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The Portland daily press., 1864-08-22
MISCELLANEOUS.
FICE OF THE
ATLANTIC
Mutual Insurance Company,
NEW YORK, JANUARY %. 1854

fTNHE Trustees In conformity to the Charter NJ tho
Il Company, submit the following statement of
its Affairs on the 3lst Dt tcember lst3; -
Premiums received ON Marine Risks
from lstJanuary, 1868, to slst De.
cember, 1868, Sa oIa eaa 90
Premiums Policies not marked off '-A''''' 90
st1anuary, 1863, l.7Os coz "a
Total 10 amount Of Marine Premiums slOoo6 ool IL
no foioies have been issaed upon Life
nectt d with Marine Risks
Premiums marked of from 1st jan
1868, to 3lst December, 1883, s75s7 6ss 5s
Losses paid during The same period, 3,s05 66l O4
Returns ofPremiums and Expenses, l.Os2 967 as
The Company has the folio wing Assets. viz;
Unit States and stat. of New York
stock, City Bank ami other Stocks, 81. .4s2 63l 80
Loans secured by Stocks, ,andotherwise I450 ZOO 90
Real Estate and Bonds and Mortgages, 1873 56O 90
Dividends on Stocks. Interest on Bonds
and Mortgages anu other Loans sun.
dry Notes, re e.iosurance and other
claims due the Comply, estimated at l04 1854 81
Premium Notes and Bills Receivable, 927s, ,616 SO
Cash in Bank, 7HSl3 ss
Total amount of Assets, 50 2e5. .45s so
Six per cent Interest on the outstanoi ing certif.
Gates OF profits will b. paid to the holders thereof
or their legal representatives, and alter Tuesday
the Second of February next.
After reserying Three and One half Million Dollars
of profits the outstanding certificates of the issue of
1862, VII be redeemed and paid to the holders there
of, or their legal representative and after Tues
day, the Second of February next. from which date
all interest thereon will The certificates TO be
produced at the time of payment. and cancelled.
Dividend of Forty Per Cent is declared on the
net earned premiums of the Company, ior the year
ending 3lst December, 1853, for which certificates
will be issued. and after Tuesday, the Fifth of
April next
The Profits Of the Company ,ascertained
From the LIST of July 1912. TO the LIST of
Jan, 1868. for which Certificates were
issued, amountto sI4.a2s, $50
Additional from lst jan, 1853, TO lst
January, 1854, 1880 900
Total profits for 2l! yesrs. sle,s5s $50
The Certificates previous TO 1862, have
been redeemed by cash, ll,69021e
Net earnings remaining with the Com.
pany, on 1st January, 1864. s5263e10
BY order of the Board,
w, TOWNSEND JONES Seeretarc
The Portland daily press., 1864-08-22
Weddino Cards,

Notes qf Irritation. PisifiRg Cards, Lists Of DaR
oes, etc. etc, ef ererg rariefy and cost,
furnished at short notice
The Portland daily press., 1864-08-22
WHOLE NO. 6e2.
HOTELS.
MOUNT ZlRCON HOUSE.

Celebrated Mt zircon Mineral Springs.
Mutton Plantation, Me-,
4 IL now opened to the public, and no pains
EA will be spared tnis o. ason 10 meet the wanis
IN and render pleasant and interesting TIE
likH7s stay OF guests. And also a. usual, sdu
ESAA BOARD cheaper than any other summer
hoase ia New Engiand.
=, or cases Of Dyspepsia, Kidney Complaint Grsv.
~ & s.one in the Bladder, and others siniiar war
80 - cure oy the use Of the water. Splendid soen-
~ & tnu rides At the short distance Of fouf mi o
ssns len humford Falls. the largest In New knx-
fsbin, morses Us and Carriages to let Good Tr,ut
built to the House last Jure. making the scses ess
- ELL Ian 70 any other Mountain house Dzly coach
pom pog OF! anss rond Station Of the Grand TruLk
Post Office address. Mt Zirenn. Me.
Mt. Zircon. July 20. 1894 snfsw
The Portland daily press., 1864-08-22

MISCELLANEOUS.
BROCKSIEPER'S PATENT
Gas Re&ulatOr !!

