Newspaper Page Text
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS. V0L- L PORTLAND, ME., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 1862. NO. 4. PORTLAND DAILY PRESS, JOHN T. OILMAN,. JOSEPH B. HALT., f U published it No. 82j EXCHANGE 8' REKT, iu FOX HI.OCR, by XWTKR, OILMAN and hall, Under the firm name of N. A. FOSTER A CO. T«rm»: Th* Portland Daily Teesr is published every morning, (Sundays excepted), at *6,00 per year in ad vance. Rates of Advertiwinc: Transient Advertisements, *1.00 per square, for three insertions or less; exceeding three, and not more than one week, *1.26 per square; 76 cent* per week alter. One square every oilier day one week, *1.00; 60 cents per week after. Exhibitions, Ac., under head of Amusements, •2.00 per square per week. Special Notices, *1.60 per square for first week, *1.00 per week after. Business Notice*, in reading columns, 12 eents per Hue for one Insertion. No charge less than filly cents. Lkoal Notice* at nsnal rate*. Advertisements inserted in the Maine State Press (which has a large circulation in every part of the State) for 8S cent* per square in addition to the above rates for each insertion. Transient advertisements must be paid for in ad vance. rp- All communicmtions intended for the paper *ho«ld be directed to the “Editor* oftkt /Veil,” and tho«e of a burincM character to tbc /'ubligherg. I'yTh© Portiaxi> Daily and Mai*k State Pkmmj Office, in Fox Block, No. 82J Exchange Street, is open at all hoars during the day and eve ning, from 7 o'clock in the morning to 9 in the •rening. or Job Printing of every description executed with dispatch; and all business pertaining to the of fice or paper promptly transacted on application as above. From the New York World. Owr Future Naval Power. We stated the other day that the Navy De partment had contracted with the shipbuilder!! and iron manufacturers of the country for the construction of a sufficient number of iron-clad vessels, to be completed by autumn, to render the United States one of the strongest naval powers on earth. The invention of the Moni tor and the conflict at Hampton Roads marked an era in the naval history of this government The service of the Monitor to the country will have been sufficient if it ends with having ac complished the great result of leading the na tion to understand the neressitv of* mrktia (in. merous and powerful navy, anil with teaching us the lesson of the superiority of iron over wood as a material of building in ever) import ant requisite of attack or defense. The people cannot complain now of any inactivity in the Navy Department in the matter of building a navy. It is not generally realized, perhaps, although the filets have been casually publish ed here and there for the last two'or three months, what vast preparations are going on in our midst in t his direction. It is a fact t hat almost every large available establishment in the country for the construction of iron-clad vessels Is now being worked night, and day with the greatest, activity. We give below a definite description oflwelve such vessels that are now building, in addition to the Monitor, Galena, and Naugatuck. A number of them will be ready by the first of August, and they will all be comiiieted during the autumn. Some of them will be of a more formidable eharifter than any now afloat in either hemis phere. We shall be by autumn the most pow ful nation oo the gloia* in the matter of an iron clad navy. The whole magnificent resources of our country in the building of such vessels have been called into use. The Department lias spoken the word, and an armor-clad navy lias been evoked with a rapidity that would fie impoaaible In any other country, and that is marvellous here. The special object of the government in this movement—aside,of course, from the paramount necessity, now so keenly felt, of possessing a navy worthy of the nation —b, to be provided with the means of main taining its authority in southern waters when the armies of the rebellion shall be dispersed and when there is no further need of any large land forces. The South is vulnerable in all parts of her territory to the approach of gun lioats, and, with every important point com manded and every avenue ofapprosch and pen etration guarded and patroled by Union ves sels, the plan of carrying on a guerrilla war fare in the swamps, which is now relied on as a last resort, will bo absurd, and impossible of execution. For those implacable secessionists who, tbr the sake of a miserable principle, would spend their lifetime in mire and marsh, nobodycould wish them a more appropriate fate. Their fair lands that lie upon the sides of the fertilizing streams will bud and blossom again under the old flag, and it matters little how long a few desperate rebeb court the so ciety of alligators. The avenues of commerce, the sources of wealth and prosperity, the thoroughfares of communication w itii the out side world, will inevitably, through federal do minion,be commanded by invincible Union iron clads, that will fear neither the navies that sail In the ocean outside, or the malcontents that nurse a vain hate among the interior marshes. [Here follows a list of the iron-clad vesseb in process of construction, with the names of tueir builders and the places where building.] TUE SIX ERICSSON BATTERIES. Capt. Ericsson lias contracted with the gov ernment to build six new Monitors. They will he constructed on the general plan of the Monitor, though it is unnecessary to state that in the building of new vessels each one will have peculiarities of its own. TTiey will Ik* much more powerful than the Monitor, though built on the same principle. Some of them will be about 300 feet in length, while the Mon itor is only 170 feet long—a difference of 130 feet In favor of the new ones. These will he, by far the. most imwerful vessels on the ocean. It is not deemi*d exjiedient to publish the de tails of their plan now, but is sufficient to know that a vessel of this size, anne.il with a l.Vinch gnn, throwing a shell of a thousand pounds weight, could very easily sink the Warrior or flloire. Each will be of 1.0S5 tons burden, 1,450 tons displacement, and 11 feet, draft. They will be armed with two 15-ineh gunsgmd the contract price is $400,000 each. Several deficiencies in the Monitor will lie rectified in these liaUeries, the pilot-house being placed on the revolving turret, and veutillaliou pass ing through the roof of the latter instead of through the dark. The turrets are 21 feet in diamuter, and 11 inches thick—which is 3 Inches thicker than the Monitor's. Their speed will Ik* ten miles per hour. The plates are being rolled in Maryland and Pennsylva nia. All tile rest of the iron for frames, fastenings, Ac., Ac., amounting to several thou sand tons, is Is'ing made by Corning, Winslow A Co., ami the Rensselaer iron Company, at their works in Troy. Four of the vessels are to Ik* completed by tbe 1st of August, and t wo by the Hrst of.September. Some twenty-eight hundred men are at work upon these six ves sels, and it is confidently believed by the eon tractor- that they will have them completed within the stipulated time. The m hole six an* intended for sea service as well as for the protection of’harbors. It is a mistaken idea to supiKise that these vessels are unfit for long voyages. The mil of the Monitor to Hampton Roads, as far a.