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JOHN COUNTESS,
Carriage Manufacturer,

I'm amt M'ptey Streets, wilmington, Del.
LITE weuld respectfully inform >r-~,x,
LII the citizens of ELKTON 80
and vicinity, that he is making SHSfS
up and intends keeping large assortment
of CARRIAGES, of the best mate rials and
made by the best of workman and intends
as heretofore to give full satisfaction to all
who may favor him with their custom. He
also intends to sell at the very lowest prices.
Remember, It'll and Shipley Streets.
September 20, lS56.-3m.
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Notice 10 SpOrtsmen.

Notice 10 SpOrtSmen.
A LII persons are forbid trespassing on the
IA premises of the subscribers, with dog
or gun, as the law will be enforced against
all persons SO trespassing.
john PAscHALL,
T. p. MERsHoN,
o. C. MERsHoN,
DANIEL BRowN.
Oct 4th, 1856-3m.
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Gross HYrocRIsY.-.Tn Pennsylvania the
Democrats go for Buchanan, and Brcckin
ridge. Free Kansas and the Pacific Road
while at the South they so for Buchanan,
Breckenridge, Stare Kansas. and no Pacific
Road. And yet this party calls itself ma
tional and hcgS the support Of all parties of
the South for Mr.. James Platform What
miserable humhnggcry is that great demo
cratic party guilty ofand to what contempti-
bic cheats docs it resort for the success of its
nOInincci
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Fall and Winter Goods.
STEEL s. RUTH,

TiPrER END OF PORT DEPOSIT, are now
u opening at their store large and splendid as,
sortlnent of FALL AND WINTER Goops. consisting
of Dry Goods, Groceries and Quccnsware, Hard
ware. Shoes and Boots. all of which they will sell
the most accommodating terms. They invite
their customers and the public to call and examine
their stock, as they arc determined to sell cheap
IsY All kinds of country produce taken In ex-
change for goods. DOT 4th, iSo6-IwN
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PlOWs and PlOW Castings.

N1lE subscribers.m manufacture to order and
L have for sale at all tmcs~A
all the various kinds OF SST@n-9
Pillow S in use, at their ssssssH .sSaksssse
Foundry and SlonS in the
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LARGE Fee. is said that Captain Al
bert Pike, of Arkansas, recently gained suit
at law for which he gets the comfortable fee of
SlbO,O0o. The case was an Indian claim to
the value of 1920 ,000 which he has been
prosecuting for several years, upon an agree
mcnt that if he gained the suit he would be
entitled to one half; if not. nothing. The
suit was lately decided by the Unlted States
Supreme Court at Washington in favor of his
clients
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RlGHr ABorr.-F. NJ. Reese, Esq, Of Au-
burn, Ala, gentleman of popularity and
iniiucnce-an od-lnc Wing who was in
dnccd to declare and labor for Buchanan by
the notion that Mr.. Fillmore '.stood no
chance, and was in favor of restoring the
Missouri Compromise llnc-has announced
in published letter that he now abondons
Buchanan and goes heartily four Fillmore and
Donclspn. He is satisfied now that Buchan-
an is the man who stands no chance.
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FARM FOR SALE.

TIIE undersigned offers at Private Sale
Il his farm situated in Pencadcr Hundred,
Del, lying on the New Castle and French
town Railroad, halfway between French
town and Glasgow X Roads, consisting Of
l26 Acres,
more or less, most of it being tillablc Land
and highly Improved, the balance in wood.
ER 1t has comfortable FRAME
&THf HOUSE, nearly new, 2 stories,
%Sa8 sSs6 with an attic, Barn, Stabiing,
Meat House and other out
houses. Also an Apple and
Peach Orchard. For further particulars
apply to the owrer, who resides OH the
place A. W. SMITH.
Oct.1lth, 1S56.-3w.
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SPURIOUS BARK NoTEs.-The $40 counter
felt notes on the Central Bank at Saunton,
Va. arc thus described:
The vigncttc represents a woman seated on
or leaning against the figure $40, &C.. with a
man and women on the right end and II canal
and boat on the left end. 1t is an al tcraton
from the late counterfeit $40 bill on the Bank
of Montgomery county, Pa, and does not in
the least resemble the genuine note of the
Central Bank Of Virginia. There seems to be
number of these notes about.
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WANTED.

