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Year: 1864

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Year: 1864

FIvR-CKHT STAGE LIsEs.-For the benefit OF
our readers give list Of those stage lines that have
not increased their fare but still remain at the old rate


They are the broadway and Bleecker-street line;
broadway and Houston street lnei Broadway and
Second street line and al tho Bowcry lines of stages
Year: 1864

There are more than soft whisperings
among the leading New York papers
that the recent collision between gov
eminent transport and the captured
pirate Florida was not purely accidental,
but the result of matured deliberations,
which proposed the pirates destruction
as the most speedy way of settling a
vexed question of diplomacy. If her
capture cannot be sustained and justified
by sound legal maxims, it is poor way
to apologize or make indemnity for our
wrongful act to destroy the vessel in
controversy.


We agree with the Evenin9 Post, that
the charge made concerning the willful
destruction of the Florida calls for a
thorough investigation by the President.
II we blunder in enforcing internal law,
it is not necessary that we should add
dishonor to national ignorance. Great
and powerful as we are as a nation, we
cannot afford to do wrong, even though
we possess the disposition. Better"
as the Post says, "build another Florida
and send her safely to Bahia," than
allow stain of dishonor to rest upon
our national escutcheon. If the Florida
was willfully destroyed let the guilty
agents of her destruction come to sud-
den grief. s.s. .
Year: 1864

peg- There is no change reported in
the military situation near Nashville,
though there is an impression that Hood
is about evacuating his position and
marching upon Kentucky. Forrest is
said to have crossed the Cumberland
The rebels have a battery on the river
below Nashville, which our gunboats
have in vain tried to dislodge There
continues to be more or less skirmish-
ling
Year: 1864

g<A- Rev. Joseph Parker, the bearer of
the rebel sympathizing peace Address"
from the people of Great Britain and
Ireland to the people Of the United
States, has written letter to the New
York Tribune, denying that he is the
Joseph Barker whose career as an infidel
lecturer won him such notoriety few
years since. He is Tory and Cop
perhead, at any rate, and had better go
home to the aristocratic snobs who sent
him, as soon as possible. .
Year: 1864

correspondent of the Boston Journal writes from the
headquarters of the ls New Hampshire cavalry
ing the five hunded recruits who recently departed from
Concord for Washington, as iollpws;


"On the fret night after landing the Potomac, ak
miles below Washington nearly two hundred deserted,
and since that time y have made their escape
The country being open they have difficulty with the
large bouues in their possession 10 making their way
back TO Northern ctiee, where alter sguanderng their
money, they will again enlist, only to repeat the
operation. r-st9t e eat 5sla}s H9 tN nE
Since lesNnG New Hampshire loss from deserton
has been near three hundred These cost the country
Of three hundred thousand dollars TO the Government 10
The space of one week. ew aHF 2 ~ sr5s#& a la 4


This s the way the people of some of the Northern
States repenshing the army, this instance being
only fair sample Of the which recruiting has
been done New Hampshire and other Ststes for the
phst year Ii s ne that the people of the North should
learn that this effort to shit the burden Of from their
own shoulders those Of hired substitutes is to prove
aboriive and in the cod bring its weight with redoubed
force back upon their To bring this war TO suc
cess al close the ranks OF army must be filled with
soldiers. The beng pursued by most OF the
Northern States will not accomplish this, and IN the end
those who are now wasting their means upon bounty
jumpers negroes and Aliens after exhauting their re-
will be- ged to take their place IN the raDks


If the eowsrdly OF endeavorng thus to shrk
their duty cannot be realized by the people at home;


the insult and degradation thus put upon the brave men
who are in the ranks at the front fighting suffering and
dying not recogpeed If respect for the heroic dead who
have laid down their lives 10 your defence cannot Influence
you Hyon are every sentiment Of manhood to every
precePt OF rcgiou TO every dictate of pray
you 70 take counsel from your co@ady OF danger
which are swiftly drifting you and the natou TO
ruin" E ~ tttt ~ tI-R"s 81 Atf'
Year: 1864

