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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-01-11

NJ IN out of employ, hay ing a small capital, viii
4vB had IL for their advantage to call At a29 Com
gress street, near New City Building.
jams If
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Notice,

+ MRS. ANNIE COVE will call at the Interna.
! tcsal House at IL O'Clock to-day he viii hear Of
So"e'hihx 10 her advantage. JAMS d3s
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WANTS, LOST,FOUND

Wanted.
fTsA genteel House. Of or 8 rooms. at the
H;is west part OF the city. Rent not to exceed
airs, W." at this Office 'I anu ~
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Wanted
secondhand Candle Boxes.
AT No. 80 Portland Street. Portland.
JAM diff

Wanted Immediately,
fyVo contract with some one to cut 200 cords harJ
Il and soft wood. In windham for which fhe
highest price will be paid. Enquire OF
GEO. SMITH,
jans2we No. 49, Fore Street. Portland.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-01

MRs BESjAMIS F. BCTLER.--A letter
in the Providence (Rhodc Island) J9lr'-
nat gives some account Of the wife o.!
Beast Butler. 1t says:
Some eighteen or twenty years ago a
voung actress, a Miss Hlldreth, plaved
sfor several evenings at the Dorrance
Street Theatre, iii Providence. hap
pened to see her ~ the tragedy O1 Jane
Shore Her part was q secondary onr-
that Of the friend and c0ntidant Of Ed
wards beautiful favorite; hut her con
ccpton Of the character surprised ne hy
its originality and its impressive truth
fulness. felt that she had grcat dra-
matte talent, and often wondered that
her name had so entirely disappeared
from the stage. Ia the spTing of 1870,
while visiting a friend in Lowell. ! found
one morning, on returning from Il walk,
card from Mrs. Benjamin Batter,
with an invitation to take tea with her
the following evening. | Went with my
host ana hostess no other guests Were
invited. The name of Mrs. benjamin
Butler had for me at that time no
other significance than might have
had the name Of Mrs. John Smith. -
On our way to the house, nv host, a
Webster Whig, spoke Of Mr. Butler not
too tatteringly as a successful lawyer,
smart but INSCRIPTIONS, ready to take
mp the worst cases, and noted :Or always
carrying his clients through. On enter
ing the parlors, was surprised 10 lnd in
the charming and graceful lady who re
ceived US the dramatic friend and con
tidant of Jane Shore, whose talent had
SO impressed me at the Dorrance Street
Theatre Mrs. Butler was young lady
of Dracutt, whO fascinated By the stage,
and conscious of dramatic power had
obtained an engagement at one Of the
Boston theatres, and who was for about
two years earnestly devoted TO her pro
ttssion, when Mr. Benjamin Butler prof
iered his heart and hand, and won her
back 10 domestic life | found that she
still loved the art, and prevailed on her
to read to me some of her favorte pas
sages in Shakespeare She read, | re
member, the prison scene in Measure
for Measure with a passionate pathos
that made me half regret that the smart
Lowell lawyer had won her away from
Melpomene and all her tragic glooms and
splendors.
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Nor HEALTHY FOR MASSACHUSETTS MEH.
The Springfield (Massschusetts) Repab-
lican gives two cases of the fatality Of
the Missouri climate to New England
squatters
1T il reported that Rev, Joshua Bou-
cher, formerly Of this county, who re-
moved to Missouri last spring, was killed,
a few days ago, by guerrilas. Some
rebels seized him and ordered him to take
the oath of allegiance, which he declined,
no doubt very decidedly, when they shot
him. Mr. Boucher was one of the Orl-
-gnal Liberty party men of Ohio-ono OF
the old antislavery vanguard.
"A Mr. Ellsworth, who, several years
AGO, removed from near Catawba to Mis-
souri,. was, n short time since, killed by
band Of guerrillas, who demanded his
oest horse, and, after being saddled and
| bridled ard delivered into their hands,
turned as they were about to start and
shot him through the head, instantly
killing him. Mrs. Ellsworth has returned
to her friends, and relates the sad story.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