WANTED.
100 B.qPRELS OF PURE CIDER
lUOMade in the latter part of October.
Cash paid and barrels furnished.
7. COKE CAZIER.
North East, Sept. q, 1856.
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GROCERIES AND LIQUORS
ATT CITY PRICES

AT CITY PRICES.
YNIIE undersigned has just received at his
L store in Little Elk, large stock of
Liquors, Groceries. &c which he is now
offering to the public at city prices, whole
sale or retail. His stock embraces
WINES.
BRANDTES,
GIN,
RYE WIIISKEY,
AND COMMON.
Also, large stock of Groceries, such as
Coffee, Sugar, Tea, Cheese, Crackers, Mo-
lasses, &c.
Also, Bacon and Lard. choice family
Hams, Shoulders; &c. Candles. Soap,
Queensware, Glassware, and every article
usually kept in retail store.
RyA large assortment of Cigars and
Tobacco, all of which will he sold low.
UyCountry Produce taken in exchange
for goods, at the highest market rates.
JOHN S. ROSSELL.
Juno 18th, 1856.
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MiddletOWn Academy,

nELAWARE.-Thc Winter Term of q
- weeks will commence on MON DAY,
November Bird. For circulars or references
address JAS. +. MCDOWELL.
Sept p, lSjG--6w Principal.
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In the Circuit
Court for Cecil
county.
In Chancery.
September 18th
1856.
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FOR SAsSAFRAS RIVER

The Steamer LADY
WILMER, | av $
Race St. Wharf every
Wednesday, at 1 L.
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George Holloway, Jr.,
Nelson j. Holloway, Will
liam Holloway, Amelia ii.
Holloway, Francis Hollo-
way, Clara Holloway, Ed
win Holloway and VIM. G..
rorfnr
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-06-12

-
6What q rich harvest of goodness
and worth has been gathered from our
midst into the garner Of Death since our
last number was issued! Joseph McKeen
and Joseph Curtis, kindred in their devo.
ton to the great cause of education, sleep
in their honored graves. The tongue Of
the eloquent Ogden Hoffman is mute, and
they eye whose glance could light up an
assembly as by flash, is dimmed for ever.
And Robert Kelly, the fine sholar, the &C.
complished gentleman, the benevolent pub
lie benefactor-he too is no more. All of
these, with the exception ofthe first named,
we knew well. Who that heard it can
forget the eulogy which Mr.. Kelly pro.
nounced before the Century upon the late
Daniel Seymour? They were kindred
spirits in life and now Sin death they are
not divided All! reader Death is
continually walking the rounds of grea,
city, and sooner or later, stops at every
mans doorp Is it not wise often to think
on these things Observation-Disclosures.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-06-12
ROMANCE OF THE STEAM ENGINE.


Viewing one of those gigantic engines
to be seen in some of our steamers, who
will deny that there is something awfully
grand in the contemplation Of it? Stand
amidst its ponderous beams aud bars, its
wheels and cylinders, and watch their un.
ceasing play, how regular, yet how won.
derful A lady's Geneva watch is no,
more nicely adjusted,-the rush ofthe wa.
terfall is not more awful in its strength
Old Gothic cathedrals and ruined abbeys,
are solemn places, teaching solemn les
sons touching solemn things, but to the
contemplating mind. steam engine can
preach a solemn lesson, too: it can tell
him Of mind welding matter at its will it
can tell him Of intellect battling with the
elements /; it can tell him of genius to in.
vent, skill to fashion, and perseverance, to
finish. No man knows the powers of his
own mind until they have been exercised.
Thousands have sunk into an obscure
grave, in whose soul the living fire of poe
try, or the bright sparks Of genius lay hid.
den and lost, which merely wanted educa-
ton to cause them to shed luster over
their race. And in some retired spot, may
remain the mortal tenement, from which
the soul Of an Arkwright, Scott, Davy,
a Watt, or Webster may have fled,
which merely wanted education and op-
portunities for this developement. And
ought it not to be a lesson to those who
laugh at novelties, and put no faith in in
vention to think that the mighty steam en-.
gine-the triumph of art and skill, was
once the laughing.stock of jeering thou.
sands. and once the waking notion of a
boys mind, as he sat, and in seeming idle
ness, mused upon column Of steam spout.
ing from a teakeule.-!Scientifc American.
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GT Parch half = pint Of rice until it is
brown, then boil it as rice is usually done.
Eat slowly and it cures the, most alarming
diaErhea.ss nan-4l.i. 4 q ...n..1..aH rsal

