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The Portland daily press., 1862-08-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
Notice to Wood and Lumber Mcr.
chants.

ENROM November 1st 1862, to May 1st, 1863, the
Il rates of freight ON all descriptions of lumber
and timber will be advanced % per cent
No fire wood will be conveyed between October 1st
1862, and May 1st. 1868.
An advance III the rates of fire wood will take place
next summer, but in consequence of changes in the
arrangement for conducting the wood business which
are about to be made. the Company will not be able
to take fire wood from certain places the line
that should any parties make contracts for fire wood
to be carried the railway during the next season.
risk aud that the Company will not feel themselves
bound to carry IL.
Due notice will be given of the rates of freight and
from what stations lire wood can be carried next
summer.
C. J. BRIDGES, Managing Director
Montreal, August I. 1862. aGdtf
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ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE, /
Auousta. Aupust % 1850
GENERAL ORDER No. 81.

GENERAL ORDER No. 81.
1.-The enrolment required under the directions of
General Order No. 2S will be made in accordance
with the provisions of the act of Congress of July
Il, 1852, entitled 'an act to amend the act calling
forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union,
suppress instructions and repe invasons, approved
February 2sth 1885, and the act amendatory thereof
and for other purposes, which provides that the
rolment of the militia shall in all cases include all
the able bodied citizens between the ages of eighteen
and forty-fve, and General Order No. IS is amended
accordingly.
H.-Ficld officers of volunteer regiments raised in
place of drafted men for nine months service, will
be elected by the captains and subatens of the
pective companies composing the same.
lll.-All men ensting after this date, whether for
three years service for nine months, in the place
ofdrafted men, will be credited to the towns in which
they reside, and not elsewhere
Per order of the Commander-in- Chief
JOHN l.. HoDSDON, Adjutant General.
August 26. d3t
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III O T E LIS.
ELM house,

STtE& THE undersigned respectfully informs the
srs4r,n public that he has leascd the above House.
I.IstER,H on Federal Street, Portland and invites
kz-& the travelling community 10 call and see ii
he knows show TO keep hotel" Clean,
airy rooms, good beds, wcll-provided table atten-
tive servants and moderate charges are the induce
ments he holds out to those whose business or pleas
ure call them to the Forest City"
, JONATHAN BLISS, Proprietor.
Portland Aug. 10. 1862. dtf
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CITY HOTEL, PORTLAND.

AMASA T. G. DODGE,
4 HAVING assumed the proprietorship of
HER this house, promises to spare no pains 10
rssSS,x accommodate its former patrons as well a.
Isla2i1 his old friends and the public generally
EAX Having had an experience of sixteen years
he thinks he now keep a hotel
This house is one of the best in the city and very
pleasantly located Congress- corner Of Green
Street.
Portland. Aug. %, 1852 d8w&wsm
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BATH HOTEL.

n By G.. NJ. LUMMER.
lTHfs4 o'o' WASHINGTON ST. BATH.
EE-ax '.'Tcrms 81 per day. Stable connected
with house.
Bath, June %, 1862 dtf
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PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.

PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.
JOHN It. GILMAN
JOSEPH B. HALL, Soitors.
Is published at No. s2I EXCHANGE STREET,
in FOX BLOCK, by
FOSTER, GILMAN and HALL,
Under the firm name of
N. A. FOSTER & co.
Terms:
fHE PORTLAND DAILY Press is published every
morning. Sundays excepted at $500 per year in ad-
vance.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-04

