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The Portland daily press., 1864-08-29
DRY DOCK COMPANY.

A N assessment of Eight Dollars per share ON the
"A Capital Stock of the Company 10 now aas nc
cial street. G. II. DAVIS, treasurer.
July Soth lSel.-dN
The Portland daily press., 1864-08-29
IVES TBROOK SEMINARY,
Female College

TINE fall term of this Institution will comuen..
Il Wednesday, Aug. Slst, aud continue twelve
weeks.
Board OF Instruction and rates of tuition the same
as In the past.
G. NJ. sTEvESs, sec'y.
stevens RAINS, Aug. 10, 1854. augl9d2w
The Portland daily press., 1864-08-29
North Yarmouth Academy

At YARMOUTH MAINE.
TTVHE Fall Term will commence Au rust 3oth The
Il Classics, Modern Language. Music, Drawing,
Painting. Penmsnship, and The New Gymnastics,'
are taught BY permanent Board Of Teachers.
TtAcHkRs' CLASS is formed in the spring and
fall. Of tine Sciences special tsnton will be Civ
en- to CHEMISTRY during the fsll.
Board may be had with the Teachers at Russell
Hall by making early application.
Address the Principal, h s. HOYr, A. MO-
JAMES BATES, Secretary.
Yarmouth, August Sd. 1861.
ausl8i .d& WV
The Portland daily press., 1864-08-29

CTRAYED from the pasture Of Mr.. Francis Rob
- erts, westbrook, Last month. . three year old
gray Colt, small size; whoever will return him or
give information where he may be found. will be
suitably rewarded by calling at No. 80 Spring st.
FRANCIS l.. Emery.
Portland. July H. ls64-dtf
The Portland daily press., 1864-08-29

$2J Reward
CTOLEN from the subscriber on Tuesday Even
y ing. while In Pierces auction room, = Cali Skin
rock. Book containg st4 in money, note against
Charles Hodgdon. Gorham, for $50 and enc against
Charles hooper for &l2. The above reward will BE-
paid Tor the recovery Of the property and the detec
ton Of the thief
Tune s.-tf GEORGE BECK.
The Portland daily press., 1864-08-29
AUCTION SALES.
n. NJ. PAfrEN. AUCTfoNEER. Il Exchange st.
Valuable Real Estate ON Free 81.

WILL be sold on THURSDAY, Sept 1st. ats P. NJ,
w on the premises. the storied double house and
lot No SO Free ST.
The house Is arranged for one or two families with
Al tine modera coEveniences.
Inc iot contains about eighteen thousand Eve hun
ureu ieet, giving ample room Tor the cree ion OF
another dwelling.
This Il the best piece Of property that has been Offer
ed TO the public this season. Ii will be sold without
auctioneer.
Aug 26-dtd
The Portland daily press., 1864-08-29
HOME INSTITUTE"
Miss L. G. Prince, Principal.

THIS Boarding and Day school for Young Ladies'
Il will reopen for its sixth year, on thursday,
Sept. 18th. For Circulars containing terms, re-,
address the Priocipal at 81 Free ST., Portland, Me-
Aug 19-d&wl
The Portland daily press., 1864-08-29
Valuable Real Estate at Auction,

4 N Friday. Sept. I'd, at o'clock p M on the
" premises We shall sell two N divided tbircs Of
me valuable lot OF land on High ST, adjoining the
Nossey homestead, with the buildings thereon; tho
lot u ABOUT OIL iest on high ST. BY about 100 feet
centrally located and In an excellent neixhborDood.
The buildings are In good repair. Sale positive
title clear.
HENRY BAILEY Co, Auetiore GERS.
Aug. 27.-dtd
The Portland daily press., 1864-08-29
Board.

QUITS OF Rooms, with Board, can be obtained BY
- applying Immediately at 30 Dsnforth street.
Nay llth. mayl5dtf
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-04
Ghe 9artner's department.

