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jilti.f a, SATURDAY, ft OVr 25TH, 1865. ff:feSKG§ECKER!} Editor*. J. B. LONGNECKKR, j Labor. There is bo consideration of more importance to a community than that of Labor. Whatever public men may tell us was the cause of the late Rebellion, it all sprang from different views of Labor and the method* of using it. The germ of the whole matter lies in Work. The same is true of the Revolutionary war. Historians de clare that our Fathers broke off their allegiance to Great Britain on grounds of political difficul ty. That was the form which the struggle as sumed, as in the late civil war. But in both ca ses the disturbing leaven was Labor. English legislation had sadly interfered with the indus trial interests of Hie Colouies. More than forty royal statutes were in force previous to tin* Rcv -olutiot, restricting and forbidding labor, and there was scarcely a single channel of industry remaining free and unobstructed. And it was the irritation—the sense of wrong in regard to the free rights of labor in the Colonies, that led to the wide-spread dissatisfaction which culmi nated in the Revolution. When our Fathers settled in this land, they had no plans or fixed ideas on the subject of la bor. They had no set system. Alike in North and South, through the policy of the royal gov ernment, slave labor was introduced. But mor al, industrial and climatic influences soon began to affect the Labor question. And shortly after the Revolution a dividing line was drawn be tween white, free labor, and black, slave labor. The Northern Colonists were common people, but they were good stock. They had an' innate hatred of everything that savored of monarchy, aristocracy or class privilege. They were com mon in feeling, common in interest, common in faith, common in hope. They did uot look up on communities as a mass, drawing life and sus tenance from some living head. They looked upon man as an individual, born of God, des tined to immortality, with the issues of time and eternity in his own hands. This world's fight to them was a free fight, and it seemed both mean and wicked to trip up a champion or throw obstacles in bis way. Rather was it their duty to give him trusty weapons, musses to wield aad skill to use them. It was plain to them, as it is to us, that men, though-considered in tbeir individual capacity, are not in an unlimited sense, equal. The Cre ator gives men certain, though unequal faculties, for the development and proper use of which each is responsible. Every man is held under certain Laws, human and divine, and in return for his obedience thereto, he is granted certain rights or privileges. Among these are Life, Lib erty and labor. These were the two leading ideas in the political faith of the Northern Colon ists ; Every man ought to enjoy the proceed' of hi* own labor : Every man ought to have hie faculties developed to the extent for which God has fitted them. The practical result of carrying out these ideas is found in the great prosperity of the North.— Public schools were sown broadcast over the land, for the education of the common people, . and every man was allowed to work, when, where and how he found it most advantageous to fiimself. Free, educated Labor was their doctrine. The Sontb, on the other band, adopted the theory that labor ought not to be free , and that certain faculties of an inferior race ought not to be educated. They held the doctrine that capital ought to own labor ; that God in his inscrutable wisdom made one race to be the servants—the hands and feet, as it were, of another class. Now it may be trae that the South never ex pressly legislated ignorance to the slave. But the one is a necessary result—or rather, an ac companiment of the other/ Education is Free dom. And the great effort of the South to bring the slave down to that point, when he could do the most work with the least intelli gence—to make him nearest a brute in intellect, and nearest a man in industrial skill. This was necessary to the effectiveness and permanency of the Institution, Through the operation of this system of labor, an imperious and exacting aristocracy was cre ated ; the laboring classes, both white and black, free and slave, have been kept in almost total ig norance, and their section has made no material progress in the mechanic and agricultural arts. Moreover, it blunted the edge of individual mo rality, weakened public virtue and developed such passions as were hostile to the good of the State. Uneducated slave labor was the theory of the South.' Four years ago the two systems came in con flict, and tbe concussion struck out a storm of war. The Northern system prevailed, and it is the work of to-day to instal the conqueror iu his new territory. Every honest laborer in this broad laud, may to-day lift up bis head and re joice tbit he is free—free to enjoy the proceeds of his own skill. His bands are unloosed and the proceeds of bis toil no longer flow into the coffers of another. Bat the work of installation in the South is but half accomplished. To make labor effective —valuable alike to tbe laborer and to the pub lic, it must not only be free but educated.— What the South wants to-day, is steady, educa ted, productive labor. We have given up the idea of colonizing the freedmen—of sending tbe only laboring class out of the Southern country, and leaving it to germinate weeds or sink into a desert. They need the steady labor of every workman Within tbeir reach. And leaving mor al obligations out of tbe question, it is certainly better to educate their laborers, tbaa to bave.tbis large claa living in ignorance, idleness and vice, to contaminate tbe whole mass qf society. < We are glad to see that the sdbjeet is being agitated in the South. The late religious Con ventions at Richmond, discussed the matter and adopted resolutions looking to this end. It is they who must do tbe work, since they are- fa miliar with the wants and capacity of tbe negro. Tbe people of the North can aid by expressing liberal and encouraging views, and suggesting proper expedients, as Well as by contributions of money abd Teachers'. Let us drop the question of Negro suffrage and urge the far more pressing and important one of Negro education. —— Godey’*. Lady’s Book, for December is a mod el number, opening with a beautiful engraving representing a “Christmas Tree.” It contains tbe usual colored fashion plates, with a large amount of choice reading. “Goffey” is unques tionably tfo Ladies’ magazine of this country. Now is the time to getop clubs for 186(5. Sin-, gle copy $3.00, with great reductions to Globs. Any pereoo paying ns $4,50, will receive the Union mad Qodey for tbe year 1866; : f ■ The Lady's Friend, for December* is likewise