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MQIS & INTELLIGENCER.
GEO. Y. MAYNADIER, T .
FREDERICK W. BAKER, \ hl>no^
BEL AIK, MEG ~P*
FKIDAV. DECEMBER 30. 1870.
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quently are just the class advertisers desire toreach.
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Historical Records of Harford Co.
DURING THE REVOLUTION.
About three years ago, we gave to the read
ers of the Nlgis & Intelligencer a chapter of
entertaining reminiscences concerning Har
ford county, extracted from a budget of an
cient manuscripts that had come into posses
sion of the publishers. These documents hear
date 1775- 6—about the period of the break
ing out of the war for American Indepen
dence, and relate mainly to the enrollment of
the citizens of the county liable tfl services
in the State militia and the Continental army.
Harford county was then unknown, and
the districts that now compose the county
were designated by the English divisions
of Hundreds, such as Deer Creek Lower
and Upper Hundred, Gunpowder Lower
■ and Upper Hundred, and so on through
the list. Unheard of, too, in those days,
was our thriving town of Bel Air,
which was then “Scott’s Old Fields.”—
Havre de Grace was a more important
place then than now, but most of the other
localities, now so familiar to our readers,
were then without “local habitation or a
name,” or existed under other names.
At the time of which we write, war had
been declared by the American Congress,
and the tocsin of the coming conflict was
sounding from one end of the thirteen Col
onies to the other. Then as in our late war,
there were two parties, and the right and
wrong of the Colonial Rebellion against
Great Britain was discussed as warmly
then as was our Southern Rebellion a few
years ago.
As a means of ascertaining who were the
friends and who the enemies of the Ameri
can cause in Harford county, committees
of “good men and true” were appointed in
each Hundred, who proceeded to enroll the
citizens, whose names (in their own hand
writing) were appended to a parchment
document, setting forth the declaration of
the signers to resist to the death the en
croachments of the Bristish Government.
These declarations are entitled “Associa
tion of the Freemen of Maryland”—some
printed and a few written—and all of date
July 20, 1775.
These Declarations of Independence as
they may be called, are signed by hundreds
of names—names familiar to us, because
perpetuated by their descendants in our
midst at this day.
THE NON-ASSOCIATORS,
Those who, for any reason, refused to
sign, set down on another list asnon
associatora or non-jurors. This class was
quite numerous. Having three years ago
published a list of those who signed, we
now confine ourselves to the names of those
who refused to sign, giving some of their
reasons therefore:
In Spesutia Lower Hundred —Josins
William Dallam, Henry Jones, Griffith
Jones, JnhnDurgnn and Timothy Murphy,
have scruples of conscience against fight
ing.
Alexander Durgan (no reason; I will
therefore venture one for him. which is the
most probable—cowardice.
Isaac Collins—lie says he would rather
pay than fight.
Daniel Durbin begs till next week to
think about it.
Joshua Jones—going out of the country.
John Brown—signed one last fall and
won't sign again.
James Taylor, Sr., —too old.
In Deer Creek Hundred—Thomas Gil
bert don’t sign, for the reason that he don’t
choose to do it.
Thomas West don’t sign, because it is
all a “mistry” to him.
Philip Cummins don’t sign for the reason
that he don’t understand the mutter.
James Wood don’t sign for the reason
Congrase don't sign, and for the further
reason that he thinks if the British gain
the day, then Congrase and the great peo
ple will turn the scale and say that the*
commonality of people lorced them to stand
in a position against the King.
Ephraim Arnold dont sign for the very
sensible reason Unit it “would fetch him
into a scrape.” * f
Isaac Penrose don’t sign for the reason
that he “don’t choose to fight for liberty,
nor never will.”
In Snquehunna Hundred—James Ward
Mason, William Burns, son of Elizabeth,
Richard Johns, a Quaker, and Nathaniel
Johns, decline to sign on the plea of re
ligious principles,
f
■■
Benjamin Fleetwood refuses to sign.
He sa-p'Tie will go on the water, but will
on land.
S Philip Qover won’t sign no how. He
will pay his proportion but not fight.
Samuel Gullion is afraid if he signs he
will fetch that pa himself that he cannot
go through with.
Richard Spencer says he cannot “Right
! nor Reed,” and therefore cannot sign anj
papers.
i In Gunpowder Lower Hundred—Jamci-
Butlers thinks it a sin to kill any man.
Joseph Presbury don’t choose to muster.
Patrick Mullen thinks his poor abilities
won’t afford to let hint muster.
John Howard (weaver) says he is afraid
r signing such papers will lead to badconse
■ quenccs. He likes the country, but has
nothing in it to defend.
John Costly is determined not to muster
so long as the “Rogish” merchants are so
extravagant in the price of their goods.
From winch we infer there were specu
lators in those times.
Anthony Knowlman has nothing to fight
for and thoieforo won’t.
Oliver York is lame in one arm.
Appended to the (Gunpowder Hundred
list is “A list of the people’s names that
! Call themselves Methodists that will neither
sign the Associat ion nor Enroll themselves.”
