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(A Consolidation of the American atwl
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Tresses, is-furnished with a good Job Press and
all the necessary materials for executing plain
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patch.
Professional Cards.
NOTICE.
T~\Tt. J. R. WARD can bo found daily at his.
I /office, until 9J o’clock .4. .V., and at l o’cl'k,
J7m.
Govanstown, Dec. 24.—4 t
DR. SAMUEL KEPLER.
Office and Residence —NEAR EPSOM CHURCH.
Towsontown, Dec. 31, 1864.—1 y
J. KELSON WISNER. R- M. PRICE
WISNER & PRICE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Office—No. 4 Smedley Row, Towsontown.
HAVING formed a partnership, will give
prompt attention to all law and chancery
business entrusted to their care.
Bep. 17, 1881.—ly
-Amos F. Musselman,
ATTORNEY.
Office No. 21 Lexington at., Baltimore city.
PRACTICES in the Courts of Baltimore
county.
July 8, 1804.-aiy
Theodore Glocker,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
' No. 44 Bt. Paul street, Baltimore, Md.
PARTICULAR attention given to Chancery
and Orphans’ Court business, in the Courts
of Baltimore city and county.
• All communications or business left with Mr.
JOHN R. D. BEDFORD. Conveyancer,Towson
town, will be promptly attended to.
March 12, 1861. tf'
. ' O. C. Warfleld,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Towsontown.
"pREPARES applications for-
BOUNTY.
BACK PAY and
PENSIONS.
Feb. 20.—tf
Jos. P. Merry man.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
71 West Favette street, Balt.
Jan. 9,1864.—1 y
John T. Ensor,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, ’
Office, No. 7 Smedley Row’,
Towsontown, Md.
PRACTICES in the Courts of Baltimore, Har
ford, Howard and Carroll bounties, and of
Baltimore city.
Will attend promptly and persevcringly to all
business entrusted to his care.
Oct. 12, 1861.—tf
R. R. Boarman,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY.
6medley Row, opposite Court House,
TOWSONTOWN.
WILL promptly attend to all business en
trusted to his care.
Jan. 18.—tf
LBWIB n. WHBKLXR. WILLIAM B.KKBCB.
Wheeler & Keech,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AND
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
Office No. 1 and 2 Smedley Row, Towsontown
TJAVINfe formed a PARTNERSHIP for the
XI practice of Law, will give pioinpt atten
tion to the collection of-claims and business in
general in the Orphans’Court and Circuit Court
for Baltimore county.
Aug. 27, 1859—tf
DR. G. H. DAVISON
HAVING located in TOWSONTOWN, offers
his professional services to the public.
OFFICE AND RESIDENCE—Next door to
residence of Jos. J. Btewart, Esq., Pennsylvania
Avenue.
July 23.—tf
G. VBRRTMAW. E. T. KEECH, D. D. 8
MERRYMAN & KEECH.
DENTISTS,
No. 50 North Calvert street, Baltimore.
March 26, 1864.—1 y
W. TEurLEMA*. Chas. J. Pennington
Wm. H. Suiplev.
Agents for sale of Maryland Lands,
Office (up stairs) No. 48 Lexington si., Baltimore.
R. W. Templeman, & Co.,
OFFER their services to the public for the
Sale of Farms, and Real Estate generally.
Tney have, as Surveyors, a general knowledge
of the lands of parts of the State, and unusual
facilities otherwise for the transaction of such
busineae. Plats and dsscriptione of all prop- 1
erties they may have for sale, will be kept in
book form. Parties wishing to sell or purchase
will please communicate by letter as above.
Oct. 31.—1 y
A,. Siorck’s
. JftTEAM TURNING
\ AND
SAWING ESTABLISHMENT,
152 East st., between Hillen and Ensur, Balt.,
-TXT HERE he is prepared to execute all kinds
\V of SAWING and TURNING, such as
Bench Screws, Hand Screws, Bed Posts, Car
riage Hubs, Cart Hubs, Cedar Posts, etair Ban
isters Stair Newels, Piano Legs, Columns. Table
Legs, TEN PIN BALLS, etc.
U Also, all kinds of straight and fancy Scroll
*>>7 e.vsei.— l7
THE BALTIMORE COUNTY UNION?
ip v ' *■ . '
% dtnion af tin Mtiomtf anti American. ■ -
NEW & BEAUTIFUL ARTICLES.
UAXFIELD BRO. A CO.
1 f \ OLD WATCHER, £2^
\JT SILVER WATCHES,
chatelaines. tktxds
VEST CHAINS,
DIAMOND JEWELRY",
OF LA TEST STYLES.
Stoue, Cameo, Carbuncle,jPearl, Enameled
and Gold Suits of Jeweirv.
, j DIAMOND, SiGNF.T, PEARL, AMETHY'BT,
AND FANCY RINGS.
Gold bracelets in great variety, Gold Buckles,
- i Pencils, Thimbles, Spectacles, Eye Glasses,
; j Shawl Pins. Locket*. Sleeve Duttons, Tooth
’ , Picks. Tens and Pencils, Necklaces. <te. Ac.
SILVER PITCHERS,
GOBLETS, CUPS, SPOONS AND FORKS.
Fruit Knives, Butter Knives, Salts, Nutmeg
Grater*, Crump Scrapers, Fish Knives, Cake j
, Knives, with a large variety of Fancy Silver.
