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(A Consolidation of the American and ;
Advocate,)
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papers, the UNION has the largest circulation of
any county paper in the State, and thus offers
superior advantages to advertisers.
JOB WORK:
Our office, besides one of Hoe’s best Power
Presses, i 9 furnished with a good Job Press and
all the necessary materials for executing plain
and fancy Job Printing with neatness and dis- j
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HANDBILLS
Of all size* and styles printed at short notice
and on good terms.
Magistrate's and Collector’s Blanks, Deeds,
and all kinda of Public Papers always on hand
at the office.
Professional Cards.
John T. Ensor,
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IN
CHANCERY,
Towsontown, Md.
Will attend promptly and per sever in gly to all j
business entrusted to his care.
Jan. 1, 1805.—tf.
DR. j. PIPER,
Office—Residence of the iate Dr. E. R. Tidings.
Office hours from 7 to 9 q’clock A. M.
From 1 o’clock P. M., to 3 u’cl’k P. M.,
and 6 o’clock P. M.
Feb. 25.—tf. *
DR. SAMUEL KEPLER.
Office andßesidence NEAR EPSOM CHURCH.
Towsontown, Dec. 31, 1804.—1 y f,
i. NELSON WISNER. B. M. PHtOK
WISNER & PRICE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
11 Office —No. 1 Smedley Row, Towsontown.
HAVING formed a partnership, will give
prompt attention to all law and chancery
business entrusted to their care.
Sep. 17, 1864.—1 y
Amos F. Musselman,
ATTORNEY.
Offiee No. 21 Lexington st., Baltimore city.
PRACTICES In the Courts of Baltimore
county.
July 9,1864.—1 y
•Theodore Glocker,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ano
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
No. 44 SL Paul street, Baltimore, Md.
PARTICULAR attention given to Chancery
and Orphans’ Court business, in the Courts
or Baltimore city and county.
All communications or business left with Mr.
JOHN R. D. BEDFORD, Cdnveyaneer,Towson
town, will be promptly attended to.
March 12, 1864.—tf.
O. C. Warfield,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Towsontown.
PREPARES applications for ~,
BOUNTY, 1
BACK PAY and
PENSIONS.
Feb. 20.—tf , * :
Jos. P. Merryman.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,,
71 West Fayette street, Balt.
Jan. 9,1864. —1 y i
-——™
. Mean yuan. e. p. xeeoh, . d. s i
MERRYMAN & KEECH,
DENTISTS,
No. 50 North Galvertstreet, Baltimore.
March 26, 1864.—1 y
R. R. Boar man,
ATTORN BY AT LAW
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY.
Smedley Row, opposite, Court House,
9 , TOWSONTOWN.
WILL promptly attend to all business en
trusted to hrs care.
Jan. 18.—tf ,
LEWIS 0. WHKBLEH. WILLIAM 9. KEECH
Wheeler & Keeoh,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
ani> ' i i
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
Office No. 1 and 2 Smedley Row, Towsontown- j
HAVING formed a PARTNERSHIP for the i
practice of Law, will give p.ompt 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
kis professional services to the public.
OFFICE AND RESIDENCE—Next door to
residence of Jos. J. Stewart, Esq.j.Penosyl vania
Avenue.
July 23.—tf • - ''-j
R. W. Tkmplkman. Chas. J. Pennington
Wm. H. Shipley.
Agents for sale of Maryland Lauda,
Office (up stairs) No. 48 Lexington st., Baltimore. J
R. W. T6mplemaa, & Co.,
OFFER their services to the public for the
Sale of Farms, and Real Estate generally, j
They have, As Surveyors, a general knowledge ;
SI the lands of parts of the State, and unusual ,
facilities otherwise for the transaction of such
business. Plats and descriptions of all prop- !
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.
Qet. 31—ly '
FRANK L. MORLING,
FLORIST, SEEDSMAN AND
NURSERYMAN,
Store No. 2 North Eulaw, Strut, Baltimore, j
Nurseries on tbe Hookstowu Road Adjoin- j
Ing Drufd Hill Park,
WOULD invite the attention of the citizens 1
of the cownty, to his Stock
j&l. of GARDEN SEEDS,
SgPFLOWER SEEDS,
GRAfrE VINES,
anuall Small Fruits. 5
" Evergreen and Ornamental Shade Trees,
Green House, Hot House ,pnd Hardy Plants,
Rales and Flowering Shrubs.
J will be prepared to furnish early in the
season, the following PlanteCabbage Let
tuce, Celery, Tomato, Egg Plants, Ac., Ac. .
Jaa. y t
CARPENTER AND BUILDER.'
rpHE undersigned, having taken up his res- 1
rMJWetfetl, ..k. of the public a share of fhq
bueinoss appertaining to Building and Carpen
ter's Work in general *
GEORGE H. MATTHEW*.
. Jam. it, 1815.—tf.
County Advertisemonts.
WARREN STORE,
i In the Thriving Little Village of
WARREN.
GREAT REDUCTION OF PRICES IN ALL
KINDS OF GOODS.
ffIHE proprietors of the “Warren Store’’ are
J_ offering great inducements to the citizens
of this neighborhood, that is worthy of their
attention. We offer to the public the best se
lection of goods that can be found in any store
in the country, and will guarantee to sell them
at less than city retail prices. All goods sold
here warranted as represented or the money
refunded. Our stock consists in part of
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
HARDWARE,
CHINA WARE,
CROCKERYWARE,
EARTHENWARE,
STONEWARE,
GLASSWARE,
BOOTS AND SHOBS,
HATS, CAPS, •
DRUGS, DYE STUFFS, OIL AND TAINTS,
MEDICINES, ULABS, PUTTY, WHITE
LEAD, LINSEED A NEATS FOOT
OIL, PARaPHINE OIL. KER
OSENE OIL, MACHINE
OIL, MACKEREL,
HERRINGS, BA
CON, HAMS,
i BREAST PIECES. SHOULDERS. G. A. SALT,
Fine Salt, Flour, Corn Meal, Mill Feed, Hom
ouy Buck Wheat,
TIN AND WOODEN WARES,
Brooms, Ropes, Plow Lines, Shoe Findings,
Wrot Nails, Cut Nails, Spikes, Rivets, and eve
ry article that may be found in a well regulat
ed country store.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
of all kinds taken in exchange for goods at
citv prices.
