The Portland daily press., 1864-09-08
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

Presidency"
. Hiram Barney has resigned his position
as Collector of New York, and Simeon Draper
has been commissioned in his stead.
II Hayti is improving rapidly under repub-
lican rule Less crime, less debt, more cotton
and better morals.
/. Goodwin Hobbs, of North Berwick,
has been appointed an Acting Assistant Pay |
master in the Navy.
~ The Belknap Gazette, published at Laco-
mia, N H., announces that its publication will
cease this week.
~ Among the new counterfeits are 81 on the
New Ipswich, New Hampshire, bank, raised
from Is.
II Miss Major Cushman is quite i'll in Bos-
ton. and i. not able to fulfill her engagements in
this State this week
IF The Massachusetts, Union State Convention
will be held at Worcester on the 18th inst. Gov.
Andrew will probably be nominated for re-elec-
ton by reclamation.
II Forty thousand slaves were employed in
building the defences of Atlanta. That power
is rapidly changing from the Confederate to the
Federal side.
81 Sallie NJ. Monroe, NJ. D., Of New Berlin,
n. Y, adopts the masculine attire throughout
She says it is better adapted to the active duties
Of her profession.
81 The premature announcement that Joseph
B. Morss had retired from the editorship of the
Boston Traveller, gave him an opportunity Of
seeing some pleasant things in type.
81 The MeClellanites on the stump and else
bax Hall al AZ
never be taken. 1t never would have been taken
if Sherman had adopted Mcclellan course.
- For o correct description Of the Chicago
Convention, together with good advice for the
wel-meaning ones who may be present-see 1st
Timothy, chapter Sd, verse S.
e II the soldiers are nearly all for MeClel-
Ian, why are the Democrats almost universally
opposed to their having an opportunity of vot-
ing for him.
n The quota of Massachusetts, having been
filled. and that of Maine and New Hampshire SO
nearly filled as to render it quite certain there
will be no draft, the price Of substitutes is drop
ping of.
HProf Goodwin Smith of Oxford Universe
| ty, in speech at the centennial celebration Of
Brown University spoke eloquently in behalf of
the poular feeling of the English people in favor
of the cause Of the American Government.
81 How strangely and puzzled JEFF. Davis
must have felt when he held in one hand the
Chicago Conventions sniyelling second resolu-
ton, and in the other Hoods despatch announc-
ing his defeat and the loss of Atlanta
sYJennie June, in her recent Talks on Wo-
mems Topics" says that in almost every instance
where man marries sensible woman, it is af-
ter he has met with severe disappointment in
not marrying fool
81 The Argus says the "Claquer'' did no,
have a gold-headed cane, but instead thereof. a
cotton umbrella" We stand corrected, and
rejoice to hear that the Claquer had one element
of democracy about him.
81 Capt. Makee. New England settler OF
the Sandwich Islands where he has large sugal
plantation, has sent two hundred barrels o
molasses to DR.. Bellows at San Francisco. fol
the Sanitary Commission. The article sold fol
$4,000 in gold.
n A Washington correspondent of the Bos
ton Herald says that the draft under the last cal
viii not take place for two or three weeks Il
come. II will require some time TO arrange tn
credits for naval enlistments, ETC., and to rear
range the several quotas under the draft.
r Mr.. Sweat sncered at imported speaker
the other night; last night all the speakers adj
vertised to speak at the copperhead meetin:
we're imported. But they were of cheap kinS
ly worth smuggling.
RFour hundred sick and wounded officer
and men, from the Lynchburg and Richmond
prisons, arrived at Annapolis on Tuesday. The,
are in terrible emaciated condition and tell hare
stories of their barbarous treatment by the reb
els
HAll officers and silariei employees connect
ed with the Provost Marshars department ar
prohibited from engaging in any manner in tn
business of furnishing substitutes under the pen
atty of dismissal, and such other punishment a
the offence may require.
- Capt. Geo. A. Preble, Of Bath, patriot
ic citizen past the age required for military ser
vice, has had mustered into the service a repre-
sentative recruit. The Lewiston Journal say
it is the only instance Of the kind in the ID Dis
trict.
" The meetingin Faneuil Hall, Boston, OF
Tuesday evening, to celebrate the recent yicto
r.es, was one Of the largest and most enthusas
tic that has been held in that city for years
Speeches were made by Gov. Andrew. Senator
Wilson, Senator Sumner, Hon. Geo. F. Boutwel
and others.
R-The Sophomore class of Harvard colleg,
INDUCED in some dsorderly acts on MondaJ
evening. They marched around the college yard
denouncing 10 severe terms the faculty and call
ing for them to 'scome out" Their indignation
was caused By the suppression OF tie annua
game OF foot ball
- The house Of Mr.. Austin. In Newton, N
! H., was destroyed by incendiary FIRE on Monday
| morning, and child eight months old persisted
! in the flames. Mr.. A. is in the army fighting
rebels. not supposng there were such fends in
his own town as applied the incendary torch to
his dwelling.
= The Philadelphia Press says John Mitch
ell, the Irish exile, and late editor Of the Rich
mond Examiner, is now serving as conscript
private in an ambulance corps of the rebel ar
/ my, after having given the life Of one of bis
| sons, and his ssn talents and influence to the
| rebellion.
y correspondence Skowhesan wrote IN
/ der the mistaken impression that the talked-oi
| thousand million foreign loan was TO be nego-
tated in England. The report said Antwerp
! OF course his animadyersions upon the matter
| are not pertinent, being made on false idea OF
/ the fact.
/ e On Friday OF last week, il having been
reported that the majority of the sick snl
wounded officers at Annapolis Hospital were OPP
1 posed to Mr.. Lincoln, vote was taken as fol
lows: Lincoln. 237; Mcclellan, 80; Fremont, l..
This is fair expression Of the feeling of the en-
tire army, the eastern portion Of which is we'll
represented at this hospital.
RItis suggested that the perpetual Chicago
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