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VOL. 1.
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salto. Counlg Mnion.
(A Consolidation of the American and
Advocate,)
18 PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
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(L. M. HAVKR3TICK, H. C. 1 J. B. LONGN'RCKKR,)
AT
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By consolidating the two Baltimore county
papers, the UNION has the largest eirculation-ot
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, is furnished with a good Job Press anti
all the necessary materials for executing plain
and fancy Job Printing with neatness ami dis
patch.
HANDBILLS
Of all sites and styles printed at short notice
and on good terms.
Magistrate’s and Collector’s Blanks, Deeds,
and all kinds 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 perseveringly to all
business entrusted to his care.
Jan. 1, 1805.—tf.
dr. J. PIPER,
Office—Residence of the late Dr. E. R. Tidings.
Office hours from 7 A. M., to 9 o’clock A. M.
From 1 o’clock P. M., to 3 o’cl’k P. M.,
and 6 o’clock P. M.
Feb. 5 s.—tf.
DR. SAMUEL KEPLER.
Offieeandßesidence —NEAR EPSOM CHURCH.
Towsontown, Dec. 31, 1864. ly
J. NELSON' WIBNER. I*. H. PRICK
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
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
Nq. 44 St. 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, 1864 ttT J
O. C. Warfield,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Towsontown.
JpREPARES applications for
BOUNTY,
BACK PAY and
PENSIONS.
feb. 20.*—tf i -■■ < i ■ ■
Jos. P. Merryman.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
71 West Fayette street, Balt.
Jan. 9,1864. —1 y
a. JIBRRVjJA.N. , E. P, KERCH, D. D. S
m>
MERRYMAN & KEECH,
DENTISTS,
No. 50 North Calvert street, Baltimore.
March 26, 1864.—1 y
R. R. Boarman,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY.
Smedley Row, opposite Court House,
TOWSONTOWN.
WILL promptly attend to all business en
trusted to ais > h j c
Jan. 18.—tf
tIWIS H. WHEELER, WIJ.LIAM S..KR.KCH
Wheeler & Keech,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AND
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
Office No. 1 and 2 Smedley Row, Towsontown.
HAVING formed a PARTNERSHIP for the
practice of Law, will give p,ompt atten
tion to the collection of claims and business in
Jeneral in the Orphans’Court and Circuit Court
or Baltimore county.
Aug. 27, 1859—tf ' ___
R. W. TKMrLEMAN. CIIAS. J. Pennington
Wll. H. flip*LEV.
Agents for sale of Maryland Lands,
OJice (up stairs) No. 48 Lexington st., Baltimore.
R. W. Templeman, & Co.,
OFFER their services to the ptiblic for the
Sale of Farms, and Real Estate generally.
Thev have, as Surveyors, a general knowledge
of the lands of parts of the Slate, 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. Partie wishing to sell or purchase
will please communicate by letter as above.
t Pet. 31.—1 y
FRANK L. MORLING,
FLORIST, SEEDSMAN AND
NURSERYMAN,
Store No. 2 North Eutaio, Street, Baltimore,
Nurseries on the Ilookstowu lload Adjoin
ing Druid Hill Park,
-w w-pOULD invite the attention of the citizens
YV Of t he county, to his Stock .
K*f. of GARDEN SEEDS, -
REEDS, FRITITRBj|K|&
*frTTREEB, GRAPE VINES,
andall Small Fruits.
Evergreen and Ornamental Shade Trees,
Green House, Hot House and Hardy Plants,
Reses and Flowering Shrubs.
I will be prepared to furnish early in the
season, the following Plants: —Cabbage Let
tuce, Celery, Tomato, Egg Plants, do., Ac.
Jan. 28.—3 m.
CARPENTER AND BUILDER.
THE undersigned, having taken up his res
in the Tenth District, on the new Turnpike
leading from Meredith’s Ford to Sweet Aii,
respectfully asks of the public a share of the
business appertaining to Building and Carpen
ter’s Work in B e^'^ GE n MAT xhEWS.
Jan. 28, 1865.—tf. " '
GEORGE C. MoCOULL*
UNDERTAKER, _
No. 131 Saratoga./itreet, 1 door west of Howard
.TS'.UTis 1 -i i-.i t
Y§ prepared to furnish COFFINS at 25 per
I cent, leas than the usual price, and of fine
finish, for cash. Jan. 28, 1866.—1 y.
County Advertisements.
WARREN SXORE,
In the Thriving Little Village of
WARHEisr.
GREAT REDUCTION OF PRICES IN ALL
KINDS OF GOODS.
> riMIE proprietor* of the “Warren Store” are
| A 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 iu 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
i refunded. Our stock consists in part of
i DRY GOODS.
GROCERIES.
