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The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13

Mr.. WALKERS THANKSGIVING DIS
coURsE.-The able discourse, delivered at
State Street Church, Thanksgiving day, by
Rev. George L. Walker, and subsequently re-
peated at the New City Hall, is published in
the Christian Mirror of today. An extra
edition has been printed to supply those who
may wish to obtain copy. .,s
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13

FOLLOWING THE DRUM."-A story by Mrs.
Brig. Gen. Viele, Of Military Life in Camp,
on the March and in Battle, with illustrated
military covers. T. B. Peterson & Bros,
publishers, Philadelphia. Hall L. Davis has
it for sale. Price 80 cents. 0E
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13

ALL lovers of amusement should not fail to
be at Lancaster Hall this Tuesday, evening.
Excellent music by Chandler. issaa -
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13
Mopeaments OF cen. Shernn,,

~ " ~ I2IWASHINGTON. Dec. II.
A despatch from City Point dated Dec. 18th,
says the latest news in Richmond papers of
yesterday. the 10th, state that on the 7th inst.
Sherman was east of the Ogechee River, TWEEN
ty.five miles from Savannah moving on the
city. Sherman had marched his army on the
9th eighteen miles.
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13
FROM Re, 4 THE Z ! q ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,

SkisntisbiRO In the Late Mogense NIL unsOr-
ed Right at Jarretf's station on the Vel
don Railroad Sssf erings of oar Soldiers
Movements of Gen. Warresl. cor s5...,a ',i
ANA HEADQUARTERS ARMY, Potomac 90
ass December 10. e.
The demonstration made yesterday towards
Hatcher's Run by a division of the I'd corps
and some cavalry, did not result in bringing
on an engagement with the execution OF a
skirmish at the crossing on the Vaughan road,
and another in the afternoon near the Arm
strong House, No fighting of consequence
took place. the rebels falling back as our
troops advanced. The object Of the move was
evidently to keep them from sending force
to intercept Warren. and it is believed to have
been successful. Our loss in the affair was 125
killed and wounded. At two o'clock this af-
ternoon the command was ordered to return,
and tonight the troops are back in their old
camps. FN 80 az siea7aA . ss2a
Nothing positive has yet been heard from
Warren. Rumor has 1t that he had fight at
Jarrett's Stations on the Weldon railroad, in
which he gained victory and was pressing
the enemy. $3.50 sW -
The troops suffered much last night from
change in the weather Yesterday afternoon
severe storm of hail, rain and snow set in,
freezing hard. This morning the entire coun-
try was covered with a sheet of ice. To night
it is raining and the roads are all in very
bad condition. pp{ess
1t is believed that Gen. Warren will have no
difficulty in reaching his destination, notwith-
standing the weather. 3aal 4sgss - sfsfs-f
iSignedl A. d. MCGREeoR.
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13

MECHANICS AssEMBIEs.-The third As
sembly OF the course will come off this even
ing at Mechanics Hall.
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13
Washinaton oorrespoldence.

New YORK, Dec. y.
The Commercials Washington dispatch says
that advices from City Point state that a
storm was raging there yesterday.
1t is reported that one of Lees important
railroad communications has been cut by our
troops. So ~ o. ~~AAA4 90
The Treasury Department suggests to Con-
gress the egalzng of the conversion of the
100 bonds held by banks, into registered
bonds.
Important financial recommendations by
the Treasury Department are expected in a
few days. 'a sll faa a7er 80
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13

PARISH MEETING.-We are requested to
remind the pew-holders and members Of the
Universalist parish of their adjourned meet
ing this evening, at Z IL o'clock, at the
Church
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13

LITrLEroN, N. H., Dec. 49,
Major j. L. Gibbs, one Of the pronrietors of
the Crawford House, and extensively known
as the popular landlord of that house for sew
eral years, died at his residence in Littleton
on Sunday morning, 18th inst. IE-l,7c7
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13

DR.. CHAs: T. JACKSON, State Assayer of
massachusetts,, after an analysis of Burnett's
Oriental Tooth Wash, recommends it as a
superior dentefrice. Sold by all druggists.
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13

STEAMER Lady Lang viii continue her
trips this month as far as Winterport- leaving
here Tuesday and Friday evenings.
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13
TEETH, TEETHi TEETH,

DIR. D. still continues to Extract Teeth by Electric
tty tCttAont Pdtn Persens having decayed teeth
stumps they wiah to have remoV al fnr rcsettir-
he would give polite invitation 20 call
Superior electro Magnetic MachSaes for sale Ear
family use with thorcup instructions
DR.. d. can accommodate n favg natien4a With
board and treatment ut his house
Once hours rom c.a'n-k e. 2w; nj
Consultation Fres novItf
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13
The Chicago Conspiracy.

