The Portland daily press., 1862-08-22

| him did not suit him, exactly They were too
mild in their tone, but were the best they could
do under existing circumstances. Marcellus
had better go south and join his master.
sy-The Augusta Age states that Col. Sta
piles, of the Maine Sd Regiment, left for his
command on Monday, but that, before leaving,
he succeeded in obtainin a sufficient number
of recruits to fill his Regiment up to the orig
inal number.
gE-Capt Charles S. Larrabee, Co. K, 10Th
Regiment, at Bath, was presented with an ell
| egant sword, sash, and belt, by the members Of
| his Company, on Wednesday last. Lieut.. Jo-
| seph Nichols, of Phipsburg, of the same Com
pany, made the presentation speech.
SS The people of Dainariscotta have had
large public meeting and resolved to bring
the first man up to the ring bolt whom they
can detect in discouraging enlistments. Since
that meeting we are informed that a marked
change is visible in the conversation of certain
gentlemen.
BATON ROUGE the scene of our last victory,
is It's miles above New Orleans, and contains
about 5000 inhabitants. When the place was
first settled there was growing, on the spot an
old cypress tree-the bark of (which is of red
dish color-of immense size and prodigious
height, entirely free from branches except at
its very top. One ofthe settlers remarked that
this tree would make handsome cane, whence
the place has since been called Baton Rouge,
that is, "the red staff, or cane" 1t is the cap
ital of Louisiana.
sD-The Argus is decidedly "sarkusticr up
on the Republican Convention because it did
not nominate Mr.. Gerrish for reelection, and
says very truly that he is "allowed by all to be
a most excellent Register of Deeds" The fine
taste and exquisitely good grace of this pa
per's reproof is found in the fact, that it was
itself arrayed against Mr.. Gerrish before the
Republican Convention took action. Why
does the Argus raise the flag of an untried
man against one whom it admits to be "a most
excellent officer?
To KILL MUsQUIToEs.-Chaint their hind
legs to a tree, then go round in front and make
faces at them.
rg-We are very sorry that errors should
have occurred in the excellent letters of our
Augusta correspondent some of which are
susceptible of no excuse but carelessness on
pardon US If we assure him that sometimes he
writes wretchedly blind hand, and that we
have bothered our brains for a quarter of an
hour to make out proper name, or perhaps
capital letter-which would determine the
whole word-and then have been compelled
to guess at it. We have good compositors,
and we think we can read almost anything,
but we do sometimes find our match, and
if ferrors occur it is not always our fault.
SEND THEM PAPERS. = Persons having
friends in the army should keep them well
supplied with papers. The soldier boy looks
on the home paper as an old friend. The
Press is popular in the army, and we have no
doubt there are hundreds of soldiers who
would appreciate the kind feelings of friends
who should subscribe for ii for them. We
have often wondered, when everybody seemed
to be anxious to send something to promote
the comfort of the soldiers, that the newspa-
per is neglected. We are assured that no more
welcome contribution can be made, than
subscription to some good paper. Friends of
the soldiers will govern themselves according
ly.
B-Is our brave army safely Withdrawn
from the bank OF the James river? If so,
great victory has been won.-l n. Y. Times.
Why the papers, however friendly to Gen.
Mcclellan, should persist in claiming that a
signal failure is great victory" we do not
understand. Say what we may of it, it cannot
be denied or rubbed out that the Peninsular
camnaion haS laan q f,ilura lVo COW +l,;s No,
to disparage Gen. Mcclellan. We have be-
leved in him, trusted in him, reposed faith in
him, and have not been slow to resent all un-
manly filings made at his expense. But facts
are stubborn things. One of his subordinate
field officers remarked to us the other day that
his retreat upon James river was a terrible de-
feat and yet it was executed with consummate
skill. He further said that General McClel-
lan's greatest achievements had been in con-
ducting retreats. Is il not so? Do not the
people aoao so regard it? Ifnot, why are they
so encouraged by having Halleck placed over
him. That General Mcclellan is noble,
whole-souled well-educated military man, no
one can doubt; that he is brave he has sufli-
ciently proved that he has very strong hold
upon his soldiers and many of his officers, no
one will dispute thathe is great engineer, and
knows how to defend fortress or to take one
by siege, all, probably, believe; but that he is
just the man for ar Qtensice campaign, and to
storm fortress OF Il defended city, we think
few are prepared at this moment to believe
The country felt a burden rolled from its
heart when Halleck -"Old Brains"-was
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tions.