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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-10-26

How TO KEEP PoTAToEs. More pota-
toes are spoiled through sweating than
freezing. never lose any, but save
them thus: | raise the place six inches
where | want the pit or hole, beating it
hard with the spade. | throw the pota-
toes on, shaping like pyramid, and CO.
yer thickly with straight clean straw -
| then commence at the bottom, throw
ing on the Garth and tranpling it hard
with my feet; one foot thick is plenty.
When within foot of the top, make
hole in the straw with my hand, and put
in small funnel, one foot long and three
inches square. Close tho straw tight
around the funnel, and cover closely with
earth, clapping the whole solid with the
spade. Let the funnel remain two weeks,
Cover it with small board in case Of
rain, then take il out, close hole with
straw, cover with earth, place a green
sod on the top, set four small forkcd stakes
in the ground around the heap, cover
with boards to keep off rain, and I will
insure your potatoes Amer. Ag.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-10-26
COUNTY DIRECTORY.
DIR. &. A. HARDING.

Practicing Physician,
NEXT DOOR TO THE SENTINEL OFFICE,
ROCKVILLE, Md.
mar Soft
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-10-26
NEGROES WANTED.
ClRPETTERIVG 6 UNDERTAKING

s., J THE citizens Of Rockville, and the
tGaasAS public generally, are informed tina
@,4E the undersigned still carries on the
ARtaA above business, at his old stand in
/ DTNg Rockville, nearly opposite the Meth
! TAt1 odist Parsonage, in all its branches.
AI lie will attend to all work pertain
fi ing to the CARPENTERING and
LJ HOUSE-JOINlNG Business, which
d lac guarantees to he done in the best
I manner, and most fashionable style,
H and on terms that cannot fail to
please.
Having furnished himself with a
VII new Hcarse, and the best materials
IN for manufacturing COFFINS, he viii
attend TO Funerals in any part Of the
Id county.
He returns his thanksfor he patronage here
tofore extended aud humbly asks a continu-
ance, pledgng himself that nothing on his
part shall be left undone torender satisfaction.
feb Poly WM =. HUMPHREY.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-10-26

To MAKE WASHING FLUID. TO one
gallon of soft soap, (sucb as is made by
the usual method Of boiling the lyc Of
wood ashes and fat together take four
Of Sal ,Socia, half gallon of rain or
soft water, and half gill of spirits of
turpentine. Place them all in a pot over
fire, and allow the mixture to boil few
minutes 1t is then ready for use, and
can be kept in an ehrthen or stonewarc
vessel In using this fuid, the clothes
intended to be washed should be soaked
in water 10 or II hours say over night
and then to ten or twelve gallon boil
er or kettle full Of clothes, covered with
water, add one pint Of fluid boil brisk
" fifteen minutes, and then rinse them
out in fresh water. II will be found that
little or no rubbing Of any account will
be necessary. BtD
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-10-26

A MoDEL TOWNSHIP -- In Lewis town
ship, Clay county, Indiana, they have
sort Of foretaste Of the millennium. Il
has within its limits ono hundred and
seventy families, all whito, except one,
and they keep dark about it. There arc
in it one hundred and sixty-fye voters,
and, during the last twenty years, there
has never been a fight nor quarrel at
any election held in the township. Ii
contains seven school-houses, seven road
districts. seven bachelors and seven large
men three pair Of twin boys, three i'd
dlers, three carpenters, three postoffces.
three crazy men aud three over rs years
old. There is not a lawyer, doctor or
loafer in il. nor grocery nor pauper A
better, frieudlier, happier population is
not to be found ia the State.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-10-26
AuCTEONEE RENG.

WM. w. ALLEN, AuctioneeT, will attend
w 10 sales In any portion OF the county,
and respectfully solicits share Of the public
patronage. His charges are moderate. All
orders left at the {" Sentinel Office or directed
10 me at Rockville, will be promptly attended
20. fAcc left.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-10-26
Ribbons, Ribbons.

IA nings, for sale, at cost, for cash, By
June JOHN W. JONES.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-10-26

E1' Mcssrs. MCQUEEN, MUS, Box
HAM and BoYcE have been re -elected to
congress fIQn South Carolina.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-21
| am very truly yours,
To Hon. G. Ashmun, Pres't& &c.
The Home oftIse Mechanic.

