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*/EGIS & LMELLIGENCER. A. W. BATEMAN, Editor. ■— —,. —t; -L- -r- -- BEL A1 R, MD., Friday, November 25, ISC4. f&T-Tlie had a more extended circulation among the intelligent fanner* mid business men ol Harford, than any oilier paper in the county. No 4 ‘ Lock floppitaP’ *r other obscene or “ Lottery” adver tisements will appear in our column* at any price. A •urge number of our subscriber* pay tor their paper in ad vance, and consequently arc Just the class advertiser* de sire to reach. The attention of respectable and legitimate advertisers is directed to the above facts. To Correspondents. AH communication* for publication must lie ncoom ponied with the real name of the author, op no atten tion will he paid to them. The real name of the autho will not In; published unless desired, but we cannot consent to insert communications unless we know Hie write r. WAR NEWS. A brief despatch from Chattanooga, under date of the 19th insl., announces that the enemy in force last Friday morning attacked the Union troops at Strawberry Plains, eighteen miles above Knoxville, Tcnn. Fighting at intervals was continued throughout the day. Each as sault of the enemy was repulsed. A later tele gram from Louisville says that Gen. Gillem is safe at Knoxville, and that in his late encounter with Breckinridge, his loss is estimated at about 400 in killed, wounded and missing. Memphis, Tcnn., papers of last Thursday, re ceived at Cairo, state that Beauregard with a considerable force is reported to be at Corinth, where it was expected Forrest would join him. Tlie only large force of the enemy near Memphis, it is stated, was a body of about 4,000 at Mount Pleasant, Miss., twelve miles from Colliersville. Reports locate Longstrect and Chalmers at Holly Springs. Information from the Army of the Potomac, says ; A good deal of firing was heard on Satur day iu front of Petersburg, on the Appomattox road, but, as far as heard, without important re sults. Deserters report that the rebel tooops on the James have all been withdrawn with the ex ception of a skirmish line and enough to man the guns on the forts. Up to Monday morning there had been almost continuous rain for 36 hours. Rumor* had readied the army that (he enemy were evacuating Petersburg, but the report was not generally believed. An arrival at New York Monday from New Or leans on the 12th, brought papers of that date which ft ite that Gen.Canby’s wound was not a se rious one, ami that he was doing well, and would only he confined to bis quarters .for a short time. A telegram from Washington reports that a force of about forty rebels was discovered early Sunday morning crossing above Edwards’s Fer ry, fiom Maryland, into Virginia. They had with them a number of horses and cattle. The troops wore believed to have been commanded by Harry Gilmer. Provost Marshal General Fry has requested the Governor of New York to have a careful ex amination made of persons throughout the State liable to military duty, with a view of reaching the correct quota for future drafts. Southern papers say that reports had it that Gen. Sherman, having destroyed Atlanta, moved ; with three corps, amounting to 33,000 men, in the direction of Macon, Georgia, and onTursday | of last week reached Jonesboro’. General Hood’s army is reported to be still iu the vicinity i of Florence, Ala., watched by the troops under Ocn. Thomas. About 900 rebels, it is stated, made a dash iuto Atlanta previous toils destruc tion, and were captured by the Union troops.— They arrived at Nashville last Saturday morn ing. Rumors were current at Fortress Monroe on Monday that General Bn tier had blown out the end of Dutch Gap, and had lot in the water.