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NEW SERIES—YOL. k NO. 51.
Profeßsional t Cards* . *
b.n.payne,
REAL ESTATE AGENT* &
CONVEYANCER.
OFFICE— Smedley Row, opposite the Court
Rouse, Towsontown. April 29.—1 y
• John T. Ensor, <
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IN
" CHANCERY,
Towsontowa, M 4.
Will attend promptly and persevtringly to all
usVaess entrusted to his care.
Jan. A, 186S-—tf. -
B. w.
A T t © R fa. ‘L A W,
. towsont6wn,md.
April I.—6na. _
DIL f. PIPER,
Residence opposite the late Dr. Tiditig’s office.
Office hours from 7 A. M., to 9 o'clock A. M.
From 1 •’clock P. M., to 3 o’cl’k P. M.. |
and It o'clock P.'M.
Jan. 1, 1865.-1866. * •
ISAAC
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
3 8 ST. PAUL STREET,
BALTIMORE.
May.~ly
B. m. Psac*, ll ;
attorney at law.
• Office-No. lSmedleyßow^T*rft^n-
WILL fire prompt -#f*&*rt*€l.law and
chancery business entrusted to his care.
C. 808 .a LWUK. -
attorney at law,
■ Jfo. at w. LEXISG Toy STREET,
(Basement,) Baltimore, Md.
April IS, 1865,—1y.
Amos F. Mussel man,
. ATTORNEY.
Office No. >1 Islington st., Baltimore eity.
PRACTICES in the Courts of Baltimore
county. .j
July 9, 1864. —ly
WILLIAM M. BUSEY,
ATTOStNEVAT LAW,
Xe. Se Feyette Street, Neer Charlee,
Baltimore, Md.
April 1,1885.—1 y. x
Theodora Qlocker,
attorney at law
AKP
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
No. 44 St. Paul street, Baltimore, Md.
PARTICULAR attention given to Chancery
and Orphans’ Court business, in the Courts
Baltimore city and county.
All communications or business left with Mr.
JOHN R. D. BEDFORD, Conveyancer,Towson
bwn, will be promptly attended to.
March 12. 1864.—tf. ___
O. C. Warfield,
attorney at law,
Toweomowx.
TJREFABES applications for •
17 BOUNTY, w . *
BACK TAY and
TENSIONS.
Feb. 20.—tf .
Joe. P. Merryman.
AT LAW,
71 Weet Fayette street, Balt.*
Jan. t, 1864.—1 y
DR. ISAAC McCUBLEY,
DEMTISTy
W. COR. LIBERTTf and LEXINGTON, Sts.
BALTIMORE.
May B.—tf .
e. sstKTSAs. *• r. xaxcn, . *• e
RBECH,
DENTISTS, " .
No. 50 North Calvert street, Baltimore.
March 26, 1864.—1 y ~
~~ ItEHOTAL.
T\R- 0. A. Burton, Dentist, has removed from
| / No. 04 West Fayette street to No. 10 8.
HOWAUD street, sear German,
where he is prepared to perform MHffi
all operations on the TEETH in
the most faithful manner.
Nov. 4.—3 m •
DR. J. H. JARRBTT,
(Fobmkklv Surukok 7r* Mp-#Vols.,)
TTAVING purchased the late residence of
JljL Dr. E. R. Tidings, respectfully offers his
Professional Services to the public. Having
had an experience of ton years in private prac
tice and two years and a-half in the army, he
hopes to be able to give satisfaction "to all those
who may favor him with a call.
. June 17,1365.—1 y.
- JOHN R. KENLY,
’ ATTORNEY AT L W*.
OJtice, 2 i Floor Bible Building Fayette at.
Near Charles Street,
BALTIMORE.
Will practice in the several Court* of the City
of Baltimore and State of Maryland *, also,
Claim# against the Government of the United
States, and all business, connected with tho
Publie Offices at Washington, willj>e carefully
attended to.
Oct. 7th 1865.—8ra.
R. R. Boitrman,
AtTORNEY AT LAW
aei
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY.
Smedley Row, opposite Court House,
TOWMMOWI. B.'Jf! IUJ
WILL promptly attend to all business en
trusted to his ears.
Jan. It.—tf •• ' ,
unwia a. waaanaa. william h. ebcm
Wheeler. A Keech,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AR
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
'Office Ne. I and 1 Smedley Row,Towsontown*
YT AVING formed a,PARTNERSHIP for the
Y A practice of Law, still give p.onipt attfcli
ion to the ejection of claims and business in
general in the Otphans’CourtandClrcuitCaUet
<or Baltimore county.
Aug. 27,1859—if
cbiSa storC"
WX. 8. WOXDJTRIsY * CO.,
TTAVE on hand a complete stock of
§ CHINA, GLASS, '
QUEEXSWARE. UAB
Fihe>nd common, at the Warehou**, -’ J
Y 6 Baltimore street, 8 doors vest of Gay strut.
COAL OIL, ef tha very beet qftahty, by the
barrel or gallon, end a complete aiiortment ef
LAMPS and WICK for burning it. "
The manufacture of STONE and EARTHEN
WARE still continued.
