The Portland daily press., 1864-09-21
gAmOng the lucky fellows who drew prizes

gAmong the lucky fellows who drew prizes
in the Baldwin lottery at the Provost Marshal's
Office on Monday last, was Mr. Milliken, Demo-
cratic Representative for that town and Standish
He drew suit Of blue and Springfield rife.
- Martin II. Freeman, pure African, ma
tive of Vermont and graduate of Midllebury
college. sailed from New York for Liberia. We'd
nesday. He is to be professor in the new col
lege at Liberia. For the last twelve years Mr..
Freeman has been connected with school for
colored people at Allegheny City. Pa.
y Henry A. Sheldon, eldest son of Rev. DR..
Sheldon, of Wateryille, who graduated with the
highest honors at the late commencement at Har-
ward College, has been appointed by Gov. An
drew lieutenant in one of the colored regi-
ments Of Massachusetts,, and has left to join his
regiment in South Carolina.
gThe Washington Republican of Tuesday,
! says: "While the magnificent Lincoln and John
son flag that floats over Pennsylvania avenue,
near Ninth street, was being raised this afternoon
| abystander asked, is that Mcclellan flag p
when another bystander replied, '.No-ifs the
{, flag Of our Union "
VProf. Lowe made successful ascension at
St. John ON Friday last The highest altitude
attained was about mile, and the Balloon de-
scended near the new Loeb Lomond Road, about
miles from the city. In descending the Balloon
caught in the top of tree, but we learn that
it sustained very trihing damage.
B-The copperhead journals are excessive in
their bitterness against Gen. CAN'T, because,
having been rebel General he deserted that
cause and is now lsboring for the Union and
Freedom. While he continued q rebel General
and fought against the Union they had no hard
word to say of him.
Y The Portsmouth Chronicle says Lieut.
Geo. L. Hodgdon, of that city, OF U. S. Veteran
Reserve Corps, has recently been appointed by
Gen. Rosecrans, Judge Advocate of General
! Court Martial permanently convened at st.
Louis, Mo-, where he has been stationed for
some months.
VThe Providence Journal says an officer OF
a Maine regiment arrived in that city, Friday
/ even ng from the front. He says the army fully
believes that Gen. Grant is now in position to
! crush Lee at the next demonstration. Every
| day signs of rebel weakness are perceptible. He
reports that the feeling in the army is strong for
Lincoln, and against the submission platform
adopted at Chicago.
81 The younger Dumas, cruelty sstirical and
often unjust, makes this remark: "For the sake
! Of women, men dishonour themselves, ruin
themselves, kill themselves; and in the midst Of
this universal carnage, the creature who brings
it to pass has only one thought in her mind,
which is to decide whether she shall dress herself
so US to look like an umbrella or dinner bell. -
ETA treaty for the amelioration OF the con-
diton of wounded soldiers of armies in the field,
based ON the promptingsof our common human
ity, was recently signed at Geneva, Switzerland,
by the representatives of France, Spain, Italy
Prussia, Saxony. Belgium, Denmark. Holland
wurtemburg, Baden and Switzerland. Wehops
a similar policy viii be adopted by the Federal
and Confederate authorities.
V The following deaths of Maine soldier:
took place in the hospitals in the vicinity of New
York, during the two weeks ending the 18Th
inst; Geo. W. Benson, Gray. 3oth Robert II
Doughty, Woodstock, do; Benz. Barrett
Woodbury., LIST Vet. Cav; v. 4. Flanders
Bethel. do. G. W. Foster, Freeman, 18th
Thomas Hubbard, SD; L. J. May, 10Th; David
Mitchell. Litch6eld. 3oth; b. Perow, 3lst; I
\ Tweedie. LIST d. C. Cavalry.
gTbe st. John Globe says there was quite q
furry of excitement the Boston boat wa
about to leave ON Thursday morning, in conse-
| quence of boy attempting to take passag
without the consent of his father. policeman
went on board just as the boat was leaving ane
was carried across the harbor. but the boat pu
back leaving the policeman and the boy. 1t wa
said that a recruiting agent had something to do
with the boy rs leaving.