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PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.
VOL- 1- PORTLAND, ME., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1862. NO 158
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,
JOHN T. OILMAN, i
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Thursday Horning. December 25.1862.
Rebel Hepwt ol the Bottle at Freder
icksburg.
The following is Lee’s report of the battle
of Fredericksburg:
Headquarters Northern Virginia, I
Bee. 17.1862. (
To the Ilonrable Secretary of H'ar, llklt
mond, Va.
Sir—On the night of the 10th Inst, the en
emy commenced to throw three bridges over
the liappalianuock, twoabove Fredericksburg,
and the third about a mile and a quarter be
low, near the mouth of Deep Run. The plain
on which Fredericksburg stands is so com
pletely commanded by the lulls of Stafford in
possession of the enemy, that no effectual oil
position could be offered to the construction
of the bridges or the passes of the river with
out exposing our troops to the destructive tire
of his numerous batteries. Positions were,
therefore, selected to oppose his advance after
crossing.
The narrowness of the Rappahannock, ius
winding course and deep bed, afford opportu
nity for tlie construction of bridges at points
beyond the reach of our artillery, ami the
banks had to be watched by skirmishers. The
latter sheltering themselves behind the hous
es, drove back the working parties of the en
emy at the luidges opposite the c%, but at
the lowest point of crossing, where no shelter
could be had, our sharpshooters were thein
selves driven off, and the completion of the
bridge was effected about noon ou the lllli.
Ou the afternoon of that day the enemy’s
batteries opened upon the city, and by dark
had so demolished the houses on the river bank
as to deprive our skirmishers of shelter, and
under cover of his guns he effected a lodg
ment In the town. The troops which had so
gallantly held the position in the city tinder
the severe cannonade during the day. resisting
the advance of the enemy at every step, were
withdrawn daring the night, as were also
those who, with equal tenacity, liad, main
tained their posts at the lowest bridge.
Under, cover of darkness and of a dense fog
on the 12th, a large force passed tlie river and
took position on the right bank, protected by
their heavy guns on the left. The morning of
the 13th, his arrangements for an attack being
completed, about 8 o'clock, the movement
vet bid by a fog, he advanced boldlv in large
force against our right wing. Gen. Jackson’s
corps occupied the right of our line, which
rested on the railroad; Geu. Longstreet's the
left, extending along the heights to the Rap
art, with two brigades of cavalry, was posted
on the extensive plain on our extreme right.
As aoon as the advance of the enemy was dis
covered through the fog, Gert. Stuart, with his
accustomed promptness, moved up a section
of his horse artillery, which opened with effect
upon his flnnk, and drew upon the gallant
Pbeiarn a heavy tire which he sustained un
flinchingly for two hours.
In the meantime the enemy was fiercely en
countered by Gen. A. P. Hill’s division, form
ing Gen. Jackson’s right, and after an obsti
uate combat repulsed. During this attack,
which was protracted, and hotly contested,
two of Gen. Hill's brigadiers were driven back
upon onr second line. Gen. Early, with part of
his division, be'ng ordered to his support,
drove the enemy back from the point of woods
be had seized, and pursued him into the plain
until arrested hy his artillery. The rielit of
the enemy’s column extending beyond Hill’s
front, encountered the right of Gen. Hood, of
Longstreet’s corps. The enemy took posses
sion of a small copse in front" of Hood, hut
were quickly dispossessed, and repulsed with
loss.
During the attack on our right the enemy
was crossing troops over his bridges at Fred
ericksburg, and massing them in front of Long
street’s line. Soon after his repulse on our
right, be commenced a series of attacks on
our left with a view of obtaining position of
the heights immediately overlooking the town.
These related attacks were repulsed in gal
lant style by the Washington artillery, under
Col. Walton, and a portion of McLaw's divis
ion which occupied these heights. The last
assault was made after dark, when Col. Alex
ander’s battalion bad relieved the Washington
artillery whose ammunition had been exhaust
ed, and eudud the contest for the day. The
enemy was supported in his attacks by the
Are of strong batteries of artillery on the right
bank of the river, as well as by his numerous
l)f«VV lull nil th© KtllflVmi Isairrltle
Our loss during the operations since the
movements of the enemy liegan, amounts to
about 1800 killed and wounded. Among the
former, I regret to report the death of the pa
triotic soldier and statesman, Brig. Gen. Thos.
R. R. Cobb, who fell upon our left; among the
latter, that brave soldier and accomplished
gentleman. Brig. G«n. Maxcey Gregg, who
■w as very seriously aud, it is feared, mortally
wounded during the attack on our right The
enemy to-day has been apparently engaged in
caring for his wounded and burying his dead.
His troops are visible in their first position,
in line of battle, but, witli the exception of
some desultory cannonading and firing Ire
tween skirmishers, he has not attempted to re
new the attack. About five hundred and filly
prisoners were taken during the engagement,
but the. full extent of his loss is unknown.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your otiedient servant,
(Signed) R. E. LEE, General.
|Official.] Chas. Maksiiali., Major and
Aid Hit* -C tin p.
A fellow who had taken lodgings at a pub
j J1.OU8e; al|d got considerably in debt, absent
ed himself and took new quarters. This so
enraged the landlord that he commissioned his
wife to go and dun ldm, which the debtor
having heard of, declared publiclv, that if she
eatne, he would kiss her. -Will he?” said the
lady,"willhe? Give me my bonnet, Molly; 1
will see whether any lellow has such impu
dence. “My dear, said the husband, “pray
do not be too rash, you do not know what a
man may do when he's in a passion.”
[For the Frees.]
Ventilation of School Rooms.