— The army roads, it is stated, are in a miserable condition, owing to the heavy rains that have been falling for some days. A later despatch from Washington says the rumor about the evac uation of Petersburg originated with refugees and deserleis, who merely expressed their ber lief that such was the case. Information from the Army of the Potomac up to Monday morning was brought to Washington yesterday by the arrival of the mail boat from City Point. Picket firing fi r a day or two past has been kept up with much spirit. An officer who lert the Uuiou lines in front of Petersburg on Monday morning, reports that there were no signs at that time of theoraeuation of Petersburg. The rebel works, it is stated, are stiil well man ned. It, is stated that Provost Marshal Gen. Fry has issued peremptory orders for the correction and | revision of all enrollment lists throughout the country and specially enjoins upon the comtnis- j sioners of the boards the duty of adding to and erasing from all who become liable to or exempt from military service in any sub-district. A despatch from Washington says that for ' nearly two weeks the government lias received j nothing from Gen. Sherman direct. The only intelligence of his movements was that obtained through Richmond papers of last Friday. Ac cording to the Southern accounts Geu. Sher man's plans that were communicated to the War Department, nearly a month ago, have, it is sta ted been so far successfully carried out. A large number of prisoners have been sent to Fort Lafayette within the last few weeks—in all about fif y officers and non-commissioned officers, in addilon to the seventy-five rebels formerly there, have been received. Among them are Gen. Page and staff, captured at Fort Morgan, 1 Mobile bay. Some of the minor officers in charge I of the fort have bin superseded, and the change ’ is said to bo quite agic at U to. the older prison-! era. Tun Sattiiday Evbxiso Post.—The prospec-! trs of this old established weekly will be found i i our paj or of to-day, to which we invite atten to'. The terms to clubs will be found easy.— A lady who gets 20 subscribers at $2.50 each, and sends S2O iu addition, will get one of Wheel er k Wilson’s Sewing Machines, worth $53. If she gels 30 subscribers, site will only have to add $lO to the amount. If she gets 40 subscribers at the regular price ($2.50,) she will get a Scw machine for nothing. Specimen numbers sent gratis, by application to Deacon & Pctersc n 319 Walnut street, Philadelphia. Sonoacji.—We have been presented with a bottle of this article by Mr. Joseph Wetherill, manufactured at his new mill, which is certainly the best that we have seen any here. The mill, wo are told, is cue of the finest in the country, and certainly, if the bottle presented to ua is a fair spec men of its work, in n who patronize it can be disappointed. The Employment of Freed Slaves in Ua- I ryland. On tie 15jh instant tho citizen* of Charles county, Md., held a large meet ing at Port Tobacco, to take into considera tion the necessary measures to be adopted in relation to the employment of fraud slaves. B'. B. F. Burgess was appointed : President, J. F. Gardiner and Dr. F. 11. | Willis vice Presidents, and Samuel N. , Cox and James B’. Matthews secretaries. ■ Gen. Walter Mitchell, in a few remarks, declared the purposes of the meeting.— lion. George Brent then submitted tho > following resolutions, which, after a spir ited discussion by Messrs. Thomas R. Halley, George W. Carpinter and George Brnut were unanimously adopted : J Whereas, by the proclamation of the • Governor of the State of Maryland, the ! domestic relation of muster and slave has been abolished in this State, and the far mer lias been thereby deprived of the la bor heretofore employed iu agricultural r operations, it becomes important, if such , operations are to be continued, that some i plan should be agreed upon to ensure cer , tain labor, and that the price to be paid 5 therefor should be uniform. Therefore, . be it Resolved, That it is earnestly recora -5 mended to the proprietors and owners of r houses and land not to rent or lease any t house or laud to any negro or negress, un less such lease or renting was prior to the I Ist of November, unless such bouse or l land is kept under the control and super- I vision of the proprietor or owner thereof, so as to prevent such house or land from being tho resort of the idle, vicious and dishonest of this class. RtSolved, That wo agree and recom , mend that no free negro tie hired for ordi nary field or farm service unless it be by the year, except during the seasons of [ hay-time and harvest, or in the event of . the sickness or death oi some one or more ’ of those employed by the year. | Resolved, That we will not by over bidding, or by any other means, endeavor to induce any one to quit the service of his present employer. Resolved, For the purpose of securing ample support to the laborer, and adopting a schedule which will he just and proper , for both employer and employee, that tho following scale of prices be agreed upon : Ist. For first-class negro men,.the wages , to be paid not to exceed $l2O per year, , with house-room, firewood and food. 2d. I For first-class negro women, without chil dren, the wages to be paid not to exceed SOO per year, with* house-room, firewood and food. 3d. For boys under eighteen years, the wages not to exceed S6O per j year, with house-room, firewood and food ! —this amount, however, to be graduated down according to age and capacity. 