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PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.
VOL- 1- PORTLAND, ME., TUESDAY CORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1862. NO. 160.
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PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,
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COMMUNICATIONS.
Letter from the Seventeenth regiment.
Our correspondent “T.” of the 17th Maine
regiment, incidentally touched in his letter
published in the Press for December 1st, upon
topics which form the theme of a communica
tion from “F.” of the lame regiment. “J’s”
letter was not sour; though there may have
been a suspicion of tartness in one or two pas
sages. Still less can we admit that he was
mistaken about, the necessity of advancing
while the roads were in good condition. The
country was imperiled by every hours delay;
and it is not for Americans, who remember
Valley Forge, to talk of cold, and hunger, and
nakedness, as of some new evils against which
It is hopeless to contend, even for the safety of
the Republic. The question last Fall was not
whether the army could move comfortably,
luxuriously, but whether it could move at all.
Nevertheless, so blunt and frank is “F.,” so
soldierly Is bis satisfaction with his comman
der, with his rations, and his shelter tent, that
we cannot refuse to let him speak for himself.
Camp op 17th Maine Reuiment, 1
Near Falmouth, Va., Dec. 5, 1862. J
To the Editor of the Daily Preas:
Still at the old camp we have occupied for
nearly two weeks. During this time the
troops in this vicinity have made sad havoc in
the woods that flank the encampments. Far
into the night can be heard the sturdy blows,
and then the crash, and some pine or oak comes
crackling to the ground. The wood is put to
various uses. Much of it is burned green;
and so dense volumes of smoke hang around
the camp, and much dodging alter the wind
ward side of the fire, with misty eyes and up
turned noses, follows. Another use is fur
building. Many of our little shelter tents are
stockaded nicely, and are made not only warm,
but really comfortable by taking a little pains.
A large number of “hotels” have been erected
by the officers and men, and with the cheerful
fireplace that throws out a glowing heat in
front, and the floor covered with cedar or pine
sprigs, the impromptu tables and seats that
are placed around, a house is made that will
compare with any that have !>een built by any
troops in the field—so we have been told by
officers of old regiments that have visited our
quarters. The Seventeenth has learned much
in the short time it has been the field. '
While I am writing, a snow storm that
would do honor to old Maine, is visiting our
camp. The wind blows strong, and the snow
flies, but the eround is not snfiicientlv frozen
to allow It to remain long without turning in
to a slush most disagreeable to wade through,
especially with a pair of government shoes on,
with trowsers torn nearly to the knees and
hanging loosely about the ankles.
In to-day’s mail we received a “Daily Press”
of Dccemlier 1st. and I can assure you it was
most gladly received, as it is by far the latest
dews we have had from home. On casting my
eyes over tlie paper, the first item of interest
was a letter from “T,” of this regiment, writ
ten from this place, dated Nov. 24. On giving
it a careful perusal, I noticed quite a number
of errors, some of which I beg leave to cor
rect, in order to set matters right with our
friends at home, and prevent an undue amount
of anxiety on our account.
In the first paragraph is a statement that
bears most directly upon our General, charg
him with retaining a man upon his statT, who
by “habitual drunkenness,” keeps the meu of
the brigade on short rations. Was it on ac
count of the commissary’s drunkenness that
the Baltimore 4 Ohio Canal was cut, causing
a want of provisions for some days at Edward's
Ferry? When supplies could be had from
Washington, we had rations that at this time
we should call ample; but it must be borne in
mind that we had but just come into the field,
and knew neither how to husbanAnr rations
nor bow to live on field food. Soft bread it is
not furnished soldiers in the field.
Your correspondent “T.” undoubtedly for
gets that our shelter tents were dealt out to
us and used at Edward's Ferry, on a most
disagreeable night. The experience was not en
tirely new, as many of us had used small
spreads made in precisely the same manner as
the shelter tents of our rubber blankets. We
toted our houses on our backs from the Ferry
to White’s Ford encampment. Again he is
mistaken in calling them “thin, coarse,‘slazy,’
cotton sheets.” They are in fact most of them
made from Bates or Pepperell fine drills, the
closest and best, and lightest material that can
be furnished for the purpose. Can a man car
ry half a tent in addition to his other furni
ture made of the heaviest kind of cotton goods ?
It is surely enough to place upon his knapsack
a piece of drilling that will lie at once light,
fine, close, and as far as |>ossible the best
adapted for the purpose. This has been done,
and to-day's experience shows that they keep
out the wet, as well as anything of the kind
could lie expected to. Are our men to see com
fortable quarters while liere? Surely not, and
for this reason. Our regiment is allowed six
teams for transportation, but by the kindness
of Gen. Berry, we are permitted the use of one
extra. One of these teams Is tor transporta
tion of hospital materials, medicines, A c.; one
for transportation of baggage of Held and stafl'
officers, tents, personal, 4c.; one for use of
Quartermaster and commissary stores; one
for the hauling of line officer's baggage: and
one team has been used for the purpose of car
rying knapsacks, guns and equipments belong
iug to the sick of the regiment, thus leaving
but one team for transportation of food either
for man or beast; yet when after a inarch of
three days or more, we camp, and the haver
sacks become empty, we bear from all sides
loud notes of complaint, iflood is not supplied
from this one team and its mate, sufficient to
feed a regiment of 750 hearty men, and with
this fact staring them in the face, our officers
wish for tents that the teams must of neccssi
ty carry, and “T.” says the men will probably
be provided before long with A tents. They
cannot be carried, and as was remarked at the
; outset, by taking a little pains, these self same
| “thin, coarse, ‘slazy,cotton sheets,” can lie con
i verted into houses as much better than a com
mon A tent, as the latter is better than none
: at all.