They were assessed from one to ten pounds
(sterling) and Gabriel Vanhorn was ap
pointed to disarm (hern and collect the
assessments;
John Thomas, Cornelius Cashworth,
George York, William Divers,
Samuel Ricketts, William Savory,
' James Thrift, James Our,
Richard Thrift, Joseph Poison,
Richard Knowlman, William Thomas,
Thomas Mills, Robert Scott, Jr.
William Divers, Luke Swift,
Benjamin Debrnler, Nicholas Allender,
John Wilson, Thomas Presbury,
George Debrnler, Joseph Presbury,
f James Hill, Stephen Watters,
Thomas Hill, Nathan Horner,
William Ensor, Thomas Downs,
Thomas Strong, Joseph Lusby,
Benjamin Meads, James Wilson,
John Gold Howard, James Little,
Edward Ricketts, William Wilson,
William Smith, Josias Reeves,
. Aaron Hill, Stephen Whealand,
Micaja Debruler,
The Forwoods stood back, as witness
the two annexed notes, addressed to the
committee:
Gentlemen: It is contrary to the
will of God to take up arms, accord
ing to my judgment. Therefore I make it a
matter of conscience of it to take up arms
with intent to take the life of one of my
fellow men ; and yet I don’t condemn those
that think otherwise.
John Fobwood, Jh.
Gentlemen : This is to lot you under
stand that when I signed the Association it
was not with any intention of taking up
arms; it was to let yon understand that I
would not fight against you; fori believe
it is contrary to the will cf God for Chris
tians to kill one another.
William Fohwood.
The following is a list of the Association
in Harford Lower Hundred, and many of
our readers will recognize in them their
ancestors:
ASSOCIATION IN HARFORD LOWER HUNDRED.
John Uecdie Hall, Hezekiah Whitiaire,
James M thews, George Littln,
Josias Hall, Wm. Osborn,
Edward Hall, James Linagin,
James Giles, Stephen Croach,
Thomas Horner, John Hanson,
John Hall Hughs, Thomas Brown,
Jacob Forwood, James Osborn,
John Chancey, William Hollis, Sr.
Caleb Bark, William Hollis, Jr.
John Barns, Clark Hollis,
Michael Conoway, John Brown,
Abraham Bennett, William Smith,
Benjamin Osborn. Joseph Smith,
James Drew, Thomas McGee,
Robert McGaw, John Thomas,
James Redman, George McKey,
George Copeland, Amos Hollice,
Garitt Garitson, James Osborn,
Thomas Suting, George Rhoads,
Michael Kinnard, Anthony Drew,
John Mires, George Chancey,
Francis L. Pitt, John Ryon,
William Monroe, Hollis Hanson,
Nehimiah Barnet, Wm. Osborn.
Henry Warfield, Geo. Holingsworth,
James Oliver, John Hanson,
Jonas Stephen .Tor- Thos. Blackeston,
don, Wm. Annin,
John Hearm Jordan, Patrick McGlolin,
George Chancey, Benjamin Hanson,
Robert Falkner, James Oliver,
Wm. Robinson, Robert Brown, '
William Allen, John Ruff,
John Perrey. Petei Bennett,
Be j. Chancey, Joseph Puntney,
George Dean, John Hall,
John Neulson, Nathan Gallion,
Wm. Redding. John Dcamor,
Jonathan Walker William Peach,
Jordon, Francis Decon,
Zebeclee Bennett Jor-John Buckley,
don, James Offerley,
Thomas Jacksou, William Ogelly,
Mathew Snoddey, John Armstrong,
Benjamin Bennett, William Pryor.
John Brown,
John Rodgers, of Susquehanna Lower
Ferry, seems th have been called for but
couldn't come. Twice called, he respond
ed under date October 15,1775:
“Sir : 1 am sorry I can’t attend you.
My wife’s relations are very ill. She is
obliged to go to them and I am left to
keep house for a few days.”
A list of Non-Associators for Deer Creek
Lower Hundred includes the following,
which are familiar hereabouts :
Skipwitb Coal, Sr., Sam’l Coal, John
Worthington, Joseph Wilson, Jr., Sam’l
Wilson, William Hopkins, Jr., John Hop
kins, Benjamin Wilson, William Scotten,
Sam’l Rogers, Joseph Rogers.
Among those who refused to sign be
cause they possessed conscientious princi
ples against bearing arms, were William
Amos, Sr., Henry Wilson, Jr., Benjamin
Howard, William Bull, Isaac Dawes, John
i Green, William Amos, Jr., William Lacey
Thomas Lacey, John Maulsby, David
Maulsby, James Hicks, William Briggs,
Samuel Lacey.
AH Non-Associators were assessed and
fined for the support of the cause, accord
ing to their means, the saiuA>fft oe paid in
English sterling pounds, or its equivalent
in tobacco.