THE ROLLERS is no better pulver-
izer to follow the plough than the roller
We have evidence enough of this fact. No
matter how cloddy the ground lifts, if the
roller follows, crushing the clods as they are
freshly turned, Che action of the sun and air
will do more towards completely puIverizing
these clods than thorough narrowing and
cross narrowing. This is of Importance to
farmers who may have occasion to turn dry
stubble land early in the autumn with a view
to seeding it with fall grain. Let the roller
follow the plough before seeding. 1t will
scarcely be necessary to touch it with the
harrow, if the rolling is done the same day
the soil is turned. The soil is left with a
smooth surface on which the grain falls, and
which is likely to insure its being covered to
a uniform depth or if to be drilled in, this
work is better done; but more important than
all, an excellent seed bed is secured, in which
the seed will germinate and grow quickly and
continuously, without the aid of a shower, for
a packed surface secures moisture generally.
If the clods are allowed to get thoroughly
dry, the good effect resulting from the use of
the roller is much diminished thereafter. 1t
cannot be toe. strongly urged that this work
of relling be done as soon after the ground is
turned as possible. gil - .slssss
And talking of the roller, it should be here
asserted that farmer can just as preftably
put in crops and cultivate his soil without a
harrow as without roller. Itis gratifying
TO know that very many farmers have learn
Cd this fact; but there is still a large per cent
um who are either ignorant or indifferent re-
specsng it. IL should be impressed upon
them. .fsgafes.l 80
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-04
miscellaneous.
The rweHty-second of February.

1Ae IWeHty-SecOnG OF February
One hundred and thirty-twe years ago t.
day, a man child was born in the State of Vir-
ginia whose life had such eventfulness and
grandeur, that thereby the day honorel by
his nativity was forever signalized over the
whole globe and through all tho ages.
One hundred and thirty-two years ago to-
day, George Washington was born. Itneeds
no studied recital Of his life and deeds, no
labored eulogy of his character and achieve
ments, to acquaint every one with the merits
and virtues which howered more fragrantly
and ripened more largely in his career than
in that of any other man who has ever lived.
Others have been born in grander empires,
with greater promise, with longer pedigree
more numerous appointments of rank and at
tendants of glory. But what one of them all,
dying, left behind record so free from blame
and SO rich in praise; an influence SO great
and good, so powerfully exerted, to such no.
BILE ends, and with such universal commenda-
toni
Washington is the cornerstone of the re-
public. We are built from his character and
influence, and have great support to-day.
in the example and the wisdom bequeathed
by him. He attended the early sessions of
the Continental Congress, sustained an homo
rable part in the deliberations of the period.
He took command of the feeble, andisoip-
lined, illfed and poorly clothed troops; and
from the day when he assumed that command
to the day when, with and amidst wet eyes,
he resigned il, what grand record is spread
out of pure, devoted, selfsacri6cing patrot-
ism what chronicsl of patience, hope, en-
enlargement and effort. And whom his life
at Mount Vernon is reviewed, how simple
and unostentatious-how much more inteli-
gent than the retirementof Cincinnatus--how
much more dignifsd than the living burial
Of Charles the Seventh. .-'-..cr -.
There have been other men Of greater men
tai force, and others Of greater military and
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-04

WHAT WE MAY Do.-No human being can
be isolated and selfsustained. The strongest,
and braVest and most hopeful have yet ac-
knowiedged and unacknowledged to them
selves, moments of hungry soul-yearnings, for
companionship and sympathy For the want
of this what wrecks humanity lie strewn
ab.ut us. Youth wasted for the mocking
semblance of friendship. Adrift at the mercy
of chance, for the want grasp of true, firm
hand, and a kindly, loving heart to counsel.
1t is efecting to see how strong in this yearn-
ing, so fatal to its possessor, if not guided
rightly, such ife-anchor is safely placed
" "Friendless!" What a tragedy may be hid
den in that one little word. None to labor
for; none to care whether we lose or win in
lzsssassls--A. word -srs,iler
coming to such an one unexpectedly at such
crisis OF life how often has it been the plank
of the drowning man, lacking which he must
surely have perished. These, surely, we may
bestow as we pass those less favored than
ourselves, whose souls are waiting for our
sympathetic recognition.
RELIGIOUS PARENTs.-There is no earthly
blessing to be compared with that of religious
training. You may be poor. You may have
to struggle hard in order to procure the ne
cessar!es of life. You may have had but lit
tie opportunity of acquiring the learning of
the schools. You may be debarred from the
circles of the refined and erudite. But hay
ing had parents who claimed for you the
right of Christian baptism, and instructed
you in the truths of the Gospel, and set you
an example of humble piety, and used the
requisite means for the purpose of crushing
your tenderness to sin and establishing YOU
in habits of holiness-your privilege is incom-
parably greater than that of these who have
been born with title to tho largest estate or
the most exalted throne.
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-04
Peppers Ghost in Chicago.

