The Portland daily press., 1864-10-31

perienced in Montreal q few days SINCE
20 Soldiers on detached service arc to beverly
generally called back to their regiments.
. There is now more than two feet of snow
on the White Mountains. -.s--.-s...--
ga coascript being told that it was sweet
to die forhis country, replied that he never did
like sweet things
EA deputation of U. s. officers are on their
way eastward on tour Of inspection of FORTH I
cations III A11tSS1
R-Ex-Gov. Wright of Indiana, who has been
doing good work in West Virginia, is to spend
the present week in New Jersey. go
R-The State Senate of Pennsylvania stands
10 Union to IA Democratic, and the House 60
Union to 40 Democratic. g gsme III !
The election of Voorhees, in Indiana will
be contested, his majority having been evidently
obtained by fraud. gI-snssl ssae-4 4o sygl sva,
B-The missionary ship, John Williams, was
recently wrecked ON . reef in the Pacific. No
lives were lost. 81 Per 19sg'i3o
- Gen. Warren has returned to the Army of
the Potomac, and taken command of the Fifth
Corps. q q a@sas v aoeie
BAmong the recent deaths by yellow fever
at Newbern, N. c., is John EIkins,a trader, sup
posed to be from Belfast. aasl III
R--The terminus of the New Y ork steamers of
the Bay Statel line, will hereafter be Newport in
stead of Fall River. 'soao' tsS $3.50 gbso
ga farmer in Oxford County raised 1900
pounds of hops the past season.. for which he
has been offered 50 cents pound >SA
" 81" Mr. Smthers, how can you sleep SO
The sun. has been up for two hours swell,
what il he has (hic) I? Hegoes to bed at dark,
whilePm on a bender till midnight"
- The widely -known revivalist Rev. Jedediah
Burchard, diedat his residence in Adams, Jeffer-
sou Co. N Y, on Sabbath morning, Sept 25th,
aged 70 years..
| ~ Miss Harriet Eastman, of Kensington, n.
H., was obadly burned by her clothes taking fire
on Tuesday evening, last week, that she is not
expected to recover yiaa ISL.
EVA potato of the orono variety, which
weighed four pounds and seven ounces, has been
raised b. Daniel Osgood of West Andover,
! Mass. ssesai.ga8 ieinssieg 4s
y 90 Thirty -four Federal officers, captured at
Cedar Creek, arriy ed in Richmond on the 10th
Among them we're Lieuts. P. G. Knapp and F.
Fl. Chase, LIST Me- THagia9N
80 The friends of Mcclellan say his failures
were in consequences Of his not being reinforced.
He win meet with the most decisive failure Of all
from the same cause, on the 9Th of November.
Gg Among the patients in the hospital at
Portsmouth Grove are four ordained ministers
and several graduates of colleges, all non-com-
missioned officers or priyates. W.
e. Canadian writer can see no CLEAN of
light unless Mcclellan is elected. Rebels and
their sympathizers generally have hung their
last hopeon that event. 81 LlI1I4c2N-f AZ
80 The steamer Roanoke. burned by confed-
crate pirate, was owned by Messrs Ludlam,
Heineken s. Co., of New York, and was valued
at $2O0, 000 saso q R5s Ed 1870 81
20 The rebel governors, ineonference assem-
bed, resolved that there is no cause for discour-
agement. They are bound to keep swhistling
until the executioner deprives them Of the
power. r y-r-rr krFfA reFrNr
- Mrs. Phebe Lord died at her residence in
Kennebunkport, Oct IS, aged "a years. One
of the sons of this excellent Christian lady is
4 Charles A. Lord. Esq, editor of the Christian
.Mirror.ztIy 1 NHaCBEAG
+ 80 The Calais .Aduertiser says Mr. Fleming of
Princeton, and,ateam of two horses belonging
to Hessrs. Fl & A. Bates, Of which he was the
driver, were drowned in Long Lake on Friday
week. 7goA s,aM saasqqst 49,
~ James Cobb, one of Gen. Howard's secret
scouts, who was captured by the enemy at the
commencement ofthe campaign, has just re1urn-
ed to camp after long and severe confinement
IN rebel prisons. Hewas to have been hung on
the Friday after his escape F,,a .n
% The Rebel Congress meets the 7th of Nov. !,
the day before cur Presidential election. We
think they will hear some sad news in the course
OF that week which will make them tremble. Be-
sides, Grant may be knocking at their doors
about that time.
% The opposition papers are trying to suck
some encouragement through the s.'straws'' OBJ
tanned by fraudulent returns of the soldiers
vote. They are egone suckers in spite of all
the fraud and corruption satan can aid them in
perpetrating. aR 9@0E
Ia 81 An enthusiastic meeting, was held in St.
Stephens on Saturday evening last to consider
the question Of building the St. Stephens
Branch Railroad. More than half the sum
necessary to be raised wrs subscribed during the
meeting. ssW 19I0H9 saI Nnp SSs
- We are indebted to Mr.. J. E. Hilgard, AS
sistant in charge OF the Coast Survey Office at
Washington, for the Report of the Superinten-
dent Of the Coast Survey for 1862. Its well
got-up volume, with very elaborate maps, charts,
and drawings. Aiot.
- Mr.. Edward Friend, brakeman on the
Eastern railroad, while shifting some cars at
Gloucester, on Friday morning, was instantly
killed by being jammed between the couplings.
He was resident Of Beverly, Mass, and leaves
awife and two children 50 saas, hEa.stea
% The de mocratic managers were never
Pmore active in working under cover to mislead
the public, than now. In New Hampshire their
promiscuous campaign documents are being
sent into every family. The bite of such rep
tiles is without previous warning, and their
paths marked by nothing except their slime.
ETA Russian officer has been deprived of his
title of nobility by the Gar for fighting o duel
Cd The compound interest of one cent from the
beginning Of the world to this day would equal
in value 4,s4O,0O 900 globes of solid gold,
each as big the earth. Save your pennies, little
boy.as.ssssrss 4',.saas-ss=ss.as
/ 81 Arrangements are nearly completed by
which our government will be allowed to supply
Union soldiers in rebel prisons with food, cloth
ing, medicine, &C. lis estimated that the
rebels now hold 40 .OOOiof our men as, prisoners,
and it's hoped this arrangement will put an end
to their Undesirable suffering 9 aAr7
THE Aroostook Pioneer. says the late rains
have served to carry down the large lots Of lum-
Der which have been hung up all summer upon
ethe st. John river, in consequence Of the severe
drouth Throughout the season. COL God