The Portland Daily Press (Portland, Me.)
December 9, 1862

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PORTLAND DAILY PRESS. VOL- 1- PORTLAND, ME., TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 0, 1862. N0 U4 PORTLAND DAILY PRESS, JOHN T. OILMAN,) _ JOSEPH B. HALL, 1 Bdltop»* Is published at No. 82) EXCHANGE STREET, in FOX BLOCK, by FOSTER, OILMAN and HALL, Under the firm name of N A. FOSTE R A CO. Terms: Tite Portland Daily Press is published every morning, (Sundays excepted), at #6,00per year in ad vance, to which will be added twenty-five cents for each three months’ delay, and if not paid at the end of the year the paper will be discontinued Single copies three cents. Tlate» of Advertising l Transient Advertisements. #1.00 per square, for three insertions or less; exceeding three, and not more than one week. #1.25 per square; 76 cents per week after. One square every other day one week, #1.00; 60 cents per week after. Exhibitions, fcc., under head of Amusements, CE.00 per square per week. Special Notices, #1.60 per square for first week, #1.00 per week after. Business Notices. Iu reading columns, 12 cents per line for cue insertion. No charge Ices than fifty cents. Legal Notices at usual rates. Advertisements inserted in tlie Maine State Press (which has a large circulation iu every part of the State) for 38 cents per square in addition to the above rates fbr each insertion. Transient advertisements must be paid for in ad vance. f.|T All communications intended for the paper should be directed to the Editor* of the Press,” and those of a busiuess character to the Publishern. ry The Portland Daily and Maine State Press Office, in Fox Block, No. 82) Exchange Street, is open at all hours during the day and eve ning, from 7 o’clock iu the inorniug to 9 in the evening. or Job Printing of every description executed with dispatch; and all business pertaining to the of fice or paper promptly transacted on application as above Tuesday Morning, Dec. 9, 1802. Report of the Secretary oi War. The annual report of Mr. Secretary Stanton to the President, h very long, full and elabor ate. The first part has been given in our tele graphic columns. Of the remaining portion we can give only those parts of the most en grossing public interest. A GENERAL M.-RVET. From a survey of the whole field of operations it is apparent that whatever disasters our arms may have suffered at particular points a great advance has nevertheless teen made since the commencement of the war. When it began the enemy were in possession of Norfolk and every part of the southern coast. They held the Mississippi, from Cairo to New Orleans. Now the blockaded ports of Charleston and Mobile only remaiu to them on the seaboard: and New Orleans and Memphis have teen wrested from them. Their possession of Vicks burg obstructs the Mississippi, but it is to them of no commercial use. Their strongholds on the Tennessee and Cumterland rivers have been captured. (Jen. Andrew Johnson, as mil itary governor of Tennessee, holds Nashville. The enemy have been driven from Kentucky, West Tennessee, Missouri, part of Arkansas; are fleeing before Grant in Mississippi, and ail their hopes of Maryland are cut otf. In com mercial, political, and strategicy points of view more success has attended the Union cause than was ever witnessed upon so large a thea ter, in the same brief period, against so formi dable an enemy. TbeUwisu, Jlwaaaaare now In the field under able commanders, stronger than ever, resolute and eager to be led against the enemy, and to crush the rebellion by a vigorous winter cam paign. The armies of the Potomac and of the West stand ready to vie with eacli other in quickest and heaviest blows against the enemy. Taught by experience the rain of inaction and the batardof delay, a spirit of earnest activity seems to pervade the forces of the United Slates beyond what ha« hitherto been exhibit ed. In the numerous battles and engagements that have occurred, our armies in general dis play the courage and determination that should inspire officers and soldiers lighting in defense of their government. Many gallant lives have teen lost, and many brave and distinguished officers have fallen. For the dead, deep sorrow is lelt by the government and people of the United States. ENLISTMENTS AND DRAFTING. The adjutant-general's office is charged, a mong other important duties, with the busi ness relating to enlistments, recruiting and drafting militia. Under your calls of July and August there are already in the field over four hundred and twenty thousand new troops, of which three hundred and ninety-nine thou sand are volunteers, three hundred and thirty lhu umuMiim iii v\ iKmu nave v U1 uincereu jor three years or during the war. It will be re memhercd that the call was made at one of those periods of despondency which occur in every national struggle. A chief hope of those who set the rebellion on foot was for aid ami comfort from disloyal sympathizers in the nor thern states, whose efforts were relied u|>on to divide ami distract the people of the north, and prevent them from putting forth their whole strength to preserve tiie national exis tence. The call for volunteers and a draft of the militia afforded an occasion for disloyal persons to accomplish their evil purposes by discouraging enlistments,«nd encouraging op position to the war and the draft of the sol diers to carry it on. ARBITRARY ARRESTS. Anxiety was felt in some states at the pro bable success of these disloyal practices, and the government was urged to adopt measures of protection by temporary restraint of those engaged in these hostile acts. To that end pro