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PORTLAND DAILY PRES&
VOL- 1- PORTLAND, ME., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1863. NO, 163.
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,
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COMMUNICATIONS.
The Twentieth Maine at Fredericksburg.
It is rarely that troops, who have been only
three months enrolled, are detailed to cover a
movement of such importance and delicacy as
the evacuation of Fredericksburg by Gen- j
era! Burnside's army. How well this duty
was performed by the twentieth Maine regi
ment, so recently stationed at Camp Lincoln
near this city, readers of the Press already
know through the graphic letter of our cor- '
respondent, “W.” But the story cannot l>e
told too often, while eaeli new pair of eyes :
proves observant and furnishes new and iui
terestiug details of the action. We are per
mitted to publish the following spirited des
cription ofthe partoftbe Twentieth in thebat
tle from a private letter. We are not|>ermitted
to use the writers name; but few, who guess, j
will miss it.
Cami* opposite Fredericksburg, I
Dec. 17th, 18ft-’. )
I know how much you must desire to hear
what I have witnessed and experienced during
this eventful week. Let me begin by a lew ex
tracts from my note l>ook.
“Dec. llf/i, 10 ai. Jf. In the saddle, wait
ing the word to cross the Rappahannock in
front of Fredericksburg. Hooker's Grand
Division, closed in inasaeu, coveringthc ground
around as far as tlie eye can see. Our flatter
ies ojien upon the town—forty-five or fifty
shots a minute. We cannot see the river, but
are told our engineers are trying to throw a
cross the pontoon bridges, and the rebel sharp- ;
shooters uuder cover of the town are picking j
them off as fast as they appear. Our cannon- I
ailing is to shell the rebels out of the city.
Their formidable batteries in the rear of the
town arc plainly to he seen, but do not reply, i
or but rarely. I asked permission to ride to
the front a short time ago. and with Mr.
Brown lor companion (one would not wish for
a better one) with some of the rashness of 1
youth perhaps, we made quite a minute in- j
spection of atlairs. Advancing beyond our
line of batteries we were fully within the eir- 1
cle of sharp-shooting operations. But the re
sult repaid the risk. From the famous Lacey
House, directly opposite Fredericksburg anil
I should think almost within pistol range, t lie
scene (let the word include sounds as well as
sights) was grand beyond anything I ever
witnessed, or expected to witness. The flame
and smoke, the thunder and scream of artil
lery, the shells bursting in the city; the bridge
* of boats half done; the rebel sharpshooters
running from the shells, and rallying to the
front again; here and there a huge iiontoon,
whose weight 1iad broken its carriage, lying
like a stranded whale; and on tlie other hand
a train of ambulances full of wounded, slowly
winding its way to the rear; before us the
beautiful city, on Are in a dozen places, col
umns of smoke streaming into the sky. and
lurid bursts, where some enormous shell had
lifted a brick buildiug in the air, ground to
dust: behind us glittering in the sunlight our
countless host—it was a scene not given to ev
ery one to see. Antietam was not anywhere
equal to it, because more extended; this is
gathered into one focus.
i/rt. Ate.—.iui n-auj jci , iiKm*u nearer,
however, and waited yet another day.
“Dee. 13.—The day ojieus with sharp mus
ketry, followed by a spirited artillery tire.—
Griffin's Division is drawn up near the head
of one of the pontoon bridges, in full view of
the engagement, waiting the critical moment
to “go in.’’ Line after line advances to the ,
very crest of the hill before the rebel batteries
and rifle pits, checked each time by tiie iu- ;
tuTe of the ground and the strength of tiie
entrenchments, no less than by the awful tire
that seems to scorch them from the hillside. I
I see tears in the eyes of many a brave man
looking on that sorrowful sight, yet all of us
are eager to dash to tiie rescue.”
Ko more ol note hooka now—other work
now. Griffin is In motion. The hour is come! !
It was, perhaps, two or three o’cloek. The 1
rebels could see us perfectly well, and had the
range of the Bridge and roads through which
we had to pass, .shot and shell were plunging
and burstiug around us all the way. We kept
under eover of the city as well as we could,
though every street was raked by canuon shot.
Emerging at last in rear of the town, and in
front of tiie Are, we halted, under the partial ]
cover of a slightly rising ground, hut precise
ly in range of the hottest Are, to form our line.
The dead and wounded lay thick even here,
and fragments of limbs were trampled under
foot. Some of our own men fell here. Sud- I
deniy two new batteries opened; it seemed as
if the ground were bursting under foot, and I
the very sky were crashing down upon us;
the bullets hissed like a seething sea. In the 1
midst of the hellish din we heard tiie bugle
call the “3d Brigade.” I was standing with
tiie Colonel, in front of the colors. He glanc
ed up at the batteries—“God help us now I"
said lie, “take care of the right wing! For
ward, the Twentieth!” and forward it did go,
in line of tmttle. smooth as a sunset parade, in
face of that terrifle cross-tire of cannon and
jifle, and underneath the tempest of shell, its
gallant commander in the van. For some rea
son the two regiments on the right or our
brigade did not advance with us, and our right
wing consequently took the flank Are, ns well
as; the torrent it breasted in front. On we
charged, over fences and through hedges, over
bodies of dead men jmd living ones, past four
Une» that were lying on the ground, iii get
out of the way of tiie Are, on to that deadly
edge, where we had seen so much desperate
valor mown down in heaps. We moved jn
front of tiie line already engaged, and thus
covered, it was enabled to retire. Then, on
tiie crest of the hill we exchanged swill and
deadly volleys with the rebel infaiHrv belore
us.
