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Damascus.

Is the Oldest city in the world Tyre
and Sidon have crumbled on the shore !;
Baalbec is ruin; Palmyra is buried in
the sands of the desert ; Ninevah and
Babylon have disappeared from the Tig-
ris and Euphrates Damascus remains
what it was before the days Of Abraham
"a centre of trade and travel-an island
of vendure in dese.t-'predes stinal capi-
tai" with martial and sacred associations
extending through mere than thirty cen
turies. 1t was ''near Damascus" that
Saul Of Tarsus saw the eight from
Heaven above the brightness of the sum-"
the street which is called Straight, in
which it was said she prayeth, still runs
through the city. The caravan comes
and goes as it did "a thousand years ago !;
there are still the shelk, the ass and the
water wheel; the merchants of the
Euphrates and of the Mediterranean still
occupy" these with the multitude of
their waters" The city which Mahomet
surveyed from a neighboring hight, and
was afraid to enter, because it was given
to men to have but one Paradise, and for
his part he was resolved not to have his
in this word, is, to this day, what Julian
called "the eye of the East" in The time
Of Isaiah, "the head of Syria From
Damascus came the damson, Cur blue
plum, and the delicious apricot of Portu-
gal: Damascus damask, our beautiful
fabric of cotton and silk with vines and
flowers raised upon smooth, bright
ground; the damask rose, introduced into
England in the time of Henry VIII; the
Damascus blade, so famous the world over
for its keen edge and wonderful elasticity
the secret of whose manufacture was lost
when Tamerlane carried off the arts into
Pcrsia and that beautiful art of wood
and steel with silver and gold kind OF
Mosaic engraving and sculpture united
called Damas keening, with which boxes
and bureaus and swords and guns arc
ornamented. 1t is still city of flowers
and bright waters the streams from
Lebanon, the "rivers of Damascus" the
"rivers of gold" still murmer and sparkle
in the wilderness of Syrian gardens.
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twenty-five dollar lecture engagement,

twenty-five dollar lecture engagement,
and slurring over the affair of the crum-
bled bill for which had receipt in full
"All right" said Jack, in Il merry,
jjovial voice, that sounded like a cheerful
gale of wind in pine forest ''Why
you'd make a splendid lawyer, Campford.
But you have not told me about the pretty
girl who was coming out as | drove up
what did she want p
ooh, she was after certificate to teach
school-up in Elm Grove you remember.
l say, JACK, this school marm branch
must be rather delicate kind of business
in your sphere Of duties"
Not generally" said Jack. but
what did you do with this one? Give
her certificate p
"No," said l, thoughfully
"-And why not. Didn't l invest you
with limitlcss powersy'
Because" said l deliberately, rising
from the wood-box and stretching my six
feet of humanity TO their full attitude,
because Jack, l mean to marry that
girl"
Campl0fd are Jou insane (!
"No, | think not"
"Rut you never saw her before 2"
"Well, what then I? she suits me ex-
actly--I never knew before what sort of
a wife wanted, and now / am fully con-
vinced."
"But suppose she don't have you?"
''Shc will or I'll know the reason why"
Clermont burst into laugh.
"Well, Campford, all l have to say is
go, and may Cupid speed yeu.'
l acted upon his recommendation and
called on Miss Jessie the next day to tell
her that the certificate would certainly be
ready at a certain date. SO that it was
well into April before | strobe up the
walk leading to the widow Gray's cottage
one golden evening, with bunch of wild
azelens in my hand, and the tardy piece
of parchment under my arm. OF course
Jessie had long since discovered that l
was not the trustee, but it did not ma
terially affect our friendly relation.
"Well, Miss Jessie, here is the certifi-
cate"
She uttered little exclamation of de-
light and held out her hand.
Il wouldn't avail myself of it, Miss
Jessie-I believe you can do better -
"How! 2"
"Marry me-"
Do you ask what answer she made |
have no distinct recollection of the precise
words-I only remember sunset more
goldenly radiant by far than l have ever
seen before or sincc--thc faint odor of
spring blossoms i'll the air, and my head
beat down to catch the low whispers of
the lips that were mid against my beating
heart. ! think, however, its general pur-
port was favorable, for Mrs. Campford--
the pretty woman yondcr, who is wonder
ing why don't come to brcakfast-has
never regretted that she did not take
charge of that school at Elm Grove.
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FOOD AND TREATMENT FOR HENS.