- it proved anything, seemed to vindicate the opposite as the troth. There were some difficulties with trilling matters, such as the water breaking over the smoke-stack ami leaking through the deck, but otherwise the Monitor proved Iter self a good sea-going lsiat. Captain Ericsson claimed lor tier that she could live in a sea where any other vessel could live, as she is constructed on the principle of the life-boat, ami we have not heard of anything to invali date the truth of hb theory in regard to her. Nothing has happened yet to demonstrate that the Monitor could not make a voyage to EurojK.* with perfect safety, although we don’t know that any such ability is claimed for her. The greatest difficulty would Is; that the crew would have very dark and close quarters in the cabin. The models of the new Monitors an- slightly altered to make them much better sea boats, and to give them greater speed. They will be propellers, like the Monitor, with deck close to the water-line. The World gives a detailed description of Whitney’s new gunboat, now going up at the Dry Dock Iron Works, and of those in pro cess of construction at Jersey City, Boston, Brooklyn and Philadelphia, but the details are almost purely technical, and differ so slightly from those given above, that we do not think it worth while to copy them. The fol lowing is interesting, relating to TUE GUNS FOB THE NEW MONITOB8. The impossibility of firing a missile from the Monitor of sufficient weight to break through the sides of such a vessel as the Merrimac, led to the building of the new vessels of a size that would obviate any such difficulty. The Moni tor had 11-inch guns, firing shells weighing 1«!> pounds with about 12 pounds of powder. New guns, of a size that has never been used before in naval warfare, are being now constructed at Fort Pitt, Pa., for the new gunboats, and seve ral of them have arrived at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. One of them at the yard, alone weighs 17,202 pounds. The Scientific American speaks of this class of guns as follows: “The total length of each will be thirteen feet five Inches; depth of bore a hundred and thirty Inches; diameter of Imre fifteen inches; greatest diameter forty-eight inches; diameter at the muzzle in the rough thirty-eight inches. This muzzle, however, is to be turned off to twenty-six and a half inches, and from thence taper up to nothing at the lew line (a line struck through at the base of the cylindrical bore.) The thickness of metal outside of the bore at the Irase line will be sixteen and a half inches; from this line to the outside of the cir cle it will be twenty-four inches. A small ta pering gas chamber will bo fonned behind the Imre at the tvise line, a hole one-IUth of an inch will Ire drilled one inch l*ack from the centre-, then carried straight up the top forming the vent. These guns, when finished, will not only bc the largest hut the treat and most beautiful navy guns in the world. They are not to be cast solid, as has been usual with navy guns heretofore, but they will Ire cast hollow and cooled upon ( apt. Iiodman’s principle. It would Ire impossible to obtain a good sound, solid easting of such a size, hence the necessi ty for casting hollow. Under Major W. Wade, ex|K-riment» were made with an K-inchColum Iriad cast solid at Fort Pitt works, and another cast hollow, and cooled inside with water; also with two 10-inch Columhiads, one made solid and the other cast hollow, each pair having boon cast from the same metal and furnace. The result showed the hollow cast guns to be much the strongest. “Each of the Monitor class of vessels armed witli them will be able to hurl shot weighing 42b pounds, which is nearly three times the j weight of tire round shot tired from the largest Armstrong guns yet made for the British navy.” Masonic*—Historical Address. The following historical Address was deliv ered by W. Master Moses Dodge, of Portland Lodge, in the City Hall, on the occasion of the Masonic celebration: Brother Masons:—The time, the occasion and the circumstances connected with it, have conspired to tiring me la-fore you as one of the s|s-akers on this memorable day. The princi ples, tin- teaching, the design aiid the mission of Free Masonry, you arc not to learn from tne. It is my province simply to give you in the few moments allotted me some of tile historical facts and chronological dates connected with the introduction of Masonry into what is now the (State of Maine, and its progress and pros perity here. In doing so I must of necessity bring to your nottce Old Portland Lodge No. 1, (formerly the “Lodge at Falmouth” or “Fal mouth Lodge,”) as a representative of which I have the honor of appearing before this aug ust assemblage. Ancient Falmouth, the seat of the first char tered Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in Maine (then a part of the old Commonwealth of Massachusetts,) originally included the city of Portland and the towns of Cape Elizals-lh, Falmouth and Westbrook. The |M>puIation of Falmouth in 1782 I ant not able to ascertain. A note w ritten on part of the hack of a letter by Parson Smith, Sept. 27, 1750, states that on the Neck (now Portland proper) there were “13® houses and 22 double families, in all 108 families.” From this data, the historian of Portland, Hon. Mr. Willis, fixes the population Of the Neck at that period at 000. In 1704 the population of Falmouth, by a census taken that year, was :4770, and that of the Province of Maine 54,020. . The year 17(i2—between these dates—occu pies a prominent position in our minds to-day, but I am not able to And any historical fact connected with our Order during that year. The records of the Falmouth Lodge show that, on the 20th day of March, 17«2, and of Masonry 5752, the {tight Worshipful Jeremiah (Iridley, E*q., Grand Master of the Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons in North America, grauted to several brethren of the society residing in Falmouth, in the.county of