The Portland daily press., 1863-05-12
ORIGINAL AND sELECTE

NNe""P " AAVfshcW ny icHUySOu, hHeCuOtc
Of Webster; &c.
sy-Corn meal is SO per bushel in Raleigh,
North Carolina
D-The Richmond Sentinel says Stonewall
Jackson's left arm has been amputated.
B- The Boston Post, Dem, says Gen.
Banks has proved himself one of the best Cen
erals in the field
Sg- The Bath Times says Major T. w.
Hyde, of the Maine It'll, was slightly wound
ed in the recent engagement in Virginia.
acThe oath Maine regiment was paid off
on the Goth ult. The pay rolls amounted to
abont S75, 600.
grThe Lewiston Journal says both of the
telegraph operators in that city are sick with
diphtheria
gr The Lewiston Journal is informed that
Col. Virgin, of the 23d regiment, has been
presented by the line officers with a set of
horse equipments, costing $50.
sB- The proprietors of the Sagadahoc
Ferry, at Bath, have contracted for new
boat for their route. The contract has not
Dccu ulauC toO SOOus
nB- A little son of Capt Joseph Small, of
Bath, had one of his legs broken on Saturday
afternoon, by board falling upon it from a
board pile around which he was playing.
lTThose of our citizens, who desire to
join the National Loyal League now establish
ed in this city, will find an opportunity to en-
roll their names at the Merchants Exchange.
LEA political paper, in noticing demon
stration of its party once said: 1.-THE air was
rent with the shouts of three thousand peo-
ple." After which the band should have play
ed "Root hog or die"
sVThe Bangor Wing says Mr. Marshall
Wiley Of 0ldtown fell from Veazies mill on
Friday last, and was drowned. He was a
steady, industrious man, about so years of age,
. and leaves a wife and several children.
~"Dixie," the Richmond correspondent
of the Jackson Appeal says that as matter
of pardonable curiosity, he asked fashionable
tailor what he would charge him for plain
suit of black clothes, to which he meekly re-
piled, 1.-TWO hundred and fifty dollarsr'
sB-A new gun has been made in England
which weighs twenty-five tons, and is twelve
feet six inches long. 1t is to carry a 900 pound
ball. Our fifteen inch guns weigh nearly as
much the new English gun, are fifteen feet
long and throw shell weighing APO pounds.
sg-'We wish our sprightly, racy contempo-
rary of the Lewiston Journal would couch
his 'ocals" in such plain phrase, that prosa-
ic editor like ourself could make them out
with little less trouble. He talks about
"girl No. 1" and girl No. 2" and spiritual
evidence" and we find it impossible when we
get through reading to tell 'what's the mat
ter"
L. "Carleton" of the Boston Journal, in
his report of the battle of Charlottesville,
says, "Hooker's plan was to fight defensive
battle. He knew that the enemy must attack
him or retreat. 1t was his intention to re-
ceivc the attack, let jackson do his utmost
till exhausted, and then he would begin the
advance, bring in his fresh divisions and cut
the retiring force TO pieces. All of his move
ments from the moment Of leaving Falmouth
were with this object in view"
sr"R. C. C."-Ridiculous Conceited Cuss
in the Argus, deals backhanded blow at
Hooker, and intimates that he is lacking in
ability. One thing is sure; Hooker has be-
trayed an amount of bravery, daring and cour-
age that no one was ever deluded enough
TO claim for Little Mac; he has shown equal
ability 10 conduct retreat, and he has gained
one of Macs most brilliant victories-that is,
he has advanced upon the enemy's strong po-
sition to find-he bird founl What better
evidence of great strategic generalship can
Mcclellan man ask for?
some people. Our neghbors of the Argus
can no more avoid finding fault and growing
than a dog can avoid scratching when covered
with fleas. 1t comes natural to them. There
is nothing positive about them. Everything
they do or say is negative. They wouldn't do
this and they wouldn't do that. they find fault
with everything and suggest nothing, only
defects in other peoples acts. They can see
notes at forty rods in other peoples eyes, but
beams in their own eyes large enough TO tim
Der out an ordinary frigate they seem to be
unaware of. Well, they can't help it. They
hhN iauie ~ ehS GU 10 hocioteu' AhSy Yum
plain that he is lazy won't fight, say that he
needs master, but when Gen. Hunter puts
him into the ranks and max es him work or
fight, they say he is cruelty treated! he
comes north and suffers, they berate the aboli-
tionists because they have no sympathy-"na-
ry a bowel of compassion and allow him to
suffer. II the abolitionists do aid him, as in
the care of Sims in Boston, they then talk
about the Niger being exalted above the
white men, and receiving superior favor.
"Why was all this money given to the niger
Sims?' Why not have given it to the poor?"
Such in substance, is the complaint - the old
complaint of Judas-Why this waste of oint-
ment! why not have sold it for three hundred
pence and given it to the poorl The complaint
was made by a thief who wanted the three
hundred pence to put in the bag that he car
ried, that he might have so much the more to
embezzle. We draw no parallels - we make
no applications.
sB-The Argus INDUCES in some aninad-
versions upon the city government in connec-
ton with the honors paid to the remains of
the gallant Gen. Berry, which are entirely un-
called for. The Mayor had no information
that the remains were to pass through this
city till after IL oclock-a brief half hour
before their arrival Mt the depot The arrange