The Portland daily press., 1862-09-03
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED

the Republicans Of Scaboro, last Saturday, for
Representative to the Legislature
BALLoTs.-We are prepared to furnish bal
lots at short notice. Town committee and
others, should see that their towns are season.
ably and fully supplied.
ST Henry A. Jones, son of Capt Wm Y.
Jones of Falmouth, aged II years and )
months, was drowned from on board of ship
5. Blanchard, at Liverpool on the 11th inst.
sE- 1t is said at the State Department that
our foreign affairs have never been in so safe a
situation since the outbreak Of the rebellion
as now.
CAMP MEETING.-The Methodists hold
Camp meeting at the old camp ground at Ken
nebunk, commencing next Monday, and con-
tinuing until Saturday.
pBr The fall term of Presque Isle Acade-
my, is to be taught by GEO. CURTIS, Jr., Esq.,
formerly one of the editors of the Aroostook
Herald. Mr.. Curtis is an excellent teacher.
BY the way, Bro. Curtis, we shall be happy to
hear from you at your convenience.
WAR MEETING AT WINDHAM CENrRE-A
grand rally will be held at Windham Centre.
tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock. Address
es will be made by Hon. Charles Holden. Hon
b. Kingsbury, Jr., and Geo. F. Emery, f ,of
this city.
PosTMAsTERs, in some places are attempt-
ing to screen their friends from the forthcom-
ing draft, by appointing them as Assistant
Postmasters. 1t is mean, contemplate dodge,
and will be stopped, undoubtedly, by official
| orders.
AccIDENr.-Mr. Israel Harmon of Gorham,
| white Rock) about 10 years age, on Thurs
day last accidentally caught his right arm in a
threshing machine and it was so mutilated as
| TO require amputation above the elbow Joint.
| DR.. Buzzell of Gorham, performed the opera
| ton and the patient is now doing well.--lCou-
| rier.
s- We are informed that at a town meet
| ing at Hartford to decide the question of pay
| ing bounties to Volunteers, Sampson Reed
| moved to raise fifty dollars each to pay the
fine of those who should be drafted. This is
one way the secession Sympathisers have of
dscouraging Enlstments.
QUEER RoBBERY.-One night last week
daring thief entered the Court room in st.
| Johns n. B. and stole and carried off the six
go,cns, belonging to the judge, clerk and one
or two lawyers. The thief. says the Globe, has
not been discovered and the loss of the robes
created 'some CONSERVATION and no little mer-
riment' the next morning.
| SINGULAR AND SUDDEN DEATH-The
Clarion learns that the wife ofMr. Isaac Adams
ofEmbden, died instantlya few days since She
irp1 wit har b,eb han In,
he noticed she made an unusual noise, like
single hard respiration. He spoke to her but
she made no answer, and lighting lamp he
found her dead.
WAR MEETING AT YARMoUTH.-The war
meeting at Yarmouth, Monday evening was
large and enthusiastic gathering of the people.
The congregational church was crowded to
excess. Addresses were made by Hon. j. H.
Drummond, and G. +. Emery, Esq, of this ci-
ty, at the close of which, number of young
men signed the roll.
.g- The Bangor Wing states that its daily
circulation is now twenty-eight hundred. This
is the largest circulation of any daily in the
State. Our eastern friends must look out for
their aurels, however, the PRESS is but two
months old,and its daily circulation has already
reached sixteen hundred, and rapidly increas-
ing. Its weekly circulation is about two thou
sand!
rgDOur neighbors of the Courier seem to
thiak we have made an effort to belitte its
dispatches. Not so. We simply alluded 10 its
habit OF putting startling headings over them
which the dispatches themselves would hardly
warrant. That is all. We have had no news
yet, evening or morning, to warrant the an
nouncement of the "Annihilation of the Rebel
Army" We have no desire to underrate the
dispatches to the evening papers.
A PATRIOTIC FATHER-Rev. James NJ.
Hodgdon of Hollis has two sons in the Sth
New Hampshire Regiment, at New Orleans =
one in the Sixteenth, and one in the Seven
teenth Maine, and another in one of the Wis
consin Batteries with Me Dowell, making
fire sons this patriotic Father has sent to the
defense Of our Common Country.-Hs sixth,
and only remaining son, a lad of eight years
of age, says he will be big enough next year
to go as a drummer boy.
sD- Rev. John w. Hanson, formerly of
Gardiner in this State, and for several years
editor of the Gospel Banner, now of Haverhill,
Mass, has been appointed Chaplain Of the
Mass. Sixth-the "Bloody Sixth'-which en-
countered the mob in Baltimore on the mem-
orable 10th of April, 1861. Mr. Hanson is
jealous patriot and will render himself useful
in almost any field of effort in which he is
placed. He is graceful and versatile writer,
and we shall be pleased, occasionally, to re-
ceive brief contributions from his pen Tor the
columns of the Press.
EDITORS GONE TO THE Wharf.-The editors
in the Green Mountain state, who have laid
down the pen and taken up the sword, are DIR.
Cummings, of the Phoenix; A. G.. Brown.
"home editor of Walton's Daily Journal;
John Cain, editor and publisher OF the Rutland
Courier; G.. ii. Bigelow. of the Burlington
Times and G.. G.. Benedict of the Free Press,
who have all enlisted for the war; Exchange.
The Sunrise State, has sent Louis o. Cowan'
of the Biddeford journal, A. NJ. c. Heath of
the Gardiner Home journal, w. c. Plummer
of the Aroostook Pioneer, +. Knight of the
Bridgton Reporter, besides a large number of
typos, rs her quota of Printers.
ALLorMENTs.-Th following is the month
ly allotments of 10th regiment Maine volun-
teers:
Field officers, $4,000
Co. \, Capt Isaac S. Bangs, sl324,O0
i, F. NJ. Jeilords. 10000