The Confederate General Hindman,
with his wife, staff, and body guard,
crossed the Mississippi river at Catfish
point, some days ago, en- route for Ar
kansas. He had heavy box of specie
with him.
The double-ender gunboat Tacony
went ashore off Cape Iiatteras, North
Carolina, few days ago, and had not
been released from her perilous position
when last heard from
The Louisville Democrat saws that the
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, r. +.
Jacobs, who was recently ordered
through the Confederate lines by the mill
tary authorities Of that State, is now at
Gallipolis, Ohio. The rebel authorities
refused to receive the exile, saying that
they do not intend to let President Lin
coin make Botany Bay Of the South" "
\ girl of sixteen, convicted i'll st.
Louis of repeated violations Of the oath
of allegiance, of carrying contiabrand
articles across our lines, and OF being a
rebel spy, has had her sentence, which
was death, committed by General Rose
Grams to imprisonment during the war.
Buffers dispatchboat Greyhound,
while going down James river on Sun
day, caught fire and was destroyed. -
General Butler and stall, with Rear Ad-
miral Porter, were on board. bat all es.
capped safely.
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Local NATTERS.

FATAL LOCOMOTIVES ExrLosroy. The
engine "E. Fontaine," runnins on the
central railroad, exploded about half.past
nine O'Clock on yesterday morning at
"ichham's turnout, in Hanover county,
killing instantly James. Ramsey, the en-
gineer, and seriously iniurinp negro
boy who was in the act OF getting on the
train. The explosion was OF the most
violent character, causing report " hici,
was heard for miles around and scatter
ing fragments of the boiler in every di
rectiOn. The bell was thrown to a Dis
tance Of a quarter Of mile The de-
ceased engineers body was brought to
this city on yesterday afternoon, and pre-.
sented CHASTITY spectacle, with part OF
his heart protruding from his breast and
his head crushed in. He was unmar-
rled, and originally hailed from Indiana,
though for a number Of years back he
mas resided in the South
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AN HOUR WITH MOSBY.

A letter from the Valley, in the New
York Herald, gives the following ac-
count Of little "guerrlla " experience,
as the Yankees call it, which may be
found almost any day in the Valley:
Captain Brewster, commissary of the
First brigade Of the First cavalry divi-
| sion, lately captured by Mosby's men,
has returned, having escaped both death
and Imprisonment. He and four others
were captured while on their way from
Winchester to army headquarters. As
| they were passing along the turnpike. in
the vicinity Of numerous others who
We're bound in other directions, they were
accosted by party, about ten in mum
Der, which they met, dressed in light blue
overcOats, and whom they supposed to
be our own men, and ordered to surrcn-
der The order being accompanied with
presented revolvers, they thought it pru-
dent to comply with it. This occurred
about midday, in the vicinity of New
town, from whence they marched in the
direction Of Ashby's gap, and before
night met the Colonel as Mosby is
styled by his men. They crossed the
Shenandoah and passed through the gap
to Paris, where they spent the night, and
remained the whole Of the next day and
night.
Onthe next day SUNDAY they marched
to Rectortown; on the line Of the Ma
nassas Gap railroad, where Mosby, find
ing he had some Of Clusters men, kindly
informed them that he had an account to
adjust with Custer, and that they must
draw lots to see who the seven were
out Of the whole number (twenty. .nine)
who should be hanged in retaliation for
seven of his men who had been hanged
short time previously by Clusters or
ders. The ballots were prepared, seven
having numbers on them, and the rest
being blanks. Five Of thc numbers were
drawn on the first trial; but one was
drawn by a drummer boy, who was re-
leased because he was not bearer Of
arms. One or two more trials were made,
the Captain each time escaping with a
blank. Lieutenant Disoway, Of the Fifth
New York heavy artillery, drew num-
Der, but was released, and one of Gus
ter's men substituted for him. This was
the last seen of the victims by their com
rales, who were marched, under light
guard, to Sperryville, where the Captain
contriyed to make his escape, and, under
various DISCUSSES, returned to General
Sherdan's headquarters in safety. Four
were killed and three escaped, one Of the
latter being Captain Brewster's orderly.
On Sunday, there was an assembly Of
Mosby's c0mmand at Rectortown. They
were tinu looking set of fellows, we'll
dressed, and most Of them commissioned
officers of the rebel army, who prefer the
romantic life Of marauders to that Of
civilized warfare ia the field Some Of
them were well mounted, we'll dressed,
and majority of them were provided
with Union overcoats. They were nearly
all of them apparently highly intelligent
and well-edu lated men, armed with sa
bres and revolvers, very few having car
bines. They seemed we'll disciplined, and
exhibited the utmost confidence in the
Colonel The Captain was informed that
it was decided at the assembly to go down
and pitch into the Eighth Illinois.
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LATER FROM TIE NORTH.


