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REAL ESTATE AGENT &
CONVEYANCER.
OFFlCE—Smadley Row, opposite the Court
House, Towsontown. April 29.—1 y
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, IBs.—tf.
R. W. DOUQHEBTY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TOWSONTOWN, MD.
April I.—6m.
DR. J. FJBER,‘ -7
Office —Residence of the late Dr. E. Tidltags.
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. 25.—tf.
ISAAC McCURLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
38 ST. PAUL STREET,
BALTIMORE.
May 6.—ly .
DR. SAMUEL KEPLER.
Officeandßesidence —NEAR EPSOM CHURCH.
Towsontown, Dec. 81, 1864.—1 y
~ R. M. PRICE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Office—No. 1 Smedley Row, Towsontown.
WILL give prompt attention to all law and
chancery business entrusted to his care.
Sep. 17, 1864.—1 y
C.BOffN SLINttLUFF,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
No. 3T W. LEXINGTON STREET,
(iasement,) Baltimore, Md.
April 15, 1865.—1 y.
Amos F. Musselman,
ATTORNEY.
Office No. 21 Lexington st., Baltimore city.
PRACTICES in the Courts of Baltimore
county.
July 9,1864.—1 t
WILLIAM M. BUSEY,
ATTORNEY ATX A W,
No. 71 Fayette Street, Near Charles,
Baltimore, Md.'
April 1,1865. —1 y.
Theodore Glocker,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AXB
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
Ne. 44 St. Paul street, Baltimore, Md.
PARTICULAR attention given to Chancery
and. Orphans’ Court business, in the Courts
of Baltimore city and county.
Ail communications or business left with Mr.
JOHN R. D. BEDFORD, Conveyancer, Towson
town, will be promptly attended to.
March 12, 1864.—tf.
OJ C. Warfield,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Towsontown.
JpREPARBS applications for
BOUNTY,
BACK PAY and
PENSIONS.
Feb. 20.—tf
Jos. P. Merryman.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
71 West Fayette street, Balt.
Jan. 9,1864.—1 y
DR. ISAAC McCURLEY,
DENTIST,
8. W. COR. LIBERTY and LEXINGTON, Sts.
BALTIMORE.
May 6.—tf
. MBBBTVXX. E. P. SEECH, D. D. I
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,
'' t towsontown.
XYTILL promptly attend to all business en
fV trusted to his care.
Jan. DL —tf
L*WIS *. WHXBLER. WILLIAM S. ISICI
Wheeler & Keech,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AND
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
Office No. 1 and 2 Smedley Row, Towsontown.
TTAVING formed a PARTNERSHIP for the
11 practice of Law, will give atten
tion to the ooltoction of claims and business in
reneral in the Orphans'Court and Circuit Court
for Baltimore county.
Aug.27,1869—tf ■
B. W. Tmmplbman. Chas. J. Pennington
W*. H. Shiplbt.
Agents for sale of Maryland Lands,
Office (up stairs) No. 48 Lexington st., Baltimore.
R. W. Templeman, & Co.,
OFFER their services to the public for the
Sale of Farms, and Beal Estate generally.
They have, as Surveyors, a general knowledge
of 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 abate.
Mill .... . „ ■■■ 1 *
County Advertisements.
WARREX STOKE,
. In the Thriving Little Village of
WARREN.
GREAT REDUCTION OF PRICES IN ALL
KINDS OF GOODS.
THE proprietors of the “Warren Store” are
offering great inducements to the citizens
of this neighborhood, that is worthy of their
attention. Wo 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 priceß. 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 SHOES,
HATS, CAPS.
DRUGS, DYE STUFFS, OIL AND PAINTS,
MEDICINES, GLASS, PUTTY, AY HITE
LEAD, LINSEED A NEATS FOOT
OIL, PARAPHINE OIL, KER
OSENE OIL, MACHINE
OIL, MAC KERE L,
HERRINGS, BA
CON, HAMS,
BREAST PIECES, SHOULDERS, G. A. SALT,
Fine Salt, Flour, Corn Meal, Mill Feed, Hom
ony Buck Wheat,
TIN AND WOODEN WARES,
Brooms, Ropes, Plow Lines, Shoo Findings,
Wrot Nails, Cut Nails, Spikes, Rivets, and eve
ry artiele that may be lound in a well regulat
ed country store.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
of all kinds taken in exchange for goods at,
city prices.
H. 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
Congressional District, is prepared to attend
sales in any part ef Baltimore or Harford count
ties, or any other portion of said Districts, ex
cept Baltimore city.
SU Having removed from Sweet Air to
Towsontown, persons having business with me
will please address me at Towsontown, er ap
ply to Mr. Church, Advocate Office, Mr. Long
necker k Sons, American Office, or Mr. Nelson
Cooper, at kis store.
SAMUEL G. WILSON,
Dec. s.—tAl6 Towsontown, Md.
NOTICE.
