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• Professional Cards.
B. 11. PAYNE,
REAL ESTATE AGENT &
CONVEYANCER.
OFFICE —Smadley Row, opposite the Court
House, Towsontown. April 29.—1 y
~~ , John T. Ensor,
attorney at lay? and solicitor in
chancery,
Towontown, M 4.
Will attend promptly and persevering ly to all
tininess entrusted to his care.
R. W. DOUGHERTY,
ATTOaiMIEV LAW,;
towsontown,md.
April I.—6m.
dr. j. piper,
Residence opposite the late Dr. Ttding’s office. •
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.
Jan. 1, 1865.—1806. V
ISAAC McCURLEY,
attorney at law,
36 ST. FAUL STREET,
BALTIMORE.
May .-ly '
R, M. PRICE,
attorney at law.
Office—No. I Smedley Row, Towsontown.
WILL give prompt attention to all law and
chancery uuainess entrusted to his care.
Sep. 17, 1864.—1 y "
C. BOBU
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
No. 3T W. LEXINGTON STREET,
(Basement,) Baltim'jre, Lid.
April 15, 1865.—1 y.
\ Amos F. Musselman,
ATTORNEY.
Office No. 21 Lexington #t., Baltimore city.
PRACTICES in the Courts of Baltimore
county.
July 9,1864. —1 y
WILLIAM M. BUBEY,
ATTOaiEYATUW,
No. 86 Fayette Street, Near Charles,
Baltimore; Md.
April 1,1865. —
Theodor® Glocker,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
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 lommunications or business left with Mr.
JOHN R. D. BEDFORD.Conveyancer,Towson
‘•owu, will be promptly attended to.
March 12, 1864.—tf.
O. C. Warfield,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Tcwso.vrows.
jp REP ARES applications for
BOUNTY, •: A .
BACK PAY and
PENSIONB.
Feb. 20.—tf
Jos. P. Merryman.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
71 West Favette street, Balt.
. Jan. 9,1864.—1 y
DR. ISAAC McCURLEY,
DENTIST,
8, W. COR. LIBERTY and LEXINGTON, firs.
BALTIMORE.
May 6.—tf • J
a. merryman. *• r* * E * C *> ®* *■ 8
jggfe
MERRYMAN & KERCH,
DENTISTS,
No. 50 North Calvert Btreet, Baltimore.
March 26, 186*.—ly \ - x
RENOTAIn
PR. n jLJlarlmL.T?.rf‘* ; °V i>aj rp f Tmv * < * from '
) KoT94WeßtTayette street toUo. 19 8.
WA D street, near German, Mgk
where he is prepared to perform
all operations on the TEETH, io
the most faithful manner,
Nov. 4 —4 m A ,j. 9 ,j.y . a
DR. J. H. JARRETT,
(Formerly Sl-rgeon 7th Md., V 015.,)
HAVING purchased the late residence of
Dr. E. R. Tidings, respectfully offers his
Professional Services to the public. Having
had an experience of ten years in private prac
tice and two years and a-half in the ar ™y’ “ e
hopes to be able to give satisfaction to all those
who may favor him with a call.
Jane 17, 1865.—1 y.
I *om l % REND*.
AVV©‘iff MElf, AT L W.
- OJiice, 2d Fmot Bible BuiUling Fayetk,st.
• Near Charles Street,
BALTIMOaK.
✓ Will practice in the several Courts of the City
of Baltimore and State of Maryland ; also,
Claims against the Government ot the United
States and all business connected with the
Public Offices at Washington, will be carefully
attended to.
Oct tth 1865.—6 m.
R. R. Boarman,
ATTORNEY AT LAW ft
and __ i
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY.
Smedley Row, opposite Court House,
TOWSONTOWN.
promptly attend to all business oo-
Jan. HL—tf ’ .'
*W| S. WHEEL*R. WILLIAM •. KSECM
WfieeUr ft Keech,
ATf 0 RWEY* AT LAW
(LouitfD llniffu.
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Magistrate’s and Collector’s Blanks," Deeds,
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County Advertisements.
WABKEiV STOKE,
In tfie Thriving Little Village of
WARREN.
GREAT REDUCTION OF PRICE 3 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. 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,
CROCKERY-WARE,
EARTHENWARE,
STONEWARE,
GLASSWARE,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
HATS, CAPS,
DRUGS, DYE STUFFS, OIL AND PAINTS,
MEDICINES, ULASB. PUTTY, WHITE
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OIL, PAU iPHINE OIL, KER
OSENE OIL, MACHINE
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BREAST PIECES, SHOULDERS, G. A. BALT.
