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The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27

GALT's GRAIN ELEyAToR.-If any of our
citizens wish to see "good thorough job"
we advise them to 60 down to Galt's wharf
and look at the substantial stone foundation of
the grain elevator now building on that wharf,
Some of the piles on which the stone walls rest
have been driven into the mud about fifty feet,
and all until a hard foundation for them has
been found. The frame is of Canadian oak,
and reminds us of the old oak timber of which
our fathers talked as thing of the past.
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27

I-The following cases and barrels will be
sent by express this morning to the United
States Sanitary Commissions: 05oa
A cases Great Falls, Gorham; do Newcas-
tie, do West Poland. 2 do Whiting, l do
Hodgdon Mills, l do Branch Mills and vicini-
ty, do Bremen, do Bangor, do Calais,
do Lubec, do Casco, do Damariscotta, 3
bbs Bowdoinham, l do East Nod Yarmouth,
2 do Livermore Falls, do 1adies
Committee of Portland. ! q linden
street Hospital, Baltimore, for laves.
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27

ANOTHER RUNAwAY.-Yesterday seemed
to be a day for horses to show their mettle.
We have chronicled two runaways already.
Z A third took place on Congress near High
street A horse attached to wagon took
fright and ran down toward Free street, throw
ing the occupant on to the sidewalk and inur-
ling him severely. The horse stumbled and
fen in front Of the Free street church, where
he was secured.
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27

RUNAwAY.-Yesterday forenoon, fright
ened ox-team ran into the horse and carriage
of St. John Smith, ESQ, which was standing
in front Of the international Bank. The horse
started upon the run, and opposite the Post
Office came in contact with another ox-team,
which stopped his course. Th1l age was
somewhat injured, as was also tlclllorse in
the chords of his hind legs.
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27

sB-The Springfield Republican says, "the
4 proclamation issued by the President (emanci-
pation) is the most important paper issued
since the war commenced, if not, indeed, since
the existence OF our government" The Re-
publican further says: M
The president has not acted in the matter
without careful deliberation, and we hope all
the good effects that have ever been anticipa-
ted from such proclamation. will be speedily
realized. The South herself, by her persistent
rebellion, has signed the death warrant of sla-
very.
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27

New DIREcToRY.-S. b. Beckett, Esq, is
about publishing new directory of this city.
His employees are now engaged in canvassing
the city for Information. We hope all the
needed information as to names, residences
and occupation win be afforded them, SO that
the new work may be as perfect as it can be
made
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27

III ONE MoRE.-Mr. Thomas Brown, clerk in
the Mechanics Bank, was thrown out of his
chaise yesterday noon by its coming in con-
tact with another vehicle. Mr.. Brown re-
ceived some confusion but was not danger
ously injured.
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27
NEW Yopx Sant 9
New York Market.

NEW YORK, September 26.
Cotton dull at 56t 81 for middling uplands.
Flour-State and Western firm and unchanged; !;
Extra State 5 40 9 As; Round Hoop Ohio S5d5 IS;
Southern unchanged; Canada firm
,,, neat lc higher; Chicago spring 81 13 10;
milwaukee, club 81 16a12l; amber Iowa 81 2i
%; red Illinois 81 q a 25; Michigan 3s AS;
amber Michigan 30 32l.
Corn frmer; mixed Western 5S a 81 for shipping;
"a So for eastern.
Pork heavy and lower.
Coffee more active and frmer: Rio % 22s.
Molasses quiet; New Orleans by auction 400 bbls
and half bbls at AZ 43; Muscavado 30 "a; Barba-
does 49,
freights to Liverpool grain III I'D In bulk and
ships bags.
Wool quiet and prices very firm.
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27

HARRISBURG, Sept. %.
An onward movement will no doubt be
made by Gen. Mcclellan rs soon as his prep
arations are completed. The general opinion
here is, that the militia who had been sent by
Gov. Curtin to defend the border should not
have been disbanded but kept in reserve until
such movement is made. If Mcclellan is
defeated in his attempt to cross the Potomac,
and should fall back again towards the State,
the militia would undoubtedly be of great SER
vice
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27

YET ANoTuER.-A span of horses attached
TO hack, standing at the York g. Cumber-
land depot, took fright yesterday noon and
ran against man, injuring him severely.
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27

ng-Mrs. A. P. Thompson will lecture in
trance, in Sons of Temperance Hall, to-mor-
row at 3 and 1-2 p. NJ. Admttance five
cents. Social meeting 10 IL A. NJ. Seats
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27
Stock Market.