Silver and Pearl Card Cases and Porliwonnaiee,
Snuff Boxes, Fans, Opera Glasses, Tortoise
Shell Combs, Shell Jewelry, Jet Goods. Box
Wood Jewelry, elegant Porcelain and Gilt
‘ j Mounted Card' Receivers, Vases,.Caskets, Can
; dlestickß, Work Cases, Scotch Plaid Goods,
1 with many new aud beautiful fancy articles
i Clocks, Bronzes, Inkstands, Ac., Papier Macbe
! Desks, Tables and Work Boxes, Ladies and
j Gents’Dressing Cases, Plated Coffee Sets. Bas
'd kets, Castors. Butter Dishes, Fruit Stands. Eper
gnes. Sugar Baskets, Pocket and Table Cutlery,
j Parian Marble Figures, with many other ele
| gant and useful articles, just opened, to which
! we invite attention.
| Also, a great varietv of
MILITARY GOODS,
| Such as Swords, Epauletes, Sashes, Hats, Lace,
Buttons, Ac.
CANFIELD, BRO. & CO.,
229 Baltimore street, corner Charles.
Jan. 9,1864. —1 y
Verily, Truth is Stranger than Fic
tion.
A SMALL part of the testimony taken from
/\ index of pamphlet of cures by HAMP
TON'S TINCTURE:
Page.
Hon. H. Clay..: 'l9
Asthma, many years, J. R. Gough.;. 18
Bronchitis,4o*y’ears, John Devlin 1. 21
Blindness, John McKenzie -16
Bowels, constipation, John Howard 19
Cough, Wm. H. Phillets 15 •
Cough, H. 0. Winn 18
Cough, O. Da nan 27
Rheumatism.
RHEUMATISH CURED BY
HAMPTON’S TINCTURE!
i RHEUMATISM—Captain Canot.
do Inflammatory, Jas. Smyth,
do .Turret Plummer,
do Chronic, Wm. Taylor,
do Samuel Peregoy.
do Had it 15 years, F. Donnelly. !
do Had it 10 years, S. Taylor. !
do Had it 11 vears, A. Kitchen. ■
do M. Collins',
i * do John Ward,
j. do' Had it 7 years. Robt. Gault. -
do E. Horn.,
do G. W. Good rick,
do Had it 38 years, E. Bogwell.
And many others, who testify to being cured !
after vears of suffering, • bv HAMPTON’S !
TINCTURE.
Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, Diarrhea, Debili- j
ty, Decline in Health, Erysipelas, Disease of j
the Eyes, Female Complaints, Hip Disease, j
Kidney Disease, Liver Complaint, Mercurial j
Disease, Tetter, Tumor, Thrush, Vertigo, Womb -,
Disease, Nerves, Neuralgia,' Paralysis. Palpi
tation of the Heart. Scrofula, Spinal Disease,
j- Ac., with numerous other Diseases, testified to
! by our own citizens.
V HEAR!HEAR!
THE FEMALES OF THE UNITED STATES
Are, as'a class, proverbially feeble and unheal
thy. and while we may not hope for any change
for the better until there is a better understan
', ding of the laws of health, we may. however, j
! congratulate t!ie~-om’fnun:ty on the introdttc- j
| tion of a 'remedy which has proved itself of !
! great value in relieving, and often curing entire- j
; ly the general nervous debility of females —we j
mean Hampton's Vegetable Tinctnre.
For sale by-Mrs. Shrealey, Towsontown : S. j
i, Miller, Monkton ; Ralph Duer, Coekeysville j I
Mortimer k Mowbray, Baltimore; Agents.
March 12.—ty
GREAT HUSH TO
SMITH, BROS. & CO.’S
Marble Hall Clothing House,
TO SECURE SOME OF THE GREAT BAR
GAINS.
They are now offering their immense 3tock of
‘ ! SUMMER, FALL & WINTER CLOTHING, j
at 20 per cenUbclow market value,
i - - - ALSO, - * J
PIECE GOODS,
'• i i
of all descriptions, for.
> - .
: i . CUSTOM WORK.
' All persons in want of WINTER GOODS will
| save 20 per cent. t>y buying now. Come soon
• and secure your bargains before it is too late.
SMITH, BROS. &, CO.,
CLOTHIERS & MERCHANT TAILORS,
40 West Baltimore street
Aug. 13.—tf
. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN’S
, j BOOTS & SHOES,
GOOD AND CHEAP,
1 ! AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
J. MUSSELMAN
HAS the pleasure sf annouucing to the citi
zens of Baltimore that he has opened, at
NO. 119 NORTH GAY STREET,
Between High and Front st*.,
au establishment lor the sale of
Mnwcp, Ladies, Gentlemens and Chil
drens’
MHiT* BOOTS AND SHOES,
and ladies’gaiters,
j (M all descriptions, and with the Urge and
i carefully selected stock which he has now
■ on hand’, and with his usual facilities for re
i j plenishing the same, he feels assured that per
i sons desirous of obtaining a good article atlow
. 1 price, will find it to their advantage to call aftd
. ! examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere.
, i Ilis stock consists of every variety of Boots
and Shoes, which in point of workmanship and
1 : material will compare with any manufactured
in Baltimore. Feb. 27, 1864.—tAl 05
TOWSONTOWN,'MD„ SATURDAY. JANUARY 7, 18C5.
SELECT POETRY.
From the Atlantic Monthly, for January, 1565.
MY AUTUMN'WALK
On woodland ruddy with autumn
The amher sunshine lies ;
I look on the beauty round me. „
And tears come Into my eyes.
For thp wind that sweeps the meadows
Blows out of the far South-west,
Where our gallant men are fighting,
And tire gallant dead are at rest:
The golden-rod i 9 leaning
And the purple aster waves
In a breeze from the land of battle..,
A breath from the land of grave*.
Full fast theleaves are dropping
Before that wandering breath ;
As fast, on tie field of battle,
Our brethrn fall in death.
Beautiful ovjr my pathway
The forestipolls are shed : *e
They are spotting the grasn^ißlocks
With purpfc aud gold and red.
Beautiful is (he death-sleep
Of those Gio bravely tight
In their courtvy's holy quarrel,
And perisftfor the Right.
