The Portland daily press., 1863-07-07
ORIGIN AND Sell CT ED.

sy- On the first page-wednesday' Fight
at Gettysburg.
sy- On the fourth page-An Exorcism, by
Aunt Hepsy; Miscellany.
rrThere were forty nine cases argued be-
fore the law term of the court which closed at
Augusta on the Sd inst.
LEA correspondent at Waterville writes,
certain capitalists from abroad came into our
town few days since to Sc about purchas-
ing a site for a factory, which caused a rise of
real estate, of fifty per cent. in this placed!
syThe Hon. Henry B. Payne, who was
the Democratic candidate for Governor of
Ohio against Gov. Dennison, and was dele
gate to the recent Copperhead Convention
which elected Yalandigham, has repudiated
the action of the Convention, and will not
support its action.
~The Missouri State Convention passed
an ordinance of emancipation, on Wednesday,
by a vote of 81 to 30. BY its provisions all
slaves in the State, July T. 1870, are to be free,
and slavery shall then cease. Those freed,
however, are to remain under the CONTROL of
their ldlt OWUtIS. us luuohs. lnoSC oNti ~
years of age during their lives those under II
until they arrive at the age of %; and those
of all other ages until the 4th of July, 1876.
sV- Gen. Dana, who is organizing the for
ces at Philadelphia, is a native of Maine and
graduate of West Point in the class of 1912.
He served with credit in the Mexican war.
He was Colonel of the 1st Minnesota regi-
ment at the battle of Balls Bluff, succeeded
Lander in the command of his brigade, served
through the Peninsula campaign in Sedg
wick's division, and was severely wounded at
Antietam. He afterwards went to Ken
lucky and Tennessee on special service.
nR-We regret to learn through a cores
pendent at watervie, that gentleman of
high political and social standing 10 a neigh
boring county, has recently been detected in
heavy forgeries, and that about $4,000 of his
forged paper has been discovered in vari-
Gus banks in this State. Our correspondent
further says the implicated individual has alb
seconded.
rTrThe Boston Journal says that, as evil
dence that old Lancaster county was fully
aroused by the rumors Of an approaching in
vasiop. a letter-writer states that, EXPIRES
ldent BucndHau Wao SoOh '"''e"J 'hiouSh
the streets with a big tin box in hand" The
Bangor Times suggests that the ''old public
func" was probably informed that his late Sec
Rotary of War, Floyd, was with the raiders
hence his anxiety to get his valuables to a
place of safety
mE-In 1862 towns voted money to encour-
age men to enlist in the service in 1868 some
towns are voting money to enable men to keep
out of the service, and to leave the govern
ment defenseless, and the Advertiser of this
city can see no difference in the principles in
volved in such action. Well, we didn't sup
pose ii would, unless it should see in the en-
enlargement to stay at home more to com
mend that in the encouragement to go to the
field of conflict.
sBrThe wealthy man who owns the Ad-
vertiser, offered to be one of six to furnish
Gov. Washburn over six hundred thousand
dollars in cash, to be used for soldiers bounty
money, and trust to the legislature to see him
paid. He processes to see a parallel 10 kthe
bounty money in the money proposed to be
raised by towns to pay the Communication Of
drafted men. We would like to see this gen.
tlemans' sincerity tested, .and!th therefore we sug-
gest that he offer to loan hundred thousand
dollars to be used by towns for the purpose
uggested, and trust to the legislature to grant
authority to the towns to refund it with inter-