What a contrast docs the home of the So
Der, industrious mechanic present to that
Of the idler and the dissolute! In the one
their reigns peace, comfort and independence
in the other misery, hunger and dirt. The
one little palace, in which the contentment
of kings court holds absolute SWAY the
other a hoyeI, where vice breeds and spawns
depraYity on the high way of life. One
glance into the terror of the former dwelling
is worth whole days inspection of the
splendid one of a noble; for the one is asso-
cittcd with happiness Of Thousands, the lat
ter with that of a single mily The man
sion may be decorated with the gems of art
and genius, it may present more than ori-
entail luxury Of appearance; but the contrast
between it and the cottage of the sober ar.
usan is immeasurably in favor OF the latt /
as far as these higher estimates of human
happiness, which are based onsomething su-
perior to mere superficial grandeur, may be
allowed to sway our Judgement. In the one
We see rugged labor, the soul and sinew OF
the nation, reposing like giant gathering
strength for new eSertion, in the other we
perceive ohcminacy "lolIing a lewd day
couch deploring the siowness Of chat time
which silly AMI slog brings its yotary near,
cr to that crl which in its ollage, he dycads
and endtayors by all manner Of shifts and
ingennitics 70 avoid. In the one there is q
straisht-lacad artificial discipline, which free,
zas the heart ani contracts the mind /; in the
other an Innocent freedom, which tolcratcs
the laugh and the jest on all occasions, and
yet allows the graver moments Of excitemen
to exert their salutary influence.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-21
Important Signs,

The Mohommedan power is undoubtedly
a subject of prophesy. Those best informed
on the subject have given US encouragement
from time to time, that throughout the Tur;
kish nation there are evident tokens Of de-
| cay, and, still more, that the doctrines Of the
false prophet are everywhere losing their
hold upon their professed adherents. Bat
now comes from the East intelligence on the.
subject of thrilling nature. We are now
assured that some twenty thousand of the
Mussulmans have given in their adhesion to
Christ as the true prophet, as opposed C,
Mohammed, the false. This movement, it
issaid, is not owing directly to missionary
influence. 1t is said very distinguished
Mohammedan preacher, after the most pro.
found study of the Koran, in comparison
with the Bible, has been the pioneer in this
movement. Wercgret that we have not been
able to obtain any detailed accout Of this
strange affair.
Another thing equally interesting though
| perhaps not so marvellous, is related of Pro
tcstantism in Russia. Years ago, it is said,
a man and his wife, servants of Russian
noblernan, visited England. While there
they became interested IN religion, and were
converted. Upon their return to Russia
their native country, they communicated the
precious heaven 10 others. Though the cor
yerts were baaished to Siberia, and though
by every means the Greek church has tri-
to cxterminate these Christians, yet We arc
told there are not less .han million oftheso
Protestants dispersed in the midst of that
great nation. 1t may, as also in the form
er case, prove that God has put into these
I two antichristian forces the little lcavcn tha.
leayentb the whole lump,
Sill a third indication worthy OF note, Is
the present position Of the Papal govern
ment Ii would now seem almost ineyitable
that thcpope is to lose almost the last yes
tigo Of his peculiar power This, Ike the
event connected with the Mohanmedan re
rsion, is undoubtedly fastening the fulfill.
mont of prophcsy,
nicate, viz. that some large community, in
the heart Of the South. after the through
stuly Of the Bible, had come to tho conGlu-
sion, that buying and selling human beings
Is rather diScorlant with millepnial purity,
and in hope OF hastcnint the lnnged for day
ol Story had given up tae traffic in human
Icsh aad blo0tl, and seals 4 million Pro.
tcs,snts IN the heart OF Russia, is an eycut
very strange; twenty thousand Mohamme-
I,iaus tuIncd Christians, stranger still but
What is the wonder of these things, comnar
ed With that ofa community ofslayeho.,lers,
rnnm conScisnce alone, giving up their slave.
! Why would il be more startling to the
world to hear of shareholders turning To
Christ with works meet far Repentance. than
90 h,ur the same things ef Mohainlnt,.ar :
Ia.0l the lowest Of ali hea,hen races Has
, ane Had the light and pal il o,l. While the
l0thcr IS simply receiving il ler the iirst trne
b H. G. ht u. N'lr
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-21
Ratification Song.
BIT wM. II. BuRLEraH.