All good! for the country packed in a 6Cifin*
tifio manner, and wifi br eotd wholerale end
retoil, at very lowpiiae*, to suW ft*
NoT. 6,1884.-tf - r y- a
AictioarcßßiN.
ffIHE undersigned Will eentniue* the busri
1 new
slto. (tmurfg Inm
(A Consolidation of the American and
Advocate,!
IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
HAVERSTICK & LONGNECKERS.
(t. M. HAVEITSTICK, H. C. A J. 3. LOSGMKCKKR,)
AT
$2.00 PER ANNUM, In Advance.
’Jf®, No paper discontinued until all arrear
ages are paid, unless at the option of the Pub
lishers. A failure to notify its discontinuance
will be considered a renewal of subscription.
RATES OF ADVERTISING !
OUe square, (of 6 line*, or less,) one insertion,
50 cents, and for every subsequent insertion,
25 cents per square. :
3 mn.l. 6 mos. 12 mos.
One square ~..$ 300 $5 00 $8 00
’Three squares 5 00 7 00 13 00
Six squares 6 00 10 00 Li O'* ;
Quarter column... 700 12 00 18 00 J
'Half column 10 00 16 00 30 00 !
'Onecoluran 16 00 ....... 30 00 55 00
: advertisement inserted for less than :
One Dollar.
Marriages and Deaths inserted free of
charge, except when accompanied by quotations
cr remarks, for which the usual price o* adver
tising will be charged.
Br consolidating the two Baltimore county
pipers,llf!> UNKEf has the largest circulation oi j
any cormH - pap Crin the State, ahd thus Offer*)
superior advantages to advertisers.
JOB WORK :
Our office, besides one of Hoe’s best Power
Presses, is furnished with a g-.-od Job Press and
all the necessary materials for executing plain
and fancy Job Printing with neatness ami dis
patch.
HANDBILLS
Of all vise* and styles printed at short notice
and on good terms.
Magistrate's and Collector’s Blanks, Deeds,
and all kinds of Public Tapers always on hand
at the office.
County Advertisemcnts.
WARREW STOKK,
In the Thriving Little Village of
WA-RREN.
GREAT* REDUCTION OF PRICES IN ALL
KINDS OF GOODS.
THE proprietors of the “Warren Store” are
offeritfg great inducements to the citizens
of this neighborhood, that is worthy of their
attention. "We offer to the public the best se
lection of goods that can be found in any store
in the country, and will guarantee to sell them
at less than city retail prices. All goods sold
here warranted as represented or the money
refunded. Our stock consists in part of
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES.
HARDWARE.
CHINA WARE,
CROCKERYWARE,
EARTHENWARE,
STONEWARE,
GLASSWARE.
BOOTS AND SHOES,
HATS, CAPS,
DRUGS, DYE STUFFS. OIL AND PAINTS,
MEDICINES, GLASS, PUTTY, WHITE
LEAD, LINSEED .t NEATS FOOT
OIL, FARAPHINE OIL, KER
' OSENE OIL, MACHINE
OIL, MACKEREL,
HERRINGS, BA
CON. HAM 3,
BREAST PIECES, SHOULDERS,G. A. SALT,
Fin* Salt, Flour, Corn Meal, Mill Feed, llom
onv Buck Wheat, t
TIN AND WOODEN WARES,
Brooms, Ropes, Plow Lines, Shoe Findings,
WrotJNails, Cat Nails, Spikes. Rivets, and eve
ry article that may bo found in a well regulat
ed country store.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
of all kinds taken in exchange for goods at
city prices.
3 r 11. P. THOMAS,
For Warren Manufacturing Company.
Feb. 16.—1 v. ,
REMOVAL.
GEOROE BTEIBER,
BOOT & SHOE MAKER,
TOWSONTOWN, MD.,
Ms.
HEREBY informs the citizens of Towson
town and vicinity, that he has removed
his Boot and Shoe establishment from his re
cent place of business, to the building adjoin
ing the post office and store of Mr. Coop
er,’where he will in the future be pleased to see
all his friends and customers.
I keep constantly on hand a varied assort
ment of, Boots, Shoes, Gaiter*, Ac., for either
Ladies, Gentlemen or Children,
ALL OF MTOWN MANUFACTURE,
which will be found as durable, and cheaper
than can be propurjed in ih city of Bajtimore.
1 return my thanks for the very liberal pa
tronage I-have heretofore received, and I will
fndeavor, by attention to business, and moder
ate charges, to merit a continuance of the same.
GEORGE STEIBER.
April l.—-6m.
History of the Rebellion.
HEADLEY’S HISTORY OF THE WAR.
THE undersigned having procured an agen
cy for thi valuable work for a portion of
Baltimore and Harford counties will in a very
short time visit the people of the county solic
iting subscriptions tnertd’or. It will boa true
and faithful history of events as they havetrans
pired sine* April $361, until nearly to the pres
ent time.
It will be published in two vols. at $3.50 each
the first of which will soon be delivered, and
' the second immediately after the close of the
j war. Each volume will contain many pages of
1 illustration* of Battle scenes, and over forty por-
I traits of prominent in the war, both
North nnMp.
Volume Xwmtaining 506 pages, is already
prepared, and wiH be delivered by the Agents
after finishing the canvass in their several lo
calities. Volume II will be issued as soon as
practicable after the close of the war, and will
contain about 700 pages, or more, if necessary
to complete the History.