Cumberland, within the Prov ince of Massachusetts Bay, in order that “Ma sonry might increase ail'd flourish in those parts,” a warrant or constitution, nominating, ordaining, constituting and appointing our K. W.and well-beloved Bro. Alexander Boss. Esq., to be the first Master of the Lodge at Falmouth, • “—r” " ' wu ur run together, form them into a regular lodge, choose Uieir Wardens and other officers, and so*nmially, to receive members and exercise all the prerogatives of a chartered lodge. This Deputation, as it is termed in Uie lan guage of that day. having been in “abeyance” by reason of the "business of Bro. Alexander Boss, Esq., being great, und his infirmities greater,” in December, 17118, a petition was forwarded to the K. W. John Kowe, Esq., Grand Master of Masons for North America, for a renewal of the Deputation, and on March 80,1769, aud on Masonry, 57(H), "It. W. John Kowe, Esq., Provincial Grand Master of the Ancient and honorable Society of F. and A. Masons for nil North America, where no other Grand Master is appointed,” “by virtue of the great trust, power and authority rejiosed in him by his Grace the R W. Henry Somerset, Duke of Beaufort and G. M. of Masons,” did renew the Deputation to congregate the Breth ren of Falmouth, form them into a regular Lodge, with Win. Tyng, Esq., as their tirst M aster, and empowered them to exercise ail the ilowers und prerogatives of a chartered Lodge. It is a matter of regret Uiat the names of the tirst ]M‘titioners for a deputation or constitu tion are not on record. There were eleven names signed to the petition for the renewal of it in 17t!S; seven of these wen-present, togeUi er with four members of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, (of whom the only surviving one is Brother Andrew Pierce of Dover, N. U., aud whom I am glad to say is in our city to-day,) with R W. Brother Win. Tyng. Mas ter, ami one other brother, not a petitioner, at a meeting held May 8, 17HI, at which time the subordinate officers w ere tilled,a committee on by-laws appointed, &c. This, then, is the early history of Uie intro duction of Masonry into Maine, und the pres ent year completes one century since a depu tation or c harter was granted ibr a lodge wiUi iu its past jurisdiction. 1 presume I shall lie pardoned if, in thiseon ncction, 1 add u lew brief statistics of this Lodge, which changed its title to Portland Lodge when Falmouth Neck was named Port land. It kept up its organization from this early dale, with the exception of an interreg num from December, 1807, to March, 181 i, when its charter remained in the archives of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts through the curly days of the Revolutionary war and the still darker days of tin: Morgan-Anti-Ma sonie, political crusade. It has had 28 Masters, and has initiated more than 875 candidates into the mysteries of Free Masonry, and although it has contributed its quota of inemliers for two other flourishing Lodges in our city, it returned to the Grand Lodge the present year 200 members. Masonry in Maine, from its first introduc tion, has made a healthy progress, and not withstanding that many of our Lodges were located in towns with a small population, aud the bitter and unrelenting persecution they suffered a few years since, I believe J am cor rect in stating that all ol the Lodges chartered previous to 1830 have resumed work and are in active operation, with four exceptions. We have five Lodges in the State, whose charters date in the 18th century—all in active operation—Portland, Warren, Lincoln, Han cock and Kennebec. All Lodges chartered previous to 1820 were under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. On the 1st day of June, 1820, consent of the Grand Iaalgc oi* Massachusetts having been obtained for the organization of an independent Grand Lodge in the State of Maine (formerly a Province of Massachusetts) and for a just division of the charity and oth er fiinds of the institution, Representatives from 24 Lodges met and proceeded to organ ize said Grand Lodge, and M. W., Hon. Win. King, Esq., first Governor of the State, was elected its first Grand Master. On the day following, June 2, M. W. William King was introduced into the hall, received and saluted in due form, and on taking the chair delivered an address, which 1 cannot forbear incorporat ing into these brief remarks. The address was as follows: ^ “It- W. and W. officers and members of this Grand Lodge: In the circumstances under which I have appeared before you to enter up on the office to which you have been pleased to elevate me, I can do little more, at this time, than express my acceptance of the trust, and say to you that according to the best of my ability I will endeavor to discharge its duties. It would have been much more agreeable to me, at least for the present, to have appeared in the Grand Lodge only as a private Brother: but as Masonry teaches us to regard the duties we owe to God aud the community as para mount to all others, I will endeavor to perform them by attending to the wishes of my breth ren rather than gratify my own.” Such was the address of our first G. M. in this State. Since that date we have had 20 Grand Masters, many of them w ell beloved many of them gone to the Grand Lodge above —but among them all, none, perhajis, whose memory is more highly cherished than that of William King. I have tlius given you in brief a history of the first Lodge chartered In Maine, with that of its Grand Lodge. What further I might say in connection with the part assigned me, must necessarilly be a rehearsal of dry facta and figure*. On Falmouth neck, where 11 Masons peti tioned for a charter in 1708, we have now three subordinate Lodges, with an aggregate of 483 members, and probably more than 100 nou-af filiated Masons. In 1820, as belore stated, 24 Lodges met for the purpose of organizing a Grand Lodge for the State; now- we have 111 chartered, Ac., with a membership of more than 6000. What better statistics can I give you of the progress of Masonry in Maine, than to point you to the living assemblage before me, anil say that here are the devotees of this noble, charitable, and time-enduriug institution, from our own Suite, from our parent State of Mass achusetts, aud from our sister Suites, met here on this occasion to celebrate the centennial anniversary of it* introduction into the line Tree StaU- ? This audience is of age and it *{K-aks lor itself. omureu imm our parent state (the Old Commonwealth), we are happy and gratified to know that “Auld Lang Sync*’ i» not forgot ten, and that you have made this social call on a younger branch of the family, and we are proud to be able to say