Again. “In order to the speedy settlement
of these national troubles, an advance must be
made while the roads are in condition.” How
is an advance to l>e made ? Some of the men
In an adjoining brigade, have been until this
week obliged to go barefooted, and I need not
take “T.” beyond the limits of his own compa
ny to show him men who are absolutely in
need of clothing to protect their feet and limits
from the rain and cold. We are short of cloth
ing. Stockings are scarce, shirts are few in
number, while pants and drawers are almost
worn out, and a thin summer blouse is all the
men have to cover their bodies except their
overcoats, which many are compelled to wear
to cover their rags, and then hover about the
fires to keep warm. Would “T.” order a march
under these circumstances, knowing that eve
ry new move only increases the distance from
the depot of supplies, and that a halt must be
made somewhere to enable the boys to clothe
themselves, so as not to freeze while moving
away from the articles necessary to keep them
warm ? But our clothing has arrived, though
the supply came by steam, and not by the slow
coach drawn by mules or horses. The men
will be comfortable soon.
The boys are reveling in the luxuries of rich
baked beans, boiled rice, roast !>eef done on a
stick, and a dish made of hard bread powder
ed mixed with water and fried, making capi
tal fritters. Surely we cannot complain of our
grub; and yet I would not give a flg fora reg
iment that did not have some grumblers.
They are often the lift1 of the camp.
But enough. Hoping that with the opening
of the spring, our regiment will again show j
itself in the old loved Forest City, we close.’
___ F.
Crime in France ani> England.—Of the
7090 prisoners who were this year condemned
to hard labor in France, 1903 are sentenced to
hard labor for life, 2239 to hard labor from
eleven to twenty years, 354 to terms of from
twenty-one to fifty years, leaving the remain
uer, .1070, to terms ol Iroin five to ten years.
With this greater severity of punishment and
its rarer remission it is worthy of remark that
there exists in France a considerably less
amount both in crime and the rate of second
convictions. In a country with a population
of thirty-six millions, the' assaults under in
dictment in the superior courts are found to
amount to no more than between two aud
three thousand |ier annum. Serious crimes
against property rate only at between three
and four thousand, and in the courts of sum
mary jurisdiction the offenders under trial were
only 852,108. With us we had, jn 1881, no less
titan 10,778 convicts undergoing punishment
in our ten convict prisons. Our convictions
under trial by jury in 1851 for a population of
seventeen millions extended to more than
twelve thousand cases, while our summary
convictions rose to 255.808.
Important as are the conclusion we draw
from from these figures as they stand by them
selves, the significance becomes instructively
enhanced as we remember that the French ju
dicial system is set in action on very micro
scopic matters, and that their police system
has reached an effectiveness in the discovery
and punishment of crime of which ours offers
but a very feeble resemblance. It is remarka
ble, too, that while crime thus prevails amongst
us out of all European proportion the dispro
portion of relapses is equally against us. In
England, where the materials for judgment arc
not assisted by passports, and a complicated
system of police espionage, we yet have evi
dence that these relapses cannot be less titan
at the rate of about (MS per cent. In France
they are found, on almost iulallible data, to
amount to less than one-hall'—25 per cent.—
[Liverpool Standard.
Stonewall Jackson.—The following an
ecdote is taken from the Richmond correspon
dence ol' the Charleston Mercury:
“Here are 1 wo anecdotes about Jackson. A
Yankee captain captured in the battles beyond
Richmond, was brought to some brigadier's
headquarters. Being fatigued, he laid dow n
under a tree to rest. Pretty soon Gen. Lee
and start' rode up. The Yankee asked who be
was, and when told, praised his soldierly ap
pearance in extravagant terms. Not long af
ter, Jackson and ills staff rode up. When told
that that was Jackson, the Yankee bounced
to his feet in great excitement, showing that
he was much more anxious to see old Stone
wall than 1 A-e. He gazed at him a long time.
‘And that's Stouewall Jackson!’ ‘Y'es.’—
‘Waal. I swan, lie aint much for looks.’ And
with that he laid down and weut to sleep.