vost marshals were appointed for some of the states, upon the nomination of their governors, to act under the direction of the state execu tive, and the writ of Habeas Corpus was sus pended by your order. By order of tiie depart ment, arrests were forbidden unless authorized by thestateexecutive or by the judge-advocate. Some instances of unauthorized arrests have occurred, and when brought to the notice of the department the parties have been immedi ately discharged. By a recent order, all per sons arrested for discouraging enlistments, or for disloyal practices, in states where the quo tas of volunteers and militia are tilled up, have been released. Other persons arrested by mil itary commanders and sent from departments where their presence was deemed dangerous to the public safety, have been discharged up on parole, to be of good behaviour, and do no act of hostility against the government of the United States. While military arrests of dis loyal persons form the subject'of complaint in some states, the discharge of such persons is complained of in other states. It lias been the aim of the department to avoid any encroach ments upon individual rights as far as might be consistent with public safety and the pres ervation of the government. But reflecting mipds will perceive that no greater encourage ment can be given to the enemy, no more dan gerous act of hostility can he perpetrated in this war. than efforts to prevent rec ruiting and enlistments for the armies,upon whose strength national existence depends. The expectations of the rebel leaders, and their sympathizers in loyal mutes, that the call for volunteers would not be answered, and that the draft could not be enforced, have failed, and nothing is left lmt to clamor at the means by which their hopes are frustrated, and to strive to disarm tiie gov ernment in future, if, in the chances of war another occasion for increasing tiie military force should arise. THE CONTRABANDS. It will be seen that the Quartermaster’s De partment upon which, under the law of the 17th July, providing for tiie employment of colored persons, the charge of such persons is chiefly imposed, ha- not found itself burdened with tlieir tare, hut that it lias, on the contrary, de rived valuable aid from their labor, and in a considerable portion of its field of operation* has thus far suffered from a scant, rather than from too great a supply of such labor. In Louisiana, where, at one time, there were ap prehensions of embarrassment from the number of refugee*, the reserve ofa tract of rich land along the railroad to Berwick's Bay, opens up a territory in which many thousands can be profitably employed, if placed under proper regulation and control. At Port Royal such persons have been extensively employed in the work of the Quartermaster's Department and in cultivating some thousands of acres of the sen islands of the coast, the products of which are used in the support ofthemselvesand fami lies. In the opertatons of the army on the James river, and the Potomac, in the (ortiflca tion of Washington, and as laltorers. teamsters, j hostlers, in the landing and shipping of stores, j they have been of great service: and the de maud lor tlieir labor has exceeded the supply j available. AliOl'MENT FOR EMPLOYING NEGRO LABOR. With this presentation of the past operations and the present condition of the War Depart ment, the duty required of me by act of Con gress to make an annual report, is in a great measure fulfilled. It is seen that a force has been placed by the people of the United States at the command of the government to maintain its authority more mighty in all the elements of warlike [tower than was ever belore arrayed under one banner. How shall that force be employed To smite the enemy on every hand, to attack his armies and strongholds, occupy his ports, clear the great rivers of the west of his obstructions, ami pause not until he is sub dued, is our plain duty. Above ail it is our duty to disdain no legitimate aid that may save the lives of our gallant soldiers, diminish tlieir labors, provide for their wants and lessen the burdens of our people, i No aphorism is more universally received than that “the sole object of a just war is to make the enemy feel the evils of his injustice, and by Ids sufferings ameud Ids ways; he must therefore be attacked in his most accessible quarter.’’ The [lower of the rebels rests upon I tlieir peculiar system of labor, which keeps laborers on their plantations to support own j ers who are devoting their time and strength I to destroy our armies, and destroy our gov eminent. Whenever that system is in hostility to the government, it is, in my opinion, the -J Mill, >1111 V\f !«u IRC down the system, and turn agniii't the rcliels the productive power that upholds the insur rection. Rightly organized in the recovered territo ry. the laborers of the reiiel Stales will not on ly aid in holding fortified positions, but their labor will, as in India, free the white soldier from the most unwholesome exposure of the South. They will cultivate the corn and fo rage which will feed onr cavalry and artillery horses, and save the country a'portion of the enormous burden now attending their purchase and transport from the North. This cultiva tion would have been of greater advantage to us on the southeastern const than even that of the great staple of the Sea Islands. Probably the people who remained upon these islands, within protection of our armies, could, under wise control, have supplied all the forage needed this year by the forces in I the Department of the South. The full ra- tion lor a horse weighs twenty-six pounds, that