Fine Balt. Flour, Corn Meal, Mill Feed, Hom
ony Buck Wheat,
TIN AND WOODEN WARES,
Brooms. Rones, Plow Lines, Shoe Findings.
Wrot Naile, fcut Nails, Spikes, Rivets, and eve
ry article that may be found in a well regulat
ed country store.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
of all kinds taken in exchange for goods at
city prices.
H. P. THOMAS.
For Warren Manufacturing Company.
Feb. 18.—ly.
REMOVAL
GEORGE BTEIBER,
BOOT & SHOE MAKER,
TOWSONTOWN, MD.,
-
HEREBY informs the citizens of Towaon
town and vicinity, that he has removed
tna Boot and Shoe establishment from his re
cent place of business, to the building adjoin
ing the post office and store of Mr. Nelsqn Coop
er, where be 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, Gaiters, Ac., for either
Ladies, Gentlemen or Children,
ALL OF MY OWN MANUFACTURE,
which will be found as durable, and cheaper
than can be procured in the eity of Baltimore.
I return my thanks for the very liberal pa
tronage I have heretofore received, and I will
endeavor, by attention to business, and moder
ate charges, to merit a continuance of the same.
GEORGE STEIBER.
April I.—6m.
History of the Rebellion.
HISADLt&Y’S HISTORY OF THE WAR*
rpHE undersigned having procured an agen-
JL cy for this valuable work for a portion of
Baltimore and Harford counties will in a very
ahort time visit the people of the county solic
iting subscriptions tnertfor. It will be a true
and faithful history of eventtas they have trans
pired since April 1861, until nearly to the pres
■ ent time.
j It will be published in two vole, at $3.56 each i
| the first of which will soon be delivered, and
j the second immediately after the close of the
i war. Each volume will contain many pages ot
illustrations of Battle scenes, and over forty por
traits of,officers prominent in the war, both
North and South.
Volume I, containing 506 pages, is already
; prepared, and will 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.
,he
. EDWARD N. TYRRELL.
June 3,1865 : —ly.
COACHMAKING
AND
UNDERTAKING,
THE subscriber respectfully informs his
friends, and the public generally, that he
V 18 prepared to execute at his shop
Qjßyi<i n Towsontown, at the intersec
tion of the York Turnpike and Jop
| pa R<>ad. every description of
Wheelwrightiug, Coaehmakin*, &c.
r He will manufacture to order, Carriages. Bug
gies, Rockaways. Carryalls, Ac. Old Carriages
repaired and painted at short notice.
Also, keeps constantly on hand, (and made
to order at the shorteat notice,) every style and
* AaeqfialiflP 1
COFFINS, eea
aad having provided himself with a HEARSE,
he is prepared to attend funerals at all times.
• * " rk “ ‘SJo-mSoom.
April 15,186L—tf.
; AUCTIONEERING.
rnHB undersigned still continues the buai*
I new of Auctioneering Real (tf Personal
Property of every description. 'Wmb not a
• Journal Pereoas desiring his aerVicw should
: pssxssffsfisssst^i
) van be reepeetfully asks a continuance ot tbe
t BAM’L O. WIMON.
Tewiaßtowa, faMatr* Of*
la. tf 1111 WM
TOWSONTOWN, MD„ SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1866.
DR. SWEET’S
Infallible Liniment,
The Great External Remedy.
FOR RHEUMATISM, GOUT, NEURALGIA,
LUMBAGO, STIFF NECK AND JOINTS,
' SPRAINS, BRUISES, CUTS AND
WOUNDS. PILES. HEADACHE,
AND ALL RHEUMATIC AND
NERVOUS DISORDERS.
Dr. Stephen Sweet, of Connecticut,
the Greats Natural Bone Setter.
Dr. Stephen Sweet, of Connecticut,
is known all over th United States.
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ia the author of “Dr. Sweet’s Infallible Lini
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Caution.
To avoid-imposition, observe the Signature
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RICHARDSON A CO.
Sole Proprietors, Norwich, Ct.
C. LEWIS DUNLAP, Wholesale Agent,
No. 13, W. Baltimore at., Baltimore.
Sept. 9.—3 m.
LEATHER,
LEATHER,
HIDES, &C.
mi
F. H. GRUPY ft CO.,
42 South CalvertfStreet. Baltimore, Md.,
HAVE always a full assortment of LEATH
ER of all kinds, at lowest rates. Calland
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 —|y.
CHANGE OF TIME.
YORK ROAD RAILWAY.
ON and after Monday next, Nov. 13th, 1865,
cars 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 made at North Avenue with the
Charles St.. Line of the City Passenger R. R.