But who slail comfort the living,
The lightof whose homes Is gone:
The bride.lhat, early widowed.
Lives hrken-hearted on;
The matro, whose sons are lying
In grave on a distant shore ;
The maki-,1, whose promised husband
Comes hole from the war no more ?
I look on lie peaceful dwellings
Whose lindowd glimmer in sight,
With croffuid garden and orchard
That bak in the mellow light;
And I kn<v, that, when our couriers
With nws of victory come.
They wilbring a bitter message
Of hoptess grief to some.
Again I tin to the woodlands,
And slnlder as I see
The moelgrape’s blood-red banner
Hung at on the cedar-tree ;
And I thik of days of slaughter,
And thinight-sky red with flame*.
On the Cltlahoochee's meadows.
And th wasted bank of the James.
Oh, for tl fresh spring-season,
When te groves are in their prime,
And far gay in the future
Is the iostjr autiihin-time!
Oh, for tftt better season.
When te pride of the foe shall yield,
And theosts of God and.freedom
Marchiack from the well-won field ;
And theratron shall clasp her tirat-born
With ars of joy and pride;
And tbeearred and war-worn lover
Shall aim his promised bride!
The lea’s are swept from the branches;
Butfti living buds are there.
With fjied flower and foliage.
To sput in a kinder air.
October, 18
MISCELLANEOUS.
ThcMother’s Influence.
A Mothern thu 1 green hills of Vermont stood
at her gardegate, holding by her right hand a
son of sixtet years old, mad with iov* of the
sea.
“Edward’said she, “ they tell me that the
great temptson of the seamdn’s life is drink.
Promise tnejefore you quit your mother's hand,
j tbnt you winevtr drink.”
Said he, r hs told me the story, “ I gave her
; the promise I went the broad globe over ; Cal
i eutta, the editerradeau, San Francisco, the j
| Cape of G-d Hope, and during forty years,
whenever saw a glass filled with sparkling
j liquor, my others form by the garden gate, on
' the bills of ; ermont, rose np before me ; and to
; day at sixt my lips are innocent of the taste of ;
I liquor.”
j Was thaiot sweet evidence of a single word ? j
| And yet itns but half; “for,” said he, “ves
i terday, th came into my counting room ;t !
| man of for, and asked me, ‘Doyou know me ?’ j
j ‘No,’ said ‘I was brought once/ said he to ;
: my informt, ‘drunk into your presence, on j
ship-boardyou were a passenger, the Captain ;
kicked meiide; you took me into your berth. •
kept me the until I had slepf off my intosica)- j
tion, and ;d you asked me if I had a mother.
I said neb that I knew of; I never beard a
mother's we. Yon toid me of vours, at the
garden ga; and to-day, twenty years later, I
am masteif one of the finest packets in New
York, and come to ask you to come and see
me.”
\ How faiack that little candle threw its beam
' —the motr's word on the green hillside of Ver- :
! moot! (1 be thanked for the almighty power
I of a gingJvord.
| TheV’onders of Our Country.
The griest cataract in the world is the Falls ;
of Niagn where tfiq" water from the great Up- I
per Lakorms a fiver of three quarters otn mile j
in widthnd then, being suddenly contracted, !
plunges er the rocks in two columns to the |
depth ofiO feet each.
The g test cave in. the world is the Mammoth j
Cave in iitucky, where any one can make a j
voyage rt’ne waters of a' subterranean river, .!
and CfttcEh without eyes.
The g.test river in the world is the Missis- :
sippi, 4,D mile 3 in length.
The liest valley in the world is the Valley of !
the Missppi. It con tains 500,000 squareniiles,
and is oof the most fertile and profitable re
gions ono globe.
The l,est lake in the world is'Lake Superior.
| which fuly an inland sea, being 430 miles
| long.
The atest natural Bridge in;the world is !
the Naiil Bridge over Cedar Creek, in Virginia, j
It extei across a chasm 80 feet in width aud '■
250 depth, at the bottom of which the*
creek fs.
j The atest mass of solid iron in the world is
the Iroklountain of Missouri. It is 350 feet
feet hipnd 2 miles iu circuit.
Thegest ncqneduet in the world is the Cro- !
ton in New York. Its length is 40j ; 1
miles, aits cost twelve and a half millions ]
dollars.
The lest deposits of Anthracite coal in the
world an Pennsylvania—the mines of which ’
supply market with millions of tons annually, 1
and apf to be inexhaustible. j
All tb it may be observed, are American I
“institms.’! In contemplation of them, who ! 1
will ntfcknowledge that ours is a “great j
countrj j ]
jJS?*lawyer of Milwaukee was defending a j ■
handso young woman, accused of stealing (
from age unoccupied dwelling in the night |
time ; 1 he thus spoke in conclusion :
i “Geemen of the jury, lam done. When I ‘
gaze w enraptured eyes on the matehlesbeau
( ty of virgin, on whose resplendent '
charmispiciori never dared to breathe—when 1 1
I beboher radiant in this glorious bloom of •
lusciot loveliness, which angelic sweetness
might'}', but not eclipse—before which the
star oie brow of night grows pale, and the 1
dinmq of Brazil are dim, and ihen' reflect f
upon utter madness and folly of supposing |
that such beauty would expose itself to the j
terror an empty building, in the cold, damp, ,
and 3 of night, when innocense like hers is
hidinself ainid the snowy pillows of repose ; J
gentl'n of the jury, .my feelings are too over
pow£ for expression, and I throw her into r
yonffis for protection against this foul charge s
wbid>e outrageous malice of a disappointed r
scmiri has invented to blast the fair name of
thisfly maiden, whose smiles shall be the re- g
war the verdict which I know you will give.” fl
T|nry acquitted her without leaving their t
seafThey couldn’t help it 1 j.
j A Democratic editor In Iow r a says bis t
pars taken th degree of L. L. D.,— '* Lick- t
*d Ithe'devil.” v
Farmeils Should Impbovkthrir Common Schools.