THE firm ef Longnecker k Sons having besn
dissolved, all persons having claims
against the above firm, of any kind, will please
present them to the undersigned, and all Iver
sons being in any way indebted either for sub
scription to ttye Baltimore County American,or
for advertising, are requested to make immedi
ate payment to the above. All persons indebt
ed to John H. Longnecker for subscription to,
or advertising in the above paper, previous to
November 15th, 1863, are earnestly requested
to make payment as above. Bills will be sent
to all Se indebted.
H. C. LONGNECKER,
J. B. LONGNECKER,
J. H. LONGNECKE#
Jan. 7.—tf.
TOWSONTOWN
FEMALE SEMINARY.
Boarding and day school for young
Ladies.
Mrs. MARGARET R. SCHENCK.i
Principal* ' .
(Late Principal of the Columbus Female Sem
inary, Ohie.) f
The next term will commence on Wednesday,
February, sth. Feb. 11.—41*
IJ. s. CLAIM,
BACK PAY, BOUNTY,
Pension & Prize Collecting Agency.
THE undersigned, for more than three years
past Celonels in the U. S. Army, attend to
all Claims against the U. S. Government, niake
up Quartermasters’ and Ordnance Accounts for
Discharged Officers, procure Ration Money for
Releaseu Prisoners of War. Compensation to
Loyal Owners of Slaves enlisted in the U. S.
Army er Navy secured. Monthly Fay for
Wives and Mothers of Prisoners ol War pro
cured. Soldiers’ Check Books Cashed, and
Cash Advances made on Claims.
Haß-Address, post paid, or apply in person
tr SCHLEY k EMERY,
Attorneys it LaTV —Li
122 Baltimore st., (up stairs) Balto. Md.
March 25.—3 m. r>
CHINA STORE.
WM. S. WONDERLY & CO,,
~|"|~AVE on hand a complete stock of
Oft CHINA, GLASS,
QUEENBWARE, llljffiß
Fine and common, at the Warehouse,
75 Baltimore street, 8 doors west of Gay street.
COAL OIL, of the very best quality, by the
barrel or gallon, and a complete assortment of
LAMPS and WICK for burning it.
The manufacture of STONE and EARTHEN
WARE still continued.
All goods for tho country packed in a scien
tific manner, and will bo sold wholesale and
retail, at very low pricos, to suit tho times.
Nov. 6,1864.—tf
LEATHER, “
LEATHER, ,
HIDES, &C.
>ll
F. H. GRUPY & CO.,
42 South Calvert Street, Baltimore, M<l.,
HAVE always a full assortment of LEATH
ER of all kinds, at lowest rates. Call and
soo before purchasing.
HIDES * PRIME TAN BARK
Wanted, for which tho outside Cash Price will
bo paid. F. H. GRUPY * CO.,
42 South Calvert Street, Baltimore.
April B.—3m.
JOHN D. HAMMOND,
SADDLE, HARNESS, TRUNK,
AND COLLAR MANUFACTURER,
WHOLESALE A RETAIL,
No. 348 Baltimore st., MFESEEI
Gtt 3 doors below Eutaw
M House, Baltimore,
MANUFACTURES and keeps constantlyon
hand every description of SADDLES.
HARNESS, TRUNKS. VALISES, CARPET
BAGS, COLLARS, and every other article in
his line. All orders executed with neatness
and dispatch. July 9* 1864.—1 y
PLOUGH CASTINGS!
PLOUGH CASTINGS ! 1
THE attention of Farmers and Merehants is
invited to my full and complete stock, ein
bracing all tho various sizes of tho Wiley,
Woodcock, Smith, Atwood, Minor k Horton,
Wisconsin, and other kinds, all 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. (lay street,
Baltimore. HENBY WILCOX.
Feb. 6.—tf t
TAKE NOTICE.
FALL STYLES OF HATS, 186$.
WE are now prepared to fur
nish ©Ur friends and
public with the FALL STYLES HHKBmL
OF HATS, for Gentlemen’s wear, ■■■■s !
which will compare favorably with any sold
in the city of Baltimore.
ALSO, SOFT FILT HATS, .
Lateet patterns, for dsntlemen, Youths and j
Children, some very beautiful.
%, Hindus a son,
Oct. 15,—|f No. 199 9*7 street.
TOWSONTOWN, MD., SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1865.
HATCH'S
RAW-BONE PHOSPHATE,
UNSURPASSED FOR PRODUCING A
Heavy Growth of orn, Oats, Potatoes,
ANO ALT. SPRING CROPS,
And Permanently Enriching the Soil.
It'contains the Fertelisting Properties of
Guano, Bone, Stable Manure and
Lime.
PRODUCING in many cases larger crops by
lifly per C£ut..tlntn either of the above ar
ticles, when used scpe.rately.
It is a highly concentrated manure, being
made from Boiies containing all their original
animal matter. No Burnt Bones are used,
v It has been used by thousands of farmers in
this State, with (he highestsatisfaction. It lias
proved a perfectly reliable substitute for “Pe
ruvian Guano,” being sufficiently quick in its
action on the crops, and in all cases enriching
the soil, and it is permanent in its effects.