During the same battles a straggler, who
had built a Held lire in the old anu w as enjoy
ing it all to himself, observed what lie took to
be a squad of cavalry. The man in front seem
ed to lie reeling in liis saddle. The straggler
ran out to him and said,‘Look here,old fellow,
you are mighty liappy. \\ Here aiu you get
your liquor from? (fiveme some; I'm ns ury
ns a powder boru.' Imagine his feelings when
he found it was Jackson—the most ungrace
ful rider in the army, mid who naturally sways
from side to side as if he were ‘three Bheets in
the wind.’ ”
Semmf.s and Maffit of the “290.”—Bi
ographers have sometimes mistaken the no
torious captain of the Alabama lor a less cel
ebrated namesake. The pirate is not Alexan
der, hut Kaffael Senimes, who was never put
upon the retired list lor going at a “2.40, or a
2.90" pace. Vanity Fair to the contrary not
withstanding. The Seinmes is a lialtiinoriaii,
or a native of Maryland at least, lie was the
tlfty-elghth commander in the U. S. Navy
when he resigned. Captain Radford, now
commander of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, had
beei. a year in the service before’ him. Ca|>
Dahlgren, chief of the Ordnance Bureau, was
a middy with him. Captain Rowan, npi>oint
ed to command our great harbor battery;—
Captain Boggs, of the Varuna; Commodore
Goldsborough, of the Minnesota: Captain
IJrayton, of the Passaic, and other distin
guished men were his schoolmates. They all
know him well, and fear that he will not be
caught with chaff. He was a midshipman on
board the old Lexington, and commanded the
brig Somers, when she made tier famous “cap
size.” The energy and pluck of Seinmes al
ways commanded respect. While he was in
spector of the Lighthouse Board, a position
he tilled before the war, those who opposed
him once never did twice. He can beat any
steamer in the navy, if his vessel has the speed
that report says.
Apprehensions are felt that he may obtain
some of our new signal books, which would
enable him to coal beside one of our naval
vessels in a foriegn port, if none of our offi
cers there knew him. In this city a first-class
private house is occupied by a near female rel
ative of the dashing pirate, and it is said that
one of his children, who is now being educat
ed iu Baltimore had her father's daguerreo
type copied in Broadway, that ail his friends
might have souvenirs of him. There arc three
or four members of his family in Brooklyn, all
in respectable positions.
Ills ItUiUT HAND MAN.
Seinmes is not a whit greater dare-devil
than John N. Maffit, who is reported to be his
second in command. Maffit is an Irishman,
[ whose father was a pious clergyman, which
John, on more than one occasion, declared to
be “the meanest profession under the sun.” Iu
18112 he was admitted to the navy, and, singu
larly enough, was classmate with Mr. Rocken
dorf, whom he has just outwitted. He was
the last commander of the steam gun-boat
Crusader, one of Cromwell’s vessels, bought
by our navy. His ap|K>intment was credited
to Georgia, which he called the “native state
! of his naturalization.” On hoard the little
brig Dolphin he captured tin* brig Echo, with
i the cargo of negroes which was subsequently
j sent to Africa in the Niagara. He is person
ally very brave, even to rashness, and is a ve
j ry able seaman.—[N. Y. World.
NOTICE.
A NY person having from Five to Ten Hundred
j 2m. Dollars to invest, may learn of au established
business, iu which a large'portion of the citizens ol
Portland are interested, which will give constant em
ployment and pay well, bv addressing
I decl dtf BUSINESS, Daily Press Office.
MISCELLANEOUS.
UNION FOREVER I
RALLY TO THE FLAG!
NEW RECRUITS WANTED!
Latest from Headquarters !
GREAT EXCITEMENT
AT BLBLE1GR S,
163 Aliddle Street.
IILITAk"' HOODS,
Of every description,
EOR SALE AT BURLEIGH’S.
Summer Clothing
Is selling, regardless of Cost,
AT BURLEIGH'S.
MILITARY UNIFORMS,
For officers, made to order, from the best materia:,
with dispatch, and at low prices.
CUSTOM WORK,
Of every description, made to order and warranted
to fit.
The largest and best selected stock of
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
-and
Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods,
-Ever offered in Maine, can be obtained at
BURLEIGH’S,
All of which will be sold so as to warrant entire sat
isfaction to the purchaser.
OUR STOCK OF CLOTHS
AND TRIMMING GOODS
Are unlimited in quantity, quality or price, and will
be sold very low, at wholesale or retail, for caeb.
Buyers will do well to look at our stock before pur*
chasing elsewhere, as it was bought before the great
rise on goods.
163 Middle Street,
JOSIAH BURLEIGH.
Portland, July 22, 1862. d6m
SAIL CLOTH.
BL11CHD FLAX BUCK, WITH BLUE STRIPES,
(A substitute for Cotton.)
UIBLEACIEB CANVAS, TIT I REB STRIPE,
Of various descriptions.
ALL FROM A O Non. 1 TO 6.
ALSO ON HAND
BOLT ROPE CORDAGE. &C..
For sale by
LE MESURIER & CHAMPION,
8t. Peter Street,QUEBEC*
W-Samples ou hand, and orders taken by
J. T. PATTEN & CO.,
Oct. 11—6m Front Street, Bath.
JAMES P. SLEEPER,
FURNISHING UNDERTAKER,
No. Ill Exchange Street, Portland,
Residence rear of 411 Congress Street, keens con
stantly on hand all the various kinds of
COFFINS AND CASKETS,
Now in Use,
And will make 'o order anything of this kind that
may be orderea, «t short notice, from the cheaitest to
! the very best. B} giving *nv strict and undivided
' attention to the manufacturing, lining and triminiug
of the above, 1 can ftiruish them cheaper than any
one else.