HARDWARE,
CHINA WARE,
CROCKERY WARE,
EARTHENWARE,
STONEWARE,
* GLASSWARE,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
H HATS, CAPS,
1 DRUGS, DYE STUFFS, OIL AND PAINTS.
MEDICINES, GLASS, PUTTY. WHITE
LEAD, LINSEED A NEATS FOOT
OIL, PARAPIIINK OIL. KER
OSENE OIL, MACHINE
OIL, MACKER E L,
IIERRING3, BA
-1 CON, HAMS,
! BREAST PIECES, SHOULDERS, G. A. SALT,
| Fine Salt, Flour, Corn Meal, Mill Feed, llom
onv Buck Wheat,
TIN AND WOODEN WARES,
Brooms, Ropes, Plow Lines, Shoe Findings,
Wrot Nails, Cut Nails, Spikes, Rivets, and eve
ry article that may he found in a well regulat
‘ ed country store.
i COUNTRY PRODUCE
of all kinejs taken in exchange for good* at
city prices.
IT. P. THOMAS.
For Warren Manufacturing Company.
Feb. 18.—ly.
Auctioneer.
THE undersigned having taken out a Gov
ernment License for sth as well as the 2d
i Congressional District, is prepared to attend
sale- 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
neckor A Sons, American Office, or Mr. Nelson
Cooper, at his store.
SAMUEL G. WILSON,
Dec. s.—tAlo Towsontown, Md.
NOTICE.
THE firm of Longnecker A Sons having 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, areyequested to make immedi
ate payment to the above. All persons indebt
ed to John 11. Longnecker for subscription to,
or advertising in the above paper, previous to
November loth. 1863, arc earnestly requested
to make payment as above. Bills will be sent
to all so indebted.
11. C. LONGNECKER,
J. B. LONGNECKER,
J. H. LONGNECKER,
Jan. 7. —tf.
TOWSONTOWN
FEMALE SEMINARY.
BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL for young
Ladies.
Mrs. MARGARET R. SCHENCK,
Principle.
j (Late Principal of the Columbus Female Sem
inary, Ohio.)
The nert term will commence on Wednesday,
■ February, 8 th. Feb. lh—4t*
LODI COMPANYS’
POUDRETTE.
TTTE again offer this celebrated Manure to
I W Farmers. After 25 years trial it is found
to be the cheapest and best fertilizer used,ovor
10,000 bbls. were sold last year, the demand ex
| ceeding the supply.
For Tobacco, Corn, Potatoes and Vegetables,
it is unsurpassed.
The Company manufacture also, BoneTa-feu,
! (a substitute for Super Phosphate,) from Bones,
Blood, Offal, Night Soil and Peruvian Guano,
! ground fine. Price SSO per Ton.
Coe’s Phosphate; made by W. L. Bradly,
Boston. Having been appointed an Agent for
this celebrated Phosphate, we shall haveacon
, ’ stant supply on hand.
Pamphlets with full particulars, with price,
may be obtained by addressing the Company’s
Agents, BOWEN A MERCER,
No. 3 Exchange Place, Baltimore.
February 25.—2ra.
JOHN D. HAMMOND,
SADDLE, HARNESS, TRUNK,
AND COLLAR MANUFACTURER,
WHOLESALE d RETAIL,
Jtk a No. 348 Baltimore st..
3 doors below Eutaw
House, Baltimore,
MANUFACTURES and keeps constantly on
hand every description of SADDLES,
- I HARNESS, TRUNKS. VALISES, .CARPET
a BAGS, COLLARS, and every other article in
his line. All orders executed with neatness
and dispatch. July 9, 1864. ly
ploughcastingsT
PLOUGH CASTINGS ! !
t rpHE attention of Farmers and Merchants is
_L invited to my full and complete stock, em
bracing all the-various sizes of the Wiley,
, Woodcock, Smith, Atwood, Minor A Horton,
s Wisconsin, and other kinds, all of which will
i be sold low by the single piece or ton.
Also, a good assortment of Ploughs, at less
■. i than regular prices, at No. 142 N. Gay street,
Baltimore. HENRY WILCOX.
I Feb. 6.—tf '<
j!
j! TO REAL ESTATE OWNERS.
. rilllE undersigned are now dealing extensive
ly ly in the sale of FARMS and LANDS in
’ all parts of Maryland, especially in Baltimore
% I county. Those desiring to sell at good prices,
will send us a full description.
No Sale no Charge.
' ,75©“A11 Legal Claims of soldiers prosecuted.
Address, EATON *fc CO.,
I Baltimore.
Office—No. 26 Bt. Paul Street between Lex
j ington and Fayette. Feb. 4, 1865.—tf.
TAKE NOTICE,
j PALL STYLES OP HATS, 1864.
9 "ITTE are now prepared to
W nish our triends and the4fiftaWcllfi
public wijth tho FALL STYLES
OF HATS, for Gentlemen’s wear, BIkD
► which will compare favorably with any sold
in the city of ‘Baltimore.
, ALSO, SOFT FELT HATS,
Latest patterns, for Gentlemen, Youths and
’’ I Children, some yery beautiful.
8. HINDUS A SON,
e Oct. 15.—tf No. 100 Gay street.
SCHUCHMANN & HEIM,
i BEa
e i MANUFACTURERS OF
Trunks,
Valises and Ladies Bonnet Boxea, \
No. (> W. Baltimore Street,
BALTIMORE." ’
Js9-TRUNKS MADE TO ORDER
Jan, ltl, 1865.—1 y.