It would he well for farmers to send in their
orders early, either to the subscriber or to any
of his agents, from whom circulars can be ob
tained, giving a list of many persons who have
used it, and'certificates.
| in 13011 GE I)IJ DALE,
Sole Agent,
No. 105 Smith’s Wharf,
Feb. 18.-3 HI. BALTIMORE.
’ Geo. H., Carman. Joshua M. Bosley.
MARYLAND LAND AGENCY.
'YHtTK SELL AND PURCHASE on cornmis-
W sion, REAL ESTATE of every descrip
tion, in the city of Baltimore, the Counties ot
Maryland and other States, —BORROW AND
LOAN MONEY ON MORTGAGE,—and attend
to Odleetions of all kinds promptly.
OUR OFFICE is centrally and conveniently
located, with all the appliances for a thorough
and energetic dispatch of business; and we
propose to use all proper and available means
to present to the purchasing public and capi
talists, such property as may be in our hands
for sale.
IF you want to Sell a Farm, House or Ground
Rent, inform us of the fact, and put it on our
Books. •
IF you want to Purchase REAL ESTATE of
any kind, or Invest in GROUND RENTS OR
iMORTGAGES examine our Books before you
do so.
Persons having business in our line, are res
etfully solicited to give us a call, or commu
cate with us bv letter or otherwise.
CARMAN & BOSLEY,
, Office No. 5 Carroll Ilall (up stairs,) S. E.
Corner of Baltimore and Calvert Sts.,
Feb. IS.—tf. Baltimore, Md.
BALTIMORE & TOWSONTOWN
3FIAILWAY.
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 I’. 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 11 P. M.
Oct. 15.—tf A. D. BANKS, Agent.
The Old Established and Reliable
Substitute Agency,
GEO. COLTON & CO.,
2S Second Street, Nearly Opposite the Post Office,
HAVING been for a long time in the busi
iness of furnishing Districts and indiyid
uals with Substitutes, and enlisting Volunteers
for "the Army and Navy, and being thoroughly
familiar with every department of our occupa
tion, we can oiler great facilities to those who
may need our services. Those who wantto en
ter the scry ice, either as Substitutes or Volun
teers, as well as those who want Substitutes for
themselves or friends, would do well to give us
a call.
ffiST- Contracts taken for filling quotas, as
heretofore.
papers of all kinds carefully
prepared and advice furnished. Claims of all
k.ihas'collec.led with dispatch.
RFM EMBER TIIE PLACE!
’BB SecmhlSlieet, Baltimore, Md*
Feb. 25.—8 m. ~~—-
GILMOUR’S HOTEL.
O N TH F. EUROPEAN PLA N,
No. I*4 W. BALTIMORE STREET,
BALTIMORE.
J. D. GILMOUR, Proprietor.
A LARGE variety of Meats and Vegetables,
including all the delicacies of tho season,
served up in the best style.
Particular pains taken to keep WINES AND
LIQUORS of the choicest quality.
ROOMS FURNISHED BY THE DAY OR
WEEK.
ffilS- Dining Rooms for Private Parties.
Nov. 18.—ly.
WILLIAM L. MILLER
WHOT/KSALK ANI RETAIL DEALER IN
TORUCO IIVD SEARS,
NO. GREENMOUNT AVENUE.
SUFPLIED by M. H. MILLER’S extensive
Segar Factory, in the State Prison.
Office for business—
No. 6 Green mount Avenue.
Goods at prices that cannot fail ulease.
Call and sec. June 18.—t.
MARYLAND BAG FACTORY,
rirj
GAMBRILL, HOOPER & CO.,
S. W. COR. SOUTH A TRATT STREETS,
BALTIMORE,
SHIP Chandlers, and dealers in Sail Cloth,
Netting, Seine and Sail Twine, heavy cot
ton, Flax and Hemp goods generally. Also,
manufacturers of Colton and Burlap BAGS,
Tarpaulins, Wagon Covers, Ac.
Jan. 14, 1865. -If. - i
SCHUCHMANN & HEIM,
■ oa
, , MANUFACTURERS OF
Traveling Trunks,
In line* and I.adieu lloiinet Boxen,
No. 0 W. Baltimore Street,
BALTIMORE.
mr THUNKS MADE TO ORDER
Jan. 14, 1865. ly.
James BnATTr. Oisonoa It. Hkili.mas-
JAMES BEATTY & CO.,
SHIP BISCUIT, CRACKER,
! it
AND CAKE BAKERS,
Nos. 92, 94 and 96 Dugan’s Wharf,
Naur Pratt street, Balt.
March 18, 1865.—1 y.
, GEORGE C. MoCOULL,
UNDERTAKER,
;No, 131 Saratoga street, 1 door west of Howard
Sts prepared to furnish COFFINS at 25 pei
-_L cent, less than the usual price, and of fln(
finish, for cash, Ja.fi. 28, 18^5,— ly.
Jclcrt f oetrg.
From. Harper's Magazine.
• DRIVING HOME THE COWS.
Out of the clover and blue-eyed grass,
He turned them into the river-lane;
• One after another he let them pass,
Then fastened the meadow bars again.