—So writes a farmer from Verona, Wis., who
says “ that half of the time of children is spent
with matters long since entombed. Of what
practical, use is it to a Wisconsin farmer's child
to learn to repeat that otd table of the obsolete
currency of New England : Four farthings make
one penny, 12 pence one shilling, 20 shillings one
pound? Or why should our children be taught
lo measure cloth by the ells of the Flemish, French
or Scotch? Or to weigh articles by the rule of
I Henry VIII of England, in aliquot parts of a tun
| of 2,240 pounds, which is almost as obsolete os
New England currency or Flemish ells? These,
and many other absurdities still taught iu com
mon schools, farmers should eradicate as they
would pestiferous weed 3 that make farming a
drudgery; for attending school is u greater drud
gery—so much wo, that children, to escape from
it, will perform the worst work on the farm. I wish
i that the Farmers’ Club, which you report in the
i Tribune, would discuss this subject and awaken
farmers to the necessity of a reform in all our
Common country schools.”
Solon Robinson, —The suggestion is a good one,
not only for this club, but for every other club,
and for all sciemific discussion that could influ
ence the public to produce a reform in this par
ticular. The reform 16 as much needed in this
city ae any place I know of. as it is a common
practice of grocers to sell articles by the aliquot
! parts ol “ 100 lbs. gross,” which at wholesale
j are never sold In that way. Sugar for instance
! is sold so much for 3£. 7, or 14 lbs., and not one
i clerk in ten can tell readily th number of cents
I it is per pound, aud I have often been refused ten
i pounds, _ because the grocer could not calculate
i the price. ! must take it hy the seven pounds or
not at all, and I have sometimes refused to deal
- j with grocers who sold goods in that way. If ev
j ery one would do so, it would cute the ridiculous
i fashion. The only established trade in gross hnn
i cftvds is in flour Hy the barrel, which is “seven
i quarters” after the old English measure of 112
jibe, per cwt. If our boards of trade in cities
would resolve that all flour after a certain date
should be packed in barrels of exactly 200 lbs.,
they would do much to abolish thatfoolish old
English custom. We should all try to introduce
the decimal divisions of weights, count and cur
rency in all our trade; and there isgio better way
to bring about this much needed reform than
through our common schools.—JV. Y. TVthune.
Comport op Animals. —An animal may be well
fed aud apparently well attended, and yet be un
comfortable, owing to the floor to stand or rest
on, a bad rack or manger, or some other incon
j venienee in the stable; there may Lea want of
exercise or change of food, pure air, carding,
i pure water, or something else necessary for cora
j fort; he may breathe on his food and render it
j offensive, or something incommode or rerider the
I animal uncomfortable. Of course, his digestion
■ is impaired, bis appetite declines, he will not grow
: or fatten and is unfit for labor, and the female is
j not in good condition for yielding good whole
j some milk. If we intend our farm stock shall
; be profitably kept, we must attend to their com
fort as well as their sustenance. They must be
' well lodged as well ns well fed, or they will con
j sume much hay and provender to littie purpose,
j If they are well littered, they will not only be
I rendered the more comfortable, but the material
j with which they are accommodated will make
! good manure. Therefore, make your animals
I comfortable. It is comparatively an easy matter
i for those farmers who have nothing but good En
i glish hay and grain to feed out to their stock, to
! have them look well and do well, but with seme
j farmers who have a great deal of coarse fodder,
jitis a very different thing. It requires conside
rable study to carry a stock of cattle through the
I tvintcr on coarse fodder, and have them looking
well in the spring. A person must be constantly
j fixing up something that is palatable for them.—-
i I know oi no better way than to keep changing
! from one kind to another, and in judicious feed
ing, so as to keep the appeiitegood. Thus one
i can keep stock thriving anti in good order.
[Aew York Farmer.
—♦.
Johh Billings on Rkvence.— Vexashus questions
i under the revenue law frequently trauspire, what
; l lav finally bin settled up by tax Commissioners
i Assessors.
Collectors will find their ialors less heavy by
; the foljerin explanashuns which i have karofullie j
prepared from the original ressipees in mi per
session : /
A—“ Spirits of the just men made perfect,”
don't cum wfthin the whiskec bill.
B—" Spirits of the damned” ar construid the '
same as damnable spirits, and must pa highest !
whiritee rate. '
G—The taxon “undressed poultry” is don
bled—the morula of the conn try seem to require it. :
! D-v-Bolona sarsage made in part of dog and
. part of red flannel, must pa the duty of flannel
i also.
i E—Awl tobaker (unless the manufakturer dis
! chriminates u h'at iz new and what izold chaws)
j is elevated fiftj’ per cent.
j K-—Ministers of the Gospel, who don’t dew
over a SI,OOO worth of bi2iness a year are cx-
I einptcd.--
j (—Assessors.- are espeshily required tew see
j that all men owning wheelbarrers are duly ii
! cepsed.
IT—Enny maii refusing to own a wheeibarrer
; will be fined $25 for the fast offense and SSOO for
the Sektind.
I—The duty on picknics and camp meetings,
and Fbarih of July's haz been postponed for the
present.
Sorgo in Illinois.— D„ F. Rodgers writes from
Waltham, La Salle Co., II!.. that “The present
season has been very favorable to sorgo, and the
breadth planted was very large.. lai Salic coun
ty makes her own molasses this year, and scuds
a good deal away to other markets. In spite of
the'continual cry t|it the capq deteriorates) Jhe
average yield this. Autumn .is larger than the
three preceding, varying from 150 to 2on gaiioiu.'
per acre, and richer than common in'sweetness.