CHICAGO, Dec. II.
Mr.. jackson. who was arrested some days
since, as one of the conspirators to burn the
city, was discharged to-day, there being no
charges against him. igsI Glfoe
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13
CORTLAND AND VICINITY

HesO Advertisements To-day.
Auction SaIe-E NJ Patten. ~
Salesman Wanted,
Auc ion Sale-Henry Bailey g Co.
10 Enrolled Men. : 4 TT :, efrs q
Rooms TO Let, tW ~ FL
Probate Notices 1 n kH fAaW 81 Ii "a
Notice to Mechsnics
The Boston Weekly Advertiser
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13
From Louisiana - Affairs around MORGAN
ziG-ChGnOes of Camps, Troops, &c.

~" ~ MURGANZIA, DEC. z.
Matters are assuming new shape all along
the river. Gems. Dana and Washburne are in
fusing energy and decision into the movements
on the east side of the river. Gen. REYNOLDS
relieves Gen. Steele in the Department Of Ar
kansas. Gen. Ulman has relieved Gen. Lamer
Morganzia seems to have been mere sta
ton to supply rebellion with needful articles,
and the rebels were accustomed to pass in and
ont. All this has changed Gen. Ulman has
changed his lines and camps, and the works
have |, new aspect. Troops are moving to
and fro, but this is contraband.
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13
The gfovey,eat South of Petersburg Rebel
sE I'M Account. asfaA
NEW YORK, Dec. 70.

The Richmond Dispatch OF the 9th says In
formation reached here yesterday that force
ron W Grant's army had struck the Petersburg
anu weldon Railroad at Jarretts, thirty TWO
miles SCUM OF Petersburg, and were proceed
have no official advices from this expedition.
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13

Who have cold haEds and feet; weak stOmRShJ,
lame and weak backs; nervous End sick headache;
dizziness aud swimming In the head, with indige5.
ton and constipson Of the bowels pain In the aide
and hack leuoorrh@a, Tor whitesl; falling of tbs
womb with Internal cancers; tunors, polypus and
All thst long train of diseases win md IN Electric
ity sasS Tsa ..tie ~ " ~ ts
Of troubles with young iades Electricity is Certain
specific, and will In short tims, restore the gufereF
70 the vigor Of health
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13

The subscriber wishing to change
A%SA-O hi, Location now ofrs for sale his
4aHfHmR buildings and farm At Bolster's Mills
Mll1t sI&1 In the towns Of Otitheid and Har-
The said nr1 misses are rear The Post Once Church
School House, Grist and saw Mills, Store, 40. The
farm consists u 100 acres ofland divided into plow-
land ma fi1re a. woodland. All or atart Of tire
land will be sold rs wi best suit Jurchsse-s. The
building consisting of a two story house. large barn
and out Blu ldnRs, are in good repsir. There IL n
constant supply drumming water in the house barn
and yard
hose wishing 10 purchase are invite to call and
examine for then solver.
If said property is mot sold OF private sale before
the 10th dav Of Feb next il viii be sofa at pub ic
auction. ON Friday, Feb 10TH at 10 O'Clock =.
dec3dtf DANIEL WESTON
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13
AUCTION SALES.
HENRY BAILEY . co. AuOrIOsnnas.