I Under the willow and over the lull,
He i>atiently followed their sober pace:
The merry whistle for once was still,
f Jtnd something shadowed the sunny face.
Only a boy! and his father hud said
lie never could let his youngest go :
, Two already were lying dead,
( Under the feet of the trampling foe.
But after the evening work was done.
1 And the frogs were loud in the meadow swamp,
3 Over his shoulder he slung his gun,
Ahd stealthily followed the foot-path damp.
’ Across the clover and through the wheat,
’ With resolute heart and purpose grim.
Though cold was the dew on his hurrying feet,
r And the blind hats flying startled him.
r
Thrice since then had the lanes been white.
And the orchards sweet with apple-bloom.
And now, when the cows came back at night,
The feeble father drove them home.
For news had come to the lonely farm.
That three were lying where two had lain ;
And the old man'a tremulous, palsied arm
Could never lean on a son's again.
The summer days grew cold and late,
He went for the cows when the work was done;
• Hut down the lane as he opened the gate,
He saw them coining one by one.
• Brindle, Ebony, Speckle and Bess,
Shaking their horns in the evening wind ;
Cropping the butter-cups out of the grass—
But who was it following close behind l
I.ooseiy swung in the open air
| The empty sleeve of army blue,
. And worn and pale, from the crisping hair,
Looked out a face that the father new.
For Southern prisons will sometimes yawn,
. Audyield their dead into life again:
And the day that comes with a cloudy dawa
1 In golden glory at last may wane.
5 The great tears sprang to their meeting eyes;
For the heart must speak when the lips are dumb,
And under the silent evening skies
1 Together they followed the cattle home.
; §|isailaeotts.
> THE CHIMNEY-CORNER.
ABOUT LITTTLK FOXF.S.
As before stated, little foxes are the little
pet sins of us educated good Christians, who
hope that we have got above and far out
• of sight of stealing, lying, and those other
gross evil? against which we pray every
Sunday, when the Ten Commandments are
read. They are not generally considered of
dignity enough to be fired at from the pul
pit ; they seem to us too trifling to be re
membered in church ; they are like the red
spiders on plants,—too small for the per
ception of the naked eye, and only to be
known by the shrivelling and dropping of
i leaf after leaf that ought to be green and
flourishing.
I have another little fox in my eye, who
: is most active and most mischievous iu de
spoiling the vines of domestic happiness,
—in fact, who has been guilty of destroying
, more grapes than any body knows of. His
name I find it difficult to give with exact
ness. In my enumeration I called him Self-
Will ; auother name for him—perhaps a
better one — might be Persistence.
Like many others, this fault is the overac
tion of a most necessary and praiseworthy
quality. The power of firmness is given to
man as tho very granite foundation of life.
Without it, there would be nothing accom
plished; all human plans would be unstable
as water on an inclined plane. In every
well-constituted nature there must be a
power of tenacity, a gift of perseverance of
will; and that man might not be without a
foundation for so needful a property, the
Creator has laid it in au animal laculty,
which he possesses in cotuuiou with the
brutes.
The animal power of firmness is a brute
force, a matter of brain and spinal cord,
differing in different animals. The force by
which a bulldog holds on to an antagonist,
the persistence with which a mule will plant
his four feet ad set himself against blows
and menaces, are good examples of the pure
animal phase of a property which exists in
human beings, and forms the foundation for
that heroic endurance, for that persever
ance, which carries on all the great and no
ble enterprises of life.
The domestie -foujlwe speak of is the
wild, uncultured growth of this iaCtrity, the.
instinctive action of firmness uncontrolled
by reason or conscience,—in common par
lance, the being “ set in one's way." It is
the animal instinct of being “set in one’s
way” which wo mean by self-will or persis
tence ; and in domestic life it docs the more
mischief from its working as au instinct un
watchod by reason and unchallenged by
> conscience.
In that pretty new cottage which you see
on yonder knoll arc a pair of young people
just in the midst of that happy bustle which
attends the formation of a first home iu
prosperous circumstances, and with all the
means of making it charming and agreea
ble. Carpenters, upholsterers, and artifi
cers await their will; and there remaius for
them only the pleasant task ol arranging
and determining where all their pretty and
agreeable things shall be placed, Our Hero
and Leander are decidedly nice people, who
have been through all the proper stages of
being in love with each, other for the re
quisite and suitable time. They have writ
! ten each other a letter every day for two
years, beginning with “My dearest,” and
ending with “ Your own,” etc.; they have
sent each other flowers and rings and locks
of hair; they have worn each other’s pic
tures on their hearts; they have spent hours
and hours talking over all subjects under
the sun, and are convinced that never was
there such sympathy of souls, such unani
mity of opinion, such a just, reasonable,
perfect foundation for mutual esteem.
( Now it is quite true that people may have
a perfect agreement and sympathy in their
higher intellectual nature, —may like the
, same books, puote the same poetry, agree
- in the same principles, be united in the
> same religion,—and nevertheless, when they
• come together in tho simplest affair of ev
ery-day business, may find themselves jar
ring, and impinging upon each other, at
every step, simply bocause there aro to each
person, in respect of daily personal habits
and personal likes and dislikes, a thousand
little individualities with which reason has
nothing to do, which arc not subjects for
tho use of logic, and to which thoy never
• think of applying tho power of religion,~
which can only bo set uown us the positive
ultimate facts of existence with two jiooplo.
