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The New York herald., 1865-02-02
5 RI n M a N.
Extensive COnflagratiOns in
Savannah.
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An Attempt to Destroy the City by
Fire and Explosion.
PARTIAL SUCCESS OF THE lNcENDIARY.
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More Of Sherman's Army Landed
at Beaufort, s. C.
Proceedings OF Northern Aid
Committees.
xae dunbozt Dai Ching Destroyed by
the Rebels,
&c, DC, a&c
PARTIAL SUCCESS OF THE lNceNDIARY,
Proceedings OF Northern Aid
Committees.
xAe dUnbost Dai Ching Destroyed by
the Rebels,

me United States steam transport Suwo Nada jayne
xfom HAten Head Jan 90 reached this port yesterday.
Purser Lewis p. Thomas will accept onr thanks for
ovors alo Purser Dickenson Of the Ajax from Sagan
s.hto Haton Hesd, for forwarding dispatches te tho
eSuwo NsSa
tnc.ndiary Con1lag grations ~ Savannah.
0ahe evening Of the 21th disastrous fire occurred at
sa anpaE destroying considerable property but without
loss % ise and the morning OF the 2sth another
broke out destroying ter squares in tho Third district
ssveaa buildings down prevent the spread
N, of the flames, the wind Glowing strong from
tie east.
Lssnt. T J. Spencer, Depot OrdpGnce Officer, reports
shs some end had Placed keg Of fpowder at the side Of
ae arsenal at the corner Of York and Waner streets
aIdoubtedIy to blow up the city, contained over
nirty tonsof powder The keg phced in the shadow
strec - avoid discovery, withSthe top taken
Goge spar would hsve carried out his hcsh design II
thought be the work of the rebels, who in any
ihng but amklble mood view OF their present
thou
Additional troops OF shermaa's army have gone TO
Beaufort, !. G.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
Captain Thomas W. Middleton, Veteran corps,
~por that the heaviest portion Of the FIRE occurred
Sfoqshton AID Hay streets
Thereof Of the Pulaski House caught fire but ex-
t-clisLed after considerable exertion.
cle magazine exploded, but with what damage was
ast known at the time Of his departure.
fae fre was undoubtedly the work Of emissares Of
th- rebel government
Three lives known to have been lost in the
aasraicn at tho time OF the departure of the vessel
In conversation short time since with several citi-
Gems Of Savannah the subject OF the war, General
eherlnan, IN his characteristic manner remarkcd-We
wish 10 cultivate friendly feeling with your people, If
they love monar hy, will not quarrel with them; bat
ws love strong republic and mean to maintain it.
The New York herald., 1865-02-02

SuPcrvfsors' Washington Committee.
The committee appointed by the Board Of Supervisors
to proceed to Washington to consult with government
officials in reference the excessive quota fixed for
this city left last evening The committee consists Of
Supervisors Orison Blunt, Elijah F. Purdy Will am N.
Tweed John Fox and Andreas Willmann; Colonel +. A.
Conklng, Hon. Charles G. Cornell and other. strong
committee, equally divided in polcsif politics have
anything do In the mattcand ought 70 have weight
with the authorities a the capital Give justice and
what the law allows Is all we ask -
The New York herald., 1865-02-02

The Supervisory Committee to Albany.
The committee Of Supervisors despatched 10 Albany to
urge the Legislature TO pass calculated 10
save New York city from the approaching draft returned
yesterday, having completed their mission in the State
capital The members appear sangune OF the Of
their mission They will make report at the next meet
ing of the Board.
The Portland daily press., 1865-01-04
Medical Education Of Women.