an elegant number. It contains engravings and fashion {dates adapted to the season, with Sever al interesting stories, Poetry, Receipts, sugges tions [fits past standing will be fully main tained the coming year. Single copies $2.50,; wjtb redaction* valuable premiums to Clubs. Hews Items. The Jury called to investigate the late acci dent on tbe Rail Road, by which Hen : ry L. Gordon was killed, brought in a verdict, that the deceased came to hit death through thf gross careless neat of Edward-O’Brien, the switch tender, and have-found him guilty of manslaugh ter. This is a step in the right direction. The Directors of tbe Richmond and Danville R. Road, have determined to substitute white for colored labor, as rapidly as it can be done. The colored population of Fairfax Co. Va., is as follows :—1,552 males, and 1,389 females, classes fixed as follows :—Blacks, 2,332 ; mulat - toes, 510 ; quadroons, 60; octoroons, 9—total, 2,941. Tbe President has declared that freedmen must be protected in tbeir rights as settlers, and an ef fort is being made to settle numbers of them on the vacant lands of Florida and Texas, where thefts are millions of acres lying uncultivated. i The Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co., have decided r to conuect tbeir new Road from the Point of 8 Rocks, with the Washington Brauch, either at f Laurel or Bladensburg, instead of running it di -1 rect to Washington, ns tbe charter designed it 8 should be. Great dissatisfaction is justly ex ’ pressed in Washington, at this action of the com -8 pany. " The Liberals in Mexico are said to be gaining ’ ground and unless Maximilian gets reinforce ‘ tnents, his tenure on the Mexican throne may 3 be short. , Earl Russell has becu installed ns Prime Minis < ter cf England, iu place of Palmerston deceased. ' Though be has done so much to sustain the rc l bellion, in a speech iu London on the sth iust., * be ‘‘thanked God that the American war was 5 over, and be trusted the Republic, dow freed 3 from the sin of slavery, would go bn aud prosper l for centuries to come.” Chief Justice Chase, presided at the U. S. Cir cuit Court in Baltimore, during tbe week, iu tbe r case of Jackson vs. tbe North Central Railway ■ Co., a suit to determine the right of Pennsylvania 1 to tax coupons in the hands of persons residing ’ out of that State, as also of tbe United States to ■ exact from foreigners the five |>er cent, tax on in* 1 comes. Decided iu favor of the plaintiff. r In the Tenuessec Legislature the resolution re monstrating ngainst tbe pardon of Jeff. Davis ■ and others was amended by adding the names of James Buchanan and John C'.. Breckinridge to ! the list declared infamous and worthy of death, ou motion of Dr. Ivcitb, who stated that he had been a Democrat, aud bad -been deceived by them.* The preamble and resolutions were then adopted—ls to 3. , ' i The latest dispatches from Jamaica, say that over 1,050 rebels have beeu hanged and, shot iu the parish of St. Thomason the East, aud it is not unlikely that ere the court-martials there sit ting are over, 2.000 individuals will have paid tbe penalty with their lives for tbeir barbarous attempts at extermination. Extensive frauds iu the revenue have been dis covered at Pit Hole, Pa., and three large oil wells have been seized by the Government. The new bridge to bo suspended across the Ohio at Cincinrfati, will be 10,05*7 feet long—the longest supension bridge in the world. AH the stock of the Kent county (Md.) rail road has been taken. Gen. Lougstreet is to be President of the Mo bile and Ohio Railroad. The crops arc splendid in Northern Texas.— Com sells at thirty to forty cents per bushel, wheat fifty cents, buttor seventeen ceuts per lb. So spring like was the weather in October, in Engiand, that a second crop of strawberries was gathered from many vines. Ex. President Buchanan, has written ft Book, giving an account of bis administration on the eve of the Rebellion. It costs $2.50 per copy. '* Important to Returned Soldiers. Several mouths ago, a Convention xf tbe offi cers anil soldiers of the late war was held in Bal timore city, for tho purpose of devising means whereby those who volunteered at the commence ment of the war should receive the same bounty as those who volunteered near its closo, aud also to effect a permanent organization for the gener al, mutual benefit of %oldiers. Owing to the im perfect notice that had been given, but few coun ties were represented at this Couvcption. Hence a committee was appointed to confer with the soldiers of the State and request them to send 20 delegates from each county, to meet in Conven' tiou at the Western China Hall, Baltimore, on the first Wednesday in December next, being tbe 6th of the month. In accordance with this action, the returned officers and soldiers of every district in tbe coun -1 ty arc requested to meet at the usual places for holding tbe Polls, ou Saturday next, December 2d, at 4 o’clock P. M., and select Delegates to i represent them in the coming Convention, as fol lows : Ist District, 2 Delegates; 2d difet. 1 do.; 3d dist. 2 do.; 4th dist. 2 do.; sth dfst. 1 do.; 6th . dist. I do.; 7th dist. 2 do.; Bth dist. 2 do.; 9lb dist. 2 do.; lOthdist. 1 do.; Ilth 1 <lo.; 12lb dist. 2 do.; 13th dist. 1 do. I We hope the soldiers of the county will take notice of this matter, and send responsible Dele - gates to the Convention. The proposed objects [ are important to all. There has been little dis i position shown on the part of some leading offi cials to recognize the claims of returned soldiers, 5 and the only way to secure their dues is to as semble in Convention aud show the public their influence and power. ’ requested to call attention to this Convention. 5 F . * Tub Rail Roads.—On our first page will be found a complete Directory for the travelling 3 public, containing the present Schedule 6f all Railroads passing through Baltimore county. 5 It will be seen lVofh Ihe number of trains run on each, how large is the number of people who 3 use this means of transportation at this time. ‘ The Northern Central has made important ' changes and afforded additional accommoda - lions to the public, which it would be well for - those who contemplate passing over the road : to notice. The Harrisburg accommodation train ; is discontinued and instead, a Fast, through , train leaves Baltimore at noon, stopping only * at Parkton and York. Two accommodation . trains leave for York daily (except Sunday) at . 7.20 A. M. and 3.30 P. M.. besides the usual Ex-. r press, Mail and Parkton trains. By the new j arrangement, eight trains leave Baltimore for the North every week day, a fact which speaks 1 well for the enterprising management of the Road as well as for the large amount of travel ’ which it accommodates. * REco.vsTnuctlo.y Proposals.