should desire to pass this bill in spite of
orr protest, when it is an entirely local bill
affecting my constituents, and those of the
gentlemen from Columbia, Mr.. TATE.
Mr. MYERS. # appears 10 me that the
objections to this bill might be obyiated and
all parties accommodated, by fixing in the
bill the rate at which the railroad company
shall transport the coal of other parties
owning land in the same locality with the
land owned by the railroad company
Mir. BROWN, Northumberland IF the
bill were amended in that manner, would
not object 10 it.
Mr.. ROSS, LuZerne. ] had not intended,
Mr. Speaker, to say anything in regard 10
the merits Of this bill. | was really surpris
TO hear my colleague from Luzerne, Mr..
Russell. talk as he did. Why, sir, Luzerne
county has been made all that il is by Just
cuch operations as are contemplated in ibis
bill-by the owners of coal lands being al
lowed 10 make lateral railroads 10 transport
their coal to market. I suppose that tie
gentleman has heard OF Mauch Chunk
What made it what il is but allowing allow
ing company 10 mine coal and transport
it down to Lehfghl What is it that has
built up Hazleton, the place where my col
league resides =? II would have been per-
iect wilderness but for just such operations
as my colleague now opposes. What made
Carbondale and Scranton, but the operation
OF these companies that were allowed TO
mr. on fhatr
it 10 market. So ] might name twenty or
thirty instances in our valley where compa-
nies have had the privilege of making lat
teral railroads TO transport their coal to mar.
ket. Why it is by the operation ofiust such
companies that Luzerne county has become
the fourth or fifth county in Pennsylvania,
| ieeming with industry and wealth The
| wilderness has been made 10 blossom as
I the rose. The gentleman from Columbia
| Dir. Tate talks about his constituents being
ruined by such measures as this. do not
know :what ideas may be entertained in
/ Columbia county, but we in Luzerns like
to be ruined in this way.
Mr.. TATE, Columbia. If the gentleman
from Luzerne, MIR. Ross, stands here as
unerstand him TO declare, the unconditional
champion of corporations, it is evident he
does no, fairly represent the interest of the
masses OF lhepeople of the grea, county of
Luzerne.
Mr.. CESSNA. ! desire TO make two
suggestions. First, would suggest to the
gentleman from Da1phin Mr.. Fresand thai
as j, is manifest that the Two thirds vote
necessary to suspend the rules cannot be
obtained, time would be saved by with
drawing the motion for their suspension. II
that be not done, then | will make another
suggestion that that this debate is not in
order on the motion 10 suspend the rules
Mr.. FREELAND. ! withdraw the mo-
tion to suspend the rules.
And so died the Anaconda
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No Tuning During SerEIte.

The following anecdois from the New
Hampshire Telegraph, is too good 10 be
lost:
Many years ago there was in the eastern
part of Massachusetts, a worthy D D., and
although he was an eminenlly benevolent
man and good christian, yet il must be
confessed that he loved joke much better
than even the most inyeierale jokers. Il
wss before church organs was much in use
il so happened that the choir OF the church
had recently purchased double bass viol
Not far from the church was large pas
ture, and in it huge own bull One ho,
Sabbath in The summer he got out OF the
pasture, and came believing up the street.
About the church there was plenty of un-
rodden and good grass and Mr.. Bull stop
ped 10 try the quality; the doctor was in The
midst OF his sermon when
'Boo-woo- WOO" went the bull.
The DR.. paused, looked up at the singing
seats, and with grave face, said:
81 would thank the musicians not to tune
their instruments during service, il .annoys
me very much"
The people stared and the minister went
on.
"Boo WOO WOO" went the bull again, as
he passed another green spot.
The parson paused again, and addressed
The choir:
81 really wish the singers would not tune
their instruments while am preaching, as
ii annoys me very much"
The people Uttered, for they well kaew
what the real state of the case was.
The minister then went on again with his
discourse, but he had not proceeded far, be-
fore anotnsr " Boo. oo.woo-woo," came from
Mr.. Bull
The parson paused once more and ex>
claimed.
81 have twice already requested the choir
not to tune their instruments during service.
now particularly request Mr.. Lafevor that
he will not tune his double bass yiol while
am preaching"
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Timothy Tilenmh on nearnn.

DR.. Holland, of the Springfield Republican,
IS down upon the sour kind of deacons he
likes whole-souled man, and thinks the
lugubrious sort Of religionisis are a serious
injury 10 the reputation of genuine christi
aniiy. He says, 81 have seen deacon in
The pride of his deep humility He comb
ed bis hair straight, and looked studiousIy
after the main chance; and while he looked
he employed himself in setting good ex.
ample. His dress was rigidly plain, and
his wife was not indulged in The vani,ies
OF millinery and mantau making He new
er joked. He did moi know what a Joke
was, any further than TO kno1 il was sin.
He carried Sunday face through the week.
lie did not mingle in the happy social par
ties OF his neighboghood He was a dea-
con. He starved his social nature because
he was decon. He rsiraiued from all
participation in free and generous life
because he was a deacon. He made his
Children hate Sunday because he was
deacon. He go brought them up that they
learned to consider themselves unfortunate
:" bS'uS tho CuioIen OF osacon- IDey
were Pitied by other children because they
were the children of deacon. His wife
Pi,ied by other women because she was the
wife OF a deacon. He was not loved by any
body. If he came into circle where men
were laughing or telling SORES, they al
ways stopped until he went out Nobody
ever grasped his hand cordially, or slapped
him on The shoulder, or spoke of him as a
good fellow. He seemed as dry and hard
dnd tough as piece OF jerked beet. There
was no softness ol characier--no jueiness
mo loveliness in him.
'ii is OF no use for me 10 undertake to
realize myself that God admires such
character as this"
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-04
The Bill! Posters Dream.

