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PORTLAND DAILY PRESS?"'
VOL~ 1- PORTLAND, ME., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1862. NO, 163
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,
JOHN T. OILMAN, i
JOSEPH B. HALL, J Editor*.
1* published at No 82J EXCHANGE STREET,
iu FOX BLOCK, by
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Friday Morning, December 19, |K«2.
[From the Preliminary lteporton the Eighth Census.]
Petroleum Dll.
An important development of the natural
resources of the country, and a valuable addi
tion to its exports, have been made by the dis
covery within the last two or three years, that
certain indications, known to the aboriginal
and early European inhabitants of the western
country, of natural reservoirs of inflammable
oil existing upon the headwaters of the Alle
ghany river in New York and Pennsylvania,
were but the clue to apparently inexhaustible
supplies of native oil, accessible at no great
depth throughout an extended belt of country,
embracing tne bituminous coal areas of sev
eral states.
* Petroleum, rock, or mineral oil, a natural
product of the decomposition of organic mat
ter emitted from the soil in various formations,
particularly those of rock salt, was known and
employed to some extent by the ancients, hav
ing been mentioned by the lather of history
twenty-three hundred years ago, and h'y
Greek and Roman writers of later date. In
its more fluid form, as found on the shores of
the Caspian Sea, near the Irawaddy of liurmah,
in Italy, and some parts of our country, it has
borne the name of nahptha, while the more sol
id elements of the same substance predomina
ted in the articles known as asphaltum and bi
tumen, found abuudanlly in the Great Pitch
Lake of the island of Trinidad, near the Dead
Sea in Judea, and elsewhere, Petroleum is
nearly identical in properties with the artili
cial oils, which lutve been long derived from
the destructive distillation of different miner
als, as cannei oil and brown coal, or lignite, bi
tuminous shales, sands, elays, peat, Ac., which
have been the subject of numerous patents in
Europe and America, and within the last eight
years have been manufactured to a considera
ble extent in the United States and the neigh
boring provinces, until the native petroleum
springs opened a sotirce of cheaper supply.
As a product of our own country this re
markable substance was brought to the notice
of the white population, as early as the mid
dle or the last century, by the Seneca Indians,
who fouud it upon Oil creek, a branch of the
Alleghany, in Venango county, Pennsylvania,
and near the head of the Genesee river, in
New York, whence it received the name of
“Seneca oil” and “Genesee oil.” It was used
by the natives in their religious ceremonies, and
as medicament for wounds. Ac. For the last
named purpose it has been long collected and
sold at a high price. A perennial flow of oil
has been known to exist on Oil creek, above
referred to, for a century, For the last forty
years, the spring has been closed in a vat, or
structure of wood and stones, which was daily
skimmed by the proprietor and made tin;
source of considerable revenue. We have
■ seen extensive diggings in this region made by
the French more than a century since, while
that nation held the valley of the Mississippi,
which were evidently made with a view to as
certain the'basis or source of what, no doubt,
impressed the French officers as a most inter
esting and curious development of the bounty
of nature. Petroleum, doubtless, formed an
article of considerable traffic between the In
dians and traders of that region; as we have
seen, in some old account books of the last
century, “gallons” and "kegs” of Seneca oil
credited to the Indians.
Its existence in any vast amount appears to
have been unknown until 1845, when a spring
was “struck,” while lairing for salt, near Tar
enlum. thirty-five miles alaive Pittsburg, on
the Alleghany. Experiments having proved
its constituents to be nearly the same as those
of the artificial carbon oil. a company was or
ganized in New York to attempt its purifica
tion by the same process applied to the latter.
But little was effected, however, and in 1857
Messrs. Bowditch and Drake of New Haven,
commenced operations at Titusville, on Oil
creek, where traces of early explorations were
found, and in August, 1859, a fountain was
reached by boring, at the depth of seventy-one
feet, which yielded 400 gallons daily. Before
the close of the year 18d0, the number of wells
and borings was estimated to be about two
thousand, of which seventy-four of the larger
ones were producing daily, by the aid of
pumps, an aggregate of eleven hundred and
sixty-five barrels of crude oil, worth, at twenty
cents a gallon, about ten thousand dollars.
Wells were soon after sunk to the depth of
five or six hundred feet, and the flow of petro
leum became so profuse that no less than 3,
000 barrels were obtained in a day from a sin
gle well, the less productive ones yielding from
fifteen to twenty barrels per diem. In several
Instances extraordinary means were fouud
necessary to check anil control the flow, which
is now regulated in such wells according to the
stale of the market, bv strong tubing and stop
cocks. The quantity sent to market by the
Sunbury and Erie railroad from the Pennsyl
vania oil region, which has thus far been the
principal source, increased from 325 barrels in
1859 to 134,927 barrels in 1801. The whole
quantity shipped in the last-mentioned year
was nearly 500,000 barrels. Since August,
1801, the product has rapidly increased. The
present capacity of the wells is estimated at
250,000 to 300,000 barrels per week. So im
portant, however, have the operations in this
article become that a railroad, we understand,
has been chartered in Pennsylvania exclusive
ly for the transportat ion of the oil to market.