—The esseutial 3 conditions of reconstruction as proposedby the President in form of official proclamations or * dispatchesor familiar conversations with South > era men, seem to be about these : ! First—The recognition, in the new State con r stitutions, of tho abolition of slavery, i Second—The declaration that the State ordi ; nance of secession and all the acts, debts and obligations of tho State under the rebellion, are not repealed but null and void. ’ Third—The declaration that the obligations ; of the national debt must be shared by the i South, in common with all the cither States. >! t Fourth—The ratification by the initial State - Legislatufes of the amendment of the Federal Constitution abolishing, and forever prohibiting , slavery within the limits, and jurisdiction qf - the United States. , Fifth—The concession ef4he civil rights of citizens, in Ac*, to the emancipated blacks. a, * -of /*: :* : Resuscitated.—The Evening Transcript , forns i - erlypublished by Mr; Neilson in Baltimore, and suppressed by the military authorities during the war, has been resnmed by its former owner. It is handsomely printed, on good material, and contains much interesting leading matter. The Wilson Fund. All the members of tbe Committee except E. L. Parker, Esq., met at Cockeysville, on Thurs day, I6tb inst. The following sums were re ported paid- over to the Treasurer, since the last announcement: James N. Henderson, * - - - - - $25.00 John Wallace, - -- -- -- - 10.00 Samuel Sands, 10.00 J. K. Marstou, - -- -- -- - 10.00 GUas. Carter, - -- -- -- -- 5.00 The whole amount subscribed and paid over to tbe Treasurer, is now SI7OO, including $750 from the Ist Md Regiment, of w hich John W. Wilson was Colouel. The Northern Central Railway Company have generously offered a donatiou of $250 which is not included in the above arnouut, besides about SSOO more subscribed by other parties and not yet collected. Tbe 6um raised in tbe Ist Md. Regiment, was designed for the erection of u Monument over the remains of the Colonel. But ou learning the embarrassed circumstances of his estate, tbe donors agreed that $250 of the amount should be expended for that purpose and tbe balance should go into the general fund for the relief of tbe family. In accordance with the wish of the Regiment, the Committee will have a Monument erected for that amount, at the Chestuut Grove burying ground, where the remains of the Colouel are de posited. John O. Price, Esq., Treasurer, was also directed to pay tbe most pressing claims on the estate, with the money in band, after reserv ing $250, the cost of the monument. The amount of indebtedness ou the estate, is much larger than tbe suui subscribed, so that any who wish to do so, may stiil contribute to the fuud. Those who hare not yet paid the amount they have subscribed, arc earnestly re quested to do so at their earliest conveuicucc, to any member of the following committee : Thos. L. Hall, John O. Price, Z. Poteet, Dr. W. S. Thompson, E. L. Parker, Capt. Robert S. Smith or Editors Balto. Co. Union. A meeting of the Committee is called at Cock eysville, on this (Sat.) three weeks, being Dec. 16tb, at 4 o’clock P. M. JEgt* “ If there is one thingiuorc humiliating thau another iu the whole affair, (the election) it is the fact that some people have so far for gotten the objects for which elections are held, as to appear to rejoice and claim a victory in the election of their (the Union) ticket.’’—Jour nal of A Too. 18tA. Query : Would nobody have “ rejoiced and claimed a victory," if, on tho same vote, Mr. Graaon and the balance of the Independent ticket had beeu elected ? We dou't think tberc (should have been any rejoicing in that case, but are disposed to im agine that the Journal would have raised one faint'‘hurrah " .anyhow. Had his ticket been elected, “ the. objects for which elections are held ” would have been fully attained, accord ing to his way of thinking, and his readers would have been saved the affliction of a hom ily on “forgetting” those “objects." Wo quote again from the same paper: It is a matter of little importance who holds and discharges the duties of the various offices of thecounty; aud it is highly probable that the gentlemen who will be corn missioned will discharge their duty faithfully ; but the great question to be settled is--will the success and permanency of a Republican Government be best promoted by allowing one-fourth or a mi nority of the people to select their rulers and control the political affairs of the country. From this it appears that the Journal has be come a convert to the doctrine of Negro Suf frage, as iu South Carolina and other Southern States “a minority of tbe people” have always selected their rulers and controlled tho politi cal affairs of the State. — V / Slaughter. The time for the killing of swine has come tftid tho voice of the butcher is heard iu the land.— From dawning to twilight the landanoaneth with the groan of expiring porkers, and the blood of ihe slayer’s sacrifice is gathered in pools in every farm-yard and out-housc; Innocent victims of man's carnivorous appe tite ! Well may you be filled with consternation at the direful custom which is depopulating your race ! Is it for thisyou have been pampered and petted, and feasted aud fatted, only to have your jugular tapped by a cruel knife and your jolly sides chopped into sausage meat or salted down for the sustenance of your oppressor. Sad, sad indeed is your fate ! Our hearts bleeds for you. Yet, such is the law of nature. The strouger is constantly overpowering the weaker aud usiDg him for bis own advantage. And tbe only satis faction we hare in contemplating your tragic end, is iu the savory visions of long rafters crowned with sausage and tables groauiug with choice slices from your hams. > “Our Mutual Friend,” by Charles Dickens, Esq. Everybody ba3 beard of Dickens aud every body has read some of his striking stories. Many of us have laughed over “ Pickwick " and beeu entertained by tbe quiet humor and cutting satire which runs through most of his works. The above is the title of bis last, and as many think, bis best production. It is a story of considerable length, but the characters aresoaptly drawn and the scenes so well interwoven, that the reader’s interest never flags. And then, when the full de velopemeut of tbe plot is reached, how amply does be feel compensated for the time spent in reading it. There is no more eutertaining and yet instructive reading for the long Winter even ings that are coming, than ‘-Our Mutual Frieud.” It is ptblisbed by T. B. Teterson A Bros., 306 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, for sl, and may be had at Henry Taylor’s, Sun Building, Balti more. 1 ■ ■ Tbk Last op tup. Pirates.