of a soldier three pounds. An army, well organized and equipped for active operations, with a due proportion of cavalry, artillery, and baggage trains, will have not less than one horse or mule to every four soldiers; so that the weight of food for the animals is more than double that of the ra tions of tile men. How important an aid, how great an econo my, in a long contest, therefore, would there lie in raising by this cheap lalmr the greater 1 part of tin* forage alone for the southern de- j partment, thus, for a greater portion of our wants, transferring the base of supplies,now at New York, to Hilton Head, or New Or- leans. The department has found it difficult to transfer tin- laluir from one mi l of the seal, .0' war to another. Local and family ties seem to Ire very strong with these people; and witii all their faith in the power and good will of our military commanders, it was found difficult to get.volunleer laborers to leave Port Koyul for other depots. A population of four millions true to the interests of'.he Union, with slight assistance from the army, will, under proper regulation and government. Ik* of the greatest assist ance in holding the territory once recovered. The principal staples of the south are the products exclusively of their labor. If pro tected iijKiu tlie lands they have heretofore cultivated, with some organization, and with support from small detachments of loyal troops, they would not only produce much of what is needed to feed our armies and their trains, hut they would forever cut oil from the rehellion the resources of a couutry thus oc cupied. The rebel armies move w ith ease through portions of the border states, living upon the couutry in which our commanders find no sup plies. The people bring forth their hoards and oflter them to the rebels for sale or gift. Protect the laboring population, who are a majority in the greater part of the South, in the possession of the land and its products, und this great advantage will, for whatever portion of the country we occupy, be trails terrea to us. As soon as the coast is tho roughly occupied, ami the people organized, trade will revive. Cotton, rice, sugar, and other products will be exchanged by the pro ducer for what he needs. Their w ants will he supplied direct from the northern factories, and the cultvation of the great staples w ill enable them to pay for what they use. A per fectly free trade may tints again grow up be tween the North and the South, and with greater or less rapidity it will spread over the whole country as our forces succeed in meet ing and dispersing the rob'd armies. The greater part of the whole country formerly producing the sea island cotton is now thoroughly restored to the Union. The laborers are there—the soil and climate. It needs only assurance of protection to revive the cultivation of the staple, as well as to pro duce vast quantities of corn and forage for our troops. Since this war must he conducted by marches and battles and sieges, whv neglect the best means to make them successful and their results permanent? It is worthy of no tice that thus far the portions of territory which once recovered, we have most firmly held, are precisely those in which the greatest proportion of colored men are found. By their assistance our armies will be aide perma nently to operate in and occupy the country; and in labor for the army, in raising its and their own supplies, full occupation can be giv en them, and with this there will ire neither occasion nor temptation to them to emigrate to a northern and less congenial climate. Judging by experience, no colored man will leave his home in the South, if protected in that home. All possibility of competion from negro labor in the North is avoided in giving colored men protection and employment upon the soil w hich they have thus far cultivated, and the right to which has been vacated by the original proprietors, deeply involved in the crimes of treason and rebellion. No great territory has been permanently reduced, w ith out depriving the leaders of the j>eople of their lands and property. It is these that give pow er and influence. Few men have command ing genius and talent to exercise dangerous Influence over their fellow men without the adventitious aid of money and property. By striking down this system of compulsory la bor, which enables the leaders of the rebellion to control tile resources of the people, the re bellion would die of itself. 1 nder no circumstances has any disposition to servile insurrection been exhibited by the colored population in any Southern State, while a strong loyalty to the federal govern ment has been displayed on every occasion, and against every discouragement. By the means suggested, rebellion may lie disarmed and subdued swiftly and effectually, and the lives of our own people saved from slaughter on the battle-field. By the occupation of all their forts on the Mississippi and the sea coast, a market will be opened in every rebel state for the industry of our people to supply the wants of the army, and also of a loyal popu lation. in exchange for the valuable products of their labor. Anotiier point of attack is by armed settlements upon the vacant govern ment lands in Florida and Texas. Thousands in the Northern and Western states are impa tiently waiting the signal lor military movU Coats, Pants Vests Jackets, JUL Ladies’ Riding Habits, &c., Cut, made and trimmed by A« D. REEVES, Tnilor, 98 EXCHANGE STREET, Portland, August 8,1882. dly JOHN B. BllOWIV A SONS, Sugar Refinery, TURK STREET, POBTLAND, ME Ji-23.it i 1ST©w Drug Store! C'KOS.UAN POOR. HAVE taken *tor*. X0. 