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PARTICULAR NOTICE. 2

There are many preparations sold undcr the
nHme of Btters put up in quart bottles con-
pounded Of the cheapest whisky or-common run,
costing from 20 to 40 cents per gallon, the ta4ts.
disguished by Aniso or Coriander Seed
This class of Bitters has ca,iscd and will coz.
tinue to cause, Us long as they can DO sold, hu, .
dreds to die the death ofthc drunkard. BY their
use the system is kept continually under the il
auencc of Alcoholic S,imulants Of the worst k;ld
sthe desire for liquor isercated and kept up, AMI
the sresnlts is Fal thc Shorrors attendant upoc 4.
'drunkafd s fife and death 7ss:Ssss'rsss'ssie
For those who desirs and willsshav n Liqaor
Bttcrs, we publ sh the following, receipt, Ntie,
One Bottle Hooaanls German Bitters and mix
with Three Quarts of Good Brandy or Whisty,
and the result will be preparation that will IL:
excel in medicnalyirtues and true excellence nay
Of the numerous Liquor Bttcrs in the make;
and will cost much less, You will have all ias
virtues Of liooa.nds Bit ers in connection With
good article Of Liquor, at much less price "a al
these inferior preparations Will cost you
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Notice to Creditors,

THIS is to give notice, that the subscriber
! Of Cecil county, hath obtained from the
Orphans Court of said county, letters
TeStamentary on the personal estate Of
Levi l.. Tyson, late of said county, deceased.
All persons having claims against the said
deces sed, are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof duly anthem
ticated, on or before the 18th day of May;
1865; they may otherwise by law, be exclu-
ded from all benefit Of said estate. All per-
sons indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment to the subscriber.
Given under my hand this 2lst day of May,
1864. JANE TYSON,
Administrative of Levi L. Tyson, decd.
Test--CHALKLEY B. CUTLER, Reg.
Nav 81 lSGi-6w
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GlIclt 4t(i5tcI!aliD,
isqgNsiD OR NOE ?


4" Gold is 100 and the property Of tn"
country will be destroyed; says Mr.. Faint
heart
Goll is going to 2to, and ! shall be
broke, says AR. Wc;i,Nuecs.
~ am riinul Ny ban. balance Is worth
Only fifty I've cents On the dollar, says Mr.
Ncverthink. ..
Let us stop momcnt, gentlemen, and
look into this matter. Facts are letter than
fears and principle is better than prrJu'i1re
fuu are suffering $'.ge.iA:h ,herc Is n"
other word for it-rnLor the deluaion that
the amount Of gold and silver coin in the
country i, an equivalent OF It's wealth; Now;
do yon know that the high, :! haa"c'al
authorities have never estimated this aionnLt
-, over t,,o hundred and f!tty millions: and
il is probably mach less, even in tlme Oh
peace. Bat suppose sc a(lnit thai it IS jhrc"
ll.ndrcd millions and now do yru kEo"
that, according to the United States Census
Of l6G", the wealth Of the counuy-its real
and personal rropelty-wus estimated lra'her
too low thar too high at .Hjiccn M"h"ann
,.i.!io@s? If YOU viii jaat t"Hr your pencil
and cipher out the proportion thHl ullc"
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TENfiIS is to give notice, that the subscri-
a Der, OF Cecil county, hath obtained from
the Orphans Court Of Cecil county, letters
Walden Reed, late of said county, deceased.
All persons having claims against the said
deceased. are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof duly anthem
ticated, on or before the 9Th day of May,
1865; they may Otherwise, by law, be exclu-
dec from ali benefit of said estate. A Il per-
Sons indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment to the subscriber.
Given under my hand this 2lst day of May,
1864. WILLIAM 4. MILLER,
Executor of Walden Reed, decd.
Tcst-CHALKLEY b. CUTLER, Reg.
May 81, 1S64-6w.
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First things in New England.