From a recent number of the “Register,” a
newspaper published at Oil City, Pennsylva
nia, we copy the following statement respect
ing the product of petroleum in that vicinity:
“We learn that the number of wells now flow
ing is seventy-five, the number of w ells that
• formerly flowed and pumped is sixty-two; the
number of wells sunk and commenced is three
hundred and fifty-eight; total, four hundred
and ninety-five. The amount ot oil shipped is
set down at 1,000,000 barrels; amount on hand
to date, 92,450 barrels; present amount oi
daily flow, 5,717 barrels. The average value
of the oil, at $1 per barrel, is *1,092.000; aver
age cost of wells, at 81,000 each, is 8495,1OOO
machinery, building, &c., from *500 to *70(
each, §500,000. The total number of refiners
is twentv-flvc. The detailed report of the coil
! dition of tlie wells shows that production is on
the increase. Holders are firm at fifty cents
per barrel at the wells, and don't seem to care
about selling any great amount at that price.”
j With increased facilities for getting it to the
seaboard at a cheap rate for transportation,the
operations will doubtless become much mure
j extended than at present.
I The exportation of crude and refined petro
j leum from the principal Atlantic cities to Eu
rope. South America, and the West Indies, has
already become considerable, the larger por
! tion being shipped to England. Much of it is
sent to Europe in this c. .ide state, in which
form it is said to be preferred for the sake of
the collateral products obtained in the process
j of refilling. It is probable, however, that the
highly inflammable character of the unrefined
! article, owing to the presence of certain gase
j ous or exceedingly volatile compounds may
i prove an objection to its shipment in that
J state.
The quantity exported from the cities of
Philadelphia, Xew York, Boston, Baltimore,
and San Francisco, from the 1st of January to
the 1st of April, 1862, amounted to 2,342.042
gallons, valued at §033,949. The receipts at
Cincinnati, during the same period, of carbon
and petroleum qjls, were 519,960 gallons, or
; 13.000 barrels.nearly one-half of which was pet
; roleum oil. The export from the three cities
! first mentioned, from the first of January to
) the 16th of May of the present year, were 3,
; 651,1:10 gallons, worth §889,886, and the ship
: ments in the last week of that period from the
same places, were 205,000 gallons, valued at
! §42,160.
j A large reduction has taken place in
1 the price since the commencement of the
1 trade, and particularly during the last few
| months. The price of crude petroleum in
Philadelphia on the 6th of January, 1862, was
from 22 1-2 to 23 cents a gallon, and of refined
i oil 37 1-2 to 45 cents. On the 29th of March
the prices had declined at the same place to
10 and 12 cents for crude, and 25 to 32 cents
for refined oil, while the most recent price cur
rent list* place it at 9 and 19 cents. Although
the capacity of the existing wells already ex
ceeds a profitable demand, there appears to
lie no assignable limit to the How, or to the
localities which may be found to yield it,
whenever an augmented demand shall warrant
lariuer searcu. or increased production. The
i bituminous coal areas of the United States are
■ estimated to cover upwards of 02,000 square
, miles in eight i,( the mhhllc. southern, and
western States. Springs and reservoirs of pe
troleum have also been noticed by (.'apt. Staus
bury, on a branch of the Yellow Creek, 83
miles from Salt Lake. City, in Utah, on the
route to Fort Leavenworth. They exist also
in some of the neighboring British provinces.
It is probable that the saliferous strata of our
western country may be generally found to
yield this interesting mineral product.
The importance of this article is not limited
j to its value as an item in the export trade of
our cities. Attention appears to have been
j first directed to it on account of the demand
j for a safe and cheap material for illumination,
in place of the dangerous compounds of tur
pentine. and other explosive hydro-carbons, as
well as for lubricating purposes, in which it
has proved to be a valuable substitute for ani
mal oils. There is no doubt that the various
other uses of crude petroleum, or its constitu
ents, will render it. a valuable acquisition to
the arts. The business of refining the raw
product, in order to remove from it all corros
ive and volatile elements, already employs a
number of establishments, and will become
one of some magnitude. Practical chemistry
is daily adding to the number and variety of
uses which the substance eliminated in the
process of rectification may be made to sub
serve in the arts.
Although the extraction of oil, pitch and
tar from bituminous shale was the subject of a
patent in England as early as 1005, and the
manufacture and purification of oil, gas, and
other hydro-carbons from coal received sever
al improvements by the Earl of Dundonald,
and others at a later period, the patent of Mr.
Young, of Manchester, secured in England in
1850, and in the United States in 1852,“lor the
obtaining of paraffine oil, or an oil containing
paraffine, ami paraffine from bituminous coal/’
appears to have given the first great impulse
to the manufacturing of these mis as a source
ol artificial light. The patent, which covered
a very succcessful process, has given rise to
suits at law, one of which was recently bro’t,
without success, to restrain the sale in Eng
land of petroleum oils, by the name of Amer
ican paraffine oil, as damaging to the sale of
his “paraffine oilon account of the highly
inflammable character of the former.