—The rebel pirate Shenandoah, which has been committing dep redations on our merchant vessels on the Pa cific coast, appeared on the coast of England lately and was surrendered to the British ship Donegal. Capt. Waddell, he.r commander, states that he first heard of the overthrow of the Con • federacy on the 30th of August, and immedi ately steered for England. What action our government will take in the matter is not yet known. A later dispatch says the vessel has been handed over to the American Consul at Liverpool, and the crew unconditionally dis charged. Burning or ax Alms-House.—The Carlisle (Cumberland county, Pa .,) Herald, gives an ac count of the total destruction of the Alms-House of that county by fire, on the morning of the 16th inst. It is supposed to have been caused by the heater pipe passing through the floor.— It was a large brick and frame building aud is almost a total loss, with most of its contents.— By this calamity, 137 poor, helpless creatures, many of them aged, bed-ridden cripples, or phan children, idiots and insane, were driven from a comfortable home. Steam Engines.—We desire to draw the atten tion of Agriculturists and Manufacturers to tbe advertisement in another column, of Mr. Charles L. Oudesluys, who has been appointed agent for the sale of Wood <j- Mann's celebrated Portable. Steam Engines. These Engines are in extensive use in various sections of the Union, by agricul turists, manufacturers, and others, from whom testimonials have been received, pronouncing them superior to any they have heretofore used or known. Typographic Messenger.— This is the title of a new Journal, devoted to tbe Typographic art, published by James Conner’s Sons, New York.— It is a beautiful specimen of workmanship, and contains specimens of printing material with oth er notices and information valuable to the pro fession. a For Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, and the many other ills to which our flesh is heir at this season of the year, there are no better remedies than those prepared by Dr. Sappington, at 132 Gay St. Baltimore. They are sold by most Dreg gists and country merchants. j. . I Send in Your Locals. —Now that the Election is over we are anxious to give our Readers tbe largest possible amount of interesting reading matter. To this end we invite every body to send us tbe Local News of bis neighborhood, with short contributions on any subject of gener al interest. Notices of Lyceums or Public Meet ings of any kind ; Sales of property, Improve ments, Public Roads, Deaths, Marriages, or (other) accidents, will all contribute to the in formation and entertainment of the public.— Send them uloDg. 5- The following Property, advertised in this paper, will he sold as stated below : AT PRIVATE SALE. A highly improved Farm of 180 acres, iu Worthiugion Valley, near Keisterstown, with good improvements, plenty of Limestone, well watered, good orchards and 20 acres in line Tim ber. Inquire at this office. For sale or rent. “Thornton Mill,” on the York Turnpike, 1 uii. above Cockeysville, Four pairs of Burrs, first-class machinery* with a ca pacity oi 150 Bbl*. per da). Also for rent, “Willow Mill,” 3 mi. above Cockeysville, 4 pairs of Burrs, with a capacitor 100 Bbls. per day. A new saw mill is attached. Both ure excellent establishments, situated in the best grain District of Baltimore Co. Thomas H. Mat thews, (Jockeys ville. Messrs. Carman k Bosley, No. 5, Carroll Hall, Baltimore, have constantly for sale a large num ber of Farms in various parts of this county aud throughout the State. PeraoDs a islung to pur chase, "ill do well to call and examine tbeir list. Farm of 212 acres, on the lleisterstown Road, I t miles from Baltimore, containing valuable chrome mines. Titos. D, Fullertou, 201 Balt. St., Biltlimore, Two valuable Farms at the head of Dulaney’s Valley, 15 miles from Baltimore, on tbe Valley Turnpike, with good improvements, Limestoue Ac., containing together, 312 acres. Also a Farm of 30 acres adjoining. Moores k Hess, No. 8 Law Buildings Baltimore. A number of valuable properties iu Adams Co. Pa. for .safe by John C. Zouclc, Agt. AT PUBLIC MALE. Saturday, Nov. 251 h, Farm of 50 acres, uear the Frederick Pike, 1 mi. from the city, with a Frame Dwelling. 11. Edgar Johnson, 35 N. Chas. Ft. Baltin.ore. Wednesday, Nov. 29. on the W. M. R. It. i mile from Fink*burg, 4 mi. from lteisterstown" extensive safe of Horsts, Mules, Oxen, Cows, Hogs, corn, potatoes, Farming implements, Fur niture Ac. Th ’s is one of the largest Public sales of stock Ac., held in the county for a long time. Daniel Vondersmith. Thursday, Nov. 30th, Farm of 53 acres, with good Dwelling, Baru, Ac., in Long Green Valley; also Personal. Property, such as Horses, Cows, Implements, Furniture, Ac. Henry Babel. Saturday, Dec. 2d. at Sbawan, large sale of Horses, Mules, Cows, Sheep, Carriages, Wagons, Corn and Gats. Wnt. Duncan, Auctioneer. Thursday, Dec. 7th, in Western Run Valiev, tract of 20.’, Acres of land without buildings.— Thos. Wheeler. Births, Deaths and Marriages.— Siuce the Ist of July last, 69 marriage certificates have been issued front the office of John 11. Longnecker, Esq., Clerk of the Circuit Court. In tbe same time, only 8 Births and 9 Deaths have been re corded. There have no doubt been many more of both the latter iu the county, in this time.— The public should bear in mind that a penalty of $5, attaches to every parent, housekeeper or keep er of a hospital or alms-house, who fails to noti fy Hie County Clerk of any death or birth ihat occurs in his bouse. Sextons, Coroners and Un dertakers are required to forward the same notice of tbe death of a stranger under the penalty of $lO. Physicians, also, are required to furnish statements of the disease iu any case of death.— This is a very important record, and it may save people Ihe penalty as well as future trouble and litigation promptly to attend to this matter. — Persons solemnizing marriages arc also required to send the particulars to the clerk. These returns can be made to any Justice of the Peace when more convenient, who is required to report the same to the County Clerk. Would it not be well for the State to furnish blauk forms to Preachers and others on which to prepare full statements of these events, so that s-Xhc proper return could be made to the Clerk ? —~ Balto. Co. Horse Society. —We Rrc pleased to learn that a society has been permanently organ zed in tbe 11th Dist., for the recorcry of stolen Horses and the Detection of Thieves. It includes among its members, tbe beat and most substan tial Farmers of that scctiou of the County.