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Maryland free press., 1862-12-05
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

1t has been ascertained from parties coming
through on foot from Martinsburg aud vicini-
ty to Harper's Ferry, over the line of the Bal
timorc and Ohio Railroad, that the damage
done the road has been far greater than was
anticipated. The facts are, that the road for
twenty-five miles in length has been almost
entirely destroyed. The destruction commen-
ces three miles west of Harpers Ferry, and
extends to point about ten miles west of
Martinsburg, where the road approaches the
Maryland shore of the Potomac river. Along
that part Of the road named, the iron rails,
with all the cross ties and sills, and tho fixtures
of every description, have been taken up,
burned, or carried off and broken in such
manner as to be unfit for use A number of
bridges hsve been totally destroyed, AT Mar
tinsburg (which has always been one Of the
principal stations for the exchange of engines,
and where large repair shops and other build
ings were located; great damage has been DONE
These buildings, together with the agents and
master mechanics dwellings, passenger di-
ming hotel a large ticket office and storehouse;
''N<i hn''a"S'< "eal- dnmns-- water stations and
other improvements incidental to the working
OF large road, haveall been totally destroyed
Several miles Of side tracks. with nurncrc,,s in
tersecting switches, were also removed and the
material burned--the wooden parts entirely
and the iron parts so bent or otherwise distor-
ted as to be useless. In many places along
the road the iron rail after being heated were
twisted around the trunks of trees or hung
over fences ON the roadside.
Throughout the entire distance where the
road has been destroyed the telegraph wires
and poles have been cut down and removed.
In short, the railroad and its telegraph, with
all its water stations, appliances and convent
ence, will have to be entirely rebuilt, except so
far as the grading is concerned which is said
TO be disturbed only where the bridges have
been blown up or burned. Thetonpany have
not yet recovered the section of the road dam
aged, and the Federal troops have not yet &C.
cupied the territory through which the road
runs, west of Harper's Ferry, and until such
occupation is made in such force as to promise
permanency, the company, it is asserted, will
not attempt to restore the road. Tnc amount
of material requisite for the reconstruction of
the road is almost incredible, more especially
in these times Of scarce labor and material.
Maryland free press., 1862-12-05

is the first time have heard--certainly there
was nothing of the kind before the committee
that ammunition was sent with these con-
demned and inferior arms to Their places OF
storage-just as though they had been intend
ed not for sale but for immediate use in the
field. The truth is, that it is impossible to
steal arms and transport them from one de-
pository to another without the knowledge and
active participation of the officers of the Ord
nance Bureau, both in Washington and at
fiIese deposituriss.' 60.
Maryland free press., 1862-12-05
Weilington's Strategy

On certain occasion during Welhngton's
campaign on the Pyrennese, that "Great Cap
tain being displeased with the dispositions
General Picton had made for receiving the as
sault of Marshal Soult, who menaced him in
front, ordered the plan to be entirely changed.
But the difficulty was to delay the attack of the
French until the change could be Effected
This the "Iron Duke" accomplished in person
in the following manner. Dofing his cooked
hat and waving it in the air, he rode furiously
to the head of a regiment, as if about to order a
charge. Theroupon arose tremendous cheer
from the men, which was taken up by corps
after, until it reverberated along the whole ex-
tent of Picton's line. AS the roar died away,
Wellington was heard to remark, .musingly, as
If addressing himself--"Soult is skillful but
cautious commander, and will not attack in
force until he has ascertained the meaning of
these cheers. This will give time for tlle sixth
division to come up and we shall beat him. -
tt turned out as he anticipated. Scult, natr-
rally enough, supposed these tremendous shouts
announced the arrival of large ,reinforcements,
and did not attack until too late Had he struck
at the right moment he would have won an ca
sy victory; as it was, he met with a bloody
repulse:d This was strategy. Not the strate-
~ of books,gbut the strategy of genius, engen-
dsred and executed in the same moment.
Maryland free press., 1862-12-05
USEFUL AND INTERESTING.
Chapped Hands.