The majority of women wishing to study and
practise medicine, reside in the country. and
they are poor. The rich and fashionable. in
country and town, are not ready to enter up
on career so equivocal of honor, and attend
ant with sacrifices. Buta at present all the fa-
ciities of medical instruction opened to wo-
men are in the cities, where dress, travelling
expense, and respectable board are too utter
ly exhausting of funds, to say nothing of the
college expenses, to allow a woman with hum
BILE means to undertake her medical educa-
tion. With all her desires and readiness for
the work, she is literally shut out from the un-
dertaking for the want of means If she says,
II will wait aud first earn the means, the next
question is, what can do, both poor and ig-
q norant as / am, that will earn me the thou
sand or fifteen hundred dollars with which to
achieve medical education?" Echo answers,
nothingi w y III I5 III 1AN OB
VI Now and then an earnest-minded woman
finds herself in possession of sufficient funds
to venture the career, and putting her little
all in her pocket, sets out for one Of the few
medical colleges now open to women; and
such are the women who make up the humble
list Of names we see recorded from year to
year in the announcements of these medical
colleges. But remarkable fact is this: that
while the medical colleges for women are SO
poorly sustained, and have such q limited
number of students, the number of women
practising the "hesling' art is increasing from
year to year with remarkable rapidity; and
what is equally remarkable, they fnd plenty
of employment learned or unlearned, ready
or half ready, as these women are for the
work in which they engage, the demand for
their services is SO great, that were their num-
Der ten-fold greater, they would find more to
do than they could aceomlish.--JNiss Nepi-
a=H4H
The Portland daily press., 1865-01-04
Wednesday Morning, Jan. 4, 1855.
University Manners.

Our English friends have, from time to
time, made great capital out of the squab-
bles OF our Congressman, insomuch that,
in reading some OF their papers one would
suppose they thought us q race of price
fighters and bullies. No such disgraceful
scenes, however, as those detailed below have
ever, to our knowledge, happened in any
audience of American students. Any one at
all acquainted with the habits of English Uni
versities need not be tod that scenes like the
following are of constant occurrence in their
assemblages: 80 AsI III
At the late installation of Lord Russell as
rector of Aberdeen University the students,
as is their custom, acted like "perfect heath
ems" The usual custom is for each to fill his
pocket with peas, or small nuts, and these are
hurled at the speaker and his associates, amid
a din that is indescribable. On the present
occasion, Earl Russell's voice was drowned
amid the shouts and catrcalls'of these young
gentlemen, and even the prayer of the Princi-
pal of the college, which preceded the irau-
guration address, was, in the language Of one
of the reporters, "rpffed as if it was comic
song"
Att Introductory discourse of Sir David
Brewster, Principal of the Glasgow Uniyersi-
ty, correspondent describes the scene az
equally heathenish. The noise was like d
bedlam and the air was full Of flying peas.
AT length Brewster came IN, accompanied by
several distinguished men. But the din be-
came absolutely Internal
OF the thousand men in the room, five hun
dred were screaming at the top Of their voice
The peas poured in on the bare head or Sir
David Brewster, the fine, fair, vigorous, yet
venerable old man of eighty, and the Profes-
sors shrunk behind their square caps to hide
themselves from the hard missiles. "A venera-
BILE Professor, whose bands indicated that he
was clergyman, arose and held up his hands,
as for prayer. vess
The pea-throwing and the din died away,
yet he was the target still of more than
dozen, and the petitions were applauded like
the jests of a theatre. 1t was shockingly in
decent. Then Brewster began his address,
and worked along through the confusion, SEN
tence by sentence, as the intermissions in the
stamping and screaming would let him. Last
year he was obliged to give up altogether, and
70 dismiss the audienee. Principal Brewster's
I temper was not reused at all-he remained as
calm as June morning through itall--butit
is disgusting relic Of barbarous times, re-
peated every year in all the Universities Of
Scotland Na &
The Portland daily press., 1865-01-04
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Burning of a Will.