Tlie subject of ventilation when considered
In conned ion with dwelling houses and public
buildings, is one of vital importance, inasmuch
as on a proper recognition of its value, de
pends tlie health and happiness of tlie wltolc
; human family. We should Is* us careful and
' as choice of the kind of air we breathe, as of
the kind of food we eat; and there can be no
greater harm done to the physical organiza
tion by eating the most unwholesome food,
than will result from breathing into the lungs
any quantity of vitiated air.
We turn with disgust and loathing, from
anything that lias the semblance of tilth in
our daily food, aiid leave many a disli untasted
because it has not been cooked exactly to our
liking; but we often breathe into our blood
impurities, which although they are invisible,
are nevertheless as corrupting in their effects
and as fatal to a healthy existence of the body,
as tlie most objectionable food can l>e.
There ean be no doubt that an infinite va
riety of diseases to which mankind is heir, and
for the existence of which physicians, are often
unable to account, find their origin in illy ven
tilated places of abode and sojourn.
It is not my purpose at this time to occupy
your space with a long argument to prove that
pure air is necessary to the existence of man,
for it is to be presumed that every intelligent
mind will admit this to lie a fact; but I desire
to call the attention of tlie people of this city,
and especially of lathers and mothers,to the im
mediate interests of their children.
We have all experienced the ill effects of
vitiated sire when we have been confined for
an hour or two in the closely packed letture
room, where the pro|>er measures for ventila
tion have not been regarded, and we have of
ten found ourselves gasping for a full, deep
draught of pure, life-giving oxigenl and we
have left the house with u headache, or with a
painful sense of stagnation in the circulation,
and of general stuporiu ail parts of tlie sys
tem. At such times we are apt to ascribe
these unpleasant effects to the wrong cause,
and we wonder what part of our evening meal
! could have produced such derangements,when
II nc "(Mini Willi n iiiviiiwi niiai «C lll&U IJITI1
breathing, the whole mystery could be solved.
Now w hile all our public buildings are more
or less deficient in this respect, it is to our
school houses in particular, that I wish at this
| time to diiect attention, its being alarmingly
so. In these, large numbers of children are
crowded together, not for an hour or two in
each week, only, but from four to six hours
every day. week hi and week out, breathing
over and over again the same air, until it has
become saturated with poison by repeated
use. The evil effects of th's upon the tender
and susceptable vital organs of children can be
readily appreciated when we remember our
own experience its strong men and women.
We know that persons sometimes die when
they descend into deep wells, and it is from the
same cause that the health of thousands of
' children is undermined and destroyed. They
are not instantly killed because the carlioiiic
add gas is more diluted in the school-room
than in the deep well; but the process is there
by only more gradual. But says one, if there
is not sufficient ventilation open the windows,
i and you can get fresh air enough. True, you
can gel enough In this wav. and too much. <
The remedy is as bad as the evil it is in
tended to cure. Perhaps indeed, this might
answer a very good purpose in some of the
milder days ol summer; but in the winter sea
son. when the air without is sharp and cold,
white within it is perhaps heated to an undue
degree, the children are exposed to a current
of cold air passing over and around their
heads, while they cannot protect themselves
i by an adequate amount of clothing. The re
: suit is that they take cold, and this being re
peated day alter day, they arc kept in a half
: feverish condition for weeks and mouths, and !
j unless ibev are Ibrtuiiate enough to possess a
I sound ati<l strong constitution, they break
1 down uuder it, uud their health is ruined tor- !
ever.
Is this not, then, a matter worthy of serious !
consideration on the part of those interested ?
Will not parents, when they reflect that their
children are exposed to the evils above enum
erated during a large part of their winter \
school hours, demand that this subject should
be looked into, nnd a reform instituted?
Thu fault lies primarily with the architect,
and any plan for a public building which does
not Include provision for through veutUutiou
should lx- rejected as ini|>erfect. An archi
tect should feel ashnmed to see ignorance
looking out through windows open for such a
purpose as ventilation. If it is too late to
1 remedy the evil in the school houses already
mentioned—which I do not believe—it is to be
i hoped that those having the erection of tile
, new bouse on Cumberland street in charge,
will see to it that this important feature is not
; neglected, and thereby secure to the rising
generation the privileges of our common
school system without the danger of contract
ing at the same time diseases that may cling
to them through life, and unfit them for the
performance of iis duties.
STATE OF MAINE.
HEAD QUARTERS,
Adji-tast Gekeral's Office, I
Augusta, Dec. 19, 1862. )
GENERAL ORDER NO. 02.
rjlHE Secretary of War has authorized the 18th
A Regiment of Infantry of Maine Volunteer* to
be changed to one of Heavy Artillery, to be organ
iaed as presented in the following extract from Gen
eral order of the War Dcirartment. No. 126, of Sep
tember 6th, 1862:
Beoixketof Artillery—12 Batteries.
1 Colonel. 1 Chaplain.
1 Lieutenant Colonel. 1 Sergeant Mtyor.
1 Major for every four
Batteries. 1 Quartermaster Sergeant.
1 Adjutant (not an extra
Idea tenant.) 1 Commissary.
1 Quartermaster (not an
extra Lieutenant.) 1 Hospital Steward.
Battert of Artillery.
1 Captain. 12 Corporals.
2 1st Lieutenants. 2 Musicians.
2 2d Lieutenants. 2 Artificers.
1 1st Sergeaut. 1 Wagoner.
