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Mechanical.
NOW is THE TINE TO BUY
CHEAP FURNITURE
Attic ELkT0N
Furniture Ware-7o0mS.

DY r. MARSHBANK who would respectfully
ID return his thanks to his friends and to the pub
lie for the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed on
him. and would call their attention o the lact tlat
he has removed to his NEW SHOP and W arc:kooms
In thc "lloLLow.n nearly opposite the FARMERS
and Mechanics Hotel where he has now on hands
tho
LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT
OF Furniture ever offered in Elkton all of which is
made by the very best workncn OF the very best
materials Tic has on hand and still manufactures
oil kinds of
Walnut and Mahogany Furniture;
SprinS-scat Sofas Large Arm Chairs;
Rocking Chairs. of all kinds;
bureaus Of all kinds; Reception Chairs;
Enclosed Washstands, marble and plain tops;
Sideboarls, Secretaries and Book Cases;
Cherry & Walnut breakfast S dining tables,
Walnut and Mahogany Warirobcs;
do do Bedstcads, O jenny
Lind, Cottage and French patterns;
High post and plain Maple Bedstcads;
Looking Glasscs-all kinds and sizes, with
Mahogany, Walnut or Gilt frames;
large assortment of cane-scat, round-Dlck,
Office, pivot and windsor chairs.
All furniture sold cheap as it can be bought in
either city or town.
UNDERTAKING.
Collins made of all kinds; mahogany. walnut,
covered with cloth; lined with silk. satin or flannel;
and all Funerals attended at all times, ut tho short
est notice and on the most reasonable terms.
F.b3Iy ROBERT MARSIIBANK.
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How strange to greet, this frosty morn,
In graceful counterfeit Of flowers,
These children of the meadows, born
OF sunshine and Of showers.
For we'll the conscious wood retains
The pictures Of its ilowcr-sown home
The lights and shades, the purple stains
And golden hucs Of bloom.
1t was a happy thought to bring.
To the dark seasons frost and rimc
This painted memory of spring,
This dream of summer time.
Our hearts are lighter for its sake,
Our Fancy's age roncws its youth,
And dim remembered fictions take
The guise Of present truth.
A wizard Of the Merrimac
$50 old ancestral legends say)
Could call green leaf and blossom back
To frosted stem and spray.
Tho dry logs Of tho cottage wall
Beneath his touch put out their leaves;
The clay-bound swallow at his call,
Played round the icy caves.
Tho settler saw his oaken fail
Take bud and bloom before his eyes;
From frozen pools he saw the pale,
Sweet summer lilacs rise.
To their old homes, by man prolaned,
Came the sad dryads, oxilcd long,
And through their lcafy tongues complained
or household use and wrong.
The beechcn platter sproutcd wild,
The pipkin wore its oldtme green,
The cradle DER the sleeping child
Became leafy screen.
HAPPY our gentle friend hath met,
Whilo wandering in her sylvan quest,
Haunting his native woodlands yet,
That Druid Of the West
And, while tho dow on leaf and flower
Glistened in the moonlight clear and still
Learned the dusk wizards spell of power,
And caught his trick OF skill.
But, welcome, be it new or old,
The giftwhch makes the day more bright,
And paints upon the ground of cold
And darkness, warmth and light.
Without are neither gold nor green,
Within, for birds, the birch logs sing,
Yet summer like, We sit between
Tho autumn and the spring.
The one, with bridal brush Of rose,
And sweetest breath of woodland balm,
And her whose matron lips unclose
In smiles Of sanity calm.
Fill soft and deep, oh winter snow :!
Tho sweet azaen oakcn dells,
And hide the banks where roses blow,
And swing the azure bells!
O'eray the amber violct's leaves,
The purple aster's brook side home;
Guard all the flowers her pencil givcs
A life beyond their bloom.
And she, when spring comes round again,
by grcening slope and singing food,
Shall wander, seeking, not in vain,
Her darlngs Of the wood.-Nafional Era
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comfy Waiting.o