Nearly one hundred years ago—lacking
a few years—these names were virgin upon
the surface of the yellow and faded MSS.
that now lie before us. One hundred years
ago! Where are the owners of those names
now ? It is not assuming too much to as
I sert that not one of them lives to day.
They have all gone down the path of dusty
3 death, and their names are beard no more,
save when repeated in the ancestral
3 line.
THE CLOSE OF THE YEAB.
, The year 1870 will be marked as an im
portant one for many events of world-wide
1 importance Unit have occurred during that
period. In that year all Europe has been
f upheaved by war and revolutions unprece
dented, almost, in importance and magnitude.
The Ecumenical Council declared during
* that time the infallibility of the Pope, and
following close upon the event the sovereign
1 Pontiff was deprived of his temporal posses
- sions. The Empire of France has been over
-3 thrown, and the power of Prussia has well
nigh overshadowed the rest of Europe
r These are but a few events of the first mag
j nitude. Others, second only to these in im
portance, will also bo chronicled as having
happened in the memorable year of 1870-
In our own country, many events of prime
importance have also occurred. Happily,
we have no national wars or bloodshed to re
cord • but such are not the events alone
that are always the most important. Ma
-1 terial prosperity is retarded too far by these
t not to congratulate ourselves upon their
r non-occurrence.
" In our own county, many things have hap
s pened. Almost every citizen will be able to
- recall such as will probably affect his own
B weal or woe for time to come, as such have
happened and will happen with the occur
rence of every year. Many things, also, have
’ not happened—as for instance the building of
the Maryland Central Railroad. Will anoth
er year bo rendered more memorable on ac
count of its being built ?
—■- ■
Democratic Victory in Georgia.
Sufficient returns from all section's have
been received to show that the State has gone
largely Democratic. Five out of the seven
Congressional districts have elected Demo
cratic representatives, whilst two are doubt
ful, and will probably take the official count to
decide. The Democrats have elected three
fourths of the members of the Legislature.
Thus closes the year 1870 with another tri
umph, which, added to the fall elections, will
render this a year long to he remembered in
the history of this country.
j
, Tins Dixie Stakes at Baltimore.—The
Dixie Stakes for three-year old colts and
} fillies, to be run at the fall meeting of the
[ Maryland Jockey Club in 1873 has closed
1 with the magnificent entry of eighty-nine
s subscribers, the largest number ever secured
' for a slake in America. The Dixie Stake is
2 to take the place of the Dinner Party Stake,
which was the distinguishing feature of the
inaugural meeting of the Maryland Jockey
Club in October last.
, The distance to bs run is a dash of two
[ miles. From the unprecedented number of
; entries, the stake will be a very valuable one
■ for if only the horses oome to the post the
winner wilt be entitled to the handsome sum
of $13,400 net.
i
j. The Phrenological Journal for ,Tan
r uary—New Volume—contains—“ The Bee
chers of to-day,” with five excellent portraits;
Importance of Chemistry, by Prof. Charles
• A. Joy; 11. B. Claflin, the eminent merchant;
Dream-land, the Nature of Dreams ; Physi
cal Education—Eating and Mental Action-
Dyspepsia, etc.; Moderation, a Poem ; Wo
man’s Sphere and Influence; R. B. Wood
ward, of California; Decision, its relation to
a successful life; The Mormon People, who
and what they are, their Religion, Social
Life, Accomplishments and Prospects; The
Editor’s Message; The Study of Man ; Leigh
Hunt as an Essayist; “What Shall I do?”
Adventures of a Non-Combatant; The Con
dor, illustrated, and a dozen other articles,
brief, pertinent and interesting. The whole,
making up a number of peculiar excellence
among the issues of a Monthly whose gener
al superiority is universally acknowledged.
Single Numbers, 30 cents; for the year $3.,
including a handsome chromo premium. S.
R. Wells, Publisher, 389 Broadway, N. Y.
£■3 cal Affairs.
Christmas and its Observance.—Christ
mas has. been and gone, and 1870 is bn the
"home stretch." The occurrence of Christ
mas on Sunday, which necessitated its pub
lic celebration on Monday, constituted as it
were a double festival, that of Sunday being
observed by the Church, and that of Monday
by the world. It is of the doings of Monday
that wc wish to speak. The day was all that
could -be desired—bitter cold—just such
weather as we arc prone to associate with
the season of nuts, and cake and wine. The
suspension of business was almost general,
and the indulgence in the hilarity and good
cheer that Christmas brings, was universal
with all our citizens. Many kept open house
for the entertainment of friends, and the hun
gry and thirsty were regaled with abundance
of good cheer.
The traditional Christmas goose exhaled
its savory incense on the family board of
many a household, and poor indeed and
friendless were they who failed to recognize
the season, or were passed by in the general
distribution of the good things of this life.
Among those who “received” were AYin.
Young, Esq., and our genial Sheriff, Robert
E. Morgan, who sat a magnificent table of
fluids and solids. Quite a number of gen
tlemon assembled by invitation and did am
ple justice to the viands.