Illuminating oil from coal appears to have
been made as early as 1840, by Dr. Gesner, of
Nova Scotia, and in 1854 the Kerosene Oil
Company, on Long Island, commenced the
first manufacture of carbo-hydrogeu oil under
patents secured by Dr. Gesner, using catinel
coal front England. New York, and other parts
of the l nited States. The Breckinridge coal
oil works oft the Ohio, ut Cloverport, Ken
tucky, were commenced in 1850, and were
soon followed by others, to the number of
twenty-five in operation in 1800. in Ohio alone,
with a working capacity of three hundred gal
lons of light oil each, per diem. There were
then about fifty-six factories in the United
at ates. exclusive ol some engaged altogeth
er on pctrolcnin.and several small private coal
oil works. The capital cxjx-udcd in coal-oil
works and cauucl coal mines was estimated at
nearly lour million dollars. The manufacture
ol' coal-oil lamps, resulting from the use of the
oil, formed tile principal business of sixteen
coin patties, who employed 2,150 men. and 400
women and boys, and work for 125 looms in
making the lamp-wick.
The cauucl coal employed by them, as well
as wood, peat, and other substances of vegeta
ble origin, when subjected to destructive dis
tillation in close vessels, at a heat below that
at which they yield gas in abundance, affords
a large quantity of a light supernatant oil,
amounting to about one-flfth of the product,
which, having been purified and re-distilled,
yields a very volatile and uapllialous fluid, of
light specific gravity, containing some paraffino
oil, and highly inflammable, owing to the pres
ence of bcuzoin or benzole. There is ulso ob
tained a heavier oil, which is a s fe and valua
ble burning oil, a denser lubricating oil, and
solid paraffine, a peculiar white* crystalline
substance, beautifully adapted for randies, anti
now manufactured to some extent for that and
other practical uses. Tile petroleum of our
country has been found to be a more econom
ical source for these several compounds of car
lion and hydrogen, and enables the manufac
turer to dispense with the Hrst stage of the
process referred to. The cheapness of crude
petroleum, and the simple and comparatively
unexpensive process by which a safe and eco
nomical illuminating oil may be obtained, give
an unusual interest to this subject, as affording
the means of preventing the great loss of life
shown by the recent census to result from the
dangerous compounds so extensively used for
that purpose. Although the petroleum oils,
when imperfectly rectified, so that all the ben
zole has not been expelled, are exceedingly
explosive, owing to tile heat generated by the
combustion of the solid paraffine readily va
porizing and igniting the more ctheria! por
tion, it may with great facility be freed from
all volatile substances, and a very simple and
practical test enables the purchaser to ascer
tain its fitness for use. The precautions re
quired in the treatment of petroleum, as well
as the expense of thoroughly purifyin ; it, be
ing somewhat greater than with coal oils, ma
ny arc tempted to neglect it, or even to add a
portion of the lighter and cheaper oil to make
the heavy oil burn more readily.
All these oils possess an advantage over oth
er kinds in the fact that, W'hen onee properly
deodorized, they do not Ix’come rancid or fer
meat by keeping, but rather lose by age any
odor they may have retained.
Of eight several products obtained from pe
troleum by chemical analysis, two or three on
ly were solidified by cold of fifteen degrees be
low zero, the first three or four remaining per
feetly fluid, and none possessed corrosivi
qualities, showing their fitness as lubricators
Experiments have shown that crude petrole
tun is admirably adapted to the manulavtnr
of gas, and have led to the expectation tha
its use will greatly reduce the cost of its man
ufacture, if it does not entirely supersede th.
use of coal for that purpose. The “carburn
tion of gas,” by attaching to the gas-burner ;
reservoir of oil, through which the gas is
made to pass before combustion, lias been
found grcally to increase the economy and il
luminating power of coal-gas.
The various collateral and residuary pro
ducts of the distillation, which have generally
j been wasted heretofore, will all doubtless be
utilized as the progress in analytical and tech
nical chemistry throws more light upon
their nature and relations. Several of them
are already employed in Europe, if not in this
i country, in the manufacture of some of the
new and bcatiful dyes which practical science
has recently introduced in the arts. Benzine,
which it is the object of the rectifier to elimi
nate. is used to some extent as a flavoring ma
terial. though some recent facts make it doubt
ful if it is wholly innoxious to the health.
The acids, caustic alkalies, and other mater
ials used in the purification of the crude qual
ities of petroleum, may all lie restored to use
or employed as fertilizers, and the dense pitchy
liquids obtained in the manufacture areavaila
i ble in the composition of water-proof cements,
roofing, varnish, and fuel. The absence of fat
ty acids may possibly prevent the saponiflca
j tion of these oils with alkalies lor the tnumi
j torture of soap, but the more extended use of
petroleum for the purposes we have named,
which will be effected by time and improved
manipulations of the article, will suffice to
render it a most valuabls acquisition to the
raw materials and manufactures of the coun
try.
MISCELLANEOUS.
UNION FOREVER I
RALLY TO THE FLAG!
NEW EEOEUITS WANTED!
Latest from Headquarters !
-O
GREAT EXCITEMENT
AT BIjRLEIGH S,
163 Middle Street.
IVKILITAK GOODS,
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 material,
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
j be sold vary low, at wholesale or retail, for cash.