4th. Wherever, in cases above mentioned, it becomes proper to hire by the month, the above scale of prices is recommended as a guide for the amount of wages to be paid. stb. A first-class woman, with two chil dren incapable of work, is considered worth their clothes and board; if more than two, they should be supported by i their parent or parents —this, however, to be a mutter left to tho agreement of the ■ parties. oth. In all cases of hiring, lost time is to be deducted. j Resolved, That it is recommended as a I matter of humanity to those who have in their josse sion any, who from old age or infirmity are incapable of labor, according to the best of their means, to provide for them until provision shall he made by law for their suppoit. Resolved, That the same be recom mended iu regard to children too young to work, except in cases where they may have a parent or parents to take chaige of them. The New State of Nevada. The territory of Nevada, which has just been admitted to the Union as a State by President Lincoln, was organized in March, 1861. B’or this purpose about ten thousand square miles was appropriated from the Northern extremity of California, and about seventy thousand from Western Utah. At the time of its organization the territory possessed a population of very nearly seven thousand white settlers. The development of her mineral resources ’ was rapid uud almost without parallel, and atliaoted a constant stream of immigration ito the territory. As the population has ! not been subject to the fluctuations from which o her territories have suffered the growth of Nevada has been rapid and stea dy. At the general convention election of 1863, nearly eleven thousand votes were cast. Daring the present year great accessions to the population have been made. Nevada is probably the richest State in the Union in respect to mineral resources. No region in the world is richer iu argen tiferous leads. These leads are found scattered over the entire Washoe country, the richest of which is that known as the Comstock lead, of Virginia City. The lo calities of the other principal mines iu the region east of the Sierrra Nevada are the Esmerald mines, one hundred miles south southeast of Virginia; the Humboldt ot e hundred and sixty miles northeast; the I Silver Mountain, sixty miles south ; Pea j vine, thirty miles north, and the Reese riv j cr country, one hundred and seventy miles I east northeast, embracing many districts, j aud flanked by two of mure than ordina ry promise—the Cortez, seventy miles north and the San Antonio, one hundred miles south of Austin, now the principal town on the Reese river. A few months ago another deposit of . mineral wealth was brou ht to light, which l'l has proved of incalculable value to the sil ! ver mines. This was an immense basin i ol gait, five miles square, near tiie sink of . tho Carson River. This basin, says a gcr i tlonian, who writes from Virginia City, appears once In have been the bottom of a hike, and the salt is found good even on the sutfacu. A covering of about three i inches is loose and indifferent; but be neath tlx-s, for a depth of fourteen feut, pure rock suit is found as clear as ice, and white “us the river snow." Beneath there is water, which seems to he filtered 1 through salt for an unknown depth. The t whole fourteen feet in thickness dues not contain a single streak of any deleterious P'l 1 1 miter of rubbish, and is ready for quarry- ] jig and rending to market. The locality {> one hundred miles most of Reese lliver, jnd seventy miles east of Virginia, on the I ver’aod read. In January of this year there were one undred and twenty five quartz mills in peration in Nevada, which were erected j i t a cost ranging from 810,000 to 8100,-! )00. About three-fourths of the quartz mills of Nevada are driven by steam, and : the balance by water power. Of the en-1 tire number, four-fifths are in the vicinity of Virginia. There is an average of one hundred mills in constant operation; these will carry, on an average, ten stamps each, making one thousand, with capacity for crushing one thousand tons per day.