Aug. 6. 1862. JAMES I*. SLEEPER.
—
WOODMAN, TRUE A COH
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in
Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods,
MANUFACTURERS AM JOBBERS OF CLOTHING.
Nos. 54 and 50 Middle Street, Portland.
Geo. W. Woodman, Alfred Woodman,
Seth B. llersey, Charles Bailey.
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CONDENSED STATEMENT
-OF THE
Western Massachusetts Ins. Co.,
OF PITTSFIELD, MASS.,
November 1—in compliance with the laws of Maine.
Capital Stock, all paid up, $150,000 OO
Surplus over Capital, $89,761 19
AftBKTB, Aft FOLLOWS, VIE ;
Bank St<»ckg—market vAlue, £49,292 50
Railroad and Gao Stocks, 17,955 00
Loans ou mortgages of Real Estate, val
ued at over £300.000, 122,769 82
Loans, on Bank and other stocks, 22,915 71
Cash ou baud and in hands of Agent*. 2L633 69
! Other investments and accrued interest, 1,498 00
; Personal property, 1,096 47
$239,761 19
Liabilities.
Losses adjusted aud due—None.
“ unadjusted, £2,694 00
“ reported and not due, 7,300 00
£9 994 00
EX8IGN II. KELLOGG, President.
J. X. DUNHAM, Secretary.
Pittsfield, Nov. 1, 1862.
Sworn to before me,
Sam'l E. Howe, Justice of the Peace.
Stores,Merchandize, Dwellings, House
hold Furniture,
and other good property, insured on favorable terms.
f irst ('lass />myIIin//s in the city, or country vil
lages, and Farm property taken for one, three or
five years, at L O \VF.S T ft A TES.
W. D. LITTLE, General Agent.
Office ... 31 Exchange Street.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
W I LLI A M F. rAUKEK,
UPHOLSTERER
FURNITURE,
Lounges, Bedsteads,
SPRING-BEDS, MATTRESSES, PEW.CUSH
IONS, Ac., Ac.
148 Exchnnge Street, Portland.
tV Hair Mattresses reapvated. furniture re
paired aud varuisiied. Chairs re-eaned iu an im
proved manner. Second-hand furniture bought
■old or exchanged. julaOdtlm
Copartnership Notice.
WE liave this day associated ourselves together
under tho name and Myie of
FROST dc FRYE,
and have taken Store
No. lOO Commercial Street,
nemr Commercial Wharf—where we shall keep con
stantly on hand,
Flonr, Corn, Meal, Oats, Rye, Feed,
Ground Rock Salt,&c.
„ , , . AMARIAH FROST,
rortland, Nov. 1,1882. ADDISON FRYE.
Mass its. Flost k FavEhaving leased my Mill and
purchased my stock and trade, I cheerfully rccom
mend them to my customers.
Portland, Nov. 1,1862. W. C. BRADLEY,
novd tf
ALBERT WEBB dc AO,
- HEALERS III
Corn, Flour and Grain,
HEAD OF MERRILL S WHARF,
Commercial Street, - - Portland. Me.
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ARMY AND NAVY
TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT,
— BY
A. D. REEVES, ... Tailor,
S'S EXCHANGE STREET,
Portland. Aug. 6,1862. dly
JOHN B. BROWN A SONS,
Sugar Refinery,
YORK STREET, PORTLAND, ME.
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1STew Drug Store!
C BOSH AN Sc POOR,
HAVE taken store, No. 75 Middle Street,
(Fox Block,) and respectfully invite public at
tention to their large and well selected stock of
Drugs, Chemicals, Fancy Goods, &c.,
And solicit a share of public patrouage, trusting
that by furnishing the purest chemicals and best stock
of drugs the market affords, and a careful attention
in the dispensary department, to merit the confidence
of the public.
CHA8. F. CROSMAN. je24tf THUS. H. POOR,
DOLE A MOODY,
GENERAL
Commission Merchants,
AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
FLOUB, CORN AND PRODUCE,
Wo. 5 Galt Block Commercial Street,
PORTLAND, Me.
ANDREW T. DOLE. * FRANKLIN C MOODY.
June 22. ^ eodtf
FOR SOLEIMG OK IVIEMDIMG
Boots anil Shoe**.
Hilton’s Cement,
Insolvable in Water or Oil—for mending
FURXITURE. IVORY, ROXE, CROCKERY,
GLASS AXD EARTH EX WARE.
It is invaluable for sole ng or patching Boots and
Shoes, and for cementing Leather Belting it has no
equal.
Ouly 26 Coots per Bottle, at
LORING’S DRUG STORE,
novl7 Corner Exchange & Federal Streets.
J. L. U INNLOW, Agent,
MANUFACTURER OF
Steam Engines, Steam Boilers,
ANB EVERY DESCRIPTION OF MACHINERY,
Steam Cocks, Valves. Pipes and Connections, Whole
sale or Itetail.
STEAM AND GAS FITTING,
Done in the best manner.
Works 6 Union 8t., and 233 & 235 Fore St.,
jnltdtf PORTLAND, ME.
BOOTS, SHOES & RUBBERS.
W. W. LOTHKOF,
(Formerly E. Shaw & Co.)