F0oD AND TREATMENT FOR HENs.-Lin-
seed meal is found to be great promoter
of egg-laying. Mixed with scalded meal
or shorts, or with sour milk, it is readily
eatens and is good substitute for animal
food and insects. Hens like Indian corn
better than any other grain, and it is their
cheapest food. For confning hens, a
covered room with dry earth floor, is
much better than an open yard, which
the rain keeps in a filthy state mnch of
the time. With sand to roll in, hens
may be confined under cover the whole
season Half an hour before sunset they
should be let out to range over the yard
and garden. They will then be too busy
picking grass, gravel, &C., to scratch and
do mischief, being always in hurry to
return to the roost before twilight. Hens
thus kept will more than twice pay their
keeping, if not too old to lay well. Two
or three days imprisonment in a coop
will break up Black Spanish hens from
sitting, and they soon commence laying
again if properly fed. It is only prof
table for villager to raise few early
chickens to renew his laying stock, as
chickens are great and increasing feeders,
eating when grown, much more than old
fat hens.
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REARING AND FEEDING Yousa Ducks.

REARING AND FEEDING YoUNa Ducks.
The best mode of rearing ducklinMs1
depends very much upon the situation ID
which they are Matched. For the frst1
month the confinement Of their mata0
under coop, is better than too m{cn
liberty. All kinds of sopped food, buS
wheat -four, Indian or barley meaIsffnd !.
water mixed thin, worms, &c. suit theH
No people are more successful than cot
tagers, who keep them from the first pc
riod of their existence in pens two or three
yards square, examining them night and
morning with dried pellets of -four and
water, or egg and water, or egg and -four
till they are judged to be old enough to
be turned out with their mother to forage
on the common or village pond. =,
When ducklings have been hatched
under common hen, or turkey hen,
they .re not generally allowed to go the
water till they become little hardy by re-
naming OH land but the moment they
see water they naturally plunge into it,
to the great alarm of their foster-mother,
which cannot follow them a circumstance
which has IT, 4 remarked by the earliest
writer's, and is finely depicted by NJ
Rossett, in his "Peme de PAgriculture'
1t is necessary, to prevent accidents, to
take care that such ducklings come reg
ularly home every evening; but precau-
tons must be taken before they are per-
mitted to mingle with the old ducks, lest
the latter ill-treat and kill them, though
ducks are by no means so pugnacious and
jealous of new comers as common fowls
uniformly are.
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AN English OPINION OF TIE SANITARY
CoMMIssIoN.-The London Spectator pays
this high compliment to our noble Sani-
tary Commission:
''In every way we cannot help think
ing the existence and success of this COM
mission is most creditable to the Ameri-
can people. 1t shows not only with what
a resolution they entered in this struggle,
but with what fund of good sense they
are endowed. We doubt whether even
in England voluntary society could be
entrusted with so much power, and yet
carefully abstain from trenching on the
province and duties of the executive. In
America they can do these things, and
the same Cabinet Minister who originally
gave the Sanitary Commission a six
months span Of life, now admits that it
has been of the greatest service to the
country; that it has occasioned none of
the evils expected from it, and that it has
lived down all the fears and misgiyings of
the Government"
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SORGuM SUGAR.-The Woeb;r oto,, d

SoReuM SUdAR.-The Washington Re-
publican says: can experiment was
made in the Department Of Agriculture,
day or two since. before a large number
OF persons, clearly demonstrating the
practicability of every man in the North
making his own sugar. A gentleman
from Nebraska, Mr.. J. F. Riggs, who is
about taking out patent for his process.
was the operator. From sorgho syrup,
sent to the Department for exhibition. in
the course of a few moments he produced
Il clean and pure sugar equal in all res
poets to the best coffee sugar, the residue
of the syrup proving to be an excellent
ly favored article, strongly resembling
amber or golden syrup of the shops, and
entirely free from sorgho TASTE"
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-03-03

