The Portland daily press., 1862-08-26
ORIGINAL AND ELECTE ID

Maine Cavalry, is at the Douglas Hospital in
Washington, wounded in the hand.
sB-The Bangor Wing says: II. G. Coburn
Of Lincoln has been appointed sutler of the
Goth Regt.
sy- The st. Johns Globe states that parties
appear to be at work in Fredericton enticing
the soldiers to desert. Several persons have
been arrested.
rr A large number of army correspon-
dents arrived in Washington last Friday
Their departure from the army was not volun-
tary.
AT last accounts, rix hundred steamers, sail
ing vessels and barges, were riding at anchor
at Hampton Roads! This will give some idea
Oft the vastness of the Reninsular army.
sr The Nineteenth Regiment was muster
ed into U. S. service yesterday, will be paid Off
to-day and expects to move tomorrow. The
"nineteenth' is a splendid regiment.
-r We are panied to learn that Capt. J.
W. Freese, of Co. A, 7th Regiment, is danger
ously i'll. Lieut.. Butler of the same company
is in Bangor, sick.
FATAL LAocDENT.-Varnum Baker, of Ban
gor, was run over by Engine No. at an alarm
of fire Saturday night, and so badly crushed
that he lived but five hours. The Whig states
that he leaves wife and several children.
sB Massachusetts,, says the Newburyport
Herald, will have furnished since the begin
ming of the war, after filling her quota of nine
months men, 10000 troops! In the same time
she has furnished nearly 10000 for the navy.
gv-Mr. Charles Rogers fell from the stern
staging of the new ship in the yard of Messrs
Trufant, Drummond & Co., Bath, on Friday of
last week, and injured himself severely So
we learn from the Sentinel & Times.
ARMY BLANKETs.-The Bridgton Report
lage are soon to re-commence manufacturing
army blankets. They are to weigh 10 pounds
each.
sy- The total circulation of newspapers in
the United States in 1850, is stated to have
been 426, ,409,57S copies. In 1860 the annual
circulation is stated at 927,95l,55S copies,
showing an increase of over III per cent Are
we not reading nation?
20 We learn that since the 10th Regiment
was paid Off at Augusta, less than ten days
since, the Eastern Express Co.'S Agent at that
place, Ii. S. Osgood, Esq, has transmitted to
their homes, from the soldiers of that regiment,
the snug little sum of s20,S54.
THE BLOW, Saturday night was more Sc
we're at Bangor than here. Two coaches up
set, several teams ran into each other and di-
vers didoes cut not pleasant to pedestrians A
carriage in which Mr. and Mrs. r. S. Prescott
were riding, was blown over and they were
thrown out ten or twelve feet.
ACCIDENT.-We regret to learn that two
young men, while sailing upon Duck Pend,
Westbrook, ON Saturday afternoon last, were
capsized by the sudden squall, and before as
sistance could reach them were both drowned
They were of the respective ages of Is and q
years. We have been unable as yet to learn
their names.
PERsoNAL-We were pleased yesterday to
receive call from our friend J. S. HAY, Esq,
of the st. Croix Herald. He informs US that
he intends to start his paper again next month.
He proposes to spend day or two in this city,
and we cordially commend him to our citizens
Having twice been compelled to suspend his
paper by mob violence, on account of his de-
votion to the Union, let him feel that he has
the sympathy of Union men with him.
STEAMER LAUNcHEp.-The steamer "CITY
or baJ
last, superior vessel of 500 tons, owned by
Oliver Moses, Esq, and intended to run on the
route between Bath and Boston in connection
with the Androscoggin Railroad. Her ma
chinery is now being put in, and she will be
ready to take her place on the line in the
course Of three weeks.
sr The Skowhegan Clarion says that Mr..
John Hilton, of Cornville, has left in that Of
fee two boots and shoe which were COM
pletely torn in pieces by stroke Of lightning,
a short time since, in Mayfied. The whole
family of Mr.. Clark were prostrated. The
lightning stripped the hoops and clothing from
the females, but, says the Clarion, ''luckily
none We're killed except dog"
Will Moses please tell us how boot looks
completely torn in pieces and whether the
rest of the family miss the dog much?
THE SICK AT CAMP MAsoN.-The Argus
yesterday very properly suggested that the
sick soldiers at Camp Mason might be accom-
modated at the Marine Hospital here. We
learn that the necessary arrangements have
been made for some time, between the War
and Treasury Departments, for the accommo-
dation of sick soldiers at that hospital, and an
order from any officer of the U. S. army, or
from Gov. Washburn, would admit them at
once,-the surgeon, DIR. Fessenden, having
made all the necessary preparations for as
many as the hospital will hold.
sBr Great preparation is being made for
the Popham celebration on Friday. Extra
trains are to be run from Portland, Augusta,
Pennington, and Lewiston, returning the same
evening. On the arrival of the trains at Bath,
spacious barges in tow of tug boats, will take
the company directly to the locality of the eel
ebration. Preparations have been made to
carry down the river, 2O0o persons. A tent
that viii convene the multitude is to be erect
ed on the green, and tables spread beneath it
for the hungry celebrators. A great time is
expected tug boat from this city, and the
barge Comfort, have been chartered for the oc-
casion. Poppenburgs band will furnish the