— The officers of the society have been elected, and an opportunity will shortly be given to those who are so disposed, to join the society. We hope Farmers and horse owners will see the irn- Cortance of accepting the opportunity. It may e the means of saviug many a valuable Horse and bringing criminals to deserved punishment. Next week, we will publish more fully the pIaDS and aims of the Society. A Constitution Cor the body is now being printed. Fatality among Hogs. —A fatal disease -lias been carrying off a number of Hogs in this vicin ity lately* Mr. John 11. Butler who has lostfoor bogs by tbe disease, informs us that they are seiz ed with a peculiar stuggeriug, a redness about tbe eyes and a black stripe over tho nose, ac compaoied by great purging. By grinding equal parts of Ginger and Allspice together and raixittg a spoonbill in the swill, twice a day, he has saved the balance of his stock. He also puts ‘Har in the trough as a preventive. E. 11. Ady S. F. Butler, Mrs. Urban aud others have lost hogs by this disease. The Public Schools.— The Board of School Commissioners for Baltimore county, consisting of Messrs. Hand, Turner, Gambrill, Jones, Scott, Anderson, McGinn and Brian, met at the County Building on Wednesday. The teachers’ reports show an attendance (luring the Fall Term of 4,- 712 scholars, which is an increase of 1,345 over the same term last year. Tuere are 103 schools in operation, having 121 teachers and assistants employed. Tlttir salaries for the term atnounted to $1’i,839.23.' This is certainly a very flattering report of the working of the new system for the first quarter. Sale ok Proi’Ehty.—The “McCullough Mill Property,” which was advertized in the Union for several weeks past, was sold ou Monday last, by Lewis H. Wheeler and JohnT. Ensor, Esqrs., Trustees, for $2,000. Purchased by Thomas E. Ensor and Richard N. Burns. The proj>erty con sists of 48J acres of land in the Sixth District, ly ing ou theGnpowder Falls, with a new log dwel ling, and a stone paper Mill, furnished with two cutting engines aud all tho necessary machinery for making paper. The machinery meeds re pairing. A Waterfall. —Not one of those unsightly conglomerations of horse-hair, corn-husk, gun uy-bagging, saw-dust, feather-beds Ac., with which fashionable ladies disfigure tbeir handsome forms—But a genuine, nature's waterfall, visited this section on Monday night and Tuesday fol lowing, filling up the streins, starting the springs, and putting new life in the languishing Mill wheels. The atmosphere has been cooler since, and the plcsaant days of Indian Summer Arc past Court. —Next Monday a week Court will open at Towsontown. It will be a long and busy term, and will bring a large number of people to town frpm all parts of the county. We hope those of our friends who are indebted to us, will take ad vantage of tbe opportunity and bring or send the amount due us. Christmas is near at hand and we shall want a little spare change at that time. Don't forget the Printer. The Holiday Season, is rapidly approaching, the time for giving and receiving presents and tokens of affection. We hope the good old cus tom will be kept up while Christmas day stands in the calendar. Should an)' of ouf 1 readers want any thing of this kind, wc would advise them to go to Wnt. 11. Read’s 147 Balt., St. Balt. He has a large and varied Assortment of fancy articles. Death of an Old Defender. —Wnt, S. Canoles, living near Cub Hill, in this couuty, one of (he “ Old Defenders ” of Baltimore, in 1814, died at his home on the 19tb iust. He lived a quiet and unassuming life and died a patient and Christian death, at the advanced age of nearly 80 years. One by one of tho old landmarks of our History are passing away. An Inventor in Towsontown. —Our townsman, George Yellott, Esq., a well-known Attorney-at- Law, has secured a patent for an important im provement in Steam engines. The invention will do awqy with a largo part of the combrons ma chinery now used in applying steam, and will secure more power with a smaller amount of fuel. Marriage in High Life.—On Tuesday last, Dr. Thos. H. Buckler, of Baltimore, was married to Mrs. White, daughter of John liidgely, Ksq., of Hampton. The ceremony took place at Hamp ton, near Towsontown, and was attended by. large number of the bon ton of the city. More Clothing.— L. Bar, No. 82, Baltimore street, has one of the best assortments of ready made clothing in tbe city, which be offers at 25 per cent, below toarket price. Th* Orphan's Court.—At this week’s session,, letters of Administration were granted to Jacob F. Kemp on the estate of Hosea Kemp ; to Mat caret A. Todd on the estate of dames Todd ; to Isaac Crowther on the estate of Harriet Parsons. Isaac Crowther was also appointed Guardian of Nathaniel Parsons. Stoves and Tin-Wars.—Mr. P. Gill, on the coiner of tJillen and Chestnut streets, Baltimore, has opened a new Tin-ware establishment with a cood assortment of stoves, which wo would advise our readers to call and examine should they need anything in that line. ■ ■■ Appointments. —The Post Office at Woodeusburg in this county has been re-established and Chris tian Mussel man. appointed Postmaster. At Rossville, Baltimore county, A. C. Herbert bas been appointed postmaster, vice, Geo. Fj Wal ters, deceased. New Cases. —Wm. S. Sbealcy has furnished hia large store with two very handsome cases for the display of notions and fancy articles. The public will find almost anything they may need in his establishment. Clothing. —We would call attention to Mr. August Loose's clothiog establishment at Tow son town. He keeps good material and makes it up in the best style, as cheap or cheaper than it can be had in the city. Shoes in Towsoktown.—Sir. Stieber, in bis new shop ou the Turnpike just below Mr. Coop er's store, can supply the public with everything in that line at moderate rates. Boots and Shoes.— G. W. Traband, No. IG7 Forrest St., Baltimore, has a fine assortment of these indispensable articles, for Ladies, Geo tie men aud Children. Brewery. —A Company has been organized to open a large Beer Brewery in Baltimore county, adjacent to the city. Pork is Pobk.— S. G. Wilson, Auct., sold six hogs at Wnj. Brooks’ sale, near Ilookstown, on Wednesday of last week, for $285. correspondent will find the law ou l'cn oes in next week’s paper. [ Communicated.] The Union Sunday School. Messrs. Editors :—As your numerous readers have been slocked with political matter for several weeks, I thought it would not be amiss to give them something more wholesome, or at least, bet ter calculated to do soul and body more good, if properly attended to. I was invited on the sth inst., by the Superin tendent of the Sunday School held iu public school house No. 11, 12th election district, tu participate in the.special exercises of that day. This Sabbath School was organized about four years ago, in a locality where the like was never ■ known before. It is not connected with any par ticular branch of the church. It is called the “ Union Sabbath School,” and is Superintended by Mr. A. Copenhaver, assisted by Mr. Thomas Cunningham. Great credit is due these brethern for their energy and zeal in so good a cause.