The undersigned xLo has for eale the
NURSE AND SPY/
EDWARD N. TYRRELL-
June 3.1865. —ly. *
COACHMAKING
AND
UNDERTAKING,
THE subscriber respectfully informs his
friends, and the public generally, that he
japmows is prepared to execute at his shop
Towsontown, at the iutersec
5ESSSffit *‘ on of the York Turnpike and Jop
paßoad,every description of
Wheelwrightlng, Cochmaklng, &r,
r .H* will manufacture to order, Carriages, Bust
. giCs, Rocks ways. Carryalls, Ac. OldCarriajjpp
■j repaired and painted at short notice.
AlfU, keeps constantly on band, (and maffiffi
I to order at the shortest notiee,) every style anTJ|
r description of '
COFFINS, <ss=
and having provided himself with a HEARSE,
hu is prepared to attend funerals at all times.
All work warranted io V f^o n -
GEO. H. HUGHS.
April 15, ISAL-tf. I
rffiTHBELWRiaHTING
n -#GW^ONTa^r.
TOWSONTOWN, MD., SATURDAY. DECF.MBEU 23, 18(55.
* DB. SWEET’S
Infallible Liniment,
The Great External Remedy.
FOR RHEUMATISM, GOUT, NEURALGIA,
LUMBAGO, .STIFF NECK AND JOINTS,
SPRAINS, BRUISES, GUTS AND
WOUNDS, PILES,- HEADACHE,
' ASfDALIi RHEUMATIC AND
NERVOUS DISORDERS.
Dr. Stephen Sweet, of Connecticut,
the Qreat Natural Bone Setter.
Dr. Stephen Sweet, of Connecticut,
is known all over the United States.
Dr. Stephen Sweet, of Connecticut,
ia the author of “Dr. Sweet’s Infallible Lini
ment.”
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment
Cures Rheumatism and never fails.
Dr. Sweet's.lnfallible Liniment
la a certain cure foj Neuralgia.
Dr. Sweet’s Infallible Liniment
Cures Burns and Scalds immediately.
Dr. Sweet’s Infallible Liniment
Is the best known remedy for Sprains and
* Braises.
Dr. Sweet’s Infallible Liniment
Cures .Headache immediately and was never
known to Tail.
T>r. Sweet’s Infallible Liniment
Affords immediate relic! for Piles, and seldom
iaiis to cure. x
Dr. Sweet’s Infallible Liniment
Cures Toothache in one minute.
Dr. Sweet’s Infallible Liuiment
Cures Cuts find Wounds immediately and leaves
no sear.
Dr. Sweet’s Infallible Liniment
llas been used by more than a million people,
and hll praise it.
Dr. Sweet’s Infallible Liniment
Taken internally cures Colic, Cholera Morbus
and Cholera.
Dr. Sweet’s Infallible Liniment
Is truly “a friend in need," and every family
should have it at hand.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment
Is for sale by all Druggists.
Caution.
To avoid imposition, observe the Signature
and Likeness of Dr. Stephen Sweet on every
label, and also “ Stephen Sweet’s Infallible Lin
iment" blown in the glass of each bottle, with
out which none are genuine.
RICHARDSON A CO.
Role Proprietors, Norwich, Ct.
C. LEWIS DUNLAP, Wholesale Agent,
No. 13, W. Baltimore st., Baltimore.
Sept. 9.—3 m.
LEATHER, ~~ ~
LEATHER,
HIDES, &C.
P. H. GRUPY St CO.,
42 South Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md.,
HAVE always a full assortment of LEATH
ER of all kinds, at lowest rates. Call and
see before purchasing.
HIDES A PRIME TAN BARK
Wanted, for which the outside Cash Price will
be paid. F. H. GRUPY A CO.,
42 South Calvert Street, Baltimore.
April —l v. >
CHANGE OF~TIME.
YORK R O AD~ RAILWAY.
ON and after Monday next, Nov. 13th, 1865,
care will leave the CITY HALL, Balti
more, at each hour from 7 A. M., to 6 P. M., ex
cept 12 M.
Will leave TOWSONTOWN at each hour,
from 7A. M., to 7P. M., except 12 M. Con
nection will be m’adc at North Avenue with the
Charles St., Line of the City Passenger R. R.
GAR for TOWSONTOWN will
leave the City Hall at: IIP. M.
A. D. BANKS, Agent.
_Nov. 11.—tf. '
Catonsville Railway.
Fall and Winter Arrangement.
ON and after Thursday. November 2d, 1565,
car 3 will run HOURLY
FROM 7 A. M. TO 12 M., and from 2 P. M.to 7
P. M.. daily, SUNDAYS included.
PASSENGERS TO AND FROM ELLICOTT’S
MILLS will leave daily, Sundays included, at
8 and 11 A. M., and 2, 4 and 6 P. M. !
Office west end of Baltimore street.
WM. W. ORNDORFF, Secretary.
Nov 4.—tf
County Advertisements.
Trees ! Trees! I Trees!! 1
AT THE
Maryland Nurseries.
