The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-10-07
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was a severe wound and came near being fatal.
as we learn from the Chronicle
sH- The Portsmouth Chronicle says Mr.
| Charles Stinson, mastar carpenter at the
Portsmouth Navy Yard, was assailed by man
named Downs, on Saturday noon and severely
| injured. 4 .-..,,.-. -.
SB- 1t is reported at Washington that Gen.
Heintzelman will be placed in command of the
Department of Texas, and that General Bar
nard will succeed him in command of the De-
partment of Washington.
sB- The N. Y. Tribune says when Bragg
was asked, after his three days fight with
Rosecrans, il he intended to take Chattanooga,
he said it was impossible, as their best officers
had been killed
sg- Over 400 persons have joined the
Methodist church in one county in Missouri,
within the last two months. Slavery abol-
ished, the Methodist denomination North and
South, will be united again-why not?
% The Plymouth Sabbath School is pre-
pairing to give Henry Ward Beecher hearty
welcome home. He is expected to-day in the
Persia. but may not come until two weeks
later in the Scotia
lB- AS the last Thursday of November
OF Thanksgiving and Praise, it is probable
that the Governor and Council of each State
will unite on the same day.
1Y- Last week Brewster Young was SEN
fapaod tn ba Ctata Co., n
years by the Supreme Court in Haverhill, N.
H., for the murder OF Ralph Bishop, in June
1902.
sy- Adj. General Thomas, seeing Lieut..
Col. intoxicated, tore off his shoulder straps,
put him under guard, and dismissed him from
the service. Such summary proceedings, i
oftener adopted, would save great many dis
asters to our arms.
sr The Russian Admiral, with his fleet, is
coming to Boston by invitation of Mayor Lin
coin. Boston is extensively engaged in trade
with Russia, there being five ships on their
way to that city from Russian ports. Why
not invite him to visit Portland?
IF An arrival at New York brings the
intelligence that two more merchant ships
have been burned by pirates: the ship Ex-
press, owned by S. C. Thwng, Esq, Boston,
and Mr.. Maxcy of Portsmouth, and the Anna
F. Schmidt, owned by G. Thompson, Kenne-
bunk r &'A.
e The Brooklyn City News, says Dr.
Gum, the Health officer at that port transcen-
ded his duty and right, in causing a Portland
Brig, the Ortoan, to be towed back to Quar-
antine, because the captain refused to employ,
to his injury, the stevedores provided by DIR.
Gum.
sD-The President, Secretary of War and
Solicitor of the War Department are disposed
to so construe the law in regard to the pay of
colored soldiers raised as other soldiers are
raised, as to entitle them to the same pay. No
fair minded man can see any reason why it
should not be so.
gV-A correspondent of the Haverhil Ga
zette says he saw, in the garden of Judge
Wilmot, in Fredericton, N. B., a cucumber
that measures feet inches in length and
1-2 in through. That is rather snaky. We should
expect to see it move off, double quick, on
the approach of some one to pluck it.
sEThe following is a list of the appoint
ments to the Naval Academy from this State,
who have passed examination since Jan. 1st
1868: F. W. Sturdy, r. Clover, T. S. Doughty,
Aaron Hayden, Charles NJ. Payne, j. P. Neal,
J. NJ. Miller, W. Goodwin, c. ID. f. Head,
VIM. Wood.
~V- A suit against the New York Central
Railroad has Just been tried at the Circuit
Court at Syracuse, involving the question Of
the right of conductor to expel a passenger
from the cars for refusing to pay five cents ex-
ira demanded when payment of fare is made
in the cars. The right of the conductor to
collect the five cents extra was sustained by
the Court.
I-Hon. Henry NJ Rice, one of the Msnne-
sofa Senators in the last Congress, was urged
as candidate for Governor before the recent
Democratic Convention of that State. The
editor of the Elmira Advertiser has seen a
letter from an acquaintance in Elmira, in
which he says that he could under no crcum-
stances accept such a nomination from his
party while governed by its present disloyal
policy.
% The =" Freshman Glass" of Bowdoin
college held their election on Thursday last,lst
inst, and made choice of the following Off
GERS: President U. w. Cults; Vice President,
VIM. P. MIDGET; Orator, Grin Cobb; Poet,
&. L. Sewall; Historian, Benz. f. Brickett;
Toast Master II. NJ. Cole; Secretary, f. b.
Mildram Treasurer, J. r. Hussey Committee
on Odes, L. S. Curtis, NJ. F. Arey, r. B. En-
cry; Committee of Arrangements, w. Ii.
Chadwick, F. K. Smyth, w. II. Huntress.
V- Adj. Gen. Hodgdon passed through
this city on Friday evening, on his way from
Washington, where he has been on official
business. Gen. Hodgdon in conversation with
a friend, said the greatest activity prevailed
at Washington, and the fullest confidence was
expressed that the rebellion would soon be
crushed. Gen. II. witnessed the grand display
in New York on the occasion OF the reception
of the Russian visitors, and speaks of it as a
most magnificent affair.
sB- The question of reconstruction cannot
be Understandings discussed until the course
the rebels intend to pursue is fully understood.
When those in rebellion are ready to submit
to the righteous demands Of the Government,
it will be time to settle the conditions on which
they may come into the Union, or define the