— While I applaud the Superintendents for their zeal, I would not forget to mention the young ladies and gentlemen teachers. When I consider that most of these teachers are not members of any Christian church, I think they deserve the mote credit. I have been much pleased to .see those young people and others, beads of families, take so great an interest in the training of the r young aud rising generation, thus fulfilling the injunction of the Apostle, “ as we have opportu nity, let us do good unto all.” This School commences its operations in the Spring, about the first of May, and closes about the first of November. At the close of the School • in the Fall, the children are rewarded by pre miums for attendance and industry. So the day above mentioned was set apart for that purpose, aod I must say, I was much delighted when the Superintendent arose and read off every child’s work. I was astonished at thenumberof verses they had committed. He showed by figures that in about seven months, the larger children had . committed over twenty thousand scriptural ver ses. and that two girls in class No. one, Miss Co penhaver aud Miss Corse, had committed two thousund and ninety three scriptural verses, which entitled them to a handsome premium. This class is taught by Miss Susan Corse, a most esti mable lady, whose equal for zeal and good qual ification as a Teacher is rarely to be found. So gteat was the love aud attachment of her class tow'ards her as their teacher, that they, on this occasion, presented her with a spleudid Bible, thus showing their appreciation of her labors.— This School continues to flourish aud grow iu in terest. They have at this time a children’s library and also one for the young ladie6and gentlemen con nected with the School. The premiums cost over forty dollars aud they have sixty dollars in bank as a surplus, thus showing that the School is do ing well, even financially. This shows what can 1 be done where there is a will or an inclination to do good. And if there ever was a time for us to arouse to our duty, that time is now. The youth are getting worse, the middle aged no better, and thus we live in an age where the people are very little better than those who lived in the days of Noah. May ail who are sinning against their Best Friend, turn unto Him and “be wiljjiave mercy upon them, and to our God for he will abundantly pardon.” T. G. 1 A Lesson to be Learned. [The Columbia (S. C.) Phcenix, edited by the well-known novelist and poet William Gilmore Simms, reads the following lesson to the people of the South Who will despair of the repub lic when such sentiments are promulgated by a South Carolina press ? The lesson may well be heeded everywhere, and is not uncalled for even in the Northern States.] How events teach the successive generations, who yet refuse to learn ! How the ancient law's of God reassert their utility and necessity after a thousand years of false and frivolous convention ! “Thou shall earn thy bread in the sweat of thy brow," is the decree. The decree, delivered as 'a penalty, duly obeyed, becomes the secret of innu merable permanent blessings. Neglected, denied, repudiated, the law finally asserts itself, Md coiuiels respect from the offender. But a My ago, a worthy citizen said to us : “What a cruel thing it is that I was not trained to some good handicraft; that I was not educated or taught as a carpenter, bricklayer, or blacksmith. I should not now be destitute. I should have iny secret of employment and existence at my fingers’ eads, and should not now be looking around me, iu vain, seeking wbat to do.” Exactly ! The great effort of mankind, in its blindness, is to escape labor—to escape the law ! Men rush into the professions, or become accountants, book keepers, clerks, collectors, agents, factors, nntil the country is covered at this moment with swarms seeking easy work, as they fancy, or work which shall not soil the fiugers—all of whom are in each other’s way. It was a suffi ciently evil feature in this practice that, in the case of the professions, two out of every three were out of their proper places, and intruders into the places of better men. The professions are properly the fountains of authority and sacred opinion. They are guardians of society. Let them be inferior and incompetent, and they de grade the professions and deprive society of its best securities. The evil consequences follow in evitably in general misrule and ruin. We owe no small portion of the evils which now find us prostrate to the incompetence and worthlessness of professional men ; to the wretchedness of leg islation in wretched bands ; to the terrible dis proportion of these classes to the physical labo rers in the community. Aid the just judgment of God avenges upon society this usurpation of position by the worthless, and this overcrowd ing of certain occupations to the neglect of oth ers, which, in the exigencies of society, as at present, become the only useful. At this mo ment, the vast numbers of persons bred up as book-keepers, accountants, clerks, etc., Jo say nothing of professional men seeking employment in the cities, seeking agencies of business where there can be no business—sitting upon hungry benches, looking right and left for the inean6 of food—presents the spectacle of a very army fam ishing in the country which they have plundered of all its food. Happy he, of these classes, who has an occupation at bis fingers’ ends—who can build a bouse of brick or wood, make a coat, a pair of boots, a box, a cask, a horse-shoe, or do any work for which the necessities of society compel a continual demand. Let parents take warning from this condition of things. Let them put their Bons to honest trades, which in volve labor and the acquisition of some useful craft. Let them abandon the foolish vunities which made them strive to keep them from hard labor. If the boy is one of superior talents, en dowed for a profession by the Deity, the habit ol work and painstaking will not hart him for the professions—will be a help—since labor is one essential element of all educational training.