8. R. Gilbert, of the Washington Hotel,
Mr. J. F. Ashton, of the Harford House, and
1 Robert N. Hanna, of the Eagle Hotel, also
entertained their guests and friends with de
licious egg-nog, liquors and cake.
Upon the streets the day was made vocal
1 with the juveniles, by the explosion of that
i abominable invention of the Heathen Chinee,
the fire cracker, and Roman candles.
t As evening approached, the enthusiasm of
the day began to subside, and when night
, drew her mantle about the village, peace and
quietness reigned supreme. Though those
1 hibulously inclined found intoxicating hover
. ages more plentiful than water, the day pass
, ed off without any disturbance or boisterous
exhibition of drunkenness. This is credita
ble to our community, ami wo are glad to be
ahie to put it upon record.
! • •
i A New Port Office has been established
. at Cooptown, in this county, mid Mr. J.
s Howard Watters appointed postmaster. It
j will tie supplied from.Jarrettsville.
I
forth tl
this week a nmficr of "gentle missives,” in w
the shape of biti, due this office, for subscrip
tion, advcrlisin) and job work, and shall
continue to do p until all those who are in
arrearages on or books have received a re- p
minder of thatpecuniary fact. It is a fal- e:
lacy to suppose that newspaper publishers v '
engage in the bsincss for the “fun of the
thing." They fe members of the human
family, with negations and responsibilities j,
like unto otheipeople, and must therefore
have the Cast In view of these solemn B
facts, we hope hat all who receive bills, or
who know thaaselvcs to be in arrears to us, b
will make an bnest effort to liquidate their *'
dues. Pay up and then you won’t have to
pay down. . f
The CnuuctES last Sunday.—The ser- £
vices at mostuf the churches on Christmas v
Sunday were endered more than usually in- f
teresting by tie allusions in the sermons to e
"The neat day of Christ the Lord.’*
At Emmamel, Hock Spring, St. Mary’s, *
and Trinity Botestant Episcopal Churches, ]
the edifices wre appropriately dressed in cv- u
ergreen, witli notices commemorative of the 1
occasion. Enmanuel and Trinity (Prot. |
Episcopal) am Bel Air Methodist Protestant „
churches provded “Christmas trees” for the j
edification of the children of the congrega- r
tions.
At St. Laatius (Catholic) Church, at the *
Hickory, tfi decoration were v'ery film and j
the services imposing. ,
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Cnuncn Festival.—The Sunday school j
children connected with the .Methodist Epis- ‘
copal Church, Bel Air, were treated to a 1
festivtl last evening, by their parents, tench- ’>
ers md other members of the congregation. (
Tiietc was a feast of good things—cakes j
collections, etc.—after which came some re- ,
citations by the children, and addresses by
oldo - heads.
Hie entertainment was pleasing through- 1
out and gave great satisfaction to the jttven- '
ilcsas well ns the “children of larger growth.’’ •
—
Buy Goods.—The attention of those • f
out readers who visit Baltimore for the pur
poio of shopping, is directed to the card of
Messrs. Clcnveland A Co , 1015 N. Gay street.
Tliey are clever and energetic business men,
and will be found reliable. Their stock is
huge and well selected, and one must bo dif
ficult indeed to please, who could not. be sup
plied at their establishment.
The Susquehanna Rivek, above and
below Havre de Grace, is filled with ice,
which interferes with the operations of the
duckers, as the ducks are rendered scarcer in
consequence. The ice on the river is six or
seven inches thick, and. the work of cutting
by the ice dealers commenced on Wednes
day.
The Ice Harvest.—The prolonged spell
of freezing weather having perfected the first
crop of ice, the harvesting commenced in
earnest the early part of the week. Most of
the icehouses were filled with ice of a choice
quality, and from five to six inches in thick
ness So wo are provided against a scarcity
of the cold crystal luxury next summer.
Religious Revival—lce.—A correspon
dent from Boothby Hill informs us that the
most successful revival of religion that has
been in that part of the country for years lias
been going on at Garreltson Church, Over
forty converts are numbered.
Also that the farmers of that neighborhood ,
arc busy in filling their ice houses.
Personal.—Lieut. J. K. P. Ragsdale, U.
8. N„ made a Christinas visit to Bel Air this
weak, on a brief leave of absence. He is ■
ordered to ids ship at New York, which is
under sailing orders.
Death of Captain Samuel Whitaker.
At a meeting of Co. 15, Bth Cavalry, M. N.
G, held in Bel Air, on Friday, Dec. 23d,
1870, Ist Lieut. J. 15. Mooney being called to’
the chair, and Serg’t Samuel Fendall ap
pointed Secretary, the following preamble
and resolutions were unanimously adopted :
Whereat, it lias pleased an all-wise God to
remove from our midst, by death, our lute
well-beloved Captain Samuel Whitaker ; it '
is proper that we should express the loss this 1
Company has sustained in Ids death, and the
great affection entertained for him—there
fore
Resolved, That in the death of Capt. Sam
uel Whitaker, this Company has met with
an irreparable loss.