This is an annoyance in winter-time; whilt
to keep them soft and white is sometimes very
desirable-to do this, wash the hands not more
than once or twice day, and always in watel
little warm, using the finest, purest whit
soap. Rinse them well, SO that the soap shall
be entirely removed, then wipe them with {
soft, dry towel closing the operation by rlIs
bing the hands with one another very freely
until there is feeling of comfortable softness
in them. ........l.. .......s ..
At bedtime, especially of the coldest days
a few drops of sweet-oil should be most thor
oughly rubbed with one hand into the other
If coal must be handled, or fires made or re-
plenished, do not go near the fire until pair
of gloves, lined with some soft material are put
on
Maryland free press., 1862-12-05


Agassiz made o drawing Of a fish from q
single SCALE and afterward, when the fish was
found, the drawing proved to be very good
likeness is 88
e ---An Irish jingle-driver, in Dublin, made a
iery happy and characteristic reply the other
day. A gentleman had replied to Pats E Want
jingle, sir2a by saying, No; I am eble to
walk" May your honor long Ds able, but sell
dom willing
IA Western paper publishes the follow
ing: we knew an old man who believed that !,
what was to be, would be, He lived in are
gion infested by savage Indians. He always
took his gun with him when going into the
woods; but this time he found that some Of his
family had takeh'is. AS he would not gewith-
out it, his friends tantalized him By sayingthat
there was no danger of the Indians; that he
would not die till his time came, anyhow.
-"Yes yesls said The Old fellow; but suppose
was to meet an Indian, and his time hsd come,
it wouldn't do not TO have my guni't 4
Maryland free press., 1862-12-05
Mary sIaloney's IDEA OF a Lover.

- s-s54t
What are you singing for2' said I to Mary
Maloncy. aiii - asy9 ,issY
oh, / don't know ma'an, without Its be-
cause my heart feels happy 20 gii
Happy are you, Mary Maloney2 Let me
see, you don't own q foot Of land in the
world ss nj ~ 4 81 as4is
Foot of land, is it? she cried, with q hearty
Irish laugh sOh, what hand ye be after jo-
kingl why, 7 haven't a penny, let alone the
land.' .iasA
Your mother is dead.' he sf93.fi3ss
God rest her soul, yes replied Mary Malo-
ney with touch of the genuine pathos [. =
May the angels make her bed in heaven.
Your brother is still d hard case, Isuppose.
'Ah, you may wsll say that, 1t Is nothing
but drink, drink, and beating his poor wife,
that she is a poor creature a af1
You have to pay your sisters board
Sure, the bit creature, and she,is a good lit
o tie girl, is Kinney, willing to do whatever I
axes her; don't grudge the money that goes
for that ~ - a ~
You haven't many fashionable dresses, Ell
ther, Mary Malones' + II y. 80.
Fashionable, isit' Oh, put piece of
whalebonesin my skirt, aud the calico gown
LOOKS as big as the great ladies'. But. then ye
say true, haven't but two gownato me back,
swo shoes to me feet and one bonnet to me
head' barring the old hood ye gave me-
You haven't any lover Mary Maloney7'
Maryland free press., 1862-12-05
REBEL POETRY.


