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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-06-20

The above boots are made from the best stock. and
expressly to my own order. Every pair is warrant
ed, the same as IL o measure was tasen. This work
Is the same as sold by the first class retail dealers in
Boston, aud pronouncod by them superior TO the best
New York work.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-06-20
To Let.

To Let.
CToRE now occupied by US. Possession given
Also, q Front Once In Hanson Block
jams DIFF Fl. J. LIBBEY CO.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-06-20
FOR SALE & To LET.
Valuable Farm for sale.

Situated in Faim outh, eight miles
AMA-A from Portland, on the Old GRAY
xx1 road. opposite Black Strap Monn-
Isl ~ ment. Inc farm contains As acres
ss1s-5Sgood land well divided into tillage
pasturins and wood lots. 1t has q large orchard
and buildings ali in good repair 1t is Well watered
aud very pleasant situation; will be sold for cash
on reasonable terms For further particulars
OF J. +. RAND. No. 6 Clapp's Block. or RUFUS
RAND on the premises. juneI8o2w.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-24
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
A square is Twelve lines of this size type
o,,,aI ta about 100 words of manuscript.
~ From the Louisville Journal.
The Music of Waters.
By MRS, $. ANNA GORDON.

Like dream of the spirit is the music OF waters'
Like the harp of syren the song ofits daughters;
Like a concert of angels singing anthems OF
praises
Is the cathedral chant of the spraycrested waves;
Like q grand organ choir with song-billows
flowing
On ethereal currents, are the deep waters rolling;
SurpassiI gy sweet is this many toned Tyre,
As it PLAYS DER the heart like billow OF fire.
Enchanting and thrilling is the deep oceans roar,
As. it breaks, with soft murmur, on its pearl
lighted shore,
Or loudly and wild swclls its silvery band
Majestic in sweetness, the overture grand
1t flows through the heart like spell gently
stealing,
Like the lutte of the wind, a God-power revealing;
Like the voice of the spirit, deeply ntlancing
Like vision of beauty, sweetly enhancing,
There IS music, soul music, in the crystal depths
streaming
Each pearl has its song, each song deep mean
ing;
Then, muse fthe wind, gently touch the bright
biIlow.
Let its strains be as soft the harp of the willow,
It's anthem sublime as the lays Of the soul,
Trill ye ever its march. as it onward doth roll,
With the Tyre Of the waters--eolian of tongue
Hark, the concert OF waves! in harmony strung.
TheIs is music, gay music, in the silvery strand,
That is braided with sunlight and verdure Of
land; .
Where the nymphs of the waters with their
tresses have painted
The azure of heaven, with its vap'ry mist tinted
Its cadence is sweet as earth's vanishing morn.
When it cradles u child of eternity born;
It's melody pure Us the joy Of song
sweetly flowing with mjrth, gently ripping
along.
There are cities all peOpled in the blue waters
bed,
There are churches whose steeples are graves of
the dead,
There are statues outrivalling mans artistic
skill,
That time has erected 70 ages fulfilled;
There are gems bathed with tints like the orient
cleaning
In the ueep-rolling sea, with its diamond wealth
beaming;
But more exquisite far is the echo that loiters
In the clarion notes of the Grace of the waters.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-24