EACLUSIVE Agency for the sale of the Reg
IL ulator in Portland No. l02 hidde street, up
stairs, Edwara Shaw Sole Agent. This new article
Tor public favor will 30 per cent TO the consum
er over any gas burner now in 25 900 have been
sold In New En- gland since January las This Is not
regulator TO be af xed to the meter, all such have
laied but is sttached immediately under each burn
er up, and Is part Of and ornament to, the gas
hxture itself The particular ~hiteness and steadi-
ness OF the light produced-because of the exact
proper OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES oil who have
~ while the Posnire fact of obtaining the Improved
ught al reduced expense need only be investigated
az this oifce to ensure the confidence OF the most
sseptical The regulator is perfect tell tale'
the exact amount of gas used No pressure attained
by the Gas Company affects it disadyantageou,i in
the least; Gas Companies all recommend 1t because
II gives entire satisfaction to consumers hence their
number of consumers are Increased Retail price
so cents each Tne article will be adjusted for con
sumers immediately trtquiring but few moments
tmel and II not suited will BE- taken eff free of ex-
pense.
The Portland daily press., 1864-08-22

Below give certificates of the high estimation
OF the Regulator in other places where IT is now in
DOVER, July Is, 1864.
Messrs. Hall & G0odeu:--Ihe Direct ors of the
Dove Gas Light Company, after full and thorough
examination and test of "BrocksIeper Gas Reguia-
tor" have ordered me TO purchase ore h.ndred
dollars worth of the same, which 1 have this day
done, aud have also recei ed for said company the
exclusive agency for sd goods in and for the city of
Dover. Yours truly,
JONAS ID. TOWNSEND,
Sup. Dover Gas 1t. Co.
Washington telegraph., 1864-07-06
THE PARTISAN.
BY LAMAR FONTAISE.

Awake and to horse, my brothers.
The dawn is glimmering grey;
And-hark in the cracking brushwood
There are feet that tread this way.
Who cometh a friend' What tidings
90 God! l sicken to tell,
For the earth seems earth no longer,
And its sights are sights of hell!
There's rapine, and fire, and slaughter,
From the mountain down to the shore;
There's blood on the trampled harvest,
And blood ON the homestead floor.
I've seen from the smoking village
Our mothers and daughters ly;
I've seen where the little children
Sank down in the furrows to die
On the banks of the battle-stained river
I've stood, as the moonlight shone,
And it glared in the face of my brother,
As the sad wave swept him on.
Where my home was glad are ssbes,
And horror and shame had been there
For | found in the fallen Intel
This tress of my wife's torn hair
They are turning the sla, es upon US
And with more than the iiend's worst art,
Have uncovered the fire of the savage,
That slept in his untaught heart
The ties to our hearts that bound him
They have rent with curses away,
And maddened him with their madness
To be almost as brutal as they.
With halter, and torch, and bibles.
And hymns IL the sound of the drum,
They preach the gospel of murder,
And pray for lust's Kingdom to come
To saddle to saddle. my brothers,
Look up 10 the rising sun,
And ask tne GVd who shines there
WhrIner deeds like these shall be done.
Whenever the vandal conieth.
Press home to his heart with your steel;
And when at his bosom you cannot,
Like the serpent, go strike at his heel.
through thclet and woods, go hunt him
Creep mp 20 his campfire side,
And l-G ten of his eorpses blacken
/ Where enc of our brothers has died
| In bis faintirg, foot-sore Marches
/ In his flight from tin. stricken fray
| In the snare OF tha lonely ambush,
: The debts that We owe him--pay
In Gods hands alone is vengeance.
Bat he strikes with the hands of men;
! And his blight would wiher our manhood
Ii we snIote not the siniter again.
By the graves where our fathers slumber--
BY the shrines where our mothers prayed
By our homes, and hopes of freedom,
Let every man sware on his blade,
That he viii not sheath. or stay it,
Till from point to hilt it glow,
In the fash OF almighty vengeance,
VI iih the blood of the feloI foe
! Tssy s1rors aud answering sunlight
Lraped red from the lifted swords.
And tine hate in their hearts made echo
To the wrath OF their burning words
| There's weeping in all New England,
And By Schuylkills banks q knell;
And the widow and the orphan,
| How the oath was kept-can telli
Washington telegraph., 1864-07-06
HE&D QGs. TRANS Mss. DEPT, I