H. P. THOMAS,
For Warren Manufacturing Company.
Feb. 18.—ly.
GOODS! GOODS! GOODS!
I AM receiving weekly fresh
additions to my stock ofi!
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,jj
QUEEN3WARE, Ac., which
Persian Cloth; Ladiea’ Black .Dress oilks;
Valencias and De Baize; assortment of Pur
ples and Mournings (English Prints); Manches
ter and Domestic Ginghams; Ladiea’Shawls in
great varieties, and Mantillas ; Nubias; French
Worked Collars ; Undersleeves; Insertions and
Edgings; Furniture Calico ; Ladies’, Gentle
men and Childrens’ Hosiery in great variety ;
Black Alpacas from 25 to 75 cts; Bleached
and Unbleached Muslins ; Shirting Linens
from 25 to 87i cts.; Table Diapers and Cloths ;
Sheetings, bleached and unbleached; Napkins
from 75 cts. to $3 per doz.; Linen, Habakuk,
Diaper, and Linen Crash, bleached and un
bleached.
Gentlemens’ Black Doeskin Oassimeres,
and a beautiful quality of French Cloths, Cas
sinetts, Tweeds, Kentucky Jeans, with every
variety of gentlemens’ wear.
Sngar, Molasses, Green and Browned Coffees
of the best quality always on hand ; Green and
Black Teas f Best Sugar-Cured Hams, Middling
and Shoulder Bacon, Baltimore cured—with a
general assortment of Groceries, Provisions,
Hardware, Qaeensware, Tinware, Medicines,
Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps, Ac., Ac;, in great
variety.
Also. Super, Extra, Best Extra, and Family
FLOUR.
MRS. M. A. SHEALEY,
May 2.—tf Towsontown, Md.
Auctioneer.
rjIIIE undersigned having taken out a Gov-
I eminent License for sth as well as the 2d
Congressional District, is prepared to attend
sales in any part of Baltimore or Harford coun
ties, or any other portion of said Districts, ex
cept Baltimore city.
Having removed from Sweet Air to
Towsontown, persons having business with me
will please address me at Towsontown, or ap
ply to Mr. Church, Advocate Office, Mr. Long
necker A Sons, American Office, or Mr. Nelson
Cooper, at his store.
SAMUEL G. WILSON,
Dec.^i.—tAlo Towsontown, Md.
NOTICE.
THE firm of Longnecker A Sons haring been
dissolved, all persons having claims
against the above firm, of any kind, will please
present them to the undersigned, and all per
sons being in any way indebted either for sub
scription to the Baltimore County American, or
for advertising, are requested to make immedi
ate payment to the above. All persons indebt
j ed to John H. Longnecker for subscription to,
; or advertising in the above paper, previous to
! November 16th. 1808, are earnestly requested
to make payment as above. Bills will be seat 1
to all so indebted.
H. C. LONGNECKER,
J. B. LONGNECKER,
J. H. LONGNECKER,
Jan. 7.—tf. .
TOWSONTOWN
j FEMALE SEMINARY.
Boarding and day school for young
Ladies.
Mrs. MARGARET R. SCHENCK,
Principle.
(Late Principal of the Columbus Female Sem
inary, Ohie.)
The nmet term mill eommence on Wtdne&kxy,
February, tih. • Feb. lT.—4t*
LODI COMPANYS’
poudrette:
WE again offer this celebrated Manure to
Farmers. After 25 years trial it is found
i to be the cleapest and best fertilizer used, over
10,006 bbls. were sold last year, the demand ex
ceeding the supply.
For Tobacco, Corn, Potatoes and Vegetables,
it is unsurpassed.
The Company manufacture algo, Bone Ta-feu,
(a substitute for Super Phosphate,) from Bones,
Blood, Offal, Night Soil and Peruvian Guano,
ground fine. Price SSO per Ton.
Coe’i Phosphate; made by W. L. Bradly,
Boston. Having been appointed an Agent for
this celebrated Phosphate, we shall have a con
stant supply on hand.
Pampnlets with full particulars, with price,
may be obtained by addressing the Company's
Agents, BOWEN A MERCER, *
~ No. 3 Exchange Place, Baltimore.
February 26.—2 m.
PLOUGH CASTINGS !
PLOUGH CASTINGS !!
i
a-nfinWil—l
TIIE attention of Farmers and Merchants is
invited to my full and complete stock, em
bracing all the various sizes of the Wiley,
Woodcock, Smith, Atwood, Minor A Horton,
Wisconsin,'and other kinds, *ll of which will
be sold low by the single piece or ton.
Also, a good assortment of Ploughs, at less
than regular prices, at No. 142 N. Gay street,
Baltimore. HENRY WILCOX.
Feb. o.—tf
TORE A L ESTATE OWNERS.
npifE undersigned are nowdealing extensive-
X ly in the sale of FARMS and LANDS in
all parts of Maryland, especially in Baltimore
county. Those desiring to sell at good prices,
will send us tifull description.
No Sale no Charge.
ffitFAU Legal Claims 6f soldiers prosecuted.
Address, EATON it CO.,
Baltimore.
Office—No. 26 St. Paul Street between Lex
ington and Fayette. Feb. 4,1865.—tf.
TAKE NOTICE^
FALL STYLES OF HATS, 1864.
WE are now prepared to fur
nish our friegda and thesQMBMH
public with the FALL STYLES ■BflWgL
OF HATS, for Gentlemen’s wear, BBSw
which will eotunffe favorably with any sold
in the city of Baltimore.