No. 88 MIDDLE STREET,
As usual.keeps constantly supplied with fresh
SHI and fashionable BOOTS and SHOES, in eve
f rv variety and style for gentlemen's and la
^^^djes wear, and invite all his old customers
and the public generally to give them a call whenev
er they desire to replenish their “understandings.’*
W. W. L. is agent for the Leavitt and Wilcox
k Gibbs SEWING-MACHINES aog&—6n»d
YEATON A HALE,
Commission Merchants,
SHIP BROKERS, CHANDLERS
— AND DEALERS IN —
Ship and Cabin Stores,
MO CL Toy'S BLOCK,
Corner Commercial 8t. and Long Wh’f,
Portland, Me.
JOHN YEATON, JOSEPH HALX.
•^•Particular attention paid to procuring Freights,
and purchasing Cargoes and Charters for vessels.
August 2. 1862. dAw6m7
Gray Beards, Attend!
AFTER Twenty Years’ experience, and years of
experiment, I have at last fouud the
Best Dyo!
For coloring Hair in the world. I say it boldly, and
mean it. And say forther, that if any one buys my
Dye, and after trying, does not like it, I will reftind
the money on returning me the bottle with oue hall
its contents.
I do not wish to sell it to any rebel, or rebel sym
pathizer.
Agents can be supplied at wholesale prices by ad
dressiug
JOHN M. TODD, Portland, Me.
Oct. 23.d&w tf.
JOHN! W. PERKINS A CO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
DRUGS, DTE STUFFS, GLASS WARE,
FLUID, KEROSENE OIL, Ac.,
86 Commercial Street, Thomas Block,
Jul29dAwly PORTLAND. ME.
Pi«»r mid Mantle Mirrors.
WITH Oval, Square or Eliptical frames, with
Rosewood, Black Walnut or Gilt finish made
to order, of any size, style or design, of new and
elegant patterns; also cheap Looking Glassy and
elates re-set in old frames, by
MORRISON ft CO.. 26. Market Square.
Boys, Boys, Boys.
PARTICULAR attention given to CUTTING and
MAKING BOYS’ GARMENTS, by
A. D. REEVES, - - Tailor,
08 EXCHANGE STREET.
Portland, Aug. 6. 1862 dly
BUSINESS CARDS.
JOHN LYNCH A CO,
"\A7'li.olesa,le Grocers,
-- AND -
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
GRANITE STORES.COMMERCIAL STREET,
(Opposite head of Widgery’s Wharf,)
Portland, Me.
JOHN LYNCH, PELEO BARKEN, THOI. LYNCH.
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HENRY L. PAINE &
(Formerly WILLIAM C. HOWk CO.,)
-Dealers in
Coal, Wood and Rooting Slate,
275 Commoroial Street,
Opposite Smith’s Wharf..Portland, Mb.
HENRY L. PAINE, 1
WILLIAM C. HOW, j novl tf
A-. D. REEVES,
The Tailor,
— HABJCBT RETURNED PROM —
NEW YORK AND BOSTON,
With a large and well selected Stock of
Cloths, Cassimerea and Vestings!
Also a full assortment of
Military Cloths,
And is prepared to make them up at Bhort notice.'
Call and See,
AT No. 98 EXCHANGE STREET.
Portland, Sept. 24.1862. dtf
L. H. TITCO.HB,
Apothecary,
-AGENT FOR
^B PALMER’S
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS,
-ALSO.
Sheet Gntta Percha for Splinta,
AND CRUTCHES, FOR SALE.
SPBC/MBX LIMBS MA Y BE SEEK A T
373 Congress Street, - - - Portland.
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-WAIT THE
Best Ambrotype or Photograph,
DO not (hi) to call at No. 27 Market Square, where
they take PERFECT LIKENESSES, and war
rant satisfaction, at pricer vhich defy competition.
N. B.—Large Ambrotvpes only Fifteen Cents.
TRASK dr LEWIS,
27 Market Square, h'd Preble St.
July 14th, 1862. dtf
WILLIAM A. PEARCE,
PLUMBER,
-MAKER OF
FORCE PUMPS AND WATER CLOSETS,
No. 124 Exchange Street, Portland, Me.
Warm, Cold and Shower Baths, Wash Bowls, Brass
and Silver Plated Cocks.
EVERY Description of Water Fixture for Dwell
ing Houses, Hotel.*, Public Buildings, Ships, Ac.,
arranged and set up iii the best manner, and all or
ders in town or country faithfully executed. All
kinds of Jobbing promptly attended to.
Constantly on hir.u, Load Pipes and Sheet Lead,
and Beer Pumps of all kinds. july29dly
Trunks ! Trunk a !
S VALISES, P0ETMAJITEAU8,
--
Carpet-Bags,
DURAN'S MANUFACTORY,
No. 105 MIDDLE STREET.
ALAR v aud Fashionable $frock of the above ar
ticles ma> be found at this establishment, com
prising every do crlption for a traveling outfit.
Ju 40. 1*52 d6in J. R. DURAN.
Ivl arbl© Work.
J. It. THOMPSON,
Is prepared to receive orders for
Marble, Free Stone, Soap Stone,
Marble Chimney Pieces, Monumental Work and
Orindstoues.
