The Portland daily press., 1863-05-15
ORIGINAL AND SELECTE

Report on the Conduct of the War, forwarded
by Orpheus c. Kerr
srThe Bangor Wing favors the call for
Union convention, instead of one Of straight
out party character.
srThe old Jail at Augusta is being demol-
ished, to make room for fine private resi-
dence
sy-The U. S. steamer Vanderbilt sailed
from Fortune Island Turks Island), 23d ult.,
in search Of the rebel steamerAlabama.
sE-The Gardiner Journal says "the way
the Portland Press has been patronized is an
evidence that the public of Maine appreciate
an outspoken, loyal newspaper"
sg-A Western paper denies the report that
Mrs. Steven A. Douglas has right of dover
in her late husbands estates. Mr.. Dong.as
died insolvent and left nothing for his family.
sY-The New York Herald's Washington
correspondence says Secretary Chase has as
surance that bank with two millions capital,
upon his plan, and several other banks of large
capital, will be established in Boston.
sg- There is something of an exodus of
our citizens to California. Several have al
ready gone, some for the purpose of improv-
ing their health, others their fortune; but, we
hope, none to get out of the draft"
rB-The Washington Chronicle states that
the minority OF the Vallandigham court mar
tial were, it is said, in favor of sending him
South, with the injunction not to return
until the war is over.
grThe New Hampshire Patriot is very
sensitive about the arrest of disoyal men at
the West, speaking of them as democrats"
This is a virtual acknowledgment that none
but Democrats would be suspected OF disloy-
atty.
sB- The Lebanon (Ohiol Citizen says that
Gen. Schenck will resign his seat in Congress
previous to the fall election, and that Col.
Charles Anderson will probably be the Repub-
lican candidate for the succession. This is
Valandigham's district
e The Pennington Chronicle predicts
that gold mining will never pay on the Sandy
River country, and recommends that attention
should be given to the cultivation of its val
leys and slopes, and to the grazing of its hills.
Sensible advice.
sye The editor of the Great Darlington
Courier has tried the new steel collars about
which so much has been said lately, and which
are washed by wipe of sponge, but doesn't
appear to like them. He says, 1--WE fall back
to paper with sigh of regret that the combi-
nation Of collar and razor in one does not
add to the enjoyments of life.
lp- The St. Paul Press says that one Of
the worst material effects OF the Indian out
break along the western frontier of Minnesota
is the interruption of communication with the
Red River Settlement, and the consequent
suspension of the prosperous trade and emf
grafton which have been rapidly growing up.
v We have published all the names of
the killed, wounded and missing Maine SOL
diers that have come to hand. We are very
grateful to correspondents at Washington and
nearer the battle field, for their courteous and
prompt attentions, and not the less SO because
in few instances their reports had been antic-
ipated.
sRThe Editor of the Brunswick Telegraph
has recently had a conversation with gentle
man from Louisiana, and among other items,
says of the slaves in that section that, while
TO excite an instruction, they still act cum
ningly and shrewdly, and lay off-in other
words do but little work, and few white men
are left to control them. 1t is said that in
formation spreads with wonderful rapidity
among them, and that they bide their time.
1t is possible that their neglect OF plantation
labor has much to do with the short supply OF
food, and thus are the rebels nursing viper
within their own bosoms.
sVJudging from the programme publish
ed in the Rockland Free Press, the funeral
pageant in honor of the gallant BERRY, in
that city yesterday, surpassed in grandeur
anything of the kind that has ever taken place
in this State. The remains were borne to the
grave in richly decorated hearse, drawn by
four horses led by grooms, and the Generals
war horse, caparisoned as he was when his
owner fell, was led behind the hearse. Gen.
b. was buried in the old cemetery by the side
of the remains of his father and mother.
lyThe Augusta journal says it was a pit
liable and shameful sight for the loyal citizens
of Augusta to witness last week, when the ru-
NOR came over the telegraphc wires that
| Rockers army was defeated, the looks and
| general demeanor of sympath izers with the
| Southern traitors in arms, residing in our midst
Who could have believed that pesons in our
vicinity, sharing the protection and blessings
| ofour government, could have the cold-blooded
hardihood, the demoniac malice, to exult in
the believed report that our brave soldiers had
been defeated, that their blood so freely offered
for their country had been shed in vain?
| gg- Rumor says the Copperheads are in a
quandary about a candidate for Governor
They will ask no questions provided the man
proposed is sound on the negro question. Ii
Mr.. Bradbury returns from New Orleans I'M
contaminated, he may be run a second best
but if he shall have allowed entrance to the
idea that the Union must be saved though
slavery 90 to the wall, he will be cut adrift
His antecedents are favorable, but New Or.
leans has wrought wonders upon Northern
democrats, and even Mr.. b. may not be proof
against the soltening influence of Southern
sun.
- The rebel papers complain that Hook
er is man who does not fight according to
rule; that Stonemans raid was just what
might be expected of such an unmethodica
commander. They refer to Mcclellan as s
General who did regard military rules, and
hence they knew just how to get ahead o.
him. 1t is very wrong in Hooker to have Q
way of his own and to strike off into new