Buyers will do well to look at our stock before pur
cnasiug eisewuere, it was nougat oeiore me great
rise on goods.
103 NXiddle Street,
JOSIAH BURLEIGH.
Portland, July 22. 1862. d6m
SAIL CLOTH.
BLEACHED FLAX DICK, WITH DUE STRIPES,
(A substitute for Cotton.)
UNBLEACHED CANVAS, WITH RED STRIPE,
Of various descriptions.
ALL FKO.H A O Nos. 1 TO 6.
ALSO OH HARD
BOLT ROPE CORD AGE, AC.,
For sale by
LE MESURIER & CHAMPION,
St. Peter Street,QUEBEC.
ty'Samplcson hand, and orders taken by
J. T. PATTEN k CO.,
Oct. 11—6m Frout Street, Bath.
JAMES P. SLEEPEIt,
Fl'KNISHISG U NDE RT AKER,
So. Ill Exchange Street, Portland,
RefliJence rear of 411 rongr.su Street, keeps con
stantly on hand all the various kinds of
COFFINS AND CASKETS,
Now in Use,
Aud will make o order anything of this kind that
may be ordered, <»t short notice, front the cheapest to
the*vkey hkst. B> giving my strict and undivided
attention to the maiiulacturiug. lining and trimming
of the above, 1 can furnish them cheaper than any
one else.
Aug 6,1862. JAMES P. SLEEPER.
Something 1ST ew!
| THE B LON DIN SKATE, (Patented.)
! milESK Skates are intended to cover deficiencies
A of skates heretofore made, and cspeciallv in La
dies’ and Cents’ Stakes, with the Patent Ankle Sup
ports, which need only to la* seen and trie«kto insure
| for them a ready salt*.* They an* made from the best
materials, latest styles, am) of superior workman
ship. Any person can learu to skate well in les thun
one-fourth of the time, by using the Patent Ankle
support—and they are especially useful for those
having weak aukles. For sale by
CILAS. DAY, Jr., lift Middle SI.
no\26 3\y
BUSINESS CARDS.
WILLIAM F. PARKER,
-ggjev UPHOLSTERER
^ Manufacturer of
FURNITURE,
Lounges, Bedsteads,
SPRING-BEDS, MATTRESSES, PEW-CUSH
IONS, fc., tfc.
148 Exchange Street, Portland.
t3f™ Hair Mattresses renovated. Furniture re
paired and varnished. Chairs re-caned in an im
proved manner. Second-hand Furniture bought,
sold or exchanged. jul3bU*im
Copartnership Notice.
WE have this day associated ourselves together
under the name and style of
FROST A FBl’E,
and have taken j^pre
No. lOO Commercial Street,
1 near Commercial Wharf—where we shall keep con
stantly on hand,
Flonr, Corn, Meal, Ont*, Rye, Feed,
Ground Rock Salt, Ac.
„ J „ AMARIAH FROST,
Portland, Nov. 1,18«2. ADLtlSuN FKVE.
Mkssus. Flout k Frvk having leased tnv Mill and
; purchased my stock and trade, I cheerfully reconi
mend them to my customers.
Portland. Nov.' 1,1*02. W. C. BRADLF.Y
nov.S tf
ALBERT W EBB & C©„
- DEALEK9 IE
Corn, Flour and Grain,
HEAD OF MERRILL S WHARF.
Commercial Street, - - Portland. Me.
_____ _Je23tf
ARMY AND NAVY
TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT,
- BY -
A. D. REEVES, - - - Tailor,
88 EXCHANGE STREET,
Portland. Aug. 6,18d2. dly
JOHN B. BROWN A SONS,
Sugar Refinery,
YORK STREET, PORTLAND, ME.
jc23dtf
lSTew Drug Store!
CKOSHAN A POOR,
HAVE taken store, >'•. 75 Middle Street,
(l*ox 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 patronage, 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 thccoutidenco
of the public.
( HAS. K. CKrtSMAN. je24tf THOU. H. POOR.
DOLE A MOODY,
GENERAL
Commission Merchants,
AND WHOLESALE DEALER* IN
FLOUB, COEN AND PRODUCE,
No. 6 Galt Block Commercial Street,
PORTLAND, Mi
ANDRKW T. DOLE. FRANKLIN O KOODT.
Jane 23. endtf
FOR SOLEINO OR MENDING
Boots and Shoes.
Hilton’s Oemont,
Iusolrable in Water or Oil—for mending
FURXITURE, IVORY. ROSE, CROCKERY,
GLASS AXI) EARTH EX WARE.
It is invaluable for sole ng or patching Boot* and
Shoe*, ami for ccmeutiug Leather Beltiug it has no
equa|.
ty Only 25 Cents per Bottle, at
LORING’S I)RI’G STORE,
novlT Corner Exchange & Federal Streets.
J. L. WINSLOW, Agent,
MANUFACTURER OF
Steam Engines, Steam Boilers,
AND KYIRY RSCUfflOY OF IACH1MIY,
Steam Cock*, Valves, Pipe* and Connections, Whole
sale or Retail.