ALSO, SOFT FELT HATS,
Latest patterns, for Gentlemen, Youths and
Children, some very beautiful.
, HINDES A SON,
Oct. 15.—tf No. 10Q Gay street.
TOWSONTOWN, MD., SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1865.
Railroad Directory.
Northern Central Railway.
TEA INS NORTHWARD.
Mail leaves Calvert Station at 9.20 A. M.
Pittsburg and Erie Express 8.00 P. M.
Pittsburg and Elmira Express 10.00 P. M.
Harrisburg Accommodation leaves at 2.50 P. M.
Parkion Accommodation No. 1 “ 7.20 A. M.
Parkton Accommodation No. 3 “ 5.00 P. M.
THAWS SO UTHWARD.
Mail train arrives at Calvert Station 5.30 P. M.
Pittsburg, Elmira and Erie Express..7.oo A. M.
Harrisburg Accommodation arrives 12.20 A. M.
Parkton Accommodation, No. 2 8.30 A. M.
Parkton Accommodation, No. 4 7.25 P. M.
Pittsburg Express through without change of
cars.
Express Train leaves at 10.00 daily.
Express Train at 8.00 daily, except Saturdays,
for Harrisburg, Pittsburg and Erie.
Express at 10.00 P. M., Sundays, for Harris
burg, Pittsburg and the West only, arrivesdai
ly except Mondays.
Express at 8.00 P. M., leaves daily except
Saturdays.
Mail daily!, except Sundays. Harrisburg Ac
commodation leaves daily except Sundays.—
Mail and Express will not 9top between Balti
more and Parkton.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
Mail Train for the Ohio river will leave Bal
timore daily (except Sunday) at 9.00 A. M.
Express Train will leave*Baltimore daily at
9.40 P. M.
Both trains connect at the Ohio river for all
points West, Southwest and Northwest.
Frederick Train leaves Baltimore daily at 4.
00 P. M.; and Frederick at 7.00 A. M., Sundays
excepted.
The Ellicott’s Mills Train leaves Baltimore
at 6.20 and 10.00 A. M., and 2.00 P. M.; and El
licott’s Mills at 7.00 and 11.30 ami 3.30 P. M.
FOR WASHING TON.
Leave Baltimore at 4.30, 7.00, 8.50, 9.40 a. in.
and 3.30, and 6.00 P. M. On Sundays at
4.30 8.50 A. M., and 3.30 and 6.00 P. M. Leave
Washington at 6.15, 8.15 and 11.15 A. Mi, and
3.00, 4.30, and 6.45 P. M. On Sundays at
8.15, 11.15 and 3.00 A. M., and 3.00 P. M. The
O. a. m. and 3.30 p. rn. trains only from Balti
more, and.the 8.15 a. m. and 3.0il p. m. from
Washington stop at way points. The 7.00, 8.50
a. m. and the 3.30 and 6.00 p. m. from Balti
more, and the 6.15 and 8.15 a. in. and 3.00 and
4.30 p. m. trains from Washington counectwith
trains on the Annapolis road.
Philadelphia Railroad.
Way Mail Train for Philadelphia and way
stations, at 8.25 a. m.
Express Train for Philadelphia and New
York at 9.20 a. m.
Express Train for Philadelphia and New
York at 1.10 p. m.
Way Mail Train for Philadelphia and way
stations at 4.25 p. m.
Express Train for Philadelphia and N. York
at 6.35 p. m.
Above trains leave daily except Sundays.—
On Sundays for Philadelphia and New York
at 9.25 p. in.
For Salisbury and intermediate points on
Delaware Railroad take 9.25 p. in., train, and
for Dover, Deleware, take the 1.00 p. m., train.
Western Maryland Railroad.
Leave Union Bridge at 4.35 A. M. and 8.47
A. M. Leave Baltimore at 9.20 A. M. and 3.
P. M.
Stages connect daily with Manchester and
■ Hampstead, ut Gleu Morris Station, on arrival
of 9.20 A. M. train from Baltimore, and for
Uniontown, Taneytown and Einmittsburg, on
arrival of same train at Linwood Station.
BALTIMORE & TOWSONTOWN
railWay.
ON an after Monday, October 10th, 1864, cars
will
LEAVE BALTIMORE EVERY HOUR,
In the Charles Street Cars, corner of Baltimore
and North streets,
FROM 7 A. M. TO 6 P. M., except 12 M.
And will leave
CORNER EAST AND ENSOR STS., Old Town,
EVERY HOUR,
FROM 7.15 A. M. TO 6.15 P. M.;
Except at 12.15 noon.
The cars connect at North Boundary Avenue.
LEAVE TOWSONTOWN EVERY HOUR,
FROM 7 A. M. TO 7 P. M., except at 12 M.
A car will leave the corner of EAST AND
ENSOR STREETS at II P. M.
Oct. 15.—tf A. D. BANKS, Agent.
~ CHANGE OF HOURS.
Baltimore, Catonsville & Ellicott’s Mills
RAILWAY.
FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
ON and after Monday, October 3d, 1864, cars
will run HOURLY,
FROM 7 A. M. TO 12 M.,
AXD
FROM 2 TO 7 P. M., DAILY,
Sundays included.
PASSENGERS TO*AND FROM ELLICOTT’S
MILLS will leave daily, Sundays included, at
8 and 11 A. M., and 2 and 5 P. M.
Depot west end of Baltimore street.
Oct. B.—tf
Substitute Brokers.
Special Notice. •
Headquarters for Drafted and En
rolled Men for the City and
Counties.