All Persons Indebted
TO the late Baltimore Countv Advocate, either
to E. F. Church; ot Churen A Haversttek,
r are respectfully requested tooall at tfcai. Union
office and Bottle their bill*.
Feb. 18.—tf
TOWSONTOWN, MI)., SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1865.
Railroad Directory.
Northern Central Hallway.
TRA INS NOR Til WA RD.
Mail leaves Calvert Station at 9.20 A. M.
Pittsburg and Eric Express 3.00 P. M.
' Pittsburg and Elmira Express 10.00 P. M.
' Harrisburg Accommodation loaves at 2.50 P. M.
Parkton Accommodation No. 1 “ 7.20 A. M.
I’arkton Accommodation No. 3 “ 5.00 P. M.
TRA INS SOUTH WARD.
! 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.
rittsburg Express through without change ot
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, arrives dai
ly except Mondays.
" Express at 8.00 P. M., leaves daily except
Saturdays.
, Mail daily,exceptSilndays. Harrisburg Ac
commodation leaves daily except Sundays.—
Mail and Express will not stop between Balti
more and Parkton.
Baltimore & Ohio Railrontl.
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 Ellioott’s Mills Train leaves Baltimore
at 0.20 and 10.00 A. M., and 2.00 I’. M.; and El
lieott's Mills at 7.00 and 11.30 and 3.30 I*. M.
FOR WASHINGTON.
Leave Baltimore at 4.30. 7.00, 8.60, 9.40 a. m.
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. M., and
3.00, 4.3 d, 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. in. trains ouly from Balti
more, and the 8.15 a. m. and 3.00 p. m. from
Washington stop at way points. The 7.00, 8.50
a. m. and the 3.30 and 6.00 p. rn. from Balti
more, and the 6.15 and 8.15 a. m. and 3.00 and
4.30 p. m. trains from Washington connect with
trains on the Annapolis road.
Philadelphia Railroad.
Wav Mail Train for Philadelphia and way
stations, at 8.25 a. ni.
Express Train for Philadelphia and New
YBrk at 9.20 a. m.
Express Train for Philadelphia and New
York at 1.10 p. in.
Waj’ Mail Train for Philadeljihia 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. m., train, and
for Dover, Delcware, 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, at Glen Morris Station, on arrival
ot 9.20 A. M. train from Baltimore, and for
Uniontown, Taneytown and Eminittshurg, on
arrival of same train at Linwood Station.
BALTIMORE &TtOWSONTOWN
ON nn after Monday, October 10th, 1864, cars
will
LEAVE BALTIMORE EVERY HOUR,
In the Charles Street Cars, corner of Baltimore
and North streets,
, FROM 7A.M.TO 6P. M., except 12 M.
I 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 11 P. M.
Oct. 15.—tf A. D. SANIvS, Agent.
CHANGE OF HOURS.
Baltimore, Catonsville & Ellicott’s Mills
RAILWAY.
FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
ON and after Monday, October 3d, 1564, ears
will run HOURLY,
FROM 7 A. M. TO 12 M.,
AND
FROM 2 TO ? P. M., DAILY,
Sundays included.
PASSENGERS TO AND FROM ELLICOTT’S
MILLS will leave daily, Sundays included, at
8 and It A. M., and 2 and 5 P. M.
Depot west end of Baltimore street.
1 Oct, B.—.tf
1 nm.
i Substitute Brokers.
8 Special notice.
Headquarters for Drafted and En
rolled Men for the City and
! Counties.
WANTED this day, FIFTY good Alien or
Contraband SUBSTITUFJS, ‘ for which
we will pay the highest price. We invite all
g of our friends (who are subject to draft) not to
fail in procuring a Substitute for three years,
[irevious to drah, which may take place in a
ew days ; (uijd as our motto was from the first,
j so it is "now, to deal fairly with all men.) As
time is money, you can call and leave your
g orders and no further personal time would be
required and your full discharge papers for
’ three years would be brought to your place of
business for settlement.
iffiS-Aa we do not ask for money in advance,
’ call early at the “OLD ESTABLISHED OF
FICE,” Law Buildings, St Paul street, Room
No. 6, up stairs.
WM. H. BAYZAND & CO.,
1 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 iu the busi
iness of furnishing Districts and individ
nnls with Substitutes, and enlisting Volunteers
for the Army 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. Those who wantto en
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 us
i a call.
1 fiS* Contracts taken for filling quotas, as
heretofore. j .
Exemption papers of all kinds carefully
1 prepared ana advice furnished. Claims of all
kinds collected with dispatch.
RFMEMBER THE PLACE!
38 Second Street, Baltimore, Md*
Feb. 25, —2m.
COME OIJT OI- THE DRAFT 1
Enroled and Drafted Men of the City and
Counties,
"VTOW is your timeto putin good alien SUB
JY STITUTES, at the shortest possible notice,
' and Cheaper than the Cheapest, thereby ob
taining a release for 3 years, with a guarantee
from tis besides. SUBS ARE SCARCE and the
PRICES GOING UP EVERY DAY. Therefore,
all Enroled Men who intend to furnish a SUB.
previous to the taking place of the Draft, can
be supplied by making eariy application at our
office, 75 West Fayette street, Bible House, up
stairt, And At our offiee, Ellicott’s Mills, 4th dodr
r from the Provost Marshal’s office.
