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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-04-24

Directors.
THOMAS kfsesgoRD, firm Of T. Kingsford d Son,
Oswego Starch Factory.
DKLos DEWoLy, Cashier City Bank
ELIAS Roor, President Marine Bank
y D. JOHNSON. hrm of Penheld, Lyon Co.
fHEoDoHE IRWIN, drm Of Dooftie Irwin
kokek b. SLOAN, firm of Ames 4 Sloan,
a H. FAILING. hrm of Failing. Dane q Co.
ROBERT I. SAGE, nrm of Sage Co. New York.
IHos. s. Morr. Commission Merchant
Hon. ID. II. BREwsrKR.
Hon. CHENEY AMKs
Hon. j. G. CHURCHILL.
THEODORE IRWIN. President.
ELIAS ROOT. Vice President
). WARNER WHITE, Secretary.
Risks on Buildings, Merchandise, and Vessels In
terms by
ELIPHALET WEBSTER Agent,
No. l62l.2 Fore ST., Portland.
aps d3w
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NORTHERN MISSOURI
The Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Co.
HAVE FOR SALE
Over 100000 Acres
OF THE BEST
Farming, Prairie and Timber Lands
IN THE IVES T.

Low prices, ten years credit. and only 1--WE per cent
payment required for the first years. The indus
trious and enterprising make the productions
pay for the land and all necessary improvements,
much within the limit of the credit given. Twenty
per cent. is deducted from the long credit price, II
full payment is rnadc in cash, in the LAND
BONDS of the Company. within two years, with in
terest, from date of purchase.
~ These Bonds can be bought at alarge discount
and PAID AT PAR. thus greatly reducing the actual
cost OF the land. Aid to procure the Bonds at low
est market rates cheerfnuy rendered by the under
signed.
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Small Farms most Profitable /,

The Hannibal 81. Joseph Railroad runs over two
hundred miles through of the richest and health
lest agricultural and pastoral regions this conti
nent and millions of of unoccapied praries,
interspersed with timber either side of its track,
free to be used for grazing pasurage purposes
thus avoiding cost taxes and interest any amount
of hand wanted by the most ambitious for large op-
erations All the land il Is advisable to buy Is suf
hciency for buildings. yards. apple and peach or
ehards, vineyards and crops, to be fenced; for set
tiers of insufficient means to buy is nnwise, be-
money invested in sheep aud young stock will
than double annually. and this pays better than
speculating In land. in Northern Missouri. Get
rich in this way first aud then invest funds in
surplus land If desired.
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PORTLAND DAILY PRESS
ts published at No. SO. EXCHANGE STREET,
in FOX BLOCK, by
N. A. FOSTER g. CO.
JOHN II. GILMAN, Editor.


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morning tsundays excepted at s6o0per year in ad
vance, to which will be added twenty five cents for
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end Of the year the paper will be discontinued.
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WILLIAM SPARROW, Agent,
Browns Block, Union Street, Portland

Also. Clean Flax Seed for sowing Chieory and
tobacco Seed, Grass Seed. Trees, Plants and Bulbs,
Onion Sets. Flower Pots Vegetable and Flower
Seeds. Shrubs and Vines, Agricultural Tools and
Machines, &c, sc.
April 18th 1869
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Dine at the
Merchants change Eating House
17& 10 Exchange Street.
A Free Lunch every day from 10 to IL. aps em
ELECTRICITY.