WANTED this day, FIFTY good Alien or
Contraband SUBSTITUES, for which
we will pay the highest price. We invite all
of our friends (who are subject to draft) not to
fail in piocuring a Substitute for three years,
previous to draft, which may take place in a
few days ; (and as our motto was from the first,
so it is now, to deal fairly with all men.) As
time is money, you can call and leave your
orders and no further personal time would be
required and your full discharge papers for
three years would be brought fo vour place of
business for settlement.
we do not ask for hioney in advance,
call early at the “OLD ESTABLISHED OF
FICE,” Law Buildings, St Paul street, Room
No. 6, up stairs.
WM. 11. BAYZAND A CO.,
Feb. 4.—2 m. Authorized Agents.
The Old Established and Reliable
Substitute Agency,
G E 0. C 0 L T 0 N & C 0.,
28 Second Street, Nearly Opposite the Post Office,
HAVING been for a long time in the busi
ness of furnishing Districts and individ
unis with Substitutes, and enlisting Volunteers
for the Armv and Navy, and being thoroughly
familiar with every department of our occupa
tion, we can offer great facilities to -those who
may need our services. Thosewhowanttoen
ter the service, either as Substitutes or Volun
teers, as well as those who want Substitutes for
themselves or friends, would, do well to give ub
a call.
jp&F Contracts taken for filling quotas, as
heretofore.
of all kinds carefully
prepared ana advice furnished. Claims of all
kinds collected with dispatch.
RFMEMBER THE PLACE !
2S Second Streef, Baltimore, Hid.
Feb. 25.—2 m. . -i. 1 ,
COME OUT OF THE DRAFT !
Enroled and Drafted Men of the City and ,
Counties, <
NOW is your time to put in good alien SUB
STITUTES, at the shortest possible notice,
and CHKAPKit than tbs Chkzpkpt, thereby ob- 1
taining a release for 3 years, with a guarantee
. from us besides. SUBS ARE SCARCE and the 1
PRICES GOING UP EVERY DAY. Therefore, I
all Enroled Men who intend to furnish a SUB. )
previous to the taking place of the Draft, can ,
be supplied by making early application atbur
office, 76 Wait Fayette street, Bible House, up
stairs, and at our office, Ellicott’s Mills, 4th dodr
from the Provost Marshal’s office.
We do hot ask for any money until we present
your full diseharge for three years.
WM. B. SASBCER A CO.,
Jan. 14.A4m. Authored Agents, j
jMeif §
• THE BLUE BIRDS.
When winter’s cold tempests and snows are no more,
Green mcadown and brown farrowed fields reappearing,
Tbe fishermen hauling their shad to the shore,
And cloud-cleaving geese to the lakes are a-steeriug ;
When first the lone butterfly flits on the wing.
When red glow the maples, so fresli and so pleasing,
O then comes the blue-bird, the herald of spring.
And hails with his warbling* the charms of the season.
The loud-piping frogs make the marshes to ring;
Then warm grows the sun-iliine, and warm grows the
weather;
The blue woodland flowers just beginning to spring,
And spice-wood and sassafras budding together;
0 then to your gardens, ye housewives, repair,
Your walks border up. sow and plant at your leisure;
The blue-bird will chant from his box such an air,
That all your hard toils will seem truly a pleasure!
He flits through the orchard, he visits each tree,
The red flowering peach, and the apple's sweet blos
soms :
He snaps up destroyers, wherever they be,
And seizes the caitiffs that lurk in their bosoms ;
He drags the vile grub from the corn it'devours,
The worms from the webs where they riot and welter;
His song and his services freely are ours,
And all that he asks is, in summer a shelter.
•
The ploughman is pleased when he gleams in his train,
Xow searching the furrows, now mounting to cheer
him;
The gard’iier delights in his sweet simple strain,
And leans on his spade to survey tuid to hear him.
The slow lingering school boys forget they’ll be chid,
While gazing intent, as lie warbles before them
In mantle of sky-blue, and bosom of red,
That oach little loiterer seems to adore him.
For the Union.
THE MELANCHOLY DAYS.
A man named Bryant—if my memory serves me right,
Once wrote a poem on the death of flowers;
lit which he speaks about the melancholy sight.
Of dying leaves and faded bowers.
He’s wondrous gloomy, if I’m not mistaken,
That Earth in Autumn bears such sombre hues;
But seems to me the poet made a great mistake in
His almanac—or else lie had the blues.
Perhaps lie lived somewhere close by a forest,
Where wood was cheap and people had some public pride,
And kept good hoard-walks all the year—or else,
He stayed at home, or had a horse to ride.
I rattier think he'd change liis mind about the season,
If he’d just stop with us about this time—
Unless he’s made web-foeted like the widgeon,
Or aims for China by the shortest line.
It's very sad, I own, to hear the winds a-wailing,
“Through naked woods and meadows brown and sere
But sadder far to find them come a-trailing,
Long trains of cloud-lines in tlieir rear.
I own our footsteps sound almighty dreary.
When withered lies ensclg leaf and plant and shrub;
But still I reckon that’s not half so weary,
As the gloomy “sqosh” that comes from sticky mud.
What can he worse than gloomy skies and driving
storms of rain,
When days come draggling by like half drowned chick
ens,
And sunshine tries to reach the earth in vain,
And people wish the weather “to the dickens.' 1 H.
Towsontown, March 11th, 1865.
lUteedlaneotts.
A Trip to Danville, Pennsylvania.
• ■ I
The East Baltimore Conference.
Mr. W. 13. Krout, of Govanstown, has
furnished us with an interesting account of
a visit to Danville, and the proceedings of
Conference, from which we make the fol
lowing extracts. Want of space prevents
us from publishing the communication en
tire :
Danville lias :t population of 10,000, con
tains 18 churches, 3 weekly papers and a
number of extensive iron works. One of
the latter manufactures 90 tons of iron per
day, employs about 2800 hands, and pays
about $70,000 Internal Revenue .annually.
Bishop Baker presided over the Confer
ence. A national tiag was raised on the
church, when the sessions first opened.—
Besides the usual routine of Conference
business, nothing of special importance
canto before the body except the
questiou, whether they would ratify the ac
tion of the late General Conference in de
claring that “no slave-holder shall be u
member of the M. E. church.”