STEAM AND GAS FITTING,
Done in tbe beat manner.
Works 8 Union St., and 233 & 235 Fore St.,
Jnltdtf PORTLAND. ME.
BOOTS, SHOES & RUBBERS.
W. W. LOT HR OP,
(Formerly E. Shaw k Co.)
No. 88 MIDDLE STREET,
H*? i
and the public gem-rally to give them a call w henev
er they desire to replenish their “understanding*.”
W. W, t. is agent for the Leavitt and Wilcox
k Gibbs SEWING-MACHINES. aug5—6md
YEATOUT & 1IA EE.
Coinmieotioii merchants,
SHIP BROKERS, CHANDLERS
— AND DEALER* IN —
Ship and Cabin Stores,
MOULTONS BLOCK,
I Corner Commercial 8t. and Lon^Wh’f,
Portland, Me.
JOHN YEA TON, JOSEPH HALE.
•.•Particular attention paid to procuring Freights,
and purchasing Cargoes and Charters for vessel*.
August 2, 1862. d&wHmT
Gray Beards, Attend!
AFTER Twenty Years' experience, and years of
experiment, 1 have at last found the
Dost Dyo!
For coloring llair in the world. 1 say it boldly, and
mean it. And say further, that if anyone buys my
; Dye, and after trying, does not like it, 1 will refund
! the mouey on returning me the bottle with oue halt
i its contents.
1 do not wish to sell it to any rebel, or rebel sym
j pathizer.
Agents can be supplied at wholesale prices by ad
dressing
JOHN M TODD, Portland. Me.
Oct. 23.U& w tf.
JOHN W. PEKKIAS dr CO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
BRIGS, BY8 STIFFS, GLASS WARR,
FLUID, KEROSENE OIL, &c.,
86 Commercial Street, Thomas Block,
jul29d&wly PORTLAND. ME.
Pier and Mantle* Mirror*.
WITH Oval, Square or Eliptical frames, with
Rosew ood, ltlack Walnut or Gilt finish made
|o order, of any size, style or design, of new and
elegant patterns'; also cheap Looking Glasses and
elate* re-set in old frames, by
MORRISON k CO., 26. Market Square.
Boys, Boys, Boys.
PARTICULAR attention given to CUTTING and
M A K1N(. BO Y S G A RMENTS, by
A. D. REEVES, - - Tailor,
98 EXCHANGE STIIEET.
Portland, Aug 6.1862. dly
BUSINESS CARDS.
JOHN LYNCH & C©„
"Wholesale G-rocers,
-and
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
GRANITE STORES,.... COMMERCIAL STREET,
(Opposite head of Widgery’s Wharf,)
Portland, Me.
JOHN LTNCH, PKLKQ BARKER, THOS. LYNCH.
_Je28dtf
HENRY L. PAINE & C0~,
(Formerly WILLIAM C. HOW A CO.,)
-Dealer* in
Coal, Wood and Hoofing Slate,
275 Commercial Street,
Opposite Smith’s Wharf..Pobtlasd, Mr.
HKNRV L. PAIJtK, I
WILLIAM C. HOW, ) noel tf
A.. D. REEVES,
The Tailor,
— HAB JUST RETURNED PROM —
NEW YORK AND BOSTON,
With a large and well selected Stock of
Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings!
A 1*0 a full assortment of
Military Clothei,
And is prepared to make them up at short notice.'
Call and See,
AT No. 98 EXCHANGE STREET.
Portland, Sept. 24,1802. dtf
L. II. TITCONB,
Apothecary,
-AGENT FOR
PALMER’S
ARTIFICIAL LI.TIBS,
-ALSO.
Sheet Gutta Percha for Splints,
| AND CRUTCHES, FOR SALE.
specimen lives va r ef. seen at
373 Congress Street, ... Portland.
aug4dtf
IF YOU
-WANT THE
Best Ambrotype or Photograph,
DO not fail to call at No. 27 Market Sonare, where i
they take PEKKKCT LIKENESSES, and war
rant tatiafaction, at pricer vhii^defy com|ietitiou.
N. B.—Large Ambrotypee on™ Fifteen Cents.
TRASK it LEWIS,
S7 Market Square, h'tl Preble St. I
July 14th, 1862. *dtf
WII. LIAM A. PEAKCE,
PLUMBER,
- MAKER OF
FORCE PUMPS AND WATER CLOSETS,
No. 124 Exchange Street, Portland, Me.
Warm, Cold and Shower Baths, Wash Bowls, Brass '
and Sitrer Plated Corks.
EVERY Description of Water Fixtnre for Dwell
ing I looses, Hotels, Public Buildings, Ships, Ac.,
arranged and set up in the best mauner, and all or
ders iu town or country faithfully executed. All ,
kinds of Jobbing promptly attended to.
Constantly on hand. Dad Pipes and Sheet Lead,
and Beer Pumps of *11 kinds. julv29dly
Trunks I Trunks !
cry VALISES, PORTMANTEAUS,
Carpet-Bags,
-at
DURAN’S MANUFACTORY,
No. 165 MIDDLE STREET.