w N. DEMING. VI. D.. would most respectfully
w announce to the citizens of Portland and VI
cnity, that he has taken a suit of at No. IL
Clapp's Block, corner of Congress and Elm streets
up stairs where he will remain thr ough the summer
TO treat Chronic Diseases by the Etectropdthic treat
ment.
He would especially invite the afflicted that are
laboring under any old aud nveterate chronic dis
ease, in the form of Scrotuia Hip Disease White
Swelling, Eryspelas Salt Rheum, letter, Rash, and
every hnmor of whatever kind OF character; likewise
Dance Fits. Paralysis, Contracted Muscles Distort-
cd Limbs Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, General De-
bility, Habitual Constipation, &C. We would like
wise call the attention of the public to our peculiar
manner OF curing
Consumption,
n every instance when in the acute stages where
the lungs are not fully involved.
The most obstinate cases of nervous or sick Head
ache. Neuralgia in the head, face and extremities.
with acute Rheumatism, instantly relieved, and
with chronic rheumatism, are permanently cured in
few applications.
rY-fo the Ladies Dr. D. especially calls who are
Inflammation and Falling of the Womb, Abscesses,
Tumors and Cancers of the Womb. and will guaran.
tee permanent cure in every
For suppressions Irregularities painful Menstrual
tons Neuralgia of the Womb, with all their entail
ing ills, there agent in the world efficient in
curing Electricity. In many serious obsiruc
tons can be broken up in a few moments, and in
cry case il destroys the tendency to relapse To all
those desiring perfect health and the services of the
oldest Medical Electrician in the United States.
most respectfully invite TO call rendering to all a
positive assurance of full recovery of health.
r. 5. DIR. ID. first introduced Electricity for
tractiug teeth without pain TO those having decay
ed teeth stumps, desiring their teeth out for
setting, we extend polite invitation. During the
operation the person experiences pleasing and in
vigorating sensation.
NIB For extracting Minerals and Humors from
the system we use the electro chemical Baths.
Office hours from to /; II to s; and to in the
evening. Consultation Free. mch24 ised3m
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GRATUIrY TO
Wool Growers and Stock Raisers


Who should understand at this time. the great sd-
vantages to be gratuitously enjoyed BY them in
Northern Missouri.
Any quantity of superior hav can be cheaply and
readily obtained without trespassing upon the rights
of any for If the grass not cut from the prairies
and gathered it rots or Is destroyed hy fire. But lit
tie hay is needed as the winters are mild and short
and the "blue grass of the country furnishes ex-
cellent grazing even in mid winter. How long this
opportunity for gratuitous and superior pssturage
and fodder will continue it is impossible to tell
doubtless the rapid march of freedom viii cut it
short by inducing an immense emigration but rs the
Railroad Company and nonresident spectators own
all the land except small proportion occupied by a
very sparse population, the strong probability is that
Wool Growers and large Stock Raisers enjoy
the present facilities long enough with proper enter
prise TO accumulate independent fortunes before the
present vacant lands purchased and settled
to circumseribe ample ranges for their stock Thus
poor and virtually larger and more
productive farms In Missouri than rich men do or
ava sauf In fha Eas
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INSURANCE.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
-oP THE
North Western Insurance Co.
OF OswEGO, N.Y.,
On the First day Of February, 1853.


s.f,. S'oNA- <lbO0O0 %
....-................. u 933 40
Asse,.
Assets, s227 s33 10
ASSETS.
Cash on hand and in banks sxa ma m
Cash in hands of agents 40 "a
Real estate, % s'13 80 e so
" s. Treasury Notes, 31o int: par yalue n "a ~
Bonds and mortgages lst liens on properly ~
worth double the amount of mortgage az 622 o.
Do not 1st liens, sSs "a
vys~sgoo oas company STOCK, LIS 90
1WaoI.Sage on vessel 2,500 90
Mrecking steam tug, steam pump=, &c. 28600 ~
Bills Receivable. for marine premiums 19sQa n
Debts tor premiums leash itemsL I667 a
Advances on losses and claims on vessels
and cargoes, 7x7 Al
Interest ON bonds and mortgages due a00s al
Railroad and individual bonds g1l "a
Accounts against individuals and CORPORA
tions, axa o.
All other investments and securities, s.sss 20
Total, 262,s15 90
LIABILITIES
Losses adjusted but not due ssTs7 a
do. unadjussed, 1882 "a
All other claims against the Co., 1iss2 IS s4.es7 50
s227.sss 70
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SECESSION PLAYED OUT.

MISSOURI is LOYAL. 1t is now perfectly safe and
profitable to emigrate especially to Northern Mis-
souri,. The State will be free. Her central po
stion controlling free labor interests and her great
and increasing majority of patriotic and loyal citi-
zens, demand and guarantee this beyond the 81 adow
of n douht. utra nro-Slayery onnoSers ronrede this
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WOODS MOVING MACHINES
FOR 1868.

fNHE subscriber again offers the above named
Il Machines as being unequaled for cheapness
durability, lghtness of draft and superior cutting
machines. Early orders desirable to ensure supply
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SCIENTIFIC.


AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
Everybody has seen light fash through a
pendant of chandelier and break into waves
OF many colors on the other side. The PEN
dantis prism, and, under this last name,
philosophers have long studied its properties
and have related to the world their curious re-
suits. Some of those results are known to
every scholar in the higher schools; other re-
suits, more directly scientific, are locked up in
the lectures of professors of philosophy. And
while everybody has heard of the seven col
ors of the light which passes through the
prism, very few have cared to bother their
heads about Mayors hypothesis" or Fraun-
hofer's dark lines" So it had come To pass
that, by common consent, philosophers had
abandoned the study OF the solar spectrum, as
they call the sunlight when it has been broken
by the prism; for they thought it was a field
OF investigation thoroughly explored, and one
where cleaners could gather but little.
Ii has been reserved for German chemists
to commence the study of the spectrum where
the philosophers had laid il down, and some
of their wonderful discoveries have now been
given TO the world. / shall be glad If il is in
my power TO present in a familiar way, an ac
count of the means used, and the results OBJ
tanned by kirchhof and Bunsen in their studies.
The results are, in brief, the discovery Of two
new metals where we least suspected their ex
istence, and certain facts concerning the at
mosphere which surrounds the sun.
When ray of sunlight is broken up by a
prism, aud the colored band or spectrum is
cast upon a screen, we see that it is always
made up of certain colors more or less blend
ed together. These colors are arranged In the
following order:
Violet,
2 Indigo,
3 Blue,
A
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-10-01
VINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA, Thursday OCTOBER /. 1863
Syrup Making.

As the planters In this section are now al,
about to engage IN boiling their sorghum sugar
cane, the following communication, which we
find in the Columbus (Geo.) Sun, ot a recent
date Contains much valuable Information to all
who have planted the Sugar cane /:
,, My neighbors are bus:ly engaged in making
syrup. | was at Mr.. J. B. Doz.er's a few days
ago, and as | am satisfied that his syrup would
take the prize at eny syrup fair in Georgia,
think am doing the people service in dis-
crlblpg his method.
After stripping the blades off, he cuts down
no more than be can grind in 3 day, lest is
should sour IN the stalk. He starts very early
| in the .noraing, and grinds rapidly rs much as
will fiji kettle before he beg'ns To- boil, aud
never adds ahy Dlo,e juice to that kettle. He
strains the JUICE through a course cloth into u
barrel, auo tnen, ~h.n he puts it i'll the kettle
Strains t again rs be pours 1t ir, When the
juice is boiled down to one fifth of it's or, gina!
quantity it oegins to make big wrinkles like q
cows NAV, and ropes from the skinner when
it IS poured out. Then jets oi syrup are thrown
fe.n the boiling sur face five or six inches hgll
The fires now lowered and some syrup is
pat in dry pan, and the pan in cold water to
see how the syrup runs A glossy appearance,
like o.. on the surface, is observed, ard The
syrup IS taken Out OF the kettle with buckets, as
fast as possible. A bucket or two ct cold
ter is immediately thrown into the kettle, and
before any more juice is added, it 10 washed
out as clean as it was at tirs:. This prevents
the barht syrap which otherwise would stick
~ the kettle from spelling the taste OF the fresh
juice. For the same rea%On he does not begin
to boil untii the kettle is filled with juice, as
he would thus cook the first more than the last
nor does he add any fresh juice to the boiling
syrup. A man Stands by With perforated
Skinner and skins of every particle Of froth
tnat comes to the surface. He puts in no lime,
nor potash, ROE soda, and the syrup tastes SO
much like sugar, that at dinner neither he nor
was able to tell which pastry was sweetened
with Sugar, aud which with syrup OF his man
utacture. The first kettles are boiled down by
one o'clock, aud the second by or 8 O'Clock
ct night thus giving time for the hands and
teams to rest Until morning.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-10-01
RATES OF ADVERTISING,
Our Advantage of Position.

