The Portland daily press., 1864-09-10
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

81 An attempted copperhead ratification
meeting at Augusta a few nights since, proved
perfect failure.
e Mrs. Doe. of Athens, was thrown from
wagon in Cornvlle one day last week, and con-
siderably injured.
II Chas II. Chandler, of Foxcroft, has OBJ
tanned patent for improved mode of forming
screws.
~ The Democrats are offering to bet that
Mr.. Lynch will not get thousand majority,
thus concedng his election.
- The Pennington Chronicle claims 500
majority in Franklin county, on Monday next,
for the Union ticket.
~ The pirate steamer Georgia, captured off |
Lisbon by the U. s. steamer Niagara, is to be /
sent to Boston.
81 The Argus says the Press did not publish |
Gen. Frem ont's letter of acceptance. Rip Van
Wrinkle had better rub his "specs'' and he will |
stand corrected.
~ Market Square being too small for the
copperhead meeting on Thursday evening, the
crowd adjourned to Deering Hall, and filed it,
nearly half full
~ Donald c. McRuer, ESD, a prominent
merchant of San Francisco, son of Dr. McRuer,
of Bangor, has been nominated for Congress
by the Union men of theSouthern District
n The authoress of the Little Prudy Sto-
ries, ;" popular series of Juvenile works, the
Maine Farmer says, is understood to be Maine
lady. Miss Rebecea Clarke, of Norridgewock.
" The Chicago platform says the war has
continued four years. We would like to know
4. r.
Jeemes Buchanan was commander-in-chief.
~ Senator Wilson has completed, and has
now in press, history OF the legislation of Con-
gress during the present administrative term,
upon the subject of slavery and emancipation.
B-Prof Griffin, of the Mathematical Depart
ment of Lawrence University, Wisconsin, offers
himself as a substitute recruit, provided $1,000
can be raised to pay his debts. /.
r The Belfast Age says thieves are infesting
that city. A shoe store was broken open on
Sunday night and considerable quantity of
boots and shoes stolen therefrom
" The Belfast Journal says the motion to
quash the indictment against its editor, (Mr.
SIMPSON, was argued at Bath, and the decision
reserved to the December term of the Court
e. The story that Gen. Mcclellan offered his
sword to the South before he did to the Govern
ment, rests on Democratic authority. II came
from one of the Democratic papers at Richmond
| the Dispatch, we think.
g At Union caucus in Bath, on Thursday
| evening, Capt. Geo. F. Patten and Reuben
Hunt, Esq, were nominated for Representa-
/ tiyes. Capt. James Drummond declined re-
nomination.
81 The General Knox, owned by Thomas
| S. Lang. of vassalboro', won the race at the
New England Fair in Springfield, on Wednesday
last. The race was for purse of 500. The
best time made was 2.3l l-2.
n The original members of the sth Maine
regiment, numbering about lifty-four men, ar.
rived in Washington on Wednesday from the Ar
my of the Potomac, to be mustered ont, their
! term of service having expired
81 The Cumberland County Temperance As
ISOLATION viii hold aconvention at South Stand
ish on Wednesday next, Sept. l4th. Able advo-
Gates OF the cause win be present and address
| the meeting. 81 m
y Col. b. Kinds. now acting as Military
/ Agent for the State of Maine, in Washington,
| was presented recently. by several gentlemen,
I II
appreciation of his valuable services.
/ - The South-side Democracy Of tie First
District will find the ''Sweat'' upon their ticket
| Oh Monday night ''cold and clammy,''a sure
sign of the approaching dissolution of the par
| ty that put him in nomination.
y The New York World unblushingiy says
/ the resaptnred slave, who has served in our Tn
ion srmies aud worn the uniform of an Amer
'ican soldier, loses nothing BY being returned
to slavery - This is copperheadisn,.
e Five drunken fellows undertook to get
possession of the down train on the Concord
apd Manchester Railroad on Monday last. Con-
ductor Gale was severely cut about the head in
the melee, but succeeded in bringing the ''rsb-
els to terms.
r Mr.. T. S. Lang, of yassalboro', owner
of the winning horse" Gen. Knox',-at SPRING
field, has been offered so, 900 for the horse. bv
Reuben s. Denney, of Watertown, who raised
him, and sold him to Mr.. Lang when three
years old for $1,000.
- An army correspondent thinks General
Howard is worthy the title Of the American
Havelock." Every Sunday he presents his com
plments to his general officers and their stats,
and invites them to attend divine service at his
headquarters.
y The Liverpool Post says that the seizare
of the '6eorgia" gives very general satisfaction
on Change there. 1t appears probable that
the seizure was perfectly legal, as the vessel
could not, according to law, be sold in British
port.
y The frigate Brandywine which was burn
ed at Norfolk, with from $500 900 to 81 900 900
worth Of stores had the honor of bearing the
cherished Lafayette over the Atlantic to his ma
tive country on his return from his last Wait to
the United States. For some years she has been
store ship.
R The copperheads OF a town in this State
having been terribly stung by the arguments
presented at the Union meetings held in the
place. and not being able to meet Argument
with argument, took well-hlled hornets nest
to the meeting for the purpose Of breaking it
up, but they didn't succeed.
y The treatment Of Federal prisoners at An
jacksonville, Ga, where there are about Is 900.
is said to exceed in cruelty and brutality any
thing which we have heard or read concerning
the Libby prison at Richmond. fully confirming
the statement that We are at war with barbarians
and monsters in hnman shape.
II The most brutal outrages have recently .
been committed by one portion of the students
OF Harvard College upon another. As the Fac
ulty is powerless, it may be necessary for young
men who are about to enter that College u take |
with them one Of Colts revolvers, and use it if |
such brutal outrages are attempted on them.
y The Superintendent of the burial of the
dead at City Point, Virginia, has published . /
list OF all the interments of soldiers made under /
his inspection during last month, in which we |
find the following names of Maine men: Adjt. |
W. D. Alleyne, 2ist; Edward ". Eldridge X, |