ALA R v and Fashionable Stock of the above ar
ticles ma\ be found at this establishment, com
prising every do .’rlptiou for a traveling outfit.
Ju iO. 1862. aom J R DURAN.
Ivlarble Work.
J. K. THOMPSON,
Is prepared to receive orders for
Marble, Free Stone, Soap 8tone,
Marble Chimney Piece*. Monumental Work and
Grindstones.
Corner mf Pearl and Federal Sta.«
Je23tf PORTLAND, ME.
II. C. LOVELL & SON,
—DEALER* IN—
Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS,
l‘J9 Middle Street,
Would inform the pubiic that having pnrehased tbs
stock of
S. B. O O W K L L,
And taken the store recently occupied bv 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 a* the same quality and
style can be purchased, at any other place'in the
city.
trxo trouble to show goods: call aud see before
purchasing elsewhere. ocl8
TWITIIIELL A CHAnPLIN,
Commission merchants,
- AND DEALKKft IN -
FLOUB AND PEOVISIONS,
85 Commercial St., opp. Thomas Block,
PORTLAND, MF.
John Q. Twitchell. jul31iltSiu Js's P. rh.mplin.
E BEST
COFFINS
— AND—
CASKETS,
i To be found in this city, of every description, finish
ed aud trimmed
In tlie Neatest Style,
- ARE AT
C. II. BLAKE’S,
No. 30 UNION STREET.
And will be sold cheaper than at any other place in
the city.
ROBES FURNISHED TO ORDER.
-C. II. B. also manufacture*
SHOW-CASES, DESKS, AND DRAWER-WORK
Of every description, including TatIoi’s Self
Supporting Drawer, the beet Kind ever made.
All orders for Repairing Furniture. Varnish
ing. Upholstering, Chair Seating, (dazing, Ac.,
promptly attcudeu to. jul31tf
L. J. < KO*S,
I 141 Middle Street, - - Portland. Me.
1 Watch-Maker,
N. B.—All work being promptly ami person
j ally attended to, is warranted to give thorough satis
faction. je‘23tf
Dlt, PERRY
HAVING returned from the Army, again tenders
hi* professional services to the people of Port
i land ami vicinity.
Ilis experience—while absent—iu PRACTICAL
SURGE*warrants him iu calling attention to
this branch.
Residence and Office—71 Free Street
nov 27 dtf
BOOKS & STATIONERY.
LETTER PAPER AND
Envelopes.
EVERY PERSON who has occasion to use quan
tities of Stationery should purchase a y ear's sup
ply at once, for it has already advanced in price, and
will undoubtedly in six months COST DOUBLE
what it now does.
BAILEY & NOYES,
58 A 58 - - - EXeil VNUE ST RE ET
Portland,
Hare one of the largest .lock* of Stationery in the
State, Sought for CASH OXL V. anil much of it be
fore it advanced in price. Any one wishing to pur
chase in quantities, or for their private use, will dnd
prompt attention and good bargaius in
BOOKS, STATIONERY,
-AND- a
Room Papers.
Bailey Ac Noyes,
BOOK PUBLISHERS,
56, 5S A 6S Exchange St„ Portland.
F. W. BAILEY. JAMES XOYES.
nov2o 4wd4 w28
S. II. COLES W ORTHY,
Urns removed his stock of
BOOKS, STATIONARY, PICTURES,
PiftwFrwM, Paper Bin ion Fancy Goods, 4c., 4e.,
TO No. 92 EXCHANGE STREET,
Next door above the British and American Express '
Office, where he will acc- mmodate all who may be in
want of goods in his line, at very low prices.
Book-Binding and Picture - Framing,
Done n. .itly as usual.
GENUINE HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES,
For sale at t' e above store by
M. SEAVEY.
Physician, mud Families applied with Medicines and
book,. I'ascs renewed and vial, refilled.
June 24. 1862. eod6m
rx ew Works’*
NEW EDI HON OF
CASEY'S U. S\ TACTICS j
Army Regulations.
HALL L. DAVIS.
53 Exchange Street
Sept. 27.1*52. du
~ HOTELS.
“ELI HOUSE."
; THE undersigned re*pr»ctfhlly inform* the j
public that he has l**a*e«| the above House.
| ou Federal Street. Portland, id invite*
J_i the travelling community to call and *oc it
he know* “how to keep a hotei.” Clean, j
airy rooms, good bed*, a well-provided tvble, atten
tive servant* and moderate charge* are the induce
ments he hold* out to those whose busiue** or pleas
ure call them to the “Forest City."
JONATHAN BLISS, Proprietor.
Portland, Aug 19, 1*52 dti
BATH HOTEL,
ft B* C. M. PLUMMK
***’ WA8H,5tm>Sf ®T-* Bath.
•••Term* 91 per day. Stable couBOcr*^
with house.
Bath, June 28.1*52. dtf
SAGADAIIOCK HOLSE,
Alfred Carr, • • Proprietor.
BATH. MAINE.
THF. Pity of Bath is one of (he healthieat
localities on the coast of Maine—delightftil
\y situated on the Kennebec, twelve mil.,
4___ from the Rea. and alfordfl one of the moot
invitiug retreat, from the duet and turmoil of our
large eitiea.
