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The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03
Visit of the President to Gen. Mcclellan.
Review of Gen. Summers Corps.
President Lincoln on the Battlefield of
Antietam.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF POTOMAC,
October 2 {

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF PoToMAc,l
October 2.
President Lincoln arrived at Harper's Ferry
on special train from Washington, yesterday
afternoon.
He was met by Maj Kip and Capt. Sumner,
and escorted to Gen. Summers head quarters.
The President was accompanied by Mai. Gen.
McClernand of the army of the West, and
members of his staff, the Marshal of the dis
trict of Columbia, the president of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad, and several other gen
tlemen. At Gen. Summers headquarters he
was met by Gen. Mcclellan. After a cordial
interview the President, accompanied by Gen.
Mcclellan, Gen. Sumner and brilliant caval-
eade, composed of division and brigade Gems.
with the members of their stats, proceeded to
review Gen. Summers splendid army corps on
Bolivar Heights. The troops presented a fine
appearance, and greeted the President and
Gen. Mcclellan with great enthusiasm. The
President also visited the ruins of the railroad
bridge and government buildings at Harpers
Ferry, when he returned to Bolivar and passed
the night with Gen. Sumner.
This morning, the President, accompanied
by Gen. Sumner and other Generals, visited
the troops on Condor and Maryland Heights.
and rode over the ground where our troops
surrendered. At noon he left Harper's Ferry
and rode over to Gen. McClellans headauar-
tiers. During the afternoon Gen. Mcclellan
conducted the President over the Antietam
battlefield, accompanied by brilliant array
of officers, including Gen. McClellan's staff.
The President manifested the greatest inter-
est in everything connected with our recent
victory. In the evening he returned to Gen.
McClellan's headquarters, where he will pass
the night in camp. He was serenaded by the
band Of the I'd Cavalry. Tomorrow he will
review the other troops of the army of the
Potomac. On Saturday he will return to
Washington in special train via Frederick.
The President is in excellent health and spirits.
and is highly pleased with the good condition
of the troops.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03

HAVE YOU TAKEN OUT A LICENSE -
Traders, Manufacturers and others who are
liable, uuder the Excise Law of the United
States, approved July LIST, 1862, to take out
License, and have not already complied with
the law, are now liable to the penalty as pro-
vided in sec. SO Of said law, which imposes
penalty equal to three times the amount of the
license. We learn, however, that Mr.. Mar
shall, the assessor for this District, has extend
ed the time to and including the 7th of this
month. All liable to license tax should call
at once at the assessors Office in the new city
building, (up stairs.)
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03

FROM PENsACoLA.-A Pensacola letter of
Sept. 30th, in the Philadelphia Press, reports
that quite feet is collecting there, awaiting
the arrival of iron-cads in order to attack
Mobile. Fort Morgan, the main defence Of
Mobile, is situated on the right bank of the
channel, and mounts one hundred guns Fort
Gaines, the second defensive work, is on Dau-
phin's Island: it mounts fifty guns, and can di-
rect formidable cross-flre with Fort Morgan
The war vessels at Pensacola are as follows
flagship Hartford; Brooklyn; sailing frigate
Potomac; steam frigate Susquehanna; sailing
sloops Vincennes and Preble-the latter has
been made hospital ship: gunboats Kennebec
Kanawha, Cayuga, Gemsbok and Westfeld.-
Mortar fleet, ferry boat Clifton, Lieut.. Com
manding Law, and six mortar schooners, with
number of ordnance ships, transports, &c.
Wilson's Zouaves are stationed at Pensaco-
la, and are said to have become excellent sol
diers, although famous in the foraging way
Billy Wilson occupies ex-senator Malory's
house. The correspondent remarks:
"While passing the latter recently, / found
large body OF the Zouayes hanging pictur-
esquely around the chimney tops, turrets and
cornices, taking the benefit of a cool breeze
with the greatest nonchalance - their legs
hanging down, and acting generally as if per-
lectly satisfied with their present position, and
determined to make the most OF it. Col. Viii
son was sitting on the front porch"
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03

