The Portland daily press., 1863-10-02
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.


! Vile; Gen. Rosecrans; Early Female Printers.
~Y-On the fourth page-Wille's Betrothal;
Miscellany.
rg- The prize money of the navy will ex-
coed s30,00000o.
! rg- Gen. Grant is rapidly recovering from
the effects of his injury.
sg- The Springfield mandatory turns out
twenty five thousand rihed muskets per month.
gB-We would call the attention of the
members of the Mercantile Library Association.
to the advertisement of a meeting, in another
column.
sg~ Prentice says there's good deal of
Devil in the rebels. They sometimes fight
like him, frequently run like him, and always
| lie like him.
SB@ Gideon r. Chase, of Bath, of Co. &,
2ist Maine, died at Port Hudson short time
since. The Times says he was held in high
esteem by every member of his company.
-Er Officers belonging to Gen. Grants ar
my, absent on furlough, have been ordered to
join their commands Immediately. This ndi-
Gates active operations.
rEr 1t is stated that the Union losses in
killed, wounded and missing at the battles in
Georgia will be ten thousand. The rebel pa
pers state the Confederate losses at fifteen
thousand.
- One hundred baskets Of champaign
constituted the summer supply for his yacht
ing excursions Of fast young man in Boston,
who commenced life with princely for tune.
hut whose Indebtedness is now over 100000.
sg- The Bath Times says "A tall man, of
sandy complexion. has been passing counter
felt bills on the Sandy River Bank, in some Of
the eastern towns of this State. Look out for
him.
Sr Capt. Waldron, of the Maine 10th, hav
ing been pronounced incapactated by reason
of the wound received at Gettysburg from do
ing military duty, will be honorably discharged
from the service.
sr The father of Col. Shaw, of the 54th
Massachusetts, objects to his sons remains
being removed, stating that he holds that a
soldiers most appropriate burial place is on
the field where he has fallen.
| gVr The New York Post says the War De-
| partment is convinced it has made one mis-
take in reference to the draft. 1t has permit
ted its surgeons to be too particular in the ex-
animation of drafted men.
sg-A letter from vicksburg says there are
thousands of bales of cotton within a few
miles OF that place TO come in. The cotton
manufacturers would be glad to have them
send it along.
LEA fair for the benefit of the Sanitary
| Commission is to be held at Chicago on the
last week in October and the first week in No
vember, which will probably be the most mag
nilcent festival ever held in this country.
sB- Horse railroads are all the rage in our
large cities. Ground for such road was bro
ken in Lowell on Thursday which occasion
was observed by songs, speeches and the fir
ing of cannon.
Letters received at the Agricultural
bureau at Washington from Wisconsin say
that that State will have 2O0O0,000 bushels of
wheat 10 spare after supplying the home
| demand.
y- The Maine Farmer says theKenebec
Steam Navigation Companyare building boat
at East Boston to be put on the route between
Gardiner aud Boston with the Eastern Queen,
next season, thus forming daily line.
IB-We received private note yesterday
faom L. B. Turner, Esq. of Texas, dated at
Adrian, Michigan, where he is spending brief
season. His many friends in this region will
be glad to learn of his good health.
SB-The books of subscription TO the stock
of the Uniou Pacific Railway were closed
on Friday last, the subscription amounting
to $4,000, Directors have been chosen and
the Company will claim the right of building
a road from Missouri river to California
Iy- Francis J. Grund, a well known politi-
cal writer of Philadelphia, died suddenly on
Wednesday morning. He made an able speech
before the Union League on Monday evening,
defining his political position. His death was
caused by apoplexy.
rB- A passenger by the steamer Arago
from Charleston, sells the New York Express.
by statement in relation to the condition OF
affairs at James Island, in which the remark
able assertion appears, that Admiral Dahlgren
is so subject to sea sickness as to render him
| totally unable TO command the fleet
SE-Wm. F. Hopkinson, Esq, recently de-
ceased at Fort Fairfield, was lawyer, for the
last two years member of the legislature. was
an active member of the Sons OF Temperance,
and an exemplary member of the Baptist
church. At the time of his death he was
| Deputy Collector of Customs.
rD-The Argus persists in asserting its own
loyalty, and that it does not gloat over and
take satisfaction in federal defeats. 1t is nee
essary it should do so, Tor its readers would
| never discover signs or indications of LOYALTY
were it not for such assertions. 1t is quite as
important that its loyalty should be labeled as
! it was for the famous artist to write over his
painting, this is a horse"
| sH-The Machas Union says John, son of
Henderson Maker, while atwork in a mead
! ow at Cutler Sept 10Th, threw down his scythe
to attac IA hornets nest. During the invasion
the hornets rushed toward him and young
| Maker ran. and came in contact with his
scylhe cutting his thigh so severely that he
| bled TO death in about two hours His age
| was Is years.