The Portland daily press., 1863-03-03
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which old John Brown is the hero.
~ Governor Robinsons OF Kentucky,
heartily approves the action of Colonel Gilbert
in dispensing the recent rebel convention at
Frankfort in that State
sB- The draft is progressing quietly in
Michigan. In one instance the man selected
to draw the names from the box drew his own
name.
s-The recent sudden rise in gold is said by
New York financial writers, to be the result of
large purchases on French account, and in no
way connected with any expected action on the
part of our own Government
sy-Among the nominations for Brigadier
Generals, sent to the Senate on Thursday last,
We notice the names, from this State, of Col.
George F. Shepley, to date from July, 1862.
and Col Frank S. Nickerson. 18th Maine Vol
unteers, to date from Nov. 20, 1862.
ng- An advertising agent called at our Of
flee the other day, and in the course of con-
versation said he was told at the Democrat of
flee in Saco that the Advertiser was the Re-
ly opposed emancipation The Democrat
man is a 'phunny phelIow.'
sg- The "Slipshod Verses, )" copied into the
Press and credited to the Transcript were
taken of course from the Portland Transcript.
The Worcester Transcript reproduces and at
tributes them to its Boston namesake. This
is not only a crime IA swindIe, if you must
know but blunder.
sB- A North Yarmouth correspondent in
forms us that six persons were received into
the Congregational church in that place last
Sunday. At the last previous communion if
teen united with the church. A good degree
of religious interest, attended by occasional
conversions, has prevailed for nine months
and still continues.
ry- The Boston Post and Courier labor
hard to excuse McCean's disrespect-to use
no harsher word-for Gen. Scott, referred TO
in the latters letter to the Secretary of War.
Suppose the letter found on file had referred
to John c. Fremont instead of Geo. b. Nc
Clellan, who believes either of those papers
would have interposed to shield him from
public censure?
sH- The ethical text book in use at Yves
Point few years ago was Wayland's "Moral
Science"-expurgated the chapter on slavery
was left out by order of the Hon. Secretary of
War, Mr.. Jefferson Davis. SO the West Point
chaplain and professor Of ethics told the Rev.
j. p. Newman, and so Mr.. Newman said in a
in auv
23d ult.
s1- As reported in the Augusta papers Mr..
Smith of Westbrook, really threatened the
House OF Representatives, and gave them un-
derstand that he should make another speech
that would not end till the 4th ofJuly, If an at
tempt were made to close the debate on the
National Resolves sooner than suited his con-
venience. His whip had the regular planta-
ton snap to 1t, but it will scarcely produce
the usual plantation results.
1y- Those who are proposing to leave
New England out in the cold may be edited by
an anecdote OF Thomas Starr King. who once
received Il protest from some of his church
members against a sermon he gave them about
Anthony Burns. The letter to him said If he
preached many more such sermons he would
lose many of his most respectable members.
The Sunday following Mr.. King read the note
in public, and quietly remarked that II they
wrote him any more sech letters they would
lose their most respectable minist,r.
paper, splits on the resolutions and acts of the
late Hartford Convention that nominated
Tom Seymour, and says, For ourselves, We
twill touch nothing that has the smell of Sc
"cession about it, label 1t what they may We
"are for our country, first. last, and forever.
"These are no half way times. The Govern
"ment must be sustained or perish. We shall
do what little lies in our power TO sustain it.
"Our posterity shall not say that we gave aid
cor comfort to the rebellion"
IL New Orleans correspondent of the
Boston Journal gives an account of an at
tempt TO assassinate Gen. Banks, on the eve
ming of the 18th ult. He was passing out at the
Ladies' entrance to the City Hotel for the pur-
pose of attending the French Opera, and be-
fore he stepped into his carriage pistol was
discharged from recess in the wall, and
ball whizzed close to the person OF Gen.
Banks, and close TO an officer who attended
him. The General was not hit, and the das-
tardly assassin escaped through the crowd.
The police are on MS track.
nY- Our correspondence ON the first page
describes the amiabe temper OF the pickets on
the north and soHth banks of the Rappahan-
mock; but here is an act OF courtesy, which
outriyals ANYTHING herefofnre mentioned O,a
day week before last. as the officer Of the day
was going the rounds on the right along the
Rappahannock, he came in full view of the
rebels posted on the opposite side, who, seeing
his sash and sword, gave the order, "Turn out
the guard, officer of the day." The rebel
guard turned out, when the orders again rang
across the water, present arms. shoulder
arms. order arms stack arms ~ and the guard
having thus saluted the officer on this side,
again dispersed with loud cheer
IF Since the publication of Gen. SCOTS
letter Of '6i, to Secretary Cameron, McClel-
an stockhas probably declined somewhat at the
political Brokers Board. How much does the
'f Dung Napoleon" owe 10 the magnanimity of
the old SCARED veteran of hundred battle
fields! Scott spared him when he had the pow
er to crush him forever. At the date of SCOTS
letter Mcclellan was com aaratively obscure
and untred Had Scott then come down up
on him for disregard of orders, and preferred
charges against him for his breaches of militia
ry rules, how different would have been the
next year and ball of his life But Scott