Revolutionary Relic.-John p. Put
nam, grandson of General Putnam, has
presented for cxebition at the Albany Ar
my Relief Bazaar the pistols in which was
burned the first powder of the revolution.
1t will be remembered that Major Pitcairn
rode toward the crowd drawn up in hos
tile array, at Lexington, shouted Dis
pcrse, ye rebels" and fired his pistols in
their midst. His horse was shot under
him. but ho managed to escape. The
pistols were found in the saddle, became
the property of General Putnam, and
were worn by him during the revolution.
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War Commenced In Denmark

A battle has grown out of the Schles-
wig-Holstein question, and the Danes
have repulsed the Germans in two en-
gagements, on two successive days.
The battle, which commences a proba-
bly, severe struggle, with large possibili-
ties of ripening into continental war,
occurred on the I'd and 3D. of February,
at Missunde. If the reported loss of the
Germans is correct, only one hundred
men, it hardly rises above the category of
skirmishes, The result is said to have
caused the retreat of the German army.
Denmark is reported TO have closed the
trade of the Baltic, which she could easily
do by shutting up the Sound and the
Great Belt. This step was doubtless
taken to close the commerce of Prussia
and will be effective to the desired end.
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Order of Ratification.

George A. Fearer No. iS5 Grdn;. InsOlysnts vents,
His Creditors for Ailegary County.
0rdered this eight day Of February 1864
" by the Circuit Court for Alegany County
that the sale of the real estate of George A.
Fearer, Insolvent Debtor, made by Jacob Brown
the Trustee in this ease, and reported by the
said Trustees amended Report this day filed,
be ratified and confirmed unless cause to the
contrary thereof be shown on or before the fif-
teenth day of March next; provided a copy of
this order be inserted in some newspaper pub
lished in the City of Cumberland, once in each
OF four successive weeks, before the said fifteenth
day Of March,
The Report states the amount of sale to be
Sl35l.
HORACE RESLEY, Clerk,
True copy
Feb. 1l-4w.
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POETRY.
THE DIFFERENCE.


Upon the battlefield,
From home and friends away, d.
With life-blood cbbing out,
The dying soldier lay.
No mothers gentle voice
Fell on his dying ear;
No words of solemn prayer
His parting soul did share.
No sister from his brow
Wiped off the cold death dew,
Or tenderly watched DER
His couch the dark hour through
None pillowed that faint head
Upon pitying breast:
No friend was there on whom
His dying gaze might rest.
But, mid the madening fight,
And the fierce battle cry,
He looked his last on earth,
And heaved his dying sigh.
But angles hovered near
Till the last sigh was given,
Then bore the soldiers soul
Up'to the gates of heaven.
They bore him to his grave
Without psalm or prayer,
Then joined the ranks again,
And felt no difference there.
The tide of war swept on;
They missed not from that host
The dark-eyed, sweet-faeed boy
They had 50 lately lost.
But in a northern home
An untouched vacant chair,
A mothers pale sad face,
A fathers whitening hair.
The pause, and faltering sob,
In morn and evening prayer.
Where his name used to come,
Tell of the difference there.
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Eg Professor johnson says that a
pound of cheese is eqnal in nutritive val
ue to two pounds of flesh. The Euro
Peans seem to be better acquainted with
this fact than our own people. With us
cheese is regarded rather as a luxnrv
while in England it is considered one Of
the substantial articles of food, and it is
not uncommon for workmen there to make
full meal on bread and cheese alone
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Letting of a Bridge Contract.


SEALED PROPOSALS will be received by
~ the ounty commissioners, up TO the first
day of April next for the upraising of the
bridge across Yough River at Sang Run, in
Allegany county. The repairs of the bridge
will consist of renewal of the whole upper
structure-the abutments and piers being per-
feet. The repairs to be made out of such tim
ber and material as constituted the present di-
lapidated bridge. Such of the old timber and
material as may be found fit, will be used in
making said repairs. The dimensions of the
bridge are as follows:
Length, 23s feet inches, plates by inches,
239 feet inches long, posts by IL inches, IA
feet high, between sill and plates, caps 10 by
10 inches, lG feet inches long. arch pieces 8
by inches. Braces and other braces b.
inches, with specifications. A perfect drawing
Of the same can be seen by calling at the office
Of Jacob Brown, Esq.
The contractor to furnish all the material
wanted and to complete the work by the first
day of December next. The money to be paid
in installmehts the last insiallment to be with
held until the work is accepted by the ON
missioners. The CONTRACTOR will be required
to enter into bond with surety to be approved
by the commissioners, for the faithful perfor-
nance of the contract.
HARLES RIDGELY, Prcs't.
ELIJAH FRIEND,
JOHN BELL,
j. II. STALLINGS,
j. L. TOWNSHEND.
JACOB BRowy. lerk. Jan. 2l-4w.
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STILL ANOTHER TRAGEDY.-A soldier.
who had returned to his home in Law
renee county Pa, on furlough, short
time ago, was summarily disposed of by
His wife and man with
whom she had formed improper relations,
where the perpetrators of the deed. The
particulars, as given in the Pittsburg
Chronicle, are of a most revolving char
acter. The parties have made confess
siln and been committed.
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NOTICE.

