The Portland daily press., 1862-09-25
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED ID

A$ Iuc CoipOfdllOn OF IdrNaru tOHepe,
have nominated Rev. Thos Hill. d. d., for
President.
gy- Mr.. Lander, of Salem, father of the late
Gen. Frederic w. Lander, and of Miss w.
Lander the sculptress, died on Sunday last, of
heart disease,
% The Advertiser of yesterday morning
maintained "hostile silence" as the Boston
Courier would say, in relation to the Presidents
proclamation.
.B~The Bangor Whig warmly approves the
Presidents proclamation and says, while it
is hailed with joy by the great majority of 10y
al men, it will be received with fear and trem-
bling by some and with indignation by few.
q John B. Cough, the distinguished tenn
perance lecturer, is to address the citizens of
Lewiston, on the evening of the 18th of Octo-
ber Why can we not have him speak in Port
land?
sg- The weather for this week has been de-
lightiul. Farmers are securing their grain in
good order, and are rcaping abundant har-
vests. The frosts have nipped crops in low
lands, but on the whole no great damage has
been done, we think Houlton Times.
gin Bangor yesterday, in response to
the Presidents proclamation, the bells were
rung, and hundred guns were fred and in
the evening there was a great gathering in
Market Square, bonfres were kindled and mu-
sic broke the evening silence.
.B- The new editor of the Advertiser
seems to be of the "gay and festive" order,
and "sarkustic" with all. Yesterday he OPEN
ed upon the 4 'oHtionists Press of this city.
and quoted largely from doubtful paper to
sustain his recent attack upon the administra-
ton.
l1-S. d. Harris. of No Auburn, has receiv-
ed letter from his son, Robert b. Harris. Of
the 10th Me. Regt., who was taken prisoner
in Jackson's raid of the Shenandoah Valley
last summer, informing his father that he has
been paroled and has reached Annapolis. He
has been sick most of the time and is now un-
WE'LL Lewiston Journal
"Perley" telegraphs to the Journal as
follows:
1t is understood thai President Lincoln was
induced to issue his Emancipation Proclama-
tion through assurances that unless he did So
jeff Davis would forestall him, and that the
ton which first adopted this measure.
sE- The Maine Farmer learns that Colonel
Wides of the Maine 10th, has resigned his
commission. The reason given for his resig-
nation is that the regiment has been ordered
into active serviae before he had time to pre-
pare himself for his duties, and while the ofii-
GERS and men are yet untitled by military drill
and discipline to take the field.
THE NEW POSTAGE CURRENcY.-It is sta
tea that the issue of the new postage currency
has been interrupted by singular accident.
The bills are printed with peculiar ink, spe-
cially prepared by New York chemist, whose
laboratory was burned fortnight since, so that
their manufacture has been for time forcibly
suspended. The establishment has been re-
built, and the regular issue of the postage cur
rency is resumed
s3D The Democrats keep up the cry that
the only thing that can settle our troubles, put
down the rebellion, and restore peace. is the
restoration Of the Democratic party to po,rer.
Do they not in this virtually say to the rebels,
that a Democratic administration would give
And do they not thus encourage the rebels to
hold out and prolong the rebellion two years
more, in hope that the Democrats may be re-
stored to power? And do they not thus 'aid
and comfort" the traitors?
~ The st. John Globe, referring to the
recent homicide of Mr.. VIM. Ii. Mills of Rock
land at that places the report that his death
resulted from his refusal to haul down the
American flag, says:
The homicide occurred ir the middle OF the
night, when no flag of any kind, American, or
otherwise, was flying either in the city or in
the harbor. At the Coroner's inquest not the
slightest allusion was made by any witness to
the American Flag, and no person in this quar-
ter ever heard Of it in connection with the
transaction, until it was falsely asserted in an
American newspaper.
rrhe Press considers the district COM
posed of sweden, Waterford, Stonetam Alba
ny, Mason and Gilead, the banner district IL
is a relief to the editors to turn from the re-
turns OF the first district-lOxiord Democrat
This pleasant fling at the first district, be-
cause the Republicans, by their apathy, allowed
Mr.. Goodwin TO be defeated, is designed, prob
ably, by Bro. Perry, to divert attention from
certain Representative district in his neighbor-
hood. 1t must be relief to him ito turn from
the returns" of that district. Did Bro p ever
read the scriptural admonition about the beam
and the mote?
.B- The Newburyport Herald, semi-anti
republican, and anti-emancpation, closes
candid article on the Presidents proclamation
as follows:
Whatever may be the frnit of this procama-
ton, whether good or evil, one dnty remains
for all loyal citizens, which is to sustain the
government. Men may object to this policy
or that and vote against it in the election of
officers, but since nothing can be so bad for a
community or nation AS anarchy every person
should be regardiul of the laws and respectful
of the officers who execute those laws. In the
laws and in quiet adherence thereto. is our on
ly hope under God, of ever seeing any resto-
ration of peace and good government.
sH~ The Argus has done us the favor to
quote several friendly notices n-over the
left-tor our benefit, and not to be outdone in
this kind Of courtesy, we give the following
from the New York Tribune Of the 20th ins.:
The Eastern Argus blossoms with unusual
fragrance in the following passage, containing
at least dozen deliberate i;llsehoods to the
square inch:
The NEW YORK TRIBUNE which has been more
than once npuu its knees begging public opinion TO
overlook ITS dasiardly alsehoods and its dictations