1 Quartermaster Serg't. 122 Privates.
6 Sergeants.
The numerical designation of the Regiment,and the
recruiting of the (diupanies for the same, beiug
placed b\ the War Department uuder the direction of
Hie Governor and Commauder-fu-Chief of the State
of Maine, two additional Batteries or Companies ior
said Regiment are hereby authorired lo he raised of
the standard and organization prescribed. The pres
ent companies tuav be rvemited up to the given num
ber. when they will be reorganized so far as necessary
to conform witlt the above reuuii emeuts, and the nec
essary additional Reeiinental Kiel,! and stsS orl,.
cers will be appointed. The regiment upon the com*
j pletion of its organization, as above, will be desig
nated as the 1st Regiment of Heavy Artillery of
Maine Volunteers.
The State Bounty of Forty-FIre dollars will be paid j
I to eacli recruit of this regiment enlisted prior to the ,
first Wednesday in January next.
Applications for enlisting papers may be made at
! this office.
By orderof the < mumander-in-CTiief.
, JOHN L. HnDSDON. Adj't General.
dec22 dlw
Gill ITamcs.
P>R PORTRAITS OR LANDSCAPES of any i
size or style desired—latest patterns and best j
workmanship—made to order by
MORRISON k CO.,96, Market Square.
NOTICE.
A N Y person having from Five to Ten Hundred
1%. Dollars to iu\est, may learn of an established
• business, in which a large portion of the citizens of
Port laud are interested, which will give constant em
ployment and pay well, bv addressing
decl dtf BUSINESS, Daily Pross Office.
THROUGH TICKETS
TO NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA. BALTI
MORE and WASHINGTON, and to all parts of
the WEST and SOUTH and NORTH WEST, via all
the most^>opu/ar routes and at the lovtst Boston
rafts, for sale by W. D LITTLE, Agent.
Oot. % dtf Office 81 Exchange
INSURANCE.
Mutual Life Insurance.
New York Life Insurance C'omp'y,
Established in 1846—Net Capital over
TWO MILLIONS AND A QUARTER.
TUIS Company has paid since its organization to
Widows, Orphans and Creditors of the Assured,
upwards of
Twelve Hundred Thousand Dollar*.
It is one of the Oldest, Safest and most Successful
Life Companies in the Uuited States, and affords to
persons wishing to participate in the benefits of Life
Insurance, advantages jud excelled, and in some re
spects not equalled by any other in this country.
Strict Economy—Care in its Risk’s, and Safe Invest
ments, characterize its management.
It is a purely mutual company, all its profits being
divided among its members annually
In addition to all the various forms of Whole
Lira, Shout Term, Endowment and Annuity
policies which It issues, we invite special attention to
finest feature in Life Insurance introduced by this
Company some two years since, vi*: the issuing of
Life Policies not subject to Forfeiture,
and upon which the premiums cease at the end often
years, whereby under any and all circumstances the
money paid caunot Ik* lost, but the original desigu ot
the assured be attaiued, either in whole or in part, in
exact proportion to the amount of premium paid.
No better evidence is needed of the prosperity and
success of this Company than ttie fact shown by the
recently published official reports, viz: that
IT ISSUED A LARGER NUMBER OF LIFE
POLICIES DURING THE YEAH mi. THAN
ANY OTHER COMPANY IN THE
UNITED STATES.
Further information will be cheerfully furnished
vu application uy man or oilier wise io
WARREN SPARROW,
General Aoent por tiik State op Maiee.
Office No. 7 4 Middle si..opposite Postottiie.
Portland. Oct. 17, 1882. ocl7 <ifcw
statement of the condition
-OP THE
Springfield
Fire and marine Insurance Co.,
OF SPRINGFIELD, MASS.,
On the First day of November, 1862, in conformity
with the Laws of the State uf Maine.
Capital Stock, all paid up, <900,000 00
Surplus, 190,531 83
-<390,631 83
Aum AS FOLLOWS :
Cash, 6,935 98
C'a*hin hand* of Agents in course
of transmission, 16.372 32
•16.400 U.8. 7.80 Treasury Notes, 16,016 00
•10.WJ0 U. S 6 ner cent. Certifi
cates of Indebted nos*. 10,000 00
•6.000 U. 8. 6 per cent. Coupon
Bond*. 1881, 6.200 00
Real Estate owned by the Com
pany, unincumbered, 33,820 69
Loan* on Mortgages of Real Es
tate, within the C ommon wealth
of Massachusetts, 80,473 69
1207 “hare* Bank Stocks, as per
schedule, 124.906 50
638 sharia Railroad Stocks, 75.760 00
Railroad Bonds, 7,660 00
Loans on Peisonal and Collateral
Security. 8.842 62
All other Securities, 6.364 18
•390.681 83 390,581 83
Per Contra :
All outstanding Claim*. 927,904 06
No other liabilities to Banks or Individ
uals except office Expenses.
Amount at risk, Nov. 1. 1862. <20,689,68728
Amount necessary to re-insure the above, 84.865 42
[Signed] WM CONKER, Jr., Secretary.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1
County of Hamp leu, as. J
Sworn to before me.
(Signed) Geo. Walker, Justice of the Peace.
Office of the Portland Agency,
103 MIDDLE STREET.
Policies issued on Real and Peraoual property.
Risks taken on Dwelling Houses for one, three, or
1. H . ni’l'GER, Agent.
doc5 ed3w
I-. S. manhal't Sale.
Ukitep State* or America, 1
District of Maine, ts. )
Pl'K^l'AM to a Writ of Veuditipni Exponas, to
me directed, from the Hon. A*nur Ware, Judge
of the United States District Court, within and lor
Mid District of Maine, I shall expose and sell at
public vendue, to the highest bidder therefor, the fol
lowing property and merchandize at the time aud
place within said District. a« follows, viz:
At the Custom House Building on Fore Street,
in Portland, on Friday, the twenty-sixth day of De
cemlter current, at 11 o'clock A. M.,
Ten Thousand Four Hundred Cigar*.
