The Portland daily press., 1862-08-26

MATTERS ABOUT TOWN

-e Gen. Corcoran is coming to Boston on
the 10Th. Can we not have him in Portland? I?
to make the proposed Improvements in the
Municipal Court Room.
l1- Ann Howard and Polly Warren, were
arrested yesterday under the vagrant act and
are now held in durance
lE-Peter Sexton, wife and three children
were bundled off to the workhouse yesterday
ON charge of vagrancy. Peter would not
work or enlist.
BoUNTIEs-The City Council last evening
voted to pay the bounty authorized by the
Governor-$20 per man--to encourage nine
months recruits, and to extend the usual bene-
fits to the families of such as may enlist.
HARPERs' MAGAZINE for September is on
our table, for which we are indebted to A.
Williams & Co., Boston. Among the leading
articles is paper on "Iron Clad Vessels"
which is exceedingly interesting. "In the
Buffalo County" will be read with interest
also. For sale by AUGUSTUS ROBINSON, Ex-
change Street.
sR-We noticed at the Ladies' Committee
Rooms, yesterday, number of cases destined
for the Sanitary Commission, and for Mrs.
Goddard, Matron at Harpers Ferry hospital
Also a box marked Soldiers Box for the
10th Regiment, one case from Limerick, and
another from Mercer. We would mention that
two cases from the good folk of Gorham have
been received and forwarded
PERsoNAL.-We notice upon the register of
the United States Hotel the names of Lieut..
Geo. B. Remission, late a prisoner at Rich
mond, of the 5th Maine regiment. Lieut.. r.
Brinkerhofi, Capt. J. w. Claiming, 7th regi-
ment Maine volunteers, Lieuts. Kittredge and
Skinner, I'd Maine regiment, and Capt Rey-
nolds, 17th U. S. regulars. Also Hiram Hitch
cock, proprietor OF the popular Fifth Avenue
Hotel.
BUILDINGS AT CAMP KING.-There will
soon be pretty lively times on the camp
grounds. In few days the work of erecting
the following named buildings for the accom-
mediation of tie troops, will commence:
buildings Is by 40, with partitions for the ac-
commodation of officers; 8 buildings Is by 40,
without partitions; 20 buildings 20 by 81, with
hunks; each building to accommodate SO men.
The whole is to be completed by the 10th of
September. The proposals were opened yes
terday afternoon, but it is not as yet decided
who has the contract.
lV- The meeting at Free Street Church, on
Sunday evening, in aid of the Christian Com
mission. was well attended. Its object, as ex-
planned by Charles Demond, Esq, of Boston,
one of the members, is to furnish the soldiers
of the army with religious reading, and partic-
ularly to attend to the wants of the sick and
wounded in the hospitals and on the battle
fields, to carry not only the comforts of life,
but TO point to him who is the source of every
comfort. Remarks were made by the Rev.
Mr. Bosworth, Rev. Mr. Clark, Rev DR.. Chick
ering, Mr.. Childs, of Charlestown, and others.
A liberal collection was taken at the close of
the exercises, which will go to supply the
wants of those who have gone out from our
own midst 1t is the wish of many that sim
liar meeting may be held soon, that our citi-
zens may the better become acquainted with
the wants of those who are fighting our bat
ties for us.
observation-disclosures VEN.-Our
worthy young fellow-citizens, Messrs. Charles
L. Shaw, Geo. ii. Abbott, and Frank L. Jones,
detailed by the city authorities for recruiting
purposes, absolutely struck vein, as the min
ers would say, yesterday. They erected a
tent-one of the conical-on the faggings in
front of the Post Office, with the stars and
stripes flying from the top of the centre pole,
and with Poppenburg's Band playing national
airs at the entrance. All day it was the CEN
tire of attraction-the centre of large crowd.
The outsiders contributed to keep the Band
operative, while the Band contributed to keep
the patriotic steam at high figure, and the
way recruits came was most encouraging. We
stepped in at half past p. M. and found al
ready enrolled on their papers the names of
nearly one hundred Of our young men. We
learn that other officers in the city are doing
well, though not to the extent of the success
of the conical tent To-day, we presume, the
same good work will be kept up.
PRINTERS AND PATRIoTIsM.-The Dsci-
ples of Faust are plentfully sprinkled through
the rank and file OF the army of Freedom,
whose tents are now dotting the land of Dixie,
the orange groves of the far South, and the
islands of the Gulf. The hands long accus-
toned to shooting sticks" are rapidly famil-
iariZing themselves to the use of veritable
shooting irons. Portland has done much and
is doing more towards filling up the record of
fighting printers. We glance over the list cas-
ually and find the names of no less than seven
connected with the press of this city, who are
now in active service or who have embarked
in the cause, From the Advertiser, ii. Q.
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