Darkness had now come on, and the firing
I
slackened, but did not cease. We felt that we
must hold the posiitou, though it was a des
perate thing to think of. For the rebels know
ing the ground, might think us in the dark
ness. and to lie found under tbeir very guns at
daylight would be offering ourselves to de
struction. To retire however was to exoose
the whole army to defeat. So we lay on’ the
trampled and bloody field. Wet and cold it
was too, aud we hud no blankets—the officers,
I mean. Little sleep we hud then aud there,I
assure you. Our eyes and ears were open.
We could hear the voices of the rebels in their
lines, so near were they, and could see many
of their movements. I did sleep though,
strange as you may think it. in the very midst
of a heap of dead close beside one dead man.
touching him, possibly—the living and dead
were alike to me. J slept, though my .ears
were filled with the cries nud groans pf the
wounded, nnd the ghastly races of the dead al
most made'a wall around me. It was very
cold in the night, and we suffered. Mr. Brown
and I wandered over the field hoping to find a
blanket or an overcoat on some dead man, but
others had been before us. Once, on such an
errand perhaps, or it may lie to find some
friends, a mail came and lifted our coat-capes
from our faces,peering into our eyes, thinking
we were dead.
The morning broke—Sabbath morning—
calm, silent, serene. There we lay, a little
handful, in a slight hollow on the hillside, and
only thus protected from the hallostps and
rilies that swept the crests before us and lie
jiind ns too. No man could st.knl. without be
ing shot down; troops ordered to our relief
could not come up without being annihi
lated ; the aids that sought to bring us orders,
riding at foil sjieed had their horses shot from
under them the instant they reached the crest
behind us. The enemy tried to dislodge us by
shell, hut they did not succeed in bursting
them exactly over us. and the allot that swept
the two crests, just skimmed over our heads,
if we kept down. Next they sent three or four
hundred skirmishers to get a position on our
flank under cover of a ravine, and we had to
build a breastwork ill the midst of their tire,
aud under this shelter we succeeded in driv
ing them off witli our rifles. We kept up the
firing all day, in momentary expectation of
some desperate attack, but resolved not to
flinch in that fiery ordeal.
At last, on the second midnight, having been
in that hell of fire lor thirty-six hours, an or
der came that we were to’ be relieved. But
our dead lay around us, and we could not
leave them thus. “We will give them a star
light burial," it was said: but Heaven ordain
ed a more sublime illumination. As we bore
them, the forms of our fallen heroes, on frag
ments of boards fora from the fences by shot
and shell, to their honored graves, their own
loved North lifted her glorious lights, and
sent her triumphal procession along the arch
that spanned her heavens. An Aurora Borea
lis, marvelous in beauty. Fiery lances and
inuiwin vi iMUHu. <uiu iwtint', columns oi pcany
light, garlands and wreaths of gold—all point
ing and lieckoniug upwaid. Helming scene!
\\ ho would die ;i nobler death, or dream of
more glorious burial ? Dead for their coun
try's honor, and lighted to burial by the meteor
spieudors of their Northern home! Tlien mak
ing sure that our wounded had all lieen gath
ered, cold. wet. and battle-worn, wc entered
the town, aud bivouacked for a few hours on
the pavements. Once then before morning
we bail to rally to re|>el a night attack.
After so great labors we expected a short
relief, that we might be ready Ibr another and
victorious charge. But in the morning we
were ordered to prepare immediately for ac
tion again, aud had scarcely fallen asleep on
the next night when our brigade was called to
antis, and iu darkness and silence we marched
over that tatal field once more. Hero among
the thick strewn dead, and scarcely to be dis
tinguished from them, we found a few of our
troops lying flat on their faces, aud fairly
trembling with tcarftil apprehension. Aud in
deed It w as a more thrilling and harrowing
business to lie creeping around in that dark
and dange rou* place, where yon could not see
whether a man was friend or foe, only two hun
dred yards from the enemy's works, amidst all
tile ghastly relics of the slaughter, than any
thing we had experienced More. Our friends
informed us in tones not calculated tore-ussure
our feelings, that the relict* were in plain sight
extending their rifle pita close up to us, that a
whole brigade had lieen "rushed off"’ from that
spot a short time before, aud that a new bat
tery had lieen placed there the night liefore so
as to sweep ns from the ground at daybreak,
and they bade us gisul bye, saying that we
could not stay there two hour*. Hut ottr or
der was simple and stern—“Hold that ground
nt nit hnzanbi!” Our regiment was Imre
alone; the others were out of sight to the
right and left. We felt that something was at
stake, and creeping cautiously up to tlie very
edge of the rifle pit« we collected a few picks
and spades that had lieen brought there, and
used them with a will, you may be sure. We
protected ourselves as' well as iiossible by
throwing up little breastworks, and sinking
pits, to bold only a lew men each, so that a
shell or cannon shot striking iu one would kiil
only the few that were in it. Often we were
interrupted by alarms, and were tired on when
ever seen; but just as we had nearly complet
ed our w ork a hurried order came to retire iu
perfect silence, and re-eros* the river with all
possible dispatch, as our force* hail evacuated
the city! We had been sent out to hold the
front while they retired. So we quietly with
drew, picking our way among the sharp bayo
nets, and stumbling over dead bodies that lay
in heaps around, and wound our way back ov
er the pontoon bridge which had been strew n
with earth to deaden the sound of our march,
once more north of the llappalmimock.