to you that the attend ance of the brethren of our own State, and the statistics we have given you is good ami suffi cient proof that we have not been unmindful of the injunction given in the early ages of the world, “to be fruitful ami multiply.” I have not searched the history of our State to find the statistics of Masonry, as ours is not a society that courts public notice or applause. As early as 1774 I’arson Smith, in his journal, under date Dec. 25, says: “I almost killed my self in praying at the funeral of Jere Tucker,” and again under date Dee. 27, “I prayed with the Freemasons, and had uncommon assist ance, tlmuk (lod I” The landmarks and regulations of Free Ma sonry. and its principles and teachings, .thave not changed for ages; but some of the' cus toms of the fraternity, like those of society in general, change witli the change of time and the changes constantly going on in this muta ble world. Some, no doubt, are for the better, and others for the worse. In the earlier davs of Masonry in Maine, the festival of St. John the Baptist, which we are commemorating on this 24th of June, and that also of St. John the Evangelist on the 27th of December, were witli few exceptions, promptly and punctual ly kept as sacred festivals; and in diet the pro visions of the charter enjoined it upon the brethren to keep these and other Masonic feast days. In latter days this practice lias l>een much neglected, as we cannot but believe to tlie injury of the craft. Better, proliahly far better for us if our social gatherings were more frequent. On the other hand, I learn from the records of Portland Lodge that when then* was no other in town it was deemed lies! to appoint a committee to purchase liquors for the use of the Lodge, at wholesale, rather than pay so much more money as percentage or as com missions to retail dealers. Custom lias so changed tliat for a long series of years last past, no Lodge in this city, and I presume none in the State, has found any necessity for the appointment of such a committee, and 1 believe the change in this respect cannot have Is'cn injurious to the welfare and prosperity of tile fraternity. Were this the proper time and place, I could irive the date of the charter of in the State in their chronological order, with tlieir nuinlier of members, for nearly every year for the century past, with the names of their Masters, Ac. Many of those intimately connected with the introduction and progress of Masonry in this State have been men who have occupied high, proud and honorable |>oeitious in the commercial, professional and (mlitical world. Without making any invidious distinction, we may safely name a Preble, an Oxnard, a Sto rer, a Hopkins, a Fox, a Swan, a Itackliir, a Seaver, a Gaboon and a (’ha*-. Since the organization of our Grand Lodge, among its officers have been Governors of our States, one of which was the lamented and much beloved Dunlap, and many others of ditlcrcnt professions und occupations whom we can name with pride. Among the jurists. Green leaf, Sprague, Fessenden, Washburn, Paine and Bradford, and last in order of election, but not least, wc have now at the head of our Grand Lodge a “Drummond" light in Masonry. We also find in the list of past officers, Cof fin, Thompson, Stevens, our old “Father Mil ler," Nourse, Nichols, Smith, Child, Gerrish and Chase. The biography of many of those brothers would possess intense interest to all of us if written—in fact, the whole history of the in troduction of Masonry into Maine; and its progress is of so much interest to us as a fra ternity, that at some time not far distant it must Is' written. That duty will devolve up on some more able jk-ii than mine. The inci dents connected with it must form a volume, instead of a paper, the rending of which must occupy the space of a few moments only. It has been said that “brevity is the soul of wit," and as this cannot lie applicable in that sense to aught 1 have said, yet 1 feel well as sured that the unanimous verdict of this audi ence will Ik> that “brevity” will Ik1 at least one redeeming quality of these remarks. ——.—— Our cotomponudes are noticing the re ceipt of Godey, Peterson, the Atlantic, and kindred magazines. The Press can do tiie right thing by those old favorites. -—■—-— llEl.toiors ANSIVKitsAitiKH.—The annua meeting of the Lincoln and Sagadahoc Confer ence was held at Warren, on the 11 and 12th of June; that of tile Kennebec Conference und of the Waldo Conference, on the 10th and 11th of June. The meetings are said to have pos sessed great interest for those who participated in them. PROSPECTUS or m* PORTLAND DAILY PRESS: EDITED BY JOHN T. GILMAN, recently of the Bath Tiicer, and JOSEPH B. HALL, of the Aroostook Herald. Tho Portland Daily Prerr ia intended to bo »n enterprising, vigorous and live Daily Morning Paper, containing tho latest and fullest news by mail and telegraph. THE MAINE STATE PRESS Is a large, well-filled, carefully edited, and neatly printed vttklt paper, intended specially for general circulation throughout the State. Both of tho above named papers will labor to inculcate, in no dictatorial spirit, sound political prin ciples and to promote the material interests of tho State, and of the City of Portland as its interests twine with, and are inseparable from, those of the State. Politically, the Purse will give an earnest, cordial, and generous support to the adiuinistrutiou of Area it a m Lincoln, who in little more than one vear, has iudelllbly impressed himself upon the nation’s heart as an incorruptible 'patriot, an inflexible Chief Mag istrate, and an honest man; the ability of wliose ad ministration is most signally exhibited, not [Only in the matchless operations of onr army and navy, but in the unparalleled iket that, in the midst of this gigantic rebellion,* our Government securities are selling at a premium. It will zealously labor to ex hibit and defend sound Republican principles, and, inasmuch as political organizations liare become a necessity in carrying into effect great principles of political economy, and inasmuch as ,thc Republican party which, in the brief chapter of its history already written, has succcssftilly refilled the allegation of its enemies that its designs and tendencies were sec tional, and triumphantly (Vindicated its claim to a just and liberal Nationality, has remained steadfast in its devotion to the Union while other organizations have so generally become infected with a disloyal spirit, and inasmuch as it is the only party which at present seems competent to conserve the great prin eiples underlying all free Governments, the Puses will cordially sustain the organization of that party not with a design