NtU1LANAIJ Is " CIT do SIUHIILy


In the manufacture of sugar on this estate,
the aim of the proprietor has been to produce
the largest quantity of sugar Of a fair merchant
ao1e grade, and not small quantity of very
white. and u large amount of rather dark, as
Year: 1864

A FEW months ago a returned sol2ier call
ed at the residence Of a highly respectable
family in Half Moon, Saratoga county. n.
Y, and sold his overcoat The garment was
taken and washed The family, at the time,
comprised eight members-a husband and
wife and six grown-up children-four sons
and two daughters. In the course Of a few
days the whole family was stricken with dis
ease-father and one son died and were bur-
led en- the same day. Two sons soon after
died aud were buried at one funeral The
fourth son died shortly after, and daughter.
The last son was buried recently. The moth
er and surviving daughter have been low with
.he same disease. The disease was fever, and
it is believed to be yellow fever hv some
Year: 1864

HYDRoPHoBIA--A very horrible case of
this disease lately occurred in the town Of
Adam. Mr.. james Ii. Kenyon. a man for
Nv two wears of age, was bitten by mad
dog last june, in the town of Redtield. Os-
wego county. At the time he thought very
little about it, not knowing that the dog was
mad until several days after. Time passed
on. and Mr.. Kenyon said but little about it
until about five or six days before his death


He first noticed an itching sensation in the
thumb which had been bitten by the dog !:
whenever he rubbed the sensitive portion
cold chills would Immediately pass over his
whole body. He then mistrusted that he
was having the hydrophobia, yet he took a
sweat, and we out and worked some On
Wednesday he was taken with vomitiI q,
which continued nearly all day. Thursday
he was snappish and cross to those about
him. At this time Kenyon was having
hts once in three or four minutes. He talk
ed nationally, and said that be was unable
to control himself, and did not know what / e
might be led TO do; and therefore he wished
to be tied to the bed. This was done, as he
had requested. In his convulsitns he tore
the feather and straw beds into pieces, and
threw himself from one Side Of the bed to the
other, seemingly as quick as lightning. NOV
ing, at the same time the bedstead twelve
or eighteen inches each way !; this while he
was lashed 20 the bed. He could not endure
to have drop of water even in the room.
aid if any was offered him be Immediately
went into commissions. lie now was in the
greatest agony, and plead with the doctor to
bleed him to DEATH He died about seven
O'Clock on Friday morning. six months from
the time he was first bitten. Waertoica. n
" Journal
Year: 1864

YOU can stop clock at any moment. but
you cannot stop watch. The same remark.
my brethren, applies to the stopping the talk
of man and of woman. He IS a Great
coarse, ugly machine-hut you can silence
him. She is beautiful, fragile. ieweled
thing-but she will run on till She stons her.
self.
Year: 1864

HNHIS Tobacco is manufactured expressly for


il the California market; the peculiar manner IN
which il is put up keeping it always moist, and
causing it to retain its flavor any length Of time
Year: 1864




A CoPPEDHEaD's OPINION OF THE ANIRIcAN
PEoPLE.-The following, from the Marysville
Express. shows the exalted opinion the edi-
tor Of that delectable sheet entertains of the
American people, 1t is fair specimen Of
.e doses his readers swallow for the good OF
the Peace Democracy:


If there ever was people better prepared
q I'd more anxious to loss their liberties and
embrace a despotism than the American
people. we do not know who they are, OF
when or where they existed. They seem to
d light in the prospect and glory in every act
Of humility by which they show their read
mess to receive the collar of master. Down
on their knees they go on all occasions when
a sacrifice of their liberties are demanded,
and curses, loud and deep, are spit by them
upnn all who do not. like themselves, smoth-
er all feelings of manhood and render them
selves equally as obsequious and dishonest as
they do.