The Mme having beeu decreed forfeit to the United
States in the District Court for said District, and or
dered to be sold, and the proceeds disposed of accord
ing to law.
Dated at Portland, this tenth day of Decem
ber, A. D. 1*52.
F. A. OUINBY.
U. S. Deputy Marshal, District of Maine.
declO dl5t
INTERNALJtEVENUE.
First Collection District, Maine.
IN pursuance of the provisions of the Act of Con
gress cutit led “An Act to provide Internal Kevo
uue to support the fiovernment and pay the interest
on the public debt,*’ approved July 1st. 1*52. 1 here
by give notice that I have received from the Assessor
of the First Collection District iu the State of Maine,
the annual Lists ot Taxes and Duties assessed in the
mouth of September, and tin* monthly List tor the
months ol October and November, 1*>2; that the
said Taxes and Duties have become due and payable,
and that 1 will be iu attendance at my office,' over
Store No. 92Commercial Street, Portland, from the
first to the tifieenih day of January, 1*53, for the
purpose of recoiling said taxes, and granting Li
censes to all persons within that portion of the First
Districtincluded in tin t ounty of Cumberland.
And 1 further give notice, and call atteutiou to the
following provisions o! the Act:
“All persons who shall neglect to pay the duties
and tares, so as aforesaid assessed upon*them, to the
Collc*ctor or Ids Deputies, withiu the times above
specified, shall be liable to pay ten per ctntum atldi
tumal upon the amount thereof.''
And 1 w ould also call attention to the following
provisions of the said Aft, respecting Licenses:
"If any person or persons shall exercise or carry
on any/rarie or hereinafter mentioned, for
the exercising or carrying on which trade or business
a license is required by this act, without taking out
such license as iu that behalf required, he, she, or
they shall, for even* such offence, respectively, forfeit
» (PV1IOM, r'/WK HP inrrr iirnra i«r iiipiipiirn ly i/*c uuiy
or sum of money imposed for such license.
N ATII’L ,1 MILLFR.
Collector of 1st Collection District
in the State of Maine.
Portland. Dec. 13th, 1802. dtf
IReal Estate,
INVESTMENTS !
GREAT CHANCE FOR BARGAINS BEFORE THE RISE!
20 HOUSES, •« price* from *1000 to MOOO.
100 IK USE LOTS. »t price* from *200 lo *3000.
2.00(1,000 fuel of FLATS.
1.000.000 feet of LAND.
2 STUKE LOTS oil Commerciftl Street.
MOSES COULD, 74 Middle St.,
nor27 dtf Ur Staim.
Removal.
JOHN B. HUDSON, JR.
—HAS REMOVED TO
No. 27 Market Square,
where he will execute in an artistic manner all kinds
of ORXAMESTAL PAIXTIXG, such as Signs,Cur
tains. Banners, Landscapes, Figures, Flowers, Scroll
Work, Ac.
A long and thorough apprenticeship to the mechan
ical branch of the business, and several years study
of the higher branches of the Art, have rendered him
qualified to execute every variety of work in the
most elegant styles, and he hopes by diligence and
coustaut attention to busiuess, to merit the patron
age of the public.
t-JT CARD SIGXS of all varieties painted to
order. JOHN B. HUDSON. Ju..
dec4 d4w No. 27 Market Square.
Pier and Mantle Mirrors.
WITH Oval, Square or FJiptical frames, with
Rosewood, Black Walnut or Gilt finish made
to order, of any sire, style or design, of new and
elegant patterns; also cheap Looking Glasses and
elates re-set in old frames, bv
MORRISON A CO., 2<5. Market Square
INSURANCE. [
BATH MUTUAL
Marine Insurance Company.
OFFICE UNDER THE SAOADAHOCK HOUSE,
FRONT STREET.
THE President and I>1 rectors of the Bath Mutual ,
Marine Insurance Compauy give notice that their
Capital Stock amounts to
#800,000 ;
And that thev are prepared to make insurance on the
mutual principle, against marine risk*, not exceeding
$10,000 in any One Risk.
DIRKOTOR*:
John Patten, Wm. Drummond, G. E. R. Patten,
Oliver Moses. Sam’l I. Robinson, E. K. Harding, !
M. F. (.annett, Arthur 8ewal), J. P. Monte, j
J. H. McLellan, Lew is Blackmer, r**vid Patten,
Jaa. F . Patteu, 8. A. Houghton, a. C. Jameson.
E. K. HARDING, President,
E. C. HYDE, Secretary.
Bath, duly-8.1882. d6m
FIRE INSURANCE.
WARREN SPARROW,
once 74 Middle, r.r. .r Exch.a|« St*.
PORTLAND. ME.,
Agent of the following Finer Class Insurance Co'i;
National Insurance Company.
Of Boston. • - Cash CsDitsl ant* Surplux *600,000.
epnblic Fire Insarance Compauv,
Of New York. ■ - Cath Capital and Surplus, *318,000.
Relief Fire Insarance Company.
Of New York. -- Cash Capital aud Surplus, S 60,000.
Equitable Fire aud Marine las. Co.,
Of Providence.
first consideration in effecting insurance,*is here of
fered to the public, at the lowest rates of premium
adopted by sound and responsible companies.
Office in “Boyd's Building," opposite Post Office.
Jane 23. d&wtf
RETURN
-OP THE
Manufacturers’ Insurance Co,
OP BOSTON*
OX THE FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1862.
1. State the name of the Company. Manu
facturers’ Insurance Company.
2. Where located? boston.
3. When incorporated ? February 23,1822.
4. Amount of Capital? £400,000
5. Amount of C apital actually paid in? 400.000
6. Number of sharrs, and par value of
each? 4Q0Or>£l<K).