to foster a mere partisan spirit, bat in the full coniciousness that it embodies tlie true principles npon_wliich our government rests, end af fords tbc only available means of accomplishing sucb results as a lofty patriotism imperatively demands. It will neither seek nor endorse any compromises with men in rebellion against tlie laws of the land, but will inculcate loyalty to the great central idea of all Irur democracy—that the majority must govern. Upon tbc exciting question of Domestic Slavery, It may be proper to say, that while tlie l*nxsa will sanc tion no Interference with the constitutional or legal rights or loyal men, it will neither [apologize for an evil which constitutes the fullest blot unon our national character, nor attempt to resist the tide of events that seems destined to sweep from existence an institution which is the greatest anomaly in a free government. The emancipation of slavery in the federal Capital, the co-operation of the Federal with the loyal State governments, to secure gradual eman cipation, as proposed by President Lincoln, and all other constitutional measures looking to a peaceful removal of our greatest “moral, political and social evil," will find in tbe Press a gcucrous and hearty support. While thus distinctly announcing the general course proposed for the Prims, and intending that, alike in war and in peace—in our country’s peril aud in its triumph, it shall speak with no uncertain voice? we do not lose sight of the fact that true men hare hon estly differed, and that, coming by different routes they now find themselves travelling parallel roads; and, instead of seeking to widen tbe difference* be tween those who are required by a common patriot ism to act in concert, the Prims will labor hopefully to encourage nnity of purpose and harmony of act ion amoug all loyal men. Aside from its political department, the Prims will be earnestly devoted to the advancement of the best interests of the city and State. Its Local Depart ment will in no case be neglected. Particular atten tion will be given to the Commercial and Maritime interest*. It will be the aim of its conductors to make it an indispensable institution of the State, and a ge nial and welcome visitor in every work-shop, count ing-house, and family circle. The Editors, not un known to the people of Maine, will give their undivi ded energies to the work before them, and labor to make such a paper as the city of Portland, the State of Maine, and the exigencies of the times demand— oue that shall be true to the popular instincts. Th* Portland Daily Press is printed with en tirely new type, on a sheet as large as that of any daily in Maine, and issued every morning. (Sun days excepted,) at 85 per annum. Subscriptions for less than *|x months, 50 cents per month. The Maim State Press, large, neatly printed, and well filled with the news of the week, and orig inal and selected Political, Agricultural, Literary aud Miscellaneous reading, making it specially adapted to the Fan#iy Circle, will be issued weekly, at 81.60 per year, idvariably in advance. To any person sending the names of /renew lubscrihrrt, cash In advance, an extra copy will be sent gratis. N. A. Foster, ) J. T. Gilman, j N. A. Foster k Co., Publishers. J. 11. Hall. ) Portland, May 19. 1862. The undersigned cordially approve the enterprise projected in the fosagoing Prospectus, and earnestly commend the new paper to the hearty support of the People of Maine. May, 1862. LEONARD ANDREWS, \ SAMUEL E. SPRING. KELSON DING LEY. Jr K. S. STEVENS, Republican N. A. FAR WELL, S. P. STRICKLAND, State EUGENE IIALE, K. 11. FULLER. Committee. C. H. 11. WOODBURY. T HARMON, E. WOODBURY, BENJ. KINGSBURY. Jb., CLEMENT IMIINNEY. Cumberland Co. DANIEL ELLIOT, LUKE BROWN. Ren. Com. O. G. COOK, EDWARD L. PICKARD, JOHN T. HULL. CHAKELS H. OSGOOD, HENRY L. PAINE, HENRY P. LORD, Republican JAMES DOUGHTY, OR KN KING, • City Committc of WILLIAM GRAY. JOHN M. STEVEN8, Portland. AUG. F. GERISII. FRANCIS E. PRAY, WM. 11. PLUMMER. £5C*It may not be improper to say by way of ex planation, that the foregoing Prospectus was issued originally upon short notice, and without giving time to hear from all the members of the State Committee —a majoritg of whom have kindly commended the new enterprise to the people of the State. This fact sufficiently explains why other names—held in equal esteem—are not appended to the foregoing commen dation. CLOTHING. GAKDINEK A BROWN, would say to their friends and the public that they have purchased of Messrs. C11ADBOUKXE & KEN DALL, their Slock of lleady»Made Clothing, Also, their entire interest in M aim feet u ring and Cus tom Department. Having secured the services of Mr. J. E. FOLEY, late Foreman aud Cutter for Messrs C. & h , they hope to merit a fair share of tho patronage bestowed upou tbeir predecessors. 02 Middle St., appoaiie Peat Office* June 23, 18G2. 4wdaw TENEMENTS WANTED. a W’ ANTED—Convenient tenements for the accommodation of two small families, iu respectable localities, aud within ten min utes' walk of the Post Office. Rent not to exceed from 8160 to 176 per annum. Address Box 42, Post Office, or apply at the Count ing Room of the Dailv Press, Fox Block Portland, June23. ’ distf THE CHRISTIAN MIRROR. VOLUME XLI. THE FORTY-FIRST VOLUME OF THI8 TAREK Will Commence July 29. All persons who now subscribe to the Mirror by payiug 92 shall have a receipt to the close of Volume XLI—ending July 29,1868—being almost a year<*tul one quarter. We are happy to announce Rev. Messrs. Pond, Shepard, Harris and Smith, Professors In Bangor Theological Seminary, as stated contributors to the columns of this paper. This paper is devoted to the diffusion of moral, re ligious, educational, and such other intelligence as pertains to the welfare of society. Its foreign and domestic news Is made up to the hour (Monday noon) of going to press, and is suffi ciently general to meet the wauts of those who txke no other paper. The fourth page is appropriated to the most inter esting Literary, Scientific, and Commercial miscella ny that can be gathered. It has a department expressly for Children. It is intended to be a safe family nuwKpu|x>r: with nothing to offeud the most fastidious— neither cherishing a morbid appetite, nor catering to a perverted taste. We do not claim for it that it is the o/de»t, the lar gest. the newest, even the best paper in the world: or that the Church and State would fall without it. We claim for the Mirror that it Is a ('hristian paper It aims to be a true reflector of Bible principle an i practice; and in the correction of moral evils and the renovation of Society, to hold forth the true remedy. It can be said of our paper that