SgrA special despatch from Washington
to the Boston Journal says that the cordial en-
dorsement of the Presidents proclamation by
the convention of Governors, adds to its popu-
larity here. Gen. McClernand-who is regard
cordially endorses it. A yet unpublished let
ter from Robert Dale Owen was laid before
the President, just before the proclamation ap-
peared, which gave stronger, and more urgent
reasons for its issue than those previously ad-
vanced in his published letter based on Enro-
pean Intervention.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03

CARELESS DRIvING.-A man driving
four wheeled chaise yesterday on Oxford St,
came in contact with horse and wagon oc-
cupied bytwo ladies. The conclusion, without
upsetting the wagon, threw out one of the
ladies, and she sustained some serious bruises.
The man, with whom was the fault of the col
lision, drove off without stopping to enquire
If the lady was much injured. He did not be-
long in the city, as we were informed.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03
10 The Washington correspondent of tn,

~ The Washington correspondent of the
Journal says:
Governor Boutwell, has thrown a shell into
the ranks of the dead and alive" men in of
flee here, by his fearless declaration of the duty
OF public men at the present crisis. at is"
said he, ''the duty of all men who participate
in the administration of public affairs, due to
themselves, to their country, and to Heaven,
to abandon the positions they hold, if they do
not believe, earnestly, faithfully, and without
wayering, in the great cause to which the peo-
pie of this country are called, which is the
maintenance on this soil of the principles of
freedom, (not bounded by color, or country,
or race,) but acknowledging. in the govern
ment which we set up, and in the rights which
we recognize in all men, that he, who has been
created by his Maker, in the image of his Ma
ker, is entitled to equal rights with any other
man in the country, or upon the EARTH"
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03
Stock Market.

New YORK, Oct 2.
SECOND BoARD.-Stocks are irregular generally
heavy; Chicago Rock Island S0f; Cleveland &
Toledo 10i; Galena Chicagos s2J; Cleveland Pitts
burg 35k; Illinois Central cancelled bonds scrip so
Illinois Central scrip 79l; Erie preferred 53s; iIud-
son 65l; Harlem 21 I; Harlem preferred Al Reading
-; Michigan Central S5: Michigan Southern 80; ;
Erie 51l; New York Central 1881 Pacific Mail 1911
American Gold 1929: Missouri 6's 5OI Tennessee s. 5
81; U s. demand notes 119; u. s. 6's, 1881 Coupons
l04; U. S. 6's, 1881 registered 1881
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03

sE-Thomas Dennis Of fGeorgetown, master
of fishing vessel, reported at the Police Office
yesterday, that he went into confectionery
store, made some purchases, then took out
his wallet and laid it down, paid for the arti-
cles out of the money in his pocket and left
for his vessel Arriving on board he discover
ed the loss of his wallet and went back to the
store, but nothing could be found of it, He
said it contained about $780, There were four
800 bills of the International Bank, about
$50 in bills of the Casco Bank, and the re-
mainder were in different kinds of bills. He
said only about $50 of the money belonged to
him.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03
Rebel Army in Kentucky.

NEW ORk, Oct. ?.
From the Louisville Journal received by
MALTA gentleman who has opportunities to
possess information as TO the movements of
the army in Kentucky, informs US that the
whole number of confederate troops in the
State is $4,000 men all told, including 1900 re-
eruits who have Joined them since they enter
ed the State; two thousand of the latter have
deserted.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03
General Order from Gov. Morgan.

