The national Republican., 1862-09-05
NEW ENGLAND ITEMS.

An order was offered in the Board OF Alder
men Of the city Of Boston, TO enquire Into the
expediency Of offering bounty as an induce
ment to volunteer In the nine months regi-
ments. Some citizens Of Boston oppose the
policy; but while The country towns are doing
II, Il will BE- difficult for Boston to raise its
quota, without adopting this cxpcdient.
Boston Is sending to thi, city large quantities.
Of snpplIes for sick and wounded soldiers. Her
noble and patriotic people are doing this, not
a. a matter of benevolence merely, but ss a
matter Of duty. God bless The old Bay Stale
for sending her sons to the battlefield TO de-
fend the countrys cause; and God bless her
for her noble charities to those sons, who have
fallen wounded in the hottest riffs Of battle.
The enrolment OF males In the city Of Cam.
bridge, ,Massac chuseits Ia four thousand, between
the ages Of ls and 49,. OF these, there are now
1926 in the service OF the United States, 100
Of whom ore in the navy.
Seth Webb, jr, E:q.. late Commercial Agent
at Port au Prince, died at bis fathers res!dsnce,
at Scituste Harbor, on Sunday last
There was pretty severe storm, with high
wind. and soms damage In various parts Of
New England, on Monday last
The city of Hartford, Connecticut. offers SITS
bounty for oil three years recruits, and $l25
for all nine months soldiers, end this Offer 10
hold good up to the 10Th proximo.
Fall River, Massachusetts, has enrolled l,7l9
persons liable to do military duty. There are
now 2O3 in the United States service.
Charles 7. Congdon, Eq, one Of the attaches
Of the New York Tribune, and most trenchant
writer, has enlisted as private In one Of the
Boston regiments.
DEATH or AN EDITOR. Rev. Stillman Pratt,
proprietor of the Middleboro' Gasette, died In
that town Tuesday afternoon, at tho age Of SO
years. He was a graduate of Andcver Theo
logical Seminary, md for many years clergy.
man OF the Congregational denomination.
Gee. R. Davis, Ed, agent for the State oi
Maine, Is now in this city to look after tho sick
and wounded Of that State. lie brings some
twenty.fs cases Of hospital stores. Hon.
Samuel +. Spring, Rev. Mr.. Stebbins, and sev.
eral other gentlemen of Portland, accompany
Mr.. Davis to aid him in the work Of looking
after the welfare Of the Maine boys.
The members Of the Twentieth Maine regi.
ment, which arrived in this city yesterday, sent
from their camp, before they left, through the
Eastern Express Company, the sum Of 81, ,09i
TO their families.
There was surveyed, in Bangor, Maine, dur
ing the three years ending July LIST, 1862
2s5, ,O0O.37l feet Of lumber. In 1860, the
amount was ll2 66s,523. ln 1861, 7G,GO5, ,557
In 1862, 95,sOG,2s?.
SKEDADDLERs CAuGur--The Boston Times, Ol
Friday. Gays that Martin V. Higgins leh Eden,
Maine, in company with friend, as passengers
on the schooner Talpsriso, with the design Of
evading the draft, which they supposed was
imminent. Thoy arrived In Boston, but the
telegraph was too quick for them. Marshal
Keyes had been inform ed Of their purpose. and
Higgins was arrested yesterday afternoon. His
friend has gone further on. Higgins was offered
the choice of returning to his home, or go into
the navy. lie chose tho latter, and was imme.
diatsy taken TO the naval shipping office.
Lieutenant Howard, brother to the General
who was scve. ely wounded in the thigh, re
turns TO his regiment In company with the
Twentieth Maine.
The Governor Of Vermont has postpone d
the draft 10 that State till September 10th. He
thinks the States full quota will be filed up
by volunteers, and for this reason postpones
the lraft