while its correspond ence is not meagre, its epitome of news and compact items of iuterest is inferior to that of no other {taper, and its abstract of valuable articles in American and Foreign Quarterlies has supplied a place not filled by any other religions print. ff any want a paper that can safely be a companion on the Sabbath, that gives an unprejudiced view of public affkirs, that aids to be a transcript of the age without identifying itself with its errors, that chroni cles to minuteness religious and revival news, that holds firmly the doctrines and practice of a protes tant C hristianity and can be safely put into the hands of the young, we ask them to take the Christian Mirror. This being pre-eminently a Family Jonrnal is one of the best cltannels lor advertisements relating to Books, Sales, Legal Notices, and all articles of general con sumption. Weekly papers generally, and especially religious ones, are less likely to be destroyed than those more secular—they are read more in ffcrailie* than Dailies— they are takeu home and preserved, to be examined at leisure—their contents are more thoroughly scan ned—and they arc often sent to absent friends to con vey to those abroad, some idea of the state of affairs at home. l’ortlana, May, 1862. TESTIMONIALS. We subjoin some extracts from letters recently pub lished in our columns. From Frofcssors in Bowdoin College. Other pa(wr8. published out of the limits of the State, are useful; but they caunot be expected to take the place and to ftilfill all the object* ora paper pub lished among ourselves. The Mirror is well known to our religious people, and ha* been conducted by Mr. Lord, its present editor, with earnest Christian fidelity, with a high degree of ability, and at the same time in such a manner as to bring to'light aud to cher ish those local religious sympathies and interests,which can be reached only by a pa(»er published In the State. From Rev. I)r. Chickering. All necessity for two papers having ceased, we ought to have one taken in all our churches, as good as you and a hundred contributor* can make it. The most patriotic and liberty-loving among us cannot complain of its tone in these stirring times; and I nimriimrr «l»u l wwr CUOIIH'IWU IU rCIJ U|H>U your weekly summary instead of reading so many ex citing details in the daily papers. You tell us what we really need to know; and a great many things that we ought to do. From Rct. Dr. (arruthers. It contain* a weekly summary of events written in a lively style—criticisms, literary and moral, of great practical value—and such matters of general and de nominational interest as serve to keep its readers well 'posted up.’ If ministers and other*, at different points iu our large State, would In* a little more com municative of local tacts, they would grcatlv increase its intrinsic worth, and proportionally enlarge its cir culation. [From Rev. Dr. Tappan.] In common with many others, I have earnestly de sired that we might have in Maine, under Die auspices of onr denomination, but one religious newspaper, and 1 cannot but hope, that the Mirror, w hich I have taken from the beginning, and on many accounts have highly valued, may again secure general support, and prove iu its future course to be a paper in which we can all unite. In most of the views expressed in relation to this subject, bv Professor Pond, in the Mirror of this week, I fully concur. Your own of fer “to send it without charge to any who mav be de sirous of receiving it, till the mcetiug of the June [State] Conference in Portland," is fair and liberal.— You will permit me however to inquire whether it might not be well to send one number at least to every Congregational minister in the State, who is not now a subscriber, without waiting for an application, since, otherwise many way not know that such a proposal has been made. From Professors in Bangor Theological Seminary. From Rer. Dr. Pond. We obviously need one good religions paper in Maine; and one (if it can tie made satisfactory.) is enough. We need it, not only as a vbehicle of Intel ligence and thought, but for the publication of no tices, and Dm* accomplishment of various local objects which can be rescind iu no other way. • • • I have heou a subscriber for the Mirror and a constaut reader of it for almost thirty years:— and though I have seen things in it occasionally which 1 did not like, (as I do in most other papers,) still all candid readers must acknowledge that the Mirror has been, from the first, the steadfast advo cate of Gospel order and truth, and an important auxiliary in the great work of enlightening and evan gelising Maine. I will also say that 1 think the Mir ror has never been more ably and faithfully conduct ed than during the last few years. The present editor devotes time, and thought, and labor to it, and suc ceed* iu making it (wliat he has shown himself abundantly able to do) an interesting weekly visitant to our families and homes. It should be further considered, that some of the exciting questions which once threatened to divide us, an* changing their forms and losing their interest. They may giv e place to others, for aught we kuow, or may themselves come up again; but at present we seem to have got bey oud Diem. The Mirror is an unflinching supporter of the government of tlw* United .States in its contest with the slavery rebellion. It is also a sincere friend to the colond race, and is ready to unite in all well eousiderod efforts for their liberation amt advancement—though I am far from adv ising any one as to wliat, or how* many n<Iigions papers he shall take, yet 1 will venture'to propose that we make trial of the Minium. As we ought to have and mud have one religious paper in the State, let us take hold of this together; subscribe for it, write for it, and cudeavor to make it such as our churches require. From Professor D. T. Smith. how desirable on every account, ft seems to me to be that the Mirror should be well sustained. Nowhere is the influence of a good religious newspaper more important than it is in Maine. In no State »a it more imiMirtant that the Congregational churches slmuld have an orgau of their own. Nor do I see bow any reasonable man can ask for a better organ than the Mirror. Some other papers indeed are enabled to supply a greater niianlitv of muling for the same price; but other things being equal, a medium siied pajier like a medium sized hook, is better than a larger one. aud I can say in all sincerity, that 1 know of no paper, large or small, metropolitan or provincial, w hich, with so little intermingling of what is of a different character contaius a larger amount or a greater variety of readable, reliable and every way valuable matter, original and selected, than the Mir ror. ltarely do I place a number upon tile without a distinct feeling of regret in regard to more or less of what it contains, that I cannot have it in a volume on my shelves where it will he constantly at hand. From Rev. Drs. Shepard aud Harris. Mr. Lord, Dear Sir:—Permit us to express our de sire that the Mirror may receive the confidence and support of the members of our churches and Congre gations in Maine. It is conducted with painstaking and ability. It is a judicious and earnest supporter of the doctrine* and polity of our churches, or their missionary enterprises and their spiritual interests.