Hupposo a bluo-jay courts and wnui and
weds a Jlallimoro oriole. During courtship
there may have boon delightfully Hymim
. thetic conversation on tho charm of being
free birds, the felicity of soaring In the blue
sunimor air. Mr. Jay may have been all
humility and ull uctasy in comparing the
discordant screech of liin own note wltn tho
warbling tonderncsH of Miss Orlolo. Hut,
ouo© unitod, tho two commenced business
relations. Ho is firmly convinced that a
hole In a hollow tree is tho only reasonable
nest for a bird j she is positive that she
should die there in a month of damp and
rheumatism. Sho never hoard of going to
housekeeping in anything but a nico little
pendulous bag swinging down from under
• the branches of a breezy elm ; he is sure
1 he should have water on the brain before
summer was over, from constant vertigo,
I in such swaying, unsteady quarters,—he
would bo usoa-siftK blue-jay <? laud, and he
cannot think of it. She knows now he don’t
love bar, or he never would think of shut
ting her up in an old mouldy hole picked
out of rotten wood; and he knows she does
not love him, or she never would waut to
make him uncomfortable all his days by
tilting and swinging him about as no decent
bird ought to be swung. Both are dead-set
in their own way and opinion ; and how is
either to be convinced that the way which
seemeth right unto the other is not best ?
Nature knows this, and therefore, in her
feathered tribes, blue-jays do not mate with
orioles ; and so bird-housekeopiug goes ou
in peace.
But men and womon as diverse in their
physical tastes and habits as blue-jays and
orioles are wooiug and wedding every day,
and coming to the business of nest-building
alius housekeeping, with predilections as
violent, and as incapable of any logical de
fence, as tho oriole’s partiality for a swing
nest and the jay s preference for rotten
wood.
Our Hero and Leander, then, who are ar
ranging their cottage to-day, are examples
just to point. They have both of them been
only children,—both the idols of circles
where they have been universally deferred
to. Each in his or her own circle has been
looked up to as a model of good taste, aud
of course each has tho habit of exercising
and indulging very distinct personal tastes.
They truly, deeply, esteem, respect, and
love each other, and for the very best of
re&3ODS, —because there are sympathies of
the very highest kind between them. Both
are generous and affectionate, —both are
highly cultured in intellect and taste, —
both are earnestly religious ; and yet with
all this, let me tell you that the first year
of their married life will bo worthy to be
recorded as a year of battles. Yes, these
friends so true, these lovers so ardent, these
individuals in themselves so admirable, can
not come into the intimate relation of life
without an effervescence as great as that of
a.n acid and alkali; and it will be impossi
ble to decide which is most in fault, the acid
or the alkali; both being in their way of
the very best quality.
The reason of it all is, that both are in
tensely “ set in their way ,” and the ways of
no two human beings are altogether coin
cident. Both of them have the most sharp
ly defined exact tastes and preferences. In
the simplest matter have way, —an exact
way,—which seems to be dear to them as
life’s blood. In the simplest appetite or
taste they know exactly what they want,
and caunot, by any argument, pursuasion,
coaxing, be made to want anything else.
—Atlantic Monthly.
From the Baltimore American.
Emancipation in Eastern Virginia.
As you are doubtless aware, large num
bers of colored persons have gathered in
the counties round-about Fortress Monroe
and the city of Norfolk, and have become,
by entering the Federal lines and by State
emancipation, freedmen. In the county of
Elizabeth city alone—a small city—there
are between twelve and fifteen thousand.
Having been, before the rebellion, like
most Southern men, a decided pro-slavery
man, aud apprehensive of disastrous results
from any sudden change in the relations of
master and servant, 1 have watched care
fully and with deep interest the practical
operation of emancipation, and venture to
communicate tho result of my observations.
I had supposed and expected to see from
the sudden and radical change, much revul
sion and disturbance, and much discomfort
and injury, if not ruin, to both tho white
and black races. But I own to an entire
and most agreeable disappointment. It is
almost incredible that in so short a space,
of time, the people of all grades and colors,
should have gotten fully into the gear of
the new system, and so readily and effectu
ally adapted themselves to the great rev
olution.
First, I have uoted fully the effeet upon
the colored population of tho great instinc
tive impulse that prompts the species to de
sire the appropriation to the producer of
the products of his labor. The animating
principle seems to have made of tho negro
a new creature. Men who, as slaves, were
known to be idle and worthless, have bo
comc industrious and thrifty. Many have
accumulated considerable property, and
havo given new comforts to their families,
and largely increased respectability. A for
mer servant of mine, who is still located on
my farm, has improved and enlarged his
buildings, own? a cart, two horses, several
cows, a goodly supply of farming aui gaT
deniug utensils, raises pork enough for the
supply of his family, and gives employment
to several of his darkey neighbors. Anoth
er has done quito as well, and sports a much
finer buggy and toam than his former mas
ter. A third one earns twenty-five dollars
per month as a teamster.