He ID QGS. TRANS- Mss. DEPT,
Shreveport, La. June l. 1851 {
General Orders So. 81
THE pressing necessity of the armies in the
l field make it absolutely necessary that the
Sovernment should Use one-half Of tine Cotton
IN this department, for the purchase Of naval
ard militory stores, required for tie defence OF
the conutry.
Discreet and proper bonded and comHnie-
Purchase, i possible the amount required
lit cannot be obtained by purchase, they
are authorized to impress it. in strict accord
race with the terms Of the lmpressment Act,
mi the General Orders issued on that subject.
V,styiet Commissioners will furnish them
srcl 'ssistanoe as may be needed, in executing
i1iS 0rrter
ANY attempt a. Illegal impressment win he
promptly punished, o.. being rrp ,rred, with
satisfactory proof, TO District or Department
Head Quarters.
The following officers are charged with the
execution of this order
Major A. s. Cahell, Capt. 3. Shropshire,
Aajrr ". p Baughn. Capt. W. ". Barrett,
Gar F. J. Lynch, Capt \. A. Bi ge
All Cotton procured by them in Texas will
be placed under the control Of Lieut.. -CoI W
l. Hntchins, who will use il solely il procuring
amy supplies.
By command of Gen. Z. KIRBY SyIrH,
s. ) ANDERSON.
lG-+ Asst Adj't Genl.
Washington telegraph., 1864-07-06
WENDELL PHILLIPS on THE WAR

WENDELL PHILLIPS on THE WAR
At the annual meeting Of the American
Anti Slavery Society,"" held in New
York at the Church of the Puritans,
few DAYS ago, Wendell Phillips, among
other orators, addressed the chair. He
expressed himself (says the dispatch) in
favor of peace. and deprecated single
hour more of war, seeing in lis continU-
ance "the seeds Of debt, military ambi-
tion and despotism, against which God
will demand virtue and intelligence in
themasses such as history nowhere shows"
He professed himself profoundly humili-
ated at the sight of negro soldiers. 1.-The
most hnmiliating hour ! ever lived he
SAYS, was when twenty millions of
white men, having ground the negro to
powder under their heels in the death
grapple with the South, were obliged to
get down on their knees and ask the ne
gro to help them fight"
Washington telegraph., 1864-07-06
HEtr-oRs. TRANSMITS. DEPT. }

SHREVEPORT, La. june /, 1864.
70 he Gitizens Of the Trans Hiss Dcpt
I HAVE deemed it my duty to issue Genera
! Order, directing the purchase and, if ne
ressary. the impressment of one half the Cotton
in this Department. to supply the pressing
wants Of Gu, armies in the field.
Your soldiers are the sole reliance for the
defence of the country fron, invasion md desc
hton. They have recently furnished you -
signal instance of their willingness and ability
to defend your homes without munitions of
var, clothing and medicines. they cannot be
lept in the field. These articles can he oh
aimed only V importation. Cotton is the sole
means of purchase. Ia the same lefty spirit of
ratriotisln. which leads your sons and brothers
TO Offer their lives for your protection. win you
pot sell 20 the Governmen; the only product by
which their valor can be made effective against
he public enemy
The impressment of Cotton will he avoided,
fpossibe. But supplies far the army must be
fqA 1t is lett with you o d. terminc, whether
for the preservation of ycur homes. you i'll
force the Government to resort TO Inpressment.
L. KIRBY SMITH.
General Commanding.
Washington telegraph., 1864-07-06