— Let him be put at fourteen to a trade for five or seven years, and he will not be found at a loss for the means of life, whatever the convulsions of society. And let the thousands who go about asking where to go, and wbat to do, go to the farmers and take np the plow, and, stripping cheerfully to their tasks, they will discover that their banks of potatoes, corn and peas, are banks of unfailing resources, which never delude with promises never to be paid io the hour of trouble. Calhoun. i James Parton, the well-known biographer of Aaron Burr and Andrew Jackson, contributes an article to the last No. of the North American Re view, in which occurs the following sketch of the Father of Secession and the great Apostle of sla very. Our reader* will recognize the justice and truth of his words : Webster, Clay and Calhonn—these were great names in their day. When the last of them had departed, the country felt a sense of bereavement and even of self-distrust, doubting if ever again such men would adorn the public councils. A close scrutiny into tbc lives of either of them would, of course, compel us to deduct something from his cotemporary renown, for they were nil, in some degrae, at some periods, diverted from their true path by an ambition beneath an Amer ican statesman, whose true glory alone consists in serviug his country well in tliataphere to which his fellow-citizens call hiiu. For such a scrutiny the fame of neither of those distinguished men would suffer so much' as that of Calhoun, llis endowments were not great, nor of the most val uable kind ; and l)i3 early education, hasty, and very incomplete, was not continued by maturer study. He read rather to confirm his impressions than to correct them. It was impossible that he should ever have been wise, because he refused to admit his liability to error. Never was mental assurance more complete, and seldom less warrant ed by innate or acquired superiority. Ifhisknowl edge ot books was slight, bis opportunities of ob serving men were still more limited, since he passed his whole life in places as exceptional, per haps, as any the world—Washington and South Carolina. From the beginning of his public ca reer there was a canker in the heart of it; for, while his oath, as a member of Congress, to sup port the Constitution of the United States, was still fresh upon his lips, lie declared that his at tachment to the Uuionw ns conditional and sifb i ordinate. lie said that the alliance between the Southern planters and Northern Democrats was a false aud calculated compact, to be broken when tlie planters could no louger rule by it. While he resided-*]’n Washington, and acted with the Re publican party in the (lush of its double triumph, he appeared a respectable character, and won gold en opinions from cmiuent men in both parties.— But, when he was again subjected to the narrow ing aud perverting influence of a residence in South Carolina, he shrunk at once to bis origins al proportions, and became thenceforth, not the s r- ant of his country, but the special pleader of a class and the representative of a section. And i yet, with that strange judicial blindness which I has ever been the doom of the defenders of wrong, i be still hoped to attain the Presidency. There is • scarcely any example of infatuation more remark able than ibis. Here we have, lying before us at Ibis moment, undeniable proofs, in the form of “ campaign lives ” and “ campaign documents,” ! that, as late as 1844, there was money spent and ! labor done for the purpose of placing him in nom ination for the highest office. : the markets” Baltimore, Nov. 21. FLOUR—Howard Street Super $8.75.@59.25 ’ “ u Retailing Extra $1 i.oti 1 ” “ Faujilv SI2.OQ@SUO.OO “ City Mills Super..." s9.o9@s!U)o “ Baltimore Family $15,00 ! Ohio Super $8.60@§9.00 Extra .*. SIO.OO @SI 0.00 f “ Family $11.50@ $11.50 * CORN MEAL per barrel.. $4.00@54.25 ' GRAlN—White Wheat 260@285ct5. , Red Wheat ,21f1@230 cts. White Corn 85 @B6 cts. ; Yellow Corn 84 @B6 cts. Oats, (weight,) 48@0(J cts. Rye 05(0,01) cts. . PROVISIONS—Bacon Shoulders.. 18:}@184 cts. [ ” Sides .20i@20j cts. Hams, cured 25@26 cts. SALT—Ordinary brajids, lino $3.55@53.00 Ground Alum $2.40@52.40 Turks Island, per bushel fi .@sooo 1 WHISKEY—(Ohio) $2.39@52.40 ! MARRIED. At Ellicott’s Mills,on the 10th inst., by Rev. I)r. J. J. Martin, J.ames Enm.r.v to Miss Mary E lulehaiit,slaughter of Edmund Iglehart, all ■ of Baltimore co. 1 On the 21st inst., in Baltimore county, by 1 Rev. Thomas Foley, D. D., Wm. Sawyer, of > Baltimore, to C. Josephine, daughter of Joseph ■ Judik, Esq. On the 9th inst., by Rev. Dr. Green, W. C. i Dkxmead, to Miss Marv A. Lewis, both of Bal j timore countj'. ; On the 31st inst., by Rev. Grcenberry W. , Ridgely, Dr. Thomas 11. Buckler to Eliza . White, only daughter of John Ridgely, Esq., of . Hampton. l }j W) ■ On the 19th inst., Ellen C. Coates, in the 20th year of her age, daughter of the late Al ’ exander ancl Elizabeth Coates, of this county. At Catonsville, on Nov. 21st, John F. Ruff. , On the 19th inst., Wm. S. Canoles, one of the Old Defenders, nearly SO years of age. , Ou the 18th inst, in the 7th district, Balto. | county, Daniel Stabler, aged 61 years and 8 ' months. \ NOTICE. A LL persons aro forbidden from trespassing ; on the Farm at the bead of Back River, [ known as “THE HEADING,” hither by Guu uing, Fishing, or building fires. All so found offending, will be prosecuted to the full extent of the Law. ROBT. CAMPBELL, Nov. 25.—3 t. Proprietor. Notice. ’ Office op tiu: Mittal Fire Insurance Co.] ; In Harford County, > , Bel Air Nov. 14th, 1865. j "VTOTICE is hereby given, that by a Resolu ’ ii tion of the Board of Directors, passed on i the 21st day of October last, a CONTRIBUTION , of 4 per cent, was levjpd upon the Premium Notes of the Company, payable according to 1 the 10th Soctiowof the Charter within sixty davs. A. L. JARRETT, 5 Nov. 25.—6fc Secretary. , Office of the Mutual Fire Insurance) , Com fa sv in Harford County, j NOTICE is hereby given, that in pursuance of the Charter of said Company, an elec tion for a President and eighteen Directors thereof, will be held at Bel Air, on Monday the Ist day of January, 1866, to serve for the ensuing year, and for the pur pose of making such changes or modification of the By-Laws as may be considered expe dient. A. L. JARRETT, Nov. 25.—td 'Secretary. HOAD NOTICE. To All Whom it May Concern: NOTICE is hereby given, that application will be made to the Commissioners of Baltimore county, at their next meeting, forthe laying out and opening of a county road, lead ing from Oakland Station on the N. C. I>*. W., to a county mad loading from the York turn pike to Freeland’s station on the N. C. R. W., passing through the lauds of Janies Gessford, George Baker, John McGonley, John Larkins, J. S. Turkov and L. Sampson. WM. H. HOFFMAN, MARTIN HEATIICOTE, HOSEA ROZIER, Nov. 25.