— This ore will yield at the rate of SSO per ton, giving a daily production of 850,000, or 815,000,000 per annum. The General Assembly. The following exhibits the state of po ! litieal parlies iu tbe Senate and House of i Delegates: Senate—, ,—House Dun.—, Kep. Ucm. Rep. Deia. Allegany 1— 5 Anne Arundel....— 1— 2 Baltimore Co 1— B 1 Baltimore city.... 3 lB Carroll 1— 5 Calvert —1 6 j Caroline 1— 2 I Charles I —1 Cecil 1— 4 Dorchester —1 2 Frederick.... 1— 6 Harford —1 4 Howard —1 2 Kent —1 2 Montgomery —1 2 Prince George’s..— 1— 2 Queen Anne’s.... —1 2 Somerset —1 3 St. Mary’s —1 1 Talbot 1— 2 Washington 1— 5 Worcester —1 3 11 13 52 28 Democratic majority in the Senate 2,. Republican majority in the House 24. Result of the Presidential Election. The smoke of the contest has so cleared away as to enable us to give the result of the vote for President by States, as fol lows ; STATES VOTING FOB LINCOLN 4 JOHNSON. Maine 7 Illinois 16 New Hampshire B Michigan 8 I Massachusetts 12 Wisconsin 8 ! Rhode Island 4 Missouri 11 j Vermont 5 lowa 8 Connecticut 6 Kansas .. 4 New Yrk S 3 Minnesota 4 i Pennsylvania 26 California 5 Maryland 7 Nevada 3 | Ohio 21 Oregon 3 j Indiana 13 I Total Electoral votes 208 STATES POU M’CLKLLAN 4 PENDLETON. New Jersey 7 I Kentucky 11 Delaware 3 | Total Electoral votes 21 Making a majority for Lincoln of 187 in the Electoral College. Farms in Lower Maryland.—The friends of emancipation predict great re sults trom the abolition of slavery in Ma- j ryland. On this subject the Washington Chronicle remarks: Wo hear from the Commissioner of Ag riculture, and from many private sources, where slaves have been lost to planters by legislation or enlistments, there is a dispo sition to sell their real estate at a low fig ure. Proprietors cannot readily adapt themselves to tho free labor system, and therefore are desirous of exchanging the present uncultivated fields for greenbacks. It is also understood at the Department of Agriculture that large numbers of the best class of German farmers stand ready to migrate to Maryland and Virginia, when the war is over, expecting in this latitude (which is so favorable to the raising of wines as well as corn) to fiud unexampled returns for investments. However it may be with Virginia, there is certainly nothing in military aspects, present or prospective, to prevent an im mediate immigration from the North into Maryland. While improved farms, with good buildings, &c., in the immediate vi cinity of Washington or Baltimore bring large sums, it may be stated that others, less favorably situated and improved, sell for twenty dollars tb'e acre. Probably im proved plantations may be bought for twenty or thirty dollars the acre in the lower counties, where tbe soil is diversi fied and suitable for planting or stock-rais ing, and particular!) for the cultivation of fruit and vegetables of all kinds. Rivers, creeks and springs abound. The first, named produce abundantly of oysters, suud, herring and other delicious fish, while forest and stream teem with the finest game. There is no better mutton than that which conics to this market from Maryland, and every species of domestic animal arrives at perfection within the l bounds of the State. -■ ■ - Economizing Coal.—The Scientific American gives the following useful hints upon this suhjdot, which are confirmed t by every one’s experience who understands 1 tbe philosophy of coal fires ; “A good bright fire can bo steadily maintained with coal, with less trouble than with any other kiud of fuel; but not by raking, puking and piling in green fu el continually. After breakfast tho fire should be cleared of ashes, and fresh fuel pul on to fill tbe grate moderately. Let tbe oven damper be turned up, so as to heat it, and leave tbe small top door open, more or less, according to tbe intensity of the heat required. In this way, air enters over the top of tho fire, and maintains a fir boiler consumption and consequently greater beat than when tho draft dampers are thrown open. A washing can be done or ‘ironing’ accomplished with oue ihird loss coal than is