One OF the shrevdest and most waggish
comical engravings conceivable, has just
been published by Ross s. Tousey, OF New
York: under the above title. bill poster
with tatered garments, has fallen asleep by
a gas lamp post al street corner, with
meershaum pipe in hand, and paste pail
and "Posters," Standing by. Before him
rises shed, covered with bills of all styles,
in white, red, yellow, and blue paper post
ed over and under each other in all shapes,
and il is upon the quaint readings which
their combination makes, that the wit de-
pends They are, for instance, "Peoples'
Candidate for Mayor,-The Hippopoia-
mue )" "Mss Cushman will take-Bran-
dreth's PilIs-through by daylight :" "Hen-
ry Ward Beecher's-Grand Tight Rope
Performance at The Melodeon;" :" "For Sing
Sing direct-Fernando Wood - Restora-
tive for the hair-use Spauldng's Glue ~
"The American Temperance Society will
try BinInger's London Cordial Gin;n ED
ward Everett-wiIl open in a few days a
new-oyster saloon al the-coaI yard .
Republican nomination for Mayor-Miss
Lucy S,one-or any other man." "Fashiop
Course,-Great match between Ethan Allen
| and-lhe Fat Woman %
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PENN'A. LEGISLATURE.
House Of Representatives.

HARRIsBuRG, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1862.
EVENING SESSlON:-The House rs-ss-
sembled at u O'Clock, P. N.
APPoRTIoNMENT BILL.
Mr. ARMSTRONG. ! ask leave to offer
= resolution al this time.
This was TO take up the apponionment
Bill, which was run through 10y the mon
grel party as perfect gerymand, and by
which means they disfranchised the democ
Eacy OF the State, for the next Ten years in
dividing the Slste into Congressional dis
tricts. Columbia, Mcniour, Wyoming and
Sullivan counties were hilched on to Brad
ford, to be swamped by the Egyptians"
taking good care first TO knock off old
Democratic Northumberland. The remon-
strances and appeals of the Members from
Columbia, Wyoming and Northumberland,
in defence of the rights of their constiIu-
anis, were disregarded by the majority in
the Halls OF the House.
The final passage of the bill,
The yeas and nays were required by Mr.
Caldwell and Dir. Moore, aud were as fol-
lows, viz:
YkAs -Messrs. Abbot, Armstrong, Bar
ron, Beaver, Bsebe, Bigham, Brown, lSier-
cer1 Busby, Chatham, Cochran, Dennis,
Divins, DonIey, (Gresne) Dougheny, Free>
land. Gamble, Gross, Happier, Henry, Hof-
er, Hoover, Huichmal, Kennedy, Lehman,
Mcclellan, Myers, NeimaL, Peters, POsiei~
ger, Ramsey, Rhoads, Ritter, Ross, (Luz J
Ross. fMiflin,) Schrock, Scott, Sellers,
shannon, Smith, (Chester) Smith, tPhila,)
Sirang, Wakefield, Warner, Williams, VIM
ley, Windls, Worley and Rowe, Speakr-
81.
NAys.-Messrs. Bates, Blanchard, BoiIeau,
Brown, fNorth'd) Caldwell, Cessna, Cowan,
DonIey, (Phila-) DufieId; Elliott, Gaskill,
Graham, Greenbank, Hopkins, (Philadel.,)
Kline, Labar, LichtenwalIner, McCuIloch,
McMakin, McManus, Pershing, Quigley,
Rowland, Russell, Tate, Thompson, Tracy,
Tnnon, Vincent, Weidner, W;Idey, Wolf,
and ZeigIer.-32.
So the bill passed finally.
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NUMBER %.
John Morgan the Rebel Scout.