— Its religious articles for family Heading are choice. Its summary of news, though necessarily coudeiised, is comprehensive and well-digested. The occasions for difference respecting the application of Christian truth to civil and social affairs are passing a wav, and Christian p»*ople are rapidly approaching unanimity; candor, forbearance aud |«tionce, with the grace and Iirovidence of God, will enable them to ohtaiu it.— Juder these circumstances we hope that those who take a religious paper will make a trial of the Min ium: and we expect—we think with good reason— that they will Ik* satisfied with it. A Maiuepaper has obvious advantage* to Maine people, above one pub lished abroad, and presents obvious claims to their support. GKO SHKrAKD, Bangor, May 12, 1*?2. BA Ml’EL HARRIS. A. W. B A N FI ELD, (Successor to 1*. J. Forristall and Mills k Forestall, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN. FANCY GOODS, Pocket and Table Cutlery. YANKEE NOTIONS, CLOCKS, WATCHES AND JEWELEY, STATION EK Y, TOYS, fcc., 28 and 30 Federal and 106 Congress Streets, ADDISON W. BANKIKIP. Boston. 1*. J. Forristall can be fouud at the above place. J une 23. w ly _HOTELS^_ Summer Retreat, SOUTH SIDE OF PEAK’S ISLAND, HENRY M. BRACKETT, • • Proprietor. OPEN for Genteel Hoarders—three miles from Portland—within thirty rods of the OCfun—1with good opportunities tor fishing, sea-bathing and water excursions. A .Steam -er runs from Portland daily. Experienced dnien in attindanc. jo2&4w ^ CENTRAL HOITSE, E. G. Mayo, • • • • Proprietor. PA88ADUMKEAO, MAINE. |TIIE subscriber would very respectfully an nounce to hi* numerous friends, ana the mblk generally, that during the temporary compulsory *u*{>en*ion of hi* business he hed this well-known house anew, and is now better than ever prepared to wait upon his cus tomers, and hopes by strict attention to their wants to merit a continuance of the patronage which he has hitherto received. E. G. MAYO. Passadumkeag, June 28.18®. dltwtf PREBLE HOUSE, • - PORTLAND, ME. Slimted w C.i,rtH, cwraer mt Prckle llmin 1BQI THIS it the large.) Hotel In the State, poa i ' wU •‘•"'•"g nil the modern improvements, and U2LB B«t cum in every appointment TERMS MODERATE, FOR BOARD BT WEEK OK DAY. CII AS. H. ADAMS, Proprietor. Jo23—3m SAOADAHOCK HOUSE, AllYed Carr, ’ • Proprietor, BATH, MAINE. THE City of Bath ia one of the healthieat localities on the const of Maine—dellghtfol Lly situated on the Kennebec, twelve miles __i (T,>m thcaca, and alTorda one of the moat viting retreats from the dnat and turmoil of our large cities. The .Saoadahock is one of the flneat, most spa cious. and best appointed Hotels in the State, located within three minutes walk of the Depot, Steamboat Landing, Dost Office, Custom House, kc„ being di rectly in the business centre of the City. Term* MaderaM by Ike Week er Day. Bath, Jane 23. 1842. dtf AMERICAN HOUSE, Borrow, Mam., TS the largest and best arranged Hotel in the New England States; is centrally loca ted. and may of access from all the route* of [travel. It contains the modern improve ments, and every convenience for the com fort and accommodation of the travelling public. The sleeping rooms arc largo and well ventilated; the aaita of rooms are well arranged, and completely tarnished for families and large travelling perties, and the honao will continue to be kept as a Brat elaaa Hotel in every respect. LEWIS RICE, Proprietor. Boston, January. 1843. dTmia hath nnTri By c. m. Plummer. *86, W»*m>oTO« 8t., Bath. #.*Tenna 81 per day. Stable connected with home. Bath, Jane 28,1862. dtf DIRIOO EATING *0U8B, No. 7 MILK STREET. . . . PORTLAND. ME. JOHN ROBINSON, Proprietor. Every Delicacy of the Season Served np at all hour,. TURTLE SOUP. TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. BROOK TROUT aad oil klada mt GAME Served to order. TINE APPLE LEMONADE, STRAWBERRY LEMONADE. Uf" Frogs Served to Order. V Meala to Rkoclar Boarder* at Kedneed Ha tea. Open every Sunday from 8 to 1, and from 2 to t o'clock. jcSVdtf D. W. CLARK, • - i#> SILVER STREET ... ICE HOUSE - AHD No. 32 EXCHANGE ST\ PORTLAND, Me. IT* All order* promptly attended to, and the BEST QUALITY OF It E debverad in any part df the city, at the market rate*. 2w Crockery Ware, China, -AHD GLASS WARE, AT LOW PRICES. PLATED WARE, Castors, Spoons, Forks, Car* and Cake Baskets, Table Cutlery, IVORY, HORN, EBONY AND COCOA HANDLED KNIVES. KEROSENE OIL AND FLUID. Aft UNION STREET, 8. B. WAITE. Jc23—Sweod BLANK ACCOUNT BOOKS! Manufactured and for Sale by BAILEY & NOYES, 66 AND 68 EXCHANGE STREET, PORTLAND. % Journal*, Ledgers, Invoice, Sales, Memorandum, Cash, Record, Dockets. Letters, Masonic and Church Collectors Books. We make to order everv kind of Blank Book used by Banks, Insurance and Railroad Companies, Ho tels, Steamboats, Factories and Countiug Houses. STATIONERY. Letter, note. Cap and Record papers. Envelopes— white and buff. Gold Pens, Steel Pens, ftc., ftc. Ev ery article at lowest rates. W« Buy for Cash and Sell Cheat. BAILEY fa NOYES, * 66 and 68 Exchange Street. Portland, June 28,1868. dtf To Lumber Dealers, Builders, and othara. THE undersigned hereby give notice that they have established a LUMBER PLANING MILL, Near tlic* Hurt of Union Street, when' they hone lo he able to (five nil tin* accoHitmidatitm and diapiatch which till* nature of the bUMlirs* wilt admit. TCRMKO, SWKKP AND ClBCCLAR SAWINU, he., attended to aa heretofore. OFFICE O UNION STREET. wnrsuow a t*>ten. Unrtlaud June 23. 1*12. 