generally thought necessary to use. So far as sifting ashes for tho cinders they contain is concerned, it is hopeless to expect much change. Huu ; dreds of poor families live off of the waste i of their improvident neighbors, arid in this | way there is something Used which would | otherwise be lost j but it seems to us that charity should be practiced in a different an 1 more positive manner. It’ tl.ie proverb bo true that etiarity begins at home, then wo have a still stronger argument against ft >—ti m [ ibe wasteful practice. Cinders will burn : admirably iu small cylinder stoves, and heat a nursery or a laundry as hot as it should be. Every shovel full saved is a shovel full of coal put, in the cellar, and a hint to tbe wise is enough on this point.” From the Lancaster Intelligencer. A Brilliant Passage, I During the Northrop-Kclly debate pre- i I vious to the recent election in this State, j |Mr Northrop, in reply to Judgo Kelly’s 1 j strictures on the Democratic party, intro- 1 duced the following brilliant and telling j illustration : * j “No sir, the Democratic party is not I dead. But if you will pardon me, sir, j (addressing Judge Kelly), I will allude to | au illustration given by yourself, iu your j place in Congress, in which you typified the utter destruction of the Democratic party beyond the hope of resurrection. It ■ is contained in a speech made by you on the 21st of May, 1802. You there gave the gentlemen of Congress your, view with , regard to the vitality of tho Democratic party, and you illustialed it very beauti fully—of your thooky had only been a cor rect one I You spoke about your travels in Switzerland, and said that you had there seen a desolate vale, where no blade of grass grew ; and you asked the guide what had caused all that desolation iu that valley among tbe mountains. He I told you that beuoath that broken aval- I unebe of rock and earth had once stood j the little village of Golden ; but that sud denly a laud slide had come down fro n the mountains completely crushing (hat little village with all its inhabitants. You remarked that there was nothing to in duce the antiquarian to make researches into the depths of that debris Then you continued by saying so it was with the Democratic party—that it bad been over whelmed, and that no human energy or j enterprise could over resurrect it from the i ruins beneath which t was buried, “Well, sir, iu accidentally reading that passage from your speech, 1 was reminded of another illustration which I thought would more appropriately represent the , Democratic party, I refer to au incident which hud its place in my own country, for unfortunately, perhaps, I have not been abroad. I remember, sir—you may also i that some years ago there was a little [ frame house that stood on the side of one |of those grand old mountains in Now Hampshire. The family who tenanted j that little house were one day suddenly j startled by a thundering noise and over- I shadowing darkness. Hastening to the window, they saw that a fearful landslide was descending upon their humble little | home. They rushed out hut were speedi j ly overtaken by that terrible avalanche of earth and stone, and were crushed and buried beneath it and perished there. “ The next day, however, the scene revealed amid all its terrible desola tion, the little frame-house, still intact, standing there; above and behind it was a rook ; the moving mass when it rolled down, seeming to threaten tho sure over whelming of the frail tenement, struck that rock and divided, leaving the house uninjured—and there it remains to this day. There, in that little house, wo have tbe fitting type of the Democratic party. Humble though it m iy be, it has the rock of tbe Constitution above it as its sure protection; and all tbe landslides, or tbe war slides, that can bo brought to bear upon it will never do more than crush I those who may leave it.” Election Incidents and Wagers. Some curious wagers were made on the result of the late election. A citizen of Trenton, N. J., iu case McClellan carried tbe State, was, on all the pleasant days of a week, which he had the reserved right to select,)to eat a frugal dinner on the steps of tbe eourt-huuso, said dinner to be served to him by bootblacks in the filthiest slate ol dilapidation. In Chicago an cx-U. S. marshal will, according to the terms of his wager, be