The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-09-01
OR IGfNAL AND SELECTED.

WIS, ""o' Detiocratic oiHcers thlnk, &c.
Sg- On the last page - Poetry - "The
Draft" Miscellany.
SEy- Among the drafted in New York city
is James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
sB- The "First National Bank of Bath" of
which Oliver Moses, Esq, is President, will
commence to-day.
sDc Frederick S. Call, of Richmond, Co.
c, Maine 18th, died at Gettysburg, on the 23d
of August.
I- E. B. Turner, Esq, of Texas, will
speak at Kezar Falls, on Wednesday evening
at seven o'clock.
rr The State election in Vermont takes
place to-day. We trust she will roll up glo-
rious majority for the Union ticket.
NB- The Argus says the Quakers will tex
press their admiration and esteem for Father
Taylor at the polls, on the 14th of Sept"
I- The Paraffine Varnish establishment
of Messrs. S. Page & Co., in Hallowell, was
destroyed by fire on Friday evening of last
week.
sy- Mr.. Edwin A. Harlow and Mr. Lincoln
Harlow, of the last class of the Theological
Seminary, Bangor, were ordained as Evangel-
lists at West Minot on Wednesday last
sg- The exports of Charleston, S. c., in
the year 1852 amounted to S13, 200 900. This
year their imports are "Greek fire." and their
exports women and children.
sB- Rev. Mr.. Brooks closed his labors
with the North ST., F.'W b. church in Bath,
on Tuesday last. He is to be the pastor of a
church in Manchester, N. H.
To- The citizens of Saccarappa and vicini-
ty are to be addressed this Tuesday, after
noon at o'clock, by Governor Washburn and
J. T. Gilman.
- Mr.. Henry N. Danielson, of Ports
mouth, and his son, eight or nine years of age,
were drowned near Fort Constitution, on Sun
day morning last, as we learn from the Chron-
iele.
sH- An Oxford correspondent writes that
the copperhead demonstration at Norway
worked fayorably for the Union cause, F. o. ].
Smith giving his friends more dirt to eat than
they had bargained for.
sy- Hon. John P. Hale of New Hampshire,
is announced to address the citizens of Bangor
on Tuesday, September LIST; of East Corinth,
Wednesday, Dover, Thursday, and Dexter,
Friday.
sy- In Houlton on the 23d inst, Mr.. d. E.
Lucy was thrown from carriage and dragged
on the ground some distance by the reins-
one of his ears being completely torn on, and
his person otherwise injured.
sg- The longest stage route in the world is
the one between Atchison, in Kansas, and Pla-
cerville, California-one thousand nine hundred
and fifteen miles. The fare is two hundred
dollars.
sV The New South reports the following
deaths in Maine regiments at Port Royal. Jo-
seph X. Manchester, Windham, Co. K, 9th reg
iment; Charles K. Gustin, Scarboro', do; Eli
A. Black, Augusta, Co. c, do; William Doran,
Fl. Fairfield, Co. X, sth regiment.
sY- The clothes-line thieves have COM
menced operations on rather large scale at
Houlton. Clothes to the amount of about $50
were taken from the premises of Mr.. Charles
II. Sleeper of that place, a few nights since, as
We learn from the Times.
.V The body of an unknown man was
found in the Massachusetts, Bay few days
since, supposed to be that of John Hennessey
of Boston, who has been missing since the 4th
ult, on which day he took passage in steams
er for Bath.
% We are requested to say that the Union
meeting at Cape Elizabeth, on Saturday eve
Turner of Texas, and J. T. Gilman, will be
held in the North Congregational Meeting
House at O'Clock precisely.
syThe Ellsworth American denies that
F. o. j. Smith has no influence and says those
who assert that he has rone forget the fact that
he has influence enough to run a respectable
and successful newspaper establishment under
ground in eight months. The Advertiser has
hopelessly gone under, and Smith has influence
anough to prevent its resurrection,
sR- Father Taylor" the non-resistance
Quaker, and +. o. j. Smith who threatens to
send men into the presence of their Maker in
just two minutes, are yoked up together for
speeches in Pennington. The lion and the
lamb lying down together. Let the lamb
Samuel have care that he does not lie down
inside Of the lion Francis o. J.
sY- Hon. John A. Peters is on the stump
in Penobscot county, for the Union ticket--so
are Messrs. Spencer A. Pratt, +. A. Wilson,
A. l.. Simpson, 7. H. Garnsey, Col. james
Dunning. Gen. G. G. Cushman, c. p. Stetson,
and G. +. Roberts, all democrats, all of Penob-
scot, and heretofore active members of the
democratic party.
sV- The Argus is informed by cores
pondent who has accidentally heard it, that
government is about to send l4700 negroes in
to this State to become burden upon our
population. That is only a part Of the plan.
The moon is to be converted into green cheese
in order to meet the increased draft upon the
comu issary stores of the State. The darkey's
first labor will be the digging of graves for
the Copperheads slain on the 18th of Septem-
Der next.
rB- The writer of religious articles in the
Advertiser over the signature of "a Church
man,''is said to be +, o. j. Smith himself The
style OF the articles is in keeping with such a
paternity. They remind one of the bloody
Richard when he suddenly took to the PRAYER