This was our part in the battle of Freder
icksburg—disastrous, as it proved, though we
did not suspect that the battle was given up
until the order came to retire, aud we brought
off our gallant little regiment that luid so no
1.1 V xliwul Hus Irlnl irUimilt llnnin.s •
treated or tiiuched, or even hesitated in the
face of a tempest of death, its ranks thinned,
but still unbroken; it* colors still afloat, llio'
the golden crest was shot away, and the blue
field rent by many a ball. Nor did we mur
mur, though drenched with rain, and having
no shelter, obliged to lie on the ground or
lean against a tree (as 1 did) until the murky
daylight showed us where we were.
You notice that we passed some hour* in
Fredericksburg city. It was a strange sight
for this age—so completely battered by shell—
from both sides, remember; the inhabitants
all gone; the houses, with scarcely an excep
tion, broken open; and everything, left evi
dently in tile greatest haste, perfectly exposed
to onr whole army. Yet it was far more the
effect of the shot than of violent hands, that
everything was in such confusion aud expo
sure. I saw no ruthless or malicious destruc
tion. What our men tranted for use and
could carry, they took with perfect freedom;
but I assure you no wanton mischief was
done there under my eye. Of course many
valuable things must have been taken away;
hut you must remember that the rebels were
throwing shell into the town all the time we
were there, and would undoubtedly have de
stroyed the place. I do not attempt to palli
ate the possible charge of pillage. 1 simply
deny it, and think that our men showed a
great deal of forbearance, considering that the
houses had been used as a cover for rebel
sharpshooter*, and tiiat they were shelling the
town more or less all the time. We made our
regimental headquarters ill a house, and did
not displace nor disturli anything; but rebel
shells struck the house more tlian once during
our stay, aud, if any damage was doue there
they did it.
1 have giveu you, not a brief, but a hasty ac
count of our doings and suffering*; it is all I
can find time to give, and it may be of inter
est to you. Let me add that our men behav
ed gallantly, and we gained a good name, both
from our own companions, and from the rebels
whom some of us afterwards conversed with.
None of our officers were wounded. A rifle
hall, that had struck the crest of the hill and
lost most of its momentum, grazed my right
ear but made no wound.
Our loss was four killed, thirty-two wound
ed, (two of them missing, perhaps dead) and
one (I)r. llersoin) taken prisoner on onr hur
ried evacuation. Wc arc now in our old camp
of a fortnight ago, preparing for new adven
tures, or for winter quarters, or for anything
to which we afe ordered.
!_INSURANCE._
Mutual Life Insurance.
New York Life Insurance Comp',,
Established in 1845—Net Capital over
TWO MILLIONS AND A QUARTER.
THIS Company has paid since its organization to
Widows, Orphans and Creditors or the Assured,
upwards of
Twelve Hundred Thousand Dollars.
It is one of the Oldest, Safest and most Successful
Lift* Companies in the United States, and affords to
fersons wishing to participate in the benefits of Life
insurance, advantages not excelled, and in some re*
specta not equalled by any other iu this country.
Strict Economy—Care in its Risks, and Safe Invest
ments, characterize its management.
It is a purely mutual company, all its profits being
divided among its members annually.
Iu addition to all the various forms of WhOlk
Life. Short Term, Endowment and Annuity
policies which it issues, we invite special attention to
a netc feature in Lite Insurance introduced by this
Company some two years since, viz: tiie issuing of
Life Policies not subject to Forfeiture,
and upon which the premiums cease at the end of ten
years, whereby under any and all circumstances the
money paid cannot be lost, but the original design of ^
the assured be attained, either iu whom or in part, in
exact proportion to the amount of nremium paid
No better evidence is needed of the prosperity and
1 success of this Company than tiiefact shown by the
recently published official reports, viz: that
IT ISSUED A LARGER NUMBER OF LIFE
POLICIES DURING THE YEARXMl, THAN
ANY OTHER COMPANY IN THE
UNITED STATES.
Further information will be choerftilly furnished
j on application by mail or otherwise to
WARREN SPARROW,
General Agent for the State of Maine.
Office No*74 Middle st.,opposite I* os to Hue.
Portland, Oct. 17, 1862. ocl7 dfcw
SAIL CLOTH.
BLEtCHED FLAX DICK, WITH BLUE STRIPES,
(A substitute for Cotton.)
UKBLEACH E D CANVAS, WITH RED STRIPE,
Of various descriptions.
ALL FRONI A O Nos. 1 TO 6.
ALSO ON HAND
BOLT ROPE CORDAGE, AC.,
For sale by
LE MKSURIER A CHAMPION,
St. Peter Street,QUEBEC*
IT1 Samples on hand, and orders taken bv
J. T. PATTEN & CO.,
Oct. 11—6m Front Street. Bath.
__v
X N V/ TV T T VT M. MWl F? •
NEW KIJ ! r»ON OF
i CASEY'S U. s\ TACTICS j
Army Regulations.
HALL L. MAVIS.
S3 K\change Street
8eDt.2T.lwa. dll
Window Shades,
CLOTH & WIRE SCREENS,
Signs, Banners, Ornamental and
Fancy Painting,
EXECUTED TO OltD'EK.
STOItK S/IADES, of all dimensions, made, letter
ed and put up at short notice,
AT STONEHAM'Sj
No* 168 1-2 Middle SI* - - Portland, Me.
decl2 eodStn
Ocean Insurance Company.
ANNUAL MEETING.
THE Stockholders of the Ocean Insurance Com
pany are herebv notified to meet at the ‘iff.ee of
said Company on 3foudav, the fifth day of January,
1863. at 8 o'clock 1*. 31 , for the purpose of choosing
seven Directors tor the ensuing year, and the trans
action of auv other business which may then be e
gally acted upon.