Resolved, That in ids death, cut off as lie \
was in the flower of his youth, and in the
beginning of ids usefulness, society lias been
deprived of a member whose social qualities c
and energetic business habits largely con- 1
trihuied to its well being, and whose future
promised to contribute still further to his ad- i
vaucement in the public estimation.
Resolved, That ids pure and blameless life,
and fearlessness and fidelity in the discharge
of every duly, have endeared him not only ,
to the members of this Company, but to
all with whom lie came into intimate con
tact. ,
Resolved, That we tender to ids bereaved
family our heartfelt sympathy in their hour
uf sore affliction.
Resolved, That the colors of lids Company
bo draped in mourning for six mouths, and
that each member will wear crape upon the
hilt of his sabre, at eacli parade, for the same
length of time.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions bo
forwarded by the Secretary to the parents of i
the deceased, and that they bo published in
the county papers.
Lieut. J. B. MOONEY,
President. 1
Skru’t Samuel Fendall,
Secretary. •
WHOSE FAULT IS IT ?
The Now York Sun, a Republican jour
nal, and one that supported Gen. Grant for
the Presidency in 1807, complains that the 1
policy pursued by the latter will ultimate
ly lead to the destruction of the Republi
can party. Under the above caption it
says:
The Republican party is threatened with
disruption on the San Domingo business ;
and whoso fault is it? .
It is the fault of President Grant alone.
He tried last year to get this odious job
through the Senate, but failed signally. '
If he had common sense, he would have '
left it there. But, cither because his self- ;
love was engaged in it, or some of uis fav
orites were going to make a great deal of
money out of it, ho determined to push it
through regardless of consequences. Ac
cordingly, taking the advice of Senator
Morton, a much shrewder man than him
self, he hud it introduced into the Senate j
in an entirely new form. This involved \
the self-condemnation of all that had been
done about it before. But that made no
difference; he determined, if he could not
carry ids own point on Sun Domingo, to i
carry something as like it us possible. And ;
so Morton’s resolution has been crowded -
i
hrough the Senate, at what cost any man
vho is not a fool can understand.
All this giataitoiis disturbance is duo to
President Grant alone. There was no
•easnn or occasion for any such outbreak.
Nobody cared for San Domingo except the
President and the ring of speculators who
;xpect to get rieh out of its annexation.
vVhen Gen. Grant was nominated for the
Presidency, lie said that, if elected, lie
ihonld never have any policy to enforce
against the will of the people. He would
have done well to stick to that rule.
—i
Burning of the Spot-wool Hotel, at Richmond. t
The Spotswood Hotel, at Richmond, was
burned to the ground on Sunday morning
last, 35th, at about the hour of 3 o’clock,
A. M. Fire was discovered on the lower /
floor by the porter, and in twenty minutes I
the flames spread to such an extent that |
ejeapo hy the staircase was cut, oft’. The
guests then commenced leaping from the
windows and descending by ropes made •
from blankets and sheets. P. P., Clarke, t
of Philadelphia, the steward of the hotel,
leaped from the fid story, receiving mortal
injuries. The most distressing scene of the
disaster was the appearance of Mrs. Emily i
Kcnnearly, of Baltimore, the housekeeper,
at a window in the fifth story, with one or
two other ladies, screaming for help. The
fire companies’ ladders were put up, hut
failed by two stories to reach the window,
and winle the firemen were making efforts
to lengthen the ladders, the crying women
disappeared in the thick smoke and were
lost, the room brightened up a moment
later with the flames.
Up to noon Monday the only persons
burned whose names are known arc; Eras
mus Ross, clerk of the Libby prison dur
ing the war, Mrs. Emily Kennearly, house
keeper, who leaves a family in Baltimore,
Samuel W. Robinson, clerk with Eukr &
Bro., and Samuel Hines, clerk with Mellii
zer & Co. The register of the hotel was
destroyed, and it is impossible to say what
strangers are lost, though it is supposed
several have perished, as there are about
a dozen unclaimed trunks of parties from
New York and other Northern cities.
It is a notable fact that the lire, although
destroying the block, left one store on the
corner, the same building that stopped the
conflagation at the evacuation of Richmond,
The weather was so intensely cold that the
telegraph wires in front of the burning buil
ding were covered with ioe while the fire
was raging. The fire steamers were on
eased in ice an inch thick. Among the re- !
markable escapes was that of A. C. Shafter,
State printer, who was in the fourth story,
and escaped by dropping from window
cornice to window cornice until he reached
the ground sale, though badly burned.
The correspondent of the New York Her- |
aid narrowly escaped.
The guests lost all their clothiug and the j
ladies had to walk barefoot over snow to i
reach shelter. The total loss by the tire j
is $300,000 —insured mostly in northern I
companies. The business houses destroyed 1
were Busick & Currant’s crockery ware, j
Adams Express Company's office, Howe’s |
sewing machine store- and other smaller '
stores.
