The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-11-13
ORIGINAL AND SELE CITE ID.

Y-On our first page viii be found an inter-
esting letter from Summers corps.
sH- Five dollars worth of beaver to cover
five cents worth of brains is thought by an ex-
change to be needless waste of property.
s- A smile may be bright while the heart
is sad. The rainbow is beautiful in the air,
while beneath is the moaning of the sea.
nB-San Francisco is now supplied with wa
ter from Lake Honda, through an aqueduct
thirty-two miles in length.
B-Al the New York papers have con-
cluded to advance their rates of subscription,
advertising, &c.
lgThc Machas papers state that few
lumber teams have started for the woods, and
Others are getting ready to go.
N- Three inches of hard snow fell, first of
the season-Nov. It'll. Sleighs were out next
day. as though winter had come in earnest
[Machias Union.
gGen. Mitchelrs last words were, al
am ready to go;' his last gesture was to point
to heaven; his last expression a smile of hope
and faith.
PERsoNAL--We were honored with call
from our good Bro. Dingley, Of the Lewiston
Journal, yesterday morning. He is looking
well, as usual.
The PLOT THIcKENs.-The n Y Herald
demands that there shall be meeting of the
newly elected Congress to brow-beat the Pres
ident, before it comes into power.
sI- Present returns indicate that the in
ternal tax will yield an annual revenue of
350,000,000 One stock auctioneer in Boston
the month of October.
PoLITICAL.-William Jayne is elected dele
gate to Congress from Dakotah territory, by
sixteen majority over his competitor. Mr..
Jayne is the brother-in-aw of Senator Trum-
bull, and staunch administration man.
% Hiram P. Bennett, Union, is reelected
to Congress sfrom the territory of Colorado,
by handsome plurality. He will, it is under
mission into the Union.
PLArFoRMs.-Thc platform of the party of
the Union is: "THE UNION IN ITS INTEGRITY:
ADORE all things else, first, last, and forecer."
The present platform of the Democracy is,
THE UNION AS 1T WAS ,ohen slarery ruled
IL, and THE CONSTITUTION AS II is, as stdue-
ry interprets ii"
gY-We have received a neatly printed cat
alogue of the officers and pupils of the Oak
Grove Seminary at Vassalboro', from the
Maine Farmer office. The number. of male
pupils is 102, and females So, making total of
165. 1t is one of the best institutions in the
State.
-rWe hear that Gen. Banks has asked
the Secretary of War that the Seventh Maine"
may be ordered to report to him. While we
appreciate the compliment, we sincerely hope
that Gen. Banks request will not be granted.
The Seventh ought to remain here until its
ranks are filed with three years men.
Mayor Stetson, of Bangor, having ap-
piled to the Secretary of the Treasury for
$4,000 of the postal currency for Bangor and
vicinity, has been assured that there would be
transmitted to the Assistant Treasurer at
Boston, in few days, subject to his order,
$1,000.
SOLDIERS DEFIcIENT.-The deficiencies
of the county of Penobscot, on the late re-
QUESTIONS for soldiers, amount to 90-33 on the
call of July I'd, and 81 on the call of August
I'd. These DEFICIENCIES are to be supplied i'm
mediately by enlistmeuts or draft. The def
cheney of Bangor is only 2.
s- A lady whose favorite cat had been
done to death with strychnine by an un.fe-
line neighbor, was advised by Caleb to have
the body inferred by grapevine. Upon be-
ing asked the reason for this advice, he re-
marked that it would increase the growth of
the Cdt-awba grapes.
THE SOUTH BosToN ELECTION RETURNS.
We stated yesterday morning that Hon. <. H.
Rice was elected in the third Mass Congress
sional District, provided the amended returns
from South Boston were received. We learn
from the Boston journal that the Board of AL
dermen have received the amended report,
and referred it to the State authorities.
sg- FRACTIONAL BILLs-It is reported
to be the understanding of the government
authorities that no prosecutions against parties
for issuing fractional bills will be carried out
until the Supreme Court OF the United States
act upon the decision given by Judge Nelson,
in the Circuit Court at Albany, declaring the
law of Congress against the issue of such bills
unconstitutional.
ARE NEwsBoYs TAXED ?-The following
letter was received at the Office of the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue last week:
ito the Clark of the intirnal revinue,
Washington, d. c.
Sr:-I would like your decision upon the
following question.
Are newsboys peddlers, and II So are they
liable to be stamped onto?
Respectfully, j. BROWN.
Skowhegan, Nov. 4, 1862"