J w hhtRhSs
A very aged man in an almshouso VIZ
skcd what he was doing now lie rtplict
Only waiting.''
Only waiting till the shadows
Are little longer grown,
Only waiting till tho glimmcr
OF the days last beam is flown,
Till the night Of earth is faded
From the heart, once full of day;
Till tho stars of heaven arc breaking
Through the twilight soft and grey.
Only waiting till the rcapcrs
Ilavo the last sheaf gathered home.
For the summer time is faded,
And the autumn winds have come.
Quickly, rcapers gather quickly
The last ripe hours Of my heart,
For the bloom of life is withcrcd,
And hasten to depart.
Only waiting till the angels
Open wide the mystic cato,
At whose feet long have fingered,
Weary, poor, and dcsolatr.
Even now hear the footsteps,
And their voices far away;
If they call me / am waiting,
Only waiting to obey.
Only waiting till the shadows
Are little longer grown,
Only waiting till the glinmcr
OF the days last beam in flown.
Then from out the gather'd darkne IS,
Holy, dcathless stars shall rise,
BY whose dim light my soul shall gladl.
Tread its pathway to the skies.
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FASHIONS FnEAKs.-There are few things
that have'not b.en done. and few things tia.
have not been worn, under the sanction Of
fashion. What could exhibit more Glntas-
teal appearance than an.Enslish beau.,of the
fourteenth century Ie wore long pointed
shoes, fastened to his knee by gold Or silver
chains; hose Of one color on one leg, and an
other color on the other: short brooches,
which did not reach to the middle Of the
thighs; coat, the one half white, and the
other black or blue n long silk hood but
toned under his chin, embroidered with gro
tesque figures Of animals, dancing men, &c,
and sometimes ornamented with gold and
precious stones. This dress was the height
Of the mode in the reign of Edward III.
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COOHIIs. STOVES.

TlIE subscriber would respectfully inform
L his friends and the public generally, thai
he has just received large supply Of Cook
Stoves, which consist in part as follows:
Belle of the States, for wood or coal,
King of the States, do do
Triumph Complete, do do suita.
for small families,
Atlantic, do do do
Mctropoliton, for wood,
Nine-platc, plain top,
" boiler
Persons in want Of a cook stove will do vel
10y giving him call
Feb3 ED. W. STAPLES.
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VIEW
CARRIAGE MANDATORY,
At ELK7ON

Il Z Lh UN.
FVNIIE subscribers have this day associated
Il themselves under the firm Of II. A. Hall
Il Co., and will on the first day of March,
next, commence the business of CARRIAGE
MAKING, in all its various branches, at the
town of Elkton, where they will be happy to
sec their friends, acquantanccs, and the pub
lie generally, and supply them with every
description of Fancy Carriages, Rockaways,
Bnggcs, &C., on the most pleasing terms,
made of the best material, in u substantial
and workmanlika manner.
II. A. HALL.
Feb 10 If J. u. MARCUBANK.
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UNDERTAKING,

TEvIIE siding at the Brick Meet
4 ing House, Cecil county, Nd, respect
fully informs the public that he is now pre-
pared to attend TO the undertaking business
Ia all its various branches, with ncatnnsS aud
dispatch. '...
u" Mahogany, Cherry and walnut c,otlins,
made in any style and finish required.
ROBERT II. ENGLAND.
Brick Getting House, Dec IL GIN
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miscellaneous.
THE BOBLINK.

0TFrom wv oolfert' s Roost," the volume
lately issued by Washington Irving, we have
the following reference to this interesting
bird
The happicst bird of our spring, however,
and one that rivals the European lark, in my
estimation, is the Boblincon, or Boblink, as
he is commonly called. lie arrives at that
choice portion Of our year, which, in this
latitude, answers to the description Of the
month Of May, so often given by the poets.
With us, i. begins about the middle of May,
and lasts until nearly the middle of June.
Earlier than this, winter is apt to return OH
its traces, and to blight the opening beauties
of the year; and later than this, begin the
parching and painting, and dissolving heat of
summer. But in this genial interval, nature
is in all her freshness and fragrance: "the
rains. are over and gone, and flowers appear
upon the Garth, the time of the singing Of
| birds is come and the voice of the turtle is
| heard in the land" The trees arc now in
their fullest foliage and brightest vendurc;
the woods are gay with the clustered flowers
ofthc laurel; the air is perfuncd by the sw Get
brier and the wild rose: the meadows are
cnamelcd with clover blossoms; while the
young apple, the peach and the plum, begin
to swell, and the cherry to glow. among the
green leaves
This Is the chosen season of rcvelry of the
Boblink. He comes amidst tho pomp and
fragrance Of the season; his life seems all
scnsibility and enjoyment, all song and sum
| shine. lie is to be found in the soft bosoms
of the freshest and sweetest meadows and is
most in song when the clover is in blossom.
lie pcrches on the topmost twig of tree, or
on some long Haunting weed, and as he rises
and sinks with the breeze, pours forth a sue
cession of rich tinkling notes; crowding one
upon another, like the out pouring melody Of
a sky lark, and possessing the same rapturous
character. Sometimes he pitches from the
summit Of tree, begins his song as soon as
he gets upon the wing, and flutters trclnul-
ously down to the earth, as if overcome with
ecstasy at his own music. Sometimes he is
in pursuit of his paiamour: always in full
song, as if he would win her by his melody;
and always with the same appearance of in
toxication and delight.
Of all the birds of our groves and meadows,
the boblink was the envy of my boyhood.
lie crossed path in the sweetest weather,
and the sweetest season Of the year, when all
nature called to the fields, and the rural feel
ing throbbcd in every bosom: but when l
lucklcss urchin, was doomed to be moved up,
during the live long day, in that purgatory
of boyhood, a school-room. 1t seemed as if
the little varlct Knocked at me, as he few by
in full song, and sought to taunt me with his
happier lot. Oh, how | cnvicd him No
lessons, no task. no hateful school, nothing
but holiday froic, green folds, AMI fine wealth
er. Had been then more versed in poetry,
| might have addressed him in the words Of
Logan to the cuckoo:
Sweet bird thy bower is ever green,
Thy sky is ever clears
Thou hast no sorrow in thy note,
No winter in thy year.
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T'E8-vy ARE.