GEO. A WRIGHT. Secretary.
Portland. Dec. 10.1862. declO tin
Kail Koud Bonds.
HOLDERS of the second mortgage Bo »ds of the
keuuebec and Portland Railroad Co., with all
j the iut«*restcoupons thereon due on the 16th of ^>c
! Tuber. 1*52. are hereby requested to deposit the same
j in my hands, for which receipt* will be given and
hereafter exchanged for certificates of stock in the
PottTLani»‘Be Kennebec IIaiuuau, (a neir organ
ization.) a* soon as the books and certificates can be
prepared, in accordance with a vote of amid Compa
ny, Nov. 8. 1862. J. S. CUSHING,
Treasurer Portland A Kennebec Railroad.
Augusta, Dec. 16.1862. decl8 dtf
INTERNAL_REVENUE*
First Collection District, Halnc.
IN pursuance of the provisions of the Act of Con
gress entitled “An Act to provide Iuterna! Reve
nue to support the Government and pay the iuterest
on the public debt,” approved July 1st, 1*12. 1 here
by give notice that I have received from the Assessor
of the First Collection District in the State of 31aine,
the annual Lists of Taxes and Duties assessed in the
mouth of .September, and the monthly List lor the
mouths ol October ami November. 1862; that the
said Taxes and Duties have become due and payable,
and that I will be in attendance at my office. over
Store No. 92Commercial Street, Portland, from the
first to the fifteenth day of January, 1863. for the
purpose of receiving said taxes, and granting Li
censes to all persons within that portion of the First
District included in the County of Cumberland.
And 1 further give notice, and call attention to the
i following provisions of the Act:
“All persons who shall neglect to pay the duties
; and taxes, so as aforesaid assessed upon them, to the
, i,xr Li* * u ltLi,, *1... ti..w,*
I specified, shall be liable to pay ten per centum tuidi
I I tonal upon the amount thereof."
And i would also call attention to the following
provisions of the said Act. respecting Licenses:
“If any person or persons shall exercise or carry
oil any trade or btutinede hereinafter mentioned, for
the exercising or carrying on which trade or business
a lice use is required by this act. without taking out
such license as iu that' behalf required, he, she, or
they shall, for every such offence, respectively, forfeit
a penalty equal to three times the amount of the duty
or sum of money imposed for such license."
NATHL J MILLKK.
Collector of 1st Collection District
iu the State of Maine.
Portland, Dec. 13th, 1862. dtf
Real Estate,
INVESTMENTS !
—
GREAT CHANCE FOR BARGAINS BEFORE THE RISE!
20 HOUSES, at price* from #1000 to #6000.
100 HOUSE LOrS, at prices from 8200to #3000.
2.(»no.ijoo feet of FLATS.
1,000,000 feet of I.AM).
2 STOKE LOTS oil Commercial Street.
MOSES GOULD, 74 Middle St.,
nov27 dtf Up Stairs.
Removal.
JOHN B. HUDSON, JR.
-HAN REMOVED TO
No. 27 Market Squaie,
i where he will execute in an artistic manner all kinds
! of ORNAMENTAL PAINTING, such asSigns.Cur
t**11®* Rauuers, Landscapes, Figures, Flowers, Scroll
Work, he.
A long and thorough apprenticeship to the mechan
ical branch of the business, aud several years study
of the higher branches of the Art, have rendered him
qual fled to execute every variety of w ork iu the
most elegant styles, and he hopes by diligence and
constant attention to busiuess, to merit the patron
age of the public.
uJ1 CARD SIGNS of all varieties painted to
order. JOHN B. HUDSON. Jr..
dec4 d4w No. 27 Market Square.
Photographic Goods A Chemicals.
OUR stock in this department is complete, com
prising every article used in the art.
MORRISON k CO.,
uue24dtfw8t 26, Market Square.
INSURANCE^
BATH MUTUAL^
IVKarine Insurance Company.
OFFICE UNDER THE SAGADAIIOCK toUSF.
FRONT STREET. '
THE President and Directors of the Bath Mutual
Marine Insurance Company give notice t|at their
Capital Stock amounts to
#800,000 ;
And that they are prepared to make insurance on the
mutual principle, agaiust marine risks, not exceeding
$10,000 in any One Risk.
DIRECTORS:
John Patten, Wm. Drummond, G. E. R. Patten,
Oliver Moses, Sam’l I. Robinson, E. K. Harding,
M. F. Gannett, Arthur Scwall, J. P. Marne,
J. H. McLollan, Lewis Hlackmcr, r'nvid Patten,
Jas. F. Patten, S. A. Houghton, o. C. Jameson.
E. K. HARDING. Prekident,
E. C. HYDE, Secretary.
Bath, July 3.1802. d6m
FIRE INS UR aFcT j
WARREN SPARROW, >
Oiler 74 Middle, car. af Euku«|« ll„
PORTLAND, ME..
Agent of the following First Class Insurance Co’,.
National Insurance Company,
Of Boston. - • C*»h Cauiiu! au<* Surplu*E.Vm.UdO.
e publi c Fire Insurance Company,
Of New York. - - C,ii> Caritul and Surplui, *312,000.
Reliel Fire Insarance Company.
Of New Y ork. - - Cub Capital and Surplui, *.oo,uno.
Equitable Fire and Marine Ins. Co.,
Of Providence.
Perfect SuctraiTT. which ought always to he the
tret conriderntion in effecting imuranec, * is here ol
fered to the public, at the invert rater of premium
adopted by round and rerponrible coin panic..