THE undersigned offers for sale at the “Ma
ryland Nurseries,” situated on the FALLS
ROAD, about 13 mile 3 from Balti
jlaPmoro city,and 4 miles from Brook- SSgF*
J Pf on tho W. M. It. R., A Tt **
(WTcE stock of
IF E 49 3V Tail®,
Consisting of PEACH, APPLE, P.EAR, APEI
COT, PLUM, and in fact FRUIT of every de
scription. The subscriber being experienced
in truit growing can recommend bis Trees to
all who may favor him with a call.
ALSO,
A CHOICE SELECTION OF
Grape Vines & Strawberry Plants
Always on hand as cheap as can be purchased
elsewhere. j3ST*Saf isfaclion guaranteed.
Add ress.
JAMES WARDEN,
Brooklandville Ij. 0., Balto. Co., Md.
Nov. 11.—If.
MERC HIST TAILORING
in
TOWSONTOWN.
| f I'HE subscriber respectfully tenders his ac-
X knowledgments to the citizens of Towson
town and vicinity, for the very generous sup
port he has heretofore received in his business,
and would inform his friends and customers
that he has considerably enlarged his stock,
and will constantly keep on hand a well se
lected stock of rm
(Moths, Cassimere.s and Vesting's,
which he is prepared to make into garments of
the latest styles, and at prices that will be sat
i Ms factory to all.
• I tsk’an examination of my stock.
AUGUST LOOSE,
P® Towsontown, Opposite Ady’s Hotel.
1 March 4, 1865.—tf..
FRENCH CLOTHS,
CASSIMERS OF ALL KINDS,
SILK MARSEILLES.
And all kinds of Vest Patterns,
Scarfs, Neckties and Collars, „
Handkerchiefs, Travelling Shirt#, Linen Ilosoin
Shirts, Linen Bosoms, (all qualities and
prices,) White Muslins and Linens
For Shirting, io., for sale
Wholesale and Befall.
ALL KINDS OF
TAILORS, trimmings,
Together, with
As cheap-tf can be procured fn the city. v
AUGCBT LOOSE,
-WercbttJt Tailor,,
A CAUD TO THE PUBLIC.
HAVING resigned my l business to wy son,
I herewith return my sincere thanks for
the liberal patrouage given me during the
many years of my business life in Towsontown,
and respectfully solicit for him a continuance
of the same. MARY A-. SHEA LEY.
new goods Hew goods;
HAVING taken Charge of the business* for
merly conducted by my mother, I m now
offering to’ the public, a fine assortment of
Goods, jnst purchased in the Citvof New York,
comprising FRENCH, ENGLISH A COBURG
MERINOS; a fine assortmentof Black Alpacas
and Alpaca Lustre*; all wool Mouslin Delaines,
Calicos, Ac.
MANCHESTER GINGHAMS.
Opera Flannels, Flannels, Canton Flannel,
Linen Diapor Tabic Cloth*,.
Napkins, Towels, Shirting Linen* ■
and a tyie Stock of ;
MUSLIMS.
Also, Cloth*, Cassimers, Cloakings, Full Lin
sey*, Crape, Glove*, Hosiery, Yarns, Ac.
A fine assortment ofALB AT A WARE,
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, AC.,
at low prices.
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Hardware, Queens
ware, Crockeryware, and Stoneware.
Always on hand, GROCERIES of the beat,
quality, Teas. Ac.
Relieving that I can give as good bargain*as
can be gotten in the ejty. I respectfully solicit
a liberal share of patronage.
WILLIAM S. SHEALEY.
Oct. 28, ’6s.—tf.
The Maryland Life Insurance Com
pany of Baltimore,
ISSUES POLICIES of every description at
the lowest rates, of the best Companies.
Policy Holders participate in the profits.
GEORGE P. THOMAS, President. '
DIRECTORS:
Hamilton Easter, } Hiram Woood*, Jr.,
Allen A. Chapman, j Geo. H. Miller,
Geo. P. Thomas, Thomas Cassard,
Hugh Sisson, | William Devries, a
Charles Webb. *
JOIIN-W. DAVIS, Secretary,
Office No. 15 South Street, Baltimore.
for insurance will be receiv
ed by B. N. PAYNE, at Towsontowa.
Dec. 2,1865. —1 y.
JiLMEg pjjjIKINGTON*
SADDLE, HARNESS, TRUNK &
COLLAR FACTORY,
TOWSONTOWN, MD.
"ITTAGON and Carriage Harness, superior
W quality Wagon and Carriage Whips and
everything in his line always on hand. $-
promptly attended to.
COME'ONE, COME ALL!
Nov. IS, '6s.—ly.
STEAMED OYSTBBS.
THE cheapest and best meal now can be had
at SHAW’S NEW STEAMED OYSTER
SALOON, No. 11 N. HIGH Bt., one street east
of the shot tower, where you can get a half
peck of the best salt-river OYSTERS, steamed,
with BREAD, BUTTER;and a variety oU’IOK
ELS, all for 25 cents.
Country people are invited to call.
Nov. 11.—tf.
Bi'CKSIUiV
GLOVES
sj sss si
OF THE BEST MANUFACTURE.
°* THESE ARTICLES
So ranch in demand lasit fall,
can now be had
at
E. SEIBERT’S,
35 West Baltimore St., one door below Frederick,
Baltimore, Md.