ALBANY, Oct. 2.
Governor Morgan issued general order
authorizing the recruiting of nine months
men until the order for drafting is issued The
recruits will be formed into companies only to
be used to fill up regiments in the field. The
State of New York has raised 10000 three
years volunteers over herquota under the first
call for three hundred thousand men.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03

AccIDENT.-A lad was knocked down and
run over yesterday in Danforth street, by a
horse attached to buggy wagon. The occu-
pants of the wagon stopped to assist the lad
and take him home, but he jumped up and ran
away from them as though he had been guilty
of something wrong.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03

MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER, FLOUR
AND MEAL.-Mr. Marshall the assessor for
this Collection District has decided that man
ufacturers of Lumber from logs, and Flour
exceeding $1,000, are liable to take license as
manufacturers, but are not required to make
monthly returns, as these articles are exempt
from duty; neither are they liable TO take a
license for the sale of such manufactures, if
sold at the place of manufacture.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03

THE STEREoPucoN.-The pleasing and in
structive exhibition of the Stereoptcon opened
last evening at Lancaster Hall. In conse-
quence of the unfavorable condition of the
weather and the dampness of the streets, the
proprietor decided not to exhibit, but so large
number of ladies and gentleman came to the
Hall that he was induced to change his pur-
pose. A second exhibition, with entire change
of programme, this evening.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03
From Fortress Monroe,

FORTRESS MONROE, Oct /.
The Steamship 5. Il. Spauldng left Fortress
Monroe this forenoon for New York. having in
tow the hospital ship st. Mark, with about for
ty patients from the hospitals in this vicinity.
The flag of truce boat Metamora left for
Aikens Landing to-day. 1t is expected she
will bring a load of our Richmond prisoners.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03

SALE OF PIANos.-Messrs. Henry Bailey
d Co. sold at auction, yesterday, twelve piano
fortes, of the manufacture OF, Albert w. Ladd
d Co., Boston. The instruments were new
and in good order. They brought the follow
ing prices: sl7o, sls2,5O, s2o5, $3.50, $500,
s2S5, s175, s24o, s135, 5000, sl95 and s315.
The terms of the sale were cash.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03

aB- II was Miss Louise Andrews, daughter
of Mr.. E. C. Andrews, not Miss Adams as we
had it yesterday, who presented the beautiful
wild flowers at the Horticultural exhibition
The beauty of these wild native flowers, and
the exceeding good taste in which they were
arranged, attracted the attention of all visitors
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03

ORDINATION SERVICE To-DAY.--We un-
derstand that our young townsman, Mr.. Ed
ward B. Furbish is to be ordained as an Evan
gelist, with view to accepting the Chaplainey
of the 18th regiment. The services will be
held at High Street Church this afternoon, at
two and half o'clock. Only the galleries
will be open till the regiment has passed in.
A meeting of the Council for examination and
preliminary proceedings will be held in the
basement Of the church, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03
Sale of a Railroad.

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 2.
The western division of the La Crosse and
Milwaukee Railroad was sold to-day for one
million eight hundred thousand dollars, by
order of Judge Miller of the United States
District Court, in foreclosure of the land grant
on the first mortgage. Isaac Seymour, +. p.
james and d. M. Hughes were the purchasers
in trust.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03

g- The citizens in one of our uptown
streets Wednesday night were alarmed by the
shouts of murder, and ran out of their houses
to see what was the matter. 1t turned out to
be a freak of a drunken man.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03

sg- A patent has been granted to Angus
tine b. Crosby of Greene, Maine, and Jesse
Ladd of Boston, Mass, for improved machine
for collecting and amalgamating fine particles
of gold.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03

% Orville w. Merrill, of Portland, has
been promoted from Orderly Sergeant to I'd
Lieutenant, of the Maine 9th Battery vice
Lieut.. Fred Morton. resigned
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03
MATTERS ABOUT TOWN.

sg- Mails for Europe per steamship Nova
Scotian, will close at the Post Office in this
city, at IL NJ, to-day.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03
THROUGH TICKETS

rNO NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, BALTI-
l. MORE and WASHINGTON, and to all parts of
the WEST and SOUTH and NORTH WEST, via. all
the most popular routes and at the Lo,cest Boston
rates, for sale by W. ID. LITTLE Agent.
Dot. 2. diff Office 81 Exchange st.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03

gB- Hon, Alexander Ii. Rice of Boston
has declined TO be canidate for reelection.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03
To Let.
For Sale or To Let.