7. Amount of tire risks outstanding? 8.612.764
8. Amount of marine risks outstanding? 7,887,491
9. Total amount of outstanding rinks? 16,600255
10. Amount of United States stuck or trea
sury notes owned by the Company?
State amount of each kind, and par val
ue And market value of each. 30,000
United States 7 3*10 Bonds, p. v. per
•hare £100—m. v. §104, 20,000
11. Amount of State stocks? State amount
of each kind.aud par value and market
value of each.
| 12. Amount of bank stocks? 8tate amount
of each kind, and par value and mar*
ket value of each.
p. v. m.v. cost on bks. f
1275 shr* City Rank.Boston. 100 102 113 356 74
650 shs 8 hoe 4c Leather Deal
ers Rank, llo-ton. 100 117 64.0U5 32
600 shs Shawntut Bank,Bos
ton, 100 92 44,108 00
10 shs North Rank. Boston, 1<K) 90 1h6 49
43 sits Traders Bank, “ 100 95 3.389 25
250“ State Bank. " 60 65 14.668 37
140“ Granite Rank, “ lno 102 13 965 00 ;
16K “ Eagle Rank. '• 100 108 16,483 22
160 “ Kail Road Bank, Low
•*l, 75 80 11,002 00 I
100 shs Bay State Bank,
Lawrence, 75 75 7,500 00 j
20 shs Market Rank, Bouton, 70 72
60 “ New England Bank,
Boston, 100 103 5.962 75
tum,070 14 !
13. Amount of railroad stocks? State ain’t
of each kind, and par value and mar*
< ket value of each. None.
14. Amount of railroad bonds? State amt
of each kind, and par value and mar
ket value of each. £102.600 Bonds
Cheshire Rail Road, par \aiue 100,mar
ket value lu2 . 87.783 67
15. Cash value of real estate owned by the
Company, 38,283 08
16. Amouut of cash on hand, including ad
vances on losses not atljusted ? 72,018 68
17. Ain't ofcash iu hands of agents! None.
18. Amount ioaued ou mortgage of real es
tate? 172.000 00
19. Amount loaned ou collateral? 77.778 67
20. Amount loaned without collateral? 63.765 81 1
21. Amount of all other investments? 12,000 00 1
22. Amount of premium notes ou risks ter
minated? 6,28718
23. Amouut of borrowed money .specifying
collaterals given for the same? None.
24. Amount of looses ducAnd unpaid? Noue.
25. Amount of losses claimed
and unpaid?
I 26. Amount of losses reported cong,^erc<*
upon which the liability
oft he Company is not de- motion,
termined? * 58,900 00 !
; 27. Amount of all other claims against the
Company? None.
I 28. Ainouut of cash received for premiums
on fire risks? 68,729 50
! 29. Amount of cash received for premiums
on marine risks? 22,678 66
• 80. Ainouut of notes received for premiums
ou fire risks? None.
ui. Annum 01 nores roceivea ror premiums
ou marine risks? 229.237 82
32. Amount of cash received for interest? 61,110 94
I 33. Amount of income received from all
other sources ? 2.936 08
34. Amount of fire losses paid last year? 86.878 65
i 35. Amount of marine losse* paid last year? 44,278 76
j 86. Amount.of dividend- paid the last year? 12 *.000 0*1
37. Amount paid for expenses of office? 14.274 24
! 88. Am«>uut of other expenditures? 10,200 00
39. Amount received iu cash lor fire risks
not terminated ? 70,710 42
40. Amount required to reinsure all out
standing risks? From 75 per cent, to95
per cent, of premiums.
, 41. Amount of premium notes on risks not
terminated ? 155,367 18
I 42. Amount of delinquent notes not charg
ed to profit and loss? 26 00
I 43. Highest rate of Merest received? Six
ner cent. *
44. Highest rate of interest paid on money
borrowed? Nothing,
j 45. How many shares of the capital stock
arc pledged to the Company? None.
! 46. Balance to credit of profit and loss ac
count? 282.248 34
| 47. Balance to debit of profit and loss ac
count? Nothing.
; 48. How many shares of the capital stock
are owne by the Company, or not sub
scribed for? None.
49. What amount of the capital consists of
the stockholders'notes? N thing.
SAM’L GOULD, President.
Jab. J. Goodrich, Secretary.
C ommonwealth of Massachusetts,
Suffolk as.. December 10, 1862.
Personally appeared Samuel Gould. President, and
J Jas. J. Goodrich. Secretary of the above Coinpanr,
; and severally made onh tf at the atote statement,
j by them subscribed, is. fn their belief, true.
Before me, William T. And iikws.
Justice of tbe Peace.
NATH L F. DEE RING, Agent,
No. 3 Exchange Street • . ■ . Portland,
decl2 d3w
_
WAR CLAIM AGENCY.
9100 Bounty Money, Back Pay, ,
And Pensions,
THE undersigned if prepared to obtain from tho
United States Government, 8100Bounty Money,
Back Pay* Ac., for heirs of Officers or Soldiers dying
in the U.'S. service.
Invalid Pensions,
Established for Officers and Soldiers, wounded or
disabled by sickness contracted while in the service
of the United States, in the line of duty.
Pensions
Procured for widows or children ot Officers and Sol
diers who have died while in the service of the Un*
ted States.
Prize Money, Pensions, Bounty and Back Pay eo
lected for Seamen and their heirs.
Fees, for each Peusion obtained. Five Dollars.
All Claim* against the Government will reee
prompt attention
Post Office address r 1
8ETII E. HEEDt
AuffOkta, Me.
(Office No. 9 State House.)