1t is safe thousand to one wager that the
writer of the foregoing never had any feel
ings of manhood to smother, and still
safer bet thar, unlike Reriah's friend, he has
not yet ''outlived g his usefulness" for he
still survives if for no other use than being a
striking contrast to him whom the poet meat
when he wrote
Year: 1864

Now is the time for Union men throughout
the county to organize Lincoln & johnson
Clubs. and prepare for the great political
contest in November next. Let US not be
beguiied into Indifference by the seeming ap-
ashy of our opponents. Long since, through
the Chairman OF their State Central Commit
tee, C. L. Weller. they sent through the diff
ferent counties ofthe State their secret circu
lars, urging the immediate formation of their
cabals in every precinct. Actively, though
silently and secretly, they are distillihg the
venom of their doctrines. hoping. by loud
professions Of devotion to ''the Constitution
as it is and the Union as it was" to decoy the
unwary and infect them with the poison Of
their treason. Remember that the rebels in
arms against your brothers and sons look no:
with less interest to the maneuvers of their
northern allies, and the result of the Presi
Dental contest. than to the strategy of their
own Generals and the movements of their
own battalions Remember, too. that the
vital importance of the crisis before us, the
unprecedented magnitude of the issues in
volved, and the veal or woe that depends on
the result. call on all loyal men to earnest.
steady and united action
Year: 1864

EVIDENCE OF FINsANITY.-While two OF our
physicians were examining a witness with
regard to the the sanity or insanity of War
ner, who Sheriff Hopping took to the Insane
Asylum on Wednesday. the witness stated
that Warner said he must pay the Doctor be
fore he left. Both physicians Instantly ex-
claimed that he was as mad as March
hare Z, they needed no fnr.h T evidence.
Year: 1864

Carolina passed the second extra session of the
General Assembly, 1861.


Sec g. Be it further enacted, That the Surgeon Gen
eral by and with the advice and consent of the Gov
ernor, may appoint surgical boards, not exceeding
three composed of physicians each, who shall de-
clare by their certificates those persons who shall be
exempt from service under the act to which this is
amendment on account of mental or physical disab-
ty and they shall receive the pay of their rank and
travelling expenses to be determined by the Aduant
General.


Sec 6. Be it further enacted That the Guard for
home Defence should they be called into service by
the Governor, Shall receive the pay, ratons and
allowances soldiers in the Confederate States SER
vice. and shall be subject to the rules and articles of
of the Confederate States. q


SEC T. Be it further enacted That when the pressure
Of public danger shall prevent the observance of
such rule the said Guard for home defence shall not
be called into service but by drafts of
ber of men from each convenient company, to
make up the aggregate force required.


Sec g. Be it further enacted That this act shall be
in force and take effect from and after it's ratification


Read three times and ratified in General Assembly,
this the l4th day Of December, A. D., 1868.
Year: 1864

A New York correspondent of the Hartford
Times narrates an incident which we'll illustrates
the contemplate spirit of most of the Northern
Abolitioniss-a spirit that would prompt man
TO rob friend, while protesting to do him favor


Here is the affair the Times correspondent speaks
of:


Many years ago, thoroughly imbued with the
doctrines of Abolitionism, an individual graduated
from Yale College, and studied for the ministry,
into which he was in time admitted. During the
first year of his priestly life he ofciated as can
didate al various churches in Connecticut andNew
York, but received no call from any source till he
introduced his anti-slavery Bible doctrine to a
small society in the eastern part of Massachusetts,
Here he was appreciated here be settled L preach
ed the doctrine of Calvin and Abolition for nearly
four years. At length, finding his sheep were
scattering, he suddenly taken with Southern
Gnstead of European) fever, resigned his charge
and went South to the climate of the plantations
of Georgia. While here he became acquainted
with the daughter of wealthy planter, and in the
course of few months married her.