"Sach 9 Giain Up Stairs. The Scien-
tifc American says that a man in Orange
county, N. T.. was found one night climb.
ing an over-shot wheel in q fnlling mill.
He was asked whist he was doing. He
sad he was ''trying to go up to bed, but
somehow or other theDe stairs wont hold
still."
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True Yankee.
The circumstance upon which the fol-
lowing is founded, says the Wheeling
Times, actually occurred in this city about
two years ago; as we are informed, and
was put into its present shape by some
"doggerel rbymster -
A Yankee out walking in Virginia, at
Wheeling, while to himself talking, expe.
rienced feeIing-strange-painfal and
alarming, from his caput 10 his knees, as
he was suddenly covered Ger with bees
They rested on his eye.lids, and perched
upon his nose; they colonized his peaked
face, and swarmed on bis clothes. They
explored his swelling nostrils and drove
deep into his ears, they crawled up his
'trowsers," and filled his eyes with tears.
Did he yell like hyena Did he halo
like lion +? Was he scarf and did he
''cut and run - or did the critter swoon
Ne'er one /; he wasn't scarf mite he
never swoons-or hollers; but he hived
'em in nail keg tight and sold 'em for
TWO dollars. .KaA9sie Ha3 na fpRE@
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THE VATICAN.

This word is often used, but there are
many who do not understand its import.
The term refers to collection of buildings
on ono Of the seven hills of Rome, which
covers a space Of 1900 feet in length and
1000 feet in breadth. It is built on the
spot once occupied by the garden Of cruel
Nero. 1t owes its origin to the bishop Of
Rome, who in the early part Of the sixth
century erected humble residence on its
site.. About the year 1l6O. Pope Eugen-
ius rebuilt it on magnificent scale. In
nocent H., a few years afterwards, gave it
pp as a lodging to Peter II, King of ARA.
gon, in 1905. Clement v, at the instiga-
ton Of the King of France, removed the
PaPal See from Rome to Avignon, when
the Vatican remained in condition of OBJ.
security and neglect for more than seventy
years. .-..-.z.. ....-s.
But soon after the return of the Bontifi.
cal court to Rome, an event which had
been SO earnestly prayed for by q poor
Patriarch, and which finally took place in
la76. the Vatican was put into state Of
repair, again enlarged, and it was thence.
forward considered as the regular palace
and residence Of the Popes, who, one after
the other, added fresh buildings to it, and
gradually encircled it with antiquities, sta
tues, pictures, and books, until it became
the richest depository in the world.
The library Of the Vatican was com.
menced fourteen hundred years ago. II
contains 40, 600 manuscripts, among which
are some by Pliny, St. Thomas, St.
Charles, Boromeo, and many Hebrew,
Syrian, Arabian and Armenian Bibles.
The whole of the immense buildings
composing the Vatican are filed with sta.
tues found beneath the ruins of ancient
Rome, with paintings by the masters, and
with curious medals and antiquities Of al.
most every description. e
When it is known that there have been
exhumed more than seventy thousand sta.
tues from the ruined temples and palaces
Of Rome the reader can form some idea of
the Vatican. II win ever be held in ven.
Grafton BY the student, the artist, and the
scholar. ...sz.#.. 4..s.. 5ss
Rafael and Michael Angelo are enthron.
ed there, and their throne will be endura-
BILE as the love Of beauty and genius in the
hearts Of their worshippers. .,,
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STor THAT BoT.-Stop that boy! A
cigar 10 his mouth, swagger in his walk,
impudence in his face, care.for-nothing-
ness in his manner. Judging from his
demeanor he is older than his father, wiser
than his teacher, moro honored than the
Mayor Of the town, higher than the Presi-
dent Stop him! he is going too fast
He don't see himself rs others see him.
He don't know his speed. Stop him ere
tobacco shatter his nerves; ere pride ruins
his character; ere the loafer master the
man; ere good ambition and manly
strength give way to low pursuits and bru-
tish aims. Stop all such boys! They are
legion, the shame Of their families. the dis.
grace Of their town, the sad and solemn re-.
proach of themselves.
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Four 1t q Birth.