Office iu ’’Boyd’i Building,* oppoiite l’oat Office.
June 23. ditwtf
RETUiaX --
-OF THE
Manufacturers’ Insurance Co.,
OF BOSTON.
ON THE FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1S62.
1. State the nameofthe Company. Manu
facturer-’ Insurance Company.
2. Where located? Boston.
8. When incorporated ? February 23, 1S22.
4. Amount of rapital? *460.000
i 6. Amount of Capital actually paid iu? 400,000
C. Number of shares, and par value of
each? 4000—9100.
I 7. Amount of fin* risks outstanding? 8,f*12,7»W
8. Amount of marine risks outstanding? 7,887.491
j 0. Total amount of outstanding risks? 10,500,266
I 10. Amount of United States stock or*trea
Nary notes owned by the Company?
State amount of each kind, and par val
ue and market value of each. ‘JO.nOO
United States 7 8-10 Bonds, p. v. per
share $100—m. v. $104, 20,000
, 11. Amount of State stocks? State amount
of each klud.aud par value and market
value of each.
12. Amount oi bank stocks? State amount
of Mph kinr) UTid t.ur .....
| ket value of each.
p. v. ni.v. cost on bks.
1275 shrs City Bank.Boston, 100 102 113.356 74
660 shs Shoe A leather Deal
ers Bank, Bo-ton, 100 117 64,005 32
60> shs Shaw mut Bank.Bos
ton, 100 92 44,108 00
10sh« North Bank. Boston. 100 90 1*6 49
43 shs Traders Bank, “ 100 95 3.389 25
250“ State Bail*, “ 60 66 14,668 37
140“ Granite Bank, •• 100 litf 13 965 00
1*38 “ Eagle Bunk. “ 100 106 10,432 22
100 “ Kail Koad Bauk.Low
•11, 76 80 11,002 00
100 shs Bay State Bank,
Lawrence, 75 76 7,800 00
20 shs Market Bank, Boston, 70 72
60 “ New Lug land Bank,
Boston, 100 103 . 6.962 75
r,67G 14
of each kind, and par valae and mar
ket value ol each. None.
1 14. AVifftiihf'o?fiirr<>*a Ootid*? .SfaTeanTf
of each kiud, and par value and mar
ket value of each. 8102,000 Bonds
Cheshire Kail Koad. par lalue loo, mar
ket value 102. 87.788 67
i 16. Cash value of real estate owned bv the
Company, 38.283 03
16. Amount of cash on hand, including ad
vances on losses not adjusted? 72,013 68
17. Ain't otca-ii in bauds oi agents? None.
■ 19. Amount loaned ou mortgage of real es
tate? 172,000 00
19. Amount loaned on collateral? 77.778 67
20. Amount loaned without collateral? 68,785 81
21. Amount of all other investments? 12,00000
22. Amount of premium notes ou risks ter
minated? 6,237 18
, 23. Amount of borrowed money,specif} ing
collaterals given for the same? None.
24. Amount of losses due and unpaid? None.
1 25. Amount of losses claimed |
and unpaid?
26. Amouut of losses reported I con,r*dcred
upon which the liability f
of the Compauy is not de- I <luwMul1,
terinined? J 58,900 00
27. Amouut of all other claims against the
Company? None,
i 28. Amount of cash received for premiums
on fire risks? 68,729 69
29. Amount of cash received for premiums
on marine risks? 22,678 66
30. Amount of notes received for premiums
ou tire risks? None.
31. Amount of notes received for premiums
on marine risks? 229.237 92
32. Amount of cash received for interest? 51,110 94
33. Amount of income received from all
other sources? 2.936 08
34. Amount of fire losses paid last year? 86.878 66
j 35. Amouut of marine losses paid last year? 44.273 75
j 36. Amount of dividend paid the last year? 12 .00000
I 37. Amount paid tor expense* of office? 14.274 24
| 38. Amount of other expenditures? 10,200 00
39. Amount received in cosh for fire risks
not terminated? 70,710 42
40. Amount required to re-in sure all out
standing risks? From 75 per cent, to95
per cent, of premiums.
41. Amount of premium notes ou risks not
terminated ? 156,967 18
42. Amount of de'inquent notes not charg
ed to profit and loss? 26 00
43. Highest rate of iuterest received? Six
t»er cent.
44. Highest rate of interest paid on money «
borrowed? Nothing.
45. How many shares of the capital stock
are 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. llow many shares of the capital stock
are owne by the Company, or not sul>
49. What amount of the capital consist* of
the stockholders’note* r N thing.
8AM'L GOULD, 1’icsidc-nt.
Jab. J. Goodrich, Secretary.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk bb.. December 10. 1862.
Personally appeared Samuel Gould, President, and
Jas. J. Goodiicn, Secretary of the above Company,
and severally made oath tbat the above statement,
by them subscribed, is. in their belief, true.
Before me, William T. Andrews,
Justice of the Peace.
HATS’! F. DEERING, Agent,
No. 3 Exchange Street • • . • Portland,
dee 13 d3w
WAR CLAIM AGENCY.
SIOO Bounty Money, Back Pay,
And Pension*.
THE undersigned is prepared to obtain from the
United States Government, §100Bounty 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 of Officers and Sol
diers who have died while in the service of the Uu*
ted States.
Prtie Money, Pensions, Bounty and Back Pay cc
lected for Seamen aud their heirs.
Fees, for each Pension obtained. Five Dollars.
All Claims aaaiust the Government will reee
prompt attention.
Post Office address
SETII E. BEED1
Augusta, Me.