DERSONS in want Of TilA.warc Will do well
L by calling at the tn-wArt manulactory
corner Of Bridge and Main Street, where they
viii lind a fun assortment, inadO Of the best
quality. Unaware made to order, and re
lsiring'done with heGtnoss and dispatch
Fen 5 .... ED. W. STAPLES.
S,tTDNES. --Reccived this week, a large
- supply Of tho GIRArD Cooking Stoves.
They are constructed with plates Of extra
weight. and viii such improvement rs Will
place them at the head OF the best S;ov"S.
YaLE7 T. ". STAPLES.
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CJNEwspArERs IN EUROPE A correspon-
dent Of tho New York Tribune says: | have
been stalking chop in Il London coffee house
anu waiting twenty minutes to get a sight Of
the morning paper, because papers were so ex-
pcnsvc that but ono Or two could be afforded
have been in the largo manufacturing towns
OF England, whore "Reynold's Miscellany"
The Family Herald" and .other.penny sheets
were read by thousands, though dcbarrcd by
law from publishing news: and tho readers Of
these could only afford a penny, 1.-TWO centsJ
While five minutes sight ola newspaper was
considered as privilege. Tho bulk
of tho population Of Great Britain, as you VOL
know, can no more afford to take and pay for
a newspapor, than the majority of your readers
could find funds to buy the Tribune establish
mcnt, provided it was for sale. have boon
on the Continent Of Europe, not three DAYS,
Journey from London, were now and then
poorly printed weekly newspaper, about the
size OF foolscap sheet, was all the printed
Intelligence that circulated, and of these, not
one half the adult population of the country
over read one, or heard one read by others.
and not one in thirty ever subscribed for the
paper. The mail diigcnccs that go loaded
with travellers (half ofthem English or Amer-
cans,) through the German States, France.
Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Prussia, and Den
mark q speak from personal observation and
knowledgc0 do not carry mails on the princi-
pal routes that give an aycrage-with the
exception OF the three or four largest cities in
county-to each postoflice, of more than
eight ounces to pound in wcight-lcttcrs.
newspapers, and mail of every description all
told. Often, very often, have seen the mail
pouch delivered trom the mail diligence cone
mail day. to a postoflice in village contsin-
ing from one to three thousand people, and !
could have put every particle Of the mail in
my vcst-pockct, without Inconvenience.
This is moro particularly tho case in Aus
tria, the italian States, Germany and Ho,.
land.
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Cabinet Ware-KoCms

IN ELK7O.N, .N.7RYL.4.ND.
(,ANTWELL 4 co respectfully announce to
" their friends and the public that they have
taken The shop formerly occupied by Mr.. Levi +.
Bouldcn in E!kton. where they intend conducting
tho Cabinet business in all its various branches.
They invite their friends and the public generally,
to call and examine their work Tney Intend keep
.-.,. ing ON hand SOFAS, BUREAUS.
GSS.AA NM..aG1ae Lounges. BEpSTEADS. TABLES.
{a:sS:l.zEasF CHAIRS. STANDS. and New Furni-
turc of every description, made OF
tho very choicest materials and in the most work
manliko manner, all of which will be sold very low
for cash All orders for cabinet ware OF all kinds.
th.nkfully received and promptly attended to.
Don't mistake the shop directly opposite Col.
Croomo's Office, where We may be found IA all times.
day or night.
UNDERT liking.
Funerals promptly attended to On the most rca-
sonnhlc terms.
sY' Country produce OF all kinds taken in OK
chang. for furniture at tic current market rates.
Nov NY NJ. CANTWELL & co.
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Oh! could | fly, I'd fly with thco,
We'd make, on joyIul wing,
Our annuol visit round tho globe,