These are mere examples; but this class
is quite numerous and daily enlarging.—
There are exceptions to this favorable pic
ture, of course. But the example of the
industrious and thriving is gradually exer
cising its influence upon the contrary class
by exhibing the marked difference in the
condition of the two classes, and thus re
claiming tho idle and vicious. And the rev
olution is going on each hour, and will go
on until its work shall have been cousuma
ted. What lias done all this? It is but the
operation of the instinct of our nature that
a human being will labor harder and exert
more energy when what he works for is to
be, when his work shall have been done,
his own. God, in his wisdom and goodness,
has implanted deep in the human bosom
tho desire for the acquisition of property,
and just as deep has He fixed in the human
constitution the principle that engagement
is the great secret and source of the thing
we call human happiness. And actual re
sult is fast demonstrating that the instinct
and the principle are common to both races
—animate and impel as well the black man
as the white.
Engage the negro and he becomes hap
pier and and more moral. Lot him have
for his own use and disposition the products
of his labor and ho will have engagement
with all its moral aud physical results.—
There lies the simplest secret of the future
regeneration of the black race.
A corollary from this is the proposition
that tho white man is to be benoutted by
the change from slave to paid labor. Fay
the negro his daily or monthly wages and ho
works far more choerfully aud faithfully.
But oxporienco here, too, offers its in
struction. lam entirely satisfied that paid
labor is far more profitable. A day or two
sinco I conversed with one of tho most in
telligent farmers of my county a shrewd
man anti good calculator, ami who before
the rebellion cultivated his farm with his
own slaves--and asked for his experience,
lie declared that his pmfts h<ut born marc
than double under the system of paid labor.
I asked him tho reason, lie said the dar
koy did double as much work sinco he was
paid; that ho had no troublo and uo ex
pense about tho maintenance of his labor,
all that being taken off his hands by merg
ing maintenance in the per diem allowance;
ami that be had no drones on hand, no old
aud infirm to support. He said, further,
that ho did more work himself, and that his
family did more, se that they got along
with less help. .
Several other farmers gave me similar
accounts, and I believe that a man who
would now propose to re-introdoce slavery
into my county would be regarded in any
other light than that of public benefac
tor.
Is not that a good system that increases
our profits, while it elevates the other race
iu the scale of And is it not a bless
ed system that makes us all do more work,
and get along with less help—that converts
drones, white and black, into active and in
dustrious workers.
On the Eastern Shore of Virginia, I am
told, the change of system works most ad
mirably. But that may be the result of a
most excellent system adopted by Colonel
Y\ Lite, the military commandant on the
Shore, who lias applied fine powers to the
practical consideration of the subject. The
prominent feateres of his plan are, that it
is founded in strict regard to the relative
rights and obligations of the former mas
ters and the liberated blacks, and that it
gives constant employment to the freedmen
at proper rates of compensation. The sys
tem prevailing there gives quiet, tranquility
and prosperity to the community and to
both races.
When experience shall have developed
a perfect system for the management of
freedmon’s affairs, few will be fouud to re
monstrate against or regret emancipation.
Fortunately, Congress has, in this matter
taken a step in tho right direction. It has
transferred the whole subject from the
Treasury Department, where it never be
longed, to the War Department, where it
should be, and must be nutil the war is end
ed, because there only is to be found the
• energetic sauctiou required for the admiuis
’ tiou of this delicate and difficult depart
ment.
Let it pass to the sagacious and vigorous
. statesmanship of Secrotary Stanton, and
emancipation much dreaded as it has been,
■ will leave no horror behind to tell a weep
ing tale.
On the whole, after observing much, 1
have coine to the conclusion which five
. years ago I would have shrunk from—that
s speedy emancipation is the best possible
’ policy for the South itself. And this po
. sition I may attempt to maintain in another
1 communication. S.
r
For the Union.
■ “Thoughts and Observations in an
Omnibus.”
BY JUNIUS
' Iu this wonderful era of locomotion and
[ commotion, a ride in an omrfibus always
carries us back to the days of our graud
-1 fathers’ when that discarded vehicle formed
the “summum bonum ” of traveling conveni
ence. We imagine ourselves 50 or 100
years behind our time, and contemplate
with much interest the customs of society,
its advantages and facilities at that period.