~A THE Three-story Brick Dwelling House
601SfH3 and Lot, No. 81 High Street The house
llllsMe is in perfect repair throughout, with
lllllV good drain, furnace and cisterns an ex-
2 cellent cellar. and the best of well water
IL is built and finished in modern STYLE with gas bath
ing room, ,waterwerks, and all modern improvements
and is situated in of the most desirable locations
in the city. For terms apply to
III. L. DEANE,
sep24iseodH 80 State Street.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03
TO APOTHECA ARI E 8.
FOR . ale,

I FIRST-CLASS APOTHECARY STORE,
( oNG Established well located. and doing prof.
4 liable business.
The proprietor having made temporary arrange
ents to enter upon other business In a neighboring
tate, Immediately offers the stand, good will, 80,
bargain. il disposed of soon.
Address Box 1884, Portland 20. sep2sdtf
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03
Portland Benevolent Society.

TNHE Annual Meeting Of the Portland Benevolent
L Society, for the choice of officers and for the
ansaeion of any other business will be held at the
hce of the Five Cent Saving Institution, on We'd
esday the sth day of October next, at O'Clock II.
[. MARTIN GORE, Secretary.
Portland, Sept. %, 1852. dtd
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03

Office Of the United States Muster
ing and Disbursing Officer,
.ILL be found in ii. n. Joses building Lime
w Street, adjoining the Post Office.
SAML DANA, Capt 18th Inf,
Mastering and Disbursing Officer.
Sept. 10Th, 1862 diff
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-03
Dissolution of Coparmership.

fNHE copartnership existing between Joseph Dun
L nell and William 5. Bradbury. under the firm OF
William 5. Bradbury & Co.. is this day dissolved by
,utuai consent. JOS. DUNNELL,
W. 5. BRADBURY.
Buxton Sept. 20, 1862. sep23dSw
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-07-29

The New Orleans correspondent OF the
New York Herald says:
Speaking of DR., Smith, am remin-
ded of one of the best Jokes of the season.
A gentleman called on Gen. Butler to-
day, ana stated that he had negro who
was hanging about the general hospital,
and he wished TO get him. The Gener
ais policy is to turn the negro cut OF
our lines, unless he had been employed
by some officer. He therefore turned TO
one Of his aids-Lieutenant Clark-and
told him to write to DR.. Smith to turn
the man out of his hospital. Lieutenant
Clark wrote 10 DR.. Smith-"you will at
once turn this man out Of your hospital"
accidentally omiting TO say anything
about colored man. The owner of the
slave took the note to the hospital inno
Gently enough, and handed it to Dr.
Smith. The Doctor read the order, and,
though rather astonished, supposed the
General had good reason for such instruc
tions SO he jumped, and told his visitor
to leave the house quicker than he ever
came into it. The gentleman was per.
feoty astounded, and attempted to ask
the reason of such treatment but the
Doctor said he would not hear word
and, taking him by the shoulder pushed
him towards the door, aud then ordered
corporal to put him out, which be did,
the gentleman brandishing his cane and
carsing bitterly against such usage. He
went back TO the General. and an expla
nation ensued, and resulted in all hands
enjoying regular old fashioned horse.
laugh. The negro was not in the hospi
tai, and has not yet been found"
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-07-29
A Democratic Tribute to the President

A Democratic Tribute to the President
Col. Forney, in letter from Wash.
lngton, says of the President:
In the midst of conflicts Of opinion i
is marvellous how firmly the President
has held his way. Coming into high
office under the somewhat general mis-
apprehension that he has the embodi
ment of mere party, and that he was
committed TO a contracted policy from
which he could not and dared not re-
lease himself, he has unquestionably dis
played some Of the rarest and noblest
qualities of rejecting and magnani
nous ruler. Me has been most success
ful in preserving his own dignity and
his own power although he was surroun
ded by disputes and rivalries. Attach
ing to his administration his political
supporters, he has invited and secured
the allegiance of hundreds of thousands
of those who voted against him.
The bitter controversy in regard to the
heads OF the various columns of our great
army did not sway him to the right or
lett. If he modified Fremont's proclaim
alton, he recalled him here only to con
fer upon him new honors and TO give
him new chance. If he heard the com. d.
plants against Mcclellan he did moi
yield TO the demand that he should be
superseded. In all the preparations and
movements in the army and navy he has
taken the most prominent part, giving to
the task, patience, labor and reflection
One secret Of his success is to be found
in the manner in which he has taken
the possibility"
Unaffected by the possession of almost
dsspotic power and imperial patronage,
he has used advantages that others might
have abused to their country's ruin, TO
make him strong TO do right and to hush
and satisfy elements which, under diff
terent President might have suld ,ed
him. The experience of President Lin
coin himself, and the experience of the
people as to his temper and Characters
tics, are wholesale assurances that he will
not shrink before the greater work that
remains when the war is ended, and that
they will sustain him in all his new Ia.
bors and responsibilities.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-07-29
Life in Rebel Virginia.

