthy of praise.-[Courer LIST.
Mr.. Spring requests us to say that the above
handsome tribute is not due to him, but to
SAMUEL p. SHAW, Esq, one of our patriotic
fellow-citizens.
Mr.. EDIToR:-The Surgeon General of the
U. S. A. calls upon every loyal woman and
child throughout the country to make lint for
our wounded soldiers, and we would suggest
that q portion of to-day be devoted by all the
schools to this purpose. In this way large
quantity could be contributed with but little
individual labor, and nearly every family could
furnish an old table cloth or napkins. We
hope the suggestion will be carried out, and
that large quantity will be sent to the Ladies'
Committee Rooms, as the proceeds of one
days labor in our common cause. II.
A Row.-We are informed that on Sunday
evening, between and o'clock, as a gentle
man was riding into the city near Portland
bridge, he noticed quite a gathering of men
and women, engaged in game of 'fisticuffs'
Heavy blows were being given and TAKEN
One woman had another woman by the nose,
and our informant says the "fuid" was running
freely. Our police had better look to that To-
cality. A friend at our elbow asks, "what
kind of fluid" it was that flowed. We can
only say that was red, but its orr gin was I'M
doubtedly 'btue ruin" of the "R. G." brand
SUIrING THE ACTION TO THE WoRD.-we
understand that the Rev. Mr.. Stebbns. of the
LIST Parish Church, in this city, agreeably to
his proposal at the close of his eloquent appeal
in aid of enlistments, at the Late great war
meeting at the City Hall, has procured TWO
young men, who have enrolled their names