Up, again for the conflict our banner fling out,
And rally around it with song and with shout!
Stout ofheart firm Of hand should the gallant boys be
Who bear to the battle the Flag of the Free
Like our fathers, when Liberty called to the strife,
They should pledge to her fortune, honor, and
And follow wherever she beckons them on,
Till Freedom exults in victory won
Then fling out the banner, the old starry banner
The battle-worn banner that beckons US on
They come from the fillside they from the glen
From the streets thronged with traffic and surging
with men;
From loom and from ledger, from worship and farm,
The fearless of heart, and the mighty Of arm,
As the mountain born torrents exulting leap,
When their ice fetters melt to the breast of the deep
As the winds of the prairie, the waves of the sea,
They are coming-are coming-the Sons Of the Free
Then fling out the banner, the old starry banner,
The war tattered banner the flag of the Free
Our Leader is one who, with conquerless will,
Has climbd from the base to the brow Of the hill;
Undaunted in peril, unswerving in strife,
He has fought good fight in the Battle of Life;
And we trust him who, come woe or come veal
Is as firm as the rock, and as true as the steel,
Right loyal and brave, with stain on his crest,
Then hurrah boys for honest Old Abe ofthe West!'
And fling out your banner, the old starry banner,
The signal OF triumph for I" Abe Of the West"
The West whose broad acres from lakeshore to sea,
Now wait for the harvest and homes of the free
Shall the dark tide Of Slavery roll DER the sod,
That Freedom makes bloom like the garden OF God?
The bread Of children be torn from their mouth,
To feed to fierce dragon that prays on the South?
No, never the trust which our Washington laid
On US, for the Future, shall ne'er be betrayed!
Then fling out the banner, the old starry banner,
And On to the conflict with hearts undismayed!
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-21

Don't wear your best pink Grape bonnet,
or people will think you have no better op-
portunity than the inside Of railroad car to
display it. Plain straw is in far better taste
Light colored gloves are an abomination for
travelling costume. Pack your jewelry in
your trunk, instead of hanging it about your
person--and don'tjudge your fellow trav-
elers by the splendor Of their dress or the
number of yards in their mantias. Disa-
greeable mistakes have been made in this
way.
Don't esteem it useless to be polite to the
spectacled old lady behind you, or the pale
young girl at your side. They may not be-
long to the butterfly ranks of fashion, but
they are none the less capable ofappreciate-
ing that kind Of etiqutte which springs from
the heart.
Don't talk and laugh loudly and bolster
, ously in the cars or steamboat. Your pri-
vate affairs may be very engrossing to your
self, but they can hardly be expected tc
interest the public.
Don't load yourself down with parsols,
fans, baskets, parcels. shawls, rcticules, and
books enough TO lastyou during voyage to
Europe; the less "hand baggage you can
get along with the better.
Don't discover, just as the boat is ON the
point of starting, 'you have left your shawl
on the seat Of the cars and send your
lucxless escort back to find it unless you
want to disgust him thoroughly with lady
/ travellers.
/ Don't begin to complain, when You arc a
little tired. Some ladies think it interesting
to behave like grown,up children on such
an occasion. Nobody likes TO hear people
] fret over WEAKNESS that can not be helped
Remember that others besides hourself may
possible be fatigued.
Don't find fault with all the hotel accom-
rnodations you meet don't scrutinize tn,
napkins and turn the plates upside down
and declare it impossible to eat your break
fast without silver fork, aud allude osten
tatiously to "what you have been accustom
ed to-" Those who know the world vii
need no more convincing proof that yo,
arc outside the pale ofreally good society.
! rsnInst make up your mind before you Sc
as ,nncb ,a,a.ne, that yon viii look on tn
!. en,leavor ~ :, so, P'-sittiag, enjoy yoursel
slthose apanod ~ make a the ouspey pleasant
! ;e aol'nd you, and 1t winbe psa:e yar {
sO"'eooay ISN'T the bettts Gor i, '.''s''
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-21
Cure for Deafness.