, Wp do notSk for any money until we present
i your full discharge for three years.
7 WM. B. SABSCER A CO.,
Jan. 14.—8 tn. Authorized Agents.
Mnt fteottg.
THE SOLDIER’S DOG.
lie start* from the hearth with a low, sail whins.
As the night-wind rattle* the casement frame.
And look* at mo with eyes that shine
A* if through tear* when I *peak your name.
Yonder your empty chair by the wall
Stand*, half in the shadow and half in tlia light.
And the clock ticks in the silent hall
Like the shuddering pulse of the dreary night.
A click of the latch at the garden gate,
Some sound* like steps on the upi>er floors,
In the still long hour* when we sit and wait—
I’esliaps for your face at the open door*
And sigh at last as the ilex tree
Shake* on the pane, and the fancy flies;
Then lie lays hi* shaggy head down on ray knee
And look* at mo stiil with those wistful eyes.
Poe* not a thought of the summers dead
E’er haunt him, following mute and slow
Pon n the dim old paths we used to tread
In the purple mornings of long ago?
Some long spent wind in the bearded grain,
Some lightsome coral nn hedge or thorn.
Lost echoes caught from the reaper’* strain
Among the laurel* and shining corn.
He listen*. I think, for your footstep* still.
Til the depths of the woodlands gray and old.
Where the comfortless storms g* sobbing at will
And the maple* are casting their tawny gold,
For the lightsome call that he used to hear
Through the sharp,dead i-ustle of leaf and spray,
But the old ways now are lonely and sear,
And the roar of the cannon 1* far away.
Far, far array old Hover and we
Must wait at the shadowy hearth alone.
Haunted for aye by some tone of glee,
Some sleepless ghost of the glad days gone ;
Come close to my *ide—there! your rough paw* so.
And your brown head here—let the ilex leaves
Whirl on the pane; ah, we all must know
That the heart that loves is the heart that grieves.
Away where the bellowing batteries' light
Ilcddens the dark of,the Southern sky,
He has laid him down on the turf to-night,
Thinking, ltover, of you and I.
Grim with the smoke of the trench, or worn
With the toil of the battle, yet seeing there
The light* of home through the distance burn,
And the face* that watch Isy his empty chair.
All. well! the hour grow* dark and late,
There will come no step on the silent floors,
Yo hand to-niglit at the garden gate,
No smiling face at the open doors.
The shadows deepen along the wall,
But the stars shine through the falling rain ;
They trust the host who have staked their all;
Lie down, old friend, at my feet again.
—Boston Lender.
fpmnMtMnji
NATIONAL STANDARDS.
THEIR ORIGIN’
Attachment to the national standard is
one of the earliest and most firmly fixed
lessons of patriotism. To the soldier espe
cially, it is part of his very life. No inci
dents of history are more romantic or more
touching than those which tell of armies
rescued from the jaws of defeat by the dear
voice of some trusted leader who summons
them to rally round tho banner which has
so often led them to victory. The history
of the standards of different nations is preg
nant with many interesting associations of
heroism and patriotism, of vicissitudes, of
victory, and defeat; it is frequently the
story of tho nation’s growth and glory and
decline; of its great men and their great
deed 3.
The eagle has always been a favorite em
blem with most warlike people, and it fig
ures prominently iu the ancient mytholo
gies.
“The Romans adopted the eagle symbol
at au early period-of their history. At
first, according to Dionysius of Halicarnas
sus, they crowned with it the sceptre of
their kings ; afterwards, wheu they had
toppled down the throue, they made it the
ornament of the sceptre of their warrior
chiefs, and tho only ensign of their legions.
“Under the republic, the Roman eagle
wa3 carvefi in wood ; thou in silver, with
a thunderbolt of gold in in its talons. Cae
sar was the first who had the whole cast in
gold, but he deprived it of the thunderbolt
on which it had hitherto rested. To mark
his indefatigable activity, and his constant
yearning after new conqnests, the Romans
always represented Caisar’s eagle with out
stretched wings, as if seeking to inclose the
entire world in the grasp of its shadow.
“Each legion had its golden eagle poised
at the point of a lance. They regarded it
with the most religious veneration ; they
made oath by it as by a divinity ; and thesje
oaths were esteemed peculiarly sacred.—
The warrior-bird preserved even there his
protecting character; the guilty soldier,
on the point of being smitteh by the centu
rion’s are—the prisoner doomed to death,
might obtain life and pardon ifthey placed
themselves under the safeguard of the ea
gle, by clasping closely the lance of the
standard-bearer.
“On the days of the triumph of success
ful generals, the eagle was adorned with all
the garniture of victory—with crowns of
laurels and garlands of flowers. When a
legion pitched its camp, the eagle was
placed in its centre; and if it happened
that two legions encamped together, they
erected upon the limits of the two camps a
double eagle, with heads and wings opposed.