NEW YORK, Sept. 20.
SECOND Board. Stocks better; Chicago Rock
Island I3i Cleveland Toledo 65t Cleveland &
Pittsburg 81; Illinois Central 72s: Michigan South
ern 35y; Hudson 5Is; Harlem 20; Harlem preferred
45t; Michigan Central 1885, New York Central 9SI;
cumberland Coal Co 81; Virginia 6's IS; Tennessee
6s 60t Gaena Chicago ~ Reading 66I; Erie 45,;
Pacihc Mail llI2; American Gold 120j; Missouri
Skies ~; United States Demand Notes 1l6,
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27

nB-We understand that Rev. E. c. Bolles
commences series Of doctrinal discourses in
the Universalist church tomorrow forenoon.
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27
Railroad Collision.

BRIDGEPORT, opposite Harrisburg,
September Goth.
A terrible collision took place ON the Cum
berland Valley Railroad this morning, one
mile above Harrisburg. One of the trains had
a number of Pennsylvania militia on board,
returning home from Maryland. Ten or
twelve soldiers were killed and about twenty
wounded, including two Philadelphians killed
and ten wounded.
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27

nI-A patent has been granted to Green
leaf Stackpole, of this city, for improvement
in bit braces.
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27
INpIANAPoIJs. Sent. 26.

lNDlANAPOLiS, sept. 20.
Gov. Morton has not been at Altoona. He
returned from Louisville yesterday afternoon,
where he has been since the threatened danger
of Louisville.
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27

UTICA, N. Y, Sept. 20.
Roscoe Conkling was to-day re-nomnated
for Congress unanimously, and by acclamation
by the Republication Convention for this
District.
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27

DERS0NS requiring licenses will find Deputy
IL Collector at the Assessors office. in the City
Building, for the purpose of granting them.
NArH'L j. MILLER,
Collector of lst Collection District in the State of
Maine. sept23toct3
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27
NEW YORK Sent. Dc

. NEW ORk, Sept 70.
A dispatch from Louisville announces the
seizure by the rebels of Lunt's Salt River dis
tllery building, though most of the stock has
been removed to Louisville. The distillery is
but thirty miles from Louisville
The Philadelphia North American says
there IS rumor that three thousand of the
new Union troops in Missouri have joined the
rebels. Nothing authentic is known.
NEW YORK, Sept. 26.
Gov Washburn of Maine, left the conference
OF governors at Harrisburg to proceed to
proceed to Washington, he having important
State business at home requiring his immediate
attention. He arrived here to-day, and visited
the New England Rooms, and all the sick and
wounded soldiers from Maine, in company
with Col. Howe, the military agent of Maine
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27
Office Of the United States Muster
ing and Disbursing Officer,

WILL be found in II. n. Jose's building, Lime
w Street, adjoining the Post Office.
SAML DANA, Capt. nth Inf,
Mastering and Dsbursing Officer.
Sept. 10TH 1862. diff
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27
Dissolution of Copartnership.

TuNHE copartnership existing between Joseph Dun
Il nell and William 5. Bradbury. under the firm Of
William 5. Bradbury Co., is this day dissolved by
mutual consent. JOS. DUNNELL,
w. 5. BRADBURY.
Buxton, Sept. 20, 1862. sep23d3w
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27
CaScO Bank.

VVHE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this
Il Bank, for the choice of Directors and for the
transaction of other business will be held at their
Banking House, on Monday, the 9Th day of october
next, at O'Clock L. NJ
Per order +. L. GERRfSH, Cashier.
Sept. ls 1852. toct6
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27
Surgeons Wanted

WANTED IMMEDIATELY. Six or more voun-
w teer Surgeons for Hospital service at or near
Washington, ID. C. Apply to Hon W. w. Thomas.
Mayor at Portland, and to the subscriber at Bruins
wick.
BY order of the Governor and Commander-D-
Chief DANIEL ELLIOT,
Sept y, 1862. sep23dlw Aide-de-Camp.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-02-23
Great Distress ia RnRIand,