OFFICE GEoRGE's CREEK Coal & IRoN Co.
4 GENERAL meeting of the Stockhol-
Aholders of the Georges Creek Coal Il Iron
Company will be held at the Office of the Com
pany, No 10 South Street baltimore, on Fri
day the 4th day of March 1864, from to o.
clock F. n for the election Of nine Directors
w. ALEXANDER,
Feb IL 3t Treasurer.
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Efs" Terrible cold weather e,,,,,.,,rrL l. =,

Ee Terrible cold weather evsrywhers'
-Great Britain-on the Continent-tbe
temperance OF Mrs. Howard in Paris
has produced a marked 'scoldness'' between
Napoleon and the Empress-Cronstadt
naroor frozen oyer-small icebergs even
IN the North Germany sea though the
coolest and most troublesome berg in that
region this season seems to be the Dule
of Augustenberg. "A'
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AT dancing match at Chicago recent
ly, buxom Dutch girl danced nine hours
constantly, when her partner acknowled-
ged himself fairly beaten and very tired.
The damsel then took six glasses Of larger
and quietly went to breakfast.
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Now we know all about it! The LON
don Times thus states the Danish ques-
ton: .
Her Majesty's brother-in-law and her
daughters father-in-law have occupied
with their forces two provinces climed by
the father-in-law Of the Princess ofWales
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SnRrNKAGE OF HAY.-Tbe lo., ,,n,,s
hay weighed July goth, when cnrod %red
enough e. to be put in the barn, and again
February 10Th has been ascertained to be
-. per cent So that hay at S15 ton m
IN the field is equal to $40 and upward
when weighed from the NOW in winter
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For Sale.

THE Two Story Brick Dwelling House 49,
i situated on Bedford Street, former iShiii
ly owned by the late JUS. y. Wright. Eliil
This property is eligibly Located convenient
to tho business part of the city-commodious
and well arranged, and is in every respect
DESIRABLE RESIDENCE.
Arr,icHtiun may DC made to Mrs Wright on
the premises, or to the subscriber at Canton,
Ohio.
JESSE DERBIN,
Jan 81 1SG1-6w Agent
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Profit Of Flax Culture:

The Annual Report of the Worcester
(Mass.) Agricultural Society for 1863
contains the following statement of the ex-
pense and product of 1876 square rods, "a
little owe. Z of an acre) of fax, grown by
Aaron Kimball:
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-03-03

FRENCH MoDE OF AprRovAL.-Aftcr
the debate in the French Chamber, on
the 11th, NJ. M. Theirs and Befryer it is
said, received on one day each about four
thousand cards-a sign of the strong an
proval of their speeches.
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VOLUME XXXVII.
Estate Of Margaret A. Berry, decd.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
~ scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court for Allegany County, Letters of Admin
istration upon the personal property of Margaret
A. Berry late of Hampshire County, Virginia,
deceased. All persons having claims against
the said estate are warned to exhibit the same,
with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber on
or before the 25th day of August next, other
wise they may by law be excluded from all
benefit of said estate. Given under my hand
this 18th day of February 1864. All persons
knowing themselves indebted to said estate are
requested to call and make immediate payment.
GEO. p. THISTLE;
Feb Is-3t Administrator.
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Estate of Benjamin Davis, decd.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
IN scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court for Allegany County, Letters Testamen-
tary upon the persona, estate Of Benjam'n DAVIS
late of said county deceased. All persons hav-
ing claims against the said estate are hereby
warned TO exhibit the same with the vouchers
thereof to the subscriber on or before the 25th
day of August next, otherwise they may by law
be excluded from all benefit of said estate
Given under my hand this 18th day of Febru-
ary, 1864 All persons knowing themselves
indebted to said estate are requested to call and
make immediate payment.
JOHN WENTLING,
Feb. ls-3t. Executor.
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The Richmond Sentinel says, gentle
man from abroad is boarding at one of the
best hotels in that city, who pays his
bills in in specie at sixty cents per day.
In rebel currency the rate is nearly as
many dollars per week.
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FARM FOE SALE.