few days ago the will of the late Thomas
s,Jamison, who resided near st. Georges was
70 burnt under the following singular circum-
stances. Mr.. Jamison, recently deceased, had
left his large estate, about hundred thousand
dollars in value, principally to his sons, leav-
e ing his daughters, three in number, only six
I thousand dollars each, coupled with the
strange condition that the amount should he
forfeited If they married without the consent
Of the executor, Mr. Thomas j. Craven. The
will was drawn by Charles B. Lore, ESQ. and
witnessed by Mr.. Eli Biddle. 1t was read af-
ter the burial of Jamison. goa PAD
A few evenings afterwards the young ladies s
sent for Mr.. Craven, and desired to look at
the will. He went there and found hot fire
in the stove, table opposite, with seats on
the side near the stove for the ladies, and on
the further side from the stove for himself.
One OF the ladies stated that she wished to
examine some items, and requested the will TO
be handed to her. Mr.. Craven complied with
her request, but suspecting her intention.
moved to the opposite side of the table and
Z sat alongside of her. oaoilss4
She examined the will carefully, when he
perceived Miss Annie Jamison open the stove
door. He at once moved to take hold Of the
will, suspecting her intention, when his suspi-
clons were allayed by her asking her sis
ter for the poker. Thinking she wished only
to poke the fire, he felt rat6er,ashamed Of his
suspicions, when he was handed Harpers
Magazine to look at. This for a moment d.
verted bis attention, when, in an instant. the
will was handed to Annie with the leaves ali
opened, and rammed into the hot stove. Mr.,
Craven pushed on one side, the light was out
out, and the will, before he could interfere,
destroyed forever. asae5
The will has not been recorded, but Charles
b. Lore, ESQ.,, has a. copy. The ladies saw
vuOuld mot ind small
money left them, but they do object to one NOT
connected with the family having anything TO
say in their matrimonial engagements. The
case will be heard before the Register, and
more than probable come before the Court at
New Castle.--ID Delaware Republican. ss
The Portland daily press., 1865-01-04

SHERMAN's MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND
The brilliant success Of Gen. Sherman's
daring march from Atlanta to the Atlantic
gives piquancy and interest to the following
extract from the New York correspondence
of the London Herald. The author of this
ex-cathedral statement is the successor of
the notorious Manhattan" !" and though more
scrupulous oftruth and decency than his pre-
decessor, whose letters were modelled npon
editorials Of the New York World and Means,
he is not one whit less devoted to the cause Of
Jefferson Davis: 81 ss4 s9a1assat -
Seen. Sherman's movements will result
either in the most tremendous disaster that
ever yet befel an armed host, or it win be
written upon the page of history as the very
conspmmation of the success of sublime au-
dacity. The name of the captor of Atlanta,
if he fails now will, become the scoff of man
kind, and the humiliation of the United States
for all time. III he succeeds, it will be written
upon the tablet OF fame, side by side with that
Of Napoleon and Hannibal He will either
be Xerxes or Xenophon."g as4lo5s 4 rt
The Portland daily press., 1865-01-04


always within five at the most. The imme-
date effect Of this procedure differs from that
of any other that have ever heard to procure
sleep. 1t not merely diyerts thought into a
new channel, but actually suspends it. Since
I became aware of this have endeavored, in
Vulnerable times, while thus rolling my eyes,
to think upon aparticular subject, and even
upon that which before kept me awake, but l
could not, AS long as they were moving
around, my mind was blank. Ii any one
doubts this, let him try the experiment for
himself 1 wish he would; let him pause just
here and make 1t. venture to assure him
that, if he makes it in good faith, in the man
ner described, the promise of "a penny for his
thoughts" or for each of them, while the oper-
alton is in progress, will add very little to his
wealth. Such being its effect, we cannot won
der that it should bring sleep to q nervous
and wakeful man at night. The philosophy Of
the matter is very simple. A suspension Of
thought is to the mind what suspension OF
travel or labor is to a weary body. 1t enjoys
the luxury ofrest, the strain upon It's facul-
ties is removed; IL falls asleep as naturally as
the farmer in his chair after toiling all day In
his fields. s {. s4ssYf se sstI.sf,s.,-s "A 5f
The Portland daily press., 1865-01-04
RaHsnue Tax.