KNIGHT CAR for TOWSONTOWN will
leave the City Hall at 11 P. M.
A. D. BANKS, Agent.
Nov. ll.—tf.
Catonsville Railway.
Fall and Winter Arrangement.
IWP
ON and after Thursday, November 2d, 1865,
cars will run HOUR'LY
?ROM 7 A. M. VO 12 M., and from 2 P. M.to 7
P. M.. dailv, 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!! Trees! i!
AT TBK
Maryland Nurseries.
THE undersigned offers for sale at the “Ma
ryland Nurseries,” situated on the FALLS
fROAD, about 13 miles from Balti- £§£*
more city,and 4 miles from Brook
landville. on the W. M. R. It., AVf **
3E STOCK OF
i FGUU.IITTriIIEEB,
! Consisting of PEACH, APPLE, PEAR, APRI
COT, PLUM, and in fact FRUIT of every de
scription. The subscriber being experienced
in lruit growing can recommend his
all who may favor him with a call.
ALSO,
A CHOICE SELECTION OF
Grape Vines ft Strawberry Plants
Always on hand as cheap as can be purchased
elsewhere'. guaranteed.
Address,
JAMES WARDEN,
Brooklandville P. 0., Balto. Co., Md.
Nov. 11.—tf.
MERCHANT TAILORING
in
TOWSONTOWN.
f I MIE subscriber respectfully tenders his ac
-1 knowledginents to the citizens of Towßon
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 stoqk of
Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings,
which he is prepared to make into garments of
the latest styles, and at,prices that will be sat
isfactory to all. *
I ask an examination of mistook.
AUGUST LOOSE,
Towsontown, Opposite Ady’s Hofei.-
March i, 1865.—tf.
FREISrOU CLOTHS,
CASBIWEBB OF ALL KINDS,
SILK MARSEILLES.
And all kinds of Vest Patterns,
Scarfs, Neckties and Collars,
Handkerchiefs, Travelling Shirts, Linen Bosom
Shirts, Linen Bosoms, Tall qualities and
prices.) White Muslins and Linens
1 • 0 - For Shirting, Ac., for eale
Wholesale and Retail.
> ALL HINDS OF
I- TAILOBS, TKIMMINttS.
, Together with READY-MADE CLOTHING,
Ae cheap ak can be procured in the city.
, r r AUGUST LOOSE,
Merchant Jailer,
OppofiH A4?’a Betel, TwKt*wf,
f vfe
Jfieft
TH E MGRT AFTER UIIKISTMAS.
The following parody on Mr. Moore’s poem,
“The Night before Christmas,” comes a little
late for this season, but is none the worse for
"that, in its truthful delineations.^
’Twas the night after Christmas, when all
through the house,
Every soul was abed, and still as a mouse ;
The stockings so lately St. Nicholas’ care,
Were emptied of all that was eatable there;
The darlings had duly been tucked in their
beds,
With very full etornaohs and pains in their
heads. ,
; I was dozing away in my new cotton cap,
I And Nancy was rather far gone in a nap,
; When out in the nursery rose such a clatter,
• I sprang from my sleep crying “what is the
matter?”
! I flew to each bedside still half in a doze,
i Tore open the curtains and threw off the clothes,
' While the light of the taper served clearly to
show ,
The piteous sight of'those objects belotv;
For what to the father’s lond eye should appear
But the little pale face of each sick little dear.
For each pet that had crammed itself full as a
tick
I knew in a moment now felt like old Nick j
Their pulses were rapid, their breathings the
6ame;
What their stomachs ejected I’ll mention by
name—
Now turkey, now stuffing, plum-pudding of
course,
And custards, and crullers, and cranberry
aauce;
Before outraged nature all went to the wall—
Yes, lolly pops, flapdoddle, dinner and all;
Like pellets which urchins form pop guns let
fly,
Went figs, nuts and raisins, jams, jelly and pie,
Till each error of diet was brought to my view.
To the shame of mamma and Santa Claus too.
1 turned lrotn the eight., to my bedroom stepped
back,
And brought out a vial marked Pulv Ipecac,
When my Nancy exclaimed, for these sufferings
shocked-her,
Don’t you think you had better, love, run for
the Doctor. ,
1 ran, and was scarcely back under my roof,
When I heard the sharp clatter of old Jalep’s
hoof;
I might say, tho’ I had hardly turned myself
around,
When the Doctor came into the rgozn with a
bound.
He was covered with mud from his head to his
foot,
And the clothes he had on was his very be3t
suit;
He had hardly time to put that on his back,
And he looked like a Falstaff half fuddled with
' sack.