erable, but we have no details. These
Gen. Doblado will send officially as soon
as they can be made out.
Our cavalry, part of the infantry, with
the artillery, and the supplies, have fall
len back TO a convenient point to annoy
the enemy. They are fully satisfied
that with equal numbers they can destroy
the Franco-traiters.
A letter from Eagle Pass, June 18th.
to the Houston Telegraph, says:
1.-The French will be in possession Of
the frontier in less than thirty days
There is at present revolution in the
capital of Tamaulipas, Victoria IN con
sequence of the demand made by the
French for ihe immediate surrender of
the city Of Matamoras. Maximllian y
in Mexico. Since his arrival there, two
fancy balls have been given him by the
citizens, of which we have full and au-
thentic account"
Washington telegraph., 1864-07-06
emnly their votes in a manner which in
volved the safety of the United States, it
is assuredly the present time.

emnly their votes in manner which in
volved the safety of the United States, it
is assuredly the present time.
If the Convention at Baltimore will
nominate any man whose past life justi-
fes a well grounded confidence in his
fidelity to our cardinal principles, there
is no reason why there should be any
division among the really patriotic men
of the country. To any such l shall be
most happy to give cordial and active
support.
Ny own decided preference is to aid
in this way, and not to be myself cAn-
didate. But if Mr.. Lincoln should be
nominated, as 1 believe it would be fatal
to the country to endorse a policy and
renew a power which has cost us the
lives of thousands of men, and needlessIy
put the country on the road to bankrupt
CIV, there will remain no other alternative
but to organize against him every element
of conscientious opposition. with the view
to prevent the misfortune of his reelection.
In this contingency accept the nomi-
nation at Cleveland, and as preliminary
step l have resigned my coma.ission in
| the army. This was a sacrifice it gave
me pain to make. But / had for long
time fruitlessly endeavored to obtain SER
vice. | make the sacrifice now only to
regain liberty of speech, and to leave no.
thing in the way of discharging to my
utmost ability the task you have set for me-
With my earnest and sincere thanks
for your expressions of confidence and
regard, and for the many honorable terms
in which You acquaint me with the ac-
tions OF the committee,
am, gentlemen, very respectfully
and truly yours,
! j. G. FREMONT.
New York, June 4, 1864.
To Washington G.. Snethcr. Of Mary
| land: Edward Gilbert, Of New York ;
Casper Butz, of Illinois; Charles L.
Moss, of Missouri; y. i. Sawyer, OF
Pennsylvania, Committee.
Washington telegraph., 1864-07-06
PRopUCE LOAN OFFICE.

Washington, Ark, June IA, 1864.
| will be seen by reference to Gen. Smith.
Orders No "a, be directs the purchase, and
q aaecessary, the impressment of one-half the
5ss: 5s.:on In this department 1t is hoped parties
~ cotton will sell it to the Government
e,a ler these orders, 1 am instructed tc buy
,,. -oA' The Government does not wish to re.
5ss.s % " harsh means in obtaining it. would
.,ms .O'siore' urge upon those having cotton, tc
Ga1-e forward without delay and sell to th,
DAVID BLOCK,
Ia, Gen, Agent Produce Loan for the
State of Ark
Washington telegraph., 1864-07-06
CAMP RONDO, Ark, June 10, 1864

10 all 'chom tt may concern:
fNHIS is to certify that we, James Abraham
Capt; Thos. j. Edwards, 1st Lieutsnant
Samuel Paulk, ID Lieutenant, and ID. G. Turner
ID Lieutenant, of a detached company OF State
Troops stationed at Rondo Lafayette county
Ark, are well acquainted with Joseph B. Glass,
aatizen of said county, and as regards the many
''ePrts that have lately been circulated through
q, country respecting his disloyalty and har-
.S GOHg deserters and yhawk, Is are, so far as
.le facts have come to our knowledge, untrue
'iq unjust, and has been done to the prejudice
Z" sad Glass designedly.
IA :. ABRAHAM, Captain.
THOMAS j EDWARDS, LIST Lieut..
SAMUEL PAULK, I'd Lieut.,
-. ID. G, TURNER, Sd Lieut..
Inc above is published to set my friends
1W My enemies, if let alone will do them
ives W s. more harm than they will me-
10 j. B. GLASS
Washington telegraph., 1864-07-06
Cochrane's Letter.