Amid ou. unhounicd prosperity and UNI
| crnsiHG activity III every direction to which
| ingenuity and industry lead, it may be well
| Tor us to look back to the ''day of small
| things" and note when and where iudustli-
| cs ard interests which are now Of great and
mighty consequence had u beginning. We
have before us a stately Volume, published
| il Phlaiclp hia, entitled IN History OF
American Manufactures from 1903 to 1860. y
II is the first volume Of a series and carries
the history down to the close OF the cigh-
teerlh century. and it carries us back to the
earliest origin Of manufactures aud the use
"a arts in the Colonies. FROG! the pages
before us we gather chapter Of first things in
New England.
The first vessel was built in Plymouth in
1924. The colonists III that year received
An accession ufn carpenter and sail maker.
OF the former, Gov. Bradford says lie
quickly builds two very good and strong
shallops, with a great and stronger lighter,
end having hewn timber for kctchcrs. a
much larger desert ption of vessel, but this
spoilt for in the heat of the season he falls
into fever and dies, to our great loss and
sorrow.'
I he first vessel built in Boston was the
"Tjai," of one hundred and sixty tons
bur.hen. She sailed for Bilboa on the 4th
laden with fish, which she sold there at =
good rate. and from thence she freighted to
Malaga.
The first saw mill was set mp in Salem in
1924. In the second letter Of Instructions
to Gov. i3ndcott. he is directed to give
appreciation and turihcrance to Francis
" ebn in setting mp his saw mill"
The first mlli in Now England was n
wind mill, near Watcr,own, which was
taken down in lc32, and rebuilt in Boston
ihe first corn mill in Boston was removed
FROM its original site the locality not given
in 1851, ''BccauEc it would not grind but
Ailh westerly wind Il WAS set mp OF
Cops lIll, afterwards ,a.ied Wind Mil
Hill, hy whicl, name it is mentioned in III,
records in 1875. This mill was a conSp;r
Qua object throughout the settlement, as
being the first attempt to superscds the
rnort"rs and hard mills previously used by
de people,
The first printing press was set w at Cam
bridge in loss, and the work issued from
It was, "Ihe FrccEan's Oath The sec
und issue was an almanac for 1922, by
Piece, Mariner Stephen Day WAS III,
first printer.
In lct3 two hundred and one years ago
the entire Old and New Testament, with
the New EngInnd Psalms, aIlin iLdnu VIA.
translated by the Rev. John Elliot ministc,
Of tox bury, into the dialect oGthe Nipmucl
or Natick Indians, was printed in quart,
18th marginal notes, rhl issued with .ho
Jin: imprint o. Samuel Green and Marina
Ukc johnson.
lie fast American edition of,he Enr'j-
Bible WAS published in 1872. Sewers Ger.
man Bible came ont eighty years after FL
hot s. and forty years before the English
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Notice to Creditors,

THIS is TO give notice, that the subscr-
| Der, of Cecil county, hath obtained from
the Orphans Court Of Cecil county, letters
Tcstamcntary ON the personal estate Of
Rchecca Titus, late of Cecil county,
deceased, AL persons having claims against
the said deceased, are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof
duly authenticated. on or before the 10th
day Of May, 1865; they may otherwise
hy law, be excluded from all benefit of said
estate. All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment
to the subscriber. Gvel under my hand
this li:h day Of May. 1861.
HENRY II. KlMBLE,
Executor Of Rehecca Titus. decd.
Tcst-CnALKLEY B CUTLER, Reg.
May II, lSG4--Gw
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BEWARE OF -CoUNTERPEFTs,.