The following stanzas were found on the person
of rebel sergeant of the "Stonewall Brigade
recently captured by our troops near Winchester
Va:
Come, stack arms men! Pile on the rails
Stir up the camp fire bright,
No matter if the eanteen fails,
Wen make roaring night ...
Here Shenandoah brawls along, 20,
There burly Blue Ridge echoes strong,
To swell the brigade's rousing song,
OF ''Stonewall jackson way"
We see him now-the old slouched hat,
Cooked DER his eye askew- =
The shrewd dry smile--the speech so pat,
So calm, so blunt so true.
The "Blue Light Elder" knows 'em well
Says he, "thats Banks-he's fond of SHE'LL
Lord save his soul well give him"-well,
That's sStonewall Jackson's way"
Silence ground arms kneel all caps off
Old Blue Lights going to pray,
Strangle the fool that dares to scoff!
Attention it's his way!
Appealing from his native sod,
In Jforma pauperis to God
"AmcnP' That's ''Stonewall's way"
He's in the saddle now Fall in!
Steady the whole brigade
Hills at the ford, cut off we'll win,
His way out, ball and blade.
What matter if our shoes are worn 7
What matter If our feet are torn, u,
"Quick step, ~s'rs with him before dawn 70
That's "Stonewail Jackson's way
The SUMS bright lances rout the mgta,
Of morning-and by George
Here's Longstreet, struggling in the lists,
Hemmed in an ugly gorge.
Pope and his Yankees, whipped before,
.'Bay'nets and grape" hear Stonewall roar,
"Charge Stewart pay off Ashby'a score"
Is "Stonewall Jackson's way.
Ah ! maiden wait, and watch, and yearn,
For news of Stoncwall's band
All widow, read with eyes that burn,
That ring upon thy hand
All wife, sew on, pray on, hope on
Thy life shall not be all forlorn.
VIZ g hs1 h~.4~~ aa'er been borne,
That gets in ''Stonewall's way
Maryland free press., 1862-12-05
CONVERSATION.

Conversation is most pleasing when 1t is
carried on in an easy tone without letting the
mind feel irksoine from lethargy, or distrac-
tion from violent emotions. This is the kind
of conversation that gives most pleasure to
people of fashion, and even to scholars and.
men of profound Tearing. DR.. johnson used
always to like the conversation of his fashion,
able friend, Topham Bearcacrc, because he
talked with an apparent inscnsibiity-with
an afectation of perpetual calmness. This
johnson called carrying on a conversation
without effort. He preferred calm monoto-
nous talker to violent emphatical one.
Aa.A friend Of ours, who had taken pride
for several years in culdvating q full crop of
hair on his face, was called away On business
some time since. While absent an experience
ed aarber spoiled his whiskers in trimming
them, which SO chagriuned him that he diroc-
ted the barber to make clean job of. it by
shaving whiskere and moustache both off,
The barber obeyed, and our friends face was
as smooth and as delicate as when in his teens.
He returned home in the night. Next NOR
ming bis little girl did not recognize him on
waking up. Looking over her mother and
seeing as she supposed stranger in the bed,
she remarked in her childish simplicity, Mis-
tor get out of here Til tell my Pa when be
comes home
Maryland free press., 1862-12-05
LET HIM GO.

- Wien you've lost lover, let him CO.
Never try to stay his departure, nor to get him
back Love that can serve you so, was nercr
worth the having. 1t was an insult and an
inposture from the first. DE thankful to be
rid of it at last No doubt it's hard and
bitter thing to stffer as you mast from woun-
ded confidence and affection but it is not
half so hard and bitter to suffer because you
have lost that man, as it would be to endure
the haefssg of him. As soon as you can gain
lyoats oaea consent to gire him ap. entirely, and
to loos his nlsaNaess fairly i'sthe face, you viii
be. free and happy again, which you never
could be had you become his wife. aisi
Maryland free press., 1862-12-05

IsFLuENcE OF rNEwsPApERs.-Da Daniel Web
ster said asInall is the sum that is required to
patrohize d newspaper and amply repaid is its
patron, / care not how humble and :unpreten-
ding the gazette he takes. q Il is next to I'M
possible to GIL 4 sheet without putting into it
something that is1worthy thesubscriptiop price.
Every parent whose son Is away from home at
school, should supply him with newspaper.
/ well remember what marked dinslpncs
there #as between those who bad not Other
things being equal theli first was always supeT
riof to the last IN debate; composition and gen
sral Intelligence H s7..sas ]
Maryland free press., 1862-12-05
POLITICAL PATCHWORK:
oCILTED BY STRANGER.