“If a Roman army were defeated, the ea
gle was not suffered to fall into the hands
of the enemy; when the standard-bearer
saw the rout begin, he broke his lance in
twain, and buried in the earth that portion
which was crowned by the imperial symbol.
This took place after the fatal battle of
Lake Thrasyraene ; and we owe to such a
preaaution the only legionary eagle that
has been preserved to our times. It was
found in Germany, on the land of the Count
d’Erlach ; is of bronze gilt, three inches
high, and weighs eight pounds. It is sup
posed to have belonged to the Twenty-se
cond legion, which being sorely pressed in
a battle with the Alemanni, the eagle-bea
rer, before he took to flight, concealed in
the earth the precious symbol intrusted to
his care.”
Varus was defeated, and the eagles of
his legions wore captured, and Romo felt
deeply humiliated.
The German emperors at first bore a sin
gle eagle, in remembrance of the Roman
Cicsars They afterwards adopted the two
headed eagle, as a symbol of the double
empire of Rome and Constantinople.
Czar Ivan 111., of Russia, having marri
ed the daughter of the Emperor Michael
Paleologus, considered himself also entitled
to the eagle. “He ordored a double-head
ed eagle to be engraved upon his coins, in
every respect similar to that of the Ger
man and Greek emperors; but instead of
being represented with expanded wings,
like the eagle of the Caesars, its wings wero
folded. Ivan had no sooner ascertained
this distinction between the Muscovite
and the German eagle, than he caused the
designers and engravers of his coius to be
hung.” i
The Frenoh Standard.
The French kiDgs first adopted the color
of their patron saint, St. Martin, which was
blue. The tlarlovingian princes substituted
for the cope of St. Martin, whose color was
nevertheless preserved in the royal blazon,
the banner of their patron, St. Denis.—
This was made of red silk, without orna
ment of or silver, and was the stand
ard which be.came so celebrated in French
history us tbo oriflammo. This was borne
until the end of the fourteenth century,
when the English, victorious at Agincourt,
having assumed the red cross, the French
adopted the white, abandoned by their en
emies. ‘‘The three national colors, adopted
at different periods of French history, wero
at last blended into the tricolor by the
leaders of the great Revolution ; but they
had already been used by some of the
French sovereigns in their flags and live
ries. Francis 1., Ifenry 11., Francis 11.,
and Henry 111., chose them for the party
colored costumes of their pages. In the
days of Henri-Quatro, they were blended
in the uniform of the halberdiers, and in
the attire of the royal valets depied. When,
towards the close of his reign, Holland ac
complished her independence, she solicited
of the great monarch permission to take to
'herself the French colors : ho consented;
i and the flag which he dispatched, as a
proof of his good-will, to the Stadtholder
at Amsterdam, was a tricolor ; since which
time Holland has carried no other.
“At the beginning of the eighteenth cen
tury, nearly a hundred years before the out
break of the Revolution, the French sol
diers bore fora brief period t lie three col
ors ; this was at the epoch of the Triple
Alliance between the kings of Franco and
Spain and the Elector of Bavaria. When
the three armies wero combined, it was
thought best to give their soldiers a cock
ade whose blended colors should indicate
the union of the three countries. It was
thus that the white of France, the red of
Spain, and the blue of Bavaria were united
in that War of the Succession which hum
bled the pride of Louis XIY. on the mem
orable fields of Blenheim, Ramillies, Onde
narde, and Malplaquet.
However, it is not to these circumstan
ces, nor to any desire to emblematize the
different eras of French history, that the
tricolor of the Revolution owes its origin.
In 1780, the green flag, popularized by Ca
mille Desmoulins at the Palais Royal, fell
into disrepute, because green was the color
of the liveries of the Count d’Artois, one
of the most unpopular of the Bourbon prin
ces. The people looked for other insignia,
and appropriated the two colors of the ci
ty of Paris, rod and blue, already celebra
ted in more than one popnlar emeute. The
new popular standard soon united with
these the white, which had boon assumed
by the National Guard of Paris, still faith
ful to royalty and its emblems. It was
some months after the capture of the Bas
tile that the tricolor was definitely adopted.
This selection of colors received the formal
sanction of the National Convention.
The English Flag.
“The national flag of England was for
some centuries the red cross, dating from
the period of English ascendancy in France.
Previously, the royal color had been white,
but after Henry VI. had been crowned at
Paris, the victorious English borrowed the
device of the vanquished eueuiy.
“The Union is composed of the red eross
of the Scotch cross of St. An
drew—dating from the incorporation of the
two kingdoms in the reign of Anne—and
the Irish cross of St. Patrick. The royal
standard of England has varied its devices
according to the devices of her kings.—
The House of York had a famous badge—
the rose en soldi. Henry VII. exhibited
the rose and crown. Our Plantagenets
were fond of the leopard ; whence came
Napoleon’s threatening allusions, and his
boast, that ‘lie would drive the leopard in
to the sea.’ The lion was first borne by
Richard 1., whence, probably, his non-de
guerre of ‘Coeur-de-Lion.’ ”
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Southern Plantations.
The great question of the present day is
the war. But a greater question must come
up, and inventors should be the first to con
sider it, and it is not now too soon to begin.