Association brings tho “light of other days
around us,” and all that we have ever heard
or read of our progenitors, from the nurse
, ry rhymes aud traditional stories told us
by our Grandmas, as they sat before tho
blazing hearth, knitting and smoking their
• pipes, to the no less interesting stories of
Peter Parley, comes floating through the
mind in panoramic procession. The un
plastered Cabin standing in the
made by tho axe of its stalwart owner in the
silvan domain—its curtilage, consisting of
■ “potato-patch,” and garden ; the wholo en
closed with poles or stakes driven perpen
dicularly in the earth, and cultivated by
the industrious housewife ; the boy upon
the commons vigilantly gnardingthe cattle ;
the saw-mill upon the creek—the village of
humble dwellings, with its “grocery,” school
house and church, and its swarm of visitors
on “markot days,” anxious to dispose of
their weekly produce ; these and a thous
and other conteinporany scens are pictured
by the imagination with stereoscopic exact
ness. The young athlete in his new suit of
• “Beaverteen” or “Liuseywoolsey,” accom
panying the roseate maiden of his choice to
church, may be selected as un example of
our Sunday reminiscences. Here, the at
tention to religions duty was never divert
ed, nor the eyes of young men dazzled and
deceived in judging of feminine excellence,
■ by the glitter of silk dresses studded with
square buttons, and high-topped bonnets
'that give their wearers a sort of “facial
elongation.” Tow-lineu was the only frame
iu which “beauty’s picture huug admired.”
I believe it was under au inspiration of this
kind, that Thompson who lived iu those
days, wrote that beautiful sentiment “Beau
ty when unadorned is then adorned the
most.” (Perhaps I should have said this
subrosa.)
While indulging in reflections of this
kind, I was CozHy seated iu a corner of one
of the aforesaid vehicles on my way to a
country village, whose inhabitants had as
yet never been startled by the shrill whis
tle of tho locomotive or appropriated the
advantages of steam to their industrial pur
suits. It was New Year’s eve and the
earth was covered with snow that was con
stantly increasing in depth by accessions
from the sky. I was upon the point of
drawing a parallel between tho modest
“Lavinia” in Thompson’s Seasons’ and
Saxe’s “Modern Young Belle,” when my
meditations were abruptly terminated by
the addition of half a' dozen more passen
gers to our already crowded aumbers. The
pleasures of imagination, not yielding very
readily to that of benevolence, I reluctantly
joined some of my fellow-travelers in giv
ing seats to our new-comers, most of whom
were of the opposite sex. The bodily pres
sure was now great, exhibiting the falsity
of our Drivers remark that “an Omnibus was
never full." Like the old negro who, upon
being impressed into tho service of a com
pany to capture whales,” said, “he had been
pressed to get oil,” many of us were press
ed to get air and room.
Abandoning the beautiful vision of the
past,' upon which I had gazed with so much
iuterest, I now turned to contemplate the
one before me. Reader, did you ever study
human nature in au Omnibus ? Did you ev
er look into the faces of a promiscuous
group aud attempt to read the diversity of
personal character from the physiognomy
of each one ? Did you ever note the differ
ent stages of iutelloolual development, the
idiosyncrasies of constitution, and the style
or muuner of conversation ?
No place affords a better opportunity for
this pursuit than au Omuibus. Here you
are not obliged to take into account the
influence of direct contact with business
engagements ; all before you are away from
home and businoss, socially journeying in
one direction. You are iu a room, surrouud
ed perhaps by a crowd of strangers, all of
whom like yourself have relinquished till
tho oud of tho rido, all thought of the
world's pursuits. Then again, the jostliug
of tho stage gives vivacity to thought and
renders conversation more animated.
On tho present occasion, I was favored
with a standing posture immediately under
■ the driver's box, aud had au ample opportu
nity for considering the variety of forms in
which humanity presented itself to iny no
tice, as well as that of inclination and tas e,
. manifested by the incessant “talk abou
me. Here, sense and non-sense, wisdom
! and foolishness, knowledge and ignorance
; were to be seen P°“ . t . l ? e . Beat > llk ®,
“fairy tales” and “Philosophical essays”
upon the same shelf in a library. What a
i medley would the conversations to which I
- was an unsuspected listener afford! A book
containing them, as they fell from the lips
• of the difl’erent individuals would portray
human nature, more graphically and cor
rectly than all the novellettes of the day,
and prove unmistakeably, that there is more
. novelty in truth than in fiction. Every
subject in the wide range ef human affairs,
———
from the condition of the weather to the
profoundest matters of state, received at
least a passing glance.
An instance or two may be given as an
illustration. On my right sat two young
ladies for whose convenience I had relin
quished my seat. They were attentively en
gaged for some time in surveying a dusty
picture upon the side of the Omnibus, rep
resenting a man on horsebaek, goiag at
John Gilpin rate,, with hair streaming in
the wind, and hat at an unusual distance
in the rear of the head. Suddenly break
ing out into a boisterous laugh, that excited
the risible faculties of all in the stage, one
exclaimed to the other; “Lizzie, that’s just
the way you looked, when your uncle’s horse
threw you against the fence, last Snromar
aud mashed your new bonnet. , Don’t you re
member ?” Thereupon a lengthy dis
course upon female equestrianism ensued,
that would have done credit to a pair of
horse-jockeys. I stop to make no com
ments.
Opposite the above parties sat a genial
looking old lady with spectacles upon her
nose and a child upon her lap. She was
a paragon of matron lygoodness. She en
tertained her young charge with glowing
descriptions of her early days; related in
cident upon incident; and passed from top
ic to topic with so much rapidity, that the
curiosity of the little one was constantly
strained to the highest point.