75 Middip Street* (I*ox Block,)and respectfully invite public at tention to their lar#e and well selected stock of Drugs, Chemicals, Fancy Goods, &c., And solicit a .hare of public patronage, trusting that by furnishing the purest cheinicnUand best stock of drugs the market afford*, and a careful attenti.ru in the diapeiuary department, to merit the contideuco of the public. caiB. p mosMAa. Je24tf Tiros, h. poor. DOtli dr MOODY, GENERAL Commission .Kerrliants, AND WHOLE*A LB DEALER* IN FLOUR. OORN ARi) PRODUCE, No. 5 Galt Block Ootntnsrfli*! Btruut* PORTLAND, Me. ANDREW T. DOLE. FRANKLIN C MOODT. June 23. eodtf JOHN W. PEKKINS A €Om WHOLESALE DEALER* IN Paints, Oils, Varnishes, BRIGS, DTE STITTS, GLASS WARE, FLUID, KEROSENE OIL, &c„ 80 Commercial Street, Thomas Itlork, Jn’39dfcwly POBTLAND. ME. VEATON A IIA EE. Commission Tie reliant*, SHIP BROKERS, CHANDLERS AND DEALERS IN Ship and Cabin Stores, jvul jl i i/a a nLi.il a Corner Commercial St. and Long NVh’f, Portland, Me. JOHN YKATON, JOSEPH HAL*. Particular attention paid to procuring Freights, and purchasing Cargoes and Charters for vessel’s. August 2. 1H82 d&w6m7 PHOTOGRAPHS. J. V. T. BURNHAM gives 110-^ tic- that he has Iv«umed hm-iness atj . 96 Middle St..] where he is prepared to execute LIKENESSES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, From Minatureto Life the, PHOTOGRA P H S In India Ink, Water, or Oil Colors. Special attention paid to copying old Daguerreo types, Ambrotypea. &c. The subscriber has made some important changes in his Rooms, which facilitate the making of the Carte* cie Visit©*” which he is prepared to make satisfactory at short notice. CjST"Sick or deceased persons’ pictures taken at their residence. The largest collection (of Pictures of the various kinds) in the city may be seen at his Reception Room, 96 Middle Street, up one short flight of stairs, oppo site MOO hank. Rooms free to all for examination of Specimens. J. U. P. B1HMIAT1. octT tf L. J. CROSS, 141 Middle Street. Portland, Me. g* Watch-Maker, X. It.—All work being promptly and person- j ally attended to, is warranted to give thorough satis faction. je23tf J. L. WINSLOW, Agent, MANUFACTURER OF Steam Engines, Steam Boilers, AND EVERY DESCRIPTION OF MACHINERY, Steam Cocks, Valves. Pipes and Connections, Whole sale or Retail. STEAM AND GAS FITTING, Done in the bost manner. Works 0 Union St., and 233 235 Fore St., julldtf PORTLAXD. MF.. OR. C. II. OSGOOD, gn&r*** SURGEON 4* MECHANICAL ^Wdextisst, No. S Clapp's Bbd, Coiujrrss Street, OPT*. OLD CITY HAM., PORTLAND, ME. Artificial Teeth inserted on Gold, Silver and Vul canite base. 8md& woe BUSINESS CARDS. JOHY LYNCH A CO-, Wholesale G-rocers, -and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, GRANITE STORES.COMMERCIAL STREET, (Opposite head of Widgory's Wharf,) Portland. Me. JOnN LYNCII, PELEO BAKKKK, THOU. LYNCH. j\ li»u*e, on Federal Street, Cortland, t Maine—delightful 1 hr situated on the Kennebec, twelve mil** I from the *ea. and atfords ore of the ni».t uvitiug retreat* from the du.*t and turmoil of our large cities. The Saoadauock is onr of the finest, most spa cious. and host appointed HoteN in the State, located within thace minutes walk of the Depot, Steamboat Landing, Post Office, Custom House. Ac., being di- i reetly in the business centre of the ity. Trrma Moderate by the Week or Day. Bath. June 23.1802. dtf CENTRAL IIOlNi:. Ld. (r. Mayo, I *roprietor. PASSADUMKEAO, MAINE. pxLxmTHE subscriber would very resrectftallv an fvMl^Vnounce to hi* ntimorous friend*, and the |lpHaiBpQbiic generally. that during the temporary JuE"£jRcompiilsorv *u-pen.-ion of his business he has furnished this well-known house anew, and is now’ better than ever prepared to wait upon his cus tomer*. and hopes by *tnet attention to their want to merit a continuance of the patronage which he has hitherto received. E. 1.. MAYO. Passadumkeag. June 23.18d2. d&wtf The IModel Cook! AN AIR TIGHT STOVE With Two Oven*, The greatest of modem improvements in the line oi‘ Coolt Stoves, EVER OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC. Manufactured by the Barstow Stove Company, Whose Caatinga stand onrirailed throughout Xew England. The senior partner of the Company, whose cxpeii euce of nearly a quarter oface.ttury in tbo Stove Manufacture, say s—that by an AIR TIGHT STOVE we mean a atore so perfectly lifted a* to place the draft of the stove entirely within the control of the persou u.-iug it; crab ing him to preserve either a wood or coal tire lor many hoar-, by simply closing the draft slide, thus securing great economy In time, and in cost of fuel, a* well a* avoidiug the dust con sequent upon rekindling. ROASTING AND BAKING. But the uo»el—the peculiar featuic ot the M« kDEL COOK—that which dtstiu/utshe- It from t’l others— is the addition of a Ventilated Ka*ting Oven wit hi i the body of the stove and in front of the tire; so ar ranged that it can be used separately for roasting, or toy ine removal «»r a simple plan m connection with the larger oven for baking. Wherever these dorcs have been used, thev nave given universal satis taction FOR SALE BY F. A HOWARD, —DEALER IS— Stoves, Furnaces and Ranges, From the celebrated Barstow Stove Co. ALSO '■1,1 A Complete Assortment of HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, Ref?istt‘rs, Ventilator*,, &r. -ALSO, AGEXT roE The Vetrifled Water and Drain Pipe. UNDEH. Lancaster Hall. OT All kinds of TIN and SHEET IRON Wt >RK done to order, at short uotice. not 20 WAR CLAIM AGENCY. SlOO Uonmy .lloiii'). Buck Fay, And CeuMuu*. THE undesigned is prepared to obtain from the United States Government, -Slim Rouniv 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 tick ness contracted while in the service of the Uuited States, in the line of duty. Pensions Procured for widows o- children of Officers and Sol diers who have died while in the service of the Lus ted States. Prize Money, Pensions. Bounty and Back Pay c make In.uranee o. the mutual principle, agaltmt marine ri-ki.. not exceeding 10,000 in any One RUR, MHrrroRai J“hn P*"' Win Drummond. G. E. R Pattea Oliver Mn.es, Sam i I Rohliiaod, T. K Hardin* M. f Gannett, ArlhurSew.il, J. I Moree J. H McLellan, Lewis lllackitior, "avid Fatten Jaa. F. Patten, 8. A. Houghton, Jameson. E. K. HARDING. President, Bath, July Ann.