% ...
Twas midnight, in his guarded tent,
He was wight of high renown,
In splendid robes profusely drest;
His brooches cost him but crown.
Old Grimes is dead, that good old soul,
Thou should'st not thus repine;
They laid him in his narrow bed,
At Bngen on the Rhine.
Hear ye those loud contcnding waves,
deep the pearly caverns among
Far, far away in Illinois, .,,.,
Where burning Sappho lov'd and sung 2
Twas many and many year ego,
The cold round moon shonc brightly down
All bloodless lay TIL untrodden snow,
When Old Dan Tucker came to town.
One evening as wandered forth,
On broad Lake Huron's pebbly shore
spied maidcn past her prime,
Rich and rare were the gems she wore.
Twas midnight on the mountains brown,
Along the banks of Ayr;
When through an Alpine village rass'd,
The boy with the auburn hair.
Saw ye the mighty from their gravesf
Where is the Pyrrhic Phalanx gomez
o, terribly proud was Miss Mac Bride
Were the last words of Marmion. .,4
~
= The Suns eye had q sickly glare,
On old long Islands sea-girt shore
When black eyed Susan came on board,
And bright gold ring on her wand shc
.+ -y.la ~sg Ibore.
1t was an ancient fisherman,
That name is quite forgot
He led her to the altar, t. et.. m
The Lady of Shalot. sJa a
Earl March look'd on his dying child, ts,
His ruddy cheek grow wan;
Why should the spirit Of mortal beproud, g
Or any other man. a,i
Maryland free press., 1862-12-05
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
Army Operations in virginia.

OFFUTTs Cross ROADS, Montgomery Coun-
ty. Nd, Nov. 25.-This morning, at daylight,
a bodyof rebel cavalry said to be sixty strong,
entered Poolesville, seized Messrs. Cherry and
Sergeant (the government telegraph operators
stationed therel in bed, paroled them and per:
mitted them to telegraph their mishap to
Washington. a.. ..-..........a. .a.,. =. -
We have not vet learned what damage they
have done, or where they crossed the river
We think, however, at Whites Ford. Their
number must have been SO small that they
managed to slip over, unperceived by our
guard in the nights darkness Their bold
ness has caused much excitement in this
neighborhood. >. :.
FURTHER CONCERNING THE REBEL
RAID AT POOLESYILLE.
oFFUTT's, Cross ROADS, Nov. 26.-Tho
parties making the impudent raid on Pooles-
vile yesterday morning were forty-five or nifty
Marylanders, principally belonging to this
county, who crossed the river not long since,
to avoid the draft. and too temporary SER
vice with the rebels. joining Whites guerillas.
They did no other damage than was previous
ly reported, but spent the few hours they dar--
ed remain in Maryland with their families and
friends. ...
FROM FREDERICKSBURG.
The Star of the 25th says:
The signs are that the rebels design making
serious resistance to our crossing the Kappa
hammock at Fredericksburg. A mile from tho
river there they have fine ridge for defense,
| which they are said to be strengthening as
rapidly as possible with works. 1t may be
that it is not Burnside's purpose to attempt the
crossing just there, owing to these improvised
defenses. However, there is no sign that q
serious collision will come off there for some
days yef, We hear. ,'".
FROM WARRENTON JUNCTION.
FAIRFAX STATION, Nov. 25.-Editor Star
Il hear from refugee who came by way of
Warrcnton junction that the rebels are lurk-
ing in ''the pines" northwest of the Junction..
in considerable numbers, and that they proba-
bly, design to gobble up our picket guards in
that vicinity, aud may have other mischievous
ends in view. They are concealed in precise
ly the same dense growth of pines used by
them as cover prior to their descent upon
Pope's baggage train.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 25.-The New York
Herald contains a dispatch dated Harpers
Ferry, yesterday, giving intelligence from
Stonewall Jackson's Headq quarters, which were
at Berryville On Saturday: >, His force was
80 900 strong, and included sixty guns, ,On
Friday afternoon Jackson received the follow
ing telegram from jeff Davis: eff you don't
leave the valley at once and come help us de-
fend Richmond, it will not be worth your while
to come toits defense at ALL" Jackson's reply
is not known, buthis forces were not in motion
on Saturday morning. -.
The Times has a special dispatch from
Gen. Sigers headquarters, dated yesterday,
saying: 'Sucb information has been received
at these headquarters this afternoon, as leaves
no further doubt that that entire portion of
Virginia has been abandoned by the rebel
troops. Some of Whites guerillas are roam
ing about Leesburg and the vicinity, but jack
son has gone to Richmond"
Maryland free press., 1862-12-05