Ilia eyes how they twinkled—had tbe Doctor
got merry—
His cheeks looked like port and his breath
smelt of sherry;
He hadent been shaved for a fortnight so,
And the beard on his chin was white as the
snow;
But inspecting their tongus, in spite of their
teeth
And drawing his watch from his waistcoat
beneath,
He felt each pulse saying, each little belly
Must get rid—here he laughed—of the rest of
that jelly.
I gazed on each chubby plump, sick little elf.
And groaned when he said so in spite of myself.
But a wink of his eyes, when he physicked our
Fred,
Soon gave me to know that I had nothing to
dred.
He did’nt prescribe, but went straightway to
his work,
And dosed all the rest, gave his trowsers a jerk.
And adding directions, while blowing his nose,
He buttoned his coat—lrom his chair he arose;
Then jumped in his gig, gave old Jalap a whis
•tie,
And Jalap dashed off as if pricked with a
thistle.
But the Doctor exclaimed, .ere he drove out of
sight;
They’ll be well by to-morrow—good night
Jones, good night!
gttisrfUancoH!).
[Frost the Baltimore. American.]
Maryland Delegation in Congress.
SENATORS.
REVERDY JOHNSON.
Hon. Reverdy Johnpon was born in An
nap lis. Md , May 21, 1796 ; was educated
at St. John’s College, Annapolis ; studied
law with his father, and, having been ad
niitted to the bar, has practiced his profes
sion without intermission to the> present
time. HiH first appointment was that of
State’s Attorney ; in 1817 he removed to
Baltimore, where he has since resided ; in
1820 he was appointed Chief Commissioner
of Insolvent Debtors, holding tbe office one
year, when he was elected to the State
Senate, serving two years ; was re-elected,
but resigned in the second year of that
term ; 1845 he was chosen a Senator in
Congress from Maryland, where he remaired
until 1849, when he resigned for the posi
tion of Attorney General of the United
States under President Tyler. On his
leaving the Cabinet be turned his whole at
tention to his profession, practicing chiefly
in’the Supreme Court of tbe United Slates.
He also took an active part in the prepa
ration of seven volumes of “Reports of De
cisions in the Maryland Court of Appeals.”
He was a delegate to the Peace Congress
of 1861. and in 1862 was elected by the
Union party a member of the State Senate,
and at that session v was a Senator in Con
gress for the term ending in 1869, serving
on the Committees ou the Library, the Ju
diciary and Foreign Relations.
J. A. J. CRESWELL.
Hon. J’ohn A. J. Creswell was born in
Port Deposit, Cecil county, Maryland, No
vember 18. 1828 ; graduated at Dickinson
College, Pennsylvania, in JB4B ; studied
law, and came to the bar of Maryland in
1850. He was a member of the Maryland
House of Delegates in 1861 and 1862 ;
from August, 1862, to April, 1863, he was
an Assistant Adjutant General for Mary
land, and was elected a Representative
from that State to the Thirty eighth Con
gress, serving on the Committee on Com
merce and Pensions. He was also a dele
gate to the Baltimore Convention of 1864.
In March, 1865, he was chosen a Senator
by the Union majouty in Congress for the
unexpired term of Gov. T. 11. Hicks, de
ceased.
REPRESENTATIVES.
FIRST DISTRICT.
Hon. Hiram McCullough, who repre
sents the .First District, was born in Cecil
county, Maryland, September 20, 1813 ;
educated at the - Elkton Academy; read
law and was admitted to the bar in 1838 ;
• was elected to the Maryland Senate in
1845, and re-elected in 1846, serving aR
such until the adoption of the Constitution
of 1851 ; in the winter of 1852 ’53 he was
appointed by the Legislature one of the
codifiers of the laws of Maryland, and aided.
in compiling the present Code of that
State ; he also held various offices of trust
and responsibility connected with theiourts
and tbe town and county of hia'residence;
and he was elected by the Democrats a
Representative from Maryland to tbe Tbir
ty-niotb Congress.
SECOND DISTRICT.
Hon. John L. Thomas, Jr., of the Seoond
District, was borq in Cqmberlanfl, May 20,
1835 ; received his education at the Alle*
gbany county Academy ; studied law and
came to the bar in 1856 ; in 1861 he was
appointed Solicitor for the city of Balti
more, holding the office two years ; in
1863 be was elected State’s Attorney for
MtrylMd {id im lit WM • dtjegtl* Vt Mt
State Constitutional Convention, and in *65
he was elected by Ihe Union party a Rep
resentative from Maryland to the Tbirty
ninth"UongreßP, to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of E. H. Webster. *
THIRD DISTRICT.