The noble hearted Georgian gave his daughter,
as her marriage portion, fine plantation on the
Savannah river, and 400 slaves, where the happy
couple lived surrounded by fruits, flowers, willing
and affectionate servants, and every enjoyment
that heart could wish, for three years At the
end of that time, they mutually agreed to dispose
of their property, and remove to New York. The
slaves were accordingly sold at the highest market
prices, and the plantation itself was bought by
South Caroliniaa, at high figure, and the couple,
with their gold, were soon on their way to this ci
ty. On their arrival here, the money was invest
ed in city and bank stocks (and is still paying
handsome dividends.) After time, our young
STAKEHOLDER received and accepted call from one of
our town churches, where he may be heard every
Sabbath denouncing the sin of slavery as the
greatest of sins, and the traffic in human flesh
sin which 'thell alone can blot out" oh, the
times, &c.
Year: 1864

AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT IN RELATION TO


THE MILITIA AND GUARD FOR HOME


DEFENCE.


SEC l. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the of North Carolina and it is hereby enact ed
by the authority of the same, That neither the Govern
or this State, the officers acting under act
ratified the 7th day of July, 1863 entitled IAN act
in relation to the Militia and a Guard for Home De-
fence" shall call for drill muster the persons
enrolled under said act, oener than once month IN
company drill ofener than twice year in battalion
drill which battalion drills shall take the place of the
company drills for the month in which they ap-
pointed unless when called into actual service repel
invasion suppress inSurrecOn, or to execute the
laws of the State.


SEC. 3 Be it further enacted, That the Governor
shall have the power to the Guards of Home De-
fence for the purpose of arresng conscrpts and de-
serters; Prorded they shall not be ordered upon this
duty beyond the limits of the counties in which they
reside or the counties adj jacent thereto.


SEC j. BE 1t further enacted That in addition to the
exemptions contained in the act which this is
amendment, there shall be exempt County commission
ers appointed under entitled 'An act for the re-
ef of wives and families of soldiers in the armv" req
ular miers blacksmths who have established sbons
necessary operatives in factories and foundres the
Attorney General Solicitors of the circuits and
countes physicians of FIVE years practice contractors
with the State Confederate government editor
each newspaper and the necessary ccmposors. mail
carriers professors in colleges and teachers in acade
mics; Provided that this exemption shall only apply to
the drills specified in this bill and not to service when
the Guard for Home Defence is called into the field


Sec Be it further enacted That for failure to at
tend the battalion regimental drill, each field officer
shall forfeit and pay hundred dollars; each Captain
and other officers who shall fail aud drill
their companies at the times appointed shall forfeit and
pay for each failure fifty dollars and if non -comms
stoned officer private shall fail attend any drill
ne shall forfeit and pay less than five than
dollars Provided that every absentee shall
De aoWed until the next muster to make his
Ine nhes shall be adjudged by regmental and compa
ny martial and judgments to be entered up
and the hines collected in the same mode in accord
Epee with the provisions of the Militia Law OF North
Year: 1864

TO ascertain the length of the day and night, at
any time of the year. double the t;pe Of the suns
rising which gives the length Of the night, and
double the time of its settiog, which gives the
length of the day. This 10 q simple method which,
we guess few people are aware of.
Year: 1864




In starting the PORTLAND DAILY PREss the
Proprietors were influenced by what they be-
lieved to be a demand of the loyal public senti-
ment of the State, and the generous reception
which it has met with and the unexpected meas
ure of success which has uniformly attended it
thus far, afford the most satisfactory evidence to
the proprietors that they did not msconstrue the
public demand. The Press has been in existence
but one year and a half, and though it was COM
menced with no previous canvassing, and with
the field, to superficial observer, fully occupied
by papers having old associations and honor
able antecedents, yet in its brief history it has
gained a circulation never before attained by any
daily paper in the State, and hold upon pub
lie confidence and respect most encouraging to
the proprietors, and stimulating to their cher
ished desire to satisfy the public wants by max
ing such paper as shall be deemed public ne
cessity by the loyal people of Maine


Though the PRESS has had success far ex-
ceeding the most sanguine expectations of its
projectors, and though comparatively few sub
scribers have been heard to complain of its ac-
knowledged DEFICIENCIES, and few demands for its
improvement have come to the notice of its pro-
prietors, and though it may have been all they
could afford to make it at the past and existing
exorbitant prices of printing materials and stock
and with its present patronage, yet the proprie
tors have long felt that it Is far short of what
leading Journal IN the commercial and financial
center of the State should be; and that the en-
terprise, the wealth, the public spirit and the
asst increasing population Of Portland demand,
and should therefore sustain, such efforts as are
necessary to make paper commensurate with
the growing importance and commanding posi-
ton of their city