This Fall we are making it up'at 50 cents per
gallon, or half the syrup, and the best sells read- 1
ily at $1 40 per gallon. I have been a sorgo .
boiler for four years, and so speak from experi
ence. We find the best Cane “all round” is that
which comes the nearest, in its Spring, Summer, 1
and Fall habits, to the first importations of Chi
nese cane, though it will be evident to any one’ 1
who thinks of the matter, that to kesp sorgo
seed of variety, or, irophee of any variety',
pure in flat, open country like this, where winds, i
birds, and bees can carry the pollen from tassel v i
to tassel across leagues of land, is an uttter im r ]
possibility, notwithstanding all that sorgo con- i
ventions may say about the matter. In this conn- i
try we shall stick to the sort that did best this <
year, no matter by what name it may called. A6 |
to sorgo, or imphee, mixing with corn, the <
best testimony against such an idea is, that they f
blossom almost invariably Rome four or six weeks i
apart, and unless there is some other bond of t
sympathy between them, they can’t mix. Half r
the cane planted in Vhrs country is planted near
corn-fields, and I never saw it better than this t
year.” ' t
\
fast young men, just returning home, t
after a night’s carousal, saw" the sun rising. One r
of them insisted it was the sun, the other, that
it was the moon. They agreed to leave it to the
first man they met. He also had been ont on a
lark: “Excuse me, sir, but my friend and I *
have made a little bet, whether that’s the sun or 1
the moon that’s now rising, and we’ve agreed to
have you decide the matter.” “ Fact is, gentle- fl
men, I should be very happy ; but yon see I'm a e
stranger in the city, and have also been out all *
night.”
Monticello, the former residence of Thom- (
as Jefferson, in Albemarle county, was sold t
at nuction at Richmond a few days 9ince, nnder g
the sequestration act, for eighty thousand five t
hundred dollars; Benj. F. Ficklin, purchaser.— a
A negro woman and her seven children, (all of t
the latter being under seven years of age, ) brought c
twenty-three thousand dollars. A negro man e
was sold for upward of svn thousand dollar*, u
A VALUABLE RECORD.
>
l Electoral Votes for President and Vice
t President of the United States
I from 1789 to 1801.
Tbo foilowiug Record, which we copy from
; the Reading Adler, gives the names of the candi
[ dates for President and Vice President, of the
i United States from the adoption of the Constitn
f tion. np to’ the present time, with the electoral
i vole of each. It should be preserved for future
! reference.
George Washington was elected the first Presi
dent of the United States under the Federal Con
stitution, and was inaugurated on the 30th of
April, 1789. John Adams, being the next high
est on the list, was elected Vice President: '
* First Term, 1789—69 Electors.
' Votes ( Votes.
Geo. Washington 69 George Clinton 3
John Adams 34 j S. Huntingdon 2
John Jay 9 John Milton; 2
R. 11. Harrison 6 T, Armstrong... 1
T. Rutledge 6 Edward Telfair...... 1
John Hancock l B. Lincoln. 1
* Second Term, 1793—135 Electors.
Geo. Washington.... 132 j George Clinton 50
John Adams 77 j Thomas Jefferson 4
Aaron Burr 1
* Third Term,. 1797—138 Electors.
John Adams 71 ' Thos. Pinckney.... 59
Thomas Jefferson. 68 j Aaron 8urr..... 30
* Fourth Term, 1801—138 Electors.
Thos. Jefferson 73 j John Adams 64
Aaron Burr 73 J Thos. Pinckney... 63
Fifth Term, 1805—176 Electors.
President. Vico President.
Thos. Jefferson.... 162 j George Clinton 114
E. E. Pinckney... 47 j Rufus King 13
Sixth Term, 1809—176 Electors.
James Madison... 122 ! George Clinton 113
E. E. Pinckney... 47 ! Rufus King 47
Seventh Term, 1813—217 Electors.
James Madison... 128 I E. Gerry "123
DeWittClinton... 89 | Jared Ingersol 57
Eighth Term, 1517—217 Electors.
James Monroe.... 183 jD. D. Tompkins 113
Rufus King 34 \
Ninth Term, 1821—232 Electors.
James Monroe... 231 jD. D. Tompkins 218 ;
One vote in opposition j
Tenth Term, iS2Sf —261 Electors.
Andrew Jackson 99 N. Sanford...., 30
J. Q. Adams. 84 Nathaniel Macon... 24 i
W. H. Crawford.. 41 Andrew Jackson.... 13
Henry Clay 37 M. Van Burcu 9
J. C. Calhoun, V. Henry Clay 2
President IS2
Eleventh Term, 1829—261 Electors.
And’w Jaekson... 178 ] J. C. Calhouu 171
J. Q. Adams 83 j Richard Rush 83
I William Smith' 7
Ticdfth Term, 'lß3B—''2Bß Electors.
Andrew Jackson 219 M. Van Buren 189
HjnryClay 49 John Sergeant 49
John Floyd 11 William Wilkins.., 30
William Wirt 7 Henry Lee 11
Amos Ellmaker 7
Thirteenth Term, 1837—297 Electors.
M. VanJßuren.... 170 gR. M. Johnson 147
W. H. Harrison,. 73
Hugh L. White.,. 26 Francis Granger.... 77
Daniel Webster... 14 John Tyler; 47 j
W. P. Mangum.. 11 j William Snujtii 25 I
Fourteenth Term, 1841—2J*alOoV-s.
j John Tyler 234 j
**W.H. Harrison 234 j Rich. M. Johnson... 43
M. Van Buren.... CO jL. W. Tazewell 11
j Jas. K. Polk 1
Fifteenth Term, 1845—2‘, 5 Electors.