**fTon. Chas. E. Phelps was born in Gnil
ford, Vermont. May l. 1833 ; temoved with
his parents to Pennsylvania in 1838, and
to Maryland in 184 L ; graduated at Prince
ton College in 1853; studied law and
came to the Maryland bar in 1855 ; admit
ted to practice in the United States’ Su
preme Court in 1859. In 1860 he was a
member of the City Council of Baltimore.
In 1861 he was commissioned a Major of
the Maryland Guard, which post he resign
ed. In 1862 he was made Lieutenant Col.
of the 7tb Maryland Volunteers, was pro
moted to the Colonelcy ; captured by the
Rebels near Richmond; afterwards recap
tured daring one of Sheridan’s raids, and
then honorably discharged on accoant of
wounds in 1864. and was soon afterwards
elected by the Union party a Representa
tive from Maryland to the Thirty-ninth
Congress.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Hon. Fram is Thomas, of the Fourth Dis
trict, was born in Frederick county, Mary
land. February 3, 1799 ; was edacated at
St. John's College, in that State ; studied
law and was admitted to the bar in 1820 ;
was a member of the House of Delegates
iu 1822, 1827 and 1829, and was a Repre
sentative in Congress from Maryland from
1831 to 1841. During one term he was
Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and
a report made by him led to the settlement
of the boundary difficulties between Ohio
and Michigan. From 1841 to 1844 he was
Governor of Maryland ; was elected for
the sixth term a Representative to the
Thirty-seventh Congress, and re-elected to
the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving on the
Judiciary Committee; also reelected to
the Thirty-eighth Congress by the Union
ists of his district.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Hon. Benjamin Gwinn Harris was born
near Leonardtown, St. Mary’s county, Md.,
December 13, 1806. After receiving an
academical education at Charlotte Hall,
he spent a few months at St. Mary’s Col
lege, and went to Yale College, from which
he was dismissed, with one hundred and
forty others, in 1829, on account of their
seceding from Commons Hall ; and al
though a compact was entered into that
they would not return unless their wishes
were respected, all of them did return ex
cepting himself and one other, a Georgian.
He subsequently spent fourteen months at
the Cambridge Law School, apd then set
tled in his native county as a lawyer. In
1832 he was elected to the House of Dele
gates of Maryland, and re-lected in 1833,
1836, 1849, 1852 and 1856. In 1863 he
was elected by the ‘'Democrats” a Repre
sentative from Maryland to the Thirty
eighth Congress, serving on the Committee
on Manufactures. He was a delegate to
the Chicago Convention in 1864, and was'
re-elected to the Thirty-ninth Congress.—
In May, 1865, he was arrested and tried by
court-martial for violating the fifty-sixth
Article of -War, and, although declared
guilty. President Johnson, on accouut of
additional testimony, ordered the sentence
of the court to be remitted in fall.*
Adam J. Glosbrenner, a Representa
tive from Pennsylvania, was born in Ha
gerstown, Md., John 11. Farquhar, a Rep
resentative from Indiana, was born in Fred
erick county, Md., H. P. H. Brotnwell, a
Representative from Illinois, was born in
Baltimore, and John Hogan, a Representa
tive from Missouri, was for many years a
resideut of Baltimore.
What We Owe to Asia.