How are the Southern lands to be worked,
when the laboring force, always inefficient,
becomes barely willing to minister to its
own uncultivated wants? We do not give
apolitical opinion in this case, to excite dis
like in our readers of either party, but we
take for granted—what seems to be expect
ed by both parties—that slavery is weaken
ed, if not ended ; and we take the experi
ence of the English and Freuch colonies as
evidence that, in future, the negroes will
not do nil the work that is wanted. More
over, the planters are mostly ruined ; the
lands will be idle or sold ; and who will pro
vide capital and raactiinery to work them,
is the greatest qaostion ever presented to
the intelligent speculators and inventors
and engineers of this country. More mil
lions may be made by machinery to work
these lands than have been wasted by this
brainless war.
We have been told by geologists, mete
orologists, essayists, orators, and other au
thorities in whom we have not implicit
faith, that the world must depend on Amer
ican cotton, because no other country has
a climate suitable for the growth of cotton.
In opposition, we are now told by closet
authors in England that other sources of
supplies are being opened, and will render
Europe independent of America, or at least
reduce the present price of cotton. We
are aho told by men here, whose political
opinions and feelings probably bias them,
that the cotton lands have been exhausted
by uuthrifty slave labor ; others tell us that
deeper plowing will restore them. How
much truth there is in these views is not
to be learned without methodical investi
gation ; but our opinion is, that the cheap
labor and parching climate of India will
not successfully compete with machinery
working on our cotton lands. As for Egypt,
the cotton is said to be good, but Egypt
has not laud enough to affect the market.
Stunted cotton grows in Italy, about Na
ples, but labor there is not energetic or
very cheap ; und it is wanted for silk, wine,
and other products. Algeria ami Western
Africa are talked of as great cotton fields.
Finally men who never have looked at the
fibres through a microscope, and knew
nothing of spinning, talk of making flax
into cotton, which is as reasonable as to
talk of making bristles into wool. All the
facts indicate that the American cotton
region must rule the cotton market, at least
for good qualities, oven if tho demand does
not increase. But the increase in demand
is one of the groat phenomena of the age,
and is not likely ho slacken while the gen
eral power of producing what may be ex
changed for cotton goods is increasing.—
This growing demand for cotton offers im
mense returns to speculators who will -or
ganize with capital sufficient to unite with
them in one body all the inventive and en
gineering genius in the market. Such force
will revive the fertility of the exhausted
surface by deeper cultivation and will work
with profit even in competition with the
labor of India, that earns only the cheap
est feed that we can keep up the race of
laborers. We urge, on the authority of
the best engineers, that a pound of coal
under a boiler will do more work than three
pounds of rice consumed in rearing and sus
taining Indian laborers, more than three
pounds of feed for horses, or any other force
of mere muscles ; and the directing'intel
lect of white mon will add more to the pro
duct than will pay the cost of machinery.
American Artisan.
4srNone but a Fool is always right.
Spots which Should be Sacred.
The world pays respect to the memory
of the illustrious dead. The objects that
were doar to them in life, and the homes
in which they moved, and were modeled af
ter their ideas of the beautiful and for their
love, become to the living, sacred are guard
ed with jealousy and clothed with a rever
ential charm. To the American people, {
Mount Vernon, the home of Washington, j
will ever be dear. As we pay homage to j
tho memory of the noble chieftain, so we i
honor his home, and regard it as even too
sacred for the thought of sacrilegious !
wrong. In tho commencement of the re- !
belliou, that ablest of Generals, tho voner- I
able Winfield Scott, issued au order that j
Mount Yernon should receive the protec- '
of the Federal armies, and that no offi
cer, or soldier, under any pretext, should
desecrate the soil by a single act of despol
iation. It was a noble order, and showed
how deeply the memory of Washington was
reverenced by the veteran, war-worn Gener
al. Nearly four years have elapsed since !
then, and Mount Vernon has stood a bright, j
peaceful spot, around which the turbulent ;
waves of a sea of fierce warfare have goll- j
ed. Its vicinity ha 3 been in possession of;
both Federal and Confederate armies, and, J
whether the gray-clad, or the blue-uniform- j
ed soldier wandered through the grand old |
shades, the memory of the illustrious dead
was always sufficient to insure to it protec
tion. The visitor, while musing in solitude
iu the homo of Washington, has often been
startled by the distant murmurs borne to
his ear of the fierce clash of arms and the
angry roar of battle, yet the shock passed,
and Mount Vernon remained as peaceful
and as free from despoliation as before.—
The very thought of Washington awes the
mind and calls for respect and homage to
all things sacred to his memory. This re
spect for the memory of America’s illustri
ous dead should inspire us on all occasions.
By their geuius and teachings the destiny
of a nation has beep shaped, and to them
we owe our greatness as a free and prosper
ous people. Their sayings have become
household words, aud their homes, in which
they lived, moved aud passed the happiest
moments of life, should be held sacred so
long as a thought of them remains. The
military and civil athorities should co-ope
rate in furnishing protection to such homes,
and every exertiou should be made to pre
serve them from the ravages of war. It is
deeply painful to see a spot of this kind
given up to despoliation. We would much
rather behold it falling into natural decay,
for then, at least, the grandeur of tho ruins
would remaiu, aud we could moralize:
Thou art man’s monitor, thou ruin hoary,
To tell how like a shadow is his glory.