(Office No. 9 State House.)
kkfkrkhceb:
Hon. Lot M. Morrill, Hon. Joseph B. Hall,
U. S. Senate, Sec’r of State,
Hon. James G. Blaine, Hon. Nathan Dane,
eep20dAwl4tf State Treasurer.
Vermont Butter*
O ST TUBS Prime, foraale bv
AO J. F. WEEKS k CO.
_MEDICAL. __
SPEER'S SAIHBm WINE.
PURE. AND FOUR YEARS OLD,
OF Choice Oporto Grape,
FOR PHYSICIANS' USB.
For Females, Weakly Perea** m4 Invalids
Every fain ly. at this season, should use the
SAMUUCl WINE.
celebrated in Europe for its medicinal and beneficial
Qualities a« a gentle Stimulant. Tonic, Diuretic, and
Sudorific, highly esteemed by eminent physicians,
used in European aud Araericau Hospitals. ’ and by
some of the first families in Europe ana America.
AS A TONIC
It > as no equal, causing 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, Kidney*,
ami Urinary Organs, very beueficiai in Dropsy,Gout
and Rheumatic Affections.
SPEER'S WINE
Is not a mixture or manufactured article, but is pure,
from the juice of the Portugal Sanibuci grape, culti
vated in New Jersey, recommended by chemists and
physicians possessing medical properties superior
to any other wine-* in use. and an excellent article for
all weak and debilita ed persons, aud the aged and
infirm, improving the apj>etite, aud benefittiug ladies
and children.
A LADIES' WINE.
Because it will not intoxicate a- other wines, as it
contains no mixture of spirits or other liquors, aud is
admired for its rich, peculiar tlavor, and nutritive
properties, imparting a healthy tone to the digestive
organ*, nd a blooming, soft and healthy skin aud
complexion.
WE REFER TO
a few well known gentlemen and physicians who
have tried the Wine
Gen. Winfield Scott.USA. I Dr WilsonAlth st., NY.
Gov Morgan, N Y State. ( Dr Ward. Newark. N.J.
Dr. J.R.Chilton,N.Y.Citv. i Dr. Dougherty, Newark,
Dr. Parker. N. Y Fit v . ' | N.J.
Dr*.Darcy* Nicholi.New- | Dr. 3Iarcy, New York.
ark. N.J. Dr. l’aist. Philade'phia.
GF*Nimi' genuine without the signature of "AL
FRED SPEER. Passaic. N. J.," is o\er the cork of
each bottle.
Zr UAKE OWE TRIAL OF TFTH 1VIXE.
For sale by Druggists aud all first class dealers.
oi cr.u, a tujinciur.
Vixkyari»— Passaic, New Jersey.
Offick—208 Broadway, New York.
JOHN LA For. Paris,
dec22 dljr Agent for Fiance and Germany.
Tlie Model Cook!
AN AIR TIGHT STOVE
Willi Two Ovens,
The greatest of modern improvements in the line of
Cook. Stoves,
EVER OFFERED To T1JF. riBLIC. ;
Manufactured by the
Barstow Stove Company,
Whose Castings stand unrivalled throughout New
England.
The senior partner of the Company. whose experi
ence of u<*ar!y a quarter of a century iu tlie stove
Manufacture, says—that by an
AIK TIGHT STOVE 9
we mean a stove so perfectly fitted as to place the |
draft of the stove entirely within the control of tlie
persou using it; enabling him to preserve either a
wood or coal tire for many hours, by simply closing
the draft slide, thus seootiug great economy iu time,
and iu cost of fuel, a* well as avoiding the dual con
sequent upou rekindling.
ROASTING AND BAKING.
But the novel—the peculiar feature of the MODEL
COOK—that which distinguishes it from all others—
is the addition ot a Veutilated Boasting Oven withii
the body of the stove and iu front of the lire; so ar
rarged that it can be used separately for roasting, or
(by the removal of a simple plate) Iu connection with j
the larger oven for bakiug.
Wherever these stoves have been used, they hare '
given uni verbal satisfaction.
FOR SALE BY
F. A. HOWARD,
—DIALER IS—
Stoves, Furnaces and Ranges,
From the celebrated Bara tow Stovk Co.
-ALSO
A Complete Assortment of
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
Registers, Ventilators, Ac.
, i
-A Leo, AUK NT FOR
The Vetrifled Water and Drain Pipe.
UKrDEn
Lancaster Hall.
&T AM kinds of TIN and SHEET IRON WORK
done lo order, at short notice. not2u
WOODT14V TRIE A CO*
iiujMmcruiim n uuitwait* ufiiert id
Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods,
MAM FACTl'RKRS AM JOBBERS OF CL0TBI\S,
Nob* 54 and 50 Middle Street, Portland*
Geo. W. Woodman, Alfred Woodman,
Seth B. liersey, Charles Bailey.
aug20d& wtf
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 popular routes and at the lowest Boston
rates, for sale by W. D. LITTLE. Ageut.
Oat. ft. dtf office 31 Exchange St.
FAIRBANKS*
Standard
SCALES.
These celebrated Scales are still made by the orig
inal inventors, (and only by them,) and are con
stantly receiving all the improvements which their
long experience and skill can suggest.
They are correct in principle, thoroughlg made,
qf the best materials, and are perfectly accurateand
durable in operation.
For sale, In every variety, as
liar. Coal and Railroad Scale* I
BUTCHERS'. GROCERS'. DRUGGISTS', CON
FECTIONERS' *nd GOLD
SCALES!
Beams, Weights,&c.,&c.