Our annual visit round tho globe,
Companions, Of tile springl
Further observation and experience have
given me different idea Of this little feather
ed voluptuary, which venture to impart, for
thc benefit OF my schoolboy readers, who
may regard him with the same unqualified
envy and admiration which once irdulgcd.
| have Shown him onlyas saw him AT first
in what may call the pootical part OF his
career, when he in a manner devoted himself
TO elegant pursuits and enjoyments, and was
bird of music. and song, and taste, and
Scnsibilty, and refinement. While this last
cd, he was sacred from injury; the very
schoolboY would not fling stone at linn,
and the merest rustic would pause 10 listen
to his strain. But mark the difference rs
the year advances, as the clever blossoms
disappear, and thc spring fades into summer,
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STOTE, TIN d SHEET-IRON WARE
MaNUFACWOY;

TN PORT DEroSIT-Th sub:cr Der invites his
j friends and The public generally to call and ex-
anime his assortment of Stoves. Tin and Shect-irol
Ware 1t The Old stand, one door scuth Of the Hay
Scales in Port Deposit. The assortment is extern
ing:
Clinton Ar-tight Cook Stove, Union of the STATES
do, Icfclls Double Oven do, Blue Ridge ar-'ight,
coal or wood; Virginia n. t. Cook for coal or wood;
Green Mountain a. t; Improved Complete; Cook S
Favortc; Tho Gem; Abbey t; Paror, Office and
Church Stoves; Union a. t; sizes Of plate stoves;
1lot-air Parlor Oxen.
COAL STOVES, Columbia Crate Cannon stoves,
sizes: Coal basis, t. sizes; Stanley coal burn
crs; several kinds of Radiators; all OF which will
sell on reasonable terms
ROOFING AND SCOUTING and all kinds of
obbing done Oh short notice
Nov Is 3m ROBERT Cl1R1STI.
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,1D"A certain member Of Congress from
one Of the Eastern States was speaking, one
day, ON some important question, and be-
c,mc very animated, during which sat q
brother member lis opponent On the qucs-
ton, smiling This annoyed him very much,
and he Indignantly demanded why the gen.
tlenhn from - was laughing at him. u
was smiling at your manner of making mon
key faces sir" was the reply. ooh, make
monkey faces, do l? We'll, sir, you have no
occasion TO try the experiment, for nature
has saved you the trouble" Tho hammer
was distinctly heard amid g0cr u laughter,
calling the house 10 order.
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Too S%ALL.-A yankee who went over to
the mother country some time ago, WAS
asked, on his return, how he liked Great
Britain. "Wcll," he said, England is
very nico country, exceedingly fertile, well
cultivated, very popuIous, and very wealthy;
but" continued The Yankee, ~ never liked
TO take morning walk, after breakfast, be-
cause the country is SO small that was afraid
OF walking off the edge. ~. ,.
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l
An AFRICAN WELCOME AND SALUTA-
| TloN.-Bayard Taylor says: "In short
time | received word that the women of tho
village would come to perform dance of
welcome and salutation, if would allow
them. As the wind was blowing strongly
against US, and the sailors had not finished
skinning the sheep, had my carpet spread
on the sand in the shade ola group of mimo-
sas, and awaited their arrival. Presently we
heard sound of shrill singing and clapping
of hands in measured beat, and disccrncd the
professions advancing slowly through the
trees. They came two by two, nearly thirty
in all, singing shrill, piercing chorus, which
sounded more like lamentation than greeting.
When they arrived in front of me, they ran
gcd themselves into scmicirclo with their
faces towards me, and, still clapping their
hands to mark the rythm of the song, she
who stood in the centre stepped forth, with
her breast hcavcd almost to level with her
face, which was thrown back, and advanced
with Slow undulating motion, till she had
reached the edge of my carpet. Then, with
a quick jerk, she reversed tho curve of her
body, throwing her head forward and down.
ward, SO that the multitude of her long
twists of black hair, shining with butter,
brushed my cap. This was intended as a
Salutation and sign of welcome. l bowed
my head at the same time, and she went
back to her place in the ranks. After pause
the chorus was resumed and another adj
vanced, and so in succession, till all had
saluted me, a ceremony which occupied an
hour. They were nearly all young, between
the ages of fourteen and twenty and some
were strikingly beautiful. They had the
dark-olivc Arab complexion, with regular
features, teeth of pcarly whitcncss, and black,
brilliant eyes. The coarse cotton robe thrown
over one shoulder left free tho arms, neck.
and breasts, which were exqistcly moulded.