Sept. 2.—tf.
SCHUCHMANN&HEIM,
Jmm
MANUFACTURERS OF
Traveling Trunks,
Valises and I.a<lies Bonnet Boxes,
NO. WEST BALTIMORE STREET,
BALTIMORE.
JK^TRUNKS MADE TO ORDER ."*S
Jan. 14,1865.-ly.
~ WM. PAUL * CO.,
STATIONER# & BLANK BOOK
MANUFACTURERS,
No. a Water Street,
BALTIMORE. -
Book Binding aud Machine Ruling
in all its varieties.
Sept. 23. —sm.
GILMOUB’S HOTEL.
ON TIE RCJt.QPS.A4C PIA N,
Xo. 121 IV. BALTIWIRE STREET,
BALTIMORE.
J. D. GILMOUR, Proprietor.
A LARGE variety of Meat*and Vegetables,
including all the delicacies of thj? season,
served up in the best stylg.
Particular pains taken to keep WINES AND
WQUOHB of the choicest quality.
ROMMS FURNISHED BY TftE DAY OR
WEEK.
Dining Rooms for Private Parties.
Nov. 18.—ly.
iIOTICEr
Ovrica or thb Mctsai. Firs Is*ukavci: Co. )
lx Hari orp Covntt, >
Bel Air Nov. 14th, 1865. J
> -IyfOTICE ib hereby given, that by a Resoln
‘ tion of the Board of Director*, passed on
the.2lßt day of October last, a CONTRIBUTION
of 4 percent, waadevied upon the Premium
f Notes of the Company, payable according to
the 10th Section of the Charter, within si*t.y
days.
A. L. JABRETT, -
Her. 25.—fit Seeretoigr.
” TOFARMERS.
100 TONS OF
’ SUPERIOR FISH PHOSPHATES AND
1 - For sale by
F. F. FOPS, 86 South Street. s
Aug. 2fi, lfififi.—ly
, CLOTBIXfiI CLOTHIP !!
J. G. PETER, Merchant Tailor.
Boat 4- <jhy MreoitißetfUMori*
XT’ EEPS always on band a fine aseortoiefit
JY f the beetgoeds, which he ie prepered to
iuk to: et tkoit stetiee. J&oa, Ooedt
slat vm-tz.
JtflCCt fflCttU.
CHRISTMAS BELLS.
EV I.OSGKKI.LOT, - .
I heard the, bells on Christmas Pay
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peaei on earth, good-will to men !
' And thought how, as, the dav had come,
The belfries.of all Christendom
Rad rolled along
_ / The unbroken song
Of peaeo,on earth, good-will to men !
Till, ringing, singing on its way.
The world revolved from night to dfty,
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
Of peace an earth, good-will to men!
Then from each black, accursed mouth,
The cannon thundered in ihe South,
And, with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good will to men !
"V •
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent
And made forlowt
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men !
!
And in despair I bowed my head ;
‘•There-is no peace on earth,” I said ;
“For hate is strong
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!”
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead ; nor doth he sleep!
The Wrong shall fail,
The Bight prevail, '
With peace on earth, good-will to men!”
[JFVowi the Home Weekly.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
1 u
BY MRS. CRAIG.
God rest ye, merry gentlemen ; let nothing you
dismay,
For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, was born on
Christmas day;
The dawn rose, red o’er Bethlehem, the stars
shone through the gray,
When Jesus Christ, our Saviour, was born on
Christmas day.
God rest ye, little children'; let nothing you
affright.
For Jesus Christ, your Saviour, wa3 born this
happy night :
Along the hills of Galilee the white flocks
sleeping lay,
| When Christ, the child of Nazareth, was born
on Christmas day.
God rest ye, all good Christiana; upon this
blessed morn
The Lord of all good Christiana was of a wo
man born;
Now all your sorrows He doth heal, year sins
He takes away;
For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, was born on
Christmas day.
§§imllatteou&
TRUSTED AND TRUSTY.
“Over the side with ye, quick : one min
ute’s delay may cost your life !” exclaimed
Mr. Gray to a fellow passenger ’* 3 *fiij§*of
about fourteen, who appeared
about swinging himself down ’ o
a boat which rocked iu the *. w
the burning ship. The flames wt .ring
round mast and yard, thick volumes of
smoke hung like a funeral'pall over the
vessel, and the awful, red glare was reflect
ed on the sea, which glowed like a fiery
furnace. It was no time for dely, indeed,
and yet Reginald drew backJroin the ves
sel’s side. “I had forgotten it,” he exclaim
ed, and darted back toward the cabin.
/“Madness—he is lest I” muttered Mr.
Gray ; no money was worth such a risk.—
“That young life is thrown away.”
Sailors aad passengers with eager haste
lowered themselves into the boats, but
tberewas not room for all. Some, under
thedirection of the captain, whose' brave
spirit only rose with the danger, hastily
lashed spars together to form a rude raft
for the rest. Mr, Gray laboring among
these, gasping and almost fainting as he
was from the heat, which had become well
njgh intolerable. Often he glanced anx
iously toward tho hatchway, with the faint
hope of seeing Reginald emerge again from
the burning cabin into which he had so
daringly ventured.
