The Portland daily press., 1864-06-07
Letter from the State Capital.

AUGUSTA, June a, 1854.
To fAe Editoraf the Press:
The following commissions were issued yes
terday. viz:
Thirtieth Regiment Iafantry.-Royal K.
Whitman, OF Turner, Lieut.. Colonel; George
N. Randall, Of Yarmouth, Major; John c.
Kendall, of Freeport, Captain Co. E.; Charles
+. Larrabee, of Portland, Adjutant; Henry
Granville, of Bangor, I'd Lieut.. Co. d; Geo.
A. Green, vf New Gloucester, I'd Lieut..
Co. Z.
Official notice has been received Of the iol-
lowing discharges:
Discharged for disability.-2d Lieutenant
Horace G. Jacobs, Co. G. 9th Regt.
Deceased.-lst Lieut. Henry o. Ripley, Co
B, 4th Regt.
Resigned.-Surgeon Enoch Adams, l4th
Regt.
Reduced to Ranks.-2d Lieut.. Erastus K.
Shaw, Co. X, 9th Regt. =
The first installment of our wounded ar
rived last night. There were about two hun
dred of them, and they were 10 excellent
spirits and had borne the journey well. They
were given handsome reception, and an ex-
cellent collation. was in readiness for them at
the depot. 1t is Camp Fry, instead Of Camp
keyes, which has been turned over for their
use to the medical department, and the Vet
eran Reserve Corps has been transferred to
Camp Keyes.
Hon. bion Bradbury is in town.
A conspiracy was discovered among the
deserters confined in the Jail here, night be-
fore last, to overpower the guard and make
their escape. 1t was promptly quelled.
Yours truly, HELIoss
o AUGUSTA, JUNE Q, 1854.
To the Editor Of the Pres:
The following appointments have been
made to-day, wiz
NINTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
. Zina Ii. Robinson Of Bath, Colonel, George
F. Granger Of Calais, Lieut.. Colonel, Joseph
Noble of Augusta, Major.
Official notice has been received Of the fol-
lowing discharges:
Resigned, Colonel Sabine Emery, 9th regi-
ment.
For promotion, Private Joseph Leavitt
Co. G, 9Th regiment.
Dismissed. Surgeon Josiah F. Day, Jr,
29th regiment, 1st Lieutenant Albert E.
Kingsley, Co. X. 10th regiment, Surgeon Jo-
siah Carr, Both regiment. Lieutenant S. C.
Stout, 3oth regiment.
These last four are dismissed by direction
of the President for passing and mastering in
to service one recruit for each regiment "who
was manfestly unfit for military dnty." Pro-
baby when the whole matter is ventilated
properly these officers will not be allowed to
leave the service. Lieut.. s. C. Stout is a mis-
print for Sumner N. Strout of company E.,
who was killed on the 9th Of April last, at
the battle Of Pleasant Hill, La, doing his duty
nobly. He has been discharged from all
earthly service by a higher power than the
War Department.
The Governor Is in receipt Of letter from
the Secretary of the Navy in which he says
the United States Steamer "Agawam" has
been temporarily ordered to Portland 70 re-
cruit men. There is a prominent Receiving
Ship at Kittery where recruits can be mus
Iered in and receive their bountes. Com
handing officers OF Rendezvous and Receiv-
ing Ships will be directed to adopt the blank
form suggested by the Adjutant General Of
the State.
For the information OF persons who have
| lost friends in General Buffers command and
who desire 10 recover their remains, it may
be well to state that by General Orders and
| for Sanitary reasons, no bodies win be disin-
/ TERED in that department until the first of
| October. 1t Is understood that the same rule
| is in operation In General Grants army.
Yours truly, HELIos.