Their bare feet and ANGLES were as slender as
those Of the Venus of Cleomenes. Owing to
the skirts worn by the American women. I
have no recollection of ever having seen an
entire foot belonging to them, and therefore
can make no comparison; but doubt if one
in thousand stands on so light and beau
tiful pedestal as those Of wild African girls.
There were two or three old women in the
company, but they contentcd themselves
with singing, and did not venture into the
lists with the younger ones.
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descending with coffin on their shoulders.
The sick man inquired whose body they were
removing when one Of the bearers inadytr.
tcntly mentioned the girls name. II acas his
sister. The brother, horror-struck, spraltg
from his conductors, dashed down stairs, out
of the hospital gate, and never stopped run.
ming until he had reached homc-a distance
of twelve miles lie flung himself on the
bed Immediately, fell into a sound sleep, and
awote next morning entirely cured of his
Illness. The most beautiful instance, how
ever, that we have met with, is one in which
the cure depended on the combination of the
plea surcs Of hope and memory. DR.. Rush,
then quite young man, was educated in
the country, IN very remote part of which
he was in the habit of visiting, in company
with a farmers daughter, various scenes OF
beauty and sublimity-and, among others,
the nest of all eagle in romantic situation.
For some time, these visits were very frequent
Rush afterwards left the school and settled in
Philadelphia, where he found his former MS
sociatc married woman. Many years af,
forwards she had an attack of typhus foyer,
under which she lay in complete state of in
sensibility, apparently lost to all surround
ing objects. In this state Rush, then a
physician, was called to visit her. lie took
her by tho han!, and said, with strong and
che erful voice, 1.-The Eagles nest" Thg
words rev lived an association of ideas com.
pretending the actions of her youth. She
Immediately graspcd his hand, opened her
eyes, and from that hour recovered RAPIDLY,
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1-5-Somcbody says that our passions are
older than our reason, bccau$e passions are
born with US, but reason don't follow till a
long time after This is Islander upon all
babies When baby is spanked, don. lie
holIer ?-~Aos. And hasn't he got a'roason
Yes? and e .aishty good reason, too. --Cer::
Elr
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he gradually gives up his elegant tastes and
habits; dotls his poctcal suit of black, as
sumes russell dusty sarb, and sinks to the
gross cnjoymcnts Of common vulgar birds.
His notes no longer vibratc on the car; he is
stulling himself with the seeds of the fall
weeds on which he lately swung and chantcd
so melodiously. lie has become 'bon
vivant, a "gourmand," with him now there
is nothing like the 10y of the table" In
little while he grows tired of plain honcly
fare, and is off on astronomical tom in
| quest of foreign Injuries. We next hear Of
him with myriads of his kind, banqucting
among the reeds of the Delaware; and grown
corpulcnt with good feeling. lie has chang
cd his name in travelling. Boblincon no
morc-hc is the Reed-LiM now. the much
sought for tit-bit of Pennsylvania epicurcs;
the rival in unlucky fame of the ortolan
Wherever he goes, pop pop! pop! every
rusty firclock in the country Is blazing away.
He sees his companions falling by thousands
around him.
Does he takes warning, and reform? Alas,
not he =! Incorriglblc epicurc again he wings
his fight. The lice swamps of the South
invite him. lie gorgcs himself among them
almost to bursting: he can scarcely fly for
corpulcncy. lie has once moro changed his
name, and is now the famous Ricc-bud of the
Carolinas.
Last stage ofhis.carecr; behold him spittcd
with dozens of his corpulcnt companions, and
served up, a vauntcd dish, on the table of
some Southern gastronomc.
Such is the story of the Boblnk; once
spiritual, musical admired, the joy OF the
meadows, and the favorite bird of Spring;
finally, gross little sensualist, who cxpiates
his scnsuality in the lardcr.
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" The pleasure Of doing good is the Only
one which does not weay out, r..... ....4 r
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A very aged man in an almshousc was
asked what he was doing now lie replied,
"OMly waiting"
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1,Joetrp.
Flowers In winter.
PAINTED UPON A PORT LINRE.

by JOHN q. WHITTIER.
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Sweet bird thy bower is ever green,
Thy sky is ever clear:
Thou hast no sorrow in thy note,
No winter in thy year.