The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-09-26

| the grum0ler Just 90 INTO the trenches Tor
twenty-four hours, they would shed tears of
admiration for our men, and OF repentance
for their fault-finding Hartford Press.
IB- We learn from the Bath Times that
Mr.. j. b. Durgan was fatally injured on
Wednesday last by falling from the staging of a
ship in that city, He was a worthy and in
dustrious man, 32 years of age, and leaves
wife and one child. te'
! - Maj. Gen. Meade made hasty visit to
Washington on Wednesday, had a consultation
with the President, Secretary of War and Gen.
Halleck and Immediately returned to his com
mand. The report of all quiet on the Rapidan
relates to the past only.
Thaddeus Stevens of Penns ylvania re-
Gently made speech, which, is reported in the
Philadelphia Press, in which he says we must
conquer the South and hold them as conquer
| ed provinces. 4 4 The Union as it was
and the constitution as it is-God forbid itr'j
ly-WnLIAM f. HoPKINsoN, ESQ.,. of Fort
Fairfield, died Of dipthera, on Wednesday last,
MS we learn from the Pioneer. Mr.. III. was a
member Of the last Legislature and was uni
vsaly esteemed by all who enjoyed his ac-
! quaintance.
Nv We learn from the Oxford Democrat
that Rev. Mr. Southworth of South Paris, an
earnest and patriotic man, has obtained leave
of absence of his society for two or three
months, to go into the army as an agent for
the Christian Commission. ..
sr Washington, in the darkest days of the
revolution, remarked, 81 am under more APP
prehenson on account of our own discussions,
than of the efforts of the enemy" Precisely
what we have most to fear in sustaining a 60
vernment Washington made such sacrifices to
establish. -..r ~,
sH- Judge Nelson Of the U. S. District
Court has decided that a board of enrolling
officers under the provisions of the conscrip-
ton law having once made a decision in the
case of a conscript exhausts its powers, and
cannot revise or reverse any decision they
may have made. This is important.
gD- A party Of gentlemen from Massachu-
sets have just returned from a hunting and
fishing excursion at ''Riley Plantation" onthe
banks of Sandy river, about 80 miles from this
city. They were delighted with the country,
and speak in high terms Of the hospitality of
the people. 'rwrckT rr- 9
-H-An enquiry is made in st. John paper,
show it happens that the building of fortifica-
tions in that harbor, which are supposed to be
erected for a defence against Yankees, has
been committed to the hands of an out and
out Yankee" For the simple reason, we should
say, that Yankee can do it better, cheaper,
and quicker than any other man.
5gVIt is estimated that the mineral wealth
Of Nevada territory will be sufficient to pay a
national debt of $4,000, 900, to give every
returning soldier musket of silver, and to
furnish all our iron-clads with plating of sill
yer thicker than their present coverings Of
iron. At that rate bankruptcy doesn't seem
to be imminent.
sVBLAcKwooDs' MAGAZINE for Septem-
toniana-The Spectre of Milaggio-Jean Paul
Rilcher-Chronicles of Carlingiord, On hear
| ing of Weekday service at Westminster Alb
| bey-The Pyramids-Who Built them? and
when--The Battle of Gettysburg, and the Cam
paign in Pennsylvania.
sH-We understand that political wiseacre
who had wagered that Cony would not get fif-
teen thousand majority, tries to escape his for
felt on the ground that a majority means the
excess above one half of the votes cast. This
will not do. A majority is the excess above
| all others-all competition. With but two
candidates voted for, there is no difference be-
tween majority and plurality. 7p 3rrC
y-An extraordinary story is told Of a
bushwhacker, who was on the point of shoot
ing man during the sacking of Lawrence
when he gave the grand hailing masonic sign,
| and one of them instantly turned upon the
| others and threatened to shoot them il they
harmed the prisoner-took him to the en-
trance Of a ravine, told him to escape, and
sto cd guard there to ensure his safety.
sEThe official returns from 476 cities,
towns and plantations in the State gave Coney,
the Union candidate for Governor, a majority
| of II ,533. The Senate stands 80 for the Union
to only one opposed, and the seat Of that one,
Joseph Z. Smith, Esq, Of Lincoln Co., is 10
| NC cohttotcu vi SrOuuu vi
voting. The House of Representatives stands
12o for the Union to 81 opposed. Two oppo-
sitIon seats, Bradbury of Hollis and Smith of
| Westbrook to be contested.
sB- The Navy Department is working hard
to augment our swift steamers. Instructions
have been sent to the Navy Yards of Ports
mouth, New York, Philadelphia and Boston,
to begin, when convenient, new ships-of-war,
of which great speed is to be the most promi-
nent characteristic. The fast vessels at pres
ent in service are nearly all loaded down with
heavy batteries, which prevents them from
going as fast as they might otherwise do.
lB- When Garrison and Phillips were out
spoken disunionists and declared their hosti-
ty to the constitution, the democratic politi-
clans were great for Union demonstrations
and for sustaining the government abut now,
when Philips and Garrison have been convert
ed, and are generous in their efforts to uphold
the constitution and to restore the Union,
they find the old Union-savers their bitterest
| foes, denouncing them and opposing the I'm
ion and the Unions friends.
rE Lit. Col. Gilmore of the Goth Maine,
who left the Army of the Potomac on IL briei
furlough, since the Maine election, says the
| news reached the regiment on Tuesday eve