RKKKRKNCKH:
Hon. Lot M. Morrill, lion. Joseph B. Hall,
U. S. Senate, Soc’v of State, |
Hon. Janies G. Blaine, Hon. Nathan Dane,
*cp20d&wl4tf State Treasurer j
Vcrinonf Butter.
K TUBS Trlmr, for «»lo br
aO a. r. weeks ft co.
MEDICAL.
SPEER'S S A M Bi d WINE.
PURE, AND FOUR YEARS OLD.
Of Choice Oporto Orape,
FOR FHYSICIAXS' US*.
For Females, Weakly Persons and Invalids.
Every faunly, at this season, should use the
SAMBLC1 WINE.
celebrated in Europe for it* medicinal and beneficial
qualities as a g**utl<* Stimulant, Tonic. Diuretic, aud
Sudorific, highly esteemed by eminent physicians,
used in European aud American Hospitals, and by
some of the find families in Europe and America.
AS A TONIC
It » as no equal, canning an appetite and building up
the system, being entirely a pure wine of a most val
uable grape.
AS A DIURETIC,
It imparts a healthy action of the Glands, Kidneys,
and Urinary Organ*, very beneficial in Dropsy .Gout
aud Rheumatic Affection*.
SPEER S WINE
I* not a mixture or manufactured article, bwt is pure,
from theluiceof the Portugal Sambuci grape, culti
vated in New Jersey, recommended by chemists and
physicians as possessing medical pro|>crties superior
to any other wines in use, and an excellent article tor
all weak and debillta ed person*, and the aged and
infirm, improving the appetite, aud benefitting ladies
aud children.
A LADIES' WINE,
Because it will not intoxicate as other wines, as it
contains no mixture of spirits or other liquors, and is
admired for it* rich, peculiar flavor, and nutritive
properties, imparting a healthy tone to the digestive
organs, nd a blooming, soli and healthy skm and
complexion.
WE REFER TO
a few well known gentlemen and physicians who
have tried the Wine:
Gen. Wiutield Scott.USA. I Dr. Wilson, 11th st., NY.
Gov. Morgan. N Y .Mate. | L)r Ward. Newark. N. J.
Dr. J.K.Chntou.N.Y.City. Dr. Dougherty. Newark,
Dr. Parker. N Y. Citv. I N J
Drs.DarcyA Nicholl.S'ew- I Dr. Marcy, New York.
ark.N.J. (Dr. Paist, Philadelphia,
tar None genuine without the signature of “AL
FRED SPEER, Past-aic, N. J.," is over the cork of
each bottle.
ZT MAKE OXE TRIAL OF THIS WfXE.
For sale by Druggists aud all first class dealers.
A. SPEER, Proprietor.
Yixkyart)—Passaic, New Jersey.
Office—20b Broad wav. New York.
JOHN LA FOY. Paris.
dec22 dly Ageut for Frauce and Germany.
The 3Iodel Cook!
AN AIR TIGHT STOVE
With Two Ovens
The greatest of modern improvements in (he line of
Cook. 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, who*e experi
ence of nearly a quarter of a century in the Store
Manufacture, say *—that by an
AIR TIGHT STOVE
we moan a stove so perfectly fitted as to place the
draft of the stove entirely within the coutrol of the
person using it; enabling him to preserve either a
wood or coal fire for mauv hours, by simply closing
the draft slide, thus securing great economy iu time,
and iu cost of fuel, a- wull 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 Oveu withil
the body of the stove and in front of the tire; so ar
ranged that it can be used separately for roasting, or
(by cite removal of a simple piate) iu connection with
tne larger oven for baking.
Wherever these stoves have been used, they have
given universal sat inaction
FOR SALK BT
F. A. HOWARD,
—DEALER IX—
Stoves, Furnaces and Ranges,
From the celebrated Barstow Stove Co.
-ALSO
A Complete Assortment of
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
i
Registers, Ventilators, Ac.
-ALSO, AGKXT FOR
The Vetrified Water and Drain Pipe.
UNDER
Lancaster Hall.
&r All kinds of TIN and SHEET IRON WORK
doue to order, at short notice. no>20
WOODMAN, Tlll'E A CO*
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in
Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods,
lANlTAfTl HERS AM JOBBERS OF CLOTHING.
Nos. 34 nnd 36 Middle Street, Portland.
Geo. W. Woodman, Alfred Woodman,
U..<I. U II-I... I,.:i.n
aug20d&wtf I
Piauos !
A RARE CHANCE!
Will be on exhibition ami for Mle for
a raw days usly, iu the Store
IL NO. H52 MIDDLE STREET,
s choice assortment of
Piano-Fortes,
Direct from the manufactory of
L1GHTE t BRADBURY,.SEW YORK.
whose established reputation of thirty years renders
the superiority of their Piauos familiar as “household
words."
These instruments sing thoir own praises. Any !
person desirous of obtaining a supoiior Piano for |
% very little money, should call ana examine these !
Instruments, as they must and will be sold.
Their agent will take great pleasure iu showing the !
>K*auties of these instruments to any and all who |
may favor him with a call.
Gy Recollect this is a rare chauce, and for a few ;
lays only. K. 11 OMtoRN.
Agent for the Manufacturers.
Every llano sold with the written guarantee of
the Makers. deed dtf 1
Ocean Insurance Com puny.
ANNUAL MEETING.
rHE Stockholders of the Ocean Insurance Com
pany are hereby notified to meet at the office of
laid Company on Monday, the fifth day of January,
1863, at 3 o’clock P M . for the purpose of choosing
(even Directors for the enduing year, and the trans
action of £iiy other bu>iueHS which may theu be e
(ally acted upon.
liEO. A, WKIUIIT. Secretary.