With a complete variety of
WEIGHING APPARATUS,
— BY —
FAIRBANKS & BROWN,
118 Mil* Stbiet . corner of Battervmarcb Street,
roston.
Bold In Portland by EMEKV k WATERHOUSE I
ocM
BUSINESS CARDS. ^
CAIDIIEK RROWIY,
*4| At 02 Middle Street,
JjL Opposite the Custom House,
Have on hand, and are dailv receiving the lat
est and most desirable styles of
CLOTHS. OVERCOATINGS,
Fancy Doeskins and Caosimereo.
ALSO, A FULL STOCK OF TIIE
Latest Styles of
beady-made clothing,
-AND
Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods,
which we will sell at prices to suit the times.
Portland. Nov. 19.18*12. dtf
MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE
Eating House.
Haviug leased the building,
No*. IT dc 10 * • . . Kichnnge Street,
tod fitted it up onew. I am now ready to wait upon
my former cu'tomir* and the public ircuerallr at all
houra, with all tbe luxurie. or the day. '
JOHN ROBINSON. '
Portland, Dec 15. 1W2. decld tf
.1. D. MEKItILL & CO.. '
PLUMBERS,
No. 27 Union Street, Portland, Me.
Water Clotefe, Urinate, Purer and ftuctiim /'limps,
Bath Boilers, Wash Bowls. Silrer Plated tf Brass
Cocks, of all kinds constantly on hand.
IrP All kinds of fixtures for hot and cold water
set up in the best manner.
All orders in city or country personally attended to
I. D. MERRILL. JUUX BOBD. S. D. MERRILL.
augddly
W I LLIAM F. PARKER,
UPHOLSTERER
FURNITURE,
Loun^fit Bedstrada,
SPRIXG-BEDS, MATTRESSES, PEW-CCSH
IOXS, fe., jc.
148 Exchange Street, Portland.
19 Hair Mattresses renovated. Furniture re
paired aud varnished. Chairs re-caned iu an im
proved manner. Second-hand Furniture bought,
sold or exchanged. julSMdm
Copartnership Police.
WE have this day associated ourselves together
lliwltar tha nan,., ami >t, „r
FRONT & FRYE,
and hare taken Store
No. lOO Commercial Street,
near Commercial Wharf—where we shall keep con
stantly ou baud.
Flour, Corn, .Heal, Oats, Rye, Feed,
Ground Rock Salt, dec.
A M A Itt A 1*1 KK08T,
Portland, Nov. 1,18d2. ADLMSON FU \ E.
M KftSita Flost k Frye haring letted mv Mill and
purchased my stock and trade, I cheerfully ivcom- I
mend them to mv customers.
Portland. Nov. 1.1SG2. W. C. BKADLEY. I
novH tf
ALBERT W EBB * CO
-DIALIBI IS -
Corn, Flour and Grain,
HEAD OF MERRILL'S WHARF,
CMDDwrcial Street. - - P.rilaad. Me.
_ jrftttr
ARMY AND NAVY
TAILORIHG ESTABLISHMEHT,
-ir
A. D. REEVES. ... Tailor,
»8 EXCHANGE STREET.
Portlpnd. Any. 8. 1S>3. dir
join B. BROW X A sons.
Sugar Refinery,
TURK STREET, PORTLAND, ME.
J*23dtf
New ID rug Store!
CROSWAN A POOR,
HAVE taken store, Mo- 7» Middle Street,
(Fox Block.) and respectfully iu\ite public at
tention to their large and well selected stock of
Drag*. Chemical*, Fancy Good*, Ac.,
And solicit a share of public patronage, trusting
that by ftirut-Dhing the purest chemicals aud best stock
of drugs the market affords, and a careful attention
in the dispeusary department, to merit theeoutidenco
of the public.
CHAS. r. CtOSMAH. Je2Itf THOS. H
FOR SOLEIXG OR JIENDIXG
I3ootif and Shoes.
Hilton’s Oomont,
Insolvable in Water or Oil—for mending
FURNITURE* IVORY. BONE, CROCKERY, I
GLASS AND EARTHEN WARE.
It is invaluable for soleng or patching Boots and
Shoes, and for cetneuting Leather Beitiug it has no
equal.
Only 25 Cents per Bottle, at
LORIXG’S DRUG STORE,
nov!7 Corner Exchange k Federal Streets.
A. L. WTXSLOW, Agt'iil.
Steam Engines, Steam Boilers,
AN# KIEV IESCEIPT10N' OF BACBI.NEEY,
Steam Cocks, Valves, Pipes and Couuections, Whole
sale or Retail.
STEAM AND GAS FITTING,
Done iu the beat manner.
Worka 6 Union 8t., and 333 & 336 Fore St.,
Jnl4dtf PORTLAND. ME
Marble Work.
1. R. THOMPSON,
Is prepared to receive orders for
Marble, Free 8tone, Soap Stone,
Marble Chimney Pieces. Monumeutal Work and !
Grindstones.
Career ef Pearl aad Federal Sis..
Je28tf PORTLAND. ME.
.HALVE AGEACi
— AND —
Soldiers’ Relief Association.
No. 275 F Street,
Communication, to be addreaaed to
J. W HATHAWAY.
Maine State Agent, IVae^ngton, D. C.
oc21 tf_ _
YEATON A HALE.
Commission merchants,
SHIP BROKERS, CHANDLERS
— AMD DEALERS IV —
Ship and Cabin Stores,
MOULTON'S BLOCK,
Corner Commercial 81. and Long Will,
Portland, Mo.
job* tBatov, josbpb hale.