The New York Tunes discourses strategy,
and c,mes to the conclusion that "two years
experience has pretty we'll settled the almost ut
Ter hngelessness Of an effective pursuit of the
rebels" The reason for these conclusions are
thus stated
"Put,iug aside the subordinate causes that
ccnspire to this result, the one great cause Is,
that from the fact ut their occupying interior
lines. they in q retrogade NOV enaent, fall back
on their base OF supplies, while we move con
stautlv from ours. The prodigous advantage
this gives them must be apparent to ahy one
ACQUAINTED with the material conditions shat
govern military movements Ito any QUE " no
realizes the vast strain required to supply q
moving army with it's food aud forage aud am
munition, Every mile shcrtens their line and
brings them nearer to their base; every mile
isna ,aae,s ours takes us further away from our
base, aud renders advance progressively more
and more difficult With tnem 1t is a march
to point where their labers Tot only tighten,
but end with US it is an advance toward
point where, while the danger reaches its max
imum, the difficulty, at the same times reaches
it's. All these facts belong to the pecullar'ties
OF warfare in this country-pecu.iarit'es that
make it altoe ther different froi0 warfare IN
Europe aud which render all comparisons tn.
tile"
It follows from this view Of the Times that
the further we are driven the better IL IS i"r
Us and the worse for them. The lon-
ger the war continues and the ereatet the seem
ing gains of the enemy, the more their d'ft'cui-
ties increase and ours diminish. Nor is the
progress of increase on the .ne side and dimi-
mutton on the other in arithmetical proportion
only, but after cer,ian point it proceeds per
saltt,s, and reaches at once the bound beyond
which no advance can be made. There are some
things beyond the power OF military enterprise
to accamplish. Napolepn found this out ia hus'
sia. When that linit has been reached, the
time for the retiring party to turn on the as
sailant aud demoiish him has arrived. We have
moi yet been forced, except to limited extent,
te try the virtue of retreating tactics. But
should It become unavoidable it will prove il
faih;e.
We agree with the Richmond Wing, that
there 10 another disadvantage under which the
enemy labor chat the Times does not consider
Up to this titne they have had the powerful
assistance Of their navy, estimated by them.
selves as equivalent to fighting force ON land
OF 800. 600 men. Nearly all that the navy can
do, 10 tae way of active warfare. has been done
aud for the future there are only three or tour
places where it can give US any trouble. Its
Impotence will be heavy discount ON the enc
nays lighting power.
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From Charleston Another Big Gun

From Charleston Another Big Gun.
The Charleston correspondent of the Angus-
"a SsntimsI, under date of September lo'
writes:
Report says the Yankees are now landing on
Lcng Island. in the rear Of Sulivan's Island. =
Ieannot vouch for the truth Of the Statements
aor do give nnch credence to it, although.
not improbable. They aim, it IS said, to AXE
Salivan's Island a. they dtd Merrls Island. II
may be accomplished if not weii guarded. |
think. however. they will get little toe Isr in
advance when they try the experiment. Time
viii show. @
Big Gun No. 2, will soon be here and noun.
ted for it's good work, in protecting the old
walls Of the city. The range Of these guns il
Zen niles, point blank eight. Their oal's nave
or two effective shots from their huge mouths
would crush any monitor now a6oat. Sod
grant may speedily have TO say--shs WORK u
aoas.s - -.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-10-01
T$1.oo PER ANNUM
Surrender Of CnmberIamdG Gap.
The Lynehburg virginian gives the follow

Surrender Of CnmberIamd Gap.
The Lynehburg virginian gives the follow
ing disgracetn particulars of this affair: i
An officer who va. at the Camberiand Gap,
in the capacity OF Lseutenant Colonel was in
this city yesterday, end reports the following:
lie is we'll known to Us, is Virgiuian, and iais
statement may be relied upon. He says that
we had l.SOo men, were very strongly entrsnoh
ed, aud had plenty Of guns and amnan.tson.---
When toe enemy, numbering about six regi-
msnts as is believed, commanded our forees 90
surrender, Gen. Frazer held council of oHi-
Gers, and it unanimously dster,nined shat
the place should be held to the last extremity.
The officers then took their POSITIONS; but is
was soon rumored that Kentucky regimen Q
had thrown down their arms. TIE officer i'm
question going to make some inqsiry upon the
subject, observed a white fay flying, and inter.
rogating GEE. Fraser as 10 what it meant, the
latter replied: "Tsll Gen. Jones tha, have
gone up tue spout" The Colonel with three
hundred Of his men thee retired uDmolested.--
He considers The surrender of Cumberland
Gap the most disgraceful event of the war and
40 it il. Frazier, we believe is Tennesssean,
and betrayed his trust, or such position would
never have been yielded without 80 mueh 90
firing gun. 1t is high time that some General
weIe shut. 4
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From the Columbus (Ga) Times.
Chinese Sugar Cane.