a new discovery, made not long since in,
Paris, excites great deal of attention; not
merely on account of its intrinsic importance
but because of the melancholy result of it to,
the discoyerer. 1t appears that Mdle
Cleret, schoo-mistress, had been for many.
years very deaf, but one day she bought
some thread, which was wrapped up in =
leaf from some work on geography which
had fallen still born from the press and had;
been sold as waste paper. She read on this
leaf that certain persons would; cure them,
selves of deafness by exposing their ears to,
certain emanatlons. She forthwith began to
make experiments on herself-guided 70, dif.
ferent objects not by chemical knowledge,
but simply by accident. After having used
the most painful substance she now uses,
and experiencing the good effect Of it OF her,
self, she applied it to her pupils. Twenty
nine children were attended by her, and in,
every instance advantageous results obtained.
Two children, declared by approved medical
men to be incurably deaf and dumb, were,
completely cured by her. Several cther,
children were attended by her, under tho.
supervision os a committee; these childre9
were completely deaf and dumb. ALL OF
them, after receiving her attentions for eight
or nine months, evidently greatly improved
But Mdlle. Cleret was poor-extrepely,
pOor-and she wrote to the Minister of Pub
| lie Instruction, announcing her discovery
and asked the State to assist her in making.
it known. DIR. Behair was ordered to ey-
anime her claims He reported IN fayos OF
granting her very considerable pecuniary as
sistance, and asked that medical committee
be appointed to examine profoundly into
Mdlle. Cleret's method The committee ap.
pointed consisted of Mons. Lelut Mons. Be.
rard, Mons. George Ritt, Mons Nalade Ga
Gel, Mons, Ropet, Mons. Prllet, and DR.. Be
heir. 1t met in October, 1856, and eyegy
three months thereafter, to examine the State
Of the children confined to MdIle Cleret's
care. While they were in the midst of this
study the selloolnistress went mad. The
contrast between her excessive poverty and
new independence Of fortune-between the,
obscUrity of her position and the fame given,
by her eure-were too much for her wits.
She is now in lunatic asylum.
The medicine used by Mdlle. Cieret waa
"sulpheric ether, poured directly into the
ear, in dose offour Or five or six or eighs
drops day. Usually this agent Produced
only slight degree of sensibiity Or PAIN.
After it has been used nfteen or twenty days
The operator may suspend its use for seye-
RAJ days, to retain its energy better, and then
resume its use. The application may be.
continued, If not indefinitely, at least for q
very long period of time.' The committee.
further says: "TLe innooousness of this
substance (sulphuric ether) is more than
demonstrated by the numerous experiments
we have Witnessed" 1t is said that the cure
has not yet failed in any of the numerous
eases to which it has been applied.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-21
Brutality of a Texas Planter.

On Wednesday, the 9th inst, B.F. Terry,
a cotton and sugar planter, on the Brazos
River, Texas, and brother of Judge Terry,
(the man who assisted in the murder of Mr.
Broderici,) y Of California, was about embark.
ing at Brashear for Galveston, on one of the
Texas steamers, withhis wife and family and
two female servants, family negroes, who
were acting as nurses to the children and
waiting maids for their mistress. As the
two servants were passing into the gangway
of the vessel, in front of their master, and in
company with the rest ofthe family, man
in the employment of the steamer, who was
appointed to take checks of the passengers.
refused to let the servants go on board, and
turned them back towards the wharf Mr.
Terry explained to him politely that they
were his servants, that they were waiting
upon his family on board, and that as soon
as they had done that he would have them
cleared at the custom house, and ayrange
matters to the satisfaction Of the boat The
servants, at their masters bidding, proceeded
to enter the vessel, and the obstinate officer,
without giving any reason, again turned them
back. "Who the h--ll are you?" said Mr..
Terry, looking him Indignantly in the face,
and at the same time dealing him blow
that sent him spraRling to The deck. He
then mounted him with the fury of tiger,
the victim struggling and doing bis best to
unsaddle his uncomfortable rider.
While the struggle was going on, one oil
the slaves seized billet of wood from pile
near by and commenced beiaboripg the feet
and legs Of the uudermost man in the fight
The war club being wrestad from her, she
seized another. ana yet another, with each Of
which she dealt some telling blows upon her
masters antagonist. Atthis junctura, when
! Terry had succeeded in settling thumb in.
to each eye Of his antagonist, the crowd took
him away, and set at liberty his uneomfoFta
ble prisoner, who came near losing both eye:
by the thumbs Of Terry, and both his leg;
| by the war clubs Of his servant-FraRkIsH
| Q.a.) Baaa6r.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-21