HARD TO PLEAsE-Some time ago there
lived in Ediuburg well-kDown grumbler
named Sandy Black, whose oit-recCrring
6is of spleen or indigestion produced some
amusing scenes of senseless irritability,
which were highly relished by all except
theThrute's good patient little wife. One
rnotAiDg Sandy rose bent on a quarrel, the
haddies and eggs were excellent done to a
turn. and had been ordered by himself the
previous evening, and breakfast passed
without the least cause OF complaint -
What will you have for dinner, Sandy!'
said Mrs. Black. A chicken, madam" SAID
the husband. Roast or boiled?"asked the
wife. "Confoupd it, madam, il you had
been a good and considerate wife, you'd
have known before this what l iked,"
Sandy growlec out, and slam ming the door
behind him, left the house. 1t was in the
spribg, sGd friend who was present heard
the lntIe wife say "Saudy's bent on dis
turbance to-day; l shall not please him, do
what CAM The dinner-tim came and
Sandy and his friend sat down st the table.
The fish was eaten in silence, and on raising
the cover of the dish before him. IN tow
ering passion be called out, "BoIled chick
en-! / hate it, madam" Immediately the
cover was raised for roIher chicken roasted
to a turn. Madam, l won't eat-toaSieo
chicken" roared Sandy; "you know how it
should have beeu cooked At the ID
slant a nice boiled chicken, with Tried mush
rooms. was put on the table. without
green peas!" roared the grumbler. "tlere
thew are. my DEAR said Mrs. Black. 'dow
dare Won spend my money IN that way
"Tbey were a present." said the wife, inter-
rupting him. Rising from his chair ano
rushing from the room amid a roar OF
Taught from his friend, be clenched his
fist and shouted, "How dare you receive
present without my leave9"
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CH1LDREN.-Did you ever think of it. how

CH1LDREN.-Did you ever think of it. how
independent children are of circumsta nce.?
How the children of the poor are as happy
with penny toy. with bit of broken china.
rag baby. or their mud pies, as the ofs spring
of the rich with th cir endless variety of play
things, selected with so much care from the
most expensive shops? Do you know how
ready children are TO fnd enjoyment in any
condition with q coEtentment and cheel-
fulness which grown-up people may indeed
envy? 1t is not until they become acquaint-
ed with the convent Jnalities Of the worl6
and fnd they lack what,is mostimportant in
the worlds eye. that discontent creeps iato
the heart I'D dissatisfaction takes the place
of this blessed state. +.f
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But the evening shades grew thicker
blacker, and little drops of April rain pat
! tered softly against the window pancs. The
sound soothed and comforted her, and
thoughts of Harry's neglect succeeded. She
saw how easy all might have been averted;
how the grief she had experienced in giving
| him up might have been saved, had he but
have been true to himself and her. Th It
| long, unbroken slence-how much misery
it had cost her! She couli not hold him
blameless, and all the prime in her nature
away, 'naid relics of the past, and with q
calm face went down to meet the man so
soon to be her husband, with the thought,
1t is my duty. and I will'try to love him.
Six years have passed. and how has it
Jared with our little friend? A weary life
has it been to her.
hapless, unloved wife, borne down by
suffering and humiliation, scoffe at and
scorned by the man who had promised to
love, protect and five with her acco riding to
Gods holy ordinance; her home the resort
of the dissolute, and her husband a boated
sot. his business neglected. and his property
squandered at the gambling table; and now
his short career was ended. Returning to
his home amid storm and Darkness he had
had swallowed up his worthless life; and
now il a strange city, was Hattie Clyde.
widow, lonely, destitute, with not a friend
to speak one word of comfort in this b er
hour of need
Where was Harry Wilder
Ouce oOly had they met. One year be-
fore, in the parlor of a public house, had
their fates for a moment ran across. A mu-
tual recognition had taken place, and when
they were alone, Harry had whispered soft
ly the question
Hattie, are you happy"
And she, the hot blood rushing to her
brow as she remembered that it was his
neglect that had caused all her sorrow, had
replied proudly, with steady glance, and un-
lalterng lip:
Yes, Harry, very happy while he, with
paling cheek, had turned away with the
scarce audible words, Thank God that you
are! Life is to me bu a dreary blank!
Where was be now? How wearily from
her heart came up the question, as sitting
alone beside her cheerless hearth, she listen
ed TO the moaning of the wind and shivered
IS she l.kened the dreariness of the night to
the night to her darkened hopeless life
She, once so happy, the petted and caressed
of lriends-stili young, still beautiful, save
the weary, saddened look that trouble had
lett upon the once glad face.
Was it fate! A low knock was heard at
the door, aud the next moment her boy
lover, Harry Wilde, was beside her. lie had
beard in her native village a rumor of her
troubles, and with untirng assdui;y sought
for her, and now was he kneeling at her feet
imploriug her forgiveness for the past, and
claiming the love he had mourned as lost to
MIN forever.
A few short months and Hattie was the
wife of the man she had ever loved, and IN
her present happiness long years OF sorrow
are forgotten.
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Governor Allen to the People of New
Orleans.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Shreveport, La.,l
L.. -...... i