Tho Aurora Borealis is phenomenon Of
Nature concerning which but littfeis Known,
except that it produces puturbations in tho
magnetic needle. and in the workings Of the
.telagraphs. d Z i u.
Maryland free press., 1862-12-05

I'm bold soldier boyp
he continued, checrily renewing his song and
VIC left him in his. singular merriment. Poor,
sightless, unlucky, but stout-hearted Joe Par
sons.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-11-20

The DAY SCHOOL BELL-The tunes are lively land such
as may be easily mastered by children. The spirit oil
the songs uneXcepGonable and we'll adapted to the
school-room 1t is the cheapest, and among the best
compends OF school music published.--N. Y. IeGcher.
DAY SCHOOL BBLL.-This book is eminenty adapted to
use in our common schools. The editor very truly OBJ
serves in his preface 'I is universally conceded that
singing strengthens the lungs sofens the voice sweeens
the temper, ld of the richest Of exquisite
enjoyment" These are, certainly, results which we
need have brought about in systems of education,
and firm in the conviction that this science ought
to be taught in all our schools.
We have A great number of school song books before
the public but many of them lack musical well as lit
erary and really demoraizng in their influence
upol the musical talent of the young Airs of acknowl
edged excellence welded to words oftrue poetry are he
qualities that ought to be sOug with the greatest
in the preparation Of a schoo csg book. This book
to combine these two ~ tIes.-Pe'1n. Sci00L
Journal.
THE DAY SCHOOL BELLo-We unhesitatingly pronounce
this collection of music the best have for
general use in schools With one feature we
pecally peased-the large number of familiar tunes
We recognize many old faVorite and friend to
whom we HANDED copy, counted forty pieces that
she knew They are, almost without exception, choice
tunes well adapted for school-room Most Of the
new music will become popular. The elements are well
arranged Tor Voca pracuce-O|t0 H"~c0t|o"d6 AIol1-
IT,
We find in this book great variety of excellent mu-
sic adapted the wants Of day schools OF all grades
Here solos, duets trios quarettes chorusGs rounds
and chants; of them secular, of them sacred
all them fit to be sung by children at home in school
Don't forget to "let the children sing dine Teacher
Portland, Ne.
DAY SCHOOL BELL, Of excellent hymns. This book
tains the elements Of vocal music and nearly hun
bred pages music and Words adapted for schools and
suitable for almost all occasions. 1t contains large
number of pieces which will be aYorites with the young,
as well as several standard gees and patriotic songs
The sabbath Bell" Nos. and r. by the editor,
have had immense sale, and the ebay School Bell"
seems calculated to reception as favorable as
has been awarded to its predecessors.-N. H. Educd-
tiOndL journal.
THE DAY scHooL BELIEVE have seen many works of
this character and believe this to be the best
for the use of Public Schools and home crce-IiDt0a
AdDerttser, 73ptOn, Io10d.
HORACE WATERS. Publisher,
45tf 4Sl Broadway, New York
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I'm PrObate-KenOshn County Court.

ceased.
AN reading and fling the petition of Obed P. Hale
W of the administrators Of said estate, praying
the sale of certain contract for the purchase Of
100 of land held by deceased in his life time and
upon which there due the OF 81 200 and also for
the sale Of the right title and interest the said deceas
in and to the real estate therein described and the
improvements thereon and it appearing from said petit
ton and the records Of this case, at there is not
personal assets sufficient to redeem said lands aud that
the interest of the estate requires that sae should
be sold 1t is Ordered, that all peNOns Interested in
appear before the Judge OF this Court on the
Goth day of November 1862, his Office in the city
and county CT Kenosha at 10 O'Clock A. o. of said day.
to show cause if any they have, why license should
not be granted for that purpose And it further Or.
dered that copy Of this order be published in the Xe-
noshs Telegraph, newspaper printed in said city and
county OF Kenosha for four successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing ISAAC w. WEBSTER,
| Kenosha, Oct. Il, 1862 4w20 County Judge