ON Tuesday Dec l2th. at lOt O'Clock A. M, at Of.
" dee an Invoice Of Fur aItufe consisting Of Bed.
stsads, Bur aus; Center Work. Diping, Ioi ct and
" inter- ab'es, Chairs Sde-k GARD, Mirrors Stoves
ers Tools, &C. ll
NJ. ~ HENRY BAILEY CO.. Auctionsers.
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13

MOULD respectfully announce to the citizens OF
W Portland and vicinity, that be has permanent.
have been in this city, we have cured some Of
tne worst forms OF disease In persons who have tried
other forms Of treatment in vain, and curing pa
uente IN 80 short time that the question Is often
asked do they stay curedl To answer this question
We will say that all that do not stay cur ed we win
doctor the second time for nothing.
DR.. ID. has been practice, electrician fer twenty.
one yeara and is also regular sraduated physician
Electricity % perfectly adapted to chronic diseases
In the form Of nervous sick headache; neural IA
in the head, neck or extremties; consumption VIXEN
In the acute stages where the lungs are mot fully
involved; acute or chronic rheumatism scroiuln hjV
diseases, white swellings, spinal diseases ourvatI
OF the spino, contracted muscles distorted limbs,
palsy or palalysis st. Vitas' Dance Deafness STAN.
ton, constipation and Liver complaint piles-we cure
every case that can be presented: asthma, bronch.
It's, STRUCTURES Of the oheat. and AL forms Of ferals
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13
Lease ola Brick Building ON Lime

IN "Wednesday Dec. IA at 8 O'Clock p. M. we shall
-, lease at acs,on the Brick Building on the cor
linz Hcaa ana h reefs recently used an En-
Gerry or Provision Store. 1t Is story Building
and viii be let throughout. Toe lease will be sold
fCr one or three years Particulars at sale ---7t
deel3 dtd HENRY BAILEY @ Co, Aucts
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13
BIZ TELEGRAPH
EVENING PAPERS.
FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

Negro Troops EntrGpped and Slaughtered
Steamboat Explosion = Loss of life and
YalMabLe Property. 1i4s lssA ~
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13
ny E1eCtrtC1ty

The Rheumatic, the equity, the lame and the Inzv
leap with 10y and move with the agility and elastic
~ Of youth; the heated brain 10 cooiod; the frost
bitten limbs restored the unoouth deformities re.
movedi tsintness converted to vigor, weakness to
strengths the blind made to see, the deaf to hear aud
the Relsed form to move upright; the bierfshes o.
youtn are opnterated; the sccsdeats Of mature Lite
preveatod the calamities Of old ago ohviated, A16
an active oirGulaticH maintained.
The Portland daily press., 1864-12-13
FROM NEW ORLEANS.

Destruction Of Cotton. The Pirate Senanses
en route for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Steans-
er Orisaba- Health of Gen. Candy.
TO-. sss CAIRO, Ill.,, Dec. g.
The steamer Mississippi, from New Orleans
9th inst, has arrived. sassgs 1000
A cotton press at Matamoras was destroyed
early in November with 800 bales of cotton,
valued at 100000.
The pirate Semmes had arrived at Matamo-
ras en- route for Richmond.
This is confirmed by tho southwest cores
pondent of the New Orleans Era, who says he
was crippled in the left hand from an engage
ment with the Kearsarge. He goes to Rich
mond to stand trial for the loss Of the Ala
bama. s fl.,..,fs "a 3lie, -
The steamer Orizaba, which left the South
west Pass a few months since for Matamoras,
and put into Matagorda in distress, was seized
by the Confederates and sold.
Gen. Candy had sufficiently recovered to
move about with the aid of crutches.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-01-08
EXPORT TRADE OF MINNESOTA.


A table cf1ths produce exports Of Minnesota
for 1858, a. represented by this port, cannot be
expected to show . large increase upon past
years, nor can it be taken a. evidence of any
falling off from that extraerdinsry accumula-
ton Of trade which has heretofore indicated
the prosperous growth Of st. Paul The har-
vest of 1868 in Minnesota was sut short BY the
unparalleled drought of last summer; the very
gardens of the northern and western settle
ments Of the State were desolated by the Indian
war and massacres Of 1862; and for not nore
than twenty days Of the season were the upper
waters Of the Mississippi and tributaries navi-
gable for even tho hghtest draft boats, 20 that
at the present time the bulk Of the grain crop
ef1863 yet remains in the hands Of producers.
Along the fruitful valley Of the Ainnesota.-a
chief artery of that trade Of which Sc. Paul 10
the center,-one half of the surplus grain crop
of 1862 yet remains with producers and ware
housed along the river. ...r.,
1t is estimated by gentlemen engaged in grain
business in the Minnesota Valley thar on the
18th December there was of grain in store
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-01-08
4 A National Bankrupt Act.