The raft, the last hope of the crew, is
floating on the crimson billows, the crowd
ed boats have sheered off, Mr. Gray, half
blinded and suffocated by the heat and
smoke, springs on the raft; he is followed
by the captain and alt who remain of the
passengers and crew except the poor or
phan boy. Just as they are about to push
off—“ Hold, hold !” cries Mr. Gray, start
ing up from his place, as a slight form,
blackened with smoke, and with dress sing
ed and burnt, appears on deck ; he springs
over the bulwark, missing the raft, aud the
next moment is dragged out of the billows
to lie gasping and exhausted with his head
ob Mr. Gray’s knee.
“Thank God, my poor boy, you are saved !”
“Thank God/.’ faintly uttered Reginald
Clare.
A strange appearance was presented by
the lad. His hair and eye-brows were sing
' ed, marks of- burning were on his hands
aud face, his-dress hung in tatters around
him, but he held in his hand a flat parcel
wrapt up in oil cloth, and a faint smile rose
to his lips as he murmured, “I’m so glad
that I have it all safe !”
It was not until the vessel had burnt
down to the water’s edge, and the flames
had sunk at last from having nothing
further an which to vent theirfury, that
the captain dared to raise a boat sail which
he had the foresight to carry with him.—
•By means of this he succeeded, after long
hours of painful anxiety, soou
after sunrise, the coast, from which the
homeward bound vessel had been not many
miles distant when the terrible fire had oc
curred.
When the worst of tho peril was over
and the raft, under a favorite breeze, was
floating toward the land, Mr. Gray, who
felt a strong interest, in Reginald Clare,
asked tho poor lad some questions regard
ing his family and position. He know al
ready that the boy was the orphan of a mis
sionary, who had died at Sierra Leone ; he
now found that young Roginald was return
ing to England, to be dependent on an un
cle whom ho had never seeD.
“I am glad that you have succeeded in
saving something,” said Mr. Gray who had
himself preserved a box containing his
principal treasures ; “doubtless that parcel,
for which you risked your life, contains
something of very great value.”
“I do not know what it contains, sir,”
was Reginald’s reply.
‘‘Not know what it contains!” exclaimed
Mr. Gray.
“It is not mine,” said tho boy, in expla
nation, “it is a parcel entrusted to my care/’
“And you really rushed back in the
burning cabin to carry off that what was
not the slightest value to yon, and, perhaps,
of little to any one else.”
, The pale cheek of boy flushed as if he
were almost hurt at the question, and he
made the simplerapty/*! had been trusted
I had promised—what else could I have
done r
The party safely landed la'Epgland. Ai
I the fir* bad left poor Reginald peeniftssi
Mr. Gray liberally paid for hi* jtJucney to
London. Reginald arrived that emiog at
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his uncle’s house, when he was received
first with amazement at his burnt and rag
ged state, till surprise was changed to pity,
on the cause of his strange appearance be
ing known. .
Jt soon became clear to the boy that his
uncle, Mr. Brown, and his wife, were not
in easy circumstances, and they were likely
to feel his maintenance a very unwelcome
burden. The thin, sharp-featured lady, in
her gown turned and dyed, looked gravely
at the tattered clothes which must at once
be replaced by new ones.
“Did you save nothing from the fire?” —
inquired Mrs. Brown, as on the following
morning she poured out at the breakfast
some very pale tea.
• “Nothing but a parcel which I had in
charge for Mrs. Bates, of Kcdestoti Square.
Here it is.” And Reginald laid on the
table the flat parcel wrapped in oil cloth.
“Could you kindly tell me bow to seHd it?”
There was no difficulty iu sending the
parcel a* Mrs. Bates happened to live near;
but Reginald eould see that his aunt was
provoked at this being the only thing which
he rescued out of the flames. Her impa
tience broke out into open expressions,
when, as the old couple and the boy sat to
gather, in the evening by the light of a
simple dip candle, a note was brought from
Mrs. Bates, thaqking Mr. Clare coldly for
bringing the parcel of dried fern leaves,
but informed him that they had been sadly
broken and spoiled on the journey.
“Fern leaves! trash !” exclaimed Mrs.
Brown, dropping the 6titches of her knit
ting in vexation. “Ifyou had only bad the
sense to carry out your desk instead; there
was sure to be some money in it. If you
only saved a good suit of clothe* aad not
come here like a beggar !”
Mr. Brown leaned back in his arm-chair
and laughed. “ Dried fern-leaves !” be
chuckled; “and spoiled one 3 to boot!—
They’ve only been pulled out of one sre
jnto another!”
Poor Reginald was mortified and vexed.
The bums on his face and hands seemed to
pain him more than ever. “And yet,”
thought he, “I need not mind I only did
my duty, I had been trusted—l had prom
ised. 1 could not have broken my word.
How could 1 have known what was in that
.parcel ?”
Rat-tat 1 It was the knock of the eve
ning postman. Another letter for Regi
nald Clare. “I hope,” said his sharp fea
tured aunt, that it may contain someting
better than the last. Dried fern-leaves,
forsWh ! What rubbish !’’
Reginald broke the Beal and opened the
letter. His hand almost trembled with
excitement as he read. With a sparkling
eye be gave it to hia aunt, who looked at it
through her old steel spectacles.