The whole amount of Internal Revenue Tax
assessed onthe city of Lewiston for the month
of November was $73,17S,18. OF this sum the
Androscoggin Mills win pay s29, ,7O7 g5; the
Bates Manufacturing Co. $1S, $4,000, the
Franklin Company SIG, ,107.45, and the Hill
Manufacturing Co $5,o33.35, making the snug
little msof S70,675.25 to be paid by these
four corporations. loislssa .....s 1alga5
The tax ofthe Lewiston Falls Manufacturing
Co, for the same month was $992 30, and Of
the Lewiston Mills $4,000, the sales of the
latter being unusually small. ...sise9 ol8k
James =. Hirst Of Sabbatusville pays $647.-
IS on Woolen goods. aaea y.s sass. 9lfrsS
Messrs. A. G. Dennison, & Co. of Mechan-
ic Falls 1888 ,97 on newspaper manufactured
The rate Of taxation upon the newspaper ii
three per ceut, and upon the cotton and WOOL
engoods Ave per cent Lewiston journal.
The Portland daily press., 1865-01-04

E PovERTY A RELATIVE TERM.--Bulwer
says Thai poverty is only an idea, In nine cases
out OF ten.se Some men with ten thousand dol
lars ayear suffer more for want of means than
others with three hundred. The reason is, the
richer man has artificial wants. His income
is ten thousand, and he suffers enough from
being dunned for unpaid debts to kill sensi-
tive man. A man who earns dollar day
and does not run in debt, is the hhappiest of
the two. Very few people who have never
been rich viii believe this, but it is as true as
Gods word. There are thousands and thous-
ands with princely incomes who never know
moments peace because they live above their
means. There is really more happiness in the
those who are called rich.
The Portland daily press., 1865-01-04

THE EDITORS OF LIpPINcoTT's Pro-
NoUNcING GAZETTEER are busily engaged in
revising that work preparatory to the issue of
anew Edition Containing the last census re-
turns, and such other changes as may be nee
essary to bring 1t sup to the times.D The
Publishers, Messrs. J.. B. Lippincott & Co.,
TO receive any items Of information that may
be useful in effecting a complete and thorough
revision of the work -. ssesg ,.5 .g'5S.h So
The Portland daily press., 1865-01-04

VydE Annual Meeting Of the stockholders Of the
IL Dirigo Ins Company will be held at their Office,
No 28 Exchange street. on "Wednesday. the 4th day
osJanuary next, at O'Clock P. for the choice Of
directors and board of trustees for the en-.
tuing year and then TO act upon any other business
that may be brought bfore them.
sazt75on JEREMIAH DOW, Sec'y.
Portland, Dec "a, 1894 dec27dtd
The Portland daily press., 1865-01-04

How TO FALL AsLEEP.-The great point
to be gained in order to secure sleep is to es,
cape from thought, especially from that cling
ing, tenacious, imperious thought, which in
most cases OF wakefulness has possession of the
mind. always effect this by the following
the right or left, or upwards or downwards. as
1 can without pain, aud then commence roll
ing them slowly, with that divergence from
direct line OF vision, around 10 their sockets
and continue doing thus until fall asleep.
which occurs generally within three minutes
The Portland daily press., 1865-01-04
THE MAINE STATE PRESS,

The largest paper in New England, eight pages, 10
published every Wednesday, containing all the
news by mail ard telegraph, important reading
matter Marine List, Market Reports, &c., of the
Daily Press, at the following prices, viz: '7a7at
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Single copy, one year, Invariably stslq
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The Portland daily press., 1865-01-04
The Portland Daily Press,

rhelargest daily paper east of Boston. and having
larger circulation than all the other daies in the
city combined. is published at the Once in Fox
Block, SO 1-2 Bechassge Ssreet, every morning
Sunday excepted, at $500 per snnum.
The Portland daily press., 1865-01-04

the following splendid LIST Of a'-sL77
Watches, Chains, Gold Pens and Pencils &c.
Is II ia &C., Worth $500, 900. sa5ao "a
4 TO be sc,d at ONE DOLLAR each, without re.
gard to value, end not to be paid for until you know
fvou will racai . sa5l
The Portland daily press., 1865-01-04
.,8'is ,ssFsa O FFICE OFF T H Il saoiia
ATLANTIC Il .5asia .sisl
Mutual Insurance Company,
ii avn NEW, YORK. JANUARY 2e. 1894 sssss,