compelled to pay for and eat four dinners with such colored company as tho fortunate winner of his wages may se lect. In Binghampton, N. 17.,I 7 ., there is a lady whose suitor was a strong supporter of McClellan. So certain was he of bis favorite being the favorite of tbe people that he proposed to his sweetheart that in casa of Lincoln’s election be would prom enade the public streets, at high noon, with a largo placard on his back inscribed “Sold,” never dreaming that lie would have to fulfil his promise. But on Wed nesday last, having discovered his mistake, he was forced to execute his promenade, much to his own disgust and to the de light of small boys and the,amusement of children of larger giowth. The New York Sun mentions several other wagers as fol- J lows: | One man, a democrat, bet that McClellan j would be elected. In the event of hislos- j ing he was to saw and split a cord of wood I at a certain hour in the day, in front of | one of the principal hotels; and in ease I he failed to do his work, even to the last j stick, he was to forfeit 8250. Another j promised to walk a mile and a half bare foot, in case hi candidate is nut elected, the penalty, iu case of failure being a hun dred dollars ; a third is to wheel a barrow filled with stones and earth through tho I streets, or forfeit live hundred dollars ; a j fourth, a republican, promises to wear a J most ridiculously made hat during the | four years of office of the successful caodi- j date, and as the said candidate was his j man, there is but little doubt but he wants | to advertise himself as a Lincoln man, \ j and probably hopes thus to get a fat of- ! Coe. Money-Order System — Tbe plan of j transmitting money through the postoffice, | under the money-order system, is progress- j iug satisfactorily, the prospect being, from I the number of persons who have thus far | uvailu 1 themselves ol ns benefits, that it | i will be, ere long, very generally adopted i ■ The orders are iu many instances io bitsi- \ ] ness bouses, shoving -that the system is used for business purposes. By the pay- j incut, of additional fees any amount of | money may bo transmitted on orders, j though no one order can exceed (hi ty dol lars. — Phil. Lciljer, Freedman’s Home. Headquarters Middle Department,') Eighth Army Corps, > Baltimore, Md., Nov. 9, 1864. J General Orders No. 112—Official in i urination having been furnished, making I clear that evil-disposed parties in certain l aunties oi the State of Maryland, within jhe limits of the Middle Departmen*, in tend obstructing the operation, and nulli j lying, as far us they can, 'he emancipation i I iroviaion of the Now Constitution ; and j ( out lor this purpose they are availing !| hemselves of certain laws, portions of the j iicienl .-lave code ot Mi yland, as yet un epealed, to initiate us respects the per sons heretofore slaves, a system of forced | appreu iceship; for this, and for other reus jus among them, that if they have j any legal rights under e.vluiug laws, the j persons spoken of are in iguorance of j them ; that in certain counties the law j officers are so unfriendly to the newly made fi'cedmeu, and so hostile to the be uiguaut measure that majo them such, as to rende appeals to the courts worse than lolly, even it the victims hud the money with which to Lire lawyers; and that the i necessities of the case make it essential, in order to carry out truly and effectively the grand purposes of the people of the State of Maryland—emancipation of every slave, man, woman and child, within her limits, from and alter the first day of November, of this pre-ent year—that there should be remedies extraordinary for all their grievances—remedies ins aitaneous with out money or reward—and somebody to have care for them, to protect them, to show them the way to the freedom of which they have yet hut, vague and unde fined ideas. It is therefore, ordered , Ist. That all persons within the limits of tho Middle Department, heretofore slaves, but now free, by operation of the New Constitution, shall be considered un der special military protection until the Legislature of Maryland may, by its en actments, make such military protection unnecessary, 2d. A Freedman’s Bureau for said De partment is hereby created ; office in Bal timore, Maj. William M. Este, A. D. C., in charge. 