“Well, here is something odd," she re
marked; “why who writes this? Joti*
Gray ; I never heard of the name.”
“He was my fellow passenger—a mer
chant—and so kind !”
“Kind, I should think bo 1” exclaimed
Mrs. Brown, her sharp features relaxing
into a smile.
“What does he say, wife ?” asked Mr.
Brown, with impatieuce.
.“Wftyvhe offers to take this boy here
of business without any pre
raiumy’hfttClaimekl the wife, handing over
ffliiMfiiteiPto her husband, .because, as he
wrJfKnie knows the lad is/to be trusted.
It’s the fancy that I ever heard of.
What is to him that he should
take him the baud—first pay for his
journey to London, then offer—you see bis
own word—to treat him as a son.”
“Wife, wife,” cried Mr. Brown, laying
his finger on the letter, and looking with
hearty kindness at the orphan as he spoke,
“you and I made a precious mistake when
we fancied that Reginald had carried
nothing away from the ship but a trumpe
ry packet of fern-leaves. He carried away
something worth more than all tho gold aud
jewels of the Indies—a character for doing
his duty to Gqd and mau. “And depend
on’fc” continued the edd map, raising his
voice, “a boy who has that, ftill never
long be in want of a friend.”
A Little German Story.
A countryman, on returning from the
city, took home with him five of ihe finest
peaches he could possible desire to see ;
and, as his children had never beheld the
fruit, they rejoiced over them exceedingly,
calling them fine apples with rosy cheeks,
and soft, plumlike skins." The father divi
ded them among his four children, and re
tained one for the mother. In the even
-1 ing, ere the children had retired to their
chamber, the father questioned them by
asking, “How did you like the soft, rosy
apples ?”
“Very much indeed, dear father/’ said
the eldest boy ; “it is a beautiful fruit, so
acid, and yet so nice and so soft to the
taste. 1 have carefully preserved the
stone, that I may cultivate a tree.”
“Right and bravely done,” said the fath
er ; “that Bpeaks well for regarding the
future with care, and is becoming ia a
young husbandman.”
“I have eaten mine, and thrown tho
stone away,” said the youngest, “besides
which mother gave me half of hers ; oh, it
tasted so sweet and so melting in my
mouth ?”
“Indeed,” answered the father, “thou hast
not been prudent. However, it was very
natural and child-like, and displays wis
dom enough for your years.”
“I have picked up the stone,” said the
second son, “which my brother threw away,
cracked it and ate the kernal—it was as a
sweet nut to the taste—but my peach I
have sold for so much money that when 1
go to tho city I can buy twelve of them.”
The parent shook his head reproachfully,
saying, “Beware, my boy, of avarice ; pru
dence is all very well, but such conduct as
yours is unchildlike and unnatural.
Heaven guard thee, my child, from the tato
of a miser. And you, Edmuud ?” asked
the father, turning to his third son, who
frankly and openly replied, “I hare given
thy peach to the son of our neighbor, the
sick George, who hae had the fever.—
He would not take it, so I left it
on the bed an* have juit come
away.”
“Now,” said the father, “who has done
the best with his peach ?”
“Brother Edmund ! ’ tho three exclaim
ed aloud ; “Brother Edmund !"
Edmund was still and silent, and the
mother kissod him with tears of joy in her
eyes.
The Arab’s Proof.
A Frenchman who had won a high rank
among men of science, yet who denied the
God who is the Author of all science, was
crossing the Sahara in company with an
Arab guide. He noticed, with a sneer, that
at certain times his guide, whatever obsta
cles might arise, put them all aside, aud
kneeling on the burning sands, called on
bis God. Day after day passed, aud still
the Arab ueVor failed; tjll at last one
evening the philosopher, when he rose from
his knees, asked him with a contemptuous
smile. “How do you know there is a God ?”
The guide fixed bis burning eye on the
coffer for a moment in wonder, and then
6aid solemnly, “How do I know there is a
God?” How did Iknow that a man, and
.pot a camel, passed 'my hut last flight in
the darkoas? ? Was it not by the print of
v bl* fo9Mp the taud ? Even so"—aud be
pointed to the ftta; wboee last rays were
flashing over the louely desert—“thetfoot*
print ft pot that of a man.”
The Scene of Lee’s Surrender.
The Richmond Enquirer says : A gentle
man just from Appomattox courthouse in
forms us that “there is nothing left of the
apple tree under which Gen. Lee surren
dered bat a red hole in the ground, and it is ,
feared that also will be removed by curiosi
ty seekers.” It ia a subject worthy of no
tice, too, that tho apple tree alluded to was
the largest tree in the world, being at least
forty times the bulk of the celebrated
California oak, which was about the Bize of
the citadel of Ham. About nine hundred
and seventeen cards of this apple tree have
already been distributed over the United
States in the shape of walking canes, fish
ing poles, umbrella handles, policemen’s
clnbs, work boxes, sewing machines, writing
desks, vest buttons, corks, charms, lead
pencils, pen haudles, toddy muddlers, tooth
picks, tobacco pipes and snuff boxes. The
number of persons felicitating in these he
roic relics is estimated at about twenty- *
eight millions, which is equivalent to tho
number of rebels killed, wounded and mis
sing in the late war, according to the pub
lished statements of northern newspapers,
from statistics gathered at the time. Ia
fact this apple tree enjoys as wide a circu
lation as any bogus medicine in existence ;
and, but for the fact that General Lee did
not surrender under any applo tree at alt,
it might be appropriately placed, photo
graphicly, amohg the historic achievements
of the country as the greatest tree iu all
history. ’
It is useless to attempt, a conviction of
tho truth so long as the stock on hand of
the great Appomattox apple tree is unex
hausted, and perhaps evec when that sup
ply gives oat—for the destruction of apple
trees in New England, when the Maine law
excited a prejudice against brandy, renders
such an exhaustion probable—history will
claim the original as the rightful possessor
of the fame of the locality and.the surren
der of General Lee under an apple tree
will be fixed in the national records and
the pictorial reports from the Patent Office
■ on pomology aud agriculture.’’