January 80, 1864.
To the Citizens Of Neto Orleans: l greet
YOU as the Governor of Louisiana. Your
trials and your troubles are well known, and
your patriotic conduct fully appreciated by
the Executive Of your State. Do not be de-
sponde ent. Do not despair; but rather let
the fires of patriotism burn brightly at every
fireside, for n few short months you will
be Tree. You have been des poiled aud rob
bed and basely nsulted. Every indignity
that brutal, unprincpled and vindictive
foe could invent. HIS been h eaped upon you.
Bear your prosecutions as did your fathers
be fore you, and nerve your hearts tor the
coming hour. Our people flocking to
the army in every direction, and when the
spring campaign opens, half a million of
gallant Confederate soldiers will strike for
liberty aud independence. Citizens of New
Oreans! Be true to yourselves, and your
State will be true to you. Spurn all pro-
positions for compromises Of any kind. Spit
upon the insulting proposal for a bastard
State Government. Keep your own coun-
ellis, do your duty, and bide yOur time-you
shall be Tree. The hated tyrants Who lord
it over You now, who Insult you daily with
oat remorse, and rob you without shame,
these accursed villains. this crew of thieves
and murderers, will yet receive cir reward.
Ladies of New Orleans, God a igbty bless
YOU and sustain you in your triais-may
Heaven guard you and protect you. when
the spring time comes, gentle ladies. you
will see the grey coats again, and then you
will welcome back tc New Orleans the sons
and daughters of Louisiana. You are the
treasure of the earth. Oh! be not weary-;n
weil-doing. Cheer up the desponding be
kind to our prisoners who are lAnguishing
in the wretched cells of the enemy. You
will receive the undying gratitude of your
country, and in Heaven above will be crown
ed among tho angels OF the living God.
HENRY w. ALLEN, @
t.- Governor Stale of Louisiana.
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THE MAIDEN MuRDER.-In moraliziug
upon the Maiden murder, the New York
Commercial says: Hundreds of young
men in this city are living in style aud at
an expense which cannot be sustained by
sustained by their earnings or by any hon.
est means, aud they can have no hope of
meeting their obligations honestly: They
must rob or cheat somebody to keep up the
show for any length of time. It is only,
by wrong doing to their employers or cred-
itors, or the public that they can sport their
fast horses, their rich jewelry, their expen-
And the terrible truth meets us in the his
tory ofevery bad life, that he who yields
to any ono vice commits himself to course
which is ever downward, each step easier
than the preceding, each little frend or
GalSehood paving the way for the blackest
crimas
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-24


MUrATIs MISUNDERSTANDING our New
Orleans exchanges, we find the following
account of a recent abolition meeting N the
State of louisiana:
''At a Union meeting at Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, the Union candidate for Govern
or, Honorable Michael Hahn. said: 81 have
done my best to restore our State to the
Union, and do not care f:om whom the best
comes-whether from Lincoln Banks, Du-
rant or Flanders. I accept the nomination
of the free State ticket for Governor; and
if elected there shall not Be slaUs left soithin
the State"
By turning to the files Of the same paper
of two years ago. the curious reader would
ind the following exploit recorded of this
same Michael Hahn, upon the occasion oi
a flag presentation to a rebsl regiment, wher
be was the speaker:
"Brave sons Of freedom, accept this glo-
r:ous flag! Bear it proudly as the emblem
of Sou hern liberty and Sonthern institu-
tions! Flaunt II in the face of the co~ardly
Abolition. Yankee vandals! Strike dowr
and crush the Yankee thieves when they as.
sail is. Remember the Infamous nigger
thieves. and water our soil will. their pollu
ted blood" &c.
Mr.. Hahn has evidently exhibited in
these two="loyal" specimens great patriot
ism, and is worthy associate of the pres
ent rulers in the high places Gin. DGsts
Enquirer.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-24

Three ladies who wished to attend a
fashionable ball in st. Louis, it is said, had
money enough to purchase only one set of
Jewels A council of war was held by
them. and it was ageed to send to au east
ern house for three diamond necklaces as
Samples from a which choice was to be
made After tn diamonds had done their
work at the ball, two of the necklaces were
returned, while one was retained and
promptly paid for. This piece of female
Guanciering was worthy of the strategic
general of modern times.
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Florence Raine.