We fully endorse, every word SO fifty
spoken by the New York Tribune on the
subject of National Bankrupt Act. It
says: .o.sa- Ell, ID i,sie,fa.a.....,. o-,t.ofr
We notice with satisfaction that Judge
Spalding, Of Ohio, one of the ablest and
soundest of the many able and sound new
members of the House, yesterday moved
the appointment of select committee of
nine on the subject of a National Bank
rupt Law, and that the House adopted the
resolution, after defeating, by a vote Of
eighty six to ninety six, motion that it
do lie on the table. The Speaker will of
course respect the established usage by
selecting a committee favorable to the
measure. ,.u
We ought to have National Bankrupt
Law, ought never, in fact, to have been
without one since 1890. It should look
both ways, that is, to the compulsory dis
tributiOn Of a bankrupt's assets among his
creditors, and for the release of insolvents
from legal persecution on account of which
they have no means of paying, giving
them liberty to earn and save tor the bene-
fit of their families There are thousands
of capable, energetic citizens now crushed
beneath load Of debts which they can
not oay-pafalyzed, useless, hopeless,
whom a good National Bankrupt Law will
set once more on their feet, and restore. to
rope, energy, and independence. Keep
them under the harrow, and they never
can pay !; let them up, and some of them
will make good every dollar they owe.
For Bankrupt Law discharges no debt;
only fOrbids the further use of legal ma
chinery for its collection The moral OBJ
| legation to pay whenever able, still re
mains Aud we firmly believe that more
money will be realized by the creditors of
insolvents under Bankrupt Law than in
its absence. "a aorasF-;4 ; = -.t.s,,....
| We hope Judge Spalding and his COM
mittee viii be especially stringent in tueir
precautions and safeguards against fraudu-
lent bankruptcies. tbs here that former
Bankrupt Laws have failed and incurred
popular odium.- Nobody, or next to no
body, really desires that the nose of honest
poverty shall be held to the grindstone
but there is general and wholesome pre-
judice against permi ting scoundrels to put
their property out of their hands, undergo
a legal whitewashing, and ride in their
coach and four ever afterward on the
wealth that TREY have stolen from theil
creditors. But for this, there would be nc
serious opposition to a Bankrupt Law, ani
no act can be too stringent on this side.
r We expect to see good bill reported
by Judge Spalding, and to have it become
q law before the close of the session.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-01-08
, Southern Printers in the Field.
From the Richmond Enquifer, Dec. Is. &

From the Richmond Enquifer, Dec. IS. a2ioi
In nearly every paper we pick up we see
advertisement for printers, and yet there
we're before the war, more papers printed
in the State of Georgia than are now pub
lished in the Confederate States. The re re-
ason of this is that at least seventy-five
per cent of the fraternity have been. and
are now in the army. Many of them COM
,mand brigades, regiments and companies,
and are upon different generals staff, while
hundreds ofthem have met death upon
the field of glory. We venture that there is
not an Office in the South that has not a
representative in the field and many, pa
Rsrs were suspended at the commencement
OF the struggle, inorder that the proprietor,
editor, and printers and all might enlist.
They are generally men of education and
always Of superior intelligence, and, there
fore fully understand the principles we
are fighting for, and the hardships, diseas,
and death incident to the life of a soldier.
1t is not to be presumed that they were
actuated by blind fanaticisn, or from love
of change, or from any other cause thar
he purest motives of chivalry. iifo-a
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-01-08
Startling from sreland."
Under this head one Of New York pa
pers publishes the following:

Under THIS nead one OF new fOrK pa
pers publishes the following:
The Cork E%daaincr. well Informed paper.
publishes some rather startling news. 1t says:
Al rumor is being spread through various
parts of the country that ireland 10 on the eve
OF reVolution or rebellion. The signal for
the rising ia TO be the landing in some of our
bars or harbors of a,larInL 6ens from America,
oVided with al ai1pic supply of arms and
eli lhe o.iier munitions of war Tor the use, Of
thcsa who yearn 70 throw off tire yoke of the
'ea11n' l. is also believed that thert is at this
moment existing in lrelat'd 8 secret society,
having its headquarters nj Dublin and branches
in Cork, Tsalee, and all other principal towns
Of tia kingdom. This society it ssaid, is at
this very moment actively engaged organizing
the people and preparing them for the antci-
pated invasion having been taught military
Grill whenever prsctab!e. Thus they will be
fitted to avail themselves of the arms that shall
be placed in their hasids by their friends. It is
further limited, in mysterious language, that
certain persons, whose present position holds
them back, will assume leading parts in the
struggle, when once i! has begun"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-01-08


All of which was of the crop of 1862, kept
back from this market on account Of low wa
ter the past season.
And it should also be taken into account that
the government has maintained in this State
during the whole year an army of s, 900 men
and 900 horses and mules, the foed and grain
foY which has been drawn directly from Saint
Paul and the country around, thus lessening
our surplus for export.
Yet il will be seen from the subjoined table
that the export trade of st. Paul indicates an
increase in many staple articles of commerce,
and exhibits the beginning of manufactures
which may grow to be Of first importance in
the productive wealth of our State. And this
export trade was remunerasiVe to the boats en-
gagged in it, and was seriously reduced only by
the fact that heavy freights could moi be taken
by the boats for the greater part Of the season.
L. should be Understood that this table rep
resents onjy the exports seth by river; docs
nos include the hea.yy shipments by express OF
many yalaab:e articles Of produce; aid is oaly
intended to show the surplns Of Minnesota AZ
reDreseatel by the river trade of this port:
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-01-08
St. Paul and Pacific Railroad.
TRAFFIC FoR 1894.
Table Of Produce Import. or q,
paul by Railroad for the Year
~. ending Dec. "A, 1858.

The business Of the St. Paul and Paciic Rail.
road for the year 1868, exhibits such gratifying
prospects for the road, from the local trade,
that we have taken the trouble to condense
from the books Of the company table of the
produce imports Of st. Paul BY that road for
the year ending Dec. "a, 1858. It will be re-
membered that until few weeks ago the road
was only operated for ten miles from st. Paul,
reaching to St. Anthony and Minneapolis. 90
Commencing the second year with twenty
eight. miles of road open, and thus reaching
the trade of Sherbune, Benton and Stearns
counties, we may look to see the traffic Of the
Pacific read immensely increased next year,
and expect it hereafter to greatly influence
the trade Of our city --.-- --.--- 1--4 y ~
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-01-08

In the space of one year three members
Of one family, who year ago must have
had but indefinite dreams of empire, have
now attained the highest rank to which it
was possible for them to aspire. The
father sits upon the throne Of Denmark,
the eldest daughter is heiress presumptive
to the throne Of England, and the young
est son is King Of Greece.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-01-08

SOD BRAINS. An amusing typo
graphical error occurred in one of the
New York papers, in printing Gen. Hal
lecks report Of war operations. The
General, who enjoys the sobriquet of ssOld
Brains" wrote in depreciation Of the inn
mense cost Of army transportation, and
made out case for himself By saying that
"our trains have been, materially reduced
during the year. /" Imagine his disgust
when ne Found the boast printed "our
brains hive been materially reduoedi' r.
Artemuss Ward might add IN. B.-That
i sarkssm.n s,r
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-01-08
EMIGRANTs' ROUTE FOR NEXT YEAR.

Capt. Fisk states his opinion that the
route he travelled this year, or any route
crossing the country of any branch of the
Sioux nation, will not be safe for parties
of emigrants not provided for Indian fight
ing on a large scale. If, however, the
Government should send him, as he pro-
poses on the new route, or even by the
route of this year, with sufficient escort,
he should hope to conduct another party
safely and pleasantly to the gold fields. Ii
the new route could be opened, he thought
that emigrant trains of hundreds and thou
sands of wagons would be no uncomm, n
sight upon the road. These would come
up from Winona and other points or 20
from St Paul. Of the entire practicable
ty OF his proposed route, and that it could
be opened to the public with the assist
ance Of the General Government as he had
mentioned, he had no doubt. lale SOC