Particular attention paid to procuring Frriohtt, !
and purchasing (aruott and Ckartem for vaaaels.
August 2, 1MB, dkvdnf
i_
BUSINESS CARDS.
Boy*, Boy*, Boy*.
PAmakV\.A V.v',','‘on J*™1 *° FITTING iU
MAKING BOYS GARMENTS, by
A. IS. REEVES, . m Tailor,
«8 EXCHANGE STREET.
Portland. Aog «. 1*8. dly
JOHN LYNCH A CO,
"Wholesale Ghrooers
-AID- 9
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
GRANITE STORES.-COMMERCIAL STREET,
(Opposite bead of WMgery’a Wharf.)
Porllaad, Me.
JOB* LYSCH. PBLBO BABB IK, TBOB. LTBCB ,
Jc2ddtf
HENRY L. PAINE & CO.,
(Formerly WILLIAM C. HOW 4 CO.,)
-Dealer, In
Coni, Wood and Roodng Slate,
Commercial Street,
Oppoaite Smith', Wharf..Portland. Kb.
rrirt L. PAIYB, I
WH.I.1AM C. HOW. I B0V] ff
-A. IX REEVES,
The Tailor,
— HAS JUST KATLRWKD #BOM —
NEW YORK AND BOSTON,
With a large and well selected Stock of
Cloths, Cassimeres and Vesting*!
Abo s fall assortment of
Military Olothai,
And is prepared to make them np at short notice.
Call and See,
AT No. 98 EXCHANGE STREET.
Portland, Sept. 14. 1*8 dlf
X 37* YOU
— WART THB
Best Ambrotype or Photograph,
DO not (kil to call at No *7 Market Sonre. where
they take PERFECT LIKENESSES, aud war
rant .attraction, at price- rhkh defy competition.
S.B.—Large Amhrotypeaonly t\Tltn Cents.
TRASK * LEWIS,
a7 Market Square, h'd Preble St.
July 14th. 1*8. dtf
WILLI A.V A. PEARCE,
PLUMBER,
FORCE PUMPS AND WATER CLOSETS,
No 134 Exchakoi Struct, Portland, Ha.
Warm, Cold and shower Baths, 11,uh Bowls, Brass
atsd Silrer /Sated Corks.
EVERT Description of Water Fixtnre far Dwell
ing Houwa. Hotel*, public Huildinge. Shipe, Re.,
arranged aud aet up iu the beet manner, and all or
der* in town or country taithfullv executed. All
kind* of Jobbing promptly attended to
Constant!* on hand. Lead Pipe* and Sheet Lead
and Beer Pump* of all kind* jul>3Mle ’
Trunks! Trunks!
S VALISES, PORTMANTEAUS,
-A Xl>
Carpet-Bags,
Dl’BArs JIANITACTOBY,
No. 166 .MIDDLE STREET.
ALA K v and Fashionable Stock of the above ar
ticle* n:a\ be found at tbi* establishment, coai
orising ever* do -rlplion for s traveling oetit
Jn 0.1«2 d«m J. R. DL'RAN.
BOOTS, SHOES & RUBBEB8.
W. W. LOT II HOP,
(Formerly E. Shaw k Co.)
No. 88 MIDDLE STREET,
A* usual.keens constantly supplied with freak
MSI and fashionable BOOTS and SHOES. In eve
f MJ ry variety and style for gentlemen > and la
^^dips wear, and invite all hi* old caatomera
and the public generally to give th<*m a call w henry*
er they desire to replenish their “nnderstai dings."
W W. L- i- agent for the Leavitt and Wilooz
k Gibbs SEWINtg-MAfUlXES augo-dmd
TWITCHELL * CHAMPLUV,
Commission merchants.
- AJTD DKALBRt IV ——
FLOUR AND PB0VISI0N8,
SS Coutrclal st., opp. Tbonaaa Block.
PORTLAND. ME.
John Q. Twitchell Jul31d«m Ja'i P ChaapUn.
COFFINS
—AVV—
CASKETS,
To be found iu this city, of every description, finish
ed aud trimmed
In tl'ie x^Teatest Style*
- ARK AT
C. II. BLAltE’9,
No. 30 UNION STREET.
And will be sold cheaper than at any other plaeota
the city.
avjiao x u an ionav a u uiuiaa.
-C. II. B. also manufactures
siror-G^sjrs. desks, axd drawer-work
Of every description, including Tatloi’i Self
Supporting Drawer, the best kind ever made.
MT* All orders for itcpairiug Furniture. Yarn tak
ing. Upholstering, Chair Seating, daring, Ac.,
promptly attended to. jnlSltf
L. J. CROSS,
141 MIsMIe Street. - - Psrtlaad, Me*
Watch-Maker,
N. B.—All work being promptly and person*
all? attended to, is warranted to give tborougn satis
faction je38tf
>H Coats. Paata, Veals. Jackets,
JuL Ladies' Ridi&gr Habits, Ac.,
Cut, mule ind trimmed bjr
A. D. REEVES, - . Tailor,
»S EXCHANGE 8TREET,
Portland. Au*u»t*. 188* dl,
JOHN W. PERKINS * Ck,
vwuuli dulu» n
Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
tiro, in stem, class fut
FLUID, KEROSENE OIL, *e.,
M Commercial Street, Thomas Bloch, •
IsaSdhwl, PORTLAND. ME.
TOWN AND
Corporation. Bonds,
WITH COUPONS,
Town Motes and Orders,
▲ HD ALL OTHER KINDS OF
PRINTING*,*
Ifeatljr aid Promptly Eiecitad
—AT THE—
Press Office.