NEW YORK, June A.
Gentlemen Il have received your
note informing me officially of my nomi-
nation by the Radical Democracy at
Cleveland, on the 3lst ult., as their can
didate for Vice-President of the United
States. on the ticket with John G. Ere
mont for President.
| have been accustomed n regard
simply as duty performed what you are
pleased to represent as personally mprito-
rious, and to regret that physical disab
lity which alone Withdrew me from the
immediate scene of war.
| concur in the action, and agree with
the principles of the Convention, where,
by it's twelfth resolution, the question of
reconstruction is referred 10 constitutional
action of the people. 1t wisely commit
ted to them an issue peculiarly within
the province of the future, and not yet
sufficiently emerged from war to war
rant positive opinion.
While l have ever supposed confsca-
ton and use of the property Of an enemy
in arms to be laudable service of an
established and essential rule of civilized
war, | am pleased to observe that the
Convention, when, asserting the justice of
the principle, intended to remit its exer-
else to the discretion of the people, here
after manifested through Representatives
in Congress when considering the para
mount question of reconstruction. For,
indeed so blended must be the various
methods-sequestration, conlscatiou, mil
itary absorption and oceupation-that
shall hereafter cooperate to evolve order
from confusion, and to restore the Gov
ernment, that it is difficult, if not impos-
sible now, when affirming the principle,
TO provide for its application.
| have the honor. gentlemen, to accept
the nomination for Vice President of the
United States, which you have rendered
to me under the direction ofthe Convention.
l am, very respectfully, yours,
JOHN CoCHRANE.
TO W. G. Snether, of Maryland, Edward
Gilbert, of New York; Caspar Butz,
of Illinois; Charles i. Moss, Of Mis-
souri,; n. p. Sawyer. of Pennsylvania,
committee, &c.
Washington telegraph., 1864-07-06

g Fremont in his letter of accep-
tance repudiates the plank in the plat
form for the confscation Of rebel proper
tv He says. II do not believe that
confiscation extended to the property OF
all rebels is practicable, and if it were so.
do no. think it a measure of sound
pclicv.''
Washington telegraph., 1864-07-06
Or. VANN
HEAs-Qu ARTERs DIsT. OF ARKANSAS, /
Camden, March 9Th, 1864.

c.nsral Orders No. l6.
All intercourse between the Confederate
,,d FEDERAL lines, except covered by Flag OF
T-uee authorized by the District Commander,
:, rositivey prohibited; and all Pickets and
scouts will arrest and deliver to their immedi-
Il, commanding officers any persons attempt
:.r to pass the lines of the Confederate Army, =,
Moss as prescribed above.
H. No letters or papers will be permitted to
r,ss the lines of this army unless examined
srn5 approved at Dis rict Headquarters. All
rarsons brin ging letters within the lines will
t.,E,pr them to the first Commandant of the
z Army they may meet, to be by him
,-.-smitted to District Head Quarters. Any
sare to comply with these orders will subject
ae offenders TO arrest and punishment.
By command of Lt.-Gen. HOLMES,
J. F. BELTON,
9l2w It. Col and A. A. Gen.
Washington telegraph., 1864-07-06
9s4Sf,ElERATE w, MONEY S GOOD AS GOLD