SEQ that the signature OF &c. n. Jackson his q.
she Wrapperof each bottle. Prizes Per bottle, -
cents, Or lialf Dozen for 81 tD;s7 snl hr.
Should your, nearest Druggist not have the art.
cie do not be put of BY any Of the iptoxica;in :;
preparatonst that may be offered in its place b., !:
send TO us and we will. forward, securely packet
by express. - =
Principal Office and Mandatory No 63l treh
Street. Philadelphia JONES b EVANS,
(Successors to c. N. Jackson L Coz
July 70, ls63.-ly. Propristora
E'ror salo by pr. Il, II. MlreaLLL, uktel,
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BIZ ktyD TO Yorn MoTiEa.-Shc guarded
you when well. and watched over you when
sick. She sat by you when fretiul, and put
cooling drinks to your lips, and soothing
words in your ears. She taught You to pray,
aud assisted YOU in learning to read. She
bore your faults. and was kind and patient
with your childish ways. She loves you still
and works for you, and prays for you every
day you live. No one is 50 kind or so patient
to you as she. No one loves you 50 much
Are you kind to her? Do you love her ,
DO you always obey her?
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-06-25

TREATMENT OF On. CLoTn - Oil. cloth
ought never to be wetted-if it can possibly
he avoided-bnt merely to be rubbed with a
flannel, and polished with brush Of moder.
ate hardness, exactly ikea mahogany fable,
and by this simple means the fading OF the
colors, and the rotting Of the canvass, which
are inevitably attendant upon the oil cloth
being kept in n state Of moisture and damp
ness, are entirely avoided.
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" ATTENTION. SOLDIERS,
AND THE FRIENDS or soLpIERs

No call he, attention Of all having relation. ~
friends in tue army to tho fact that Tllooaana =
German Bitters " will cure nine. tenths Of he
diseases induced BY exposures and privatons inc
dent to camp fife. In the lists published alm,s&
daily in the newspapers on tho arrival ofttha
sick, it will be noticed that very large proper
ton are suffering from debility. Every casS e &
German nitlers Wshavs6o hesitation in s,a,ipx
that if these Biltersssers freely used among ou-
soldiers hurdfeds of lives might be saved, TIA.
otherwise would be lost. 81 sa1g ~
The proprietors are daily receiving thsnklhi let
have been res tered to health by tho use Of the.4
Bittert, scat u them by thoir frlsnd&E 81
80 lr-Es
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Notice to Creditors.

fNlllS is to give notice, that the subscribers
/ Of Cecil county. have obtained from the
Orphans Court Of said county, letters Tesla
lDentary on the personal estate oi Mon,iieon
Brown, late Of said county, deceased. All
persons having claims against said deceased
are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with
the vouchers thereof duly authenticated, on
or before the 2nd day Of June, 1865 they
may otherwise, by law, be excluded from
all benefit Of said estate. All persons in
dehted to said estate are requested to make
imme late payment to the subscribers.-
Given under our hands this 4th day of June,
lS6i. MONTlLEnN BROWN,
EDWARD ii. BROWN,
Executors of M"ntile"n Blown, decd.
Trst--CHALKLEY b. CUTLER, Reg.
Jua6 4, lS64-6w.
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eag~ The man who pcrpetratod the follow.
ing deserves to be drafted and taken prisoner
by the rehels:-
a dyet aieY1, aid dsaa IVES ho;' /
lie lived to dgr, and died TO be
A dgcr still Tor still his hair
Was co,o-ed black with d.Yc stuff rare
His coffin, too, was tyc,i With red,
Aud new ,h;4 dyc,' Ia, ,N:A A:ad,
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WI. McCLELLAND, JR.,
IN THE HOLLOW,