This questiou called out an animated dis
cussion. When the vote was taken, each
member was granted the privilege of giv
ing his reasons for voting as he did. A
number of those who voted in the negative
stated that.they did so not because of dis
loyalty, or a belief in the institution ofsla
very, but because it was establishing a test
of membership heretofore unknown in the
chuccb, a test authorized neither by the
New Testament, nor by John Wesley, the
founder of Methodism, and because its adop
tion might interfere with the various mis
sionary enterprises of the church.
A number of those who voted in the af
firmative stated that they did so not be
cause they thought a slave-holder could
not be a good Christian, but because the
question of slavery had for years been a
disturbing element in the church, and be
cause they believed there could be no peace
either in church or State until it was final
ly disposed of. Rev. Dr. J. McKendree
Reilley, made a strong and patriotic ad
dress when he cast his vote, which was so
much applauded by the spectators, that,
the Bishop could with difficulty preserve
order.
When the final vote was counted, it was
found that there were 153 in favor of ex
cluding slave-holders, 13 against it.
On Saturday, the hour between 12 and
1 o’clock, was devoted to prayer for the
President and the country. This was while
the inauguration ceremonies were taking
place at Washington.
The following are the appointments for
this district:—J. McKendree Reiley, Pre
siding Elder. North Baltimore Station,
Samuel Barnes, James R. Cadden, J. W.
Cullnm,. slip.; Kxeter Street, L. M. Gard
ner; Harford Avenue, Joseph France, B.
C, W. Reid; East Baltimore, Jas. Curns,
Janies H. M,cCord ; Broadway, Alexander
E.. Gibson ; Caroline Street, John W.
Hedges, James Gamble, sup.; High Street,
Samuel Strawbridge, Richard Hinkle, E.
E. Allen, sup.; Emory, Asbnry It. Riley ;
AVhatcoat, Charles B. Tippett, Philip B.
Reese, sup.; Huntingdon, Avenue, Wm.
M. Frysiuger; Mount Vernon, David 11.
Carroll ; North Baltimore Circuit, John
S. Deqle, Francis E. Church ; Great Falls,
E. Wolty ; Long Green, L. I>. Herron ;
East Harford, F. Macartney, one to be sup
plied, G. Hildt, sup.; Havre de Grace, G.
W. Heyde; West Harford, E. Kinsey,
one to be supplied; Hereford T. B. Sar
gent, D. Shoaff; Bangor Welsh Mission,
to bo supplied ; Castle Fin, F. E. Crever,
one to be supplied ; Seamen’s Union Beth
el, 11. Slicer, member of High Street Quar
terly Conference.
R. S’. McClay, Missionary to China.
R. S. Vinton, Chaplain to U. S. Army,
member of Strawbridge Quarterly Confer
cnc6.
W. H. Keith, Chaplain U. S. Army,
member of Exeter Street Quarterly Cou
ferencoi
A. A. Reese, Chaplain U. S. Army,
member of Broadway Quarterly Confer
ence.
The Conference adjourned on Wednes
day March Bth, after a session of just one
week. Our correspondent closes his letter
withi some remarks on the fine scenery
through which he passed and a tribute to
the N. C. R. R. Co., for their admirable
traveling accommodations and tbe affabili
ty of the conductors.
(9*ol d Gentleman (affectionately.) ‘‘My
son, 'toby do yon ebeW that filthy tobacco ?”
Precocious youth (stiffly.) “To get the
juice opt of it, old codger,”
How to Pick Huckleberries.
BY TIIK r.EV. JOHN TODD, D. D.
When I first knew Mr. John Horseley,
he was an old, white-haired man, and very
rich. As he seemed never to have been in
any great business, Such as merchants and
speculators now engage in, and he was nev
er accused of being a dishonest man, it
was always a mystery to me how he came to
be so rich. I knew that his father was d
poor country clergyman, and that John
could have received no property from him.
Meeting my friend one day, when our con
versation happened to turn on the subject
of gathering property, I ventured to ask
him how it was that he had been so success,
ful in life ?
“When I was a boy,” said he, “my father
was a poor minister. We lived very plain,
and dressed very plain, but that never trou
bled us. We always had enough of some
thing to eat, and my mother was one who
would contrive to have her children dress
ed neatly, if not richly. One day when I
was a little, fellow, several little boys and
girls came alongon their way to pick hnckle
berrics. They invited me to go with them.
And when I saw their bright faces and
their little taskets, and the bright after
noon, I wanted to go with them. So 1
went into the house and asked ray mother.
I saw she sympathised with me, but said I
must go and ask father.
“And where is father?” .
“Up in the study, of course.”
“Up I bounded, hat in hand, and gently
knocked at his door.” He bade me come in.
“ ‘Well, Johnny, what is your wish ?’
“ ‘I want, sir, to go with the children
and pick huckleberries.’
“ ‘Where are they going?’
“ ‘Only to Johnson’s nil! sir.’
“ ‘How many children are there?’
“ ‘Seven, besides myself. Please let me*
go.’
“ ‘Well, you may go. Be a good boy,
and use no bad words.’ "
“Away I scampered, and had just got to
the bottom of the stairs, when my lather
called me back-.’ ‘O dear, it’s all over now.
He’s going to take it all back,’ I said-to
myself. Trembling, I again stood in the
door-way, expecting to have the permission
withdrawn.
“ ‘Johnny,’ said my father, with a peculi
ar smile, ‘1 have a word of advice to give
you. You will find the berries growing on
bushes standing in clumps, all over the
lot. The children will pick a few minutes
at one place, and then go off to another,
in hopes of finding better picking, and thus
they will spend half of the afternoon in
roaming from one place to another. Now
my advice to you is, that ivhcn you find
pretty fair picking, stick to that spot, and
keep picking there. Y r our basket at night
will show whether my advice is good or
not.’