~ 0fnTt t&GH xO8hf JANUARY 1og Abo&s tff4{
itd nsoDp Aaa .-------4fl 4 fss s5ses
TyRE Trustees, in conformityto the Charter ofths
n Company, submit the following statement of
It's affairs on the 3lst December, 1868; II aes s
Premiums received ON Marine Risks, a3sHs sdxH
tfiom lst january 1888, to Slst De- 4
Premiums on Policies mot marked of - x =
d Ist January, 1868. 's-~-'e, - = I1os eo2 n
rot..i ai5ans 5f marine Premiums $40 o06,o ,oel II
No policies have been issued upon Life as3a
nectsd With Marine Z Rsfs. ise $500 sisal gs.es9
Premiums marked off rom 1st JAM, 3ts3q 5e1 ss-4
1858, to slst December, 1858, s7,5g7,66e SO
Losses paid during the same PERIOD, 81 8so5, ,651 %
Returns Of Premidms aud Expenses, l,082967 4s
The Compa ny has the following assets, viz: - IS
United States and State Of New York sGs0lah lg3ss
nStock, City, Bank and other Stocks, @3,4926aI 30
Loans secured by Stocks and othsr- ss.ss- i
Real Estate and Do and Mortgages %
Dividends on Stooks. Interest on s.ge ..a9-s s,s
Bonds and Mortgages and other m sss - s5sI3
ss Loans, sundry Notes, re-nsura ,efa q I, III
and other claims due tho Compsn sss !.
Premium y Hosas and Bills, Receivable s.2!ss7s @
SssA ~ DanA' y aga22 saesn1ag 1ssssa z-oao g
Total amount of Assets 80 265, ,466 81
SIX per cent interest," on the outstanding eertif.
ssof prohts will Be paid TO the holders thereof.
or their legal and after Tuesday,
"a 1sser M Three and One half Million Dollar
S5 ON Z nS cert e t e hs ss q
day, the Second of Fe6ryary rex, from which date
produced al the time Of payment. ana ca1celled.s
A Dividend of Forty Per Cent. is declared on the
ondisg Slst December, isSs, for which csr.iisates
will be issued. on and after Tuesday, the Fifth Of
Tbs Tpslr lpreSts rsMs Of the Company. ascsr. saa
tanned from the lat Of juy, AslS 81 81 sss1.s sss
the LIST Of JAM 1863, for which Ger NJ A.a
tiicases were issned. apegStto gSd a2s. $50
The Portland daily press., 1865-01-04
Hswxbf2o9b az Sissf3-lsf sa,f5 l.sfs
LARGE POSTERS,
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Hand-biEls, shop-bilis, sPrOgann-
1ysa 'tszs~ & aA fT ff1k
ssl.ss .,s..s -,'s mes, Circulars, saf q sea

And plain printing Of every description. Also,
Rule and Figure s0ork, executed neatly, and on
terms that cannot fail to satisfy.
The Portland daily press., 1865-01-04

Weddinp O ards.
Notes " lavitation Yssiting Cards, Ljsts Of Dan-
ces, etc.. etc., or e0ery vafiety and cost,
ifurnished At short notice. s o4
The Portland daily press., 1865-01-04

As soon as mustered in, and q further bounty Of
300 for one years enlistment $500 for two years,
and $500 for th ee years; onethird being paid down
and the remainder in instaments They will be cred-
tied TO the Districts where they their families
domiciled, and will therefore receive the -, sf !
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-11-21
DT Il DE-