New York papers of Monday, the 20th
instant, are received Gold, on that
day, was quoted at 227 l2-a rise Of
SIX dollars on account according to the
TrDauel Of the doubt felt about Sher-
mans safety.
GENERAL H0OD's MOVEMENTS IN TENNEs-
SEA BATTLE WITH THOMAS Expected.
The most important news by this mail
is that relative to General Hoods move
ments. The Hc1uld contains special tel
egram from Nashville, OF the 27th, which
reports smart skirinishing between the
forces of Generals Thomas and Hood, for
the past few days, between Pulaski and
Columbia, Tennessee and that the Yam
kec army has fallen back north Of Duck
river. Forrest has also crossed the
river, and is cssaying to strike its flank
and rear Hoods main army is thought
to be moving northeastward, towards
Shclbyvile and Wartrace. \ telegram
from Louisville, dated the 25th says that
rumors prevailed there that Hoods army,
about thirty thousand strong-one-third
cavalry, and ten batteries Of artillery, in
Guiding renforcemcnts from Forrest and
Dick Taylor-waS marching on Pulaski
on Wednesday, 1t was thought Hood
would either fight at Columbia, or, leav
ing Columbia, march into Eas. Tennessee
and ioin his forces to those Of Breckin
ridge 4 letter, dated Nashville, the
DIST, gives the New York Ijmes the fol
lowing intelligence relative to the posi-
tons the two armies occupied at that
time:
The bulk OF our army is at Pulaski, on
the Decatur and Nashville railroad, in
splendid condition; the men being well
fed and well clothed, with money in
their pockets. The new troops are dis
uibuted judiciously, and put through a
vigorous system Of drill three times a
day, Pulaski is a very pretty town, near
the Alabama State line, between sixty
and seventy miles south from Nashville.
General Stanley commands the Fourth
corps and General Cox the Twenty-tbird
corps Both are excellent officers. The
whole are under the command Of Gene
raj Schotield in the field, whose head
quarters are at Spring Hill, small place
between Franklin and Columbia. Gene
raj Schotie.d is greatly beloved as an Of
ticer and a man. General Thomas is still
in this city, with headquarters at the St.
Cloud Hotel
| think there will something lively
transpire in less than a month III this de-
partment, even If the movements OF Beau
regard do not necessitate some such event
before. As long as the latter named Of
ficer remains at Corinth, with his army
lowering about Florence, little notice viii
be taken Of him.
The last information | gave you con
ccrning the whereabouts OF the reoel
Army Of Tennessee found Beaurcgard
quietly located at the mansion 0i Or.
Stout, Of Corinth, with Stewards corps,
consisting Of about 10000 men, there
and thcreab0uts. have reason to be-
lieyeI that just the same state of things
exists to day in that quarter of the Con
federacy. Most of S. d. Lees corps at
that time was ut jackson, the terminus
Of the railroad. Frank Cheatham's corps
was at Florence, where also was Hood,
the general commanding in the field. The
following changes have taken place, 1t Is
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SOLDIERS PAY.
CAMP MANCHESTER ARTILLERY,
Eoycnber %. 1864.


To tie E1.tor tile Richmond Dtspatcd:'
think it is very strange We cannot
get our pay. IL has been nine months
since we have received any money and
we are sadly in need Of clothes. know
that some Of this company sleep on the
cold ground without blanket. We lost
our battery at Spotsylvania; and since
then we have been continually in the
field. | do not know what l would have
done for clothes, had | not been near
home. There are plenty Of clothes IN
Richmond and | would like 10 know
the reason why we do not get them. We
have been in all the battles; and We in
tend to stay in the army until we drive
the enemy from our soil If We had our
company officers with US, We would get
what we wanted; but they are in tho
hands of the enemy. We are now op-
posite For, Harrison. | will let you
hear from me when they come, We are
in fine spirits and anxious to meet tho
enerny.-A PRIVATE IN rns MANcHEsrER
ARTILLERY.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-01