Csrarr of Pearl aad Federal Sta»,
Je28tf PORTLAND, ME.
II. C. LOVELL dc SOU,
—DEALERS IK—
Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS,
120 Middle Street,
Would iuform the public that haring purchased the
stock of
S. B. G O W E L L,
And taken the store recently occupied by him, (129
Middle Street.) are prepared to furnish Mr. Gowell's
former customers, as well as their own friends and
the public, with
NEW AND SEASONABLE GOODS,
and at AS LOW PRICKS as the same quality and
stvle can be purchased, at any other place in the
city.
yXo trouble to show goods: call aud «ee before
purchasing elsewhere. ocl8
TWITCIIELL & nnnPLI.V
Commission Merchants,
- AND DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND PROVISIONS,
85 Commercial St., opp. Thomas Block,
PORTLAND, ME.
John Q. Twitchell. julSldtim Ja’s P. Champlin.
33 33 33 8 T
COFFINS
—AND—
CASKETS,
To be found in this city, of every description, finish*
ed and trimmed
In the ]S"eatest Style,
- ARE AT
C. H. BLAKE'S,
No. 30 UNION STREET.
And will be sold cheaper than at any other place in
the city.
ROBES FURNISHED TO ORDER.
-C. 11. B. also manuikctures
SHOW-CASES, DESKS, ASD DRAWER-WORK
Of every description, including Taylor’s Self*
SrppoRTiNo Drawer, the best Kind ever made.
gy" All orders for Repairing Furniture, Varnish
ing. Upholstering, Chair Seating. Glazing, Ac.,
promptly attended to. Jul81tf
L. J. CROSS,
141 Middle Street, - - Portland. Me.
gv Watch-Maker,
wtm N. B.—All work being promptly and person
ally attended to, is warranted to give thorough satis
faction. Je28tf
DK. PEKRV
HAVING returned from the Army, again tenders
his professional services to the people of Port
land aud vicinity.
His experience—while absent—in PRACTICAL
SURGERY, warrants him in calling attention to
this branch.
Residence and Office—71 Free Street
uov 27 dtf
BOOKS & STATIONERY.
8. H. C OLEH WORTHY,
Hu removed Ui* stock of
BOOKS, STATIONARY, PICTURES,
Retire Fraaei, Paper Hu ;nta Futjfioodi, it., it,
TO So. 92 KjniiSQI STREET,
Next door above the British and American Express
Office, where he will accommodate all who may De in
want of goods in his line, at very low prices.
Book-Binding and Picture-Framing,
Done nv atly as usual.
GENUINE HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES,
For sale at t' e above store by
m. seavey.
Physicians and Families upplied with Medicines and
books. Cases renewed and vials refilled.
June 24.1862, eodfira
New Works !
NEW EDITION OF
CASEY'S U. S. TACTICSj
Army Regulations.
HALL L. DAVIS.
S3 Evchaage Street
Beet. 27.1862. dti
HOTELS.
“ELM HOUSE.”
rrflbfR THE undersigned respectfully informs the
fl|l||aj public that he ha* leaned the above llonse,
on Federal Street, Portlaud, nd invites
the travelling coifftnunity to call and see il
he knows “how to keep a hotei." Clean,
airy rooms, good beds, a well-provided t ible, atten
tive servants and moderate charges are the induce
ments he holds out to those whose business or pleas
ure call them to the "Forest City."
JONATHAN BLISS, Proprietor.
Portland. Auk. 19. lwa *
BATH HOTEL,
ft By C. M. PLUM MK
B 886, Washishton St., Bath.
, •.‘Terms SI per d»jr. Stable coonevrA
with house.
Bath, June 23.1662. dtf
SAGADAIIOCK HOUSE,
AITreU Carr, - • Proprietor.
BATH. MAINE.
THE City of Bath is one of the healthiest
localities on the coast of Maine—delichtfhl
lv situated on the Kennebec, twelve miles
e—, , — from the sea, and affords one of the most
inviting retreat, from the dust and turmoil of our
large cities.
The Saoadahock is one of the finest, most spa
cions and best appointed Hotel- in the State, located
within thaee minutes walk of the Depot, Steamboat
Landing, Post Office, Custom llonse, Ac., being di
rectly in the business centre of the City.
Terwau M•Aerate by (be Work wr Day.
Bath, June 23.1802. dtf
CENTRAL HOUSE,
E. G. Mayo, • - . . Proprietor.
PA88ADUMKEAO, MAINS.
|THFs subscriber would very respectfully an
nounce to his numerous friends, ana the
public generally, that during the temporary
wrapuJsory suspension of his business be
ihea this well-known house anew, and is
»ow better than ever prepared to wait upon his cus
tomers, and hopes by strict attention to their wmats
to merit a continuance of the patrouage which he baa
hitherto received. E. G MAYO
Pasaadumkeag, June 23.1862. dfcwtf
The Model Cook!
AN AIR TIGHT STOVE
With Two Ovens,
The greatest of modern improvements is the line of
Oook Stoves,
EVER OFFERED TO T H Fa PUBLIC.