If the American or European wishes to
know how much he owes to the Asiatic, he
has only te cast a glance at an hour of his
daily life. The clock which snmmons him
from his bed in the morning, was the inven
tion of the East, as also were clepsydras
and sun-dials. The prayer for bis daily
bread, that he has said from his infancy,
first rose from the side of a Syrian inoun
tain. The linens and cottons with which
he clothes, himself, though they may be
very fine, are inferior to those that have
been made from time immemorial in the
looms of India. The silk was stolen by
some missionaries for his benefit from Chi
na. He could buy better steel than that
with which he shaves himself in the old
city of Damascus, where it was first invent
ed. The coffee he expects at breakfast,
was first grown by the Arabians, and the
natives of Upper India prepared the sugar
with which he sweetens it. A school-boy
can tell the meaning of the Sanscrit words,
“sacchara canda.” If his tastes are light
and he prefers tea, the virtues of that ex
cellent leaf were first pointed out by the
industrious Chinese. Theyalso taught him
how to make and use the cup and saucer in
which to serve it. His breakfast tray was
lacquered in Japan. There is a tradition
that leavened bread was first made in the
waters of the Gauges. The egg be is break
ing was laid by a fowl whose ancestors
were firßt domesticated by the Malaccans,
unless she may have been—though that j
will not alter the case—a modern Shang- j
hai. If there are preserves and fruits on
his board, let him remember with thank- ;
fulness that Persia first gave him the cherry,
the peach and the plum. If in any of these
pleasant preparations he detects the flavor
of alcohol, let it remind him that that sub
stance was first distilled by the Arabians,
who have set him the praise-worthy exam
ple, which it will be for his benefit to fol
low,, of abstaining from its use. When he
talks about coffee and alcohol, be is using
Arabic words. A thousand years before
it had occurred to him to enact laws of re
striction in the nee of intoxicating drinks,
the Prophet of Mecca did the same thing,
and, what is more to thepurpose, has com-,
pelled to tliis day, all Asia and Africa to
obey them. We’gratify our taste for per
sonal ornaments in the way the Orientals
have taught us—with pearls, rubies sap
phiTes, diamonds. In public amusements
it is the same. The roost magnificent fire
works are still to be seen in India and Chi
na ; and, as regards the pastimes of private,
life, Europe has produced no invention'-
that can rival the game of chess. We
have no hydraulic constructions as great as
the Chinese Canal, no fortifications as ex
tensive as the Chinese Wall ; we huve no
Artesian Wells that cau at all approach
in depth sorne.of theirs. We have not re
sorted to the practice of obtaining coal
gas from the interior of the earth ; they
have borings for that purpose more than
three deep.
Josh Billings, being duly sworn, depo
ses as follows:
That some men had rnther dew a smart
thing than tew dew a good one. „
That backsliding is a big thing, espeeh
ully on the ice.
There iz 2 things in this life for which we
are never fully prepared, and that is twine.
That ignorance ie bites— ignorance of
sawing wood for instuns.
That men will fail tew be saved, simply
, becoj they bain’tgot nothing to,save.
That a fomail woman kan t keep k. Secret
nor let nobody else keep 1. %
That a. little laming us a dangerous thing;
i that iz tru as it air common.
That it iz better tew fale in a noble eft
i terpriie than lew pucksosd is weft* wit*
OLD SERIES’—YOL.*I6. NO. 832.
Faces on a Battle Field.
The celebrated report of Dr. Chenu on
the mortality caused by war contains some
interesting information concerning the ap
pearances presented by some who die a vi
olent death on the field of battle. One
surgeon 6ays that, wandering over the bat
tle field of the Alma, on the third day af
ter the fight, he observed witii astonish
ment a number of Russian corpses, whose
attitude and expression of countenance
were precisely those of life. Some did cer
tainly present an aspect which showed that
they had suffered severely just previous to
dissolution, but these were few in number
compared with tbo&8 who wore calm and
resigned expression, as though they had
passed away in the act of prayer.
Others had a smile on their faces, and
looked as if they were in the act of speak
ing ; one in particular attracted his special
attention ; he was lying partly cn his side,
his knees were bent under him, his hands
were clasped together and pointing upwards
bis head was .thrown back, and he was ap
parently still praying. Evidently he was
in the act of doing so when death laid his
hand upon him. Another medical man re
lates that after the battle of Inkerman, the
faces of many of the dead still wore a smile
while others still had a threatening expres
sion. Some lay stretched on their backs,
as if friendly hands had prepared them for
burial.
Some wore still resting on one knee, their
hands grasping their muskets. In some in
stances the cartridge remained between the
teeth, or the musket was held in one hand,
and the other was uplifted as though to
ward off a blow, or appealing to Heaven.
The faces of all were pale, as though cut
in marble. As the wind swept across the
battle-field it waved the hair, and gave the
bodies such an appearance ot life that a
spectator could hardly help thinking they
were about to rise to continue the fight.
Another surgeon, describing the appear
ance of the corpses on the field of Magen
ta, says that they furnish indubitable proof
that man may cease to_exist without sufkr
ing the least pain. Those struck on the
head generally lay with their faces on the
ground, the limbs retaining the position
they were in at the instant they were struck
and most of those still held their rifles,
showing that when a ball entered the brain
it causes such a 6udden contraction of the
muscles that there is not time for the hand
to lose its hold of the weapon before death.
Another peculiarity observed in the case
of those who were wounded in the brain
was ; the suddenness with which they died,
even when suspected to be ouUof danger.
During the battle of Solferino, a rifleman
was wounded in the head by a ball which
passed through the skull and buried itself
in the brain.
• His wound was dressed, and he was
stretched on straw, with his head resting
ou his knapsack like his wounded comrades.