Gentle as the summer dew;
Voice as soft as autumn's strain;
You would love her As do
Had you seen sweet Florence Raine.
Once, and only once, we met;
Shall we never meet againf
Fancy holds her image yet,
Ever wall, bright Florence Raine.
If I see her never moro
Bid her sing that song again,
Plantive as she sang before,
Thinking of me, Florence Raine.
Gazing on her pale, young faco,
Felt my heart thrill of pain,
Lest too soon she'd have place -
'Mong tile angels, Florence Raine.
BLooNINeTON, Ky. ELLOIE.
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Governor State OF Louisiana.
INDspESDEscE Men are never in state

INDEPENDENcE.- Men are never in state
Of total ind epeB dence of each other. II is
not the condition of our nature; Tor is it
conceivable how any man can pursue con-
siderable course OF action without its hav-
ing some effect upo others. or. of course.
without producing som degree of response
bility for his conduct. The situations 10
which men relatively stand. produ the
rules and principles of that responsibility,
and afford directions to prudence in exact
inc 1t. $3.50. -.-
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FUN.-Fun should be cultivated as fms
art, for it is altogether fine thing. Who
eve, knew 'funnv man" to be bad one2
On the contrary. Is he not, nine times ont
of ten, generous. humane. social and gooc2
To be sure he is. Fun-it is great thing.
It snootbs the rough places Of life, makes
the disposition as fresh and rosy ss Q mai..
den,s kiss; scatters sunshine, and flowers
wherever it goes; N skes all girls as pretty
as June roses. We go in for fun. The man
who won't cultivate it must keep good
sized half rod between us.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-24

SPREADING DISEASE AND DEATH.-The
Government has 10000 diseased horses at
Washington that are dying of rapidly. The
men who are taking care of the horses con-
tract the disease and are dying at the rate
of ten or fifteen daily. Spectators are
purchasing these diseased horses and taking
them 10 various parts OF the country and th 9
disease will doubtless spread through the
country, scattering disease and death among
men and animals. --... q. -r
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JANE IN FANNy's CLorHEs.-One of the
Brooklyn papers. tells a laughable story
about a puzzled bridegroom. The bride
stole away early in the evening and sent her
twin sister, clad in wedding fneIy, to take
her place beside her loving husband. The
cheat emained undiscovered until the false
bride could personate the true one no longer
when she boldly told the astonish ed Bene-
dict that she was not his wife, and refused
to retire with him. In vain he protested ,
and inl vain the assembled company bore
witness to the marriage ceremony, and ur-
ged to overcome her girlish scrupies; she
stoutly maintained before the astcnished
guests and astounded groom that she had
never welded any man. At last her moth
er was brought forward to talk to the re-
fractory young lady. but, after putting on
her spectacles and going through with a
deliberate inspection. she announced the
important tact: "Why, Mr.. Brown. you
did not marry that girl; you married
Fanny, and this Jane, dressed up in Fanny's
ciotheS"
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-24

OLDEST CHURcH.--The oldest church now
existing in the Uuited States is one near
Smith6ell. Isle of Wright county, Va. II
was built in the reign of Charles l., between
and timber were imported from England
The timber is English oak, aud was framed
in England. The structure is of brick
erected in the most substantial manner
The mortar has become so hardened that It
will strike FIRE in collision with steel.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-24

& Problem FOR FARMERS BoYs.-A man
has 6 AGO rails. with which he wishes to
fence a pasture in such shape as oenclose
the largest amount of ground possible; what
shape must it be, and how many acres will
it contain, allowing 20 rails to the rod? 90
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-24
Things In New York;