Manufactured by the
Barstow Stove Company,
Whose Castings stand unrivalled throughout New
England.
The senior partner of the Company, whose experi
ence of nearly a quarter of a century in the Stove
; Manufacture, says—that by an
AIR TIGHT STOVE
we mean a stove so perfectly fitted as to place the
draft of the stove eutirely within the control of the
person using it; enabling him to preserve either a
wood or coal tire for mauv hours, by simply closing
i the draft slide, thus securing great economy in time,
I aud in cost of fuel, an well as avoiding the dost con
sequent upon rekindling.
ROASTING AND BAKING.
But the novel—the peculiar feature of the MODEL
COOK—that wliich distinguishes it from all others—
I is the addition of a Ventilated Roasting < >ven with! 1
the body of the stove aud in front of the Are; so ar
ranged that it can be used separately for roasting, or
(by the removal of a simple plate) in connection with
I the larger oven for baking.
Wherever these stoves have been used, they have
| given universal satisfaction.
FOR SALE BY
F. A. HOWARD,
—DKAL£B IX—
Stoves, Furnaces and Ranges,
From the celebrated Baratow Stove Co.
-ALSO
A Complete Assortment of
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
Registers, Ventilators, Ac.
-A LAO. AGKirr FOR
The Vetrified Water and Drain Pipe.
UXDEIZl
Lanoaster Hall.
►IT All kinds of TIN and SHEET IRON WORK
done to order, at short notice. no*20
WAR CLAIM AGENCY.
8100 Bounty Money, Back Pay,
And Pension*.
THE andoreigned is prepared to obtain from the
United State* Government, *100 Bounty Money,
Back Pay, kc., for heirs of Officers or Soldiers dying
in the U. 8. service.
Invalid Pensions,
Established for Officers and Soldiers, wounded or
disabled bv sickness contracted while in the service
of the United States, iu the liue of duty.
Fonslons
Procured for widows or children ol Officers and Sol
diers who have died while in the service of the UnA
ted States.
Prize Money, Pensions, Bounty and Back Pay eu
lected for Seamen and their heirs.
Fees, for each Pension obtained, Five Dollars.
All Claims agaiust the Government will rcee
prompt attention.
Post Office address
SETH E. DEED?
Augusta* Me.
(Office No. 9 State House.)
KKPXREKrK*:
Hon. Lot M Morrill, Hon. Joseph B. Hall.
U. 8. Senate, Sec’y of State,
Hon. James G. Blaine, Hon. Nathan Dane,
sepZOdft wl4tf State Treasurer.
Coals, Pants, Vests, Jackets,
Ladies' Riding Habits, Ac.,
Cut, made and trimmed by
A. D. REEVES, - - Tailor,
it* EXCHANGE srKEKT.
Portland, August 6, 1**S dir
INSURANCE.
BATH MUTUAL
Xlaritoe Insurance Company.
OFFICE UNDER THE SAGADAHOCK HOUSE,
FRONT STREET.
President and l>irectors of the Bath Mutua 1
£ps^k“2^ctrp“r •*” uo,i~ th* ,b*lr
#200,000;
A»<* l'*? "® Pr(,P*r-<l to make ineoranee on tho
matual principle. agaiust marine rids, not exceeding
$10,000 in any One Risk.
, . „ I’ I RECTOR.
Sr « 1 y™. Drummond, G. E. R. Fatten,
iy1'Cfr Hoeee. Sam i I Robinson, E K Hirdiaf,
M. r . t.amiett, Arthur s. «ati j i» *
J. H. Me Eel Ian. Lcwl. Black mer, »yvid i-anra
Jaa. F. 1 atten, 8. A. Houghton. *. C. Jaoieaoa.
5 HARDING, Preeident,
_B.th,July3.1S62.t' i,YDEdfl’^rrt“,y
Mutual Life Insurance.
Mew York Life liiMirancc ( omp'y,
Established In 1S46—Net Capital oror
TWO MILLIOMS AMD A QUARTER.
THIS Company has paid since tte organization to
Widows, Orphans aud Creditors of the Assured
> upwards of *
Twelve Hundred Thousand Dollar#.
* }} « one ^ Oldest, Safest and most Surressfnl
Life Companies in the United State#, and afford# to
persons wishing to participate in the benefit* of Life
Insurance, advantages not excelled, and in some re*
specta not equalled by any other in this country.
Strict Economy—Care in its Risks, and Safe Incest
ments, characterize its management.
R]* f pnrely mutual company, all its profits being
divided among its members annually.
In addition to all the various forms of Wroli
Li**? 8Hi>RT T*r*' Kxdowmext and Asrvrrnr
policies which it issues, we invite special attention to
a new feature in Life Insurance introduced by thin
Company some two years since, vis: the issuing of
life Policiea not subject to Forfeiture.
and upon which the premium* cea*e at the end often
year*, whereby under any and all cim<m*tance$ the
money paid cannot be lost, but the original design of
the assured be attained, either in whole or in part, in
proportion to the amount of premium paid.
No better evidence is needed of the prosperity and
succe** of this Company than the fact shown bv the
recently published official reports, via: that 7
IT ISSUED A LARGER NUMB EM OF LIFE
POLICIES DURING THE YEAR 1961, THAN
ANT OTHER COM PANT IN THE
UNITED STATES.