Professor Peppers ghost has been cclipsed
ia Chicago. An individual in the rural dis
trcts stepped into store on Lake Street,
few days ago, and while making some pur-
chases, cast his eyes down along the long
line of shelving and counters, remarking to
clerk
mighty long store this is, from one end to
o'other.'
The clerk nodded assent, and the eye Of
the countryman fell upon his own reflection
in large mirror at the further end of the
store.
There's my brother out there in that ERE
alley, sure's you live, and hain't seen him
afore in three yearo. HoS can l get back
there !''- p --s :,
The clerk told him he would have to 90
out on Lake street, around the Garner aud
into the alley. 1t should be remarked that
the clerk did not see the joke, really suppo-
sing that the countryman had seen his brother
through rear window. Rural went cut, and
after an hours search, retarned and annsun-
ced that his brother had ''gin him the Slip"
Looking down the store again, he exclaimed,
"Pl be darned if brother John amt there
again." and down he padded toward the
mirror. As he neared it, he smiled; his re-
flectien cordially returned it, and advanced to
meet him. Rural extended his hand, and the
reflection extended its hand. Just at that in.
slant RuraPs hand came in contact with the
cold glass he started back, rubbed his eyes,
took second look, and saw it. He rushed
from the store, swearing that he and his
brother John were twins, and couldn't tell
one another apart. and the darned lookin'
glass had sucked him in.
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-04
The gady's department.

"Snacksd bis lips, and then he, kissed her,
Kissed 50 hard be raised blister,
And she sent up yell. ."-Old Song.

anu sue sent up yen. --Ota 0ong.
a fashionable tailor in Philadelphia. as
we learn frem the Press, is in the habit Of
extracting kiss from his sewing girls when
ever they bring in job. One girl, to whom
his opportunities for kiss had become un-
endurable, and who says the account, would
not allow the favor mainly because the tail
or's breadth was favored with tobacco, de-
vised a most effectual remedy against further
annoyance. Her twin brother donned her
clothes, and took piece Of work to the shop.
The tailor beseeched for kiss, the boy play
ed the woman well, and behaved as natural
as life, after a reasonable time
Whispering, Il will neer consent consented"
The tailor was warned, hewever, that when
she kissed, she kissed hard. $50 much the
better" said the knight of the shears, "the
harder the better;" 80. wiping his mouth,
taking deliberate aim, and approaching the
tempting prize slowly and appreciatingly,
their faces met, when the boy-girl seized the
tailor's chin between two rows of sound teeth,
and held him until his cries brought such a
crowd around his shop that the police were
compelled to interfere~
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-04

