The Portland daily press., 1862-10-21
ORIGIN AL AND Sc LECT Il ID.

ahaooiiiy anu pnyslOiogy, is HOW leCIuTiiS III
Bangor.
SpThe Skowhegan Clarion says that Col.
A. w. Wildes, of the Maine 10th, is at home
in that place, confined to his bed by sickness.
nVThe Belfast Journal says the potato
rot prevails iu that vicinity among late har-
vested potatoes.
Sg An exchange very truly says that
Christian had better go to any place of amuse-
ment than go home whining because he can't
go.
aB- Gen. Hooker, it is now reported has
recovered from his wound so that he is able to
take the field. 1t is expected he will be as
signed to an important command
gY- Our daily subscribers at Winnegance
complain of the irregularity and non-receipt
OF their papers. We knoU they are regularly
put in the Office at this city. Where is the
loose screw?
eSeveral Democratic papers that greed
lily gobbled down Mr.. Saltonstall's letter in re-
lation to the Governors at Altoona, have neg
lected to publish the correction which Mr. S.
was SO prompt to make.
IY Ex-Governor Hubbard of Hallowell,
has two sons in the army, one in the staff of
Gen. Wentzel, in Gen. Buffers department,
and the other is Adjutant of the 25th Maine
Regiment.
1- The large cutlery works of Lampson,
Goodnow & Co., at Shelburne Falls, Mass,
were destroyed by fire Friday night. Three
hundred hands were employed, and the loss is
estimated at S15000O, partly covered by insur-
ance.
rBr The Daily Press has been published
just four months, and its circulation is far
ahead of any other daily in the city. 1t has
! exceeded, in this respect, our most sanguine
expectations, and yet its course is onward.
| We shall labor hard to merit the liberal pat
ronage of which we are now the recipients.
% Yesterday the incoming train on the
Ken. & Port. railroad, when few miles this
side of Freeport, came in contact with a loose
horse upon the track, and amputated one of
his hind legs more speedily than scientifically.
| We did not learn the value or ownership of the
animal.
sH- A letter from Harrisburg to the Phil
adelphia Press says, the men who piloted the
rebels safely through to Pennsylvania du-
ring the recent raid, tcere Pennsylvania
| Breckinridge democrats and notorious
rascals. Their names are Hogan, Wilsyn,
Shines and Brinn.
sE-Geo. n. Markham, of Waterville, MEM
Der OF the 5th Maine, who has been reported
in several letters to have been killed in the
late battle in which that regiment acted so no
BILE part, has just written to his father, the
editor of the Watarville Mail, that he is well,
| and safe with his regiment.
gan elegant telescope has been received
at the Custom House in Rockland, Me-, trans
mtted by the English Government, through
the Department of State at Washington, for
I presentation to Capt Elias Sleeper, of South
| Thomaston, for rescuing the master and sur
vivors of the crew of the British bark Alma,
last March.
sg- A gentleman at West Waterville hav-
| ing occasion to write US, says; your paper
| ought to be in the hands of all old subscribers
to the Advertiser, and all loyal citizens should
shun the Advertiser, unless they feel able to
take it as a matter of curiosity. / had that
paper for some years, but as soon as it fell in
| to Smiths hands, l stopped it and take the
| Press"
sgThe 25th Maine Regiment, Col. Fessen-
den, arrived at Baltimore early Saturday
morning, and expected to leave for Washing
a atp tba
New York to Baltimore, they were received
with enthusiasm, and treated with the great
est kindness. The Philadelphia ladies provid-
ed them with bountiful supplies of refresh
| ments.
sy-The Washington correspondent of the
New York Post says:
'Ona OF the prisoners brought in Yesterday
from Centreville states that the entire South is
watching for the election news from the North
as eagerly as any ofthe politicians here. The
rebel leaders were hopeful of aid from the
Democratic party of the North In the autum-
nal elections, and will be greatly encouraged
by the result in Ohio and Indiana"
SB- Rev. Mr.. Rugg of Bath, is delivering
series of observation-disclosures lectures in the
Universalist church in that city, on Sabbath
evenings. Last Sabbath evening his subject
was MARTIN Luther" 1t was a very interest
ing lecture, and was attentively listened to by
large audience. His next lecture will be up
on John Calvin aud Calvinism. The discourses
are not oil a sectarian character.
TROOPS TO GO THROUGH To-DAY.-Col.
Harding received dispatch last evening that
the 22d Maine regiment, Col. Jerrard, would
leave Bangor this morning in an extra train,
arriving here about o'clock, P. NJ They
will Immediately change cars here and take
special train for Boston.
The oath Regiment will leave Bangor on
Thurday, and one regiment will leave Augusta
on Saturday.
THE ATLANTIC MoNTHLY.-We have re-
ceived from the publishers, the November
number of this periodical. Ii contains seven
teen articles, strong and well written The
publishers promise in the forthcoming number
articles from some of our most eminent writer's
We are glad to learn that the periodical is es-
tablished upon firm basis. 1t is published in
Boston by Messrs. Tickner & Fields. Hall l.
Davis has it for sale.
The TENTH REGIMENT.-This regiment
had not moved from Berlin, near Harper's
Ferry, AS late as Friday the 18th. The follow
ing deaths have occurred since Oct 1:-Cor-