*' C- UTD*^r™tey Mutual Life Insurance. Scw Vork Life Inanranre Comp’y, Fstablished In 1818—Net Capital over TWO MILLIOHS AlfD A QUARTER. minSCorapanT ha. paid since it. organization to upward, of*’ Orphau. and Creditor, oft he Assured, Twelve Hundred Thonaand Dollars. It 1. one of the Otdent, S/tfent and most .Cmcrrt.ful Life Companies In the United States, and atford, ts renuiu. wishing to participate in the benefits of Life nsurancc. advantage. wd rrcel/rd. and in some re spect. not equalled by any other in this country. Strict Economy—Core in Hi Ritke, and Safe Intent mon>nnd and re*pon*iblt eornpanh* Office io “Boyd** Building,” opposite 1'oat Offoe. 33.dfcwtf O F E1 Cl A L. cm or PORTMII). In the Yntr (hit Th-tummd Eight Hundred and SLetp-two. 4 relating to an Ordinance ah 1m. titled *Au Ordinance amending the Ordmauca ou Health.•’ Be it ordained bu the Mayor, A'dcrm^n, and Com wMf* Con fit if tht t 'it y of Portland, in Ldy Conn* oil a***‘.ml»l*d, a* follow* Sec tion 1. That an Ordinance entitled An Or dinaiiCA* ameodteg the Ordinance on Health." ap proved Juuo 4th, lido, be and the mum.* in heicby ru pealed. Section 2. Tha; aeetione 19. 21 22 and 23. of the Jfcvbed (milnance* on Health be. and the »ame are hereby revived and in fall force, provided, tt.ar any peraon iiia> cause hi* own »wii! to be i* moved in «uch manner a* he deem proper. upon btaiutag therefor, a permit from the City Clerk. And the c ity Clerk •hall keep a record ot the peitnit* so granted. In City Coracifc, Xov. 24.1*9. Thi» bill baviug been read twice paired to bo or dained. Nov. 2ft, 1S02—Approved by the Ma» or. Atte*t: J. M. HEATH, City Clerk, not 27 2w Proposal*. Ordnance Office. War Depart went, I W a AH 1 NOTON. Now-tuber 24. IMS. I W p p rKUH»> \l> wiil be received by this CJ Denary mcnt, until 4 o’clock, P. M.. on the'ninth day of December next, for the manufacture and de livery of the following projectiles, vii: 6.000 ten-inch .solid Shot. l.(W0 titteeu-inch Shells. 1.000 fifteen-inch Battering Shot. The projectiles to be made or the kind of metal, and inspected alter the rule* laid down in the Ord nance Manual, wirh the exception of the Battering Shot, which must be made of what i* known as gun metal. Drawings of these projec‘i!e* can he seen at the principal arsenal* of the United state*, at the Ordnance Agency, No. 45 Worth street, New York, and at this office. The projectiles arc to be delivered, free of charge for transportation, at the United States arsenal, on Governor’s L aud, New York harbor, where they will be inspected; and all such as may be rejected must be removed, bv the contractor, immediately alter the i\*|.ec‘n*n oi' each delivery. Bids wi:i be received tor any portion of the quan tity reejni ed, not !es« than ftnO'of any one kind De liveries to bt* made as follows: the ten.h, of each k nd. within thirty dsvs alter notification of accept ance ot bid, and not less than one tenth weekly there after until all shall be delivered. Payment will bo made by the Treasury Depart neut o the u-ual certificates of iuspection and receipt, utter each deli vary. Bond*, with approved surety, will be roc;uired for ti c fhithful performance oi contracts. No bid will be entertained uule*- it be accompanied b\ au atl u this 25th day of October. Tlte affairs of the late firm will be settled by W. T, Bhowx A o. W T. BKt )WN Portland, Oct. 25. 1*«. ICOB’T H. PERKINS. Portland Match Company. TUP. undersigned having assumed the business of the late tirm of Browii 4 Perkin#, and having increase*! our facilities for the manufacture of our I .11 P li O V E D II A T C II, we are now prop# 1 to supply th tra*le iu large or small quantities with a:t article w hich we warraut superior to any ottered iu the market, it beiug the OXL Y RELIABLE MATCH IX THE MARKET. of American manufacture, for Son Use, by rot being impaired by age, dampness or chang# of climate; and the proprietors, ever grateful for lib era1 patroi age received. t«*el confident that, by giv ing their persoua! attention to the manufacture,they w ill continue to merit the contider.ee of their tormer patrons and of the trade iu geueral. No. 21 Fore Street, Portland, He. X. B. Be sure and get the PORTLAND MA TCH. as there a e other matches otfbred to the trade pur porting to be our match- We have no connection with any other manufactory W. T. BROWN dr CO, uov 26 d3w