"WHAr FIx."-At late Convention, a
fellow whom we will call A-was very anx-
ious to be nominated for Lieutenant Governor.
So he went around TO his ncxt friend B.,
when the following Conversation took place:
:'Nuw, B, I've got good show for
Lieutenant Governor, and want my old
friends to go in for me. hope you'll do your
best"
Il did not know that you we're q candi-
date" said B, scratching his head and
looking amazed.
Eyes, am" said A., "now go in big."
Here BIS eyes were fixed on vacancy,
and he looked very solemn. At length A
aroused him from his revery by inquiring
what he was thinking about. Scratching his
head, and speaking very moderately, B
replied:
II was just thinking that If you are nomi-
mated for Lieutenant Governor, and our tick
ct is elected, and the Governor should die,
,chat COMPOUNDED. .tir tle State ,Oould be is!,'
A GRAY Fox.-We clip the following from
the Bridgeport Standard. We consider it
good for a sporting incident:
A few days since, as Mr.. Henry Wells, Of
Stratford, was gathering nuts on the outskirts
of the town, he became startled by the dis
charge of a double-barreled gun quite near
him. He had scarcely heard the reportwhen
a big Dutchman mounted the stone wall close 3
by him, his hair sticking straight up, looking
very wild about the eyes, and exclaimed, at
the top of his voice: i-isr 81
"Vere is hef vich way did hegofp
"where did who got" said Mr.. w.
IVY, de vox." 1-1g
"Foxi" says Mr.. W. II have not seen
any fox I saw gray cat run by me just
now.n on z'l -+.'
'sNo, twas gray vor." o.
''oh, no, twas a cat" says Mr.. W.
"Veil, By dam, tot dat was vox, 30 1
blaze away both barrel at him. ~
After recovering somewhat from his excite-7
ment, the Dutchman started in pursuit of1
other game, rnuttering to himselfa IS hewent--
''vsll. Isiars dat cat like de dyvil, any
hcw,'' '--lis'I '' -e- t.a-nt
lsf.a s--v .-. rst~ tesss.s e-s~ ee-sIZ
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has borne as much and as precious fruit in
enduring evil as in ding good. Those an
cient warriors who were left-handed, and
could sling stones at an hairs breadth, and
not miss, contributed as much to the prowess
of the army in the day Of battle as their ,fel-
low soldiers who grasped broad-swords in
strong right hands. The meek, Christ-like
bearer of evil is as much needed and as much
used in the work ef the kingdom, as the ae-
tive, Christlike doer Of good. Assuredly
those early disciples Of the Lord found the
duty as difficult as any positivework in which
they had ever been engaged. In trying to
fulfill it. they speedily reached the bottom of
their own resources; finding that they pos
sessed not t.e sufficient supply for meeting
and satisfying this new demand, they said to
the Lord, Increase our faith" If the city
were suddeRly double in size, and consequent
ly double quantity of water drawn from
the ever-increasing multitude of openings in
its water-channels, the inhabitants feeling
some faintness and fearing more, would raise
a united cry for larger supply from the
fountain head. 1t is thus that the disciples
of Christ are kept from failing. Their con-
fidence rests not on the suficiency of their
own attainments, but on the fullness and
freeness of their Saviour's love. Although
it seems paradoxical in form, it is, neverthe-
less, strictlytrue in fact, that their security
in great emergencies lies not in their fullness
but in their emptiness, according to Paul's
sharply defined, experimental antithess,
"When am weak, then am strong
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without sending for his weeks washing or
going through the formula of packing his
trunk. With shirt and one pair Of stock
ings, hastily caught up and wrapped in an
inadequate pocket handkerchief, the Subscri-
Der a moment after was seen seudding for the
depot.
There are sixty-fve stations between New
Orleans aud Columbis. -Sixty-6ve vigilance
committees visited the Subscriber on the train
as it stopped at those stations. hunting sboli-
tionists.
Who do you think the men we're that con-
stituted those vigilance conpissess, who pro-
posed to stretch abolition nackn ak Telegraph
posts contiguous to those dspotsf 0pulsnt
planters, owning four acres and one niggsr,
sirl Rufled shirts covered with tobacco
juice-the chivalry of the South--hardly
man that could write, and few that wouldn't
make id bad x to signature, sir
feigned indignation; called the blood up
into my face, threw out my chest, spattobac-
co juice like true son of the South, and with
a round oath or two, put on the airs of the
opulent planters referred to -four acres and
nigger), demanding to know why should be
taken for anything else but Southerner, sir
After passing the sixty-ffth vigilance COM
mittee the Subscriber breathed easier, and
when he reached the protection Of the glorious
old Stars and Stripes Ia bumper to her all
around, boys), he thanked God that he was
once more in civilized country. Gentlemen,
let me recommend you to take the short line
if you are going to New York.
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-04

