The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-09-16

ORIGINAL And SELECTED

The Congregational society of Gardiner
are remodelling and repairing their church.
RThc copperhead papers insist that the sol
diers are all for "Little Mac, ;" and yet denounce
he policy that allows them to vote
R-The Viennese have adopted the custom OF
inserting photographs covered with glass, OF
deceased persons on their tomostones.
sxTbe 18th Maine regiment now forms part
of the I'd Army Corps, commanded by Maj.
Gen. Hancock.
rxTbe Fair OF the Franklin County Agricul-
! tural Society, viii be held at Pennington, Oct
. 18th and 18TH
| Fyrhe attempt Of the rebel Gen. Wheeler to
cut off Gen. Sherman's communication is an
utter failure.
~ fhe city of Atlanta is to be used solely for
military purposes; no manufacturers or traders
allowed.
BrIhe schooner .0pechee'' from Toledo with
wheat, is supposed to have foundered with all
on board in Lake Erie
81 The first vote in Dover, says the Bangor
Wing. against soldiers voting was given by
James s. Wiley, pension and bounty agent.
sB There is man in Chcopee. Mass, who
makes three barrels of hair pins day by ma
chinery.
gw What is the difference between Gen. sey-
mourand Gov. Seymour? One is Truman Sey-
mour and the other is not.
81 A pile Of boards belonging to N. o.
NJ .tcheli in Gardiner, valued at 800, was de-
stroyed by fire on Monday morning last
B At the late meeting of the Trustees of
Bates College it was voted to appropriate $500
annually for the purchase of books for the
| library.
q The next elections are those in Indiana
Ohio and Pennsylvania, all of which elect State
officers on the second Tuesday (the llth) Of Oc-
tober.
- The next meeting Of the Cumberland
County Temperance Association win be at Dun
stan Corner, Scarboro. On Wednesday, sth
inst
81 Commodore Geo. T. Pearson, comman-
dant at the Naval Station at Kittery, has been
selected to relieve acting Rear Admiral Bell of
the Pacific Squadron.
ETA bachelor of thirty-seven years stand
ing has besn fined ten dollars in Canada. not for
| playfully kissing neighbours wife, but for tel
ling of it, Good enough for him.
- A widow woman in Lowell, named Joanna
Donovan, was found dead in her house ON Tues
day morning, supposed to have fallen q victim
to strong drink. She has two sons in the navy.
give are requested to call attention to the
article. under head Of Especial notices." signed
/ BY c. E. Kimban, OF the N. Y. Montreal Life In
surance Co.
| BThe Pennington Chronicle says Rev. p
Jaques Of that town has obtained permission to
leave his charge for some six weeks to engage
in the work Of the Christian Commission.
EGideon Dexter and Benjamin Foster of
Dover, aged 81 respectively. rode miles in open
carriages through the drenching rain of Monday
to vote for Gov. Cony.
8-"The soldiers for Mcclellan says the
Advertiser, and yet the Advertisers candidate
for Governor, voted against allowing the SOL
diers to vote
BThe Argus simply gives the list OF Demo-
cratic members elected to the legislature, omit
/ ting the Union men. This is an economical use
of types
| HA mouse recently Travelled 600 feet on
telegraph wire in Chicago. having passed out
OF the window Of the telegraph office to the
wire.
81 The New York Herald states that on Wed
nesday and Thursday Of last week no less than
thirty-six vessels, having on board about ten
thousand tons of coal, arrived at that port from
the Island Of Breton, Gulf of ST. Lawrence.
81 The enthusiasm for Mcclellan in this
state is literally overwhelming; it has over
whelmed all his friends, shaken down their tenn
pie and buried them in the ruins SO deep that ex-
trication is impossible.
e The Argus persists in its thankfulness
that New England may be overruled by New
York Five Point bullies and ignorant PennsyI-
vania Dutchmen. We advise its editor to take
up his abode with these congenial spirits.
RAn agent at Paris, of the Sultan, has been
arrested for advertising for" Pearls said pearls
being in reality young women intended for the
sultan harem, More than hundred photo
graphs were found upon the criminal.
The Maine Farmer viii increase its sub
scrption price Oct. LIST to S2.50 in advance;
| $500 IL not paid in six months. The Farmer
has, probably, the largest circulation of any
paper in the state.
81 Funny, isn't it, that the Democratic
papers are publishing and copying items to
show that their candidate for the Presidency is
not traitor Did Washington, or Jefferson,
or Jackson's friends feel called upon to do SINH
lar work.
Erin printing the votes for South Thomas
ton an error was made in the insertion OF the
name Of James G. Blaine instead of Frederic A.
Pike for Representative from the Fifth District
As II happens it does not affect the result, al
though Mr., Pike loses go votes in consequence.
VWe learn that the Temperance Convention
At South Standish, on Wednesday, was well
attended, and the speaking earnest and hopeful.
Persons from abroad were well provided for, the
friends of the cause in the neghborhood only
regretting that they had not more to entertain.
/ - The Presidential election is fixed by law
to take place on the Tuesday following the first
Monday in November, and not the first Tuesday
as many suppose. This year the first Monday
not coming till the It'll, the election takes place
on the second Tuesday. which is the sth.
| q When the rebels were in Hagerstowp.
| Maryland, they broke open the jail, and released
| the prisoners. One Cromer, confined ON a charge
OF murder, they took with them, but he made
his escape and returned to Jail, saying, he would
rather be hung than 60 with such a set of cut
throats
ga few days ago, JEFF. Davis, in company
with Bragg, arrived at Macon, where he made a
speech, in which he said that Atlanta was the
most vital part of the Southern Confederacy;
that reinforcements had arrived, and would con-
tinus to arrive until the safety Of the city was
beyond question.
q Owing to aplarality Of appetites among
the peace men" of Waterville, the ovation de-
signed for Gen. Mcclellan. the Mail says, was
devoted to more worthy hero, g General
Knox" 1t was thought safer to give it to one
who had never lost, than to one who never won
and never will