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MATTERS ABOUT TOWN. Supreme Judicial Court. CRIMINAL TERM—FOX, J., PRESIDING. The Murder Ca»e.—Yesterday afternoon there was an unofficial examination of some ot the principal witnesses in the case of Isaac Smith, the lad not yet thirteen years of age, who is indicted for the murder of Walter S. Jordan, a lad three years and four months of age, on the 1st of November last, by pushing him into a creek in Cape Elizabeth. Smith has not been arraigned as yet, and, as we have before stated, is ready to plead guilty of mur der or manslaughter. This preliminary exam ination was had w ith the concurrence of the lad’s counsel, Beuj. Kingsbury, Jr., Esq. At torney General Drummond and County At torney Butler appeared for the State. But tw'o witnesses were examined, Scott 1), Jordan, the father of the drowned boy, and Clement Jordan, who discovered the body. Mr. Scott D. Jordan staled that be kept the farm for the poor in Cape Elizabeth, and that lie took the boy Smith the 1st of September last upon notification from one of the Select men of that town. Instead of placing the laiv with the other town paupers, he adopted him into his family, and he ate and slept with liis, Jordan's hoys. lie was told by some who knew the boy that he was a smart and active lad, aud the boy's mother continued this, but added that a “pretty tight rein must be kept over him.” About ten days before the mur der took place, Isaac and Walter went out to gather walnuts. When they returned Walter was crying, and informed his father that Isaac had whipped him. Isaac replied that Walter l,:m U'nliow csitsi l.o hail thrown a stone, but not at Isaac, anil the latter acknowledged the stone did not hit him. On the morning of the murder, Sir. Jordan stated that he seut Isaac out to a turnip patch and cautioned him not to go otf the farm to play. About 9 o'clock Isaac and Walter start ed for the turnip patch. About 11 o’clock Sirs. Jordan saw Isaac coining back without Walter, and upon enquiry where lie was, Isaac expressed some surprise that he had not got home, saying, that he started to emne before he, Isaac,did. Mrs. Jordanbecomiugalarmed, started with Isaac in search of her son. Not finding him, she engaged some of the neigh bors in the search, among whom was Clement Jordan. Mr. Jordan further stated that he heard of the drowning of his son while he was return ing from Portland. He was informed of it by Mr. Dyer, who had Isaac with him. ne took Isaac into the wagon, and enquired of him why he did not see Walter when he was drowning. Isaac replied that he was so busy pulling turnips that he did not pay any atten tion to him. He also stated that lie did not suspect the boy of having anything to do with the drowning, although his neighbors did, un til Sunday. TUe day before the funeral he ex amined the place where the boys hud been, and found the tracks of both leading from the turnip patch to the marsh. A day or two after the funeral he talked with the boy about it, and he acknowledged going to the marsh with Walter after a stick. Upon further ques tioning the boy, he equivocated and told sev- j eral falsehoods. On the 6th of November Isaac acknowl- j edged he teas with Walter when he fell into the creek, but said he could not have saved him. The next day Isaac acknowledged that he “pushed” Walter into the water, and he appeared somewhat softened when he made the confession. He showed witness how he took hold of the boy when he pushed him in. He said lie thought the l{oy would lie drowned, and did not try to help him when he rose to the surface of the water, which he did only once. He said the boy only gasped when lie i rose, and did not say anything. He said he did not know what possessed him to do the deed, and that he was terribly “scared” after he had done it. When arrested by the officer, Isaac said his j name was Isaac Thomas. The boy here stat- j ed to the Court that lie had a father-in-law living in Lovell, and that his name was Au gustus Gray. Judge Fox here said that some years since there was nuite a contest, in Court between the town of Lovell and the city of Portland in relation to the support of a pauper named Augustus Gray, and he did not doubt this was the same person. Mr. Clement Jordan testified as to the find ing of the body of the boy. Smith was with him. He found a cap in the creek, which had lodged against a sand bank, and which Isaac j said was Waiter’s cap. He then prosecuted j his search up the creek, though Isaac insisted that he should go down. He found the body j in a hole where it had lodged. He told Isaac that he would no longer have little Walter to j play with, at which Isaac shed tears. The next week he went with Isaac to the spot, and the latter said, “This is the [dace where I pushed him in—no, where I shored him in.” He said he had had no quarrel with Walter. Upou asking him what iuduccd him to drow n Walter, he could get no answer. Isaac said he had not thought of such a thing while they were at play, and it was not more than three minutes alter it came into his mind, w hile they were throwing apples into the creek, be fore be committed the deed. He said he could and would have saved him when he rose to the surface if he could only have got at him. This was the purport of the testimony given by these two witnesses. There was nothing shown that would imply malice on the part of Smith. Smith sat in Court, at the side of his counsel, apparently unconcerned. He seems, from all accounts, to have been left to work his own way along in childhood, without any one to guide his mind in the right direction: and he acknowledged that he had been better treated by Mr. Jordan than he had ever before been by any one during hi* life. Judge Fox ordered the Sheriff to have the boy in Court this morning at 10 o’clock, at which time the case will be disposed of. Win. Cochran was brought into Court for contempt in not obeying a summons to ap- j pear and testify before the grand jury. Judge Fox ordered him to pay the cost* of his ar- rest, and stand committed until they were paid. Court adjourned to 10 o’clock Tuesday morniug, at which time the traverse jurors will come in. £3^“Somc forty or fifty privates of the 17th U. S. Infantry came over from Fort Preble yesterday afternoon, and took the boat for Boston last evening, on their way to the seat j of war.