Several days ago we speut a few brief
hours iu tho beautiful city of Lexington,
and paid a visit to that classic spot dear to
Kentuckians, and sacred to tlje people of
America—Ashland, the homo of the sage,
the orator, the statesman, llenry Clay. As
we gazed upou the broad, rich lands, a rev
erential feeling stole over U 3, and the mind
was busy with thoughts of the past. This,
,11101), was the home of Henry Clay, whose
eloquence fired a great people, and swayed
the dostiuies of a nation. Here was the
retreat whore ho had spent the more quiet
scenes of his life, and gathered arouud him
objects and forms of love. The drive lead
ing up to tire house wound through stately
evergreens, which half sheltered the man
sion from viow. The old houso has disap
peared, and on its ruins has been erected a
stylish edifice of modern structure. . It is
imposing, but robs the promises of the se
clusion and quiet beauty that should belong
to them. With a half-formed regret that
tho old house had not been held more sa
cred, we passed on, and soon were lost iu
the beauties of the broad woodlawns. The
branches of the stately trees were bare,
and the brown leaves rustled bonoath oar
feet, as mournfully sighed the Autumn
breeze. The woods were full of sadness,
although the sun shone brightly, and the
plumago of birds was made brilliant in the
fulness of the rays. The spirit of Henry Clay
seemed to dwell with the grand old shades,
and weep for the desolation of this fair
country. Slowly we wandered, and as we
looked around we rejoiced that the memo
ry of the sage was sufficient to preserve
Ashland Irorn the most violent ravages of
the rude hand of war.— Louisville Journal.
“Little Dam Brook.”
A clergyman, seeing* a little boy playing
in a small stream by the roadside, inquired
for his father.
“He’s over to the little dam brook,” ex
claimed the lad.
“What!” said the reverend gentleman,
shocked at the boy’s profanity. “Can’t
yon speak without swearing ?”
“Well, ho is over to the little dam brook,
aDyhow,” persisted the boyjas he went
spattering through the water and mud af
ter a butterfly. “He’s been over to the
little dam brook all day, and if you don’t
believe it, yon can go up to that house aud
ask mother.”
The clergyman sought an interview with
the mother immediately, and complained
of the profanity of her child. After tell
ing her, however, what the lad had said, she
laughingly informed him the “little dam
brook,” was a title by which the stream was
called to distinguish it from a “big dam
brook,” situated a few miles further to the
eastward.
He now felt that he had wronged the boy
and therefore owed him an apology, Hur
rying back to the spot, he exclaimed :
* “Boy, I wronged yon in accusing you of
swearing; but you should have told me
that “little dam brook” was only the name
of a stream, and I then would not have
scolded you.”
“Well, ’tain’t no matter, said the happy
youngster, as he held aloft a struggling frog
that he had speared with his mother’s
clothes stick. “There’s a big dam on big
dam brook, and a little dum on little dam
brook, and we would have had a little dam
on this brook, only I’spect it’s too small, it
ain't worth a dam.
Anecdote of General Sherman. —When
General Sherman was in command at Beu
ton barracks, St. Louis,he was in the habit
of visiting every part of that institution, ma
king himself familliar with everything that
was going on. He wore an old brown coat
and a stovo-pipo hat, and was not general
ly recognized by the minor officials or the
soldiers. One day, while walking through
the grounds, he met with a soldier who was
unmercifully beating a mule.
‘Stop pounding that mule,’ said the Gen
eral.
‘Git out!’ said the soldier in blissful ig
norance of the person to whom he was
speaking.
‘I tell you to stop 1’ reiterated the Gen
eral. *
‘You mind your business, and I will mind
mine,’ replied the soldier, continuing his
flauk movement upon the mule.
‘I toll you again to stop!’ said General
S. ‘Do you knpw who lam ? lam Gener
al Sherman.’
‘That’s played out 1’ said the Boldier,—
‘Every man who comes along here with an
old brown coat and a stove pipe hat on
claims to be Gen. Sherman.’
It is presumed that for once General
Sherman considered himself ontflanked.
89° A lady recently wrote from England
to the War Department, Washington, re
questing them to send her all the names of
the men who had been killed in this war,
so she conld see if her son John Smith,
was among them.
Crumbs of Thought.
Collected tor the Union.
Good for Evil.— A more glorious victo
ry caunot be gained over another man than
this, that when the Injury began on his
1 part, the Kindness should begin on our 3.
j Tillotson.
j Government.—A Statesman should fol
| low Public Opinion as a Coachman follows
j his horses ; having a firm hold on the reins
j and guiding fcheiu.— Hare.
Law and Arms.—ln all governments
j theremnst be both the Law and the Sword :
i Laws without arms would give us not Lib
erty but Licentiousness ; and arms without
Laws, would produco not subjection, but
slavery.— Colton.