Richmond, December 35. — The follow
ing arc additional names of per ons who
are known to have been burned to death in
the Spotswood Hotel; 11. A. Thomas,
agent for the panorama of the “Tito Pil
grim’s progress,” AV. H. Pace, of Danville,
Va., U. S. mail agent, juid J. 11. Fariss,
messenger of the Southern Express Com
pany. The Spotswood Hotel was valued
at $140,000, and was insured in Northern
companies, represented by D. N. Walker,
for SOO,OOO. Branch & Currant were in
sured in the North Britisli and Mercantile
for $5,000. Sublitt, Luck & Co., proprie
tors of tlie Spotswood, had the furniture
insured for $30,000, and wines and carpets
insured in the North British for $7,000. —
The National Insurance Company of Bal
timore loses SB,OOO. All the goods ready
for delivery in the cellar of the Southern
Express Company were destroyed, and the
company's money safes are burned in the
ruins.
An incident of the lire was the appear
ance of a man at one of the upper windows
■parah zed liy fear, who sat tearing paper
into small pieces and throwing them out
of the window until ho fell b >ck into the
flames. Among those who made narrow
escapes were M. Maillefcrt, of New York,
engineer of James river obstructions; S. A.
Pearce ofColumbia, S. C , private secretary
to Senator Sprague; Mrs. Elizabeth Magi 11,
proprietress of the theatre, and R. 11. Sto
wed, member of Congress. The Do Lave
troupe lost their baggage.
The hotel register was found to-night,
and there are only six strangers not ac
counted for. It is probable gome of the
citizens have taken some of them to their
houses. \ The following are the names of
the missing strangers: J. F. AV ilcox, Lynch
burg; Nathan Bernstein, AVashington.; A
Leil, Tampa, Fla., E. George and E. H.
Andrew, Syracuse, N. Y., Hcarg, N. Y.,
and John H. Holman, Jr., Jackson, Tenn.
Some of these are doubtless safe.
Bo Wiso to-day. ’Tin madness to neglect u
coign or c Id, however flight. Consumption may fol
low, nud though Dr. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry has
frequently cured this much dreaded disease, it almost
invariably cures the primary diseas'g of the throat,
lungs ami chest, wheie other remedies fail.
—A fiend in human shape was engaged
in planking a sidewalk in a certain West
ern city, when a woman in gorgeous ap
parel stopped near the scene of ids labors
to chat with a Iriend. Her train hung
over the edge of the lust plank he had put
in position, and he quietly slid another
one alongside of it, and securely spiked it
down. The fiend then went away to din
ner.
m a Fried.
DAY—EVERETT. —On the 351 h instant,
at the residence of the officiating minister, in
Fallston, Harford county, by ElderF. Marion
Hawkins, M. D., assisted bv Rev. William
Shroff, of the M. E. church. LUTHER DAY,
of Baltimore county, to Mrs. SALLiE EV
ERETT. of Harford county.
MITCHELL—HUGHS.—On the 33d in
stant, at the residence of the bride’s parents,
hv the Rev. J. A i’rice, assisted bv the Rev.
Samuel Register, D. D., E. MADISON
MITCHELL, of Prince George’s Co., for
merly of Harford county, to VIRGINIA E.,
daughter of John Hughs, Esq., of Baltimore.
No cards.
Tho Great Pictorial Annual.
Hustcttor’s United States Alumnae for 187 I y for
pislribution gratis, throughout tho United Htutes, and all
civilized countries of the Western Herat phore, will bo
published about tho first ol January, and all who wish
to understand tho true philosophy of health should read
and ponder tint valuable suggestions it contains. In addi
tion to nn admirable medical tr- at iso on the causes, pre
vention and cure of great variety of diseases, it embra
ces a largo amount of information intarestiug to the mer
chant, the mechanic, tint minor, the funner, tho planter,
and professional man ; and the calculations have been
made for such meridians and latitudes as are most suit
able for a correct and compiehensive National alcndur.
Tho nature, extraordinary sanitary effects
of Host* Iter’s Stomach Bitters, tho staple tonic and al
terative of more than hall the Christian world, are fully
set forth In its pages, which are also interspersed with
pictorial illustrations, valuable recipes fur the house
hold and form, humorous anecdotes, and other instinc
tive and amusing reading matter, original and selected.
Among the Annuals to appear with the opening of the
year, this will be one ot tho most uselul, and (umv bo
ha.l for the asking.) Tho proprietors, Messrs. Hostetler
ti Smith, on receipt of a two cent stamp, will foi ward
a copy by mail to any mo-son who cannot procure un
til bis neighborhood' The Bitters are sold in every city
town and village, and are extensively used throughout
the entire civilized world.
8. CLEAYELAND. E. B. C^EAVELAND.
E. R. CLEAVELAND & GO.
DRY GOODS.
103 N. Gay Street, one door from Front, Baltimore.
We offer a New Year’s Greeting to our numerous friends and patrons, and would
be pleased to have them call and see us, at our old and well known stand. We in
tend to close out a very large lot of Goods, at a GREAT SACRIFICE.
