The Portland daily press., 1864-09-29
OJsTGINAL AND SELECTED.

Constantlnople. -.~ssA---
- The colored people have decided to hold
their convention at Syracuse instead of New
York city. 1t will be on the 4th of October.
% The draft has been very generally suspen-
ded in the state for few days to allow time to
take care of recruits coming in, and to attend to
the examination of the men already drafted.
g. Mr.. Toombs, of Georgia, is again fgur-
ing in the papers. He is played out. His
strongest pint is pint of brandy.-[Pren-
tice.
RJames Gray of Sebago, was thrown from
his carriage last Wednesday and SO badly in
jured that he suryived only a few hours. He
was sixt-eight years old. "A, .,s,,.,.s.fss
Defaced postal currency notes are taken
at par by all postmasters and collectors of in
ternal revenue, provided not more than one-tenh
part of any note is missing.
RJohn Halliday, postoffice clerk in Lynn.
has been committed for trial in Boston, for pas
sing acounterfeit one hundred dollar bill of the
Pawtuxet Bank. aadi M ion s.dEEse 4aaod
EB The total value of foreign goods imported
into the port of Boston for the week ending Sept.
%, was $500, 900, against 1921 ,84s for the cor
responding week in 1868. t..5...s. -,
BA Richmond paper says 5000 Federal pris-
oners died at Andersonville during the months
of July and August. 1t is ardently hoped by
every friend of humanity, that terms Of ex-
change may soon be agreed upon. eiial lee l.l4
% The Richmond Examiner says "the final
struggle for the possession of Richmond and of
Virginia, is now near" and Immediately says of
Grant, ''he has brought up the James fifty-fye
thousand new troops s,,,-ss
John Brown, son of the Harper's Ferry
hero, who lives on Put-in-bay Island, Lake
Michigan, rendered important service in giving
information of the movements of the rebel pi-
rates last week.
R We see it reported in the papers, though
we have not heard the fact, that Brigadier Gen
eral Neal Dow has been transferred from Buffers
army to Sheridan's, and will be Post Comman-
dant at Martinsburg. ss mo aaaa
80 The Waldo Union Musical Association will
hold its first annual session at Searsport, Tues
day, Oct. 4th, and continue in session four days,
under direction of Prof E. H. Frost, of Bos-
ton. ajso4sb silal lq to.al saad aanl tnA 80
The Press insinuates corruption in the
Provost Marshal's Office" says the Argus Not
abit of truth in the statement. The Press in
simulated corruption to defraud the Government.
in very different Office, on Middle street.
9-A beardless, briefess petifogger out West
has written two column letter to his friend in
Maine, about our national affairs, which is pub
lished in the Advertiser. Where is Daniel Pratt
and his "Gridiron''? a'sl -ss sl- % s1s
80 Frank Pierce's letter decliningto be can
date at Chicago reminds somebody of the fact
that goose always ducks his head in going
through a barn door for fear of hitting the
top.
The Western States are being thoroughly
canvassed. Among the distinguished Union
men who have taken the stump, are Messrs.
Chase, Wade, Morton, Colfax, Julian and
Ortiz. ifs 10 t8oga l1gioR s81 llt Hl
50 A detachment of the 18th Missouri Cav
airy, which captured several guerrillas and their
horses near Fayette, Missouri, recently, found
the scalps of white men fastened to the bride
of one of the horses.
% The rebel battle flag of the I'd Virginia in
fantry - the old s'Stonewall brigade = with
thirteen battles inscribed on it, was captured al
eiO OootlO VI L AouCH 11uA ny u uculUcT VI lut
9th Massachusetts, infantry. a 3 ta9a
The N. Y. Journal of Commerce says the
leading houses in the retail dry goods trade in
thatcity have marked down the bulk of their
stock twenty to thirty per cent, but even at this
decline there is less demand than there was al
the higher rate.
R-A vote for President was taken in the
Woobipcrfo,, .osI san -. a
ing result: For Lincoln whites and % blacks
For Mcclellan, 81 whites and IS blacks MAORI
ty for Mcclellan, 20. Six of the prisoners did
not care who was elected sess
R-At Democratic ratification meeting in
Lowell, a few nights since, the chairman called
for three cheers for Gen. W. T. Sherman, the only
Democratic General who has done anything
during this war. Poor Mac was thus put in
the background
The Montreal Witness says the Montreal
Ocean Steamship Co. have chartered two of thei,
vessels, finding that there is not likely to be
sufficient trade for them just now One is char
tered to the Portuguese Government, and the
other for the Mediterranean trade. al
9 The Mosby guerrillas and another gang o.
-NoSA P%ASSSAo, VIM WOAS e1hSn OOSLOI
on Friday en- route to Fort Warren. gave thret
cheers for the candidates Of the peace party as
they passed under Mcclellan and Pendleton
flag. "Birds of feather''
80 The New York World remarks that in the
conduct of the war we have had too many men
and toolttle brains. If true, the best illustra-
ton of the fact was presented by Gen. Geo. B
MoCIollan NH linz - !.
Peninsular campaign
50 The Bangor Wing says pleasant party Of
nine left the Bangor House for an excursion
among the Eastern woods and Lakes. Among
them were prominent gentlemen from Portland
Rockland, Augusta and other places 1t is ex.
pected that the air line stage will come in loaded
with venison and boxes of fish for two weeks to
come.
80 The Lewiston Journal says about one
half the machinery of the new Hill Mill No. 2,
and one-half of that in No. l, is now in opera
ton. This is about the proportion of machin-
cry in operation in most of the mills The scar
city and high price of cotton, Joined to the down.
ward tendency of goods, discourages manufac-
turing. hsA a'-.i faa
E The Argus profanes the memory of Jack
son by comparing Mcclellan to him. The con-
trast between an elephant and maggot is not
greater. Jackson was brave man, and never
finched from danger; Mcclellan is shown by off
cial testimony to be amere military mountebank,
who has always contrived to be out of all posi-
BILE danger in the hour of trial.
- Lieut.. Col. Hill, of the 18th Maine regi-
ment, returned to his home in Stetson on Sunday
last. At the battle of Deep Bottom, while in
command of the Regiment, on the last day Of
the fight and the enemy routed, a retreating rebel
fred upon the gallant Lieut.. Colonel, and splin-
tered his right arm, which was Immediately
amputated just below the elbow. He was re-
ceived by his neighbors with flags flying, and
every demonstration Of admiration and sympa-
thy. y34idi-uy 1so fl Eaaa iaI
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