Further information will be cheerfully furnished
on application by mail or otherwise to
WARREN SPARROW,
Guir.il Aoejtt for thr State of Maur
Office Xo.74Middle st.,opposite PoMotlte.
PortlRRd, Oct. 17, l»a. ocl7 dta
FIRE IISUBAIGI.
* • -
WARREN SPARROW,
Office 74 Middle, cer. et Exekaaf, tL,
PORTLAND, ME.,
Agent of the following Firrt Clam InnraneeOoV.
National Insurance Comp-ny.
; Of Boston. - - Cuh Capital and SurplM a660,MO.
Republic Fire Insurance Company,
Of New York. - - Cash Capital and Snrpin, *417,000.
Relief Fire Insurance Company.
Of Naw York. - - Caah Capital and Surplus, 4.80.000.
Equitable Fire and Marine In*. Co.,
Of Proride»ee.
Purser Srccritt. which ought alwara to ha tha
■Oral consideration in effecting insurance, to hereof,
fored to the pnblic, at the m*h( rale, qf premium
adopted by found and re .ptmeihle ootnpaalea.
OffiMia "Bogd aBaikUag." opposite PmtOOoa.
Jane 28.dfcwtf
STATEMENT OF*THE CONDITION
• -OF THR
Springfield
Fire wmat Mariue 1 bmiranee Cfo,
OF SPRINGFIELD, MASS.,
On the First day of November, 1862. in conformity
with the Laws of the State of Maine.
Capital Stock, all paid up, 9200,000 00
Surplus, 190,581 88
-9388,581 88
Assets as follows :
; Cash. 6,906 98
i Cash in hands of Agent* in course
of transmission, 16,372 82
915,400 U.8. 7.80 Treasury Notes, 16,016 00
i 910.000 U. 8 6 per ceut. 'tertitt
1 cate* ot Indebtedness, 10,000 00
! 96,000 U. 8. 6 per cent. Coupon
Bond*. 1881. 5,200 00
1 Heal Estate owned by the Com
pany, unincumbered. 33,.920 69
i Loans on Mortgage* of Real Es
tate, within the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, 80,473 58
i 1207 shares bank Stocks, as per
schedule. 124.20619
: 638 shares Railroad stocks, 75,750 00
• Railroad bond**. 7,560 00
Loans on Personal and Collateral
Security. 8.842 62
All other Securities. 6.364 13
9300,581 88 390,581 58
Fee Contra :
All outstandlng Claims. 927,904 06
No other liabilities to Banks or Individ
uals except Office Expenses.
Amount at risk. Nov. 1. 1862. 930.580.587 28
Amount necessary- to rc-insure the above, 84.865 42
[Signed] ' WM. CONNER, Jr., Secretary.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I
County of Hamp Jen. ss. f
Sworu to before me.
(Signed) Geo. Walked, Justice of the Peaoa.
Office of the Portland Agency,
105 KIDDLE STREET.
Policies issued on Real and Personal property.
Risks taken on Dwelling Houses for one, three, or
five rears, very low
J. W. MI Xf.ER, Afftit.
deco ed3w
Statement
OF THE CONDITION
Holyoke .Mutual Fire Ins. Company
IN SALEM. MASS .
; On the flret dnv of November, being; the dnte of its
exhibit next preceding Dec. 1, 1802.
Amount of Capital Stock.9667,748 48
Consisting of Notes and Statute Liabilities, 418,121 81
Cash Assets, as follows, via:
Investments in Mortgages. 940,872 87
Bank Stock. 41.906 08
Railroad Bonds and Stocks. 12.529 86
j U. States.State and City Bonds, 19,961 09
Loans on collateral and notes
receivable. 6.542 49
Real Estate. 2.415 17
Cash ©u hand. 6.667 49
, Balances in hands of Agents, 906 41
I nterest earned and sunary assets. 2.90G 89 9139.696 67
9667,748 48
| Amount at Risk. 910.573.288 21
I Amouht or Liabilities, (other than amount at
risk.) vis:
Claims for Losses, 93,100 00
There are uo other liabilities, unless ©f bills B©t
i rendered fbr expenses.
AUGUSTUS STORY. President.
TH06 H. JOHNSON.Secretary.
|F This Company is payiug a dividend of 95 per
I cent, on yearly, and 33 1-3 percent, on three and
' five year Policies, at their expiration.
ELIPHALET WEBSTER. Agent.
Bio. 162 1.2 Fore SI., PortlAmd.
dec3 d3w
HOMESTEADS FOR $20.
THE MISSOI KI LAND COMPANY hhve par*
chased from the Hannibal A St. Joseph Railroad
Compauv a large tract of laud in Northern Missouri,
adjoining the flourishing town of Hamilton. Caldwell
County, for farming and manufacturing purposes,
and have divided their property into lots and farms.
They are offered to subscriber* in shares of 990 each.
Maps, with ftill information, can be bad by calling on
EDWARD SHAW, Agent,
102 Middle Street. Portlaw®.
une dtf
Old Frame, Re^silt,
AND RENEWED by _
MORRISON ft CO