In toe Sun OF the ION instant, was commu'
nicarion signed &C. IN which be describes the
mode adopted by Mr.. B. Dozer for syrup
making He states, latter stripping the blades
of, he Mr.. D. cuts down no more cane than
he caE grind in day lest 1t should soar in the
stalk" This is an error, think, of Mr.. D.,
at least it does not agree with my experience.
Two days after had commenced the grind
ing of my cane this season my mill broke, leav
ing me on hand nearly days grinding of cut
cane. | then entertained the same opinion
that Mr.. ,. does, but hearing that a citizen of
this county (Mr. Klng) always cut his cane a
few day before grinding it, concluded to pack
niue away in bulk and experiment a little with
IL. Ten days elapsed before ! could start my
ne. mill, by which time, my cane was SO dry
that it ratified when handled. 1t was ground
and, to my astou,sbment, stream of juice
c anne forth larger ever than had flown from the
fresh cut cane.
This however, l ascribed to the superiority
Of my seco.d mill over the first. measured
the juice myself, and from every thirty gallons
(the capacity ofrny boiler.) realized eight
gallons O yrup, superior to any / had ever
seer obtained from Chinese cane. This expe-
r,ment satisfied uIe that Mr.. D. is 10 error as
10 the souring OF cane if allowed to remain lon.
ger than "a nours after being cut. The fresh
S"'os "ti sSdoo Hau iotucu ouiy o Hfs" '''
syrup. By the time my second mill was put
10 operation, my CAGE had ripened so fully, that
It's yield of syrup is about equal to that OF the
dry caue. Planters generally, think, grind
up their cane too soon. BY letting it get per
fectiy ripe ,ou lose no syrup but save labor
and time in boiling. agree with Mr.. D. that
fresh juice should never be added TO Kettle
after it has boiled long, as the syrup will be
i,nperfectiy cooked and be more liable to sour.
a blanket consider the best strainer, as one
strainng through it is sufficient. There is q
notion afoat, ameng some syrup makers, sahat
it will never do to commence boiling kettle
of juice unless you complete it" Sixty gallons
OF laice is the total capacity of my boilers. and
II average from 80 to 60 gallons of sprop daily
working from de-, light to 8 O'clock, P. NJ. at
(which, hour ill my boilers with fresh juice,
fire up, and leave them till morning. One IRE
will prevent the juice from souring, and give
|all hands work At daylight By this plsn 4
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-10-01
eep tha mill and boilers going all day. II
, on don't believe the Chinese cane will rake
good syrup, try it. ] send yon jug Of it.
.{ass #& A. I'll. FLEwELLrN.
casttahoochee County. Ga., Sep. l2, 1868.

HE CONFEDERATE RAMs.--It seems from
ne varions statements OF the papers tina,
the Con nfederate authorities are aving some
really formidable sessels-regular steam rams
built in Europe. Whether these vessels are be.
ing built with view to harrsss the enemy, or
whether they to be brought to Confederate
waters and 'i.ea ''biown up" merely for the fun
ot the thing, has not yet transpired =
But the foll.w,ng from the Manchester (Eng-
laud) Guardian, OF August 31st, is 6escrip
ton Vi two Of these vessels. If all reports be
true they are DOW sailing for this part Of the
globe. We wish them better luck than has
fallen to some Of their predecessors
Que OF .he two iron steam rams built by
Mes~rs Lanyard at Berkenheao was launched
at their works On Saturday, August 20, iG the
presence OF a large crowd Of SPECTATORS, who
were freely admtted nto the yard.
The vessel launched Saturday was chrsten.
fed the El Monasser, or Victory, her conssrt,
launched a few weeks ago. being named the Ell
Tousson. When lauacned, both vessels bore
the English flag astern and the French GAG
am,dshlps.
Each are $50 feet long. 30 beam and 10 fee,
deep. Their III Measurement is 1850 tons, and
their engines are $50 horse power. They are
plated with four and half inch iron on teak
ba cking of great thickness, bolted on to the
frame of the ship, which supports the inner
SHE'LL.
The decks are also iron plated, and the iron
bulwaeks ar. hinged at the lower edge. SO as
to be throws down in scton. Each tram" is
piercsd for six guns on each side, and they are
fitted on the deck with large cupola towers oa
Capt. Coles plan, with two guns to each cuPo'
la. Their bows projected under the waters 90
as to form ''ram." The iron plates are SO
beautifully planned and fitted, that it is almost
impossible tc tell whether the vessels Are plat>
ed or not.
The cupolas are fore and aft the engine house,
and have an extreme range nearly fore and aft
the vessel. Each ''ram'' is bark rugged, having
the lower masts and yards Of iron. When
launched, the FL Monasser was taken into the
$50 feet craving dock: alongside her consort,
the El Toasson, which is expected to be ready
for sea ia about q month.