—5 t and others. M’JILTON & CO., REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND AUCTIONEERS, No. 19 SOUTH STREET, BALTIMORE, MD. REAL Estate at Public Sale. Real Estate at Private Sale. Gopd? of every descrip tion auctioneered. Advertising Agents for Many Journals. Property given us for Salo Advertis ed Gratis in our Trade Journal. J. A. Houston, a practising Attorney at Law for a number of years, will attend to Conveyan cing and other business entrusted to our care. Nov. 25, ’6s.—tf. peblicTsale OF VALUARL E STOC K, Wagons, Coxn & Oats. WILL be sold at Public Sale, at Shavvan, Baltimore county, 4 mile 3 froyi Cockeys- ] ville, near Oregon Furnace, on " i Saturday, December 2d, 1565, at 10 o'clock A. M., \ Five Horses, (one a Fine Young Mare, possess ing all requisite qualifications,) 1 four-year-old | Heavy Draft Horse, 1 Young Mare with foal, j 3 Horses suitable for general use, five Large g Young Mules broken to harness, 5 Yoke of Ox- j en, 5 Cows all with calf, 50 Head.of Fat Sheen. <■ ALSO, Two New Carriages, 2 second-hand Carriages, 1 New Express Wagon, 2second-hand Wagons, 100 Barrels prime White and Yellow Corn, and 400 Bushels of Oats. JEST-Terins made known at sale. WILLIAM DUNCAN, c Nov. 25.—2 t. Auctioneer. g j" CHEAP GOODS f 300 BEANKETS from 2 to 3 300 SIIEETS from 1 to 2 D ° llars * 1 300 IRON 1RON BEI)8TE ADS from 41to * 2 - BEDTICKS from 50 to 76 cents. KAn LBS. ENGLISH TWINE from 50 eta. eJKJU to $ 1.50 per lb. 100 WOOD BTOVES from 2to 6 Do,,w ‘*- 30 CALDRONS, 10 to 80 gals. 10 to 30 Dollars. * 3 YD. PIECES MUSLIN from 90 cts. to 1 Dol lar per piece 2,000 LBS. STOVE PIPE. 3.000 GRAIN BAGS. 2 HAY PRESSES. COFFEE, DUST PANS, BROOMS, BRUSHES, JtC., &C., - FOR SALE AT 76 NORTH ST., BALTO. Nov. 25.—1m~ Ho W TO 8A V E MO NEV BV THE BARD OF MARBLE n.iLL. The times are hard; you’d like to know. How you may save your dollars ; The do it I will show, II you will read what follows : ij. A man who lived not far from here, M ho worked hard at his trade, But had a household to support That squandered all he made. I met him once, says he, ‘ My friend, I look threadbare and rough ; I’ve tried to get myself a suit, But can’t save up enough.” Says I, “My friend, how much have you? I’ll tell you where to go To get a suit that’s sound and cheap— At SMITH, BROS. & CO,” He took what little he had saved, And went to Smith <fc Brothers, And there he got a handsome suit, For barf he paid to others. Now he is home, he looks’so well, And the respect is such," That when they take their daily meals They don’t eat half so much." And now he finds on Saturday night, * With all their wants supplied, 1 That he has money left to spend And some to lay aside. His good success, with cheerful smile, He gladly tells to all: “If you'd save money, go and buy Your clothes at MARBLE HALL.” Where the cheapest, finest and beat clothing and gents’ furnishing goods can be had to suit every trade and in every style, at 38 and 40 , WEST BALTIMORE STREET. Nov. 25.—tf FINE READY-MADE^ CLOTHING, At 25 >er ct. below the Market Price, AT L. BAE’B NEW CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT No. 82 Baltimors St., BETWEEN GAY <t HOLIDAY, BALTO. . FOR FINE CLOTHING— Go to L. Bar’s! FOR THE. LA TEST STYLES— Go to L. Bar’s! FOR FASHIONABLE CLOTHING Go to L. Bar’s! FOR WELL-MADE CLOTHING— Go to It, Bar’s! TO SEE THE.LARGEST STOCK OF CLOTHING— Go to L. Bar’s ! TO SAVE 25 PER CENT— , Go to L. Ba,r’s f L. Bar is the Man now for Ready- Made Clot Mpg. Nov. 25.—2 m. Portable Steam Engines. rpilE undersigned has been appointed airent X for the sale of WOOD & MANN'S - CELEBRATED Portable Steam Engines, From four to thirty five horse-power eaeli. These Engines are well adapted to out doom work, such as threshing, sawing wood, driving; mills and piles, pumpiDg oil and other wells, and for all MANUFACTURING PURPOSES. Full particulars as to their efficiency, etc., - may be had on application at No. 57 S. GAY STREET, where a six-horse power engine can. be seen. CHAS. L. OUDESLUYS. Nov. 25.—3ni. ~ ROAD NOTICE". To All Whom it May Concern: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That ap plication will be made to the County Com missioners of Baltimore county at their next meeting, for the laying out and opening of a New Road, leading from the County Road run ning from Freeland’s to Middletown, to tho Road leading from Oakland to the County Road running to the Pennsylvania Line ; said Road to pass along the line between lands of Nicho las Iloshall and Edward Amos ; through lands of Daniel Stabler, John Schlenbaker, John and Conrad Shuppert ; along the line between lands of Jeremiah Bailey and Barnhart and Stinefelt, and through lands of Edward Walsh ; intersecting the ssill road leading from Oakland to the county road running to the Pennsylvania Lino. SAMUEL KRAMER, NICHOLAS HOSHALL, PETER F. WILHELM, Nov. 25.—5 t and others. r|3HIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, that the sub- I seriber Ufa obtained from the Orphans' Court of Baltimore county, letters of adminis tration on the estate of JAMES TODD, late of said couuty, deceased. All persons hav ing claims against the said estate are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, On or before the 2oth day of June, 1866/ they may otherwise by law be excluded from all "benefit of said estate. Those indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment. Given under my hand this 22d dav of November, 1865. MARGARET A. TODD, Nov. 25.—4t* Administratrix. rpHIS I 3 TO GIVE NOTICE, that the snb- X seriber has obtained from the Orphans” Court of Baltimore county, letters of admin istration on the estate of HOSEA KEMP, late of said county, deceased. All persons hav ing claims against the said estate, are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof to the subscriber, On or before the 25 th day of June, 1866 / they may otherwise by law' be excluded from) all benefit of said estate. Those indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment. Given under my hand this 22d day of November, 1865. JACOB F. KEMP, Nov. 25.—4t* Administrator. TlllS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, that the sub scriber has obtained from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore county, letters of adminis tration on the estate of HENRY F. GEBENBTEBEN, late of said county, deceased. All persons hav ing clairhs against the said estate, are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the voucher* thereof to the subscriber, On or before the 25 th day of June, 1866/ they may otherwise by law be excluded from* all ‘benefit of said estate. Those indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment. Given under my hand this 22d day of November, 1865. MARY E. GEBENSTEBEN, _*ov. 25, —4t* Administratrix. LOST, T>ETWEEN Towsontown and Rider’s Switch, JJ on the 14th inst., AMEERSCIIAUM PIPE of peculiar pattern. A reward of #3 will be given for its return this to office, Nov, 18-gfe