Manchester Correspondence Of the London Herald
may here observe that the distress is daily
increasing in fact, is assuming a magnitude
truly alarming, whilst the poignancy Of hunger
is dOubly increased by the very severe and IN
clement weather now SO unhappily prevalent
You DO not know how great Is the distress here,
and why you do not | leave the following extract
from article on the cotton crisis" in the
RsUae deS DeHT MoHdes, a French journal, to
explain:
" In Enpaud states the writer, 80 the organs
of public opinion take great pains, out Of self
love, to conceal the national calamity, or. at
least, to diminish the extent Of it. They have
touched very lightly on the increase Of pauper-
ism since the commencement Of the manufacture
ing crisis, and 1t is with great difficulty that one
can collect tho necessary Information"
Thus TINS England, the % mistress of the seas -
placed, as she says she is. in the Thermopyla.
OF the universe" has to hide the starving state
of her people from the world. But yet we get an
mixing Of It from the local journals, though, Is
genera Tule their inf TIuaiiou is very erroneous
The last accounts from Blackburn inform us that
a sum Of tiiousnid pounds was raised for Civ
ing relief in food, The Mayer stating that in the
borough sloue there were COCO operatives wholly
unemployed And again, turning to Wiyan.
there are somewhere about l2,00O unemployed,
and several more mills are daily expected to stop
And SO on throughout Worcestershire, and in The
manufacturing districts generally; snd not only
IN these, bat to greater or less extent through
out the country.
A letter BOW before me, from Stockport. states
shat the destit0uon existing there is rapidly on
the increase, so that on every side there exists
nothing but very gloomy prospects for the ope1a-
tive classes
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-02-23

REPORTS FROM RoANOKE.-The Whining
ton Journal Of the 18th, gives the following as
the substance OF the rumors prevalent in that
city, concerning the casualties on Roanoke Is
land;
There is a report that after The fight at Eiiza-
beth City and the firing Of the town, tie Federal
troops landed with fire engines, extinguished
the flames and occupied the best dwellings in the
place as hospitals for cir sick and wounded
A Confederate, who in some way, best known
to himself visited Elizabeth City after its occu-
patton by the enemy, was unable to learn what
disposition had been made Of the ConledeIates
who were wounded, or taken prisoners I,e
could not find that any OF them had been brought
to Elizabeth City, at least none of them had
been landed there II was said at Elizabeth
City that Burnside reported 200 prisoners, 400
killed, and 600 wounded We think possibly
there is some mistake, and that the frst number
Of 200 may include all, killed, wounded and
prisoners, and even that would be a large num-
Der What number Of Federas was killed and
wounded Is not stated, the FederaIs themselves
admit in conversation that il was very large, the
killed being close to a thousand, cur cannon
having thinned them terribly.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-02-23
MILITARY NOTICE.
HEADQUARTERS &3D BRIGADE TE7S MILITIA
MEMPHIS February y, Iss2
Brigade Orders Nc. 1.

AE'PHis. Eebruary -, I564
Brigade Orders No. l.
II obediencs 20 General Orders No / fror TIE Cor
Il erRor ComHauder-n-Chief tie Airit q lie sfats
D Iennessee the Couanandauts Of Reginen.s ~ ti-
~ Brigade Tennessee liifIa rnlae dIatsIV eead
% The effective organization Of The NSHra v9Eis ffi-
respective commands
~ They Will the shortest tiine nosaols throssh
thir company officers, the ceusas of a persoas
subject 70 military duty within the bounds % their
respective companies 70 be taken ard fui return II
the names ana numbers thereof made the Aniants
or Comlnandants Of Regiments
HI Ihe Comulalidalls of Regiments Will lhr5l-4.s
their company oacers make every 1ossihla essrt II
secure every gun, every available Wespou ~ sssgss
thereof
". The Co.0nsls Of The l70sh l7lst aud l7sd oist
Regiments will aud affer Tuesday the zsth f1ssn
order and superiulend daily company driseat goese
= ~ SUNDAYS eNceptedD with full pQyyer authority
70 ne captains or other officer IN c0mmznd of tie
pany % compel obedience 70 the orders 70 enfeses
military di=cipline They VIII also order such time and
place s they NAV designate within the regiment bound
once week, battalion resiraenta drills Ia lien of .hs
appointed company dFill for the dav
v. The COiOHes Of other Regiments throurilout tf-
Brigade ii order company tris al sss- twice Fees
upon such days they may designate win f1l power
aud authority 70 the Captains or other oicr IN esm-
mAnd OF the company 70 enforce Obedience the orders
and street military discipline. Thy VII also aHdei
ostelion or regimental drs st such tilae and raea
"hin me regllentai bounds tsy may da.ia prupsr
n least once week In ADDITION 70 the con- pauv irl
VI A. company battalion Fegiraeuta drills az fo-
the performance q any duty ordered eoHnasnie gnl
report themselves present with such as hey aay
possess. whether musxets rites or shot ris t1 -
arms Of the State shall BE- furnished.
IL No Yolunt er organization for active sarviee o.
ioei defense will be exempt until sworn into service
BY order Of Brigadier-ei General j. a. CtRxgs
T. W. RO4STEE. Brigade Major !.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-02-23
NORTHERN ITEHIa.