t1L
OPPOSITE NJ. CUMMINGS BAKERY.
OPENED this week large stock of
" choice Spring and Summer
DRY GOODS.
Ladies' Dress Goods,
Oil Boiled Black Silks, r,. ..
ST, $l.50 and 50 per yd.,
Plaid Silks, Alapacas, ..
Chailics, Cloakipg Cloths
Drlaines, Prints, Lawns,
Grenadines, Lustres,
Molairs, Mourning Goods
PIN Blk all W'll Delaine,
Black Grenadines. Black Turecn Cloth !,
Black Prints, Black and White Prints, Gin
CHAINS and Dclaines.
MEMS WEAR:
Black Cloths, r.. E
.. Casinetts,
Cottonades, Kentucky Jeans, &c.
Gents Cloves and Hosiery.
Notions-a large assortment.
BOOTS and SHOES
for ladies', gentlemen, and children.
Largest Stock in town Of Hats, Ready Made
Clothing, HARDY ware, Cutlery, Queenswarc
Wiliaw Ware Earlhen Ware, &c.
GROCERIES
Best Sugar Cured Family Hams, Sugar
Cured Shoulders, best quality; Dried Beef,
best in the market No. Herrings, new,
fat and bright; New Mackcrcl, very fat.
CARPETINGS:
Ingram, Hemp: Cottage and Rag, Straw Mat
ting, Stair Carpets and Carpet Chain, Door
Mats, Rugs, Floor Oil Cloths, Al and 81
wide Stair, Table and Carriage do.
Wall Paper variety of styles and patterns.
All Of the above will be sold reasonable
All are requested to call and examine our
stock. Terms cash.
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From Rev. J. Newton Brown, d. D., Editor Of the
Encyclopedia Of Religious knowledge.
Although not disposed to favor or recomns..
Patent Medicines in general through disruss OF
their ingredients and effects l yet know OF be
sufficient reasons why man may not testify 10 the
benefits he believes himself to have Teeev6 Cd from
any simple preparation, in the hope that he may
thus contribute to the benefit Of others. sssa
do this the more reality in regard to Hoos-
lands German Bitters, prepared by nr. c. ri
Jackson of this city, BECAUSE 1 was prejudice
against them for many years, under the impycs-
siYn that they were chieAy an alcoholic miStur.
am indebted to my friend Robert Shoemake1.
Esq, for the removal of this prejudice by proper
tests. and for encouragement to try them whea
suffering from great and long continued dehiltg.
The use Of three bottles Of these Bitters a. IA.
beginning of the present year was followed By
evident relief ana restoration to degree of bod
lily and mental visor which I had not felt for ak
n,oLth sbetore, and had almost despaircd of regain
ing. therefore thank God and my frionG fox
directing me to the use Of them.
-. r.. ]. NEWTON BROWN.
Philada June o. 1861
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TO THE LADIES
ELkTON q VICINITY.
NEW MILLINERY T. TRIMMING
STORE IN ELKTON.

MISS MARY A. JONES having taken the
IVA New Store House lately occupied Wy Mrs.
lehman, offers to her friends and Tie Public
1t large, newly selected Steel. of
BoEnets, Trimmings, and
MilIencIy Goods
generally. Her personal attention will be Civ
en- to A orders in her line, and she promises
hat her styles and assortment Of Goods shall!
lot he n.ulior 10 any ever oiic.ed to the Public.
ior Stock IS i'll be continually increase ed by no.
velties ii R;bons, Trimmings, EIubloide.s, &c;
,nd styles not On her shelves will he ordered to
,uit hef customers Hoping TO receive share
+ the IUb..c patronage, she respectfully solicils
~ examination Of Lel stock
Introducing, Plain and Fancy Sewing exc
'G;cd to oder by competent reed.cwon.en.
lob u, '6i-tf MARY A. JONES.
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STORE.-The following
ASTRAY.

A PAIR OF MULEY OXEN came to
IN and are with the subscriber, i'll Back
Creek Neck, miles below Elkton. The
owner is requested to come forward, prove
property, pay charges and take them nway.
-,f ISAAC litter,
June IL, lSG4-Gw
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fCEERGYMEN,
s.t
LAWYERS.
= "t
PHYSICIANS, aad
CITIZENS.

5gvEs ~
testifying Of their own personal knowledge to
the beneficial effects and medical virtues Of lheso
Bitters. ~ af~ sew
DO YOU WANT SOMETHING TO sTRENGTlIES YOU!
DO foC WANT A GOOD APpETlTEi
DO YOU WANT TO BUILD UP YOUR CONSTITUTION
DO YoC WANT To FEEL WELLi
DO YOU WANT TO GET RID OF NERVOUSNESS,
DO YOU WANT ENERGY.
Do YOU WANT TO SLEEP WELT nj HF~sr
DO YOU WANT BRISK aud VIGOROUS FEELlNl'
.--.. ... ..tL'lE Er-ss9e,f
II you do, uso u00FLAND'5 GERMAN
BITTERS. ...-.;, 81
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BARGAINS

|tREAT Bargains can be had at the Cheap
VI Store" in all styles of hsavy Winter Goods.
We are closing our Winter stock nj greatly re-
duced prices. and NoN0is The time to buy.
mf l5 1861. W. McUAuLEY. (
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-05-05

