The Portland daily press., 1862-07-08
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

GALLANTRY OF THE MAINE TRooPs.-The
Maine troops in the army before Richmond
have covered themselves with glory. They
fought like tigers, and never finched. The
Maine Seventh, especially, was placed in the
most dangerous position, that of covering the
rear during the change of position, and be-
haved like heroes. They were constantly I'M
der heavy fire, but escaped with comparatively
slight injury. All the officers are well except
Col. Nash, who is absent sick. All honor to
the heroic sons of the Pine Tree State.
lB- DIR. McRuer, of Bangor, is now in
charge of the steamer Louisiana, which is fitted
up as a floating hospital, and is the largest
floating hospital in the federal service. She
was in Washington on Sunday, June 10Th, and
was to leave for the South in a few days for
more sick and wounded soldiers to bring
North
ST. ANDREWS RAILRoAD.-We learn from
the Aroostook Times that the st. Andrews
Railroad viii be opened to the Houlton Road
on the 10th inst. The managers are to have a
grand opening celebration on that day at St.
Andrews, consisting Of review Of five COM
panies of volunteers, boat race, and public din
ner, etc. The station on the Houton Road is
within four miles Of Houlton Village, and the
opening of the road to that station, the Times
well remarks, marks a new era in the progress
of Aroostook.
AccIDENT.-Ezra Mason, of Monroe, lost
his arm on the Fourth by the premature dis
charge of cannen. Joseph Mason lost one of
his thumbs by the same explosion.
r5Pike, of the Augusta Age, proposes to
inscribe upon his party banner only the words,
1.-The Constitution and the Uuion," and says,
'n this sign we conquer" Has Pike forgot
ten that a celebrated Southern Bell attempted
to soar to political glory on that "glittering
generality" but got so badly cracked as to be
scarcely worth hanging?
sY-The Somerset Farmer says: "we
should have been happy to have published the
Prospectus of the Daily Press, and thereby re-
ceived its daily visits but in the hurry of start
ing a new paper we suppose we were over
looked by the publishers"
Not too late now, Bro. Patten. We will
send our daily to any paper copying our pro-
spectus, or the principal points of it, three
times.
OUR CAP.-Who has snapped caps with the
editor? His head is too big for the one he has
got in exchanged Brunswick Telegraph.
Better get hay cap, neighbor.
TURKEY BEND.-This point on the James
river which is to be the new basis of supplies
of Gen. Mcclellan, is about twenty-five miles
from Richmond by the course of the river, and
about fifteen in direct line. 1t is five or six
miles above City Point, where the Appomatox
comes in, and the railroad from Petersburg
terminates.
BAPTIST SABBATH SCHOOL CONVENTION
The sth anniversary ofthe Cumberland Sab
bath School Convention took place in Topsham,
on Wednesday last. Reports were made from
the Baptist Sabbath Schools in Brunswick,
Portland, Auburn, Yarmouth, Freeport, East
Auburn, New Gloucester and Topsham. Near
ly all were reported flourishing. The session
was an interesting one.
-D- few days since we mentioned that
tro large boxes of hospital supplies had gone
forward from Bath. Since then we learn that
seren boxes more have been packed and for
warded. Capt. Samuel L. Allen, of that city,
devotes large portion of his time TO the hui
name work Of procuring and forwarding such
supplies, and to him our Maine sick soldiers
are largely indebted for many OF their COM
forts.
e correspondent Of the Oxford Demo-
crat states that Peru, a little town containing
eleven hundred inhabitants, has sixty soldiers
in the great Union army.
sg- An army correspondent at Jackson,
Tenn, reports Gen, John A. Logan, demo-
ocratic member of Congress. as saying in
speech at that place, that -he had been nosed
around by southern politicians long enough.
He had seen enough of the cursed institution,
aud he would not sheathe his sword until it
was wiped from the land'
FROM THE FIFTH MAINE REGIMENT
Capt. f. X. HARRIS of the cadets" received
yesterday private letter from the South, in
which it was stated that of Co. G, Fifth Maine
Regiment, but two men had been wounded
one MORALLY, the other but slightly. The name
of one ofthe wounded was given us, but as we
were unable TO learn which of the two it was,
we forbear to publish the name.
sg William Bartlett, carrier boy Of the
Bangor Times, had his left hand badly shat
tered by the bursting Of an overcharged pistol,
on the 4th.
sr The Bangor Times says that son of
Mr.. Daniel T. Eldridge of Ellsworth, was
drowned on Wednesday afternoon in Union
river. Hewas sixteen years old.
sv The Annual Convention of the Episco-
pal Church in this State, will commence its
session in Gardiner tomorrow.
BOYS DRowNED.-Last Saturday afternoon
lad named ID. +. Blackjack, aged nine years,
was drowned in the Kennebec, directly back
of the Custom House at Bath, while bathing
His father is a soldier in the Maine It'll. The
same afternoon little son of Mr. James
Mitchell, at the north part of the same city,
was drowned.
sB- We learn from the Oxford Democrat
that son of Mr.. Isaac King of Bethel, fell
backward from the upper piazza of the Bethel
house, distance of twenty feet, turning a
complete summersault in falling. His thigh
bone was broken, but he fortunately escaped