Arrival of a Steamer.—Steamship Mav racordatos, from London Nov. 17, arrived at this port yesterday morning. She has a large freight for Canada. She w ill sail from this port, on her return trip, about the 20th. Launch—a Hue bark of about 300 tons, owned by (japt. M. York and others, and in tended for the Cuba trade, was launched from the yard of Mr. Benj. F. Pickett yesterday forenbou. *3 Judging from the vast number of shov els in active use on our streets, Saturday last, one might have fallen into the belief that an army had been sent against the city, and were about to capture it by strategy! TO THE Portland Daily Press. XXXVII U0NGRE3S.—Second Session. Washington, Dec. 8. SENATE. A batch of petitions in favor of the bank rupt law were presented. Also a memorial from the Governor of Indiana for increase of £ay for the common soldiers, lteferred to the lilitary committee. Mr. llale pretented a petition protesting against action adverse . W. Lincoln, citizens’ candi date, is elected Mayor by about 300 plurality. Newbubyport, Dec. 8. lion. J. II. Bourdman, Bdl-Everett, was elected Mayor of this city to-day, over G. W. Jackman, jr., democrat, the present incum bent. The new city government will consist of 10 peoples’, lo democrats and 4 republicans. From the Array of the Potomac* Headquarters Army of Potomac, Dec. 8. J Reports from the river stations note several deaths from exposure during the past 48 hours. Large quantities of supplies are preveuted from landing at Aquia and Potomac Creeks by low water and Ice, the latter being two inches thick. Notwithstanding this the army gene rally is provisioned for twelve days ahead. There have been no movements of import ance to-day. Many regiments are erecting huts. The impression, however, is prevalent that the present quiet will be of short dura tion. New York Market* New' York, Dec. 8. Cotton—continue dull; sales 500 bales at 66 a * United States 6's l«wi coupons,.1041 United State* 6's 1881 registered,. 99} United States demand notes.127/ STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION Springfield Tire mid Marine Insurance Co., OF SPRINGFIELD, MASS., On the First day of November, 1*62. in conformity with the Law* of the State of Maine. Capital Stock, all paid up, $200,00000 Surplus, 190,68183 -$390,53183 Assets as follows Cash, 5,935 93 Cash in hands of Agent* in course of'transmission, 16.372 32 $16,400 L.s. 7.30Treasury Notes, 16,010 00 $10,IA At 63 Middle Street, I f Opposite the Custom House, Have on hand, and are daily receiving tho lat est and MUST DESIRABLE STYLES of CLOTHS, OVERCOATINGS, Fancy Doeskin, and be -ecu and fried to injure for them a ready aa’e. Thev a«*e made from the beat materials, latcat stylo*, ami of superior worktaaa- ship. Any person can learn to skate well in les than one-fourth of the time, by using the Latent Ankle Support—and they are especially useful for those 1 having weak ankles. For sate bv (-11 AH. DAY. Jr., Ill Middle HI. not 2*! 3w _HH DU. E. G. GOULD’S !F3in-'Vvrorm Syrup Is the first and only remedy ever offered to the pub lic for the effectual removal of the A-candes, or Tin Worms. from the human system. The high reputa tion it has established in the last two years, ana the fact that it i« imst sup reeding a!l other worm reme dies, is the best test of its great merit. or It afbrth RELIEF in tut nty-fmr hours, and an entire rare is irarr*iufrd, when taken according to directions, w hich accompany each bottle. This Syrup is also a most valuable family cathartic, to l*e alway s used when physic is required, specially I give* to the stomach and bowels, assisting nature in her efforts to restore health. It is purely of Vegetable Extracts, and aheays saf' and relittble. Sold in New York by Hall k Kuchkl.218 Green wich street; in Boston by G«o. C. Goodwin Co., 12 Mai shall street, and other Wholesale Druggists. At retail by H. II. HAY, Tortlaud. dec9 8m WOODMAN. Titl e A- VO, Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, lANilFACTlREES AND JOBBERS OF fLOTBINS, No*. I and 5G Middle Street, Portland. Geo. W. Woodman, Alfred Wood man, Seth B. Hersey, Charles Bailey. aug20d&wtf Milk Routt* lor Mile. BY inquiry at this office, or No. 02 Exchange St., one can hear of a chance to buy a “MILK ROUTE,’* in which there i* not a customer who has failed to pay his aumtkly bills. A la vm able chance is thus ottered to any oue w ho may wish to engage in the busim-s, or to enlarge his preseut “route." novl2 eodtf Book, Card Fancy Printing, NEATLY EXEC IT ED AT THE OFFICE OF THE PRESS, l*it*r uud Muiiflt* Mirrors. WITH Oval. Square or Eiiprical frames, with Rosewood, Black Walnut or Gilt tiuish made to order, of auy si/e, style or design, of uew and elegant patterns; also ohoup Looking Glasses and elates re-sot in old frames, by MORRISON ft CO., 2d. Market Square. NOTICE. IJtOK SALE, in Newcastle, at Damari-i otta Mills, about eighty M good seasoned Tine Boards; lots of Shingles, Laths. Ac.; Timber tor a small house frame; a quantity of White Oak Boards aud Trunk, been kept under cover about right mouths. Auy one wanting to buv can call on JAMES Ml LI GAN, novlO dtf t.