The Portland daily press., 1862-10-04
ORIGINAL AND SELECTE ID 4.

% Thanksgiving in New York, Thursday,
Nov. 27.
sB- Gen. Pope has refused to employ the
| Chippewa Indians in the war against the Sioux.
He does so from motives of public policy
sr Waterville has sent over one hundred
men to the war, and yet only four out of that
number have been lost,
ny- The I'd allotment of the Maine 18th
Maine regiment has been received at the City
Treasurers office in this city.
| IVAreportis currant that Rev DR.. Breckin-
ridge, the distinguished opponent of secession
in Kentucky, has been captured by the rebels.
1gr The October, semi-annual coupons on
the Atlantic & st. Lawrence railroad bonds,
are paid at any of the banks in this city.
sD- Machias has sent to the war one hun
dred and thirty men, and not one has been
killed in battle, and only three have died of
disease.
.Ye 1t is said the rebel Congress has voted
to coin S500O,000 worth of copper. If they
would substitute brass for copper, their stock
would be inexhaustible.
r The Bangor Times thinks F. o. J.
Smith will find it hard ato kick against the
pricks,' in running tilt for the U. S. Senator
ship.
sg- Harper's Weekly, and Leslie's Illus
trated newspapers for next week have been
received at the bookstore of A. Robinson, No
81 Exchange Street.
Ng Since the detection of the New York
World the Portland Advertiser is the only
religious daily in the country. Itworships the
dirinity of slavery.
sg- DIR. Cotton is to administer laughing
gas to the people of Bath on Monday evening
next Wastband buttons and corset strings
will be likely to suffer some.
Samuel F. Lufkin, son of Jacob Luf-
kin of Chestervile, was shot through the
neck, in BATTLE Sept. oath, at Middleton, Mary
| land and died the next morning. He was 25
years aud months old.-F'drmiagto Patriot.
sg- Admiral Farragut. is becoming the ter
ror of guerilla bands in the vicinity of New
Orleans, they having harassed federal vessels
| for several months.
sg-Private Michael Tolon, Maine 7th, Co.
| A, of Houlton, has been missing since his dis
charge at Harrisons Landing. His wife at
| Houlton asks for any Information that any one
can give her through the mail or otherwise.
.Y-The Oxford Democrat says that Jerome
Sanborn, of Bethel, in the Maine 10th, lost
foot at the battle of Antietam. John Bryant,
of Bethel, Co. l, Me. 9TH, was killed at Beck
ittsville.
PeIley" telegraphs the Journal that
the Solicitor of the Treasury has Seversed the
previous decision OF Sept. 6, and decides that
manufactured articles, removed from the prem
ises on which they have been manufactured,
prior TO Sept. /, are not subject to taxation.
sg- The Biddeford Journal says the friends
ofLieut Chadbourne of the Maine Cavalry,
will be pleased to learn that he has nearly re-
covered from his attack OF sickness in Wash
ington, and hopes to be able to join his com
pany in week or two.
MAINE 19rH.-A private letter from Wash
ington, received yesterday, dated Sept. 29th,
states that about twenty regiments had re-
ceived marching orders, among which was
the 10th Maine, which was to report to Gen.
Mcclellan, at Frederick.
POWDER MILL ExPLosIoN.-A correspon-
dent of the Belfast Journal, writing from
| Camden, says the Powder Mill of Bisbee &
Marble, at that place, blew up on the morning
of the 29th ult., but no person was injured
1t contained about 1900 pounds of unfinished
| powder. The workmen were out at the time.
SURGEONS TO THE 25TH-Dr. Carr, of Me-
chanic Falls, has been appointed Surgeon and
DR.. Bowker, of Raymond, 1st Assistant and
and DIR. True, OF Freeport, I'd Assistant Sur
geon of the 25th Maiae regiment. These ap-
pointments, with that Of Rev. Edward b. Fur
bish as Chaplain, completes the staff of Col.
! Fessenden.
gY- Rev. DIR. Bosworth, of this city, has
been elected New England Secretary of the
American Baptist Home Missionary Society,
and been strongly urged to accept the position.
We have not yet learned whether he accepts
it or not; but we feel quite sure that his par
ishioners and a large circle Of friends in this
vicinity, as well as the Baptist denomination
in this State, will be 10th to lose his services
from tae field which he has SO acceptably oc-
cupied the past six years.
AGGREGATE Loss AT ANTIETAM.-Oficia
! reports, collected at the various corps, division
and brigade headquarters, show our entire
| loss at the battle of Antietam to be as follows:
Corps. Killed. Wounded Missing. Total
SUMNER ga SsSs ssss 81 81 5s,s 5s9s
1 Mansteds -. .2ss 1856 10l 1855
/ Frankns .l02 $40 80 AS