James K. P01k... 170 j Geo. M. Dallas 170
Henry. Clay 105 j The.Freiinghuysen 105 j
Sixteenth Term, 1849- -290 Electors.
***’Zaek. Taylor.. 163 ! Millard Fillmore... 103
Lewis Gass. 127 j Wm. 0.-Butler IL7 j
M. Van Buren.... j Chas. F. Adams j
Seventeenth Term, 1853—296 Elector l.
Franklin Pierce.. 254 J William R. King... 254 j
Winfield Scott.... 42 j William A.Graham 42 i
Eighteenth Term, 1857—296 Electors.
James Buchanan 174 J.C. Breckinridge.. 171
John C, Fremont 114 Wm.'L. Dayton 114 j
Millard Fillmore 8 A. J. Donaldson...,. S I
Nineteenth Term, 1861—303 Electors. -j
Abra’m Lincoln... 180 J Ifannibal Ilamliu.. 180 j
J.C.Breckinridge 72 j Joseph Lane 72 1
John Bell 39 j F.dward Everett 39 j
8. A. Douglas 12 J Herchel V. Johnson 12 |
Twentieth Term, 1865—234 Electors.
j Abra'rn Lincoln.. 213 ! Andrew Johnson... 213
Geo. B. McClellan 21 j Geo. H. Pendleton.. 21
* The elections for the first, second, third and
fourth terms, (from 1759 to 1801) were held un
der the old Constitutional provision, that the'can
didate having the highest vote should be Presi
dent, and the one having the next highest vote
should be Vice President. Thus it happened that :
in the tie vote between Jefferson and Burr in I
1800, the election went to the House, nnd after
36 ballots, Jefferson was elected President and j
Barr Vice President.
t Neither of the candidates for President ob- j
taining a majority of electoral votes, in 1814, the j
election went to the House of Representatives, j
and John Quincy Adams was elected.
§ Richard M. Johnson, lacking one of a major- i
ity of electors in 1836, was chosen by the U. S. j
Senate.
**Gen. Harrison died about one month after '
his inauguration, and John Tyler, Vice Presi- !
dent, became the President for the balance of the ;
term.
** * General Taylor died on the Oth of July, j
1850. and Vice President Fillmore succeeded as
President.
The above Record demonstrates the fact that
except during the first,flnd s!3cpr. 1 election of i
George Washington, and the second election of
James Monroe, when no party was organized
against cither, the triumph of Abraham Lincoln
just achieved is more complete and overwhelming
than that of any other President; Jefferson, Mad
ison and Jackson included. When the violence
of the opposition is taken iuto account, the una- I
niniity in favor of President Lincoln is truly
surprising.
What Ah Army Corps Requires. —ln the Army
of the Potctnac an army corps of 30,000 infant
ry has about 700 wagons, drawn by 4,200 mules.
Including the horses of officers and the artillery,
about 7,000 animals have to be provided for. On
the march it is calculated that each wagon will !
occupy eighty feet; in bad roads.much more; so
that a train of 700 wagons will cover 56,000 feet,
or over ten miles; the ambulances will occupy , ,
about a mile, and the batteries three miles: thir
ty thousand troops need six miles to march in if 1
they form one column; the total length of the ' ,
marching column of a corps is, therefore, twenty 1 ,
miles, without including the cattle herds and j ,
trains of bridge materials. Impatient cries of j,
army movements would often be more lenient j ,
were they4o familiarize themselves with the de- \ ,
tails of the immense difficulty of organizing and !
moving large trains and artillery.
■ —w . ,
Origin cr the Term Quaker.— Hodgson’s His- | |
torical Memoir contains the following account of j t
the term “Quaker:” ! ,
“ In the year 1650, George Fox being at Derby j ,
at the time when there was a great lecture preach
ed, he was led to make some communications to
the people at the close. They heard him pretty j
quietly, but an officer came and took him before j
Justice Bennett and other magistrates of the town. {
George Fox spoke boldly for the truth, exhorting |
them to look unto Christ within them as the -]
great sanctifier, and not unto man, and bidding
them, in the words of Holy Scriptnre, to tremble
at the name of the Lord. Justice Bennett at
this time derided him and his fellow-believers, c
calling them Quakers—a designation which has c
ever since been used by the world to distinguish 1
us from other professors of religion.”
Wheub ark von Going?—An anecdote is told
j of Finney, “ the revivalist,” and a cannier, to
s j the following effect:
j He was “holding forth” in Rochester, and in
| walking along the canal oue day, came across a
| boatman who was swearing furiously. Marching
i ; up, he confronted him, nnd abruptly asked :
■j “ Sir, do you know where you are going?”
Tiie unsuspecting man innocently replied that
■ jhe wns going up the canal ou the boat “Johnny
j Sands.”
“No. sir, you are not,” continued Finney;
I “you are going to hell foster than a canal -boat
wn convej’ you.”
The boattnau looked at him in astonishment
for a minute, and then returned the question :
“Sir, do you know where you are going?”
“ I expect to go to heaven.”
“ No, sir, you are going into the canal /” And
suiting the action to the word, he took Finney in
his arms aud tossed him into the murky waters,
where he would have drowned, had not the boat
man relented and fished him out.
I'flE Jist Sam.—During the last winter a “con
traband” came into the Federal lines, in North
Carolina, and wb marching up to the officer of
the day to give an account of himself, whereupon
the following colloquy ensued :
“ What s your name?”
“My name’s Sam,”
“Sam what?”
“No, sah; not Sam Walt. I'se jist Sam.”
“ What’s your other name?”
| ■“ I hasn’t got no odder name, sah. I'seSani:
| dat's all.
“ What’s your master’s name?”
I “!' goi no massa now; massa runned away
—yah ! yah ! Use a free nigger now.”