Then there was Mr. Peter Slow, the op
posit of the old lady in every respect, who
only spoke when interrogated. Bough in
exterior, reserved and morose, his equanim
ity of mind was evidently under the con
trol of untoward events.
Bespectful mention should be made of
Samuel Wise and Daniel Schley, who were
engaged in an animated discossjon of the
Presidents last proclamation. The history
of the Government, its past policy, and its
constitutional obligations were all elabo
rately considered. The reconstruction of
‘ the Union was never more zealously han
dled in Cabinet council.
The slightest glance at the bronzed fea
tures, seedy-hat, and clouted garments of
one at the door, wonld inform yon that his
own hands ministered to his wants; and
yet a few moments conversation with him
would assure you that ignorance is not al
ways clothed in the garb of a menial.
I You wonld doubtless be surprised to find
, him, though knowing little of the news of
the'day, an erudite in matters of the past.
I He would inform you that he lived in one
of the most pastoral and secluded spotsin
J the country, where he nightly held converse
| with the ancients in their own tongue. The
yonng lady near him, vigilantly gaarding
' her ostentatious robes for fear of contact
with his plain attire, you would find unable
to construct a sentence grammatically in
her own language.
Among the other passengers you would
' find several very intelligent and modest la
-1 dies, a loquacious parrot-tongued lawyer, a
;■ grave sober minded school teacher, a nerve
less, straight jacket doctor, a proud,
though eloquent young divine, and some
I half dozen others not known by any voca
tion or business in life. Each of these you
. find distinguished by some peculiar feature
of character either exciting your ridicule,
your surprise or admiration.
- "#
Abraham Lincoln.
'f [From the Friends’ Review.]
Our summary of news last week gave an
i accouut of the horrible crime by which our
• country was deprived of its Chief Magis
trate —a man beloved and honored more
; sincerely and universally, perhaps, than any
, other ruler of modern times. Every class
■ mourns his untimely death, but none have
greater reasons than Friends to deeply feel
their loss, and to hold him in loving and
• grateful remembrance.
While we unite with those who describe
him as one who was seeking to maintain
and perpetuate equal government for all—
a modest man, accessible to all, ever gra
cious, humane and beneficent—a sincere
lover of truth, open and frank, having noth
ing to conceal; candid himself, and loving
candor in other men—emphatically an hon
est man, we may go further, and express
our conviction that he hod become a pious
man. This ig. our greatest consolation in
contemplating his sudden transition from
the present life to that which is eternal.
It was publicly stated not long since that
a visitor to the President asked him if he
loved Jesus. He buried his face in hi
'handkerchief and wept. He then said :
“When I left home to take this chair of
State, I was not a Christian ; .when my son
died—the severest trial of my life—l was
not a Christian. Bat when I went to Get
tysburg, and looked upon the graves of
those who had fallen iu defence of their
country, I then and there consecrated my
self to Christ. Ido love Jesus."
A minister of this city relates that, har
ing an oppointment to meet the Presidont
at fivo o’clock in the morning, he went a
quarter of an hour before the time. Whilst
waiting, he heard a voice in the next room,
as if in grave conversation, and asked the
servant, “Who is talking in the next room ?’*
“It is the President, sir ; he is reading the
Bible.” “Is that his habit so early in the
morning ?’’ “Yes, sir; he spends every
morning from four to five, reading the
Scriptures and praying.”
Several of onr ministers visited President
Lincoln, under religious concern, with feel
ings of great satisfaction. A visit of thie
character was described in a letter a few
weeks since. After visiting schools, and
holding meetings with the freed people, and
attending to other religious service south
of Washington and in that city, onr triend
writes ; “Now I felt that I must attend to
manifested duty, and offer a visit in gospel
love to our noble President ; it was imme
diately granted, and a quarter-past six that
evening was fixed as the time. Under deep
feeliugs I went; my Heavenly Father went
before and prepared the way. The Presi
dent gave us a cordial welcome, and after
pleasant, instructive conversation, during
which he said, in reference to the freedmen,
‘lf I have been one of the instruments in
liberating this long-suffering, down-trodden,
people, 1 thank God for it.’ A precious cov
ering spread over us. The good man rest
ed his head upon his hand. U nder a precious,
gathering iufluence, 1 knelt in solemn pray
er. lie knelt close beside roe, and 1 felt
that his heart went with every word as ut
, terauce was given. I afterwards addressed
him, and when I rose to go, he shook toy
hand heartily and thanked me for the visit.
iKr“Now, gentlemen," said Sheridan to
his guests as the ladieß left the room, “let
us understand each other. Are we to drink
like men or beasts?’
Somewhat indignant, the guests exclaim
ed : “Like men, of course.”
“Then,” he replied, “we are going to get
jolly drank, for bruits never drink more
than they want.”
<jg“Go steadily forward. Rather consult
your own conscience than the opinion of
men, though the latter is not to be disre
' garded.
<g“The laborer who adds his share to
the general wealth, is worth a thousand do
. nothings who only consume.
> f&’He that is going to speak ill of an
r other, let him consider himself wall, ftftd Ilf
, will hold his peapo,
NO. 19.-