As announced, we have stricken
from our list the names of all foreign
subscribers owing us for one year or
more, and are leaving theft accounts
with the proper officers for collection,
We this week announce that, after the
first Of June, the names Of all subscribi
ers living ,cithh the county, who owe us
for two years or more, will be stricken
from ourbooks and their ACCOUNTS col
lected. Our subscription list must be
thoroughlyweededd We are paying
almost double the usual price for prin-
ting material, and have not advanced
b our rates. We have lost hundreds Of
dollars by not collecting promptly, or
striking the names of delinquonts from
our list. 'a.'A
Let those who are honest and who
wish to have the paper continued,
heed this announcement. Enclose
whatever you think due, in letter,
and do not wait to come to town before
paying.
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Squirrel hunters DIschnrres.

1t gives us pleasute~to announce TO
the Members Of Company n. First Re-
gimeht Of Squirrel Hunters, that at
last we have obtained a supply of the
long expected squirrel Hunters Dis
charge" 1t is beautifully lithograph,
cd and printed. The design is, a tree
by the side of a stream, with a Squir-
rel, eating Il nut, on one Of the branch,'
es. Opposite is the figure Of the Squir-
rel Hunter, with slouehed hat and
blanket strapped to his back, loading
his rife. Below is the great seal Of
the State, resting upon the Star Spang-
led Banner, which is strewn along the
ground. lii the centre are the follow
ing words: "Cineikhati was menaced
by the enemies of our Union. David
Tod, Governor Of Ohio, called on the
Minute Men Of the State, and the
Squirrel Hunters came by thousands
to the rescue. You, ~, were one of
them, and this is your Honorable Dis
charge" In the right hand upper
corhefis d picture of Governor Tod,
in the left corner, Of Major Mcdowell.
Accompanying the discharge is the
Resolution of the General Assembly
authorizing the Governor to pay the
expenses printing and ilithographing
the discharge, from his contingent
fund, and also the certificate of service
from the Governor, EJ III.
We have the roll of Company E,
and we will be happy to furnish mem,
bers with discharges if they will call
at our Office. This little paper will
refresh their recollection of the eight
happy days during which they" trough
ed dlitp on the hills of Kentucky, and
waited for the war to come-for the
mountain to come to Mahomet-
(which" it didn't come. The Dis
charge is worth framing,as reminder
Of very pleasant little episode in the
history of the great war for the Union
of the States and the freedom of man
kind. rh s
The Squirrel Hunters of this coun-
ty are indebted to r. i. II. lowering,
for efforts in their behalf in procuring
the discharges,
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ONE OF, THE sTRONGEsT REASONS
FOR RE-ELEcTING Mr.. AINCOLN.