; “Well, wlmt is your father’s and mother’s
i name?”
i “Esc got none, sah; never had none. I’se
i jist Sam—nobody else.”
“ Have not you any brothers and sisters?”
“No, sah ! never had none. No brudder, no
j sister, no fadder, no mudder, no massa—nothing
I but Sam. When you see Sam, you see all dere
j is of me.”
Advice to a Young Lawyer.— The following
I is the advice of an examining judge to a young
j lawyer, on admission :
“Sir, it would be idle to trouble you father.
You are perfect; and I will dismiss you with a
. few words of advice, which you will do very :
well to follow. You will find it laid down as a 1
j maxim of civil law never to kiss the maid when '
• you can kiss the mistress. Carry out this prin- j
; triple, sir, and you are safe. Never say boo to a !
goose when she has the power to lay golden eggs.
Let your face tie long, your bills longer. Never
put your hand in your pocket when anybody’s
else is hand}’. Keep your conscience for your
own private use, nnd don't trouble it with other
men's matters. Plaster the judge and butter the
jury. Look as wise ns an owl, and be as ocular
as a town cloc k. But above all get money; hon
estly if you can, my dear sir, but get money. I
welcome you to the bar.”
Modern Economy of Tim*.— The Scientific
American thus shows how time has been econo
mized by the application of machinery :
One man can spin more cotton yarn now than
fonr hundred mer. could have done in the same
time in 1768, when Arkwright, the best cotton
spinner, took out the first patent,
j One man can make as much flour in one day
j now as a hundred and fifty coaid a century ago.
j One woman can make as much lace in a day as
[ a hundred women could a hundred years ago.
It now requires only as many days to refine
; sugar, hs it did months thirty years ago.
It.once required six months to put quicksilver
on a glass; new it needs only forty mintite9.
The engine of a first-rate iron-clad frigate will
j perform as much wofk in a day as forty-two >
! thousand horses.
H ’3 rare that editors indulge in a drop
| too much, but when they do, their readers are
sure to find theta out. A coteffiporary was re
cently called upon to record a “melancholy
event;” being pretty far pone in his cupe, lie
made a bad job of it, as the following will show :
“ Yesterday morning, at 4 o’clock P. M., a man i
with a heel iu the hole of his stocking, commit
ted arsenic by swallowing a dose of suicide. The i
inquest of the verdict returned a jury that the >
deceased came to the facts in accordance with his
death. He leaves a child and six small wives to i
lament the end of his untimely loss. In death
we are in the midst of life.”
Bbavb Man Knows no Fkab.—Admiral Far
j ragut, when a captain, was Once awoke in the
; middle of the night by the lienienant of the watch,
; who in great trepidation, informed bin that the
j ship was on fire near the powder magazine.
. i “If that be the case,” said Farragut, leisurely
. i dressing himself, “we shall soon know it.”
The lieutenant hastened back to the scene of
, j danger, but soon returned again, saying:
j “Ydti need not he afraid, Sir; the fire is all out.”
“Afraid!” exclaimed Farrogut. “ Whnt do
| you mean by that, sir?P I never was afraid in
jmy life.” And looking the lieutenant hard in
j the face, he added ; “ Pray, how does a man feel
j when he is afraid? I need not ask how be looks!”
*4 . ...
I A Tholthtfi'L Boy.— A certain Sunday School
j teacher'in New York was in the habit of taking
| a collection in his jnveDile class, for missionary
I objects. He was not a little surprised one day to
j find a conntry note among the weight of copper. !
; He was not long in finding it to be a broken !
j hank ; and on asking the class who put it there, j
i the donor was pointed, out to him hy one who !
had seen him deposit it. “Didn’t von know !
I that this note was good.for
teacher. “Yes,” answered the hoy.. “Thenj
! what did yon put ii in the box for?” The bpy j
i coolly re : ed, “PdidtUt spoSe the little hoat!v-j
ens woela the difference, and thought it !
would be j- st as good for them.”
Not a Fiction.— Newspaper subscriptions are
infallible tests of a man’s honesty. If a man is
dishonest he will cheat the printer in some way
; —say that he has paid when he has not—or sent
money and was lost by mail—or will take the
paper and will not pay /Or it onthe plea that he
did not subscribe for it—or will move off, leaving
it come to the office he left. Thousands of pro
fessed Christians are dishonest, nnd the printer's
book will tell fearfully on the final settlement of
the judgment day. How many who read this
paragraph will be guiltless of the offence charg
|ed ? U. S. Economist.
i
Masctline and Fenixinb.—Punch slanderously j
i says : —The sun is called masculine from his sup- j
porting and sustaining the moon and finding her j
where withal to shine away as she does at night;
and from being obliged to keep such a family of ,
stars besides. The moon i.s feminine, because (
she is constantly changing, just as a ship is blown
about every wind. The church is feminine be- ,
cause she is married to the State, and Time is
masculine, because he i 3 trifled with by thejadies. 1
i
Young ladies should not write poetical |
love letters. Such a one was written to a Ken- (
tucky beau not long since, which 60 affected him
that he stole a horse to go and see the writer,
and got into jail to pay for getting in love with f
a poetess. f
<
Arteraus Ward says: “If lam drafted 1
I will resign. Deeply gratefuj for the unexpected ]
honor thus conferred upon me, I shall feel coig- t
pelled to resign the position in favor of some j
more worthy person. Modesty is what alls me. t
That’s what keeps tne under.”
]
This year there will be fonr eclipses—two i
of the son and two of the moon. The eclipses
of the snn occur on the 25th of April and the
15th of October; those of the moon on the 11th
of April nnd the 31st of October. I
NO. 1.
Machinery and Hand Labor.