Major Beekwith has awarded to John Snod-
grass, Of this city, the contract Of 1000 beeves,
with the privilege of 900, to be delivered
either at Harrisburg, Chambersburg, or York,
at $3.50 gross. Harrisburg Telegraph
The factories of MessT5. Dickey, at Hopewell,
aud Mount Vernon, in the western part of Ches-
ter county Pa, have suspended operations,
owing to the difficulty Of the times.
Awoman residing in Shippensburg, Pa, re-
Gently gave birth to a child which had four ears,
four legs, and four srms-au, with the rest OF
the body, singulaTly well developed.
4 western paper remarks upon the similarity
in sound OF war contractor and boa-constrictOr.
RUSSELL of the London Times, has arrived at
Montreal, and viii appear during the season on
snow shoes.
Major William Shafuer, formerly a member
Of the Pennsylvania Legislature from Berks
county, is dead.
The importation of meerschaums is said to
reach $4,000 annually in the United States
Rev. Dr. Butler is lecturing in Boston Oh
- Washington City during the rebellion"
J. Murray Rush. Esq, died last evening In
this city, at his residence, of heart disease. He
was a son of the Hon. Rich Rush, formerly min
ister to the court of St. james
1t is stated that no permits whatever win be
granted to ship goods to Pot Royal or other
ports or places on the southern coast, other than
suffers stores shipped for and on account of
suffers, and for the use of the army.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-02-23

TnE JAPANESE PREsENTs-Old King Abe,
of the Yankee nation, las recently been honoIed
with royal present from his worthy friend,
the Tycoon of Japan. The Washington cores
pondent Of the New YORK Jouraat Of Commerce
writes Of them:
The new Jepanese presents Just sent to the
President of the United States from the tycoon
of Japan are the finest that have ever been seen
IN this country. a laqueTe1 box, containing a
letter thanking the President for the reception
of his ambassadoTs-in most c0urtly phrase. in
characters as stately as those usually found uDo1
the sides Of a tea box wrapped in the yen6wost
Of yellow silk, with plenty OF gilt A sword of
exquisite steel, with the handle bedded with
large pearls, and mounted in the finest gold
Blocks Of crystal from the sacred Fusiyana
mountain, Of diamond cleerness Vases Of an
tique bronze exQuistey sculptured in relief, with
tortoise and stones of untold value A punch
bowl, fit tor a Cyclops to wet bis whistle in,
SO large that the Pgesidsn s two sons curled Mp
in ID aud the cover was put on. CandesHcks,
some four feet high, gold-mounted. with vases Of
every variety Of pattern and shape, an entire
suits OF armour, quite worthy Of the middle
ages. The people are anxi0usy waiting to have
these things sent 70 some psce-the Smithsonian
or the Patent Ofice-sghere they can get
glimpse Of these gems Of crystal ste-l, bronze,
or porcelain Awhols dinner sci, with hundreds
Of pieces Of japanese orape, silk, and bTocads
ioTms psit OF his royal present.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-02-23
co1g. LYNOEE,s sTATEl1RNT.