8tw4wl P C) R T L A N I) Mutual Fire Insurance Company. THIS Company continue to insure property on terms as favorable as those of any reliable 'com pany. All policies upon which six premiums have been paid, are renewed annually tree of premium to the policy holder. Those desiring insurance will do well to call and ascertain the terms before insuring elsewhere. Oflcr 108 Middle Street. CHARLES "llol.DEN. Preside*#. Edward Shaw, Stxrrt<try. June 28. cod-Jin RAILROADS. KENNEBEC AND PORTLAND R. R. iC-HKR ABRAKOB—RKT. W Commenced April Hi A, luflj, JBQRX I’amcnger train, will leave dally, (Safe KSBdni excepted) a. follow.: Augu.ia i<»r Bath, Portland and I tori on, at 11, U A. connecting at Brnn.wick with the Androeeogetn Kail road for Lewiaton, Uvenaore Falla, Wilton and t armington. Leave Portland for Bath and Angaria at 1.09 P. *., connecting at Brnn.wick with the Aadnwcoggin train, for .lation. on that road; and at Angtuta with theSomcraot ft Kennebec Railroad for Waterville, Kendall'. Mill, and Skowhegan. and at Kendall’. Mill, with the I’rnobaeot ft Kennebee Road for Pitta* Held, Newport and Bangor; arrivingume night. Monday Morning and Saturday Evening Trains. lrain, leavr Augu.ia at 6.30 A. M.. and Bath at h.«i A M„ for Portland. coaaeetiBg with th* 9.« A. M. train for Lowell and Borion. Leave Portland on Saturday., at S.tt P. M„ on ar rival of train from Boston, for Bath and lagaria. btaoe t on xicTtoaa. Stage, leave Bath daily (Sunday, excepted) at 1.00 I M...on arrival of traia Bom Portland and Borion, for W tocRWBpt, DRniRriacotlR, Waldoboro’, Rockland iimI TlmmRNton. Stage, leave Aagurta daily (Sunday. excepted! for lielfRMt, on arrivnl of train from Portland and Boa ton. Ticket, .old In Boatoa for all the Hatton, on the Kf*nn«’bcc k Portland, Androscoggin, and Somerset k Kfiim-lw c Road*. rreight train, run dally between Angaria and Pori land. B. H. CUSHMAN, Manager and Superintendent. Anguata, April, 1882. junc23dtf ANDROSCOGGIN RAILROAD. acnacR A BB A ROK—BUT. Or RRd After Mordat, May A 1881, -ill leave Portland for Lew—tan Aud ► armington via Brnnawlck. At 1 P. M Leave Farmington for Lewiritaa, Bath tad Port laud. via Brnu.wiek, at 9.16 A. M. Leave Lew-ton for Bath and Portland via Rrune wick at 11.46 A. M. Freight train, dally between Portland mad Lew—. tOB. utaob coaaBcnoBO. Stage leavee Strickland'. Ferry Taeodaya, Thorn day. and Saturday., fee Livermore, Canton, Perm and Dixfleld: returning onporite day.. Stage leave* North .lay for Eaat Dixfleld. Dixfleld, and Weld, on Tucednya, Thnreday. and Saturday*; returning oppoaite day.. Stage leave. Farmington or New Vineyard, New Portland and Kiagfleld. on Wedeewlav. and Satnr day., returning on Monday, and Friday.. ^tajfr*|le*ve Tnrmington daily, for Strang, Avon Panenger* for th- route will take the earn at the Portland. Saco ft PorteaMuth. or Kennebec ft Port land Depot*, in Portland. 8. W. EATON. Snp't. Farmington Mny 8.18*2. JanetOdtf Ihethrough tickets To Cricaoo, Cikcirrati. Ci.Km.AKD, Dxraorr, Tolxdo. St. Paul, La Crosbb, St. Locta, New OnLCAKR, or any part of the WEST, SOUTH OR NORTH WEST, BT TUB Dili W AV Via Bcptalo, Dmni, aid Riaoaka Fall*. This road is bsoad ot'son and b provided with New and Splendid Sleeping Cars, k US'" Tickets told in Portland at lowest Boston rafts W. D. LITTLE, Aosjrr, <>Ree 31 Trrknfr StrtH. o(rr'Ton can saee money by ^ring ticket, at thb June 23. dawtf STEAMBOATS. The splendid and hst Stenmahip •■CHKSAPF.AKE,” ('aptala Sinner Caowati.. will aatil Ihrtber notice ran _as follows: towns Wharf. Portland, every WEDNES DAY. at 4 P M.. snd leave Pier » North Elver, New Tork. every SATURDAY, al 3o’clock. P M This vessel is ktted sp with hue accommodations for passengers. making this the most speedv. safe and comfortable route for travellers between New York and Maine. Passage *6.00, including Eure and Slate Rooms. Goods forwarded by this line to and from Montreal, Sue bee. Bangor, Bath, Augusta, East port sad St. ohu. Shipper* are requested to tend their freight to tha steamer before t P. M., on the day that the leaves Portland. em$« "rwrs&affvsw m™,*. H B. I RUM WELL k CO.. No. 88 Wcwt Street, Sew York. Jane 23. 1*3. dtf MONTKEAI, (H EAT STEAMSHIP COM Weekly Mail Line. ON E of the following I ret-etnas, power ful Steamers: HIBERNIAN, NORTH AMERICAN, NORWEGIAN, JURA, BOHEMIAN. ANGLO SAXON. NO VA SCOTIAN—will sail from Quebec every Satur dav morning, for Liverpool, via lemdonderrv Passengers leave Portland per Grand Trank Trmlaa with Cnited States mails, every Fridav, at 1 16 P. M, connecting with Steamer at Quebec 'every Saturday morning. Passage to Liverpool. Londonderry or Glasgow: Third ( last. *30. First Clans, *37 to *83-aasardiag to accommodation,—which includes tickets on Grand Trank Railway. Prepaid and return tickets baaed at reduced raise. Excursion tickets to the World's Fair, oat and back. *160. Apply to Edmonstone. Allan k Co., Montreal, or to J. Is. FARMER. No. K> EXCHANGE ST., PORTLAND. June 23. IW8.dtf IntaraattoMEl Stmauhip Cnpuy. EASTPORT, CALAIS AND ST. JOHN. TWO TRIPS PER WEEK. On and after April 38, the .Steam er* “HEW BRUNSWICK" and “FOREST CITY" will, until for _ her notice, leave P. S k P. R. R. rt, toot of state Street, a* follow*: Steamer “New Brunswick,“ Capt. E. B. Winches ter, will leave for Eastfort and St. John every MONDAY, at 6 o’clock. P. M. Returning will leave 8t. Joan every THURSDAY MORNING. at 8 o'clock, for East fort, Portland and Boston. Steamer “Forest Cfty,” Capt. E. Field, will leave for East fort and St. Jorn every THURSDAY at 6 o’clock P. M. Through ticket* are sold bv this line connecting at EASTFoaT with stage coaches for Machiae, aad with Steamer Ooeen for Kobbin*ton. Calais, 8t. Stkfhbns, and 8t. Andrews, and at the latter plaee over Railway for Canterbury; from thence per stage coaches for Woodstock and Houlton, which is the cheapest and most expcditioul way of reackiag the Aroostook County. We also ticket through per Steamer* and Railway* for Windsor, Halifax, Dioby, Fredericton, Sussex, Moncton, Shediac, Princb Edward Island, Pictot, K<nrti Shore of New Bruns wick, MmiMicui, and Bay dr Chaleur. C. C. EATON. June 33. dawtf Geo. Warren, sue censor to THAYER & WARREN, l*roprietor of the LIVERPOOL PACKETS, Sailing from Liverpool for Boston twice a month. Steerage Pannage. 830. Also, Agent for New York and Liverpool Steamship*, nailing from New York every Saturday, and from Liverpool every Wednes day.' and calling at Queenstown, Ireland. Cabin Pannage, 878. 3d Class, 830. Sight Kill* of Exchange, for XI Sterling and np wajd. payable at any Bank in Great Britaiu or Ire land constantly for <*ale. For Passage Cert ideates, St tamer Tickets, Drafts, or for farther information, Address, GEO. WARREN, 99 State Street, Boston, Mass. CONCiRESS STREET SEMINARY, FOB YOUNG LADIES AND MISSES. Miss E. L. Whittier, • • Principal. TIIE AUTUMN 8KS8ION will commence Sept. 8th. and Continue 18 weeks. Prior to July 21st, fall information can be obtained of the Principal, 349 Congress Street. Hour* from 8 to 1 o'clock, except Saturdays. After that time ap plication may be made at 40 State Street. Portland. Juue 23. 1883. 2awlow Book, Card & Fancy Printing, NEATLY EXECUTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE PRESS,