EXTRAORDINARY IRISH Exopus FROM THE
MEEsEY.-If the extraordinary emigration at
present going forward to the United States
direct, from all the ports of the sister isle,
has excited the attention and alarm of Irish
politicians and journalists, a visit to the Liv
erpool docks during the past few weeks, and
to the different emigration offices along Wa
terloo and Regent roads, would not tend in
any degree to diminish the feeling of alarm,
as at no period for many years past has the
emigration been so brisk as at present to
ports in the United States; indeed, some of
the leading emigration houses state that the
trade has not been so brisk since 1917. Dur
ing The present month the exodus from the
MerSey to the United States in passenger
ships has been about 1000 steerage passen
gers, being an average Of 5000 weekly, and
the numbers exhibit 40 apparent signs of de-
crease. Ir addition to the above, several
vessels are now ready for sea and at anchor
in the river, with no less than 500 souls
on board. bound for the United States
LicsrpooI Daily Post
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-21

j. & N. Il. RALRoAD. This road is in
excellent order and doing a fine business
its freight business far exceeds the most
sanguine expectations of the friends Of the
road; and its travel IS also Unexpectedly
large. The managers Of this road are dis
Greet, energetic men, who determined TO
achieve success, and they have done so.--
We haye seen few roads in the West IN
better condition than that Of the B. & NJ r..
Company. The towns through which il
rams are all rapidly improving, and possess
every evidence Of being populated hy men
of intelligence anl enterprise, Who viii gath.
cr around them the colnfoits of tlieir eastern
homes. DIS Noiaa Rretter.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-21

There seems strong probability that the
Democratic party win soon have four wings.
1t has two already; and two others seem
spronting from its ramp What queer
Iowlit viii be. II Louiscills .EanzaaI.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-21

Jusr So,-Geo. W. Curtis, in 81 cech at
the New York ratification meeting, tcrsel
observed that as the Democratic party had
refused 10 s,tue the slavery question, it ha,l
settled them.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-21

The cattle disease in New Jersey is coming
to bo one of the most important topics Of
the day. The epidemic has begun 70 mani
fest itself in Morris county. The excite
ment in the New England States shows but
little abatement.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-21

IN eminent tetotalcr would only consent to
Sit for his portrait on condition that he should
he taken in water cJl0rs
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-21
Acceptance of Lincoln and
IE1nlEia.

SPRINGFIELD, H., May 90, 1S6o.-Hon.
Geo. Asbmnn, President Republican Nation
al ConUenti0n.
SrR:-I accept the nomination rendered
me by tho Convention over which you pre-
sided, and Of which am formally apprised
in the letter Of yourself and others, acting as
Committee of the Convention, for that pur-
pose. The declaration Of principles and SEN
timcnts, which accompany your letter, meet
my approval, and it shall be my care not to
violate it or disregard it in any part I'm
ploring the assistance of the Divine Provi-
dence, and with due regard to the views and
feelings of all who were represented in the
Convention; to the rights of all the States
and Territories and people of the Nation to
the inyiolability Of the Constitution, and the
perpetual union, harmony snd prosperity Of
ALL am most happy to cooperate for the
practical success Of the principles declared by
the Convention.
Your obliged friend and fellow citizen,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
WASHINGTON, May 30, 1860 Gentlemen
1our oiticiai communication OF the 18th inst,
informing me that the Representatives Of the
republican party OF the United States as
sembIed at Chicago on that day, had by
unanimous vote, selected me as their cand-
date Tor the office of Vice President OF the
United States, has been received, together
with resolutions adopted by the Convention
as ITS declaration of principles. Those reso-
iutions enunciate clearly and fUrcsbly the
principles which unite us and the objects pro-
po'e'' u "e ccoli'iilSasa. lhey acdress
themselves 70 All ana I''ofe IS teithor hoceS-
VI Pop'i'',' III i''y entering upon us
0OSs'oil u any u tIish' Ihey nave Iiae ap-
Prov" o. my Judgement ana ia any ac'ion OF
A.'ii' WIN o' i"I'i4ioLy ana eorliaiy SUSTAIN
e0' "',' Pi"'o1'''iy ana Iu'? eT''etui 70
''i,'s. win "iio'i Ii - my p.'oe afu .'9aSaFe
'oi''''"'y " o.''''''e' TOT tue h2'l"l'aI'oh 50
uiie" l''c'enty co"ieFTed, ana le"-Fe TO ten
u'' ,'''o''S' 5"' ~ '.'S members VI t'ie 'Oh-
Ve"t'oh' my sincere THANKS ioF the CONT
ueI'ce 'iiuS 'eioSe.' n me- ohoH.a tne nom
nation "A!ch no" accept, be ratified by
'le people, ana the dutlas deVoI'c upon me,
OF presiding over the Senate OF the United
states IL VIII DC nay earnest endeaVoE laith-
iuNy 10 alsch@rse them with just regard
tor the riSh's OF all lt Is TO oe observed IN
connection with the dolngs OF the kepuol'-
cah convention, that paramount OBJECT
WIN Us Is 70 preserve the normal condi-
ton OF our territorial domain as homes for