FROM tle euH0lk sun
Early on Wednesday morning, Commodore
Lynch arrived. We had an interview with him,
and learned the following concerning the part
which he took in the affair:
The attack on the batteries commenced on Fri
day last about l. o'clock.
On Friday night, the commodore, finding his
ammunition nearly exhausted, sent Capt. Par
ker with q note TO the commanding officer, in
forming him that he was going to Elizabeth
City. Capt Parker learned from Capt. Taylor,
at the Park Point battery, that up TO that time
only one Of cur men had been killed and three
wounded, and Captain Taylor thought they
could hold out unless they were turned in the
rear. Com. Lynch, on his arrival at Elizabeth
City, dispatched an officer and obtained am
mUnitiOn enough for two vessels, aud on Sun
day went down to Roanoke Island, supposiDg
that they were still fighting. When near the
mouth Of the PasquOtsnk river he learned that
the Island had fallen. Roanoke Island is dis
tant from Elizabeth City about thirty-6ve miles.
After speaking the boats be kept on in hope
of saving the men at the floating battery oE the
CrOatRn side. A detachment of the Federal feet
chased them back. He distributed his smmuni-
ton between his four vessels. At daylight Mon
day morning, finding that he had only seven
men on whom he could RELY to man the batteries,
he took the officers and crew of the Beaufort on
shore and manned two of the guns at CObb's
Point
The orders of the commodore were peremptofy
to the cOmmandants of the vessels when the
means of resistance failed to run each one into
shoal water, set her on fire, and save the crew.
From some unexplained cause this was only
obeyed by the commandant Of the Fanny. The
fight continued at CObb's Point one hour aud iiE
teen minutes, when the gunboats succeeded in
passing the battery and closed upoIl and captured
the Seabird and the Ellis The Fanny was set
on fire and burned, and the crew escaped and
Joined the men at the battery. The enemy in
overwhelming force rushed upon the Seabird and
Ellis and captured both. The AppOmattox
escaped up toward the mouth of the canal, where
the Raleigh had been previously sent to get am
munition
The Forrest was on The ways for repairs, and
if not burned fell into the hands of the enemy.
The AppomattOx, Beaufort and Raleigh had
the best machinery, and are probably saved.
The others were of little value.
Com. Lynch left Cobb's Point with 80 officers
and men, who have escaped. But siI OF his men
were killed and three wounded.
Gen. HeBningsen left Elizabeth City and is
said to have arrived safe at Edenton with his
command.
The enemy entered Elizabeth City and took
possession Of the town, making purchases of the
merchants and paying them in gold. Their pick
cts now extend six miles in this direction
The town was fred by the citizens, but it was
soon extinguished By the FedeTals, only small
portion being burned.
Edenton had not been attacked at the latest
accounts, but the inhabitants had nearly all LEFT
in anticipation of an attack.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-02-23

NJ '77'II0I57V V0II75P PVUU5IV u -l0 OIHV,IIUdl
Commercial says:

The Somerset correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Commercial says:
Some very instructive infeTences might be
drawn by those Of our troops that have been so
extremely particular as TO their clothing and
arms, previous to entering the field, from the
facts developed by the late battle (Fishing Creek
IN reference to the rebel armament and equip
ments. That large per csntsge Of their guns
were Of the flint lock description is amply evi-
denced by the large prevalence Of such among
our trophies What a shout Of complaint would
have been raised if any of our regiments had
been asked to fight with such antiqusted weap-
ons; and if It lad happened to be vorsted,
would not the defeat be solely charged to the de-
hcient armament
Again the appearance Of the prisoners now
in cur hands goes to show that they are misera
bly, deficient in clothing suitable for a winter
campaign. Very few, only, seem TO have been
provided with OYercoats of any kind. Yet, their
inferior arms aud scsnty garments notwithstsnd-
ing, they came out OF their Notifications to fight
us Some of the captive officers assert that
hundreds Of the flint muskets did not go of dur
ing the engagement in consequence Of the rain.
hat this may have been 80 Is fully proved by
the experience Of European armies ia former De-
RODS Truly, we cannot deny credit to our en- /
emies for their pluck and enterprise in thus max
ing war in a condition that would have produced
mutiny among many of cur spoiled troOps The
rebels fight with whatever they can get in the /
way OF weapons IS not this example rather /
worthy of imitation