>n the premises. PitotoRmitliie tlomla A hcnilcula. OUR stork in this department is complete, com* I prising every article used in the art. MORRISON (k (U June24dtfn8t aft, Market Square. Gilt I'rdiiieti. FOR PORTRAITS OK LANDSCAPES of any size or style desired—latest patterns aud best workmanship—made to order lie MORRISON A t 0..3t>. Market Square Old UraniPs Ite-llill, AND RENEWED by MORRISON k CO. WANTS. Douse Wanted. ,^,;ir‘wk^,vs,re«u- a ««hm h„ ’wTih; good lot would be preferred. Any perron who hu a good and convenient hourC for rale in that locality. For about £3,000, will plcam address _ _ BOX 2079, POST-OFFICE Portland, Dec. 6th. 1862. dtf Wanted immediately, 25 GOOD COAT MAKERS. Inquire at ocl9lf WOODMAN. TRI E ft CO. _ MERCHANDISE, Vermont flutter. Bft Prime, For sale by __ J. F. WEEKS ft CO. 1»R1 FISH. 5000 iKTt li*:r cop, pol *-0*t rrcuonuble farm*. syt-all before purchasing elsewhere. No. 120 Middle Street. nov2l NVAY FALL. GOODS For Gentlemen’s Wear. AT No. 9o.Alidtlle Street. ROLLINS BOND HAVE BEEN RECEIVING New and Desirable Styles ot Cloths, Olotlilng-, FURNISHING GOODS, Which they offer at Prices to suit the Thnes jyC all in belore purchasing eke where, and see jor yourself 95 MIDDLE STREET. ocZSdtf HA1.\E .Hi -Ant Soldiers' Relief Association, No. Ursit. Communlcatiou. to be aritlreurd J. W. HATHAWAY Maine State Agent, tTaekingtim. C oell tf BOOTS, SHOES RUBBERS. W. W. LOT UK OP, (Formerly E. Shaw Co.) No. 88 MIDDLE STREET. As usnal.keeps con-tan tly supplied with fVesli Ml sud fa.-hioi.able Bool s and SHOES, in eve* f variety and style for gentlemen’s and la ^diw wear, and invite ail his old customers and the pnldic generally to give them a call vrhenev* erthev desire to replenish their Understandings/' W W. L. i« agent for the Leavitt and Wilcox k Gibbs MEWING-MACHI.v Et*. avgft—dmd IOTICB. CTW8 THl’RLOW is this day admired equal Partner in the lirra of Kivo k Bctlkh. The basiue** of the firm will be conducted undar the firm *tyle of KING, BUTLER THURLOW, No. 1W Commercial Hi., Portland, Me. A S. KING, A BUI LER. Portland. Nov. 7th, 1W>. C YKL'a THURLOW. uo\8 dlw Real Estate, I m E T II E f T GREIT CHANCE FOR BARGAINS BEFORE THE RISE! 10 HOUSES, at price* from §1000 to §8000. 100 HOUSE I.OIS. at price* from *2U0to #3000. J.OOO.UUO feet of 1 LA 18. 1.000.000 fret of LAM). 2 STOKE LOTS on t'ommereia! Street. MOSES GOl’LD, 74 Middle St., novCT dtf Ur Stair#. Tru*w» TriDtum Trusses TH0S. G. L0RING, Apothooar y -and PRACTICAL TRUSS FITTER. Devote-* personal attention to the application o Thl >J*K> to Adult* aud Children. SHOULDER BRACES aud ELASTIC STOCK IMiS constantly on hand. rtu* l’oor liberally considered. isocll JAMES P. SLEEPER, Fi KXISHING UNDERTAKER, •So. Ill Exchange Street, Portland, UeaiJence re«r of 411 Conxma Street, keep* eon •tantlv on hand aj, the rarioua kind, of COFFINS AND CASKETS, Now in Uae, And will irinkf *o order anything of this kind that may be ordereo, ,.t short notice, from the cbMixst to the very bkbt. By giv iug *iiy strict aud undivided attention to the manufacturing, lining and trimming of the above, I can ftiruish ti.em c ;caper than any one slue. Aug. 6,1361. JAMBS I*. M.F.EFEB. Burnside Eating Saloon! JOSEPH P. TAYLOR ‘YIT'nCLD respectfttlly inform hi* friends and tha If public generally, that he has opened the above Saloon, 7sTo. r> 1 Fore Street, where may he found a variety of EATABLES to gratify the Appetite. f?"Meal* served to order. Day and Bveuing. He hope* bv good attendance to business. and po lite atteution to customers, to merit a share of public patronage. uovl4 d4w* OH. PH1Y HAVING returned from the Army, again tenders hi* professional serv ices to the people of l*ort* land ancf vicinity. Hi* experience—while absent—in PRACTICAL BURGER Y, warrants him in calling attention to this branch. Residence and Office—71 FukeSt&xzt. nov 27 dtf Bank Notice. rpilF. two cent tax stamp must be affixed to all X checks at.d sight draft* orrr tirtnfi/ J«*//ars.whea offered at any Bank iu this city, alter Saturday, tha 13th iu*t., or payment will be refused. On aud after January 1st, the appropriate stamp will be required ou notes and drafts payable on time. l*er order. decolwood*

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