3d. Major Este is entrusted with the execution of this order, and to make it ef fective he is authorized to instigate inves tigations, to scud for persons and papers, and to make necessary arrests. 4th. Provost Marshals in their several Districts, particularly on tho Eastern and Western Shores, are requested and direc ted to bear all complaints made to them by persons within the meaning of this or der, to collect and forward information and proofs of wrongs dune to such persons, and generally to render Major Este such assistance us ho may require in tho per formance of his duty. 50. As it will be impossible to carry out this order without having a place in which the sick, helpless, and needy cun be temporarily rested and provided for, Ma jor Este is directed to take possession of the building known formerly us the Mary land Club House, but now named “Freed man’s Rest,’’ to select some excellent lady to take charge of the same as Matron, and to suitably prepare and furnish as many rooms as may bo required for the purpose proposed. And that this may be speedily accomplished, donations are respectfully solicited from all philanthropic and Chris tian ptrsons wherever resident. All fines hereafter assessed and collected by tbe Provost Marshal of the Department will be appropriated to the support of the Freedman s Rest. To supply immediate wants, Major Este is further directed to draw on Colonel Woolley. 6th. Lest the moneys derived fr m do nations and from fines collected, should prove insufficient to support the institu tion iu a manner corresponding to its im portance, Major Este will proceed lo make a list of all the avowed Rebel sympathiz ers resident in the city of Baltimore, with a view to levying such contributions upon them in aid of the “Freedman’s Rost,” as may be from time to time required. 7th. Major Este will enter upon the execution of this order without delay. By command of Major General Wallace. Oliver Matthews, Asst. Adjt. General. Official ; James R. Ross, Major and A. D. 0. A Great Railroad Undertaking. —The work of tunneling the Alps for railroad purposes is so slow, compared with the necessities of internal trade and travel between France and Italy, that it is contemplated to build a railroad over the mountains on one of tho military roads 1 constructed by the first Napoleon. The tunnel will not be completed in less than twelve years, but the railroad can be (milt ' lin two. When it is remembered that the 1 j summit of the pass through the mountains ' iis 7,000 feet above the level of the sea, 1 with gradients at some points of one in twelve, the descent equally rapid, the dif- ■ ticnities of the undertaking may be ima gined. A locomotive expressly for such ascents and descents has been constructed The railway wiii bo covered with galleries of wood, iron and stone, to protect it from avalanches and snow drifts. The project has been favorable received by the Italian j government, and English capitalists pro j pose to build it. It will shorten the over- ' ! land route to India five hundred miles. — ' ( ~ j A War-Like World. —The Opinlone I Nationals, of a recent date gives this dis -1 mal picture of the present belligerent eou | ditiou of the world. If there be a dead calm in politics, as | well as business among us, it is not tbe sruie in all parts of the little planet we in | habit. Tnreii-quarters of huma dty, in I fact, are J[ iving in the barbarous stale of j W-r. •laeM is war in Poland, war in Al I geria, war in Tunis, war in Mexico, war in | the Uui.ed States, war iu I’eru, war in 1 i New Zealand, war in China and Kaohgar, I War iii Japan, war in Afghanistan, war in | twenty countries in Africa. This is, unfortunately, enough to dis j courage the friends of universal peace, and who can say they will not meet with ! still greater disappointment next year?