The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-09-27

EE"Another Lincoln Ratification meeting,
in the Shenandoah Valley" said an entnuslas.lc
Republican, upon receipt of the great Victory
byGen. Sheridan; and from the long faces ana
eium looks of the Mcclellan men, it was evident
thew regarded those reports as the death kneL OF
Cbicagoism. Lawrence American.
srAustrian papers acknowledge that diff
cuItes-haye arisen in the settlement of the
Danish question, and say. that England, France
and Russia are working together with view
10 save North Schleswig to Denmark and to
effect the re- union of the Duchies with that
power.
H5rA portion of the Inebriate asylum at Bing-
bamton. N. ", was consumed by fire last Friday
evening. Fortunately the main building, with
the south wing, is not damaged, and the loss,
which Is estimated at about 500, 900 is July
covered by insurance The ruined wing will be
speedily rebuilt.
EHolders of pork are in a most uncomforta-
BILE state, with gold dropping down from ten to
twenty per cent daily. Flour spectators are
notmuch better off. We advise those who are |
holding on to potatoes, butter, ETC., for big |
price. to hustle them in to market before they go
down to a low figure, as they surely will
gHIn the list of deaths of Maine soldiers in
the hospitals in and around New York, during
the week ending Sept 22d, we find the follow
ing: Moses H. Judkins, 9th; Nekon Mccall, A,
sth Thos B. Perkins, F. 18th; Fred. A. Wey-
mouth 3lst; Woodbridge Webb, died at Fort
Columbus. NAOs
ERev DIR. Todd, of Pitts6eld, Mass, has
sent to the Christian Commission the sum of
SIS, 34I. 80, which has been raised in Berkshire
through his influence and labors. About $500 of
ii was given by the operatives in the factories in
Pittsfield, and 81 1856 OF are the proceeds of q
children fair.
~ From present indications the call for men
now being filed is the last the government will
be under the necessity of making. Those pat
riotic young men who have been intending to
do something for their country before the war
was brought to close, will find no better time
than now to rally round the flag.
gThe Machias Republican says Washington
| County has done nobly in this election. She has
done better than last year, which was not expec-
| ted by the most sanguine. Considering the
superhuman exertioDs made by the other side.
and the liberal offers of money to voters, we
have done noble work for human progress
and freedom. 5sg as
E"F. o. ]. s." says it was a6lunder of his
in coming out fer Lincoln. The Union men
greatly rejoice to hear it. They felt in view of
supposed close communion as the Missionary did
when the greasy Nubian attempted to hug him;
that the embrace would be altogether too over
| towering.
| HIt is amusing to hear the Democrats COM
mending Geo. B. Mcclellan as statesman;
man who never held civil office of 80 much i'm
4 portance as selectman Of a town or Justice of
the Peace. and yet heis candidate for Chief Mag
istrate, made SO by party which was unsparing
in its abuse of Gen. Taylor, because he had no
experience of matters in ciyillife o4A
EThe Bates Manufacturing company, Lew
iston, in addition to two mills. of about 80. 900
spindles, has recently put in operation o wooden
mill containing eight sets Of machinery. Its
profits the past year on sales amounting to 3d.
1877 800 have been $2s7 ,OO0 or upwards of % per
cent. on the capital, 20 per cent of which has
been paid to the stockholders in two semi- annual
dividends.
81 The ringleader of the pirates who seized
the steamers on Lake Erie is q man named Chas
H. Cole He appeared in Cleveland about six
weeks ago, made large display of gold, en-
tered into negotiations for the purchase of two
schooners, pretended to be very loyal. made the
acquaintance of the officers of the United States
steamer Michigan, gave them suppers, and crea-
ted sensation generally.
R-At Manassas Gen. Mcclellan displayed his
prowess by being held in check. 1SO, 900 strong,
by handful of rebels manning fertilization
| e,uo.dad 18th ,.on,Jo,, n,,se Mupconss Hin
he distinguished himself in similar way by hal
ting and shoyefling before stove pipe battery
These were achievements in military affairs never
dreamed of by Napoleon; never attempted by q
Field Marshal
t. RMcClellan is thirty-seven years of age 1t
has been discovered, says an exchange, that this
is very unfortunate age for genius. 1t is the
age when precocity dies. Byron died at thirty
kseven. So did Burns and Raphael Geo. B.
Mcclellan will be added to the number on the
sth of Nov. He can't survive that point. The
wooden gun and stove pipe hero will then be laid
low. HIS last battle will then be fought; hislast
sleep will then be commenced
give read frequently in the police records
that officer so-and-so made q descent upon some
obscure shop in an obscure street. This may all
be well, but why pass by the more conspicuous
offenders A friend had occasion o few even
ngs since to wait half an hour in the Office Of
one of our second class hotels. and while doing
80 counted twenty-nine young men, in that
short period, making straight wake for the
liquor room. ~
Some people do not understand why Rob't
c. Winthrop, the old Websterian Wing, should
now descend to the platform of Rynders and
Fernando Wood. They forget that he is man
of disappointed hopes and soured spirit; that he
could not endure to see such men as Charles Sum-
ner and Henry Wilson occupying posts in the
United States Senate, while he was passed by.
So, instead of standing firm with Everett, he
goes down, down. down among the filth and
slime of copperheadism. to become the COM
panion of men stepped in damning infamy.
- The Chicago Journal says: "Rev. DR..
Evans related in his sermon last Sunday the fol-
lowing incident: The spot in our lake can be
pointed out to you where young lieutenant Of
the United States army was once well nigh
drowned He went down, as it was supposed, for
the last time, when assistance reached him. He
was rescued, and after much difficulty restored
to consciousness. That young lieutenant is now
the President of the insurgent 'Confederacy'-
Jefferson Davis There is an old proverb which
says she who is born to be hanged will never be
Al