Portland, Dec. 10. 1862. dcclO tin
Photographic Goods A Chemical*.
OUR stock in this department is complete, com
prising every article used in the art.
MORRISON k CO..
ine21dtfw0t 26. Maiket Square.
BUSINESS CARDS.
GARDINER & BROW.V,
•At 02 Middle Street,
Opposite the Custom House,
Have on hand, and are daily receiving the lat
*®t and moat dbairablk styles of
CLOTHS, 0VRRC0ATIHG8,
Fancy Doeskins and Cassimeres.
ALAO, A FULL STOCK OF THB
Latest. Styles of
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods,
which we will nil at price* to *uit the time*.
Portland. Nov. 19.1882. dtf
MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE
Eating House.
Having leased the building,
No*. 17 A 19 - • • . Exchange Street,
and fitted it up anew. I am now readv to wait upon
my former cuitmner* and the public geuerallv, at all
hour*, with all the luxuries cf tlie day.
JOHN ROBINSON.
Portland, Dec. 16, 16*12. declS tf
iT D. ni:KKii.L a co„
E L U M B E R S,
No. 27 Union Street, Portland, Me.
Water Closets, Urinals, Force and Suction Pumps,
Bath Bitilers, Wash Bowls, Silver Plated J Brass
Cocks, of all kinds constantly on hand.
All kinds of fixtures for hot and cold water
set un in the best manner.
All orders in city or country personally attended to
1. D. MERRILL. JOUN BOND. A. D. MERRILL.
aujr4dly
l'EATON A HALE,
ConimisNioii nerchanl«,
SHIP BROKERS, CHANDLERS
— ASH DULIRS IS—
Ship and Cabin Stores,
moutroy's block,
Corner Commercial St. and Lonf Wb»l,
Portland, Me.
johi» yEaton, Joseph hale.
•.* I’xrticnlxr xtt.mtinn pxld toprncuriug Prrigkti,
tad pnrehanini! Ctrgtxi xml Chftr/ert for vrm.1*.
Aupi.t 2, Iwb. dfcwtim;
WILLIAJI F. PARKER,
Afifob UPHOLSTERER
MaMtaelair^r mf
FURNITURE,
Lounifi-x, Brd^tnidx,
! SPMIXG-BEDS, V.1TTRX8SKS. PEW-Cl’Ml
IOXS, tc.
148 Exchange Mtreet, Portland.
Hair Mattresses renovated. Furniture re
paired and varnished. Chairs re-cancd in an im
proved manner Second-hand Furniture bought,
•old or exchanged juiaodtitn
Copartnership Notice.
WE have this day associated ourselves together
uuder the name and style of
FROST ft FRVFa.
and have taken Store
No. lOO Commercial Street,
near Commercial Wharf—where we shall keep con
stantly on baud.
Flour, Corn, Meal, Oat», Rye, Feed,
Ground Rock Salt, dec.
AM A Id AH FROST.
Portland, Nor. 1,1&«2 ADDIdoN FKVE.
Mbasks. Float ft Fuye having leased ray Mill and
purcha»ed my stock aud trade, I cheerfully recom
mend them to my customers.
Portland. Nor. 1,1962. W. C. BRADLEY.
nov* tf
ALBERT WF.UK A Cft„
- DEALERS I« -
Corn, Flour and Grain,
HEAD OF MERRILL'S WIIARF,
Cmwrcial St «■«•».- - Per Hand, Me.
___ Je28»f_
ARMY AND NAVY
TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT,
-BY
A. D. BEEVES. ... Tailor,
88 EXCHANGE STREET,
Portland. An* 8, 1882. dip
JOHN B. BROWN * SONS,
Sugar Refinery, 1
YORK STREET, IX)RTLAND, ME.
_ JeSSdtf __
ISTew ID rug Store!
cros.han a poor,
HAVE taken store. Vs. 75 Middle Street*
(Fox block.) aud respectfully iuvite public at
tcutiou to their large and well selected stock of
Drugs, Chemicals, Fancy Goods, Ac.,
Aud solicit a share of public patronage, trusting
that by furnishing thenurest chemicals and beet stock
of drug* the market affords, and a careful attention
in the dispensary department, to merit the confidence
of the public.
CHAM. r. CKOSMAV. Je24tf H POOR.
FOB SOLEING OK RENDING
Boot, and Shoes.
Hilton’s Oomont,
Inaolvable in Water or Oil—for mending
FURS ITU RE. IVORY. ROSE. CROCKERY,
GLASS ASD EARTHKS WARE.
It is invaluable for sole ug or patching Boots and
8hoes. aud for oomeutiug Leather Beitiug it has no
equal.
LJT Only 25 (.'cuts per Bottle, at
LORIXO’S DRUG STORK*
novl7 Corner Exchange k Federal Streets.
J. L. WILLOW, Agent*
MANUFACTURER OF
Steam Engines, Steam Boilers,
tYA Vt’VDY liKfDIDYlAY At RtfUIVPPT
Steam Cocks, Valves. l*ipcs and Connections, Whole*
sale or Retail.
STEAM AND GAS FITTING, !
Done in the best manner.
Works 0 Union 8t., and 233 & 230 Foro 8t.,
JnUdtf PORTLAND. ME.
Marble Work, j
J. K. T HO.TIPS OX,
Is prepart'd to receive orders for
Marble, Free Stone, Soap 8tone,
Marble Chimney Pieces. Monumental Work and
Grindstones.
Career ef Pearl and Federal Sts..