The SAOAOAHOCK iR one of the Bneet. moet .pa
ciour, and beat appointed Hotel* In the State, located
within thaee minute* walk of the Depot, Steamboat I
Landing. Poet Office, Custom House. Ac., being di
rectly iu the buaineaa centre of the City.
Moderate by tbe Week wr Day.
Bath. June 23,1862. dtf
CENTRAL HOCSE,
E. G. Mayo. .... Proprietor. 1
PASSADUMKEAG, MAINE.
|THF. RubRcriber would very reapeetftilly an
nounce to hie numerouR friend*, and the
'public generally, that during the temporary
_.compulsory suspension of hie Jmainea* he
(aruiahed thia well-known houae anew, and ia
now better than ever prepared to wait upon hia cua*
tomers. and hunea by atnet attention to their wanta
to merit a continuance of the patronage which he haa
hitherto received. E. G. MAYO.
Paasaduuikeag, June 23,1862. dbwtf
The Model Cook!
AN AIR TIGHT STOVE
With Two Ovens,
The greatest of modern improvements in the line of
Cools. Stoves,
EVER OFFERED TO THE 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 I
Manufacture, says—that by an
AIK TIGHT STOVE
we moan a stove so perfectly fitted as to place th©^
draft of the stove entirely within the coutrol of the
person using it; enabling him to preserve either a
wood or coal tire tor many hours, by simply closing
the draft slide, thus securing great economy in time,
and iu cost of fuel, as well as avoiding the dust con
sequent upou rekindling.
ROASTING AND BAKING.
But the novel—the peculiar feature ot the MODEL
COOK—that which distinguishes it from all others—
is the addition of a Ventilated Roasting liven withi i
the body id the (ttV« and in trout of the fire; so ar
ranged that it can be used separately for roasting, or
(by the removal of a simple plate) in couuectiou with
the larger oveu for baking.
Wherever these stoves have been used, they have
giveu universal satisfaction.
FOR SALE BY
F. A. HOWARD,
—DEALER IX—
Stoves, Furnaces and Ranges,
From the celebrated Barstow Stove Co.
-ALSO
A Complete Assortment of
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
Brglslpn, Ventilator,, Ar.
-ALSO, AGENT FOR
The Vetrified Water and Drain Pipe.
UNDBR
Lancaster Hall.
ar* All kinds of TIN and SHEET IRON WORK
done to order, at short uotice. uovJO
NOTICE.
ANY person having from Five to Ten Hundred
xm. Dollars to invest, may learu of an established
business, in which a large portion of the citizens of
Portland are interested, which will give constaut em
ploymeut and pay well, bv addressing
decl dtf BCSIVBSS, Dailv Press Office.
INSURANCE. "
HATH MUTUAL
Harine Insurance Company.
j Office UNDER THE SAUADAHOCK HOUSE
' FRONT STREET ’
T Marin?u,*n' *nd 0*rec,or* of the Bath Mutual
Capful 8t«kn,.l‘™u“. «rP‘Dr *iV* DOti** ,he,r
#5*00,000 ;
**W^«Ms«a-3a»e:
$10,000 in any oBe Risk.
director*
John ratten, Wm Drummond, G. E R Patten
lv« *<*«•. Sam ! I Robinson, F K IlardS?*
M. i*. Gannett, Arthur bewail, J. p. Mor#*>
J. II. McLellan, Lewi# lilackmer, i*avid I'atten
Jes. ¥ Pmtten, 8. A. Houghton, C. Jamewn
E. K. HARDING, Pr^Metit,
Mutual Life Insurance.
New York Life Insurance C'omp’y,
Established in 1845-Net Capital over
TWO MILLIONS AND A GUARTBR.
mHIf,Company hm. paid .luce it, organisation to
upward, of"’ 0rph,I“ *“'1 Creditor* oftbe Aa.ored,
Twelve Hundred Tliou.and Dollar.,
It le one of the Ot-leet, Safest and nsnst Successful
Life < oiupanie, in the United State*, and afford, to
Kraon. wi«hing to participate in the benellta of Life
•urance. advantage, nnt excelled, and in lome re
•pocte not equalled by auy other in this country.
Strict Economy—Care in its Risks, and Safe Incest
ments, characterise tie management.
RJ» » purely mutual company, all its profits being
divided tmong Its member, annually.
In addition to all the various form, of WHOPS
Lira Short Trrm, Exdowhext and A.vrcitt
pollciea which it I..nee. we Invite special attention to
a, nescfeature in Life Insurance introduced bv thla
Company some two years since, via: the issuing of
Life Policies not subject to Porfeitnre,
and upon which the premimns ceane at the end often
years, whereby under any anti all rircsimetancrs the
money paid cannot be loet, but the original design oi
the assured be attained, either in whole or In part ia
exact proportion to the amount of premium paid
No better evidence is needed or the prosperity and
success of this Company than the fact shown by the
recently published official reports, rii: that ’
IT ISSUED A LARC.FR NUMBER OF LIFE
POLICIES DURING THE TEAR 1861, THAN
vMMir.n iu.srj.ti IN THE
UNITED STATES.
