The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-09-12
ORIGIN AL AND Sc LIE CTE ID.

sg- Several original communications are
unavoidably laid over.
Gg-A little girl in Gardiner had her thigh
broken on Wednesday last, by the upsetting
of a wagon.
.- II was Clement. and not Charles PEN
NELL as was enormously given yesterday, who
formerly kept the grocery store in 'the Row."
gE- Mr.. Secretary Chase has informed the
people officially that the whole government
expenses for the year ending June 3d. 1862,
were about $50o,OOO,OOO. tsI
To- J. ID. Warren, of Pittston, acting mas
ter commanding, U. S. Navy, has been ordeted
to New York to take command of the u. S.
steamer Daylight
rErThe Maine Commissioners at the recent
Pacific Railroad Convention in Chicago, were
Messrs. Joseph Eaton of Winslow, John NJ.
Wood of this city, and James Dunning.
sg- Geo. Francis Train is expected to ar
rive in Boston this evening, and rooms have
been secured for him at the Revere House, by
Mr.. Guild, of the Commercial Bulletin.
SB- Gov. Buckingham of Connecticut has
received the following dispatch from the War
Department: justices of the Peace are ex-
empt ftom military service by draft.
1B We learn that Poland filed her quota
of fifty men by volunteers, and they are as finea
body of men as can be found in the army. So
says friend, in private note from Mechanic
Falls.
REPREsENTATIvEs.-As far as we have re-
ceived returns, 81 Republicans, 10 Union Dem
ocrats, elected by Republican votes, and II
Democrats have been elected to the House.
There are 80 Districts more to be heard from.
THE ELECTIoN.-We have returns from 260
towns, whose aggregate vote is 81, 1886. The
aggregate vote in those toYns last year was
72,4OS. Washburn's majority in 1861 was
13,347. Columns majority this year in these
towns is 1924.
HIsToRICAL WAR MAPs.-B. B. Russell,
Boston, has just published finely got up war
map, put up in covers for pocket use,-price
% cents,-and it is really the best thing of the
kind yet issued. We are indebted to the pub
fishers for copy.
1sT CONGRESSIONAL DIsTRIcr-The re-
turns from Eliot gives Goodwin l09 Sweat
195. Mr.. Goodwin runs 40 behind the ticket,
and Mr.. Sweat runs ahead of the ticket Is.
The plurality for Mr. Sweat, allowing the re-
the District.
sH- The Augusta Age records the death of
Hon. Paulinus NJ. Foster, of Richmond, for
merly of Arson, on Saturday last. Mr.. Foster
was lawyer, having studied his profession in
the office of Hon. David Bronson, now of
Bath, aud has filed several offices of impor-
lance. In 1s49 he was President of the State
Senate.
"CoNFIDENTIAL."-Af few days since we
received basket, well filed with the choicest
of fruit-pears, plumbs, etc.-upon the top of
which was neatly written and neatly folded
note, marked CONFIDENTIAL" and reading as
follows:
Mr.. Editor-Please INSERT but not PRINT
these in your editorial, local and misceildne-
Gus columns. You may find them erhilardt-
ing but not Intoxicating. ANTI CArAwBA.
They have been inserted, and found TO- usti-
.Jy perfectly, without crowding the columns,
and the impression produced was of the most
agreeable kind.
gr Col. Cutler, of the Wisconsin 9th reg
iment, was severely wounded in the late battle
at Manassas, receiving MIME ball in his
thigh, and narrowly escaped further injury,
having had two bullets through his coat, an
other in the saddle barely missing him. He
also had one horse killed under him and an
other wounded. The Wisconsin 9th nobly held
their ground against more than four times
their number. Col. Cutler was formerly from
this State, and before moving to the West was
for years engaged in the manufacture of wool
en- goods at Dexter.
sY- Our gay and festive" ncighbor Of the
Argus made himself merry over Topographic
cal blunder in our paper, which placed Gov.
Washburn's name where Mr.. Coburn's should
have been used. Yesterdays Argus makes
the election of Col. Smart to Congress from
this District, certain. Smart and Sweat are
as unlike as cheese and chalk, but Bro. Moores
long association with the gentleman from
Knox" has betrayed him into ludicrous
blunder. Such errors will occur in the "best
regulated newspaper families and there is
very little wit or wisdom displayed in picking
them up.
sg- We give place to a brief article from
Mr.. Neal on the celebration and chowder ques-
ton, he having claimed that his former article
was misrepresented by the two writers who
have appeared in reply. Here we must insist
upon closing the case, and as Mr.. N. makes no
new charges, but only enlarges upon points
previously made, we don't see that injustice
will be done by putting the stopper on now
The readers of the Press may be fond of chow
der, and perhaps would have taken no excep-
tons to the one at Popham, but we are decd-
eddy of opinion that that ehowder is ne,c de-
cidedly stale, whatever might have been its
quality when served up under the big tent