The Nashville cofres pondeni of the New
York Times has the following in regard 10.
noted rebel chieiiain. The name OF this
mysterious marauder is on the lips of every
one, for his dating GOODNESS and disregard
OF fear has become a by word even among
our own army. This Col John Morgan,
Tor so he styles himself, is said TO be a ma
tive of Lexington, Kentucky, whose father
was respectable manufacturer of isans-
From his youth, this Morgan has won the
admiration of all who knew him for his
dare devil reckessness, which even now
does not seem 10 have diminished in the
least We first heard of him when our
brigade, the Eighth, was, portion of them,
encamped at PHO, Knob, in Missouri in
September last.
Our pickets were shot By some mysteri-
Gus agency, and report slated in camp. that
tail, heavy man with flowing beard,
mounted on an immense black stallion.
aeet as The wind, was several times de.
tecied in the act of retreaiiug Shot after
shot was fired after him, bul he seemed 10
bear charmed life. We lost sigh. OF him
until lusl before we left Cairo, when he ap-
Peared one night suddenly and shot two of
our Plckets. Again he appeared at Bacon
Creek, Kentucky, and burnt the railroad
bridge under AcCook's nose. shot one of
his pickels, and rode of before the enEmy
had recovered from lis surprise You re-
member his bold attack upon our lines on
Saturday, the 9Th of March, in Mileheps
Division, and again on Sunday morning,
Franklin pike.
The very same Sunday, this Morgan, cis-
goised as countrymen, and dressed in
/ butter nut colored clothes, obtained pass
from General Mitchell, who did not know
him, and had the audacty TO dine al the
city Hotel in company with our own off.
GERS, making good his escape with perfect
nonchalence. He came very near captur
ing General Nelson one day last week
The plot was discovered in time 10 be frus-
trated, oul not 10 catch the rogue. He has
since captured the railroad train running
between Louisville and Nashville at Gala
lin, taking thirty bridge builders prisoners,
but releasing them, as he seeks higher
game. He has boasied that he will catch
one OF our Generals Is an offset TO Buckner's
especial faVorite. He has offered reward
OF 81 900 10 any citizen or officer who will
caich him and his steed, and, strange TO
say, disguised. has made these offers OPEN
ly before our officers, who al the time did
not know him. Such is Col Morgan, the
famous rebel scout, who, though he de-
serves banging, yet wins sdmiring opinions
from enemies as well as friends for his dar-
ing.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-04

A SgcEsH WoMAN's TRIcK Our readers.
says the Louisville Journal no doubt re-
member the statement as to General Tilgh-
mans mother calling TO zee him at Fort
Warren with pass from Secretary Stanton,
and bitterly uPbraiding him, in the presence
OF the officers of the fort, for his treason
But all this it would seem, wac only a
rebel woman's trick. The Boston cores
pondent OF the Chicago Times says that the
old lady, the moment she found an oppor-
Iunily, slipped a revolver into the hands of
her rebel progeny, and that it was for the
possession Of that weapon that he has since
been kept in close confinement. So that
trick, good woman, like the son in whose
behalf you practised il seems 10 have been
one of your failures.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-04

MAE.-PhilosoPhers have puzzled them
suish him from other animals. Burke says
''mah is an animal that cooks his victuaIs." !"
"Theu," says Johnson, ''the proverb is just,
which says, there is reason in roasting an
egg" Adam Smith has hit the case. "Alan
says he, sis an animal that makes bargains.
No other animal does this-no dog exchan-
ges bones with another"
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-04

Women require more sleep than men,
and farmers less than those engaged in any
other occupation. Ecitore, sepouers, prin-
ters and telegraph operators need no sleep
at all. Lawyers can sleep as they choose,
and keep out OF miscnief
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-04

ASK YOUR ENEMIES If you want to know
your faults,a yonr enemies what they are
and you viii. be told If there is broken
place in your coat of mail, :hey will discov-
er II and thrust liz a spear there. They will
pierce you between the joints ofihe harness.
Perhaps some people think that one must
needs be very wicked TO have enemies -
No, no there is not good man or woman
on earth, (unless they be sappily good
persons OF no force of characier,) who has
not al least one enemy. II is no credit 10
man 10 have It said OF him " He has not
an enemy in the world" Such a sentence
would do very well TO engrave upon the
tombstone of an infant or an idiot, but it is
lar from being complimentary 10 man.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-04

WHAT TIE REBELS CAN Do.-An old say
ing current in European military circles,
runs in this wise: The Spanish TO build
forts. The French TO take them. The En-
glish to hold them. To render this COM
pleie the following should be added: The
COnfsdemies to evacuaie Them
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-04

