The Portland daily press., 1862-08-28
From our Regular Correspondent
Letter from the State Capital.
AUGUSTA. Aug. u. 1S6:

Pdroled Prisoners at A 4nndpolis-Pdtriotic
.StudeRts-Recruits-C AiRes-1ppoint-
ments.
AUGUSTA, Aug. 27, 1862
EDS. PRESS There are now at Annapolis
nearly sixteen hundred unexchanged paroled
prisoners, of which about one hundred are
Maine soldiers. They are all urgently anxious
to be exchanged, and to take their places once
more with their old comrades in the field.
Many of them were captured at Bull Run, and
it would seem proper and just that these should
be exchanged before those subsequently taken.
These men nobly stood their ground in the
fight. have been confined in prisons and dun
geons for more than year, for their unbend-
ing fidelity TO their flag, have suffered priva-
tions, such rs no soldier ever suffered before,
have endured the foulest abuse and the bitter
est insults, and at last are released on parole
and burning with impatience to meet again
in fight the enemies of their country, and Law
their lives down, il need be, a willing sacrifice
on her altar, and 1t certainly seems hard and
cruel as well as most Improbable, to keep
these noble heroes away from the field of duty
and honor, if there is any poss ible way to ex-
change them. The Maine squad is under the
command of Acting Captain Charles c. Drew,
of this city, whom DIR. Buxton, who is also
there, describes as a most competent and pop
ular officer. He writes that the Maine squad
surpasses all the others in cleanliness and or
der in camp, and, in this respect, is credit to
the state us they always have been, and always
will be-
Under the last call, seventy-seven young
men have enlisted from Kent's Hill Seminary,
all but one of whom were preparing for the
ministry, or for college. Brains are fighting
this war.
About 200 recruits for the old Regiments
will leave this city tomorrow. l shall be able
in few days to give you a full and correct ac-
count of the whole number of such recruits
raised in the State, with the different Regi-
ments to which they are to be attached
Col. Adelbert Ames, of the goth Regiment,
arrived here yesterday. He Is great acquisi-
ton to Maine. To an inquiry made of the
War Department, by Gov. Washburn, asking
permission to commission, in the new Regi-
ments, non-commissioned officers and prvates
in the old Regiments in the field and who
have shown themselves worthy of promotion,
the following reply was received:
"WAR DEPARTMENT,
Adjutant Generals Office,
WASHINGTON, Aug. %. 1862.
His E1cettency The GouerRor Of Maine:
SIR, Your letter of the 18th inst. has been
received. Have respectfully to inform you. in
reply, that the suggestion contained therein of
detaching soldiers from their regiments is
deemed inexpedient.
am, sir, very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
E. ID. TowsEND, Asst Adi't General
The following gentlemen have been appoint
ed Assistant Surgeons for the Regiments in
the field, viz: DIR. T. F. Pratt, of New Sharon
for the I'd Reg't; Dr. Pearl Martin, of Lewis
ton, for the 5th; DIR. Al Waterhouse, of Bux-
ton, for the 7th; and DIR. NJ. b. Wedgewood,
of Durham, for the 11th; and the following
Examining Surgeons viz: DIR. n. X Clark, of
Pennington, DR.. L. F. Plaisted of Phillips, DIR.
i. G. Decker, of Fort Fairfield, DR.. A. Bur-
bank, of Lewiston, and DR.. F. Bradford, of
Turner. SKiRMIsHER.