“ ‘Sir 1 followed-myjfathers advice, and
though the children would wander about
and cry out, ‘O, Johnny, hero’s a world of
, them,’ and ‘here is splendid picking,’ and
‘here you can fill your basket in less than no
time,’ yet I stuck to my ‘fair picking’ place.
When we got through at night to the as
tonishment of every one, and my own no
less, it was found that I had nearly twice
as many berries as any other one. They all
wondered how it was. But I knew. And
that was the lesson that made me a rich
, man. Whenever I have found ‘fair pick
’ ing,’ I have stuck to it. Others have chang
ed occupations and business, and have mov
ed from one place to another. 1 have nev
er done so, and I attribute all my success
to tho lesson by which I learned to pick
i huckleberries.” > -
I have recalled this conversation, and
: the form of iny old friend, who has long
since passed away, to impress it upon the
t pureut, and upon the teacher, that a single
■ sentence of instruction may shape the
course of the whole life of the child now
under his care. Notonly did property and
success hang ou the minister’s bint, but the
shaping of his sou’s whole character for
life, aud perhaps for ever. How much wis
■ dom wc need, to be able to say the right
thing at the right time !
i And no less urgently "do I want to ini
. press the lesson ou the child, that if he is
doing pretty well where he is, if his teach
, er does well by him, don’t change, or try
: another class, or another school. If your
i advantages are less than you could wish,
s stick to them, and make the most of them.
. The stone that rolls the least gathers the
. most moss. What was wise in picking
huckleberries, is wise in every attempt to
. learn and gather what is valuable.
Suggestions Concerning the Draft.
, It is a well kuown fact that blind men
have the seiTse of touch more fully develop
’ ed than those who see. Draft a few regi
ments of blind men to feel the position and
strength of the enemy. No exemptions
granted on the ground that they “can’t see
, it.”
Blind men and lame men might be draft
ed together, the blind men to go into bat
tle carrying the lame oo their backs.
Men who have lost one, or even both
of their arms, should no longer be exempt.
The government is prepared to arm any
quantity of men on the shortest possible
Dotice.
Idiots shouldn’t be debarred the privilege
of serving their country in the ranks when
we have so many among our generals.
Draft in the lunatic asylum—the mad
der men get the better they tight.
Men who have aged and infirm mothers
dependent upon them for support, should
no longer be exempt. They can send the
old woman to the house—most of them
do anyhow.
Dumb men ought to make the most ser
viceable soldiers, as they can’t cry “quar
ter,” their motto must be no “surrender.”
It is absurd to exempt fat men, (hey are
so well calculated to fill up the depleted
ranks of the army. If you want to crush
the enemy by precipitating upon them large
bodies of troops; let fat inen be drafted
by all means.
Confirmed drunkards have been objected
to because they are not so anxious to whip
the euemy as they are to have the enemy
treat. A regiment by a battery of deleri
utn tremens, would do great execution—to
somebody.
I have not heretofore favored the idea of
drafting the other sex, but a brigade of old
maids would certainly be usefnl in repulsing
the enemy. They are sometimes good in
an attack.
By all means draft Congressmen. They
might do a little good in the army, and they
are of no possible good where they are.
Editors of war newspapers should be draft
ed in a body. They have penned war arti
cles so.long, they should be themselves pen
ned by the “Articles of War.”
Conscript all lawyers-—their charges
would be most disastrous to the enemy.
By all means take the doctors—they
make vigorous charges, and are sure to kill
at once, or totally exhaust the resources of
the enemy.
And then tako the preachers whose long
sieges would be sure to weary the enemy,
put them to sleep and make him an easy
P re, J • - Jju . -
A lady, walking with her .husband at
the seaside, inquired of him the difference
between exportation and transportation.
“Why, my dear," he replied, if vou were
on yonder vessel, leaving England you
would be exported, and I should be trans
ported!”
A Terrible Duel.
A few days since, as a New England 1
gentleman whose name we shall call Brown,
was passing a few days in one of our West
ern cities, he had the misfortune uninten
tionally to offend the susceptible honor of
a tall military colonel, who was one of his
fellow boarders, nis apologies not being
satisfactory, a challenge was sent to him
which, however, he declined, from consci- j
entious scruples. .
r J he colonel, who by the way, had won !
in two or three encounters quite a reputa- i
lion as a duelist, at once conceived the idea
that his opponent was a coward, and resol
ved to disgrace him in the lace of all tho
assembled wisdom of the house. Accord
ingly the next day at dinner time, in march
ed the duelist armed with a cowhide, and
advancing to Brown’s chair, proceeded to
dust his jacket for him in the most approved
style. Brown wa3 astonished. Luckily, he
had been a lieutenant in militia in his’ na
tive State, and he knew the importance of
incommoding bis enemy by a diversion.—
So, seizing- a gravy tureen, he tossed the
contents into the face of the belligerent
colonel, and before he could recover from
the drowning thus occasioned, he sprang
upon the table, and began to shower upon
him with a liberal hand the contents of the
dishes around.
“You are an infernal ■”
“Coward !” the colonel was about to say, |
but at that momenta plate of greens struck ;
full upon his mouth, and the word was j
blockaded and lost forever.
“Ha!”cried the New Englander, whose
blood was now up, “fond ofgreens, are you ?
Take a potato, too,” and he hurled a tell
ing volley of hard potatoes at him. “Ex
cellent eggs here, capital with calf’s head,”
and crash came a plate of soft boiled eggs
against the side of his cranium.
The blows of the cowhide, which had
hitherto descended upon tbe Yankee’s head
aud shoulders, now began to fall more
weakly and wildly, and it became evident
that the assailant, half stunned, choked,
and blinded, was getting the worst of it.—
ITis courage was oozing out.