MAYORS CouRT The following cases
occupied the Mayor attention Yesterday
morning:
Isaac, slave Of Thomas TAYLOR, charged
with stealing a horse, valued at e1. 600.
the property Of David Boyd, was re-
rnanded for examination before the Hust-
ings Court. The horse was stolen from
a stable, near the corner Of Seventh and
Grace streets, on Sunday night. Watch
men Carter, l1ix and Franklin, having
rcasonto suspect that he was kept up in
an unoccupied stable on Cary street, op-
posite the old gas works, set watch
upon the place, and about dark on Tues
day night detected Isaac coming out OF
the stable where the horse was. Upon
questioning the accused, he stated that
he had been employed to take care OF
Boyds horse by a negro unknown to
him; but his story was not believed.
Louisa Holtzaplc, a very good looking
German woman, the proprietress of
grocery store near the New Market, was
charged with having and receiving three
bushels of corn and three bushels Of
known, she knowing the same to have
been stolen. In her Defence witness
testified that, while bargaining with a
white man in her store on Saturday last
for some corn, a negro obtained the con
sent of Mrs Holtzaple to leave some ar
ticles there until he could call for them,
and he supposed that the bags left there
by this negro contained tho corn and
wheat in dispute Tho Mayor admon-
ished the accused to be cautious in fu-
ture how she permitted strange negroes
to leave things in her care, and there
upon discharged her.
Owen Milldowner, white, was charged
with stealing three hundred dollars worth
of iron, belonging to the Confederate Go
vernmcnt The iron was found upon
Mlldowner's premises and fully identl-
fed by Government employees. He ~as
bailcd to answer indictment for IL
fence before the IIustings Court md
Jury in February next
Richard Murray, white, charged with
drunkenness, disordeily conduct in the
street, and resisting the civil officers in
the discharge of their duties, was re.
manded for indictment by the Grand Jury
of the Hastings Court
Myer Schwartz, white, charged with
using abusive and insulting language to-
wards Mrs. Sarah Phillips, in the First
Market, and being generally disorder!y
in the same place, was fined twenty-five
dollars and required to give security in
the sum OF three hundred dollais for his
future good behavior.
Joseph Kirsh, butcher in the First
Market, was fined ten dollars for Offering
beef for sale without exhibiting at his
stall the hides and heads, as required by
ordinance
Frederick Weinholdt was fined fifty
dollars for selling pair Of shoes TO
negro slave without obtaining the pa--
mission OF the owner 10 DO SO.
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it to have been the work of rebel ennis
saries and agents All such persons en-.
gagged in secret acts Of hostility here can
only be regarded as spies, subject to
martial law and to the penalty of death.
If they are detected they will be imme-
dlately brought before court-martlal or
military commission and if convicted,
they will be executed without the delay
of single day.
A Washington telegram says:
In addition to the regular guards en-
ployed about the public buildings, com
missarles depOts, etc, in this vicinity, the
War Department Rifles have been on duty
since last evening, in consequence Of in
formation received by the Government of
an inccndiary plot similar to that at
tempted to be carried out in New York
on Friday evening. The guards at all
the public buildings have been doubled,
and strict watch is kept at the hotels
and other public places to guard against
any attempt that may be made to execute
the diabolical plans to accomplish, by
sneaking incendiary operations, what the
rebels have failed to do by legitimate
warfare. Considerable excitement was
occasioned, about 10 o'clock last night,
by the proclamation, at all the places Of
public amusement Of an order from the
War Department requiring all the en-
ployees of that department to repair
forthwith to their posts. The summons
was intended to have them assemble for
guard duty. The Treasury Guards are
to relieve the War Department Rifles, and
incendiaries will have small chance
for successful operations here.
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GOVERNOR Warts. or ALABAMA-The
topics Of Governor Watts's message tc
the Alabama Legislature are - The
finances, salt, cotton cards, the university,
the pay Of quartermaster-g general and
public printers fines for crimes and mis-
demeanorS, tho militia, soldiers families,
the meeting of Governors at Augusta,
and convention OF States. The Mont
somery A3cefttser saya:
"The people Of the State will be glad
to read the explicit denial of their Go
vernon that he was privy TO, or favored
the resolution of the Governors which
has been construed as looking TO the po
LEY Of armins slaves He is only in ia
vor of using the slaves as labOrers in the
various departments Of the army in
which they can be employed to advan-
tagc, and is opposed to freeing them on
anv account His objections to the pro
rosed convention Of States, both en- the
grounds of principle and inpracticsbility,
are conclusive, and, since the reelection
of Lincoln, has closed the door to all ne
gotiation, except on terms OF the basest
submission, we hope the agitation Of this
question will not be revived, at least un-
Ill events are moro prOpiti0us Of favor
able result"
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~ YANKEE EXPEDITION INTO GREEN
BRIER.-on the 1lth instant. Captain
kamSey,a tory msrauder, with forty,two
men, made araii into Grcenbrier county
Virginia, and captured about sixty horses,
belonging to the Confederacy, and ten
men, guarding them. They were pur.
sucd by Lieutenant Aulsted, with fifteen
men, who rescued our prisoners, recap
tured all the horses but eighteen, (ifty
or sixty having been captured,) took
seven OF Ramseys men prisoners, got
nineteen fine guns, and drove the rest o.
them out Of the county. It is said four
Of them were killed near Meadow Bluff
by Captain Snyder's men.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-01