On Wednesday, November Is, at half past /
O'Clock P. NJ at the residence OF his son.ip.iaw.
Charles Davenport. In New Orleans, Gen JOSEPH
BERNARD, of the parish Of East Bssoa Rouge,
aged 66 years.
The dea .h of this venerable and much rsspec.
ted citizen is an event universally deplored - .
public loss by his wide extended circle OF friends
and aequsintsnces.
He bad but recently returned from fexas, In
impaired health, and had left here for New Or
leans only few days prior to the sad event
which has robbed his family Of an affsctionats and
devoted husband and father and society Of one Of
its most honorable and useful members.
Gen. BERNARD was native Of New Orleans, but
had been q resident Of our parish for great
many years. AS the Ptcayune truly remarks
ale was greatly esteemed as a patriotic, public
spirited and heightened gentleman. He had nlled
wortbily and Esslously high places In the State
Government, and In all his social and domestic re-
Iations was regarded az gentleman sdns pev'
1T snns feDrocts +"
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-11-21

struotions by the grand march Of her
peaceful Development, We shall be
ready to believe that the Mississippi
can be arrested by the sand.banks at
its outlet into the sea. Judging from
our exchanges and the fulminations
Of some Of the Northern orators, there
is 40 insatiste appetite for blood. This
is hardly fair judgment, however.
1t might naturally be supposed thai
these turbulent war hawks are profess
ional warriors, born on the battlefield,
nursed by Mars, and fed daily on
pun-powder and ruin. Quite the con-
trary. The old war horses delight in
the clover fields and still streams. 1t
is almost exclusively people who never
saw sci 10 hostile array, and never
will, but whose imagination is stron-
ger than their reason, or whose pas
siops for contracts would feed Itself
fat on carnage, that are always snuff
fling the scent of battle, and are only
like the war horse 10 this, that they
snuff it afar off.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-11-21
MARRIED=

Az Clinton. La, on the 18th inst, By Rev J. y.
smsdes. d. y. 0HANEY. Eco, OF Baton Rouges 70
Miss LEoN0RA HARDBsTf,o OF Clinton.
We salute cur friend CHAHrT and The fair part
ner Of his choice with our best bow and wsfs
them greeting ali manner Of good wishes for their
present and future bliss and prosperity.
May the hacyon memories Of their welded love
ever attend them,
nRecalling back the bllihsome bloom offspring,
Reightiug all the past with scsses Of Love ana
Cheer"
We close by acknowledging receipt OF the CONS
pliment and accompanying documsnts' trans.
mitted to us by the happy couple through the
hands of q faithful friend.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-11-21

THE CREsoENT MONTHLY. new
monthly literary magazine entitled 40
above ia proposed to be published in New
Orleans by WrbttAM EvhLrr, Esq, OF No.
~, Exchange Place. A prospectus sent us
by the protector announces that tho first
number will be issued on the lst Of De
oember, and that the intention il to make
the work equal to any one Of similar char
acter in America; and to this end the
services of large corps Of well known.
distinguished writer's In the south and
elsew here have been secured.
The terms will be for one year. $5 90;
ak months, 90 90; three months, 81 30;
and for single copies, so cents each.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-11-21
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Auction.

yNTILL bs sold on THURSDAY, the 2sd inst ],
w at MITCHELb'S AUCTION MART, ad-
Joining the office OF n. Nephler, Esq. on Boules
yard street,
ONE CARRIAGE, fdnuble or ssugls,1
A DOUBLE SFTT or HARhEss,
ONE PIANO FORTE, ..
TM ENTY SACKS IRISH POTATOES,
TWENTY sAtKS ONIONS,
A LOT on CANNED CHICKEN and TURKEY.
Also alarge lot Of HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN
FURNITURE
Terms, Cash on the spot.
Bale to commence at 10 O'clock A. M.
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nou21-2t Auetionser.