“Take a turkey ?” shouted Brown, as a
noble old gobbler descended fairly upon
the colonel’s head, and bursting, tilled his
hair and eyes with delicious staffing.—
“Here’s the fixing’s” he continued, as the
squash and jelly followed after.
By this time the colonel was irretrievably
defeated, & his opponentseizingahuge plum
pudding steaming hot, and holding it above
his head with both hands, seemed to bury
him beneath it, he quailed in terror, and
throwing down his cowhide, turned about
and made a rush for the door.
“Stop for the pudding,colonel, stop for
the pudding !” screamed all the fellow
boarders, amid convulsions of laughter.—
But the colonel was too terrified, and did
not cease running until he had locked him
self into his room.
But although the colonol escaped from
the padding he did not escape from tbe rid
icule which the affair occasioned. -He sub
sequently challenged four pprsons, against
whom his ire was particularly excited, and
they nil consented to fight, but availing
themselves of the privilege of the challeng
ed party, appointed pudding bags for their
weapons. At length the unhappy duelist,
fiudiug no oue willing to shoot or be shot,
was obliged to quit the State.
The Problem to Come.
Many of our people have very unreason
able expectations in regard to the loyalty
of the inhabitants in Savannah and other
recaptured cities of the South. They com
plain that these people at heart do not love
the Union a whit better than they did bo
■ fore their towns were taken. "W hy should
they ? The mere fact of conquest caunot
be expected to change the hearts of those
who have been defeated. should dis
trust all protestations of vehement love
for tho Uniou from those who have been
fighting or aiding iu the rebellioff against
it. All we can reasonably expDct of
people at the outset is, that they should
submit gracefully to their defeat, —that
they should acquiesce iii‘ the reestablish
ment of natioual authority, aud obey the
laws, promptly and peaceably, of tbe Fed-*
eral Government. This so far as we know,
they are doing everywhere.
Whatever we desire. beyond this, (and
certainly we desire a great deal more,) must
come from other agencies, and be the fruit
of time. Cannon and bayonets nfe’ver yet
won the love of any people; uo ! matter
whether the cause in which they were usid
was right ofwrong. Whether the people
of the .South will again feel.a strong
affection fortho Old Fiag-^-whether their
hearts will ever again respond with loving
pride to the music of the Union, depends
entirely on the manner iu which, as mem
bers and citizens of it they may hereafter
bo treated. We shall very soon, without
doubt, reestablish our authority over all the
people of the Southern States. We can,
and sbaU-rom/W them to obey 6ur
But we cannot compel them to love us.
We cau win their confidence and their re
gard tor the National Government; and we
can also so exercise the authority we shall
soon enjoy, as to make them hate us tq the
latest generation ten times worse than they
have haled ns hitherto. It remains to be
seen whether we can be wise as well as
strong,-whether we can take counsel Of our
judgement instead of our passion,—whether
we can appease the resentments of a defeat
ed foe by conquering and overruling our
own. —-Y. York Times.
Clear Up th 9 Front Yard.
A pleasant home should never have an
unpleasant approach. In the general spring
clearing up, do not forget to put the front
yard “to rights.” We do not advocate any
thing still', formal, or expensive. Straighten
up and repair the fence. Remove everything
from the yard that does dot belong there.
Have a good walk from the gate to the
front door, not one that is sunken below
the goneral level and always flooded in
rains; but let it be a little raised so as to
bo passable in all weathers. Have some
flower borders by all means, but if there is
unfortuuately neither time nor taste for ■
these, have grass and some trees or shrubs, j
not set in stiff rows, but dotted here and
there. Then get a Virginia creeper (Amer
ican Woodbine,) or Wax work vine from
the woods and run it ovor the porch, if
there is oue, or if not, run it upon the door.
A climbing rose may be easily obtained
and will be very beautiful when in bloom.
A small amount of work, and a little taste
will make even an humble house look at
tractive and homelike.
Spruce Up.— lf you get a moment to
spare, spruce up—put the gate on its hin
ges, put a little paint on tbe picket fence j
you built last year, make it cosy and invi-,
ting; don’t say you can’t find time for these :
things. The fact is you have no time to
grow slovenly. Your wife and children will
be happier, your property will sell for more
money in the market, and be worth more
to you at home, if you dovoto an odd hour
now aud thou in sprucing up.
ffjr Aa old lady in the country had a
dandy from town to dine with her on a cer
tain occasion; and on the table was an
enormous apple pie.
La! ‘ma’am’ said the exquisite, ‘how do
you manage to a pie ?’
‘Easy enough,’ was tbe quiet repty
make up the crust in a wheelbarrow, wheel
it under the apple tree, and then shake the
fruit d9wn iot9 it,'
I; Annapolis and tho Legislatare.
"For room to travel iu
The world was wade so wide,’’
says Goethe in oue of his exquisite little fancies.
Ami it occurred to us the other day while stroll
ing through the dirty streets of tbe State Capital,
breathing the antiquated air of the place and
looking op at its old buildings, brown with the
mould of a century, that the traveling purposes
of creation would have been as well fulfilled if
j Annapolis and the twenty-mile railroad link
| which connects it with the outside world, bad
I never emerged from choas. Excepting the ho
: tel and low restaurant keepers, and the hook-nosed
i Israelites who so shamefully fleece our returned
pri3ouers with their “sheep doting,” we don’t
know that any one would suffer much if even
now the railroad link were broken, and Annap
olis were left to die a natural death from want
of iuterual vitality. If it were not for the Leg
islature and the soldiers, the State and National
buildings, a stranger would feel that he had sud
denly dropped into some old Dutch burg, with its
hip-roofed dwellings aud that oppressive lack of
life and bustle and husiuess which betrays the
listless inactivity of the inhabitants.