Advantage op the Diffusion of Knowl
. edge. —An intelligent class can scarcely
. ever be, as a class, vicious ; never, as a
' class, indolent. The excited mental activ
ity operates as a counterpoise to the stim
, ulus of sense and appetite. The new world
of ideas ; the new views of the relation of
things ; the powers disclosed to the well
’ informed mind, present attractions, which,
unless the character is deeply sunk, are
sufficient to "counterbalance the taste for
£#rvoiou3 or corrupt pleasures ; and thus,
an the end, a standard of character is crea
ted in the community, which, though it
does not invariably save each individual,
protects the virtue of the mass.
jOpA confirmed bachelor uses the follow
ing argument against matrimnoy : Calico
ia a great ptptoptcr of laziness. If young
men wishgMHHblish anything of mo
ment, eitliift vHnMßftd or hand, they must
keep cHpHpHPritfltioii -entirely. A
pair of pink waist, swelling
chest, delicate hand, will do
as much to unhinge a man as three fevers,
the measles, a large-sized whooping-cough,
a pair of locked jaws, several hydrophobias,
and the doctor’s bill."
gyA good story is told of a recent
■mash up on a Western railroad. A sol
dier who, in coming from Baltimore to
Rock Island, bad met with four accidents,
was on this occasion in the car that com
. pietely turned over. Making his way
I through a window, and gaining an upright
. position he looked around him and cooly
j inquired : “What station ts this ?”
i ■' * *
’ To view Niagara’B falle one day
A Priest and Tailor took their way :
The Patriot cried while wrapt in wonder,
And listening to the Cateract’s thunder,
• “Lord, how thy works amaze our eyes,
; And fill our hearts with vast surprise ?”
; The Tailor merely made this note
s “Lord ! what a place to sponge a coat.'*
h l '' 1 w ” *
’ fy A wife in San Francisco lately pat P
a petition for divorce in the conrt on tk®
ground that her husband was a “confound
■ ed fool/' The Judge, who was an old bacii-
I lor wouldn’t admit the plea because every
r man would be liable to the same imputa
\ tion who get* married.
i fiT A gentleman, on hearing a lady praise
, the eyes of a certain minister, wrote the
, following:—
“I cannot praise the doctor’s eyes
I never Baw hisgiapcc divine;
For when he prays he shuts his eyes,
And when he preaches he shuts mine.”
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gyA tenth beautitude was pronounced at
, a public ; meeting of the Congregational
’ Union, recently heldju Toronto. It runs
' in this wise:— I “Blessed is the man that
maketh a short speech ; he will be invited
. to come again.”
ggrln Marietta, the oldest settlement in
Ohio, the bell in use on the Court House
i is the one presented by that unfortnnato
' .Queen. Marie Antoinette, of France, after
| whom j.he town was named. The .bell is
held in great esteem by the citizen.
_ ■
gyTell me, angelic host, ye messenger*
of love, shall swindled printers here below,
■ have no redress above ?” The shining an
i gel baud replied, “To us*is knowledge
■ given ; delinquents on The Union books
I can never enter Heaven.”
Yankee down east has recently
inveuted a rat exterminator, consisting of
a sort of powder snuff. The animal jerks
his head off at the third sneeze ! A sub.
wants to know if it has ever been used in
1 printing office ?
gy An old criminal was once asked what
was the first step that led him to ruin,
when he replied, “The firßt step was cheat
ing a printer out of a year’s subscription.—
When I did that, the devil got such a hold
on me that I could not shake him off/”
gyA correspondent enteeed an office,
and accused the compositor of net having
punctuated his communication, when the
typo earnestly replied ; “I’m not a pointer,
I’m a setter."
gyAt a printers’festival, on Franklin’s
Birthday, the following was the fifth regu
lar toast : “Tho editor and the lawyer— the
devil is satisfied with the copy of the form- '
er, but requires the original of the latter.”
gyThe author of an ardent totababsti-
Pence lecture experienced the following
misprint. He had written, “Drunkenness
is folly/’ The type rendered his remark,
“Drunkenness is jolly.”
fijrlf txerpise promotes health, those
who Collect old bills for editors should be
: the longest lived people on earth.
,fahn i ... -
i, t, fipA oontewpory eays t “The first prln*
. lets were Titans.” “There ere e good, me*
i ny tight nne" among then still.