Conversation.—•
| Be silent always when you doubt your sense,
| And speak, tho’ sure, with seeming diffi
j . dence.— Pope.
! Gossips,—
j Full many a.dart at random sent,
j Finds mark the archer never meant ;
And many award at random spoken
May soothe or wound the heart that’s broken.
Truth. —Truth is the only real lasting
foundation for friendship; and in every
thing but truth there is a principle of de
cay and dissimulation.
Cares.—Pack your care 3 in as small a
space as yon can so that you can carry them
yourself, and not let them annoy others.
To be angry is to revenge the fault of
others upon yourself.
The great art of Life is to play for much
and stake little.
A Joko for Selfish Husbands.
Lord*Ellenborough was once about to go
on the circuit, when Lady Ellenboroug said
that she would like to accompany him. He
replied that he had no objection, provided
that she did not encumber the carriage
with bandboxes, which were his abhorrence.
During the first day’s journey, Lord Ellen
borongb happened to stretch his legs,
struck his foot against something below
tho seat, ne discovered that it was a band
box. Up went the window and ont went
the bandbox. The coachman stopped, and
1 the footman thinking that the baudbox had
tumbled out of the window by some extra-.
ordinary chance, was going to pick it up,
when Lord Ellenboroagh furiously called
out, “Drive on !” The bandbox was accor
\ dinglylelt by the ditch-side. Having reach
* ed the county town where he was to offi
ciate as judge Lord Ellenborough proceed
| ed to array himself for his appearance at
. the court-house.
[ “Now,” said he, “where’s my wig?—
where’s my wig ?”
! “My lord, replied his attendant, it was
| thrown out of the carriage window.”
■ A Clerical Anecdote.
i Tho Rev. P ,of Brooklyn, belonging
to the old school divines, while attending
to his usual Sabbath ministrations, manag
ed to discover who of his congregation
were absent, bis first duty on Monday morn -
, iug beiug to call on the absentees and to
find out why they were not at church.
Among those whose places were often
vacant, was one man who cared but little
i for the sanctity of the holy day, or the re
proof of the minister.
On taking his usual Monday morothg
round. Mr. P was sure to visit Mr.
0., as we will call him. Said the good man,
“Why were you not at church yesterday ?”
“Had other business to attend to,” was
the blunt reply.
“Mr. C.,” said the clergymen, solemnly,
“there will be no preaching in hell.”
“Well, it won’t be for the want of Min
isters,” was the quick rejoinder.
This was a hard cut, and the good old
doctor shook his bead, and went on his
way, ruminating, doubtless, upon the doc
trine of total depravity.
Standing up for his Friends.
In the flush times of Vicksburg, Miss.,
when the phrase, “hard case,” meant some
thing more than it does now, Harvey Jen
kins was admittedly one of the hardest.—
By some strange accident, Harvey found
himself at church one evening. The ser
mon being over, the preacher requested all
who were friendly to religion to rise and
hold up their right hands. The whole au
dience, apparently, rose to their feet. Af
ter they were seated agaiu, the miuister
continued : “Now, if there is a single one
here who desires to see Salau and his king
dom prosper, ho will rise and hold up his
hand.” Harvey, with some difficulty, got
into an erect position, and said : “Had
the vote beeu less unanimous, I should have
retained my seat ; but I make it a point
of honor never to abandon a friend under
adverse circnmstauces.”
A Disgusted Chaplain.
One of the wounded rebel soldiers
thought he was about to die ; and feeling
that he had many sins to answer for, he re
quested that a miuister should be sent to
him. The Rev. Mr. H., a rebel parson,
was called in. Sitting down beside the
wounded man, and assuming all the sacer
dotal airs, he_gravely said : My friend, in
what state was your mind when you first
telt that yon would like to be baptized?”
Feebly and dolorously the feeble man re
plied : “Ar-kansuw.” The diviue was in
stantly disgusted, and rising from the sick
bed in great indignation, said : “Shucks !
that fellow don’t know enough to go to hea
ven !” and left the room.
B*rA lady wished a seat. A port ly hand
some gentleman brought one and seated
her.
“Oh, you are a jewel,” said she.
“Oh, no,” replied he, “I’m a jewel er—l
have just set the jewel.”
Could there have been anything more
gallant than that ?
say, printer, do you take Man bat
ten money ?”
“No.”
“What’s tho reason—ain’t it good ?”
“Yes.”
“Why don’t you take it then ?”
“Because we cant get it!”
jyMr. Brown, I want to buy a shilling’s
worth of hay.”
“Very well, you can have it. Is it for
your father ?”
“No, ’taint. It’s for the hoss. Dad
don’t eat hay.”
<B*A wit being told that an acquaintance*
was married exclaimed, “I am glad to hear
it. But reflecting a moment, he added, iu
a tone of compassion and forgetfulness,
“and yet I don’t know why 1 should be—
he never did me any harm.”
88*A Richmond paper sneers at the la
boring men of the .North and talks disgust
edly of the “occupations of the Yankees.”
There is one Yankee occupation it will
soon have a chance to make a note of—
that is the occupation of Richmond.
<B"Drive your cows on the ice if yoq
want cow-slips in winter,
NO. 13.