The " Experiences of a Berkshire
[ Massachusetts, Nan in Rebeldom. !"
communicated from this city, and pub
lished in the Great Burlington Courier
OF the l5.h ultimo, are full Of interest.
The narrator is Mr. Josiah Millard, cyi.
IDENTIFY an honest aud intelligent man.
With his own little family. and that of
his fa!her-ln law, a Mr.. kerner. he re-
moved from Massachusetts to Loukon
county, Virginia, in 1855. and purchased
farm for his future home in The Gum
Springs Settlement, fourteen miles from
Fairfax Court House. IIele." he SAYS
. we continued 10 reside until the COM
meneement Of the rebellion in Nav. l8.
81, improving our farm and the houses.
stock ana mpliments upon it; perform
ing our duty as industrious and peaceful
citizens, and, | may add, securing to
ours Ives The good opinion and The gool
will of the better kind of people around
us The rebellion came on this fami.
ly was prescribed +; their cattle, corn.
oats and hay were seized foraginr par
ties came necessarily until their supplies
were exhausted, and Millard was carried
oil by the army, and long detained
prisoner, under the most brutal treat.
ment. He concludes : A htlle more
than year ago, our farm, with all its
fixtures, cattle, impliments. paid Tor with
hard money, and still harder toll was
worth full twenty thousand dollats-ta
US even more. To day, am in search
of any honest means Of bringing my
anily together, and giving them
bread" This is the truthful story Of
many thousands of Union men Of the
South, and, indeed, Of almost everybody
there who was suspected. either on ac.
count Of nativity, language, or acts, Of
being faithful TO the Union.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-07-29
NO.. 49,.
Picket Stories!

Funny things occur on picket near
Mechanicsville. A day or two ago, Just
at the breakfast hour, when the aroma Of
good coffee is delicious, our pickets were
accosted by voice from the rebel side a
few rods only distant, with,
Halo, there ?"
Halo, yourself!"
What you doing there 90
Making some coffee. Have some %
"Will you let me come over 2"
eyes"
Honor bright %
eyes"
And over he came. His coffee drunk,
he smacked his lips, and said
"Well that's very nice. We don I
get any Of that over on our side
Then, casting his eye around, scruti-
nlzlns the neat appearance of our men,
he continued
"Well, you look very comfortable
All of you live so ?"
"Yes."
A few moments more of silence. and
he broke out /:
:" Well like the looks of things here.
L believe won't so back"
And lie didn't.
Elsewhere on the lines they are not so
Sociable, though they have generally quit
tie practice of shooting our men
Where's Beauregard ?" asks one Of
our men. Where's Banks ?" sings
out the rebel.
"Why don't the balloon go up to day?"
asks rebel near New Bridge battery.
we fired several shots at tie balloon
The other day. Waiting for gas ~
says our men in reply.
Exchanges Of papers have been fire.
quent, and sometimes they meet half way
and have sit down chat on stump or
rail. a couple met in this manner yes
terday. Ain't you tired OF this war .,
says our man. " Yes, and | wish | was
out of tits all humbug," replies the
rebel. " If they'd leave it to YOU and
me- continued our man, wed settle
1t without any more fighting, wouldn't
we =" Yes, SIR said the rebel, with
emphasis. And SO they would Cor
" l. World.