He retained the full use of his faculties,
and chatted about his wound, almost with
indifference, as he tilled hi 3 pipe and lay
smoking it. Nevertheless, before he had
finished it, death came upon him, and he
was found lying in the same attitude, with
his pipe still between his teeth. He bad
never uttered a cry, or given any sign that
be was suffering pain.
In cases where the ball had entered the
heart, nearly-the same appearances were
presented as in the case of those who had
been struck in the brain ; death was what
we term instantaneous, but it was not quite
so swift as in the former case; there was
generally time for a movement iu the act of
dying. There was a Zouave who had been
struck full in the breast; he was lying on
his rifle, the bayonet was fixed, and point
ing in such away as showed that he was in
the act of charging when struck.
His head was uplifted, and his counte
nance still bore .a threatening appearance
as if be had merely stumbled and fallen,
and was in the act of rising again. Close
by him lay an Austrian, foot soldier, with
clasped, bands and upturned eyes, who had
died in the act of praying. Another foot
soldier had fallen dead as he was in the act
of fighting; his fists were closed, one arm
was in the act of warding off a blow, and
the other was drawn back in the act of
striking.
On another battle-field, several French
soldiers lay in a line with their bayonets
pointing in the direction of the foe they
were advancing against, when a storm of
grape mowed them down. On the left bank
of the river Tessia, several Austrian offi
cers lay dead. Some of them were remark
able for the noble expression of their fa
ces, the extreme neatness of their dress,
and the cleanliness of their persons.
Most of them bad fair hands, and their
countenances bore the Btamp of calm res
ignation. The best opportunity of seeing
the aspect of the masses who died on the
field was when they lay stretched beside
the trenches which were destined to be
their final resting place. So far were their
faces from presenting the livid appearance
and the expression of despair which pain
ters are in the habit of producing in pic
tnres of the battle-fields, that a spectator
could hardly help calling to the burying
parties to wait a little beforecovering them
up. They were so life like.
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Aiding Muscle. —What steam has done
for common labor, machinery is doing for
agriculture. It is performing all the hard
work, and largely increasing pi ofits. Not
only is better service and more of it per
formed by machinery upon' farms, bnt it
saves a vast amount of waste, by perform
ing it at the right time. Men released from
the drudgery of hard labor to gat a living
merely, can clear farms for themselves and
become independent agriculturists, adding
to the amount of surplus wealth, and bene
fiting every consumer. It issaid that Eng
land can better spare the Irish emigrant
since all kinds of agricultures! implements
are employed upon English farms, and it
ia believed that the nae of machinery will
greatly compensate the Booth for the abol
ition of slavery Machine# do not eat. do
not get tick, end ere no charge upon their
owners when they ere too old to work. ~
iF'Tfie Babtist CfirorucU sbye at an ex
amination of girls for the rite of feonflrme
tion in the Episcopal Ghurcbi in answer to
the qnestion, “What ia the cat ward and
visible sign end form in baptism?" the reply
of a bright liU) theologian was, "the ba-
Matrimony.
We never remember to have seen the
field canvassed from the point of view here
chosen. It is presented for the considera
tion of fair readers :
No one will pretend that there are no
crimes committed by married meD. Facta
would look such an assertion out of counte
nance. But it may be said with truth that
there are very few crimes commited by mar
ried men compared with the number com
mitted by those who are unmarried. What
ever faults Voltaire may have had he cer
tainly showed himself a man of sense when -
be said :-“Tho more married men you hav§,
the fewer crimes there will be. Marriage
renders a man more virtuous aud more
wise ”
An unmarried man is bnt half of a perfect
being, and it requires the other balfto
make things right; and it cannot be expect
ed that in this imperfect sfaie he can keep
the straight path of rectitude any mpre
than a boat with one oar, or a bird with one
wing, can keep a straight coarse. In nine
cases out of ten, where married men be
come drunkards, or when they commit *
crimes against the peace of the communitv,
the foundation of these acts was laid while
in a single state, or where the wife is, as ia
some times the case, an unsuitable match.
Marriage changes the whole current of
a man’s feelings, and gives him a centre for
his thoughts, bis affections and bis acts.—
Here is a home for the entire man, and
the counsel, the affection, the example, and
the interest of his “belter half keep him
from the erratic courses, and from railing
into a thousand temptations to which he
would otherwise be exposed. Therefore,
.the friend to 'marriage is the friend to so
ciety and to his conntry. And we have no
doubt but that a similar effect is produced
by marriage on the women ; though from
the difference in their labors and the great
er exposure to temptation on the part of the
man, we have no doubt but that man reaps
a greater advantage from the restraining
influence of marriage than woman does.
Something About Reading.