Four 1t Birth.
g We have often heard Of three, four and
five children at birth, and we have SO Of.
ten doubted the truth of such statements,
but we lately received information which
can be relied on, that the wife Of Mr..
Washington French. living in Alfalfa coun.
ty. Mississippi, presented her husband, on
the l7th Of June, 1855, with four children
1.-TWO boys and two girls-at a birth, and
are all doing well At this time. The faith
er Of these little responsibilities was born
in the southern part Of Greenville District,
was the seventh son of Mr.. John Peter
French, and the brother Of our respected
friends, George and James French. He
was Is years old when he married Miss
Eleanor Henlep, Of Mississippi, and had
been married only one year when the
above occurrence transpired. ia
We can account for the unusual OCCUR
renee from the fact that Mr.. French was
born in Greenville District, whore, accord
ing to the editor Of the Patriot, it isnot un-
common for one man to be the father Of
from fourteen to seventeen children. At
the rate they have commenced, and if they
live, we feel confident Mr.. and Mrs.
French win sustain the reputation Of the
District, and make up for lost time. We
most cordially extend our congratulation. to
the happy parents, and hope their prosper.
ity in life will be commensurate with their
prolifcacy.-[La Laurensyille Herald.
OTs"And wilt thou ever, ever be un-
faithful to me again? 7" saa. III $. -
"Nay, dearest" he replied.
And she ghed.-Bardao,cn Gazette.
"And wilt thou be my own faithful, low
ing wife I! Oh, wilt thou TT 49,.
And she rilted. d.-Johnson's Age.
as"And we shah live lovingly together in
. dear little sbanty y-shan't wea'' sa's's'it
ssAnd theyshaatied sasss5 vd haas5Tssf
The last is BY Prentice Of the Louisville
Journal. 4
"Irying Tines" as the loafer said on
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Education.

A child OF three years of age, with a
book in it's hand. is fearful sight it is
too often the death warrant, which the con.
demned stupidly looks at-fatal, yet beyond
his comprehension. What should child
three years old be taught? Strong meats
for ,reak digestions make not bodily
strength. Let there be nursery tales and
nursery rhymes told then. l would say
TO every parent, especially every mother,
sing to your children; tell item pleasant
stories; and il in the country, be not too
careful lest they get little dirt apon their
hands and clothes earth is veiy much
akin to US all, and in children's out Of door
play, soils them not inwardly. There is
in it a kind of consanguinity between all
creatures; by it we touch upon the cota-
mon sympathy of our first substance ana
beget the kindness for our poor relations,
the brutes. Let children have a free,
open-air sport and fear not though they
make acquaintance with the pigs. the DON
keys, and the chickens-tbey may form
worse friendships with wiser.looking ones;
encourage familiarity with all that love
to court lhem-dumb animals love chill
dren, and children love them. There is a
language among them, which the worlds
language obliterates in the elders. 1t is
Of more importance that you should make
your children loving, then that you should
make them wise, that is, book.w
Above all things make them loving, then
will they be gentle and obedient and
then, also. parents, if you become old and
poor, these will be better than friends that
will never neglect you. Children brought
up lovingly at your knees, will never shut
their doors upon you and point where they
would have you go.-Black,oood. a7.
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Shot aud shells Around seva.topol.

As to collecting and removing missiles
which are sown broadcast in the very soil,
like pebbles on beach, for the space Of
seven miles in length, and two miles in
breadth, the task is hopeless of execution.
Piles of shot have been formed in every
ravine, and stand there as the monuments
Of the useless of such efforts as have yet
been made to gather the iron shower
which fell for seven long months in front
Of Sevastopol. Every water course is full
Of iron she'll, shot and splinters of strange
shapes abound in every ravine. The
Russians will only have to collect what
the Allies leave behind them to form large
magazines of shot-but she'll will not be
so plentiful as they were more sparingly
used, and were generally damaged if they
did not burst. Guns. too, buried in tho
earth peer out from the earthwork Of
overthrown batteries. 1t was only yester.
day I passed some five or six fine English
cannon, apparently 80 Founders which
have been flung down the side Of the ra-
vine from the French battery overlooking
the Dockyard and Creek, and were lying
upside down in the ground. The ar
tllery are daily engaged in sinking guns
and mortars, and sending them down to
Balaklava for shipment. 1t is calculated
that the Russians fred about 10000 tons
of iron at US. 1t is certain that we gavo
them 1000 tons in return, and possibly
the French fired about 10000 tons, so that
between 10000 and 10000 tons weight
Of iorn must be lying about on the plateau.