New York to-day, If I may call it, Is
ashamed of what it did on Saturday LAST
when an ovation was rendered to negro
soldiers. such as no white men have ever
received. The city would not be ashamed
if the day had been permitted to pass off into
oblivion, for everything and verybody, even
city is permitted to forget Itself now and
then.
To make matters still worse, and if to in.
flame the passions of the relatives of our
white soldiers, the Reverend" DR.. Tyngj
last evening at Cooper Institute, made fear.
full attack on "the foreigners" because they
refused last week to play Second fiddle" to
these negro soldiers.
1t appears that from the numerous bands
in this city, not a single one of them could
be hired to escort the Sable soldi ers for love
or money, and so the band of the Regulars
had to be engaged. DR.. Tying denounced
these musicians as "low-bred foreign pipers;
refusing to escort Native Soldiers of the
United States" There is intense excite-
ment both among the Germans and Irish at
this outrageous attack upon their nationality
which has only been heightened by various
statements. publicly made; that ''thess
colored soldiers made better appearance id
Broadway than any white regiment" The
Herald malcionsly improves upon this exs
element this morning, and says last Satur-
days ovation was the result of the new
pamphlet "Miscegenation"- which 1t
quotes largely y.-Evenins Transcript
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How young ladies always eye single si9g
Gle fellow! She looks at him as she would
at .'yaller pnrp" in dog days-wonderlng
whether he intends to bite. -
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There has been terrible catastrophe IN
Florida, but it is cheering to learn as rec
ompense that the colored schools ot Beau
ford are progress ing finely.
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e Speaking of Fremont and Butler as Pres
iiential candidates, the Troy Wing says the
first IL principally noted for parting his ha1r
in the middle. and the last for something
besides his religious Convictions. -
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-24

A light word, like a sn ow-fake rolled
far and wide, may grow and grow till at
last in strange land it crushed city with
the weight of an avalanche.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-24

The city ofLondon, with population
of nearly three millions of people, has BOT
evangelical places of worship, or one to
every 8 500 Inhabitants.
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I have noticed that ombstones say "here'
he lies," which no doubt is often truth, and
if men could see the epitaphs their friends
sometimes write, they would surely be-
'l;eve that they had got into the wronE
grave. sa7
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any man thinks rebellion a nice thing,
let him get married. $50 q
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CRUELTY TO WoMEN-In a very extraS
ordinary nov ell lately published in Boston,
we find seutim ents that deserve to be printed
in letters CT gold. The author is an Eng
lishmau; though now resident In this couus
try. We commend this novel to all ouf
friends 1t will. not be time lost that is
given 10 its perusal: The following extract
is from a sermon preached to the convicts in
nj odel prison in England:
of minor cruelties, that do not attack lifs
itself, the most horrible, be thought, was
cruelty to women. Here the man must
trample on every M map!y feeling, on the in-
stinct aud the traditions of sex, on the opin-
ion of mankind. on the generosity that goes
with superior strength and courage. A man
who is cruel to woman is called brutes
but, if brutes could speak, they would ap-
peal against this phrase as unjust to them.
What animal but man did you ever see NAL
treat a female of his species? The brutes
are not such beasts as bad. cruel men are
Or, if you ever saw such monstrosity, the
animal that did it was some notorious
coward, such as the deer, which, | believeS
is now and then guilty, in trifling degree,
of this dirty sin, being. a rank coward. But
who ever saw lion, or dog, or any cour--
ageous animal let himself down to the level
of a cowardly man so far as this?
Here sprang from his lip, true and tender
picture Of a wife: The narrow and virtuous
circle of her joys. her many sufferngs, great
and littlc-no neod of being cruel to her;
she must suffer so much without that. The
claims to pity and uncommon consideration
every woman builds up diiring few years
of marriage. Her inestimable value in the
house! How true to the hearth she is, un-
less her husband corrupts her; or drives her
to despairl How often she is good in spite
of his example! How rarely she is evil but
by his example! God made her weaker;
that man might have the honest satisfaction
and superior joy of protecting and supporting
her. To torture her with the strength SO
instrusted him for her good is to rebel
against Heavens design; tits to be m onsLer,
a coward, and fool"
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MiIl-stones work slowly because 1t goes
against the grain with them. g.