4 ysohs indebted to the late South
eltfta, Arm Az democrat" published at Para
SOb.trnt;A, Tor Advertising, Job Work and
rate man. I'm are hereby notified that Confede-
iasht of ,c. viii DC cheerfully taken in settle
savanced nu's I'm. drawn out some time ago at
VG't uqfon D1s T.ta can be made by calling at the
r. 1s'egroph Office on the late proprie
Nshipa o., THOMAS A. SCOTr.
Non' Sth juno, 1864.
Washington telegraph., 1864-07-06
Fer Sale,

I PAIR of No / CARRIAGE HORSES
= youug, large. and well broken. VIII be
sold cheap ior Confederate money.
Apply Immediately at this Office.
Washington, june 81, 1864. 11-2
Washington telegraph., 1864-07-06
Important Political Documents.

FREMONT'S AND COCHRANE'S LETTERS
OF AccEPTANcE.-The following are
Gems. Fremont's and Coclrane's letters
of acceptance in full, the concluding
paragraphs of which only were furnished
by telegraph:
Washington telegraph., 1864-07-06

STANTON DISCREDiTED.-The W ASH
ington correspondent of the Chicago
Times, (June 6th,) says: "When Gen.
Grant first crossed the Pamunkey, eight
davs ago, he moved his army directly
west to Shady Grove Church. But ever
since that time, the Confederates have
been found to be SO strongly posted along
the ridge that runs from that point t0
Desputch Station. that orr army has
moved farther and farther eastward, and
Of course array from KichmOnd, and is
now at Coal Harbor, or rather between
that place and the White Houss. When
the advance of the army was at Shady
Grove Church, it was announced with a
great flourish of trumpets that General
Grant was within seven miles of Rich
mond, and not word was said about the
obstacle Of the Chickahominy. A week
has elapsed; we are now still north of
the Chickahominy, and now the army is
ten miles from Richmond. On the 3Oth
of May Mr.. Stanton's official dispatches
indicated that the enemy had fallen back
south of the Chickahominy. On the I'd
of June the country was again assured
that the rebels had retreated across the
Chickahominy, and that Lees whole
army had been withdrawn to the inner
defences of Richmond, and yet the bloody
battles of May 3lst and Sd of june, took
place four miles north of the Chicka-
hominy. However, as long as the people
choose to endure such official insults to
their intelligence. so long Mr. Stanton
will amuse himself at their expense"
The same writer adds: "Our total loss
in the actions of the first three days of
June, amounts to the frightful figure Of
$4,000 men, and it is at the end of these
three days that Gen. Grant says that we
! have gained no advantage"
Washington telegraph., 1864-07-06
WANTED TO HIRE.

I.'VOO NEGRO WOMEN
a iHE MANUFACTURING QUARTER
". Ta~sS Department. Gilmer. Upshur coun
sDdf,r." want 900 Negro Women to spin
per nop.a Cloth for the army Twenty Dollars
OA'n and rations will be paid.
j. ID. THOMAS, Major
gil,,.. d Manus;.cc.rring @. IL j A.
sKss. June Ist. 1854 15-Sw
Washington telegraph., 1864-07-06


May 5th 81
The London Index says, that at the
last quotations there was "a very fine
market" 1t says:
The operations have been on London,
Liverpool and French account. 1t seems
that the large houses interested in the
cotton trade have at length made arrange
ments to take quantities of the stock as
fast as they can secure il, to make its
privileges available in obtaining supplies
Of tile staple.
Tie result is, that the few parcels float
ing in the market have been cleared at
the advance, and that it will shortly he
difficult to get any quantity, save at a
further enhancement. Rumors have been
circulated of the prospects of fresh loan
engagements. These are authoritatively
contradicted, and for two very good and
sufficient reasons. First, that though
more than one offer for a new loan has
been made, the Congress has refused to
listen to any kind of proposal; and sec
ond, that in consequence of judicious
management and payments in cash, the
expenditure i kept at the lowest point
Washington telegraph., 1864-07-06

- Why are the Federal greenbacks
like Jewsl Because they have Abra-
ham for their father, and no redecmer !.