While many do not read at all in these
times, there are those who read too much,
particularly the young. A moderate
amount of reading and plenty of observa
tion is what will develop the youthful mind.
In an amusing article upon the “Physicians '
and Surgeons of a bygone generation," a
foreign journal describes Abernethy con
versing thus with a certain patient: “ I
opine,” says he, “that more than half yoor
illness arises from too much reading." On
answering that my reading was chiefly his
tory, which amused while it instructed he
replied, ‘that is po answer to my objection.
At your time of life a young fellow shonld
endeavor to strengthen bis constitution,
and lay in a slock of health. Besides, too
much reading never made an able man. It
is not so much the extent and amount of
what we read that serves us, as what we as
similate and make oar own. “It is that, to
use an illustration borrowed from my pro
fession, that constitute the chyle of the
mind. I have always found (fiat really in
dolent men, men of what I would cal! flab
by intellects, are great readers. It ia far
easier to read than to think, to reflect or
observe; and these fellows, not having
learned to think, crauFthemselves with the
ideas or words of others. This they call
study, but it is not so. In my own profes
sion I have observed that the greatest men
were not the mere readers, bnt the men
who ohserved, who reflected, who fairly
thought out an idea. To learn tb reflect
and observe is a grand desideratum for a
young man. John Hunter owed to his pow
er of observation that fine discrimination,
that keen judgment, that intuitiveness which
he possessed in a greater degree than any
other surgeon in his time.”
Ancient Customs.
Things do not change in the East; as
Abraham pitched bis tent in Bethel, so
does an Arab sheik now set op bis camp;
as David built his palace on Mount Zion,
so would a Turkish pasha arrange his
house; in every street may be seen the hairy
children of Esau, squatting on the ground
devouring a mess of lentils like that for
which the rough hunter sold his birthright;
along every road plod the sons of Recbab,
who have sworn to drink no wine, plant no
tree, enter within no door ; at every khaa
young men surround a pan of parched corn,
dipping their morsel into the dish ; Job’s
plow is still used, and the seed trodden in
to the ground by asses and kine ; olives
are shaken from the boughs as directed by
Isaiah ; and the grafting of trees is unchang
ed since the days of Saul. Among other
things left unchanged is the Syrian house,
still, as formerly, only a stone .tent as a
temple was but a marble tent. What is
seen now in Batheny may be taken as an
exact likeness of the bonße of Lazarus
where Mary listened and Martha toiled, or
as the house of Simon the Leper, where
the precious box of ointment was broken,
whence Judas set out to betray his master.
The Wav ll k Gets His Drinks— A sol
dier walked into a saloon in Cincinnati,
and, after carelessly looking around for a
few mintues, began to stagger, and fell vio
lently to the floor. He kicked up his heels
and ’twisted his body in every imaginable
contortion, as if struggling in a violent
spasm The humane bar-keeper adminis
tered several drinks of brandy to the unfor
tunate soldier, who Beemed to be suffering
intense agony v After drinking as much aa
he wanted the soldier got up and thanked
the bar-keeper Tor his kindness, telling him,
at the same time, that be was not the only
one who had been victimized by the "drink
dodge."
ggrOld Joshua Swallow, a veteran min
ister, was the other day at Clio preaching
against the “spiritual call” to the ministry
and related an anecdote of Caleb Jones,
who gave his experience in this wise : “I
was one day plowing, and was called tp
preach by a voice saying, ‘Caleb ! Caleb !'
Who could have called me thus ?” A boy
in the back part of the congregation, saya
Mr. Swallow, exclaimed : “Maybe it was a
bull-frog, Mr. Jones."
Poverty. —Most young men consider it
\ great misfortune to be boro poor, or not
to have capital enough to establish them
selves attheontset in life in a good and
comfortable bnsiuess. This is a mistaken
notion. So far from it being a misfortune,
if we judge from what we may every day be
hold, it is really a blessing; the chance ia
more than ten to one against him who starts
with a "fortune.
Frankness.— The most agreeable of all
companions is a simple, frank man, with
out any high pretentions to an oppressive
greatness; who loves life and nnaeretands
the nse of it; obliging alike at all hours ;
above all of a golden temper, and steadfast
as an anchor. For such a one we gladly
exchange the greatest genius, the most
brilliant wit, the profound thinker
CFlt seems that a lawyer is something
of a carpenter ;he cen file a bill, split a
heir, make an entry, get op a case, frame
.an .indictment, empanel a jury put them
in a box, nail a witness, hammer a judge,
bore a court, and other like things.
igyTt is a bad habit to carry your pins or
your religion in your mouth.