OUR
CASSIKERES, In Style and Beauty cannot be beat.
OUR
Dress Goods, Are Cheap and Beautiful.
OUR
©All €ES Are all prices—from flj to 13J cents.
OUR
FLANNELS, Are marked down to Very Low Prices-
OUR
Brown SdlLwlinS, Such as Laurels we sell at 12 cents.
OUR
BLEACHED MUSLINS, Will sell from 8 cents to the best grades.
. OUR
Ginghams. Are Pretty and Good, for 10 and 12 c' ats.
. OUR
OUR
BALMORALS.
Are the Handsomest in the city.
All of our GOOUS we sell lower than any one else, and gauranteo to give satisfac
tion. Goods sent free to all hotels, steamboats and railroad stations. The readers of
the yTCfiin will find they can save money by calling on the cheapest house in Baltimore.
CLEA.VELAND & CO.. 103 N. Gay St, Baltimore.
- - = - ■ -T
HA LTIMORE MARKETS. 1
Corrected weekly by
j&xvkzns <&. kutlsdoz], 1
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
I Corner Frederick and Frait Sts,, Baltimore. |
(i..UI to %
Liva Stock—iluof Cattle—lnferior...# 3 5'J (a) 4 26
C.uumou toguuil 4 25 (<u 5 5u
Crime to extra 5 GO (<a 000
.Sheep—common to luir 4}-j mi
.Stuck Sheep 1 o 0 2 <•
Lamb 2 50 (qJ 4 ot
Fish—Mackerel, Non. 3 to 1............ 0 50 (to 29 o
Labrador Herring 800 (<0 000
Fl.oi'f; —Super 4 75 (<x) 7 oo
Kxtru 5 75 (jflj 000
Family 3 75 fro 10 lo
Ryo FI ur • 5 <; 0 (q) 55" |
Corn Meal 1 05 op 1 85 j
Hack wheat 3 no (u) 3 50
Gitain —Whitt* Wheat I 25 frj) 1 80
Hod Wheat 110 6$ 1 fit)
White Corn TO Of 75 1
Volio\v Corn <*S (< 73
Oats—by weight 4s (a i 53
Rye T u \uj 80
Mill Feed—brown Btufi' 15 fell 18
Middlings 25 Oj. 50
I’roViHiosH—Bacon sides* 13 (.fl 13*2
Shouldem H)i| •-
Hams—Sugar cured lo dH -0
Lard 13 (o l u c
Butter— Good to choice SO (ci 4oc i
I'rint 35 m, 45c
Kg.-s 35 {<; 40
Wool —Good to choice, washed. 30 >'.• 45
Common 25 fro 3o
Seed*—Clover 7 12 (q; 7 25
Timothy 5 26 (a, 5 50
Flax I 00 do 2 ou
Hay—Timothy 13 oo (aj 20 oo
Clover Hay 14 00 (oj 13 00
Oat Straw - i 12 00
Rye Straw 10 00 (a\ 2 oo
Potatoes— Irish 1 00 1 25
Sweet per hit 1 00 (<>} 1 ‘25
Poultry—Turkeys—dt owed 20 (a) 25c
Undiessed 1 OH (tf. 1 60
Chickens—dressed 12 (a! 14c
Undressed 1 00 Oc 125 p
Salt—Liverpool *2 80 (a) 200
Ground Alum 1 70 (a) 1 H
Pork 8 00 9 0
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A CARD.
rpHE Subscriber returns his best tlmuks
1 to pntrons and friends for the past year,
but on account of necessity will hereafter
work for CASH ONLY.
dec3o JOHN W. MCDONALD.
Money to Loan.
FIRST-CLASS Mortgage. Apply i
A. L. FULFORD,
Attorney at Law,
dccSO Bel Air.
FOR SALE.
ONE FRESH COW, and two young j
HORSES. Will be gold low, or one of;
the horses exchanged for a yoke of Oxen, i
B. F. MINNICK,
dec3o Hickory.
AND GOOD JOB PRINTING', | (
U at The Bel Air.
NEW ADVERTISED!ENTS.
/CHRISTIAN STANDARD c|ipnfH-s Sects ;ui.i
\_j advocates Primitive Christianity. Best and cheap
es Family Weekly; 8 pages; 48 columns. Edited by
KMem Isaac Krrett and.l.B. Damir. Only $2 a year!
Specimens free. I?. W. CARROLL *: CO . Pii!h„ Cincin*
nail, Ohio.
VICK’S
FLORAL GUIDE
F 0 It 18 71.
Tub Fitt&i Edition of One Hun deep and Fifty Thous
and copies of Vlck’H Illustrated Catalogue of
Seed* and Floral Gide, is published and ready
j to send out —100 p*ges. und an Engraving of almost eve
|ry desirable Flower and Vegetable, it Is elegantly
printed on fmo tinted paper, illn-traled with three
! Hundred flue Wood Engravings and Two beautiful
COLORED PLATES.