ONE OF. THE sTRONGEsT REASONS
FOR RE-ELEcTING mr. AINcoLN.
We take the following from the Nash
vile Union of the 26th from which
il appears that the defeat of Mr.. Lin
coin, s'the last hope the rebels cling
To- heal isa q J3hiG '71gaq rs p iasfi 10
\ E"A few days ago Ifell in company
with appointment rebel citizen ofChat-
tanooga county, Ga. a5. 158yi,aia.l Dol
Observation-Disclosures upon the
probabilities, of Lincolh's reelection
"to the Presidency of the United
Estates; whereupon he remarked, with
considerable warmth:
eff lLihcoln liz lrc!elected we may
.'just as well give up thegame, for we
Scan in that case have no hope ofgain.
sing our independence, We have
Hbeen trying to keep up appearance
i''with the hope that the pedcenlen Of the
,"United, States would be able tolcarry
"the electiony Our ALLlIsi sTAKED
"UpoN THE ISSUE; for it is an absolute
"imposSibiHty for us to hold outanothcr
"four years. God grant that our fears
"bc not realized. For my own part,
81 would rather see the sun plucked
tfrom her orbit than to see old Abo re-
"olected. If we have to return TO the
"hated Union, ! would rather submit
'to any other man than Lincoln"
Thus it appears that the rebs are
awaiting the issue with a faint hope
chat the good people of the United
Estates will be foolish enough to elect
"a copperhoad to the Presidency"
Of this the editor of the Union says:
The above is taken from lettcr to
the Chat anooga Gazette,and was writ
ten by scout, who had frequently been
within the rebel lines, and who was
generally familiar with the feelings of
the chivalry. That it is n true state.
ment ofthe case, we have no doubt; the
rebels do rely upon the ability ofI
the Coppcrheads to elect their candi-
dates for next fall; faint as tho hopc
must be, they indulge il and it is their !
only reliance, n9 l,
! 1t, matters not who may be the
nominee Of the Chicago Convention;
he will be but, the tool Of Fernando
Wood, and Vallandigham; and it is
understood at tho South. If elected,
the rebels are fully aware that they
will be granted their Independence;
therefore they, watch tho Ipresiden-
tihl' strugglewi deep interest, + Tho
nominee of'the Baltimore Convention,
be he who he may, will be for the
war; and for the present radical policy; |
md his election willdispel the last hope
If the Confedefacy, 'Tbepubhc should
'ead the extract above, and weigh it
we'll. ~ - X
4as. 1
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a NEW BOOK.


We have received circular with
the following heading, aThe Heroes of
the War for the Union; and Their
achievements" which is the title Of a
new book written by Rev. P. v. FERREE
NJ. d., Member of the Ohio Confer
ence, Methodist Episcopal Church. .--
Mr.. FERREE, being too much of an in
valid to continue in the ministry, or to
shoulder his musket, has attempted, as
he says, the next best thing, viz to
record the deeds of those who
have taken up arms to defend the
country. The work win no doubt have
a large sale, especially among the
members of that church for which Mr..
FERREE has labored, and which is in
itself one of the Grand Armies Of tho
Lord. We append the following let
ters taken from the circular: p.s
LANCASTER, o.. Dec. 22, 1863.
Rev. P. v. FERREE,
Dear Sir-I have read carefully,
and with profit and pleasure, your pa
per entitled, ELLSWORTH The style
is easy and flowing; the facts numer-
Gus, interesting, and well arranged
! hope the essay, together with others
that ! understand you have in your
possession, will soon be published, and
placed in the hands Of the reading
public. Such a volume would certain,
ly prove entertaining and profitable to
the people.
Yours, very respectfully, .
.gs G. A. VAN ANDA.
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. MAKRIED,1Ar

On Wednesday, the 4th inst. at the
residence Of the Brides Father on
Poplar Creek blythe Rev:J. W. HEST
and, Mr., ARMsT. 7. MASON of Basil,
and Miss q. KATE CAMPBkLb.
q, There was the usual Cake with the
above notice large and rodtd as the
fullmoOh& And SO all the Office Joins
with us in wishing the happy pair q
never ending May, and that happiness
which passes the pndegstapding of a
bachelor ! "a W g q vt @ %
We are ali sorry that these few lines
do not find us enjoying the same blcs-
sing, and We all wish it was us. q.
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0ArnENs, March %. 1864.

"ArnENs, March 23, 1864.
Dr. P. V. FERREE,
raa Dear Sir:-I have read your
essay on the Monitor and Merimac
| am pleased with it. Il think it not
only readable but facinating. Of those
who take it up, but few will lay 1t
down until the last line has been read;
and the youthful reader will wish you
had witten more. 1t has my hearty
Recommendation; and | think that a
book made up Of sketches of so many
different men and events must excite q
great interest in all parts of the eoun-
try. y als1Gaa .a'lC.? Z. FELTON,