DIsrRIRrTloS OF SoUP The soup
house, established for the benefit oi the
poor OF the city, will TO opened for tho
first time to day at l2 O'clock, IN tho base
mcnt Of Metropolitan Hall. We havo
been requested t. state that the soup will
be made from the freshest beef shins, fur
niShed from the Confederate slaughter.
house, and that it viii be, in every par
ticular, clean, nutritious and palatable.
See notice in another column.
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believed: That Stephen d. Lee has re-
moved his entire corps from Jackson to
South Florence, and that Frank Cheat
ham has crossed the river with his corps,
and made headquarters at Waynesboro',
small town situated on or near Greene's
creek, branch of Duck river, and about
half way between Columbia, Tennessee,
and Florence, Alabama Forrest is IN
command of all the cavalry. which is
strong and in good trim, and holds un-
disputed possession Of the entire coun-
try within a radius Of thirty miles of
Florence.
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crushes more people than Abraham Lin
coin, who is the representative Of Lib
ual Government in the Republic across
the ocean? No; there is no tyranny
more terrible than that which bears the
banner of liberty that banner which
crushes the liberty of others whilst it
raises up itself, which brings itself into
fame; because it has trodden down
almost everything else that may be near
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-01

Senate bill to exempt cargocs of yes
sells owned by the States of the Confcdc
racy from existing restrictions upon ex
ports and imports was postponed till to
day
Senate hill declaring that the value ot
the 1.-THE deliverable to Government shall,
in case of disagreement between the
owner and assessor, bc decided by vici
mage appraisemcnt was taken up, and,
after discussion, passed.
Some bills and resolutions from the
House were appropriately referred, and
the Senate resolved into secret session.
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AN ENGLISH PEACE ADDRESS DECLINED
BY SEWARD.

AN ENGLISH PEACE ADDRESS DECLINED
BY SEWARD.
The English peace address, with three
hundred and fifty thousand signatures,
asking Lincoln to suspend hosti!ities,
was carried to Washington by Mr.. Jo-
seph Parker, Of Manchester, England, on
Saturday. He wrote note to Seward
asking permission to present it to Lin,
coin:
To this the Secretary replied that.
before answering the letter, it was desi-
rable to be further informed whether Mr.
Parker had authority from the Govern
ment of Great Britain and Ireland for
the purpose referred to, and whether his
mission had been made known to the dl-
plonatic agent Of that Government near
the Government of the United States.-
Mr. Parker replied by saying that the
address he had the honor of bringing to
this country, containing the signatures OF
some three hundred and fifty thousand
Of his cOuntrymcn, from th3 peer to the
artisan, was not from the Government OF
Great Britain, nor from any political
party. 1t was simply an expression OF
the earnest desire Of Great Britain to see
peace restored again to this continent
The correspondence closed 10y a note
from the Secretary of State, in which he
said the Government Of the United States
could not. receive the address, and that
the request for an interview with the
President was therefore declined The
intention now is to present the address
to Congress at the approaching session.
TIE FIRES IN NRW YORK-ORDER OF GENE
RAJ DIX-ExCIrEMENr IN WASHINGTON.
The hotel fires in New York constitute
the reigning excitement in Yankeedom
now. General Dix has issued the follow.
ing order:
The evidence of extensive combination
and other facts, disclosed to-day, show
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-01

SHooTIsG AFFAIR Two soldiers got
into difficulty on Broad street about b
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, during which
one of them, ". 4. Norton, a member
Of Dabney's battery, from this city, was
shot severely in the arm. The person
who shot him escaped arrest.