The Business of this city should demand much
more space for its adrertisement than her num-
erous merchants and manufacturers have as yet
claimed fOrits accommodation while the great va
rlety and Importance of the enews of the day-For-
eign and Domestic, Civil and Military -imper-
atiyely calls for more attention than the patron
age actually enjoyed by any paper in the State
would justify bestowing upon it, The Proprie-
tors of the Press, reposing implicit trust in the
good sense and the liberality of the people of
Maine, and their willingness to sustain all en-
terprises having for their object the promotion of
our common veal, hope the day is not far dis
tant when they may, with full confidence in sue
cess make
Year: 1864

of such enlarged and generous proportions that,
while the business of our city shall be better ac-
commodated in its advertising columns. the gem
eral news, the varied interests and enterprises of
the State, and the development of her almost un-
riyalled natural resources, may receive that de-
gree of attention commensurate with their great
importance and their claims upon public atten-
tention - thus making a daily paper worthy the
practical regard of every business man in Port
land, of every commercial citizen of Maine, and
of every well-wisher to our vigorous Common
Year: 1864

CoScIiccs luttntiOus, &C.


Tales and Poetry original and selected will
receive proper attention.


Both papers = the Daily and the Weekly -
will be largely devoted, as heretofore, to the dis
cussion of the great principles which underle
our free institutions, and will give a generous
and whole souled support to all the measures
necessary TO put down rebellion, to overthrow
dsloyalty in all its FORMS and to reestablish the
authority of the Constitution, the laws, and the
onaladministration of the government,
over every foot of our common domain.


On the great questions of Progress, Humanity,
Liberty and Equal Rights, being forced upon
he attention of the nation by the crisis through
which our institutions and our constitutional
Government arc now passing, the PsEss will ut
ter no equivocal voice and occupy no doubtful
position. The emancipation of those held in
bonds before the rebellion the death of slavery
that Liberty and the Nation may live will find
the PREss neither hesitating nor reserved in its
advocacy and support


In word, the PRESS will stand by the gov
ernment under all contingencies, and defend
and support those who labor to maintain its in
tegrty and honor; and it will be, as it has been
heretofore, the uneompromising foe of all rebels
and rebel sympathizers, without respect to their
locality or position.


In the political campaign to be fought before
the close of the year 1864, the PRESS win be found
acting withloyal Union men, irrespective of an
tecedents, and opposing all disloyal men, on
matter from what stock they may have descended
Its course for the last year and half may be
taken as an indicationof what it proposes for the
future.
Year: 1864

A correspondent of the London Cottage
Gardener, describing the residence of Mr.. JUS
tice Halliburton, the " Sam Slick" Of literary
notoriety, says:


paid a visit to these gardens about year
since, on the occasion of fancy fair given.
for some charitable purpose, and never do l
remember to have seen bedding done so well,
or 50 choice collection Of plants brought to-
gether in place of so limited an extent. l
was given to understand by florist Of some
celebrity, who was present that the arrange
ment of the beds, and the selection of the
plants were in the hands.of the lady oceupier
herself. Their taste for harmonizing of colors
/ consider natural in all ladies Of refined edu-
cation, only, unfortunately, many of them
display their taste in decorating themselves,
more than crnamentng their gardens. But
if lad 'es were to follow gardening more usual
ly than they are apt to do, how much oftener
we should see the cheek resemble the rose in
place of the lilly; and how soon also we
should perceive the lighter tints made use OF
in decorating the inside Of the bonnets.--
They would soon be aware that glaring color
ing was not suited to their complexions as
well as the more subdued shades. Moreover
God has given us health that we may enjoy
the blessings He sonds, and depend upon II
that where lady gardener resides, il is there
/ the Physician's carriage seldom stops.