IMPORTANT REQUISITES IN WiFE.-A
knowledge Of domestic duties is beyond all
price to a woman. Every one of the sex
ought to know how to sew, and knit, and
mend, and cook, and superintend house
hold. In every situation of life, high or low,
this sort of knowledge is of great advantage.
There is no necessity that the gaining of such
information should interfere with intellec-
tual requirement or even elegant accomplish
ment. A well regulated mind can find time
to attend to all, When girl is nine or ten
years old, she should be accustomed to take
some regular share in household duties, and
to feel responsible for the manner in which
her part is performed--such as her own
mending, washing the cups and putting them
in place, cleaning silver, or dusting and ar
ranging the parlor. This should not be done
occasionally, and neglected whenever she
finds it convenient; she should consider it
hassaspass9s isssK fsSer than twelve,
striss u-begin - take turns in supefin-
tending the household making puddings,
pies, cakes, &c, To learn effectually, they
should actually do these things themselves,
and not stand by and see others do them.-
Many husban! has been ruined for want of
these domestic qualities in wife-and many
a husband has been saved from ruin by his
wife being able to manage we'll the household
concerns.
A ScoTcH WIDow.-The clerk of large
parish not five miles from Bridgenorth, Scot
land, noticing female crossing church.
yard in widows garb. with a watering can
and bundle, had the curiosity to follow her,
and he discovered her to be Mrs. Smith,
whose husband had not long been later red
The following conversation tosk place: "Ah,
Mrs. Smith, what are you doing with your
watering canf". "Why, Mr. Prince, have
begged a few hay-seeds, which have in a
bundle, and am going to sow them upon my
poor husbands grave, and have brought a lit
tie water with me to make them spring.
You have no occasion to do that, as the
grass will soon grow upon it." replied the
clerk. "Ah, Mr.. Prince. that may be; but
do you not know my husband, who now lies
here, made me promise him, on his death
bed, would never marry again till the grass
aad grown over his grave; and having COED
'ffer made me, dinna wish to break my
word, or be kept as ana"
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avit, at'isdom, aud aJumpr.
Flight of ssthe Subscriber from
New Orleans.

Every body knows Captain Frank May
"The Subscriber" as he calls himself-agent
of the Short Line Railroad to New York.
He was in New Orleans at the time the
rebellion broke cut, and gives very graphic
and humorous account Of his escape to the
North. Says he:
The Subscriber was called upon one morn
ing by a vigilance committee, who informed
me that must leave the city on the next
train, or suffer tse consequences. ri
'What time does the nexttrain leave ?" in
quired /. with some anxiety
"At 10 A. NJ"
What time is it now ~.
"9:48t"
The countenance of The Subscriber fell.-
] inquired as to the consequences of my fail
ure to reach that train. IN s
Fifty per cent. that you are. tarred and
feathered, one hundred per cent. that you are
pressed into the Confederate service, and two
hundred par cent. that ysu go 70 the nearest
lamp post" ,,- -sgs y. -..- 49,. -
The Subscriber concluded 10 leave tho un-
healthy climate Of the Crescent City at once,
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gsli9iou, atorals, Belte gsttrss.
Christian Love.

Faith works by love. Through faith from
God his Saviour believers own hearts, filled !;
then, and thereby, through love, he exerts a
benefcent influence on the world. Standing
in the midst, between God and his neighbor
Christian-not himself motive power, but
only receptive vessel-gets on the upper
side, and so ho gives ON the lower side. BY
faith he receives. and by love he labors; thus
his life on earth alternates like the hearts
last throb--doing and bearing, These two
are different but inseparable, like the confiu-
ent sources of river, or the two diverging
stems of a bifurcate tree. Still more exactly
perhaps, both in their distinction and their
union, they may be compared to the right
and left hands of living man. In the BODY
sometime the left bears the chief strain, while
the corresponding member is for the moment
left comparatively at ease; at other times
Fthe weight is. distributed equally between
,thap- I'm Ike manner, the Christian life is
sQpetiHet p &fhAy a laborious activity, some
times bota At the same time and in equal
measure. u could not venture 70 determine
whether is. the greater Christian, the man
who bears injuries patiently in forgiving
spirit, or the man who labsrs in some depart
msnt of duty, bearing down by sheer. force
all the obstacles that stand in his way
The. doers, as a general rule, are better
known in the church and the world than the
bearers. :. .ld q
The results of active love bulk more large
ly in history than those of passive love; but
perhaps in the inherent merits of the CASE.
sndIin the judgment of the omniscicns, faith
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- LOVES WATCH.
r0ts s BY BLANCHE. i $40
The day is past---the night is come, i,
A weary watch keep for thee.
Listening for the we'll known step, f
- That music ever is TO me. 6 v1ar1f.t g
I'm gazing out-ths night is dark,
l gaze, and watch, and longing wait
The street is still---no step hear
Coming through the open gate.
Who're can you be-do you not think,
That with this watch must be weary.
Do you not think--the night Is darker,
That without thee life must be drearyi
Obi when yse.eames Aaa tald- yeas leua,
Believing that your words were true
gave my hand-you could but know
The heart before was giy'n to you. Isl
Hark hear a Fastening step
1 need not watch now anymore:
l still the bounding, joyous heart
And quiet go, and 'ope the door.
Laarsi, Feb. 1864. rf-l