The most beaut Kill and the most Instructive Floral
Guide published. A GERMAN EDITION pub
lished, in nil oilier respeem similar to the Engindi.
Sent free to all my customers of 1871, ns rapidly a-,
possible, without application. Bent to all utlieia who
order them for Ten Cents, which i not halt the.
cost. Address
JAMES VICK,
RoclkiKfrr, N, V.
DON’T WASTE TIME AND LABOR
by Uhlng up an old Axe. Fend 815') to LIP
IMNCUTT a; HaKKW ELL, Pittsburg Pa.,und they will
scud a tip-top Axe, Expie-saae paid. Haifa day lost in
grinding will thus ho saved.
\QO(\ USE THE VEGETABLE 1
iOZU “PULMONARY BALSAM.” iO/U
The old standard remedy lor Coughs, Colds, < onsump-
Hon. ‘•Nothing 1 etter ” CUTLBB UEOB A Co., Vustoil
ASTHMA.
KIDDEirs PASTILLES —A sure relief for Asthma.-
Price 40 rts by mail.
S’i')\VELL & CO., Charlestown. Ma a.
U PHAM’S DEPILATORY POWDER.-
Removes Hiiperfluous imir in five minutes, without
injury to the skin. Sent by mail for $1.25.
I rilA.ll W ASTHMA CUB“
Relieves most violent paroxysms in five minute* and
1 efl'ets a speedy cure. Price by n; ;il.
THE JAPANESE IIAIH STAIN
i Colon) tho whiskers und hair n beautiful black or brown.
It consists of only one prapa utiou. 75 cents by mail.
Address 8. C. I PIJAM. No. 721 Jayne Street, Pa. Circu
lar* sent free. Sold by alt Druggist*.
( 5 Persons to successfully canvass for
" |i L Pieniiums wo oiler, and receive a $25
Jf Jl 1 Waltham Wutcd for yourself. Addresx
People's Weekly. Dayton, O.
j A WEEK SALARY ouug men wanted as
local and travelling salesmen. Address Cvilli
tan ip) R. H. WALKER. 31 Park Row, N. Y.
EMPLOYMENT FOR ALL.
| SALARY PER WEEK, and expenses,
tJpOU paid AgO'-ts, to sell our now mid useful discover
ies. Address It BWEET £ CO. Marshall, Mich.
AGENTS! READ THIS!
\l/ r E WILL PAY AGENTS A SALARY
If of S3O per week and expenses, or allow a
large commission, to sell our new and wonderful Invcn
Horn*. Adilross M. WAGNER ii CO., Marshall, Mich.
930 A DAY, ul-e. I.ATTA 4CO , Piltaliurgli, C
ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY,
Prizes cashed and information furnished by QROUGK
j UPIIAM, Providence, R. 1.
NEW' MEDICAL PAMPHLET.—Semi
naI, PHyrslcal and Nervoua Debility, Hr-
I effects and cure. Price 26 cents. Address
j UY, Museum of Anatomy, 018 Broadway, New York.
A CARD.
A Clergyman, while residing In South America am h
; mi-sionary, discovered a safe und simple remedy for the
I Cure of Nervous weakness, Early Decay, Diseases of the
Urinary and Seminal Organs, and tho whole train of dis
orders brought on by biineiul and vicious habits. Great
numbers have been cured by this nobly remedy. Promp
t'd by a desire to benefit the inflicted and unfortunate, I
■ will send the recipe for preparing and using this modi
i clue, iu a scaled envelope, to any one who needs it, Free
!of charge. Address JOS PH T. INMAN, Station I>,
Bible Hoihc, New York City.
Office of the Mutual Fire Insurance
Company in Harford County.
N r OTICE is hereby given, that in pur
suance of the Charter of said Compa
i ny, an Election for a President and eigh
teen Directors thereof, will bo held at Bel
Air,
ON MONDAY, 2o or- JANUARY, 1871,
ito serve lor the ensuing year, and for tho
: purpose of making such changes or rnodi
tieation of the By-Laws as may bo consid
| ered expedient.
WM. H. DALLAM,
decl 6 Secretary..
i -
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE.
r MHIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE. That Wu,-
JL subscribers have obtained from the Regis
ter of Wills of Harford county, Md., Letters
Testamentary on the personal estate of
AQUILA HALL,
late of Harford county, deceased All per
sons having claims against said deceased aro
hereby nolitied to exhibit the same, with the
legal vouchers thereof, on or before tho
14</t day of November, 1871,
or they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benelit of said estate.
All persons indebted to said estate arc re
j quested to make immediate payment.
Given under my baud and seal, this 14th
i day of November, 1870.
THOMAS VV. HALL.
ALVERDA HALL,
i novlß Executors.
I7TOR SALE —A first-rate SULKY WA
* QON but little used. Will he sold very
cheap, at HANNA & BRO.’- 1
decSß Bel Air,