— Italy, Hu igary, Poland, Denmark and the Solavouian population of Turkey, arc not. -- . ■ 11 I. it must be confessed, in the most pacific humor, and, to those who study the gene ral situation of our continent, it is quito evident that the general situation, instead of getting better, goes on from day to day .getting more and more complicated. Sweeping tue Struts of New York City. —Very tew persons have any con ception of the magnitude of tbe work to be performed in cleaning the streets of a large city like New York. The Herald, in an aniole on the subject, remarks : There are 2GB miles of paved streets In this city, averaging thirty-three feet in width. This gives an area of 1,139 acres to be cleaned. The city inspector has the whole area swept twice every fortnight; about one-quarter is swept three times j 345 acres arc cleaned six times, and 75 acres twelve times, in the same space of time. This is equivalent cleaning 3,553 acres once in two weeks. In addition to this work tbe ash carts traverse every mile of the streets, on each side, every day, Sundays excepted. This is equivalent to traversing 53b miles a day, and conveys some idea of the extent of this magnificent metropolis. The expense for street clean ing lust year was 3398,223. The “Bloomers” in Session. —lt appears ihe “Bloomers” are holding a con vention in New York. On Thursday a Mrs. Jones made a speech anil argued that men had no right to rule women, and that women should dictate. In closing, she prayed for the good lime coming, when a lady could wear what she pleased, do what she pleased, go where she pleased, and re turn when she pleased, and when she would not be bound to dress, fashion, or the control of men against their wills.— When that blissful era arrived, Mrs. Jones held that a woman’s life would be a grand epic poem, -fie. Mrs. Slow bridge, M. D., of Cortland, N. Y., delivered a lengthy address on cold water, as a medicine, describing illness as an evil spirit, which should be thus exor cised. Ridiculous Wagers. — A gentleman in Twenty-third street, New York, for his faith in McClellan’s popularity, will have to make an equestrian tour of Cen tral Park some Sunday, at noon, arrayed in crinoline and all the other feminine “fixings.” To comply with the teims of another bet, a gentleman in Forty-first street will have to (hive three of his horses, tandem, attached to an oyster cart, from the Battery to Macomb’s dam. A third gentleman, who lives in Brooklyn, will have to wear for a year a beaver hat two feet in height ami seven inches in the brim. JV. F. Times. Paper from Corn Husks. —We ob serve by foreign advices that paper from • corn liukss is made in Austria by a govern ment establishment. The len*-cent notes of the government arc printed on that kind of paper, and large quantities of it have been purchased by private parties. Very bea. tifnl specimens of this species of pa per, it is stated, can be seen at the Agri cultural Department in Washington. The discovery or the invention is one of im mense interest and importance. summ. On Tuesday, the 11th of October, near Harford Furnace, by Rev. R. Scott Norris, WILLIAM BROWN to .Miss CHARLOTTE A. CDLLUM. On the same day and nenr the same place, by ihe same, JullN TAVLuR to Miss MARY A. SOMERS. On the loth of November, in Bel Air, by the same, JOHN BOTTB to Miss LIZZIE NORRIS, all of this county. NOTICE. Meredith’s Ford & Jarrettsville Turnpike. THE STOCKHOLDERS of the Mere dith’s Ford and Jarrettsville Turn pike are requested to pay two dollars ($2) per share of their Stock in said road, on or before Monday, 6th Day of December, 1864, to JOSHUA H SCARFF, Treasurer, JOHN R. STREETT, President, or one of the Directors. The Board will meet at ASBURY JOHNSON’S SHOP, on the day above mentioned. By order of the Board, JOSHUA H SCARFF, novlS Secretary. FOR RENT7 'THE STORE HOUSE and DWELL -i- ING at Clmrchville, occupied hv Messrs. F. B. Hanson St Co. This is one of the best places for business in the enmi ty. Its value for selling goods is shown by the fact that for the last twenty years there have been but two tenants. Possession given on the 15th day of January next. Enquire of DAVID HARLAN, n 025 Naval Asylum, Philadelphia. NOTICE. WE the undersigned, having formed a resolution to do a Cash business, hereby give notice that hereafter we will not he bound for the payment of any note, order, or paper whatever, bearing either of our signatures, unless witnessed by a magistrate. EPHRAIVf HOPKINS, HANNAH H. HOPKINS. Darlington, Nov. 25th, 1864. E ST R A Y. OTRAYED from the subscriber, on or O about the first day of August last, a red HEIFER with white face, tlu oat and tail; her horns incline in at the ends, and three years old last spring. Five dollars reward will be paid for her return to the o.vner, or any information hading to her recovery. . BENJ. STANDI FORD. n025-5t A PRESTON GILBERT, - ATTORNEY AT MW, Del Jjir , Aid. Office with 11. D. Faruandis, Eeq- Mil