Jo23tf PORTLAND. ME.
tlAiAi: AGEAtli
-AND —
Soldiers’ Relief Association, |
No. 275 F Street,
Communications to be addressed to
J. W HATHAWAY,
Maine State Agen'. tr at king ton. D. C
o«31 I f
BUSINESS CARDS.
Boy*, Boy*, Boy*.
PARTICULAR attention riven to CUTTING and
MAKING BOYS’ GARMENTS, by ***
A. ft. REEVE*, . . Taller,
M exchange street.
Portland. A up jvg
john lynch * co..
Wholesale Orooers.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
GRANITE STORES.COMMERCIAL STREET,
(Oppoeite head of Widgery-i Wharf.)
Perilaad. Me.
JOHN LT»C«L^^ r*L»e ninth, TSOI. LTPCS.
HENRY L. PAINE & CO.,
(Formerly WILLIAM C. HOW fc CO..)
-Dealer, is
Coal, Wood and Roodng Slate,
S27T> Commarcial Street,
Opposite Smith'. Wharf..Portlabd, Mb
Hmri r»m. i
WILMA* C. HOW. } n0T, ,f
aA. d. keeves,
The Tailor,
— HA, JC»T RET CRH KD PROM _
NEW YORK AND BOSTON.
With a large and well aelected Stock of
Cloths, C&ssimeres and Vestings I
Al*o a ftall assortment of
And i» prepared to make them np at abort notica.'
Call and See,
AT No. 98 EXCHANGE STREET.
Portland. Sept. 24. 1M2. dtf
L. II. TITCOJIB, ’
Apothecary,
-agent foe —
•3 PALMER’S
ARTIFICIAL LinBS,
-ALSO.
Sheet Gutta Percha for 8pliuta,
AND CRUTCHES, FOR SALE.
SPEC!VEX LIVES VA T EE SEES AT
373 Congreas Street, ... Portland.
angtdif
JOUN W. PERKINS * CO„
eaotrJiti DtULgaa ta
Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
IRUS, Ml STI FFS, CLASS fill,
FLUID. KEROSENE OIL, Ae„
8« Commercial Street, Thomaa Black,
Jnl29dftwly PORTLAND. ME.
IF YOU
-WANT THE—
Best Ambrotype or Photograph,
Du urn mu to nan at flo. *> airret Square, wnere
they take PEKKEOT UKE.NES.4KjS. and war*
rant aatiafaction. nt price, rhicli detV competition.
K. B — large Ainbrotypea eat, Ctntt.
TRASK A LEWIS,
37 Market Square, h'd Preblo St.
July 14th. HMT dtf
WILLIAM A. PEARCE,
PLUMBER,
— aiua or
FORCE PUMPS AND WATER CLOSETS,
Ka 19a FTPUdMrik liTIvar I'nner I Ma
Worni. Cold and Shotrer Hath*, Wash Bowls, Brass
and Silver plated Cocks.
EVERY Description of Water Kixtnre Ibr Dwell
ing Uou*e«. Hotels, Public Buildings, Shine, Re.,
arranged and set up iu the best manner, and all or
ders hi towu or country faithfully executed. All
kinds of Jobbing promptly attended to.
Constantly on hand, Lead Pipes and Sheet Lead,
and Beer Pumps of all kinds. JulyStdlj
Trunks! Trunks!
VALISES, PORTMANTEAUS,
-AND —
Carpet-Bags,
—AT—
D FRAN'S RAN V FACTORY,
No. 105 MIDDLE STREET.
ALAR v and Fashionable Stock of the shore ar
ticles nm\ be found at this establishment, eoaa
orising every de .'rlpHoa for a traveling outfit.
Ju #). l4tt. uStu J R DL'RAN.
BOOTS, SHOES & BUBbEHS.
W. W. LOTHROP,
(Formerly E. Shaw Jk Co.)
Ko. 88 MIDDLE STREET,
As venal.keeps constantly supplied with fresh
SU and fashionable B« m»I> and MioES. in eve
F^Urv variety and style for geutlenieu's and la
^**dles wear, aud invite all his old customers
and the public generally to give them a call whenev
er thev desire to replenish their “understai dinge.*’
W. \V. L. i* agent for the Leavitt and Wikiox
k l.ibhs MEWlNi.-M At HIN ES augfr—omd
TWITCHELL A CIIAXPLIV,
Commission Merchants,
- AMD DIALKKft IV -
FLOUR AND PR0VI8I0N8,
8S Commercial Sl., opp. Thomai Block,
PORTLAND. MF.
John O. Twttcbrll iul31dtiin Jt'tP ChUBnlia.
EIST
COFFINS
— A HD—
_ CASKETS,
To be found iu thi* city, of every description, finish
ed and trimmed
In the INTeatest Style,
—— All AT ——
A
C. II. BLAKE’S,
No. 30 UNION STREET.
And will bo eold cheaper than at any other place in
the city
ROBES FURBISHED TO ORDER.
-C. H. B also manufacture* ——
SHOW-CASES, DESKS, AXD DR A WEE- WORK
Of evenr description, including Taylor** 8U.V
SrppoRTixo Drawer, the beet hind ever made.
Cf* All orders for H«'i»airing Furniture, Taratah
mg. Upbol.tering, Chair Scaring. Cilaxinf, he.,
promptly attended to. iuI31tt _ ^
L. iTcKOSS,
141 Middle* Street. - - Pertlawd. Me.
Watch-Maker,
d&jJB N B — All work being promptly and perten
mth attended to, is warranted to give thorough and*
faction. jeWtf
via Coal*, Paata, Vata, Jacket*,
JHL Ladies’ Riding Habits. Ac.,
Cat. made and trimmed by
A. D. REEVE., - - Tailor,
98 EXCHANGE STREET,
Portland. Anfirift, MSS *1.