THE undersigned will sell at private
i sale, his Farm, situated eight miles south
of Oakland, Allegany ounty Nd, containing
about 200 acres Of well improved land, all un-
der fence, and well watered The greater por-
ton cleared and set in grass. The buildings
are new. The dwelling house is two story and
well finished. This property possesses every
advantage which renders il one of the most de-
sirable homes in this section of country. Terms
made to suit the purchaser. For further par
ticulars address ID. c. TABB,
Jeb 1l,-lm. Oakland Nd.
Bait. American and Somerset Herald publish
month and send bills to this office.
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% y ME n e \ 4 NJ
DIR. j. w. EWING

respectfully informs his old friends and the
public, that he has again returned to his old
stand in Cumberland, Baltimore ST., opposite
the Post Office, where he is associated with Mr..
g. B .M'Iaughin IN his old business-the pho
tographc art. Being prepared TO execute all
kinds of work in the finest style of the art,
no pictures allowed to leave the gallery unless
of the best quality.
Husband life, parent, child, brother, sister
friend, all who love some dear distant or de-
parted friend, what would you not give to
gaze again upon the features Of the lost loved
one Come then while you have the opportu-
nifty and get good pictures at low prices, the
value of which will be incalculable to your
friends years TO come Remember "delays are
dangerous"
Dec. 10, 1868.
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E The State of Illinois claims To
nave M the largest OK known since the food
he is hive years old, twehty-one hands
high;; nineteen and half feet in length.
weighs thirty-six hundred ponrds.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-03-03

The land cultivated was kind of san
dy gravel, dry and easily worked, 1t had
been in pasture 40 or SO years aud was
not in very productive condition. It
was plowed up the previous fall, and har-
rowed in the spring. Further details of
culture are not given. The value of the
unspent manure after removing the fax.
was reckoned to more than pay the inte-
rest on cost of land, and this item was
therefore ommitted in the account
Amer. Aqricultwist.
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ROAD NOTICE,

NOTICE is hereby given to all whom
In it may concern, that the undersigned in
tend to apply to the County Commissioners at
their meeting in April next, for County Road
commencing at the Pennsylvania line, near
Dr. b. Fichtners in Ashers Glades and running
to White Rock Run ford, and from thence to
the Bridge that cross Yough near Sahg Run,
Nd.
) JOHN II. FRIEND,
WIN. w. CABE,
JACOBB. FIKE,
G. W. SAVAGE.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-03-03

@ The sleep of the morning the wine
OF noon' and the company cf the evil,
destroy mankind. .'1saaz is,'-'
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Fresco Painting!!
FREDERICK, MD.

H. II. DEBRING
respectfully informs the citizens of Cumber-
land and vicinity that he is prepared to or
nament CHURCHES, HALLS, PRIV RE
SIDENCES, &C.; in fresco, encaustic and oil
colors in the most artistic styles, Best ref
erences given as to the ability of The above
as named. Orders promptly responded to-
Terms cheap and all work warranted.
Jan. IA; l864-tf.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-03-03

A Fuel Saving Society is about to bs
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Dr.W. III. MCCORMICK,

OFFERS his professional services to the citi-
" zens of the city of Cumberland and vicinity.
Office on Baltimore street, near Wills Creek
ridge. opposite tho "Civilian and Telegraph"
Office, Cumberland, Nd. Oct. s, 1868.
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Feb. 5, Is64,-Im.

lust RECEIVED, fine lot of Black
q smith Bellows Anvils and Vices, and for
ale by HUMBIRD l. LONG.
Feb IL ly
DUMP CHAINS. & FIXTURES, for
Il sale by
Feb HUMBIRD L LONG.