' Not. such a great while age our thread
wa3 spun between the thumb and the fin
ger, and all our cloth woven in the clumsi
est of hand looms. Now, by means of a
spinning jenny and weaving machinery, one
person will make as much us two hundred
yards of cloth-in a day. before the inven
tion of the cotton gin. one person could
not prepare one pound of cotton as easily
as he can now prepare one hundred pounds.
Our grandmothers could barely knit one
pair of socks in a day—now, by means of &
machine, one little girl can turn out a hun
dred dollars worth of Knitted materials in
a day. A few years ago we were told it
took seventeen men to make a complete
pin ; now the machine is fed with ma
terial, which is Dot touched again until
rolled up in papers of pins. In Provi
dence, R. 1., there is to day a machine that
takes a strip of metal from a coil, and makes
two hundred and thirty inches of delicate
chain out of it, in a day. The metals are
no longer worked by hand —a slow wearing
process ; they are shaved, sawed, bored and
hammered, with the greatest ease and accu
racy, as much as if they were the softest
pine.
An instrument Ims been contrived and
perfected of exceedingly delicate powers,
whicli measares the operation of mind it
self—tells the exact time it takes for a
sensation from the finger to reach the
brain—two-tenths of a second ! Go. into a
certain india-rubber store in New York,
and you will find a hundred different arti
cles made of that one staple—only a few
years ago good lor nothing but to rub out
marks, and furnish active jawed young per
sons something to chew. As wood gives
out, coal-pits are found everywhere. We
begin to fear for lights with which to illu
minate our homes, and make all. things
cheerful ; when lo ! Oil is distilled from
coal, and we even have streams of it spout
ing out of the ground for us to fill our
lamps with! Coal tar, once regarded as
useless, is now manufactured into many
different merchantable articles, some of
them of great value.— Scientific American.
A KIND ACT AND IPS REWARD.
The Cleveland Plaindealer sketches an
incident fhut lately occurred on one of the
railroads running through Ohio. The sketch
is interesting-, though it is impersonal.
The train is running at a rapid rate.—
The car is filled with well dressed aristo
cratic passengers. The conductor enters
arid proceeds to collect the accustomed
fare*. Presently he comes to a ladv dressed
in deep mourning, traveling with three chil
dren. and culls for a ticket. The lady
quickly put her hand into her pocket for
the same, but it was gone, with the wallet
containing all her money, within which the
ticket had been placed for safe keeping.-
The lady is of an exceedingly modest, re
tiring disposition, and in an agitated
ner explains why she cannot pay the fare.
The conductor is one of those hard
hearted kind—one of those men without a
particle of gentle feeling—and without ta
king into consideration any of the pallia
ting circumstances of the case, rung the
bell, stopped the train, and the young wo
man and her little ones were ordered from
the car. The engineer had not been an
uninterested spectator of the scene. He
had left the engine, and advanced to where
the lady was standing, looking so distressed
and friendless. 'I he engineer had a big,
warm heart. Putting his hand into his
pocket, he produced a fifty dollar gold piece,
and handing it to the ladv remarked :
“ Here, madam, take this, get into the
car. It is shameful that you should be thus
treated.”
The lady hesitated about receiving it,
but was in a desperate strait ; and after
showering numberless thanks upon the no
ble engineer, she insisted upon receiving
his name and address, and then returned
j to her seat in the cars and went on her way.
Abont a month after tin's time 1 lie engi
neer received a note requesting him to call
at the express office, and take from thence
a package addressed to him. He did so.
Upon opening the package, ho found that
it contained fifty dollars, and an elegant
gold watch, seals and chain. Upon the
inside of the case was inscribed the goldeu
rule, the substance of which is, “Do to
others as you wish others to do to you.”
ORIGIN OF BRANDY.
Brandy began to be distilled in France
j abont the year 1653, but it was prepared
i only as a medicine, and wa3 considered as
j possessing such marvellous strengthening
| powers that the physicians named it the
j water of life, (I'euu de vie,) a name it re-
I tains, though now rendered, by excessive
i potations, one of the most powerful and
! prevalent destroyers. Caymond Lully, a
disciple of Arnold de Viila Norva, consid
j ered this admirable essence of wine to be
j an emanation from the Divinity, and that
J it was intended to animate and prolong the
; life of man. He even thought that this
discovery indicated lhat the time had arri
ved for the consummation of all things—
the end of the world. Before the true
mpans of determining the quantity‘of alco
hol in spirits were known, the dealers were
in the habit of employing a very rude meth
od of forming a notion of its strength. A
given quantity of spirits was poured upon
a quantity of gunpowder in a.dish, andset
on fire. If at the end of combustion the
gunpowder continued dry enough to take
fire, it exploded, but if it had been wetted
by the water in the spirits, the flame of the
alcohol went out without setting the pow
der on fire. This was called the proof.—
Spirits which kindled gunpowder were said
to be above proof; those who did not*set
fire to it were said to be below proof. From
this origin of the term “ proof,” it is obvi
ous that its meaning may have been deem
ed very indefinite. It would serve only to
point those spirits which were too weak to
kindle gunpowder, but could not give anv
information respecting the relative strength
of those spirits which wero above proof.—
Even the strength of proof was not fixed,
because it was influenced by the quantity
of spirits employed. A smaller quantity
of a weaker spirit might be made to kiudle
gunpowder, while a grealer quantity of
stronger might fail. Clark in his hydrom
eter, which was invented about the year
1730, fixed the strength of 0.920 at a tem
perature of 60 degrees. This is the strength
at which proof spirits is fixed by ect of
parliament, itnd at this strength "it is no
more than a mixture of 491 b of pure alco
hol wit h 511 b. of water. Brandy, rum, gin,
Hollands, Geneva, nnd whiskey, contain
nearly similar proportions,
A man may say a thing twice if he
says it better the second time than the