And yet Annapolis is not without interest. It
requires hut a little effort of the imagination to
go back to the time when our Forefathers under
the good Lord Baltimore, landed at the wharf
and took possession of the territory in the name
of their mo3t august sovereign. How their eyes
must have strained toward the shore and their
hearts filled with anxious hopes and fears, as
they floated slowly across the swelling bosom of
j the beautiful harbor.
The State House occupies a commanding posi-
I tion, and from its dome, as flue a land scape
! stretches away ou either side as the eye can wish
! to rest on. On one side is the Severn river,
winding gracefully amid sunny slopes and clumps
of trees, with cosy farm buildings, nestled aloug
its banks, growing wider and mote stately as it
approaches the city, until at last, like everything
else, it is lost in eternity. On the other side, the
blue waters of the harbor opening out into the
distant Bay, where “white-winged birds of com
merce” pass to and fro on their errands of peace
aud prosperity.
On the first floor of the Capitol lies an old can
non brought over by the first settlers under Lord
Baltimore and dug out of the St. Mary’s river in
1824. The Senate Chamber is sacred as the place
where George Washington resigned his commis
sion as Commander-in-Chief of the ’'army w'hen
the hard strugglo of the Revolution was ended.
The Adjutant General’s room is sacred as the
depositary of the old standards of the Maryland
Regiments now in the field, torn with many a
deadly shot and bearing the names of the bloody
fields over which their brave defeuders carried
them, —each a striking epoch iu the history of
our State and Nation.
The two busiest officers we met at Annapolis
were Gov. Bradford and Adjt. Gen. Berry.—
Theirs is that patient, untiring industry which
hesitates at no task. When these offices are filled
by men less zealous for the public weal, the peo
ple of the State may appreciate their present la
bors and sacrifices.
We took the House of Delegates to be a pass
able body of men, not by any means the best
that the State might have sent there. Too ma
ny members have been chosen as a reward for
real or supposed services elsewhere; too many,
without any special qualifications, have been
thrown above better men by the mere )see-sau>
circumstances of the war. As a body they do
not seem to realize the important legislation de
manded of them. Some of the members seem to
imagine they were sent there to loaf iustead of
to work. Too many sit with their heels toward
the speaker, instead of their heads. Too many
are afflicted with the gab disorder. And we con
fess to a feeling of regret,Jwhen we remembered
how far the session was spent, and found mem
bers practicing the windiest school-boy oratory
on questions of more local and trivial importance,
while tho School Bill, the Militia Law, the Reg
istration and Township acts, were not j r et taken
up. Nc> r were we very favorably impressed with
the scholarship of one of the members, who in a
blustering desk-pounding, fist-pitching style,
compared the Legislature to’nn “oses in the dee
sert,” aud tlieu talked about “conciliating his
brce-thejrn,” “and bilia the scum out o’ the
Uniou party;”—though what all this had to do
with tho question before the House, we failed to
' see. (We hope this member will vote for the
new School Bill.)
The Baltimore county members are conveni
ently seated in a prominent part of the Hall, and
will compare favorably in personal appearance
, and general intelligence with the Delegation
from any other part of the State. We had the
pleasure of hearing Messrs. Stothower and Lusby
1 make a few pointed and well-timed remarks on
a motion under discussion. Mr. Slothower is
probably the oldest member of our Delegation,
i aud though not personally acquainted with him,
we take him to be an industrious and valuable
member. There is attention in his eye, energy
in his step, business in his manner, and we im
agine the imerest?,.of the county are well guard
ed in his care.
-
A Good One.
, Somewhere in the outskirts of Hartford
: there is a Mission School that has the rep
utation of being rather “noisy,” so much
so that those appointed to take charge of
i jt generally resign in a few weeks. Last
Sunday, the school being destitute of a su
■ periutendent, a prominent manufacturer of
■ Norwich, Conn., volunteered for the day.
Having called the school to order, and got
most of them seated, ‘Boys,’ said lie, inount
ing the platform, ‘let’s see if we can't have
it still,’ and he put himself iu a quiet pos
ture for the school to imitate. As there
was some noise—‘Boys,’ said he, ‘we can
have it stiller, I know;’ and walking to the
front part of the stage and raising his hand,
‘now let’s see if we can’t bear a pin drop.’
.... All was silence, when a little fellow in
back part of the room, cocking his ear
and placing himselfin an attitude of breath
less attention, spoke out —
‘Let her drop T
The stern features of the superintendent
are said to have slightly relaxed.
Rules for Measuring Grain.
Messrs Editors :—I venture to offer you
for publication the following rules formeas
| uring grain. Dimensions are taken in inch
es, and the Winchester bushel—the stand
ard of the United States—contains 2150-
: 42 cubic inches :
To measure grain in a bin, multiply the
product of the length, breadth and depth
by 10, and divide by 21504 for the number
of bushels.
To measure grain in heaps, multiply the
sum of the perpendicular andslaut heights,
their difference, and tho perpendicular
: height together , and divide the product by
i .00048 when it is heaped in the middle of a
; floor; by .00024 when heaped against the
I sides of a barn ; by 00012 when it is heap
! ed iu the corner of a barn ; and in each
j case the last product will be the answer in
bushels.— Scientific American.
think, said a farmer, “I should make
a good congressman, for I use their lan
guage. I received tw r o bills the other day,
with a request for immediate payment.—
The one I ordered to be laid on the table,
the other to be read that day six moitofis. 1
Men’s lives should be like the days,
more beautiful in tho evening; or, like the
season, a glow with promise, and the au
i turan rich with golden sheaves ; where good
works and deeds have ripened on the field.
.
resolutions are worse than
none at all; it only proves to us we d) not
carry out tbe dictations of our own con
science, and exposes our weakness.
S£TA contemporary suggests that a mil
itary leader should not be all head or all
heart. He should be at least half plack.
jjrJosh Billings says, “I was once axed
if I believed in the salvation of raeu, and
I said I did, but let me pick the men.”
£9*lt is right to be contented with toliat
w? fcftye, bqt imer we we,
NO. 11.