The following incident of the battle OF
Shiloh is related by an eye witness: Two
Kentucky regiments met face TO face, and
iougol each. other with terrible resolution,
and il happened that one OF the Federal SOL
diers wounded and captured bis brother,
and after handing him back, began firing ct
a man near tree, when the captured broth
er called to him aud said, Don't shoot there
any more-lhal's iathern
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-04

An Irish girl called al be post Office the
other day and inquired for a letter. After
asking the name, the clerk proceeded 10
look for her letter, but not being successful
in finding it, asked if the name was on the
list OF returned letters & No, faith" an
swered she; "but know it's there, for |
put IL in more than week ago, aud now
want 10 take ii out 10 add something 10 it,
sure -
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@ hoile poetrn.
rue CHILD AND fBE FLOWERS.
sY MSS h. +. GOULD.


Radiant with his spirits light,
Was The htlle, beauteous child;
Sporting round fountain bright
Playing through the AowreIs wild.
Where they grew be lightly stepped,
Cautious not a leaf 10 crush;
Iheu, about The founl he leaped,
Shouting al it's merry gush.
While The sparkling waters swelled,
laughing, as they bubDled up;
In his LILLY hands he held,
Closely clasPed, a tiny cup.
Now he put il forth TO fill,
Then he bore II 10 the flowers,
Through his fingers there 10 spill
WHAT il held, in Himmic showers.
"Open, pretty buds" said he,
Open to the AIR and sun,
So tomorrow may see.
What my rain TO day has done.
'-Yes, you will, you will, know,
For the drink give you now,
Burst your little cups aud blow
When 1 IN gene and can't tell how.
"Oh, wish could bu: see
How Gods finger touches you,
When your sides unclasp, and Tree
Let your leaves aud odors through.
81 would watch you all the night
Nor in darkness be afraid,
Only once 10 see anghi
How q beauleons hower is made.
"Now remember. shall come
In the morning from my bed,
Here 10 tiud among you some
With your brightest colors spread
To his buds he hasieGed out
Al the dewy morning hour
Crying, with joyous shout,
"G0d has made OF each u flower ~
Precious must the ready faith,
Oh The little children be,
la the sight OF him who saith
s'Snffer them 10 come 10 me.'
Answered by The smile OF Heaven
As the Infants Offering found.
Through "a cup OF water gwen"
Even 10 The Thirsty ground.
-Nev York Observer.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-04

Moore tells story Of dog which is too
good 10 be true. A gentleman went to bathe
taking his favorite Newfoundland dog with
him 10 mind his clothes. When he came
to the edge of the water, the dog die not
know him, and would not allow him to put
them on. Rather bad fix for the nude
owner Of the stupid dog.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-04

A voter in Sierra county, California, was
challenged and about to swear his vote in,
when the election Judge angrily cried ou: :
F" Take off your hat, haV'nt you got no re-
spect for me or God Almighly?n
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-04

A gentleman who was determined TO out
from egg plants, has succeeded in produ>
cling q coli from a horse chestnut, aud
calf from a coward
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-04

My Chum, DR.. g., is not little of wag
AT social gathering, shortly AFTER he had
received his diplomatic young ladies were
very anxious 10 pu, his knowledge of med.
icine 10 the lest
Doctor" queried one of the fair, "what
will cure a man that has been hangedr
"Salf is the best thing know o., ;" eplied
the tormenied with great solemnily.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-04

In literature, as in morals, there are cer-
tain taste and grace, which confer dignity
on modern requirements; and there are a
negligence and grossness that disgust, even
when accompanied with inconieslsble supe.
vfoviev
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|, is said that among "ihe prizes captured
by the Federal soldiers at Fort Donelson
was rife worth 81 900. Its breach is in
laid with the finest gold. II belonged to d
hotel keeper in Memphis, and was won by
him horse race"
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Tho best description of weakness We
have ever heard is contained in the wag's
request to his wife to coax that chicken To-
wade through that soup once more.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-04

An eminent physician has discovered
that the nightmare in nine cases ont of ten
is produced by owing bill for a newspa--
per.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-04

Soft soap, in some shape pleases all; and
generally speaking the more lie you put
into il the betier.
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HaRRIsBuRG, FRIDAY. APRIL 4, 1862
EVENING SESSION:-The House re -ss-
sembled at II O'Clock, p. NJ.