Further information will be cheerfully furnished
on application by mall or otherwise to
WARREN SPARROW,
Grreral Aoest for the State of Maixb.
Office \0.74 Kiddle si..opposite Postoffice.
Portland. Oct. 17. 18<3. oc!7d*w
FIRE INSURANCE^
WABBEN SPARROW,
Office 14 Middle, cer. ef Cicbange l|»,
PORTLAND, ME..
Agent or the following Fir*t Clam I nsn ranee Co’»;
National Iaanrance Company.
Of Boston. - * Cash Capital anr* Surplus «500,(W0.
Republic Fire Iaanrance Company,
Of New York. - - Cash Capital and Surplus, *314,000.
Relief Fire Insurance Company.
Of New York. Caab Capital and Snrplns, s 50.000.
Equitable Fire and .Karine las. Co.,
Of Providence.
Psbfsct SaccRtTr, which ought always to be the
grtf consideration in effecting insurance, is here of
fered to the public, at the ioirvsl rates of rri.rtam
adopted by sound amt rrtponsible companies.
0®ee in “Boyd's Building, "opposite Poet Offioo.
•>■»« 33dksrtf
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
-OF TH*
Springfield
Fire and Karine Insurance CA,
OF SPUING FIELD, MASS.,
On tbe First day of November. I8S2. in conformity
with tbe Laws of tbe State of Maine.
Capital Stock, all paid np, 4200,000 00
Surplus, 190.531 S3
-4390,611 St
Assets as follows :
Cash, 5,98593
Cashlttbandsof Agents in course
of transmission, 16.372 32
915,400 U.8. 7.3> Treasury Notes, 16,016 U0
510,0W> U. 8 6 per cent. C’ertiti
cate* of Indebtedness, 10,00000
55.000 U. 8. 6 per cent. Coupon
Bond*. 1881. 5.200 00
Real Estate owned by the Com
pany, unincumbered. 33. *2069
Loans on Mortgagee of Real Es
tate, within the Commonwealth
of Maasacbasetts, 80,478 88
1207 «hares Bank Mocks, as per
schedule, 124.206 50
63S share' Railroad Stocks. 75.750 00
Railroad Bond.'. 7,66o 00
Loans ou l’cisoual and Collateral
Security. *.*42 62
All other Securities, 6.304 19
9390,531 83 890,58189
Pkr Coxtka :
All outstanding Claims. 927,904 09
No other liabilities to Banks or Individ
uals except Office Expenses.
Amount at ri*k. Nov 1. 1«*52. 990,5-J 5*7 29
Amount necessary to reinsure the above. 94.866 42
[Signed] WM. CONNER, Jr.. Secretary.
t'ornmnnuT-tlth nf Ma«<dU'huiu>ttii I
County of llamp ten, s*. I
Sworn to before me,
(Signed) Geo. Walker, Justice of the Peace.
Office of the Portland Agency,
103 MIDDLE STREET.
XJT*PoliciesI^Mued on Real and Personal property.
Risks taken on Dwelling Houses for one, three, or
five years, very low.
J. W. MUNfGER, Agent.
dec.*> ed3w
Statement
OF THE CONDITION
Holyoke Muliml Fire Ins. Company
IN SALEH. MASS..
On the first day of November, being the date of its
exhibit next preceding Dec. 1, 1962.
Amount of Capital Stock..9567.748 48
Consisting of Notes and Statute Liabilities, 418,121 61
Cash Asset*, a* follows, vie:
Investments iu Mortgages, $4fi.‘*72 97
Bank Stock. 41.906 06
Railroad Bonds and Stocks, 12.529 38
U. States,Mate and City Bonds, 19.961 U9
Loans on collateral and notes
receivable, 8.542 49
Real Estate. 2.415 17
Cash ou hand, 5.587 49
Balances iu hands of Agents. 906 41
interest earned and sundry assets, 2.900 89 9139.628 87
8667,748 48
Amount at Risk, $10,578,288 21
Amount of Liabilities, (other than amount at
risk.) viz
Claims for Losses. 93.100 00
There are no other liabilities, unless of bill* not
rendered for expenses.
AUGUSTUS STORY. President.
THOS. H JOHNSON. Secretary
ggThis Company is paying a dividend of 99 per
cent, on yearly, and 33 1-3 percent, on throe and
five vear Policies, at their expiration
ELIPHA1KT WEBSTEB. Agent,
No. 161 1-1 Fore SL, Portland.
dec3 d3w
HOMESTEADS FOR $20.
THF MISSOURI LAND COMPANY' hare pur
chased from the Hannibal A St. Joseph Bafirmd
Com rtf'mT * l»rgctrmct °f ,*,ld in Northern Misaoturi.
(joining the flourishing town of Hamilton, Caldwell
County, for farming and iuaiiufhcturiug purpose*,
and have divided their property into lots and farm*.
Their are offered to subscribers in shares of $20 each.
Maps, with f\xll information, can be had by callingon
EDWARD SHAW, A feat,
102 Middlb Street. Portland.
une <Kf
Old Frame. He-Gill,
And renewed t,
7 MORRISON A CO.